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Environmental Report Committed to People, Committed to the Future 2013 Environmental Report Committed to People, Committed to the Future. 1-1, Shibaura 1-chome, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 105-8001, Japan Contacts : Corporate Environment Management Oce Tel : +81-3-3457-2403 Fax : +81-3-5444-9206 Inquiry page on Toshiba website URL : http://www.toshiba.co.jp/env/en/contact/ The report is available on the Toshiba website. URL : http://www.toshiba.co.jp/env/en/ Toshiba is conducting an online questionnaire. Please give us your opinions or comments on the report for future reference. URL : https://www.webcom.toshiba.co.jp/csr/env.php 1st Edition, published in October 2013 Toshiba Group Business Overview Company Overview (as of March 31, 2013) Company name Toshiba Corporation CSR-related international charters/guidelines Toshiba endorses Headquarters address 1-1, Shibaura 1-chome, United Nations Global Compact Minato-ku, Tokyo Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) Founded July 1875 Electronic Industry Code of Conduct (EICC) Paid-in capital 439.9 billion yen Number of shareholders 446,001 Consolidated net sales 5,800.3 billion yen Number of shares issued 4,237,600,000 shares Number of consolidated subsidiaries 590 (183 in Japan, 407 overseas) Number of employees 206,087 (consolidated) Number of aliates accounted for by the equity method 200 Stock exchange listings Tokyo, Nagoya, London Financial Results (Consolidated) Net Sales Operating Income & Net Income Net income (billion yen) (billion yen) Operating income 8,000 300 240.3 202.7 194.3 6,512.7 6,398.5 6,291.2 6,100.3 5,800.3 200 125.2 137.8 70.1 77.5 6,000 100 19.7 0 4,000 –100 2,000 –200 –300 –233.4 0 –343.6 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 (FY) –400 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 (FY) Sales by Business Segment (FY2012) Sales by Region (FY2012) Number of Employees by Region (FY2012) Europe*2 Central & South America Home appliances Other Europe Other 11,562 6,711 591.5 310.7 726.4 320.5 (5.6%) (3.3%) (5%) (13%) (6%) (10%) North America Africa 22,347 835 (10.8%) (0.4%) Social Electronic infrastructure Japan China Japan devices 2,564.2 North America 2,627.2 22,889 113,486 1,335.3 (41%) 1,057.8 (45%) (21%) (11.1%) (55.1%) Digital (18%) products Asia & Asia*1 & *1 Excluding Japan 1,432.7 Oceania Oceania and China (23%) 1,068.4 28,257 *2 Including Russia (18%) (13.7%) Total: 5,800.3 (billion yen) Total: 5,800.3 (billion yen) Total: 206,087 (employees) SCiBTM rechargeable battery Electronic book reader LCD TV Photovoltaic power MFP generation system Blu-ray disk recorder Thermal power generation turbine Social © TOKYO-SKYTREE Ultrabook™ REGZA tablet Digital products infrastructure High-speed, high-resolution Elevator for the CT scanner TOKYO SKYTREE® Main Products and Services Electronic Home devices appliances NAND flash drive Storage devices Home (HDDs and SSDs) Heat source system with air-cooled heating pumps storage battery CMOS image sensor Washing machine with dryer Energy monitor Water consumption Gas consumption 10:48 Nov. 1 (Thurs.) (46 yen) (168 yen) (Consumption from 9:00 to 10:00) Charging Electricity sold Electricity purchased Electricity generated Electricity used Battery remaining Discharging Today’s data Current values Homepage Detailed Graph Calendar Power Download Help High-efficiency information consumption magnetron FlashAir SD card HEMS Refrigerator/freezer LED light Please refer to the Toshiba Annual Report 2013 for detailed business and financial information. This information is also available at the following website: http://www.toshiba.co.jp/about/ir/index.htm 01 Toshiba Group Environmental Report 2013 Editing Policy Contents Toshiba Group has published the Environmental Report since Chapter Vision and Strategies FY1998 (From 2004 to 2007, environmental information was 1 CEO Commitment ………………………………… 03 provided in the CSR Report). This report is published to provide Toshiba’s Initiatives for Reconstruction and Power detailed environmental information on Toshiba Group to all Saving ……………………………………………… 05 stakeholders of the Group. The content of this year’s edition was Toward Environmental Vision 2050 ……………… 07 Formulation of the Environmental Grand Design… 09 expanded to include information on the progress of the Fifth Progress in the Fifth Environmental Action Plan… 11 Environmental Action Plan, as well as on new initiatives to Toshiba Group's Initiatives for Smart Communities mitigate climate change and use resources eectively at produc- to Realize a Sustainable Society…………………… 13 tion sites and at the product level, conserve biodiversity and Special Feature: Conservation of Biodiversity …… 17 promote environmental communication, and step up environ- mental management. At the same time, to contribute to reduc- Chapter Expansion of ECPs tion in environmental impacts, the report will be published only 2 Creation of Products with the Highest Level of on Toshiba’s website with its print version not issued. Additional Environmental Performance ……………………… 23 information will also be provided there as it becomes available. Creation of Excellent ECPs ………………………… 25 Mitigation of Climate Change ……………………… 27 Mitigation of Climate Change by Energy Technologies ……………………………………… 29 Efficient Use of Resources ………………………… 32 Providing detailed environmental information Management of Chemicals in Products ………… 35 http://www.toshiba.co.jp/env/en/index.htm Product Eco-efficiency …………………………… 37 Environmental Report 2013 and website for environment Chapter High-eciency Manufacturing 3 Pursuing the world's lowest level of environmental impacts …………………………………………… 39 Mitigation of Climate Change …………………… 41 Topics: Making CO2 emissions in the supply chain visible ……………………………………………… 43 Topics: Energy-saving diagnosis ………………… 44 Effective Use of Resources ………………………… 45 Management of Chemical ………………………… 47 We provide more detailed information on our environmental website. Toshiba "eco style" website Response to Environmental Risks ………………… 49 http://ecostyle.toshiba.com Recycling of End-of-Life Products ………………… 51 Chapter Providing nancial information Compliance and Management http://www.toshiba.co.jp/about/ir/index.htm 4 Aiming to become the most excellent company in Annual Report 2013 and website for investor relations environmental management……………………… 54 Environmental Management Structure…………… 55 Environmental Education/Human Resources Development ……………………………………… 56 Environmental Audits……………………………… 57 Performance Evaluation…………………………… 58 Environmental Accounting ……………………… 59 Chapter Reputation 5 Promoting environmental communication to connect people …………………………………… 61 Reporting on CSR activities (social and environmental) in general Launching of "Toshiba Group Global Environmental http://www.toshiba.co.jp/csr/en/index.htm Action" …………………………………………… 62 CSR Report 2013 and website for CSR activities Advancing with Customers ……………………… 63 Partnerships ……………………………………… 64 Advancing with Stakeholders …………………… 65 Third-Party Evaluation …………………………… 67 Evaluation by External Parties (FY2012 results) …… 68 Chapter 6 Advancing to the Next Stage New stage of environmental management ……… 69 Overview of Environmental Impacts……………… 71 Organizations covered Reference guidelines In principle, this report covers Toshiba Group (Toshiba Corporation and its 590 ·Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) consolidated subsidiaries in Japan and overseas). In cases where the report Sustainability Reporting Guidelines, Third Edition (G3) covers entities other than Toshiba Group, the individual entities are indicated. Note: The comparative table for GRI guidelines is posted on Toshiba’s website. * In this report, “Toshiba” refers to Toshiba Corporation. ·Ministry of the Environment of Japan Reporting period Environmental Reporting Guidelines 2012 This report focuses on the results of activities in FY2012 (April 1, 2012 to March Environmental Accounting Guidelines 2005 31, 2013), but includes some activities continuing from the past and some more recent activities. Ensuring universal design in terms of color vision Publication We made eorts to ensure the text and charts herein are easy to read for as many The current issue was published in September 2013 (The publication of the next readers as possible irrespective of dierences in color vision. For details, please visit issue is scheduled for August 2014; the previous issue was published in Septem- our environment website. ber 2012). Signicant change during the reporting period This report includes descriptions of Toshiba’s future plans and strategies, as well as In August 2012, upon the U.S.-based IBM Corp.’s transfer of its business to prospects of its nancial results. These descriptions and prospects are based on Toshiba Tec Corp., Toshiba Tec established Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions Disclaimer matters decided and opinions formed using information that is obtainable at this Holdings Corp., a holding company, and Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions, time. Inc., a U.S. business corporation, and Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions started operation. Toshiba Group Environmental Report 2013 02 chapter chapter1 Vision and Strategies 1 CEO Commitment Vision and Strategies Vision We aim to become one of the world’s foremost Expansion of ECPs eco-companies through our four strategies by integrating business management and environmental management. High-eciency Manufacturing Introduction Continuing to support recovery from the Compliance and Management Compliance After I joined the company, I worked mainly in the production divi- Great East Japan Earthquake sion and the procurement division, which purchases materials and Toshiba Group has channeled extensive resources
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