At Fujifilm Group’s offices and affiliates, we make concerted efforts toward environmental considerations on production sites.
- Workplaces such as development, production or lab offices handling target substances engage in periodic monitoring of Soil, ground water, wastewater and volatile organic compound emission amounts, together with improvements in management structure maintenance.
- Japanese domestic production sites continue to implement plumbing, pit, and tank surfacing, as well as other measures for early detection such as redundancies as a measure to prevent chemical substance leaks.
- The product design and manufacturing divisions are working together to reduce waste in the Fujifilm Group. In designing, products are designed with an awareness of recycling and conserving resources. Moreover, in manufacturing, we are improving the production yield rate based on “constant manufacturing condition” to reduce waste. Additionally, we have been promoting the extraction of valuable materials from waste and improving the quality of recycling.
- Japanese domestic affiliates plan for suitable management of and education regarding wastewater. Furthermore, fact-finding surveys are being implemented by disposal contractors, and progress is underway on making waste management adhering to regulations sounder. Overseas affiliates are carrying out thorough enforcement of appropriate management in line with their country's regulations and circumstances.
At Fujifilm Group, we hold environmental councils regularly attended by environment officers from all production-oriented workplaces. At these councils we share and debate about trends in environmental law and our responses to them, decisions and activity promotion checks for plans mitigating environmental impacts such as atmospheric emissions and wastewater, as well as initiatives focused on reducing environmental problems. This information is incorporated into each workplace's environmental management system, and appropriate measures are confirmed.
For Japanese domestic affiliates, we explain important items of Fujifilm Group Green Policy implementation at the Green Policy Liaison Council held once a year. Furthermore, for subjects such as environmental regulation requiring specific responses, we share information through suitable documents and attempt permeation of measures through explanatory meetings and conferences as needed.
For responses to overseas environmental regulations, FUJIFILM Holdings is formulating a policy concerned the global environment to take responsibility for environmental governance. Regional headquarters supervising each region make progress in environmental activities with a structure acting as promoters of precise environmental activities suited to their regions.
Based on this structure, we have established Core Group Council composed of the FUJIFILM Holdings and regional headquarters as a place for deeper discussion into issues concerning the group as a whole. Furthermore, by having FUJIFILM Holdings participate in regional environmental councils held in each area, these meetings act as a place to directly convey the latest information and deepen understanding about important issues for the Fujifilm Group Green Policy, linking to enhancement of environmental governance, common group ideals, and shared values.
Among the substances subject to PRTR law by the Japan Chemical Industry Association (JCIA), those total production or use at the Fujifilm Group in Japan in fiscal 2023 exceeds 1 ton per year are written in this list. For more details, please refer to the following link.
PRTR（Pollutant Release and Transfer Register）Law
The PRTR Law is was enacted in Japan in July 1999.
The purpose of the Law is to prevent environmental pollution caused by the substances through monitoring their emission volume and improving its management voluntary.
Companies subject to the law have been required to monitor their emissions of the substances in scope since April 2001, and to report the data to the government since April 2002.
Please refer to the following for information on Fujifilm's specific activities to deal with soil and groundwater contamination, such as the purification measures taken at the Omiya Office.
Workplace Environmental Considerations (Fujifilm)