Environmental management activities by NEC electron devices

This paper describes the environmental activities being carried out by the Electron Devices group of NEC. Environmental problems have become a global concern rather than a regional concern, and have also become a management concern in the present day society. We report here an example of industry-leading efforts of pursuing waste material reduction, green product promotion activity, as well as environmental accounting, and discuss the importance of environmental management for the 21st century which is being called the "Environment Century".