The FUJIFILM Group Green Policy

We at FUJIFILM Group believe that “sustainable development” of the earth, mankind, and companies in the 21st century is an issue that must be addressed with the highest priority. Based on this belief, we have prepared the FUJIFILM Group Green Policy as a common medium-term policy statement for the Group. Under our Green Policy concept, we aim to attain customer satisfaction as well as maintain and increase the trust of all our stakeholders while also contributing to sustainable development by working to attain a high level of product quality and environmental quality in products, services, and other corporate activities.
To this end, our Green Policy sets nine priority targets.

The FUJIFILM Group has designed the current period as our Second Foundation. As we promote the development of strategic businesses, which include medical, and life sciences, documents, graphic arts, materials for flat panel displays, electronic materials, ink materials for inkjet printers as well as other high-performance materials, optical disks, and other products, we are moving ahead with the development of new factories and research centers and expanding existing capacity.

Under these circumstances, based on the philosophy we have adhered to since the foundation of the Company, which is “concern for and protection of the natural environment are the foundation of corporate activities,” we are continuing to implement a range of policies, including “showing concern for the natural environment (attaining harmony among human beings and nature)” and “ensuring safety regarding chemical substance content.”

To respond appropriately to the RoHS directive and other legal regulations, FUJIFILM holds an International Conference for Environmental Officers and has compiled a Master Database for Product Environmental Information. Through the conference and database, FUJIFILM Group members around the world can share expert information on environmental matters and respond globally to environmental requirements.

In addition, taking green procurement one step further, we have our suppliers undertake self-surveillance and have introduced electronic surveillance, which involves having suppliers report on the results of their checks on chemical substance content via the Internet. This approach has enabled us to establish systems for the management of content chemicals all along the supply chain.

In management systems, virtually all our factories and offices obtained ISO 14001 certification for their environmental management systems in 2004. Regarding quality management, previously, only our factories and a portion of R&D facilities had obtained ISO 9001 certification, but in December 2005, the divisions of the FUJIFILM headquarters and nine Group companies made the transition to the 2004 version of ISO 14001 and simultaneously obtained ISO 9001 certification. As a result, we have been able to integrate our systems for environmental and quality management and are moving toward attaining an even higher level of customer satisfaction.