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Sony Group Environmental Vision
The Sony Group Environmental Vision presents Sony’s environmental policy, core beliefs, and basic approaches for environmental management activities throughout the global Sony Group with the aim of creating a sustainable society.
Vision
Sony recognizes the importance of preserving the natural environment that sustains life on earth for future generations and helps humanity to attain the dream of a healthy and happy life. Sony is committed to achieving this goal by seeking to combine ongoing innovation in environmental technology with environmentally sound business practices.
Sony aims for greater eco-efficiency in its business activities through maximizing the efficiency of nonrenewable energy and resource use and providing products and services with greater added value. Efforts will focus on reducing harmful effects on the environment by ensuring compliance with all applicable environmental regulations and reducing the environmental impact of energy and resource use on a continuing basis. Steps will also be taken to find solutions to complex environmental issues through closer cooperation and enhanced information sharing with the broad spectrum of Sony stakeholders.
Approaches to Environmental Issues
Sony recognizes how closely linked its business activities are to environmental issues, on the global as well as regional levels, and is committed to applying the following strategic approaches to the four key environmental issues outlined below.
Global Warming
Sony is committed to reducing energy consumption and emissions of greenhouse gases generated by business activities throughout the life cycle of Sony products and services.
Natural Resources
Sony will continue to improve resource productivity in its manufacturing processes. Efforts will include reducing the volume of materials and water consumed and recycling and reusing these and other resources wherever possible.
Management of Chemical Substances
Sony will maintain strict control over the chemical substances it uses, while taking steps wherever possible to reduce, substitute and eliminate the use of substances that are potentially hazardous to the environment.
Natural Environment
Sony recognizes the importance of maintaining the earth’s biodiversity by protecting the ecosystems that make up the earth’s forests and oceans and the wildlife they sustain, and will take constructive steps wherever possible to contribute to the preservation of the natural environment.
Approach to Business Activities
Sony is committed to a program of continuous improvement of global environmental management systems throughout the entire business cycle. The cycle begins with the initial planning for new business activities and continues through the product and service development, marketing, product use, after-sales services, disposal and recycling phases. The Sony Group Environmental Vision defines Sony’s approach to the following 11 topics:
• Compliance with regulations
• Corporate citizenship
• Disclosure of information and effective corporate communications
• Education
• Business planning
• Research and development
• Planning and design of products and services
• Parts and materials procurement
• Site management
• Distribution, sales, marketing and after-sales service
• Post-use resource management
Sony complements the commitments expressed in the Sony Group Environmental Vision with a program of specific targets and objectives for achieving the various environmental goals.
