Biodiversity
Policy / Basic Approach / Targets and Achievements
Canon Group Biodiversity Policy
Canon recognizes biodiversity as essential for a sustainable society. We carry out various activities to conserve and protect biodiversity under our Biodiversity Policy, which applies to the entire Canon Group.
Basic Policy
Canon fully recognizes biodiversity as an important basis for a sustainable society, and promotes activities that contribute to biodiversity conservation.
Action Guidelines
- Canon strives to conserve biodiversity with consideration for various regional characteristics from a global perspective.
- Canon actively works to reduce the impact on biodiversity associated with various business activities, and to conduct social-contribution activities that lead to biodiversity conservation.
Specific Actions
- “Utilization of Canon technologies and products for biodiversity conservation” Support for biodiversity conservation activities and projects
- “Consideration for biodiversity centered on operational sites” Ascertaining the impact of our business activities on biodiversity, and conservation of animal and plant habitats around operational sites
- “Contribution to the realization of a community rich in biodiversity” Promotion of biodiversity conservation activities and educational activities in collaboration with local communities
Canon Inc.
Date of establishment : August 2013
Date of revision : December 2024
Main Areas of Focus
Based on our new Nature Positive slogan, we are promoting activities in three main areas of focus: “water,” “forests,” and “creatures.” Examples include managing green spaces and restoring ecosystems, and we intend to promote these activities in close connection with local communities around the world.
Targets and Achievements in Biodiversity
Biodiversity refers to the way living things interact as they coexist on earth. Within this sphere, birds occupy the top position in a local ecosystem pyramid of plants, insects, and small animals, symbolizing the cycle of life. Canon promotes the Bird Branch Project, which encompasses a range of bird-centered activities at operational sites in Japan and overseas, as a symbol of the initiatives based on its Group-wide Biodiversity Policy.
By 2026, we would like to expand the number of sites participating in the project, from one head office in Shimomaruko (2015) to 60 all over Japan and overseas, and strengthen our efforts.
Targets
By 2026, we would like to expand the number of sites participating in the project, from one head office in Shimomaruko (2015) to 60 all over Japan and overseas, and strengthen our efforts.
Achievements
| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sites | 59 | 59 | 59 |
- The achievements of the three most recent years.
Basic Policy on the Procurement of Timber Products
1. Use sustainable forest materials
In its procurement of timber products, the Canon Group uses materials supplied from forest resources managed exclusively for use as timber products.
2. Trace the origin of forest resources used
We seek the cooperation of business partners to ensure the traceability of products throughout the manufacturing process, from the harvest of raw materials onward.
3. Confirm evidence of traceability
Canon works with its business partners to ensure the traceability of materials used in Canon products (or OEM products) and their packaging that are subject to timber product regulations in each country.
Canon Management Standards for Timber Products is here.
| Canon Management Standards for Timber Products（20KB） |
Canon believes that actions to conserve biodiversity will prevent the loss of economic activity, create jobs and business, and lead to the Group’s sustainable development. For this reason, we are making preparations to disclose relevant information in accordance with the framework of the Task Force on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD).
Managing Risks and Opportunities
The reduction in the supply of printing paper due to the decrease in forest resources, unstable water supply caused by abnormal weather, and the disruption of local ecosystem balance pose risks that constrain business activities. At the same time, regional water stress brought about by business activities also warrants attention. From this perspective, we ensure that we conduct business in harmony with the local community by capitalizing on our own products and technologies in conserving ecosystems, contributing to the local community, and devising actions to minimize our impact on the environment.
| 2024 Targets*1 | 2024 Achievements*2 | |
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| Operational Sites | Water usage per basic unit: 1% improvement | 0.6% improvement |
| Risks | Opportunities |
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- *1 Calculation based on average annual improvement rate of the three most recent years. The basic unit denominator is decided according to the characteristics of each operational site (production volume, effective floor area, workforce, etc.)
- *2 For scope of data collection