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Environmental Management

The Hitachi Group is committed to achieving a more sustainable society by promoting global production that reduces the environmental burden of a product throughout its life cycle

[Image]Standards of Corporate Conduct Fundamental Credo CSR Policy of the Hitachi Group Hitachi Action Guidelines for Environmental Conservation Standards of Corporate Conduct Fundamental Credo CSR Policy of the Hitachi Group Hitachi Action Guidelines for Environmental Conservation Medium-Term Environmental Vision 2015 Achieve emission neutral Long-Term Environmental Vision 2025 To help reduce annual CO2 emissions by 100 million tonnes by 2025 through Hitachi products and services Environmental Vision

To realize a sustainable society, we have created an environmental vision. For this, we drew on our Standards of Corporate Conduct and its tenet “contributing to society through the development of superior, original technology and products,” as well as the CSR Policy of the Hitachi Group and the Action Guidelines for Environmental Conservation. This vision sets out our management approach to global environmental issues. Also, for our business activities, we are guided by a plan up to fiscal 2015 and a longer-term plan up to fiscal 2025.

Basic information

Standards of Corporate Conduct Fundamental Credo

The basic credo of Hitachi is to further elevate its founding concepts of harmony, sincerity and pioneering spirit, to instill a resolute pride in being a member of Hitachi, and thereby to contribute to society through the development of superior, original technology and products.
Deeply aware that a business enterprise is itself a member of society, Hitachi is also resolved to strive as a good citizen of the community towards the realization of a truly prosperous society and, to this end, to conduct its corporate activities in a fair and open manner, promote harmony with the natural environment, and engage vigorously in activities that contribute to social progress.

Adopted June 1983, revised September 1996

CSR Policy of the Hitachi Group

  1. Commitment to Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)
  2. Contribution to Society through Our Business
  3. Disclosure of Information and Stakeholder Engagement
  4. Corporate Ethics and Human Rights
  5. Environmental Conservation
  6. Corporate Citizenship Activities
  7. Working Environment
  8. Responsible Partnership with Business Partners

Adopted March 2005

Hitachi Action Guidelines for Environmental Conservation

Purpose

In order to realize an environmentally harmonious and sustainable society through products and services, Hitachi is committed to meeting its social responsibilities by promoting globally applicable ‘MONOZUKURI’ (designing, manufacturing, or repairing of products), which is aimed at reducing environmental burdens of products throughout their entire life cycles, ensuring environmental conservation.

Action Guidelines

  1. Global environmental conservation is a critical challenge shared by all humans. Hitachi is committed, therefore, to fulfilling its responsibilities by assisting in the realization of an environmentally harmonious and sustainable society as one of its management priorities.
  2. Hitachi will make efforts to contribute to society by developing highly reliable technologies and production processes, while identifying needs considering concerns related to global environmental conservation and limited resources.
  3. Members of the board in charge of environmental conservation are responsible for facilitating appropriate environmental conservation activities. Departments responsible for environmental conservation should endeavor to promote and ensure environmental conservation activities, including improving environment-related rules and regulations and setting goals for environmental burden reduction. These departments should also confirm that their environmental conservation activities are conducted in a proper manner and ensure that these activities are maintained and improved.
  4. Hitachi will promote globally-applicable ‘MONOZUKURI’ with the aim of reducing environmental burdens at every stage, including product research and development, design, production, distribution, sales, usage, and final disposal.
  5. Hitachi will investigate and review the environmental impact caused in the course of its 'MONOZUKURI' processes. Hitachi will also introduce excellent technologies and materials useful to safeguard the environment, in other words, to reduce environmental burdens through energy and resource saving, chemical substance management, recycling, and other measures.
  6. Hitachi’s environmental conservation efforts are not only to be focused on observing international environmental regulations and those of national and local governments, but also on conserving the environment by implementing voluntary environmental standards when necessary.
  7. Regarding globally-applicable ‘MONOZUKURI’ activities, impact on the local environment and community are to be considered. In addition, measures that meet local communities’ requests should be implemented.
  8. Hitachi will educate its employees on the observance of environmentrelated laws, raise their environmental awareness, and encourage their interest in society at large and broad-based environmental conservation activities.
  9. Hitachi will evaluate potential environmental problems and prevent them from occurring. In the event that any environmental problem occurs, Hitachi will take appropriate measures to minimize the environmental burden.
  10. Hitachi will make efforts to disclose information on its environmental conservation activities to its relevant stakeholders. Hitachi will also actively communicate with these stakeholders so as to strengthen mutual understanding and forge cooperative relationships with them.

Adopted March 1993, revised November 2004

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