Water Resource Conservation
Reducing Water Usage
Canon collects water data by intake source (public water system, industrial water system, or groundwater) and manages water resources carefully so as not to exceed intake limits for the different regions in which it operates. We also set and manage targets for the volume of water used in production, and constantly strive to further reduce water usage by improving production processes, raising water-usage efficiency and enhancing the quality of our water management. There was a larger volume of cooling water used for facility maintenance and due to high prevailing temperatures, total water consumption was down by 3.3% in 2025 from the previous year to 8,405,000 m3, as various Canon sites are making ongoing efforts to reduce water usage.
- * Third-party assurance obtained for water consumption figures from 2018.
- * The scope of aggregation mainly includes companies that have acquired ISO 14001 consolidated certification.