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]

Since fiscal 2008, OMRON had maintained a green procurement rate of 95% on a monetary basis in Japanese sites up until fiscal 2010. Overseas, the green procurement rate in fiscal 2010 was 83%, slightly below the 85% achieved in fiscal 2009, due to a change in suppliers resulting from the closure of some sites.

 The number of approved business partners, Procurement rate

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. (53 SVHC substances as of July 2011)

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. As for products targeting the EU market and when requested from customers, OMRON has been conducting surveys for added substances as well using JAMP tools.

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.

Documents/forms	Japanese	English	Chinese
Survey manual for chemical substances in parts/materials, Ver. 3.0 (Revised: April 8, 2011)	[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]
Process change notice	[Word： 32KB]	[Word： 37KB]	[Word： 39KB]

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

JGPSSI website

Documents/forms	Japanese	English	Chinese
JAMP AIS/MSDSplus creation manual Ver. 1.1 (Revised: November 1, 2010)	[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 2010, the purchasing department and all other related staff members had discussions with suppliers regarding how to promote the purchase and use of green products. As a result, OMRON decided to expand the list of certified green products for office equipment. This led to promoted purchase of green products, which in turn resulted in a 161% increase in the purchase amount of green products compared to the previous fiscal year. The green purchase rate also increased 3.9% from the previous year’s level to 55.7%.

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

As for purchase and lease of company vehicles, OMRON strives to give preference to fuel-efficient, low-pollution eco vehicles, such as electric vehicles and hybrid cars. In fiscal 2010, eco vehicles accounted for 68% and 64% of all vehicles owned in and out of Japan, respectively. OMRON will promote green purchase in order to increase the ratio to 100%.

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

 Ratio of Eco Vehicles Relative to All Vehicles Owned (Japan and Overseas)