We assess the environmental burden of products and services at the design and development stage, designating those products with a reduced environmental burden as Eco-Products. In fiscal 2010, 60 percent of our sales were for Eco-Products. We are moving ahead with designing and developing environmentally conscious products to meet the goal set in our long-term Environmental Vision 2025 of making all Hitachi products Eco-Products by fiscal 2025.
We introduced a Design for Environment assessment system to help reduce the environmental burden of products and services.
Eco-Products that meet even more demanding requirements are designated as Super Eco-Products.
To promote resource recycling, the Hitachi Group is building used product recovery systems and developing recycling technologies.
We control the chemical substances contained in products across the product life cycle from development and design to procurement, production, quality control, and sales.
We work with the following international standards organizations for environmental issues and environmentally conscious product technology.
