Suppliers, Media, Companies, Students

Suppliers

Epson believes that part of its responsibility is not only to deliver quality products and services but also to maintain a suitable level of human rights, labor standards and environmental preservation throughout the supply chain.

Explanatory meeting for suppliers

We strive to build trust by solving various problems through meetings and dialog, and by sharing objectives with suppliers. Our divisions and overseas manufacturing sites periodically hold procurement policy explanatory meetings to foster understanding of our business plans and procurement policies and to ask for cooperation in bringing them to fruition.

Media

Every year, Epson invites members of the media from around the globe to its business sites in Japan and talks about its business strategies and initiatives.

Reporters hear about Epson's environmental programs
(Hirooka Office)

In December 2011, we invited 25 reporters from China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore, Thailand and Indonesia to learn about our environmental vision and our efforts to reduce the environmental impact of our products. We also deepened their understanding of our environmental programs by showing them our ink cartridge collection and recycling sites.

Companies

Epson proactively works with companies in different industries in order to create new social value.

Cross-industry sales education session at
the Hino Office

Working with Epson Sales Japan, the sales and marketing team at our Microdevices Operations Division teamed up with two other major companies in 2011 to launch a cross-industry sales education project. This project aims to improve the quality of business activities by breaking down organizational boundaries and sharing ideas to learn how to create value that contributes to solutions for the problems faced by customers and society.

Katsuyuki Kawasaki
Device Management Dept.
(Currently in the General Affairs Dept.,
Epson Sales Japan)

Katsuyuki Kawasaki, one of the promoters of the project, comments, "Going forward, businesspeople will need to have a much broader and more varied point of view. I hope that having the opportunity to communicate with different corporate cultures will transform our activities for the better.

Students

Seiko Epson's Monozukuri-Juku (Manufacturing School) facilitates communication by offering basic training in manufacturing for local elementary, junior high and high school students.

Junior high school students disassemble
and reassemble printers

Several of the junior high school students who participated in a printer disassembly and reassembly workshop talked about their experiences. One said, "Putting together a printer for the fi rst time was hard but fun." Another commented, "I could see that a lot of thought goes into printer design. I want to become an engineer, too, so I can create something good." Yet another student mentioned, "Standing up all day is hard work. Now I know how my parents feel."