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We extend our deepest sympathies to all those affected by this disaster. We aim to use all resources of the NEC Group to do everything we can to assist with the earliest possible recovery of the affected areas.
The scale of the disaster was unprecedented, and the NEC Group was impacted heavily. However, we were able to restore normal operations at five factories in the Tohoku region by March 23rd.
We have supplied cloud-based web hosting and corporate accounting services free of charge to businesses in the affected areas. Employees of NEC Group companies worldwide have made financial donations, and we have also donated PCs and IT networking equipment to residents in the devastated areas. The total value of the Group’s assistance is over ¥100 million.
In addition, employees have volunteered to help disaster restoration and recovery efforts in various ways.
I believe that these activities have given us a new perspective on the NEC Group’s role in society.
I believe that the earthquake disaster has put the true worth of CSR to the test. At NEC, we consider CSR initiatives to be inseparable from corporate activities. We aim to ensure the sustainable development of society and the NEC Group by implementing The NEC Way, the collective activities of NEC Group management.
Let me explain what I mean more specifically. We are exerting our efforts to realize "an information society friendly to humans and the earth"” as set forth in the NEC Group Vision 2017. To this end, we are striving to help solve issues faced by customers and society through our businesses, based on rigorous enforcement of compliance. In this way, we hope to gain the trust and support of all stakeholders, which in turn will support business profitability and growth.
The earthquake has made us take a deep look at the nature of our vision for "an information society friendly to humans and the earth," and how the NEC Group can contribute to realizing such a society.
The world is currently experiencing profound changes. We are seeing issues emerge on a global scale.
Examples include the world’s rapid population growth; the aging of societies, predominantly in developed countries, and various disparities that arise in this context; global warming and climate change issues; and increasingly serious environmental problems.
From the perspective of corporations, these issues can be seen as emerging needs. Looking ahead, I believe that companies must incorporate the fulfillment of these emerging needs into their management strategies and convert such needs into business opportunities. This is because doing so will enable them to make a larger contribution to society as companies. Our vision towards "an information society friendly to humans and the earth" embodies our aspirations in this regard.
We would like to help build a society that is good for people, and also good for the planet. That is why the NEC Group will demonstrate its strengths to provide products and services that will satisfy our customers and help them to grow while also making a meaningful contribution to the advancement of society at large. Toward "friendly to humans," in fiscal 2011, NEC delivered the flight information system for the new international passenger terminal at Tokyo International Airport (Haneda), a project that focused on universal design. We also supplied a cloud-based education system to the San Juan Ministry of Education in Argentina.
Through these projects, NEC has contributed to providing better access to information and bringing the benefits of the digital society to many people across developing countries and emerging markets.
In terms of "friendly to the earth" initiatives, NEC is helping to realize a low-carbon society through various measures. For example, we are using cloud computing technology to reduce CO2 emissions by customers and society as a whole. We are also supplying smart-grid technology utilizing rechargeable lithium-ion batteries.
In fiscal 2011, NEC helped to reduce CO2 emissions by 2.12 million tons. In terms of CO2 emissions reductions at the product usage stage, the overall energy efficiency of our products has improved by 53% since fiscal 2006.
I believe that we must accelerate such initiatives going forward. NEC needs to proactively offer proposals that create value for its customers and society at large by being sensitive to changes in their values and needs. In doing so, we must embrace a broad perspective that encompasses customers beyond our business customers and society as a whole.
The recent disaster has highlighted various social needs for safety and security (in terms of dynamic local communities and robust communications infrastructure), easy access to information (particularly for seniors, people with disabilities and other vulnerable members of society), and saving power and energy. As part of initiatives to realize "an information society friendly to humans and the earth," the NEC Group has long promoted measures to create a safe, secure and energy-efficient society before the disaster struck. The disaster has reaffirmed for us the necessity of continuing and upgrading such initiatives. The importance of information and communications technology (ICT) as basic social infrastructure is growing. We are doing all we can to create ICT infrastructure that is highly reliable and that minimizes any impact on customer businesses and social systems even in emergencies.
One of our key performance targets for fiscal 2018 is to raise the ratio of overseas sales to 50%. We have divided the world into five regions and created regional headquarters to promote the local management-driven development of NEC Group operations in each region. Besides speeding up delegation of authority to the regions, we are also trying to promote the globalization of management based on fast and flexible decision-making through Human Resources policies including the localization of management structures. We recognize that promotion of diversity in the workforce is a vital element, too. Within the next three years, we aim for non-Japanese to make up 30% of employees at our overseas sales divisions. We are also actively pursuing other pro-diversity policies.
NEC has been a signatory to the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC) since 2005. We have been working not only to uphold the universal principles of the UNGC within the Group, but also to step up the extension of the principles to the suppliers that make up our supply chains. These principles concern issues such as human rights, labor standards, environmental protection and anti-corruption measures.
We were one of the first Japanese companies to institute a Stakeholder Review based on the
ISO 26000 international standard for social responsibility that was issued in November 2010.
The results of this review can be found in the "Stakeholder Review".
Just as the ISO 26000 standard espouses the value of stakeholder engagement, I believe that societal concerns
are having a growing impact on business.
The NEC Group recognizes the importance of ongoing engagement with stakeholders to our business. We plan to continue promoting CSR-driven management across the NEC Group, based on the ISO 26000 standard.
The NEC Group would like to extend our sincere appreciation for the continued support of our stakeholders.
