Pioneer considers the delivery of environmentally friendly products to customers around the world to be one of its most important missions. The Company focuses on "Energy saving," "Recycling of Resources(3Rs)," and "Reducing Environmentally Hazardous Substances" as primary environmental challenges, aiming to reduce environmental impact by pursuing environmentally friendly designs. Environmental impact and product assessment using the life cycle assessment (LCA) method enable the company to continuously enhance the environmental friendliness of its products. In addition, Pioneer stimulates development of environmentally friendly products by evaluating compliance with strict company standards relating to environmental friendliness.
What are Environmentally Friendly Products?
At Pioneer, environmentally friendly products are those that satisfy internal standards based on a three-point evaluation of how environmental impact is reduced in all stages of a product’s life cycle, including material production, product manufacturing, distribution, usage and recycling.
3 points for environmental
Product Development Efforts
While confirming life cycle assessment (LCA) results, Pioneer develops environmentally friendly products by setting numerical targets and designating areas to improve in its product environmental action plans. In evaluating and improving environmental performance, Pioneer conducts product assessments and evaluations of the environmental friendliness of all its products based on its own internal standards.
Evaluation system for environment-friendly products
Since FY2008, Pioneer has utilized its own evaluation system for measuring environmental friendliness, and discloses the results of product evaluations on its website.
| Super Advanced Eco-Model |
Products that exhibit industry leading environmental performance Examples of certified products:
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| Advanced Eco-Model |
Products that substantially exceed the environmental performance of conventional products Products that have undergone product assessment and that comply with critical requirements of Pioneer's environmental standards Examples of certified products:
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| Eco-Model | Products that exhibit basic environmental performance
Products that have undergone product assessment and that comply with essential requirements of Pioneer’s environmental standards |
Click here for a list of certified products.
Environmental Impact Assessment by Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)
Industrial products consume resources and energy and continue to emit CO2 and other wastes throughout their life cycle, from the mining of the raw materials and the machining and manufacture of materials and parts, to product assembly, transportation, use and disposal. LCA is the process whereby products are comprehensively analyzed and assessed for their effect on the environment throughout their life cycle, in order to effectively reduce their environmental impact. By analyzing data gleaned from LCA, Pioneer is able to quantitatively determine which stage of a product’s life cycle has the greatest impact on the environment. We conduct LCA evaluations of the major models in each of our product lineups.
