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Toshiba
Group wishes to contribute proactively to build a sustainable society. Accordingly,
we are promoting environmental management with the aim of attaining the target
of the Environmental
Vision 2010: the doubling of Toshiba Group's overall ecoefficiency by fiscal
2010 compared with fiscal 2000.
Being fully aware of the impacts of both business activities and product development
on the environment, Toshiba strives to reduce such environmental impacts and focuses
on three perspectives: prevention of global warming, control of chemical substances
and efficient utilization of resources.
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Examples of Toshiba’s commitment include: being one of the first manufacturers
to cease using flame retardants in products and almost a year before it’s time,
launching the first PC in the world to fully comply with the new environmental
RoHS* regulations set forth by the European Parliament. 
Toshiba Canada is committed to numerous environmental and social causes and is
a leader in incorporating environmental concerns in product manufacturing. Toshiba
is an active participant in the Electronic Recycling Program introduced by the
Alberta Recycling Authority (ARMA). The program recycles used TVs and computers
at local depots, preventing harmful materials such as lead, mercury, cadmium,
beryllium from ending up in landfills. Toshiba is also involved in the “Stewardship
Ontario” project, as part of Ontario’s Waste Diversion Act. Toshiba was one of
the first manufacturers to cease using flame retardants in products. |
