Green Procurement
Guidelines

April 2018 (Version 10.0)

Schneider Electric Japan Holdings Ltd.

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Revision History
Date
Version 1.0 October 2007
Version 2.0 May 2009
Version 3.0 May 2010

Summary of Updates
Initial release
Adapted to EU REACH law
Added banned chemical substances in manufacturing
process
Updated banned group and managed group
Added requirement of detailed information regarding
substances of the “managed group”
Changed investigation forms
Version 3.1 November 2010 Updated managed group(in line with the revision of JIG-101 Ed3.1)
Changed investigation forms
Updated SVHC List(Table3-1)
Version 3.2 January 2011Revision according to structure change
Updated SVHC List(Table3-1)
Version4.0 April 2012
Adopted AIS ver4.0
Version4.1 January 2014
Updated contact information and AIS Ver.
(Ver.4.0⇒Ver.4.1)
Version5.0 March 2015
The change of environmental policy
Version6.0 March 2016
The change of environmental policy
Version7.0 March 2016
The addition to Requirements (About conflict minerals)
Version8.0 April 2017
The change of environmental policy
Updated about RoHS2.
Version9.0 September 2017 Change of company name.
Version10.0 April 2018
Changed investigation forms

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---Environmental Safety & Health policy --We conserve and improve the environment through our businessactivities and protect our health and safety.
・We strive to eliminate health and safety risks from our workplace and prevent injuryand disease.
・We strive to environmental protection through business activities, including energy
conservation, resource saving, and prevent pollution.
・Every employee is mindful of the responsibility related to Safety and Occupational
Health and environmental considerations and participates in improvement activities.
・We deliver continuous improvement in Management System and performance.
・We abide by Schneider Electric ‘s policies related to Environment and Occupational
Health & Safety and comply with applicable laws and regulations.
To achieve the environmental policy

We take enough care of the prevention of environmental pollution.
1. We execute the law, the ordinance, and the agreement, etc. concerning
environmental pollution under the recognition as indispensable conditions to becomplied.
2. We positively cooperate in the environmental measure that the regional society andthe administrative body execute.
3. We positively promote resource and energy conservation etc.
4. We reduce the exhaust and the use of the environmental pollutant.
5. We work on the reduction and the recycling of waste.
6. We take treatment to minimize damage by providing the countermeasure in theemergency in preparation for an emergency accident.
7. We positively do employee's education and educational campaigns for the purpose of
establish environmental preservation and the social contribution activity at the officeand the region and home.
8. We positively support the environmental activity in the society and the region as thebest cooperative citizen.
Hakim Grib
Director
Customer Satisfaction & Quality
Schneider Electric Japan Holdings Ltd.
3/9Introduction
Schneider Electric Japan Holdings Ltd. recognizes that the global environmental
protection is a common high-priority issue to the human race. We work on undertaking
activities and harmony with the global environment in every respect, and are acting on
the radical of an environmental basic idea, that is, attainment of the building of asustainable society.
We promote the thought of “Care about prevention of the environment pollution” to attainour environmental basic idea, " We conserve and improve the environment through ourbusiness activities and protect our health and safety".
The required activities are various.
We should evaluate all the environmental effects of product to "Use" by the customer and"Recycle and reproduction" until the life cycle from the stage that is "Make" of our productas a resource variously and completely. We also promote the green procurement activity
as the approach at "Making" stage out of other stages at which we should evaluate theenvironmental effects in our company.
The green procurement activity has aims to procure the material, parts, products, andservices, etc. with a small negative environmental impact with less environmental loads
from the company and the group that positively promotes environmental preservation.
The activity over the entire supply chain becomes indispensable to advance the negativeenvironmental impact such as hazardous chemical substances and the active conduct ofbusiness that considers the decrease of the risk, and understanding of every supplier thatis the business partner and positively cooperation is indispensable factor.
We’re revising this "Green Procurement Guidelines" at the right time, to meet theenvironmental law and regulation including REACH and others in the world, and to aim atthe decrease to the global environmental load based on the commitment of WSSD in
2002.
Further understanding and cooperation of suppliers would be highly appreciated toimplement our Green procurement.
Thank you in advance.

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Contents

I. Green procurement guidelines
1. Objectives
2. Basic Policies
3. Scope
4. Requirements
II. Implementation
1. Investigation of chemical substances in procurements
2. Others

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I. Green procurement guidelines
1. Objectives
This Green Procurement Guidelines (Version 10.0) provides the criteria formaterials, parts, products, and service of supplier to for compliance and reductionof environmental load according our policy.
2. Basic Policies
Our basic policies for global environmental conservation:- Preference for supplier who works on environmental conservation in apositive manner- Preference for materials, parts, and products with less environmental loads
3. Scope
The Guidelines apply to all materials, parts, products, service, etc. used on
our products and products, parts and service marked our Trademarks.
4. Requirements(1) Suppliers’ efforts toward environmental conservation
We require that our suppliers positively execute environmental preservation(introduction, operation of the management system, development of policies
and systems, and education etc.)
Their cooperation will be also required of our periodical survey ofenvironmental conservation activities.
(2) Guidelines for chemical substances of environmental risk
We require:a) your though and certain care of the contained chemical substances intheir goods. In addition, we require disclosure of information regarding
the contained chemical substances that are specified by us in thefollowing Clause c).
b) your care of managing chemicals in line with the “Guidelines for theManagement of Chemical Substances in Products” issued by JAMP
(Joint Article Management Promotion-consortium)(3) Banned chemical substances in manufacturing process
We request you not to use the specified substance on “The Montreal Protocol
on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer” in your manufacturing process of
our procurement goods. And we request you to provide us with prompt
information of the substance name, the amount used and the purpose of use
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immediately if you should intentionally use these substances in themanufacturing process.
(4) Handling of EU REACH law
When European Chemical Agency (ECHA) will contain new entry of Substanceof Very High Concern (SVHC) in REACH law, those substances areautomatically added as our managed substance group regardless of therevision of this Green Procurement Guidelines.
(5) About the delivery packing material
Our requirement of packing material (packing box and cushioning material
are included) on delivering your suppliesa) Do not contain harmful heavy metals of Cadmium, Mercury, Lead,Hexavalent Chromium and these compounds.
b) Do not use Vinyl Chloride Polymer (PVC) as long as there is nosuitable substitute.
c) Do not use a difficult material (Urethane sponge etc.) to be recycled asmuch as possible.
d) To be the structure and the material that is easier to be recovered andreused.
e) Do not use or attach the obstructive material for recycling to the cardboard.
f) Use the sticky tape as less as possible to avoid taping the different
material together.
g) Use PP, PE or PS as plastic except for the particular material, and list on
the ingredients label according to JIS or ISO.
(6) About conflict minerals 3TG(Tin, Tungsten, Tantalum, Gold)
Recently, increase the customer’s request about conflict minerals.
So, in the delivered product to our company, please provide the Smelter
information.
(Please input “Conflict Minerals Reporting Template”)
The format can be downloaded from the following link.
http://www.responsiblemineralsinitiative.org/
If the above 4 minerals are used, please be sure to submit.
(7) About RoHS (II) directive complianceOn 4 June 2015, the EU commission has published a new Directive (EU)2015/863 to amend Annex II to EU RoHS 2 (Directive 2011/65/EU) to add thefollowing 4 phthalates onto the list of restricted substances.
(The enforcement date is 22 July 2019. * Medical facilities and surveillance
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equipment are 22 July 2021)
Therefore, in addition to conducting surveys reliably on these substances, if anyparts have use beyond the threshold, please promptly switch to the alternativeproducts.
If additional substances are used exceeding the threshold at present, please let
us know first.
Substance Name

CAS No.

ThresholdBis (2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP)

117-81-7

0.1 %Butyl benzyl phthalate (BBP)

85-68-7

0.1 %Dibutyl phthalate (DBP)

84-74-2

0.1 %Diisobutyl phthalate (DIBP)

84-69-5

0.1 %II. Implementation
We ask for your cooperation in surveys of “Investigation of contented chemical
substances of procurement goods”.
1. Investigation of contained chemical substances of procurement goods
We investigate the content condition of the chemical substances regardless of
new or existing to certify the new procurements and to know the necessity ofchange.
(1) Target procurement goods
The procurement goods that we are supplied to use for our products (all theparts, products and assistant materials to be built in,)
(2) Substance investigation criterion
Our investigation criterion of chemical substance content in products ischemSHERPA-AI.
(3) Specified format basicallya) The submitted format is assumed to be either of the following methods.
• The latest format of chemSHERPA.
b) Please download the latest version of chemSHERPA from the link below
and input by according to operation manual.
https://chemsherpa.net/chemSHERPA/tool/c) For information to be reported, "Composition information" and "Compliance
Information" are also mandatory.
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(4) Precaution of investigation and reporta) Please describe the maximum content (%) as much as possible. Also,
even if the substance is below the threshold level, please describe its
content information.
b) Please be sure to submit the file (extension name is "shai") that
"Authorization" has been completed.
(5) Othersa) If you prefer the other format, let us know before you provide the answer.
b) Please confirm us for handling to SVHC added in EU REACH law.
c) When we will add or change the chemical substances to be investigated
due to the revision of the relevant laws and rules, we will notify you of it.
d) Handling of Information: Information provided by suppliers for the purposeof the management of chemical substances in products will be shared only
within our company. Our company may use information provided bysuppliers on the product environmental impact substances in delivered
parts and materials, and disclose it as part of product-related information tothird parties, for the purpose of communicating information in the supply
chain and disclosing information to customers, etc. Suppliers who findinconvenience in the information disclosure are asked to contact us.
2. Others(1) Revision management
Please submit the latest data promptly when you have the change in the datathat have reported.
(2) Contact information
E-mail:webmaster@proface.co.jp

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