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Priority Issues in the Medium-Term CSR Plan
The Nikon Group sets the priority issues for its CSR activities and formulates a three-year plan for each of them. Every six months,
we report on our progress on activities to meet annual targets to the CSR Committee.
Priority Issues in the CSR Medium-Term Plan (Three-year plan from April 2014 to March 2017)
Results for the Year Ended March 31, 2014 [Summary] Self-evaluation
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: Achieved
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: Measures started but not yet achieved
Priority issues Targets Results Self-
evaluation
Development of a CSR
infrastructure
Provide employee education in a localized manner through
regional holding companies outside Japan
• Implemented region-wide e-learning through regional holding companies
in Greater China, Asia, and Europe
• Published CSR newsletters on the Intranet in Europe
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Formulate and implement the action plans on CSR promotion
systems in the Americas through regional holding companies
Developed a CSR promotion plan for the Americas and gave individual
briefi ngs to Group companies in the region. Held the fi rst Americas CSR
coordinator meeting in January
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Expansion and promotion of
environmental management For environment-related targets and results, please refer to the “Environmental Action Plan” on page 36.
Implementation of
compliance activities
Conduct a survey in the Nikon Group and set Group policies to
prevent the offering of bribes to public offi cials
Expanded the scope of “bribery” from “bribe offering” to “bribe offering
and taking” after conducting risk surveys, and formulated the draft Group
policy aimed at prevention
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In Group companies outside Japan, conduct compliance
awareness surveys and provide feedback about the results to
all surveyed companies through regional holding companies
Conducted surveys of all targeted Group companies outside Japan and
provided feedback after aggregate analysis of the responses
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Respect for human rights
and labor practices
and promotion of
diversity in the workforce
Raise the number of female employees (permanent and
non-regular employees) as a percentage of all employees to
at least 10% (as of March 31, 2014)
The number of male employees increased due to the policy of promoting
re-hiring after retirement, but the ratio of female employees joining the
Company is growing with the ratio rising to 10.01% (as of March 31, 2014)
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Start the full-scale operation of the mentor system Started the full-scale operation of the mentor system, 10 groups of 20 men-
tors/mentees conducted interviews. Held a joint briefi ng session at the end
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Make all employees, both those within and outside Japan,
aware of the Nikon Group HR Vision
Used the Intranet and internal newsletters, etc., to familiarize Nikon Group
employees with the HR vision. Used as training materials at the Nikon
Group next-generation leader training program
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Continue conducting the Nikon Group monitoring survey to
identify any issues relating to human rights and labor practices
Collected and analyzed responses from 65 companies in the Nikon Group,
including non-consolidated companies, and reported to the CSR
Committee. Gave feedback to all Group companies
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Promotion of social
contribution activities
Encourage employees to conduct volunteer activities in the
disaster-affected areas of the Great East Japan Earthquake and
make related presentations every month in order to ensure the
disaster is not forgotten
Organized 17 rounds of employee volunteer activities. Communicated the
situation in the disaster-stricken areas to approx. 22,000 persons at monthly
exhibitions at Nikon Plaza Sendai and other venues, including exhibitions of
photos for the Photo Book Project for Junior High School Students, etc.
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Increase the number of participants in the Photo Book Project
for Junior High School Students in Fukushima Prefecture and
ensure the completion of the books at all the schools
In the year ended March 31, 2014, the number of participating schools in
Fukushima Prefecture increased by three schools. A total of 42 schools and
one organization completed photo books in Iwate, Miyagi, and Fukushima
prefectures
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Collect information about social contribution activities
conducted by Group companies across the world and raise
the awareness of our employees by disclosing this information
to stakeholders
Conducted the fi rst detailed survey of all Group companies. Reported
periodically on the activities on the Nikon website or internal newsletter.
Also reported locally on the Thai scholarship program on Group company
website
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Promotion of CSR activities
in the supply chain
Continue on-site inspections (at a possible total of 40 compa-
nies), discuss with Group companies outside Japan CSR-
oriented procurement from their procurement partners, and
formulate and implement the necessary measures
Conducted on-site inspections at 36 procurement partners in Japan.
Outside Japan, completed the coordination of monitoring with Nikon
Holdings Hong Kong Limited and Group companies with a view to standard-
izing the CSR guidelines
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Explain the policies on the issue of confl ict minerals to procure-
ment partners, and survey the situation concerning the use of
these minerals. Disclose the obtained information within 2014
Conducted policy briefi ngs for all procurement partners. At the same time,
conducted a survey of targeted products and compiled the results for
disclosure (retrieval rate 90.5%)
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Conduct environmental management system audits on procure-
ment partners and chemicals management system audits within
the Group, targeting a total of 150 sites
Audited environmental management systems at 150 businesses
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• Expansion and promotion of environmental management
• Implementation of compliance activities
• Respect for human rights and labor practices and promotion of
diversity in the workforce
• Promotion of social contribution activities
• Promotion of CSR activities in the supply chain
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We will strive to develop our business globally while constantly
maintaining a strong awareness of CSR, including compliance-
and environment-related issues. We will enhance trust by
encouraging and supporting communication with stakeholders
and responding sincerely to stakeholder expectations.
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