Road to Zero is Sony’s global environmental plan, striving to achieve a zero environmental footprint throughout the life cycle of our products and business activities across the entire Sony Group by the year 2050. Sony business operations rely on a healthy natural environment. To help promote fulfilling lifestyles today and tomorrow, and achieve a zero environmental footprint, we set actions from four environmental perspectives: curbing climate change, conserving resources, controlling chemical substances, and promoting biodiversity.

The Xperia 1 VIII packaging uses Sony’s OBM (Original Blended Material), which is a paper material, developed by Sony with environment in mind. It doesn’t rely on petroleum-derived plastics and use plants like bamboo and sugar cane, and can be formed to meet a wide variety of packaging needs.

From enabling voice control to increasing text size, the Xperia 1 VIII follows the accessibility laws, such as European Accessibility Act, and includes a range of accessibility features, enabling more people to communicate according to their individual needs.