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Sustainability
VTech recognises that a capable and motivated workforce
is integral to our success. We actively promote continuous
learning and provide different kinds of training programmes
for our employees, encouraging them to develop and advance
their careers in our company. We are also committed to
respecting the labour and human rights of all our employees
with clearly defined human resources management policies.
We have procedures in place to ensure that our policies
are properly implemented throughout the company. Any
issues or enquiries raised by our employees through different
communication channels will be handled and investigated by
the company with care and in a confidential manner.
As for the working environment, workplace safety is our
number one priority. We are dedicated to providing our
employees with a healthy and safe working environment.
Our goal is to instil robust safety measures at every level
of the company and to ensure the physical well-being of
employees through the implementation of our “Health and
Safety” programme. All VTech manufacturing facilities comply
with national and international health and safety standards as
evidenced by our certification to OHSAS 18001. Our continuous
activities and programmes on occupational health and safety
also resulted in a reduction on loss of working hours due to
occupational injuries in manufacturing operations by 45.3%
between FY2014 and FY2015, and we did not have any work
related fatality case in FY2015.
The majority of employees in our China manufacturing facilities
are from different provinces of the country. We recognise that
to make them feel at home and have a sense of belonging
while they are living in our dormitories are very important. As
part of our continuous improvement programme for the living
environment, we continuously upgraded the dormitories,
canteens and recreational facilities in FY2015.
Sustainable Operating Practices
VTech has three core policies and systems
to ensure that we have a sustainable
operating practice throughout the
company. We have “Business Continuity
Management” programme in place to
identify and mitigate our potential operational risks, and
increase our resilience capability to resume our operations in an
effective and timely manner. For the supply chain management
which is crucial for our sustainable operations, we have a well-
established “Supply Chain Management System” and a good
procurement practice to monitor the quality of our suppliers
as well as their environmental and ethical performance in
accordance with VTech’s CSR requirements.
As an environmentally conscious and sustainable company,
VTech recognises that climate change could create
uncertainties in our business development. We have developed
our “Climate Change Strategy” to assess how climate change
could affect our business operations, and minimise the
potential impacts on our sustainable growth. As part of our
environmental management approach, we are dedicated to
managing our greenhouse gas emissions and minimising the
energy consumption arising from our daily operations. We
also work closely with our suppliers and customers to reduce
the carbon emissions through enhancing our environmentally
friendly product designs and sustainable operating practices.
Living environment and recreational facilities
VTech dragon boat team
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