Oki Releases the Environmental Plan for the Fiscal Year ending March 2004
- Plans to Achieve Lead-free Solder for All Products in Japan -
Tokyo, Japan, July 17, 2003 -- Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd. (TSE: 6703) today released on its web site, Oki Eco Plan 21 (Sky-High 2003), the environmental protection activity plan for the fiscal year ending March 2004 (http://www.oki.com/en/eco/ecoplan.html). The plan summarizes activity plans for this fiscal year in order to implement more efficient and active environmental protection activities.
For this fiscal year, Oki has identified reducing the environmental burden from business activities and creating products and operational methods to solve environmental issues as the main themes. The company has set concrete goals focusing on activities such as reduction of CO2 emission through products and reform of operation and restricting use of chemical substances that effect the environment.
As measures to reduce CO2 emission in products, Oki will implement power-saving measures by mounting low power consumption LSIs into products, and making energy consumption more efficient by utilizing heat radiation solutions with 'Cerac a,' the ceramic coating film with a high heat radiation effect. For measures to reduce CO2 emission through reform of operations, Oki plans to integrate internal-use servers, reform logistics, and introduce e-learning. The company will also restrict use of chemical substances that effect the environment by achieving lead-free solder and expanding green procurement.
"The Oki group positions the performance of an environment-friendly business to be one of its core management policies. We have actively deployed protection activities such as obtaining ISO14001 certification, reducing environmental burden, and disclosing environmental accounting and reports," said Masayoshi Ino, Executive Vice President at Oki Electric, responsible for all the Oki group's environmental protection strategies. "Based on the Oki Eco Plan21 (Sky-High 2003), we will continue to promote business activities which regard the environment as one of Oki's important customers."
The company established Oki Eco Plan 21 in September 1999, as an environmental protection activity plan, and has worked on the activities throughout the Oki group. As a result, in the fiscal year ended March 2003, Oki succeeded in achieving zero emissions in its major manufacturing facilities in Japan, two years ahead of time, and reduced the final amount processed by 75% relative to the former fiscal year.
Oki Eco Plan 21 [Sky-High 2003]
| Category |
Activity |
Medium-term Target |
2003 Target |
| Operation |
Prevention of global warming |
Reduce CO2 emissions in production stage |
Telecommuni-
cations |
In 2010 reduce by: of the total for 1990 (basic unit) |
-40% |
Reduce by: of the total for 2002 (basic unit) |
-2% |
| Electronic devices |
-20% |
-2% |
| Reduce CO2 emissions through business reformations |
Reduce 500 tons each year (by system integration, e-learning, streamlining of logistics, etc.) |
| Reduce greenhouse gas emissions |
In 2010 reduce by 10% of the total for 1995 |
Maintain 2002 level |
| Resource recycling |
Reduce waste materials |
Maintain zero emission |
| Control of environment impacting chemical substances |
Control quantity of environment impacting chemical substances used and their emissions |
At the end of 2005 reduce by 5% of the total for 2001 in the quantity of use |
Reduce by 2% of the total for 2002 |
| Product |
Environmental protection |
Reduce CO2 emissions through products |
Reduce 8,000 tons each year (through development of low-power equipment/systems/semiconductors) |
| Recycling of used products |
Improve recycling rate |
Maintain 85% or more |
| Containment control of environment impacting chemical substances |
Eliminate mercury, cadmium, lead, hexavalent chromium, PBB, and PBDE to be contained in products |
Completely eliminate these substances for containment in major products by the end of 2004 |
Achieve 100% lead-free soldering for domestic production |
| Others |
Expansion of environmental activities |
Expand acquisition of ISO14001 certification |
All companies/sites of Oki group will be certified by the end of 2004 |
In Japan: Logistics companies
Overseas: All production sites |
[Note] All the years in this table starts from April 1 of the year and ending March 31 of the next year.
About Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd.
Founded more than a century ago in 1881, Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd. is Japan's first telecommunications manufacturer, with its headquarters in Tokyo, Japan. With the corporate vision, "Oki, Network Solutions for a Global Society," Oki Electric provides top-quality products, technologies and solutions to its customers through its telecommunications systems, information systems and electronic devices segments. All three segments are integrated into one effective organization that functions as a collective force to create exciting new products and technologies, including information and telecom converged solutions. Through its business activities, Oki Electric satisfies a spectrum of customer needs in various markets.
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