Eco Products

Green Procurement
We work with our suppliers to encourage the use of materials with low environmental impact,
and to minimize the resources used and the waste emitted during product distribution.

Stance on Green Procurement
The semiconductor and FPD production equipment at the core ofTEL business is made from raw materials and components procured

Results of Survey of Suppliers’ Environmental Activities(%)
100

FY2002

FY200380

from other companies.

60

If we are to reduce environmental impact across all business ac-40

tivities of TEL, the components and raw materials must be made in20ways that take the environment into account. In this respect, we are0D rank

A to C rank

making an effort to conduct purchasing based on our Green Procure-Ranking (“A” signifies a very good environmental score. Our goal is toment Guideline*, buying from those suppliers who are actively mak-reduce the number of D-ranked suppliers to zero.)ing an effort to reduce environmental impact.
In the future, we intend to start procuring materials only fromsuppliers who meet certain environmental standards.
*Green Procurement Guideline: Standards andtargets for chemicals and energy conservation, packaging, resource conservation, recycling, and information disclosure.

Green Procurement Guideline

Efforts in FY 2003
In FY 2002, we distributed a questionnaire to suppliers and re-Message from a Procurement Manager
Kumamoto, on Japan’s
island of Kyushu, has some of
the best groundwater of all
cities in the world. Improving
the level of environmental
management of the companies we deal with translates
into helping to protect the local environment, and the peoSatoru Inoue
ple who depend on the region
Quality Assurance Department,
for all of their needs in life.
Koshi Plant, Tokyo Electron Kyushu Limited
With this in mind, I will continue to make consideration of the impact on the local environment a priority in purchasing.

ceived responses about their environmental activities.
We used four categories to rank our suppliers on environmental
consideration and prepared two programs to help those whose efforts
were inadequate. One program involves environmental educationfrom TEL, and the other requires suppliers to maintain dialogue with
us while making environmental improvements, based on written improvement plans that they themselves prepare. As a result of implementing these programs, the number of environmentally advancedsuppliers (A to C rank) has increased while the percentage of suppliers with inadequate environmental consideration (D rank) has dropped to one-third the level of the previous year, as shown in the graph.
In addition, TEL spontaueously identified those chemical substances—over and above those already regulated by the government—that have serious environmental impact. We have been working
to find substitutes and to reduce the amounts of these chemicals used.

These containers help us use
fewer packing materials.
In the past, we packaged each plastic box that we shipped,
but today we pack the whole container and deliver it right to thecustomer’s cleanroom. Since it stands tall and has wheels attached, the container does not waste space, and it has the meritof allowing us to ship many products at the same time.
With this new shipping method, we have been able to reduce the amount of packing materials used, and also to reduce
the amount of work involved in packing and unpacking. In addition, because the wallsof the container are
made of clear acrylic,handlers can verify thecontents, and this servesto prevent product damage and losses.

We have also started asking suppliers to cooperate in these efforts.
We will continue to work with our suppliers to reduce environ-Containers used for shipping

mental impact.

TOKYO ELECTRON Environmental Sustainability Report 2003

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