Environmental Activities

Panasonic has announced that the plant of Panasonic AVC Networks Czech (PAVCCZ) in Plzen, Czech Republic, has become the first ‘eco ideas’ Factory *1) in Europe on June 10 2009.
On the same day, the Plzen plant hosts the ‘eco ides’ Factory event in Pilsen and invites executive officers of the Czech government, a mayor of Pilsen city and representatives of local environmental NGOs. By collaborating with local communities such as governments and NGOs, Panasonic aims for establishing a factory which is open to the general public and is in harmony with local communities.

• *1) The ‘eco ideas’ Factory is a model factory which embodies Panasonic ‘eco ideas’ Strategy, which is aiming for going beyond stakeholders expectation in all of its business activities with three key initiatives, such as ‘eco ideas’ for Products, ‘eco ideas’ for Manufacturing and ‘eco ideas’ for Everybody, Everywhere.

• Achieved a three-year CO₂ reduction target, which is reduction by more than 10% in FY 2009, by renovating energy management systems to maintain temperature and heat use in a factory as well as improving production processes and further accelerate visualization of energy loss and reduce more CO₂ emissions.
• Promoting the 3R initiative and minimizing an amount of wastes by reduction of product components and materials by changing the materials used.

• Participating in Plzen city’s eco projects for proper treatment of illegal waste and revitalisation of green parks, the plant will tackle the improvement of local environment.
• Jointly with environmental NGOs, the plant will undertake 3000 tree planting.
• Promoting environmental education to invite students and children at nearby schools through a factory tour in order to help enhancing the environmental consciousness of them.