CSR Report 2008-Environment

Themes of Activities in Fiscal 2007

At NEC Fielding, we are committed to supporting legal compliance management, internal audits, chemical management, waste management, and the development of environmental-management regimes by our partners, in order to enhance our environmental risk management regime.

Results of Activities in Fiscal 2007

We advanced company-wide environmental risk management activities through our environmental management system operations regime.

We conducted internal audits and periodic reviews, and confirmed that our environmental management system is functioning correctly.

We began the Fielding eco Net Service to advance environmental management at our corporate partners and affiliates.

Future Challenges

	Enhance environmental management in the NEC Fielding Group, including subsidiaries and partners Further enhance legal compliance management, internal audits, chemical management, and waste management

We at NEC Fielding shall remain aware of our corporate social responsibilities, and practice environmental management on our own initiative to alleviate the environmental burden imposed by our business activities, help to alleviate environmental burden in society as a whole through our products and services, and thereby contribute to the construction of a sustainable society.

Environmental philosophy

In all of our business domains, NEC Fielding shall contribute
to the emergence of an environment-friendly society.

Action guidelines

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.

Operation of environmental management system

We maintain our environmental management system based on the yearly policy for environmental management activities determined by the chief environmental management executive.
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 against the activities in all areas for linkage to continuous improvement.

Organization sequence of environmental management system

Organization of environmental management system

Construction & operation of three-tiered T-PDCA systems at major offices nationwide (1: companywide, 2: branch division/division/department, 3: office)

Organization of environmental management system

Regular audit of ISO 14001 certification in FY2007 (May 2007)

In fiscal 2006, efforts were made to increase the number of NEC Fielding group companies (NDEC and Fielding Supportcrew) ISO certified. The environmental management system that we operate is a three-tier (multi-site) system: company-wide, branch division, and branch office. We once again underwent an audit by the Environment ISO audit institution in fiscal 2007. The audit revealed that there are 17 items requiring "Improvement opportunities." Taking the result into consideration, we are committed to continuous improvement by taking corrective and preventive measures aiming at more efficient operation.

Results of ISO 14001 certification audit in 2007

Internal environmental audit in FY2007 (November - December 2007)

NEC Fielding conducts the internal environmental audit annually since 1993.
Its environmental management system is audited by external auditors, and those on a level of division/department/branch division are inspected on a reciprocal basis by auditors of other divisions, departments, and branch divisions. FY2007 audit covers a total of 165 locations nationwide. For "failure" items, we have been implementing corrective and preventive measure to improve regulations and operational procedures.

Results of internal environmental audit in FY2007

Environmental risk management

To prevent contamination of air, water, and soil, we have established stricter self-management standards and environmental audit systems while observing all pertinent laws and regulations. In addition, we prepare countermeasures for environmental risks that could be caused by various accidents.

Occurrence of accidents and complaints

We have not received any environment-related penalties, fines, or complaints up to the present.