Product Recycling and the Environment
Sony is committed not only to offering products, services, and content that deliver exciting user experiences by inspiring and fulfilling the curiosity of our customers around the world, but continually improving our environmental footprint throughout the lifecycle of our products and services.
Product Stewardship
Responsible manufacturers must consider what happens to their products after use, and product recycling is fundamental to us here at Sony. But designing products for disassembly and recycle is just the start of our post-consumer responsibility. In North America, we work with locally established recycling programs to encourage take-back and recycling of end-of-life products. If you can’t find an event or a drop-off location near you, your product could be eligible for our mail-in program. For responsible recycling opportunities, start here.
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Road to Zero: Green Management 2025
Sony incorporates environmental initiatives as a key part of our business through our Road to Zero environmental plan, striving for a zero environmental footprint by 2040. Road to Zero sets a series of specific goals based on four environmental perspectives: curbing climate change, conserving resources, controlling chemical substances, and promoting biodiversity. These 4 key perspectives are viewed through the entire lifecycle of our products and services: Product/service planning and design, operations, raw materials and components procurement, logistics, take back and recycling, and innovation.
Curbing Climate Change
Sony focuses on greenhouse gas emission reduction by featuring environmentally conscious products and services, and incorporating programs in our workplace that save energy and promote renewable energy, and engaging with our supply chain to reduce emissions.
Conserving Resources
Resource conservation is approached through reducing a focus on minimizing use of virgin materials and maximizing use of recycled content. We continually strive to make products lighter, more efficient, and consider opportunities to include recycled material while still maintaining a high-quality product. In the workplace we also focus on resource efficiency and material reuse.
Controlling Chemical Substances
Chemicals are strictly controlled in raw materials and parts through our own chemical substance management standards. Sony classifies chemicals by level of environmental risk with a phase out requirement for particularly hazardous chemicals for both our own operations as well as our suppliers.
Promoting Biodiversity
Natural resources play an integral role in our business activities, and we strive to reduce the impact to the natural environment. Sony also works globally to promote the protection and enhancement of biodiversity.