Environmental Management Structure

Toshiba Group is promoting environmental management worldwide as a group. There are four pillars upholding our environmental management: (1) strengthening of the management structure, (2) provision of environmentally conscious products and services, (3) development of environmentally conscious manufacturing, sales and processing, and (4) promotion of communication. We take active measures to promote initiatives focused on these objectives. In order to promote environmental management, the Corporate Environmental Officer, Corporate Senior Executive Vice President, supervise the group as a whole, giving instructions to in-house companies and the presidents of key group companies. The Corporate Staff Environment Management Division formulates specific strategies for environmental management. With a view to promoting and strengthening environmental management throughout all companies, we have organized Toshiba Group’s Environmental Management Promotion Organization, which is directly supervised by the Corporate Environmental Officer.

Toshiba Group environmental management structure

The Corporate Environmental Management Committee was formed as a group-wide decision-making organization regarding environmental management. The Corporate Environmental Officer serves as the chairperson of this committee, which holds meetings twice a year, attended by executive officers, environmental management officers of in-house companies and key group companies, and overseas environmental promotion managers of corporate regional headquarters. Various issues are examined at these meetings, such as proposals concerning environmental management, technological development, production and sales, as well as reviews of Environmental Action Plan aimed at achieving the Environmental Vision.

Furthermore, starting this year, in order to enhance the implementation of actual strategies, the Environmental Promotion Management Committee is to be held with in-house and affiliated companies’ environmental promotion managers, who are in charge of environmental promotion, to ensure full promotion of strategies and to discuss collaboration among companies.

The following committees were organized as subgroups of the Corporate Environmental Management Committee: the Environmentally Conscious Products (ECP) Promotion Committee, which promotes the development of environmentally conscious products and technologies;the Environmentally Conscious Business Operations Committee, which promotes measures to reduce the environmental impact of business activities; and the Environmental Communication Promotion Committee, which promotes internal and external communication. These committees formulate detailed plans, identify potential problems and review measures implemented to solve problems in order to promote the sharing of information among all company members. Various committees specializing in particular themes are engaged in activities in a wide range of areas under the supervision of these committees.

Enhancement of the global environmental management structure

At the global level, Toshiba Group has established corporate regional headquarters in Europe, the U.S., China and Asia-Oceania in order to collect and share information on environmental policies and regulations in each region and to provide cooperation and support for group companies in these regions in developing effective environmental strategies. Furthermore, Toshiba Group holds meetings of the Global Environment Management Committee to share activities implemented at a global level, thereby promoting the Group’s environmental management in countries around the world.

We also have an auditing system through which we provide training for local auditors who conduct the environmental audits of overseas sites.

Global Environmental Management Network