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The Environment
- Toshiba Group's Basic Policy for the Environment
- Environmental Vision 2050
- The Fifth Environmental Action Plan
- Actual Results for FY2011
- Greening of Process(Environmentally Conscious Manufacturing)
- Greening of Products(Environmentally Conscious Products)
- Greening by Technology(Low Carbon Energy Technologies)
- Green Management(The Base of Our Environmental Management)
Toshiba Group’s Basic Policy for the Environment
Based on the recognition that it is our responsibility to maintain the health of the global environment as an irreplaceable asset for future generations, Toshiba contributes to the development of a sustainable society by promoting environmental activities designed to realize a world that is low carbon, recycling based and environmentally harmonious.
Promoting Environmental Management
Toshiba considers environmental stewardship to be one of management’s primary responsibilities and promotes environmental activities in harmony with economic activities.
Toshiba assesses the impacts of its business activities, products and services on the environment, including with regard to biodiversity, and specifies objectives and targets with respect to the reduction of environmental impacts and prevention of pollution.
Toshiba strives to continuously improve environmental management through internal audits and reviews of activities.
Toshiba complies with all laws and regulations, industry guidelines it has endorsed, and its own standards concerning the environment.
Toshiba strives to enhance the awareness of all its employees with respect to the environment and requires that they make a practical contribution to the environment through their work.
Toshiba operates globally, and accordingly, promotes environmental activities throughout Toshiba Group.
Providing Environmentally Conscious Products and Services and Reducing Their Environmental Impact Through Business Activities
Toshiba recognizes that natural resources are finite and implements vigorous environmental measures to promote their effective and practical use in terms of both products and business processes.
Toshiba develops and provides environmentally conscious products and services which contribute to the reduction of environmental impacts throughout their life cycles.
Toshiba strives to reduce the environmental impacts of all business processes, encompassing design, manufacturing, logistics, sale, and disposal, with a particular focus on the prevention of global warming, efficient utilization of resources and control of chemical substances.
As a Corporate Citizen of Planet Earth
Toshiba contributes to society through its environmental activities, which include the development and provision of excellent, environmentally conscious technologies and products and cooperation with society at large and with local communities.
Toshiba is committed to maximizing disclosure and transparency in communication with stakeholders and society at large in order to facilitate mutual understanding.
Revised June 1, 2010
Environmental Vision 2050
Toshiba endeavors to create values in harmony with the environment based on recognition of the fact that it is our responsibility to maintain the health of the global environment as an irreplaceable asset for future generations. In its role as one of the world's foremost eco-companies, Toshiba Group established its Environmental Vision 2050 to take the lead in realizing a world where people can lead affluent lives in harmony with the Earth. The Group defines overall eco-efficiency (see p. 37) using an indicator to measure the achievement of value creation in harmony with the environment, and aims to increase eco-efficiency tenfold from the 2000 level by 2050.
In order to achieve this goal, we are promoting initiatives aimed at reducing the environmental impact of all our products and business activities, from the perspective of mitigation of climate change, efficient use of resources, and management of chemicals, based on the concept of the three “Greens”: Greening of Process, Greening of Products, and Greening by Technology which are supported by Green Management.
The three “Greens” and the management supporting them
The Fifth Environmental Action Plan
Becoming one of the world’s foremost ecocompanies through the new Environmental Action Plan
In FY2011 Toshiba Group determined that it had mostly achieved the targets of the Fourth Environmental Action Plan ending in FY2012, and formulated the Fifth Environmental Action Plan ending in FY2015. The Fifth Plan comprises a total of 22 items, including new targets for biodiversity, environmental education and human resource development, and environmental communication, in addition to reduction of the environmental impact of all products and business processes, which have been carried over as priority targets from the previous plan, in order to promote environmental management in a comprehensive manner.
The Fifth Environmental Action Plan’s targets include increasing overall eco-efficiency for FY2015 to three times that of FY2000, with improvements in product eco-efficiency being 3.4 times and business processes eco-efficiency 1.5 times greater the levels of FY2000. The principles of the “Three Greens” will be implemented continuously from the Fourth Action Plan. Under “Greening of Products/Greening by Technology,” targets are set for both the sales amounts and number of Environmentally Conscious Products (ECPs), thereby promoting integration of business and environmental management. For the “Greening of Process,” targets are set for environmental impact and for per unit production, with the aim of achieving the world’s highest efficiency in production.
The three categories outlined below were established under “Green Management.”
The first, biodiversity, is an issue that drew attention in the activity check based on ISO 26000. Toshiba intends to globally expand the development of ecosystem networks with production sites playing a central role in cooperation with local communities, in particular by focusing on the conservation of flora and fauna in ecosystems with regional characteristics in mind.
For environmental education and human resource development, Toshiba promotes development of environmental leaders at each production site (Toshiba eco-style leaders) and is further enhancing activities at sites with the aim of registering 2,000 leaders globally by 2015.
With regard to environmental communication, through the commitment of 200,000 members of Toshiba Group to community-based environmental activities throughout the world, Toshiba Group is expanding environmental communication to connect people around the world.
| Core Subjects | Indicator | FY2012 | FY2015 | |
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| General | Overall Eco-efficiency (compared to FY2000 levels) | 2.5 times | 3 times | |
| Product Eco-efficiency (compared to FY2000 levels) | 2.8 times | 3.4 times | ||
| Business Process Eco-efficiency (compared to FY2000 levels) | 1.35 times | 1.5 times | ||
| Greening of Products/Greening by Technology | Sales Amounts of Excellent ECPs | 0.5 trillion yen | 1.8 trillion yen | |
| Sales Amounts resulting from Greening by Technology | 1.36 trillion yen | 1.9 trillion yen | ||
| Mitigation of Climate Change | Reduction of CO2 emissions (Greening of Products)note1 | 6 M tons | 15 M tons | |
| Reduction of CO2 emissions (Greening by Technology)note2 | 450 M tons | 490 M tons | ||
| Efficient Use of Resources | Percentage of resource savingsnote3 | 33% | 50% | |
| Percentage of use of recycled plasticsnote4 | 2.6% | 3.0% | ||
| Management of Chemicals | Reduction of Specified Chemical Substances (reduction of PVC/BFRsnote5) | Complete abolition in 20 product groupsnote6 | Complete abolition in all 80 product groupsnote6 | |
| Green of Process | Mitigation of Climate Change | Total greenhouse gas emissions (compared to FY1990 levels)note7 | 3.45 M ton (51%) | 4.39 M tons (65%) |
| Total energy-derived CO2 emissions per unit production (compared to FY2010 levels)note7 | 96% | 90% | ||
| Total CO2 emissions resulting from product logistics per unit production (compared to FY2010 levels) | 98% | 95% | ||
| Efficient Use of Resources | Waste emissions (compared to FY2000 levels) | 0.107 M tons (65%) | 0.117 M tons (71%) | |
| Total volume of waste generated per unit production (compared to FY2010 levels) | 96% | 90% | ||
| Percentage of final waste disposal (relative to Toshiba Group total emissions)note8 | 1.8% | 0.5% | ||
| Volume of water received per unit production (compared to FY2010 levels) | 96% | 90% | ||
| Management of Chemicals | Total emissions (compared to FY2000 levels) | 1,694t (66%) | 1,967t (77%) | |
| Chemical substance handling amounts per unit production (compared to FY2010 levels) | 99% | 95% | ||
| Green Management | Conservation of Biodiversity | Developing ecosystem networks with production sites playing a central role in collaboration with local communities | Percentage of major production sites at which the biodiversity survey was conducted: 50% | Measures implemented to improve biodiversity |
| Environmental Education/Human Resources Development | Development of Toshiba eco-style leaders | Development of 200 leaders | Development of 2,000 leaders | |
| Environmental Communication | Expanding environmental communication to connect people around the world | Creating an employee community to raise ecoawareness | Promotion of “Simultaneous Environmental Actions” to cope with global environmental issues | |
- Notes:
- Covers operation sites (manufacturing and non-manufacturing sites) worldwide.
Unit basis targets, specifically product quantity-base indices, which have real output as the denominator, were used to facilitate evaluation of environmental activities.
Real production = [Nominal output in Japan] / [corporate goods price index (for electrical equipment) announced by the Bank of Japan for the year (compared to 1990 levels, where 1990 is represented as 1)] + [nominal output outside Japan] - note1:
- [CO2 emissions of assumed substitute products] – [CO2 emissions of shipped products] (Compares annual emissions during the usage stage and cumulates emissions for half the product life.)
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- Compared with CO2 emissions (rate to net production output) for average thermal power of the same fuel type; for nuclear power/renewable energy, compared with CO2 emissions (rate to net production output) for average thermal power of all types
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- [Increase in the amount of resources saved] / [increase in product total by weight] x 100
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- [Amount of recyclable plastics] / [amount of plastics used for products] x 100
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- PVC: Polyvinyl chloride is one of the most common plastics and is used in a wide range of products. However, there is concern over the generation of hazardous substances due to inappropriate treatment at disposal, as well as the toxicity of certain plasticizers (e.g., phthalate esters) added to PVCs.
BFRs: Brominated flame retardants are used in plastics. Some BFRs are raising health concerns while others persist in the environment or are bioaccumulative. There is also concern over the generation of hazardous substances due to inappropriate treatment at disposal. - note6:
- Special uses are excluded.
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- 3.50 t-CO2/10-thousand kWh is used for the power factor in Japan, and GHG Protocol data is used overseas.
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- Toshiba Group’s definition of “zero emissions” of waste is that the amount of landfill waste after treatment is equivalent to less than 0.5% for manufacturing sites and 1.0% for nonmanufacturing sites of the total amount of by-products and other items generated (total amount of waste discharged) as a result of business activities (excluding the sites with restrictions under laws and administrative guidance).
Actual Results for FY2011
Achievement of the overall eco-efficiency target for FY2011
Toshiba Group uses the degree of improvement in ecoefficiency generally known as the “Factor” as the indicator of improvement in its environmental management. This is calculated by dividing the value of products offered by the assessment of environmental impact. The overall ecoefficiency is calculated by combining product eco-efficiency and business process eco-efficiency.
In FY2011, product eco-efficiency increased by 2.79 times over the 2000 level, exceeding the target (2.38 times) due to improvements in product value and reductions in environmental impact mainly in the area of digital products and electronic devices. Meanwhile, due to an increase in sales resulting from improvements in recycling and economic conditions, business process eco-efficiency increased by 1.36 times over the 2000 level, also exceeding the target (1.28 times). Accordingly, overall eco-efficiency increased by 2.50 times over the 2000 level, enabling us to achieve our target (2.16 times).
Progress of overall eco-efficiency
The Fourth Environmental Action Plan: Target Achievement Level
In our Fourth Environmental Action Plan, we have developed indicators to assess improvements in product eco-efficiency from the viewpoint of the development of environmentally conscious products (ECPs). We have also developed indicators to assess improvements in business processes from three perspectives: mitigation of climate change, efficient use of resources, and management of chemicals.
In FY2011 we achieved three out of four product target categories and seven out of nine business-process target categories. In particular, 29 products were certified as Excellent ECPs, which is nine more than the initial target. Six products including indirect hydrogen-cooled power generators were certified in the field of social infrastructure systems. As a result, ECPs are now offered by all our business fields. Meanwhile, while we did not achieve our targets for the reduction effect of CO2 emissions caused by eco products due to the slow recovery in sales, we achieved an increase by 0.7 million tons of reduction effect (from 4 million tons in the previous fiscal year). In the business process, due to delays in the progress of zero emissions of waste at overseas sites and execution of capital investment, we did not achieve the targets for reduction of chemical emissions into air and water.
Under the Fifth Environmental Action Plan, we will further promote measures to achieve reductions in the three target categories that were not achieved within the Fourth Environmental Action Plan.
| Improvement of Product Eco-efficiency | ||||||
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| Indicator | FY2011 Plan | FY2011 Results | Evaluationnote4 | |||
| Creation of ECPs | Percentage of ECPs to total net sales | 70% | 72% |  |
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| Number of Excellent ECPs created | 20 products | 29 products |  |
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| CO2 emissions reductions through Eco Products | 6.8 M tons | 4.7 M tons |  |
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| 15 specified chemicals contained in productsnote1(all use has been discontinued) | Abolition of use of all those substances | Abolition of use of all those substances | |
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| Innovation in Business Process | ||||||
| Mitigation of Climate Change | Reduction of energy-derived CO2 emissions (compared with FY1990)note2 (Rate to net production output) | 44% | 49% | |
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| Manufacturing sites in Japan | 44% | 50% | |
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| Reduction of greenhouse gas emissions (other than CO2) [Total emissions] | 37% | 78% | |
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| Reduction of CO2 emissions associated with product logistics in Japan [Rate to net production output] | 42% | 56% | |
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| Efficient Use of Resources | Reduction in the total amount of waste generated [Rate to net production output] | 22% | 34% | |
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| Sites achieving zero emissions of wastenote3 | 100% | 83% | |
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| Increase in the amount of recycling of end-of-use products (compared with FY2001) | 170% | 219% | |
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| Reduction in water intake [Rate to net production] | 9.5% | 24% | |
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| Management of Chemicals | Reduction of total emissions of chemicals to air and water [Total emissions] | 52% | 44% | |
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- Note:
- Unless otherwise specified, the targets are based on comparison with FY2000 and cover manufacturing and non-manufacturing sites worldwide. Net production output means: Nominal output (Japan + overseas) / Corporate goods price index (electrical equipment) announced by the Bank of Japan for each year (index for 1990 is 1); and is used for the purpose of evaluating activities.
- note1:
- 15 substance groups subject to restriction: [1] bis (tributyl tin) oxide (TBTO), [2] tributyl tins (TBTs), triphenyl tins (TPTs), [3] polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), [4] polychlorinated naphthalenes (PCNs with 3 or more chlorines), [5] short-chain chlorinated paraffins, [6] asbestos, [7] azo colorants, [8] ozone-depleting substances, [9] radioactive substances, [10] cadmium and its compounds, [11] hexavalent chromium compounds, [12] lead and its compounds, [13] mercury and its compounds, [14] polybrominated biphenyls (PBBs), and [15] polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs). (Detailed definitions and specific applications to be excluded are specified separately.)
- note2:
- 3.50 t-CO2/10-thousand kWh is used for the power factor in Japan, and GHG Protocol data is used overseas.
- note3:
- Toshiba Group’s definition of “zero emissions” of waste is that the amount of landfill waste after treatment is equivalent to less than 0.5% for manufacturing sites and 1.0% for non-manufacturing sites of the total amount of by-products and other items generated (total amount of waste discharged) as a result of business activities (excluding the sites with restrictions under laws and administrative guidance).
- note4:
- Evaluation: Targets surpassed (120% & above); Targets reached (100% & above but below 120%); Targets not reached (below 100%)
Products: Creation of Excellent ECPs and ECPs
Business Processes: Energy-derived CO2 Emissions, Total Amounts, and Emissions Per Unit Production
Business Processes: Total Amount of Waste Generated
Business Processes: Emissions of Chemicals Requiring Reduction
Greening of Process (Environmentally Conscious Manufacturing)
Aiming to achieve the world’s lowest level of environmental impact while lowering costs through highly efficient manufacturing
An increase in production in response to growing demand involves an increase in the consumption of energy and resources. Manufacturers are thus faced with the challenge of controlling increases in energy consumption.
As a manufacturer producing a wide range of products in factories around the world, Toshiba Group is working continuously to minimize the environmental impact of production from the perspective of mitigation of climate change, the efficient use of resources, and the management of chemical substances. Every Toshiba factory in the world is striving to save energy in manufacturing by controlling material procurement to the lowest possible levels to eliminate unnecessary emissions, and working to minimize the increase in environmental impacts resulting from increased production.
As part of our efforts to mitigate the impacts of global climate change, we implement energy-saving measures and production efficiency enhancement, including making air conditioners and compressors more efficient and improving the efficiency of cleanrooms, mainly in semiconductor factories, which account for around half Toshiba Group’s greenhouse gas emissions, in order to minimize increases in emissions. In order to promote efficient use of resources, we are working to achieve our zero-emission goal in all our production sites by reducing the amount of waste generated and recycling it. With regard to the management of chemical substances, we are working to replace hazardous chemicals with alternative substances and eliminate their use in order to reduce hazardous chemical emissions.
Greening of Process: Concept
Efforts to reduce electricity consumption to cope with power shortages after the Great East Japan Earthquake
Immediately after the 3.11 Earthquake, Toshiba Group implemented every possible measure to save power, including removing some fluorescent lamps and reducing the use of air conditioning at operating sites, stopping some elevators, and shifting production from daytime to nighttime. At the peak of power demand in the summer, in order to cooperate with the Government’s policy on the reduction of power consumption, further efforts were made throughout the entire Toshiba Group. From June 2011, power usage was monitored on a real-time basis at major operation sites to strengthen efficient control. Furthermore, in order to reduce power consumption during the periods of peak power demand in the summer, summer vacation dates were changed, servers were decentralized, and standby generators were installed. A reduction of 22% was achieved in the areas covered by both Tohoku Electric Power Co., Inc. and TEPCO, an improvement on the target reduction of 15% during the peak period for power demand in July, August, and September.
Toshiba Initiative:Construction of the “visualized power usage” system using cloud computing
Toshiba has been promoting demonstration experiments at the Toshiba Fuchu Complex. These include “visualization” of CO2 emissions using cloud computing and establishment of an “eco system” to increase employee awareness of Company involvement in energy-saving initiatives.
In the “visualization” of CO2 emissions, data on power and gas on a building basis are collected to identify CO2 emissions and conversion prices. To increase employee awareness of involvement in energy-saving actions, “visualization” of the workplace is also carried out. Information on the temperature/humidity of the workplace together with CO2 emissions resulting from power usage is shown on our intranet web page, in addition to asking employees to rate how they feel in temperatures of seven degrees as “comfortable,” “hot,” “cold,” and so forth. These demonstration experiments enable us to analyze the results of visualization of CO2 emission reductions as well as the responses from employees regarding energy-saving activities in consideration of work efficiency and well-coordinated environmental investment.
Image of a “visualization” screen showing monthly CO2 emissions information
Input and presentation of information on employee body sensations
Greening of Products (Environmentally Conscious Products)
Creating highest environmental performance products and expanding Excellent ECPs
As the demand for social infrastructure products and the use of home appliances in emerging and developing countries are increasing considerably, significant increases are expected in power consumption and CO2 emissions. In order to support convenient and comfortable lifestyles while at the same time minimizing CO2 emissions everywhere, Toshiba Group is doing its utmost to achieve the highest levels of environmental performance for all developed products, and further increase the number of Excellent ECPs with the highest environmental performance in the industry. In FY2011 we successfully increased the number of Excellent ECPs to 29 products.
ECPs are developed through the procedures shown below.
- 1. Product planning stage
- Setting “eco-targets,” which specify the conditions required to achieve the highest level of environmental performance
- 2. Development and design stage
- Assessing whether product designs meet ECP standards with regard to the mitigation of climate change, the effective use of resources, and the management of chemicals
- 3. Product approval stage
- Confirming whether products have achieved the eco-targets and meet ECP standards, and certifying products with the highest level of environmental performance (at the time of launch) as Excellent ECPs
Example of Products Certified as Excellent ECPs in FY2011
Digital products: 6 products
- LED TV: 32BE3 (equipped with Eco Chip™)
- LED TV models: 47Z2, 46A2, and 55A2
- Blue-ray disk recorder: DBR-C100
- Ultrabook™: dynabook R631
- Slim compact PC: dynabook R731
- Power slim mobile PC: dynabook R741, R751
Social infrastructure systems: 6 products
- Indirect hydrogen-cooled power generator: ICH-670MVA
- Standard type elevator: standard type (load:1,000-kg class) SPACEL-GR
- Circulation heating heat pump unit: HWC-H451H
- Multi-slice CT system: Alexion
- Solid-state weather radar: TW4321A
- Hybrid shunting locomotive: HD300
Home appliances: 13 products
- Refrigerators: GR-E50FX and GR-E55FX
- Washer dryer: TW-Z9200
- Home air-conditioner: RAS-NDR1 series
- Air conditioner system for emerging countries: MCY-MAP0804HT8-C
- Electric fan: F-DLN10
- Vacuum cleaners: VC-C11 and VC-C11A
- LED light engines: LECF/24N-W20GHP50 and others
- LED light bulb (beam lamp type): LDR9L-W and others
- LED light bulb (ball type): LDG10L
- LED light bulb (general bulb type): LDA11L-G and others
- LED lighting (LED ceiling light): LEDH82102Y-LC and others
- LED lighting (straight tube LED base light): LEDT-42307-LDJ and others
- LED lighting (high ceiling fixtures): LEDJ-20021W-DJ2 and others
Toshiba Initiative:Zero standby power LCD TV equipped with Eco Chip™
LCD TV “REGZA 32BE3” equipped with Eco Chip™
The digital hi-vision LCD TV “REGZA 32BE3,” which is equipped with the newly developed “Eco Chip™,” is the first television in the industry to achieve zero standby power.note1
In addition, this TV has a consumption power of only 45 kWh/yr, which is also the best in the industry,note2 by utilizing a low-powerconsuming LED backlight for the panel. It also comes with two backlight-saving modes that can be activated by simply pressing the save button on the remote control to enable effective energy saving.
- note1:
- Zero standby power
When the television is in standby mode, power is cut by the relay to create the same condition as if the AC power was unplugged. However, when standby mode continues for around 10 hours or more, approximately 0.5 W on average is consumed for about three minutes to recharge the large-capacity capacitor. - note2:
- Data surveyed by Toshiba in December 2011
Greening by Technology (Low Carbon Energy Technologies)
Aiming to achieve an optimum mixture of power sources and realizing an energy-saving society by utilizing our cutting-edge lowcarbonization technology around the world
Toshiba Group is working to supply stable power and mitigate the impact of climate change in the area of energy through the development of technologies for low-carbon energy supply.
In the area of main energy resources, we promote R&D for high-efficiency thermal power generation and safe nuclear power generation. In thermal power generation, we globally promote our highly advanced coal-fired supercritical thermal power plant and combined cycle power generation systems, in which an advanced gas turbine and high-performance steam turbine/generator are combined, to contribute to a reduction in CO2 emissions. With regard to nuclear power generation, we are endeavoring to develop permanent safety measures for preexisting power plants while promoting the development of next-generation nuclear reactors with improved safety.
In the area of electric power distribution, our aim is to create a smart community that enables both the effective use of energy and stable supply of power by utilizing the main energy resources and renewable energy resources in a wellbalanced manner.
Contributing to mitigating climate change by promoting renewable energy
Toshiba Group is working to develop various power generation technologies such as photovoltaic, hydroelectric, geothermal, and wind power, and promote expansion of applications with the aim of contributing to mitigating the impacts of climate change through the use of renewable energy resources.
In the area of photovoltaic generation, our power conditioning system (500 kW) offers the industry’s highest level of power-conversion efficiency (97.7%) and solar battery modules that optimally correspond to the system, thereby promoting the development of mega solar systems globally. We are also working to expand installation of dispersed-type power sources and increase the use of photovoltaic generators by providing photovoltaic generation systems for homes. In the areas of hydroelectric power and geothermal power, we are endeavoring to provide high-efficiency power generation systems mainly in emerging countries where an increase in energy demand is expected, by focusing on the renewable energy resources that are best suited to a particular region, based on R&D and accumulated records of the delivery of systems in the past.
Furthermore, we have also begun studying the application of solar thermal power generation in which turbines are rotated by collected solar heat. We are working to contribute to a reduction in CO2 emissions by making full use of renewable energy.
Toshiba Initiative: Geothermal power generation to contribute to mitigating the impacts of climate change
Yanaizu Nishiyama Geothermal Power Station, Tohoku Electric Power Co., Inc.
Geothermal power generation takes hot water and steam generated by the Earth’s magma and uses the energy to rotate steam turbines to generate power. As the amount of CO2 emitted for geothermal power generation is extremely low, this technology has been drawing attention worldwide as a renewable energy source with a low environmental impact.
In 1966 Toshiba Group provided turbines and generators to the Matsukawa Geothermal Power Plant (Hachimantai City, Iwate Prefecture), Japan’s first commercial geothermal power plant, and since then, we have delivered geothermal power generation facilities to various countries around the world including the U.S., the Philippines, Iceland, and Mexico. Toshiba offers stable geothermal plant systems that can effectively use heat in a wide range of temperatures.
In FY2011 we received an order for two 83-MW facilities featuring geothermal turbines and generators from New Zealandbased Contact Energy and an order for 75-MW facilities featuring geothermal turbines and generators from the Kenya Electricity Generating Company for the largest scale geothermal project in Kenya. We also received an order for a geothermal power generation project from PT Geo Dipa Energi in Indonesia.
We are striving to further expand geothermal power generation while working to supply energy from wind power, hydroelectric power, photovoltaic power, and other renewable energy resources in a stable manner.
Toshiba Group’s Delivery Record for Geothermal Turbines and Generators and our Global Market Sharenote
note: Data surveyed by Toshiba
Green Management (The Base of Our Environmental Management)
Global promotion of environmental management
Toshiba Group promotes environmental management worldwide. Toshiba’s Corporate Environmental Officer supervises the entire Group, ensuring that in-house companies and key group companies are informed of the relevant policies, targets, and plans. We have organized regional environmental divisions in Europe, the United States, China, and Asia-Oceania in order to keep track of and share information on the formulation of environmental policies and trends in legislation in each region, and to cooperate and support group companies in the regions.
Furthermore, Toshiba intends to enhance the quality of its environmental management by evaluating the degree of implementation of environmental management by in-house companies and key group companies based on the “Toshiba Group’s Environmental Audit System.”
Toshiba Group’s Global Environmental Management Promotion Organizations
Developing environmental communication activities worldwide
Exhibited at “Eco-Products 2011”
Toshiba Group promotes various environmental communication activities around the world to create opportunities for a wide range of stakeholders to gain an understanding of Toshiba Group’s commitment to the environment and as a means to discuss environmental problems together.
We have actively been participating in environmental exhibitions around the world, where we have been able to demonstrate our commitment to the environment. In “Eco-Products 2011” held in Japan, which attracted over 180,000 visitors, we introduced environmentally conscious products and smart communities and products and technologies that contribute to the achievement of smart communities.
We provide information on various environmental activities in a timely manner on our environmental management website where we collect opinions from stakeholders by conduction survey questionnaires. We began providing environment-related information on Facebook in FY2011.
Toshiba Initiative: Illumination of culture under LEDs (The Louvre Museum, France)
The Louvre under Toshiba LED illumination (From left: Pyramid, Colbert, and Pyramidion)
The Louvre Museum is promoting a lighting replacement project as part of its environmental conservation activities and Toshiba provided the LED lighting for Napoléon Court, Pyramids, Pyramidion, and Cour Carrée under the partnership agreement. Toshiba developed lighting equipment that offers an artistic element as well as environmental performance without harming the beauty of the Louvre. With regard to environmental performance, a reduction in annual power consumption of 73%note1 has been achieved compared to existing lamps such as xenon lighting.
The Grand Mecenat Awardnote2 was given to Norio Sasaki, the President & CEO of Toshiba, by the French Government in recognition of his contribution to the project.
- note1:
- Comparison of 4,500 current lighting fixtures (power consumption: 392 kWh) and the 3,200 Toshiba LED lighting fixtures (power consumption: 105 kWh) that replaced them.
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- Award given to individuals or businesses that have made a significant contribution to the development of culture in France by the French Government. President Sasaki is only the second Japanese person to receive the award.
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Seven Core Subjects
