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3.4 Environmental Protection Measures
1. The Company’s total amount of losses (including compensation) and disposals
arising out of pollution of environment, the future solutions (including improvement
measures) and predicted expenditures (including the potential losses, disposals,
compensation incurred due to no-action, reasons and facts must be provided if not
able to predict the expenditures): None
2. IT Products Business Group of the Company had received ISO 9001:2000 certified
by BVQI in November of 2002 and received ISO 14001:1996 certified by BVQI in
February of 2003. We follow the new product development procedures and adopt
green design to increase our competitiveness. The Company had carried out the task
of three-year renewing the certification of ISO9001:2000 and ISO14001:2004 from
January 2005, and received ISO14001:2004 certification at the end of November,
2005.
3. In order to reduce the hazardous substances and meet the requirements set forth in
the RoHS Directive of the EU, we released the green product requirements to
supplier in November of 2004 and timely audit and educate the suppliers afterwards.
The Company has requested suppliers to improve the products quality in order to
have all products to meet the requirements set forth in RoHS Directive on July 1st,
2006.
4. In order to reduce the impact to the environment and provide a recycling system for
end-of-life products, the Company had started to implement a global recycling
program, and executed recycling program in compliance with local competent laws
and regulations.
5. In order to receive updated worldwide environmental protection information, the
Company and IER have continued coordinating closely and planning an
environmental strategy for promoting the Company’s management system. The
plans include environmental communication, environmental trainings and writing a
sustainable environmental report.