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Group Environmental Awards

FY 2012

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 2011

Grand prize

"Development of space-saving ATM (third-generation ATM) in pursuit of environmental performance"

Space-saving ATM Development Project
(Application Appliance Division ATM-G (representative), 1st Financial Solutions Division
NEC System Technologies, Ltd., NEC Computer Technology Ltd.,
NEC Soft, Ltd. Nagano Branch Division)


Environmentally Sound Business Activities Award

"Conversion to EmpoweredOffice on all floors of the new headquarters"

Transfer of Headquarters Project,
NEC Networks & System Integration Corporation


Environmentally Sound Product Award

"Development of the Bach Series of environmentally sound liquid crystal projectors"

NEC Display Solutions, Ltd.
1st Engineering Group, Projector Development Division


Green IT Award

"Contribution to fostering environmental awareness and CO₂ reduction through increasing the visibility of the enepal PC"

Service Development Department, Marketing Division, NEC Fielding, Ltd.
IT Platform Solutions Division, NEC Corporation


Environmental Communications Award

"Proposal for CO₂ reduction based on the ’NEC Taiwan ecotonoha forestation event’"

CSR Promotion Office, General Affairs Department, NEC Taiwan Ltd


Encouragement Award: Environmentally Sound Product

"Development of mobile WiMAX router that realizes extended period of operation"

Product Development Department, Mechanism Development Department,
Software Development Department, NEC AccessTechnica, Ltd.


Encouragement Award: Environmentally Sound Product

"Development of small diameter optical submarine cable (OCC-SC500)"

Engineering Department, Submarine System Plant, Submarine Business Unit,
OCC Corporation


Encouragement Award: Environmental Communications

"Improvement of the One NEC environmental brand and business promotion by the Environmental Competitiveness Enhancement Project"

Environmental Competitiveness Enhancement Project
(Group-wide project run mainly by the Marketing Division
and Environmental Management Division)

Application Target Areas

  1. Environmentally-considerate Business Activities (Global Warming Countermeasures, etc.)
  2. 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.
  3. Environmentally-considerate Products
  4. 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.
  5. "Green IT"
  6. 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.
  7. Environmental Communication
  8. Communication with stakeholders, enlightenment activities on environmental awareness, improvement of environmental brand image through PR and advertisements, etc.

Evaluation Items

(1) Innovative Innovative based on market trends
(2) Unique A unique approach to existing problems Setting and working on own tasks
(3) Versatility Can be easily deployed to other departments or companies
(4) Targets & Results Setting targets sufficiently high enough and reaching them
(5) Economic Effect Results of efforts linked to increased sales and profits
(6) Contributing Effect on Brand Results of efforts contribute to improve brand strength of the NEC Group