ZTE Corporation CSR Report 2009

2009Corporate Social Responsibility Reportwell-being and personal development of all people workingdirectly or indirectly for ZTE,Operate always in an environmentally responsible mannerand actively contribute to solving the world’s current andfuture challengesHelp all its customers – internal and external – takeadvantage of the opportunities of a changing world and topositively impact societies on a local level around the world.ZTE’S CSR strategyZTE’s CSR strategy is to pro-actively develop, implementand improve CSR compliance throughout ZTE and itssupply chain based on industry best practices, continuouslearning and improvement efforts. Its objective is to developinto a global CSR leader long-termStructure of CorporateSocial ResponsibilityBy drawing on the experiences of Global Report Initiative,SA8000, EICC and other international standards, ZTE hasbasically established the corporate social responsibilitymanagement system covering 6 large areas: environmentalresponsibility, product responsibility, economic responsibility,social welfare, supply chain CSR, human rights and laborrights.Future Action Orientation of ZTE CSRIn recent years, ZTE has been vigorously promotingthe corporate social responsibility, during the promotingprocess, we have gradually realized that though ZTE hasmade certain achievements in its own CSR, there is still agap compared with the CSR level of international renownedcompanies. And it needs to make further improvement ofthe whole corporate CSR awareness and even the CSRawareness of the whole supply chain in China. In future,ZTE shall continue our efforts in the following aspectsto improve the corporate capability of undertaking andexecuting the corporate CSR, and strive to become theCSR leader in the communication industry.Firstly, it shall be the future focus of ZTE to improve thesupply chain’s CSR. ZTE intends to take the supplier’smanagement as the first step, to increase the management’sCSR sense, and help the supplier to establish a mechanismto manage CSR, so as to improve the whole society’s CSRwith the help of ZTE and other corporations finally.Secondly, ZTE will increase more investment in the R&Dof environmental protection, to reduce the environmentalpollution and build a good environment for greencommunication. Integrate environmental protection intoevery operating link of ZTE and the product’s life cycle.Meanwhile, give influence on other suppliers to realize thesustainable development of the whole industry.Corporate Governanceand Ethics StandardStructure of ZTE CSRIn 2005, ZTE has gradually established environmentand occupation health and safety management system,passed the ISO14001 and OHSAS18001 certification,and introduced EU WEEE/RoHS Directives. In 2006, ZTEfurther set to research the international CSR standards suchas SA8000. In 2007, ZTE officially carried out CSR system,appointed the executive vice president of the corporation asthe executive representative of CSR, and also establishedthe corporation-level CSR promotion team.In the corporate governance structure, ZTE selects directorsstrictly according to the Company Law and Articles ofAssociations, which ensures the selection of directs to beopen, fair, impartial and independent. In order to fully reflectthe views of minority shareholders, ZTE has, according tothe law, appointed an independent director who can fullyexpress independent ideas. The Board of Directors has areasonable professional structure, it is driven by the bestbenefits of the company to act honestly. ZTE has formulatedthe rules of procedure for the board of directors, the boardmeeting shall be convened and held in strict accordancewith the Articles of Association and Rules of Proceduresfor the Board of Directors. To improve the governancestructure, the board of directors has set up the nomination