Environmental Activities

Konica Minolta measures the amount of energy and resources used in all its business activities, as well as the amount of greenhouse gases emitted and the amount of waste produced, at each stage of a product's life cycle. These results are analyzed and used to facilitate concrete approaches to improvement.

Environment Plan: Objectives and Efforts

• Preventing global warming (CO₂ Emissions)
• Supporting a recycling-oriented society (Petroleum-based resource usage, Packaging materials usage and Waste discharged externally from manufacturing)
• Reducing the risk of chemical substances (Atmospheric emissions of volatile organic compounds(VOCs))

Environmental performance data

INPUT

• Energy and Water

OUTPUT

• Atmosphere (CO2, SOx, NOx, Soot and Dust)
• Wastewater (Total Wastewater, COD, Phosphorus, Nitrogen)
• Waste
• Chemical Substances (PRTR Substances)

Surveys and Measures Taken on Soil and Groundwater Contamination

Production Sites

Standards for Calculating Environmental Data

• Standards for Calculating Environmental Data (PDF:42KB)

Environmental Accounting

At Konica Minolta, an environmental accounting manager is appointed at each Group company and the Group carries out consolidated environmental accounting globally, from research and development to production and sales.

• Fiscal 2010 Environmental Accounting