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External Recognition of Environmental Impact Reduction Activities
Omron’s efforts to reduce the environmental impact of its production sites have been highly
evaluated on a global scale, with the Company recently receiving the Grand Prize for the Global
Environment Award in Japan and the Prime Minister’s Hibiscus Award in Malaysia.
Improving Productivity and Saving Energy
through Eco-
Monozukuri ̶23rd Grand Prize
for the Global Environment Award
Reducing Environmental Impacts at
Production Sites̶Environmental Award
from the Malaysian Government
Clean room that realized energy savings and improved productivity by reducing
floating particles
Receipt of the Hibiscus Award from the Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia (center)
Environmental Management
Becoming a Global Value-Creating Company with Environmental
Contributions Exceeding Environmental Impacts
Omron established the Group’s Environmental Policy in 1996 and its environmental management
vision,
Green Omron 21, in 2002. In 2011, Omron formulated its environmental management
vision,
Green Omron 2020. In addition to continuing with efforts to reduce our own environmental
impact, the vision prescribes for the Group to create and supply functional products and services that
reduce the environmental footprint of society. Acting in accordance with Omron’s core corporate value
of
Working for the benefit of society, we will promote more encompassing environmental
management to contribute to the realization of a sustainable society that recycles.
Maximizing effective use
of management resources
(Improvement of
energy/resource productivity)
Offering products/services
beneficial to society
(Expansion of business that contributes
to the global environment)
Reducing
environmental
loads of business
activities
Less More
Expanding
contribution
to improving
the environment
through products/
services
To track the environmental impacts of its businesses across the entire value chain, in fiscal 2013
Omron began employing the Greenhouse Gas Protocol (GHG Protocol), an international accounting and
disclosure tool for greenhouse gas emissions, based on Scope 1, Scope 2, and Scope 3 of the GHG Protocol.
Reducing Environmental Impacts across the Value Chain
GHG
Protocol Explanation Examples
Scope 1Direct emissions, including those from internal fuel combustion and industrial
processes
Emissions from combustion of fuel (city gas, kerosene, etc.)
at operating sites
Greenhouse gas emissions from manufacturing*
Scope 2Indirect emissions from consumption
of purchased electricity, heat, or steam
 CO2 emissions by power companies resulting from electricity used
at operating sites
Scope 3Other indirect emissions
Emissions resulting from steps required to produce purchased raw
materials and products as well as items related to purchased
products
Emissions resulting from electricity consumed during usage of sold
products by users (consumers / businesses)

Perfluorocarbons (PFCs), sulfur hexafluoride (SF6), hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), etc.
Omron was presented with the Japan Business
Federation Chairman’s Award at the 23rd Grand
Prize for the Global Environment Award in
recognition of its promotion of eco-
monozukuri ,
which entails coordination between production
divisions (electricity users) and facility divisions
(providers of electricity) to boost productivity and
quality while reducing electricity usage. We will
further advance eco-
monozukuri to contribute to
the environment by supplying society with energy-
saving products and services.
In December 2013, OMRON MALAYSIA SDN.
BHD. (OMB) received the Prime Minister’s
Hibiscus Award from the Malaysian government.
This environmental award was presented to
OMB in recognition of its efforts to reduce the
environmental impact. We see the receipt of
this prestigious honor as an opportunity to
further advance energy-saving activities while
stepping up education activities targeting
plant workers.
The growth of our PV inverter operations contributed greatly to the expansion of
environmental contribution.
90,000
tons of CO2
Other
800,000
700,000
600,000
500,000
400,000
300,000
200,000
100,000
0
2010
(FY) 2011 2012 2013
Environmental contribution
CO2 emissions from production sites Other PV inverters
Environmental
Contribution
by Source
(Fiscal 2013)
670,000
tons of CO2
t-CO2
580,000
tons of CO2
PV inverters
Expanding Environmental Contribution
■ Distribution of Environmental Contribution by Source
(Fiscal 2013)
■ CO2 Emissions Volumes and
Environmental Contribution
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