On July 1st, Toshiba Corporation's Semiconductor Company and Storage Products Company consolidated to form Semiconductor & Storage Products Company.This page describes previous Semiconductor Company's environmental activities.

Current Status of Environmental Impact

We promote adequate control and analysis of environmental information

The Semiconductor Company Group strives to improve environmental efficiency by analyzing its impact on the environment, utilizing the environmental management information system.

The status of Semiconductor Company Group's environmental impact in FY 2009 is described below. Please refer to chapter 6 “Reduction of Environmental Impact of Business Activities” regarding some of our specific initiatives currently ongoing in our efforts to reduce the impact of our business activities on the environment.

This figure shows the status of Semiconductor Company Group's environmental impact.

(*1)TJ: tera (10¹²) joule
(*2) Water recycling rate equals required feed water minus water supplied divided by required feed water multiplied by 100 (%). (as defined by JEITA (Japan Electronics and Information Technology Industries Association))
(*3) CO₂ emission coefficient: For fuel and heat, this is based on the Law Concerning the Rational Use of Energy and the Law Concerning the Promotion of the Measures to Cope with Global Warming. (A value provided by the supply company is used as the unit heat quantity of city gases.) For domestic electric power, it is based on the data (generating end) provided by the Federation of Electric Power Companies of Japan. For overseas electric power, it is based on the data reported from the Japan Electrical Manufacturers' Association.
(*4) PRTR: Pollutant Release and Transfer Register Law of Japan

Transition of Resources Usage of Semiconductor Company Group
	FY 2007			FY 2008			FY 2009
	In Japan	Overseas	Total	In Japan	Overseas	Total	In Japan	Overseas	Total
Electric power usage (MWh)	2,855,504	101,735	2,957,239	2,950,774	102,482	3,053,256	2,859,713	115,956	2,975,669
Chemical substances (object of PRTR law)usage (ton)	2,565	31	2,596	1,997	24	2,022	2,400	28	2,427
Water usage (1,000 m³)	32,301	587	32,887	29,298	548	29,846	28,521	599	29,120

Transition of Environmental Impact of Semiconductor Company Group
	FY 2007			FY 2008			FY 2009
	In Japan	Overseas	Total	In Japan	Overseas	Total	In Japan	Overseas	Total
CO₂ emissions (energy originated, thousand tons-CO₂)	1,415	62	1,477	1,203	63	1,266	1,158	72	1,230
Chemical substances (object of PRTR law) released (ton)	67.3	0.3	67.6	45.9	0.1	46.0	13.8	0.1	13.9
Water discharge (1,000 m³)	28,797	488	29,285	25,476	446	25,923	24,404	479	24,884

Toshiba Group's Proprietary Environmental Management Information System

Toshiba Group conducts centralized control of various environmental performance data through the environmental management information system. Each site inputs its data on energy, wastes, etc. into the central server, and the accumulated data is then utilized to gauge the environmental impact of all business activities, create action plans, and support the management decisions of the environmental management system as displayed in the figure below. Toshiba Group also publicly discloses the environmental performance information to stakeholders both inside and outside of the Company through the website, environmental reports, and other media.

The results of EASTER (Environmental Audit System in TOSHIBA) are also entered into the environmental management information system of Toshiba Group, and data on superlative environmental activities discovered at audits are shared horizontally throughout the Group and utilized to improve the environmental management level at each site.

This figure shows the environmental management information system.