TOSHIBA AMERICA BUSINESS SOLUTIONS (TABS)

TABS and TAIS employees vol-unteering at the Irvine Ranch Conservancy Native Plant Restoration.

We can take signifi-cant steps towards being more envi-ronmentally friendly by reducing the amounts of waste in our offices and business opera-tions.

>>> message from senior managementOperating a green business is not only good for the environment, but good for the bottom line. Recycling is one of the most obvious and effective actions that we can promote that has a positive impact on our environment. At TABS, we strive to take significant steps toward being more environmentally friendly by reducing the amounts of waste in our offices and business operations. In addition to this, sustainability in a manufacturing context includes mitigating the impact of global warming by promoting state-of-art environmental technologies, such as carbon capture and storage (CCS) systems, solar photovoltaic systems for solar power generation, a new generation of innovative rechargeable batteries for industrial and automotive applications and new eco-friendly LED lighting systems.

TABS is a leading provider of managed print and professional services (MPS and PS), and manages product planning, marketing, sales, service, support and distribution of copiers, facsimiles, multifunction printing products, network controllers, and toner products throughout the United States, Mexico, Central and South America and the Caribbean. MPS and PS are strategic focus areas for the company, which first de-veloped and began marketing the Encompass™ MPS program in 2003. Headquar-tered in Irvine, CA, TABS has five divisions: the Electronic Imaging Division; the Toner Products Division; the Document Solutions Engineering Division; the International Divi-sion; and Toshiba Business Solutions (TBS), a wholly-owned subsidiary corporation of TABS, that operates a network of wholly-owned office equipment dealers throughout the United States.

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>>> sustainability highlightsToshiba Tall Ships Festival For the 14th consecutive year, TABS sponsored the Toshiba Tall Ships Festival at the Ocean Institute located in Dana Point, CA. The Institute provides marine science edu-cation programs to students K-12.

Earth Week ActivitiesTABS employees participated in Earth Week activities with our sister company, TAIS. We held a beach cleanup in Dana Point and volunteered at a native plant farm in con- junction with the Irvine Nature Conservancy.

Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Over the past few years, TABS’ has become the largest national corporate team for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation’s Great Strides event. Over 500 employees across the nation have personally raised money and walked together in support of this cause.

top: TABS employees building an eLumber garden box. middle: TABS employees, family and friends walk to support and raise funds for the Cystic Fibro-sis Foundation.bottom: TABS and TAIS employ-ees join forces to volunteer at a beach clean up on Earth Day.

>>> featured sustainability projectIn order to address the fundamental importance of recycling, TABS launched an in-novative, industry-leading, zero-waste-to-landfill toner cartridge collection program that not only prevents cartridges from being sent to landfills, but more importantly repurposes 100% of e-Waste into a usable products that we call e-LumberTM. We then manufacture products such as park benches and sustainable garden boxes that are donated to nonprofit organizations such as Habitat For Humanity®. Our cartridge col-lections grew an astonishing 410% year-over-year from 2009 to 2010, and we have deferred more than 130,000 pounds of e-Waste from North American landfills since the inception of the program.

>>> looking forwardTABS is committed to corporate social responsibility as a core business vision and philosophy. TABS is proud of its CSR accomplishments in 2010, including its toner collection program that eliminated 103,000 pounds of toner waste from landfills. Look-ing ahead, TABS will continue to support and expand its CSR activities through many channels, including employee participation in community-based programs and ser-vices.

>>> awards and accoladesTABS was featured in OC Metro magazine for the company’s commitment to environmental practices including Close the Loop, LLC revolutionary eLumber made from recycled imaging consumables.