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.
Targets and Outcomes
Since the launch of the “1st Voluntary Plan for the Environment” in FY 1993, Toshiba Group has been implementing a higher level of environmental activities as it extended the plan to the 2nd and 3rd phases with expanded items, goals, and sites. In accordance with the “4th Voluntary Plan for the Environment,” effective until FY 2012, the group is currently striving for improvement of efficiency in both products and business processes.
Toshiba Semiconductor Company Group is also making efforts to achieve the targets under the 4th Voluntary Plan for the Environment. In FY 2009, our group attained an achievement surpassing the previous year, in terms of reductions of greenhouse gas emissions and discharge of chemical substances.
Semiconductor Company Group's Target Based on Toshiba Group's 4th Voluntary Plan for the Environment
- (*1)This index uses the rate indicating emission per unit of output normalized by deflator (For details, please refer to note in following table)
- (*2) CF4, C2F6, C3F8, C4F8, CHF3, SF6, and NF3
- (*3) This index uses the rate indicating emission per unit of output (For details, please refer to note in following table)
- (*4) Waste sent to landfill is less than 0.5% by weight of the total amount of waste generated (For details, please refer to note in following table)
Conditions for achievement of annual plan by Semiconductor Company Group (results of FY 2009)
Semiconductor Company Group decides on an annual plan based on the 4th voluntary plan for the environment described in the above chart and implements initiatives accordingly.
Semiconductor Company Group set FY 2009 target values, such as the volume of greenhouse effect gas emissions, total amount of waste, and the amount of water intake which were stricter than those required by Toshiba Group for the environment voluntary plan; we achieved our targets nonetheless. Our next plan to reduce emissions of chemical substances into the air and water will be to promote installation of abatement systems primarily aiming to reduce VOC (volatile organic compound) emissions.
Results of Semiconductor Company Group's Achievement of Targets in FY 2009
| Item | Indicator | Baseline | FY 2009 Result | FY 2010 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plan | Result | Evaluation | Plan | |||
| Reduction of energy-originated CO2 emissions | Emission rate *1 | FY 1990 | Reduction of 65% or more | 70% reduction |  |
Reduction of 76% or more |
| Reductions of total emissions of certain greenhouse gases, excluding CO2 *2 | Total emissions | CY 1995 | Reduction of 10% or more | 73% of the baseline year | |
Reduction of 12% or more |
| Reduction of CO2 emissions associated with domestic (within Japan) product logistics | Emission rate *3 | FY 2005 | Reduction of 37% or more | 46% reduction | |
Reduction of 45% or more |
| Emissions of chemical substances to air and water (total amount) | Total emissions | FY 2000 | 211% or less | 205% of the baseline year | |
208% or less |
| Reduction in the total amount of waste generated | Rate of the total amount of waste generated *1 | FY 2000 | Reduction of 30% or more | 45% reduction | |
Reduction of 47% or more |
| Waste sent to landfill < 0.5% at manufacturing sites *4 | Number of sites where target was achieved | - | All sites | All sites | |
All sites |
| Reduction of water intake | Water intake rate *1 | FY 2000 | Reduction of 48% or more | 62% reduction | |
Reduction of 60% or more |
achieved, - not achieved (Except for CO2 emissions associated with physical distribution in Japan, the results at overseas manufacturing sites are included)
- *1: Rates used as indicators are based on net output (per unit of output normalized by deflator).
Net output = [Nominal output in Japan] ÷ [Corporate goods price index (for electrical equipment) announced by Bank of Japan: Ratio of each year based on the index in 1990 as 1] + [Nominal output at sites outside of Japan] - *2: CF4, C2F6, C3F8, C4F8, CHF3, SF6, and NF3
- *3: This index means emissions per unit of output
- *4: Waste sent to landfill < 0.5% at manufacturing sites means that the final disposal rate, or amount of waste sent to landfill after treatment, is less than 0.5% of the total amount by weight of byproducts and other waste items generated (total waste discharged) as a result of business activities at each of Semiconductor Company Group's manufacturing sites worldwide.
In addition, our non-manufacturing sites in Japan have a target to achieve a final disposal rate of 1.0% or less.
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.