Protecting and conserving environment
Canon Vietnam is always leading in protecting global environment.
With the phylosophy "Kyosei" - Symbiosis with the Earth's environment, Canon Vietnam is always a pioneer in protecting and preserving the environment, contributing to the sustainable development goals of Vietnam and the world. Canon Vietnam issues an Environmental policy as a direction for all company activities. Canon Vietnam not only takes practical actions to minimize environmental pollution during the production process at the factory, but we also join hands with suppliers and relevant organizations to implement activities to raise up environment protection awareness, together protect environment.
- Totally compliance with Law and other requirements in environmental protection is Canon Vietnam's commitment towards the sustainable development goals of Vietnam and the world.
- Save energy, maximize energy efficiency and greenhouse gas emissions by using renewable energy and technological innovation: Establish energy management system; Replace and use high-performance equipment; Monitoring electricity, applying "industry generation 4.0" technology in energy use; Using ice tanks reduces peak operating time for the Chiller system; use solar power; In order to promote energy saving activities, the company has established an Energy Management Board in the company's organizational structure to direct, operate and link departments within the company to maintain management activities. energy, controlling indicators, achieving targets as well as promoting energy saving activities headed by the General Director.
- Promote waste reduction activities : lncreasing Mold material recycle; replacement & limitation materials with significant environmental impacfs (EPS package, nylon...); minimize the use of single-use plastic ; Eliminate toxic substances through continuous improvement activities, prevent environmental pollution and destruction, gradually reduce environmental burdens and contribute to Vietnam's SDG sustainable development goals and World.
- Lead and expand activities to raise up awareness: the company annually organizes environmental awareness, competence training classes for employees; Organize Environment Month with meaning activities from small actions for all employees to easily implement, to raise environmental protection awareness; Propaganda activities to raise awareness of environmental protection through videos, loudspeakers, banners, banners about saving electricity, turning off electricity when not in use,...
- "Green procurement" program for suppliers: Through this program, suppliers must strictly comply with environmental standards set by Canon Vietnam and Vietnamese law. Therefore, all components before being shipped to the factory are guaranteed to be "Environmentlriendly products".
For Vietnam environment and biodiversity, we have carried out many projects such as planting forest “For a green Vietnam”, biodiversity protection, environment education and propaganda, "Green parks in the city" project...
"Canon friendship green parks” project
In the context the air quality in urban areas in Vietnam is increasingly alarming and the percentage of trees in large cities like Hanoi is only 1/5 to 1/20 in comparison with the standard of green trees of the world. Canon Vietnam Co., Ltd. decided to launch the project "Canon friendship green park” with the aim of joining hands with the urban areas creates more green parks in order to increase the rate of green trees, minimize air pollution, protect the environment, and at the same time raise people's awareness of environmental protection issues; contribute to join hands with Vietnam to complete the sustainable development goals. The project includes the following main activities: A drawing competition for elementary school students; building and donating green parks to schools, hospitals, and public areas in urban areas; Propaganda and educate on environmental protection and volunteer activities to support schools to raise awareness as well as practice environmental protection practices. From 2021 until 2023, the project built 9 green parks at 9 primary in Hanoi city.
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Environment protection propaganda
This program is one of the annual events of Canon Vietnam with the aim to raise awareness of environmental protection for the pupils and guide them how to protect the environment through small actions in everyday life, the program also inspires and raises awareness of environmental protection in rural area for the local people and the young people.
The environment education program provides pupils the basic environmental knowledge of fauna and flora and polluted issues in Vietnam as well as around the global. The content is presented through vivid video and photo to help them visualize more clearly the environmental situation and to acquire knowledge more easily. Thereby, pupils can understand the importance of environmental protection, their importance role in protecting environment through small action in daily life. In the program, pupils also are trained about 3R activities as well as reducing plastic rubbish, recycle organic rubbish in accordance with Government’s policies. Besides, pupils can join many funny games such as “Rubbish Classification”- practicing rubbish classification like recycle, organic, inorganic rubbish; “Living Environment”- finding suitable living place of animals. Through the vivid photos, video and analyzes of pupils and presenters, it’s easy for pupils to remember the information that programmers desire.
Planting forest "For a green Vietnam"
Canon Vietnam has implemented planting forest “For a green Vietnam” aiming to protect low belt system, prevent land erosion and making green environment. From 2010 to 2021, Canon Vietnam has been planted for 260ha of forest at Bac Giang, Yen Bai and Thanh Hoa (at Ben En National Park).
At the same time, Canon also cooperates to carry out biodiversity conservation activities at the animal conservation center of the National Park, such as planting grass to feed deer, caring animals such as monkeys, turtles, peacocks and cleaning cages and luminescence. Canon's project has received high appreciation from local authorities, people and moreover, it spreads awareness to the community in environmental protection, biodiversity conservation, especially those that Young people - future owners of the country.
Biodiversity conservation
The activity “Biodiversity conservation” has been carried out by Canon Vietnam Cosince 2019 with the goal of joining hands to contribute to biodiversity conservation and realize the sustainable development goals. Canon Vietnam implement various kind of biodiversity conservation activities such as: donate and support diversity conversation in Turtle conversation in Cuc Phuong in breading season ; clean plastic waste in Xuan Thuy National Park; Maintain prevent fire’s line to protect forest...
