Corporate Citizenship Activities

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Management of the OMRON Group's community involvement

OMRON engages in community involvement both directly and indirectly. Direct contributions include donations as well as participation in and support for the activities of NPOs, all of which draw on OMRON's distinctive strengths. Indirect contributions are made by introducing and providing information on volunteer activities to employees and supporting employees who take part in these activities.

OMRON pursues effectiveness in its activities by specifying the scope of these efforts as group-wide, multiple-site, or site-specific according to the theme of the activity. OMRON also aims to boost synergies between direct and indirect contributions by encouraging employees to participate in direct contribution activities promoted at the corporate level.

The Better Corporate Citizenship Department in the OMRON Head Office is tasked with planning, promoting and managing the social contributions and community involvement activities of the OMRON Group.

In fiscal 2006, OMRON set forth the Basic Policy for Community Involvement and Social Contributions (Corporate Citizenship) by upgrading its conventional Corporate Citizenship Declaration as part of the OMRON Group CSR Practice Guidelines (see pg. 12 'CSR Management and Activities').

Promoting the 'Ecovolun' initiative

Sagami Forest tree-planting project

To encourage more employees to participate in volunteer activities, the 'Ecovolun' initiative was launched in fiscal 2006 mainly at the Tokyo Head Office. Under this initiative, employees receive points when they take part in community events as volunteers, or when they participate in social contribution and environmental protection projects that OMRON Group sites organize or provide information about. At the end of the fiscal year, the total number of points is calculated at each site and converted to a monetary value. The company then pledges this amount to various contribution activities. In fiscal 2006, OMRON employees participated in a tree-planting activity as part of the 'Ecovolun' initiative.

After confirming acceptance of the initiative by sites and its effectiveness during fiscal 2007, OMRON will consider a full-scale implementation throughout Japan.

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