Business Summary2017 Social Responsibility & Environmental Report
Contents■ Business Summary and so on
Corporate profile & business locations·····················1
Business domain & related products························2
Message from the President / Corporate governance ···············3■Corporate Proﬁle（As of the end of March 2017）
Company name : Soshin Electric Co., Ltd.
URL: http://www.soshin.co.jp
Tokyo Head Oﬃce
No. 1-1-1, Shibaura, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-0023, Japan
Tel. 81-3-5730-4500 Fax. 81-3-5730-4504

Guidelines for corporate behavior·····························4■ Social Responsibility Report
Respect for humanity and assurance ofa comfortable working environment ·························5
Cooperation with local communities

Established in：December 1938
Incorporated in：April 1944
Capital：3,806 million Japanese yen(As of the end of March 2017)
Number of employees : 816 (Total)(As of the end of March 2017)and promotion of social action programs··················6■ Environmental Report
Environmental management system··························7
Outline of environmental preservation activities········8Environmental accounting·········································9Mass balance / Management of contained chemical substances·····10Approach to reduction of environmental loads········11
Examples of energy saving measures······················12Approach to resource utilization······························13
Questionnaire ················································14

Editorial policy
This report presents the Group of Soshin
Electric companies’ approach to society
and the environment.
【Period covered】
From April 2016 to March 2017
【Coverage】
Soshin Electric Co., Ltd.

■Business Locations【Sales oﬃces in Japan】
Tokyo Operating Headquarters
Osaka oﬃce / Nagoya oﬃce / Saku oﬃce / Kyushu oﬃce
【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 (SZ) Limited
Taiwan Soshin Electric Co., Ltd.

■Financial Highlights
15,000

0

200
0

2012

2013

2014

2015

184

2016

(Fiscal years)

266
24

15

-200
-400

1

Others8％■Operating proﬁt (Million yen)Soshin Device Co., Ltd.

Issued in June 2017

9,421

5,000

400

Soshin Electronics (M) Sdn. Bhd.

10,481 11,206 11,274 10,768

10,000Soshin Powertech Co., Ltd.
Risshin Electronics Co., Ltd.

■Sales ratio per market（2016）■Sales amount (Million yen)

△168
2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

(Fiscal years)

Information andtelecommunicationequipment sector
Industrial equipment
sector40％

Industrial
equipment
market52％

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The Group of Soshin Electric companies supplies electronic components meeting the needsof the times and expectations of customers in the industrial instrument and information andtelecommunication equipment markets.

Industrial equipment sector
・Noise related-field

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, andenvironmental and energy-saving facilities such as solar power
generation where reduction of the load on the global environment
is anticipated.
Our EMC products have played a key role in many industrial fields
as a solution for issues related to noises developing in theseequipment and facilities.

Noise ﬁlter for PV systems

Asama radio-wave shieldchamber

On-site noise-testing vehicles

Furthermore, our range of business includes total support forcustomers such as provision of noise-measuring and diagnosing
services on site or in our large radio-wave shield chamber.

・Car and railway electronics
In automobiles where parts are required to be highly reliable,
noise filters and capacitors are used for quick charging of plug-in
hybrid electric vehicles (PHEV) and electric vehicles (EV) which are
gaining market acceptance.
Railway vehicles and rail traffic control systems are other areas

Noise ﬁlter

Film capacitor

where a variety of our filters and capacitors work to support safety
and ease.

Information and telecommunication equipment sector
・For information and telecommunication infrastructures
RF parts such as couplers, filters and capacitors support
communication systems including base stations for mobile phonesystems.
LC ﬁlters

Chip mica capacitors

Couplers

Multilayered dielectric ﬁlters

・For telecommunication terminals
Multilayered dielectric filters are adopted for ever-advancing
smartphone, wireless LAN systems for tablet PC terminals and forBluetooth communication modules.

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A Message from the President
Under the current operating environment, where business enterprises
are required to correspond by diversifying as business and social
situations change, there is a need for them to adapt to varying situations.
Furthermore, the importance of business enterprises’ carrying out theirsocial responsibilities is growing as a matter for their survival.
Cases have been seen in recent years where the company value has
been damaged due to scandals and subsequently, the continuity of thecompanies involved has been endangered, just to name one instance.
To prevent such situations from occurring, we have built a system forappointment of outside board members and auditors, and arranged
the establishment of a help line. Moreover, it is important for the top
management of business enterprises to have a healthy awareness ofthese issues. For this, we will pursue raising awareness of CSR as
well as promoting a deeper level of understanding by every constituent
member of our group companies.

President

Takashi Kamioka

The president’s message in 2016 about heightened awareness included
a message for encouragement of better consciousness regarding theimportance of compliance and provision of guidance and advice fromoutside specialists. In terms of reduction of environmental loads, wehave made vigorous efforts to integrate production locations, improve
productivity and decrease material losses through reduction of defective
products.
Additionally, in regard to social contribution, we maintained the wave of
exchange with local communities through customary sporting events andvolunteer activities.
We are committed to trying hard to enhance our company value as wellas to fulfilling our social responsibilities through activities such as thosementioned above.
Governance system◆ Corporate Governance3

General stockholdersʼ meeting
Accounting auditors

Board of Directors

Board of auditors

President
Corporate management meeting
Development committee

Facility committee

Invention incentive committee

Corporate-Wide CSR committee

The Group of Soshin Electric companies has
positioned enhancement of corporate value as oneof our key management issues.
We regard the enhancement of corporate
governance as an important measure thatraises the legality of the business activities andtransparency of corporate management, leads us
to become an entity trusted by every stakeholder(stockholders, customers, company employees,
suppliers and relevant local communities) and isconducive to the rise 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.

Risk management committee
Compliance committee
Environmental committee
Export control committee
Safety and health committee

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Soshin Electric Co. Group’s Guidelines for Corporate Behavior
Ⅰ Realization of corporate philosophy【1】Provision of products that better contribute to social environment

From a long-term global perspective, we will commit ourselves to create new value by providing
products and services that protect the global environment and realize safety and security in society.
We will gain trust from our customers and society by seeking quality and safety.

Ⅱ Policy to engage in business activities【2】Disclosure of corporate information

We will release, in an accurate and timely manner, information sought by the public, including
information on our management, finance, products or services to improve transparency inmanagement and gain society’s trust in NGK group companies.

【3】Total enforcement of compliance and risk management

We will abide by the laws and rules of each country and area in which we do business and will enforce
our compliance thoroughly, respecting international arrangements that are applicable to us.
We will develop human resources who are sincere and have high ethical standards. In addition,
through our efforts to build an internal control system and implement risk management, we willprotect our corporate assets and credit, as well as the rights of third parties.

【4】Respect for humanity and assurance of comfortable working environment

We will hire and treat people in a proper and fair manner and provide a safe and pleasant working
environment in which our people can work comfortably without sacrificing their family life. We will
make available opportunities that people with versatile talent can try and will support the developmentof human resources through the acquisition of knowledge and expertise.
We will prevent bullying, discrimination, harassment or any other acts that violate human rights. If
there is a human rights violation, we will take appropriate action in an expeditious manner.

【5】Implementation of fair, free and transparent transactions

As a good and equal partner, we will implement fair, free and transparent transactions in search ofmutual benefit with our business partners.
In addition, we will promote our commitment to discharge our corporate responsibility for society
throughout the supply chain used by the NGK group companies.

Ⅲ As a member of society【6】Preservation of global environment

We will contribute to the preservation of the global environment by committing ourselves to take thelead in reducing environmental burdens at every location and in every process that is involved in ourbusiness activities. We will cooperate in efforts with local communities to preserve the environment
and will also actively support our employees’ efforts.

【7】Cooperation with local communities and promotion of social action programs

We will actively commit ourselves to contributing to society, satisfying the needs of local communities
with our interest in the social tasks required by each country and local community in accordance with
our objective to become a corporate citizen that can be trusted by local communities.

【8】Communication with stakeholders

Through communication with all of our stakeholders, including customers, business partners,
shareholders, employees and members of local communities, we will enhance their understanding of
the NGK group companies and review corporate activities based on comments forwarded to us. We
will use these in our efforts to accomplish our social responsibilities.

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R espect for Humanity and Assurance of a Comfortable Working Environment◆ Basic employment policy◆ Enhancement of healthy mental state

We at the Group of Soshin Electric companies have tried to ensure

The Group of Soshin Electric companies has arranged study sessions

employment stability through the establishment of manpower plans

for acquisition of knowledge about mental disturbance, self-care and line

ascertaining to mid- to long-term business development. Such efforts

care through consolidated services by industrial physicians, consultant

included planned employment of new graduates and active deployment

physicians and health nurses to ensure employees’ mental health.

of internal job rotation, placement of the right people with necessary

In addition, restrictive measures against excessively long working hours

ability and experience in the right job, and promotion of activities thathave been rigorously implemented through control of overtime work,

helped employees find their jobs challenging without needing to exercise

training of managers and strict observance of the previously establishedextra care.

no-overtime day program.

◆ Esteem for individuality and diversity
Our employment level of disabled people was 2.64% (as of Apr. 2017),
which exceeded the legally set 2.0% minimum. As a result of theestablishment of a re-employment system for employees who havepassed 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 andpost-partum maternity leave and infant care before returning to work.

Provision of an opportunity for collective learning about line care

Furthermore, refreshment holiday and planned paid holiday systems areprovided for employees to refresh their minds and bodies.

◆ Health and safety
The Group of Soshin Electric companies has actively made health andsafety activities as a matter of top priority aiming for zero occupational
accidents, in addition to ensuring employees’ health and safety andpromoting more comfortable working environments.
Our major activities include those where risk factors arise. Training for
dealing with near-miss incidents and danger prediction has been provided
to employees in conjunction with the National Industrial Safety Week andNational Industrial Health Week. Suggestions made by them have achieved
great results. Moreover, mutual patrolling of plants for facility accident
prevention has been a semiannual event to ensure safety.
For promotional purposes of employees’ good health, we have a healthcare
program in place by having company nurses on duty and actively pursuinggood physical and emotional health for employees. Since last year,
employees have been given a stress check.
These activities have kept the Group of Soshin Electric companies freefrom serious work-related accidents for the past six years. With safety andgood health always regarded as matters of top priority, our activities willcontinue.

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Seminar for lifesaving technique (AED) provided by firefightersfrom the Saku Fire Station

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International Volunteer Day, a day of concurrent
action for contribution to society

We, the business enterprises residing in the building where weare headquartered, jointly sold fair-trade goods to support theirproducers in developing countries.
*”Fair trade” is the term used to describe the mechanismthat supports producers’ lives by purchasing their products at
reasonable prices.

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C ooperation with Local Communities and Promotion of Social Action programs
Interaction with local communities
through sports events
The 16th Soshin Cup Tennis Tournament

The 31st Soshin Volleyball Meet

Participation in an evacuation drill staged by
the General Support Center for Senior Citizens

Soshin Powertech Co. supported the evacuation drill
staged by the neighboring General Support Center for
Senior Citizens.

Acceptance of internship

Local high school students took a factory tour and undertook
work experience in the Nagano and Miyazaki areas.

Christmas presents

Eco-cap Campaign

Bottle caps collected since 2008 through this campaign
reached a quantity equivalent to 119 vaccines in 2016.

Soshin Powertech Co. and Soshin Device Co.
presented Christmas presents to their neighboring
nurseries.

（No. of vaccines）

300

200

202

193
113

119

2014

2015

119

100

0

2012

2013

2016

(Fiscal years)

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E nvironmental Management System
Environmental policy of the Group of Soshin Electric companies

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 preventative measures and monitoring of environmental pollution
5. Continuous encouragement of education, training and enlightenment activities to raise awareness of theroles and responsibilities of employees, as well as all other people involved in our business activities◆ System of promoting environmental
preservation activities◆ Qualification for ISO14001 andenvironmental Audits

Decisions on policies and tactics of the Group of Soshin Electriccompanies regarding environmental preservation will be made by
the “Environmental Committee” which the Director responsible forenvironmental matters chairs. The policies and tactics thus decided will
be disseminated across the company via the vice-top management (plant/ site manager) and the manager responsible for environmental mattersfor each site.
Activities for which the environmental organization is responsible include
reciprocally holding an environmental meeting and energy management
meeting every month, as well as the Environmental Committee held
semi-annually. These meetings are to control the progress toward thetargeted amounts of CO2 emissions and industrial waste discharged,
exchange information on the environment and continue the promotion of
the environmental preservation activities.

For ISO14001, the international standard for the environmental
management system, the Asama Plant qualified in 2000, followedby successful qualification of all other Japanese production sites in
2002. In 2011, all Japanese organizations including the Head Office(administration and sales / marketing departments) collectively qualified
as a consolidated single body. (Soshin Electronics Malaysia has been
qualified for ISO14001 by another qualification agency.)
Our environmental audit is comprised of audits conducted by an external
qualifying organization, environmental assessments by our Environment
Control Office and internal environmental audits by the execution
department. The total number of our internal auditors was 175 as of theend of Mar. 2017.

Environmental preservation organization
Environmental organization (Site)

President

Corporate-wide CSR committee
Environmental committee

Tokyo Head Office

Soshin cos. In Japan

Corporate management meeting

ISO14001 qualification

Asama plant

In March 2011, all domesticorganizations were collectively
qualified as a consolidated single
body.

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

Environmental
secretariat

Soshin Electronics (M) Sdn. Bhd.

March 2001 certified

Environmental organization of each production site
Vice-top
management

Site-specific environmental
management committee

Person responsible forenvironmental management

Person responsible for public pollution prevention
Person responsible for industrial waste to be specially managed
Acting departments

Audit scene by the ISO14001 qualification
organization

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O utline of Environmental Preservation Activities
We have tried to preserve the environment by setting environmental objectives and targets toaccomplish the objectives as one element of our activities.
◆ Activity report for 2016 and targets for 2017
【CO2 emission amount】【Enhanced control of contained chemical substances】

We achieved the target for reduction of CO2 emissions which was part of2016 activities for environmental load reduction.
As an approach to CO2 emission reduction continuing from 2016, we will
study a step-by-step change over to energy-saving facilities including
lighting with LEDs in 2017.
Action will continue for productivity improvement, efforts to reduce
losses and loads of facility operations and elimination of waste throughenergy-saving patrol.

【Amount of discharged industrial waste】

In 2016, we discharged industrial waste in line with the previously
established plan and achieved the target. We will carry on the same idea
in the future.

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Restriction and control of substances usable for products are getting
increasingly stricter, as evidenced by the regulations related to phthalicacid esters required by the RoHS directive and year-by-year additions by
REACH Regulations of substances to be controlled．
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. Within the Group of Soshin Electriccompanies, environmental audits have been conducted for tighter control
of contained chemical substances.

【Environmental complaints and incidents】

In 2016, we had no complaints or incidents related to environmental matters.
We will continue our activities for local environment preservation toprevent any environmental matter-related complaints or incidents fromhappening in 2017.

◆ Main environmental preservation activities
Item

Achievement in 2016
TargetAchievement

・ We will continue environmental education ・ The environmental policy was disseminated andand enlightenment activities.
education of environmental targets provided.
・ We will carry on specific actions toward ・ We updated the Environmental Manual andEnvironmentala successful qualification assessment
related specification documents to accommodate
for the transfer of the Environmental
the stipulations of the 2015 Environmental
management system
Management System from the 2015
Management System.
(ISO14001)
edition to the 2017 edition.
・ We reviewed a list of environmental legislation
and regulations to ensure that our environmental
・ We will comply with environmental
legislation.
assessment covered every item.
Prevention of global
warming

・We will reduce domestic CO2 emissions
・ Domestic CO2 emissions were 6,785 tons inby 10.3% from the 2015 achievement.
2016, lower by 9.9% than 7.505 tons of 2015.
(We will reduce the CO2 emission amount(The CO 2 emission amount divided by sales
divided by sales amount by 18.6% fromamount rose by 1.4% over that of 2015.)
the 2015 achievement.)

・ We will keep the amount of discharged ・ The waste discharged in 2016 was 119 tons, a
Activities for
waste at no greater than 16.3% of the 2015
3.3% reduction from 123t of 2015. (We havebiodiversity
performance. (We will continue zero emissions.)
continued zero emissions.)
preservation andwaste management ・ We will support NPO organizations
・We supported NPO organizations.
working to protect wild life.

Self-evaluation

Targets for 2017○

・ We will continue environmental
education and enlightenment activities.
・ We will provide each department and internal
auditing personnel with training and horizontal
deployment to qualify for the Environmental
Management System 2017 on the occasionof updating from the 2015 issue.
・ We will comply with environmental
legislation.

×・ We will keep the CO2 emission amountin Japan at 4.0%, max., of that of 2016.
(We will reduce the CO2 emission amountdivided by sales amount by 3.1% from the2016 achievement.)○

・ We will keep the increase of the amountof discharge at no greater than 21% overthe 2016 achievement. (We will continue
zero emissions.)○

・We will continue to support NPO
organizations.

・ We conducted receiving inspections for incoming
・ We will continue inspection with an X-ray
parts to be inspected to detect abnormal lots andfluorescence spectrometer.
addressed them appropriately, when necessary.
・ We will revise the Soshin Electric Co.
・ We revised the Soshin Electric Co. Green
Adequate control
Green Procurement Guidelines.
Procurement Guidelines.
・ We will conduct environmental surveys atof chemicals
・ We promoted green procurement by conducting
suppliers to promote further complianceand reduction of
supplier environmental quality surveys aswith the green procurement program.
hazardous chemicals
planned.

○・ We will confirm the compliance status of ・ We conducted environmental assessments and“lead-free” identification.
verified successful compliance.

○

・ We will continue inspection with an X-ray
fluorescence spectrometer.
・ We will conduct environmental surveys at
suppliers to promote further compliancewith the Green Procurement Program.
・ We will observe the chemSHERPA scheme
used industry-wide for communicationof information on chemicals contained in
products.
・ We will carry on verifying at all Soshin
companies' compliance with the“leadfree” identification program.

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E nvironmental Accounting◆ Introduction of environmental accounting◆ Economic effects coming fromenvironmental preservation measures

The Group of Soshin Electric companies introduced environmental
accounting in 2001. Environmental accounting is for the purpose of

The economic effects in 2016 were 11.28 million yen. Of this, global

gaining a quantitative grasp of the effectiveness of investment andenvironmental preservation effects decreased by 41.6% and resource

expenses made for environmental preservation.

recycling effects by 53.7% from a year earlier.

The guidelines developed by the Ministry of the Environment werecomplied when the 2016 performance data (from April 1, 2016 to the
March 31, 2017) was compiled.

◆ Environmental preservation costs
Out of the total environmental preservation costs the Group of Soshin
Electric companies expended in 2016, 1.03 million yen was invested forthe introduction and replacement of energy saving facilities. This was a
95.7% decline year-on-year.
The total expense was 25.89 million yen, a year-on-year reduction of
16.1% with management costs by 17.9% and social activity costs by
51.6% as the major reduction items.

◆ Environmental preservation costs and economic effects
Category

Investment

Expenses

Economic effects

2015

2016

2015

2016

2015

2016

0

0

203

244

-

-

Investment and expenses for CO2 reduction such as
introduction of energy saving equipment

2,424

103

71

156

775

453

Investment and expenses for effective use ofresources, including water saving, and reduction,
recycling, processing and disposition of waste

0

0

1,054

1,028

1,458

675

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

0

0

0

0

-

-

Administration cost

General and labor expenses necessary for environmental preservation suchas acquisition and maintenance of ISO14001 qualification, environmental
education, and monitoring and measurement of environmental loads

0

0

922

757

-

-

R&D cost

Expenses and labor charges required for R&D, planning anddesigning of products for environmental impact reduction and also
for R&D of products contributing to environmental preservation

0

0

0

0

-

-

Social activity cost

Expenses for preservation of nature, greening and support for the local environment, publicannouncements of environmental information and advertisements for environmental matters

0

0

834

404

-

-

Expenses for improvement of contaminated soil andrecovery of destroyed nature

0

0

0

0

-

-

2,424

103

3,084

2,589

2,233

1,128

Pollution prevention cost
Global environmental
preservation cost
Resource recycling cost
Upstream / downstream
costs

Environmental
remediation cost
Total

9

Specifics of the main measures

Unit: 10,000 yen

Investment and expenses for pollution prevention

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M ass Balance (Inputs and outputs)
This section describes resources and energy input for domestic business activities by the Groupof Soshin Electric companies, products, waste and other discharged items that resulted fromdomestic business activities.
Outline of inputs and outputs
Input comprises parts, raw materials, energy, chemical substances and

The Group of Soshin Electric companies strives to reduce as muchwater necessary for business activities while output comprises product,

as possible input from the aspects of energy saving to prevent theCO2 emissions, water and waste developed incidentally to production

exhaustion of natural resources. This is an attempt to reduce output otheractivities.

than products.
Business activities (domestic)

EnergyR&D and designing

Electric power

15,339 MWh

Fuel oil

67 ㎘

Kerosene

27 ㎘

Gasoline

17 ㎘

LPG

22 ｔ

Chemical substancesRawmaterials

Emissions into the air↓

CO2 emissions

6,758 tMaterial procurement

Other greenhouse-effect gases

120 t

Chemical substances

0.8 t

↓

Waste

Production↓

9t

Sales and distribution
Water

OUTPUT

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INPUT

Industrial waste

119 t

Waste paper and corrugated fiberboard

49 tProducts
Discharged water

17,495 t

17,621 t

M anagement of Contained Chemical Substances◆ Survey of contained chemical substances◆ Green procurement

We made our products free from lead and eliminated other prohibited
substances from products in 2006 and the Group of Soshin Electriccompanies has since then fully complied with the requirements of the
RoHS Directive, with the exception of several products made to meetcustomers’ requirements.
In an attempt to respond to requests from customers for timely provisionof information on chemical substances contained in products, we have
set up a database for management of chemical substances.

The Group of Soshin Electric companies has proceeded with procurement◆ Analysis with an X-ray fluorescence spectrometer◆ Correspondence to chemSHERPA

Parts and materials that possibly contain prohibited substances will

We will correspond to chemSHERPA*, which our customers may
possibly use starting this year when they request us to pass on
information about the chemicals in our products.
*A scheme which is usable throughout supply chains for communicationof information on the chemical substances contained in products.

be subjected to screening with an X-ray fluorescence spectrometer toconfirm that they are free from prohibited substances.

of parts and materials with the minimal possible environmental loads.
For this, we issued guidelines for green procurement, Rev. 6 in Apr.
2016. Every supplier is requested to observe these guidelines proactively
as reference.
In addition, the Group of Soshin Electric companies has conducted anenvironmental quality survey on suppliers’ premises and confirmed that
their management system of chemical substances is acceptable.

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A pproach to Reduction of Environmental Loads
To prevent global warming, we tackled reduction of CO2 emissions as well as energy saving.
The domestic consumption of electric power in 2016 was reduced
by 9.8% from a year earlier due to the success of additionalcountermeasures for reduction such as the introduction of energy saving
equipment, and power saving and energy saving patrols. The consumed
electric power divided by the sales amount increased by 1.8% over a
year earlier due to a decrease in sales.
At overseas sites, the amount of consumed electric power registered an
8.6% decrease and the consumed electric power divided by the sales
amount rose by 11.8% over a year earlier.

More than 90% of CO 2 emissions originate from electric power
consumption. Domestic CO2 emissions decreased by 10.0% year-onyear, while the consumed electric power divided by the sales amountincreased by 1.7%. At overseas sites, CO2 emissions decreased by 8.9%
and consumed electric power divided by sales amount was up by 11.3%
over a year earlier.
In 2017, we will try to maintain CO2 emissions at no greater than 104.0%
year-on-year. (Regarding the CO2 emission amount divided by sales
amount, we set the target of a reduction of 3.1% from a year earlier.)◆ Electric power consumption（MWh）Transition of electric power consumption (Japan)(MWh/100 million yen)

25,00020,000500
19,232

18,072

17,444400

17,010300
210.2

10,000

183.8

187.5

176.4

190.8

Per sales unit
*Consumed electric power
divided by sales amount

200

5,000
0

Electric power
consumption

15,33915,000

100

2012

2013

Transition of electric power consumption (Overseas)
Electric power consumption (MWh)Per sales unit (MWh/100 million yen)

2014

2012
1,405
156.1

2015

2013
1,237
114.5

0

2016

2014
1,110
91.7

2015
1,247
110.8

2016
1,140
123.9

◆ CO2 emissions
Transition of CO2 emissions (Japan)（ton）(ton/100 million yen)

12,00010,000

200

8,454

8,000

175
8,002

7,709

7,505

6,758

6,000
4,000

92.4
81.4

84.1

82.7

77.9

125

Per sales unit
* CO2 emission amountdivided by sales amount

75

2012

Transition of CO2 emissions (Overseas)
CO2 emissions (ton)Per sales unit (ton/100 million yen)

11

CO2 emissions

100

2,000
0

150

2013

2014

2012
595
66.1

2015

2013
524
48.5

50

2016

2014
468
38.7

2015
528
47.0

2016
481
52.3

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Business Summary and so on Social Responsibility Report

E xamples of Energy Saving Measures(1) Change of product adsorbing function
Reduction of consumed air

Used previously were ejector vacuum generators (a genuine article) wherecompressed air is used for an on-table adsorbing function for sheet materials.
Replacement with a factory-wide distribution system of compressed/decompressed

Consumed air
stage

Vacuum ejector

Adsorption

air enabled a reduction of compressed air and lowered the air compressing load.
(Reduction of the air compression load by 1,200kWh per annum)
Factory-wide distribution systemof compressed/decompressed air

stage
Adsorption

Environmental Report(2) Opening and closing of the air conditioner OA damper of the tape molding building
Air conditioners were run to warm the tape molding process by air in winter toprevent freezing, which consumed as much as approx. 10kWh of electricity.
Closure of the outside-air introducing damper to prevent the inflow of cold air when
operations were idle resulted in an approx. 60% reduction of consumed electric
power.
(The annual power saving was 25,895kwh.)

The damper is closed.

(3) Change of the settings on air conditioner blast fans at the old Asama Plant
An inverter was attached to the blast fan of the air conditioner at the old Asama
Plant building, with the frequency set to change from 60 Hz to 20 Hz unless the
air conditioner is operating for warming or cooling. For further saving of energy,
the setting was changed from 20 Hz to 0 Hz while not warming or cooling.
(The saving from this was 3,060kWh per annum.)Set to 0 Hz unless warming or cooling

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A pproach 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.
Furthermore, we use no providers of waste disposal services other than thosethat have earned administrative approval so that disposal services will be
provided in compliance with relevant laws. Our control includes issuance of
manifests (control manifests for industrial waste) and retention of disposal
records.
Waste disposal service providers are also controlled through our periodic visits
to the disposal sites.
In 2015, we audited 10 sites from 9 service providers and learned that they
operated acceptably.

The amount of discharged waste in Japan registered a decrease of 22.6% fromthe previous year.
Electric power consumed in Japan divided by the sales amount also decreasedby 12.5%. We will make efforts to successfully reduce waste so that we canachieve the target we set for 2016, which is a maximum increase of 16.3%
year-on-year.

On-site inspection scene of an industrial
waste disposal service provider◆ The amount of discharged waste
（ton）

250

Transition of the amount of discharged waste (Japan)(ton/100 million yen)

4

210.5
200

168.0

3

158.5
2.1

150

122.9

1.8

1.6

118.7
1.5

1.4

100

2012

2013

2014

Transition of the amount of discharged waste (overseas)
The amount of discharged waste (ton)Per sales unit (ton/100 million yen)

2015

2012
3.8
0.4

2016

2013
7.6
0.7

TOPICS◆ Sakusaku Himawari symposium
We, Soshin Electric Co., a member of the Sakusaku Himawari LLP, has not only
contributed to the mega-solar business run by Saku City but also worked actively
on the local environmental preservation, education and awareness raising activities.
On the occasion of inviting Ms. Hiroko Ida, a certified weather forecaster, to the 7th
Sakusaku Himawari symposium on Sept. 24, 2016, she gave us a speech under thetheme of “A Warming Globe and Recent Abnormal Climate - Can Natural Energies
Save the Earth?” A large number of people turned up to hear the speech and attend
the symposium.

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Per sales unit
*Discharged waste amountdivided by sales amount

1

50

0

2

The amount ofdischarged waste

0

2014
7.0
0.6

2015
9.4
0.8

2016
13.0
1.4

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