Environmentally Conscious Management
Related Initiatives
Product Development System Using LCA Methodology
Canon aims to reduce the environmental impact of products over their entire life cycle based on the use of life cycle assessment (LCA) methodology. We have incorporated the LCA approach from the product development stage, using supplier-specific emission factor collected from suppliers on the CO2 emissions of the materials used to make parts.
Product Environmental Assessments
Product environmental assessments are used by Canon in the commercialization process to confirm conclusively whether products comply fully with legal and other requirements relating to the product environment by achieving the required levels of environmental performance. We start the assessment by assigning an environmental performance target to the product at the product planning stage. We evaluate if this target has been met before the product can move from the design stage into the development stage and finally into mass production. Utilizing product environmental assessments as hurdles within the product commercialization process in this way leads to better environmental performance while also supporting compliance.
Green Platform
Canon has organized all the eco-conscious systems and technologies it has accumulated to date into a core technology base known as the Green Platform. Utilizing combinations of various in-house technologies, we undertake initiatives to help minimize environmental impact through decarbonization, development of the circular economy or other means for each product life cycle stage, notably Design (energy efficiency, resource conservation, pro-recycling design, etc.), Production (less power/water consumption and waste, etc.) and Recycling (repair, re-use, recycling, etc.).
