[Priority Issue 1]Address Climate Change

The Fujifilm Group has set new targets to create of a carbon neutral society aimed at by the Paris Agreement. Along with CO₂ emissions reduction across the entire product lifecycle (from material procurement, product manufacturing, transportation, use and disposal), we are continuing to actively reduce CO₂ emissions in society through providing our products and services. At the manufacturing stage, we direct our efforts at using lower carbon energy sources, including adopting and utilizing renewable energy, in addition to the promotion of energy saving and efficient energy usage.

* We aim to contribute to a reductions in the CO₂ emissions generated by society that equals the total CO₂ emissions from the entire product lifecycle in the Fujifilm Group by 2030.

• Dissemination and expansion of energy-saving measures at production sites. (Highly efficient operations by controlling the number of in-house cogeneration systems, Energy loss reduction by rationalizing chillers and air conditioners, Energy usage reduction by installing LED lighting and inverters.)
• FY2030 CO₂ emissions reduction target was approved by the Science Based Target (SBT)* initiative.
• Establishing the environmentally conscious products certification program.
• Our highly energy-saving magnetic tape won the Prime Minister's Prize under the 7th Monodzukuri Nippon Grand Award (hosted by METI, MLIT, MHLW, and MEXT in Japan) in recognition as the “large-capacity data tape with outstanding performance in total user costs, an achievement bolstering the era of big data and IoT.” (Fujifilm)
• Development of innovative toner technology realizing low environmental impact and high image quality won the Environment Minister Prize under the 16th Green and Sustainable Chemistry Award hosted by Japan Association for Chemical Innovation. (Fuji Xerox)
• The Next Generation Managed Print Services that utilizes the energy-saving reconditioned devices won the Minister Prize of Economic, Trade and Industry, under the Energy Conservation Grand Prize 2017 in Japan. (Fuji Xerox)

SBT: An international initiative established by Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP), World Resources Institute (WRI), World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), and United Nations Global Compact. The organization recommends science-based targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions among companies to keep global temperature increases below 2 degrees Celsius compared to pre-industrial temperatures. There are 16 Japanese companies certified by the SBT initiative (as of April 2018).

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Fuji Xerox's Next Generation Managed Printing Service (MPS), which utilizes energy-saving reconditioned devices, won the Minister's Prize of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, in the category of products and business. This is the highest ranking prize in that category of the Energy Conservation Grand Prize 2017. The Energy Conservation Grand Prize is given for model energy-saving efforts undertaken in business or business sites, as well as products and business models with excellent energy-saving features. This is the second time for Fuji Xerox to receive the Minister's Prize.

The Next Generation MPS is a new business model that offers energy-saving, resource-saving and productivity improvement through the integration and evolution of reconditioned device business and comprehensive office equipment management business to offer the optimum printing environment. Special staff members analyze the volume of printing, frequency, power consumption, and other copying and printing activity information in an office in order to visualize the working conditions of each multifunction device and printer, and then offer the optimum printing environment by reviewing the installed devices and models—as well as their layout in the office. In addition to this actual usage data, they conduct questionnaire surveys and process analyses to offer a process efficiency improvement plan that includes paper usage reduction and enhanced productivity by converting paper-based processes into digital processes. Reconditioned devices, which have been serviced to the level of brand-new products, are offered as replacements for older equipment, enhancing the overall environmental friendliness of our customers’ businesses.

Through this service, we have reduced the number of devices by 23% on average in the two years of FY2015 and FY2016, as well as reducing paper usage by 810 million sheets and CO₂ emissions by 10,040 t-CO₂ (approx. 5,170 kL when converted to crude oil consumption). Also, more than 40% of the devices provided through this service are reconditioned devices. Fuji Xerox is promoting further energy conservation in offices though expanding this business model across the world.

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In April 2018 Fujifilm started the Carbon Offset* scheme with its process-less thermal CTP plates. Process-less thermal CTP plates are printing plates used in offset printing that can significantly reduce environmental impact by making unnecessary for an automatic processor and chemicals in the plate processing.At the same time, FUJIFILM Global Graphic Systems Co., Ltd., which sells printing devices and materials, started the Green Graphic Project (GGP), a CO₂ emissions reduction scheme, by working together with the printing companies who purchase our CTP plates.

The GGP manages carbon offsets to make the CO₂ emissions from process-less thermal CTP plates across their lifecycle to zero by utilizing the CO₂ emissions rights obtained by Fujifilm through supporting CO₂ emissions reduction projects in developing countries. Through this scheme, printing companies that purchased and utilized process-less thermal CTP plates can discount some of the CO₂ emissions generated during their printing process to zero. Further, customers can then display the GGP mark, which makes an appeal as their CSR activities to stakeholders. This also indirectly contributes to clean energy, employment generation, and infrastructure construction in developing countries.

Fujifilm has led environmental contribution activities in the printing industry, such as through the Plate to Plate System, a closed loop recycling system that recycles the aluminum from printing plates used. Through the GGP, we are further spreading usage of process-less thermal CTP plates using the carbon offset, thereby contributing to reducing environmental impact in the printing industry.

* Carbon offset: Offsetting the CO₂ volume that is inevitably emitted in our daily life and business activities and could not be reduced despite appropriate efforts, with the CO₂ emissions reduction volume achieved in other activities. The GGP is certified by the Carbon Offset Scheme hosted by the Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry.