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To minimize the adverse environmental effects of our products throughout their life cycles, Nikon formulated its own product assessment system in 1995.
The Nikon Product Assessment system is now practiced by all product development and design departments. The resulting reductions in the environmental loads of our products have been significant.
Nikon is constantly adding new evaluation items and standards for product assessment. In the year ended March 2007 we introduced a revised system (8th update) with reinforced criteria related to hazardous substances. Our product design divisions will redouble their efforts with the goal of more favorable evaluation under assessment by the newest update.
Product Assessment Results
Assessment points are added if the environmental friendliness of a product improves compared with existing products, while points are subtracted if the environmental friendliness of a product deteriorates. The point scale ranges from -100 to +100.
Over the 14 years from the year ended March 31, 1996 to the year ended March 31, 2009, Nikon performed a cumulative 908 assessments under this program. Products received an average total score of +29.5 points. The average score for the past six years, during which the assessment standards have been significantly enhanced, was a high +49.8 points.
This assessment confirms the significant progress Nikon is making in environmental friendliness.
