Our Commitment to Maximizing Resource Efficiency
In 2003, we set forth the overriding indicator Factor 2 in our Vision for 2010 to put resource efficiency maximization into more concrete practice. The Group's emission volumes are compiled for Canon lifecycle CO2, the major greenhouse gas, and environmental efficiency is taken to be the ratio of consolidated net sales to these emissions (consolidated net sales divided by lifecycle CO2 emissions). By 2010, we aim to double this basic unit, compared with the 2000 level, resulting in a factor of two. In 2007, we consistently strove to reduce the environmental burden throughout the entire product lifecycle, focusing on efforts to introduce energy-saving equipment at operational sites and to make products more energy-efficient, smaller, and lighter. We succeeded in raising our level of performance from a factor of 1.38 in the previous year to a factor of 1.57 as a result of reductions in environmental burden during customer usage and transportation to sales outlets.
