The FUJIFILM Environmental Report/2001 Edition

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CURRENT STATUS OF MEASURES AND FUTURE VISION A key principle of “Our Common Future,” published in 1987 by the United Nations’ World Commission on Environment and Development, is that “states shall conserve and use the environment and natural resources for the benefit of present and future generations.” This concept of sustainable development was evolved further in 1992, which saw the adoption of a global action plan for achieving sustainable development in the 21st century—Agenda 21—at the Earth Summit held in Rio de Janeiro. In recent years, environmental initiatives around the world have generally followed Agenda 21’s lead in emphasizing sustainable development. 6 Fujifilm will continue to conduct its business in the interests of global sustainable development, following its three-pronged policy of constantly giving due consideration to the natural environment, ensuring safety with regard to chemicals, and preventing the wasteful use of resources (source reduction). Another key concept of the 21st century will be eco-efficiency, which can be calculated using a formula in which environmental burden is expressed as a ratio of a product’s quality, function, and the services it renders—in other words, environmental burden as measured over the product’s full life cycle. If the environmental burden is a certain fraction of the cost of product development, manufacture, and marketing, cost-efficiency is achieved. Continually raising cost-efficiency and eco-efficiency can be said to be the foundation of Fujifilm’s environmental activities in the 21st century. Our goal is to reduce the environmental burden of Fujifilm products and production activities and bring our operations in line with reduce, reuse, and recycle practices to the greatest possible extent. By continually raising the eco-efficiency of products created as part of our basic Imaging & Information philosophy, we believe we are contributing to the cause of sustainable development in the global environment. Fujifilm will continue to seek ways of raising eco-efficiency in all of its production processes, from R&D to waste disposal. Below are examples of measures taken to date to raise eco- efficiency: 1) Reduction of the volume of silver used in photosensitized materials for photography Over approximately 20 years, Fujifilm has reduced the amount of silver used in color negative film by more than half, and the amount of silver used in color print paper by around two-thirds. Naturally, we continued to enhance product performance even as we reduced silver levels. Photosensitized materials for photography are the product of a reaction of silver nitrate and halogen compounds in a gelatin aqueous solution. However, very small changes in the type of halogen compound, mix of the aqueous solution, type of gelatin, or temperature can have a major impact on the quality of the photo. Only by achieving a very careful mix of these variables is it possible to create high- performing photosensitized materials for photography with very small amounts of silver. 2) Reduction of the amount of developer needed for color paper print films Over approximately 10 years, Fujifilm has reduced the volume of developer needed for color negative prints by more than half, and for color paper prints by four-fifths. This too is a result of a general review and improvement of the mix of constituents of photosensitized materials as well as of the capabilities of developing equipment. These measures have enabled us to greatly reduce the amount of liquid waste from developing processes. 3) Energy-saving design for Fujicolor QuickSnap Since the launch of the Fujicolor QuickSnap, single-use camera bodies have become slimmer and smaller, and other continual design improvements have been undertaken. Current models are approximately half the weight of the first Fujicolor QuickSnap. In addition to such resource reduction policies, Fujifilm aims to create products with still higher eco-efficiency through environment-friendly designs.
RESPONSIBLE CARE POLICIES, ORGANIZATION, AND MANAGEMENT What is Responsible Care? Responsible Care is an effort to ensure “environmental preservation, safety, and health” throughout the entire life cycle of a product by means of voluntary management efforts by business operators. In more concrete terms, Responsible Care is an effort to which each country of the world is devoting itself and whose main points are: a) the making of a pledge, in one’s operational policy, to ensure environmental preservation and safety throughout the total business process, from product development through production, distribution, and use to waste disposal; b) the implementation of countermeasures; and c) the planning of improvements. The comprehensive effort, referred to Responsible Care and ISO 14001 Fujifilm’s basic philosophy in its environmental stance is realizing the goals of Responsible Care through the establishment of and adherence to management norms that conform with ISO 14001 standards. Fujifilm has a policy of setting even tougher targets in Fujifilm’s Responsible Care Procedures ◆ Implementation of Fujifilm Responsible Care Audits ◆ Review of High-Priority Implementation Items by Fujifilm Responsible Care Committee ◆Taking Corrective Measures Audits and Assessments Creation of Reports ◆ Creation of Responsible Care Annual Reports by Each Organization ◆ Creation of Implementation Reports by the Specified Issues Promotion Committees ◆ Distribution of the Environmental Report ◆ Public Disclosure of Performance by Each Organization and Dialogues with Communities ◆ Public Disclosure of Information via the Internet as Responsible Care, that comprises these main points is based on a foundation of self-determination and self-responsibility on the part of business operators. The Japan Chemical Industry Association established the Japan Responsible Care Council in 1995. Fujifilm immediately took a Japan Responsible Care Council Responsible Care Implementation Oath and became a member. In order to ensure the preservation of the beauty of nature and her valuable resources, we established a Fujifilm Responsible Care Policy and are earnestly devoting ourselves to the efforts set forth in that policy. its voluntary environmental initiatives than those required by law. We pursue continuous improvement by repeating the PDCA cycle through the effective use of ISO 14001 standards as a management tool. Company President’s Oath Establishment of Policy ACT CHECK PLAN DO Implementation Public Announcement of Results & Dialogues with Communities ◆ Fujifilm Responsible Care Committee ◆ Specified Issues Promotion Committees ◆ Environment and Safety Divisions at Business Locations (under the Jurisdiction of the Fujifilm Responsible Care Committee) Arrangement of Systems Establishment of Implementation Plans ◆Establishment of Implementation Plans by Specified Issues Promotion Committees ◆Establishment of Responsible Care Measures by Each Organization ◆ Execution of Implementation Plans by Specified Issues Promotion Committees ◆Promotion of Responsible Care Implementation Plans by Each Organization 7
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