Approach at environmental management Environmental guidelines In all of our business domains, NEC Fielding shall contribute to the emergence of an environment-friendly society 1. We shall contribute to the building of a sustainable, recycling-oriented society through provision of various services and products to support computer systems, telecommunications systems, and network systems, while also promoting activities to prevent global warming, reduce waste, and promote reuse and recycling in our sales of all types of product. 2.  We shall strive to provide environment-friendly goods and services that help customers to alleviate their environmental burden, and practice green purchasing for office supplies used in the company. 3. Besides observing the environmental regulations of national and local authorities and the items of agreements with customers, we shall apply our own voluntary control standards and work to prevent pollution on an ongoing basis. 4. We shall set forth an explicit program of environmental management activities and have all departments and employees practice environmental management in their own ways, in accordance with their respective roles. 5. We shall confirm the status of activities through internal environmental auditing; make efforts of improvement, correction, and prevention; and strive to maintain and improve our environmental management system. 6. We shall systematically educate our employees about environmental preservation to raise their environmental awareness, so that each will act as good corporate citizens. 7. We shall actively disclose information on our environmental guidelines and environmental measures in our business activities, and make a positive contribution to society as a whole. Formulated in October 1998, revised in June 2006, Nobuhito Yagi, Chief environmental management executive and Senior Vice President System operation setup and organization Our organization for the operation of our environmental management system is topped by the chief environmental management executive, who determines the yearly policy for management activities. In accordance with this policy, the person in general charge of environmental management adds the guidelines for environmental objectives and targets issued by the person responsible for the environmental management system, and instructs the persons in charge of environmental management on the first tier (branch/departmental/divisional level) to formulate yearly plans and conduct activities in their respective areas. The activities in these areas are executed in accordance with these yearly plans. Afterward, progress reports on these activities are made to the district, first tier, and corporate levels. Meanwhile, the Central Environmental and Safety & Health Committee engages in deliberations on medium-term plans, compliance, and in-house rules, and the various conferences below promote activities of environmental communication in the interest of horizontal spread and monitoring. In addition, each year, an auditor appointed by the chief executive performs the internal environmental auditing for linkage to continuous improvement. Environmental auditing and risk management Fiscal 2006 regular audit (May 2006) In fiscal 2006, efforts were made to increase the number of NEC Fielding group companies (NDEC and FSC) ISO certified. The environmental management system that we operate is a three-tier (multi-site) system - company-wide, branch division, branch office. We once again underwent an audit by the Environment ISO audit institution in fiscal 2006. The audit, which was checked and verified by two teams, revealed that while there were no items requiring "instruction for improvement," there were eleven "opportunities for improvement," which we undertook. We are working to implement corrective and preventive measures and strive so that these measures lead to improvements. ■ Scope of auditing and registration   Number of registered locations: 414 (departments, sales offices, and district centers) in 149 districts   Number of employees in the registration scope: 8,386 (Same as previous time)   ■ Auditing results   1) Instruction-for-improvement items (Category A):  none (previous year: none) 2) Instruction-for-improvement items (Category B): none (previous year: none) 3)  Opportunities for improvement: 11 (previous year: 13) 4) Strong points: 3 (previous year: 3) Fiscal 2006 internal environmental audit (November 2006 - December 2006) We continued with our cross-inspection of environmental management systems by external auditors and by the auditors of other divisions and branch divisions on those levels. This audit covered a total of 316 locations, including all sales offices. For items of failure, we made efforts to improve regulations and their application while taking corrective and preventive measures. ■ Subject districts   35 first-tier units, 114 districts, and Environmental Management Promotion Office, for a total of 150   Number of on-site confirmations:  interviews in 35 districts, electronic media in 114 districts Number of auditors:   9 internal, 6 external   ■ Auditing results   Failure (Category 1):  0件 none (previous year: none) Failure (Category 2):   0件 none (previous year: none) Environmental risk management To prevent the occurrence of air pollution, water pollution, and soil contamination, we not only observe all pertinent laws and regulations but also have established stricter control standards of our own and voluntarily execute environmental audits. In addition, we have taken measures to counter environmental risks that could occur in the event of various accidents. Response to accidents and complaints We were not given any environment-related fines or penalties in fiscal 2006. Mission Statement Corporate Summary Message from the President Management Philosophy Scheme Charter of Corporate Behavior CSR Management Governance/Accountability Market Employment Society Environment Environmental Management (1) Environmental Management (2) Environmental Performance (1) Environmental Performance (2) Environmental Communication Environmental Management in Our Business Activities (1) Environmental Management in Our Business Activities (2) Environmental Management in Our Business Activities (3) Third Party Review Postscript