The Toshiba Mobile Communications Company Group is promoting procurement of components and materials used in products, which have lower environmental impacts, as well as procurement from suppliers who are actively addressing environmental activities.

We conduct the substance content survey to reduce environmental impacts, in accordance with the established "Guidelines for Green Procurement."

Guidelines for Green Procurement Japanese edition Ver.07 (PDF: 945KB)		Guidelines for Green Procurement English edition Ver.07 (PDF: 724KB)		Guidelines for Green Procurement Chinese edition Ver.07 (PDF: 1036KB)
Use/Non-use Declaration of Environment-related Substances Japanese edition Rev.08_03 (Excel: 135 KB)		Use/Non-use Declaration of Environment-related Substances English edition Rev.08_03 (Excel: 137 KB)		Use/Non-use Declaration of Environment-related Substances Chinese edition Rev.08_03 (Excel: 130 KB)
Use/Non-use Declaration of Extra 2 Environment-related Substances for Toshiba Mobile Phone Japanese edition Rev.MC01_02 (Excel: 52 KB)		Use/Non-use Declaration of Extra 2 Environment-related Substances for Toshiba Mobile Phone English edition Rev.MC01_02 (Excel: 53 KB)		Use/Non-use Declaration of Extra 2 Environment-related Substances for Toshiba Mobile Phone Chinese edition Rev.MC01_02 (Excel: 52 KB)

※History of revisions: Nov. 2009
● Additional requirements to prohibit Bromine and Chlorine in articles supplied to Mobile Communications Company from January 1, 2010 has been added.
● The declaration format for Bromine and Chlorine has been added.
● Four prohibited substances and four substances to be reduced and substituted have been added according to recent legislation.
● The latest versions of the Guideline and Declarations as follows:（Guideline:Ver.07, Declaration:Rev.08_03, Declaration for Br&Cl:Rev.MC01_02）

※History of revisions: May 2008
● The declaration wording has been changed to easily understand the selections for more than 300 ppm of lead in polyvinyl chloride (PVC).
● TOSHIBA TEC Corporation, which also shares the format, has been added to the front cover of the Guidelines.
● The latest versions of the Guidelines and Declaration are as follows:Guideline: (Ver.06_01, Declaration: Rev.08_02)

※History of revisions: August 1, 2007
● Items, which cannot be entered in the English Declaration, have been corrected.
● The "01" suffix has been added to the revised edition for revision control of each response sheet. ("Rev.08_01" is the latest revision.)

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The Toshiba Mobile Communications Company Group is promoting ECP creation activities while making use of the eco-efficiency indicator "Factor T," which comprehensively assesses the "Value" and "Environmental Impacts" of a product.
Eco-efficiency is the value of a product divided by the environmental impact of the product. The lower the environmental impact or the higher the value of a product, the greater the eco-efficiency is. The value of a product is assessed or calculated based on product performance or functions. The environmental impact of a product is calculated by integrating various environmental impacts (in all stages such as material procurement, product manufacturing, distribution, use and disposal) throughout the product lifecycle.
Factor T is the value of the eco-efficiency of a product subject to assessment divided by the eco-efficiency of a benchmark product. The greater the eco-efficiency of the product subject to assessment, the greater Factor T is. This Factor T is calculated to comprehensively assess ECPs.

The environmental impact of a product is calculated with the LCA method, which quantitatively assesses environmental impacts in all stages (such as material procurement, product manufacturing, distribution, use and disposal) throughout the product lifecycle. Mobile phones generate the greatest environmental impacts in the raw material procurement stage.

ECP creation is being pursued through "Low Power Consumption," "Resource Conservation," "Consideration for Recyclability" and "Reduction of Environment-related Substances and their Substitutions."

We are reducing CO₂ emissions through low power consumption by restricting current flow to functions or blocks when not in use, as well as developing high-efficiency power supply circuits, low power components and modules.

We are building slimmer products and smaller boards to reduce resources, while improving features and performance of our mobile phones.

• Slimmer Products

By making smaller and thinner components and modules, as well as reducing the size of boards, we are building slimmer products.

• Smaller Boards

By reducing the number of components through optimization of circuits, as well as developing high density mounting technology, we are building more compact boards.

• Saving Resources used for Operator's Manual and Packaging Material

By constructing smaller operator's manuals and creating the manuals in CD-ROM, we are saving resources. And also, we are promoting to use more and more recycled paper for operator's manuals and packing materials.

Metals are suited for material recycling, as compared with plastics. Various metals are used for housing cases of mobile phones with the characteristics of metals. The use of metals can slim products and reduce the number of components.

The use of six substances specified in the RoHS Directive has been abolished for all mobile phones. We are also reducing and substituting for environment-related substances other than those specified in the RoHS Directive.

• Substitutions for Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC) and Brominated Flame Retardant (BFR)

The use of PVC for packaging materials, polybrominated biphenyl (PBB) and polybrominated diphenyl ether (PBDE) as BFRs specified in RoHS has been banned. We are reducing and substituting for PVCs other than used for packaging materials, components and materials where BFRs other than PBB and PBDE are used.

*1：	Our models for the Japanese market announced from April 2008 to September 2009.
*2：	Use of halogen family substances (bromine and chlorine), which produce dioxin if burned, is reduced to a level below the criteria defined by the Japan Electronics Packaging and Circuits Association (JPCA).
*3：	More than 90% of all parts are already BFR-free.

We are conducting a campaign entitled Mobile Recycle Network, to recycle mobile phones. This system encourages telecommunication carriers to voluntarily collect mobile phones including PHSs, while gaining cooperation from mobile phone manufacturers.
1.Purposes:
	・	Voluntarily collects used mobile phones, PHSs, chargers and batteries.
	・	Collects used products free of charge, regardless of manufacturers or brands.
	・	Actively works on 3Rs in accordance with the established guidelines for Environmental assessment of products.
	・	Allows recyclers to properly dispose of all collected products.
2.Overview of activities:
	・	Operates in accordance with the guidelines for recycling and waste disposal.
	・	Collects used products at 8,500 monopoly stores mainly throughout Japan.
	・	Conducts communication and education campaigns.
	・	Recognizes and announces the amount of used products collected and recycled based on the laws and regulations.
	・	Displays a specific logo at the store entrance, in product brochures and operator's manuals.
http://www.mobile-recycle.net/
Flowchart for Mobile Recycle Network