Sustainability Management

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Sustainability Management and Information
Disclosure
June 2, 2005 Yoshiaki Arai Corporate
Environmental Affairs DivisionMatsushita
Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
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Corporate Profile of Matsushita Electric
Foundation 1918 Started business by only three
people
Sales
Overseas 47
Japan 53
Employees
Founder Konosuke Matsushita (Business
establishment at age 23)
Japan 45
Overseas 55
At the Kyoto retreat, Shinshin-An
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Business Domains in Matsushita Group
Other (7)
AVC Networks (41)
Victor Company of Japan(JVC) (8)
Matsushita Electric Works and PanaHome (17)
Components and Devices (13)
Home Appliances (14)
( of sales in FY2005)
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Management Philosophy
A Company is a Public Entity
Philosophy

People
Land
Building
Knowledge Information
Time
Funds
"Deposits" entrusted from Society
Utilize
Company
Use for Society
Products and Services
Contribution to the Prosperity of Society
"Profit" is a Reward for our Contribution
Re-invest for Further Contribution
Return to Society
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Matsushita's Vision for the 21st Century
Business Vision
Environmental Vision
Environmental Statement
Realizing a Ubiquitous Network Society
Environmental Vision
Coexistence with the Global Environment
New challenges for "Green" Products
New challenges for Clean Factories
Coexistence with the Global Environment
Environment and energy business initiatives
Strengthening of product recycling
Enrichment of people's lifestyles
Environmental management and human resources
development
"Green" marketing and distribution
Environmental communication
Digital Networks
Home Appliances Environmental Systems
Environmental Technology Ecological Thinking
Services Solutions
ET2!
Components Devices Production Systems
Green Plan 2010
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History of Environmental Activities
1972 Established the Environmental Management
Office 1991 Formulated the Matsushita
Environmental Charter 1995 Started development
of the environmental management system 1997
Established the Environment Conference 1999
Completed the acquisition of the ISO 14001
certification at all manufacturing sites
worldwide 2001 Started the home appliances
recycling 2001 Held the Environmental Forum in
Japan and Europe Announced the Environmental
Vision and Green Plan 2010 2004 Completely
eliminated lead solder from all products
worldwide
Corporate Environment Conference
Environmental Forum 2001 (Freiburg,Germany)
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Status of Acquiring ISO 14001 Certification
The establishment of environmental management
systems (EMS) forms the foundation of all
environmental programs.
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58
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Europe
Japan
China and Northeast Asia
Americas
60
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Asia and Oceania
Since an increasing number of site acquire
integrated certification, these figures are
different from the number of individual sites.
(As of March 2005)
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Data-based Management and Information Disclosure
Serve as the Driving Force for Environmental
Initiatives
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Overall Structure of Sustainability Management
Systems
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Environmental performance
Product chemical substance management
Chemical substance management at factories
Product assessments
ET manifest
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Energy
Environmental accounting

Environmental performance
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Environmental investments
Water
ECO ASSIST
Site reports
General waste
Environmental impact DB
Industrial waste
Sustainability Report
PRTR
Comprehensive chemical substance management

3DCAD parts lists
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Product assessments (Environment conscious design)
Contained substances
Environmental assessments
Parts lists
Part DB
Product chemical substance management
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GP-Web
Chemical substance management at factories
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Compliance with laws
Material purchase records
(Supplier surveys)
Chemical substances
Chemilution
Supplier DB
PRTR
Chemical substance DB
Part DB
Manufacturing process DB
(Data collection)
Material DB
Part DB
Waste management at factories
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Search of environmental law-related information
Waste DB
Manifest
ET manifest
Industrial waste
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Steps of the Development of our Non-Financial
Reports
Information disclosure, which started with the
environmental sector, now complies with the
guidelines and almost reaches to a complete
level.
Dialogue with community Incorporation in business
operations
Leading enterprise ?
2005
2001
Visions Action Plans
Advanced enterprise
2004
Definitions of sustainability
2000
1999
Information disclosure in compliance with
guidelines
2003
(Environment) Environmental Reporting Guidelines
(CSR) GRI Guidelines
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Accountability
2002
1997, 1998
Started to publish reports and disclose
information
Minimum ? requirements
Environmental Reports
Economic performance and social responsibility
reports
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Overview of Environmental Reporting
Corporate non-financial reports
Environmental performance data
Japanese
English
Chinese
Booklet
Chinese
Japanese
English
Third-party assessments
Third-party assessments
Sustainability Data Files
Performance data including social aspects
Japanese site
English site
Third-party assessments
Web
Domain environmental report
Site environmental report
Individual manufacturing sites' environmental
performance data (Japan 153 sites Overseas
181 sites)
Individual domain companies' environmental
performance data (Total 11 domains)
Japanese site (Japan)
Chinese site (China)
English site (Others)
Japanese site
English site
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Ensure Compliance with Guidelines by Using the
Web
Disclose detailed information for each item.
The Table of contents conform to the GRI
Guidelines and Environmental Reporting Guidelines
(Japanese Ministry of the Environment).
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Backing of Society Serves as the Driving Force
for Information Disclosure
Sustainability Reporting Awards (since 1997 in
Japan)
The Global Reporters 2004
A wide variety of evaluation and ratings
Japanese companies ranked in the top 50
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Information Disclosure and Communications
Sustainability Report
Environmental Forum
Marketing
Website
Various Stakeholders
Shareholders Investors
Consumers
NGOs NPOs
Local residents
Employees
Business partners
Academic organizations
Mass media
Government organizations
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HFC-free Refrigerators
Prevention of global warming
HFC gas
HFC-free
Energy conservation
1,190
Annual power consumption (kWh/year)
Reduced to approx. 1/6
200
10 years ago
HFC-freerefrigerators
NR-F462U
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Information Disclosure (FY2004 results)
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TV Commercials
HFC-free refrigerator "Clouds in the Sky"
Tilted drum washing machine "Miracle of Water"
HFC-free refrigerator "Demonstration of Heat
Insulation"
Home appliance recycling "Glass Sands"
Dishwasher "Faucets"
Home appliance recycling Leave it to wool
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Communications with Stakeholders
Stakeholder meeting
Meeting to Read the Sustainability Report
Learn the readers' impressions and questions
about our Sustainability Reports.
Discuss new partnership among society, NGOs and
corporations.
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Reviews by Third Parties
Third Party Comments Report of The Natural Step
International
Third Party Analysis Report of Azusa
Sustainability Co.
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Thank you for listening our presentation
Environmental Technology Ecological Thinking
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Opening of Home Appliance Recycling Factory to
the Public
Opening of the factory to the public
Matsushita Eco Technology Center Co., Ltd.
Some 38,000 people visited since 2001
Publication on the website
Live broadcast at the Panasonic Center Tokyo