2021
SaveTheEarthBusiness Summary
2021 Social Responsibility & Environmental Report
Contents

Company name：Soshin Electric Co., Ltd.
URL：http://www.soshin.co.jp■ Business Summary
Corporate profile, business locations and financial highlights

1

A Message from the President / Corporate Governance2

Business Domains & Related Products

3■ Social Responsibility Report
CSR activities
4（SDGs : Sustainable Development Goals）
Respect for Humanity and Assurance of
5〜6
a Comfortable Working Environment
Cooperation with local communities and promotion
7of social contribution activities

Environmental management system

8

Outline of environmental preservation activities

9

Environmental accounting

10

Mass balance / Management of contained
11
chemical substances
Approach to reduction activities of environment loads

12

Examples of energy saving measures

13

Approach to resource utilization

14

Editorial policy
This report presents the Group of Soshin Electriccompaniesʼ approach to society and the environment.

From April 2020 to March 2021
【Coverage】
Soshin Electric Co., Ltd.
Soshin Powertech Co., Ltd.
Soshin Device Co., Ltd.
Risshin Electronics Co., Ltd.
Soshin Electronics (M) Sdn. Bhd.
Issued in September 2021

Tokyo Head Oﬃce
No. 1-1-1, Shibaura, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-0023, Japan
Tel. 81-3-5730-4500 Fax. 81-3-5730-4504
Established in：December 1938
Incorporated in：April 1944
Capital：3,806 million Japanese yen（As of the end of March 2021）
Number of employees：745（Total）（As of the end of March 2021）■Business Locations【Sales offices in Japan】
Tokyo Head OfficeOsaka office / Nagoya office / Kyushu office■ Environmental Report【Period covered】■Corporate Proﬁle（As of the end of March 2021）【Domestic plant and R&D location】
Asama Plant / Chikuma Technical Center【Group companies】
Soshin Powertech Co., Ltd.
Soshin Device Co., Ltd.
Risshin Electronics Co., Ltd.
Soshin Electronics（M）Sdn. Bhd.
Soshin Electronics of America Inc.
Soshin Electronics Europe GmbH
Soshin Electronics（HK）Limited
Soshin Electronics（SZ）Limited
Taiwan Soshin Electric Co., Ltd.

■Financial Highlights■Sales amount■Sales ratio per market（100 Million yen）

150
100
50
0

（2020）

94

104

101

89

95

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

（Fiscal years）■Operating profit（100 Million yen）

9.0
6.0
3.0
0.0
△ 3.0
△ 6.0

5.1

2.0

△ 1.3
2016

1

2017

2018

0.8

△ 4.4
2019

2020

（Fiscal years）

Power
electronics
business
41%

Informationandtelecommunication
business
59%

Business Summary

President

Takashi Kamioka

We are still in the situation where we cannot clearly see the path to the end of COVID-19, but by thetime you read this report, I hope things will have got much better with vaccination, starting to prevail infull swing, as a light to show the way.
With various restrictions due to the pandemic, we have responded to the requests of theadministration with such measures as implementing telecommuting in the applicable areas. We have
newly noticed how lucky we had been to have "daily" lives.
Under these circumstances, however, we have been continuing business activities so that we canserve for the society. The lifestyle change has stimulated on-line activities, raising the demand formobile phone base stations, wireless LANs and more for which we provide electronic parts. We havesupplied products and made capital investment to meet the increasing demand, leading to ourcontribution to the social change
We have also continued to lower power usage for reducing CO2 emissions by installing LED lighting,switching to highly efficient air conditioners and more.
Furthermore, some workplaces took a surveillance inspection of ISO45001 this year, an international
standard for an occupational health and safety management system, to improve the work environment
for employees. We did this to make our workplaces safe for employees to work and plan to expand thiseffort to all the other domestic bases next year.
Our contribution might be small for the society, but we are determined to continue our work with ourbest possible efforts to realize a world where future generations can live safely.
We would appreciate it very much if our stakeholders would continuously support us.

◆ Corporate Governance

Governance system
Stockholderʼs General Meeting

Soshin Electric Group has positioned
nhancement of corporate value as one of our
key management issues.
We regard the enhancement of corporate
governance as an important measure that raises thelegality of the business activities and transparencyof corporate management, leads us to become an
entity trusted by every stakeholder (stockholders,customers, company employees, suppliers andrelevant local communities) and is conducive to therise of corporate value.
To make them a reality, we strive for ensured
compliance with laws by identifying the
responsibilities of the Board of Directors’ Meetingand Auditors’ Meeting such as adjustment of the
management organization, improved management
efficiency and enhancement of the managementmonitoring function. Establishment of relationshipof mutual trust through ensured gaining ofstockholders’ privilege and equality and promoted
dialogues are other matters we seek.

Electionorremoval of
directors

Reporting andbringing up expected
resolutions

Election or removal of
Accounting auditors

Board of Directors
Directors

Accounting auditors

Mutualcooperation

Audit・Supervision

Evaluation

Directors(Excluding the Audit and Supervisory Committee)
Proposal
makingandreportingSelection・Dismissal

Business execution function(Audit and Supervisory Committee)

Transfer of supervisingand auditing authority

ReportingInstraction

President
Decision

Reporting

Audit and Supervisory Committee

ReportingAccounting auditing andinternal management auditing

Business auditing department

Proposal making and reporting

Corporate managemant meeting

Auditing

Business execution department
Corporate CSR Committee
Development Committee
Facility Committee
Invention Incentive committee

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Risk Managemant Committee
Enviromental Committee
Export Control Committee
Safety and Health Committee
Quality Assurance Committee
Compliance Committee

Each Division(including aﬃliatedcompanies)
Help line(in cooperation with thecorporation lawyer)

Business Summary

A Message from the President Business Summary

To meet the needs of the times and expectations of customers in the industrial instrument and information andtelecommunication equipment markets, as well as ultimately to contribute to realization of a low-carbon society, theGroup of Soshin Electric companies manufactures small and high-performance products with the least amount ofindustrial waste in consideration of environmental impact.

【Information and communication Business】

・For information and telecommunication infrastructures
High-frequency components such as laminated dielectric filters and couplers support the infrastructure for the information and communication equipment
market including mobile phone base stations (5G).
・For telecommunication terminals
Our laminated dielectric filters have been used in access points of the latest standard of Wireless LAN (Wi-Fi6).

【Power Electronics Business】

・Noise-related fields
Needs are growing for countermeasures against disturbance due to noises arising in fields of industries such as semiconductor manufacturing
facilities and machine tools, equipment supporting our daily life such as air conditioners and elevators, and environmental facilities where load redution
on the global environment is anticipated.
Our EMC products have played a key role in many industrial fields as a solution for issues relating to noises generated in these equipment andfacilities.
・Car and railway elecronics
We propose noise filters and capacitors for EV quick chargers, etc. Railway vehicles and rail traffic control systems are other areas where a vriety of ourfilters and capacitors work to support safty and ease.

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Business Summary

Bsiness Domain & Related Products

Social Responsibility Report◆Approach to SDGs (Sustainable Dvelopment Goals)
We consider it as one of our important social responsibilities to contribute to the extensive solutions of social problems through our business activities on our
indexes of SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals) adopted by the United Nations.
We take actions to our possible 5 goals by materializing our offered values. And we take actions to contribute to economic growth by increasing ourcontributable goals while the Corporation grows.

Five Goals of SDGs Soshin Electric Group is Engaged in
Related contentsOﬀered values by Soshin Electric Group

Respect to humanity and securing of comfordable
workplace environment

We provide decent and safety workplace to employees in order tocontribute to economical growth, by adequate employment andacceptance and respect of personality and human diversity.

Cooperation with local communities and promotionof social contribution activities

We contribute to cooperation with local communities and realization ofsustainable cities and communities.

Resources balance (input/output) and control ofcontained chemical substances

We reduce output of resources utilizing effectively energy, chemical
substances and water and others necessary to business activities.

Activities of environmental preservation andapproach to reduction activities of environmentalloads

We contribute to preservation of environment, reduction ofenvironmental loads and reduction of CO2 emissions and wastes,by strenghtening the control of contained chemical substances andpreventing environment-related claimes and accidents from arising.

Approach to environment utilization

We contribute to forest protection and countermeasues against
desertification indirectly and loss of animal deversity, by promoting 3R(Reduse, Reuse, Recycle) and attaining zero-emission.

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Social Responsibility Report

About The CSR Activity

Social Responsibility Report◆Basic employment policy
We at the Group of Soshin Electric companies have tried to ensure employment stability through the establishment of manpower plans ascertaining to mid- tolong-term business development. Such efforts included planned employment of new graduates and active deployment of internal job rotation, placement of theright people with necessary ability and experience in the right job, and promotion of activities that helped employees find their jobs challenging without needing to
exercise extra care.

◆Enhancement of healthy mental state
The Group of Soshin Electric companies has arranged study sessions for acquisition of knowledge about mental disturbance, self-care and line care throughconsolidated services by industrial physicians, consultant physicians and health nurses to ensure employees’ mental health.
Health awareness of our employees has enhanced, and the rate of those who undergo the stress check is about 100%.
In addition, training of managers, control of overtime work and strict observance of the previously established no-overtime day program have been implemented
against excessively long-time work.

◆Esteem for individuality and diversity

Our employment level of disabled people was 3.03% (as of fiscal 2020), which exceeded the legally set 2.2% minimum.
As a result of the establishment of a re-employment system for employees who have passed mandatory retirement age, flexible working arrangements, including
full-time and part-time work programs, are provided to fit individuals’ post-retirement plans.

◆Realization of work-life balance
Many female employees have taken up the opportunity for pre-natal and post-partum maternity leave and infant care before returning to work. Furthermore,refreshment holiday and planned paid holiday systems are provided for employees to refresh their minds and bodies. Also, the working style has become more
flexible since fiscal 2021 as the hourly paid leave system was introduced.

◆Management training
Management training was given online for the first time. We could realize an exchange of opinions across workplaces thanks to the advantage of the online
session.

◆Improvement of compliance
Compliance training was given to all the employees by external lecturers.
The lecturers provided video training on competition laws for sales, procurement and other related staff.

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Respect for Humanity and Assurance of a Comfortable Working Environment

Social Responsibility Report◆Health and Safety
We secure safety and health of employees and promote environmental creation of comfortable workplace, while taking positive activities of safety and health toaim at zero occupational accidents.
Our major activities include control / prevention of serious incidents and accidents such as “being caught in rotating machines, being pinched, electric shockand explosion”, as well as visualization of hidden risk factors by mutual patrol among our group companies.
Also, we extract and remove risk factors by doing a safety survey to employees and take actions for safety and health reflecting their viewpoints and opinions.

◆Occupational Health Activities
A stress check is given during the National Industrial Health Week. We analyze the changes by location and fiscal year and utilize them for our industrial healthactivities to improve physical and mental health and also our internal safety and hygiene.

◆Acquisition of ISO45001 Certification
In fiscal 2019, Asama Plant, Asama Plant Nakagomi Branch and Chikuma Technical Center obtained occupational health and safety management system
ISO45001 certification and now all Soshin Electric Group's domestic bases are preparing to be certified in fiscal 2021.

Disaster Prevention Training (Chikuma Technical Center)

Company-wide Safety Training in fiscal 2021

ISO45001：20186certificate

Social Responsibility Report

Respect for Humanity and Assurance of a Comfortable Working Environment

Social Responsibility Report◆Participation in Blood Donation Campaigns◆Greeting Campaign

We participated in blood donation campaigns at Tokyo Head Office,Asama Plant and Chikuma Technical Center.

We joined a greeting campaign at Yamanokuchi Area, where Soshin
Powertech exists.

◆Adopt System Environmental Beautification
Campaign◆Beautification Campaign around Factory
Soshin Device conducted trash pick-ups around the factory andcontributed to a beautification campaign.

We planted flowers donated through Nagano Prefecture Adopt System
in planters at Chikuma Technical Center and put them on sidewalks near
the factory.

◆Eco-cap campaign
Collected eco-caps were sold for recycling. Revenue was distributed
to various social activities. In fiscal 2020, the total revenue was worth
103 vaccines.
（No. of vaccines）

300

200
119

123

122

116

2016

2017

2018

2019

100

0

103

2020

（Fiscal year）

Each plant conducts cleanup and beautification activities around it
twice a year.

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Social Responsibility Report

Cooperation with Local Communities and Promotion of Social Action programs

Environmental Report
Environmental Management System

1. Compliance with legislation, pacts, agreements with customers and voluntary standards
2. Identiﬁcation of environmental objectives and organized continuous promotion of activities with local communities to reduce
environmental loads
3. Development, design, production and marketing of environmentally-friendly products
4. Implementation of preventive measures and monitoring of environmental pollution
5. Continuous encouragement of education, training and enlightenment activities to raise awareness of the roles and responsibilities of
employees, as well as all other people involved in our business activities◆System of promoting environmental preservation activities
Decisions on policies and tactics of the Group of Soshin Electric companies regarding environmental preservation will be made by the “Environmental
Committee” which the Director responsible for environmental matters chairs. The policies and tactics decided will be put in action across the company via factory
managers, the location manager and the managers responsible for environmental matters for each site.
Activities for which the environmental organization is responsible include a monthly environmental meeting, as well as the Environmental Committee held semiannually. These meetings are to control the p rogress toward the targeted amounts of CO2 emissions and industrial waste discharged, exchange information on theenvironment and continue the promotion of the environment preservation activities.

◆Qualiﬁcation for ISO14001 and environmental audits

Soshin Electric Group has aquired the authentification of International Standards of ISO14001 (2015 version).
Our environmental audit is comprised of audits conducted by an e xternal qualifying organization, environmental assessements by our environment control
department and internal environmental audits b y the excution department. (The number of internal environmental auditors:241)

Applicability of ISO14001: 2015 qualiﬁcation
Environmental organization (Site)【Environmental preservation organization】
Top Management

Environmental
committee

Tokyo Head Oﬃce

Manager, environmental aﬀairs(general)

Asama Plant

Japan

Environmental secretariatoﬃce

Chikuma Technical Center
Risshin Electronics Co., Ltd.
Soshin Powertech Co., Ltd.
Soshin Device Co., Ltd.

Overseas

Soshin Electronics (M) Sdn. Bhd.

【Site-speciﬁc environmental preservation organization】
Vice-top management

Site Environmental
committee

Environmental manager

Person responsible for public pollution prevention
Person responsible for specially managed industrial waste
Person responsible for equipment control /Person responsive for energy-saving
Acting department manager

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Environmental Report

Environmental policy of the Group of Soshin Electric companies

Environmental Report
Outline of Environmental Preservation Activities◆Activity report for 2020 and targets for 2021
【CO2 emission amount】
The CO2 emission target wasn't achieved as part of 2020 environment load reduction activities. We will gradually shift to energy saving facilities to reduce CO2
in 2021.
Action will continue for productivity improvement, efforts to reduce losses and loads of facility operations and elimination of wastes through energy-saving patrol.

【Amount of discharged industrial wastes】
We attained the goal of 2020 amount of discharged industrial wastes.
In fiscal 2021 we will try to improve the raw material recovery rate and further reduce such wastes.

【Enhanced control of contained chemical substances】
As target substances increase yearly in RoHS Directive and REACH and TSCA Regulations, restriction and control of substances useable for products are getting
stricter.
We control such chemical substances in line with the latest regulations based on the Soshin Electric Co. Green Procurement Guidelines. To control chemical
substances contained in product component parts, we audit suppliers for their environmental quality to ensure adherence to the Green Procurement activity.

【Environmental complaints and incidents】
In fiscal 2020, we had no complaints or incidents related to environmental matters. We will continue our activities for local environment preservation to prevent
any environmental matter-related complaints or incidents from happening in fiscal 2021.

◆Main environmental preservation activities

Items

Achievements in 2020
Targets

Achievements

・ We will continue environmental education ・ The environmental policy was disseminated andand enlightenment activities.
environmental educations of environmental targets
・ We utilized positively 2015 Environment
were provided.
Management System and raised the levels ・ We applied to the certificattion of 2015 Environmentof each department and internal environment
Management System and confirmed no problem inEnvironmental
auditors.
the utilization. Furthermore, we provided educations
・ We will comply with the environmental
to internal environment auditors, raised their levels
management
legislations.
and increased them in number.
system（ISO14001）
・ We reviewd a list of environmental legislation
and regulations to ensure that our environmental
assessement covered every item.

Self-evaluations○

Targets for 2021
・ We will continue to provide environmental
education and to take enlightenment
activities.
・ Our whole domestic group will ensure theoperation of the 2015 Environmental
Management System and work for the
integrated certification with the ISO45001
Management System.
・ We will continue to comply withregulations of environment and safety andhealth laws.

・ We will reduce domestic CO 2 emissions to a ・ Domestic CO2 emissions were 6,931 tons, compared tomaximum of 6,915t. (With the CO2 emission
the target value of 6,915 tons, and the target value could
amount divided by sales amount no greater
not be achieved. (Regarding CO2 basic unit emissions, wethan 84.6t/100 million yen)were unable to achieve the target of 88.5 tons / 100 million
yen due to fluctuations in production volume..)△・ We will keep the domestic CO2 emissionsat 7,173t, max. ( with the CO 2 emission
amount divided by sales amount
maintained no greater than82.1t/100
million yen).

Waste management ・ We will keep the amount of discharged ・ Emission volume of industrial wastes was 220t
wastes at no greater than 296t.
against the goal of 296t. The goal was attained.
activities○

・ We will keep the amount of discharged
wastes at no greater than 224t.

○

・ We will continue to inspect goods
procured from overseas sources with an
X-ray fluorescence spectrometer, survey
such sources’ environmental quality
and comply with the Green Procurement
Guidelines.

Prevention of global
warming

Adequate control ofchemicals

Reduction of
hazardous chemicals

・ We continue to inspect foreign procured ・ There have been no abnormalities with goods
goods for acceptance with fluorescence X-ray
procured from overseas sources, nor were any
analyzers and to survey the environmental
irregularities found in the quality of goods from
quality of suppliers for compliance with thethese sources. Thus, we complied with the Green
Green Procurement Guidelines.
Procurement Guidelines.
・ We will reduce hazardous substances ・ We will promote the disposal of equipment
including PCB/lead.
containing PCB within the time limit.

○

9・ We will promote trend monitoring andmaterial changes in the RoHS Directive.
・ We will continue searching for PCB
equipment, follow a due process, andconduct disposal by the deadline.

Environmental Report

We, the Group of Soshin Electric companies, have been trying autonomously to preserve the environment
by setting environmental objectives and targets to accomplish the objectives.

Environmental Report
Environmental Accounting

Soshin Electric Group uses environmental accounting to grasp quantitatively the expenditures for environmental conservation and its effects on improvement.
In the fiscal 2020 environmental conservation cost at Soshin Electric Group, 31.88 million yen was disbursed in total by changing to energy-saving facilities
such as installing air conditioners and replacing corporate cars.
Their positive effects will be checked from next year onward.
The environmental conservation cost was 19.63 million yen, a decrease of 3.51 million yen from the previous year.
The improvement effect amount in fiscal 2020 totaled 2 mllion yen.

Total of actual achievement: in ﬁscal 2020 (Apr. 1, 2020 to Mar. 31, 2021)*Generated in observance of the guidelines prepared by the Ministry of the Environment
Unit: 10,000 yen

Environmental protection costs
Categories

Investment amounts

Major measures

Improvement eﬀect amount

Expenses

Fiscal 2019 Fiscal 2020 Fiscal 2019 Fiscal 2020 Fiscal 2019 Fiscal 2020
Pollution
prevention

Costs for pollution prevention

0

0

187

304

-

-

Globalenvironmental
preservation

Costs for CO2 reduction such as introduction of energy
saving equipment

7,508

3,188

92

115

476

200

Resource recycling

Costs for effective use of resources, including water saving,
and reduction, recycling, processing and disposition ofwastes

0

0

1,209

977

-

-

Upstream /downstream

Costs for controlling environmental burdens that arise in
the business upstream and downstream

0

0

0

0

-

-

Administration

Costs for environment preservation efforts such as
acquisition and maintenance of ISO14001 qualification,
provision of environmental education and monitoring
environmental impact

0

0

416

480

-

-

R&D

Costs for R&D and planning of environmental impact
reduction efforts and for R&D and study of productcontributing to environment preservation

0

0

0

0

-

-

Social activities

Costs for preservation of nature, greening and support
for the local environment, public announcements ofenvironmental information and advertisements forenvironmental matters

0

0

410

87

-

-

Environmental
remediation

Costs for improvement of contaminated soils and recovery
of destroyed nature

0

0

0

0

-

-

7,508

3,188

2,314

1,963

476

200

Total

※As for the economical eﬀect of resource recycling the way of totalizing was changed from ﬁscal 2018.

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Environmental Report◆Environment preservation costs and economical eﬀects resulting from environment preservation
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Mass Balance (Inputs and outputs)◆Outline of inputs and outputs
Inputs comprise parts, raw materials, energy, chemical substances and water necessary for business activities while output comprise product, CO2 emissions,water and wastes developed incidentally to production activities.
The Group of Soshin Electric companies strives to reduce as much a s possible inputs from the aspects of energy saving to prevent the exhaustion of natural
resources. This is an attempt to reduce outputs other than products.
INPUT
EnergyRaw Material

Electric power

15,628 1000kWh

Fuel Oil

54 ㎘

Kerosene

24 ㎘

Gasoline

17 ㎘

LPG

54 t

Chemical substances

Business activities (domestic)

Parts / semi-finishedproducts / plastic
materials / nonorganic materials /organic solvents

11 t

Emissions into the air

R&D and designing↓

CO2 emissions

6,931 tMaterial procurement

Other greenhouse-effect gases

75 t

Chemical substances

1t↓

Wastes

Production↓

Industrial wastes

220 t

Discharged water

19,411 t

Products
Sales and distribution

Water

OUTPUT

19,463 t

Filters
capacitors& others

Management of Contained Chemical Substances◆Survey of contained chemical substances
We survey the contained chemical substances at the stage of part s election from the viewpoint of part life-cycling, in order to respond to the customers’s request
to survey the contained chemical substances.

◆Analysis with an X-ray ﬂuorescence spectrometer
Parts and materials that possibly contain prohibited substances will be subjected to screening with an X-ray fluorescence spectrometer to confirm that they are
free from prohibited substances.

◆Green procurement
The Group of Soshin Electric companies has proceeded with procurement of parts and materials with the minimum possible environmental impact byconducting a survey of suppliers’ environmental quality and making sure that chemical substances were handled adequately.
Requests have been made to suppliers asking them to take necessary action to meet the requirements in the Soshin Electric Group Green Procurement
Guidelines.

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Environmental Report

This section describes resources and energy inputs for domestic business activities, and products, wastes andother discharged items (outputs) that resulted from domestic business activities of the Group of Soshin Electriccompanies in ﬁscal 2020.

Environmental Report
Approach to Reduction of Environmental Loads

Domestic CO2 emissions in fiscal 2020 were 6,931t due to a sales recovery of noise-related products and thick-film PCBs, while CO2 emissions divided by thesales amount were 88.5t/100 million yen. Overseas CO2 emission in fiscal 2020 registered 619t and the CO2 emission amount divided by the sales amonut was
54.6t/100 million yen.
Our target for CO2 emissions for fiscal 2021 is no greater than 7,173t (with the CO2 emission amount deivided by the sales amount of 82.1t/100 million yen).

◆CO2 emissions（t）（t/100 million yen）

12,000200

CO₂ emission (t)CO₂ emission amount divided
by the sales amount (t/100 million yen)

10,000

150
8,000

6,758
6,000

84.1

6,827

6,831

77.7

80.3

6,639
89.5

6,931

7,173

88.5

82.1

100

4,000

50
2,000

0

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

（t）

0
2021 Targets（t/100 million yen）

12,000200

CO₂ emission (t)CO₂ emission amount divided
by the sales amount (t/100 million yen)

10,000

150
8,000

100

6,000

67.4
4,000

52.3

54.6

53.7
50

33.6

35.8

481

508

397

553

619

650

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

0
2021 Targets

2,000

0

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Environmental Report

To prevent global warming, we have been taking such measures as the exchange of decrepit equipment and LED
introduction to reduce CO2 emissions.

Environmental Report
Examples of energy-saving measures
Lighting was changed to LED. (Annual CO2 reduction of about 41%)

Before replacement

Fluorescent Lamps

After replacementt

LED◆Replacement of Air Conditioners

Replacement was made with highly efficient air conditioners. (Annual CO2 reduction of about 20%)

Before replacement

Air conditioners of electric package type

After replacement

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Air conditioners of electric package typeEnvironmental Report◆Partial Renovation of Soshin Powertech Factory

Environmental Report
Approach to Resource Utilization◆ For preservation of the environment, the Group of Soshin Electric companies considers it imperative to make our society recycling-oriented. For this, we will
promote “reduce”, “reuse” and “recycle” (3Rs) regarding the waste discharged as a result of business activities as resources.
Of 220.4t discharged in fiscal 2020, 116.3t was reused and 104.1t recycled with zero emissions continuing. Our target for the total discharge amount in fiscal
2021 is 224.4t, max.
(*Our definition of zero-emission: Activities to make the final landfill amount per unit sales amount no greater than 0.12 tons / 100 million yen)

◆ We use no providers of waste disposal services other than those that have earned administrative approval so that disposal services will be provided incompliance with relevant laws. Our control includes issuance of manifests (for control of industrial waste) and retention of disposal records.
Manifests were electronized at every site in this fiscal year.

◆The amount of discharged waste
(t)
500

0

20

500

Per sales unit
※Discharged waste amount divided by sales amount

246.8

257.6

220.5

186.4

2.3

2016

300

267.8

2.8

3.0

2017

2018

3.6

2019

224.4

（t/100 million yen）

10

Per sales unit
※Discharged waste amount divided by sales amount

15
9.4
7.0

200
5

2.8

2.6

2020

2021 Targets

100
0

0

20

The amount of discharged waste

400

15

300

100

(t)

The amount of discharged waste

400

200

（t/100 million yen）

86.2

2016

6.2

7.2

5.9

105.4

2017

68.5

58.9

66.7

2018

2019

2020

6.8
82.5

10

5

0

2021 Targets◆ For disposal service providers and valuables traders, their services were confirmed adequate through periodic visits to their disposal and storage sites.
When the COVID-19 pandemic made physical check difficult, remote and documentary inspections were conducted.

inspection scene of an industrial waste disposal service provider

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Environmental Report◆Waste disposal

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