OKI Releases its Social and Environmental Report 2011
TOKYO, October 3, 2011 -- OKI (TSE: 6703) today released its "Social and Environmental Report 2011" in both English and Chinese language versions. The English report which will be released on OKI's website (http://www.oki.com/en/csr/report/2011) in PDF at noon, describes the environmental protection and CSR-related activities implemented by the OKI Group during the last fiscal year (ended March 2011).
Hisao Suzuki, Senior Vice President and General Manager of OKI's CSR Division comments on the report as follows: "In June 2009, 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 2010 activities, while we have focused on the website to deliver our policy, system and detailed information, 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 2011":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:
- Contributing to the Development of Safe and Secure Social Infrastructures
As part of efforts to support civil safety, the OKI Group provides disaster prevention administrative radio systems and fire command systems. OKI will continue to promote recovery and restoration in the aftermath of the Great East Japan Earthquake through efforts that maintain the safety and security of our social infrastructures.
- Realizing a Low Carbon Society through Green IT and CO2 Reduction in Business Activities
OKI promotes energy saving through IT systems that visualize the energy saved at its business sites. The company has also been reducing the amount of carbon dioxide emitted by compiling with the Revised Energy Saving Act, establishment of zero-emission plants and promotion of production reforms.
- Management to Support the Sustainability of Businesses and Society
In an effort to contribute to countries and regions in which OKI operates, OKI manages quality, environment conservation, and occupational health and safety at production sites. It also promotes clear communication between its employees as well as local societies.
- Prompt Response to Increasingly Demanding Regulations about Chemical Substances in Products
OKI has added a new feature to its chemical substance information system to allow linkage with JAMP-IT(*1), an information transferring infrastructure promoted by JAMP(*2). It has been promoting efficiency in surveys of chemical substances and enhancement in compliance.
- Pursing Sophisticated Information Security as a Leader in the Information Society
Through group training and e-learning efforts that instill higher awareness of various security issues, OKI strengthens information security systems and observation of security rules and practices.
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 2010, as well as focal points for the fiscal year ending March 2012based 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.
Glossary
- *1 :JAMP-IT
A basic system for information exchange of chemical substances, promoted by JAMP (Joint Article Management Promotion-consortium). A chemical information transferring infrastructure comprised of a global portal (GP) and an application service (AS). The former features a system management function, a consolidated index, and a function to process two or more requests for information exchange from different companies collectively. The features of the latter include an interface on the screen that allows direct operation by users, and a data base for chemical substance survey sheets.
- *2 :JAMP
JAMP was established in September 2006 as an initiative to promote practical, effective mechanisms for the smooth disclosure and dissemination of information concerning chemical substances and other materials across the supply chain, based on suitable information management.
About OKI Electric Industry (OKI)
Founded in 1881, OKI Electric Industry 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 divisions 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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