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ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES
To contribute on the environmental front to realizing the NEC
Group Vision 2017, NEC formulated an action plan in June
2010 called the NEC Group Environmental Management
Action Plan 2017/2030. Under the plan, NEC is promoting
environmental management based on three key
perspectives—low carbon, ecosystem and biodiversity
preservation, and resource recycling and conservation.
From the low carbon perspective, NEC aims to reduce total
CO2 emissions by 15 million tons from fiscal 2011 to fiscal
2018 through the provision of IT/Network solutions that help to
reduce the environmental impact of customers and society. In
fiscal 2012, NEC helped to reduce an additional 2.31 million
tons of CO2 emissions (a total of 4.43 million tons from fiscal
2011). Also, NEC improved the energy efficiency of its
products by 66% in fiscal 2012 compared with its products in
fiscal 2006.
Furthermore, NEC will strengthen its hand in providing smart
energy solutions combining energy storage systems and
energy management systems (EMS), as well as electric vehicle
charging infrastructure. The goal is to help achieve a new
energy-efficient society.
From the perspective of ecosystem and biodiversity
preservation, NEC aims to increase participation in its corporate
citizenship program designed to promote biodiversity
preservation to 12,000 people by fiscal 2018. In fiscal 2012,
NEC enhanced its biodiversity preservation activities based on
its guidelines. As a result, participation in NEC’s global
biodiversity preservation program increased by 1,821 people to
8,032 people. In addition, NEC has continued to develop
solutions that contribute to preserving biodiversity such as
monitoring of natural ecosystems using wireless sensors.
In resource recycling and conservation, NEC has
established the goal of “using bioplastics in all core products”
by fiscal 2018. In fiscal 2012, NEC used bioplastics in two
more products, namely LCD projectors and POS terminals,
bringing the total number of such products to six. Looking
ahead, NEC will continue promoting bioplastics development
activities, including efforts to commercialize a new bioplastic
that it unveiled in August 2010. With a plant ratio of more
than 70%, this new bioplastic is produced from non-edible
plant ingredients that pose no concern about encroaching on
food supplies.
ACTIVITIES FOR CONTRIBUTING TO THE ENVIRONMENT
AND SOCIETY
In this section, NEC presents its environmental management and corporate
citizenship activities, from the standpoint of corporate social responsibility (CSR).
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NEC “TOMONI” PROJECT
In July 2011, NEC launched NEC “TOMONI” Project (“We are
with you”) to implement restoration and recovery efforts together
with people in the regions affected by the Great East Japan
Earthquake, and to pull the entire NEC Group together as “One
NEC” behind these efforts. NEC “TOMONI” Project (“We are
with you”) has two programs: volunteer activities in support of
disaster-affected regions, and social contribution initiatives
supporting recovery and reconstruction.
(1) Volunteer activities in
support of disaster-
affected regions
NEC held a total of 7
volunteer activity projects
in the affected regions
through March 2012. A
total of 358 NEC officers
and employees
participated in these
projects. The volunteers
gave their time to collect
fishing and ship
equipment washed up
on-shore by the tsunami,
remove rubble and assist
with the operation of the
Fukkouichi*1 (“Recovery
Market”) event held in
Minamisanriku Town.
(2) Social contribution programs tied to support for restoration
and recovery
NEC implemented 17 social contribution programs through
March 2012, focusing on people with disabilities, other socially
vulnerable groups and children, while utilizing existing social
contribution programs.
Some of the programs held in the affected regions included
the NEC Guide Dog Caravan, which supports training of guide
dogs, the NEC Galileo Club, which offers hands-on science
classes for children, and the NEC IT Workshop for Mothers.
*1 Fukkouichi (“Recovery Market”) is an event designed to have shopkeepers
from Minamisanriku Town’s shopping street and other town residents join
forces to restore happiness to their town. Fukkouchi embodies the
townspeople’s hopes of rebuilding a town that fills people’s lives with
happiness.
Employees remove rubble in
Minamisanriku Town.
Employees help to sell miso at
the Fukkouichi (“Recovery
Market”) event
NEC’S INCLUSION IN MAJOR SOCIALLY RESPONSIBLE INVESTMENT (SRI) INDEXES:
Please visit the NEC website at the following URL for further details on NEC’s CSR activities.
http://www.nec.co.jp/csr/en/
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