Compliance with Environmental Laws and Regulations

Risks and Compliance

Compliance with environmental laws and regulations

Toshiba Group sets self-regulation standards stricter than legal standards regarding atmospheric emissions and discharges into water so as to ensure that all its business sites comply with environmental rules. We conduct in-house environmental audits in order to identify potential environmental risks and to prevent environmental accidents. We also develop group-wide initiatives by sharing information, such as the results of in-house audits on individual business sites, new regulation policies, and examples of accidents in other companies, among group companies. There were no violations of environmental rules and regulations discovered in Toshiba Group companies in FY2010. Detailed information is presented on our website to show what measures are taken to ensure legal compliance at our business sites.

Past Cases

Response to environmental risks

The Risk Compliance Committee examines how to cope with diversified risks under the direct supervision of the President and also takes measuresto prevent environmental risks. If any environmental risk should materialize, the Corporate Environment Management Division and the environmental promotion managers and other concerned parties of in housecompanies, key group companies and business sites work in collaboration under the direction of the Corporate Environmental Officer to implement appropriate measures, including sharing information, check ingrelevant business sites and preventing recurrences.