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Environmental Awards and Performance Evaluation
Records of Toshiba Group Environmental Awards Winners
Prized in fiscal 2009
| Runner-up | Environmentally Conscious Product Marketing Team “Environmental marketing activities at Lazona Kawasaki Plaza” |
 Replacement of the lighting system at Lazona Kawasaki Plaza |
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| The project team developed various marketing activities, such as holding an environmental event, when replacing the lighting system at Lazona Kawasaki Plaza Thanks to joint advertisements by the customer and Toshiba, the replacement of the lighting system and the environmental event were reported by various media and contributed to improving Toshiba Group’s environmental brand image. | |||
| Runner-up | Toshiba Automotive Systems Division “Business development and environmental advertisement for a driving system for hybrid vehicles” |
 Toshiba Inverter |
 Toshiba Motor |
| The team developed a compact, high-performance driving system for hybrid vehicles and signed a letter of intent with Volkswagen, which was reported by media in Japan and overseas. Through its advertisement activities in the automotive business, the team contributed to improving Toshiba Group’s environmental brand image. | |||
| Runner-up | Toshiba Mobile Display Co., Ltd. “Development of a sewage sludge fertilizer” |
 Field experiment on the lawn in the Fukaya Factory |
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| The team established a process for refining sludge generated from phosphoric acid wastewater into a chemical fertilizer in collaboration with a fertilizer manufacturer for the first time in Toshiba Group. The team also concluded a sales contract for the refined fertilizer with the fertilizer manufacturer and registered it with the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries as a “citric acid-soluble phosphoric acid fertilizer.” | |||
| Runner-up | Toshiba Semiconductor (Wuxi) Co., Ltd. “Continuous activities for the promotion of environmental management in Wuxi, China” |
 The highest environmental ranking (“Green”) given by the Wuxi City Environment Bureau |
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| The company is engaged in various activities for voluntary environmental plans and environmental communication and is highly evaluated among Toshiba Group companies based on the Toshiba Group's environmental audit. Also given the highest environmental ranking (“Green”) by the Wuxi City Environment Bureau, the company is promoting innovative environmental management. | |||
Prized in fiscal 2008
| Runner-up | Promotion of Environmental Business Strategies through Shifting to High-efficiency Lighting, by the High-efficiency Lighting Promotion Team, Toshiba Lighting & Technology Corporation
The team formulated environmental business strategies through shifting to high-efficiency lighting and increased the value of Toshiba as an environmental brand by announcing the termination of the manufacture of incandescent lights before any other company, contributing to the popularization of high-efficiency lighting. |
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| Runner-up | Creation of Environmental Flagship PCs and Development of Elemental Technologies, by the Environmentally Conscious PC Development Project Team, Personal Computer & Network Company
he team developed a flagship PC with high environmental performance, which was highly evaluated inside and outside the company, and contributed to the development of eco products and the improvement of environmental technologies by applying elemental technologies to a wide range of products. |
| Runner-up | Promotion of Top-level Environmental Management in the Philippines, by Toshiba Information Equipment (Philippines), Inc.
The company is working to promote top-level environmental management in the Philippines through its initiatives aimed at reducing the environmental impact of manufacturing and establishing collaboration with local communities, and received an award from the government, increasing the value of Toshiba as an environmental brand. |
| Runner-up | Achievement of Zero Waste by Establishing a System for the Recycling of Molding Sand, by the Environmental Project Promotion Team, Toshiba Hydro Power (Hangzhou) Co., Ltd.
The team provided guidance for recycling companies in China for several years to establish a system for the recycling of molding sand, thereby achieving zero waste and greatly contributing to the effective use of resources. |
Fiscal 2007
| Grand Prix | The establishment and commercialization of a purification operation for soil polluted by PCBs with geos team technology by the Geosteam Soil Purification Group, consisting of the TERM Corporation and the Toshiba Social Infrastructure Systems Company. The first off-site type PCB polluted soil purification facility in Japan to use indirect heat de sorption and water vapor resolution instead of a process using solvents or chemicals reduces the risk. This was appreciated, both in terms of the reduced environmental impacts and the promotion of the environmental business. |
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| Runner-up | The optimal energy saving liquid crystal TV, “REGZA 37C3500” by the first, second, third and fourth sections of TV design of the Toshiba Digital Media Network Company. The commercialization of a liquid crystal TV with high image quality and functionality, thanks to the development of new technologies such as Meta Brain Pro, a sophisticated design and notable environmental performance including the best energy (148kWh/year, an energy saving achievement percentage of 185) and a resource (20.1kg) saving performance was appreciated. |
| Runner-up | “The X-ray CT diagnostic equipment that can dramatically reduce impacts on people and environment, Aquilion 64-Slice System” by the 64SP development team of Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation. It can reduce impacts, both on human bodies and the environment, by taking 64 pictures in an X-ray irradiation. The resource utilization features, including a design that supports the upgrading and reuse of the covering member of the electron tube, were appreciated. |
| Runner-up | “Development and sales promotion of the high efficiency LED down light, E-CORE series” by the Team E-CORE (team for developing E-CORE) of Toshiba Lighting &Technology Corp. The commercialization of high efficiency LED down lights that satisfy both the needs for mitigation of climate change and cost efficiency by improving brightness and reducing costs in the area of LED illumination, which is attracting increasing attention as a new form of lighting, was appreciated. |
| Runner-up | “The reduced environmental impacts with a fractionation unit of the self-created mercury for waste vacuum fluorescent tubes” by the mercury waste project team of Harison Toshiba Lighting Corporation. The reduced environmental impacts, e.g. due to the improvement in recyclability and reduction in carbon dioxide generated from waste logistics through the development of a unique disposal device to separate mercury, which is a hazardous chemical substance, from waste fluorescent tubes was appreciated. |
Fiscal 2006
| Prize for Excellence | Toyo Carrier Engineering Co., Ltd., Toshiba Carrier Air Conditioning Systems Corp., Toshiba Carrier Corp. |
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| Development of high-efficiency Super Flex Modular Chiller suitable for large capacity | |
| Outstanding Prize | Automotive Systems Div., Toshiba Corp. |
| Hybrid Vehicle Drive System Promotion Team | |
| Development and application of a hybrid vehicle drive system | |
| Outstanding Prize | Ishikawa Works, Toshiba Matsushita Display Technology Co., Ltd. |
| SOC Ramp-up Project Team | |
| Reduction of greenhouse gas emissions by introduction of F2 gas generators and adoption of the F2 cleaning process for CVD equipment | |
| Outstanding Prize | Toshiba Solutions Corp. |
| Environmental Management Promotion Team, Toshiba Solutions Group | |
| Promotion of environmental awareness within the Group and execution of environmental communication activities in various fields |
Fiscal 2005
| Prize for Excellence | Personal Computers & Network Company, Toshiba Corp. |
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| Global Green PC Group | |
| Establishment of global green systems covering all PCs, realizing thorough RoHS compliance in a world’s first | |
| Outstanding Prize | Toshiba Semiconductor (Thailand) Co., Ltd. (TST), Toshiba Electronics Malaysia Sdn. Bhd. (TEM) |
| TST TEM Environmental Management Promotion Group | |
| Ongoing reduction of environmental impacts and promotion of environmental management in Thailand and Malaysia | |
| Outstanding Prize | Industrial and Power Systems & Services Company, Toshiba Corp. |
| Recovery Facilitation Technology Development Team | |
| Development of a new circuit technology to realize a compact low-loss inverter (99% efficiency) — Suitable for air conditioners and widely applicable to solar power generation, electric vehicles, etc. — | |
| Outstanding Prize | Toshiba HA Products Co., Ltd. |
| Waste HA Plastic Horizontal Recycling Promotion Team | |
| Promotion of horizontal recycling of plastics from used products for home appliances |
Fiscal 2004
| Prize for Excellence | Industrial and Power Systems & Services Company, Toshiba Corp. |
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| Solid Insulated Switchgear Development Group | |
| Solid Insulated Switchgear Development Group | |
| Outstanding Prize | Personal Computers & Network Company, Toshiba Corp. |
| Notebook PC Development Group | |
| Development of environmentally conscious PCs — Realization of technologies for resource saving, energy saving, and reduction of environmentally hazardous substances | |
| Outstanding Prize | Toshiba Lighting & Technology Corp. |
| Neo Slim V Square Home Lighting Equipment Development Team | |
| Commercialization of the Neo Slim V Slim Square home lighting equipment, an industry first | |
| Outstanding Prize | Yokohama Complex, Toshiba Corp. |
| Environmental Communication Promotion Team | |
| Promotion of external environmental communication activities |
Fiscal 2003
| Prize for Excellence | Toshiba HA Products Co., Ltd., Toshiba Consumer Marketing Corp. |
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| GR-NF415GX Development Team | |
| Development of Non-freon the Senzoko GR-NF415GX CFC-free refrigerator | |
| Outstanding Prize | Corporate R&D Center, Toshiba Crop. |
| Environmental Communication Promotion Team | |
| Environmental communication activities involving the holding of special classes in local schools | |
| Outstanding Prize | Iwate Toshiba Electronics Co., Ltd. |
| PFC Reduction Group | |
| Leadership in efforts to use PFC as a substitute gas | |
| Outstanding Prize | Toshiba Lighting & Technology Corp. |
| Used Fluorescent Lamp Material Recycling Project Team | |
| Used Fluorescent Lamp Material Recycling Project Team |
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