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Basic Policy for Chemical Substances Management
Basic Approach
Prevention of environmental risks that could lead to environmental pollution or adverse health effects due to the use of harmful chemical substances has been established as our basic policy for chemical substances management. We manage the amounts used for about 1,200 chemicals, and we work to reduce the amount discharged and implement appropriate management at every business site.
Results for FY 2010
We set the goal of reducing emissions of specific chemical substances by 10% compared to FY 2007 by FY 2012 in the Fujitsu Group Environmental Protection Program (Stage VI).
Emissions of specific chemical substances by the whole Fujitsu Group in Japan in FY 2010 were 132 tons, which was a 48% reduction compared to the FY 2007 reference year.
Operation of the Chemicals Control System
The Fujitsu Group operates the Chemicals Control System.
Because this can be used not only to register and monitor chemicals at every site but also to manage Materials Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) and control income and expenditure in conjunction with purchasing data and inventory control, it is helping the Group to strengthen its chemicals control and make it more efficient.
Compliance with the Revised Chemical Management Law
Following revisions to the Chemical Management Law*1, more chemical substances are now covered by the MSDS*2 system and the PRTR*3 system (revisions applied to the MSDS system from October 2009, and to the PRTR system from April 2010).
Responding to these revisions, the Fujitsu Group has asked its suppliers to cooperate in the delivery of chemicals, and based on the revised PRTR system it is carrying out initiatives to obtain and accurate grasp of the amounts of chemicals transported and emitted.
*1 A law to promote correct understanding, management, and reporting of amounts of designated chemicals emitted into the environment
*2 A system that requires attachment of a Material Safety Data Sheet to chemical deliveries
*3 Abbreviation of Pollutant Release and Transfer Register. This system requires the registration and reporting of data relating to the emission of harmful chemicals into the environment and volumes within transported waste.
Reducing VOC Emissions by Substitute Metal Mask Cleaners
We have been working since 2005 to reduce VOC emissions at the Fujitsu Nasu plant, which mainly manufactures cell phones and cell phone base stations.
Among VOCs of concern, we previously used 1-methoxy-2- propanol as a cleaner for the metal masks used when printing solder paste on printed circuit boards at the Nasu plant. As the result of evaluating an isoparaffin family hydrocarbon solvent that does not contain this substance, we determined that the cleaning ability of this solvent is not inferior to that of the earlier cleaner. In July 2010, we started switching over to non-VOC cleaners and succeed in completely eliminating the use of 1-methoxy-2-propanol.
