Fuji Xerox Releases Sustainability Report 2008
Featuring How Fuji Xerox Views its
Relationship With Society
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TOKYO, September 30, 2008 – Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd. releases today English and ChineseNote 1 Sustainability Report 2008, which summarizes the company’s Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiatives in fiscal 2007. The print version of the Report has been produced in Japanese, English, and Chinese comprising 36 pages, while the online version includes more detailed information and data comprising around 250 pages on 100 items in Japanese and English (both versions are A4-sized). |
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Note 1 |
Japanese version was released in August 2008. |
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Features of Sustainability Report 2008 (Print Version) |
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1. Message From the Top Management (Top Commitment)
Tadahito Yamamoto, president of Fuji Xerox, pledges commitment to embedding awareness of CSR as an integral part of business and management, not as something extra, and to promoting a natural and down-to-earth approach to CSR throughout the organization. |
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2. Three Highlights
This section outlines key initiatives concerning the “Three Cs” (Customer, Competency, and Commitment) that are mentioned by President Yamamoto in the Top Commitment as Fuji Xerox’s priorities to provide new value-added to customers and society. |
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Highlight 1: Contributing to Our Customers’ Environmental Awareness With Excellent Products
Fuji Xerox’s multifunction devices and printers won the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) Prize in the Eco Products Category of the 4th Eco Products Awards in December 2007. This year’s report describes the behind-the-scenes efforts of product development leaders and managers, aimed at producing environmentally friendly products at an unrivalled level. |
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Highlight 2: Diversity Strategies That Boost Competitiveness: Learning From a Pioneering Example at an Affiliated Company
This section introduces the efforts of Fuji Xerox Australia to boost productivity through diversity strategies for human resources. It shows their philosophy and endeavors in how a company should leverage the human resources to deploy global business activities, as well as what Fuji Xerox’s Human Resources Development staff has learned from this practice. |
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Highlight 3: Synergetic Exchanges Beyond National and Corporate Borders: The Evolution of Ethical Procurement
This section introduces initiatives undertaken by Fuji Xerox of Shenzhen to contribute to enhanced management at suppliers through ethical procurement in the South China regions, where labor problems are increasing. It also describes how staff at Fuji Xerox of Shenzhen and their suppliers build mutual understanding through communication and translate hard work into higher product quality. |
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3. Special Feature on Fuji Xerox’s Relationship With Society
The Special Feature concerns Fuji Xerox’s relationship with society. It includes two columns: “Bridging Japan-China Relations for the Future Generations” (Yotaro Kobayashi, Chief Corporate Advisor) and “The Significance of the UN Global Compact and the Role of Companies” (Toshio Arima, Executive Corporate Advisor); an interview with Toshiro Nakamura, president of Nakamura Brace Co., Ltd., titled “Learning CSR From Other Companies: Management Embraces Young Hearts,” as well as “Issues Surrounding Questionable Labeling of Recycled Paper Content” (Masaaki Ishizuka, president and representative director of Fuji Xerox Interfield Co., Ltd.). |
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4. Self-Evaluation on Progress of Our CSR Performance
This section provides information on managing indices and their quantitative results of selected items, which are key to the company’s relationship with society, and are deemed to be of most interest to stakeholders. |
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5. Third-Party Opinion on the Report
To provide third-party opinion, Toshihiko Goto, chief executive of Sustainability Forum Japan, reviewed Fuji Xerox’s CSR performance and the Report. |
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Cover of “Sustainability Report 2008”
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