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Voluntary Efforts by Overseas Non-manufacturing facilities

Conserving energy at offices

Various voluntary efforts are being undertaken at the Nikon Group's non-manufacturing facilities overseas. Nikon GmbH (Germany) has elected to use superior thermal insulation in the walls of its office buildings, and has introduced cogeneration systems to power the heating and cooling in its offices. Nikon U.K. Ltd. (United Kingdom) has introduced motion sensor lighting in its offices as a way of reducing power consumption. And Nikon Research Corporation of America (United States) has achieved an energy saving and a reduction in CO2 emissions by replacing its indoor and outdoor incandescent light bulbs with more efficient lighting.

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Using renewable energy


(Right) Heat pump system at Nikon AG
(Left) Certificate for green electricity at Nikon Europe B.V.

Starting in January 2010, all energy used by Nikon Europe B.V. (the Netherlands), a total of approximately 700,000 kWh per year, has been obtained from green energy sources. Furthermore, Nikon AG (Switzerland) introduced a heat pump system using geothermal heat for heating and cooling its office when it moved locations in 2003.

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Employee attitude

At Nikon Imaging Korea Co., Ltd. (NIKC, Korea), under a slogan of "saving even just one cup per day can change NIKC," an ongoing campaign has been run since March 2011 to reduce the number of paper cups being used. Now, almost all employees use reusable cups. The company has also taken an active approach toward controlling indoor temperatures and restricting the use of elevators.
The Nikon Group commends the energy-saving actions of employees. Many other facilities also engage in positive action, such as diligently turning lights off and turning air-conditioning off outside of working hours.

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Efforts for commuting and commercial vehicles

At Nikon GmbH (Germany), Nikon France S.A.S. (France), Nikon s.r.o. (Czech) and other companies, employees are encouraged to actively use public transportation or commute in other ways that have little environmental impact. Nikon GmbH has also replaced its company vehicles with more eco-friendly, fuel-efficient vehicles. Nikon France S.A.S. is also working to introduce hybrid cars.