Canon Sustainability Report 2006
Canon Sustainability Report
2006
For a Prosperous World and Sustainable Society
To Our Readers
The Canon Sustainability Report is published annually to ensure accountability to Canon stakeholders by informing them of how our global business activities are helping to bring about a sustainable society. The report is also intended to promote two-way communication with stakeholders for the sake of further improving these activities.
The report has been structured to reûect the needs of a broad range of stakeholders and to systematically summarize Canon s activities in a way that is easy to understand across a wide audience.
It is available in both Japanese and English. P00 indicates pages with additional reference material.
The WEB symbol shown below appears throughout the report to indicate that more detailed information on the subject is available on
Canon s website (URL: canon.com/environment/report/sustainability.
html).
tion limited to certain regions or organizations is indicated as such.
Third-Party Opinions
Since 2002, Canon has elicited third-party opinions with the help of
SustainAbility Ltd. of the UK in order to improve the objectivity of this report. Included in this year s report are opinions received from two expert groups, each with a different perspective, so that readers may develop an opinion of Canon and its activities based on comprehensive information. P69
Reference Guidelines
WEB
Reporting Scope
Feedback from Readers
In principle, this report covers Canon s economic, social and environmental activities within the scope of consolidated accounting for the
2005 ûscal year (January 1 to December 31, 2005).
The scope of environmental activities is not limited just to Canon s on-site business activities (development, production and sales operations), but covers every stage of the lifecycle, including raw material and parts manufacturing by suppliers, as well as product usage by customers. (Details are provided in the Mid-Term Environmental Goals on page 34.)
In addition, please see page 53 for a list of activities at operational sites covered in this report. Also, please note that supplemental information on important targets and initiatives prior to ûscal 2004 and beyond ûscal 2006 are also referenced in this report. Any informa-
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"GRI Sustainability Reporting Guidelines (2002)
"Environmental Reporting Guidelines (2003 version) from Japan s
Ministry of the Environment
