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Wacom is driving continuous improvement by establishing a management system so that all the employees shall be involved in the quality and environment management.

Current certification status

ISO9001

ISO14001

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Product Compliance about Hazardous Substances

Wacom has established “Wacom Environmental Quality Guideline” which specifies environmental requirements regarding hazardous substances that are contained in Material, Parts and Products. It also prescribes restrictions on the Materials themselves and certain chemicals used in manufacturing. Suppliers are required to disclose information about the content of certain substances in their Deliverables according to the guidelines. Wacom also encourages our Suppliers to control chemical substances properly engaging their subcontractors and suppliers.

As Wacom produces electronic products which are sold globally, Wacom makes all the products compliant with the regulations of each country where the products are meant to be sold, such as EU RoHS, EU REACH, China RoHS, Japan J-Moss, India E-Waste, etc.

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Recycling Initiatives

Wacom complies with recycling laws and regulations in the countries where it sells the products, including the EU's Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive (WEEE Directive), state recycling laws on waste electrical and electronic equipment in the US, India's recycling laws (E-Waste), etc.

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Response to Climate Change

Climate change derived from global warming has become a serious problem on a worldwide scale. There is a growing trend towards acceptance, embracement, and implementation of ESG*¹ /SDGs*² policies every year in many countries, municipalities, and companies. Every country will set reduction targets on greenhouse gas emissions after 2020 based on the Paris Agreement and promote the introduction of renewable energy sources and development of eco-friendly products and/or services.

Wacom recognizes climate change as an important issue in environmental management. We are promoting the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions and conduct of business activities with careful consideration of possible risks and opportunities in our business environment brought about by climate change. We are also promoting a Business Continuity Plan (BCP) in response to the possible risk that our activities may be restricted by an increase in natural disasters such as floods. In addition, we are reinforcing our organization structure based on the recognition that the development of eco-friendly products could be an opportunity. Furthermore, we ask our partner companies to review, approve, and follow the Wacom Suppliers Code of Conduct, which could lead to CO2 emission reduction in the whole value chain.
We disclosed information based on the TCFD recommendations on June 1, 2023, and updated CO2 reduction target“ in April 2024, which was approved as a near-term target by the SBTi in October 2024.
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GHG emissions Scope3

•  The result of “5. Waste generated in operations” includes data from offices in Japan only.
•  Scope3 data for 2023 was added. (September 2024)
•  Figures of Category 1,2,3,5,6, and 7 for 2021 and 2022 were corrected since there were errors in the calculation. (September 2024)

GHG emissions third-party verification

To enhance the reliability of our environmental information, we had our GHG emissions Scope1-3 for 2023 verified by SOCOTEC Certification Japan. （August 2024）
Independent Assurance Report 

CDP Score

CDP is a UK-based non-governmental organization engaged in activities to promote information disclosure on environment at the request of corporate investors and companies.

If corporate investors and purchasing companies want to know the environmental impact of investment destinations or client companies, they can become members of CDP and request information disclosure through CDP's questionnaires.

Companies that receive a request can answer the questionnaires through CDP, and the contents will be evaluated on a scale of A, A- to D, D- (4 levels/8 steps).

Wacom has been submitting CDP questionnaires every year since 2019. In 2023, we improved our climate change score by one level (two steps) and achieved a B, which is higher than the global and Asian average of C, and higher than the Electrical & electronic equipment sector average of C.

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