With the view that observing environment-related laws and doing risk management are important matters for environmental management, Sanyo will work to minimize social/economical losses and risks associated with them. In particular, Sanyo will give priority to promoting "global-based intensive management of soil contamination statuses" and "global-based intensive management of chemical substances in products."
For soil contamination countermeasures, a land history survey will be conducted on all the lands the Sanyo Group is concerned with, including those overseas. Based on the order of priority that will be determined, Sanyo will systematically carry out surveys to check for soil contamination and investigate soil conditions.
Further, for management of chemical substances in products according to RoHS and other regulations, against a backdrop of tighter environment laws in countries all over the world and diversifying procurement/supply forms, such as overseas manufacturing and overseas distribution, Sanyo will ensure compliance with the Sanyo Group's standards and intensify management of its subsidiaries in this regard.

The environmental management system is the foundation for a business enterprise to steadily fulfill their environmental responsibility. The Sanyo Group is constantly expanding construction of its ISO14001-based environmental management system in Japan and overseas. From now on, Sanyo will also promote system construction in those overseas non-manufacturing companies in which the EMS has not been constructed yet. Thus, Sanyo will steadily improve its management system on a global basis.
Further, to promote environmental management group-wide, it is vital that employees have sufficient knowledge and awareness of environmental affairs. In this regard, the Sanyo Group will provide unified environmental education programs for employees worldwide.