Toshiba Group aims to contribute to resolving climate change and other environmental issues by continuing to improve the environmental performance of all products and services that we develop.
Specifically, we aim to reduce the environmental impacts of our products and services through a process that incorporates environmental considerations from the business strategy stage by focusing on the three elements of ECP* (Toshiba Environmental Standards): mitigation of climate change, efficient use of resources, and management of chemicals.
During the product planning stage, we identify the level of environmental performance that will lead to resolving issues facing society and customers, set eco-targets to achieve that required level of performance, and then incorporate such targets into product specifications.
During the development and design stages, we confirm that our products and services comply with all relevant laws and regulations. Meanwhile, we define and manage ECP Standards as mandatory environmental performance criteria to be achieved in each stage of the lifecycle of products and services in order to ensure their quality with respect to the environment. We also strive to quantitatively understand the environmental impacts of our products by assessing their environmental performance.
During the manufacturing and shipping stages, we prioritize procurement of materials that have low environmental impacts. We actively disclose information and promote environmental awareness, and we work to obtain environmental labels for our products through third-party certification.
- Environmentally Conscious Products (ECP)
Process of considering the environment in products
- Toshiba Group Green Procurement Guidelines
- Introduction of examples of environmental label acquisition
・Copying machines, etc.(Toshiba Tec Corporation): ENERGY STAR, China environmental labeling, Eco Mark, etc.
・Elevator: EcoLeaf Environmental Label, CFP(Carbon Footprints of Products) Label
Toshiba Environmental Standards
- Assessment Based on the Three Elements of ECPs -
Environmentally Conscious Products (ECPs) are designed to minimize environmental impacts throughout all stages of their lifecycles, including during procurement of materials, manufacture, distribution, use, disposal, and recycling.
ECPs have three elements: mitigation of climate change, efficient use of resources, and management of chemicals. Toshiba Group sets its own environmental standards (ECP Standards) for each product model to assess overall environmental performance, which includes all three of these elements. Environmental assessments are performed during development of every product to check not only whether the product complies with laws and regulations but also to check whether the product meets the ECP Standards.
Three Elements of ECPs
