We address "green procurement" as a
member of the NEC Group. Green procurement means giving priority
to materials with lower environmental impact in order to expand
the market of green products, promote the development of environmentally
conscious products, and raise environmental awareness among designers
and developers. In this way we can contribute to creating a recycling-oriented
society.
Our first step is developing green procurement criteria based on
the concept of procurement of low-impact materials from environmentally
conscious suppliers. To recognize green suppliers and materials,
we began a "green certification" system in FY 2002. As
of FY 2006, we intend to procure only from suppliers who have been
awarded green certification.
NEC Green Procurement Policy
The "Green Procurement Guideline" issued
by NEC was thoroughly revised in FY 2002 to achieve green procurement
targets.
In addition to this guideline, we provided a list of environmental
substances restricted by NEC LCD Technologies, including substances
specified by JGPSSI*, in our "Common Purchase Specifications
for Green Procurement" and distributed these specifications
to our materials suppliers.
*JGPSSI: Japan Green Procurement Survey Standardization Initiative
