Canon Sustainability Report 2004
Kyosei with the People of the World
To Our Readers
Canon published five Environmental Reports between November
1994 and August 2002. The publication of the Canon Sustainability
Report in August 2003 marked a change from the past, as we expanded the scope of the report from environmentally conscious management to sustainable development, including information on our economic and social initiatives.
This second issue of the Canon Sustainability Report offers even more comprehensive coverage to satisfy the needs of our stakeholders and to fulfill the company s responsibility to explain its global measures for sustainability. To create a report that is easy to understand, Canon has systematically compiled information on the
Group s approach to sustainability, and the daily activities we are undertaking to achieve our objectives.
The GRI Sustainability Reporting Guidelines (sP. 20), along with two sets of guidelines from the Japanese Ministry of the
Environment the Environmental Reporting Guidelines and the
Environmental Accounting Guidelines were used as references to clarify the scope of each area of this report. SustainAbility Ltd.
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helped us develop a more comprehensive third-party review including the views of two stakeholders, so our readers can develop a more informed opinion of Canon. More about this process can be found on page 67.
Finally, Canon has produced this report in order to allow as many of our stakeholders as possible to learn about our sustainability initiatives, and as part of this goal we have published both
Japanese and English versions of the report.
(URL: canon.com/environment)
We welcome your feedback. Please e-mail your comments or send us a fax using the questionnaire at the end of the report.
(FAX: +81-3-3758-8225, E-mail: eco@web.canon.co.jp)
*Throughout the report, (sP. 00) indicates pages with additional reference material.
*The product names used in this report are the names used in the United States/
Europe. For products not sold in the United States/Europe, the product names are those used in Japan.
IVision and Strategy
Approach to sustainability and medium- to long-term environmental strategy
IHighlights of 2003
Major environmental activities and initiatives in 2003
