Knowing TDK – 4

A Society Created through CSR Undertaken inBusiness Activities
Our society is facing various issues.
TDK seeks to solve social issues through its business activities.

The TDK Group in the WorldA Society Created through CSR

Since the company’s founding in 1935, TDK’s business has expanded into various countries and regions around theworld. The TDK product lineup has also greatly diversified.
Remaining an important player on the world stage, TDK aims to keep delivering services and products that fulfill theneeds of society.

Americas

Development of
human resources

Improve the quality of life

A society where
everyone can live
safely and securely• Create advanced robots

Symbiosis with theglobal environment• Create wearable computersthat can be used while attachedto the body

• Eliminate digital divides• Expand data centers• Create transport systems thatcan supply electricity while
operating• Develop safe, secure, andcomfortable automobile-based
lifestyles• Use and expand renewableenergyAsia• Create wearable devices that
can inform users about theirhealth status at anytime• Promote the increased use of
eco-cars and hybrid vehicles• Create electric power generation systems utilizing temperature differences

Number of employees:
Consolidated subsidiaries:
Net sales:
Number of employees:
Consolidated subsidiaries:
Net sales:

3,150
1789,871 million yen (8.3%）

69,222
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Important Activity Areas from a CSR Perspective
Contribution
to the world bytechnology

Society and environmental
considerations in thesupply chain

Development of
human resources

753,461 million yen (69.6%）

Symbiosis with theglobal environment

TDK’s Five Core Technologies
Materials technology, processing technology, evaluation and simulation technology,
production technology, and device and module technology

Markets that TDK Focuses OnICT

Industrial
equipment &energy

AutomotiveJapan

Social Issues that TDK Addresses

EuropeNumber of employees:
Consolidated subsidiaries:

Number of employees:
Consolidated subsidiaries:
Net sales:

6,720
33

146,016 million yen (13.5%）

Net sales:

Developedcountries:

93,212 million yen (8.6%）

TDK Group consolidated net sales:

1,082,560

8,984
12

million yen

Number of TDK Group employees:

88,076

Consolidated subsidiaries:

117

Digital divides

Population of disabled people

Mobile broadband use rate (2014)

People with physical or mental disabilities
worldwide (2011)84%

Globalaverage:32%

Developingcountries:

21%

*1

Approx.

1billion
people15%of the global
population*2

Aging of the global
population

Climate change

Energy consumption

Traffic accidents

Population of people aged
60 years and older (2050)

Increase in temperature(2100)

Global primary energy
consumption (2040)

Number of traffic fatalities
worldwide (2010)

*3

*4

2

billionpeopleMaximum

4.8 °C

19.3

billion
tons

*5

1.24

millionpeople*6Notes: *1 From the Millennium Development Goals Report 2014 / *2 United Nations Information Centres (WHO/World Bank Report) / *3 United Nations Population Fund, “Ageing in theTwenty-First Century: A Celebration and A Challenge” (2012) / *4 IPCC 5th Assessment Report (2013) / *5 Forecast by the Institute of Energy Economics, Japan (2014) / *6 WHO’s
Global Health Observatory data on road safety

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TDK CSR REPORT 2015

TDK CSR REPORT 201510