ENVIRONMENTAL REPORT 2002

ENVIRONMENTAL REPORT 2002
Toppan Group’s Environmental Conservation Activities

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Message from the President

Contents

Message from the President............................. 1
Principal Environmental Activities
for Fiscal 2001 ............................................... 2
Review of Environmental Activities andEstablishment of Environmental Targets
for Fiscal 2002 ............................................... 4
Environmental Accounting .............................. 6
1 TOPPAN’S BUSINESSES AND
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT .................... 8
Toppan’s Businesses and Involvementin Environmental Issues ................................ 9
Principal Businesses and Environmental
Impact for Fiscal 2001 ................................. 13
Information & Networks .............................. 14
Living Environment ................................... 16
Electronics ............................................... 18
2 ENVIRONMENTAL
MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES .................. 20
Environmental Management Structure .......... 21
Environmental Management System ............ 22
Education and Emergency Response ............. 25
3 ECO-PROTECTION ACTIVITIES .............. 26
Outline of Eco-protection Activities ............... 27
Prevention of Global Warming(Energy Saving) ......................................... 28
Prevention of Pollution ............................... 30
Management of Chemical Substances............ 32
Waste Management ................................... 33
Office Eco-protection ................................. 36
Efforts in Logistics ..................................... 38
Topic: Green Procurement ............................. 39
4 ECO-CREATIVITY ACTIVITIES ................ 40
Overview of Eco-creativity Activities .............. 41
Development and Evaluation ofEnvironmentally-friendly Products ................ 42
Examples of Environmentally-friendly
Product Development ................................ 43
Toppan’s Environmentally-friendly Products ... 44
Promotion of Environmentally-friendlyPrinting Services........................................ 46
Development of Environmental
Support Business ....................................... 48
Topic: Cooperation for Eco-Products 2001 ........... 49
Efforts for Creating a Recycling-oriented
Society .................................................... 50
Topic: Establishment of the Office Cartocan
Recycling System ................................ 51

Editorial Policy
When asked about the Toppan Group’s
stance on the global environment and on
the contents of the Toppan’s Environmental
Report 2001, about 70 percent of the respondents to a questionnaire about the report
responded positively; they called it “easy tounderstand.” In addition, 80 percent thoughtthat the content of the report was “substantial.” Based on these comments, the company has decided to follow the basic
editorial policy of the Environmental Report
2001, and seeks to provide even further clarity for this year’s edition.
The Environmental Report 2002 has been
compiled on the basis of the Environmental
Reporting Guidelines (fiscal year 2000 version)of the Ministry of Environment. As far as
possible, management tried to arrange thereported matters according to the layoutof the guidelines, with a view to facilitatingcomparison by business category and by
operator. Also, indicators of data were taken,
wherever possible, from the Ministry of Environment’s Environmental Performance Indicators for Businesses (Fiscal Year 2000 version).
An environmental report is a communication tool. Its editorial scope, including therange of the information to be covered, isdetermined according to the intended target readers. In pinpointing prospective readers, the company took as a reference theEnvironmental Reporting Guidelines with an
Emphasis on Those Affected—2001, issued by
the Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry.
While our customers, suppliers, shareholders,and investors are the principal prospective
readers of this work, we took into accountthat the general public would also review it,which prompted us to bear the following
aspects in mind in our editing process:(1) Specialized environmental terms weremarked with an “*” (asterisk) and explanations were inserted.
(2) For graphs, an explanation and description of data-calculation methods were
provided to make values easy to read.
(3) Efforts were made to avoid using industrial terms and internal jargon. When sucha term had to be employed, it wasappended with an explanation.
(4) To invite as many people as possible toread this report, we employed numerous
illustrations, tables, and photographs,
and chose characters of easy-to-read size.
Consideration was also given to making
discrimination of data easy, with color,tabs, and appropriate page composition.
In addition to the above, some uniqueinnovations were employed to make this amore “reader-friendly” report.
Toppan’s Environmental Report is issued
annually, in Japanese and English, in accordance with the one-year period of theEnvironmental Management System. The
Environmental Report is also released on theInternet, and the information covered there(including environmental performance databy site, news on the latest developments of
ISO 14001 certification, and more) is regularly updated. Since fiscal 2000, some of ouroperational sites have been issuing Site
Reports, in the form of simple booklets, on a
yearly basis. Toppan’s ISO 14001-certified
sites are obliged to issue these Site Reports
starting from the following fiscal year inwhich the certification is acquired.
Furthermore, to enhance the reliability of
our Environmental Report, it is subjected to athird-party examination by an independent
auditor, a process started from last fiscal year.

5 COMMUNICATION ACTIVITIES .............. 52
Communication Activities Inside
the Company ........................................... 53
Communication Activities Outside
the Company ........................................... 54
Activities Working with Local Communities ..... 55
Social Contributions and Awards .................. 56
Toppan’s Environmental Chronology ............... 57
Corporate Profile and Scope of
the Environmental Report ............................... 58
Summary of Independent Review and
Questionnaire Results ................................... 60
Independent Review of
the Environmental Report ............................... 61
About the cover: The cover represents a vision of
the diverse environmental issues that must be
resolved by society. Toppan has also condensed
this image into a simpler form, which is adopted as
Toppan’s Environmental Logo.

Environmental Report 2002
■Period covered
April 1, 2001 to March 31, 2002
∗Some key items include data acquired throughAugust 2002, or through future projections.
∗Due to revision of the methods of calculation or forother reasons, this report contains some of the data
covered in the Environmental Report 2001, correctedor modified accordingly.

■Publication details
Published September, 2002
(Published annually since fiscal 1998)■Next scheduled publication
September, 2003

■Scope of coverage
Please refer to the Scope of Toppan Group
Companies in the Environmental Report 2002.
(See page 59)

Toppan Printing Co., Ltd.’s Environmental Report 2001 was awarded the Excellent Performance Prize in the Environmental Reporting Category at the Environmental Report Awards
2001 cosponsored by the Global Environmental Forum and the National Association Promotion of Environmental Conservation. We feel very honored—as well as encouraged for
our future activities—to have received this prize, especially since there are so many competitive environmentally advanced enterprises doing environment-related work in Japan.
I believe that our strengths stem from a new corporate vision, introduced two years ago,
called TOPPAN VISION 21, which outlines our philosophy and new areas of business. Our
new vision has begun to take root in our principal corporate activities, and our targets arestarting to materialize. Our group must always keep in mind, however, that quite a few
problems remain to be resolved to reach our ultimate goals.
Toppan is strengthening its efforts to prevent global warming, a significant and challenging issue for every country and every organization. It also endeavors to promote such ecoprotection activities as pollution prevention, energy saving, waste reduction, chemical
substances control, and many other areas to lead the industries we are engaged in.
To be more precise, as explained in this Environmental Report, we intend to disclose theenvironmental performance data obtained in all three major business fields (Information &Networks, Living Environment, and Electronics). We also aim to improve the precision ofcontrol and management by specifying each quantitative target value, and to reduce theenvironmental burden brought on by Toppan’s production activities. Moreover, in promoting its corporate environmental management, in the eco-creativity activities, Toppan
continually strives for development and commercialization of its environmentally-friendly
products mainly in the Living Environment field.
As with last year’s report, the Environmental Report 2002 has been reviewed by an independent party. We believe that independent examinations strengthen the reliability of theinformation we present. We are also constantly attempting to clarify what we report andsay, and to deepen the two-way environmental communication between our readers andthe Toppan Group.
Finally, I can promise that Toppan will spare no effort in vigorously going forward as an“enterprise of the information communication industry,” not only in existing businesses
but also in newly developed areas of technology. We will accomplish this through seeking
extremely close relationships and harmony with local communities and society, throughoperation of Toppan Hall, the Printing Museum, Tokyo and other cultural pursuits.
It is our hope that this report will deepen to the greatest extent possible the understanding of our customers and all other people who take interest in the Toppan Group’s policies
and activities for environmental conservation. We look forward to receiving your frankopinions and comments, as well as your kind guidance and support.
August, 2002

■Department in charge of publication
Please direct inquiries on the contents ofthis report to:
Ecology Center
Toppan Printing Co., Ltd. (Tokyo, Japan)
Phone: +81-3-3835-5549
Fax.:+81-3-3835-0847
E-mail: eco@toppan.co.jp

Naoki Adachi
President & CEO

Principal Environmental Activities for Fiscal 2001
In fiscal 2001, the company carried out a whole range of activities aimed at further consolidating groupenvironmental management. The following is a summary of such activities.

Environmental Report 2001

Cartocan recycling system

Exhibited at Eco-Products 2001

Toppan’s Environmental Report 2001, issued
last year, was awarded the Excellent Performance Prize at the Environmental ReportAwards 2001 sponsored by the Global Environmental Forum and other organizers. The
reason for its selection was that the report
describes precisely the environmental
impact caused by production processes
according to each type of business activity,
thus enabling readers to understand theenvironment-related problems by means ofspecific basic data and information as well as
understand pertinent production schemes.
(See page 56)

Cartocan is a cylindrical-shaped, paper-based
beverage container that can be used in
vending machines in the same way as conventional steel and aluminum beveragecans. In cooperation with a business house
dealing with raw materials in the paper
manufacturing industry, Toppan has worked
out a recycling system designed to manufacture toilet paper from used Cartocans as
raw material. To ensure the volume of raw
materials necessary for this process of recycling and re-commercialization as toilet rolls,
Toppan collected not only all used Cartocans from its Akihabara Office, but also otherpossible materials such as spoilage from
Cartocan processing plants, unwashed test
samples from the filling process, and othermaterials. (See page 51)

In December 2001, Toppan participated in
Eco-Products 2001 as a collaborator for the
management of its Environmental Communication Zone—Ecollable Café, an event
held by the organizer. Moreover, at thisexhibition (held at Tokyo Big Sight), Toppan
Printing Co., Ltd. and Toppan Forms Co.,
Ltd. jointly displayed the Group’s products,
including, among others, environmentallyfriendly POP (Point of Purchase) displays,
concealed postcards, and environmentallyfriendly packaging products so that theGroup’s philosophy could be easily understood by visitors. (See pages 49 and 54)

President’s Award for the planning and publication of
the Environmental Report 2001

Cartocan and its recycled toilet rolls

Itabashi site obtains ISO 14001
certification
In February 2002, the Itabashi plant, theGroup’s biggest production center in the
Information & Networks field, and Toppan
Seihon Co., Ltd. was awarded ISO certification as the Itabashi site.
1) Scope of registration:
Plate-making, printing, and manufacturing of books, magazines, and otherpublications
2) Examination and registration organization:
Japan Quality Assurance Organization (JQA)

3) Examination standard:
ISO 14001-1996, JIS Q 14001-1996
4) Date of registration:
February 22, 2002
5) Registration number: JQA-EM2161(See page 22)

Waste management

Energy Management
In reducing CO2 (carbon dioxide) emissions
to prevent global warming, the Toppan
Group as a whole has targeted the following
medium- and long-term objectives:(1) Five-percent reduction of CO2 emissions
by fiscal 2010, relative to the fiscal 1997
figure.
(2) Three-percent reduction of unit energy
consumption in fiscal 2001, proportionate to plant output and relative to thefiscal 1999 value.
For fiscal 2001, Toppan aimed to maintain CO2 emissions at their fiscal 2000 levels,and targeted a three-percent reduction inenergy savings compared to fiscal 1999
levels. Alas, neither objective was achieved.
Faced with the serious fact that the two indicators have increased, not decreased as we
had planned, Toppan conducted a thorough and fundamental review to work out
new and necessary measures, which have

Toppan has continued its initiatives, throughthorough waste management, to reduce its
final landfill disposal volume; it has beenable to cut the volume by as much as 30
percent, far above its target of a five-percent
reduction. Management believes that thissuccess is based on the practice of the company’s thorough sorting and recycling ofwaste materials.
Furthermore, Toppan is striving to realize“zero-emissions” through making the bestuse of generated waste as recyclable materials. In this regard, Toppan selected in
November 2001 11 production plants as its
certified zero-emission operational sites.
(See pages 33–35)

Eco-Products 2001

Cogeneration system at Fukuoka plant No.1

Evaluation criteria:  : Achievements significantly above target ○ : Target fully accomplished  : Tackled actively, but missed the target
 : Insufficient effort  : Deficient setup of annual target

Progress check sheet of environmental targets for fiscal 2001
Medium- and long-term environmental targets

led to the company’s newly revised mediumand long-term environmental targets. (Seepage 28)

Evaluation

Page in report

Y Enhanced employee awareness regarding environmental issues andthe promotion of corporate-wide activities to conserve the environment

Y Sharing of environmental information through effective use of the Intranet

Environmental targets for fiscal 2001

Y Setup, familiarization of Toppan Environmental Link and awareness-raising activities thereof

A

P.53

Y Voluntary participation in social activities and active contributions to environmental
conservation

Y Participation in forestation activities

Y Donation to the Global Citizen’s Forest fund for tree planting activities: 2,380,472 yen

A

P.56

Y Three-percent reduction (compared to fiscal 1999) of unit energy consumption
in fiscal 2001, proportionate to plant output

Y Three-percent reduction compared to fiscal 1999 levels

Y 2.0-percent increase compared to the fiscal 1999 level

×

P.28

Y 20-percent reduction (compared to fiscal 2000) of final waste landfill disposal
volume by fiscal 2003

Y Five-percent reduction compared to the previous fiscal year

Y 30.6-percent reduction compared to the previous fiscal year



P.33

Y Realization of the zero-emissions target in 10 domestic plants by fiscal 2001,
through the effective use of industrial waste generated in production

Y Realization of zero-emission plants: 10 operational sites

Y Realization of zero-emissions sites: 11 sites

A

P.35

Y Compliance with in-house control standards that exceed legal regulations

Y Compliance with in-house control standards that exceed legal regulations

Y Confirmation by in-house environmental auditing for compliance with the in-house control
standards at 48 operational sites



P.24

Y Volume of released toluene: 2.1-percent reduction compared to the previous fiscal year



P.32

Y Emissions of dichloromethane into the air: 20-percent reduction compared to theprevious fiscal year

Y Emissions of dichloromethane into the air: 35.3-percent reduction compared to the previous
fiscal year

A

P.30

Y Five-percent reduction (compared to fiscal 1997) of CO2 emissions by fiscal 2010

Y Maintenance of fiscal 2000 levels

Y 4.8-percent increase, compared to the fiscal 2000 level

×

P.28

Y Reduction in inventories of specific CFCs and consumption of CFC substitutes

Y Consumption of HCFC: five-percent reduction compared to the previous fiscal year

Y Consumption of HCFC: 376.7-percent increase compared to the previous fiscal year

Y Active proposals for proprietary technologies, products, and services
to our customers

Y Sales proceeds from Environmental Business: 19.5-percent increase compared tothe previous fiscal year

Y Sales proceeds from Environmental Business: 11.3-percent increase compared to the previous
fiscal year (newly calculated and compared on the basis of the sales figures of fiscal 2000)



P.44–45

Y Active cooperation to serve the needs of our customers and society

Y Supply of environment-related information

Y Received the Excellent Performance Prize at the Environmental Report Awards 2001
Y Supply of information through the participation in Eco-Products 2001



P.49

Y Involvement in businesses that can contribute to environmental conservation
through Toppan’s own environmental activities

Y Research into new methods of recycling

Y Continued investigation and research—

Y Planning and proposals for social recycling system

Y Continued operation and promotion of a recycling system for paper-printed materials

Y Establishment of the Cartocan (paper-based beverage containers) recycling system




P.51

Y Promotion of corporate activities that take into account in-house productplanning, production processes, and final waste disposal of products

Y Operation and enforcement of the Control Standards for Environmentally-friendly
Products

Y New development and proposal for environmentally-friendly products: five products

A

P.43

Y Compliance with local regulatory standards, international treaties, etc.

Y Execution of in-house environmental audits at overseas production plants: three plants
in Asia and three in the United States

Y Execution of in-house environmental audits at overseas production plants: three plants
in Asia and three in the United States

A

P.24

Y Active promotion of local environmental conservation activities

Y Introduction of environmental management systems at nine overseas production plants

Y Start of ISO 14001 certification obtaining activities at three overseas production plants

P.22–23

Y Volume of released toluene: 10-percent reduction compared to the previous fiscal year
Y Appropriate management of chemical substances and the reduction of toxic
chemical substances2(calculations based on the six production plants where film-based gravure printing is performed)

Progress made and present status in fiscal 2001

P.31

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Review of Environmental Activities and Establishment ofEnvironmental Targets for Fiscal 2002
The results of Toppan’s annual environment-related activities undergo an evaluation and verification by the Chief Environmental
Manager to review the medium- and long-term environmental targets and to set up targets for the following year.

Review of environmental
activities at Toppan

Eco-protection activities

Toppan reviews its environmental activities
each fiscal year. The record of the annual
activities of eco-protection, eco-creativity, andenvironment-related communication are allcollected at the Ecology Center and the results
are evaluated and verified by the Chief
Environmental Manager. He then reviews
the medium- and long-term environmental
targets and sets up specific environmental
targets for the following year. Whenever anenvironmentally related social trend undergoes a significant change, Toppan’s Declaration on the Global Environment, which
outlines the company’s basic philosophy on
its environmental policy, will also be subjected to study and review if required. In any
case, the results of such review and the
newly laid-out environmental targets will be
communicated to the management for confirmation before being given to all parties
concerned.

At production plants and research centers,
all environmental activities are led throughenvironmental management activities. At
each operational site, Toppan develops
improvement activities in accordance with
the Eco-protection Activity Plan to attain thegoal set up for each site. The chairman of the
Eco-protection Promotion Committee willcontrol the progress of the activities in themonthly promotion committee meetings tocarry out an intermediate evaluation/review
within the framework of the annual planning.

Eco-creativity activities andcommunication activities
In the Marketing/SP and R&D departments,
Toppan deploys eco-creativity activities
through its eco-creativity promotion systemand environmentally-friendly product development system. The responsible persons for
eco-creativity promotion at each division(division headquarters) will set up the target
sales for Environmental Business to achieve

their goals. As for the development of environmentally-friendly products, the numberof cases of development and the number of
research items will be set as targets, the control of which is carried out by the responsible persons for the development system.
Moreover, targets and goals for communication activities—which are led by all elements of the Toppan Group—are often
related to the planning and execution ofactions in view of the nature of such actions.
All departments concerned are thus striving
to attain the objectives.

For fiscal 2001, Toppan laid out a total of
17 environmental targets and unfolded its
environmental activities to attain the goal.
As a conclusion to these efforts, the target
has been reached for 10 items, while theremaining seven were missed, which gave
management an opportunity to review thecauses of the failure. The company is especially troubled by the reported increase

Eco-protection activities
Production plants/Research centers
Eco-protection
Promotion
Committee

Environmental
policyEnvironmental
conditions

Environmental
objectives
Environmental
targets

Ecoprotection
Activity
Plan

Environmental
activities

Progress
review

Review

Achievement
evaluation/review

Ecoprotection
Achievement
ReportToppan’s
Declarationon the Global
Environment

National
Ecoprotection
Meeting
Chaired by
the Chief
Environmental
Manager

Mediumand long-term
environmental
targets

Subject of
research
Review
Targeted sales

Sales activities
for Environmental
BusinessDatacollection

Promotion systemfor eco-creativity activities
Sales
management

Y Restructuring of the environmental
education system

Y Introduction of e-learning system to the environmental education system
Y Promotion of two-way communication of environmental information througheffective use of the company’s Intranet, Toppan Environmental Link

Y Voluntary participation in social activities
and active contributions to the cause ofenvironmental conservation

Y Participation in forestation activities

Y Donation to the Global Citizen’s Forest fund for tree planting activities(continued)

Y 30-percent reduction (compared to fiscal 2000)
of unit energy consumption by fiscal 2010,
proportioned to plant production output ininternal amount

Y Maintaining fiscal 2000 levels

Y Establishment of an adequate energy management system, by setting up control
indicators that permit the identification of the actual energy consumption
efficiency at each of the operational sites
Y Introduction of a new high-efficiency production system
Y Introduction of a gas turbine cogeneration system

Y 90-percent reduction (compared to fiscal
2000) of final waste landfill disposal volume
by fiscal 2010

Y 10-percent reduction compared to fiscal
2000 levels

Y Reduction of direct waste landfill disposal through reduction of volume of waste
generated
Y Reduction of residues through effective selection of intermediate treatment(final waste landfill disposal = direct waste landfill + post-intermediate-treatment
residues landfill disposal)

Y Realization of the zero-emissions target in all
domestic operational sites by fiscal 2010
through the effective use of industrial waste
generated in production

Y Realization of zero-emission sites: 15 sites

Y Promotion of waste recycling through review and definition of waste-sorting
criteria
Y Reinforcement of in-house treatment/recycling facilities and search forappropriate partners for recycling

Y Compliance with in-house control standards,
exceeding the legal regulations

Y Compliance with in-house control
standards, exceeding the legal regulations

Y Confirmation by in-house environmental auditing on the observance of in-house
control standard items and values

Y Volume of released toluene: 30-percent
reduction compared to the previous fiscal
year (calculations based on the six
production plants where film-based
gravure printing is conducted)

Y Reduction of materials containing toluene and conversion to substitute inks with
low-toluene content
Y Introduction of exhaust gas treatment equipment for solvent recovery and others

Y Emissions of dichloromethane into the air:
10-percent reduction compared to theprevious fiscal year

Y Reduction of use of materials (cleaning agents and others) containing
dichloromethane and conversion to substitutes with low-dichloromethane
content(as necessary)

Y Active proposal for proprietary technologies,
products, and services to our customers

Y Sales proceeds from Environmental
Business: 12.1-percent increase
compared to the previous fiscal year

Y Product development in conformity with the Control Standards forEnvironmentally-friendly Products (Guidelines) for each product category
Y Development of packaging products through the application of ISO 14001 andpromotion of sales activities

Chaired by
the Chief
Environmental
Manager

Revision of themedium- andlong-term targets

Y Active cooperation to serve the needs of ourcustomers and society

Y Supply of environmental-related
information

Y Disclosure of product environmental information through Toppan’s
Environmental Product Labels
Y Supply of information through participation in environmental forums,
exhibitions, lecture meetings, and other gatherings

Held in June annually

Revision of theenvironmental
targetY Involvement in businesses that can contributeto environmental conservation throughToppan’s own environmental activities

Y Reinforcement of efforts forEnvironmental Support Business

Y Promotion of Environmental Report Preparation Support Business throughenvironmental communication activities
Y Investigation and study of new recycling methods (continued)

Y Planning and proposals for social recycling
systemY Continued operation and promotion ofa recycling system for printed materials

Y Nationwide deployment of the Cartocan recycling system
Y Investigation of the recycling system on the market (continued)

Y Promotion of corporate activities that take
into account of in-house product planning,production processes, and the final disposalof products

Y Introduction of Green Procurement

Y Group-wide deployment of Green Procurement based on Toppan’s Basic
Policy on Purchasing
Y Establishment of Green Procurement Standard and target values by eachmember of the GroupY Execution of LCA (Life Cycle Assessment)of environmentally-friendly products:
one case

Y Activities conforming to the Control Standards for Environmentally-friendly
Products at each division (division headquarters)
Y Research and application in practice of LCA (Life Cycle Assessment) method

Y Compliance with local regulatory standards,
international conventions, etc.

Y Execution of in-house environmental
audits at overseas production plants:
six plants in Asia

Y Execution of in-house environmental auditing, including local inspections

Y Active promotion of local environmental
conservation activities

Y Introduction of environmental
management system at nine overseas
production plants

Y Guidance in the creation of environmental management systems throughin-house environmental auditing (continued)
Y Efforts to obtain ISO 14001 certification

National
Meeting on
Eco-creativity

All departments
Consciousness
surveyCommunication
targets

Internal communication activities
External communication activities
Activities with neighboring communities
Social contribution activities

Data
collection

Detailed actions to be taken

Y Conversion from liquid fuels to gaseous fuels
Y Introduction of a gas turbine cogeneration system

Communication activities

Evaluationby the Chief
Environmental
Manager

Environmental
PR
Held in May andJune annually

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Environmental targets for fiscal 2002

Y Maintenance of fiscal 2000 levels

Each month

Environmental
targets

Medium- and long-term environmental targets
Y Enhanced employee awareness regarding
environmental issues and the promotion of
corporate-wide activities to preserve theenvironment

Y Seven-percent reduction (compared to fiscal
2000) of CO2 emissions by fiscal 2010

Eco-creativity activities
Development system ofenvironmentally-friendly products
Achievement
Progress
evaluation/
review
review

Based upon the achievements for fiscal
2001, Toppan again laid out 17 items astargets for fiscal 2002. The following tablespecifies the essence of the environmental
targets for fiscal 2002:
Y Revision of medium- and long-term environmental target for energy saving
Y Revision of medium- and long-term environ-

Evaluationbymanagement

Sales & SP/R&D departments
R&D ofenvironmentallyfriendly products

Environmental targets
for fiscal 2002

mental target for reduction of CO2 emissions
Y Revision of medium- and long-term environmental target for reduction of final
waste landfill disposal
Y Revision of medium- and long-term environmental target for realization of zeroemissions
Y Creation of an annual target for refinementof the environmental education system
Y Creation of an annual target for LCA (Life
Cycle Assessment) evaluation of environmentally-friendly products

Environmental targets and detailed actions for fiscal 2002

Y Appropriate management of chemical
substances and the reduction of toxic
chemical substances

Held in May annually

Development
targets

waste, having been able to accomplish thetargets, Toppan will modify the medium- andlong-term targets even more aggressively.

Achievements in Fiscal 2001

Environmental activities review

Legal
requirements

during the period in two areas where we
had actually projected a decrease: CO2 emissions and energy consumption, both ofwhich lead to global warming. The company
must seriously deal with these problems andwork out drastic measures without further
delay; they represent the urgent and immediate tasks of Toppan’s environmental management. As for the considerable increase in
the use of HCFC, it was revealed that someinadequacy was introduced in setting up
the target; the company will strive to set avalue for fiscal 2003 to reduce the consumption. Finally, for the two items related to5

Environmental Accounting
Since the introduction of environmental accounting, Toppan has been further promoting its environmental management.
In fiscal 2001, the coverage of consolidation for this accounting was expanded to Toppan’s overseas subsidiaries.

Commitment to environmental
accounting
Toppan introduced environmental accounting
for the first time for the achievements of fiscal
1998. The company believes that evaluating
the costs incurred by environmental conservation, as well as its effects, are indispensable
elements of environmental activities.
For a company to be able to carry out its
environmental activities efficiently and continuously, it is essential to promote a type ofenvironmental management that generates
economic value through environmental activities. If environmental accounting is introduced
and can be used to provide determinative criteria for environmental management, thenenvironmental activities will be more effective.
On the occasion of the introduction of environmental accounting, Toppan began further
promoting environmental management anddisclosing information widely in the hope that
this would provide society with the necessary
material on which to base comments and evaluations concerning our activities.

Expansion to overseas subsidiaries
To promote environmental management to
the entire Toppan Group, the scope of data
consolidation for accounting was expanded
in fiscal 2001 to all its overseas subsidiaries.
Toppan is studying the utilization of environmental accounting as a tool of judgment for
its environmental management by identifying
the environmental conservation cost and effect(environmental conservation effect and economic effect), including the Group’s overseas
subsidiaries.

Analysis of the results
for fiscal 2001
Compared to the previous fiscal year, theresults of the consolidation for fiscal 2001 show
an increase of investment by 189 million yen andan increase of cost by 1.481 billion yen for total
environmental conservation cost. The cause
for this increase is mainly due to the rise inpollution prevention costs and R&D costs. The
pollution prevention costs increased by the
installation of wastewater treatment equipment (Electronics field), malodor prevention
equipment (Information & Networks and Living
Environment fields) and others. R&D costs
increased through research and developmentof environmentally-friendly products (Living
Environment field), of alleviation of environmental burden caused in the production processes,
and other subjects. In fiscal 2001, there were
two cases of exceeding the soil treatment
standard (two cases of soil pollution analysis,
according to local regulations for an old plantsite redevelopment project), which led to an
environmental remedial cost of 130 million yen(excavation and backfilling of polluted soil).
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Through this operation, however, the polluted
soil was adequately treated and disposed of inconformity with the Waste Disposal and Public
Cleaning Law for each case. As for the economic effect, Toppan’s Environmental Businessshowed an increase of 186 million yen, corresponding to a three-percent increase compared to the previous fiscal sales figure, due
primarily to the increase of environmentallyfriendly products. As for the environmental
conservation effect, the results of analysis forfiscal 2001 show that emission of dioxins anddischarge of water-polluting substances are on
the decline, while total energy consumption
and CO2 emissions are on the rise. Toppan is
now totally committed to tackling selectively
such energy-related problems.

Future Challenges
Toppan is attempting to introduce benchmarks
such as environmental efficiency, resource
productivity, and others, utilizing the dataacquired through applying environmental
accounting and environmental performance
information (CO2 emissions, total waste discharge, and so forth). By doing so, Toppan is
aspiring to further refine its environmental
management.

Calculation standards of environmental accounting for fiscal 2001
1. Reference guidelines
Toppan’s environmental accounting calculates
values with reference to the Ministry of Environment’s Guidelines for Environmental Accounting (Fiscal 2002 version).

2. Calculation standards forenvironmental conservation costa) Depreciation cost: The portion of environmental conservation among the depreciation cost in the financial accounting is
included for consolidation.
b) Composite cost: To grasp strictly the portionof environmental conservation, the environmental-conservation-related percentage isdefined in the in-house guidelines, for eachcost item for consolidation.

3. Calculation standards for effect
The economic effect, covering only definitively
quantifiable amounts of money, is calculated
as described below:a) Energy saving: The effect of energy saving,which covers only definitively money-quantifiable items, is calculated to show its effectiveness in terms of annual amount ofmoney saved.
b) Environmental Business: The effect ofEnvironmental Business is calculated bymultiplying the sales amount of environmentally-friendly products by the grosssales profit ratio.
As for the reduction in the environmental
conservation effect, it is calculated as follows:

the reduction is that observed in the main
body of Toppan (including the subsidiaries
engaged in production activities); it is obtainedby multiplying the environmental burden forfiscal 2000 by the expected environmental burden ratio for fiscal 2001 (= production amountof money (internal value) for fiscal 2001/production amount of money (internal value) for
fiscal 2000). The multiplied product is then subtracted from the environmental burden for2001. The symbol ”▲” (negative value) stands
for an increase, as compared to the previous
fiscal year.

Toppan Group’s environmental accounting for fiscal 2001
IEnvironmental conservation cost
Item(1) Business field cost

3,936

348

909

251

617

23

▲278

3. Resource circulation cost

Cost for adequate treatment and recycling of waste materials

172

5,429

▲225

3

(2) Upstream/downstream cost

Cost for green procurement, containers/packages recycling,
and others

—

343

—

81

(3) Management activity cost

Cost for obtaining certification of environmental management
systems and maintenance, planting trees at sites, and others

80

941

▲142

198

(4) R&D activity cost

Cost for research and development of environmentally-friendly
products and others

465

1,439

184

437

(5) Social activity cost

Cost for donations, support, etc. for environmental conservation
organizations and others

—

10

—

0

(6) Environmental damage
remediation cost

Cost for restoring damage, such as soil pollution, and others

—

130

—

130

2,410

12,843

189

1,481

Total

IEconomic effect(unit: millions of yen)

Description of major contents

Item

Sales amount of the waste from plants

1,336

▲312

(3) Environmental businessProfit amount related to sales of environmentally-friendly products

6,535

186

(4) Subsidies

Subsidies related to countermeasures for resources

85—

83,820▲15,230(2) Sales proceeds of valuables

Total investment amount forthe period covered

IEnvironmental conservation effectTotal of investment: 2.41 billion yen

Breakdown of environmental
conservation cost for fiscal 2001

P.28–29

498,000 m3

11,812,000 m3

P.28–29▲ 34,000 t-CO2

633,000 t-CO2▲ 1 ODPt

3.39 ODPt

NOx emission

▲1t

247 t

SOx emission

8t

74 t

Emission of dioxins

0.7 g-TEQ

0.26 g-TEQ

Total water discharge

693,000 m3

10,469,000 m3

Underground penetration (water)

23,000 m3

201,000 m3▲ 113,000 m3

1,157,000 m3

23 t

608 t

22,000 t

315,000 t

On-site evaporation (water)
Discharge of water-polluting substances
Waste

P.28, P.30–31

P.30–31

Water system and soil

Social activities
cost: less than
1 percentPage number

14,827,000 GJ

Emission of substances destructive to the ozone layer
Air

Environmental burden
for fiscal 2001

Reduction▲ 596,000 GJ

CO2 emission

Research &development
cost: 19 percent

Research &Pollution
development
cost: 11 percent prevention
cost: 31 percent

Change (current term–previous term)▲114

Reduced amount related to energy saving

Water consumption

Resource
circulationcost:
42 percent

Current term
142(1) Energy saving

Water

Management
activities cost:
7 percent

634

1,442

Resource
circulation cost:
7 percent

Upstream & downstream
cost: 3 percent
Environmental damage
remedial cost:
1 percent

146

Cost for global environmental conservation, such as global
warming prevention

Total energy consumption

Global environmental
conservation cost:
5 percent

9,981

2. Global environmental
conservation cost

EnergyPollution
prevention
cost:
61 percent

1,865
Cost for pollution prevention, such as air pollution prevention

Breakdown of environmental
conservation investment for fiscal 2001

Globalenvironmental
conservationcost:
10 percent

Change (current term–previous term)
Investment
Expenses
amount

1. Pollution prevention cost

Item

Management
activities cost:
3 percentCurrent term
Investment
Expenses
amountDescription of major contents

4. Revision of important factorsa) Toppan’s overseas subsidiaries, which began
to be included for consolidation for the
first time in fiscal 2001, are not included in
the data for fiscal 2000. In addition, the environmental conservation cost includes: aninvestment amount of 15 million yen and
expenses of 152 million yen, while the economic effect amounts to 128 million yen.
The change shown includes these items.
b) Based on the environmental account consolidation data for the latest three fiscal
years, Toppan has revised, for more accuracy and refinement, its in-house guidelines
by modifying the definitions of Global Environmental Conservation Cost as well as
Environmental Business. (The same standards are also applied to the achievements
for fiscal 2000, and for calculations andidentification of increase/decrease.)c) The Subsidies, which began to be included
for consolidation for the first time in fiscal
2001, were not included in the data forfiscal 2000.

Entities covered: Toppan Group (See page 59)
Period covered: April 2001 to March 2002 (January 2001 to December 2001 for overseas subsidiaries)(unit: millions of yen)

Total generation

P.33–35∗Total values may not match, since decimals were rounded.
∗The symbol “▲” (negative value) means an increase in reduction of environmental conservation effect compared to the previous year value.

Total costs: 12.843 billion yen

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ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT

Toppan’s Businesses and Involvementin Environment Issues—Questions to Directors
As an industry leader, Toppan recognizes the importance of the environment as one of its corporate duties.
It promotes its environmental activities in all facets of business.

Toppan—information
communication industry
Because Toppan encompasses a wide range of business fields,

Since its foundation in 1900, Toppan Printing Co., Ltd. has acquired a high-level ofknowledge and techniques in plate-making
and printing, and has deepened the links
between information, daily life, and culture
over the past century. Having crossed over
into the 21st century, Toppan is deploying
activities using knowledge and technology
acquired through printing and applying
them for the next generation. With printing
as its core, Toppan fuses all types of richcommunication together into an “information communication industry.” This represents a series of challenges for the company.
It is, however, simply not possible to discuss these challenges without incorporating
harmony with the global environment into
our overall philosophy. In this context, let’s
ask some Toppan managers about how they
are trying to undertake specific important
future tasks, while striving for harmony withthe environment.

its business activities and corresponding environmental burdens need
to be understood based on individual factors.
In this chapter, features of three of Toppan’s business fields—Information & Networks, Living Environment, and Electronics—
will be addressed, along with the environmental burdens they impose.

Personal Services

Electronics
E-business
Securities and
Cards
Commercial
Printing
Electronics

Next-Generation
Products

Vibrant
Knowledge
andTechnology

Publications
PrintingIndustrial
Materials
Packaging

Living Environment

Information &Networks

What makes up the printing industry
today?
Question: An “Information communicationindustry” sounds a little different from theimage Toppan has as a company involved in
the “printing” business. What does it mean
exactly?
Mr. Ishida: The phrase “information communication industry” might give an image
quite distant from what is called “printing.”
It is true that, today, Toppan is deploying its
business activities covering such fields ascolor filters (largest share in the world), digital contents (more than one million catalogued items in Japan), neither of which canbe considered a traditional printing business. However, it should be noted that thebusinesses deployed in the field of Electronics derive from etching, in application anddevelopment of one of the basic techniquesof printing technology; the starting point of
the idea thus stems from printing. In otherwords, in what Toppan calls the information
communication industry, printing exists firstof all; then come a variety of developed
forms of businesses stemming from what
may be considered as a continually evolving
printing industry.
The company refers to this as “expanded
printing.” The basic role of printing has
been, since its invention by Gutenberg 500
years ago, to “sort information and convey
culture.” Maintaining this concept is the task
we at Toppan must undertake, and that iswhat we concentrate on.

Corporate Philosophy

Each of us shall reciprocate our customers’ continued trust,create dedicated products by harnessing
our vibrant knowledge and technology,
and contribute to a fulfilling lifestyle as a mainstay
of information and culture.

TOPPAN VISION 21
Question: Two years ago, as part of thecentennial celebration of its foundation,
management officially announced “TOPPANVISION 21,” which specifies its basic philosophy and orientation as a company realigning business activities geared for the 21st
century. How are the corporate ideas, ideals,
and business fields, defined in this vision?
How are they to be realized?
Mr. Ishida: TOPPAN VISION 21 shows, both
inside and outside the company, our base ofvalues for corporate activities and operations
in five business fields: Information & Networks, Living Environment, Electronics, Personal Services, and Next-Generation Products.
In this context, the key word for all our business activities is “environment.” Although
this is covered in detail in TOPPAN VISION
21, let’s ask Mr. Kawai, Chief Environmental
Manager of our company, for his interpretation of how the environment is related to
Toppan’s image.
Mr. Kawai: We at Toppan consider the environment as the most important subject forour business management. In this regard,
aiming at sustainable business activities as acompany, we are promoting our activities to
put into shape the environmental activities
linked to corporate management. In otherwords, we are continuously fulfilling appropriate environmental measures to assume
our social responsibility as a company. Thatis our basic stance.
Of the five business fields to be established within TOPPAN VISION 21, three of
those—Information & Networks, Living Environment, and Electronics—are already our
main fields of business, while “Personal
Services” and “Next-Generation Products”
are new areas that we will vigorously pursue
and that will eventually lead to the ultimate
image of Toppan as it should be in the
future. Of course, we have high expectations
for the role of technical innovation in both
existing and new fields of Toppan’s businessactivities. Our future path, I am sure, is therole of a model global citizen while remaining focused as a printing company whose
responsibility is to “sort information andconvey culture.”

Toppan’s business activities andthe environment
Toppan has two faces. One is that of a manufacturer that is required to minimize theenvironmental impact of its production
processes. The other is that of an enterprisethat supports Environmental Business. For
this, the main theme is the reduction of indirect environmental impact through supplyof Toppan’s products designed from thispoint of view.
Toppan’s environmental activities
Question: Please tell us more about thekinds of things Toppan is doing. Also, give
us an explanation about the company’s
main tasks and actions and how they arecarried out.
Mr. Kawai: Toppan’s environmental activities can be classified into two categories:
eco-protection activities and eco-creativity
activities. The former covers a series ofactions aimed at literally protecting the
global environment. In our daily businessactivities, we carry out various types ofmanufacturing, including many forms ofprinted materials. In the course of such manufacturing, the use of raw materials, energy
consumption, CO2 emissions, and so forth
are unavoidable operations that generateenvironmental burdens. In addition, otherforms of environmental burden may be
imposed on the air, water, and soil as well
as noise, vibrations, and odors in the neighborhood of operational sites. The recognition of such environmental burdens related
to our business activities and their reduction
relates to what we call our “eco-protection
activities.”

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9Masayasu Ishida
Public Information Manager andManaging Director

On the other hand, our “eco-creativity
activities” can be interpreted as a businessthat aims to ensure environmental friendliness, which is to say that they are activities
to reduce the environmental burden throughsupplying society with a variety of environmentally-friendly products, through supporting various types of environment-related
businesses, and through many other activities.
Furthermore, we are promoting TOPPANVISION 21 by focusing what we call the 3E’s:
E-business, Environmental Business, andElectronics.
Mr. Ishida: To confidently carry out these
eco-activities, I believe that it is vital to integrate the environment into every aspect ofour business management. Normally, when
considering the relationship of business
management and the environment, wetend to think that it means business management taking into consideration the environment. But we at Toppan have developed
this idea into what we call Environmental
Business, as Mr. Kawai has just explained.
To deal with the environment as a business, as indicated in Toppan’s Declaration on
the Global Environment, we announced ourcommitment to global environmental conservation activities and actively propose to
our customers the supply of our environmentally-friendly products. For more details
on our products in this regard, please referto other parts of this booklet.
Toppan Group’s environmental
activities
Question: Can we consider Toppan’s environmental activities as those of the whole
Toppan Group?
Mr. Kawai: Certainly. Toppan’s environmental activities are the actions that theentire Toppan Group must participate inand carry out. We are already promoting
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users, other companies, and the administration. The most ideal form of mutual understanding must be sought to promote thenecessary environmental activities. From
this point of view, the Toppan Group must
be a group of enterprises that strives to generalize and consolidate, both within andoutside Japan, overall consciousness on theenvironment, and to deepen communications with local communities.

both eco-protection activities and ecocreativity activities by the entire Toppan
Group. From now on, we are striving to realize more homogeneous activities as a Group,and to this end we are currently conducting
a total review concerning, among others,
the organization, personnel exchanges, execution of auditing, interactive communication, and many other areas.
Mr. Ishida: The word “co-business” is usedwidely at the company to refer to making
the most use of the capabilities of theGroup. For this reason, we organize management meetings and technical validation/verification at the level of the Group so that
all the members can share in common thenecessary consciousness and know-how.
Mr. Kawai: I attend, from time to time,
audit operations in my official function. And
last year, I visited our affiliated companies
not only in Japan but also in North America,
where I inspected as an auditor the operation of their environmental management
systems and the present status of progressof their environmental activities. On thoseoccasions, through dialogs with local management and staff members, I found thatthe level of awareness for the environment
had been very much raised and had become
fairly homogeneous among different members of the Group. This shows that our basic
policy based on the environment has
become part of our common philosophy for
the whole Toppan Group. I’m both proud ofand very happy with this.
Mr. Ishida: That’s valuable information.
Environmental problems are not only for thebusiness world to tackle. They are rather tobe resolved with close relationships among

Review of environmental activities
in fiscal 2001 and future tasks
Following our efforts to realize our environmental targets for fiscal 2001, the company
has attained good results for, among others,
waste management, environmental communication, and the build-up of a recycling
system for paper-printed materials. However,targets in such fields as energy saving,
reduction of use of chemical substances, andcutting CO2 emissions have been missed.
These represent the future tasks that Toppan
must tackle.
Verification of the activity results
Question: Verification aims to clarify not
only the positive side of the results, but also
the negative side of environmental activities. What are the results?
Mr. Kawai: I of course feel a sense of relief
for the good results, but the unsatisfactory
results just strengthen my resolve to tackle
them head-on in the future. In 2001, a production increase led to a slightly greater
energy consumption and increased CO2
emissions. We think that the increase in
those factors is, to some extent, unavoidable

when increasing production. Intelligent
utilization of energy is the main issue to beaddressed. We thus established the Energysaving Promotion Project, the main role ofwhich is to coordinate the head office (targets) and each plant (concrete measures).
Moreover, we are promoting TPM Activities(no loss) at each plant to improve the total
efficiency of the facilities as a whole.
Mr. Ishida: In other words, our environmental efficiency must be improved. In viewof the finitude of our globe, further improvement of environmental efficiency is a must
to realize a sustainable society.
Environmental education
Question: What is the situation on the inhouse education system to raise consciousness of the employees and to stimulate
environmental activities?
Mr. Ishida: Of course, to successfully ensure
all environmental activities, it is essentialthat every single Toppan employee seriously and sincerely deal with the problems.
For this reason, we understand that giving
employees the necessary environmental consciousness through education is an important aspect to achieve the targets laid out.
Mr. Kawai: In Toppan’s Declaration on the
Global Environment, every employee must
be aware of the importance of the environment and of the necessity of environmental
conservation. We intend to introduce, fromfiscal 2002, an “e-learning” system to enable
all personnel to enhance their environmentoriented mind and deepen their pertinent
knowledge.

Green Standard and
GPN guidelines
The Japan Federation of Printing Industries(JFPI) published its JFPI’s Green Standard forOffset Printing Services for member companies to follow as a guideline. Meanwhile, theGreen Purchasing Network (GPN) madepublic its Order Guidelines for Offset Printing
Services, which offers to buyers of offset printing some environmentally important points.

TOPPAN VISION 21 and the 3E’s

Restructuring ourbusiness fields
Realization of new business fields

TOPPANVISION 21
Improvement of
profit-earnings

Customerfirst policy

E-business

Environmental
Business(Eco-business)

Promotion of
3E’s

Electronics

Reinforcement ofcomprehensive
group performance

Raising the level of the printing industry
Question: For the announcement of theGreen Standard Offset for Printing Services inAugust 2001, Toppan played an importantrole as a member company of the Japan
Federation of Printing Industries (JFPI). In
this connection, please give us some background explanation not on Toppan itself asa corporation, but on the printing industry
as a whole.

Mr. Ishida: All members of the printing
industry, including ourselves, worked out
these guidelines because we want ourclients to make an appropriate judgment
when placing an order. And we would like toconcretely show to the public the direction
the printing industry must choose for the
future.
Mr. Kawai: The significance of the introduction of the Green Standard resides in thefollowing two points:
1. The same standard can be applied, independently of the size of the printing company.
2. The introduction of the Green Standard
can raise the level of the entire printing
industry.
In establishing the Green Standard, we
held thorough discussions with member
companies. If, however, the actual form of
the standard is inadequate in any way, we
will keep a flexible attitude that may include
revisions. Company size varies within theindustry, and some firms feel that it’s too
early to obtain ISO 14001 certification. But
even for them, it will be easy to introduce
their environmental management system
by changing and modifying only part of theGreen Standard.
In fact, many companies continue to

Hideaki Kawai
Chief Environmental Manager andManaging Director

show their interest in the Green Standard;
every time the Japan Federation of Printing
Industries (JFPI) organizes an environmentrelated seminar, the seminar room is always
full. In the past at such an event, printing
technology used to be the most popularsubject. I have thus realized that the environment is everything today.
Communication at a higher level
Mr. Ishida: As for the Order Guidelines forOffset Printing Services (GPN-GL14) published in December 2001, it can be consid-

Toppan’s Declaration on the Global Environment

Foreword
Numerous issues concerning global environmental disruption have significantly
affected world politics, the economy, and the global society in recent years, concurrent with the rise of global commerce. It is therefore critical that each of us
should make a personal pledge concerning these issues so that future generations may enjoy the blessings of a clean planet. Toppan contributes to society
through its corporate activities, pursuing our self-definition as an “informationand lifestyle-related industry rooted in culture.” Accordingly, we will continue todevelop measures that address global environmental issues, in order to fulfill oursocial responsibility as a corporate citizen.
Declaration
1. Each of our employees recognizes the importance of global environmental
issues and endeavors to conserve the global environment.
2. We actively promote energy/resource conservation and recycling as a meansof conserving the global environment.
3. We abide by laws and social order, striving to prevent environmental pollution.
4. Through our business operations, we actively support our customers’ activities
to conserve the global environment.
5. In our research, we endeavor to develop products and technologies that help
conserve the global environment.
6. We implement corporate activities designed to further global conservation in
the context of an international society.

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Principal Businesses and Environmental Impact
for Fiscal 2001
Ranging from books, magazines, and pamphlets to packaging materials, industrial materials, and LCD photomasks,
Toppan is unfolding operations in a diverse range of areas, with “printing” as its key word.

ered as the reverse side of the JFPI Green
Standard. They have a lot of common points.
Because of the recent publication, concern
for GPN-GL14 remains at around 40 percent
in terms of recognition by offset printing
businesses, but I am sure that will draw
more and more attention in the near future.
Mr. Kawai: When these guidelines are published, we always provide our clients with
explanations and proposals. Of course, not
all the proposals can be accepted ….
Mr. Ishida: But, for the customers too, the
new guidelines are quite meaningful; theyoften realize the inherent sense of environmental friendliness when placing an order.
Mr. Kawai: Yes, I think so. With those two
publications, the Green Standard and Order
Guidelines for Offset Printing Services, theclients and the printers can communicate ata higher level.

Toward continued evolution ofenvironmental activities
Conventionally, business in the printing
industry has been carried out from one company to another (B to B), but broader activities are now required that include general
consumers. Through technological innovations such as those in printing technology,
information technology, and other technologies, many applications that used to be
impossible have been materialized. Those
new technologies are now highly appreciated from an environmental perspective
as well.
Environmental activities as today’ssocial trend and movement
Question: Where are environmental activities headed in the future?
Mr. Ishida: I said earlier that the relations
among consumers, companies, and theadministration are important. In this connection, I would emphasize the importanceof the necessity of collaboration with NPOs.
Many NPOs express this relation by the term“co-creation.” I think that to grapple inearnest with the environmental problems, itis necessary to seek such co-creation in all
critical situations.
Mr. Kawai: Yes. And the prerequisite forthat condition is surely the disclosure of
information. I think that more and more corporations will be required in the future tosupply information not only to NPOs but
also to consumers for their specific needs.
Mr. Ishida: I agree with you. The Cartocan(paper-based beverage container) recycling
system Toppan developed is a good exam12

ple. It may be necessary to show clearly how
a used Cartocan, after buying it from a vending machine and drinking it, is recycled.
Discussions will certainly be very active on
the need to actively disclose information to
involve as many parties as possible and totransform this into a social movement. A single company’s environmental activities areneither sufficient nor feasible alone.

Toppan’s principal business fields

As a mainstay of information andcultureMr. Kawai: Toppan once used the slogan“Bringing Communication to Life.” In the fieldof environment, information—becoming
awake to market needs—is very important.
Mr. Ishida: Another example is book-ondemand printing. It is a method that computer
technology has enabled. Book-on-demandprinting typically involves very small lots.
Even single-copy printing is possible, which
is virtually impossible using conventional
methods. As for the readers, they can obtaineven out-of-print books and other materials,
while for the manufacturers this type ofprinting offers, compared to the traditional
methods, many more advantages in the
production processes in terms of resources
required, energy consumption, and so forth.
Mr. Kawai: Electronic paper, which is underjoint development by Toppan and E Ink Corporation (U.S.A.), is now attracting big attention from various sectors of the industry, andit has tremendous potential for environmental issues. It is said some decades ago thatwith the introduction of OA (Office Automation), business activities would become
paperless, but the prediction did not cometrue in reality. Various reasons can be given,
but it is, I would say, because, after all,printed data (characters and graphics) areeasier to read and more convenient when
they are at hand.
Moreover, a recent study report says thatimage recognition through computer display
is not a process of “reading” but “looking,”
and therefore harder to retain in memory.
To the contrary, the electronic paper
under development is not exactly paper, but
is relatively closer to paper, and therefore
the reader can “read” the image on the display. When electronic paper becomes popular, it may reduce paper consumption in theoffice and at home. We at Toppan strive tonot only put into application this environmentally-friendly electronic paper, but also
to promote its use worldwide, including inmany developing countries.
Mr. Ishida: Protecting the finite environment called the Earth, creating new environ-

Environmental impact causedby Toppan

Toppan’s business can be broadly classified
into three areas. Information & Networks
comprises securities and cards, commercial
printing, and publications printing. Living
Environment can be divided into packaging,and industrial materials. Furthermore, Toppan
carries out diverse production activities inthe Electronics field.

Sample image of electronic paper
External monitor for mobile phone ©E Ink

mentally-friendly products, and developing
new means of cultural communications. Thisis Toppan’s mission, as the mainstay of information and culture.
Environmental activities of heart
Question: Toppan constructed in its
Koishikawa Building the Printing Museum,
Tokyo and Toppan Hall, which have been in
operation since autumn 2000, as part of its
social and cultural contribution to society fordevelopment of information and culture.
Mr. Ishida: The Printing Museum shows, in a
way that is easy to understand, the whole
range of printing technologies, which havebeen diffusing culture to a broader worldand enriching the hearts of mankind. At
Toppan Hall, we can enjoy the essence ofclassical music with the highest-quality
sound standards. I call these activities “environmental activities of the heart.” This is an
important role for Toppan.

Because Toppan’s range of operations isvery wide, the environmental impact causedby Toppan is also diversified. The environmental burden of the printing industry is,
as input, the use of raw materials such as
paper, plastic film, ink, and solvents. It also
exhausts resources due to fuel consumption
in production processes and, indirectly,
deforestation, acid rain, and so forth. As output, one can cite impact, including thedestruction of the ozone layer and global
warming due to the use of chemical substances in production processes and CO2
emissions caused by energy consumption.

indicators that will enable us to assess the
maximum production and added values
using minimal resources, by business fieldand product type. This way of thinking willinteract well with the traditional notion ofyield control and improvement, and thedata derived from the concept will be utilized as reference for comparison amongproduction plants of similar product types
and for determining targets for improvement of resource-saving efficiency.
For the other main item, energy consumption, Toppan has reviewed the management
system on an individual operational sitebasis, which serves as a tool to work out
detailed measures. It determines the effectiveness and utilizes such data for the PDCA
cycle activities.
Amid the current call for increases inenvironmental efficiency in manufacturingindustries, Toppan will further seek toreview its systems in their entirety and to
improve the accuracy of data to grasp moreaccurately the actual state of the system.

In addition, the environmental impact on
the air, water, and soil, the generation ofenvironmental problems including, among
others, waste disposal, and indirect environmental impact through the use and afteruse of the products are also to be taken into
account.

Environmental conservation in
production and environmental
efficiency
In reducing the environmental burdencaused by our processes, it is first necessary
to acquire an accurate idea of the impact
imposed by the total processes of the company’s business activities. Each production
plant at Toppan records the input and output of various substances and utilizes thesedata as environmental indicators.
Toppan has introduced a system of disposal waste per unit of production (generated
amount of waste, including inserviceables
that can be recycled as resources/production volume) as a focus of resource productivity. In this context, we have been working
since fiscal 1999 on the standardization of

Input/output dataINPUT

OUTPUT

EnergyAir
17,285,000 GJ

CO2 emission

Electric energy

12,326,000 GJ

Emission of substances destructive
to the ozone layer

Thermal energy

4,959,000 GJ

Total energy consumption

NOx emission
SOx emission
Emission of dioxins

762,091 t-CO2
5.14 ODPt
272 t
127 t
0.29 g-TEQ

Water
Water consumption

12,706,000 m3

Industrial-use water

1,457,000 m3

Service water

2,000,000 m3

Water system and soil

Information & Networks

Total water discharge

11,224,000 m3

Public water system

8,468,000 m3

Sewage system

2,756,000 m3

Underground penetration
Ground water(Utilization of rainwater)(Utilization of water circulated
on premises)

9,248,000 m3

On-site evaporation

13,000 m3

Living Environment
320,000 m3

242,000 m3
1,235,000 m3

BOD discharge

366 t

COD discharge

276 t

Nitrogen discharge

87 t

Phosphorous discharge

5t

Main raw materials
Paper, plastic film

Waste

1,714,000 t

Ink

32,000 t

Solvents

18,000 t

Electronics

Waste discharge

373,479 t

Recycling

337,100 t

Amount of final disposal

36,379 t∗1 The period of consolidation covered for the overseas subsidiaries is from January 1, 2001 to December 31, 2001.
∗2 For the scope of water consumption calculations, the data include neither utilization of rainwater nor water circulated on premises.
∗3 Main raw materials data do not include those of overseas subsidiaries and independent subsidiaries.
∗4 The data shown in pages 28–37 do not include those of overseas subsidiaries and independent subsidiaries.
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Information & Networks
Information & Networks is comprised of securities and cards, commercial printing, and publications printing,encompassing a diverse range of information technologies.

Products within the three
production divisions
The Information & Networks field is classified
into three groups, according to their product categories:
Securities and Cards
Toppan produces various types of securities,
including share-certificates, bonds, gift
vouchers, and a variety of cards, including
credit cards and prepaid cards.
Commercial Printing
Toppan produces diverse commercial printed
materials, including catalogs, pamphlets,
flyers, posters, and calendars.
Publications Printing
Toppan produces a variety of publicationmaterials, including magazines, books, encyclopedias, dictionaries, and art books, among
many others.

Environmental impact ofInformation & Networks
Production plants in the Information & Networks field mainly undertake offset printing.
The offset printing process is broadly
divided into plate-making, printing, andconverting.
Environmental impact of the platemaking process
Plate-making creates positive films for printing and produces press plates (machine
plates, or stamps). The output of this process—which consists of waste water, developing
and fixing solutions used in film development, waste films, and so forth—poses anenvironmental burden. However, the spreadof digitalization technology (referred to as
CTP) has shortened the production process
and eliminated films (“filmless” plate-making),
which has resulted in a lower environmental
burden imposed by the film development
process.
CTP stands for “Computer To Plate,”
meaning a filmless plate-making systemthat makes use of a high-speed digital network. As the system directly outputs characters, photographs, figures, and charts edited
on a PC via DTP (Desktop Publishing) for
plate-making, it involves no output of positive films, as was the case in traditional
plate-making processes. This enables thecompany to save resources and to reduce
waste as well. On top of that, the new system allows us to shorten production time
and to secure stable quality.
Environmental impact of the printing
process
Printing is conducted on an offset press.
There are two different methods of offset
printing: sheet-fed and web offset (on an
offset rotary press). The web press, which
can print simultaneously on both the front
and the back of paper, is more suitable forlarge print jobs, as compared with the sheet-fed press. The distinctive features of thesetwo printing methods reside in the difference in their drying methods: the web press
performs evaporation drying via hot-blast
dryer, while the sheet-fed press utilizes achemical reaction of the ink (oxidative polymerization*1) to allow the ink to stick to thepaper. Moreover, the web press evaporates
the solvent content of the ink by heat,and executes exhaust-gas treatment withdeodorization equipment after drying.
The input in the printing process is thethermal energy of the web press dryer, andthe output consists of exhaust gases fromthe deodorization equipment of the webpress, whose gases pose an environmental
burden. Paper spoilage also takes place inthe printing process, nearly all of which isrecycled today. (See page 34)
On the other hand, a waterless printing
method is also in use today. The method
employs press plates prepared for waterlessprinting, and forgoes the use of “dampening
water”*2 containing IPA (isopropyl alcohol).
This eliminates output waste solutions andcontributes to the reduction of waste. (Seepage 47)*1 Oxidative polymerization: This means that theresin contents of the ink react, and are bonded,with oxygen in the air to form large molecules(polymers). This reaction deprives the ink of fluidity, causing the ink to solidify and dry as a result.

*2 Damping water: In a conventional offset press,
printing is performed by supplying water to theplate so that the ink sticks to the (oily) portion to
be printed. This water is called “damping water.”

Environmental impact of the converting
process
Bookbinding is representative of the converting process. This process generates
refuse paper from cutting when it converts
printed paper into books and the like, andthe output (consisting of spoilage) poses
the largest environmental burden of theprocess. However, as in the printing process,the spoilage is now almost totally recycled.
(See page 34)

Input/output data for the
Information & Networks field

HCFC (Hydrochlorofluorocarbon) is one
of CFC substitutes, which causes depletionof the ozone layer and contributes to thegreenhouse effect. Toppan’s environmental
target of fiscal 2001 calls for a five-percent
reduction (relative to the previous year) in
consumption of HCFC. However, in fiscal
2001, the consumption of the CFC substitute(HCFC) proved to have increased. There
were two reasons for this increase: Toppan’s
efforts to reduce dichloromethane (an air
pollutant), and improved accuracy in the
consolidation. In view of this result, Toppan
is now striving to work out a drastic revision
to solve this problem once and for all, and tolay out new settings to be applied effective
fiscal 2003.

According to the input/output data of thisfield for fiscal 2001, the total generated
quantities of waste stood at 222,000 tons,
accounting for 59.5 percent of the total at
Toppan. The major stumbling block to becleared is reducing the amount of generated
waste, and the priority target is now to reachzero-emissions. Currently, 68.3 percent of
the ozone-depleting materials are emitted
from production plants under Information &Networks, since they use an alternative CFC(HCFC-141b) as a cleaning agent to cleanpress plates and other printing equipment.

Input/output data for the Information &Networks field
INPUT
EnergyTotal energy consumption

6,950,000 GJ

Water
Water consumption

2,402,000 m3

OUTPUT
CO2 emission
Air

305,676 t-CO2

Emission of substances
destructive to the ozone layer 3.51 ODPt
NOx emission

103 t

SOx emission

36 t

Emission of dioxins

0.19 g-TEQ

Total water discharge

1,772,000 m3

Underground penetration 152,000 m3
Water On-site evaporation
system BOD discharge
and soil
COD discharge

559,000 m3

Nitrogen discharge

18 t

176 t
68 t

Phosphorous discharge

1t

Total waste discharge

222,133 t

Recycling

212,646 t

Waste

Final waste disposal

9,487 tInformation & Networks production process (offset printing)

Editing
DTP
A copy consisting of characters andimages to be printed is edited onscreen using digital processing (DTP).
A comprehensive layout including color
samples, produced from the printer,is checked (proofread) and passed on
to the plate-making process
as inward data.

Offset printing

Plate-making
A press plate (machine plate, or stamp) for printing is created from inward data. A film-originalplate is prepared with the input data and a machine plate is obtained through film printing to a PS
plate (presensitized plate) and on to development. Today, CTP, which directly produces machine
plates from input data, is becoming the mainstream process.

Converting

Sheet-fed printing: The paper from the feeder is printed in the printing unit, anddelivered through conveyers as printed material.

The printed material undergoes bookbinding
processes (such as adhesive binding, saddle stitching,side stitching, etc.) as needed, and is then subjected
to gloss-finishing processes, such as lamination,press-coat, coating, and so on.

Plate-making withuse of water
Press plate for printing(machine plate, or stamp)

CTP

Paper feed
Waterlessplate-making

Traditional analog process

Printing

DeliveryWeb offset printing: The rolled paper from the feeder is printed in theprinting unit, then converted on the folding machine after it has been
dried and cooled.

Delivery to
the customer

Printing
Automatic film
developer

Films

Magazines, books, catalogs, pamphlets, flyers, posters,
calendars, stock certificates, gift vouchers, etc.

Automatic PS-plate developer

Output machine for proof-reading

Paper feed

InfeedPrinting

Drying

Cooling

Folding

Flat-bed proof machine

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Living Environment
The Living Environment, comprising packaging and industrial materials, is a business field based on the development of
products that will contribute to creating more comfortable lifestyles.

Products within the production
divisions
The Living Environment field is classified
into two groups, according to their productcategories:
Packaging
Toppan produces a variety of packaging
materials, including paperware, plastic films
and other packing materials, plastic containers, different types of cups, paper containers
for liquids, corrugated cardboard, and more.
Industrial materials
Toppan produces a variety of industrial
materials, such as various sheets for interior
decoration of houses and stores, wallpapers,
woodwork products, building members,
exterior and interior flame-retardant materials, and so forth.

Living Environment’s
environmental impact
The production plants under Living Environment operations mainly perform gravure
printing. This is carried out by engraved
plate printing, using thermally quick-drying
ink. The process of gravure printing isbroadly divided into plate-making, printing,and converting.
Environmental impact of the platemaking process
In gravure printing, the portion to be printed
is engraved electronically, to later be filledwith ink for printing. For this reason, theplate (stamp) for plate-making is made froma metallic cylinder made of steel or aluminum.
The surface of this cylinder is copper-electroplated prior to engraving to facilitate theprocess. After engraving, a chrome-electroplating treatment is applied to harden thesurface of the engraved plate. Althoughwastewater from the electroplating process
is neutralized in the treatment equipment,
the output—which consists of waste solutions derived from the replacement ofelectroplating solutions and sludges fromwastewater treatment—imposes an environmental burden.
Environmental impact of the printing
process
The printing process conducts gravure
printing on a rotary gravure press. Gravure
printing is characterized by use of numerous
colors and larges quantities of organic solvents. The contemporary trend requires environmental friendliness of gravure printing
for the use of organic solvents, and Toppan
is developing environmentally-friendly ink
processes without the need to use organic
solvents. That is to say, the development ofgravure printing using water-based ink
as well as laminated water-based gravure
packaging material (with water-based adhesive, non-solvent adhesive, and so forth),among others, is taking place. Moreover,Toppan is jointly developing biodegradable
and other inks to transform the current
organic-solvent type gravure printing intoa more environmentally-friendly form of
printing with improved environmental features that can be proposed to customers.
Moreover, in gravure printing, for eachcolor employed, vaporation by a hot air drying unit (dryer) is required for multi-color
printing so that ink adheres to the substrates
surface. For this reason, thermal energy fordrying (input) and discharge gas of the dryer
unit (output) pose the heaviest environmental burden for this type of printing.
As for the thermal energy, Toppan isstudying measures, including recycling ofwaste heat, replacement with high-efficiency boilers, and other measures. At thetime of a review of the facilities, these measurers become the subjects for modernization. As for the exhaust gas from the dryer,
the Toppan Group is studying, among othermeans, modifications by adding a dischargegas processing system (solvent recovery
unit, discharge gas combustion unit, andothers) to minimize the discharge of volatilesolvents into the air.
Environmental impact of the converting
process
The converting process is further divided
into laminating (melted resin or other films
onto the printing substrate), embossing

Living Environment production process (gravure printing)
Editing

Input/output data for the Living
Environment field(applied to the surface), heat sealing (ofedges of bags) and die cutting (to obtain the
final form).
Input (thermal energy for melting resins
and heat sealing) and output (waste plastic
discharged as die-cutting scraps) jointly
pose the heaviest environmental burdens inthis process.

INPUT
EnergyTotal energy consumption

5,284,000 GJ

Water
Water consumption

2,362,000 m3

OUTPUT
CO2 emission

Input/output data for Living
Environment

Air

According to the input/output data of thisfield for fiscal 2001, the emissions of NOx(nitrogen oxides) stood at 127 tons, SOx (sulfur oxides) at 73 tons, dioxins at 0.06 g-TEQ.
The size of these figures is due to the factthat many of Toppan’s operational sites use
waste (plastics and others) as an energy
source within the premises for thermal recycling. In fiscal 2001, thanks to the removal,
modification, or improved operation ofincinerators, the Group was able to reducethe dioxin discharge by 89.4 percent. For
NOx and SOx, no comparison related to theprevious year was conducted due to changeof calculation criteria effective fiscal 2001.

259,186 t-CO2

Emission of substances
destructive to the ozone layer 1.63 ODPt
NOx emission

127 t

SOx emission

73 t

Emission of dioxins

0.06 g-TEQ

Total water discharge

1,951,000 m3

Underground penetration

40,000 m3

Water On-site evaporation
system BOD discharge
and soil
COD discharge

361,000 m3

Nitrogen discharge

21 t

65 t
120 t

Phosphorous discharge

Waste

3t

Total waste discharge

110,341 t

Recycling

95,338 t

Final waste disposal

15,003 t

Various converting processes
Laminating process for film-base materials T-die (extruder head)

Plate-making

Copperplating

Chromeplating

A printing cylinder is made with
input data. The copper-plated
cylinder is engraved with input databy an electronic engraving machine.
The printing cylinder is finishedwhen the cylinder surface ishardened by chrome-plating.

Products

Melted resin

Film

Integration
Cylinder engraving machine,
extruder machine

Cooling roll
Extruder machine

Printing

Normally, rotary presses are often employed for gravure printing, and they are characterized bytheir ability to print even on plastic films. The film or paper fed from the pay-off reel is printed,
dried, and then cooled on the respective print units according to the colors,and finally wound up on the take-up reel.
Dryer
Cooling-down

Laminating process for wallpapers

Film
CylinderPay-off (clear film)

In most cases, the printed
film or paper is subjectedto laminating with other films,
extrusion, slitting, trimming,
die-cutting, embossing,or other processes.

Paper containers, plastic films
and other packing materials,
various cups, paper containers
for liquids, decorating papers
for building materials, decorative
sheets, wallpapers, etc.

Embossing roll(wood grain texture, etc.)

Take-up

CylinderPay-off
Cooling roll

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Electronics
Electronics is a business field based on the supply of individual components,
including semiconductors, displays, color filters, and so forth.

Products within Electronics
Electronics
Toppan designs and manufactures a great
variety of electronic components and devices,
centering on semiconductors and displays.
These include photomasks used in the manufacture of semiconductors, and LSI (largescale integrated circuit) package related
products: lead frames, shadow masks for
CRTs (cathode ray tubes), color filters for
LCDs (liquid crystal displays), printed wiringboards for various electronic units, and soforth.

Environmental impact of Electronics
The production plants under Electronics,
where precision parts are manufactured,require a very clean environment. All the
products are produced in cleanrooms whereconstant temperature and moisture are
maintained with air-conditioning equipment. The input of the energy consumed forthis air-conditioning poses an environmental burden.
Of the diverse range of subprocesses
composing the production process, metal
etching using chemicals is the object of special consideration. The etching subprocess
prints patterns onto a metal material coatedwith photopolymer, develops it, rinses it of
all elements other than the photopolymer inthe etching solution, and finally applies a
coating process, for example metal plating,to produce a finished product. The wastewater derived from the repeated washing inthis process is neutralized in treatment
equipment and is finally discharged into the
public water system. This large volume ofwastewater constitutes an output of theprocess and imposes the heaviest environmental burden of all outputs from processes
in the Electronics field.

Input/output data for the Electronics field
EnergyTotal energy consumption

4,460,000 GJ

Water
Water consumption

7,655,000 m3

OUTPUT
CO2 emission
Air

175,305 t-CO2

Emission of substances
destructive to the ozone layer—

NOx emission

40 t

SOx emission

Input/output data for Electronics
According to the input/output data of thisfield for fiscal 2001, water consumption
stood at 7,655,000 m3 and discharged water
volume stood at 7,250,000 m3, accountingfor 60.2 percent and 64.6 percent of thetotal, respectively. This large volume ofwater consumption is due to the fact thatthe production processes of the plants
involve many cleaning phases for components. In fiscal 2001, by utilizing wastewater
recycling systems and other means, Toppan
promoted the reduction of water usage andwastewater discharge. It also promoted theeffective use of resources. As a result of
these efforts, Toppan was able to reducewater consumption and the total water discharge by 5.9 percent and 8.0 percent
respectively.

Personal Services

INPUT

17 t

Emission of dioxins

0.04 g-TEQ

Total water discharge

7,250,000 m3

Underground penetration

50,000 m3

Water On-site evaporation
system BOD discharge
and soil
COD discharge

270,000 m3

Nitrogen discharge

46 t

123 t
86 t

Phosphorous discharge

Waste

1t

Total waste discharge

39,740 t

Recycling

27,940 t

Final waste disposal

11,800 t* RO (Reverse Osmosis) membrane:
A membrane with the properties ofletting water pass while scarcely
allowing solutes to pass through.
Solutes can be removed from thesolution when forced through thismembrane.

Production processes
Plant wastewater

Wastewater
treatment equipment

Outline of the business
Toppan has long acquired expertise in
the field of microprocessing technology,
polymer materials processing technology, and many others. Based on thisknowledge, in the fields of the very
promising bio-related market, energy-

Plant water

Recycling treatment equipment
Biological treatment

Active carbon tower

Sand filter

In-house entrepreneurial ventures
As Toppan’s first in-house venture, Toppan
Character Production Co., Ltd. was established in April 2002. With the participationof our customers, the new company iscarrying out content exploration that
focuses on various forms of characters tocreate a marketplace for such businesses
including validation of rights, intermediation of supply of content, and others.
In addition, Toppan Mind Wellness,
Co., Ltd. was set up in April 2002 to provide office workers with individual counseling and other mental care services.
Through theses activities, the new business
offers a means of raising the motivation of
employees and improving the productivity of the organization in such fields as
education, consultation, and others.

Bitway web site(http://www.bitway.ne.jp/)

Next-Generation ProductsElectronics production process
Shadow mask manufacturing flow
Shadow masks for CRTs are produced by a plate-making technique called
photoetching. The plant as a whole constitutes a chain of production
processes, with installed cleanrooms.

Content distribution network Bitway
on the Internet
Bitway, Toppan Group’s content distribution business on the Internet, with morethan three million purchasers for its
approximately 10,000 items, has become
one of the biggest and best enterprisesin the field. In collaboration with a total of
15 ISPs (Internet Service Providers) andEC (e-commerce) sites, the Group is striving to expand its content distribution network. Moreover, Bitway also unfolds its
operations to PDA-users through its affiliate @irBitway, forming alliances with suchenterprises as Kodansha, Ltd., Sanrio Co.,
Ltd., Oscar Promotion Co., Ltd. The Group’s
continued expansion efforts have resulted
in wireless LAN Internet services that are
now usable at stations and in other“mobile” locations that provide access tothis content distribution site.

RO membrane*

related businesses, nano-technology
market, and the like, Toppan is striving
to develop and supply new categories
of products based on high-performancematerials and environmental friendlinessto offer safe and comfortable lifestyles for
future generations.

Developments in the bio-market
In the bio-related market, Toppan isseeking the commercialization of bio-chips
in view of the generalization of tailormade medication and pharmaceuticals.
In cooperation with other companies
though alliances and co-businesses, andwith academic sectors through joint
research, Toppan is undertaking thestudy and realization of new production
and sales systems.
Future efforts
Toppan is aspiring to further continue
the development of “Printed Electronics,”
which will create electronic circuits by
printing methods based on the company’s
semiconductor circuit design knowledge
and high-precision printing expertise.
These efforts will also expand the scopeof applications of newly developed areas
to next-generation products, including
manufacturing of next-generation displays,utilization of bio-related materials andnano-technology-based materials, andmany other areas.

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Environmental Management Structure

2 ENVIRONMENTAL

Toppan builds up an ISO-14001-based environmental management system andunfolds its eco-protection and eco-creativity activities.

MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIESCharacteristics of Toppan’senvironmental management
For more efficient conduct of environmental activities,

and measures determined by management
as well as to convey environmental information from the divisions (division headquarters) and production plants to management.
Furthermore, to go forward efficiently withthe two main engines to drive Toppan’s ecoprotection and eco-creativity activities, thecompany has established internally an Ecoprotection Promotion System and an Ecocreativity Promotion System, both of which
are now deploying specific environmental
activities.
Eco-protection Promotion System
In each Toppan production plant, an Ecoprotection Promotion Committee has been
set up to promote environmental activities,

In each of its operational sites both insideand outside Japan, which include production
plants, R&D departments, and marketing andsales promotion departments, Toppan has
set up an environmental management system under the control and leadership of
the President and the Chief Environmental
Manager. The Ecology Center, belonging to
Toppan’s head office’s Corporate Manufacturing, Technology & Research Division, is
directly responsible for the system operations, aiming to make the different divisions(division headquarters) and production plants
fully aware of the environmental policies

Toppan has built up an environmental management system to use as the basis for
all its environmental activities. This chapter gives a detailed overview ofToppan’s management system, and discusses its effectiveness and areas to be improved.

Environmental management
structure

Naoki Adachi,
President & CEO

Meetings with the Heads
of Affiliated Companies

Plan
Environmental
targets for plants

Affiliatedcompany

Action

Do

Review by plant
management

Environmental
activities

Affiliatedcompany

Affiliatedcompany

Domestic and overseas
production plants

Corporate auditor

Directors in charge ofeach division

Hideaki Kawai,
Chief Environmental
Manager & Managing
Director
Ecology Center

Related divisionsat head office

R&D departments

Marketing and sales
promotion departmentswith different subcommittees designed tofunction for specific environmental issues.
The National Eco-protection Meeting, chairedby the Chief Environmental Manager, controls the operations unfolded at each production plant and makes general use ofvaluable eco-protection cases so that othersites can also share the benefits of those successful initiatives.
Eco-creativity Promotion System
In each Toppan division (division headquarters), an Eco-creativity Promotion Committee
has been established to develop environmentally-friendly products and to conduct
environment-supporting businesses. The
National Eco-creativity Meeting, headed by
the Chief Environmental Manager, directs
those activities and introduces successful
cases of eco-creativity to other operationalsites for possible application to other areasof the company.
Toppan Group’s Environmental
Information Liaison Promotion System
In its efforts to help and guide other groupcompanies tackle environmental issues, theToppan Group holds regular Meetings with
the Heads of Affiliated Companies to discussand establish measures aimed at making
optimal use of the Group’s total capacities
through its consolidated environmental
accounting and other leading measures.

Plant
Environmental promotion systems

Check■Eco-protection promotion system

Environmental
auditing

National Eco-protection Meeting● Chairman: Chief Environmental Manager● Secretariat: Ecology Center

Plan

Plan

Eco-protection Promotion Committee

Environmental
targets for
department

Environmental
targets for
department

Subcommittee on Pollution
Prevention
Subcommittee on Energy
Savingachievements of environmental activities● Chairman: Head of Ecology Center● Frequency: Three times a year
● Function: Advisory meeting forcompany-wide environmental measures● Chairman: Plant Manager● Secretariat: Plant Environmental Manager● Frequency: Monthly● Function: Operational administration ofplant environmental management system
Eco-protection
Promotion
Committee
Operational
policies

Subcommittee on Waste
Management

ActionR&D department
Check

National Meeting on Eco-creativity● Frequency: Biannually● Major Objectives: Reporting and discussing

Tokyo Eco-protection Meeting

Review by
department
management

Do

ActionDo

Environmental
activities

Review by
department
management

Environmental
activities

Marketing and sales
promotion departments
Check

Subcommittee on Evaluationof Environmental Impact
Subcommittee on
Environmental Education

Environmental
auditing● Chairman: Chief Environmental Manager● Secretariat: Ecology Center● Frequency: Biannually● Major objectives: Reporting and discussing

achievements of environmental activities

Tokyo Meeting on Eco-creativity● Chairman: Head of Ecology Center● Frequency: Biannually● Function: Advisory meeting forcompany-wide environmental measures

Eco-creativity promotion system● Function: Promotion of Eco-creativity ofdivisionsEco-creativity Project, Securities Printing Division
Commercial Printing Eco-Project, Commercial Printing Division
Eco-creativity Promotion Committee, Kansai Commercial Printing Sub-division
Eco-creativity Promotion (Electronics), Electronics Division
Eco-promotion Project, Publications Printing Division
Package and Environment 2000 Project, Packaging Division
Eco-creativity Promotion Committee, Industrial Materials Division
Chubu Eco-Project, Chubu Division
Nishinihon Eco-creativity Committee, Nishinihon Division
Tohoku Eco-creativity Project, Tohoku Division
Eco-creativity Committee, Hokkaido Division
Eco-creativity Promotion Committee, Toppan Technical Research Institute∗Excluding overseas subsidiaries and independent subsidiaries■Toppan Group’s environmental information liaison promotion system● Toppan Forms Co., Ltd. ● Tamapoly Co., Ltd. ● Tokyo Magnetic Printing Co., Ltd.

Environmentally-friendly product development systemat each division (division headquarters)● Tosho Printing Co., Ltd. ● Toppan Label Co., Ltd. ● Toppan Cosmo, Inc.

ControlStandards forEnvironmentallyfriendly Products● Tokyo Shoseki Co., Ltd. ● froebel-kan co., ltd.
● Toyo Ink Mfg. Co., Ltd. ● Toppan Logistics Co., Ltd.

Environmental
auditing■Eco-creativity promotion system● Total Media Development Institute Co., Ltd.

LCA Working Committee
Meetings with the Heads
of Affiliated Companies● Toppan Multisoft Ltd.

∗Excluding overseas subsidiaries and independent subsidiaries● Toppan Forms Co., Ltd.

● Toppan Forms Co., Ltd.

● Tokyo Magnetic Printing Co., Ltd.
● Tosho Printing Co., Ltd.
● Toppan Label Co., Ltd. ● Toppan Cosmo, Inc.
● Toppan Logistics Co., Ltd.

Ecology
Research Meeting● Tokyo Shoseki Co., Ltd. ● Toyo Ink Mfg. Co., Ltd.

Consolidated
Environmental
Accounting
Preparation Meeting● Toppan Label Co., Ltd. ● Toppan Cosmo, Inc.
● Toppan Logistics Co., Ltd. ● Total Media Development Institute Co., Ltd.
● Toppan Multisoft Ltd. ● Tamapoly Co., Ltd.
● froebel-kan co., ltd.

● Tokyo Shoseki Printing Co., Ltd. ● froebel-kan co., ltd.

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Environmental Management System
In fiscal 2001, Toppan’s Itabashi plant, the biggest production center in the field of Information & Networks,
was awarded ISO 14001 certification. In addition, Toppan promotes thorough in-house environmental auditing,covering the entire operational sites of the Group.

ISO 14001 certification within the Toppan Group

Toppan’s environmental
management

Division

Establishment of a uniqueenvironmental management system
Based on its 1992 Declaration on the Global
Environment and Environmental Action Plan,
Toppan is incorporating the philosophy of
its environmental activities into all facets of
its business. And with its unique environmental management system, the company isactively promoting environmental initiatives.
Characteristics of Toppan’senvironmental management system
Toppan’s environmental management system features a unique structure: it conforms
to the company’s “PDCA” (Plan-Do-CheckAction) Cycle concept independent of ISO
14001 certification by the operational site.
Each domestic production plant (47) andresearch center (2) has worked out management objectives such as the Environmental
Policy, Environmental Objectives and Targets, and the Eco-protection Activity Plan.
Moreover, systematic document control isensured by the Environmental Management
Manuals, Management Regulations, Management Standards, Detailed Regulations,
Documents and Forms and other documentation.
Toward continual improvement
Toppan management confirms and reviews
the company’s environmental activities regularly once a year, acquiring the basic data
for laying out our Environmental Policy andEnvironmental Objectives and Targets forthe following year. For fiscal 2002, the following problems are to be improved:
1. Feedback on the point specified by inhouse auditing is not sufficient.

Operational site

(16 systems and 20 sites as of August 31, 2002)

Registrar Registration
date

Main product

Electronics

Shiga

Electronics products

JQA

1998.7

Electronics

Kumamoto

Electronics products

JQA

1998.11

Industrial Materials

Satte/Kashiwa

Wallpapers, decorative papers,
decorative sheets

JQA

Electronics

NiigataElectronics products

JQA

2000.4

Publications/
Commercial Printing

SakadoBooks, magazines, catalogs

JQA

2000.10

Securities Printing

RanzanCredit cards, IC cards

JQA

2000.11

Packaging

Akihabara office/Ebie officePlanning, development, design,
sales, prepress of packages

JQA

2001.3Publications

Itabashi/
Toppan Seihon Co., Ltd.

Books, magazines

JQA

2002.2

Packaging

FukuzakiSoft packaging materials, paper
cups, plastic products

JQA

2002.7

Publications

Toppan Graphic Co., Ltd.

Books, magazines

JQA

2002.8

Member companies of
the Group

Operational site

2000.3(revised inJune 2000)

Registrar Registration
date

Main productTotal Media Development
Institute Co., Ltd.

Whole company

Consulting for museums andrelated facilities

JSA

Toppan Forms Co., Ltd.

Hino

Business forms

JQA

2001.6

Tokyo Shoseki Printing
Co., Ltd.

Head office &head office factory/
Saitama

Textbooks, educational books,
general and commercial
printed materials

JCQA

2001.7

Toppan Label Co., Ltd.

Fukushima

Self-sealing labels

JQA

2001.11Companies incorporated overseas

2001.3(revised in
April 2002)

Registrar Registration
date

Main productSiam Toppan Packaging Co., Ltd.

Paperware, fine-appearance
corrugated cardboard

MASCI

2002.4Toppan Printing Co., (H.K.) Ltd.

Books, magazines, commercial
printed materials

DNV

2002.5

Plans for obtaining certification*: five operational sites are slated to be certified by the end of March, 2003(∗Simultaneous obtaining of certification of: ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001).

2. Understanding of the actual environmental risks in affiliates’ production plants is
not sufficient.
Toppan is studying to improve and torefine the eco-protection and eco-creativity
promotion systems, covering the entire
extent of the Group’s activities.

Furthermore, the Eco-protection Achievement Reports and data on energy, waste, andother environmental issues are calculated,
analyzed, and submitted from the operational sites at the end of each fiscal year.
Feedback regarding this information isprovided at the National Eco-protection

Outline of Toppan’s environmental management system∗1

Eco-protection
Achievement
ReportActionEnvironmental policies,
objectives & targets foreach operational site

Improvement
Plan

Eco-protection
Activity Plan

PDCA cycle ofenvironmental
management

Check

In-house environmental audit
Internal environmental audit∗2

22

Toppan’s Declaration on the Global Environment
Medium- and long-term environmental targets
Environmental targets

Plan

Environmental
ReportInformation
disclosure

Site-specific
Environmental
Report∗3

ISO certification report for overseas subsidiaries(Left: Siam Toppan Packaging Co., Ltd. Right: Toppan
Printing Co., (H.K.) Ltd.)sidiaries, for the first time an out-of-Japan
operational site, Siam Toppan Packaging
Co., Ltd., was awarded ISO 14001 certification in April 2002. In the following month,
May 2002, Toppan Printing Co., (H.K.) Ltd.
obtained three certifications simultaneously—ISO 9001, ISO 14001, and OHSAS
18001. This was a first for a printing company in Asia, excluding Japan.

In-house environmental audit

Meeting, which is held in May of each year. If
any measures are found to be particularly
effective, they are reported in the eco-protection case study meeting, so that othersites can share the benefits of those successful initiatives.
Status for obtaining ISO 14001
certification
Upon publication of ISO 14001, the international standard of certification for environmental management systems, Toppan
initiated activities directed toward obtaining
this certification for its domestic and overseas sites, research centers, and offices.
The operational sites awarded with ISO
14001 certification up to the previous fiscal
year were: two sites for Electronics (Sakado
plant and Ranzan plant), four sites for Living
Environment (Satte plant, Kashiwa plant,
Akihabara and Ebie offices of the Packaging
Division) and three sites for Electronics (Shiga
plant, Kumamoto plant and Niigata plant).
Added to the above list in fiscal 2001 was
the biggest production center in the field ofInformation & Networks, the Itabashi site
(Itabashi plant and Toppan Seihon Co., Ltd.).
With these ISO acquisitions in fiscal 2001, thenumber of the employees of Toppan itself(including the subsidiaries engaged in production activity) working under ISO 14001
certification reached approximately 9,000.
Member companies of the Toppan Groupcertified in fiscal 2001 by ISO 14001 included
Toppan Forms Co., Ltd. (Hino plant), Tokyo
Shoseki Printing Co., Ltd. (head office, andhead office plant including its Saitama plant)
and Toppan Label Co., Ltd. (Fukushima plant).
As for the company’s overseas sub-Audit based on Toppan’s in-houseenvironmental audit system
Toppan’s in-house environmental audit system follows a two-stage screening process: adocument record audit and an on-site audit.
The in-house environmental audit teamconsists of a corporate auditor and provisional auditors of the Environmental Management System. This team inspects andevaluates not only the structural status ofsystems and compliance with rules and regulations, but also the status of compliancewith in-house standards at all the operational sites subject to the audit. The auditorsthen put together the In-house Environmental Audit Results, reflecting, if any, necessary
improvements pointed out during theauditing, and submit this to the director in
charge. These auditors perform a review of
the in-house environmental audit within thesame fiscal year with a view to further raising
the level of compliance for the following
fiscal year.
Environmental audit and examination
at ISO 14001-certified production plants
In addition to the in-house environmental
audit system, the ISO 14001-certified plants
are subject to the following environmental
audits and examinations:
1. Annual internal environment audits
2. Annual surveillance inspections by anoutside examination organ
3. Triennial renewal inspections by an external examination organ
Environmental audits at overseas
production plants
At overseas production plants in the UnitedStates and Asia, local hearings and inspections are carried out every other year. In

Itabashi plant (Information & Networks)

Toppan Seihon Co., Ltd. (Information & Networks)

years in which no local inspection is conducted, improvement activities are promoted through document review. In fiscal
2001, local environmental auditing was carried out at the following operational sites(three production plants in Asia and three
more in the United States):
1. Toppan Printing Co., (H.K.) Ltd. (HongKong)
2. Toppan Printing Co., (Shenzhen) Ltd.
(Shenzhen, China)
3. Toppan Printing Co., (Shanghai) Ltd.
(Shanghai, China)
4. Toppan Printing Inc., (America) Ltd. (New
Jersey, U.S.A.)
5. Toppan Electronics Inc. (San Diego, U.S.A.)
6. Toppan Interamerica Inc. (Atlanta, U.S.A.)

Information sharing and disclosure
Based on the Eco-protection Achievement
Report and on data calculations, environmental performance data acquired throughthe results of environmental activities areused to verify the degree of achievement fortargets and actions. These data are compiled
into an In-house Environmental Audit Reportand submitted to the head office. The cost
incurred in the environmental activities andthe corresponding effects of these activities
are also covered and reported in the same
In-house Environmental Audit Report as individual site-based Environmental Accounting.
Toppan broadly discloses the results ofthese audits through the Environmental
Report. In addition, as a point of note, theISO 14001-certified plants have each been
obliged to put together a Site Reportdesigned to disclose information to the local
municipal government and neighboring
residents.

Registered in internal environmental
auditors(as of June 30, 2002)
Position

Personnel

Managers

133

Supervisors

65

Employees

45

Total

243

Do

In-house
Environmental
Audit Report∗1 Independent subsidiaries are not included in the system.
∗2 ISO 14001-certified production plant.
∗3 Toppan’s ISO 14001-certified production plants have been issuing
eco-reports, by site, every year since fiscal 2000.
Toppan Label Co., Ltd. (Living Environment)

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Education and Emergency Response
Toppan carries out thorough environmental education designed to maintain and improve the quality and scopeof the company’s environmental activities. In preparation for accidents that may have an impact on the environment,
the company also conducts emergency training and drills.

State of audit in fiscal 2001
In-house environmental audit resultsfrom fiscal 2001
As a result of the in-house environmental
audits for fiscal 2001, there were a total of
316 cases requiring improvement. Some of
the more major problem areas include thefollowing:
1. Inconformity of the execution of remedial
measures with an improvement plan prepared for the issues in question
2. Excess of values specified by the In-house
Management Standard
3. Incorrect control of environmental documents
4. Lack of arrangement and storage tidinessfor waste materials
Toppan worked out an Improvement Planfor these observations; it specified improvement methods and an execution schedule
to solve the problems.
The internal environmental audit did not,however, uncover any administrative problems that could directly lead to a grave environmental accident outside of ourenvironmental control. For the indicatedissues, reviews of in-house environmental
audits were conducted for 93 cases at nine
operational sites to verify the progress status of remedial actions. Moreover, for 223

Philosophy and structure

Number of issues pointed out under ISO 14001 (Fiscal 2001)
Item

Contents

Number of issues
pointed out

Minornonconformance

Partial nonconformity with the standard

1

Point for observation

Possible efforts required for improvement for full conformity
with the standard

82

Excellent point

Notable achievement, as an action, made from the point of viewof environmental management

11

indicated cases, follow-ups are planned withrespect to the execution status of these
remedial actions during the in-house environmental audits of fiscal 2002.
Audits at ISO 14001-certified sites
Of Toppan’s operational sites certified
under ISO 14001, the Shiga plant and the
Kumamoto plant (both awarded certification in 1998) underwent new examinations
performed by an external inspection team in
fiscal 2001.
As for the annual surveillance inspection,
41 cases were pointed out for observation.
At Toppan, these examination results werereported to the Chief Environmental Manager and are being followed up, and thelessons learned are being disseminatedcompany-wide to further improve the overall environmental management system.

Results of environmental audits
at overseas production plants
In fiscal 2001 the company carried out on-site
audits at three operational sites in Southeast
Asia and at three sites in the United States,and examined the status of environmental
management and operations. In particular,
three items of inspection were covered:
1) the understanding, operation, and confirmation of observance of the local environment-related laws and regulations;2) the environmental impact on the air andwater; and 3) the daily control of wastematerials.
As a result, we discovered a total of 43cases that required improvement. The
Group’s local management and workforce
are endeavoring to carry out the measures
recommended according to the Improvement Plan.

In maintaining and improving the quality
and scope of educational activities, we
believe that a new level of awareness isrequired of all Toppan employees. Therefore,a variety of environmentally conscious educational opportunities are provided for theentire workforce, from new recruits to managerial staff.
Environmental education system
New recruits undergo a special training
course focused especially on understanding
relations between the printing industry andthe environment. Toppan’s environmental
education program encompasses diverse
aspects pertaining to environmental activities, including training for new management
staff, specialized training, and the like.
Moreover, at each operational site,
Toppan is providing its employees withenvironmental education that aims to explain
the environmental influences to the area
caused by production activities of thesite. The educational efforts also cover thecountermeasures taken to deal with this
impact, and the environmental conservation
activities undertaken by the company toraise employee consciousness regarding theenvironment.
Stressing the importance of enhancing
education across the entire company, Toppan

introduced an e-learning system supported
by WBT (Web-Based Training) in fiscal 2002.
This system will enable all Toppan’s workforce to receive effective training, within
a limited period of time. These kinds ofprograms have been made possible by
the realization that high-quality education
is no longer limited by time and place,
thanks to new two-way communications
systems, including Q&A functions throughthe Internet.
Training of internal environmental
auditors
To make the internal environmental audit ateach site more effective, Toppan organizes a
training course for internal environmental
auditors, sponsored by the head office. A
total of 70 trainees participated in, and successfully finished, the course, which washeld twice during fiscal 2001.
Efforts in fiscal 2001
In fiscal 2001, a total of 326 new recruits
underwent their training program and 60
participants attended the environment
course of the Challenge School (self-study).
In addition, two operational sites (one system), have initiated efforts to seek ISO 14001
certification. Environmental education wasprovided to every worker and executive ateach site.

Training for internal environmental auditors

Installations of emergency shut-off valves on the final
drainage line

Installation of watergates to adjoining public water
systems

In-house education system
Training for new recruits
Training for new managerial staff
Toppan Business School
Optional training
The ‘Challenge School’(self-study)
Video library (self-study)
Environmental education andawareness raising activities at each
operational site
Guidance and evaluation throughin-house environmental audit

Structure of in-house environmental audit

In-house Environmental
Audit Report

A summary of activities conducted throughout the year—to ensurecompliance with approximately 200 check items for in-houseenvironmental auditing, as specified by the head office—is submitted
to the head office in June of the following fiscal year.

Document audit

Review of the in-house environmental audit report is conducted prior
to the implementation of an on-site audit to clarify each site’senvironmental aspects.

On-site audit(1) Hearings with executives and staff in charge of environmental
matters at the operational site, based on the Manual on Hearings
for the In-house Environmental Audit.
(2) Four-point evaluation (0, 1, 2 and 3) on applicable check items,
based on Evaluation Standards for the In-house Environmental Audit.
(3) Verification of the state of environmental management via
an inspection within and around the operational site, basedon the Manual on Inspections for the In-house Environmental Audit.

Summary and evaluation
results of the in-houseenvironmental audit

Summary of issues in need of improvement, along with the evaluation
scores and general comments. Returned to the operational site for
feedback.

Improvement Plan forSpecified Issues

Description of a specific improvement plan in response to issues in needof improvement, as pointed out by the audit. Submitted to the head
office upon confirmation by executives at the operational site.

Emergency response

In-house environmental audit—hearing

In-house environmental audit—inspection

In-house Environmental
Audit Results

Review of the in-houseenvironmental audit

24

Delivered to the Auditor and the Chief Environmental Manager.

Conducted to assess progress and give appropriate guidance
concerning issues of auditing calling for improvement.

Preventive emergency-response
measuresAt each operational site, chemical solventsare used and handled on a daily basis. One
example may be their transfer from tanktrucks into storage tanks. These operations
involve the risk of soil and water pollution,
should an accident occur. At operationalsites where the possibility of such an environmental impact is present, we are
installing pollution-preventive devices andpreparing oil fences, sandbags, and otherappropriate measures to prevent the flow ofsolvents outside the sites in the event of aleak and other similar accidents.
Preventive emergency-response actions
Toppan’s operational sites are provided with
documented procedures of response against
hypothetical emergency cases, including
leaks and other accidents. Periodic drills arealso carried out so that necessary actions
can be taken in case of an emergency. At thesame time, the procedural manuals are regularly evaluated and updated with respect
to their validity in actual emergencies.

Mock emergency drills

Posting of emergency response procedures

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3 ECO-PROTECTION ACTIVITIESOutline of Eco-protection Activities
In efforts to reduce the environmental burden involved in production activities, every Toppan production
plant and research center has set up its own Eco-protection Promotion Committee.

Environmental conservation
activities in production fields
At Toppan, efforts at reducing the environmental burden involved in business activities are called“eco-protection activities.” The people of Toppan aspire to contribute to conserving the global
environment and to foster a recycling-oriented society. This dedication permeates not only
the company’s operational sites, but also our administrative and logistics sites.

Green Procurement of raw materials

Green Purchasing of office supplies

Product plants

Offices (indirect departments)

Pollution prevention

Office eco-protection,centered on recycling andenergy saving

Actions against pollution of air,water, and soil, and for theprotection of the ozone layer.

Today, emphasis is placed on the improvement of environmental efficiency. Toppan
aims to minimize the environmental burden
posed by business activities and maximize
the value of the production generated bybusiness operations. To realize this improvement of environmental efficiency, Toppan is
unfolding its activities by focusing on cutting back on waste generation and energy
consumption at each operational site.
Activities led by the Eco-protection
Promotion Committee
In view of the above, each operational site
has organized an Eco-protection Promotion
Committee, with subcommittees to be held
for specific subjects. The Committee carries
out activities designed to reduce the environmental burden at the site level. With theaim of reducing the environmental burden,
the following efforts, among others, aremade at each production plant:
1. Pollution prevention: Actions against pollution of air, water, and soil, and for theprotection of the ozone layer.

2. Energy saving: Reduction in energy consumption and efficient use of energy.
3. Resource saving: Protection of natural
resources.
4. Waste management: Activities oriented
toward zero-emissions.
5. Management of chemical substances:
Reduction in the use of hazardous chemical substances and facilitation of theirproper management.
Sharing of environmental data
The status of these environmental activities
is reported to the Ecology Center in the Ecoprotection Achievement Report, which summarizes and controls these data andconveys the information to management.
Through the National Eco-protection Meeting (held semiannually) and the Intranet,
Toppan is endeavoring to ensure that everybody shares in the knowledge of eco-protection.

Ecology Center

Conveyance of information

Logistics department
Resource saving
Protection of natural resources.

Improvement of distribution systems

Setup of specifictargets at site

Waste management
Activities oriented toward
zero-emissions.

Measures adopted in operations
Measures adopted in facilities

Management of chemical substances
Reduction in the use of hazardous
chemical substances and facilitationof their proper management.

National Eco-protection Meeting(semiannually)

Management

Company-wide
environmental targets

Reduction in energy consumption andefficient use of energy.

Offices (indirect departments)
The offices of each operational site practiceGreen Purchasing for their office supplies
and, at the same time, execute the following
activities:
1. Efforts for Office Eco-protection, centeredon recycling and energy saving.
2. Protective measures for facilities andequipment, such as the adoption of rainwater utilization systems at new buildings, introduction of ice thermal-storage
systems, installation of motion-sensors inlighting, and so forth.
Logistics department
In addition to efforts to secure higher efficiency in the distribution system, Toppan
Logistics Co., Ltd., which undertakes logistics
in the Group, is implementing eco-driving
promotion activities by encouraging the following measures: a “Stop Idling” campaign,
economic-speed driving, and other environmentally friendly means in its transportation
operations. The company also uses lownoise tires in its transportation equipment.

Activities of Eco-protection
Promotion Committee

Protective measures foroffices and equipment
Energy saving

Eco-protection activities at otherdepartments

Revision of targets
if necessary“Stop idling” campaign
Study of measures

Improvement of Environmental PerformanceIssues requiring
modifications

Guidance and support

Consolidation

Reporting

Verification of environmental activities in monthly Eco-protection Promotion Meetings
Items subject to verification
1. Reporting of achievements of activities and measures taken for eco-protection issues(1) Results of waste disposal and recycling(2) Results of energy saving(3) Status of observance of in-house standards on the air, water, and so forth
2. Information on the external concern on the environment(1) Information on establishment and revision of environment-related laws and regulations(2) Information on the control of contractors for industrial waste disposal consignment(3) Guidelines, requests, and information from the administration, including local
municipalities(4) Complaints, requests, and feedback from local residents and others
3. State of progress relating to Eco-protection Activity Plan
(Environmental Management Program)
4. Cases of in-house nonconformities and abnormalities in environmental conservation(1) Reporting on trouble-shooting analysis and the recommendation of improvement plan
(correction or prevention) for the cases in question(2) Diffusion of information of common problems in different departments
5. Reporting on other environment-related information(1) Change and/or new use of chemical substances(2) Change and/or new installation of production processes and facilities
6. Reporting on the environmental management system(1) Content of in-house environmental auditing(2) Content of internal environmental auditing
7. Other information on the environment(1) Eco-protection-related information from the Ecology Center(2) Environmentally related issues from management(3) Miscellaneous issues
8. Issues specific to the site, such as ecological conservation of the premises and/or
the surrounding areas and others.

Reporting

Eco-protection
Achievement Report(annually)

Recording of
the status of activities

Eco-protection
Promotion Committee

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Prevention of Global Warming (Energy Saving)
In fiscal 2001, Toppan failed to attain its environmental targets related to energy saving and CO2 emissions.
Therefore, the Group is aspiring, with utmost efforts, to achieve the goal of energy saving laid out for fiscal 2002.

Incorporating the basics in energy
savingToppan takes the prevention of global
warming very seriously. The company isconstantly striving toward more effective
ways to use energy in an effort to reduce
CO2 (carbon dioxide) emissions classified as
greenhouse gases. Toppan has establishedand has been striving to accomplish the following goals, as the Group’s medium- andlong-term environmental targets:
1. To reduce CO2 emissions by seven percent
in fiscal 2010, relative to fiscal 2000 figures.
2. To reduce energy consumption by 30
percent per unit of plant output (internal
value in amount of money) in fiscal 2010,
relative to the fiscal 2000 figures.
To achieve the above values, Toppan set
up the Group’s company-wide targets for the
next fiscal year. Each operational site also laysout its own target figures, making every
effort to achieve the goals. Each site sets up
the targets, using production amount andproduction volume, or a substitute production value (energy consumption per unit ofproduction volume) as an energy control forevaluation purposes.
Moreover, the company is presently promoting the following items, at each of oursites, as the three pillars of our energyrationalization activity:
1. Introduction of high-efficiency systems
and facilities.
2. Improved efficiency in production processes.
3. Thorough daily management.

Achievements for fiscal 2001
For fiscal 2001, Toppan established the following environmental targets:
1. Energy saving: three-percent reduction
compared to the fiscal 1999 level (interms of unit production volume).
2. CO2 emissions: Maintain fiscal 2000 levels.
However, the following represent theresults of the activities:
1. Energy saving: 2.0-percent increase compared to fiscal 1999 (in terms of unit production volume).
2. CO2 emissions: 4.8-percent increase compared to fiscal 2000.
We missed both targets. The cause ofincrease is due to the inauguration of operations of the New Fukuoka plant No.1 and the
Sapporo plant.
These production plants are constructedwith transfer and reinforcement of the existing facilities in the respective old plants. We
initially thought it would be possible toreach the targets by offsetting the expected
increase of energy consumption in the new28

plants by further improvements in the otheroperational sites. Faced with the result ofboth upward indicators, however, Toppan
recognizes the need to drastically change
the current policy of energy saving. The
company is now working out the necessary
measures to tackle the tasks.
Energy consumption
The energy-saving activities carried out infiscal 2001 resulted in an energy consumption of 14,827,000 GJ (giga-joules), up 3.5
percent from the previous fiscal year’s figures.
This represents an increase of 3.5 percent inenergy consumption per unit of plant output. In terms of the energy consumption perunit of production volume by plant, only 20
out of 51 plants and departments successfully slashed energy consumption.
CO2 emissions
Meanwhile, CO2 emissions stood at 633,000
t-CO2, an increase of 4.8 percent from theprevious fiscal year, meaning that our environmental target was missed.
Energy consumption per typeof principal energy
The consumption of city gas registered ahigh growth of 17.0 percent, due to the conversion to this cleaner energy source byintroducing a cogeneration system (CGS)*.
As a result, electric consumption showed aslight increase at 1.6 percent, while the consumption of kerosene and A-grade heavy oil
were cut by 9.3 percent and 10.6 percent
respectively, indicating a certain progress inenergy consumption. Further efforts willcontinue until the final goal is achieved.
*Cogeneration system: System that supplies multiple
types of energy, such as heat and electricity,
obtained from a single energy source. Improvesenergy efficiency by 75 to 80 percent. For this reason, the system is considered effective for reductionof CO2 emissions.

Trends in energy-consumption(in thousands of GJ)

18,00016,00013,42914,00014,32814,827

12,34412,000 11,745

800(in thousands of t-CO2)

8,000
6,000
4,000
2,000
1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

(Fiscal year)∗Calculation baseThe values were taken as reference, from the Law concerning
the Rational Use of Energy and the 1999 Survey on Economic Statistics Concerning Energy (compiled by the Energy Data andModeling Center, the Institute of Energy Economics, Japan).
From this fiscal year, the conversion ratio from electric power
into calorific value applicable to the calculations has beenchanged to 10,250 kJ/kWh, in accordance with the Law concerning the Rational Use of Energy.

Water consumption trends

581

600
527

City gas consumption(in thousands of m3)

16,000700

Kerosene and A-grade heavy
oil consumption
Kerosene(in thousands of m3)

80,000633

604

14,000537

11,905

12,448

11,913

12,39371,60570,00011,812

61,21416,00014,00012,000400

10,00050,000300

8,000

40,000200

6,000

30,000100

4,000

20,000

4,000

0

2,000

10,000

2,000

0

0

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

(Fiscal year)∗Calculation base
The following values for CO2 emissions were taken from theResults of Analysis on the Calculation Methods of Greenhouse
Gas Discharge complied by the Committee on Calculation
Methods of Greenhouse Gas Discharge (Environmental
Agency) in September 2000.
∗Coefficients of CO2 emissions:Electric power: 0.357 kg-CO2/kWh Kerosene: 2.51 kg-CO2/R
City gas: 2.15 kg-CO2/m3
LPG: 3.02 kg-CO2/kg
A-grade heavy oil: 2.77 kg-CO2/R Waste oil: 2,900 kg-CO2/t
Light oil: 2.64 kg-CO2/R
Waste plastics: 2,600 kg-CO2/t(Due to change of the bases of calculations, the applicable ratios
of CO2 emissions have been revised effective this fiscal year.)

Energy-saving measuresat new plants
New Fukuoka plant No.1
In the newly constructed Fukuoka plant No.1
completed in July 2001, carefully designed
energy-saving measures are being taken,
such as the introduction of a cogeneration
system and other equipment (utilities
facilities) and control of number of compressors in service and other machines(operational management).
(See page 29: Column “Environmental activities at the
Fukuoka plant No.1”)

Sapporo plant
At the Sapporo plant, where the factory andoffice buildings are under restructuringinitiatives, in February 2002 some businessactivities have begun at the marketing andsales promotion department, pre-press
department and part of the printing department. Among many energy-saving measures, Toppan installed an energy-saving
drying-type deodorization unit onto the
new high energy-efficiency printing system.
It has also added a flexible design capable ofambient-air in-take to reduce the air-conditioning loads in the spring and autumn.

In operational sites in the Electronics field,
where large quantities of water are consumed, Toppan actively promotes the reduction of water intake and discharge as well as
the effective use of water resources bymeans of efficient wastewater recovery andrecycling systems.
The total water consumption in fiscal 2001
stood at 11,812,000 m3, showing a reduction of
4.7 percent, relative to the previous fiscal year.

1997

1999

1998

2000

2001

60,00054,38847,044

Light oil: Less than 1 percent
LPG: 2 percent
Kerosene: 3 percent
A-gradeheavy oil:
4 percentCity gas:
22 percent

14,118
11,959A-grade heavy oil

15,31013,69014,838 14,533
13,17913,013

10,000
8,000
6,000

1997

1998

1999

2000

0

2001

1997

1998

1999

2000

(Fiscal year)

LPG consumption
4,919

5,000

5,181

1,000,000

600,000

2,000

400,000

1,000

200,000
0
1998

841,152

878,512

1997

1998

941,670

986,344 1,001,942

1999

2000

800,000

3,000 2,623

1997

(MWh)

1,200,000

5,410

4,018

4,000

1999

2000

2001

Sumio Ezaki
Plant Manager
Chairman of
the Eco-protection
Promotion Committee

The newly constructed Fukuoka plant
No.1, completed in July 2001, is surrounded by a rich natural environment.
There, we mainly produce soft packaging
materials using plastic films, among manyother products. Our environmental
activities include the introduction of aheat-electricity convertible cogeneration
system, small through-flow boilers, and acontrol system for the number of air compressors in service (for energy saving).
Other activities include the reuse ofwastewater by a closed-circuit heavymetal-traced water processing system,and the use of rainwater (for resource saving). In addition, city gas is used as theenergy source for our production facilities, which is cleaner than other conventional energy sources.

In fiscal 2001, our efforts were centeredmainly on the transfer of machinery fromthe old plant and on the establishment ofmaintenance and control operations of
all the newly installed energy-saving
equipment and systems. As for waste disposal, in spite of our efforts for reduction,
reuse, and recycling of waste plastics thatare the principal source of waste here,
satisfactory results have not yet beenachieved.
Faced with the predicted increase inenergy prices and waste disposal costs inthe future, we would like to go further with
our environmental activities based on two
guiding principles: the efficient operation

2001(Fiscal year)(Fiscal year)

Environmental activities
at the Fukuoka plant No.1

2001

(Fiscal year)

Electricity consumption
(t)

6,000

0

Electricity:
69 percent

13,891

12,000 11,248

47,298(Fiscal year)

Ratio of energies by type(converted into heating values)(kR)

18,000500

Protection and recycling of water
resources

10,0000

CO2 emissions trendsof energy-saving systems (cogeneration
system and equipment) and the reduction of the final disposal volume of waste
plastics.

Fukuoka plant No.1 input/output data
INPUT
EnergyTotal energy consumption
Water
Water consumption

323,000 GJ
100,000 m3

OUTPUT
CO2 emission
Air

15,497 t-CO2

Emission of substances
destructive to the ozone layer
NOx emission
SOx emission
Emission of dioxins

—

7t
19 t
0.000 g-TEQ

Total water discharge
86,000 m3
Underground penetration—
Water
14,000 m3
system On-site evaporation
and BOD discharge
3t
soil
COD discharge
1t
Nitrogen discharge—
Phosphorous discharge—
Waste Total waste discharge
Nishinihon Division, Fukuoka plant No.1 (production
plant in the Living Environment field)

3,651 t∗The above data also include the figures of the oldplant.

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Prevention of Pollution
Toppan is striving to reduce its environmental burden and to prevent pollution through compliance with legal regulations andthrough the establishment of, and compliance with, more stringent original in-house control standards.

Fundamentals in pollution
prevention
Toppan is currently developing activities
designed to prevent pollution, with a view
to minimizing the environmental burden
involved in its production activities. Throughthese efforts, the company will attempt toacquire an accurate picture of the actual
state of the various environmental burdens,
and clarify these for each operational site.
The company is endeavoring to decrease
the environmental burden and to prevent
pollution through compliance with in-house
control standards (established by the Ecoprotection Promotion Committee for each
operational site) that are even more stringent than the legal regulations.
Furthermore, achievements of these
activities are verified through a process ofhearings and onsite inspections conductedin the course of the in-house environmental
audit. The evaluation results are utilized toensure continual improvement over thecourse of the subsequent fiscal year.

Prevention of air pollution
Toppan is currently operating a total of 11
incinerators nationwide. These are controlled
under the Law on Special Measures Against
Emissions of Dioxins, through the followingmeans:
1. Operations management under appropriate combustion conditions.
2. Introduction of electrostatic precipitators*1,
bag filters, and other control machinery.
In fiscal 2001, the company reduced theemissions of dioxins by 0.711 g-TEQ by abolishing two incinerators.
To further strengthen these initiatives,
Toppan is now seeking to put out of use sixof the 11 incinerators by the end of fiscal
2002. For the remaining five incinerators,
Trends in dichloromethane emission
into the air
(t)

100

60
40

Volatile organic compounds
The company collects and reuses organic
solvents from the printing process to prevent these from being released into the air.
In this way we are able to use our own
resources more efficiently. In addition, thevolatile chemical substances that would otherwise be released into the air during theetching processes of electronic parts are dissolved in water, through use of a scrubber*3.
Proper treatment of this water allows us to
avoid their discharge to the air and into public water systems.
*3 Scrubber: The hazardous substances are removed
by adsorption as those substances are passed
through a cleaning solution. Dust also can beremoved along with the exhaust gases. The scrubber requires the use of large quantities of waterand a device capable of treating water that contains hazardous substances.

Reduction of dichloromethane
Based on the Guidelines for the self-imposed
control of the Hazardous Air Pollution Substance(Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry),
Toppan is striving to reduce the use andemissions of dichloromethane, a substancecontrolled under the said guidelines.
Trends in NOx emission

In fiscal 2001, the company succeededin cutting back on the air emissions ofdichloromethane by 35.3 percent relative
to the previous fiscal year, by both partiallyswitching to an alternative substance andby reducing the consumption of thedichloromethane still in use.

Toppan endeavors to prevent water pollution at its plants by installing wastewater
treatment facilities to reduce the environmental burden imposed by the production
processes. The company has also introduced a 24-hour monitoring system fortreatment facilities to cope with seasonalchanges in BOD (biological oxygen demand)and COD (chemical oxygen demand) values.
In fiscal 2001, no major nonconformity
with the laws and regulations that could havedirectly led to a grave accident was found.

248

247

80

72

83

74

40
32.3

100
20

50
1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001

0
1999

2000

0
2001
(Fiscal year)∗Method of calculation: The methods of calculation have beenchanged since fiscal 2001; according to the Environmental
Activities Evaluation Program (compiled in March 2001 by theEnvironmental Agency, now called the Ministry of the Environment), the measured value is of discharged gas and NOx
concentration. The data in the past have been estimated on
the basis of the discharge volume of this year for reference.

Toppan’s preventive measures against soil
pollution mainly consist of preventing leakages and outflows from storage tanks containing fuels, chemicals, and waste liquids.
As tangible measures, the company has constructed concrete walls around the storage
tanks. Moreover, workers check the tanks
and piping regularly to detect cracks andaging early, before soil pollution can occur.
Furthermore, when expanding, modifying,or removing buildings, Toppan conducts
investigations into soil pollution.
Status of investigation for fiscal 2001
In fiscal 2001, there were two soil-pollution
investigations conducted for an old plantsite redevelopment project. At the site
located in the premises of the old plant of
Sakashita (Itabashi ward, Tokyo), the measured values proved to exceed the standard
limits imposed for the treated soil by themunicipality for lead, mercury, and cyanogens.
About 2,000 m3 of polluted soil was exca-

Wastewater treatment facility/underground leakage
inspection pit

Environmental activities
at the Kumamoto plant
Hiroshi Nishimura

Trends in SOx emission

150

49.9

Prevention of soil pollution

Oil-water separator equipment

Plant Manager
Chairman of the
Eco-protection Promotion
Committee(t)251

Closed-circuit wastewater system
In the plate-making process of gravure
printing (Living Environment), the company
is internally treating wastewater by building
a closed-process water system, thus avoiding, should any leak happen, the dischargeof wastewater off-site and allowing Toppan
to employ water resources more effectively.
Wastewater (drainage) treatment by
oil-water separator
It is necessary to use oil-water separators
for treating compressor-generated emulsive
wastewater (drainage), in which water andoil are intermixed. Toppan has installed oilwater separator equipment, developed with
proprietary technology, at each operationalsite. Since the function of this system is characterized by a combination of specific gravity
separation and metal substitution, without
the use of chemical agents or energy, it
implements efficient and low-cost oil-water
separation.

Prevention of water pollution

60(Fiscal year)30

Scrubber

200
57.0

20
0

*2 RPF (Refuse Paper and Plastic Fuel): High-calorie
sold fuel, made of waste plastics and industrial
waste paper.

250
76.8

Collecting and recycling equipment for organic solvents*1 Electrostatic precipitator: An electrode is placed inexhaust gases, and the hazardous substances contained in the gases are absorbed by the negativeions generated by corona discharge as high pressure is applied.

(t)
100.6
85.8

80

Toppan will continue to utilize them withthe following measures to be taken for alleviation of air pollution:
1. Sorting of waste materials to be incinerated.
2. Promotion of the RPF*2 (Refuse Paper and
Plastic Fuel) process.
3. Renewal and reinforcement of the existing dioxin removing units.

1999

2000

2001
(Fiscal year)∗Method of calculation: The sulfur (S) content of the fuel usedin each operational site is employed as the basis and is converted into the quantity corresponding to SO2.
∗The methods of calculation have been changed from fiscal
2001; the sulfur (S) content of the fuel used in an operationalsite (values of the achievements) is employed as the basis
and is converted into the quantity corresponding to SO2.

The Kumamoto plant (Kumamoto Prefecture), surrounded by mountains and pastoral landscapes, is manufacturing for theGroup’s Electronics field display-related
devices and semiconductor products.
These include, among others, shadow
masks for CRT display, lead frames forsemiconductor products, and CCD color
filters. Under the slogan of “Think of thecommunity and the environment, strive
for active production and R&D, and makeour company gentle and friendly to the
Earth!”, our plant was awarded ISO 14001
certification for its environmental management in November 1998.

We have established on our system
more stringent criteria than those legallyrequired. We are also seeking observanceof these self-imposed requirements. For
wastewater from the plant, thoroughquality control management enables theplant to discharge treated water via River
Kikuchi to the Ariake Sea. While endeavoring to recycle used chemical substances,
the reuse/recycling ratio, compared to thetotal volume of waste materials, stood at
97.9 percent in fiscal 2001. For fiscal 2002,
we are planning to publish a Site Report,
to efficiently utilize the area’s water
resources and to slash further the remain-vated and backfilled with healthy soil. At thesite in the premises of the old plant of
Koishikawa (Bunkyo ward, Tokyo) also, themeasured value for lead was found to
exceed the allowed value by the Tokyo Metropolitan government’s standard for soil
treatment; approximately 200 m3 polluted
soil was excavated and backfilled. Throughthe above operations however, the polluted
soil was adequately treated and disposedin conformity with the Waste Disposal andPublic Cleaning Law .

Measures to protect the ozone
layer
In March 1994, Toppan totally abolished theuse of specific CFCs and 1,1,1-trichloroethane,both ozone-layer depleting substances thatwere mainly used in cleaning processes.
Also, for the 22 refrigerating machines (fourunits renewed in fiscal 2001) using specific
CFCs that still remain at our facilities, we areproceeding under a schedule to replace themor to install substitute systems.
CFC Substitute
In fiscal 2001, due to active reduction ofuse and discharge of dichloromethane, thevolume of HCFC, which is its substitute,increased considerably. For slashing the volume of the CFC substitute this time, Toppan
is studying new measures and striving toclarify targets for fiscal 2003 as to continually
tackle these problems.

ing (2.1 percent) waste materials to realize
the zero emissions of the plant.

Kumamoto plant input/output data
INPUT
EnergyTotal energy consumption
Water
Water consumption

640,000 GJ
1,615,000 m3

OUTPUT
CO2 emission
Air

26,890 t-CO2

Emission of substances
destructive to the ozone layer
NOx emission
SOx emission
Emission of dioxins

—

5t
17 t
0.030 g-TEQ

Total water discharge 1,615,000 m3
Underground penetration
—
Water
—
system On-site evaporation
and BOD discharge
8t
soil
COD discharge
9t
Nitrogen discharge
18 t
Phosphorous discharge
0tElectronics Division, Kumamoto plant(Production plant in the Electronics field)

Waste Total waste discharge

13,969 t

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Management of Chemical Substances

Waste Management

Based on the PRTR Law, Toppan actively promotes the management of chemical substances.
The company’s initial step in fiscal 2001 was to attempt to understand the present status and to study the use of alternatives.

Through its skillful management of waste materials, Toppan has reduced its final landfill disposal volume by approximately
30 percent compared to the previous fiscal year. The number of zero-emission operational sites has increased to a total of 11.

Management of chemical
substances and philosophy

Philosophy of waste management

Toppan is conducting its management ofchemical substances in conformity with the
PRTR* Law (Law Concerning Reporting, etc. of
Releases to the Environment of Specific Chemical Substances and Promoting Improvementsin Their Management) which went in force inJuly 2000.
As its first step in fiscal 2001, management systematically studied the present status. It continues to explore the possibility ofusing alternatives in further efforts toaccomplish our targets.
*PRTR (Pollutant Release and Transfer Register):
Registration system of releases and transfers ofenvironmental pollutants that registers and publicly
announces the amounts of hazardous chemical
substances released into the environment and thetransferred amounts contained in waste. The law
regarding the introduction of this system wasapproved in the Diet on July 7, 1999, and waspromulgated on July 13, 1999, as the Law Concerning
Reporting, etc. of Releases to the Environment ofSpecific Chemical Substances and Promoting Improvements in Their Management.

Understanding of the status of releases
to the environment of chemical
substances
In fiscal 2001, Toppan investigated the present situation and the process of discharge ofharmful chemical substances into the environment, using the data acquired in fiscal
2000. As a result, the existence of ethylbenzene, HCFC-141b, and other substances that
had not been confirmed until fiscal 2000
were found. This was caused by, among
other factors, an improvement in precisionof the MSDS information on raw materials.
Furthermore, due to improvements in theaccuracy of the calculations of analysis
adopted this year, the volume of toluene

proved to have increased this year. For moredetailed process calculations, the numberof points subject to the calculations wasincreased, rather than using the material balance that was adopted until the previous year.
Study on the possibility of substitutionof the current chemical substances
In operational sites where the designatedsubstances have been released, Toppan
identified the process of discharge for eachof the substances and explored the possibility of using substitutes for them. As forthe promising prospects of the lead usedin the soldering plating process, Toppan
has decided to convert the process by
substitution of the lead by October 2002.
For 2-aminoethanol and ethylene glycol
monoethyl ether, which are released in large
quantities to the atmosphere, the company
is now studying alternative substances to end
the evaluation before the end of fiscal 2002
and to set up target values for the fiscal 2003
for respective substances to reduce the current environmental burden.
Achievements in fiscal 2001
For fiscal 2001, Toppan set up the following
targets to reduce the volumes of release ofhazardous chemical substances:
1. Discharge of toluene (basis of the target:
reduction of aromatics): Reduction by 10
percent, relative to the fiscal 2000 level (inthe six gravure printing plants in the Filmfield).
2. Discharge of dichloromethane (basis of
the target: reduction of hazardous air pollutants): Reduction by 20 percent, relative
to the fiscal 2000 level.
3. Use of HCFC (basis of the target: reduction of substances destructive to the ozone

layer): Reduction by five percent, relative
to the fiscal 2000 level.
Against the above targets, the results of
the activities show the following:
1. Discharge of toluene: Reduction by 2.1
percent, relative to the fiscal 2000 level.
2. Discharge of dichloromethane: Reduction by 35.3 percent, relative to the fiscal
2000 level.
3. Use of HCFC: Increase by 376.7 percent,relative to the fiscal 2000 level.
The above results indicate that, of thethree targets, two were missed. The failure
to reduce the amount of released toluene at
the six gravure printing plants in the Living
Environment field was caused by the delayof substitution by conversion into “nontoluene ink” (substitute of the ink currently
in use) and also by an increase of production
compared to the previous fiscal year. Toppan
aims to reduce the release by 30 percent
in fiscal 2002 (from fiscal 2001 levels) byactively promoting the conversion into nontoluene ink.
As for the sharp increase observed in
the use of HCFC, the cause resides in the factthat some products (containing HCFC-141b)
have been added as regulated substances
due to disclosure of more detailed manufacturers’ MSDS information and to an increaseof volume, in production, used as a substitute of dichloromethane. For fiscal 2002,
management is now exploring the possibility of substitution of dichloromethane and
HCFC-141b, two chemicals currently in use,
especially in the cleaning process. The company will seek to layout specific targets for
reduction of these substances for fiscal
2003.

PRTR investigation at Toppan and results for fiscal 2001
PRTR No.

Chemical substances

16
40
44
63
68
69
132
145
179
207
227
230
231
232
254
309
310
311

| 2-aminoethanol|| Ethylbenzene|| Ethylene glycol monoethyl ether|| Xylene|| Chromium and chromium (III) compounds || Chromium (VI) compounds|| 1,1-dichloro-1-fluoroethane (HCFC-141b) || Dichloromethane|| Dioxins|| Water-soluble copper salt|
| Toluene|| Lead and its compounds|| Nickel|| Nickel compounds|| Hydroquinone|| Poly (oxyethylene) = nonylphenyl ether || Formaldehyde|| Manganese and its compounds|

Released
amount210,716 |72,958 |14,976 |105,305 |62 |1 |23,079 |19,180 |(253.857mg) |930 |6,662,215 |
58 |
0 |
438 |
0 |
6,799 |
3,710 |
200 |(kg/year)

1. Air
0 |72,958 |14,976 |105,305 |0 |0 |23,079 |19,180 |(253.819mg) |0 |6,662,215 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6,799 |
3,134 |
0 |2. Water
210,716 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
62 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
(0.0379mg) |
930 |
0 |
58 |
0 |
438 |
0 |
0 |
576 |
200 |

Transferred
amount insewerage system

3. Soil
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
— |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |

Transferred
amount for
disposal

0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
9,044 |
0 |
169 |
19 |
17,936 |8 |4,790 |
0 |
8,736 |
0 |
5,676 |
(0.60mg) | (4,093.728mg) |97 |73,062 |0 |300,126 |0 |10,532 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
43,828 |0 |12,275 |
0 |
14 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
3,000 |

Transferred
amount forrecycling
0
5,705
7,352
28,327
0
1,882
78
712
—
46,057
1,913,962
227
178,134
1,532
0
0
0
0

∗Period of computation: April 1, 2001 to March 31, 2002.
∗Operational sites covered: Operational sites with 5.0 t/year or more of annual handling amounts of Type-I designated chemical substances (and 0.5 t/year or more of annual
handling amounts for Type-I especially designated chemical substances). Overseas subsidiaries are not included in the calculations.
∗Released amount + {Amount of consumption and removal disposal (consumption/disposal)} + Transferred amount in sewage system + Transferred amount for disposal +Transferred amount for recycling = Amount of handling.
∗The amount transferred out of operational sites as waste was entered under the “Transferred amount for disposal” and the amount delivered to a recycling contractor wasentered under the “Transferred amount for recycling” column.

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Refuse paper, derived primarily from theInformation & Networks and Living Environment fields, comprises 73.9 percent of thetotal waste discharge of Toppan’s operationalsites. Waste acids (such as waste etchantfrom plants of the Electronics field) and waste
plastics (from plants of the Living Environment field) are added to this type of material.
Toppan is tackling waste management
problems by setting targets to reduce final
landfill disposal volume (direct landfill dis-

Waste disposal flow
Total volume of waste generation
Incinerated on site

Recycled
91.0%

Heat recovery

Cinders Heat releasedisposed
Sorting and intermediate

Total volume ofwaste discharge

processing

Cinders

1.5%

Others0.3%

Glass chips

0.2%

Wooden chips

0.7%

Metal chips

1.7%

Waste alkali

1.7%

Sludge2.6%

Waste oil

2.7%

Waste plastic

7.0%

Waste acid

7.7%

Wastepaper

73.9%

Wastepaper,
plastics, etc.

Waste acid,waste alkali,
metal chips, etc.

Waste plastics,
metal chips, etc.

Takashi Sasaki

Akihiko Oshinomi

Plant Manager
Chairman of
the Eco-protection
Promotion Committee

Assistant Plant Manager
Assistant Chairman of
the Eco-protection
Promotion Committee

The Sakado plant manufactures catalogues, pamphlets, calendars, books, magazines and many other printed materials.
It located in the Nissai area in the city of
Sakado in Saitama Prefecture, a place thatuses “a town of verdure and babblingstreams” as its urban development slogan.
Since its inauguration in 1997, our plant
has approached environmental management from the viewpoint of both conservation of the global environment andharmony with the community environment. This style of management led tothe award of ISO 14001 certification in
October 2000.
The strong concern for the environment among all employees resulted insetting up the Eco-protection Promotion
Committee and Audit Committee, which
establish guidelines for environmental pol-Heat recovery
and others
11.5%

Heat release

Cinders,
sludge, etc.

Environmental activities
at the Sakado plant

Regeneration
79.4%

Landfill
9.0%

icy and environmental objectives and targets. It is also unfolding its comprehensive
environmental management programs.
Management has adopted various
measures aimed at saving energy. These
measures include centralized control in
the central monitoring room, management based on individual departments,
active introduction of inverter-controlled
instruments, installation of automatic
lighting systems, reuse of wastewater,
installation of automatically-controlledwater valves, and other measures. In
waste management, we actively promote
the reuse, recycling and regeneration ofrecycled waste materials, which led to therecognition of our production facilities as
the first zero-emissions designated plantof the entire Toppan Group.
Through these activities, we met ourtargets for both energy saving and waste
discharge reduction for fiscal 2001 in termsof unit plant output, although some items,
including odors and water quality, needfurther improvement. We are thus seeking for fiscal 2002 to further improve
our environmental management systemthrough a program that issues specificSite Reports.
Moreover, we are planning the creation of a richer environment, including
planting a total of 5,000 trees and flowers.
We seek to harmonize our facilities withthe beautiful cityscape of the community.

posal volume + landfill disposal volume ofresidues from intermediate treatment) by 90
percent in fiscal 2010, relative to the figures
for fiscal 2000. To realize this goal, the company has set up the following means ofwaste disposal to be applied in the following
order of priority:
1. Reduction (in waste generation)
2. Reuse
3. Recycling
4. Heat recovery
Waste that continues to be generated
despite these efforts will be appropriately
and carefully disposed, and meticulous
records of that disposal will be kept.
Achievements for fiscal 2001
Through its company-wide efforts, Toppan
achieved an important target in fiscal 2001:
the company reduced final landfill disposal
volume by 30.6 percent relative to fiscal 2000
level. This performance significantly outperformed our target of a 5 percent reduction.
While the total volume of waste discharge
in fiscal 2001 was 314,700 tons, which represents a decrease of 7.2 percent compared to

Publications/Commercial Printing Division,
Sakado plant (Information & Networks)

Sakado plant input/output data
INPUT
EnergyTotal energy consumption
Water
Water consumption

747,000 GJ
145,000 m3

OUTPUT
CO2 emission
Air

29,427 t-CO2

Emission of substances
destructive to the ozone layer0

NOx emission
SOx emission
Emission of dioxins

4t——

Total water discharge
59,000 m3
Underground penetration—
Water
86,000 m3
system On-site evaporation
and BOD discharge
14 t
soil
COD discharge—
Nitrogen discharge—
Phosphorous discharge—
Waste Total waste discharge

20,348 t

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(1,000 tons)

100

400

100

91.7

89.4

88.2

84.6

334.6
268.3

250.9

273.8

260.5

314.7

311.5

299.2

76.0

300

339.0

75

72.9

286.6

270.5

71.3

70.9

62.3

219.9

50

200

43.4
29.6

100

68.5

65.8

59.5

72.2

76.5

66.8

65.5

69.4

67.4

42.0

0

1990

1991

1992

1993

1994

1995

1996

1997

1998

25

57.8

1999

28.5

2000

2001

0

(Fiscal year)

Index of unit final disposal volume (index)

Reuse of waste as recycledresources

Total volume of waste discharge
Final disposal (volume)
Unit final disposal volume (index)

Trends in the volume of waste discharge (final waste disposal)
and unit disposal volume proportioned to plant output

Total volume of waste discharge(final disposal volume)

fiscal 2000 levels, the volume of final disposal
was 28,500 tons, down 32.2 percent. Toppan
believes that the reasons for this successstem from its efforts to execute increasingly
thorough waste sorting and recycling.
The company will proceed with waste
management in the following two important areas: sludge treatment in the Electronics field (which is continually working on
recycling and reuse of generated waste),and promotion of recycling and efficient useof paper/plastic-layered materials in the Living Environment field.

Trend in regenerating/recycling rate in the total volume of waste discharge

Toppan considers the sorting waste materials as the most important and essential stepfor the reuse of waste as a recycled resource.
The Group has set up sorting criteria ofwaste according to the situation of each
operational site. Management is thus constantly striving to educate employees on theimportance of continually improving thesorting process, and to explore possibilities
for the maximum reuse and recycle of wastematerials as usable resources.
The majority of waste at Toppan is represented by refuse paper. For this reason,
Toppan is regenerating 92.6 percent of refuse
paper as recycled paper. Efforts are also still
being made to utilize the remaining 7.4 percent of refuse paper as a recycled resource.
The recycling ratio of refuse paper currently
stands at 97.8 percent, including all recycledresources.

(%)

100
73.8

80

76.7

77.8
72.3

68.8

75.8

78.4

76.8

82.7

91.0

87.6

72.1

60
40
20
0

1990

1991

1992

1993

1994

1995

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

(Fiscal year)

RPF system
The RPF (Refuse Paper and Plastic Fuel) system introduced at the Sagamihara plant of
the Living Environment field in March 1999
is designed to regenerate the composite
materials of paper and plastics as solid fuel.
The waste-converted solid fuel from thissystem can be reused for thermal energy inincinerators. The deployment of RPF allowed
the Sagamihara plant to improve the combustion efficiency of its incinerators to apoint where fuel consumption by stabilizing
burners was slashed to approximately onetenth the previous figure, and the weight ofthe cinders was reduced to about one-third.

Development of zero-emissions
targetToppan continues to devote a great deal ofattention to waste management. It aims forthe achievement of its ultimate target ofzero-emissions, with the intention of reusing
waste as recycled resources. In 1999, model
plants for zero-emissions were chosen, andthe corresponding activities have since been
carried out, with the goal of achieving thezero-emissions target at the selected plants.
Through these efforts, Toppan has beenable to certify 11 plants as zero-emissions
operational sites as of November 2001.
Selection method for zero-emissions sites
Achieving this target required a solution to amajor problem: because the recycling rate
was largely dictated by external factors, andachieving the target inevitably required thecooperation with outside recycling partners.
Toppan then proceeded to review the selection criteria of the zero-emissions plant,
redefining this as a “plant with a recycling
rate (regeneration and reuse) of 95 percent
or more, which is certified as such by thehead office Ecology Center.” For the 18 operational sites that achieved a 95 percent ormore recycling rate according to results forfiscal 2000, specific issues that were blocking
achievement of the zero-emissions target
were examined in technical, economic, andregional terms. Eleven of them were certified at the National Eco-protection Meeting
held in November. From now, more efficient
efforts will be developed, with a target of 15
sites for fiscal 2002. Zero-emissions will beachieved by making maximum use of the
Toppan Group’s network.

Flow of waste separation and collection at the Asaka plant (Commercial Printing)
Waste

Collection/Storage

Recyclable used paper

Used-paper collection box

Used-paper recycling

Cardboard

Cardboard racks

Cardboard recycling

Waste oilDrums for waste oil

Remaining ink

Cans for remaining ink

Waste developer

Waste-fluid recovery tanks

Waste plastic

Waste plastics storages

Recyclable plastic

Film

Containers for waste
plastics recycling
Containers for metal chips
Storage for soiled waste
clothsTrash shoot

Recycling

Cinders

Containers

Landfill

Metal chips
Waste paper

Heat recovery
Garbagecollectors

Landfill
Recycling
Heat recovery

Non-recyclable wastepaper
Mill wrappers
Burnedon-siteIncinerator

Wood chips

On-site heatrecovery

Mixed garbage

Plants certified for zero-emissions
Total waste
Total recycled Recycling ratio
generated (tons) waste (tons)(percent)
Fiscal 2000
Fiscal 2000
Fiscal 2000

Plant
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9

| Asaka plant (Commercial Printing)| Sakado plant (Commercial Printing)| Kumamoto plant (Electronics)| Sakado plant (Publications)| Toppan Graphic Co., Ltd. (Nishigaoka site)| Toppan Seihon Co., Ltd.
| Toppan Graphic Co., Ltd. (Oji plant)| Sagamihara plant (Packaging)| Osaka Toppan Display Co., Ltd. (Oyodo plant)
Kansai Commercial Printing plant, Takino site
10
(Commercial Printing)
11 | Takino Packaging plant (Packaging)

|

|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|

15,993.0 |10,399.9 |18,375.0 |6,455.5 |2,220.8 |
31,769.6 |4,929.5 |26,182.8 |
3,886.9 |15,578.8 |10,360.1 |17,894.8 |6,445.6 |2,154.3 |
31,628.8 |4,767.5 |25,245.5 |
3,881.9 |

97.41
99.62
97.39
99.85
97.00
99.56
96.71
96.42
99.87

|

9,922.1|

9,823.7

|

99.01

|

4,384.2 |4,383.4 |99.98

RPF system flow
Magnetic
separator
Feeding
wastepaper
and plastic
after sorting

A plant visited by spot-billed ducks and wagtails
Crusher
Fixed-quantity
feederSolid-fuel system
Automatic-feed
hopperBelt conveyer
Belt conveyer
Belt conveyer

RPF system

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Waste storage

Belt conveyer

Stoker-type
incinerator/
waste heat boiler

All Toppan plants are making efforts
for promoting eco-protection activities
to contribute to preserving the global
environment. Because the results of suchactivities are evaluated mainly by numerical figures, this gives ordinary Toppan
employees a sense of achievement.
Nonetheless, it is sometimes difficult for
employees to feel that the achievements
are real.
Welcoming the wildlife that often visits
the plant gives us special pleasure andraises company morale. At our Asaka
plant (Commercial Printing) for example,
every year in May flocks of karugamo(spot-billed ducks) congregate with theirchicks around a pond on the premises.
When we see them flitting about andenjoying themselves, the importance ofenvironmental activities really hits home.
Many flying birds, including wagtails
and great reed warblers, flock to the premises of the Sakado plant. The Nissai area of
Sakado, where the production facilities are
situated, is promoting a city development
plan that promotes increased greenerythroughout the city. It even changed its
town name to “Nissai Hanamizuki” (“Nissai
flowers-water-trees”) in September 2002.
In cooperation with this movement, we are
deploying a plantation campaign of dogwood, crape myrtles, magnolia stellata,
and many others. The visits to the plantby the “tenants” of the trees are just someof the fruits of the steady efforts madeevery day by Toppan environmentalists.

A karugamo (spot-billed duck) family,
visitors to the Asaka plant

Planted trees in the Sakado plant

Signboard for waste storage

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Office Eco-protection
Environmental activities in the offices, referred to as Office Eco-protection, focus on recycling, energy-saving,
and resource-saving activities. This kind of movement usually begins with a change in awareness among all participants.

Efforts in the Offices
Toppan promotes environmental activities
in its offices (indirect departments) as Office
Eco-protection activities, with an emphasis on
recycling, energy saving, and resource saving.
Office Eco-protection encompasses the head
office and buildings in Akihabara attachedto the Toppan head office, the Toppan
Koishikawa Building, the Shibaura building,the Honjo GC building, the Hiroshima sales
office building, the Nishinihon building, andthe offices of Toppan production plants andresearch centers.
Recycling activities in the offices
As a result of the recycling activities promoted in fiscal 2001, the recycling rate at
Toppan’s buildings was 74.5 percent.
Employees at the Toppan Koishikawa
Building, which produces the largest quantities of office waste among Toppan’s buildings, are encouraged to separate and disposeof waste in the 11 categorized recycling bins
situated on each floor. The sorted waste isthen brought to an underground collective
recycling area, where it is compacted anddelivered to garbage collectors for disposal.
Recycling activities conducted in 2001 haveresulted in an improved recycling rate of
91.6 percent, surpassing the fiscal 2000 levelof 88.5 percent.
Energy saving
Toppan is now working on, among othermeasures, the installation of energy-saving
fluorescent lamps and motion sensors
in lighting as part of our energy-saving
endeavors in the offices. Ice-thermal-storage
system* heat pumps were introduced in thesales office building in the Akihabara area
and in the Shibaura building as part of ourefforts to cut back on electricity consumption. The Office Eco-protection activities arethoroughly carried out by each one of ouremployees, since everyone has acquired avariety of daily energy-saving habits, which
include temperature management via airconditioning adjustments, powering-downof lighting and office-automation equipment
during lunch breaks, alternating “lights out”
periods in hallways, encouraging employees
to use the stairways in lieu of the elevators,
and so forth.
*The ice-thermal-storage system runs as a heatsource machine at night, converting cold water into
ice. The ice is stored and then used in the daytime
for air-conditioning.

Conservation of water through useof rainwater
At the Honjo GC building, the company wasable to cut the consumption of service waterby 2,754 m3 in fiscal 2001, thanks to a systemdesigned to utilize rainwater, introduced in
April 1994. The Toppan Koishikawa Building
also introduced a used-water treatment/
recycling system that collects water fromwashbasins and cafeterias and then applies
BOD treatment to reuse the water for flushing toilets. This system, which began operations in May 2000, contributed to an annual
savings of 7,701 m3 of water during fiscal
2001.
Utilization of rainwater

Evolution of waste paper
recycling rate in office buildings
Fiscal 2000

Fiscal 2001

63.4

74.5

(%)

Rainwater utilization system (Honjo GC building)Elevated water tankfor used water(2.4 m3)

Rainwater

Fiscal1999

Fiscal
2000

Honjo GC building

3,175

3,258

2,754

Toppan Koishikawa Building

—

4,651

7,701

8F

Toilet7F

ToiletRainwater

Drainage

Rainwater

Drainage
Drainage

2F

Toilet1F

ToiletSewerage

Switchingvalve

ToiletGroundP (356 m3)
Sewagetank(m3/year)

Office buildings

Precipitation
sensorAnnex

Main building
GroundSwitching valve
Emergency
shutoff valve

P (12 m3) P

Rainwater
storage tank

Storage tankfor generalservice water

SewerageP
Spring water
storage

Fiscal2001

Standards for office refuse sorting at the Toppan Koishikawa Building
Office refuse sorting

Paper cups

Refreshment lounge
Categorized recycling
bins
Freight elevator area
Bins with lids
Bins with pulleys

Newspaper

Recycling storage on each floor
Categorized bins

Magazines
Cardboard
PET bottles

Rainwater piping (Toppan Koishikawa Building)

Basic Policy on Green Purchasing in January
1999, and initiated corporate-wide Green
Purchasing. In addition, from fiscal 2001
Toppan began building up a Green Procurement system; we are striving for full operations from fiscal 2002.
Scope of Green Purchasing
Under the policy of Green Purchasing, weselect and purchase products that meet our
in-house Green Purchasing standards, especially for designated product categories:
office paper, copiers and printers, personal

computers, stationery and office supplies,
and toilet paper.
Achievements for fiscal 2001
In fiscal 2001, Toppan was able to improve
all targets for Green Purchasing as a result of
expanding environmental management tooffice operations and of raising the awareness of Green Purchasing. The ultimate goalof the company is 100-percent Green Purchasing.

SortedGreen Purchasing

SortedCrushedGlass bottles

Basic policy and in-house standards
Toppan believes that the realization of arecycling-oriented society necessarily requiresthat the company give priority to the purchasing of environmentally-friendly products. Management therefore established theGreen Purchasing for internal
printed materials

Disposal lunchboxes and vinyl
objects
Metals and batteries

Used-water recycling facility (Toppan Koishikawa Building)Crushed

Disposed of by garbage collectors

Used paper recycling
storage∗
General inflammablegarbage

Underground collective recycling storage

Empty cans

Location of categorized recycling
bins on each floor● Internal publications, corporate brochures,

business reports, environmental reports,
annual reports, and company tools,
including calendars

SortedIn-house Green Purchasing standards and achievements∗Color copies, carbon paper, and processed vinyl goods are categorized as general inflammable garbage

Heat pumps operated by the ice-thermal-storage
systems (Shibaura building)

Produced from 100-percent recycled paper● Company envelopes

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Container sorting station (Akihabara office building)

Recycling bin on each floor (Toppan Koishikawa Building)

Rate achieved

Purchase standards

Fiscal 2000 Fiscal 2001

Office paper

Must be made of 70-percent or more recycled paper, with awhite-sheen of 80 percent or less.

98.3%

99.2%

● Employee diaries

Copiers andprinters

Must have an automatic sleep or shutdown function after
remaining idle for a specified period.

79.9%

97.6%

Main body: Produced from 100-percent
recycled paper
Covers: Made of olefin resin

Personalcomputers

Must have an automatic sleep or shutdown function after
remaining idle for a specified period, with limited electricity
consumption in sleep mode.

98.2%

99.8%

● Business cards

Toilet paper

Must be made of 100-percent recycled paper, with a whitesheen of 80 percent or less.

100.0%

100.0%

Produced from 70-percent recycled paper

Stationery andoffice supplies

Must have an appropriate certification (Eco-Mark, Green
Mark, etc.) or be classified in the catalogue by the
manufacturer as an environmentally-friendly product.

67.2%

85.7%

Produced from 100-percent recycled paper

Paper sorting station in offices (Akihabara office building)

Designatedproducts

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Efforts in Logistics

Topic “The Toppan Group considers the reduction of CO2, NOx, and other gas emissions from its trucks as issues
to be addressed by its logistics departments. Introduction of a new transportation system and eco-driving
activities are being promoted to tackle these problems.

Green Procurement

Issues and efforts in logistics
departments

Growing awareness of Green
Purchasing

To reduce the environmental burden
imposed, the logistics departments of the
Toppan Group are developing activities primarily aimed at reducing air pollutants, suchas CO2 and NOx emitted by trucks, which are
indispensable for logistics.
Building up a distribution system forhigher efficiency
Toppan Logistics Co., Ltd., which heads
Toppan’s logistics, has introduced a newtransportation system referred to as WARTS(Wide Area Relay Trucking System). Thissystem receives consolidated delivery instruction information and then coordinatescargoes from the various plants and operation bases in a given area, thus allowing forthe transportation of multiple cargoes fromeach specific area. It offers the following
advantages:
1. Reduction of the number of trucks operating by an average of about 135 units(on a 4-ton truck basis) per month.
2. Considerable reduction in packing materials.
Currently, this system is utilized to transport products from the packaging departments in Tokyo to the Kansai district. The
company hopes to make use of the same
system for transportation to other areas of
the country in the future; it will boost efficiency in logistics and reduce the environmental burden.
Promotion of eco-driving
In its action plan, Toppan Logistics Co., Ltd.,has projected an annual increase of fuel efficiency by 1 percent relative to the previous
fiscal year. To achieve this target, the company is adopting an eco-driving movementthat is considered the most effective means
to minimize the environmental burden
imposed by the trucking industry.

The campaign has six main points:
1. Stopping the habit of engine idling
2. Driving at an economic speed
3. Driving at a constant speed
4. Reducing loads on vehicles
5. Maintaining appropriate tire pressure
6. Maintaining adequate levels of engine oil
The company is making every possible
effort to promote initiatives through driver
training and education. Driving techniquesof diesel-engine trucks, including constantspeed driving on highways, a strict ban on
gunning the engine and sudden acceleration, early shifting-up of gears, utilization ofengine braking, and strict observance of thelegal speed limit are just part this education.
The company has also established a daily
maintenance system that covers an engine
oil, tire pressure, air cleaner sweeping, andother regular checks.

“Stop Idling” sticker, posted on a truck

Facilities in drivers’ lounge

RTS
WA

Operational
sites
Consolidated
information

Destination

WARTS truck

Kansai
District

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2

3

5

4

R

CO2

PM

NOx

Introduction of low-noise tires
The company has also introduced low-noise
tires. These tires, also known as verticalgroove tires, make less noise on the roads
and generate less frictional heat, thereby
helping to prevent global warming. Toppan
Logistics Co., Ltd. achieved a 41 percent
usage rate of low-noise tires in fiscal 2001.
Battery-powered forklifts
Toppan is promoting the conversion fromfuel-operated forklifts to battery-powered
units. While the former type consumes
approximately 400 liters of gasoline permonth, a battery-powered forklift both eliminates gasoline consumption and exhaustgases and reduces waste (consisting ofengine oil) and maintenance parts. In fiscal
2001, Toppan Logistics Co., Ltd. achieved an
82.5 percent usage rate for battery-operated
forklifts.
Introduction of low-emission vehicles
The conversion of company cars to lowemission vehicles is steadily underway. In fiscal 2001, two more of these cars wereintroduced, bringing the total to 14 environmentally-friendly cars now in our fleet.

Enactment of the Green Purchasing Law
The Green Purchasing Law (Law Concerning
the Promotion of Procurement of Eco-friendly
Goods and Services by the State and Other
Entities) was enacted in April 2001. This law
obliges the state and national organizations
to abide by the clauses of Green Purchasing
for their procurement from the standpointof environmental friendliness. Local governments, the private sector, and the generalpublic are also expected to pursue Green
Purchasing. The basic policy of the Green
Purchasing Law defines the criteria for
determining the type of printed materials tobe delivered. Moreover, at the local government level, criteria for ordering printing
materials are steadily being established.
Order Guidelines for Offset Printing
Services
The Green Purchasing Network (Toppan
became a member in 1996) that is promoting Green Purchasing announced its Order
Guidelines for Offset Printing Services in
December 2001. These guidelines were
designed and published for the first time inJapan for the benefit of orderers of offset
printing services to be utilized by manyorganizations and companies that are tackling the issues involved in Green Purchasing.
Self-standard of the printing industry
In response to calls for increasingly carefulconsideration from environmental movements, the Japan Federation of Printing
Industries established the Green Standard forOffset Printing Services on its own initiativeand judgment in August 2001. This standard
has clarified the entire printing industry’s
stance and role in building a recycling-oriented society.
The document is accessible at their website, at http://www.jfpi.or.jp/

Toppan’s philosophy on Green
Procurement

Toppan’s logistics system

Kyushu District

1

From fiscal 2002, Toppan introduces Green Procurement and endeavors to begin its full operation.

Tohoku District

WA
RTS

Chubu
District

Kanto District

Since April 2002, the Toppan Group, as amember of the Federation, has introduced
a Green Procurement system that conforms
to JFPI’s Green Standard for Offset Printing
Services. The Green Standard comprises theGreen Rules and the Green Standards to be
applied to “Procurement,” “Processing” and“Efforts of Printing and Printing-related
Companies.” Of these two criteria (Green
Rules and Green Standard), Toppan intends
to meet the requirements through its Ecoprotection Activities and Environmental
Management Activities for “Processing” andIntroduction of Green Procurement
Green Purchasing Law: Basic policy on promotion of environmentally-friendly products
IPrinting-related items: Printing paper, printing (service)
Green Purchasing Network: Order Guidelines for Offset Printing Services
Eco-label: Certification standard for eco-label products
IMain printing-related product categories
Product categories: Paper-printed material, offset printing ink,
printing paper
JFPI’s Green Standard for Offset Printing Services
Items forprocurement

Efforts of printing
and printing-relatedcompanies

Manufacturing
process

Toppan’s Green Procurement Standard
Paper

Level 1

Level 2

Remarks

1. Use of recycled
paperMust be made of
100-percent recycled paper

Must be 70 percent ormore

Treefree paper is also
included in the calculation of the percentageof recycled paper

2. Consideration ofwhite-sheen

Must be approximately
70 percent or less(up to + 4 percent)Must be approximately
80 percent or less(up to + 4 percent)Excluding coloredhigh-quality paperand special paper

3. Consideration of
coating

Must be 12 g/m2 or less
(8 g/m2 max. for one side)

Must be 30 g/m2 or less
(17 g/m2 max. for one side)

Offset printing ink∗

Level 1

Level 2

1. Non-use of
substances harmful
to human bodyMust conform to the NL (Negative List) designated by
the Japan Printing Ink Manufacturers’ Association

2. Non-use ofchlorinated resin

Must not include chlorinated resin

3. Consideration of
PRTR-designatedsubstancesMust not include PRTRdesignated substancesMust identify the PRTRdesignated substances used
(MSDS to be prepared)

4. Limitation of VOC(Volatile Organic
Compound) emission

The proportion of
petroleum solvent is
15 percent or less(except for rotary press ink)

Must be aromatic-free ink,
soy ink, or recycled
vegetal-oil ink

Remarks∗Excluding gold, silver and pearl ink

the “Efforts of Printing and Printing-related
Companies.”
As for the Green Rules for “Procurement,”
Toppan set up its Green Procurement Standard, covering the items of which Toppan
can evaluate its targets and executed activi-

ties. Aiming for these targets, company
strives to deploy Toppan’s Green Procurement in conformity with its Basic Policy on
Purchasing in the Purchasing Guidelines
worked out in April 1992.

Basic policy on Purchasing
1. Toppan treats fairly all bidders, domestic or overseas, including those wishing to start new dealings
that conform to the company’s specific standards
2. Toppan undertakes to conduct business, with consciousness and responsibility, in conformity with
the Monopoly Prohibition Law and other pertinent laws and regulations
3. Toppan selects suppliers by using evaluation standards that are based on economic rationality
4. Toppan undertakes to strictly control and keep confidential all information obtained through all
procurement operations
5. Toppan makes purchases only when necessary and in necessary quantities
6. Toppan reviews its suppliers, regularly or as necessary
7. Toppan takes into consideration the protection of resources and environmental conservationin its procurement activities

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4 ECO-CREATIVITY ACTIVITIESOverview of Eco-creativity Activities
Eco-creativity activities constitute Toppan’s environmental business conducted through the supply of products and services.

What are eco-creativity activities?
Toppan is now striving to reform its business structure. Its management resources
are selectively invested in the three major business areas of E-business,
Environmental Business (Eco-business), and Electronics.
Of those three, Eco-business denotes “business that contributes to realizing
an recycling-oriented society through the supply of products, technologies, and services,
based on environmentally-friendly production activities.” It covers the in-house
R&D of environmentally-friendly products and comprehensive support activities forenvironmental conservation.

Development ofenvironmentally-friendly
products
YProduct assessment
YLCA (Life Cycle Assessment)
YEnvironmental Labeling Type II

Production anddistribution stages

Usage stage•Energy saving•Reduced release ofchemical substances• Long life products

After-use stage•Reuse•Recyclability•Suitability for disposal•Easy separation and easy
detachment•Biodegradability*LCA (Life Cycle Assessment): A method that quantifies
the burden placed on the environment by a productthroughout its lifecycle, through all stages, from raw
materials through manufacture, distribution, use,and disposal, thereby permitting evaluation of theenvironmental impact of the product.

13 Environmental claims and principal environmentally-friendly products

Support for environmental
businesses
YOrganization of environment-related
events
Yecollable Net
YSupport for preparation ofenvironmental reports

Production anddistribution

Safe materials

Biodegradability

Support for customers’
environmental activities throughsupply of environmentally-friendly
products and services

Environmental merit•Safe materials•Recycled materials•Resource saving•Recovered energy•Reduced solid waste

The company is currently working towardfeeding the information obtained in the
project back into the design and development departments, leading to further process
improvement and to a reduction of theenvironmental burden posed by the products. Furthermore, management releases thisinformation at the request of customers andof outside parties for use as data for the evaluation of environmental impact.

Toppan believes that the concept of Life
Cycle Assessment (LCA)* is important in allowing us to quantitatively grasp environmental
burdens at each stage, from acquisition of
raw materials to production, distribution,use, recycling, and disposal. To this end, thecompany has set up an in-house committee
concerning LCA and have initiated studies
designed to spread a common, in-houseconcept of the way internal data are to
be understood, the importance of data
accuracy in general, and other related areas.

Toppan intends to raise the accuracy of its
accountability to customers and to actively
support the environmental claims made on
behalf of its products. The company performs prior evaluations at each division
during the design and development of
products, and registers these developed

YGPN’s Order Guidelines forOffset Printing Services
YJFPI’s Green Standard forOffset Printing Services
YEnvironmentally-friendly ink,
waterless printing methods

Lifecycle stage

Introduction of LCA(Life Cycle Assessment)

Basic philosophy forenvironmentally-friendly products

Promotion ofenvironmentally-friendly
printing services

Philosophy for Toppan’s environmentallyfriendly products

products at the Ecology Center. These products are marked with Toppan’s Labels forEnvironmentally-friendly Products for easy
understanding of the applicable environmental consideration.
Toppan is planning, developing, and supplying environmentally-friendly products thatgive due consideration to the environment
throughout the product’s life cycle, from theraw material stage through manufacture,
distribution, use, and after-use stages.
At Toppan, products are developed during all stages with the environment in mind.
“Use of recycled materials” and “resourcesaving” are paramount for the production
and distribution stages, and “reduced releaseof chemical substances” is considered forthe usage stage. “Reuse,” “recyclability” and“easy separation and easy detachment” arefactors kept in mind for the after-use stage.

Environmental Business (Eco-business) is oneof three priority businesses at Toppan. Basedon environmentally-friendly production activities, it is designed to help create a recyclingoriented society through the supply of
products, technologies, and services. Activities to promote this business are referred toas Eco-creativity Activities; they involve
aggressive efforts at each Toppan division.
Eco-creativity activities are broadly categorized into two different areas. The firstcovers research and development of environmentally-friendly products. To develop a
product, evaluation standards and guidelines that duly take into account the overall
lifecycle of the product are prepared. An
evaluation on the basis of those rules is thenperformed. The second area supports environmental conservation; they are intended
to support customers’ environmental conservation efforts and to carry out environmental
conservation activities through cooperationand collaboration with other companies
and NPOs.

Recycled materials
IEco-holo Sticker

Easy separationand easy
detachment

IIC Card for
ETC System

Efforts for building up
a recycling-oriented society

IMotion Display

ICartocan

I101 Coordination Floor

Recyclability

YWaste paper recycling system
YPackaging material recycling system
After use

IEco-PAK life-size POP

IEco through card
ITP-Tray

RecoveredenergyICylindrical paper
containers

IEcogloss

ICerapIPrinted wiring board

Resource saving

IDesktop paper calendar

IPUR Hot-Melt

IGL-Family products

Suitability
for disposal

IRecycled vegetable-oil ink

IIver Systems Panel

Reducedsolid waste

Energy saving

IEcosheet
IMirrafeel

Reduced releaseof chemical
substances

Reuse
Long life products

Use

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Development and Evaluation ofEnvironmentally-friendly Products

Examples of Environmentally-friendly Product Development

Toppan has established its own original evaluation standards for the development and supply of environmentally-friendly
products. The products developed on the basis of those standards are highly evaluated in the market.

Evaluation of Guidelines andStandards for Environmentallyfriendly Products

Efforts for environmentallyfriendly products by Group
companies

Toppan has set up its Guidelines and Standards for Environmentally-friendly Products
by product category and carries out theirevaluation and registration. This system allows
each division to efficiently develop environmentally-friendly products by following theevaluation guidelines from the planning anddevelopment stages of a new product. At
the time of establishing the guidelines andstandards for evaluation, Toppan adopted
as a basis the ISO 14021 Environmental
Labeling Type II, to which the company added
three more original items for evaluation(safe materials, reduced release of chemical
substances, and suitability for disposal) as
complements, for a total of 13 criteria.
The products developed in line with theabove guidelines are evaluated according to
the control flow of the environmentallyfriendly products.

Each member of the Toppan Group strives
for the development of environmentallyfriendly products based on its own standards and in sync with overall company
objectives.

Efforts toward a productassessment method
In commercial printing, Toppan developed asystem for qualitative environmental impact
evaluation using a product assessment
method to evaluate the impact of our POP
sales promotion products. This system isintended to evaluate environmental burden
and to determine the methods of reductionof this burden in the design and development stages of a product. It is also intended
to convey the results of this evaluation tocustomers in an easy-to-understand manner. It first performs a simple primary screening evaluation. Product assessment is thenmade of products that pass the screening,
and the evaluation results are plotted ona graph.

Labels made of recycled paper from waste tack sheets(Toppan Label Co., Ltd.)

Control flow of environmentally-friendly products
Division (Division Headquarters) in charge of each product
Planning and development ofenvironmentally-friendly products

Evaluation Standards(guidelines)

Eco-PAK integrates the
packaging in life-size POP

Environmental Category Prizeawarded at the Big Hit Goods
Grand Prix for Fiscal 2001

Evaluation ofenvironmentally-friendly products
Application for
Registration

Application for registration as
an environmentally-friendly productEcology Center
Verification ofdivision’s evaluation

Environmental Impact
Evaluation Sheet

The Kewpie Variety Sauce (five types ofpouch-packed pasta sauce) using Toppandeveloped packaging GL film was awarded
for the Environmental Category Prize at the
Big Hit Goods Grand Prix for Fiscal 2001 sponsored by Tokyu Agency Inc. GL film is aceramic deposition barrier film with thesame product contents preservation capabilities as an aluminum pouch.

Registration ofenvironmentally-friendly products
Conversion of registration
data to database

Approval for Toppan’sLabel forEnvironmentallyfriendly Products

Approval of Toppan’s Label for
Environmentally-friendly Products
Environmentally-friendly products(Type-II label)

Manufacture of
product

Kewpie Pouch-packed pasta sauce using Toppan’s GL film
packaging

PamphletLabeling
Non-chlorine-basedmaterials used

Product
sampleThis card has low noxious gas emissions
when incinerated for disposal after use.

Made of 100% recycled paper
Recyclable, recycled printing paperwith printability and rigidity.

∗As of March 2002, Toppan offers a total of 49 environmentally-friendly products.

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Made of 100% recycled paper
Recyclable, recycled printing paperwith printability and rigidity.

Of the many environmentally-friendly products developed by Toppan, two are discussed here:
the IC Card for ETC and NaturArt industrial material.

Development of the IC Card for ETC
The ETC (Electronic Toll Collection) System is
expected to create one of the most attractive business areas on the ITS* (Intelligent
Transport System)-development-related market, due mainly to the advantage of a cashlessmethod of paying for tolls on expressways.
The conditions of use of this card are,however, more stringent than other similar
IC cards, such as credit cards and cash cards,
due to the closed space of vehicles. This limitation makes it necessary to improve heat
resistance and the environmental friendliness of the material of the card.
It is reported by many study cases that thistype of card, when left on the dashboard in acar, is distorted as a result of direct solar heatand becomes mechanically unreadable byits card reader. Moreover, because of ISO/JIS
standards, which specify the card material
to be of PVC-base, the need for materialchange made it more difficult to maintain aquality similar to that of the conventional
PVC-based material. It also required certain
operations, including embossing, surface
printing, hologram attachment, and so forth.
These factors represent high hurdles fordevelopment of these cards.
However, in April 2000, we were able to

Hiroyasu Sakata
Development Section,
Security ProductDepartment,
Securities andCards Division
IC Cards for ETC

manufacture it with a 90-degree Celsius
heat resistance and antibacterial coating
made from a non PVC-based material(PETG). In October 2001, we succeeded indeveloping a commercial production system
for these cards using an improved type of
non-PVC material resistant to 105 degrees
Celsius. Toppan is thus making continuous
efforts to further improve the convertibility ofthe product.
Among our clients, many financial businesses—especially banks and credit cardcompanies affiliated with the distribution andelectric appliance manufacturing industries—are very interested in our environmentally-friendly products. As environmental
concerns mount, these and other compa-

nies have studied and understood ourefforts and proposals for environmentallyfriendly products, and decided to choosethese newly designed products.
In view of the fact that the products currently available are not yet perfect, we
intend to continue our bid to seek further
improvement and customer satisfaction. We
will always take into account the necessary
cost consciousness and the present trends
toward standardization seen both domestically and internationally.
*ITS (Intelligent Transport System): The extent of the
expected economic effect of the ITS is assumed toreach some 50 trillion yen. ITS is currently seen as
the most promising field of all multimedia businesses in Japan.

Interior Veneer Materials NaturArt
We at the Industrial Material Division produce all kinds of products related to living
space. Some of those include wood-grain
decorative sheets, wallpaper, and so forth.
The company has developed many new
products, including Toppan Ecosheet, Toppan
Ecowall and others, with top priority always
given to safety in terms of the environmentand health.
The newly marketed NaturArt is an environmentally-friendly decorative sheet. It has
a high-grade natural texture, made by combining sliced veneers and Toppan’s original
printing technology and is applied to furniture, walls, and other interior surfaces. It is
composed of veneer, made from timber, andsupplied from a sustainable forest withplanned plantation and logging.
Conventional veneer products pose thefollowing disadvantages:
1. Consistent wood-grain texture is difficult toobtain.
2. VOC (Volatile Organic Compound) emission countermeasures are difficult becausea coating process is needed after assembly.
However, NaturArt presents the following characteristics:
1. No coating process is required.

Norio KatoDevelopment &Marketing Team,
Development
Promotion Section,
Interior Decor
Materials Division
Furniture made of NaturArt

2. The natural texture and luster are uniqueto real wood.
3. A certain level of uniform quality can beobtained to ensure a stable supply of the
product.
NaturArt can thus present excellent features in terms of the environment, quality,and elaborate design as a veneer product.
In developing this product, the company
aimed above all to maintain its quality as
natural wood as much as possible. This
proved to be very difficult, especially for aesthetically and naturally aligning the woodgrain textures of the surface. We finally succeeded mainly through extensive trial-anderror. But consolidating all the efforts of thedifferent departments and groups involved—marketing, development, design, andproduction, each of which had diverting
opinions and expectations—we were finallyable to come up with a harmonious product.
With its genuine wood feel and stable
quality, the product has earned high praise
and a favorable reputation since its appearance on the market in April. Toppan hasreceived many inquiries from different sectors of business, ranging from the housing
industry (houses, apartments, condominiums, etc.) to hotels, hospitals, social welfare
facilities, and business offices. In this regard,
we are constantly striving toward opening
up new markets by extending the scopeof development of our environmentallyfriendly products.
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Toppan’s Environmentally-friendly Products
Toppan is planning and developing environmentally-friendly products across all its business fields
in contributing to environmental conservation and creating a recycling-oriented society.

Electronics

Information & Networks

Eco through card

Eco-holo Sticker

Non-chlorine-basedmaterials

Non-chlorine-basedmaterials

This card has low noxious gas emissions
when incinerated for disposal after use.

This card has low noxious gas emissions
when incinerated for disposal after use.

Eco-PAK life-size POP

Resource saving(reduced use of materials)
Use of raw materials was reduced, andthe packing material is incorporated in
the display. Recyclable as cardboard.

Cerap

Motion Display

Natural energy
A solar battery is used as a powersource.

The conventionally used PVC film forbody surface protection of vehicles isreplaced with ceramic coating.

Recycled vegetable oil
Aromatic-free inks, with 20-percent ormore of recycled vegetable oil mixed inoffset sheet-fed printing ink, or sevenpercent or more in rotary printing ink.

Low-halogen printed wiring board

Biodegradable plastic

Low-halogen material

This sticker is made of a biodegradable
plastic, derived from vegetables.

Uses material with low-halogen flameretardant and emits minimal noxious
gases when incinerated.

Desktop paper calendar

Recycled vegetable-oil inks

Non-chlorine-basedmaterials

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IC card for ETC

Living Environment

70-percent recycled paper
Paper is used for both the calendar andits case to eliminate the need of sortingand separation for disposal. Recyclable
as used paper.

PUR Hot-Melt

Bookbinding glue
suitable for recycling
Hot melt adhesive for perfect binding is
100-percent removable during paper
regeneration processes.

TP-Tray

Ecogloss

Cylindrical paper containers

Resource saving and recycled materials(reduced use of depletable resources)
Glossy paperware that uses soy ink andaqueous varnish for higher recyclability.

CartocanRecyclable ascardboard

Toppan Ecosheet

Reduced release ofchemical substances

Decorative sheets with reduced substancesthat cause ‘Sick-House’ syndrome, andproduces low noxious gas emissions whenincinerated for disposal after use.

Foldable tubular paperware, lighter
than conventional products.

GL-Family

Recyclable aspaper packs

The use of a single raw material allows
these trays to be more easily folded andrecycled after use.

Weight-saving
paperware containers

Can be recycled as paper packs bycutting and processing after use.

Mirrafeel

Non-chlorine-basedmaterials
These packing films emit few noxious
gases when incinerated for disposal
after use.

101 Coordination Floor

Non-chlorine-basedmaterials
These packing films emit few noxious
gases when incinerated for disposal
after use.

Reduced release ofchemical substances
Flooring materials with reduced substances
causing ‘Sick-House’ syndrome withimproved water and sun protection,
aiming for a longer product life.

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Promotion of Environmentally-friendly Printing Services
In promoting environmentally-friendly printing services as required by today’s society,Toppan conforms to the GPN (Green Purchasing Network’s) Order Guidelines for Offset Printing Services andactively forwards proposals to our customers based on them.

Conformity with GPN’s Order Guidelines for Offset Printing Services
The Green Purchasing Network (GPN)* is anamicably linked organization of companies,
administrations, and general consumers
that was founded in February 1996 to promote efforts toward Green Purchasing.
The GPN announced in December 2001
its Order Guidelines for Offset Printing Services(GPN-GL14) for the first time in the field ofservices. They are indicators for orders ofprinting services concerning the environment and have already been adopted bymany municipalities and corporations working on environmental issues, including
Green Purchasing.

Toppan, as a member of the GPN, is striving for environmentally-friendly printing. In
this regard, the company employs its environmentally-friendly technologies and offers
printing-service customers a wide variety of
proposals in each of the fields defined by the
Guidelines:
1. Paper2. Ink
3. Surface coating
4. Bookbinding and other converting
processes.

Using environmentally-friendly inks

印刷サービスのグリーン購入に取り組んでいます

GPN printing services logo
This logo is used widely to promote companies andadministrations that are taking systematic initiatives
in dealing with Green Purchasing of printing services
in line with the GPN’s Guidelines.
*Green Purchasing Network (GPN): A nation-wide network, promoting Green Purchasing. As of June 20, 2002,
membership totaled 2,668 organizations, including
2,038 companies, 362 administrative organizations, and268 private organizations.

Tangible examples of environmentally-friendly services
Toppan actively recommends to its clientsenvironmentally-friendly printed materials
conforming to the GPN’s Guidelines toensure environmental friendliness throughchoosing paper for their printing orders. The
following examples will show readers theenvironmental considerations taken during
the preparation of this Environmental Report.

The petroleum-base solvents of offset printing inks contain aromatics, which are said toexert adverse effects on the air and thehuman body. A solvent with these presumably hazardous aromatics almost completely removed (aromatic-free solvent) has
been developed and used as an aromaticfree ink at many printing plants. On theother hand, a soy ink made from soybean oil
was developed in the United States with theobjective of foregoing the use of petroleumbased solvents. Today, an aromatic-free soy
ink made with the soybean oil ink and anaromatic-free solvent is attracting attention
as an environmentally-friendly ink. However,Toppan began developing an ink madefrom recycled vegetable oils while pursuing
the reuse of resources. Toppan succeeded inpractice in applying a process that refines
used soybean oil, recovered from school

Adopting a waterless printing system

Ingredients of environmentally-friendly inks
Average offset printing ink

Aromatic-free ink

Aromatic-free soy ink

Aromatic-free recycled
vegetable-oil ink

Adjuvants
Vegetable drying oil

Adjuvants
Vegetable drying oil

Adjuvants

Adjuvants

Soy oil

Recycled
vegetable oil

Aromatic-freesolvent

Aromatic-freesolvent

Petroleum-basesolvent

Aromatic-freesolvent

Resin

Resin

Resin

Resin

Pigment

Pigment

Pigment

Pigment∗Pigment: Ingredient that gives color to the ink.
∗Others: Ingredients that provide the adjuvants and pigment with dispersibility and fluidity and that serve to fix
the pigment on the printed surface and their adjuvants.

catering services and the restaurant industry, and recycles this as a printing ink.
The recycled vegetable-oil ink, used in
the present Environmental Report 2002, offers
the same performance as traditional offset

printing inks. Moreover, it features a de-inking property (needed in the paper recycling
process) that is superior to that of conventional inks.

Binding with PUR Hot-Melt

Environmental Report 2002

Computer editing and design
Today, most publications are prepared byediting and design systems that use computers, referred to as DTP (Desktop Publishing). DTP performs composing processes
that were traditionally done with type andphoto-settings, and arranges photographs,
illustrations, charts, and other image data inlayout format on the monitor screen. Oncethe data are created, the system outputs
proofs to a color printer for checking andcorrections, and then delivers these data indigital format.
The biggest role played by DTP in termsof the environment lies in the creation ofdigital data designed for subsequent prepa-

FSC-certified paper used forquestionnaire form

ration of press plates. In addition, DTP also
helps minimize the number of color proofing operations, since it allows verification in
the preparation stage.

In May 2002 Toppan’s Commercial Printing
Division (Information & Networks) wasawarded the Chain of Custody (CoC) certification by a Mexico-based international environmental NGO, the Forest StewardshipCouncil (FSC). This was the first authorization for the printing business sector inJapan. With this certification, the awarded isentitled to use the FSC’s approval logo to
make an appeal for the fact that the paper
used for the material is made of materials
from a forest controlled by the FSC. The
Commercial Division is continuing its efforts
for obtaining the FSC certification for timber
processing by the end of fiscal 2002 so that
Toppan can meet the paper and woodneeds of its customers.

Traditional offset printing consists of lithographic printing that makes use of the interaction between water and oil. The system
leaves the printing area oily at the time ofplate-making and forms ink-adhesion areas
by adding moisture to the plate at the timeof printing. Meanwhile, in lieu of water, thewaterless printing system uses a silicone
layer that repels water, and therefore does
not require the use of dampening water,
with no discharge of waste liquid as a result.

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terial properties. Toppan has selected Take
Bulky GA (100-percent bamboo pulp) for thematerial of this Environmental Report.

Ink
Dampening water

Waterless plate(Lithographic intaglio printing plate)
Ink
Silicone rubber
Cover film

The FSC Logo
The FSC logo indicates that the material used was
supplied from a forest where sustainable forest management is being carried out. For our Environmental
Report 2002, FSC-certified paper is used for the questionnaire form.

With traditional adhesives
CUT
Adhesive∗When a conventional EVA-base adhesive is used, theback portions of printed materials are cut off before
they are delivered to the paper manufacturer.

Plate with water(Lithographic relief printing plate)

Using treefree paper
Printing paper is a material that directly
relates to the protection of forest resources.
At present, there are two types of environmentally-friendly paper in this sense: recycled paper and treefree paper.
For treefree paper, kenaf and bagasse are
well known, but bamboo pulp is also drawing attention these days. The use of treefree
paper made of bamboo pulp is advantageous in terms of its aesthetic and antibac-

PUR hot-melt is a binding method suitable
for recycling, since it offers strong cohesion,and can be removed entirely without fragmenting, even during disaggregation in therecycling process. This method is used in the
bookbinding process of this Environmental
Report 2002. It enables 100-percent removalof the adhesive in the waste paper recycling
processes, provides higher adhesive strength,
higher resistance to hot and cold temperatures, and better double-page spreadability
than traditional adhesives.

Improved working conditions brought about
by environmentally-friendly printing
Environmentally-friendly printing is useful for reducing the environmental burden on airand soil, and for improving working conditions in printing factories and other working
environments.
For example, the aromatics present in petroleum-based solvents added to inks include
some polluting substances for the air and soil, and are also said to exert harmful effects on
people. However, the introduction of aromatic-free solvents has contributed to improving the working conditions at a site in a printing plant where many workers must carryout their duties.
In addition, the damping water used in traditional
offset printing processes contains IPA (isopropyl alcohol), an organic substance for which an adequate control and treatment have been urged in view of thehealth management of workers and the reduction of
VOC released into the atmosphere. Waterless printing
is an effective means to tackle this problem.
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Development of Environmental Support Business
The company is actively involved in supplying solutions to our customers’ environmental activities,
using the knowledge accumulated through activities for environmental conservation andfor development and supply of environmentally-friendly products.

MIRU-navi
Toppan developed an integrated CD-ROM
browser software package called MIRU-navi,
used mainly as a corporate communication
tool for environmental reports and manyother uses. For browsing, MIRU-navi is capable of dealing with multiple files of different
file formats (text files, spreadsheet files, document files, HTML files, image files, and soon). It also allows such functions as indexation across media of the content included
and high-speed searches over the entire
content that cannot be conducted by conventional CD-ROM browser software.
The newly developed software can beused as a communication tool for all typesof businesses, covering business reports,
annual reports, corporate profiles, recruitment brochures, and many others, in addition to environmental reports, in which awide variety of information must be sent out
to all people concerned.
Due to differences peculiar to each fileformat, conventional software has had many
restrictions, including, among others:
1. Activation of the browser software eachtime a content file is opened.
2. The need to install browser software.
3. Inability to search the entire contents
with the same keyword search.
However, MIRU-navi can include various
file types integrally and utilize them together
with text and image data for printing. This
combined use has drastically cut down on
the production cost of such software, ascompared to conventional CD-ROM based
software of this genre.

ecollable Net environmental
monitoring system
Environmental activities conducted solely
from the viewpoints of businesses andadministrations have their limits. Environmental activities can achieve a balanced
growth only when they are evaluated andsupported by “Green Consumers” (consumers who take an interest in environmental activities). For this reason, Toppan
created the ecollable Net*, a mechanism thatshould serve as a bridge between businesses/
administrations and Green Consumers. Thiswas made possible with the collaboration of
the environmental NPO Chubu Recycle.
ecollable Net is an Internet-based environmental monitoring system designed tosolicit Green Consumers to respond to polls
on the web. This represents an unprecedented experimental undertaking, a joint
operation between a company and an NPO.
It is our intent to implement two-way communications linking companies to consumers.
We believe that well-balanced environmental activities can be carried out throughtie-ups between Toppan, which has specialized market-research functions and an intercompany network, and the environmental
NPOs that convey the voices of citizens tosociety.

Activities in fiscal 2001
In fiscal 2001, Toppan conducted a workshop for Green Consumers and participatedin an environmental event hosted by thecity of Nagoya. The company also carriedout some field investigations.
*Ecollable is a term coined from “ecology + collaboration + able.” It expresses the concept of achieving
environmental goals, which cannot be managed bysingle organizations, through collaboration of collective awareness.

ecollable monitor

MIRU-navi image screen(Demo version utilizing the information of
the Environmental Report 2001)

Green
Consumer

Environmental
experts
Participation in
investigation andplanning

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Efforts on environmental issues are becoming one of the main tools for society to evaluate companies. With this trend, more andmore companies consider active disclosureof information to be a key factor to survive inthe twenty-first century; they regard environmental issues as an administrative activity, and a growing number of environmental
reports are being published each year. The
reports continue to become more substantial in content, covering environmental
aspects, economic aspects (financial data,
project outlines, etc.) and social aspects(working safety and sanitation, relationships

with stakeholders, etc.), resulting in a continually higher-quality report.
Moreover, environmental reports havecome to occupy a central position among
the communication tools of companies.
Toppan management makes offers to customers for both the design and the content
of such reports; it maintains reliability andtakes into consideration the originality andcorporate character of each client. For
preparation of these reports, Toppan also
proposes the combined use of hardcopy(paper copies) and other forms of media togenerate synergistic effects, such as Internet
linkage and CD-ROM development.
Based on the knowledge acquired throughthe preparation of environmental reports,social currents regarding environmental
issues, and the recent trends for environmental reports, Toppan has created a plethoraof relevant supporting business. Just one of
the company’s achievements in fiscal 2001
was its support in the preparation of environmental reports for approximately 60
companies. The company will continue tosupport environmental communication
activities by making maximal use of thatknowledge, and through joint work withaudit firms and other entities.

ecollable Net website

Topic “Cooperation for Eco-Products 2001

ecollable Net system

Investigationfrom consumer
viewpoint

Support Business for Preparationof Environmental Reports

ecollable Net
secretariat
Company
Toppan Printing Co., Ltd.

Environmentalrelated planning
Company
Highly specialized
investigation

Chubu Recycle
Company

Internet

Planning, analysis,
and operational
administration

Company

Eco-Products 2001
Toppan participated in Eco-Products 2001,
sponsored by JEMAI (Japan Environmental
Management Association for Industry) andthe Nihon Keizai Shimbun, Inc., held December 13–15, 2001 at Tokyo Big Sight, as aparticipant in the management of its Environmental Communication Zone—Ecollable
Café, a site event held by the organizers.
Design concept of Ecollable Café
“Ecollable” is a word coined from “ecology +collaboration + able,” meaning that environmental goals that cannot be managed bysingle organizations can be achieved only
through collaboration of collective awareness of all parties concerned.
In addition, “Environmental Communication” is based on the concept that the environmental activities of companies andorganizations must include the mutual
understanding of and communication withall parties concerned. These parties, also
known as stakeholders, include citizens,
administrations, and many others. This has
become a very important notion in business
management, with the objective of buildinga recycling-oriented society.
In view of this philosophy, management
has endeavored to perform the zoning of
the site, the display layout, and workshop
planning so as to inspire all visitors to voluntarily and actively participate in the event.

Content of the display
At the Environmental Communication
Zone—Ecollable Café, Toppan put on various forms of displays and events, which
included a Chronological Table of Social
Environmental History (list of environmentrelated historic events and incidents), a casestudy on the supply of environmental information (environmental reports, environment-related advertisements, etc.), theEnvironmental Report Corner (principal
environmental reports issued to date andcurrently available), public discussions, aworkshop on specific issues, and many otheractivities. In those open discussions andworkshops, the visitors from different sectors including companies, organizations,and NPOs who were kind enough to attend
came to understand the kinds of ideas andactivities now taking place in fields outside
their own sector.
One concrete example of one of the more
popular events was something called, “Let’scheck environmental reports with a red
pen!” Participants discussed how to make areport easy-to-read (use as many graphs andphotos as possible, add a detailed glossary,and so on). Participants included readers
who came to visit the Zone, comprised ofvarious people from the business world andfrom the general public.
The Environmental Communication Zone
—Ecollable Café is accessible also on the
web at http://www.ecollable.com

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Efforts for Creating a Recycling-oriented SocietyWith an emphasis on “reduce,” “reuse,” and “recycle” as a basic policy, Toppan is tackling its tasks of making efficient use offinite resources through establishing, among other efforts, a printed material recycling system.

Establishment of the printed
material recycling system

Questionnaire on containers andpackaging

Promotion of recycling is an indispensable
element for creating a recycling-oriented
society. Toppan has accordingly establisheda self-completing recycling system for printed
materials that encourages activities conducive to resource conservation.
However, this system can only bear fruit
when the awareness of the objective to create a recycling-oriented society is shared bypaper manufacturers. Unnecessary printed
materials recovered from consumers arerecycled as Toppan original recycled printing paper via the paper manufacturer, andfinally delivered again to the consumers in
the form of new printed materials.
Toppan’s collection activities have until
now been centered on the recycling of catalogues and other print material. From here,
however, the company plans to explore thepossibilities of expanding the system toother areas as well.
Activities in the Chubu Region
The Chubu Division of Toppan is presently
operating the printed material recycling system in collaboration with the Tokai Co-op
Consumers’ Co-operative Federation, alongwith its member co-ops: Meikin Coop, Co-op
Gifu, Mikawa Citizens’ Co-op, Mie Prefectural
Citizens’ Co-op, and Mie-Kita Citizens’ Co-op.
During fiscal year 2001, the system recovered 2,086 tons of used paper, a 16 percent
increase over the previous fiscal year.

In 2000, the Packaging Division set up four
environment-related projects within theframework of the Packaging Environment
2000 Project. One was the Environmentallyfriendly Product Development Project. The
objective of this project is to identify environment-related market and customers’
needs, so that these needs can be reflectedin the development of new environmentally-friendly products.
As part of these activities, the Division
conducted in fiscal 2001 a questionnaire on
users’ environmental consciousness for containers and packaging according to the 13
items laid out in Toppan’s Environmental
Impact Evaluation criteria. The questionnaire attempts to clarify how users intend toaddress “environmental issues regarding
containers and packaging.” Choices in thequestionnaire were: “from now on,” “fromwhat viewpoint and on the basis of what
policy,” ”the users,” “intend to address,”“environmental issues regarding containers
and packaging.” About 130 people from 100
companies responded.
The Project classified the survey results
into nine business categories and six function groups and worked out a booklet in linewith the 13 environmental merits defined in
Toppan’s Environmental Impact Evaluation
criteria. Moreover, for each respondent to
the questionnaire, Toppan prepared andRecords of catalogue recovery
at the Tokai Co-op

sent to the respondent specific individual
data, together with the booklet.
After analyzing the results of the investigation, the Packaging Division has determined the following five points, whichconstitute the main targets of its efforts forfurther improvement:
1. Development of environmentally-friendly
products
2. Thorough pursuit of safety
3. Active supply of information
4. Support for recycling systems
5. Environmental communication

Questionnaire on users’ opinions on containers andpackagingUsed-paper recycling system

(t)
2,086

2,000
1,500

Old catalogues

1,796
1,442

1,481

Collection

Our customers’ sales offices

Our customers’ sales
offices collect old
catalogues when
distributing new
catalogues

1,000
Users

500

Product delivery trucks
collect old catalogues
from each sales office

Delivery to
the customers’
logistics centersNew
catalogues

Distribution
0
1998

1999

2000

2001
(Fiscal year)

Toppan prints on therecycled paper anduses it for new catalogues

New catalogues delivered to the customer(Recycled paper)

Gathered by
used-paper collectors

Processed in the recycling plants of paper makers

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Topic “Establishment of the Office Cartocan Recycling System
EMS activities and waste materials
at the offices
Since its award of ISO 14001 certification for
its office departments in March 2001, thePackaging Division has set up a thoroughsystem of sorting waste in the office andimproving the recycling rate—two important environmental objectives and targets.
One example is the recycling system for
Cartocan waste generated at offices. The
system is conducted not by the vending
machine operator, but by Toppan, who as a
package manufacturer employs an effective
method to ensure the recycling process forre-commercialization.
What is Cartocan?
The company is engaged in the production
and filling operations for Cartocan, one of
Toppan’s main packaging products. Though it
is a paper-base beverage container, Cartocan
can be sold in automatic vending machinesthat use other conventional steel and aluminum beverage cans.
Establishment of a recycling system
In cooperation with trading companies dealing in raw materials in the paper manufacturing industry, Toppan has worked out arecycling system designed to manufacture
toilet paper from used Cartocans as a raw
material. The system is characterized by thecapability of recycling and re-commercialization using unwashed containers. That isnormally a difficult operation, but the company succeeded after a series of experiments at a paper manufacturer with waste
Cartocans that still contained some leftovercontents.
To ensure the volume of raw materials
necessary for this process of recycling andre-commercialization as toilet rolls, Toppan
collected all used Cartocans from its Akihabara office and other possible materials
such as spoilage from the Cartocan processing plants, unwashed test samples from thefilling process, and other materials.
Utilization for Green Purchasing andsales promotion campaign
The biggest consumer of the recycled toilet
paper ECO-GREEN is Toppan itself. Highquality ECO-GREEN, made of approximately
50-percent used Cartocans (made from 100percent recycled paper and other raw materials), is very popular among the employees.
The procurement cost can also be minimized by making use of group-wide purchasing of this product.
ECO-GREEN toilet paper is also adopted
by customers in their sales promotion campaigns as it also acts to promote Cartocan.

Toilet rolls recycled from Cartocans, as a re-commercialized product

Further promotion of the Cartocan
recycling system
For customers who wish to promote the Cartocan recycling system using their waste
paper containers generated at offices and to
conduct Green Purchasing of toilet rolls,
Toppan introduces recycling routes andsupports their purchase of ECO-GREEN.
As a packaging manufacturer, Toppan
places importance not only on the sale ofcontainers but also on involvement in theirrecycling after use.

Categorized recycling bins (Akihabara office building)

Recycling system

Sorting for disposal

Automatic vending machineat the office

Used Cartocan
recycling bin

OfficeCollection andtransportation

Regenerated as toilet paper for
re-commercialization

Paper manufacturer

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5 COMMUNICATION ACTIVITIESCommunication Activities Inside the Company
By building up an information sharing system using the in-house intranet, Toppan strives to raise employee
consciousness on environmental issues and to share its basic philosophy on the environment.

Adoption of Toppan’s
Environmental Logo
To make our environmental activities more substantial, it is important to develop
an awareness of working on the environment not only among our employees,
but also among the many people who we deal with throughout a wide range of fields.
To accomplish this, the Toppan Group is conducting communication activities on a variety of levels.
These include awareness-raising efforts both inside and outside the company, collaborative
activities with local communities, and many other efforts.

To make ourselves fully aware of the environmental impact imposed by our production
activities and to promote environmental
activities throughout the company, it isessential to create fresh environmental
awareness among every employee. For thispurpose, in 1999 management adopted
what is now referred to as Toppan’s Environmental Logo. This logo is now printed on inhouse publications, business cards, and thelike to fully enhance environmental awareness in all of us.

Environmental communication
Customers

Local communities

Toppan’s Environmental Logo

YDisclosure of information
YLectures and seminars
YParticipation in
expositions

YDisclosure of information
YCommunity-friendly plant
YParticipation in local
eventsThrough its eco-protection activities and eco-creativity activities, Toppan is aspiring to become a company
that gives increasing consideration to the global
environment. This corporate philosophy and conduct
are expressed in the logo, which represents Toppan’senvironmental efforts and actions as a seed that will
germinate and grow. The stalk shooting out of theseed symbolizes the “E” of ecology, and its two leaves
represent Toppan’s eco-protection and eco-creativity
activities.

Reported eco-protection activity cases (November, 2001)

by inviting outside experts to give lectures.
The company also offers talks by our own
personnel, who give business lectures at ouroperational sites and plants.
Toppan Environmental Link
For the purpose of raising environmental
awareness among our employees, the company has built up an information-sharing
system using the in-house intranet. This
Toppan Environmental Link, which wasestablished in May 2001, shows various
types of environmental information fromboth inside and outside of the company. It
also displays information on Toppan’s environmentally-friendly products and othercontent to promote the general sharing of
information.
Ecology Awards
We added Ecology Awards to our biannual
President’s Awards and Divisional Awards asa means to stimulate employee efforts. The
Environmental Report 2001 was selected for
the Ecology Award during the fiscal 2001
President’s Award ceremony.

Award given to editorial staff of the Environmental Report

Principal communication
activities inside the company

Social contribution activities
YForestation project
YForestation fundYSupport for NPOs

Environmental month andenergy-saving month
To promote participation throughout theentire company, each year June is set as“environmental month,” and February andAugust are designated as “energy-saving
months.” Prior to the applicable activities,
the company sponsors a contest to selectthe Toppan Group’s overall environmental
slogan. For the energy-saving months, each
operational site posts awareness-raisingposters and slogans. The details of these andother activities are presented to other sites
through activity reports prepared at the endof the months in question, to expand awareness of inspirational activities nationwide.
Moreover, management tries to enhancethe environmental awareness of employees

Toppan Environmental Link

Toppan’s Environmental Report 2001, chosen for
the Excellent Performance Prize at the Environmental
Report Awards 2001

Lecture on LCA held for
Toppan employees
In December 2001, Toppan held a lectureon the LCA (Life Cycle Assessment) system to raise employee awareness, aspart of a project to quantitatively evaluate the environmental burden of thissystem in the scope of environmental
management.
We invited Mr. Atsushi Inaba from the
Research Center for Life Cycle Assessment of the “AIST” (National Institute ofAdvanced Industrial Science and Technology) to give a lecture. Mr. Inaba covered the relationship between the ISO

Atsushi Inaba
Center Director

14000 series standards and the LCA, general methods of analysis, Type III Labeling, and environmentally-friendly design.
The conference was animated withthe participation of many people fromdifferent divisions, who showed heatedinterest and actively addressed the lecturer with questions on the subject.

Slogan poster for environmental month

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Communication Activities Outside the Company

Activities Working with Local Communities

Disclosure of Toppan’s environmental information is actively made through its Environmental Reports,
Labels for Environmentally-friendly Products, and other means. Toppan is also promoting activities
involving participation in seminars and exhibitions of an environmental nature.

To facilitate collaboration with local residents, Toppan carries out a wide range of activities at the company’s
operational sites and plants nationwide to enhance harmony with local communities.

Basic policy behind Toppan’s
efforts

Basic policies behind
Toppan’s efforts

Toppan believes in the importance of establishing partnerships with various stakeholders in pursuing our goal of achievinga sustainable society. We are thus actively
proceeding with communication efforts
designed to share information and to deepen
mutual understanding with all parties concerned.

Disclosure of environmental
information
Adoption of Toppan’s Labels on
environmentally-friendly products
In fiscal 2000, the company began applying
its Labels for Environmentally-friendly Products to products that meet Toppan’s in-housestandards for environmental friendliness;these labels explain our efforts toward theenvironment in plain language.
By the end of March 2002, a total of
49 products were internally qualified for useof the Labels for Environmentally-friendly
Products.
Recycled vegetable oil
Aromatic-free inks, with 20-percent ormore of recycled vegetable oil mixed inoffset sheet-fed printing ink, or sevenpercent or more in rotary printing ink.

published in booklets as the Environmental
Report, the same information is also posted
on our website, so that as many people aspossible can share it.

http://www.toppan.co.jp/aboutus/
tech_info/environment02/index.html

Issuance of Site Reports
Since fiscal 2000, our ISO 14001-certified
operational sites have been issuing the Site
Reports, directed to the municipalities andresidents of neighboring areas. To obtain acopy of these Site Reports, please sende-mail to the following address:

Site Reports

eco@toppan.co.jp

A sample marking of a Toppan Label for
Environmentally-friendly ProductsContinual publication ofenvironmental reports
Toppan has been busy working on environment-related information disclosure throughthe annual publication of its Environmental
Report, which began in 1998. Besides being

Due to limitations of space, the present
Environmental Report deals only with environmental performance data on a company level.
Site-specific* environmental performancedata can also be obtained from Toppan’s
Web site, shown above.
*Production plants of Toppan Printing Co., Ltd.

Toppan Hall
Toppan Hall was constructed in October
2000, as part of the company’s centennial foundation activities to contribute toenhancing culture, especially in classicalmusic. Based on the concept of creating
natural communication between theperformer and the audience and becoming an ideal space to share emotion, theHall is highly acclaimed as a musical facility for its superior sound qualities.
In addition to organizing ordinary performances, the Hall is actively supporting
young artists through special programming. For young musicians aspiring to54

Other communication activities
Participation in symposiums
To promote a broad understanding of ourenvironmental efforts outside our organization, the company conducts a wide varietyof lecture and seminar activities, including
participation in and dispatching lecturers to
symposiums and conferences for various
trade and industrial organizations. We
believe that it is important that the opinions
shared on those occasions be reflected in
the environmental activities deployed at
Toppan.

Lecture given at the Toyo Ink Mfg. Co., Ltd.
seminar in KansaiParticipation in and hosting ofenvironment-related exhibitions
Toppan participated in Eco-Products 2001 in
December 2001. At this exhibition, held at
Tokyo Big Sight, Toppan’s environmentallyfriendly POP, original recycled printing paper,
environmentally-friendly packages, and otheritems were displayed. This gave the company an opportunity to provide an introduction to Toppan’s environmental efforts.
(See page 49)
At the Eco-Products 2001, the company
made a joint display with Toppan Forms Co.,
Ltd. to introduce to visitors the environmental initiatives taken by the Toppan Group.

become professionals, Toppan offers ona regular monthly basis the chance toperform in front of an audience that
often includes other amateur musiciansfrom the neighborhood.

To facilitate collaboration with local communities, management is working to enhancemutual communication by organizing plant
tours and other events for local residents
and people from neighboring facilities. In
fiscal 2001, all Toppan operational sites
invited their neighbors to a Beer Fest over a
period from July to August, which is held
every year as a continuing event. The event
was well regarded as an informal opportunity for mutual communication.
In fiscal 2001, there were 67 cases of complaints by the residents of neighboring areasof our production plants. The majority of thecomplaints were related to noise and offensive smells, which are urban types of pollution. While most of the complaints wereresolved with immediate remedial actions,complaints involving some of our production activities still need to be ironed out.
Management will continue its efforts to facilitate extensive communication with local
residents and to execute remedial measures,
including active investments in equipment.

Soundproof wall installation (Toppan Seihon Co., Ltd.)

supply drinking water during emergencies,
including major earthquakes, and are indicated in the Evacuation Areas in Your Town
map prepared by the Firefighting Bureau of
Nagoya.
The wells successfully underwent regularwater quality inspections in January 2002,
five years after the previous check. They
proved suitable for supplying drinking
water. The plant is willing to cooperate further with the city in providing these wells asa source of emergency water.
Multi-purpose facilities opened to local
residents
The multi-purpose facility Yuai Plaza (Fraternity Plaza) at the Asaka plant is used for
employee club activities. The facility is also
open to the local community; it is popularwith neighborhood residents. Yuai Plaza
offers a space for sporting events such asvolleyball and basketball to local community members and a place of practice fororchestra and other music club members
working at the plant.
Participation in flower plantation
The Fukuzaki plant participates three times
a year in the Flower Plantation Campaign
organized by the town of Fukuzaki. Employees plant pansies, salvias, and many otherflowers in the flowerbeds of the plant. As
members of the community, they also actively
participate in local events, including blood
donation campaigns and sports festivals.
Space opened at the Toppan Koishikawa
Building
The premises of the Toppan Koishikawa
Building (Tokyo), which was completed in
May 2000, encompass a green, open spaceof approximately 3,000 m2, home to approx-

imately 200 mature trees and 30,000 shrubs,
offering a space for relaxation to our employees and local residents.

Space open to the public at the Toppan Koishikawa
Building

Participation in local events
As part of our activities to facilitate local
communication, Toppan is participating in,and supporting, events held in the local
communities. Each of our operational sites
plans and organizes events aimed atenhancing mutual friendship among our
employees and at encouraging exchanges
between our employees and local residents.

Participation in a clean-up campaign on Lake Biwa Day

Cleaning campaign around the Kumamoto plant

Plant tour (Sagamihara plant)

In February 2002, the Kumamoto plant
conducted a local clean-up campaign forbeautification of the area, along themunicipal roads surrounding the facilities. A total of 31 participants collectedgarbage, including empty cans, bottles,

PET bottles, and many others.
With the slogan “Make our town clean
by our own hand!”, the plant intends toactively continue local clean-up activities
as a member of the community.

Principal activities to seek
coexistence with neighboring
communities

POSTEX-ECO (Toppan Forms Co., Ltd.)

Disaster-relief emergency water wells
Since 1996, at the request of the Environmental Bureau of Nagoya, the Nagoya plant
has been cooperating with the bureau tosupply water from the wells on plant premises in case of emergency. These wells can

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Social Contributions and Awards

Toppan’s Environmental Chronology

As a member of the printing industry, handling large quantities of paper, Toppan is developing activities leading
to the protection of forest resources and conservation of the global environment.

Beginning in the 1960s as pollution-prevention activities, Toppan’s environmental efforts have broadly evolved since then.
The company is now a true “global citizen.”

Social contributions

Beginning with the installation of recovery
equipment for organic solvents in the 1960s,
Toppan began introducing of a series of pollution-prevention measures that continued
through the 1980s.
These measures responded to the natureand degree of discharge from the production
plants. Back in 1971, under the leadership of
its head office, the company began auditing
operations to broaden and improve the management of pollution prevention.
The movement toward global environ-

Forestation activities
In January 1997, Toppan set up a joint corporation for forestation in southeast Australia with Oji Paper Co., Ltd. and the Nissho
Iwai Corporation. The joint venture mainly
plants early-maturing eucalyptus and otherbroadleaf trees. The goal is to cover an areaof 10,000 hectares by the year 2007.
The venture has also joined a research
project cosponsored by the Japanese government and private enterprises that intends
to develop a concrete method of measuring
the amount of CO2 absorbed by forested
trees. Toppan is thus striving to develop
within fiscal 2002 a scientific measuringmethod that can be later adopted as aninternational standard in this field.

projects and NPOs. In fiscal 2001, donations
totaling approximately 10 million yen were
distributed to 14 NPOs, which actively tackled the problems through tree planting andother natural preservation programs. Since
these activities need steady support, Toppan
is determined to continue its cooperation for
the Treefree Fund Project.

Main awards received for
Toppan’s environmental
conservation activities
For its environmental conservation activities,
Toppan has received the following awards
and prizes.

CartocanPromoting treefree paper
As a member of the Treefree Fund Project,
Toppan is working to increase the use oftreefree paper in printing, and thus to enhance
the protection of precious forest resources.
One percent of the cost of treefree paper
is reserved in the Treefree Fund, earmarked
for forest protection. Since fiscal 1995, thismoney has been awarded to forestation
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Societal developments

Activities at Toppan Group
Commendation ceremony in the Environmental ReportAwardsTreefree Logo

Awards

Product sales to fund forestation
With the generous support of numerous
beverage companies, Toppan was able toreserve some of the profits from the sales of
its Cartocan paper-based beverage containers and donate them to the Forest Fund forforestation in Indonesia, via the Global Citizens’ Forest, by the Japan Ecology Foundation. The company started this program in
February 1999, and contributed 2.38 million
yen in fiscal 2001.

As a result of refinement of environmental management activities, the Shiga plant(Electronics Division) obtained ISO 14001
certification in July 1998, the very first for
Toppan. Thereafter, activities aimed at
obtaining the same certification were continuously carried out mainly at production
plants. In February 2002, the Itabashi site
(Information & Networks) was awarded certification for its “plate-making, printing, andmanufacturing of books, magazines, andrelated products.”

Environmental chronology

Main awards received for Toppan’s environmental conservation activities

Forestation activities in southeast Australia

mental conservation became widespread in
the 1990s, and accordingly expanded therange of issues with which enterprises must
deal. In 1991, Toppan established the Ecology Center, which was given the role of controlling environmental activities. Whileestablishing an environmental conservation
system on a national level, the company
recently introduced its In-house Environmental Audit System as a means of preparation for future international standardizationof environmental management systems.

July 1991

Minister of International Trade and Industry’s Award for Plants Distinguished in Greening
Activities—Fukuzaki plantFebruary 1992

Director’s Award, Kanto Bureau of International Trade and Industry for Plants
Distinguished in Energy Management—Itabashi plantFebruary 1995

Encouragement Award, Saitama Prefecture Global Environmental Awards—
Toppan Graphic Co., Ltd.

April 1996

Fuji Sankei Group Award, the Fifth Global Environment Awards

February 1999

The Highest Award, Chairman’s Awards, Committee on the Rationalization of Energy
Consumption in the Kanto Region

December 2001

The Excellent Performance Prize, Environmental Report Awards 2001

Toppan’s participation in environment-related organizations
Organization
Nikkei BP Eco Management Forum

Environmental Study Group, Japan Environment Association

Green Purchasing Network

Network for Environmental Reporting

UNU Zero Emissions ForumStudy Group on Practical Matters about Introducing
Environmental Accounting

E Introduction of environmental facilities, including equipment
for the prevention of pollution

1960

E Established the Environmental Management Division at the head office,and set up an environmental maintenance department at each plant
E Introduction of pollution-prevention audits

1971

E Environment Agency created

E Establishment of a system within the Central Research Institute forthe analysis of environmental data

1972

E United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP) established1985

E Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer held

1987

E Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer adopted

1988

E Eco-Mark adopted, Control Law on CFCs enacted

1989

E Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements ofHazardous Wastes and Their Disposal adopted

E Introduction of a cogeneration system

1990

E Establishment of the Ecology Center within the head office
E Restructure of the corporate-wide environmental management system
E Establishment of an environmental research group in the TechnicalResearch Institute1991

E Keidanren established the Global Environment Charter

E Establishment of Toppan’s Declaration on the Global Environment as
a basic philosophy for environment efforts
E The Ecology Award added to Toppan’s in-house awards

1992

E Hosting of the U.N. Conference on the Basic Environment (Global Summit)

E Basic Environment Law enacted

ECOMATERIALS Forum, The Societyof Nontraditional Technology

Collect-and-Use Recycling Association

E Establishment of the Toppan Voluntary Plan on the Global Environment as
a basic conduct guideline

1993

World Wildlife Fund Japan [WWF]E Halted the use of specific CFCs and trichloroethane

1994

Society for Chemical Risk

Japan Ecology Foundation, others

Japan LCA Forum

Donating notebooks recycled from remaining
paper rolls to Laotian children
Last summer, in collaboration with Co-op
Hiroshima and Oji Paper Co., Ltd., Toppan
carried out a project of manufacturing
notebooks, making use of the remaining
paper rolls of flyer printing, for donation
to developing countries. A total of 60,000
notebooks recycled from remaining paper
were donated through the Hiroshima-Laos
Friendship Association to elementary andjunior high school pupils and students oflocal mountain tribes living in outlying
regions of Laos. In March 2002, Toppan
received a certificate of appreciation
through the Association from the Ministry of Education, Laos, for this project.

Certificate of appreciation sent from the Laotian
government and the donated notebooks

1995

E Containers and Packaging Recycling Law enacted

E Received the Fuji Sankei Group Award at the Fifth Global Environmental Awards
E Joined the Green Purchasing Network

1996

E Commencement of the ISO 14000 Series (Environmental Management System)
E Green Purchasing Network established

E Introduction of an environmental management system conforming to
ISO 14001 at all production plants

1997

E Hosting of the Third Conference of Member Countries to the United Nations
Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP3)
E Kyoto Protocol adopted

E Established the self-developed LCA method for packaging products
E The Shiga and Kumamoto plants (Electronics) obtained ISO 14001
certification
E Commencement of publication of the Environmental Report

1998

E NPO Law enacted
E Home Appliance Recycling Law enacted

E Introduction of the system for the promotion of Green Purchasing, covering
entire company
E Introduction of the RPF system at the Sagamihara plant (Packaging)
E Introduction of Toppan’s Environmental Logo
E Introduction of environmental accounting

1999

E Revised Energy Conservation Law put into force
E PRTR Law enacted
E Law on the Promotion of Countermeasures against Global Warming enacted
E Environmental Impact Assessment Law enacted

E The Sakado plant (Publications) achieved its zero-emissions target
E The Niigata plant (Electronics), Satte and Kashiwa plants (Industrial
Materials) obtained ISO 14001 certification
E The Sakado plant (Publications/Commercial Printing) and Ranzan plant(Securities Printing) obtained ISO 14001 certification
E Toppan organized and hosted the Environmental Communication
Exhibition 2000
E Exhibited at Eco-Products 2000

2000

E Green Purchasing Law enacted
E Construction Recycling Law enacted
E Basic Law for Promotion of a Recycling-Oriented Society enacted
E Food Recycling Law enacted

E Akihabara and Ebie offices (Packaging) obtained ISO 14001 certification
E Introduction of the Toppan Group Consolidated Environmental Accounting
E The Environmental Report 2001 selected for the Excellent Performance
Prize at the Environmental Report Awards 2001
E Exhibited at Eco-Products 2001

2001

E Environment Agency renamed the Ministry of Environment
E Revised Waste Disposal and Public Cleaning Law
E Fluorocarbons Recovery and Destruction Law enacted
E Law concerning Special Measure Against PCB Waste enacted
E Revised Automobile NOx Law put in force

E The Itabashi site (Publications) obtained ISO 14001 certification
E The Toppan Group Consolidated Environmental Accounting extended toits overseas subsidiaries

2002
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Corporate Profile and Scope of the Environmental Report

Corporate nameToppan Printing Co., Ltd.

Head office

1 Kanda Izumi-cho,
Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo
101-0024 Japan
Phone +81-3-3835-5111

Established

January 17, 1900

President & CEO

Naoki Adachi

Capital(Nonconsolidated)

Scope of Toppan Group Companies in the Environmental Report 2002
IManufacturing Companies

Chitose plant

Production plants in Information & Networks
Production plants in Living Environment
Production plants in Electronics

Sapporo plantNiigata plant¥104.9 billion (as of the end of
March, 2002)

Takino plant (Packaging)
Fukuzaki plant
Sendai plant
Shiga plant

Satte plant

Sales
(¥100
million)12,000Consolidated
Nonconsolidated
12,961
12,93812,37012,234

Fukuoka plant No.1

Kashiwa plant
9,693

10,000Asaka plant (Electronics)
Asaka plant (Securities)
Asaka plant (Commercial Printing)

9,602

Toppan Display Co., Ltd.
Toppan Graphic Co., Ltd.
Toppan Seihon Co., Ltd.
18 other companies*Hino Offset Printing Co., Ltd.
Two other companies
Hamamatsu Toppan
Forms Co., Ltd.
10 other companies
T. F. Company, Ltd.
Five other companies*Korea Toppan Forms Co., Ltd.
Six other companies

IManufacturing and Sales Companies
Toppan Forms Co., Ltd.
*Tosho Printing Co., Ltd.
*Tokyo Magnetic Printing
Co., Ltd.
Toppan Printing Co.
(America), Inc.
Toppan Printing Co., (H.K.) Ltd.
Toppan Printing Co.,
(Shenzhen) Ltd.
Toppan Printing Co.,
(Shanghai) Ltd.
Three other companies

Fukuoka plant No.2

9,191

9,096

8,000
Itabashi plant

6,000
Kumamoto plant

4,000

Nagoya plant
Matsuzaka plantKansai plant (Commercial Printing) (Osaka)
Itami plant

2,000
0March term, 2000/3
fiscal 1999

2001/3(¥100
million)

600

635
494

479

SIAM TOPPAN PACKAGING CO., LTD.
TOPPAN PRINTING CO., (SHENZHEN) LTD.

484

TOPPAN PRINTING CO., (SHANGHAI) LTD.

411

400
300

IManufacturing Companies

IManufacturing and Sales Companies

Numazu plant

Overseas production plants (plants of locally incorporated companies)

731

606

500

Ranzan plant

Consolidated
Nonconsolidated
694

700

2002/3

Sakado plant

Living Environment

Average profits

Sagamihara plant

Toppan Plastic Co., Ltd.
Toppan Containers Co., Ltd.
Toppan Kansai Packs Co., Ltd.
19 other companies
Tama Processing Co., Ltd.
Two other companies*Tama Processing(Private Limited Company)

Toppan Label Co., Ltd.
Tamapoly Co., Ltd.
*Toyo Ink Mfg. Co., Ltd.
Two other companies
PT Toppan Sampoerna Indonesia
Toppan Interamerica Inc.
Three other companies

TOPPAN PRINTING CO. (AMERICA), INC.

200
100
0
March term, 2000/3
fiscal 1999

2001/3(¥100
million)Consolidated
Nonconsolidated
304

300

278

266

250

244
226
183

200
150

207

Toppan Electronics, Inc.
Three other companies

ISales Companies
Toppan Cosmo, Inc.
One other company

ISales Companies
Toppan Chunghwa Electronics
Co., Ltd.
One other company

PT TOPPAN SAMPOERNA INDONESIATOPPAN PRINTING CO., (H.K.) LTD.

50
0March term, 2000/3
fiscal 1999

Niigata Toppan Printing Co., Ltd.
Toppan Shiga Seimitsu Co., Ltd.
Three other companies

IManufacturing and Sales Companies

froebel-kan, co., ltd.
Total Media Development
Institute Co., Ltd.
Toppan Travel Service Co., Ltd.
Toppan Multisoft Ltd.
17 other companies*Toppan M & I Co., Ltd.
*Tokyo Shoseki Co., Ltd.
Three other companies
Toppan Printing Co. (Australia)
Pty. Ltd.

147

100

TOPPAN CHUNGHWA ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
2001/3

TOPPAN ELECTRONICS, INC.
TOPPAN INTERAMERICA INC.

2002/3∗Amounts shown were rounded off, discarding figures
below the ¥100 million mark.
∗Consolidated accounting reflects the results of all subsidiaries and affiliates, with consolidated subsidiaries
numbering 113 and companies subject to the Equity
Law numbering 21.

58

Electronics

Net income

IManufacturing Companies

2002/3

ISales Companies

Toppan Printing Co., Ltd. (Manufacturing and sales company)

Gunma plantKansai plant (Commercial Printing) (Takino)
Takino plant (Securities)

Information & Networks

Number of employees(Nonconsolidated) 12,748 (as of the end of
March, 2002)(Consolidated)
31,610 (as of the end of
March, 2002)

Locations of production plants (Toppan Printing Co., Ltd.)For contact with a specific operational site,please visit the Corporate Profile of our website at

http://www.toppan.co.jp/

Toppan’s locally incorporated company,
representative office, or sales officeBusiness partner with technical tie-up∗From this consolidated fiscal year, the company’s environmental accounting is classified into three categories according to
Toppan’s principal fields of activities (until the last fiscal year, just two were used). Though our business operations activities
should in principle be divided into five fields of activities, only three main categories are presently adopted for the consolidated
environmental accounting. This decision was made in view of the actual size of the sales.
∗Of Toppan’s subsidiaries, Toppan Forms Co., Ltd. is listed on the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
∗The scope of the environmental performance data and environmental accounting takes into consideration the importanceeach subsidiary in terms of environmental conservation.

Note: No symbol: Subsidiary 113 companies*(asterisk): Affiliate
21 companies
Products
Raw materials
Service59Summary of Independent Review and Questionnaire Results

Independent Review of the Environmental Report

The following is an independent review of this Environmental Report, conducted by the independent examiner,
Asahi & Co. Included are summarized results of a questionnaire utilized in the preparation of the Environmental Report.

Outline of Review Conducted by
Asahi & Co.
To ensure the credibility of environmental
performance indicators and environmental
accounting indicators, Toppan Printing Co.,
Ltd. has undergone an independent review
by Asahi & Co. on the Environmental Reportsince the fiscal 2001 version.
Toppan believes that a third-party reviewof the disclosed indicators in the Environmental Report is important for Toppan’s
activities to be properly understood.
Although the results of the independent
review are presented in the following pages,some supplemental comments and remarks
have been made in the course of the review.
This information is abstracted and summarized as follows:
Improved points, compared to last fiscal
year:
1. The range of items has been unified for
the Environmental Report, environmental
performance data, and environmental
accounting. In addition, information on
environmental performance and environmental accounting of nine overseas operational sites have been added to thecalculations since fiscal 2001.
2. Based on the achievements gained in theenvironmental accounting of the last threefiscal years, we have revised Toppan’s
Guidelines for Calculation of Environmental Accounting Cost and Effect. As forcomposite costs, the company redefined
the environmental conservation ratio of
each item accordingly. In the internal
auditing, all environmental conservation
facilities at each operational site havebeen thoroughly checked and confirmed,
which led to a more accurate consolidation of the environmental accounting.
3. For the unachieved targets in fiscal 2001,
the specific causes and countermeasures
to be taken for the subsequent year are
disclosed.
Items that require consideration:
1. Data and information on the environmental activities of overseas operationalsites, newly added from fiscal 2001, areincluded as a whole group. It is difficult tograsp the specific activities of each site
functioning outside Japan.
2. With regard to the environmental performance of Toppan’s overseas operational sites, which represent a small
percentage of the entire Group, it is recommended that detailed explanations
on specific methods of handling the dataof overseas operational sites (such as
method of data conversion, method of60

obtaining data, etc.) be given in the Environmental Report. It is also necessary toconfirm the content of the reporting ofenvironmental accounting through aninternal audit.
3. From the perspective of environmental
management, it is recommended that
integrated indicators be devised to correlate the environmental conservation costswith those effects (quantitative effect andeconomic effect) and that the environmental performance indicators and environmental accounting be utilized internally,
including the supply of segmented information, evaluation for each specific measure, and so forth.

Results of Questionnaire
Toppan includes a questionnaire at the endof each copy of the Environmental Reportto promote bilateral communication withreaders. Starting from the last fiscal year, thecompany has conducted a survey on thecontent of the Environmental Report as partof the environmental education session held
for new Toppan employees. In view of thefact that their responses and opinions turned
out to be very close to those of general consumers, management has decided to continue adopting this survey for the evaluationof the Environmental Report this year.
As a result of the questionnaire sent fromreaders of the report and the questionnaire
by our new recruits, 69.7 percent of the
respondents chose “Easy to understand,” ascompared to 28.1 percent expressing “Average” for the descriptions of the Report. As forthe content of the Report, 80.0 percent
replied “Sufficient,” while 19.6 percent
selected “Average.” According to the survey,
the most three impressive items are, in

Particularly impressive subjects
in the Environmental Report 2001
Eco-creativity Activities

147

Eco-protection Activities

113

Toppan’s Businesses andEnvironmental Impact

109

Toppan Group’s Commitment
to the Environment

82∗Multiple Answers admittedorder, “Eco-creativity Activities,” “Eco-protection Activities,” and “Toppan’s Businesses
and Environmental Impact.”
In addition, the following is a summary ofrepresentative opinions regarding points tobe improved:
Y Easily understandable explanations should
be given for the activities conducted ateach production plant.
Y The efforts and communication activities
conducted by overseas plants should be
explained in more detail.
Y Although what is going on and what
has been done are understandable, theremaining items and the tasks to be tackled should also be clarified.
Y For recycling, more details should also begiven with regard to its system and specific operations, though the general idea isunderstandable.
Y The report is too voluminous; it takes a lotof time to read the whole thing.
Y Preparation of separate reports, designed
for children or students, can be envisaged.
Y A means of inquiry should be provided at
Toppan’s website.
Toppan plans to take into consideration
the above remarks and endeavor to continually improve the Environmental Report andits environmental communication.

Editor’s notes
In this Environmental Report 2002—our fifth
report—we organized the material with one
overriding principle in mind: to make it easy toread. We did it on the basis of the configurationand descriptions adopted in the production oflast year’s Environmental Report. We tried to
avoid using technical terms as far as possible,
and to employ more figures and graphs than
we did last year. In response to one view thatthe reporting of last year’s activities to be difficult to understand, we added pages entitled“Review of Environmental Activities of Fiscal
2001” for readers to recognize the relationships
between the achievements and the evaluation/review of the targets. Because we still present a large volume of information, however,
we’d like to work out separate booklets or pamphlets with simpler content.

To enhance the reliability of the Environmental Report, the present report was subjected
to a third-party review, conducted again by
Asahi and Co. The review procedures required
more time than last year due to expansion of
the scope of review of the documents. It wasdemonstrated that the consolidation of dataand information could be further refined. We
intend to review and continue to improve thedata collection/calculation system next year.
We believe that “environmental communication” will become an absolutely key concept
for our society. We are committed to publishingincreasingly easy-to-read and reader-friendly
Environmental Reports as tools for promoting
the communication activities of the “Information Communication Industry.”ENVIRONMENTAL REPORT 2002

ENVIRONMENTAL REPORT 2002
Toppan Group’s Environmental Conservation Activities

印刷サービスのグリーン購入に取り組んでいますThis paper was printed on treefree paper Take Bulky GA comprising
100-percent bamboo pulp, and with waterless printing aromatic-free
soy ink AqualessEcoo New Soy (Toyo Ink Mfg. Co., Ltd.).

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