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Sorting฀and฀reduction฀of฀waste฀volume฀
has฀been฀achieved฀at฀the฀Sendai฀Nikon฀
Recycling฀Center฀through฀the฀use฀of฀
special฀machines.
Lenses฀and฀prisms฀made฀using฀eco-glassHigh-performance฀refl฀ow฀furnace฀for฀
lead-free฀soldering
enhancing฀corporate฀
social฀responsibility
Introduced฀“Nikon฀Environmental฀Action฀Plan฀for฀
Fiscal฀2005”
On฀an฀annual฀basis,฀Nikon฀reviews฀the฀“Nikon฀Environ-
mental฀Action฀Plan”฀and฀its฀mid-฀to฀long-term฀targets฀
in฀terms฀of฀product฀and฀workplace฀environments.฀At฀
the฀beginning฀of฀the฀year฀ending฀March฀2005,฀we฀
formulated฀the฀“Nikon฀Environmental฀Action฀Plan฀for฀
Fiscal฀2005.”฀In฀the฀product฀environment,฀we฀are฀com-
mitted฀to฀reducing฀or฀eliminating฀harmful฀chemical฀
substances฀and฀improving฀energy฀effi฀ciency฀in฀design,฀
while฀in฀the฀workplace฀environment,฀we฀seek฀to฀re-
duce฀waste,฀promote฀green฀procurement฀and฀conserve฀
energy฀to฀help฀prevent฀global฀warming,฀a฀long-term฀
target฀that฀was฀created฀this฀fi฀scal฀year.
The฀following฀outlines฀the฀contents฀of฀the฀new฀plan:
•฀ More฀than฀a฀5%฀reduction฀of฀greenhouse฀emis-
sions฀(converted฀for฀CO2)฀per฀net฀sales฀compared฀
with฀fi฀gures฀for฀fi฀scal฀2002฀by฀fi฀scal฀2007,฀and฀a฀
25%฀reduction฀by฀fi฀scal฀2011
•฀ Use฀of฀eco-glass฀in฀100%฀of฀new฀consumer฀prod-
uct฀optical฀designs฀by฀fi฀scal฀2005฀and฀in฀at฀least฀
96%฀of฀industrial฀products฀by฀fi฀scal฀2007
•฀ 100%฀of฀printed฀circuit฀boards฀in฀consumer฀
products฀and฀more฀than฀50%฀of฀new฀printed฀
circuit฀boards฀in฀industrial฀products฀shipped฀in฀the฀
second฀half฀of฀fi฀scal฀2006฀will฀be฀lead-free฀(with฀
the฀goal฀of฀becoming฀100%฀lead-free฀by฀fi฀scal฀
2007)฀
•฀ Elimination฀of฀hexavalent฀chrome,฀lead,฀cadmium,฀
mercury,฀PBB,฀PBDE฀and฀polyvinyl฀chloride฀from฀
all฀consumer฀products฀shipped,฀excluding฀special฀
materials,฀by฀the฀second฀half฀of฀fi฀scal฀2006
•฀ Total฀elimination฀of฀HCFC฀(ozone-depleting฀
substance)฀as฀a฀refrigerant฀for฀IC฀and฀LCD฀steppers฀
shipped฀by฀fi฀scal฀2007
Note:฀The฀above฀fi฀scal฀years฀end฀at฀March฀31
Strengthening฀Corporate฀Governance฀
and฀Compliance
Amid฀an฀increasingly฀global฀business฀environment,฀the฀
Nikon฀Group฀strives฀to฀strengthen฀corporate฀gover-
nance฀and฀compliance฀to฀boost฀corporate฀value.฀Besides฀
implementing฀in-house฀company฀and฀executive฀offi฀cer฀
systems,฀we฀have฀also฀created฀an฀Executive฀Compensa-
tion฀Committee฀and฀introduced฀stock฀options.฀
We฀established฀a฀Compliance฀Section฀on฀July฀1,฀
2003,฀to฀aggressively฀promote฀activities฀that฀are฀
rooted฀in฀our฀corporate฀ethics.฀In฀April฀2004,฀we฀for-
mulated฀the฀Nikon฀Charter฀of฀Corporate฀Behavior฀and฀
revised฀the฀Nikon฀Code฀of฀Conduct.฀These฀guidelines฀
ensure฀that฀all฀Nikon฀personnel฀make฀appropriate฀deci-
sions฀based฀on฀ethical฀values,฀while฀clarifying฀responsi-
bilities฀and฀roles฀of฀senior฀management.฀
Environmental฀Conservation฀Activities
Nikon฀commenced฀full-fl฀edged฀environmental฀conser-
vation฀activities฀in฀1992,฀when฀it฀created฀the฀“Nikon฀
Basic฀Environmental฀Management฀Policy,”฀which฀
centers฀on฀the฀fundamental฀principles฀of฀recycling฀
and฀minimal฀environmental฀impact.฀Specifi฀c฀examples฀
include฀the฀acquisition฀of฀the฀international฀certifi฀cation฀
ISO14001฀for฀environmental฀management฀systems฀at฀
Nikon฀Group฀companies,฀and฀the฀implementation฀of฀
the฀“Nikon฀Product฀Assessment”฀system฀to฀quantify฀
the฀environmental฀friendliness฀of฀our฀products.฀
Established฀Zero-Emission฀Systems฀at฀All฀
Manufacturing฀Sites฀and฀Main฀Domestic฀
Manufacturing฀Subsidiaries
Nikon฀defi฀nes฀zero-emissions฀status฀as฀a฀reduction฀in฀
the฀total฀volume฀of฀waste฀sent฀to฀landfi฀ll฀to฀below฀1%฀
of฀all฀emissions.฀By฀the฀end฀of฀the฀year฀ended฀March฀
2003,฀we฀had฀established฀zero-emission฀systems฀at฀all฀
manufacture฀sites฀and฀Sendai฀Nikon฀Corp.฀During฀the฀
year฀ended฀March฀2004,฀we฀established฀the฀system฀at฀
Tochigi฀Nikon฀Corp.฀and฀Kurobane฀Nikon.฀We฀will฀ad-
vance฀activities฀towards฀the฀creation฀of฀zero-emission฀
systems฀at฀other฀domestic฀manufacturing฀subsidiaries฀
in฀the฀future.
The฀Nikon฀Charter฀of฀Corporate฀
Behavior฀and฀the฀Nikon฀Code฀
of฀Conduct
ISO14001฀certifi฀cate
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