 CANON AMERICAS ENVIRONMENTAL CHARTER
CORPORATE PHILOSOPHY: KYOSEI
Achieve corporate growth and development while contributing to the prosperity of the world and the happiness of humankind through the corporate philosophy of kyosei :
All people, regardless of race, religion or culture, harmoniously living and working together into the future.
ENVIRONMENTAL ASSURANCE PHILOSOPHY
Pursue maximization of resource efficiency and contribute to the creation of a society that practices sustainable development.
FUNDAMENTAL POLICIES FOR CANON AMERICAS ENVIRONMENTAL ASSURANCE
Canon Americas seeks to harmonize environmental, economic and social interests in all business activities, products and services; offer products with lower environmental burden through innovative improvements in resource efficiency; and eliminate anti-social activities that threaten the health and safety of humankind and the environment.
- Operate an environmental management system to continuously improve our environmental assurance and performance in all business activities of Canon Americas.
- Comply with all applicable environmental laws and regulations across Americas and other requirements agreed upon with stakeholders, while upholding Canon Group environmental assurance policies.
- Pursue pollution prevention, energy and resource conservation and focus on the elimination of hazardous substances in all Canon Americas activities.
- Increase the environmental awareness of Canon Americas’ employees and encourage environmental protection initiatives on an individual level.
- Explore methods to minimize the environmental burden of products throughout their life cycle and promote research and development achievements which contribute to environmental assurance.
- Purchase products with lower environmental burden.
- Encourage collection and recycling of our products at the end of their lifetime.
- Maintain close relationships with governments, communities and other interested parties, provide support and participation in environmental programs and actively disclose information on Canon’s environmental performance.
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