Sustainability Report 2015
7
Sustainability Progress
and Targets
VTech checks and monitors its
sustainability progress along the way.
We recognise that we have to build on
the foundation that we have established
and started our sustainability journey
since FY2006.
VTech Sustainability
Progress
In our sustainability journey since
FY2006, VTech has successfully
developed our sustainability
strategies with a vision to design,
manufacture and supply innovative
and high quality products in a manner
that minimises any impact on the
environment, while creating sustainable
value for our stakeholders and the
communities in which we operate.
FY2006 to FY2011
• Introduced the concept
of Corporate Social
Responsibility (CSR) and
the related activities in our
annual report
FY2012
• Established our four core
areas on CSR : Environment,
Employees, Shareholders
and Community
FY2013
• Refined the CSR management
structure to a holistic
sustainability framework,
focusing on :
1) Product Responsibility &
Innovation,
2) Environmental Protection,
3) Workplace Quality,
4) Sustainable Operating
Practices, and
5) Community Investment
• Renamed VTech’s Risk
Management Committee
to Risk Management and
Sustainability Committee at the
Board of Directors level
• Set up VTech sustainability
management sub-committees,
comprising key employees from
the Company’s different product
lines and relevant departments
FY2014
• Defined VTech sustainability
vision and strategies
• Published our first Sustainability
Report following the Core option
of GRI G4 Guidelines
FY2015
• Set up an internal database to
better monitor our sustainability
data and targets
• Published our annual
sustainability report following
the Core option of GRI G4
Guidelines and Stock Exchange
ESG Guide
• Developed VTech Sustainability
Plan 2020
