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Standpoint & System

History of Environmental Activities

1991 September

•Company-wide environmental organization is established for each product division.
1993 May

•Brother's First Environmental Action Plan (Voluntary Plan) is formulated.

•Use of CFC 113 and trichloroethane in the production processes of Brother Industries, Ltd. (BIL) facilities and wholly-owned subsidiaries' facilities are completely banned (incl. total abolishment of all chlorinated solvents).
1994 February

•Brother's first white paper on the environment is issued (issued annually until 1999).
1995 February

•A new environmental management organization is started at BIL with the Facility Manager and Secretariat of the Environmental Management Committee of Facility spearheading the initiative.
1996 July

•Brother's Second Environmental Action Plan (Voluntary Plan) is formulated.
December

•Brother Industries (U.K) Ltd. obtains ISO 14001 certification.
1997 February

•Kariya Manufacturing facility of BIL obtains ISO 14001 certification.
December

•Brother Industries (Johor) Sdn. Bhd. obtains ISO 14001 certification.
1998 March

•Brother Industries Technology (M) Sdn. Bhd. obtains ISO 14001 certification.
August

•Mizuho Manufacturing Facility of BIL obtains ISO 14001 certification.
1999 September

•Environmental Report is issued for the first time. (Environmental Report 1999)

 Environmental Report is issued for the first time. (Environmental Report 1999)
October

•Brother Technology (Shenzhen) Ltd. obtains ISO 14001 certification.
November

•Hoshizaki Manufacturing Facility of BIL obtains ISO 14001 certification.

•Minato Manufacturing Facility of BIL obtains ISO 14001 certification.
December

•Xian Typical Brother Industries Co., Ltd. obtains ISO 14001 certification.

•Brother's Third Environmental Action Plan (Voluntary Plan) is formulated.
2000 September

•Environmental Report 2000 is issued.
October

•Taiwan Brother Industries, Ltd. obtains ISO 14001 certification.
December

•Momozono Manufacturing Facility of BIL obtains ISO 14001 certification.
2001 March

•Headquarters/Research & Development Center of BIL obtains ISO 14001 certification.

•Zhuhai Brother Industries, Co., Ltd. obtains ISO 14001 certification.
August

•Environmental Report 2001 is issued.
September

•Laser Printer HL-2460/2460N is awarded the Blue Angel Label of Germany.

 HL-2460/2460N

HL-2460/2460N
December

•Participated as exhibitor in Eco-Products 2001.
2002 April

•Zero emission is achieved at major facilities in Japan.
August

•Environmental Report 2002 is issued.
September

•Laser Printer HL-7050 becomes the world's first printer awarded the TCO '99, an international environmental label.

 HL-7050

HL-7050
November

•Headquarters and sites in Japan obtain the multiple site ISO14001 certification.
December

•Brother Group Fourth Environmental Action Plan is formulated and announced at the Brother Global Conference.

•Brother Tennessee obtains ISO 14001 certification.

•Participated as exhibitor in Eco-Products 2002.
2003 April

•Personal Facsimile FAX-1100CL becomes first in the home-use facsimile industry to be awarded the Ecoleaf label managed by JEMAI.

 FAX-1100CL

FAX-1100CL
July

•Environmental Report 2003 is issued.
December

•Participated as exhibitor in Eco-Products 2003.

•Mie Brother Precision Industries, Ltd. obtains ISO 14001 certification.
2004 April

•Brother Green Procurement Management System starts operation.

•BIL starts company-wide environmental education by e-learning.
May

•BIL becomes the first in the facsimile business to obtain the System Certification of the Ecoleaf.

•Brother Industries (Shenzhen) Ltd. obtains ISO 14001 certification.
July

•2004 Environmental & Social Report is issued.
November
•Brother issues its first self-certification of the Ecoleaf label to the MFC-620CLN. MFC-620CLN

MFC-620CLN
December

•Participated as exhibitor in Eco-Products 2004.
2005 February

•Brother U.K. Ltd. obtains ISO 14001 certification.
July

•Registered in Team -6% membership*1.

•Took part in EPOC "ECO talk session" at citizen's pavilion of 2005 World Exposition Aichi, Japan*2.

•2005 Brother Group Social & Environmental Report is issued.

 Registered in Team -6% membership

*1

 EPOC ECO talk session

*2
December

•Participated as exhibitor in Eco-Products 2005*3.

•Brother Sewing Machine (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. obtains ISO 14001 certification.

Eco-Products 2005

*3
2006 March

•Brother International (Nederland) B.V. obtains ISO 14001 certification.
May

•Brother Logitec Ltd. obtains ISO 14001 certification.
June

•Brother Sewing Machine Xian Co., Ltd. obtains ISO 14001 certification.

•Brother International Corporation (Canada) Ltd. obtains ISO 14001 certification.
July

•Corporate Social Responsibility Report 2006 is issued.

•Eco Report 2006 is issued.
October

•Participated as exhibitor in MESSE NAGOYA 2006 Eco-Industrial Trade Fair.
December

•Participates as exhibitor in Eco-Products 2006.
2007 March

•Brother International Europe Ltd. obtains ISO 14001 certification.
June

•Corporate Social Responsibility Report 2007 is issued.
July

•Brother International (NZ) Ltd. obtains ISO 14001 certification.
December

•Participated as exhibitor in Eco-Products 2007.
2008 January

•Brother Italia S.P.A obtains ISO 14001 certification.
March

•Brother International G.M.B.H. obtains ISO 14001 certification.

•Brother International Corporation (U.S.A.) obtains ISO 14001 certification. (Locations: NJ office, MA office, CA office, IL office and MIM)

•Brother Iberia, S.L.U. obtains ISO 14001 certification.
April

•Brother Finland OY obtains ISO 14001 certification.
May

•Brother International (Aust.) Pty. Ltd. obtains ISO 14001 certification.
June

•Brother France Sas obtains ISO14001 certification.
July

•Brother Norge A.S. obtains ISO14001 certification.

•Brother International (Sweden) A.B. obtains ISO14001 certification.
August

•Brother International Singapore Pte. Ltd. obtains ISO14001 certification.

•Brother International Corporation (Ireland) Ltd. obtains ISO14001 certification.

•Brother International (Danmark) A/S obtains ISO 14001 certification.
September

•Brother (Schweiz) AG obtains ISO14001 certification.
October

•Brother Industries (Slovakia) S.R.O. obtains ISO14001 certification.
November

•Brother Sales, Ltd. & Brother International Corporation obtains ISO14001 certification. (Two companies acquired integrated authentication with Brother Industries, Ltd.)
December

•Brother (China) Ltd. obtains ISO14001 certification.
2009 March

•Brother Industries (Vietnam) Ltd. obtains ISO14001 certification.

•N.V. Brother International (Belgium) S.A. obtains ISO14001 certification.
April

•Brother Internationale Industriemaschinen G.M.B.H. obtains ISO14001 certification.

•Brother International Austria G.M.B.H. obtains ISO14001 certification.
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