OKI Releases its Social and Environmental Report 2010
TOKYO, October 1, 2010 -- OKI Electric Industry Co., Ltd. (TSE: 6703) today released its "Social and Environmental Report 2010" in both English and Chinese language versions. The English report which will be released on OKI's website (http://www.oki.com/en/eco/csr_eco/2010/) in PDF at noon, describes the environmental protection and CSR-related activities implemented by the OKI Group during the last fiscal year (ended March 2010).
Shuichi Kawano, Executive Officer and General Manager of OKI's CSR Division comments on the report as follows: "Last year, the OKI Group decided to combine its Environmental Report, published since 1999 to disclose environment-related information and to clarify our environmental management processes, and its Social Responsibility Report, published since 2005 to inform stakeholders of our social efforts through our CSR-related activities, into one document: the 'Social and Environmental Report'. To report our fiscal year 2009 activities, we have decided to follow the same format, which combines the contents of the two previous documents in a more concise and easily understood manner."
OKI has structured the report around seven key CSR priority themes. It reviews OKI's focal points, as well as highlighting achievements under each theme. In addition, the report features five articles under the umbrella title "Meeting our CSR commitments" that cover five key challenges for the OKI Group, in which both its stakeholders and the wider public show an intense interest.
The OKI Group will continue to reflect the voices of its stakeholders on the content of the report and endeavor to build further trust with them.
Outlined below are highlights from the "Social and Environmental Report 2010":
Special Features: Meeting our CSR Commitments
The OKI Group offers various products and services that help solve social issues and it manages all processes from product development to delivery effectively in an integrated way. Its manufacturing is characterized by the integration of all relevant functions such as sales and marketing, technology development, production and maintenance. In this report, the OKI Group focuses on the following five themes, which are important to OKI in order to fulfill its social responsibilities:
- OKI Aims at Bridging Digital Divides by Offering Systems to Help People Lead a Convenient, Safe and Secure Life
Creating systems that help solve social issues and realize a safe and secure society, such as the "Local Community Information System." This promotes the expansion of regional broadband access by utilizing OKI's VoIP (Voice over IP) technology and enhancement of services offered by municipal governments.
- Promoting Green IT and Energy Saving in Day-to-Day Business Activities for the Realization of a Low Carbon Society
By promoting "Green of IT" and "Green by IT", OKI has been reducing the amount of carbon dioxide emitted, achieving the reduction target for the electric and electronics industry in Japan (improvement of the basic unit for CO2 emissions with respect to real output in the fiscal year 2010 by 35% or more, compared to that achieved in the fiscal year 1990).
- Appropriate Management of Production Sites Underlies Our Reputation as a Trustworthy Manufacturer Offering Reliable Products
Contributing to countries and regions in which OKI operates through improvement in the quality of management in product quality, environment conservation, and occupational health and safety as well as precise communication among employees and local societies. The report focuses on Nagano OKI, which is responsible for EMS (Electronics Manufacturing Service), and OKI Electric Technology (Kunshan), which manufactures keyboards in Jiangsu Province, China.
- Utilizing OKI's Technology to Provide Products Meeting Customer Needs in Conformity with Increasingly Demanding Regulations about Chemical Substances Contained in Products
Developing a management system conforming to REACH regulation, "COINServ-COSMOS-R/R", for efficient management of chemical substances. The system has been used within the OKI Group and it is also available to customers.
- Securing Information Security as a Leader in the Information Society
Enhancing information security systems and implementing effective security measures together with the help of OKI's partners.
Status of activities in areas of focus
In this report, OKI explains its activities and achievements in the following seven priority themes: full compliance with laws and regulations; information security; improvement of customer satisfaction; good communication with shareholders and investors; respect for employees; social contribution; and consideration for the environment. For each of these priority themes, the report comments on focal points and achievements made for fiscal year 2009, as well as focal points for the fiscal year ending March 2010 based on actual achievements, to enable readers to understand OKI's overall direction in CSR through detailed examples. The environmental conservation section - one of the seven priority themes - concludes with a reference in "Detailed Data" which includes in-depth data and statistics, maintaining comprehensiveness in the information to be reported.
About Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd.
Founded in 1881, Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd. is Japan's leading telecommunications manufacturer. Headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, OKI provides top-quality products, technologies, and solutions to customers through its info-telecom systems and printer operations. Its various business division function synergistically to bring to market exciting new products and technologies that meet a wide range of customer needs in various sectors . Visit OKI's global website at http://www.oki.com/.
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