Olympus (Shenzhen) Industrial Ltd.
Initiatives in fiscal 2010
Award for Model Performance in Meeting Hazardous Waste Management Standards
Olympus (Shenzhen) Industrial received an award from the Guangdong Environmental Protection Bureau in recognition of the effectiveness of its hazardous waste management operations.
Book Recycling Initiative by Employees
This scheme allows employees to recycle books and magazines that they have finished reading by making them available to other employees. A total of 300 items were shared within the company during a half-year period. Benefits include not only waste reduction but also access to new knowledge.
Recycled books
Creation of "Green Curtains"
Bitter cucumber (Momordica charantia), loofah (Luffa cylindrica) and Japanese honeysuckle (Lonicera japonica) plants and other species have been cultivated around the outer walls of the factory and administration buildings to create "green curtains." The foliage reduces inside temperatures by providing shade against the summer sun. In addition, employees can harvest fruit and vegetables and enjoy the flowers. This initiative is also helping to raise employees' environmental awareness by encouraging them to think about environmental problems in their immediate surroundings.
A "green curtain"
Ye Yi, Zhang Yizhong and Luo
Ying, Environmental Development
Department of the Administration
and Coordination Division.
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