Chemical Substances / Pollution Prevention
Policy / Basic Approach / Targets and Achievements
Approach to Managing Chemical Substances
As a company that operates globally, Canon cannot ignore the various risks we face, such as that stricter regulations will increase the costs of chemical substance management and cause the suspension of production or disruption to the parts supply chain among suppliers. From this perspective, we are committed to supplying safe products through environmentally conscious manufacturing and maintaining competitiveness through more advanced chemical substance management, contributing to management efficiency across the supply chain and to international standardization.
From this perspective, Canon strictly manages chemical substances in products as well as those used in manufacturing processes. Our basic approach to management involves confirming products do not contain regulated chemical substances that exceed the prescribed standard and production sites do not discharge regulated chemical substances that exceed the prescribed standard.
| 2025 Targets*1 | 2025 Achievements*2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Operational Sites | Emissions of controlled chemical substances per basic unit: 1% | 0.9% improvement |
- *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：Environmental Performance Data