●FUJIFILM Business Innovation, which has maintained virtually ‘zero-waste’ (recycling rate of at least 99.5 %) status for over 25 years, received the Japanese Prime Minister Award—the highest honor—at the Fiscal Year 2025 Reduce, Reuse, Recycle Promotion Merit Awards hosted by the 3R Promotion Council.
- * About the Reduce, Reuse, Recycle Promotion Merit Awards
Organized by the Reduce, Reuse, Recycle Promotion Council, these awards recognize individuals and organizations that consistently promote waste reduction (Reduce), reuse (Reuse), and recycling (Recycle), and achieve outstanding results in helping to build a recycling-oriented society.
● Japanese Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Award – Resource Circulation Technology and System Awards
The company’s initiatives in the manufacture and sale of remanufactured machines were recognized with the top prize, the Japanese Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Award, at the Fiscal Year 2025 Resource Circulation Technology and System Awards, organized by the Japan Industrial Environmental Management Association with support from the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI).
- * About the Resource Circulation Technology and System Awards
Organized by the Japan Industrial Environmental Management Association (supported by the Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry), these awards honor outstanding technologies and initiatives that promote resource circulation and a recycling-oriented society, including reducing resource and energy use, preventing waste, reusing products and parts, and effectively utilizing recycled materials.
‘Green Park FLOOP,’ an interactive facility at the Yokohama Minato Mirai Office in Japan dedicated to exploring a sustainable future for our planet, has been awarded the 19th “Kids Design Award.” This award is organized by the Kids Design Association and supported by the Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, Cabinet Office, Consumer Affairs Agency, and the Minister of State for Policies Related to Children.
- * About the Kids Design Award
The Kids Design Award, organized by the Kids Design Association, a specified nonprofit corporation, recognizes outstanding products, services, spaces, activities, and research that address social issues related to children and parenting. It aims to fulfill objectives such as ensuring that children can live safely and securely, nurturing children’s creativity, and creating a society where it is easier to have and raise children.
FUJIFILM Business Innovation has established the Circular Manufacturing Center (CMC) at FUJIFILM Optics Philippines Inc. (FOPH) in Laguna, Philippines. The center aims to promote resource circulation in the Asia Pacific region through the production of remanufactured machines. Operations are scheduled to commence in August 2026.
FUJIFILM Business Innovation Asia Pacific launched two remanufactured*1 A3 colour digital multifunction printers, ApeosPort-VI C5571 R and C3371 R from the ApeosPort-VI C series on 15th September. The printers were developed based on the principle of treating used products as valuable resources instead of as waste.
In a circular economy, it is paramount to maintain the quality and consistency of materials used in recycled products. FUJIFILM Business Innovation is committed to sustainable development and has been bolstering its environmental strategy with various initiatives, such as collecting used products from users to adopt a closed-loop system. The remanufactured printer series reduce environmental impact with their parts reuse rate of 84% (by weight), and CO2 emissions reduced to 56% as compared to newly manufactured printers*2 throughout their product lifecycles.
- *1 Remanufactured product is made by used products which are collected from users. The product is disassembled and cleaned. Parts that do not meet a certain quality standard are replaced.
- *2 When comparing ApeosPort-VI C4471 RC and ApeosPort VI C4471.
FUJIFILM Business Innovation announces that it has switched the electricity used*1 at all its production sites in the Asia-Pacific region to virtually 100% renewable energy. This was made possible by the implementation of energy-saving and energy-generation initiatives at each site, supplemented by renewable energy certificates*2 to cover any remaining shortfall.
This shift reduces CO₂ emissions by approximately 8,391*3 tons, contributing to climate change mitigation. The production sites included in this initiative are FUJIFILM Manufacturing Shenzhen Corp., FUJIFILM Manufacturing Hai Phong Co., Ltd., and FUJIFILM Eco-Manufacturing (Suzhou) Corp.
- *1 In fiscal year 2024, approximately 17,757 MWh of electricity was consumed.
- *2 Certificates that represent the added value of renewable energy (zero CO₂ emissions) separately from the electricity itself and link it to the amount of electricity consumed.
- *3 CO₂ emissions from electricity generation in fiscal year 2024 were calculated using a market-based approach, applying the CO₂ emission factor per kWh disclosed by power companies.
Making use of the certificate of green power (issued by Japan Natural Energy Co., Ltd.), we used renewable energy for the following initiatives since fiscal year 2015.
- FUJIFILM SUPER CUP
- All Japan High School Soccer Tournament
- Power consumption when using a CocoDesk installed in a train station, inside a building, or in the city center.
- The power consumption when using the production printer.*
- Power consumption when using ‘Green Park FLOOP’
An image projected on the screen at the venue of FUJIFILM SUPER CUP
- * This applies only to newly introduced production printers in Japan.It is vaid for 2years after application.