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Overview of Our Environmental Activities in FY2018 and FY2016 - 2018 Environmental Action Plan

Overview of Our Environmental Activities in FY2018 and FY2016 - 2018 Environmental Action Plan

The results of our FY2018 plan and targets in our plans for FY2016 - 2018 are shown below.

Overview of Our Environmental Activities in FY2018

Environmental Awareness and Global Environmental Management

Improving the Level of Environmental Activities

Improving the Level of Environmental Activities
Action Target	Activitity to Promote Achievement	FY2018
Action Target	Activitity to Promote Achievement	Fiscal Year Target	Results	Evaluation
Evaluate environmental activities (Green21) and increase the standard of activities	Implementing measures to increase the standard of activities (achieving a Green Points (GP) score of at least 480/600 points)	480 GP 600 points x 80%	488 GP	○

Contributing to the Conservation of Ecosystems

Contributing to the Conservation of Ecosystems
Action Target	Activitity to Promote Achievement	FY2018
Action Target	Activitity to Promote Achievement	Fiscal Year Target	Results	Evaluation
Conserve ecosystems (biodiversity)	Contributing to the conservation of ecosystems (implementing ecosystem conservation activities)	336 activities conducted	336 activities conducted	○

Enhancing Global Environmental Information

Enhancing Global Environmental Information
Action Target	Activitity to Promote Achievement	FY2018
Action Target	Activitity to Promote Achievement	Fiscal Year Target	Results	Evaluation
Enhancing global environmental information	Enhancing compliance at overseas sites by conducting environmental audits	100% (6 sites)	117% (7 sites)	○

Enhancing Compliance at Domestic Sites

Enhancing Compliance at Domestic Sites
Action Target	Activitity to Promote Achievement	FY2018
Action Target	Activitity to Promote Achievement	Fiscal Year Target	Results	Evaluation
Conducting environmental audits at domestic offices	Enhancing compliance at domestic sites by conducting environmental audits	100% (41 sites)	105% (43 sites)	○

Raising Environmental Literacy

Raising Environmental Literacy
Action Target	Activitity to Promote Achievement	FY2018
Action Target	Activitity to Promote Achievement	Fiscal Year Target	Results	Evaluation
Cultivate awareness by continuing the environmental e-Learning program (program compiled by the Hitachi Group)	Ongoing participation in the environmental e-Learning program	100%	100%	○

Provision of Next-Generation Products and Services

Promoting Eco-products

Promoting Eco-products
Action Target	Activities to Promote Achievement	FY2018
Action Target	Activities to Promote Achievement	Fiscal Year Target	Results	Evaluation
Improve the environmental performance of products	Amount of decrease in CO₂ emissions from products (base fiscal year: 2005)	310,000 tons	310,000 tons	○
	Percentage decrease in CO₂ emissions from products (base fiscal year: 2010)	33.6%	34.0%	○
	Performance of environmentally conscious design assessments (Number of assessments performed in year divided by number of assessments targeted for year) *Including performance of LCAs	100% (All targeted models)	100% (All targeted models)	○

Highly Eco-conscious Factories and Offices

Preventing Global Warming

Preventing Global Warming
Action Target	Activities to Promote Achievement	FY2018
Action Target	Activities to Promote Achievement	Fiscal Year Target	Results	Evaluation
Improve the energy consumption rate	Improving the energy consumption rate (base fiscal year: 2005)	49.1%	45.6%	×
Reduce CO₂ emissions (Japan)	Reducing CO₂ emissions (base fiscal year: 2013)	34,937 t-CO₂	34,637 t-CO₂	○
Improve the consumption of energy in transporting products	Reducing the rate of energy consumption in transporting nominal output	Monitor the consumption of energy in transport	0.043 (GJ/Million Yen)	-

Effective Utilization of Resources

Effective Utilization of Resources
Action Target	Activities to Promote Achievement	FY2018
Action Target	Activities to Promote Achievement	Fiscal Year Target	Results	Evaluation
Improve the volume of waste and other materials generated	Improving the volume of waste and other materials generated (base fiscal year: 2005)	39.4%	43.7%	○
Improve the volume of waste and other materials generated	Improving the volume of waste outsourced for treatment and disposal (base fiscal year: FY2005)	57.3%	58.8%	○
Utilize resources effectively	Improving the rate of recycling	99.8%	99.8%	○
Promote more efficient use of water	Improving unit water consumption	45.5%	40.2%	×
Promote the use of electronic manifests	Improving the registration (issue) rate [Japan]	At least 97.5%	97.0%	×

Management of Chemical Substances

Management of Chemical Substances
Action Target	Activitity to Promote Achievement	FY2018
Action Target	Activitity to Promote Achievement	Fiscal Year Target	Results	Evaluation
Reduce atmospheric emissions of chemical substances	Improving atmospheric emissions of chemical substances (base fiscal year: 2006)	61.4%	64.1%	○

Global Citizen Project

Global Citizen Project
Action Target	Activitity to Promote Achievement	FY2018
Action Target	Activitity to Promote Achievement	Fiscal Year Target	Results	Evaluation
Environmental CSR activities	Promoting environmental communication activities (knowing the number implemented)	200 cases (total to date)	198 cases (total to date)	×

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Overview of Our Environmental Activities in Fiscal Years (Fiscal 2016 - 2018)

Environmental Awareness and Global Environmental Management

Environmental Awareness and Global Environmental Management

Environmental Awareness and Global Environmental Management
Action Target		Activities to Promote Achievement	Fiscal Year Target 2016	Fiscal Year Target 2017	Fiscal Year Target 2018
Improvement of level of environmental activities	Evaluate environmental activities (Green21) and increase the standard of activities	Implementing measures to increase the standard of activities (achieving a Green Points (GP) score of at least 480/600 points)	240 GP (600 points × 40%)	360 GP (600 points × 60%)	480 GP (600 points × 80%)
Contributing to conservation of biodiversity	Conserve ecosystems (biodiversity)	Promoting conservation activities	Number implemented: 305 cases	Number implemented: 313 cases (total to date)	Number implemented: 336 cases (total to date)
Enhancing global environmental information	Conduct environmental audits at overseas business locations	Strengthening compliance by conducting environmental audits at overseas centers	33% (2 sites)	50% (3 sites)	100% (6 sites)
Strengthening compliance at domestic centers	Conduct environmental audits at domestic business locations	Strengthening compliance by conducting environmental audits at domestic centers	39% (16 sites) Target changed	59% (24 sites) Target changed	100% (41 sites)
Raising Environmental Literacy	Cultivate awareness by continuing the environmental e-Learning program (program compiled by the Hitachi Group)	Ongoing participation in the environmental e-Learning program	Maintain 95% or more of participation rate

Provision of Next-Generation Products and Services

Promoting Eco-products

Promoting Eco-products
Action Target	Activities to Promote Achievement	Fiscal Year Target 2016	Fiscal Year Target 2017	Fiscal Year Target 2018
Improve environmental performance of products	Limiting the CO₂ emissions from products (base fiscal year: 2005)	290,000 tons	300,000 tons	310,000 tons
	Reducing the CO₂ emissions from products (base fiscal year: 2010)	21%	25%	33.6%
	Conduct environmentally conscious design ssessments (assessments conducted during the year/assessments subjected to during the year) *Includes conducting LCA evaluations	100% (All targeted models)	100% (All targeted models)	100% (All targeted models)

Highly Eco-conscious Factories and Offices

Preventing Global Warming

Preventing Global Warming
Action Target	Activities to Promote Achievement	Fiscal Year Target 2016	Fiscal Year Target 2017	Fiscal Year Target 2018
Improve the energy consumption rate	Improving the energy consumption rate (base fiscal year: 2005)	36.6%	43.5%	53.0%
Reduce CO₂ emissions	Reducing CO₂ emissions (base fiscal year: 2013)	Consider reduction target based on Japanese governmental target	34,210 t-CO₂	34,937 t-CO₂
Improve the consumption of energy in transporting products	Reducing the rate of energy consumption in transporting nominal output (base fiscal year: 2006) [Japan]	Monitor the consumption of energy in transport

Effective Utilization of Resources

Effective Utilization of Resources
Action Target	Activities to Promote Achievement	Fiscal Year Target 2016	Fiscal Year Target 2017	Fiscal Year Target 2018
Improve the volume of waste and other materials generated	Improving the volume of waste and other materials generated (base fiscal year: 2005)	30.9%	37.2%	41.2%
Improve the volume of waste and other materials generated	Improving the volume of waste outsourced for treatment and disposal (base fiscal year: 2005)	53.3%	55.4%	60.4%
Utilize resources effectively	Improving resource recovery rate	99.1%	99.8%	99.9%
Utilize water resources effectively	Improving water usage rate (base fiscal year: 2005)	35.5%	45.5%	50.3%
Promote the use of electronic manifests	Improving the registration (issue) rate [Japan]	No less than 90.0%	No less than 97.6%	No less than 97.6%

Managemant of Chemical Substances

Managemant of Chemical Substances
Action Target	Activities to Promote Achievement	Fiscal Year Target 2016	Fiscal Year Target 2017	Fiscal Year Target 2018
Improve atmospheric VOC emissions	Improving atmospheric VOC emissions (base fiscal year: 2006)	44.6%	58.5%	61.4%

Environmental Collaboration with Stakeholders

Global Citizen Project

Global Citizen Project
Action Target	Activitity to Promote Achievement	Fiscal Year Target 2016	Fiscal Year Target 2017	Fiscal Year Target 2018
Environmental CSR activities	Promoting environmental communication activities (knowing the number implemented)	35 cases	82 cases (total to date)	200 cases (total to date)

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