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Principles and Organization
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Action
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1976
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April
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Establishes Environmental Conference, chaired by the President
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Promotes prevention of hazardous
materials use and occupational health and safety in Sony Group operations in
Japan
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May
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Establishes Environmental Science
Center
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Hazardous waste materials and working
environments of Group operations in Japan are evaluated
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1985
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April
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Sony Corporation of America begins
environmental audits
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1989
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March
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Convenes special committee to study
measures to eliminate CFC use
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1990
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August
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President's Policy on the Environment
is disseminated among Sony Corporation staff
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October
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Organizes Sony Environmental
Conservation Committee
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1991
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October
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Formulates policy for product
assessment
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November
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Signs business charter for
sustainable development of the international chamber of commerce
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1992
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December
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Policy on environmental management is
established
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1993
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January
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Inaugurates Environmental Fund
System, a program supporting development of environmental protection
technologies,
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March
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Sony Global Environmental Policy and
Environmental Action Program is formulated
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April
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Center for Environmental Technologies
(CET) is established at the Sony Research Center
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1994
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February
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Launches Sony Environmental Award
program
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April
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Center for Environmental Technologies (CET) is established at the Sony Research Center (ongoing until 1999)
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May
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Launches Greenplus Project to promote
environmental consideration with respect to products
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July
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Guidelines for acquiring ISO
environmental certification are established and introduced
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1995
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May
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Sony Kohda Corporation becomes the
first Sony company in Japan to acquire ISO 14001 certification
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1996
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July
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Sony Deutschland's Service Division
becomes the first nonmanufacturing site in the Sony Group to acquire ISO 14001
certification
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October
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Revises Sony Environmental Action
Program and formulates Green Management 2000
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1997
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October
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Initiates operations at Recycle Research Center in Ichinomiya (ongoing until 2005)
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December
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Four sites in Singapore become the first nonmanufacturing sites in Asia to acquire ISO 14001 certification
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1998
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April
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Composition of Sony Environmental
Conservation Committee is revised to give each member a specific responsibility
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September
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Environmental R&D laboratory is
established in the Environmental Center Europe, Germany
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November
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Implements Sony Environmental Action
Program uniformly across the Sony Group worldwide and introduces Green
Management 2002
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1999
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February
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Completes the process of acquiring
ISO 14001 certification at all 38 manufacturing sites in Japan
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May
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Sony Eco Plaza environmental
exhibition room opens Sony Headquarters
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October
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Establishes Corporate Environmental Affairs Department |
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2000
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April
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Environmental factors are
incorporated into Network Companies' evaluations; Guideline for the
Environmental Risk Management is formulated; Fire risk survey program is
launched for European and Asian operations
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September
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Sony China Environmental Conservation
Committee is established
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October
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Introduces periodic environmental information disclosure involving advertising and publicity; Launches "eco info" mark
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December
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Introduces periodic environmental
information disclosure involving advertising and publicity; Launches "eco info"
mark
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2001
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March
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Revises Sony Mid-Term Environmental
Action Program; Formulates Green Management 2005
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April
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Japan's Home Appliance Recycling Law becomes effective and the 14-plant recycling network of Green Cycle Corporation, where Sony is the principal shareholder, begins processing four types of appliances; Environmental evaluation standards are extended from Electronics to Game, Music and Pictures businesses
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September
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Sony begins using the Green Power
Certification System
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October
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PS one game console shipments
temporarily are halted in the Netherlands due to containing cadmium above the legal limit
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2002
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March
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Sony Technical Standards, SS-00259
"Management Regulations for the Environment-related Substances to be Controlled
which are included in Parts and Materials" is formulated
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April
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Completes ISO 14001 certification
process at all manufacturing sites worldwide
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June
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Initiates first "Sony Group
Environmental Month"
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July
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Introduces Green Partner
Environmental Quality Approval Program
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2003
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March
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Introduces new system to increase the
efficiency of environmental management through a high level of expertise in
environmental issues concerning products and sites; Establishes Institute for
Environmental Research to develop medium- and long-term environmental management
visions
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July
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Revises Sony Mid-Term Environmental
Targets (Green Management 2005)
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November
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Revises Sony Environmental Vision and
renames it "Sony Group Environmental Vision"
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2004
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June
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Acquires ISO 14001 for the headquarters functions of Sony Group environmental management; commencement of a globally integrated environmental management system
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2006
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March
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Completes shift to a globally
integrated environmental management system, based on ISO 14001
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April
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Establishes Green Management 2010
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July
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Begins participation in World Wide
Fund for Nature (WWF)'s Climate Savers Programme
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2007
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November
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Resources Recycling Office is
established
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Use of renewable energy at Sony DADC
Austria's Anif Plant reaches 100%
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2008
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February
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Provides venue for the annual conference of the WWF's Climate Savers Programme and co-hosts (with the WWF) Climate Savers Tokyo Summit 2008, which welcomes representatives of industry, government and the media
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April
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Launches a scheme to support forest conservation efforts in Noshiro, Akita prefecture using a Green Power Certification system purchase contract
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June
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Announces the energy-saving KDL-32JE1 LCD television
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September
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Commences pilot program to collect small e- waste in the city of Kita-Kyushu
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2009
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January
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Announces new V5/VE5/WE5 series of BRAVIA™ LCD televisions with energy-saving features, including a "Presence Sensor" and "Energy Saving Switch," that facilitate a substantial reduction in energy consumption |
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June
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Releases mercury-free alkaline button battery (LR)
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July
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Achieves using 100% renewable energy at European sites; percentage of total energy used by Tokyo headquarters building accounted for by renewable energy reaches 50%
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September
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Transformed into Environmental Center (rank changed from "Department" to "Center") |
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October
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Sony Chemical & Information Device Corporation's Kanuma Plant wins Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Award for "Resource Recycling Techniques and Systems"
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November
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Announces at presentation to the media that it has positioned "the environment" as one of four key strategic priorities |
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2010
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February
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Announces VAIO W series of "eco body model" PCs with features that evoke Sony's commitment to environmental conservation, including components that are 80% made with recycled plastic and carrying case made from 100% recycled PET materials
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April
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Announces new "Road to Zero" global environmental plan, revises Sony Group Environmental Vision and formulates "Green Management 2015," a new set of mid-term environmental targets for the Sony Group |
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October
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Presentation on groundwater recharge for idle rice paddies (project undertaken by Sony Semiconductor Kyushu Corporation's Kumamoto Technology Center) given at COP10 Biodiversity Conference. |
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2011
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February
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Develops "SoRPlas", plastic made 99% from recycled materials, for use in the bezel (screen rim) components of BRAVIA™LCD televisions; Sony Forest, maintained by Sony EMCS Corporation's Tokai TEC Kohda Site, earns Superlative Stage (top rank) certification under the Social and Environmental Green Evaluation System (SEGES) in Japan |
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April
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Launches 1.2 kWh-capacity energy storage modules containing rechargeable lithium-ion batteries made with olivine-type lithium-ion iron phosphate |
