Group Environmental Awards

• FY 2013
• FY 2012
• FY 2011

FY 2013

Awards were given for achievements in business activities and excellent integrated environmental activities from FY 2003 for the promotion and penetration of environmental management within the NEC Group.

Recipient of the Environment Award of NEC CSR AWARDS 2012

Grand prize

In Japan: “Design, development and marketing of power-saving servers and storage devices that can operate in environments with an external ambient temperature of 40°C”

Environmentally Sound Business Activities Award

“Expansion of resource recycling business by building facilities certified for wide-area recycling”

Environmentally Sound Product Award

“Development of industry’s first internationally compliant mobile POS”

Environmental Solution Award

“Contribution to energy saving in convenience stores by developing and supplying “Intelligent Distribution Board” for Seven-Eleven Japan Co., Ltd.”

Environmental Human Resource Cultivation Award

“Environmental awareness raising and excellent utilization of personnel by providing support to pass the Certification Test for Environmental Specialists (Eco test)”

Environmental Communications Award (Japan)

“Establishment of environmental top brands and enhancement of reputation through external evaluation of CSR activities”

Environmental Communications Award (Overseas)

“New communication tool: “NEC in EMEA CSR Newsletter” (Environment edition)”

Encouragement Award: Environmentally Sound Business Activity

“Mitigation of environmental impact by changing packing material to air-bag cushion material”

Encouragement Award: Environmentally Sound Product

“Product development of HVDC-compliant servers and storage devices through strategic tie-up”

Encouragement Award: Environmentally Sound Product

“Contribution to significant reduction in CO2 emissions through installation of system power supplies at customer’s premises”

Encouragement Award: Environmental Solution

“SmartAsset, an asset management system for inventorying and renting out fixed assets and facilities using barcodes and RFID tags”

Encouragement Award: Environmental Human Resource Cultivation

“Enhancement of environmental awareness of employees through comprehensive and ongoing awareness-raising activities”

Application Target Areas

1. Environmentally-considerate Business Activities (Global Warming Countermeasures, etc.)
Cost reductions and energy savings through innovative manufacturing activities, reducing environmental loads by installing energy saving equipment, reducing CO₂ emissions in logistics and transport, promoting energy savings by using environmental management systems, office IT, utilizing mobile offices, reducing waste, effective use of resources, etc.
2. Environmentally-considerate Products
Environmentally-considerate product development & manufacturing (promoting energy saving, resource saving, 3R, reducing hazardous substances), environmentally-considerate technology development/practical use/introduction, promoting green procurement, customer support through promoting green procurement, developing & marketing environmental solutions, etc.
3. "Green IT"
Developing & marketing environmentally-considerate software and services, examples where client environmental loads are reduced by using IT, proactively proposing reductions in client environmental loads to clients, examples where eco-appeal are tied directly to sales, etc.
4. Environmental Communication
Communication with stakeholders, enlightenment activities on environmental awareness, improvement of environmental brand image through PR and advertisements, etc.

Evaluation Items

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