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Guided by its corporate philosophy of "Kyosei," Canon has been carrying out activities to conserve the earth's environment, including green procurement.
Our progressive efforts are based on the belief that green procurement is an important task of a corporation trying to fulfill its environmental responsibilities.
To promote green procurement, Canon issued the "Global Canon Green Procurement Standards" and "Global Canon Green Procurement Guidebook" as early as in 1997.
Since this time, we have regularly reviewed and revised our green procurement standards to reflect trends in society as well as developments in related regulations.
Most recently, we have issued "Green Procurement Standards" Version 6.0 in August 2009, which replace the previous Version 5.1 issued in October 2008.
Main revised parts in Green Procurement Standards are as follows.
| - | Integration of the "Parts and Materials" Edition and the "Accessory Materials for Sales Activities" Edition. | |
| - | The requirements for the management of chemical substances in products have been changed to those specified in the "Guidelines for the Management of Chemical Substances in Products (Ver.2)." | |
| - | No inclusion of chemical substances related to environmental information has been added as a requirement for the performance of parts and materials. | |
| - | Addition of a description about information disclosure of the product environmental impact substances to third parties. | |
| - | Revision to Attachment 1 "List of Production Environmental Impact Substances" | |
| - | Revision to Attachment 2 "List of Product Environmental Impact Substances" |
When procuring parts and materials, Canon asks each supplier to meet the requirements for "business activities" and "parts and materials" in two areas—construction and operation of an "environmental management system" and "performance" achieved as the result of its operation (legal compliance, no use of prohibited substances, reduction in the use of substances targeted for reduced levels of use, and preventative measures against soil and groundwater pollution in "business activities"; no prohibited substances are contained, no use-restricted substances are contained after a specified period in "parts and materials").
On the basis of these requirements, Canon will evaluate suppliers and parts/materials and judge qualification for dealings and procurement.
| Green Procurement Standards | |
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| Version 6.0 | "Parts and Materials" Edition Version 5.1 |
| "Accessory Materials for Sales Activities" Edition Version 2.0 | |
Please download the formats for the Supplier Environmental Evaluation from the links below.
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Version 6.0
Self-Evaluation Sheet Questionnaire on Current Situation "Action Item List & Check Sheet" of the JGPSSI" Guidelines for the Management of Chemical Substances in Products (Ver.2)" |
"Parts and Materials" Edition Version 5.1 Self-Evaluation Sheet Questionnaire on Current Situation |
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"Action Item List & Check Sheet" of the JGPSSI" Guidelines for the Management of Chemical Substances in Products (Ver.2)"
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"Accessory Materials for Sales Activities" Edition Version 2.0
"Action Item List & Check Sheet" of the JGPSSI" Guidelines for the Management of Chemical Substances in Products (Ver.1)" |
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The Canon Group conducts surveys on substances in products that affect the environment using the formats established by Japan Green Procurement Survey Standardization Initiative (JGPSSI). For responding to the survey, please download the survey response tool that JGPSSI provides for these formats as specified below.
Materials pertaining to this survey response tool that JGPSSI issues can be procured from the JGPSSI web site.
| Canon Survey Form Entry Manual [in PDF files] | |
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Ver. 6.0 compatible
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Ver. 5.1 compatible
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| Green Procurement Survey Tool [in XLS file] | |
| Materials can be procured from the JGPSSI web site, along with the survey response tool. | |
