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| Green Management 2010: Progress Report |
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| To realize the Sony Group Environmental Vision, Sony has established Green Management 2010, a new set of medium-term group environmental targets to be achieved by fiscal 2010. The targets will guide the Sony Group in its efforts to help prevent global warming, to conserve resources, to ensure appropriate management of chemical substances, and to address a broad range of other complex environmental issues. Green Management 2010 encompasses general environmental indicators as well as individual targets. This section looks at Sony's progress on both fronts in fiscal 2006. |
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General Indicators and the Eco-Efficiency Equation
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The general indicators, namely, greenhouse gas and resource indices, have been established to determine, where possible, the environmental impact of the Sony Group's business activities, products and services, over their entire life cycles. To determine whether these indicators are effective in gauging the Sony Group's impact given the business environment at the time, Sony uses the eco-efficiency equation shown on the right.
In fiscal 2006, Sony's greenhouse gas emissions totaled approximately 20.53 million tons, up approximately 17% from fiscal 2005. Sony's eco-efficiency index was 0.99 times the level in fiscal 2000. The increase in greenhouse gas emissions was due primarily to two factors: a change in the definition of greenhouse gas index that resulted in the inclusion, beginning in fiscal 2006, of CO2 emissions from logistics, and an increase in CO2 generated during product use of approximately 16%, attributable to increases in the size of liquid crystal display (LCD) televisions, and the number of sets sold. In contrast, total greenhouse gas emissions from sites decreased approximately 7% from fiscal 2005.
Sony's resource index for fiscal 2006 shows that resources used during the period totaled approximately 1.09 million tons, while eco-efficiency was 1.65 times the fiscal 2000 level. Eco-efficiency was also significantly higher than in fiscal 2005, reflecting an increase in sales of LCD televisions, offset by a scaling back of cathode ray tube (CRT) television production, while product resource input volume declined slightly. Overall, the resource index has declined steadily since fiscal 2000, while eco-efficiency has improved significantly since fiscal 2004, when the shift to flat-screen LCD televisions began in earnest. |
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Green Management 2010 General Indicators
Indicator |
Calculation |
| Greenhouse gas index |
Total greenhouse gas emissions from sites (calculated in terms of CO2) + Total CO2 emissions from product use + Total CO2 emissions from logistics
- Greenhouse gas emissions offset by greenhouse gas reduction activities |
| Resource index |
Waste landfilled from sites
+ Product resource input
- Volume of reused/recycled materials
- Volume of resource recovery from end-of-life products |
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| Greenhouse Gas Efficiency |
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| Resource Efficiency |
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Progress of Individual Targets
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| The individual targets set forth in Green Management 2010 cover Sony's entire business cycle, from the procurement of parts to the manufacture, use and disposal or recycling of products. This section looks at Sony's progress on main targets for products and sites in fiscal 2006. |
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Prevention of Global Warming
Target |
Base Fiscal Year |
Target Fiscal Year |
Progress by Fiscal 2006 |
| Reduce emissions of greenhouse gases, calculated in terms of CO2 emissions, from business sites by 7% or more |
2000 |
2010 |
Decrease of 9% from the fiscal 2000 level |
| Reduce annual energy consumption of products |
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Achieved for 90% of product categories |
| Ascertain and take measures to reduce CO2 emissions during the transport of products and other materials |
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CO2 emission: 670,000 tons Increase to 16% from 12% for percentage of modal shift in total transport |
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Resource Conservation
Target |
Base Fiscal Year |
Target Fiscal Year |
Progress by Fiscal 2006 |
| Achieve an absolute reduction in waste from sites of 40% or more |
2000
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2010 |
Decrease of 31% from the fiscal 2000 level |
| Achieve a waste reuse/recycle ratio of 99% or more at manufacturing sites in Japan |
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2010 |
99% |
| Achieve a waste reuse/recycle ratio of 95% or more at manufacturing sites outside Japan |
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2010 |
87% |
| Achieve an absolute reduction in volume of water purchased or drawn from groundwater of 20% or more |
2000 |
2010 |
Decrease of 16% from the fiscal 2000 level |
| Ensure using paper from appropriately managed forests and paper with a high recycling ratio |
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Used recycled paper for copying and printed materials |
| Increase reused/recycled materials utilization ratio of 12% or more*1 |
2000 |
2010 |
10% |
| Continuously increase resource recovery from end-of-life products and reusing/recycling ratio*2 |
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Resource recovery from end-of-life products: approximately 36,355 tons
Reusing/recycling ratio: 3% |
| Conduct life cycle assessments (LACs) for all major products |
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Achieved in 75% of product categories |
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Chemical Substance Management
Target |
Base Fiscal Year |
Target Fiscal Year |
Progress by Fiscal 2006 |
Prohibit, reduce or control use of controlled chemical substances at sites
Achieve an absolute reduction in released amounts of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) into the atmosphere of 40% or more |
2000 |
2010 |
Decrease of 41% from the fiscal 2000 level |
| Management of chemical substances: Reduce water pollutants: Voluntarily control biological oxygen demand (BOD) and chemical oxygen demand (COD) |
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BOD: 278 tons
COD: 277 tons |
| Reduce atmospheric pollutants at sites: Reduce the amount of emissions of nitrogen oxides (NOx) and sulfur oxides (SOx) |
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NOx: 111 tons
SOx: 47 tons |
| Develop and continue to implement measures to prevent environmental accidents |
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Occurred 1 environmental accident |
| Complete the appropriate disposal of all large equipment that includes polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) |
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70 equipment stored in Tokyo has been disposed |
| Prohibit, reduce or control use of controlled chemical substances in products |
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Eliminated specified chemical substances from all Sony products shipped worldwide |
| Reduce use of polyvinyl chlorides (PVCs) and brominated flame retardants |
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PVCs;
- eliminated PVCs from packaging materials with a few exceptions
- has switched to Polyolefin materials for certain power cables, AC adapter cords and electrical cords used in products
Brominated flame retardants;
- are not used in the cabinets of any models of the "VAIO" PC launced in fiscal 2006, or in the printed wiring boards of any of Bd-sized and smaller notebook PCs
- printed wiring boards in 72% of A4-sized PCs contain no brominated flame retardant |
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Communication, cooperative efforts, education, etc.
Target |
Base Fiscal Year |
Target Fiscal Year |
Progress by Fiscal 2006 |
| Promote green procurement of non-production materials |
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Purchased environmentally conscious products in principle through procurement system of non-production materials |
| Reduce the environmental impact of construction and modification of plants and other sites |
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Conducted environmental assessments and build new office building of headquarters and a new plant in Europe with low environmental impact. |
| Conduct environmental conservation activities tailored to the needs of each area or support local environmental initiatives |
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Conducted activities in many sites in Japan and overseas
Executing rate: 77% (in Japan) |
| Request environmentally conscious parts, products and services and promote environmentally conscious operations |
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Requested to suppliers to fully manage chemical substances
Requested to waste disposal firms to fully manage wastes |
Ensure regular disclosure of information and improve communication with stakeholders
Provide environmental information about products |
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Published CSR report, disclosed information through the internet
Responded to inquiries and disclosed environmental information on brochure |
| Promote environmentally conscious research and development |
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Conducted environmental assessments for 6 themes |
| Ensure that each employee achieves a level of competence to perform his or her assigned duties while taking the environment into consideration |
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Conducted training programs by e-learning and in-house environmental events
Published various booklets to promote awareness |
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*1 The ratio of reused/recycled materials to product resource input
*2 The ratio of resource recovery from end-of-life products to |
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