Targets and Results - FY06

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Continued activities in six areas

The table below lists the action plan and results for fiscal 2006. Along with increased production, OMRON failed to meet targets for reduction of CO2 emissions, waste generation and paper use. Although OMRON revised the criteria for Eco-Product certification, its implementation was postponed until fiscal 2007.

Major issues that OMRON currently faces include global environmental management and reduction of CO2 emissions. Especially important are energy-conservation measures at the logistics stage, which has become subject to increasingly stringent regulations with the revised Energy Saving Law.

FY2006 Policy and Results

Self-assessment rating
Ο: Targets achieved Δ: Targets partially achieved ×: Targets not achieved

Theme		FY2006 Targets	FY2006 Results	Rating	Page
	Environmental education	- Continue implementation of environmental education programs - Supply educational materials for overseas sites	- Continued implementation of environmental education programs - Completed preparation of 3 packages of educational materials for overseas sites	Ο
	Promotion of environmental awareness	- Continue hosting Environmental Month seminars - Continue soliciting ideas for environmental proposals and slogans - Continue hosting Eco-Life Sheet competition	- Conducted Environmental Month seminars (June) - Environmental proposal submission: 1,350 entries, environmental slogan submission: 6,694 entries (June) - Eco-Life Sheet competition attracted 3,806 participants (February 2007)	Ο
	Environmental accounting	- Strengthen environmental accounting functions - Expand environmental accounting into Japanese Group companies	- Considered launch of environmental management accounting - Expanded environmental accounting to 5 additional sites	Ο
	Pollution control/ environmental risk management	- Maintain record of no legal infringement, environmental accidents, claims or complaints	- No cases of law infringement, environmental accidents, claims or complaints	Ο
	ISO 14001 certification	- Maintain and expand acquisition of ISO 14001 certification into non-production sites	- Japan: New certification acquired by 4 production sites; scope of certification expanded for non-production sites - Overseas: New certification acquired by 2 production sites and 1 nonproduction site	Ο
	Development/supply of Eco-products	- Initiate use of new Eco-label certification criteria	- Completed revision of new Eco-label certification criteria (implementation scheduled for FY2007)	×
	Creation of products with fewer or no hazardous chemical substances	- Eliminate use of regulated chemical substances (lead, cadmium and mercury and hexavalent chromium)	- Maintained total elimination of regulated chemicals from target products - Met Chinese version of RoHS	Ο
	Promotion of green procurement	- Complete green supplier certification	- Completed green supplier certification	Ο
	Product recycling/reuse	- Start recycling/reuse of rail station systems - Select new products subject to recycling/reuse	- Initiated recycling of recovered materials from rail station systems	Δ
	Promotion of CO2 emission redution	- Production sites in Japan: Reduce CO2 emissions per unit of production by 3% from FY2003 - Non-production sites in Japan: Reduce total CO2 emissions by 1.5% from FY2003	- 1% increase from FY2003 (9.5% decrease from FY2005) - 2.4% increase from FY2003 (7.5% decrease from FY2005)	×
	Waste reduction/ recycling	- Achieve zero emissions at non-production sites in Japan - Reduce waste volume per unit of production at production sites in Japan by 15% from FY1998	- Zero emissions not achieved at some sites (achievement expected for FY2007) - 21% decrease from FY1998	Δ
	Detoxification of PCB-containing waste	- Conduct process to detoxify PCB-containing waste according to the processing facility's schedule	- No relevant sites according to the processing facility's schedule for FY2006 - Conducted survey to check for transformers containing low concentrations of PCBs	Ο
	Reduction of PRTR Law-controlled substances	- Maintain FY2005 level (per unit of production)	- Released amount per unit of production: 41.2% decrease from FY2005	Ο
	Resource conservation at sites	- Maintain FY2005 levels (total volume)	- Office paper used: 6.8% increase from FY2005 - Water used: 11.0% decrease from FY2005	Δ
	Air pollution prevention	- Maintain FY2005 levels (per unit of production)	- NOx emissions per unit of production: 67.2% decrease from FY2005 - SOx emissions per unit of production: 66.8% decrease from FY2005	Ο
	Water contamination prevention	- Maintain FY2005 levels (total volume)	- BOD emissions: 12.5% decrease from FY2005 - COD emissions: 0.3% decrease from FY2005	Ο
	Promotion of CO2 emission reducion at logistics stage	- Specify targets in terms of CO2 emissions per unit of production in Japan	- Target setting incomplete for CO2 emissions per unit of production at logistics stage in Japan	×
	Promotion of resource conservation at logistics stage	- Expand deployment of returnable container system - Consider expanding deployment of thin stretch film	- Implemented returnable container system between logistics centers and 4 sites - Introduced thin stretch film at 12 sites	Ο
	Environmental communication (environmental reporting, site reporting)	- Continue publishing report and strengthen information disclosure - Expand sites covered by the report	- Published OMRON Sustainability Report (June) - Released environmental information for 2 OMRON sites and 4 Group companies in Japan	Ο
	Environmental communication (public relations, exhibitions)	- Release environmental information through website - Participate in environmental exhibitions - Release environmental information using media	- Updated CSR website (July) - Participated in Enviro-Shiga (Oct.) and Eco-Products (Dec.) - Placed environment advertisement in “Nikkei Ecology” magazine (Jan. and Mar. 2007)	Ο
	Environmental/social contribution activities	- Continue contribution activities at each site in cooperation with local community - Continue holding environmental classroom	- Carried out Founder's Day community contribution activities (May) - Held “environmental classroom on wheels” at elementary schools (Jan. 2007)	Ο

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