NEC's Activities Related to Green Purchasing

Shigeyuki Miyamoto
NEC Corporation, Environment Technology Laboratories
(1-1, Miyazaki 4-chome, Miyamae-ku, Kawasaki, Kanagawa 216-8555, Japan)

Abstract
NEC's activities related to green purchasing are introduced. Three practical activities are explained: developing environmentally friendly products, providing environmental information about our products, and purchasing materials that support our green policy. Technologies developed to support green purchasing are also described. Finally, a method developed to assess the risks involved in the disposal of electronic products in landfills and its application to our product design are described.

Key words: green purchasing, environmentally-conscious products, risk assessment, personal computers