As a part of its drive to accelerate environmental preservation across its supply chain based on its key polices of ecology (reduction of environmental impact) and compliance (compliance with laws/regulations and social norms), OMRON proactively promotes green procurement intended to purchase environmentally warranted parts and materials.

As such, OMRON encourages suppliers to acquire ISO 14001 or other third-party environmental management certification, while also giving preference to green suppliers that have received third-party certification and met requirements for provision of information on hazardous substances contained in parts or materials they supply, and proof thereof.

In accordance with the green purchase guidelines, the OMRON Group also gives preference to purchase of green indirect materials with less environmental impact, including office supplies necessary for business activities.

Documents/forms	Japanese	English	Chinese
OMRON Green Procurement Standards, Version 3.0 (revised April 8, 2011) ※Note: Changes to Attachment 2: Non-inclusion Certificate and Attachment 4: Survey Sheets 1 to 3	[PDF： 320KB]	[PDF： 246KB]	[PDF： 381KB]
Application Form for Green Supplier Certification	[Excel： 21KB]	[Excel： 21KB]	[Excel： 21KB]

Based on its policy of not using any parts or raw materials suspected to contain hazardous substances, OMRON has been working to reduce or eliminate hazardous chemical substances.

In Europe, REACH regulations that require registration, evaluation, authorization and restriction of all chemical substances that are available in the EU market went into force in June 2007. These legally binding regulations apply for businesses that manufacture, distribute, sell and import into EU not only chemical substances themselves, but also preparations and articles using them.

In October 2008, the REACH regulations listed 15 substances as candidate Substances of Very High Concern for authorization (SVHC). These substances may have very serious and often irreversible effects on humans and the environment.

Since then, suppliers of all products containing SVHC substances are required to notify and provide information on SVHC within its supply chain. (84 SVHC substances as of June 2012)

To meet this requirement and facilitate the smooth transfer of information on chemical substances across its supply chain, OMRON in fiscal 2008 decided to construct and launch an in-house chemical substance management mechanism using the basic information transmission sheets recommended by the Joint Article Management Promotion-Consortium (JAMP). JAMP promotes actions to cope with international issues regarding management of chemical substances. Following the decision, OMRON has been briefing its suppliers on its policies regarding compliance with REACH since fiscal 2009, asking them to cooperate in surveys for parts/materials they supply.

OMRON also revised its in-house regulations to respond to JAMP recommendations of the information transmission mechanism and launched a new IT system (ECODUCE) for compliance with REACH.

Besides REACH, there is also the RoHS Directive that became effective in July 2006. RoHS restricts the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic products. To ensure compliance with RoHS, OMRON had various IT systems in place, including the Rechs system designed to collect necessary information from suppliers regarding regulated substances contained in parts/materials via the Internet. In July 2011, OMRON started using the new REACH-compatible IT system (ECODUCE) integrated with the formerly available systems. In the future, OMRON will promote the implementation of the new system at production sites throughout the world.

〔 Ver 3.1 〕　（revised Aug1, 2012）

Documents/forms	Japanese	English	Chinese
Survey manual for chemical substances in parts/materials, Ver. 3.1 (Revised: Aug 1, 2012)	[PDF： 1181KB]	[PDF： 940KB]	[PDF： 1233KB]
Certificate for non-inclusion of regulated substances Ver. 3.1	[Excel： 19KB]	[Excel： 32KB]	[Excel： 29KB]
Written pledge for abolition of regulated substances Ver. 3.1	[Excel： 19KB]	[Excel： 33KB]	[Excel： 29KB]
Process change notice	[Word： 32KB]	[Word： 37KB]	[Word： 39KB]

〔 Previous version 〕

Documents/forms	Japanese	English	Chinese
Survey manual for chemical substances in parts/materials, Ver. 3.0	[PDF： 769KB]	[PDF： 703KB]	[PDF： 1698KB]
Certificate for non-inclusion of regulated substances	[Excel： 18KB]	[Excel： 32KB]	[Excel： 28KB]
Written pledge for abolition of regulated substances	[Excel： 19KB]	[Excel： 35KB]	[Excel： 29KB]

For details regarding JGPSSI survey/response tools, please refer to the Japan Green Procurement Survey Standardization Initiative website:

JGPSSI website

〔 Ver 2.0 〕　（revised Sep27, 2012）

Documents/forms	Japanese	English	Chinese
JAMP AIS/MSDSplus creation manual Ver. 2.0 (Revised: September 27, 2012)	[PDF： 1422KB]	[PDF： 1074KB]	[PDF： 1235KB]

〔 Previous version 〕

Documents/forms	Japanese	English	Chinese
JAMP AIS/MSDSplus creation manual Ver. 1.1	[PDF： 1422KB]	[PDF： 1074KB]	[PDF： 1235KB]

For details regarding AIS and MSDSplus creation tools, please refer to the Joint Article Management Promotion-Consortium website:

Joint Article Management Promotion-Consortium (JAMP) website

eco vehicles

OMRON designates office equipment, stationery, home appliances and other indirect materials that meet its own standards as green products. OMRON educates and encourages all Group companies to give purchasing preference to suppliers of green products.

In fiscal 2011, the initiative to expand the list of certified green products for office equipment began to take effect. The initiative was based on discussions the purchasing department and other staff members had with suppliers. This promoted the purchase of green products, resulting in a 10% increase in the purchase amount of green products compared to the previous fiscal year. The green purchase rate also increased 8.0% from the previous year’s level to 63.7%.

OMRON will continually promote green purchasing by strengthening relations with suppliers.

As for the purchase and lease of company vehicles, OMRON gives preference to fuel-efficient, low-pollution eco-vehicles, such as electric vehicles and hybrid cars. In fiscal 2011, OMRON owned four electric vehicles and 37 hybrid cars in Japan, and seven hybrid cars in China.

 Ratio of Green Purchase Amount Relative to Total Purchase Amount (Japan)