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| Our environmental strategy focuses on three core objectives: elimination of hazardous substances; resource conservation and energy conservation. We continually assess how we can reduce the amount of packaging, hazardous and non-renewable materials used in our products. Canon also aims to reduce the environmental burden in all stages of a product’s lifecycle, from production, to use and onto disposal via recycling.
Recycling and waste reduction. In 1990, Canon became the first company in the world to begin collecting and recycling toner cartridges and we operate our own European cartridge recycling scheme.
WEEE EU Directive. Canon participates in the recovery of Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) in each EU country. We also strive to make products 75% recyclable by mass (for reuse and material recycling) and 85% recoverable by mass (including thermal recycling).
ISO 14001. We are one of the few companies with Global Certification for ISO 14001, with more than 700 of our sites certified worldwide. As part of this certification, both internal and external audits are conducted on a yearly basis.
RoHS compliance. While compliance with the RoHS directive is now legally required throughout the EU, we were proud to be the first company in the industry to release products complying with this directive.
By making sure that our products meet the strict stipulations of the International ENERGY STAR® Program, our customers can be sure that each device meets stringent energy efficiency standards. We also have country-specific Energy Strategies for the use of greener energy throughout Europe. |
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| Local community projects across Europe. Canon supports the Red Cross in a wide range of local projects across 13 countries, including emergency youth shelters in Finland, a teenage pregnancy programme in Austria, helping victims of domestic violence in Denmark, an international humanitarian law education programme in France and a World AIDS Day Campaign in Spain.
Find more information on our support of The Red Cross.
Supporting our employees’ charity activities. We encourage and support our employees in their own charitable activities. Activities vary across Europe, but for example with the UK’s CARE programme, we match any monies employees raise in charitable fundraising events. In the Netherlands, Canon employees carry out volunteer work with children suffering long-term illnesses, where employees help the children take pictures and then make photo albums with them. |
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| Canon ensures compliance with laws and regulatory requirements such as data protection, company law, customers and corporate governance, details of which are produced in our Annual and Corporate Social Responsibility reports.
Canon’s Global Code of Conduct incorporates our guiding Three Selfs principles: Self Awareness, Self Management, and Self Motivation. We also encourage our employees to draw attention to any non-compliance of this Code of Conduct without recrimination, to ensure we maintain ethical standards at all times. |
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| Our partnership with the Red Cross enables us to come quickly to the aid of those in desperate need, following humanitarian crises and disasters. For example, Canon Europe donated €80,000 to the British Red Cross following the Asian tsunami in 2004 – just a part of a far larger donation pledged by the Canon Group. Throughout 2007, Canon also made significant donations to help in the aftermath of natural disasters in Peru, Bangladesh, China and Japan.
Following the 7/7 London terrorist bombings in 2005, we lent our highly effective DRagon mobile Digital Radiography system to help the Association of Forensic Radiographers (AFR) swiftly identify victims. The portability and flexibility of the equipment also allows medical practitioners to carry out swift diagnosis in previously inaccessible regions, such as western Sudan.
Most recently, Canon has helped the plight of the thousands affected by the devastating earthquake that hit China's Sichuan province on 12 May 2008 through financial aid, donations of medical equipment and a new online campaign.
Find out about the ‘Help with Love’ website and how Canon is helping those affected. |
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| There is a growing interest from investors not only in Canon’s business performance and financial condition, but also in socially responsible investment (SRI), which takes into account environmental, social, and other criteria when making investment decisions. Canon’s commitment in this area has been recognised by SRI evaluation bodies worldwide, resulting in our inclusion in the following indexes:
• FTSE4Good Global 100 Index (UK)
• Ethibel Sustainability Index Global (Belgium)
• Morningstar Socially Responsible Investment Index (Japan)
An online copy of Canon’s Sustainability Report can be found in the IR Library section of the global investor relations website which also contains detailed information on Canon's financial results and Investor Relations activities. |
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| Canon recognises the valuable role that arts and culture play within society, For this reason we support a wide range of artistic and cultural activities across Europe. A few examples follow.
Sponsorship of the arts. Canon has agreed a five-year sponsorship programme with the CoBrA modern art museum in Amstelveen in The Netherlands, which recently won an award for the best museum in The Netherlands*. We are also the official sponsors of the Barbican Great Performers series in London, which brings together the best of the world's singers, conductors and musicians in an eclectic feast of great music.
World Press Photo. Canon is a corporate sponsor of the World Press Photo competition – the most prestigious annual press photography contest in the world. Besides managing an extensive exhibition program, World Press Photo closely monitors recent developments in photojournalism through a range of educational projects.
Visa pour L’Image photojournalism festival. Canon is the principal sponsor for this annual event in Perpignan, France. Visa pour l’Image provides a forum for photojournalists from around the world to present their work, talk to peers and meet with potential clients and photo agencies. The festival is attended by around 260 agencies from more than 60 different countries; around 3,000 photjournalisam professionals.
*Awarded by the national newspaper Algemeen Dagblad. |
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| In The Valley of the Kings. As well as providing funds for local cultural and educational projects, we have participated in some fascinating projects. For example, as part of a Discovery Channel expedition, the Canon CXDI-31 – the world’s first portable digital radiography system – was used to provide instant digital images of the mummified body of Queen Nefertiti.
Helping young people achieve their potential. Fostering the development of fertile minds is an important element of Canon’s approach to corporate citizenship. In Denmark we support Study Café with the Red Cross, where young volunteers help other disadvantaged young people with their schoolwork.
Keeping track of Arctic Polar Bears. We actively support the WWF Polar Bear Tracker – an online project helps to educate children aware of the negative effects of climate change in general and in particular, the effect on polar bears and their habitat. We do this by tracking the whereabouts of tagged polar bears via an interactive website.
Find out more about our support of WWF
Promoting understanding between Europe and Japan. The Canon Foundation was founded to promote international and scientific relations between Europe and Japan. By giving grants to highly qualified scholars and researchers, we can create a network of people dedicated to creating mutual understanding between the two cultures. The Foundation has sponsored over 250 Visiting Research Fellows to date.
Discover more information on the Canon Foundation |
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| Canon understands that a happy workforce is a productive workforce. Therefore, we ensure that we promote this wherever possible. We operate to strict social standards on labour conditions in our factories and we’ve never had legal recourse on any humans rights issues.
We ensure we understand local social policies and etiquette and use these to help share best practices. Canon works to foster a corporate culture that encourages an enterprising spirit by acknowledging the human values of ambition, responsibility and mission, and by guaranteeing fair and impartial evaluation based on merit. |
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| Since 1995, all Canon suppliers have been required to meet the Canon Green Procurement Standards. This includes scoring them on green issues during the tender and procurement process, so we only source responsible direct production materials for use in Canon products.
We’re also dedicated to leading innovation in the development of the latest imaging technology advancements. In 2006, our Research and Development investment was 7.4% of net sales – around $2.5billion – and we have appeared in the US patent ranking’s top 5 every year since 1992. |
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