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37
NIKON REPORT 2015
Scholarship award ceremony at Savannakhet University (March 2015)
Business Strategy
Three Pillars of FUTURE IN FOCUS
FUTURE
IN FOCUS
Competency
The quality sought by
the Nikon Group in
target personnel
Succession
Planning
Selection and
development of future
manager candidates
Global
Performance
and Development
Goal setting and
evaluation system
that focuses on
development
FUTURE IN FOCUS is going to be introduced to Nikon Corporation
and some of the Group companies from the year ending March 31,
2016, and subsequently to other Group companies from the year
ending March 31, 2017.
n Promotion of social contribution activities
Scholarships in Laos
Supporting the future of Laos and the development of human resources
to cultivate friendly relations with Japan, the Nikon Group established
two scholarships in May 2014. Despite rapid economic growth and
development in recent years in Laos, there are quite a number of cases
of students who are not blessed with the opportunity to receive an
education due to severe economic conditions. Thus, every year, with
the cooperation of the Education for Development Foundation Japan
(EDF-Japan), the Nikon-EDF Japan Scholarship for Laos program sup-
ports the education of 100 junior high school students in Savannakhet
Province, where Nikon Lao Co., Ltd., is located, while the Nikon-JICA
Scholarship for Laos program provides nancial aid to 40 students at
Savannakhet University.
Moreover, having established the Nikon Shanti Scholarship in
Thailand, the Nikon Group is supporting education for students from
junior high school to university.
n Promotion of CSR activities in the supply chain
Formulation of CSR Procurement Standards
Nikon promotes CSR procurement to address CSR issues, including
the prevention of bribery and respect for human rights, along entire
supply chains.
Previously, the Nikon Group had formulated CSR procurement
guidelines and progressively enhanced its briengs, CSR question-
naire surveys, interview surveys with individual procurement partners,
visit conrmations, and approaches to procurement partners. In March
2015, to bring about a further ramping up of those previous activities,
the Group drew up new CSR Procurement Standards. Referencing the
Electronic Industry Citizenship Coalition (EICC),* which has become
one of the international standards in CSR procurement, the criteria set
out an evaluation index of important issues in today’s supply chains.
Moreover, the Group implemented monitoring surveys at two compa-
nies to test the criteria’s validity. On the basis of the new standards,
the Group will review its systems to more effectively reduce CSR risk
in the scal year ending March 31, 2016.
* Electronic Industry Citizenship Coalition. Primarily comprising European and U.S.
companies, an electronic device industry CSR alliance established in 2004. Prescribes
the CSR standards covering supply chains in the EICC Code of Conduct.
As more detailed CSR information is posted on our website, please visit: http://www.nikon.com/about/csr/index.htm