• Management: Environmental Management
  • Energy: Initiatives in the Energy-related Fields
  • Eco Products: Environmentally Conscious Products
  • Eco Processes: Environmental Considerations in Business Operations
  • Eco Programs: Communication with Stakeholders

Compliance with Environmental Laws and Regulations

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. Information on new regulations and accidents that happen in other companies is shared among members of the group in order to implement comprehensive environmental measures. Unfortunately, however, one case of a violation of the rules was discovered in FY2008. We will take prompt and appropriate measures to deal with the problem and will step up our efforts to prevent recurrence based on what we have learned from this experience.

Detailed information is presented on our website to show what measures are taken to ensure legal compliance at our business sites.

Yokkaichi Operations, Toshiba Corporation

Violation of rules discovered in Yokkaichi Operations (July to August 2008)

Inappropriate reporting regarding the High-Pressure Gas Safety Act was discovered in the Yokkaichi Operations, about which Toshiba Corporation received a warning from Mie Prefecture. We submitted an additional report to Mie Prefecture on another case of inappropriate reporting discovered in a company inspection subsequently conducted. We apologize for trouble and inconvenience we have caused related parties. Detailed information on the inappropriate reporting and measures taken to prevent recurrence is presented on our website (Japanese): http://toshiba-yokkaichi.jp/topics/topics_080902_02.html (Japanese Version)

Error in the energy-saving product label on our high-definition recorders

(April 28, 2009)

Description errors were discovered in the label of our high-definition recorder model (RD-S303) at the beginning of FY2009. We sincerely apologize for these errors. We immediately reported the errors to related government agencies and requested all Toshiba Group companies to take measures to prevent recurrence. Detailed information on the description errors and corrections is presented on our website (Japanese): http://www3.toshiba.co.jp/hdd-dvd/products/info/s303/info_s303.html (Japanese Version)