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Factor T-calculated Products

“Factor” is an indicator enabling overall assessment of the “value of a product” and the “environmental impact of the product”.
By the end of FY2007, factors had been calculated for 80% of all products of the Toshiba Group, and the Group will further strive to increase the penetration of Factor T into all products so that factors can be calculated for them by 2010.

Factor T-calculated products

Products with greatly improved environmental performance
Their environmental impact reduction factor increased as a result of measures to mitigate environmental load.
Products with greatly improved environmental performance and greatly improved value
Both the value factor and the environmental impact reduction factor of these products increased.
Products with greatly improved value
Their value factors increased as a result of measures to improve functions, performance, etc. of products.

Products with greatly improved environmental performance

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Products with greatly improved environmental performance and greatly improved value

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Products with greatly improved value

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Distribution chart of Factor T

Shown below are case examples of Toshiba Group’s products for which factors have been calculated. According to the slope of each line indicated in the graph in which the value factor is plotted as the horizontal axis and the environmental impact reduction factor as the vertical axis, each product can be classified into products with significantly improved environmental performance, products with significantly improved value, and products with both. The graph indicates the direction in which each product improves as compared with those benchmark products.

Factor (A) = Value factor (X) × Environmental impact reduction factor (Y): This equation is expressed as A (X, Y).

Note ): Because each numeric value is rounded off to the nearest third decimal place, the value may not always match the “factor”, even though the “value factor” is multiplied by the “environmental impact reduction factor”.