VTech Environmental Policy
The key environmental impacts from VTech’s operations relate to energy and water consumption, waste production
and logistics. We are committed to minimising the environmental impacts from our operations with the following
principles:
• Comply with all relevant environmental, legal and other statutory requirements
• Maintain an Environmental Management System in line with the requirements of ISO 14001
• Quantify and monitor the significant environmental impacts of our activities, products and services and set specific
targets for improvement where appropriate, and review these annually
• Integrate environmental objectives into our business decisions in a cost effective manner
• Require all staff to address environmental responsibilities within normal operating procedures
• Enhance awareness of environmental and resource efficiency issues amongst our customers, staff and stakeholders
through all projects and programmes in the respective areas
To achieve this, VTech has teams comprising individuals from different product lines and departments across the
organisation. Our policy is reviewed annually to ensure that it is relevant and up to date.
Improve Energy
Efficiency in Production
Chain
• Manufacturing
Resource Planning
• Low energy production
process
Enhance Production
Efficiency of
Machinery
• Assess the energy
efficiency and
utilisation rate of the
machineries
• Continuously upgrade
low efficiency
machines
Improve the Reuse
and Recycling Rates of
Resources
• Promote internal reuse
of materials
• Continuously improve
the waste management
programme
Plan and Monitor the
Resources Saving
Programmes
• Develop Energy and
Resources Saving Projects
• Maintain the Energy and
Resources Monitoring
System
• Perform Energy and
Resources Usage Analysis
Energy and Resources
Management
In order to facilitate effective
resources management at the
operational level, we have set up a
Resource Efficiency and Conservation
Team (RECT) at each manufacturing
site to monitor the energy saving
progress against our pre-determined
targets through the implementation
of our resources saving projects. The
RECT includes our production floor
managers, equipment technicians,
and internal energy analysts, focusing
on four key areas in our resources
management – 1) Plan and monitor
the resources saving programmes,
2) Improve the energy efficiency in
production chain, 3) Enhance the
production efficiency of machinery,
and 4) Improve the reuse and
recycling rates of resources.
Energy Monitoring System
In FY2015, all of our factories have
implemented the real-time energy
monitoring system to measure the
energy waste and to manage and
monitor the energy consumption
patterns on our production floors.
The real-time data helps us to plan for
more detailed energy saving projects
with measuring targets, keep track
of the energy usage and patterns
on a daily basis, and optimise the
use of energy in different production
processes.
As part of our energy management
measures, the RECT has introduced
the small zone lighting control system,
which means that one or more lamps
are turned on and off by a single
controller on the production floors.
All lightings are also grouped into
different small zones so that floor
managers can control the appropriate
level of lighting in each area. In
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Small zone lighting system
