Environmental Management
Putting Sustainable Management into Practice
Basic Approach to Sustainable Management
In accordance with internal environmental conservation guidelines established in line with the Basic Environmental Philosophy, the Sharp Group Charter of Corporate Behavior, and the Sharp Code of Conduct, we are pursuing environmental consciousness across all of our business activities. Toward realizing a sustainable global environment, we have formulated SHARP Eco Vision 2050, a long-term environmental vision with 2050 as the target year. Under this vision, we are striving to solve social problems and continuously raise corporate value through the development of technologies and the provision of products and services.
System for Promoting Sustainable Management
We have set up the ESG Promotion Group to formulate and carry out our environmental vision, policies, and targets, and to strengthen environmental governance. The ESG Promotion Group formulates important environmental policies, strategies, and measures at the corporate level regarding sustainable management based on our management policies and environmental vision.
The Sustainability Committee includes the president & CEO, senior executives, and the heads of Sharp business units and subsidiaries. Through this committee, the ESG Promotion Group confirms progress toward environmental goals and supports environmental activities, and forms subcommittees to accelerate efforts on key tasks.
We carry out company-wide initiatives to deal with issues in the areas of product-related environmental laws and regulations and chemical substance controls. Periodic meetings are held to exchange and accelerate the dissemination of information relevant to these areas. We have also established a working group on product-related environmental laws and regulations in order to come up with concrete measures and policies for their implementation.
System for Promoting Sustainable Management in the Environmental Area
Environmental Education
In accordance with the basic strategy of our management policy—foster and strengthen human resources—we strive to step up the cultivation of human resources as the foundation of our sustainable management. To this end, we have been providing training programs, including basic training open to all employees.
Since fiscal 2019, we have held environmental awareness training to help all employees acquire a wide range of environmental knowledge, and an introductory training course on environmental laws and regulations, which is mandatory for third-year employees.
In fiscal 2025, we conducted e-learning sessions for employees in Japan on ESG-related topics and on product-related environmental laws and regulations aimed at strengthening our ESG compliance framework. A large number of employees participated in these sessions, as detailed below.
With the aim of fostering human resources who will contribute to the company in stepping up compliance and achieving its environmental vision, we will continue to improve and expand our environmental education curricula by adjusting them to different duties and roles.
Fiscal 2025 Environmental Education Results
| Course | Number of participants |
|---|---|
| ESG-related topics | 14,552 |
| Product-related environmental laws and regulations (introductory) | 465 |
Environmental Performance Data Collection and Management
To support sustainable management, we have introduced a cloud-based system for efficiently collecting and managing data on our environmental performance, including energy consumption, waste generation, water usage, and chemical substances handled in our business activities. This system is in operation at Sharp bases in Japan and overseas. Collecting and analyzing such data helps us grasp the current state of our sustainable management, identify problems, and formulate measures. We are also engaging with suppliers to gather primary data.
Promoting an Environmental Management System
Since 1995, we have been operating an ISO 14001-based environmental management system and have acquired ISO 14001 certification for all 24 worldwide production bases. The purpose of this system is to strengthen environmental sustainability management, improve environmental performance, and ensure legal compliance.
Product and Plant Audits
We regularly carry out a Green Product/Green Device Audit aimed mainly at ensuring compliance in product development. We check compliance with the environmental laws and regulations of each country and the reflection of environmentally friendly design in products, such as energy efficiency, resource savings, and recyclability.
We also review and evaluate environmental activities at our production bases as part of the CSR self-assessment survey.
Legal Violations, Accidents
In fiscal 2025, we were not subject to any lawsuits or fines related to environmentally related legal violations. There were also no major environmentally related accidents.
Developing Environmentally Conscious Products and Devices
Developing Green Products and Devices
We call our environmentally conscious products “Green Products (GP).” The GP Guidelines, which define development and design criteria in line with seven concepts, have been in use at all product design departments since fiscal 1998. In developing products, we set specific objectives according to the GP Standard Sheet, which is formulated based on the GP Guidelines. In the trial manufacture and mass production stages, we determine how well the actual product has met these objectives. The content of the GP Standard Sheet—the benchmark for development objectives—is revised each year in order to constantly improve the environmental performance of Sharp products.
We call our environmentally conscious devices “Green Devices (GD).” To define guidelines for development and design based on seven concepts, we established the GD Guidelines, which we began applying at all device design departments in fiscal 2004. We set objectives according to the GD Standard Sheet and assess how objectives have been met in a similar way to GP standards. The assessment criteria are revised every year so that we can continuously raise the environmental performance of our devices.
Green Product Concepts
Green Device Concepts
Development Process for Green Products and Devices
When developing and bringing to market Green Products and Green Devices, the product environmental assessment system, which contains the GP/GD Standard Sheet in digital form, is used to confirm environmental performance. The GP/GD Standard Sheet stipulates concrete targets covering seven environmental concepts, as well as rules on how to abide by various countries’ environmental laws and regulations, which are growing year by year. The departments in charge of development and commercialization use the product environmental assessment system to input data on the products and devices, and to confirm how these are progressing in meeting the environmentally friendly criteria. Since fiscal 2004, we have been using this system to certify products with particularly high levels of environmental performance as Super Green Products.
Product Environmental Assessment System Flow
Certifying Super Green Products
The criteria for certifying Super Green Products are periodically revised in response to changing environmental laws and regulations and market demands for greater environmental friendliness. In fiscal 2016, we revised the certification criteria in the following way. Products are certified if (1) they offer class-leading energy-saving or energy-creating performance, or (2) they offer significantly high environmental performance through the use of unique Sharp technology. We also aggressively develop products that make the maximal use of minimal resources. In fiscal 2024, we added another SGP certification criterion, stating that products would be certified if they (and their packaging) include a percentage of recycled or recyclable materials above a certain Sharp in-house target number.
In fiscal 2025, sales of those products reached 98.5 billion yen, with SGP sales accounting for 23.6% of all GP sales in Japan.
Examples of Super Green Products
ES-8XS1
EP-CA22
BP-71C65
NU-435PP
AQUOS wish5
Three Sharp Products Receive Chairman’s Award at the Fiscal 2025 Energy Conservation Grand Prize
In the Product & Business Model Category of the Fiscal 2025 Energy Conservation Grand Prize, hosted by The Energy Conservation Center, Japan (ECCJ), three Sharp products—the Plasmacluster front-loading washer/dryer, AQUOS televisions, and the ePaper color electronic paper display—received ECCJ Chairman’s Award. The Energy Conservation Grand Prize is an award program that recognizes outstanding energy-saving initiatives and advanced, highly efficient energy-saving products in Japan’s industrial, commercial, and transportation sectors.
Plasmacluster front-loading washer/dryer ES-12X1-W/-H
This model achieves industry-leading energy-saving performance and water efficiency*1. In addition to Hybrid Drying NEXT, which combines a heat pump and a support heater to deliver high drying performance, the product also improves drying efficiency by incorporating a fan based on biomimetic technology. For washing, its Micro High-Pressure Shower technology delivers high cleaning and rinsing performance using less water. It was also highly evaluated for its ability to make effective use of surplus electricity through integration with residential solar power generation systems.
mini LED TV, AQUOS XLED 4T-C75HP1/C65HP1/C55HP1, 4T-C50HP2/C43HP2 OLED TV, AQUOS OLED 4T-C65HQ2/C55HQ2/C48HQ2
These TVs achieve both high image quality and excellent energy-saving performance. By precisely controlling light output according to video content and illuminating only the necessary areas, they reduce power consumption while delivering vivid, high-definition images. Improved brightness control accuracy has enhanced energy-saving performance by approximately 30% compared with Sharp’s previous models*2. The products were also recognized for achieving a multi-level energy-saving rating of 3.0 stars or higher, with a 100% or greater energy-saving standards achievement rate.
Color electronic paper display “ePaper” EP-CA22
The ePaper achieves display retention with zero power consumption. Power is required only when rewriting the display, demonstrating excellent energy-saving performance. Its thin and lightweight design also enables installation in locations where digital signage had previously been difficult due to limitations in power supply or load-bearing capacity. In addition, it supports simultaneous remote rewriting of multiple displays. The product was highly evaluated not only for its energy efficiency, but also for its contribution to resource savings and labor savings in operation.
From left: Plasmacluster front-loading washer/dryer ES-12X1-W/-H, AQUOS XLED HP1 line, and ePaper EP-CA22
- Among washer dryers with a drying capacity class of 6 kg sold in Japan. Power consumption for washing to drying (6 kg): 590 Wh. Standard water consumption for washing to drying (6 kg): 49 L. As of December 15, 2025 (based on the voluntary standards of the Japan Electrical Manufacturers’ Association).
- Based on FY2026 energy-saving standards, compared with Sharp products of the same size and classification (mini LED TV: comparison between 2024 model 4T-C65GP1 and 2025 model 4T-C65HP1; OLED TV: comparison between 2024 model 4T-C65GQ1 and 2025 model 4T-C65HQ2).