Green Procurement
Overview of the GENERAL Group's Green Procurement
The GENERAL Group, as part of its efforts to manufacture and deliver environmentally friendly products to customers, works with its suppliers to ensure that the materials and products it procures meet environmental requirements.
We have the following two guiding principles that govern our procurement practices:
- Procure materials and products from suppliers that promote environmental protection
- Procure materials and products that are environmentally friendly and do not contain harmful substances
We ask our suppliers to refer to and follow the provisions provided in the “GENERAL Group Green Procurement Standards (Direction and Policy)” and the “GENERAL Group's Individual Policy (Specification).”
GENERAL Group Procurement Standards (Direction and Policy)
Scope
This policy applies to suppliers of the GENERAL Group as well as materials and products they supply to the Group.
GENERAL Group Green Procurement Standards (Edition 1.1)
GENERAL Group Specified Chemical Substances List (Ver.1.1)
GENERAL Group's Individual Policy (Specification)
Scope
This policy applies to suppliers of the GENERAL Group as well as materials and products they supply to the Group.
Specification of Prohibiting Use of Hazardous Substances (Edition 2.4)
The GENERAL Group has defined detailed specifications to ensure compliance with the RoHS Directive.
If there is any inconsistency among “Specification of Prohibiting Use of Hazardous Substances,” “ GENERAL Group Green Procurement Direction,” and “Green Procurement Agreement," the first will prevail.
English and Japanese (PDF: 209 KB)Request for a signed Observance Confirmation
To confirm compliance with the requirements described in the “Specification of Prohibiting Use of Hazardous Substances,” we ask our suppliers to fill in the “Observance Confirmation” form below, and sign and attach it to “Delivery Specifications” submitted to us.
Observance Confirmation
English and Japanese (PDF: 44 KB)Request for Chemical Substance Information
The GENERAL Group assesses the presence of chemical substances in the materials and products our suppliers provide to us, based on the chemSHERPA scheme that facilitates the sharing of information on chemical substances contained in products.F
We ask our suppliers to visit chemSHERPA's website at the following URL to become familiar with the scheme and download a tool for data entry.
chemSHERPA
At the request of our customers, we may ask our suppliers to submit an additional report in a format different from the above.