Environmentally Conscious Product
Products of the Retail Information Systems Company
The Retail Information Systems Company devised the Voluntary Environmental Standards for Each Product, which prescribes the industry's top-level requirements for environmental considerations. Thus, the Retail Information Systems Company has been launching products as "Products in compliance with the Voluntary Environmental Standards" into the market.
Developing environmentally conscious products for the Retail Information Systems Company
The Retail Information Systems Company set up the "Voluntary Environmental Standards for Each Product (ECP Standards)", which prescribes the industry's toplevel requirements for environmental considerations, in order to create the "Environmentally Conscious Products(ECPs)". The ECPs have not only improved product performance but also reduced environmental impacts. The environmental objectives satisfy the achievement standards for the "Third Voluntary Plan for Environmental Protection" and "Voluntary Environmental Standards for Each Product (ECP Standards)". All objectives are determined in the product-planning phase. The Retail Information Systems Company refers to the "Environmentally Conscious Product Design Guide" and "3R Design Manual" to cultivate the design in the product-design phase.
The degree of achievement is assessed by the "Environmental Assessment on Products" in the assessment phase. It is one of the certification factors of the "Design Review" to conduct this Environmental Assessment on Products. Hence, unless the assessment is completed, no products can proceed to the product development phase.
The Retail Information Systems Company has aimed to create all its products as "Products in Compliance with the Voluntary Environmental Standards", "Products in Compliance with TOSHIBA Group Earth Protection Mark", along with all its products, including POS terminals as "Products in Compliance with TOSHIBA Group Earth Protection Mark" since April 2003.
In terms of the "Environmentally Conscious Product (ECP)", the 3R* design, energy savings and reduction of environmentrelated substances, are all promoted. The Retail Information Systems Company is working on reducing the usage of roll paper, due to high environmental impacts in the product usage phase of its life cycle, by applying the electronic journal system,as a result of the LCA* analysis.
*3R: Reduce, Reuse andRecycle
*LCA: Life Cycle Assessment
