Environmental Products/Services
We create products that achieve industry-leading environmental efficiency in terms of energy and resource conservation and clean (i.e., chemical substances management) production techniques. Concepts of Green Products
- Concepts of Green Products
- Improvement of Green Products Sales Share
- Categories of Environmental Performance
- Product Environmental Assessment
- LCA (Life Cycle Assessment)
- Chemical Substances Management in Products
- Green Procurement
- Substitution of Polychlorinated vinyl (PVC) resin
- Contribution to Global Warming Prevention through Energy-saving Products
- CO2 Reduction Contribution in Products
- Creating Recycling-based Business - "Light Security Service"
- Creating Recycling-based Business - "Light e-Support"
- Development of Environmental Technologies - Subcritical Water Decomposition and Recycling Technology for FRP
- Fulfilling Recycling Requirements for Containers and Packaging
- Collecting compact sized rechargeable batteries
| Key Issues | Plan for FY2010 | Results for FY2010 | Evaluation | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
.gif){kind=small} | .gif){kind=small} | Develop Super GP, Superior GP | Approve 30 products of superior GP | Approved 37 products of superior GP | .gif){kind=small} |
| Increase GP sales ratio | GP sales ratio: 64% | 66.3 | |||
.gif){kind=small} | Create products with industry leading energy-saving performance (during use and standby mode) | Increase 4% of product's energy saving (vs. prev. year) | Increased by 12% (599,000 tons) | .gif){kind=small} | |
.gif){kind=small} | Promote 3R for products | Continued 3R design for products Promote the use of wood with forest certification | Continued 3R promotion based on the GP certification system Enacted the Green Procurement standards for wood in the Panasonic Group | .gif){kind=small} | |
| Establish and develop recycling business models | Expand recycling business models | Started "Light e-Support", a recycling business for non-residential lighting | |||
.gif){kind=small} | Manage specified chemical substances (identify and reduce) | Industry-leading measures on environment-impacting substances and VOCs | Clarified VOC management standards through revision of the Chemical Substances Management Rank Guidelines (for Residential] Construction) | .gif){kind=small} | |
| Correspond to REACH directive | Identify Substances of Very High Concern (SVHC) contained in devices and products destined for European markets | Promoted information collection on SVHC and other chemical substances | |||
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