The OEM begins working with suppliers to use actual CO2 emissions data for office MFDs, and discloses the improved data through an environmental label.
Canon Inc. announced that, in cooperation with Nidec Corporation, headquartered in Kyoto, Japan (Nidec), the company has calculated the CO2 emissions of the imageRUNNER ADVANCE DX C5840i, office multifunction device (MFD), using, for the first time, Nidec’s CO2 emissions data for a specific part in the Canon product.
For the MFD, Canon also disclosed the SuMPO EPD (Eco Leaf) environmental label (“SuMPO EPD”2), which is administered by the Sustainable Management Promotion Organization (“SuMPO”) under its SuMPO Environment Program initiative.
The environmental label SuMPO EPD is a framework that quantitatively discloses environmental information throughout the entire life cycle of registered products. Using industry-average CO2 emission factors for each material, Canon calculates the CO2 emissions of a product based on the amount of that material which is used.
This is one of Canon’s pioneering efforts to reduce CO2 emissions based on primary CO2 data about raw materials and parts provided by suppliers. At the same time, Canon considers it important to disclose environmental information to customers and investors and will strengthen these efforts.
Canon said it will promote this approach to more products in collaboration with more suppliers to better align with the decarbonization of society.
