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[Priority Issue 2] Promote Resource Recycling: Outline of Activities in FY2016

 

Note: The article on this page is taken from Sustainability Report 2017.

Measures to Reduce Waste

The Fujifilm Group is proceeding more effective use for resources and reduction of waste, not only at the manufacturing stage but over the entire product lifecycle as well. In addition to the emphasis on recycling and conservation of resources at the product design stage, reductions in the waste generated at the manufacturing stage are underway in North America, Europe and China, in ways that suit each region. In Japan, from FY2011 we have been promoting group-wide optimization, including extracting valuables from waste and improving the quality of recycling, not only at our production sites but over our entire business operations including offices and warehouses.

In FY2016, a new group-wide environmental data collection and management system was introduced to strengthen governance for more accurate assessment and control of the waste generated by the Group, including its sales offices in each area in the world. The total volume of waste generated in FY2016 increased by 9% over the previous year, due in part to merging business sites and situation changes regarding valuable goods, etc. However, compared to the base year (FY2012) for the medium-term target, the reduction stayed at 5%, the reduction in the amount of waste to be disposed of by simple incineration / landfill without any recycle (zero emissions) has been still maintained in a significant low level. A new indicator for material input per unit for main products was introduced in FY2016.

Outline of Measurements for Waste Reduction in Fujifilm Group

[Image]Outline of Measurements for Waste Reduction in Fujifilm Group

Future Prospects

We have set up the new target to reduce the total volume of waste generated and the material input per unit by 30% compared to FY2013 by FY2030, respectively. To achieve this new target, we are working constantly to reduce waste and use our resources effectively.

Zero Landfill from Used Products

At Fuji Xerox we collect customers' used products and reuse or recycle them, based on the principal of treating used products as valuable resources instead of as waste. The program aims to utilize resources as effectively as possible with “Zero Landfill” as our goal (*). The recycling and reuse rate for used products in FY2016 was more than 99.5%, our Zero Landfill standard for all domestic and overseas sites, and 99.9% for sites in Japan. The volume of parts reused to reduce the consumption of new resources increased in FY2016 by 536 tons over the previous year. This was made possible by advanced planning for reusing parts from the new product planning stage. This led to a dramatic rise in the number of units utilizing reused parts from approx. 9,000 units in FY2015 to approx. 120,000 in FY2016.

* Definition of Zero Landfill: Reduction of simple incineration and landfill rate of no more than 0.5% of all waste produced by weight.

Fuji Xerox New Resource Reduction by Using Reuse Parts (*)

(Total for Japan, the Asia-Pacific Region, and China)

[Image]Fuji Xerox New Resource Reduction by Using Reuse Parts

* The total amount of New Resource reduction in the production stage by using Reuse Parts.

Future Prospects

We will continue to maintain our Zero Landfill standard recycling rate of 99.5% again in FY2017 and at the same time work to increase the number of products produced with reused parts to further reduce our environmental impact.

Response to Water Risks

[Imgae]CDP Water 2016 A Rank

Since our foundation, the Fujifilm Group has been working toward water usage reduction and water recycling. Considering increasing attention toward water risk as an important international issue, we have been promoting further reductions and more efficient water usage. As a result of the continued efforts at each site, there had been dramatic improvement in the water usage per unit (water usage / revenue), achieving a significant improvement by more than 20% in FY2016 compared to FY2012 and surpassing its medium-term target regarding for the water resources.

Furthermore, we conducted evaluation of water risk at sites, using a matrix with the two indices: “water stress regions” and “impact on company business in terms of water usage,” for all of our Group sites. In addition to continuing assessment of efforts in water management and reduction at our worksites with relatively higher water risk, we reconfirmed how low risk is at each site again for FY2016. The Group's activities regarding water risks have been recognized, and we assessed in A⁻ list by CDP Water 2016 for our activities.

* CDP Water: An information disclosure and rating program in response to water issues of companies by CDP, an international non-profit organization.

Water Usage per Unit (usage / revenue)

[Image]Water Usage per Unit (usage/revenue)

Assessment Map of the Impact of Water Resources on Company Business

[Image]Assessment Map of the Impact of Water Resources on Company Business

2025 Water Stress Map and 2016 Fujifilm Group's Water Usage

[Image]2025 Water Stress Map and 2016 Fujifilm Group’s Water Usage

Future Prospects

Under the new CSR plan, we continue to reduce water usage and promote water recycling by implementing water risk countermeasures in our Group sites according to their water risk levels and actual business operations. We are also surveying and taking measures to reduce water usage in our suppliers and customers, in order to strengthen our effort for water resources throughout the value chain.

Note: The article on this page is taken from Sustainability Report 2017.


   
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