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Advantest Publishes Sustainability Report 2006
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Advantest Publishes Sustainability Report 2006
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TOKYO, Japan, July 27th, 2006 - Advantest Corporation (TSE: 6857, NYSE: ATE), has published its 2006 Sustainability Report, a comprehensive guide to the group's CSR activities in fiscal 2005.
Since 2000, the Advantest Group has published annual reports that seek to convey to shareholders the breadth of the Group's commitment to good corporate citizenship and environmental conservation, expressed in its management philosophy, social responsibility, and environmental contributions. Known since 2005 as the Sustainability Report, the sleek volume delivers success stories side by side with an unflinching assessment of issues yet to be tackled. It is an invaluable resource for the company's customers, suppliers, shareholders, investors, and other stakeholders from employees to local communities.
The Sustainability Report 2006 also represents Advantest's commitment to the principles of transparency and accountability, in line with the company's solid corporate ethics.
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Key Facts About Advantest's Sustainability Report 2006. |
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More CSR Information |
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A top priority for stakeholders, Advantest's CSR activities get full coverage in this year's Report, with the connection between business activities and CSR highlighted under the heading of "Better Governance - Better People - Better Products." |
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Employees, Other Stakeholders Tell Their Personal CSR Stories |
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Advantest is a global company and its CSR activities also encompass a global scale. The Report features stories from around the world, illustrating each sustainability theme with concrete examples. |
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More Graphs & Quantitative Environmental Data |
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With an emphasis on environmental planning, green product strategies, and action against climate change, the Report describes Advantest's environmental management capabilities through the life cycles of the company's products, from the initial procurement stage to final disposal. Statistics have been quantified for at-a-glance comprehensibility. |
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Interactive Supplement |
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Any readers unsatisfied by the comprehensive information presented in the Report may go to Advantest's website, where a wealth of supplementary detail is posted. |
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Highlights Of Advantest's Sustainability Report 2006. |
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2nd edition of in-house corporate ethics manual, the Advantest Code of Conduct, published and distributed to all employees |
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Reforestation activities conducted in the Eco Forest Park of Saba, Malaysia |
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Outreach to local schoolchildren: Science Craft Days, Nature Encounter Sessions |
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Main R&D facility, Gunma R&D Center, reduces CO2 emissions by 1000 tons per year after switching from fuel oil to natural gas |
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As a result of introduction of the just-in-time manufacturing system, shorter manufacturing times, and other rationalizations of the manufacturing process, one IC tester (the company's famous T2000) now produces 3/4 less CO2 emissions than the previous model |
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Introduction of new reusable product packaging slashes new purchases of packaging to zero |
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A PDF version of the Sustainability Report 2006 (in Japanese) may be downloaded from the company's website: http://www.advantest.co.jp/environment/ |
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Copies of the Sustainability Report 2006 (in Japanese) may be requested from: environment-inquiry@jp.advantest.com.
The Report will also be available in English from September 2006. |
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All information supplied in this release is correct at the time of publication, but may be subject to change without warning. |
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Advantest Corporation is the world’s leading automatic test equipment supplier to the semiconductor industry, and also produces electronic and optoelectronic instruments and systems. A global company, Advantest has long offered total ATE solutions, and serves the industry in every component of semiconductor test: tester, handler, mechanical and electrical interfaces, and software. Its logic, memory, mixed-signal and RF testers and device handlers are integrated into the most advanced semiconductor production lines in the world. Founded in Tokyo in 1954, Advantest established its first subsidiary in 1982, in the USA, and now has 40 subsidiaries worldwide. Among them, Advantest America, Inc. is based in Santa Clara, CA., and Advantest (Europe) GmBH is based in Munich, Germany. More information is available at www.advantest.co.jp. |
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