FY2008 Result and FY2009 Targets-Economic (Business) Performance

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FY2008 Result and FY2009 Targets-Economic (Business) Performance

FY2008 Result and FY2009 Targets-Economic (Business) Performance

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Anticipating and meeting social needs related to safety, security, health and the environment

Rating: Self-assessment was conducted to comprehensively evaluate the progress of activities, including achievement of GD-Ⅲ(third stage of Grand Design 2010) targets (FY2008-10), degree of global expansion of activities, external evaluation and comparison with other companies, etc.
○：More progress than initially expected　△：Progress　×：Needs more effort

CSR issues and basic policy

Innovation driven by social needs

Offer products and services to address social needs related to safety, security, health and the environment, by capitalizing on Omron’ s core competencies of sensing and control technology. The key concept is creating the “best matching of machines to people.

GD-III (FY2008-10) focus activities/targets

Take on challenge of creating products/services that contribute to solving social issues with focus on 4 areas of safety, security, health and environment.

Safety and Security (Products/services for various sectors of society)

FY2008 results	Rating	FY2009 policy and targets
【Ensuring safety and security for production sites】 Promoted safety businesses (various safety sensors) to maintain safety at worldwide production sites. More	△	【Ensuring safety and security for production sites】 Continue promoting safety business to maintain safety at global production sites. Note: Aim to establish an indicator for objective measurement of progress by the end of FY2009.
【Toward a safer, more secure society】 Launched social sensor solutions business that contributes to safety and security of society in 4 domains.train stations, roads, industry and commerce. Released 4 vision sensors as core products. Participated in large-scale demonstration tests for driving safety support systems (DSSS) sponsored by Universal Traffic Management Society of Japan. More	【Toward safer, more secure road transportation】 Continue tests with car manufacturers to verify the effectiveness of DSSS systems.
【Embedded personal computers that ensure equipment safety and security】 Promoted R&D for RAS sensing technology for enhancing reliability, availability and serviceability of industrial-use electronic devices using computer technology. Adopted RAS sensing technology for industrial products that require extremely high reliability. More	【Embedded personal computers that ensure equipment safety and security】 Promote adoption of common platform, standardization and options for RAS sensing technology to expand the range of products employing the technology. Note: Aim to establish an indicator for objective measurement of progress by the end of FY2009.

FY2008 results

Rating

FY2009 policy and targets

【Ensuring safety and security for production sites】

Promoted safety businesses (various safety sensors) to maintain safety at worldwide production sites.

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【Ensuring safety and security for production sites】

Continue promoting safety business to maintain safety at global production sites.

Note: Aim to establish an indicator for objective measurement of progress by the end of FY2009.

【Toward a safer, more secure society】

Launched social sensor solutions business that contributes to safety and security of society in 4 domains.train stations, roads, industry and commerce. Released 4 vision sensors as core products. Participated in large-scale demonstration tests for driving safety support systems (DSSS) sponsored by Universal Traffic Management Society of Japan.

【Toward safer, more secure road transportation】

Continue tests with car manufacturers to verify the effectiveness of DSSS systems.

【Embedded personal computers that ensure equipment safety and security】

Promoted R&D for RAS sensing technology for enhancing reliability, availability and serviceability of industrial-use electronic devices using computer technology. Adopted RAS sensing technology for industrial products that require extremely high reliability.

【Embedded personal computers that ensure equipment safety and security】

Promote adoption of common platform, standardization and options for RAS sensing technology to expand the range of products employing the technology.

Note: Aim to establish an indicator for objective measurement of progress by the end of FY2009.

Health (Products/services supporting lifestyle disease prevention/treatment)

FY2008 results	Rating	FY2009 policy and targets
Contributed to prevention, treatment and management of lifestyle diseases through blood pressure monitors, thermometers, pedometers and vascular screening devices in 100+ countries throughout the world. More	△	Offer home and professional use products/services that help prevent, treat and manage lifestyle diseases globally. Accelerate sales expansion by meeting needs of emerging and fast-growing countries in FY2009. Note: Aim to establish an indicator for objective measurement of progress by the end of FY2009.

FY2008 results

Rating

FY2009 policy and targets

Contributed to prevention, treatment and management of lifestyle diseases through blood pressure monitors, thermometers, pedometers and vascular screening devices in 100+ countries throughout the world.

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Offer home and professional use products/services that help prevent, treat and manage lifestyle diseases globally. Accelerate sales expansion by meeting needs of emerging and fast-growing countries in FY2009.

Note: Aim to establish an indicator for objective measurement of progress by the end of FY2009.

Environment (Products/services supporting a small carbon footprint society)

FY2008 results	Rating	FY2009 policy and targets
【Environmental solutions】 Conducted in-house verification of CO2 reduction solutions business that helps companies prevent global warming. Confirmed possible reduction of 11% in electricity consumption (reduction of 90 tons CO₂ per month) through system deployment in a Group company. More	△	【Environmental solutions】 Promote CO2 reduction solutions business designed to help companies prevent global warming. Achieve CO₂ emissions reduction rate of approx. 10% on average among client company sites employing Omron solutions. Develop a new method for further reduction in CO₂ emissions and conduct in-house verification.
【Environmental components business】 Promoted solar power conditioner¹ business related to new energy sources. More Promoted environmental sensing business (ionizers², particle sensors³, etc. which contribute to a cleaner production environment). More Developed battery management system for next-generation electric vehicles. More 1 A solar power conditioner converts DC power from solar panels to home-use AC power, and connects it to a commercial power source from the power company. 2 An ionizer can neutralize and eliminate static electricity generated in production processes. 3 A particle sensor enables high-precision monitoring of airborne particles.	【Environmental components business】 Promote solar power conditioner business related to new energy sources. Promote environmental sensing business. Deploy battery management system on next-generation electric vehicles. Note: Aim to establish an indicator for objective measurement of progress by the end of FY2009.

FY2008 results

Rating

FY2009 policy and targets

【Environmental solutions】

Conducted in-house verification of CO2 reduction solutions business that helps companies prevent global warming. Confirmed possible reduction of 11% in electricity consumption (reduction of 90 tons CO₂ per month) through system deployment in a Group company.

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【Environmental solutions】

Promote CO2 reduction solutions business designed to help companies prevent global warming.

Achieve CO₂ emissions reduction rate of approx. 10% on average among client company sites employing Omron solutions.
Develop a new method for further reduction in CO₂ emissions and conduct in-house verification.

【Environmental components business】

Promoted solar power conditioner¹ business related to new energy sources.

Promoted environmental sensing business (ionizers², particle sensors³, etc. which contribute to a cleaner production environment).

Developed battery management system for next-generation electric vehicles.

1 A solar power conditioner converts DC power from solar panels to home-use AC power, and connects it to a commercial power source from the power company.

2 An ionizer can neutralize and eliminate static electricity generated in production processes.

3 A particle sensor enables high-precision monitoring of airborne particles.

【Environmental components business】