ENVIRONMENTALREPORT

2003

Contents

Company Overview (as of March 31, 2003)

Olympus andthe Environment

2

Business Activities andEnvironmental Impact

Environmental
Management

4

Management Philosophy andEnvironmental Principles

5

Promotion System

6

Basic Environmental Plan

8

Environmental Management
System10

Risk Management

12

Environmental Education

14

Health and Safety

15

Environmental Accounting

16

Environmentally Conscious
Products

17

Eco-products

18

Environmental Approach to
Product Design

Product-Related
Measures

Corporate name: Olympus Optical Co., Ltd.
Date Established: October 12, 1919 (Taisho 8)
Location of Head Office:Shinjuku Monolith, 2-3-1Nishi-Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku Tokyo 163-0914,
Japan
Phone:+81-3-3340-2111
Business Area:
Manufacture and Marketing of medical, health-care, image, information, Industrial and Related Equipment including Film Cameras, Digital Cameras, IC Recorders,
Magneto-optic Disks, Binoculars, Endoscopic equipment
for digestive organs, Surgery, Endo-therapy Products, Ultrasound Endoscopes and related equipment, Biological
Microscopes, Analyzers, Genome Analysis Systems, Information Equipment, Industrial Endoscopes, and Industrial Microscopes.
Capital:40,832 million yen
Total Number of Employees in Olympus Group:
24,126
Total Number of Employees in Olympus Optical Co., Ltd.:5,223 (permanent, and temporary employees)
Net Sales for Olympus Group:564,343 million yen (in FY2003)
Net Sales for Olympus Optical Co., Ltd. :346,364 million yen (in FY2003)

This report covers:
Olympus Optical Co., Ltd.

19

Technology Research Institute (Hachioji)
Hinode Plant
Ina Plant

Green Procurement

Tatsuno Plant
Affiliated production companies of Olympus Optical Co., Ltd.

20

Examples of Environmentally
Conscious Products

21

Examples of Environmental
Technology Development

Tokyo Kinzoku Co., Ltd. Kyowa Plant
Aomori Olympus Co., Ltd.
Aizu Olympus Co., Ltd.
Olympus Opto-technology Co., Ltd.
Head Office

Ohmachi Branch

Sakaki Branch

22

Environmental Consciousness in
Product Packaging and Distribution

24

Energy andResources Management

26

Waste Management and Recycling

28

Chemicals Management

30

Social Contribution

Photograph on the cover:shot by Mr. Mitsuaki Iwago, animal photographer

32

Environmental Communication

Born in Tokyo in 1950. He has visited most of the globe
alone taking pictures of nature and animals and has publisheda number of true-to-life photographs. His works are highly
regarded internationally.

34

Environmental Data of Domestic
and Overseas Facilities

36

Overseas Production Bases

38

Olympus Environmental Activities
and Awards /Editor’s note

39

Olympus Group’s
Main Operating Bases

Mishima Olympus Co., Ltd.
Shirakawa Olympus Co., Ltd.

Manufacturing-Related
MeasuresCommunication withSociety

Environmental Data
at Facilities

Environmental History andBusiness Bases

Okaya Olympus Co., Ltd.
Period covered: Fiscal year(FY) 2003 (April 1, 2002, to March
31, 2003)
Number of employees: 5,827 (as of March 31, 2003)

Cover photograph: Northwestern Hawaiian Islands
Islands located in a 2,200 km chain northwest of four Hawaii
Islands to Midway Islands. This area was designated as a
National Wildlife Refuge by President Roosevelt in 1909.
Since this area is a breeding place for endangered species
and maintained under strict control for environment
protection, no one can enter without special permission.
U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service
Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge/ Hawaiian Islands
National Wildlife Refuge U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Department of the Interior

Message from the President
With increasing awareness of the social responsibility of corporations, often called Corporate
Social Responsibility(CSR), among Corporate Management, the Olympus Group has undertaken corporate activities to fulfill CSR, taking “Social IN”(Social Value in the Company)as the origin of its management philosophy.

Since it was the first year of Basic Environment Plan 2002, we implemented environmentally harmonized management in FY2003, focusing on three priority measures-developing environmental technology and Environmentally Conscious Products, meeting the challenge ofachieving Zero Emissions, and promoting Group-standardized Environmental Management.
Recognizing that the business activities of a corporation can place a considerable burden on theenvironment, we have promoted awareness of the need to perceive environment problems as opportunities for value creation such as by improving energy efficiency, productivity enhancement, creating new values through development of Eco-products, realizing Zero-Emissions
plants, and establishing cyclical production.
Olympus Eco-product standards have been set and Eco-Product accreditation arranged for developing of the environmental technology and Environmentally Conscious Products. Olympus
Eco-products will be introduced into the market. To meet the challenge of achieving Zero Emissions, we have reduced total waste volume and increased the recycling ratio. In FY2004, zero
emissions, with the target of a maximum 1% going to final landfill, is expected to be attainedat all branches. We have seen great advances in environment data control in overseas facilities
for promoting Group-standardized Environmental Management, but we will further strengthen
the approach of this theme overseas.
Diagnosis of soil and groundwater contamination risk, started last year at branches have finished, with safety confirmed at all but one branch. We will further study this site and implement soil improvement and greening.

While sharing values with society, we will address article fabrication that creates new values
and will maintain corporate activity, based on the corporate slogan “Your Vision, Our Future.”

June 2003

Tsuyoshi Kikukawa
PresidentOlympus and the Environment

Business Activities andEnvironmental Impact
Olympus seeks to grasp the impact imposed by its business activities on the global environment as clearly as possible and to
implement activities minimizing such impact.

Major Environmental Impact in Development and Production Processes
Olympus and the Environment

INPUT
EnergyP24•Electric power....96,390,000kWh•

Heavy fuel oil ...............3,941kl•

Raw Materials

Office Supplies

P25

•

Metals

Kerosene..........................268kl•

Optical glass

Other Utilities•

Diesel fuelv72kl•

Plastics•

Piped water...........170.000m3•

Gasoline .............................54kl........ABS, PC, polyethylene,•

Ground water .....1,400,000m3•

City gas...................680,000m3

polypropylene•

LPG..........................130,000m3

Total ...........................1,198TJ
TJ (terajoule) =1012J•

Copy paper...............133tons.........Steel, aluminum, brass

•

P25

Chemicals....Acids, alkalines, solvents,
paintsBusiness Activities

Business Activities and Environmental Impact

DesignResearch and development

Manufacturing

Development and Production Business Facilities• Technology Research Institute (Hachioji) • Hinode Plant • Ina Plant • Tatsuno Plant• Tokyo Kinzoku Co., Ltd. • Kyowa Plant • Olympus Co., Ltd., Aomori Plant • Olympus Co., Ltd., Aizu Plant• Olympus Opto-technology Co., Ltd. / Head Office / Ohmachi Branch / Sakaki Branch• Mishima Olympus Co., Ltd. • Shirakawa Olympus Co., Ltd. • Okaya Olympus Co., Ltd.

OUTPUT
Olympus Environmental Report 2003

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CO2 Emissions

P24

Emissions of
PRTR-listed substances

Recycled Wastes

P26

Commissioned
Waste Processing

P28

•

Waste metals and glass....825tons•

Toluene ......................9.5tons•

Paper and cardboard......742tons•

Waste plastics ..........215tons

City gas..........1,462tons-CO2•

Xylene ........................2.7tons•

Plastics .....................381tons•

Waste paper .............154tons

LPG...................803tons-CO2•Ethylene oxide ...........0.8tons•

Raw waste and sludge ...279tons•

Sludge ......................145tons•

Kerosene ..........672tons-CO2•

Trichloroethylene .......0.5tons•

Waste oil ...................257tons•

Waste acids ..............125tons•

Others ...............314tons-CO2•Ethylene glycol ..........0.3tons•

Waste acids and alkalines ...157tons•

Waste alkalines.........103tons

Total ..............48,580tons-CO2•

Others ........................0.6tons

Total ........................2,641tons•

Waste metals and glass....65tons•

Waste oil ....................37tons•

Others ...........................3tons•

Electric power ...34,412tons-CO2•

Heavy fuel oil...10,917tons-CO2••

Total ..........................14.4tons
Boiler Air Pollutants

P11

•

SOX ...............................6tons

Emission into Water Systems P11•

NOX .............................40tons•

BOD ...........................5.2tons

P27

Total ...........................847tons

Domain ofBusiness

Digital Camera

Film Camera

Digital sound Recorder

Magnetooptic Disk

EndoscopeVideo scope System

Biological Microscope

Blood Analyzer

Ultrasonic Endoscope

Olympus and the Environment

Image andInformation

Medical and
Health-Care area

Industrial Microscope

Distribution

Sales

Industrial Endoscope

Liquid crystal substrate
Inspection Unit

Business Activities and Environmental Impact

Industrial

Services

OUTPUTP16

Packaging Materials

P22

•

Digital Camera .......1,060tons•

Cardboard .............1,409tons•

Film Camera ..............950tons•

Paper ........................483tons•

Sound Recorder .......170tons•

Plastics .....................222tons•

Magnetooptic Disk ...140tons•

Metal...........................48tons•

Endoscope................560tons•

Glass.............................2tons•

Microscope...............700tons

Total ........................2,164tons•

Analyzer ....................600tons•

Measuring Instruments ....100tons•

Printer ......................150tons

Olympus Environmental Report 2003

Major Products

Total ........................4,430tons

3Environmental Management

Management Philosophy andEnvironmental Principles
The Olympus group cherishes a concept of “Social IN” that takes social values as its basic idea in company management.
Our environment charter contains the guiding principle that we are to act as a corporate citizen fully merged with society soenvironmental protection activities are implemented in a practical manner.

Social IN
Environmental Management

The term Social IN is a word
meaning social values in ourcompany and is a concept
for establishing a relationshipbetween business andsociety with the following

INvolvement

INsight

INspiration

SocialInvolvement

Sharing
Social Values

Creating
New Values

Management Philosophy and Environmental Principles

Realization of Social IN
The Olympus Group has made Social IN the starting point for its management philosophy.
Social IN means the realization of a healthy and happy life for members of society in harmony with society,the sharing of common values and the proposal of new values through business.
The basis of our action is to change way of thinking by pushing the boundaries and by fully embracing customer-oriented action.

Olympus Environmental Principles
This reflects Olympus’s basic ideas for solving environmental problems.
In accordance with its goal of being an excellent corporate citizen, Olympus drafted the Olympus Environmental Principles
in August 1992 to clearly articulate its basic positions on environmental issues and to set ambitious environmental protection goals,
thereby promoting enhanced environmental protection activities.
This was determined by a management conference following the deliberations of a company-wide environment committee.

Environment Protection Declaration
Olympus, respecting nature and the health and safety of mankind, has resolved through its technological development and through adopting ecologicallycompatible business practices to contribute to the re-establishment of a healthy environment and a society in which sustainable development is possible.

Guideline for Environmental Action
In all business activities, Olympus will give priority to environmental protection and will apply itself with dedication to this task both on anorganizational and an individual basis.

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1. Technology Development

4. Activity Support

We will develop products and production technologies with a careful andconscientious regard for safety and environmental protection. Furthermore, we will
make the results of such developments available to everybody.

We will cooperate with environmental measures recommended by government
bodies. We will treat regional and international environmental protection
activities with understanding and will actively participate in and support them.

2. Drawing up Norms and Assessing Results

5. Education and Total Staff Participation

We will take the initiative in setting up our own standards and norms. We willassess the environmental impact at each stage of our operations fromdevelopment through to production and sales.

We will publicize and engage in other activities with the purpose of informing
all Olympus staff of the need for environmental protection. We willencourage each and every staff member to increase his or her understanding ofenvironmental protection activities at home, at work, and in the community.

3. Protection of Natural Resources

6. Structure to Promote Activities

We will make a united effort to conserve natural resources and save energy.
At the same time, we will push forward with recycling activities such as theretrieval of discarded materials and the reuse of resources.

Under our director in charge of environmental protection, we will make clear
our responsibility to promote environmental protection. We will establish a
structure through which we can take appropriate measures to deal withchanges as they occur inside and outside Olympus.

Environmental Management

Promotion System
All environment policies, strategies, and agendas of the Olympus Group are subject to deliberation and decision-making on
the management executive board, with the president as chair.

Executive Management
Committee

Organization of Promotion

President
Chief Executive ofEnvironmental
Management in the
Olympus Group

Corporate Planning
Department
Crisis Management
BureauEnvironmental Management

Director Responsible
for Environmental Affairs
Person Responsible for theEnvironmental Managementin the Olympus GroupOlympus Group
Environmental Committee
Olympus Group
Environmental Secretariat

As an advisory panel forcompany environmental
measures, thiscommittee drafts anddeliberates measuresfor environmental affairs
at the corporate level.

(Environmental
Development Department)

Improvements to andoperation of theenvironmental management
system of the whole
Olympus Group

Promotion System

Olympus has had a Director in responsible for Environmental
Affairs since 1992. Measures for Olympus Group's environmental affairs are drafted and priority measures and key problems at the branch deliberated in the Olympus Group Environment Committee and the Facility Environmental Affairs
Administration Meeting in order to solve problems.
Environment management organizations are set up at
Groups, Centers, Facility sites, and overseas local corporate
units to ensure specific environment promotion at thoseplaces.
An Eco-products Approval Committee was established in2003 to approve Eco-products based on Olympus Eco-productStandards to further promote the creation of Environmentally
Conscious Products.

Olympus Group
Environmental Secretariat
Meeting
Eco-products
Aproval Committee
This committee
evaluates the degree of
product compliance withthe eco-productstandard (environmentalconscious standard) andjudges whether items
can be approved as Ecoproducts.

Facility
Environmental Affairs
Administration Meeting
To deliberate priority
measures and key
problems at branches,
this meeting is
responsible for solving
general problems at
branches to develop
practical company-wide
environment policies.

Facility Environmental
Secretariat Meeting

Meeting
Gropus, Centers
Environmental Management
Organization

Crisis Management

Local Overseas Subsidaries
Environmental Management
Organization

 Olympus Group Environment Administration (as of April 2003)

President
Task Force

Crisis Management
Supervisor

Crisis Management
Committee
Chaired by President

Crisis Management
Supervisors ofGroups, Centers,
Facilities and Affiliates

Crisis Management
BureauCrisis Management
Promotion Committee
Chaired by Crisis
Management Office Manager

Groups, Centers,
Facilities andAffiliates

Crisis Management andPromotion Supervisors ofGroups, Centers,
Business Places andAffiliated Companies

Olympus Environmental Report 2003

As economic activities by corporations increase, we havemore occasions to encounter unexpected crises due to changes
in social systems and awareness. Olympus has appointed thePresident as the Crisis Management Supervisor and has formulated crises management rules for standardized control ofcrisis information company-wide both in order to prevent thedevelopment of a crisis and to promote the early solution ofproblems, should they arise. These rules apply to environment at risk managements as to enhance environmental protection.
Olympus was not involved in any lawsuit, fine, penalty, orcomplaint in FY2003.

Facility
Environment Management
Organization5
 Crisis Management

Environmental Management

Basic Environmental Plan
Every three years, Olympus formulates a Basic Environmental Plan for the coming five years based on presidential policy. In
FY2003, the first fiscal year of The 02 Environmental Basic Plan, we addressed the promotion of Eco-products, Eco-facilities,
and Eco-management.

Ecology Vision 21
Environmental Management

Increase environment brand andmaximize corporate values

Realize corporation Excellence inEnvironmental Management

Basic Policy

Basic Environmental Plan

Olympus will promote harmonized environmental managementin the Basic Environmental Plan 2002
by developing the following three ecological strategies
Products: Introducing Environmentaliy Conscious Products into all marketing fields
Facilities: Meeting the challenge of achieving Zero Emission at all Facilities
Management: Promoting Group-standardized Environmental Management

Goals

End of FY2005• LCA(Life Cycle Assessment) will operate effectively, and consumer Eco-products will be released• New products will be lead-free• Eco-glass Material will be used in new products• Chlorine-based organic solvent will be totally eliminated (trichloroethylene, dichloromethane)• Zero Emissions will be attained at major branches in Japan (landfill 1% or less)• CO2 Emission will be cut by 40% in Japan (by rate of unit consumption to sales to FY2001)• ISO 14001 certification will be obtained at Overseas Production Bases• Efficient Environmental Management will be conducted

Priority Measures

Olympus Environmental Report 2003

Eco-facilities

Eco-management

Environmental Technology Development andEnvironmentally Conscious Products

Eco-products

Challenge to achieve Zero Emissions

Promotion of integrated Environmental
Management for the Olympus Group

1. Application of Product Evaluation Methods (LCA, etc.)
Implementation of product assessment to all products,
green procurement, longer-life products, improved
maintainability, Eco-label type III products (disclosure of
products environmental information)
2. Development of Environmental Technology and its
Application to Products
Elimination of hazardous materials (lead-free solder, ecoglass materials, etc.), application of environmental
technology to new products
3. Development of the 3Rs (Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle)
for Packaging Materials
Improvement of packaging (returnable, simpler recycling),
innovation in collection and delivery, reform of transport(modal shift, more appropriate vehicles)

1. Promotion of Energy and Resource Saving
Introduce efficient energy systems (co-generation, heatstored air conditioning and heat recovery system etc.),
enlarged circulation of production service water, closed
system of lens surface treatment drainage
2. Reduction of Waste and More Recycling
Green purchasing, recycling, returnability, moreintermediate processing (processing of raw waste etc.)
3. Elimination of Hazardous Substances, Reduction ofEnvironmental Risk
Introduction of pitch-less processing, hexavalentchromate-replacement, Cyanide elimination, VOC
reduction, soil condition investigation and risk
management in workplaces in Japan, enhancement ofenvironment facility management

6 The 02 Environment Basic Plan (formulated in December 2001)

1. Global Development of Environmental Management
Expansion of ISO 14001 throughout the Olympus Group,
enhancement of environmental education, evaluation ofenvironmental results
2. Better Environmental Communication
By means of environmental accounting and Olympus
Environmental Report, through website, by contributions
to society, and by holding eco-exhibitions inside andoutside the company.

: Achieved : In work Results for 2002

Priority Measures
Application of ProductEvaluation Methods

Development of Environmental
Technology and its Application
to Products• Approach to LCA
Introduction

Results

SelfEvaluation• Olympus LCA has been arranged after research into LCI(Life
Cycle Inventory) data
• Trial for four products in each group was completed.
• Participating in establishment of an Eco-leaf Environment LabelStandard for film and digital cameras• Introduction and Promotionof Eco-Products

Establishment of Olympus Eco-products Standards• Application of Lead-free
Solder to New Products

The plan to manufacture Lead Free Products was reviewed andpostponed• Application of Eco-glass to
New Products

The use ratio of Eco-glass throughout the company is 94.7%. Allof our own cameras use 100% Eco-glass• Collection of Used Packing
Materials started• Collection treatment started to answer request from medical
services equipment users.
• Use of corrugated cardboard for Endoscope Carrying Case
• Packaging materials reduction through film packing for Microscope



Goals

Results

SelfEvaluation• CO2 Emission in Japan: 12%
Reduction of Rate of Unit
Consumption to Sales in
FY2001• CO2 emissions in facilities in Japan: was not achieved yet, thereduction of the rate of unit consumption to sales was 9%• Total amount tends to increase if overseas Shenzhen (China) is
added• Water Reduction• Increase by 4% compared to the previous year• Amount of Waste 5%
Reduction in FY2001• Amount of waste showed a 9.6% reduction; and a recycling
ratio of 75.8%

• Measures were set Toward
Zero Emissions• Diagrams and equations were created to clarify tabulation
divisions from waste occurrence to disposal
The disposal contractor was changed, and the new contractor
required to expand recoverable resources and to realize theamount discarded domestic fills

• Total Elimination of Chlorinebased Organic Solvent in
FY2005• Total elimination of trichloroethylene by the end of March,2003.
Abolition of dichloromethane remains as a future problem (usedin painting jig exfoliation, plastics molding metal die cleaning)• Drafting a Plan for Abolishing
Hexavalent Chromium• Formulating a plan for total elimination of hexavalent chromium at
the Research and Development Center by the end of 2005

• Soil Investigation Completed
in Facilities in Japan• Investigation completed

Basic Environmental Plan

Development of the 3Rs for
Packaging Materials

Goals

Environmental Management

Eco-products (Environmental Technology Development and Environmentally Conscious Products)

Eco-facilities (Challenge to achieve Zero Emissions)
Priority Measures
Promotion of Energy andResource Saving

Waste Reduction andmore Recycling

Elimination of Hazardous
Substances, Reduction ofEnvironmental Risk



Results

SelfEvaluation• The OIS Environmental Management Manual was reviewed andupdated as the Olympus Internal Standard (OIS)• Acquisition of ISO 14001 certification for Corporate Environmental
Management within 2003 is planned and activity has started• ODI (Ireland) is expected to obtain certification in July 2003

Overseas Facility Environment
Data Control was Strengthened• Quarterly Data Control is on the way at Overseas Facilities in OWI(Germany), ODI, and KeyMed (UK)Olympus Environmental Report 2003

Holding an internal
Eco-exhibition• An Internal Eco-forum was held in Tokyo in September. A
circulating panel exhibit was conducted at six other facilities

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Eco-management (Promotion of Integrated Environmental Management for the Olympus Group)
Priority Measures
Global development ofEnvironmental Management

Better Environmental
Communication

Goals• Extension of ISO 14001 to
the whole Olympus GroupEnvironmental Management

Environmental Management System
The Olympus group takes the ISO 14001 Environmental Management System as the basic means for environmental
management promotion and is encouraging implementation by the group.

Overview ofEnvironmental Management System

ISO 14001 Certification

Environmental Management

Our Environmental Management System alleviates environmental impact by following the cycle of Plan-Do-Check-Action (PDCA).
The Olympus Group rotates the PDCA cycle while branches
and divisions follow their own cycles.
The ISO 14001 Environmental Management System is introduced by each facility starting from the branch in charge of
production. The system will be applied to development, service, office, and marketing facilities. It will also be promoted
at overseas branches.

Environmental Management System

ACTION
Review at Managerial Level•Result of Audit•Degree of Achieved Plan
•Internal and External Situations

CHECK
Examination andCorrective Measures•Measurement Data
•Record•Internal Audit

Facility

PLAN
Environmental Policy

DO
Implementation andOperation•Organization and System•Standard Documents•Education and Training

 Environmental Management System Flow

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The Ina Plant, a production branch, was the first to be granted
ISO 14001 certification in the group, followed by production
and Development Facilities and Overseas Manufacturing
Bases. Major development and production branches in Japanobtained ISO 14001 certification by FY2000, and nine facilities have already been updated.
These branches have produced good results, such as Environmentally Conscious Products, energy saving, and waste reduction through improvement by the Environmental Management System.
Among affiliated manufacturing companies overseas, certification has been obtained by Olympus Shenzhen Industrial
Ltd. (Shenzhen plant) in China, Olympus Winter & Ibe
GmbH in Germany, and KeyMed (Medical & Industrial
Equipment) Limited in the UK.
10 out of 12 branches in Japan and three out of four Overseas Development and Manufacturing Bases have obtained
certification. The number of employees at accredited facilities is 14,100, corresponding to about 58% of employees in
the Olympus group.

Location

Date ofSite Acquisition

Ina Plant

Ina-shi, Nagano

February
1997

Tatsuno Plant/Okaya
Olympus Co., Ltd.

Tatsuno-machi Kamiina-gun,
NaganoFebruary
1998

Hinode Plant

Hinode-machi Nishitama-gun,
Tokyo

July
1998

Technology ResearchInstitute (Hachioji)

Hachioji-shi, Tokyo

March
2000

Aizu Olympus Co., Ltd/Opnotech Co., Ltd.

Aizu-Wakamatsu-shi,
Fukushima

October
1998

Shirakawa Olympus
Co., Ltd.

Nishigo-mura Nishishirakawa-gun,
Fukushima

October
1998

Aomori Olympus
Co., Ltd.

Kuroishi-shi, Aomori

November
1998

Olympus Optotechnology Co., Ltd.
Sakaki Branch

Sakaki-machi Hanishina-gun,
NaganoDecember
1998

Mishima Olympus
Co., Ltd.

Nagaizumi-machi Sunto-gun,Shizuoka

June
1999

Tokyo Kinzoku Co., Ltd.
Kyowa Plant

Kyowa-machi Makabe-gun,IbarakiFebruary
2003

Olympus(Shenzhen)
Industrial Ltd.

Shenzhen, China

Olympus Winter & Ibe
Gmbh

Hamburg, Germany

May
2001

KeyMed(Medical &Industrial Equipment)
LimitedSouthend-on-Sea, United
Kingdom

March
2002

Plan

Policy of the Yearby President
Environmental Management
Program of
Facilities and Divisions

September1999

 ISO 14001 Certifications for the Olympus Group(As of March 31, 2003)

Facilities Activities
Each branch uses individual strategies and practical activities to improve the management system.

“We have finished structural reform andreconstruction of EMS”

The Ina Plant obtained ISO 14001 Certification six years
ago.This year, the certifying organization commented that “It is evident
that the management system has been
implemented and is under excellent
control.” The environment staff weredelighted to receive this compliment,
and resolved to pass the planned upNoriyuki Nakamura,date examination in FY2004.
General Affairs GroupThe Tatsuno Plant underwent organizational alteration which
included the introduction of a service department and Okaya
Olympus Co., Ltd., and inauguration of Olympus Opto-technology Co., Ltd., due to structural reform. We have reconstructed our Environmental Management System (EMS) as site organizations are getting more complicated due
to affiliates. We were fortunate to attain an increase in secretariat members
and cooperation from divisions, andhave rebuilt the EMS in each plant sucKazuhiro Mayuzumi,
cessfully.
General Affairs Group

Mishima Olympus“We use monthly posters to promote awareness”
Mishima Olympus started its regular environment activities
when it obtained ISO 14001 Certification in 1999. As the environmental secretariat, I am convinced that an invincible will
to increase the awareness of each and every staff member isessential for environment improvement. As part of the effort
to increase awareness, I started
to put up an environment poster
in October 1998, and this has continued to today. In March 2003,
Poster No. 54 was issued. I thinkenvironmental improvement is
an activity that requires low-proKaname Hasegawa,
file, persistent determination.
Purchase GroupOOT Sakaki Branch

Environmental Management System

Tatsuno Plant“EMS(Environmental Management System) has been
implemented in work”

Environmental Management

Ina Plant“We have restarted a new organization”
Sakaki had many changes in FY2003, restarted as Sakaki Branchwhen the organization was changed from Sakaki Olympus Co.,
Ltd. to Olympus Opto-technology Co.,
Ltd., in April. We worked to prepare
our environmental policy and environmental standard documents, together with computerization and other improvements. In addition, we also maintained and controlled program
Rikio Takai,
development in a stringent economic Lens Technology Teamsituation.

Shirakawa Olympus“Every employee establishes an individual target”“We conduct a regular internal environmental audit
every month”
Aizu Olympus conducts an internal environmental audit every
month to determine whether the environmental management
system is functioning effectively. We audited all 14 workplaces this year. For audit, we prepare different checklists
based on the workplace and confirm how effectively the activity plan is implemented andhow properly waste, solvents,
and chemical agents are controlled. We attained our goal of
training one or more auditors at
each workplace.
Internal audit

Olympus Environmental Report 2003

The environmental management system of Shirakawa Olympus operates so all employees decide a proper approach in harmony with policy development and then work for better implementation. Member of environmental protection committees at each workplace report results in monthly business reports. For internal audits, members of the environmental protection committee also carefully
check the approach in other workplaces while auditing each otherﾕs workplaces. They adopt
good points at other workplacesin their own workplace to upgrade the system.
Snapshot during internal audit

Aizu Olympus

9Environmental Management

Risk Management
The Olympus group considers contamination of soil and ground water as a significant corporate risk, and conducts voluntary
environment site assessment of soil and ground water at production sites in Japan.

Volatile Organic Chlorine Compounds

Brief Investigation and Soil Bore-hole Survey
Environmental Management

Risk Management

Although the Soil Contamination Control Law was not in effect in 2002, we conducted soil investigations at each site
based on the “Standard guideline operation for investigation
and actions for soil and ground water contamination” releasedby the Japanese Ministry of the Environment. The investigation focused on all chemicals used. Specifically, we conducted 40m mesh high-sensitivity gas concentration analysis forvolatile organic chlorine compounds and 5-point mixing/elution and content test for heavy metals. Then, at each site, we
selected one location where volatile organic chlorine compound or heavy metals of relatively high concentration weredetected, and conducted Soil Bore-hole Surveys to a depth of
5 meters.
We confirmed that no environment standard was exceeded at
15 sites. At the Okaya site, however, trichloroethylene of
0.047 ppm (standard: 0.03 ppm) was detected at 1 m andhexavalent chromium of 0.11 ppm (standard: 0.05 ppm) was
identified beneath asphalt pavement. For both compounds,
we determined that they would not adversely affect the surrounding environment because they were near the surface andcovered by asphalt.

Items Examined

Soil Gas
Dichloro- Trichloro- Tetrachloro- 1,1,1methane ethylene ethylene trichloroethane

Number of
spots surveyed

344

344

26

cis-1,2dichloroethylene

344

344

Heavy Metals
Items Examined

Volume of Elution
Cd

Number of
spots surveyed

As

10

Pb

10

Contents
Cr

17

Cd

17

As

10

Pb

10

Narrowed Investigation at Okaya site
A soil gas survey was done in four directions by a 5m mesharound the Soil Bore-hole Survey. Trichloroethylene with agas concentration of 2 ppm or so was detected in the groundaround the building, in which trichloroethylene was used in
the past, disclosing concern for contamination exceeding theenvironment standard being present around the building.
Corrrective action
Based on the Soil Contamination Control Law, measures tocontain trichloroethylene at the Okaya site will be implemented after an in-depth survey around the building in question,with plans such as dismantling the building, soil cleanup, andgreening.

Environment Site Assessment(Conducted in 2001)
Determination of potential risk andqualitative understanding were
implemented via written and oral
reports. We selected substances
subject to brief investigation.

Brief Investigation(May to September 2002)
Soil gas and surface soil were

Soil Bore-hole Survey (October 2002)

Core Drawing Operation for
Heavy Metal Survey at
Okaya Site

High-concentration points were
investigated at each site based on
environmental standards investigatedNarrowing Investigation
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Soil Gas Vacuuming at Sakaki Site

Confirmation of Compliancewith Standard Values

Distribution of contamination at the
Okaya site was identified.

Fifteen sites had conformance
confirmed for quantization limits andgovernment criteria.

Improvements were made andare expected tobe completed within 2003.

Investigation Completed at
15 sites

1.Implementation of in-depth
investigation of the scope ofcontamination based on the Soil
Contamination Control Law
2.Drafting and implementation of plan
to clean up contaminated soil
3.Drafting and implementation of planfor building dismantling and greening

 Flow of Environment Site Assessment and Soil Survey

17 Items Examined and Number of Spots Surveyed at 16 Sites

Soil Bore-hole Survey at Tatsuno SiteWe target Contamination Risk

Result of Soil Bore-hole Survey(Comment from Independent Investigator)

Risk Management• Trichloroethylene exceeded the environment standard
at 1 m or so from the ground surface, but was lessthan the standard at 2 m and deeper.
• The place at which we found trichloroethylene
exceeding the environment standard was within thepremises, and we did not observe any problems in the
peripheral areas, i.e., there is no external influence.
• For hexavalent chromium, the substance remains
around the surface layer and thus potential influence
outside the premises is deemed low. The area iscovered with asphalt, and risk of scattering orpermeation by rainwater is low.
• Trichloroethylene concentration in well water inside thepremises ranges from 0.006 to 0.008 ppm, which
probably comes from the widespread ground watercontamination prevalent in the city.

In risk management, we consider it is essential to take contamination prevention measures in advance. The Tatsuno Plant
underwent an environmental risk inspection 20 years after thestart of its operation. Results showed that the piping pit, running from the surface treatment workplace to the wastewater
treatment facility, had a narrow width, making inspection difficult. To solve this problem, piping was replaced withabove-ground piping where practicable, and sections where
replacement was not possible were treated with chemical-resistant agent, and proper space was provided so signs of abnormality can be detected early.
Hazardous substance flow into the drainage canal on thepremises could spill intorivers and streams. To copewith this risk, an emergency
shutoff gate to shut off contamination drainage was installed at three locations
along the drainage canal.

Environmental Management

Trichloroethylene or other compounds used in the pastremain in the ground at each site. We concluded that
substances do not exceed the environment standard
except at the Okaya site, although we did not examine
the area under the building floor in this survey. We
concluded that the environment standard was notexceeded at the peripheral of the premises, and hence
we determine that no influential factors on theenvironment exist around the facility.
Regarding the Okaya site, trichloroethylene andhexavalent chromium exceed the environment standard,
but had little effect outside the premises due to thereasons below. Accordingly, we determined that
corrective action is not urgent at present.

Above-ground Pipes Replacing pit
PipingEmergency Shutoff Gate

Prevention of Air Pollution andWater Contamination
The Olympus Group not only complies in all respects with
relevant national amd local legislation, ensuring the preven-tion of air pollution and water contamination, but exceeds
these standards through its own voluntary code of practice.

 NOx  SOx
Volume of SOx is calculated in SO2-equivalent Volume

40.7

40.1

7.0

39.7

38.4

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6.7

6.0

5.2

Emission ( t )BOD emission ( t )

30
20
10

6.0

6.0

6.0

4.2

4.0

2.0

6.0
0

0
'00

'01

'02

'03

 Change in Volume of NOx and SOx Emission from Boilers( FY )

'00

'01

'02

'03

( FY )

 Change in Volume of Water Pollution BOD Mission

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Environmental Management

Environmental Education
It is important to improve the environmental awareness of its personnel in order to ensure the effectiveness of environment
protection. Environmental education aims to cultivate awareness and encourage appropriate conduct knowledge and skill.

Environmental Education System
Environmental Management

Environmental Education

In order to improve Environmental Awareness and to encourage voluntary participation in environmental protection, it isbelieved that personnel must be properly educated; thismeans a broad general education and training in specific areas
which includes everyone from new employees to managers.
To ensure efficient, effective education, the Olympus
Group classifies education into i ) company-wide education
held mainly by the Human Resource Development Center of
the Personnel Department and the Environmental Development Department ii ) Plant Education iii ) External Education.
In order that employees benefit from as wide a range of training and education as possible, education programs may beprovided both in-house and by external educational institutes.
Implementation
Throughout the Company

Education for Managers

Facilities and divisions draw up individual education plans forenvironmental education. For all employees, general education is implemented via briefings, workplace meetings, andnetworks to disseminate policies, laws and regulations, plans,
standards, and implementation. New or transferred personnel
are trained in areas from policy to implementation procedures.
In FY2003, 112 people attended environmental education for
new employees. In addition, personnel that are engaged in
specific operations that involve handlings of dangerous substances, are given specific training and practical demonstrations in this field, such as, for example, how to take proper action if/when accidents occur. This is achieved through the useof documented procedures, manuals, and similar documents,
and through field training sessions as necessary. Some 228
personnel took the course in FY2003.

Education for Developers
Education forInternal Environmental Auditors

Education for
New Employees

Implementation at Plants

Education for
General Staff and Managers
Education forSpecial Operators

Implementation
at External Institutions

Education forlegal Qualification

 Diagram of Environmental Education

Education Courses for the Employees

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Education at Facilities and Divisions

An internal Environmental Auditor Orientation Course has
been held as a company-wide education course since 1997.
In FY2003, this seminar was held four times with 88 participants. By FY2003, the seminar was held 22 times with 489
participants.
For developers and designers, Environmental Awareness isreflected in packaging technology courses focusing on environmental attention and design courses emphasizing resource
recycling.
Education for Executives features specificdiscussion on environmental approaches andtrends in administrationand industry and evaluation of environmental
management.
Internal Environmental Auditor
Orientation Course

Personnel Environment-Related Qualifications
Each facility sets internal standards and systematically educates legally qualified personnel in the environment and labor
safety and health to secure the required number of staff members. For the Manager in Charge of Pollution Control, internal standards are established to assign four or more qualified
personnel in specified plants and one or more water quality
and related staff in locations other than specified plants. For
specially controlled industrial waste management staff, one ormore staff members are appointed at each plant.

Qualification

Number of
Number of
Actual Persons Internal Standard Statutory Persons

Air

40

18

1

Water
Quality

108

31

9

Noise

19

7

0

Vibration

18

5

0

Senior Pollution
Control Manager

1

0

0

Manager of Industrial Waste
requiring Special Treatment

65

14

14

Pollution
Control Managers

 Number of Environment-Related qualified persons(as of March 31, 2003)

Olympus Eco-Forum
Environmental Management

An internal Eco-Forum was held in the Technology Development Center on September 4 and 5, 2002. This forum was thefirst such session involving the entire Olympus Group and ensured that all participants correctly understand how to approach environmental issues at Olympus.
The forum consisted of a poster session exhibit and a lecture. The session started with the history of the environmental approach at Olympus, followed by general situations suchas long and mid-term plans, track records, and other matters,and Environmentally Conscious Products and improved energy saving and waste recycling at facilities, exhibited in 54
posters and it used actual articles. We had also panel participation and there was attendance from European plants.
Approximately 600 people entered the exhibit. Questions
were received and questionnaires suggest that the exhibit
achieved its objective.

Poster of Eco-forum
Environmental Education

Panel ExhibitPanel Exhibit
At the exhibit, as examples of products improvements, displays included change of material and reduction of packing
and packaging material; resource and energy saving in Microscope production. Improvements from facilities included exhibits of improvements made by introduction of Powder
Painting, such as reduction of organic solvent and paint recycling and energy saving by modification of air conditioning.
Activities and results were positively conveyed to the audience from each division.

Lecture Meeting and Recognition
The lecture meeting on environmental management was attended by about 160 people, including the Chairman and thePresident and Directors, Managers, and Environment Staff
members. After the lecture, exhibitors were given prizes, including Olympus Environment Prizes awarded to six cases including product fields andplant field, and a special prize awarded toparticipants from overseas.
Recognition

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Panel Exhibit

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Lecture MeetingEnvironmental Management

Health and Safety
Besides compliance with applicable laws and regulations, Olympus promotes higher-level control of labor safety, health andsanitation. In addition, the company positively introduces new programs to encourage health promotion also from theviewpoint of a manufacturer of goods involved in medical and health sectors.

Control of Labor Safety
Environmental Management

Health and Safety

Every business place of Olympus is now addressing accidents
eradication aiming at “Zero Hazard in Working Environment”
through regular patrol, for example. In FY2003, we had 20
labor accidents, the same number as the previous year, but the
number of absence days due to the accident decreased remarkably. To maintain the workplace and working environment in a safe and comfortable condition, various measurements are taken in the working environment of businessplaces based on the Industrial Health and Safety Law. A few
more workplaces are subject to these measurements than theprevious year. In those workplaces, noise, dust, and concentration of airborne organic solvent and specified chemical
substances are periodically measured, and the staffers are also
trying to reduce the sources of emission.

Concept of Health Enhancement
Olympus personnel are engaged in activities for ‘Healthy
Company & Healthy People’ around the corporate health insurance society. The company established a system to encourage each one of employees to convert from the traditional
trend of “Sick then Treatment” to an improved idea of “Fitness prevents Diseases”, putting much faith in their awarenessand practicing, and this system is still under augmentation.
To pick up some example, the Corporate Medical Checkup
System has been enforced to prematurely detect preclinicalfactors for lifestyle-related diseases so that every one can apply for medical checkup or fill in the interview sheet from
his/her personal computer. Further, to “Check your life style
to prevent cancer”, a latest examination technique has been
introduced to increase the company medical checkup items.
As additional examples, the follow-up system was enriched
and Olympus “Refreshing Dial Service” started in October
2002. This service allows every one to make a telephone callfor consultation about fitness and healthcare as well as guideinformation of facilities and services throughout the country.

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HEALTHY COMPANY

Items

FY1999FY2000FY2001

FY2002

FY2003

Accidents

13

20

22

20

20

Accidents Resulting
in Lost Days

1

5

9

7

8

Accidents not Resulting
in Lost Days

12

15

13

13

12

Lost Days

14

25

238

163

41

 Number of Labor Accidents
FY1999FY2000FY2001

FY2002

FY2003Category 1

Categories

168

162

105

114

125

Category 2

8

7

7

2

4

Category 3

2

2

2

2

5

178

171

108

118

134

Total

Category 1: A workplace where environment management is appropriately carried out
and where it is desired that current environment management processes bemaintained.
Category 2: A workplace where the appropriateness of environment management is
midway between that of categories 1 and 3 and where it is desired that measures betaken to shift the workplace into category 1.
Category 3: A workplace where environment management is inappropriately carriedout and where it is desired that environment management processes be quickly
improved.

 Number of Workplaces in which Working Environment is Measured

Walking Campaign
In the light of prevention of lifestyle-related diseases, Olympus is now encouraging personnel to enjoy walking, which isone of exercises that every one can do freely. During thewalking campaign term, or three-month period from September to November every year, the best season for walking inJapan, we are developing activities aiming at average ten
thousand steps in a day. A commemorative gift is given to
every participant who attained the target steps.
Participants register their made steps in the groupware database every week, and upper-ranking participants are publicized in each business place to enhance awareness of participants and also motivate others. Hinode Factory started the“First Walking Campaign” in May 2000 and carried out fivecampaigns until the end of last year. Besides just walking, activities to promote communication between staffers have beendeveloped positively, and “Walking Classroom” and “WalkRally” are also held during the campaign period.

HEALTHY PEOPLE

Balance between fitness and diseases
Build up fitness
Increase energy

Prevention of illnesses

Walking Event in Tokyo Business
Place
Improve and adjust lifestyleMore positive and fewer negative factors

 Concept of Health Enhancement

A Trophy Cup awarded in Hinode
Walk Rally

Environmental Management

Environmental Accounting
In FY2000, Olympus introduced an Environmental Accounting System created according to the Environmental Accounting
Guideline issued by the Ministry of the Environment as a tool to regularly assess the cost and effects of environmental
conservation activities. This system is useful for promotion of our Environment Management.

Unit: tonGrouping
Effects in
Business Place Areas

Environment
Load Index

Domestic,
FY2002CO2 Emission
Waste
Intermediately
treated byContract
Copy Paper
Purchased

FY2003

Change from Ratio of
Previous FY
Change(Domestic) (Domestic)

Domestic

Shenzen45,96648,221

16,042

2,255

5%

1,530

840

123

-690

-45%

125

113

-

8

6%

Environmental Accounting

The environment cost in FY2003 has been tabulated according to the “Environmental Accounting Guideline (2002 edition)” of Ministry of the Environment. In 2002, the Shenzen
factory, which is the largest in scale out of all Overseas Production Bases, was added in the cost calculation although calculation covered only inland production business places until
2001. The cost of environmental control including the overseas bases was 1,335 million yen, and the amount of capital
investment was 512 million yen. The amount of inland cost
only was 1,305 million yen, which increased by 21% fromthat in the previous year. Labor cost occupied 41% of total
cost, which decreased by 9% from that in the previous year.
This decrease resulted from the increased cost of outsourcing
such as recycling promotion in comparison with labor cost.
Capital investment within the country was 486 million yen,
2.7 time that in the previous year, showing a sharp increase.
Particularly in 2002, new measures were taken including installation of shutoff gates to rivers and streams for preventionof water quality pollution, implementation of soil investigation, and introduction of high-efficiency air conditioning units

Environmental Management

to ensure energy saving.
Regarding environmental conservation, on the other hand, theamount of intermediate treatment of waste by contract showeda conspicuous effect of 45% reduction from that of the previous year by inland comparison although the amount of emitted CO2 and volume of purchased copy paper exceeded thoseof the previous year. We consider this is the result of increased resource circulation cost such as external recycling
operation by contract out of the abovementioned cost.
For economic effects in the country, energy cost was 1,484
million yen and the cost of intermediate treatment of waste bycontract was 40 million yen, showing a reduction ratio of 6%
and 39%, respectively, compared with the previous year.

Cost and Effects on Environment in FY2003

 Volume Effects involved in Environmental Conservation
 Domestic

 Shenzhen

Unit: million yen( mil. yen )

600

1,600

26
486

300
200

1,000
800

1,044 1,080

600
200

77
'01

Income

0

1,200

400

182

100

30
1,305

Cost Reduction

400

Amount of Costs

Amount of Capital Investment

1,400

500

Grouping( mil. yen )

0
'02

'03

( FY )

'01

'02

'03

( FY )

 Transition of Environmental Conservation Cost

Description ofeffects

Domestic,
FY2002

FY2003
Domestic

ShenzenChange from Ratio of
Previous FY
Change(Domestic) (Domestic)

Energy Cost

1,571

1,484

316

-87

-6%

Waste
Intermediately
treated byContract

66

40

3

-26

-39%

Cost of Copy
Paper Purchased

19

21

-

2

11%

Trading ofRecycled
Valuable Articles

13

13

3

0

0%

 Economy Effects Involved in Environmental Conservation
Unit: million yen
Amount of Capital Investment

Grouping

Resource Circulation

IDomestic,
FY2002

FY2003
Domestic

ShenzenDomestic,
FY2001

Domestic,
FY2002

FY2003
Domestic

ShenzenEmergency shutoff gates, soil
investigation

pp.10-11

9

59

88

17

237

226

347

17

Energy saving (CO2 reduction)

pp.24-25

52

57

344

9

24

22

119

2

Zero emission promotion,
waste disposal

pp.26-27

15

46

14

0

153

151

277

3

In Upstream and Downstream Promotion of green
procurement activity
Company-wide promotion,
Cost of Control Activitysite promotion
Development of technology for
Cost of Research andenvironment-friendly products
Development
Cost of Social Activities

Domestic,
FY2001

Amount of Cost

Premises arrangement andtree planting

Cost for Damaged Environment Measures for heavy oil spillage
Total

pp.19

0

0

0

0

9

13

43

0

pp.4-9

0

14

40

0

249

257

284

8

pp.16-21

1

0

0

0

297

316

225

0

-

0

6

0

0

75

93

9

0

-

0

0

0

0

0

2

1

0

77

182

486

26

1,044

1,080

1,305

30

Scope: Olympus Optical Co., Ltd. and affiliated production companies in Japan
Period of calculation: April 1 to March 31 next year, each Cost of Environmental Conservation

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Cost insidebusiness area

Prevention of Public
Nuisance
Global Environmental
Conservation

Major Projects

Associated
pages

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Product-Related Measures

Environmentally Conscious Products
In product development and design, it is important to evaluate environmental impact caused by all stages in the process flowfrom procurement of materials to disposal. Olympus operates product assessment to encourage development of products
reflecting Environmental Awareness.

Environmentally Conscious Design
Product-Related Measures

Main Activities

1993

Olympus Environmental Principles was established.
Company-wide environmental protection organization was reviewed.
Products environment activity committee was set up to start productpackaging and distribution improvement.

1997

The Company-wide 96 Environment Basic Plan was formulated.
Company-wide environment manual was established.

1998

The Ina Plant obtained the first ISO 14001 Certification for the Olympus
group.
Product Environmental Assessment started.

2000

The company-wide 99 Environment Basic Plan was formulated.
OISR Product Environmental Assessment Guideline was established.

2001

Green Procurement System was introduced.
Research of Green Procurement started.
Olympus Chemical Use Guideline was established.

2003

The Company-wide 02 Environment Basic Plan was formulated.
Olympus eco-products standard was formulated.
Product Environmental Assessment was reviewed.
Olympus Chemical Use Guideline was reviewed.
Olympus Environment-Related Substance Management Standards
were established.
Green procurement research was reviewed.
New green procurement research was implemented in trial.
LCA technology was introduced and implemented in trial.

■ Progress of the Environment Activities and Construction of Environment
DesignElimination of Hazardous Substances toensure Environmental Protection and Security

Prohibited
Use Restricted
Controlled Use

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A variety of chemicals is used in components and materials
that make up products to ensure function, performance, andquality. To maximize safety ensuring that customers use
Olympus products without worry and also to maximize safety
during manufacture and minimize environmental burden ofwaste products, Olympus has promoted the elimination of
hazardous substances contained in products and dangerous
materials used in manufacture by gathering safety information
on different chemicals in advance, and by anticipating laws
and regulations. Lead-free production processes have been
instulled and products using the technology will be produced
in FY2004. We are promoting product-related measures that
ensure environmental protection and security through substitution with safe chemicals such as adoption of lead-free lenses, elimination of PVC, use of low-toxicity rinsing antiseptic
solution for medical services equipment, elimination of mercury, and adoption of application technology such as use of
Trivalent Chromium Plating Baths and Powder Painting in
products and manufacture.
In FY2003, we reviewed guidelines for the use of conventional chemicals and established standards over all Olympus
products design, manufacture, and procurement into Olympus
Environment-Related Substance Management Standards. The
above concepts are reflected in the newly established Olympus Eco-products standards for practical operation.

Division

Environmentally Conscious Products

16

In 1992, Olympus organized an environment activity committee and started environment improvement for product packing
and distribution. In 1997, it started product assessment to enhance product recycling. The concept was set out in an
Olympus Product Assessment Guide in 1999 detailing thecorporate position on energy saving of products and resourcesaving design.
As a critical implementation of the 02 Environment Basic
Plan, Olympus reviewed chemicals control and Green Procurement, the introduction of LCA (Life Cycle Assessment)
technology and establishment of an Olympus Eco-productStandard, a new Eco-products Standards in FY2003 to enhance environmental-conscious design.

Fiscal Year

Substances Usedin Production Processes

Substances Containedin Products

Must not be contained in
Products

Must not be used in
Production Process

Nine Substance Groups

30 Substance Groups

Cadmium Compounds
Organotin Compounds
Specified bromine-based fire
Retardant
Ozone layer depleting
substances, etc.

Substances specified or
regulated by Ozone Layer
Protection Law
Prohibited substances forprevention of soil and ground
Water Contamination
Dust specified by Air Pollution
Control Law
Class 1 Specified Chemicals by
the law on the examination andregulation of manufacture, etc.,
of chemical substances, etc.

Contents in products will betotally eliminated based on the
Use Restriction Plan.

Use in Production Process will
be totally eliminated based on
the use restriction plan.

Five Substance Groups

Not Applicable

Hexavalent chromium
Compounds
Lead Compounds
Mercury Compounds, etc.
Contents in products and thepart in which the substance isused will be identified

Situation of use during
Production or Disposition
inside Olympus will berecognized.

14 Substance Groups

Class 1 Substances
specified by PRTR ( Pollution
Release and Transfer Resister ) Law
354 Substances

Arsenic Compound
Beryllium Compounds
Nickel Compounds
Selenium Compounds, etc.

Excluding substances specified
in the above divisions■ Standard Use of Environmental Substances

Product-Related Measures

Eco-products
Setting up profile of Environmentally Conscious Products, which aims at creating new values, we started preparation foraddressing creation of new Environmentally Conscious Products in FY2004 and after.

Environmentally Conscious Products targeted by Olympus
Product-Related Measures

Environmentally
Conscious
Products targetedby Olympus

Eco-products

Energy Saving

Resource Saving

Safe Chemical
Substitution

Products with
Increased Energy Saving

Promotion of Circulationoriented Society via 3R( Reduce, Reuse, Recycle )Eco-products

Environmental
Protection and Safety■ Schematic Diagram of Eco-Products

Olympus Eco-product Standards
Olympus established Olympus Eco-product Standards basedon “substitution with safe chemicals”, “increased energy saving products”, and “promotion of formulation of circulationoriented society via 3R” as design standards for Environmentally Conscious Products.
Olympus Eco-product standards were formulated by setting
a standard for 32 items that Olympus indentified as being suitable. Decisions were then taken as to the level of product assessment to be undertaken at all stages of planning, design,and trial manufacture of products.

Environmental
Protection and
SafetyStandard• Substances prohibited or userestricted in products• Enhanced Safety in use

Energy Saving• Reduction of power consumption
when in use

Resource Saving• Lighter, thinner, shorter, and smaller
products• Ratio of improved Recyclability• Discretion• Collecting/Recycling• Indication• Resource Saving in use• Resource Saving during Manufacture• Longer-life Products• Upgrading

Disclosure ofEnvironmental Information• Environmental impact assessment /information provision

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Olympus Eco-products Approval Committee
Starting from FY2004, the designation of eco-product will begiven to products meeting eco-products requirements for applicable product categories, by in-house accreditation of environmentally conscious products.
A product developed based on standards for product categories and approved by a company-wide Environmental Approval Comittee will be examined by the Olympus Environmental Approval Comittee and approved by the Director in
charge of the Environment. Once it is approved, the Olympus
Eco-product will be given a mark on the products, and environmental information will be disclosed in catalogs and on the
Olympus Web site.

Definition

17■ Olympus Eco-product Standard

Product-Related Measures

Environmental Approach to Product Design
To assess environmental impact throughout product life, we will introduce of Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) technology. In
FY2003, LCA was introduced company-wide as a trial for accumulating technological information.

Approach to LCA Introduction

Investigation of LCI Data at Production Stage

Product-Related Measures

Environmental Approach to Product Design

We addressed the introduction of LCA technology that objectively and quantitatively evaluates the load imposed on theenvironment by products to further minimize environmentalload throughout the Product Life Cycle, including procurement of materials, production, distribution, use and disposition, and products design and production technology development.
We are working on introducing LCA technology capable ofenvironmental load assessment during manufacture, whichemphasizes assessment speed enabling quick feedback to
product development, and which incorporates Environmental
Load Unit Consumption (Life Cycle Inventory: LCI data) ofmajor component processing and assembly in-house.
We will use LCA as an Olympus assessment system called
Olympus Life Cycle Assessment (OLCA) in FY2004 andthereafter.

Life Cycle Assessment at the production stage uses Energy
and Resource Consumption and Environment Emission as an
assessment item, and uses unit consumption by LCI data investigation of all input and output, including feed materials,
raw materials, indirect materials, energy, and waste in major
processes such as glass, metal, and plastics processing, surface treatment, and assembly.
We are now accumulating unit consumption data to reflect
actual operation by monitoring power consumption in eachmajor process.

Environmentally
Conscious
Products
Environmentally
Conscious Design

Power Consumption
Monitoring

Existing
Products
Environmental
ImpactAssessment

Improvement
Plan
Environmental
Load Analysis

OLCA( Olympus Life Cycle Assessment )■ Diagram of Assessment using OLCA

IN P U TOU TPU T

Raw materials

Work process

Products

Glass materials(Sliced rod)

Grinding and polishing
Cleaning
Lens core taking

Glass
Polished lenses

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Indirect materials:
polishing agent,
detergent, etc.
Energy:Electric power, heat

Environmental load-measuring and evaluation tools are
essential for creating eco-products and promotion of ecomanagement. It is necessary to integrate a process thatquantifies the environmental load and promotes improvement in the task mechanism, such as when a product developer wants to reduce cost by estimating product cost or when a plant manager seeks to enhance
productivity by recognizing production efficiency.
To do this, we are now developing an easy-to-use LCA
tool, OLCA (Olympus LCA), so all products and processes are evaluated by this tool and it becomes a measureof Environmental Management.

RecycleWaste: refuse,
scrapsEmissions into environment
CO2, NOx, Sox, etc.

18
■ Investigation of LCI Data in Work Process

Masahisa Fukuda, group leader
Production Systems Clean Production
Systems Department
Production Engineering DivisionProduct-Related Measures

Green Procurement
To ensure development and production of Environmentally Conscious Products, we are cooperating with suppliers to pursue
procurement of materials and components with less environmental load based on new survey specifications of the Green
Procurement Research Sharing Council.

Approach to Green Procurement

We joined the Japan Green Procurement Survey Standardization Initiative (JGPSSI), a council that addresses industry
standardization of Green Procurement research established by
the Japan Electronics and Information Technology Industries
Association (JEITA) and continues to work for new Green
Procurement research sharing. Sharing of global Green Procurement research is expected to progress.

Common Survey

Format• Component Code /(Electronic File)
Component Name
• SupplierPreparation of
Questionnaire Answer
Table
Reading
Green
Procurement
DB(Electronic File)• ISO 14001 Certification
obtained• Environment Improvement• Inclusion of Chemicals• Abiding by Legislation• Harmful Effects
on Disposition• Resource Saving

Search and Viewing

Designers

Common Survey
FormatManager

Suppliers

Environmentallyconscious Design

Creation of
Eco-products

Green Procurement

Participation into Green Procurement
Research Sharing Council

Materials
DB

Product-Related Measures

Olympus adapted Green Procurement in 2000. Since then, we
have evaluated quality, price, and delivery time and approachto environmental protection of suppliers, which we used inenvironmental awareness at procurement. We must, however,reduce the environmental load from materials and components and effectively use resources to further promote the development of Environmentally Conscious Products. It is also
imperative to abide by laws and regulations that control
chemicals in products. Implementation of Green Procurement
Research has become very important in reflecting information
on chemicals that compose materials and components of products in product design.
We were successful in investigating environmental protection thanks to the cooperationof suppliers during two years ofgreen procurement research.
We wish to complete the investigation of materials and components.

■ Conceptual Diagram of new Green Procurement using Electronic Files(Supplier Evaluation and Survey of Environmental Substances)

Trial Implementation of new Green
Procurement
Olympus was the first to target the trial as per council specifications. After internal briefing, we started briefing 550 domestic suppliers and 300 overseas suppliers in December
2002. We also demonstrated data entry using personal computers at some sites so suppliers could master answering andentering data.
At the trial, we conducted a survey on the level of approachto the environment of suppliers and a survey on chemicals
based on council survey specifications using electronic information files.
Regular operation of new Green Procurement will start in
FY2004.

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■ Questionnaire Form

Briefing of Suppliers on new Green Procurement

Product-Related Measures

Examples ofEnvironmentally Conscious Products
Olympus products have conventionally contributed to resource saving and waste reduction through production of morecompact, lightweight items. We are committed to less power consumption of products as an important requirement forEnvironmentally Conscious Products.

Environmentally Consciousness in Digital Camera “CAMEDIA µ-10 DIGITAL”
Product-Related Measures

Examples of Environmentally Conscious Products

Power andResource Saving

More Compact
Optical System

A newly designed single-chip
low-voltage-driven IC (Integrated Circuits) on the motherboard ensures high-density
mounting. The lens zoom motor uses a low power consumption, high torque motor.
We could realize sharp power saving when the digital camera is in service and more resource saving using a smallermotherboard.

A triple-time zoom lens features weight and volume reduced from the conventional
8 components in 7 groups to
5 components in 3 groups. The
number of lenses is substantially decreased in asphericallens design and glass molding,which helps promote energy
and resource saving in manufacture. The finder optical system is made compact to halve
its size.

Adoption of
Lead-free Lens
Lead-free Glass is used in alllenses and other optical glass.

Low power consumption lowered heat reduction during camera use, which helped protect
the image pickup device fromheat, and thus enhanced levelof waterproofing was possible
in the Digital Camera.

➔➔

Mercury-free Liquid
Crystal Backlight

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Low Power
Consumption Design
enabled Water
Resistance in Daily Use

The backlight source uses awhite ray emission diode, whichenabled us to eliminate mercury from the liquid crystal
monitor.

Resource Saving by Useof Secondary Battery forPower Supply
A new lithium ion secondary
battery capable of about 300
charges and discharges enabled
further resource saving. As amember of JBRC (Japan Battery Recycle Center), we arepromoting the collection ofused batteries and more recycling.

a

Other Examples ofEnvironmental AwarenessMaterial identifying indications
are affixed to major plastics components to allow easier separation. We are working to totallyeliminate Styrofoam cushioning materials, paper reduction byuse of product instructions on
CD-ROM, and use of recycled
paper.

Product-Related Measures

Examples ofEnvironmental Technology Development
Olympus is committed to development of products, manufacture technology and positive introduction of application
technology that minimizes the impact on the environment during the product life cycle.

Technology of standardized Lens grinding
and polishing

Existing
Process

Lens
Takayuki KishidaRawmaterials

CG

PG1

PG2

Laplike
Process

Polishing

Lens“The Laplike method wasborn from field needs, reforming lens manufacture
methods, and I was convinced that cost reduction
would reduce the environmental load.”* Speculated by the reduction process■ Laplike Processing Mechanism and Effects

Energy Saving and Flash Recharging Circuitwith 25% Power Consumption Reduced

Charge circuit II

Charge circuit I is driven in the first halfand charge circuit II in the second half.

■ Energy saving flash recharging
Keiichi TsuchidaAmount ofconsumed charge

Olympus’s unique energy saving flash recharging circuit design enabled us to reduce electricity consumed by a charging
operation by about 25%. This technology selects charge circuits with different winding ratios based on the charge voltage
and obtains capacitor voltage and charge required for lightemission, minimizing current consumption of the battery.
The charge circuit was also made compact, and has been usedin film cameras. Due to constant improvement, a second-generation energy saving flash with a short charge time is used on
new products.

Charge circuit I

Examples of Environmental Technology Development

Grinding Fluid: total elimination
Glass Sludge: approximately 10 to 15% reduction*
Energy (electricity, etc.): approximately 50% reduction*

Ultra-precision Technology Department
Production Engineering
Division

Product-Related Measures

Olympus has developed standardized grinding and polishingtechnology, called the “Laplike Method”, which reduces thelens grinding and polishing process and does not use grinding
fluid.
It features a whetstone with diamond powder blended in its
specific binding material, which causes surface electric potential in liquid. When this whetstone grinds out a lens, silica
nanoparticles from the polishing fluid are absorbed by thebinding material, and the lens is polished to a mean roughnessof 0.03 µm or less. This eliminates downstream precision
grinding. The introduction of this technology halved facility
and installation space, enabled energy saving of 50% due toreduced work hours, reduced glass sludge by 15%, reduced
industrial waste, and totally eliminated ethylene glycol grinding fluid.

Grinding fluid, polishing material,
glass sludge, energy (electricity, etc.)

Charge circuit I
Turn ratio of N/2

Charge circuit II
Turn ratio N

This is reduced

Capacitor voltage (unit voltage)

R & D 3 Department
R & D Division Imaging
Systems Group“I would like to apply thistechnology to digital cameras that require much moreenergy saving.”■ Electricity consumed by Battery per unit Voltage

ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuits)
for Digital Camera Power and Resorce Savingµ-10
Akira Ueno
SOC Technology Department
Research and Development
Division Corporate R & D
CenterC-2 ZOOM■ Single-chip Energy Saving Motherboard“I am dedicated to realizing more functional ASICs
and lower power consumption to make a more
power-saving, smaller digital camera. I want to apply the technology that I
have acquired here to other products.”

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Environmental impact assessment of digital cameras by LCA
showed that the energy load factor during camera operation in
the total life cycle of products is high and energy saving design was thus an important issue in product development.
Olympus developed an ASIC for digital cameras for quick
processing and low power consumption based on high efficiency image processing and energy saving IC design. We
are on the way to ultimate design for more energy and resources management resulting from reduction in size andweight when in operation.

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Environmental Consciousness in
Product Packaging and Distribution
Olympus is promoting reduction of materials used in product packaging, use of regenerated resources and smaller packaging
to ensure reduction of the environmental load caused by product packing and distribution. The standardization of
distribution bases of the Olympus Group is the next target for reducing the environmental load entailed by distribution.

Approach to Environmental ProductPackaging and Distribution
Product-Related Measures

Environmental Consciousness in Product Packaging and Distribution

In the area of product packaging, we are shifting toward materials having high packaging functions and quality, reliability,
disposability, and convenience, and for which recycling infrastructures are already in place, and use of recycled materials,
more adequate packaging design, and development of packaging design technology. In distribution, we are working to reduce the environmental load in the total logistic operation, including direct delivery from manufacture bases; transport
packaging suitable to the change in the distribution environment due to automatic delivery sorting; and energy saving andhigher efficiency through modal shifts, etc.
To improve packaging and distribution, we are now :Endoscope Carrying Case made of Cardboard• Changing Materials• Changing the Shape of Corrugated Cardboard Boxes• Considering Recyclability• Considering Packaging Design in Transport Environments• Constructing Distribution taking the Environment into
Consideration

MO Cushioning Material made by Pulp Molding

Trends in Product Packaging
Since we set up a Packaging Environment Committee in fiscal
1992, we have promoted the 3Rs-Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle- for product packaging materials and seek to reducepacking volume and Styrofoam 30% in packaging design
technology, which is called “Slim 30”.
We are also addressing shifts in materials to cardboard,
pulp mold, and film packaging material whose recycling infrastructure is in place and promoting 3R design and i ) use ofrecycled materials as cushioning materials to replace Styrofoam ii ) exclusion of organic solvent from printing iii ) surface processing and packaging design with less environmentalload through LCA.

Film Packaging used for Microscope Cushioning Material

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Water-based Ink Printing on Packaging of Analyzing Reagent

Improvements of Distribution Packaging

Improvements of Distribution
Since Blood Analyzers are large precision devices, they used
to be transported by special trucks to ensure quality. During
our approach to logistics improvement, however, we foundthey could be transported safely by plane or rail. We
switched transport to distant metropolitan areas such as Sapporo and Fukuoka from special trucks to rail whenever leadtime permits. This alone amounts to a 93% reduction in CO2emission.
Together with ongoing packaging material improvements,

Modal Shift
Cargo Terminal

Railroad

Container Vehicle■ Modal Shift for Blood Analyzer Device

this case was presented in “All Japan Logistics Improvement
Case Study Convention 2003” held on April 23, and wasawarded a prize for
effort in logistics
streamlining.

Presentation at Logistics Improvement
Case Study Convention

Special Truck

Modal Shift

SapporoCargo Terminal

Container Vehicle

Railroad

We struck a balance between environment improvement
and cost reduction in two phases, both in packaging materials and transport means.
People tend to think environmental measures must be
costly, but this case enabled us to reduce costs due toenvironment improvement. Breaking through an established maintenance of the status quo requires
undying persistence. I speak frommy experience.
Michiro Sakai
Director, Certificate Logistics Senior Master
Olympus Logitex Co. , Ltd.

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Fukuoka

Olympus Logitex Tokyo center (Kawasaki)

Special Truck

Use of Slope

Environmental Consciousness in Product Packaging and Distribution

Non-packaged Cleaning Device

Use of Collapsible Containers

Product-Related Measures

Delivery packaging underwent the following improvements:
Disposable 10-piece cardboard boxes were previously used
for transport of endoscope procedural tools produced at Aomori Olympus. However, those boxes were replaced with“returnable boxes”, that is, collapsible containers. This enabled an annual 17-ton reduction in cardboard from previous
use of about 2,400 boxes per month.
As for endoscope packaging, the cleaning device used to bepacked in cardboard. However after repeated trials, we confirmed that packaging could be reduced to a plastic bag andthen, several products are transported in a Combination Container. In the Combination Container, a slope made of corrugated cardboard fills excess space between cleaning devices
in the box. Thanks to use of the cardboard slope, we can fillexcess space between cleaning devices in the box. The cardboard slope helps us move devices into and out of the combination container efficiently. This non-packaged transportation is expected to reduce annual cardboard use by 5 tons.

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Manufacturing-Related Measures

Energy and Resources Management
We are promoting energy saving measures to reduce Global Warming and CO2 Emissions
Our expanded production increased energy consumption in FY2003.

of the increase in overseas production in FY2003, the amountof energy use, including the Shenzhen Plant, was 64,622 tonsof CO2, showing an increase of 10.3% over the previous year.

Transition in Total Energy Use
Manufacturing-Related Measures

Items

Unit

 Domestic Emission
 Shenzhen Emission( t-CO2 )70,00060,000CO2 Emissions

Energy and Resources Management

In FY2003, the Olympus group clearly defined its target of a
6% reduction by FY2011 (for FY1991) based on the greenhouse effects gas reduction planned target adopted in the Kyoto Protocol of the Framework Convention on Climate
Change. Since the majority of greenhouse gases the Olympus
group emits is CO2, reducing such emission will directly result from energy saving. Until now, we could see effects owing to measures by “grass-roots activity” in each facility. We
consider overseas development of the production system to bea reason for such reduction. Reducing CO2 Emissions is a
global problem, and we must consider a reduction plan that
include overseas production bases, rather than simply focusing on activities in Japan. It thus appears difficult to attain thetarget with conventional energy saving measures.
Domestic energy use in FY2003 was 48,580 ton CO2 ,showing a 5.7% increase in the absolute value (not by points)
for the previous year. The unit consumption to sales ratio, almost leveling off. This year, we began dealing with theamount of energy use from FY2001 to 2003 for the Shenzhen
Plant in China, the largest overseas production base. Because

50,00040,000 43,810

48,27948,773

16,042
48,49648,321

10,47647,72430,00048,58045,96620,00010,000
0
'91

'97

'98

'99

'00

'01

'02

'03 ( FY )* We calculate the CO2 emission factor for Shenzhen similarly to domestic cases using the factor
for FY2000 prescribed in the Law concerning the Promotion of the Measures to Cope with
Global Warming”.

■ Transition in CO2 Emissions

FY1991

FY1999FY2000FY2001

FY2002

FY2003

Kerosene 1.4%
City Gas 3.0%

LPG 1.7%
CO2 Emissions

t-CO2

43,81048,49648,32147,72445,966

48,580

Amount of Energy

Terajoule

1,084

1,208

1,200

1,194

1,159

1,198

Net Sales

100 mil. yen

1,574

2,574

2,794

3,129

3,283

3,464

Unit Consumption to Sales

t-CO2/
100 mil. yen

27.8

18.8

17.3

15.3

14.0

14.0

Unit Consumption to Sales(100 in FY1997) %

%

–

79

72

64

59

59

Crude Oil Conversion Basiskiloliters

28,06931,28031,05430,91030,00031,012

Diesel Oil 0.4%
Gasoline 0.3%

Heavy Fuel Oil 22.5%
Electric Power 70.7%* CO2 emissions: CO2 emissions for each year are calculated on the basis of factors specified in the FY2000 Regulations for the
Law concerning Promotion of Measures to Cope with Global Warming..
* Conversion to Joules: For electrical power, factors specified in Regulations for the Law concerning Rational Use of Energy areused for each year but for other types of energy, factors specified in Overall Statistics about Energy is used.
* Conversion to crude oil: Conversion is conducted on the basis of factors specified in Regulations for the Law concerning
Rational Use of Energy.

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12,603■ CO2 Emissions by Type of Energy
Source in FY2003■ Energy Consumption and Energy Consumption per Unit of Net Sales

Example from Aizu Olympus
Aizu Olympus had a problem of solar heat through the plantbuilding roof that placed a substantial load on the air conditioning system. To solve this problem, roof insulation was
implemented over a roof area of 836 m2 when constructing a
new cleaning room. This reduced heat from outside entering
the building.
The enhanced insulation and made an output reduction of

16kW in cooling requirement, bringing
a reduction annuallyof 103,680 kWh.

Insulation is placed on the Roof of
Cleaning Room

Example from Ina Plant

Introduction of Power Monitor
We introduced an electricity
monitor that works on theinternal LAN, enabling electricity consumption to becontrolled in individual
workplaces, saving energy.
Power Monitor

The Ina Plant was awarded the Director-General of Agency
of Natural Resources and Energy prize.
Cooling Water Pump with Higher
Efficiency

Absorption Refrigerator

Energy and Resources Management

To replace conventional cold water package air conditioners and cooling towers, the Ina Plant introduced an absorption
water chiller/warmer in high-efficiency thermoelectric equipment, cooling tower and air conditioning units, which is capable of leveling the power load and corresponding to seasonalvariation. This replacement brought a 360,000 kWh reduction
in annual electricity consumption. This facility can switch fuel from heavy oil to natural gas and a cogeneration system canbe integrated if the infrastructure includes natural gas consumption

Product-Related Measures

Remodeled Air Conditioning Systemwith High Efficiency Equipment

An inverter-controlled compressor has been introduced
To perform tracking control
in real time of air conditioning demand, an invertercontrolled device has been
installed. This could exclude the loss of unloader,thus enabling an energy reInverter-controlled Compressor
duction of 460,000 kWh.

This year, the Ina Plant won thisprize - thanks to personnel
cooperation in energy saving.
We will continue to address energy saving, aiming for higher
standards.
Sadayuki Ono (left) and Satoshi
Mizutani admiring the prize
General Affairs group

Example from Hinode Plant
The Hinode Plant used to compress air using three air compressors. Depending on the pressure situation, one compressor
was in standby operation, consuming power running with noload. This was replaced by two smaller compressors capableof on/off operation. This eliminated unnecessary standby electricity, reducing electricity consumption 3,036 kWh a year.

Resource-Saving Activities
Total Water Consumption was 1,570,000 m 3 in FY2003,
showing an increase of 4% over the previous year. Copy paper used was 133 tons, a 6% increase over the previous year.
 Ground water Piped water

Water
consumption( 10,000m3 )

200
150

15
173

16
163

17
140

120

140

128

125

133

'01

'02

'03

80
40
0

0
'99

'00

'01

'02

'03

■ Transition in Water Consumption( FY )'00■ Transition of Total Consumption in
Copy Paper

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138

50

Small Compressors at Hinode Plant( tons )

160

15
187

100

( FY )

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Manufacturing-Related Measures

Waste Management and Recycling
In FY2003, we worked for the first year to implement the 02 Basic Environmental Plan, prioritizing Zero Emissions.
The amount of intermediate treatment of waste by contract showed a decrease of 683 tons from the previous year and the
Recycled Resource Ratio was 76% in FY2003.

We are determined to achieve Zero
Emissions

Amount and Rate of Recycling in FY2003

Manufacturing-Related Measures

Focusing on facilities at which production is high, the numberof personnel is high, and much of waste is discarded, we reviewed separating unrecyclable waste and recyclable waste
whose infrastructure was already in place.
We identified how each branch was to attain a landfill ratio
of 1% or less, which is the criterion for zero emissions, andintensively promoted reduction of waste volume and resource
recycling. Some facilities achieved this landfill ratio in amonth in the latter half of FY2003.
In FY2004, we will set up methods and rules for examination, aiming at zero emissions in major facilities.

Olympus counts the amount of resources recycled as theamount of those reused as resources for recycling by facilities
or by outsourcing contractors out of total emission materials
at each facility. This includes materials sold out as valuable
resources.
The amount of resources recycled in FY2003 was 2,641
tons, up 721 tons (38%) from the previous year. This included 268 tons of materials sold out as valuable resources, andthe Recycled Resource Ratio was 76%, improving 20% overthe previous year.

Waste Management and Recycling

Waste Acids and Alkalines 6.0%
Waste Oil 9.7%

Idea of Waste Origination to Final Disposition
Olympus prioritizes reduction of the amount of final disposal,
and its criterion for zero emissions is to reduce the volume oflandfill after intermediate processing within 1% or less of total amount of emissions” (“Volume of landfills, C1” in the diagram below).
Olympus encourages volume reduction treatment such as
Drying and Resource Recycling and Waste Liquid Regeneration in-house to reduce waste (amount of emissions produced)
more intensively.

Waste Metals and Glass 31.2%

Food Waste and Sludge 10.6%
Waste Plastics 14.4%

Waste Paper and Cardboard 28.1%

Total 2,641t■ Breakdown of Amount of Recycled Materials

Amount of waste generated A

Generation of Waste
Categories ofWaste Generated

Waste forcommissioned
processing, A1

Waste Subject toInternal Amountof Reduction, A2

Waste Subject toInternal Recycling
Processes, A3

Categories of Emissions

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Intermediate Processingat Waste Processing
Companies

After Intermediate
Processing

Those Delivered
to Intermediate
Treatment

Commissioned
Volume of
Waste
Waste Reduced
Processing
Internally

Volume of Waste forCommissioned Processing, B1

UsefulMaterials,
A5

Recycling

UsefulMaterials

Reusableresources

Residue

Waste Emission

Waste Subject to
Direct Recycling
Processes, A4

Recycling

Volume ofReduction, B2

Volume of Recycling, B3

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Volume ofVolume of Reduction by
Landfills,C1 Intermediate
Processing,C2Volume of
Recycling afterIntermediatedProcessing,C3Volume of final disposal

Volume of waste
emissions=B1+B3

Recycled rate (%)
=

B3
✕100
B1+B3

(Calculation methodof Olympus)

26■ Category Grouping of Wasted at Each Phase from Generation to Final Disposal

Rate of landfills (%)
=

C1
✕100
B1+B3

Transition in Commissioned Waste
Processing

Hachioji Recycling Center

Waste Oil, etc. 4.6%
Waste Metals and Glass 7.7%

Waste Alkalines 12.2%
Waste Acids 14.8%

Waste Paper 18.2%

Hachioji Recycling Center
Sludge 17.1%
FY2003

Total 847t

FY2002198 tons

235 tons

Recycling Waste
Acids andAlkalines

Composting
Food Waste
Decomposing andProcessing Sludge■ Breakdown of Commissioned Waste Processing

Waste Management and Recycling

Waste Plastics 25.4%

A year has passed since the recycling center started operation
at the Technology Research Institute (Hachioji) on March 12,
2002.
The former waste collection depot has been totally renovated into a temporary storage space with wide frontage having
total floor area of 263 m2, including the second floor, to allow
easy storage of large waste. Garbage-processing compost(high fermentation) equipment started operation in June 2001,
and now operates 24hours a day to process
food waste from catering
for about 3,000 personnel at the center.

Manufacturing-Related Measures

We focused on reuse or internal circulation, mainly of lenssludge, waste plastics, and waste acids and alkalis, which areemission materials characteristic to the company to further reduce commissioned waste processing. The total volume in
Domestic Development and Production Facilities in FY2003
was 847 tons, a reduction of 683 tons (45%) over the previous
year and 1,766 tons (68%) over the reference year (FY1997).

FY2004
Target:49 tons

FY2001430 tons( tons )

(%)

2,500

2,641 100

2,000

80

1,799 1,920

1,500
1,000

942

500

484

0

16

29

1,245
34

1,474
38

76
48

Reducing Paper
used by Automated
Office Equipment

FY1999506 tons
More Recycling ofWaste Paper■ Technology Research Institute’s Concept of Reducing the Volume ofWaste for Commissioned Processing

20
0

Thorough Separate Collection at Tatsuno
Plant

500
847

1,000
1,500

1,530

2,000

2,049

'98

'99

'00

'01

'02

'03

(FY)

 Amount of Recycled Waste
 Amount of Intermediate Treatment of Waste by Contract
 Recycle Ratio■ Transition in Amount of Recycling Materials and Commissioned Waste
Processing

The Tatsuno Plant separated waste into 52 types until October
2002. In December, however, it reviewed this and increased
separation categories to 82 for a higher recycled resource ratio
promoting resource recycling.
Since the Tatsuno Plant includes temporary staff dispatchedfrom overseas, Examples of actual waste and photographs of
the waste are placed oneach separation containerso that people can identify the suitable container
at a glance.

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2,500 2,613 2,420 2,399 2,579'97

FY2000713 tons

60
40

56

Recycling Waste
Plastics
Recycling Waste
Metals27
Separate Collection at Tatsuno Plant

Manufacturing-Related Measures

Chemicals Management
A variety of chemicals in manufacturing processes and in products, and some are hazardous to the environment and health.
Olympus is focusing on accident prevention and reducing emissions into the environment.

Category

Chemical Usage Standards

Prohibited Chemicals

Chemicals Management

The Olympus group has been recording emitted and transferred chemicals since 1997 based on the guideline of fourelectric machinery and electronic organizations. Based on thepollution Release and Transfer Register (PRTR) Law, we surveyed 354 items of Class 1 substances subject to the law in
FY2003. Chemicals handled in quantities more than 10 kg a
year were picked up at each branch, and substances that werehandled in quantities of 100 kg or more in total for all branches were summarized. Substances subject to the PRTR Law
amounted to 31.77 tons in FY2003, a reduction of 3.76 tons
over the previous year.

CFCs, Halon, Carbon Tetrachloride,
HCFC, HBFCs, Methyl bromide,
Dichloromethane, Tetrachloroethylene,
1,1,1-Trichloroethane, Trichloroethylene,cis-1,2-Dichloroethylene, Benzene,
Asbestos, Aldrin, Endrin, Chlordane,
Dieldrin, Hexachlorobenzene,
Polychlorinated Naphthalene (only thosewith number of chlorines being 3 orhigher), DDT, PCB, Bis (tri-nbutylchlorostannane) =Oxide, Amosite,
Crocidolite, Bis (chloromethyl) ether, 4Amino Biphenyl, 4-Nitro Biphenyl,
Benzidine, 웁-Naphthylamine

Hexavalent chromium, lead,
mercury, polyvinyl chloride,cyan compounds

Use-controlled
Chemicals

PRTR Surveys

Chemicals used in Manufacturing Processes

Cadmium, Organotin
Compounds, PBB, PBDE,
PCB, PolychlorinatedNaphthalene, Asbestos, Azo
Compounds, Ozone Layer
Depleting Substances

Use-restricted
Chemicals

Manufacturing-Related Measures

In FY2003, Olympus set up a new classifying system consisting of Prohibited, Restricted (reduced as much as possible),and Controlled (careful managed use) based on the degree ofharmful effects for use as a component in products and use in
manufacture processes.

Chemicals Contained in Products

Antimony, Arsenic, Beryllium,
Bismuth, Chromium, Cobalt,
Nickel, Selenium, Tellurium,
Thallium, Chlorinated Paraffin,
Other Bromine-based Fire
Retardant, Phthalic Acid Ester,Radioactive Substances

354 Chemicals specified in Article 1 ofJapan’s PRTR law (excluding chemicals
listed above)■ Chemical Substance usage Standards
 Amount of handled of the 174 chemicals specified by the four electric andelectronic associations for PRTR survey
 Amount of handled of the 354 chemicals specified by Japan’s PRTR Law( tons )

120
100

101

80

76

60

55

40

39

41

35

32

'02

'03

VolumeRecycled

Volumeof Landfill

20
0
'98

'99

'00

'01

( FY )■ Transition in handled PRTR Substances
Unit: tons

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Code bythe law
30
40
42
43
63
69
101
145
207
211
224
227
230
231
232
283
304
307
309

Volume Released

Chemicals

AmountHandledAir

Epoxy resin of bisphenol A-type (liquid)
Ethyl Benzene
Ethylene Oxide
Ethylene Glycol
XyleneHexavalent Chromium Compounds
Acetic acid 2-Ethoxyethyl
Dichloromethane *1
Copper water-soluble salt
Trichloroethylene *1
1,3,5-Trimethyl Benzene
TolueneLead and its compounds
NickelNickel compound
Fluorine and its compounds
Boron and its compounds
Poly (oxy-ethylene) = Alkyl Ether *2
Poly (exy ethylene) = Nonyl Phenyl Ether

0.29
0.14
3.64
0.68
4.24
0.48
0.31
0.36
0.13
0.47
0.16
11.64
5.56
0.36
1.69
0.45
0.27
0.63
0.27
31.77

0.01
0.11
0.78
0.32
2.71
0.00
0.02
0.23
0.00
0.47
0.16
9.54
0.00
0.00
0.01
0.00
0.00
0.02
0.00
14.36

Total

Water Area

Soil

VolumeRemoved

0.14
0.06
0.01
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.06
0.04

0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00

0.20
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.10
0.03
0.10
0.00
0.05

1.88
2.81
0.00
0.00
0.02
0.00
0.00
0.00

0.35
1.53
0.43
0.19
0.13
0.05

0.00
0.03
0.26
0.00
0.04
0.06
0.01
0.52

0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00

2.91
0.23
0.67
0.00
0.02
0.00
0.02
4.21

0.00
0.03
0.02
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.19
3.01

1.74
0.09
0.76
0.45
0.21
0.57
0.08
8.77

*1 Dichloromethane, trichloroethylene, nickel compounds (including nickel sulfate) are subject to survey of noxious substances.
*2 Limited to those with number of carbons in alkyl base radical is 12 to 15 and their mixture.

■ PRTR Survey Results

VolumeVolumeConsumed Recorded

0.07
0.03

0.91

0.91

0.00

Totals may not correspond to the actual sum due to rounding off.

Reducing Organic Solvents

Powder Painting Decreased Solvent Use

thus totally eliminating trichloroethylene in manufacture
processes in March 2002.

To solve these problems, Olympus, in cooperation with apaint manufacturer, developed a unique powder paint especially for microscope components. This powder painting
technology features luxurious appearance specifications(grain leather pattern) and synthesis of resin that permits low
temperature baking. We thus complete painting with zero
emissions of paint waste or organic solvent into the air and reduced annual use of xylene by 1.7 tons.

( tons )

100
80

79
60

62

40

1. Waste plastics:
Annually about 5 tons of waste plastics are produced.
Sludge must be treated as part of facility maintenance.
2. Organic solvent emitted into air
A variety of organic solvents was in paints and thinners
used in the process, and most solvents were emitted into
the atmosphere.
3. Drain treatment
A massive volume of water was used in the solvent painting facility (water booth), which required processing in external treatment facilities.

Chemicals Management• Changed the exhaust fan of the agent-applying booth to
explosion-proof specifications, and• Continuously checked for blocking of filters in booths,

Olympus mainly uses organic solvent for general painting.
The portion remaining as coating of products is about 15%
and other portions are waste plastics (40%) and xylene (45%),
which is a volatile organic chemical substance, are emitted into the atmosphere. Painting of organic solvent involved thefollowing problems:

Manufacturing-Related Measures

Olympus uses dichloromethane and trichloroethylene as chlorine-based organic solvent. Trichloroethylene was used as alens overcoat dilution solvent at the Ina Plant. Although we
did not have any other solvent whose performance is comparable to the solubility and drying ability of trichloroethylene,
we were considering switching to some other solvent that affected the environment less. We selected butyl acetate-based
solvent that dissolves pitch, which is the base agent of theovercoat, to replace trichloroethylene, but its low flash point
involved the risk of explosion and fire. To solve this problem, we took the following measures:

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20

23
13

0
'97

'98

'99

'00

'01

1.4
'02

0.5
'03

( FY )■Use of Trichloroethylene

Powder Painting Room at Ina Plant

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Eliminating Ethylene Glycol
Olympus has focused on finding substitutions for and eliminating ethylene glycol, used on the automatic lens processing
line. It was difficult, however, to find a perfect alternativethat “operators can use safely”; when we used a promising
substitute actually in the field, unexpected problems resulted
although the experiment had resulted in good performance.
We solved this problem by using “Gracool” to eliminate 530
kg ethylene glycol in a year.

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Automatic Lens Processing Line

Communication with Society

Social Contribution
Based on Social IN management philosophy, Olympus is positively committed to activities that contribute to society.

Exchange Athletic Festival
Communication with Society

The 19th Exchange Athletic Meeting was held in the Fujimori
Park athletics stadium in Hachioji, Tokyo in October 2002.
Olympus staff members also took part as volunteers. On theathletic field, they volunteered to support the disabled, and joined various
events to deepen rapport.

Youth Science Festival
Parents and Children enjoy the Wonders of Science
In August 2002, a Youth Science Festival was organized at
the Science Museum, Tokyo. The Olympus booth featured asample being observed using MIC-D, a digital microscope,
and was very well received by visitors. At the festival site,
projects awarded prizes in the 42nd Natural Science Observation Contest were displayed, and drew attention from visitorsof all ages. Olympus will continue to provide occasions suchas this for children to experience science.

Staff Members Participating as
Volunteers
Social Contribution

Children’s Nature Watch Contest
To foster scientific minds in elementary and junior highschool students, a Children’s Nature Watch Contest has been
held every year since 1960 sponsored by the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology.
Olympus has supported this contest from the first one. Students addressed “Why?” and “How?” questions about natureand created wonderfulwork every year. The
number of contributions
has increased every year,
and in the 43rd contest,
entries totaled 4,633, including 4,084 works fromelementary school students and 549 from juniorhigh school students. Exhibits and part of theaward ceremony may beviewed at http: //www.
shizecon.net/. (Japanese)
Poster

Welfare Festival

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In May 2002, Hachioji city held the 19th Welfare Festival, in
which Olympus also exhibited experience products in a booth.
Visitors had hands-on experience with endoscopes and microscopes, which were unfamiliar to them. Olympus
will continue to cooperatewith local communities
through such exchanges
as this.

Local people Examining Olympus
Products

Awarded Works on Display

Nature in Japan Photograph Contest
This year witnessed the 20th Nature in Japan photograph contest, which Olympus has cosponsored since the start. Under
the theme of “Japanese nature that should be conserved forever,” 7,669 entries were submitted, including 7,030 works in
the Documentary division and 639 in the Photo Art division.
A commendation ceremony was held at the Tokyo Head Office of the Asahi Shinbun
in June 2003. Photographalbums of prize-winners
are to be released in mid
September.

Awards Ceremony in 2002

Charity of Olympus Optical Co. (Europe)GmbH
Rains and flooding in central Europe in August 2002 extensively damaged vast areas of Germany, Austria, and theCzech Republic. Olympus provided Benewiz and Witting,two small corporations, with a donation of 10,000 Euro in aid.
We asked the Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Saxony,
to obtain a list of allcompanies which wereseverely damaged in theregion. After talking to
all of them, two companies, which needed help
most, were selected.
Giving a Donation to Severely Damaged
Corporations

Supporting Young Photographer of the Year
Contest by RSPCA of the UK

Social Contribution

Prizewinners

KeyMed is active in the local community and has participatedin a number of local projects aimed at enhancing the area. As
an example KeyMed is a significant contributor to the Essex
Wildlife Trust. The Trust was established in 1959, and depends on membership subscriptions, donations and legacies aswell as contributions from business to fund the majority of its
work. The Essex Wildlife Trust looks after 2,800 hectares ofland on 92 nature reserves in Essex, spending nearly £1 million each year caring for wildlife and encouraging others to do
the same. In 2001 EWT taught over 27,000 children about
wildlife at its Visitor Centers and in schools so that the next
generation will understand the need to preserve wildlife andthe environment.

Communication with Society

Olympus UK co-hosts a photograph contest for Young Photographer of the Year annually together with the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA), a
British organization. Olympus UK has supported this event
for more than ten years by giving cameras to winners andpreparing winning photographs to be displayed in the exhibition held in London. This contest targets those 18 years oldor younger to help them understand the significance of humancoexistence with the environment and wild animals throughphotographs. Some 6,000 entries were accepted in the year,
and an award ceremony was held in December 2002.

Contribution to the Essex Wildlife Trust

Wildlife and Environmental Education

Supporting A Day in the Life of Africa, a
Photography Event

Targeting Earth-friendly technology, Olympus has long advocated the importance of environmental protection and cooperated with the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) Japan, the world’s
largest private nature protection organization, famous for advertising recognition of valuable nature. As part of this, wedonate nature photo calendars featuring photographs of wild
animals to WWF Japan. The 2003 edition is the 18th and features Children of Wild Animals -- photographs taken aroundthe world by Mitsuaki Iwago, a wildlife photographer, reflecting his message of commitment to conserving nature. The
WWF is engaged in a wide range of nature protection activities such as protection of endangered wild fauna and flora andtheir habitat, preservation of forests and marine waters, andenvironmental education.

Olympus Environmental Report 2003

A Day in the Life of Africa is an event in which 100 famous
photojournalists from 21 countries spread out in 53 countries
on the continent of Africa to take pictures of life in all African
regions on February 28, 2002. As the main sponsor, Olympus
provided all-out support through product donations and training in the use of equipment and materials. Finished photos
were published in a photograph collection in October 2002,
and all proceeds went to a fund for an African AIDS education program. Olympus held an exhibit to display 250 selected photographs at the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography between June 14 to July 13, 2003. For information
on A Day in the Life of Africa, please see:
http://www.ditlafrica.com (English)

Assistance to the World Wildlife Fund via
Olympus Calendar

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Photograph Collection

Olympus Calendar 2003

Communication with Society

Environmental Communication
Olympus communicates with citizens of local communities by sending out environmental information and taking part incommunity events.

Environmental Reports

Internal Environmental Information Database

Communication with Society

In September 2000, the Olympus Group published the first issue of the Environmental Report in Japanese and English, followed by similar issues in FY2002 and 2003. The fourth issue was published this year. The Environmental Report isedited by the Environmental Development Department in cooperation with corporate divisions. In addition to distributed
copies, the Environmental Report may be accessed at the
Olympus Web site at:
http://www.olympus.co.jp

Environmental information collected by Environment Promotion Divisions of Head Office and branches and departments
is gathered and standardized in a database to be shared via
groupware that all employees can access. This enables employees to learn about in-house environment rules and detailed information on how their colleagues are committed toenvironmental preservation.

Environmental Communication

Environmental Report 2002

Participation in Environment Festa in Aizu
Aizu-Wakamatsu holds an Environment Festa in Aizu every
year, including the tenth anniversary in September 2002.
Aizu Olympus participates in this event every year, this year
holding a panel exhibit on environmental protection in the
Olympus group such as resource and energy saving and waste
recycling. At the booth, staff members distributed free organic fertilizer, “Eco Yuuki,” made from the corporate canteen.
Staff members also gave those who answered the environment
quiz photographs shot with a Olympus digital camera andprinted on Print-Club seals.

Internal Database Displayed on Monitor

Involvement in Community Activities
Every Olympus branch is engaged in community activities.
Branch cleaning is conducted several times a year and involves all employees. After working hours at the Technology
Research Institute in Hachioji, personnel split up into groups
to clean the branch grounds, roads, parks, and other community spaces. In Aizu Olympus, participants raised a healthy autumn sweat with a walking for fitness promotion while enjoying the landscape along the 10 km course around the Agagawa River near the Kita-Aizu plant. This was conducted inparallel with a the walking campaign held by the Olympus
health insurance society. After finishing the course, participants joined in cleaning up rivers, streams, and roads.

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Olympus Booth at Environment Festa

Cleaning in Hachioji

Cleaning by Aizu Olympus
Employees

Results of Questionnaires about Olympus
Environmental Report 2002

Feedback from Readers about the Olympus
Environmental Report 2002

Number of respondents: 51 As of March 31, 2003

Others 35%

Communication with Society

Respondent breakdown:

A number of inquiries and comments were made about the
Olympus Environmental Report in FY2003. We have reviewed and summarized reader opinions below, and they arereflected in this issue.

Business Partners 29%

Environmental
Organizations 2%
Individuals related to
Research and Education 2%
Customers 12%

Q1 What do you think of the Olympus Environmental Report 2002
after reading it?
Difficult to Understand 2%

Individuals forEnvironmental Affairs 20%

Q2 Please note which parts of the report were of particular interest
to you?

Average 33%
Easy to Understand 65%

Q3 How did you come to know about this report?
Other Source 8%

Olympus Employee 17%
Materials sent out by Olympus 47%
Olympus Web Site 13%

Newspaper or Magazine 15%

Numberresponses

Message from the President

9

Business Activities andEnvironmental Impact

15

Highlights of Environmental
Activities in FY 2001

9

Management Philosophy andEnvironmental Principles

10

Environmental Organization

6

Mid-term Environmental Plan

13

Environmental Management
System13

Risk Management19

Education

Numberresponses

Items

Product Packaging andDistribution

17

Energy and Resources
Management

20

Waste Management andRecycling25

Chemicals Management

12

Prevention of Air andWater Pollution

11

Social Contribution

4

Environmental
Communication

10

13

Overview of Facilities in
Japan

1

Health and Safety

9

FY 2001 Domestic Data

3

Environmental Accounting

12

Overseas Production
Bases

Environmental-Conscious
Product

14

4

Environmental Activities
and Awards

Examples of EnvironmentalConscious products

23

5

Environmental Communication

Items* The total number of answers does not agree with the number respondents becauseof multiple answers.

Opinions on Olympus Environmental Report 2002
Points to be improved
Want more cases of practical application.

Reflection on Olympus Environmental Report 2003
➔ More cases of branches including overseas branches are inserted.

How about posting opinions and valuation of employees and customers? ➔ Photographs and comments of employees are included.
Expect articles to appear written based on products near at users’ hand.
products rating environmental consciousness.

➔ Articles on µ10 DIGITAL is inserted in the page of the environment-considered

Related pages

pp.24-29,36,37
pp.9,21
pp.20

It would be better to insert a description of issues to address in the future ➔ Some appear in the Environment Basic Plan.
and activities planned in 2003.

pp.6➔ Some are included in business data at facilities similar to 2002.

pp.34,35Isn‘t it better to include failures as well as successes?

➔ An article about heavy oil spillage was posted in 2002. Although adequate matters
are not available in this issue, risk management is emphasized in soil investigation.

pp.10,11Expand description of information about social contributions.

➔ The space for articles about social contribution is doubled.

pp.30,31

Few diagrams are inserted.

➔ Diagrams are increased compared to the 2002 edition.

Show both cost and effect for each item of environmental accounting. I could ➔ We could not incorporate this request in the report in this issue. We plan will try again
did not figure out what cost was paid and what effect was attained brought.
to incorporate it in future environmental accounting.

–
pp.15

Good Points• Pages and information increased in comparison with the previous issue; easier to understand• Photographs and diagrams are used, aiding easier visual comprehension.
• “Olympus and the Environment” was excellently organized.
• Information on both positive and negative cases is disclosed.
• “Summary 2001” in environmental accounting is easy to understand.
• The Olympus Environmental Principles and other corporate information was helpful referencematerial.

• I felt top management’s policy is satisfactorily reaching the lower levels in the hierarchy.
• I was moved by the words “Activities with nature” appearing in the environmental Philosophy.
• Risk management is included (rarely appears in other companies’ reports).
• It was good to learn about trends in lead-free optical glass.
• It is wonderful that Olympus and affiliates in Japan are united and committed to solving
environment problems.

Olympus Environmental Report 2003

Want more comparisons with legal standards and general values.

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Environmental Data at Facilities

Environmental Data ofDomestic and Overseas Facilities

Environmental Data at Facilities

Name and Location of Workplaces

Water

Air

Use of water(m3)

Technology Research Institute (Hachioji)
2951 Ishikawa-cho Hachioji-shi, Tokyo 192-8507
Phone: +81-426-42-2111 (direct)

Environmental Data of Domestic and Overseas Facilities

Olympus Optical Co., Ltd.

Hinode Plant
34-3 Hirai Hinode-cho Nishitama-gun, Tokyo 190-0182
Phone: +81-42-597-7111 (direct)

Ina Plant
5128 Oaza-Ina Ina-shi, Nagano 396-0021
Phone: +81-265-72-1111 (direct)

Tatsuno Plant
6666 Inatomi Tatsuno-machi Kamiina-gun, Nagano 399-0495
Phone: +81-226-41-4111 (direct)* Including Okaya Olympus Co., Ltd.

Tokyo Kinzoku Co., Ltd., Kyowa Plant
7001-1 Oaza-Koguri-Kaminakadai Kyowa-cho Makabe-gun, Ibaraki 309-1101
Phone: +81-296-57-3555 (direct)

Olympus Co., Ltd., Aomori Plant
2-248-1 Okonogi Kuroishi-shi, Aomori 036-0357
Phone: +81-172-52-8511 (direct)

Olympus Co., Ltd., Aizu Plant
Manufacturing Affiliates in Japan

500 Aza-Muranishi Ozaza-Iidera Monden-cho Aizu-Wakamatsu-shi, Fukushima 965-8520
phone: +81-242-28-2111 (direct)

OOT Co., Ltd., Head Office
3-15-1 Shibamiya Nagachi Okaya-shi, Nagano 394-0083
Phone: +81-266-27-6111 (direct)

OOT Co., Ltd., Oomachi Branch3798 Higashihara Aza Oaza-Tokiwa Omachi-shi, Nagano 398-0004
Phone: +81-261-22-6111 (direct)

OOT Co., Ltd. Sakaki Branch
1355 Nakanojo Sakaki-machi Hanishina-gun, Nagano 389-0602
Phone: +81-268-82-2361 (direct)

Mishima Olympus Co., Ltd.
128 Shimodogari Nagaizumi-machi Sunto-gun, Shizuoka 411-0943
Phone: +81-559-73-1311 (direct)

Shirakawa Olympus Co., Ltd.
3-1 Aza-Ohkamiyama Oaza-Odakura Nishigo-mura Nishi-Shirakawa-gun, Fukushima 961-8061
Phone: +81-248-27-2211 (direct)

Olympus (Shenzhen) Industrial Ltd.
Overseas Affiliated Production Companies

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Overview

Nantou, 5th Industrial District, Nanshan, Shinzhen, Guang Pong, P.R.C
Phone: +86-755-698-0118

Olympus Winter & Ibe GmbH
Kuehnstraße 61,D-22045 Hamburg, Germany
Phone +49-40-669660

Olympus Diagnostica GmbH (Irish Branch)
O'Callaghan"s Mills, Co. Clare Lismoehan, Ireland
Phone: +353-656-831100

KeyMed (Medical & Industrial Equipment) Ltd
KeyMed House, Stock Road, Southend-on-Sea, Essex SS2 5HQ, UK
Phone: +44-0-1702-616333

Year of foundation: 1963
Zoning: Semi-industrial zone
Piped water 30,213
Gross floor area: 70,767 m2
Land area: 89,552 m2
Ground water 81,971
Business area: Development of medical services, image, industry-related
Total 112,184
and other matters, development of components, production technology
Year of foundation: 1993
Zoning: Industrial zone
Land area: 8,486 m2
Gross floor area: 10,606 m2
Business area: Production of medical services and industrial
endoscopes and ultrasonic products

Ground waterYear of foundation: 1944
Zoning: Semi-industrial zone
Land area: 38,863 m2
Gross floor area: 38,677 m2
Business area: Optics microscope production

Ground water 340,492

Year of foundation: 1981
Zoning: Industrial zone
Gross floor area: 44,000 m2
Land area: 125,840 m2
Business area: Digital camera/liquid crystal inspection unit
production, semiconductor research and development

Total

9,516
0
9,516

Piped water

10,576

Piped water

Total

351,068

Piped water

10,901

Ground water 580,120

Total

591,021

Piped water

3,302
6,252
9,554

Year of foundation: 1970
Zoning: Non-zoning district
Gross floor area: 6,304 m2
Land area: 18,624 m2
Business area: Aluminum die-casting, plastics molding, andassembly of microscopes etc.

Ground waterYear of foundation: 1973
Zoning: Industrial zone
Gross floor area: 8,967 m2
Land area: 26,345 m2
Business area: Production of medical services processing
apparatuses

Ground waterYear of foundation: 1970
Zoning: Industrial zone
Land area: 63,657 m2
Gross floor area: 27,975 m2
Business area: Production of medical services endoscopes

Ground water 250,376

Year of foundation: 2002
Zoning: Class 2 semi-industrial zone
Land area: 19,967 m2
Gross floor area: 14,183 m2
Business area: Technology development and manufacture ofdigital cameras and optics equipment products

Ground water 72,795

Year of foundation: 1974
Zoning: Industrial zone
Gross floor area: 7,116 m2
Land area: 17,810 m2
Business area: Design and fabrication of metal mold, MO
molding, parts assembly and production

Ground water 22,633

Year of foundation: 1978
Zoning: Industrial zone
Gross floor area: 15,475 m2
Land area: 41,415 m2
Business area: Production of camera lenses and printers

Ground water 36,492

Year of foundation: 1978
Zoning: Semi-industrial zone
Land area: 7,066 m2
Gross floor area: 5,931 m2
Business area: Development, manufacture and service of blood
analyzing unit

Ground waterYear of foundation: 1979
Zoning: Industrial zone
Land area: 76,550 m2
Gross floor area: 11,500 m2
Business area: Production of medical services mechanicalappliances

Ground waterYear of foundation: 1991
Zoning: Industrial zone
Land area: 104,446 m2
Gross floor area: 33,334 m2
Business area: Mainly camera assembly, lens processing,plastics molding, metal component processing

Ground waterYear of foundation: 1954
Land area: 13,300 m2
Gross floor area: 11,980 m2
Business area: Development, production, marketing and service
of endoscope products

Ground waterYear of foundation: 1987
Gross floor area: 5,700 m2
Land area: 1,300,000 m2
Business area: Development and production of blood analyzer
reagent

Ground waterYear of foundation: 1970
Gross floor area: 15,000 m2
Land area: 30,000 m2
Business area: Marketing, repair and development andproduction of endoscope products

Ground water

Total

Total

10,930
5,072
16,002

Piped water0

Piped water

Total

250,376

Piped water

3,325

Total

76,120

Piped water

0

Total

22,633

Piped water

60,824

Total

97,316

Piped water

19,3820
19,382

Total
Piped water

Total

8,944
5,479
14,423

Boilers3

Water Quality

Soot anddust(g/m3N)NOx(cm3/m3N)

SOx(m3N/h)pH

BOD(mg/l)

0.01
(0.3)

72
(100)

0.04
(3.62)

7.6
(5-9)

120
(600)

8.1
(5-9)

280
(600)

7

0.005
(0.3)

115
(180)

0.06
(0.1)

8.3
(5.8-8.6)

17
(30)

15

0.01
(0.3)

95
(180)

0.1
(2.4)

7.4
(5.8-8.6)

15
(30)

8.0
(5.8-8.6)

20
(25)

2

0.003
(0.3)

88
(180)

7.5
4.3
(17.5) (5.8-8.6)

9.5
(160)

12

0.095
(0.3)

120
(260)

7.3
0.04
(1.05) (5.8-8.6)

17
(160)

3

0.02
(0.15)

110
(120)

ND
(1.2)

7.4
(5.8-8.6)

ND
(30)

7.1
(5.8-8.6)

8.9
(160)

7.9
(5.8-8.6)

16
(30)

7.6
(6-8.6)

8.0
(8)

3.2
(25)

1

ND
(0.3)

89
(180)

ND
(2)

3

ND
(0.3)

65
(180)

7.0
0.44
(17.5) (5.8-8.6)

2

0.08(0.08)

1.5
(–)

ND
(0.7)

Piped water 244,453

0
Total 244,453

Piped water

Total
Piped water

Total
Piped water

Total

7.5
(6-9)

5,322
0
5,322
14,9350
14,935
15,7390
15,739Parenthesized values in bottom layer are regulatory
values.

(As of March 31, 2003)

Water Quality
COD(mg/l)

5.7
(160)

ND
(30)

Bacillus
Power(number/m3) (10,000 kWh )

2
(600)

1,842

153

250
(600)

217

SS
(mg/l)

n-H(mg/l)

City gas
Gasoline
LPG(1,000 m3) (1,000 m3)
(kl)

3

680

Amount of PTRT-specified Chemicals handled

AmountIndustrial Specialized
of
waste
waste
recycling(tons)(tons)(tons)

Rate of Trichloroet
Leadrecyclinghylene compounds(tons)(%)(tons)

Xylene(tons)

Toluene(tons)

Ethylene Dichlorooxidemethane(tons)(tons)

Others(tons)

60

0.01

0.03

0.10

0.13

0.44

0.12

25

8,624

38.2

149.0

10.7

570.0

74.2

930

10.7

0.0

0.7

51.5

81.9

0.01

2
(50)

(30)

140
*1,146(3,000)

938

5

18

203

7,272

9.7

31.1

16.0

395.4

87.4

4
(30)

0.5
(30)

0
(3,000)

2,075

1,012

8

8

8

10,298

23.0

23.6

66.6

577.5

83.6

27
(40)

2.0
(3)

2,000
(3,000)

499

543

33

6

4

3,515

63.1

32.1

0.0

236.7

71.3

6
(200)

2.4
(30)

286

135

3

1

12

1,447

7.4

0.0

0.0

53.0

87.7

0.01

6
(200)

ND
(30)

980
*1,251(3,000)

865

11

4

6

6,952

31.4

31.0

13.0

235.6

75.8

3.27

ND
(50)

2.1
(30)

(3,000)

208

176

1

2

11

1268

3.5

2.3

0.0

37.6

86.6

0.26

6
(200)

1.0
(5)

ND
(3,000)

1,041

37

2

17

3,991

0.0

149.3

0.0

128.5

46.3

0.02

27
(30)

(30)

29
(3,000)

638

2

4

19

2,550

29.3

40.3

17.4

136.7

61.1

400

9.4

27.6

0.0

46.1

55.5

9
(100)

10
(70)

31
(100)

73

3

110

0.5
(10)

327

46

1,496

2,303

241

190

301

72

4,799

5

4

1

1,334

7.5

4.3

0.1

161.1

93.1

51

2

3,931

16,042

8.3

42.8

71.6

492.9

80.1

1,834

316.0

16.1

35.1

343.0

49.4

1,328

84.5

220.1

55.7

15.5

2,208

3.8

1.0

346.4

97.0

5.8

Fields left blank are not applicable. A hyphen means no measurement. ND means below the detection limit.
Asterisked numbers are totals for plants (Aizu, Opno, Kita-Aizu) (Ina, Miyata)

0.47

0.28

0.04

0.08

1.30

0.07

0.07

0.71

0.15

0.07

1.50

2.21

0.02

2.81

3.44

4.95

0.06

2.62

0.56

5.12

0.06

0.04

0.12

0.16

0.16

0.07

0.30

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(130)

Waste
CO2
GeneralOthers conversion
waste
basis
(kl)
(tons)(t-CO2)

Environmental Data of Domestic and Overseas Facilities

5.8
(20)

EnergyHeavy
fuel oil(kl)Environmental Data at Facilities

Track Record Data

CO2 conversion for the Shenzhen plant is calculated with thesame factor as in Japan.

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Environmental Data at Facilities

Overseas Production Bases
Address to environmental affairs is adjusted to the characteristics of each district in overseas production bases.

Olympus (Shenzhen) Industrial Ltd.
Environmental Data at Facilities

Overseas Production Bases

Location: China
Shenzhen, Guandong, China
Number of Employees: 5,800
Main Business: Assembly of Film Camera and Digital Camera, andLens processing, Plastics Molding
ISO 14001 certification: Obtained in September 1999

Location: Kuehnstraße, Hamburg, Germany
Number of Employees: Approximately 500
Main Business: Development, Production, Sales, and Service of Rigid
and Flexible Endoscopes.
ISO14001 Certification: Obtained May 2001

After a wide range of Environmental Protection Activities such as Energy Saving,
Public Nuisance Prevention,and Waste Reduction, theShenzhen Plant was highly
evaluated in reexamination
for ISO 14001 certification in Di Bao Feng (at right inphotograph) and Ms Luo Ying
September 2002. The com- Environment safety section,affairs
pany was appointed a candi- Personnel/general
department
date for clean production corporations by Guandong
province in April 2002, andcertified as the Green Corporation of FY2003 by Shenzhen City in February 2003.
For energy saving, we renovated illumination in themolding workplace and Olympus (Shenzhen) Industrial
Ltd.
changed ventilation in thepainting workplace to an inverter system. In Public NuisancePrevention, we automated the filter press of the drain treatment system to improve processing efficiency, and also expanded the volume of the aerobic tank, anaerobic and adjustment tanks to raise processing capacity.
To reduce waste, we expanded the scope of components applicable to recycling scraps produced in the plastics molding
process, and as a result, enabled an annual 118 tons ofmaterials to be regenerated
and reused.

During FY2003 OWI modified the existing gas-heating
installation as an environmental project. In this context
3 units have been equippedwith so called “Ceramic-Nozzles” in order to optimize theburning. The idea behind thisis that the Ceramic-Nozzle,
which is additionally mounted in the burning chamber,will lead to an optimized
burning of the gas and improved heat transmission.
Additionally, a part of the exhaust gas will be guided
again into the burning flame(re-circulation).
From this modification thefollowing environmental related improvements arise:• Lower Gas Consumption(approx. 15%)
• Lowering of PollutantEmission• Reduced Smoke Buildup• Reduced CO2 Emission

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Olympus Winter & Ibe GmbH:
Abbreviation OWI

Mr. Bruno Soltau,
Head of Regulatory
AffairsOWI

Gas-Heating

Combustion
Chamber

Testimonial of Green Corporation

Ceramic Nozzle■ Diagram of Combustion Chamber
Waste Resin Regeneration Facility

Renovation of Public Nuisance
Treatment Facilities

Olympus Diagnostica GmbH (Irish Branch):
Abbreviation ODI

KeyMed (Medical & Industrial Equipment)
Limited:Abbreviation KMD

Since obtaining ISO 14001
certification in March 2002,
KeyMed has continued to develop the Environmental
Awareness of its staff, andhas introduced a number ofmeasures to further reduce its
environmental impact and Regulatory & Environmental
Affairs Manager, Mr.Andrew J
enhance its contribution to Vaughan
the local community. Most
significant of these is the'Green Travel Plan'. KeyMed
is a founding contributor andenthusiastic supporter of thisinitiative from the local authority.
The Green Travel Plan is
aimed at encouraging local KeyMedcompanies to reduce the environmental impact of their staff
traveling to and from work. It promotes such aspects as cycling, car sharing, use of public transport and walking.
KeyMed has established a car share database, has negotiateddiscounts for its staff with local public transport providers andhas extended its existing changing and showering facilities.
KeyMed is also proposing to fund the construction of a cycle
path running adjacent to the company's site, to provide safe
access to the company's premises for cyclists approachingfrom the north.

ShowerRoom

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ODI has a 300 acre sitewhichboastsforests,
wildlife, and three lakes.
ODI’s effluent is directed into one of the three lakes on
the Olympus property where
our effluent quality has no
impact on the environment. It Human Resource Manager, Mr.
Liam McGregor
is worth noting that this lake
is an important lake in the local community for fishing.
During FY2003, ODI upgraded its effluent Treatment
Plant for improving the quality of effluent discharge andincreased capacity and control of the effluent treatment
ODI
process.
One of the key elements is the introduction of wetlands polishing beds to further purify final effluent. Since the introduction of the wetlands immediate improvements were evident
for parameters such as Phosphate, Ammonia, BOD and Suspended Solids levels. For instance, before the introduction in
the Wetland Polishing beds, the data of phosphate was 0.368
mg/L (License limit is 1.0mg/L), after the introduction, thedata changed to 0.038mg/L.
The other key element is an introduction of vermiculture
units to treat and dispose of sludge. This involves releasing acontrolled amount of sludge, which is a by-product of ODI’s
effluent treatment plant, into a sludge digester which contains
worms. The worms with the aid of physical, microbiologicaland chemical actions change the organic matter in to “Vermicompost”. ODI is one of the first companies to install thistechnology for industrial waste treatment in Ireland.

Overseas Production Bases

Location: Stock Road, Southend-on-sea, United Kingdom
Number of employees: Approximately 650
Main Business: Sale, repair, development and production
ofendoscopes.
ISO 14001 Certification: Obtained March 2002

Environmental Data at Facilities

Location: O’ Callaghan’s Mills, County Clare, the Republic of Ireland
Number of employees: Approximately 220
Main Business: Development and manufacturing of reagents forclinical blood analyzers
ISO14001 Certification: This company expects to obtain thecertification in 2003

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Reed Bed Polishing Ponds

Vermiculture Unit

Bicycle-parking Space

Changing Room

Environmental History and Business Bases

Olympus Environmental Activities andAwards/Editor’s note

History
Environmental History and Business Bases

Year

Month

Major activities

1975

March

Pollution Prevention Committee established

1976

June

Each facility celebrated Environment Week
Production of calendars, etc., in support of the WWF (current World Wild life Fund) begun

1970s

Latter halfCompanywide regulations and standards related to pollution prevention, waste treatment, chemicals management, etc. arranged and upgraded

1984

April

Pollution prevention diagnosis program begun (continued though 1996)

1992

January

Environmental Affairs Office responsible for Companywide coordination of environmental activities established

AugustOlympus Environmental Principles created

1993

July

Completed discontinuation of use of specified chlorofluorocarbons and 1,1,1-trichloroethane

1994

December Completed discontinuation of use of polystyrene foam for compact camera packaging

1996
Olympus Environmental Activities and Awards/Editor’s note

March

Companywide 96 environment Basic Plan instituted

June

Companywide environmental management manual created1997

February

Ina Plant became first Olympus facility to obtain ISO 14001 certification.

1998

June

PRTR data for fiscal 1997 gathered and announced

1999

July

Companywide 99 Environment Basic Plan instituted

September Shenzhen Plant (Shenzhen, China) obtained ISO 14001 certification
2000

2001

2002

February

Hinode Plant received award for superior rationalization of energy use from the Kanto Electricity Use Rationalization Committee

March

Technology Research Institute obtained ISO 14001 certification, completing the certification of all 12 Olympus development and manufacturing facilities in Japan

OctoberIntroduced Green Procurement Guidelines, finished audit of parts suppliers
Drafted guidelines for the purchase of products for commercial use

February

Hinode Plant again received award for superior rationalization of energy use from the Kanto Electricity Use Rationalization Committee

March

Introduced technology to eliminate trichloroethylene in the washing process
Garbage processing device introduced at Tatsuno Plant

May

Olympus Winter & Ibe GmbH obtained ISO 14001 certification

June

Garbage fermentation processing device introduced at Technology Research Institute

AugustOlympus Logitex Co., Ltd., Tokyo Center started operation of distribution bases

March

Medical & Industrial Equipment (KeyMed) Limited obtained ISO 14001 certification
Recycling center of Technology Research Institute (Hachioji) started
Company-wide 02 Environment Basic Plan designated Ecology Vision 21 established

April

Environmental Development Department established
Environment Committee organization arranged (Company-wide Environment committee, plant responsible officers meeting, etc.)
Environment site assessment started around soil and ground water examination at domestic production sites

September Internal Eco-forum held
2003

February

Ina Plant awarded Prize of Director-General of Agency of Natural Resources and Energy

March

Trichloroethylene totally eliminatedEditor’s note
Since FY2003 was the first year of The 02 Environment Basic Plan, we focused on deOlympus Environmental Report 2003

velopment of measures for eco-products, eco-facilities, and eco-management, the priority measures of Ecology Vision 21. As the editor of this report, I retraced Olympus’
environmental protection activities in the year, referencing the Environment Report
Guideline (FY2001 edition). I requested that the members of the environmental affairs, including overseas employees, deliver reports. Environmental challenges fromsociety have become increasingly substantial and important. This requires a combination of a down-to-earth approach and fresh wisdom. I hope readers find the concepts
and activities of the Olympus group informative and interesting. I also hope that you
will share your candid comments, advice, and criticism with us.

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Katsuhiko Tsunefuji
General Manager,
Environmental Development Department

Olympus Group’s Main Operating BasesJapan(As of April 1, 2003)

Europe Development
 Olympus Optical Co. (Europa) GmbH Manufacturing Olympus Winter & Ibe GmbH Marketing Olympus Optical AB
 Service Olympus France S.A
 Repair Plant
 Olympus Austria Gesellschaft m.b.H
 Leasing Olympus Optica (Schweiz) AG Operational Support
 Olympus d.o.o za trgovinu
 Distribution
 Olympus trgovina d.o.o.
 Business Incubation
 Olympus C&S, Spol. s.r.o.
 Holding Company
 Olympus Diagnostica GmbH
 Financial Company
 Olympus Diagnostica GmbH (rish Branch) Olympus Danmark A/S Olympus Norge A/S Olympus Italia S.R.L.
 Olympus Software Europe GmbH Olympus Endo-Repair Europe GmbH Olympus Hungary Kft.
 Olympus Medical Care (Hungary) Kft Medical Service Limited Olympus Endoterapia Sp.z.o.o.
 Olympus Optical Polska Sp.z.o.o.
 Olympus Optical Co Espana, S.A.
 Olympus Technicas, S.L.
 Olympus Finland OY
 Olympus Slovenija d.o.o.
 Olympus Nederland. B.V.
 Olympus U.K. Ltd.
 Olympus Optical Co. (U.K.) Ltd.
 Olympus KeyMed Group limited KeyMed (Medical & Industrial Equipment) Limited
 KeyMed (Ireland) Ltd.
 Algram Group Ltd.
 Olympus Moscow Limited Liability Company
 Olympus BioSystems GmbH Olympus Service Facility Portugal Lda.
 Olympus Optical Portugal S.A Olympus Diagnostica Portugal S.A.
 Olympus d.o.o.

Olympus Optical Co., Ltd.
Head Office Technology Research Institute (Hachioji) Hinode Plant
 Ina Plant
 Tatsuno Plant
 Olympus General Service Co., Ltd.
 Olympus Co., Ltd., Aomori Plant
 Olympus Co., Ltd., Aizu Plant
 Olympus Opto-technology Co., Ltd., Head Office Olympus Opto-technology Co., Ltd., Ojmachi Branch Olympus Opto-technology Co., Ltd., Sakaki Branch Olympus Opto-technology Co., Ltd., Tatsuno Branch Olympus Opto-technology Co., Ltd., Hachioji Branch Mishima Olympus Co., Ltd.
 Shirakawa Olympus Co., Ltd.
 Okaya Olympus Co., Ltd.
 Olympus Engineering Co., Ltd.
 Olympus Systems Co., Ltd.
 Novus Gene Inc.
 Olympus AVS Co., Ltd.
 Olympus Medical Engineering Co., Ltd.
 Olympus Lease Co. Ltd.
 KS Olympus Co., Ltd.
 Opnotech Co., Ltd.
 AOI technology Co., Ltd.
 ITX Co., Ltd.

Asia and Pacific Olympus Asian Pacific Limited Olympus Asset Management Limited Olympus Hong Kong and China Limited
 Pan Yu Factory Olympus (Shenzhen) Industrial Ltd.
 Beijing Beizhao Olympus Optical Co., Ltd.
 Olympus (China) Investment Co., Ltd.
 Olympus Beijing Industry & Technology Limited Olympus Taiwan Co., Ltd.
 Olympus Singapore Pte Ltd Olympus Australia Pty Ltd Olympus New Zealand Limited Olympus Trading (Shanghai) Limited Olympus (Thailand) Co., Ltd.
 Olympus Technologies Singapore Pte Ltd Olympus Korea Co., Ltd.
 Olympus (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd
 Olympus (India) Pvt. Ltd.
 Olympus Optical Technology Philippines, Inc.

America Olympus USA Incorporated
 Olympus America Inc.
 San Jose National Service Center Olympus Latin America,Inc
 Olympus Optical do Brasil, Ltda.
 Olympus America de Mexico, S.A. de C.V.
 Olympus Receivable Funding Corporation I Olympus Receivable Funding Corporation II Olympus Corporation of America Olympus Industrial America, Inc.
 Olympus Integrated Technologies America Inc.

Business Profile of Olympus Group왎Sales( Million yen )Employees( people )60,00060,00050,000528,415

40,00030,000428,646

17,09817,87418,99919,86520,705

'98

'99

'00

'01

'02

24,126

062,34650,00040,000

Medical Systems
Group 47.5%

31,93230,132

9,309

8,883

1,860

'98

'99

'00

■ Operating Profit and Profit for the Term

■ Consolidated Net Sales Shared byFields in FY2003

Europe 28.1%

35,49624,348
11,787

10,279'01'02

Asia 10.4%
Japan 25.0%

42,28338,191

10,0000

10,000

Others 1.5%

왎Operating profit 왎Profit for the term

( Million yen )60,00020,00020,0000'03 (FY)■ Transition of Consolidated Sales and Employees

30,000

Imaging Systems
Group 43.4%

30,00020,00010,00050,00040,000466,704

413,744364,982564,343

Others 1.2%

Industrial Systems
Group 7.9%'03 ( FY )North America 35.0%■ Consolidated Net Sales Shared by
Regions in FY2003

Olympus Optical Co., Ltd.
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