Basic Policy for Chemical Substances Management
Basic Approach
We have established "Prevention of environmental risks that could lead to environmental pollution or adverse health effects due to the use of harmful chemical substances" 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 Fiscal 2008
In our Stage V Environmental Protection Program, we propose the target of reducing VOC atmospheric emissions from business sites by 30% from fiscal 2000 levels by the end of fiscal 2009.
In addition to aiming for thoroughgoing and appropriate management of the target VOC chemicals and review of our manufacturing processes, in fiscal 2008 we also implemented reduction measures such as installing organic solvent collection units in semiconductor plants. As a result of these efforts, the total VOC atmospheric emissions for the whole group in fiscal 2008 was 340 tons, which corresponds to a 28% reduction from fiscal 2000 levels.
Although we have not set targets for target PRTR substances, we are managing the amounts handled and the amounts emitted.
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.
Fujitsu Receives 2007 PRTR Award for Excellence
The PRTR award was established in 2004 by the Center for Environmental Information Science to recognize companies and business sites that proactively promote communication concerning chemical substances.
In fiscal 2007, of the 14 applicants, our Iwate Prefecture plant (currently the Fujitsu Microelectronics, Ltd. Iwate plant) was awarded one of three Outstanding Performance Awards. This was the first time for a site in Iwate Prefecture to receive a PRTR award.
The Iwate plant uses Fujitsu's own CG (Cost/Green) index to promote green process activities that strive to save energy in the manufacturing process, manage chemical substances, or reduce waste production. While other Fujitsu Group plants are also promoting environmental activities using the CG index, the Iwate plant is particularly proactive in activities designed to achieve smooth communication with the local area, for example, by participating in the annual reporting event sponsored by the prefecture and explaining the plant's efforts at environmental protection to the residents of the local region. This award was given in recognition of those efforts.
