ISO 14001

FUJIFILM has always had a strong commitment to ensuring that its products and operations are environmentally friendly. This effort was officially recognized in 1999 when the FUJIFILM Manufacturing U.S.A., Inc., site in Greenwood, South Carolina achieved the prestigious ISO 14001 certification for all factories in our complex. Our complex continues to maintain this registration and has proven to be a leader in environmental excellence.

The main points of the ISO 14001 standard are identifying key aspects of our operations that can have an impact on the environment, and developing an environmental management system to control and/or influence the impact of those aspects on the environment. Conformance to this standard is only one way in which we protect and preserve our precious environment.

As part of our continual improvement efforts in regards to ISO 14001, we launched a Landfill Reduction team in April of 2006 with the goal of reducing our contributions to the landfill by 20% over the course of the next year. By December of 2006, through the outstanding support and efforts of our Associates, we achieved this goal a full three months ahead of schedule. This 20% reduction benefits the environment in several ways: approximately 450 fewer metric tons of waste going to the landfill annually, reduced fossil fuel consumption through a fewer number of trips to haul off waste containers, and greatly increased recycling of process materials.

Another project that was launched in 2006, was the construction of the 'Alum' production line which takes the aluminum waste-sludge and turns it into useful by-products, thus eliminating about 4,000 tons of sludge from the landfill annually.

On the whole, we recycle approximately 85% of our total waste, and we're continually making improvements to reduce our waste and increase our recycling.

Ensure the environmental, health, and safety integrity of our products and operations for the benefit of future generations through: