In line with our vision of making a global contribution in conserving resources and protecting the environment to develop a sustainable, recycling-based society, we are working to reduce the environmental impact of Toray Group products. We are developing environmental products as well as recycled products and technologies with a reduced environmental load based on the concepts of “Clean” and “Less Energy.”
Since the establishment of the Global Environment Research Laboratories in 1991, we have utilized all of the Group's resources and capabilities to reduce the environmental impact of our operations. These include resource and energy conservation, environmental clean-up, and recycling, and we have provided products and technologies designed to take advantage of the results of this research to society. “Ecodream” is the general name for our environmental conservation activities, and we are focusing Toray Group's resources and capabilities on enhancing and advancing associated initiatives.
We have adopted the name “Ecodream” Project to describe initiatives aimed at expanding our businesses by providing environmentally friendly products, including recycled products, and are seeking to double FY 2005 net sales of Toray Group's environmentally friendly products by FY 2010.
