Product Use - Compliance with Environmental Labelling Requirements

Environmental labels help customers easily identify environmentally friendly products. Kyocera Document Solutions is committed to making environmentally friendly products and is actively working to acquire environmental label certification.

Types of Environmental Labels and Certified/Registered Products

Three types of environmental labels have been specified by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO): Type I (a voluntary third-party program that certifies products within a particular category based on an independently set environmental criteria), Type II (self-declared environmental claims made by businesses about their products based on their own criteria), and Type III (environmental labels that indicate the environmental impact of a product analyzed in a quantitative manner throughout its life cycle from resource extraction to disposal using the life cycle assessment method).

At Kyocera Document Solutions, all of our products have been certified under the International Energy Star Program, an international program that promotes energy efficient office automation equipment. We design our products to meet the requirements of major environmental labels (Type I) across the globe, such as the Eco Mark and Blue Angel, right from the product development stage, and actively work to acquire certification for these labels. We are also making an all-out effort to reduce the environmental impact of our products throughout their life cycle from resource extraction to disposal. We register our products with EcoLeaf, a Type III environmental label program, to actively disclose environmental data related to our products.

 

In FY 2021, the following products were certified or registered for environmental labels.

Products Certified for Environmental Labels in FY 2021

-: Not sold in countries where the label is used
*: Certified in the previous fiscal year
No mark: Certification to be applied for in April 2021 or later

Type I

Type I environmental labels are certified by third parties based on their own product categories and criteria.

Type II

Type II environmental labels are self-declared environmental claims made by businesses about their products based on their own criteria. Unlike other environmental labels, they do not require third party certification.

Type III

Type III environmental labels indicate the environmental impact of a product analyzed in a quantitative manner throughout its life cycle from resource extraction to disposal using the life cycle assessment method. The general rules and procedures of Type III environmental labels are stipulated in ISO 14025. Type III environmental labels typically disclose only quantitative data about products and leave it up to the buyer to evaluate the products and interpret the data.

• It's not a pass or fail system.
• Labels indicate quantitative environmental impact data.
• It's up to the consumer to interpret the data.

Other Environmental Labels

* Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool

Measuring Emissions at ISO/IEC 17025 Accredited Laboratory

ISO/IEC 17025 is an international standard for testing and calibration processes used to obtain official test results on the characteristics and properties of products, their mechanical parts, materials and raw materials.

Our head office became certified for the standard in November 2014 and has the in-house capability to obtain emissions data required for environmental labels of various countries, including the Blue Angel, and apply for environmental labels with accreditation organizations. We closely examine the data and use it for product development to quickly deliver products with outstanding environmental performance to the market.