COP 2009

Participant
Published
  • 28-Sep-2009
Time period
  • April 2008  –  March 2009
Links
Description
  • Note1) Informing our publication of CSR website and booklet through mass media and sending the CSR report booklet to stakeholders, and asking them to answer our questionnaires about our efforts reported in CSR website and CSR report booklet. On our Japanese website, stakeholders can put their opinions and comments to each section of our website.

    Note2) Since 2008, to acess the information easily, Olympus has provided comprehensive and detailed case sutudies concernibg activites of its group companies on its website, Corprate Social Responsibility Activities. The booklet is a digest version of this website, and provides summarized policies, new initiaves and other selected key items in fisical 2008 from the website.

Principles covered
  • Principle 1 - Businesses should support and respect the protection of internationally proclaimed human rights
  • Principle 2 - Make sure that they are not complicit in human rights abuses
  • Principle 3 - Businesses should uphold freedom of association & effective recognition of the right to collective bargaining
  • Principle 4 - The elimination of all forms of forced and compulsory labour
  • Principle 5 - The effective abolition of child labour
  • Principle 6 - Eliminate discrimination in respect of employment and occupation
  • Principle 7 - Businesses should support a precautionary approach to environmental challenges
  • Principle 8 - Undertake initiatives to promote greater environmental responsibility
  • Principle 9 - Encourage the development and diffusion of environmentally friendly technologies
  • Principle 10 - Businesses should work against all forms of corruption, including extortion and bribery
Languages
  • English, Japanese