Toshiba Group is emphasizing creation of environmentally conscious products (ECPs) with minimal environmental impacts throughout their life cycles. In order to achieve the target of increasing product eco-efficiency 2.2 times by fiscal 2010, we are striving to reduce environmental impacts of products from three perspectives: prevention of global warming, management of chemical substances and efficient utilization of resources.

For more information, Toshiba Corporation: Environmental Conscious Products

"Environmentally conscious" design is a key challenge for PC manufacturers. Toshiba PC group aims to advance closer to this ideal of “environmentally conscious” designed laptops through numerous measures:

1. Life Cycle Approach
   In developing environmentally conscious products, we reduce the environmental impact of our products throughout their life cycle.
2. Resource Saving Design
   We continue to limit the materials used in our products, while maintaining performance.
3. Energy Saving
   We continue to improve the energy efficiency of our products: lower consumption of electric power by each individual user adds up to global energy saving.
4. Design for Recycling
   We implement product design that makes recycling of materials easy, including design for easy disassembly at end-of-life
5. RoHS Compatible Design
   We designed and launched our first RoHS compatible laptop PC already in September 2005. Since then, we have been developing and launching RoHS compatible PCs.

For more information, Toshiba-PC Company: Environmental Product Design

In developing environmentally conscious products, we work to reduce the environmental impacts of products throughout their life cycles. We carry out design assessment in consideration of the product life cycle - from procurement through to disposal.

Checks are performed throughout product development, and only acceptable products are shipped. Throughout the stages of the product life cycle, we currently follow the "Toshiba Notebook PC Environmentally Conscious Design Guidelines".

We carry out design assessment in consideration of the product life cycle - from procurement through to disposal. Checks are performed throughout product development, and only acceptable products are shipped.