We assess products starting from the planning and design stages to ensure that they are energy efficient and recyclable.
We have in-house standards for certain assessment criteria, and products that achieve these standards are named Daikin Eco-Products. These Eco-Products account for an increasing percentage of the products we sell.
We are developing natural refrigerants that have a low global warming potential and that do not harm the ozone layer. A particular focus is research and development into air-conditioners using CO2 as a refrigerant.
And in an increasing number of regions around the world, we are starting to sell only air-conditioners charged with HFC, which has an ozone depletion potential of zero.
Daikin releases information on whether any of its room air-conditioners contain the six substances covered by J-MOSS (Japan RoHS).
The Daikin Group strives to use resources as effectively as possible by carrying out the 3Rs—reducing, reusing, and recycling—along with repairing under its 3Rs and Repair initiative.
We develop products that are smaller and lighter, and that use materials and structures that are easy to separate and recycle.
Whenever possible, the Daikin Group purchases only green parts and materials from suppliers.
Since FY2002, we have been urging our suppliers to use our Green Procurement Guidelines in order to conduct their business in an environmentally friendly manner.
Our Chemical Division uses in-house guidelines to keep a strict tab on chemical substances used in production processes. We have also set targets to reduce emissions of substances covered by the PRTR Law to half of FY2005 levels by FY2010.
All Daikin Group production bases in Japan have achieved zero waste.
Overseas, seven bases, including Daikin Fluorochemicals (China) Co., Ltd., have achieved zero waste as Daikin accelerates its efforts to reach this goal across the entire Group.
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