Canon’s promise to strengthen its social responsibility continues in 2014
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Donates 20 solar panels for energy production centre at Ferozpur Namak village in Mewat District of Haryana
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Increased focus on vision centre and village community development in 2014
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Aims to benefit people in Ferozpur Namak
and neighbouring villages for Eye Care, child development, improved
sanitation and water situation to improve quality of life
by 2016
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Canon India spent INR 46.8 lakhs on CSR
activities in 2012 & 2013. Of this, INR 18.5 lakhs was spent on
‘Adopt a Village’ project
In line with its
continued commitment to the society, Canon today, on the occasion of
its first anniversary of the “Adopt A Village” programme, has added yet
another milestone to its philanthropic efforts
by donating twenty solar panels to the energy production centre at Ferozpur Namak village in Mewat District of Haryana.
Installed on the roof of the government school in the village, these
solar panels would enable 30 fans and up to 20 lights to be operational
for 6 to 8 hrs in a day.
Expressing his views on the occasion,
Mr. Kazutada Kobayashi, President & CEO, Canon India said, “The
Ferozpur Namak Village is the first project under our holistic Adopt a
Village campaign and has successfully completed one year of operation.
Our purpose was to bring up the village under
the three areas of our core CSR policy – Education, Eye Care and
Environment. During the last one year, there have been significant
improvements in the overall infrastructure of the school, adopted under
this campaign at the village. We are proud of this significant
achievement and want to help the village to become self-sustainable in
the long run enabling us to bring more villages under this program.”
The company had recently donated an eye check-up machine to the vision centre in the village.
Since its inception in November 2012, Canon’s ‘Adopt a Village’ project has seen several milestones with regards to the eye care facility including
screening of 6,000 patients, 187 eye surgeries and 52 eye screening camps.
One of the major highlights has been that the
enrolment of girl child in senior classes at the government school in
the village has increased by 83% from last year with an increase in the
number of teachers at the school from 09 to 44.
To further strengthen
its Adopt a village project in 2014, Canon will focus on quality of
education through Teachers’ Capability Trainings, establishment of a
computer lab and a series of community engagement
programmes for sustainability at the village school. In the vision
centre, Canon aims to make provisions for conducting surgery and
multiple successors training. A sanitation drive will begin for overall
village community development.
By 2016, the company
aims to benefit 50,000 people in Ferozpur Namak and neighboring villages
for Eye Care, development of 1,500 children, improved sanitation and
water situation to improve quality of life
of 9,000 people in 1,100 households.
Other CSR projects
undertaken by the company include adoption of 3 rapid metro stations for
creating a green belt around them in Gurgaon and a photo exchange
program between Canon India and Canon China wherein
kids in the adopted villages of these two countries click pictures with
Canon cameras and share them across boundaries with each other.
Going forward,
Canon India Pvt. Ltd. plans to initiate its village adoption programmes in Bangalore & Mumbai.
Canon
strongly believes that the enhancement of CSR activities and processes
currently taking place are set to further entrench the vibrant culture
of social responsibility
that already exists in the company.
About Canon Inc.
Canon Inc. (NYSE: CAJ),
headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, is a leader in the fields of professional
and consumer imaging equipment and information systems. Canon’s
extensive range of products includes multifunction office
systems, inkjet and laser printers, cameras, video equipment, medical
equipment and semiconductor-manufacturing equipment. Originally
established in 1937 as Precision Optical Industry, Co., Ltd., a camera
manufacturer, Canon has successfully diversified and
globalized to become a worldwide industry leader in professional and
consumer imaging systems and solutions. With nearly 200,000 employees
worldwide, Canon has manufacturing and marketing subsidiaries in Japan,
the Americas, Europe, Asia and Oceania; and a
global R&D network with companies based in the United States,
Europe, Asia and Australia. Canon’s consolidated net sales for fiscal
2012 (ended December 31, 2012) totalled $40.0 billion (at an exchange
rate of JPY87=US$1). Visit the Canon Inc. website at:
www.canon.com
Canon in India
Canon
India Pvt. Ltd. has achieved revenue of Rs. 1910 crore in 2013 which is
3% growth over 2012. Canon focuses on multiple market segments of
consumer, SME, B2B, Government & Commercial.
Canon’s product portfolio extends over a vast variety such as copier
MFDs, fax-machines, printers, scanners, All-in-ones, digital cameras,
DSLR, Cinematic imaging products, camcorders, cable ID printers and
card printers.
Canon
India Pvt. Ltd. is a 100% subsidiary of Canon Singapore Pvt. Ltd., a
world leader in imaging technologies. Set up in 1997, Canon markets over
160 comprehensive range of sophisticated
contemporary digital imaging. The company today has offices in 10
cities, warehouses in 13 cities across India and employs over 1050
people. Canon has approximately 500 primary channel partners, 14
National Retail Chain partners, and over 6000 secondary retail
points. Canon has over 108 own retail stores called the Canon Image
Square across 56 cities in the country. Canon’s service reach extends
to over 2800 towns with 15 Canon camera service centres and 37 printer
Canon Care Centres. Canon services India Inc.
with engineers for its enterprise business with over 200 engineers for
on-site service.
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