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2
9
Environmental Activities at Operational Sites
Canon practices thorough energy management
at its operational bases, where it has introduced
advanced ener
gy
-e
ff
icient equipment and de
-
vices and makes ever
y
e
ff
ort to cut
g
reenhouse
g
as emissions. Furt
h
ermore, t
h
e Compan
y
pro
-
m
otes
t
h
e
r
educt
i
o
n
o
r
e
limin
at
i
o
n
o
f h
a
rmf
u
l
c
h
emica
l
su
b
stances use
d
in its
p
ro
d
uction
processes and is achieving significant reductions
in the amount of resources used in these pro-
duction processes
.
Canon has alread
y
achieved zero land
f
ill
waste at all o
f
its
g
lobal manu
f
acturin
g
sites.
This
g
oal was achieved in 2005 a
f
ter the Com
-
pan
y
launched a zero landfill waste campai
g
n
i
n 2001
.
C
ontri
b
uting to Societ
y
The following are a few examples of our longstand
-
ing commitment to
f
ul
fi
lling our corporate social
responsibilit
y
to assume a leadin
g
role as a
g
ood
corporate citizen
.
The Canon Institute for Global Studies and the
Canon Foundation
At the end o
f
2008
,
we established both the Canon
Institute
f
or Global Studies and the Canon Foundation
in Tok
y
o with the aim o
f
contributin
g
to the world’s
develo
p
ment. The former will assess world trends
from a global perspective as a political and economic
think tank, publishing research in the areas of macro
-
economics, natural science, energy and the environ
-
ment, and diplomacy and defense. The Canon
Foundation will support the activities o
f
organizations
and individuals en
g
a
g
ed in research, business and
education in the areas o
f
science and technolo
gy
as
we
ll
as cu
l
tura
l
pursuits
.
Canon Lea
d
ers
h
ip Sc
h
o
l
ars Progra
m
In its commitment to
d
eve
l
oping t
h
e
b
usiness
l
ea
d
ers
of tomorrow, Canon and Christo
p
her New
p
ort
University located in Virginia, the United States, where
Canon has a manu
f
acturing company, created the
Canon Leadership Scholars Pro
g
ram. Each
y
ear be
g
in
-
nin
g
in 2008, 25 students are awarded a scholarship
of
$
5,000 over four
y
ears for a total of
$
20,000, and
are offered opportunities to stud
y
abroad.
Canon strives to
reduce numerous
e
nvir
o
nm
e
n
ta
l
b
ur
d
ens at its
op
erational sites
t
h
roug
h
suc
h
meas-
u
res as this roofto
p
rainwater reuse
sy
stem installed at
Canon Be
l
gium N.V./
S.A. that fi lters
rainwater throu
g
h
g
ravel on the roo
f
.