OMRON considers addressing environmental issues to be one of the most important management objectives for the Group. Accordingly, OMRON makes sure that all Group employees are provided with education and training regarding its environmental policies based on the OMRON Principles.

OMRON implements various environmental education and awareness-raising programs. These programs are intended to encourage all Group employees to demonstrate concern for environmental protection, act on their own initiative and take necessary action, whether at work, at home, in the local community or in society at large. Another aim is to make OMRON serve as the center for heightening environmental awareness at both the local and global levels.

Each year, OMRON conducts awareness-raising activities in the Environment Month of June. In fiscal 2010, the general manager of the Environment Innovation Center of the Global Process Innovation HQ* addressed all Group employees through the ON-net internal communication media as part of these activities. The center is tasked with planning and promoting the OMRON Group’s environmental strategies. In his message, the general manager stressed the need for OMRON to address environmental issues as a company committed to "working for the benefit of society." Solicitation of environmental slogans, which had been discontinued in the previous year, resumed this year, attracting many slogan entries that help enhance the environmental consciousness of employees.

As for environmental education, the corporate headquarters provided new employee education and e-learning programs. In addition, each site planned and conducted its own environmental education programs in order to enhance employee awareness of environmental issues.

At each site, education programs for qualified personnel are also available to help internal environmental auditors and environmental impact assessors to improve their skills.

In fiscal 2010, along with efforts toward acquisition of ISO 14001 certification for the globally integrated environmental management system (G-EMS), a common program for all sites was established that provides specialized education for instructors who train and advise internal environmental auditors and environmental impact assessors.

* In April 2011, the Monozukuri Innovation HQ was renamed the Global Process Innovation HQ. The former Quality & Environment Center was also renamed the Environment Innovation Center in July 2010.

 

FY2010 Environmental Education Programs (organized by Head Office)

Program	Target audiences	Description	Time of year	Participants
Environmental education for new recruits	New employees hired by head offices	Environmental education for new recruits before being assigned to departments	Apr. '09	227
e-learning	Personnel who aim to take internal auditor training courses	Pre-learning for internal environmental auditor training courses	Full year	120

Planned programs for FY2010 (organized by sites)

Program	Target audiences	Description	Time of year	Participants
Environmental education for new recruits	New employees hired by each site	Environmental education for new recruits before being assigned to departments	Full year	196
Rank-specific environmental education	General staff, managerial-class employees	Respective education programs for general staff and managerial-class employees	Full year	9,034
Education for qualified personnel	Internal environmental auditors/ environmental impact assessors	Training for new and current internal environmental auditors / environmental impact assessors	Full year	421
Product assessment reviewer education	Researchers / developers / engineers	Education on product assessment techniques, handling of regulated chemical substances, etc.	Full year	20