Sony Global - Green Management 2010

Green Management 2010

Sony established its Green Management 2010 mid-range group environmental targets, which will run through fiscal year 2010, in fiscal year 2006. These targets guide the Sony Group in its efforts to help prevent global warming, recycle resources, ensure appropriate management of chemical substances and address a broad range of other complex environmental issues.

Green Management 2010: Progress Report

Green Management 2010: Progress Report

(Updated on September 28th, 2009)

Green Management 2010 encompasses individual targets for the entire business cycle, from the procurement of parts, production and product use through to product disposal and recycling. This section looks at Sony's progress toward achieving these targets in fiscal year 2008.

**Prevention of Global Warming**
Target	Base Fiscal Year	Target Fiscal Year	Progress by Fiscal Year 2008
Achieve an absolute reduction in total emissions of greenhouse gases, calculated in terms of CO2, from business sites of 7% or more	2000	2010	Decrease of 17% from the fiscal year 2000 level
Reduce annual energy consumption of products	-	-	Achieved for 71% of product categories, meeting its targets for fiscal year 2008
Ascertain and take measures to reduce total CO2 emissions during the transport of products and other materials	-	-	CO2 emissions: approx. 720,000 tons Modal shift ratio is 20.4%, increase of 4.4 points from the the previous fiscal year

**Resource Conservation**
Target	Base Fiscal Year	Target Fiscal Year	Progress by Fiscal Year 2008
Achieve an absolute reduction in total waste from sites of 40% or more	2000	2010	Decrease of 39.1% from the fiscal year 2000 level
Achieve a waste reuse/recycle ratio of 99% or more at manufacturing sites in Japan	-	2010	99.2%
Achieve a waste reuse/recycle ratio of 95% or more at manufacturing sites outside Japan	-	2010	87.8%
Achieve an absolute reduction in volume of water purchased or drawn from groundwater of 20% or more	2000	2010	Decrease of 32% from the fiscal year 2000 level
Promote the use of paper from appropriately managed forests and recycled paper	-	-	Used recycled paper for copying and for printed materials; Promoted use of Forest Stewardship Council-certified paper and other eco-conscious papers for CSR Report and other environment-related materials
Increase reused/recycled materials utilization ratio to 12% or more*1	2000	2010	10%
Continuously increase resource recovery from end-of-life products and reused/recycled ratio*2	-	-	Resource recovery from end-of-life products: approx 91,188 tons Reused/recycled ratio: 7%
Conduct life-cycle assessments (LCA) for all major products	-	-	Conducted LCAs in all major product categories

*1 Ratio of reused/recycled materials to product resource input
*2 Ratio of resource recovery from end-of-life products compared to total weight of products
*3 Value substituted by collected quantity of end-of-life products

**Chemical Substance Management**
Target	Base Fiscal Year	Target Fiscal Year	Progress by Fiscal Year 2008
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 24.1% from the fiscal year 2000 level
Management of chemical substances: Reduce water pollutants: Voluntarily control biological oxygen demand (BOD) and chemical oxygen demand (COD)	-	-	BOD:135.5 tons COD: 73.1 tons
Reduce atmospheric pollutants at sites: Reduce emissions of nitrogen oxides (NOx) and sulfur oxides (SOx)	-	-	NOx:175.6 tons SOx: 7.9 tons
Develop and continue to implement measures to prevent environmental accidents	-	-	Number of environmental accidents: 0
Complete the appropriate disposal of all large equipments that contain high concentrations of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs)	-	-	Disposed of 110 such units by fiscal year 2008; Continued to plan timing of disposals in cooperation with Japan Environmental Safety Corporation, to which disposal is subcontracted
Control chemical substances in products Prohibit, reduce or control use of controlled environmental substances in products	-	-	For all parts and raw materials supplied by Sony's 3,700 Green Partners worldwide, a ban on the use of controlled chemical substances, and the associated reduction schedule, is stated in SS-00259 and is applied to all Sony products shipped worldwide.
Reduce use of polyvinyl chlorides (PVCs) and brominated flame retardants	-	-	PVCs: ·Eliminated from packaging materials with a few exceptions ·Switch has been made to alternative wiring materials for certain productsBrominated flame retardants: ·Not used in the chassis or major printed circuit boards of any notebook or integrated PCs

**Communication, Partnerships, Education, etc.**
Target	Base Fiscal Year	Target Fiscal Year	Progress by Fiscal Year 2008
Promote green procurement of nonproduction materials	-	-	In principle, purchased environmentally conscious products through purchasing system for nonproduction materials; Revised green procurement standards in line with revisions to domestic purchasing system in Japan.
Reduce environmental impact of construction and modification of plants and other sites	-	-	Conducted environmental assessment of plant in China and reduced environmental impact prior to expanding facility; Conducted environmental assessment following closure of U.S. plant in conformance with local laws and regulations
Conduct environmental conservation activities tailored to the needs of local communities and support environmental initiatives in local communities	-	-	Most sites in Japan and overseas conducted such activities (execution rate in Japan: 90%)
Seek environment-friendly parts, products and services from suppliers and business partners; Request environment-conscious operations	-	-	Requested suppliers to reinforce management standards for chemical substances and conduct more rigorous management continuously; Requested waste disposal firms to step up efforts to manage waste
Ensure regular disclosure of information, improve communications with stakeholders and provide environment-related information about products	-	-	Published CSR report, disclosed information via the Internet, responded to inquiries and disclosed environmental information in product brochures; In Japan, published report-style advertisement in environmental newspaper focusing on corporate responses to environmental issues and concurrently launched campaign offering Green Power certificates in parallel with the release of an environmentally conscious LCD television; In Europe, promoted environmental communication based on the three "Ps" of environmental information ("Product," "Process"and "Planet")
Promote environment-conscious research and development	-	-	Developed dye-sensitized solar cells and bio batteries, among others, as well as technology to further improve the energy efficiency of LCD televisions
Ensure employees achieve a level of competence that enables them to perform their assigned duties while taking environmental concerns into consideration through environmental education	-	-	Promoted sharing of latest information using environment-related publications and the intranet; Encouraged enlightenment of employees by conducting training programs employing e-learning and in-house events

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