Environmental Action Plan

The Nikon Group evaluates its results against its annual Environmental Targets. Issues are then detected, and revisions are made to overcome those issues.

Results of the Nikon Environmental Action Plan for the year ended March 31, 2012
Targets of the Nikon Environmental Action Plan for the year ending March 31, 2013

Results of the Nikon Environmental Action Plan for the year ended March 31, 2012

Product-related activities

◯: Achieved △: Measures started but not yet achieved X: Not started

Theme	Targets	Results	Self evaluation
Energy conservation (prevention of global warming)	20% or more improvement in overall energy efficiency^* of new products during use compared with existing products	Improved by 22.5% (simple average of new-release products)	◯
Reduction in the use of hazardous chemical substances	(Hexavalent chromium, lead, cadmium, mercury, PBB, PBDE, PVC)
Reduction in the use of hazardous chemical substances	Continue compliance with RoHS Directive^* and maintain and enhance the management system	Maintained 100% compliance for products subject to the RoHS Directive, and maintained and enhanced the management system	◯
Control of chemical substances	Determine policy for chemical management systems	Determined policy for management systems	◯
Green procurement	(Reduction in the use of hazardous chemical substances)
	Consumer products: Maintain and update green procurement	Consumer products: Maintained and updated green procurement	◯
	Industrial products: Expand green procurement	Industrial products: Expanded green procurement	◯
	(Application of the Nikon Green Procurement Standards)
	Continue to apply and update the Nikon Green Procurement Standards	Continued to apply and update the Nikon Green Procurement Standards	◯
	Continue to examine and audit the environmental management systems	Continued to examine and audit the environmental management systems	◯
Distribution	(Reduction in CO₂ emissions from physical distribution)
Distribution	850-ton reduction of CO₂ from implementing measures	99-ton reduction of CO₂ from implementing measures	△

Activities at facilities

Theme	Targets	Results	Self evaluation
Reduction in GHG emissions (CO₂ emissions from energy use)	Total CO₂ emissions from Nikon Corporation and Group manufacturing companies in Japan: 126 thousand tons or less	Total CO₂ emissions: 116 thousand tons	◯
Reduction in GHG emissions (CO₂ emissions from energy use)	CO₂ emissions per unit of real output from two Group manufacturing companies in Asia: Reduce by 20% (compared with the year ended March 31, 2006) (total CO₂ emissions: 88 thousand tons)	Reduced CO₂ emissions per unit of real output by 20% (compared with the year ended March 31, 2006) Total CO₂ emissions: 66 thousand tons^*3	◯
Waste reduction	(Waste reduction)
	Waste from Nikon Corporation and Group manufacturing companies in Japan: Maintain levels from the year ended March 31, 2011 (3,944 tons or less)	Maintained levels from the year ended March 31, 2011	◯
	(Zero emissions^*)
	Achieve level 4 zero emissions at Hikari Glass Co., Ltd. and NTC^*1	Achieved level 4 zero emissions at Hikari Glass Co., Ltd. and NTC^*3	◯
	Start building a system at NNJC^*2 and other Group companies	Started building systems at NNJC, Hikari Glass (Changzhou) Optics Co., Ltd.	◯

*1NTC: Nikon (Thailand) Co., Ltd.
*2NNJC: Nanjing Nikon Jiangnan Optical Instrument Co., Ltd.
*3For NTC, only data for the Apr-Sep period is recorded because the factory stopped operating due to floods.

Others

Theme	Targets	Results	Self evaluation
Environmental Management System (EMS)	Prepare for introduction at overseas non-manufacturing facilities	Started preparations for introduction at overseas non-manufacturing facilities (Nikon Simplified Environmental Management System)	◯
Biodiversity conservation	Assess the level of environmental impact of business activities, enhance current actions, and begin new initiatives	Assessed the level of environmental impact of business activities Selected measures and themes to be tackled Strengthened monitoring of environmental data	◯
Life Cycle Assessment (LCA^*)	Perform LCAs on a trial basis	Performed LCAs on a trial basis for representative products	◯

*Energy efficiency
The Nikon Group defines energy efficiency as the degree of functionality of each product per unit of power consumption.
Energy efficiency of a product = Degree of functionality/Unit of power consumption
Functionality is defined separately for each product type. The Nikon Group is always committed to releasing new products with higher energy efficiency.
*RoHS Directive
"RoHS" stands for "Restriction of Hazardous Substances." This directive was adopted by the EU in 2003. It restricts the use of certain hazardous chemical substances in electrical and electronic equipment with a view to minimizing the risks that these substances pose to the environment and human health.
*Zero emissions
A concept proposed by the United Nations University in 1994 with a view to reducing waste from the whole of society to zero by recycling waste from one industry for use as resources for other industries.
*LCA
Life cycle assessment, an objective method to quantitatively evaluate the environmental impact of products and services throughout their lifecycles, including the exploitation of resources and the manufacture, use, disposal, and transportation of the products.

Targets of the Nikon Environmental Action Plan for the year ending March 31, 2013

Product-related activities

Theme	Targets
Energy conservation (prevention of global warming)	Improve overall energy efficiency Improve overall energy efficiency of new representative products released during the year ending March 31, 2013
Reduction in the use of hazardous chemical substances	Maintain 100% compliance for products subject to the RoHS Directive
Green procurement	CSR-oriented Procurement: Promoting green procurement
Distribution	Reduction in CO₂ emissions from physical distribution Improve loading efficiency and promote modal shifts

Activities at facilities

Theme	Targets
Reduction in GHG emissions (CO₂ emissions from energy use)	Total CO₂ emissions from Nikon Corporation and Group manufacturing companies in Japan: 136 thousand tons or less^1 CO₂ emissions per unit of real output from two Group manufacturing companies in Asia: Reduce by 25% (compared with the year ended March 31, 2006) (total CO₂ emissions: 32 thousand tons)^2
Waste reduction	Waste from Nikon Corporation and Group manufacturing companies in Japan: Maintain levels from the year ended March 31, 2011 (4,867 tons or less)^*3 Zero emissions: Maintain level 1 for facilities that have achieved level 1 Hikari Glass (Changzhou) Optics Co., Ltd. and NNJC: Build a level 4 system

*1Revisions were made to each type of CO₂ emissions factor.
Electricity: weighted average of the actual emissions factors between the year ended March 31, 2006 and the year ended March 31, 2008 (fixed for all periods)
City gas (unit heating value): value specific to gas company
Other fuels: value contained in the Manual for Calculating and Reporting Greenhouse Gas Emissions applied when calculating baseline emissions
*2NTC not included in targets due to effects of flood.
*3Broaden scope of data from year ending March 31, 2013.

Others

Theme	Targets
Environmental Management System (EMS)	(Integrated ISO 14001 certification) Prepare for introduction at Nikon Metrology NV
Biodiversity conservation	Plan and implement specific measures and themes, and collect data on the environmental burdens of business activities Continue performing LCAs on a trial basis