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VTech Holdings Ltd Annual Report 2008 15
VTECH AND
Our Communities
In its philanthropic e orts, VTech focuses on initiatives
supporting education, innovation and technology.
During the  nancial year 2008, we again supported Business
of Design Week as well as charity sales and blood donations
organised by the Red Cross in Hong Kong. We also supported
work in rural areas of mainland China through donations to
Heifer International – Hong Kong.
In North America, two new initiatives were launched.
Working with the Ladies PGA, our “Under Par to Above
Par” programme donated cash and phones to the Step Up
Women’s Network. The “Whiz Kid Class of 2020” competition
saw three kindergartens win Whiz Kid, new personal
computers and printers.
VTECH AND
The Environment
VTech regards care for the environment and making a
positive contribution to e orts to tackle climate change as
an important part of its corporate social responsibility.
Throughout our operations worldwide, we encourage
waste reduction, environmentally sound processes,
energy e ciency and recycling. At the factory level, we
have converted lighting to energy saving systems and set
temperature controls at 25 degrees celsius for air-conditioned
production  oors. We also treat waste water and exhaust
air before discharge and have installed numerous electricity
saving devices.
For our products, we are committed
to conform to the highest standards of
environmental legislation or guidelines,
such as RoHS in Europe and Energy
Star in the United States. We have also
developed and patented 100% recyclable
window box packaging to replace the
previous clamshell packages used for
TEL products.