Developing Unique Environmental Technologies
Sharp is advancing in the research and development of unique environmental technologies in four areas—energy saving and energy creation, effective use of resources, safety and peace of mind, and health and comfort—to raise the environmental performance of its products and devices, and lower their environmental impact during their life cycle.
Developing Products and Devices with High Environmental Performance
Sharp is constantly improving the environmental performance of its products and devices. Every year the company revises its guidelines for environmentally conscious design, thus creating increasingly stricter assessment standards for certification as environmentally conscious products and devices.
Expanding the Recycling of Used Products
Sharp recycles products that have reached the end of their service life based on three policies: 1) improve the recycling rate and aim for zero landfill disposal, 2) improve the efficiency of the recycling system to reduce recycling costs, and 3) incorporate recycling technologies into the development and design of products.
Advancing Environmental Sustainability Management
Sharp’s system for advancing environmental sustainability management is centered on the Environmental Protection Group. Under this system, Sharp is continuously making efforts to strengthen environmental sustainability management and raise employees’ environmental awareness by building an Integrated Management System that is incorporated into a strategic management system and by implementing environmental education programs.
Raising the Level of Environmental Performance in Factories
Sharp is working to reduce the environmental impact of its factories by using its own unique criteria and standards to certify a factory with an extremely high level of environmental consciousness as a Super Green Factory (SGF). Sharp also began the new SGF II initiative at SGF-certified bases.
Given the importance of applying environmental measures to the office, Sharp introduced the Green Office certification system in Japan in fiscal 2007. This system draws on the accumulated know-how gained from efforts to protect the environment at production facilities.
Reducing Environmental Impacts in Distribution and Packaging
In cooperation with shipping contractors, Sharp is working to decrease environmental impacts in distribution, for example, by optimizing transport methods and load efficiency. In packaging, Sharp is also working to further reduce environmental impacts by extending the use of environmentally conscious, unified packaging around the globe.
Promoting Environmental Communication
To provide environmental communication for its wide range of stakeholders, Sharp discloses environmental information through exhibitions and forums, and various media including newspaper ads and TV commercials, as well as Environmental and Social Reports and websites.
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