Environmental Burdens

Environmental burdens of the Fujifilm Group

This material flow system summarizes resource inputs and emissions associated with R&D, development, and product distribution across the entire Fujifilm Group.

Environmental burdens of the Fujifilm Group (Fiscal 2008)

[image] Environmental burdens of the Fujifilm Group (Fiscal 2008)

Environmental burdens of the Fujifilm Group (Fiscal 2008)(PDF: 1.2MB)
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Analyzing environmental burden for the entire Fujifilm Group by LCA (Life Cycle Assessment) (*1)

CO₂ emissions for the Fujifilm Group(*2) (Fiscal 2008)

[image] CO2 emissions for the Fujifilm Group (Fiscal 2008)

*1 Life Cycle Assessment (LCA): A method of quantitatively assessing the environmental burden of products from procurement, manufacturing, transportation, usage, disposal, and recycling.
*2 To calculate the equivalent amount of CO₂ emissions, the basic unit of CO₂ emissions was based on an inter-industry relations table, which is a statistical matrix of inter-industry transactions of goods and services conducted over a given period (typically one year) in the domestic economy of Japan, as compiled by Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications.

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What Product Lifecycle Assessment Reveals

[picture] Ken Kawada (right) Senior Staff Takahito Miyoshi (left) Senior Staff Ecology & Quality Management Division, FUJIFILM Corporation

Ken Kawada (right)
Senior Staff
Takahito Miyoshi (left)
Senior Staff
Ecology & Quality Management
Division, FUJIFILM Corporation

We have started assessment of the environmental burden on the whole Fujifilm Group based on the LCA method last year. By converting into greenhouse gases (CO₂) the environmental burden at each stage of business, from procurement of materials and parts used for products provided by the Fujifilm Group to manufacturing and shipping, as well as use, disposal and recycling by users, we can see what environmental burden is found where and what measures should be implemented.

Again, the impact of procurement was high in 2008 and higher than the 2007 level. This was due to the increase in the procurement volume of aluminum, which has a large impact on the metal refining process. On the other hand, the impact of “manufacturing” fell below the 2007 level, with a drop in output following the financial crisis, and a CO₂ reduction effect resulting from energy conversion from crude oil to natural gas (by approx. 20,000 tons).

PS plates for which aluminum is primarily used are now being melted again after use for recycling as PS plates (PS to PS method). As a result, we were able to reduce CO₂ emissions in “procurement” by roughly 40,000 tons in 2008.