2022
SaveTheEarthBusiness Summary
2022 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

Approach to Energy Saving

13

Approach to resource utilization

14

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

From April 2021 to March 2022
【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 2022

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【Head Oﬃce and Sales offices】
Tokyo Head OfficeOsaka office / Nagoya office / Kyushu office■ Environmental Report【Period covered】■Corporate Proﬁle（As of the end of March 2022）【Business Locations】
Asama Plant, Chikuma Plant【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

103

101

89

95

2017

2018

2019

2020

120

2021

（Fiscal years）■Operating profit
12.3（100 Million yen）

12.0
9.0
6.0
3.0
0.0
△ 3.0
△ 6.0

5.0

2017

1

2.0

2018

0.8

△ 4.3
2019

2020

2021

（Fiscal years）（2021）

Power
electronics
business
44%

Informationandtelecommunication
business
56%

Business Summary“Creating a world without noise”

President

Masahiko Sugiyama

As the world changes toward realization of carbon neutrality in 2050, the importance of electric energy
will continue to increase, and the efficient transmission and use of electric energy will be required. On
the other hand, the transmission of electric energy is always accompanied by noise. Our products andservices are used to eliminate this noise. We will continue to support realization of more efficientelectric energy transmission and contribute to construction of a carbon-neutral world through oursolutions for "creating a world without noise."Also, along with promoting social contributions through corporate activities themselves, we will fulfill
our social responsibilities as a company by promoting introduction of power-saving equipment,
creating a safe and comfortable working environment based on ISO45001, thoroughly observing
compliance, etc. as part of our ESG management efforts.
We look forward to continued support of all of our stakeholders◆ Corporate Governance

Governance system
Stockholderʼs General Meeting

Soshin Electric Group has positioned nhancementof 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.

Election or
removal of
directors

Election or removal of
Election or removal of
accounting auditors
Accounting auditors
Reporting andAccounting
auditorsbringing up expected
resolutions
Reporting
Reporting
Evaluation
Auditing

Board of Directors
Election or
removalProposal
makingandreportingTransfer of supervisingand auditing authority

ReportingBoard of Auditors
Coalition

ReportingAccounting auditing andinternal management auditing

Business execution function
ReportingPresident
Decision

Business auditing department

Proposal making and reporting

Corporate managemant meeting

Auditing

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

2

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

Soshin Electric Co., Ltd. has provided the market with capacitors, filters, circuit parts, etc. for 84 years
since its foundation. These are used in a wide range of fields, from various power infrastructures andindustrial equipment to personal terminal equipment. Based on that history, we have redefined the
purpose of our existence.

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A Message from the President Business Summary

We develop electronic components such as various filters and capacitors through our core technologies of“material and process development technology”, “circuit designing technology” and “equipment development
technology,” and provide products tailored to customers’ needs focusing on power electronics business andtelecommunications business. We will continue to contribute to social development and people’s lives by providing
high-performance electronic components that can meet the needs of the time and customers’ expectations.
◆Power Electronics BusinessWe develop, produce and sell noise filters and power supply film capacitors to suppress electromagnetic wave noise for such markets as semiconductor
manufacturing equipment and industrial tools including machine tools, medical equipment (MRI, CT, etc.) and railways whose products generate noise.
Electromagnetic wave noise generated from inverters, etc. essential for various industrial equipment to save energy can cause radio interference and equipment
malfunctions. We solve customers’ electromagnetic wave noise problems by measuring and diagnosing noise to identify the source of electromagnetic wave noise,and develop and supply noise filters that prevent generation and influence of the noise. We also customize and supply film capacitors for high voltage power
supplies.

◆Information and communication BusinessWe develop, produce and sell high-frequency components like multilayered dielectric filters and couplers and thick film printed circuit boards, etc. to such markets
as wireless LAN and Bluetooth communication modules installed on smartphones and PCs, communication base stations connecting mobile devices, and PCs.
Also, we produce and sell mounted products and mica capacitators, etc. to car and railway signal markets.
Multilayered dielectric filters, our main products, were developed by integrating ceramic materials developed with a ceramic manufacturer NGK INSULATORS, LTD.
and our original process development and high-frequency circuit design technologies, launching high-performance electronic components like new items for a
new wireless LAN standard Wi-Fi6 and 5th generation mobile communication system (5G) to the world.
We supply ceramic thick film printed circuit boards that meet customer needs by utilizing their excellent heat resistance characteristics, mainly for use inautomotive electrical systems.

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Business Summary

Contribution to social development and people’s lives through high-performance electronic components◦◦◦

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.

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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About The CSR ActivityAbout The CSR Activity

Social Responsibility Report◆Basic employment policy
We, the Group of Soshin Electric companies, have tried to ensure employment stability through the establishment of manpower plans ascertaining to mid-to-longterm business development. Systematically hiring new graduates and carrier personnel and promoting the recruitment of foreign nationals, we appropriately assign
the right people with necessary ability and experience on the right job and promote activities with an awareness of employees’ job satisfaction and ease of work.

◆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
Regarding promotions to managerial positions, we, the Group of Soshin Electric companies, fairly treat the employees based on their abilities, without distinctionof gender. In addition, employees who have reached the mandatory retirement age can work until the age of 65 if they wish to work under the reemployment system.
We have also improved the benefits package for reemployed persons, creating a comfortable working environment. The employment rate of handicapped people is
3.13% (as of fiscal 2021), compared to the legally mandated rate of 2.3%.

◆Realization of work-life balance
Many of our employees take advantage of our maternity leave before / after childbirth and childcare leave systems to balance work and childcare. We also
encourage male employees to take childcare leave, and 3 male employees took childcare leave in fiscal 2021. 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
In order to respond to the requests for enhanced compliance education raised by employees in the compliance awareness survey in fiscal 2021, we conductedweb-based compliance training and information security training for all employees.
We also conducted web-based trade management training for those in charge and competition law training for employees involved in sales, procurement andmanufacturing.

◆Respect for human rights
We will prevent the occurrence of violations of human rights including discrimination and harassment in the workplace. In the event of such violations, we will takeprompt action appropriately. When necessary, internal reporting systems are available such as a helpline system with a corporate lawyer as a contact point.

◆Conflict minerals

We are working on avoiding the use of raw materials containing conflict minerals (four minerals: tin, tantalum, tungsten, and gold) that may provide sources offunding for armed groups involved in civil wars and conflicts that cause human right violations. When requested by customers, we conduct surveys on suppliers.

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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 to aim
at zero occupational accidents.
Our major activities include prevention of serious incidents by risk assessment that we have taken, extraction and correction of risk factors by doing employee
surveys on safety, as well as enhancement of fire prevention activities based on case studies of fires in other companies which have frequently occurred in recent
years.
Fire prevention activities currently promoted include receiving fire risk diagnoses from external organizations for the purpose of “preventing fires”, the results ofwhich were reflected in our fire prevention activities and fire prevention management rules. Also, we are promoting the introduction of highly sensitive smoke
detective systems and fire extinguishers suitable for each work environment.

◆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 all the domestic sites
Soshin Electric Group obtained “ISO45001:2018” Certification at Asama Plant and Chikuma Plant in fiscal 2021 and all the domestic sites completed acquiring thecertification in fiscal 2022.
With “ISO45001:2018” Certification, we will prevent serious accidents and make efforts on safety and health activities to fulfill our customers’ expectations andtrust.

Disaster Prevention Training (Chikuma Plant)

Safety patrols (Asama Plant)

ISO45001：20186certificate◦◦◦ Social Responsibility Report

Respect for Humanity and Assurance of a Comfortable Working Environment

Social Responsibility Report◆Beautification Campaign around Factory◆Adopt System Environmental Beautification
Campaign

We conducted trash pick-ups around the factories at all the domestic
sites and contributed to beautification campaigns.

We planted flowers donated through Nagano Prefecture Adopt System inplanters at Chikuma Plant and put them on sidewalks near the factory.

◆Volunteer activity◆Greeting Campaign

Soshin Band members visited elderly care facilities for music
performance.

We joined a greeting campaign in Yamanokuchi Area of Miyakonojo City,
where Soshin Powertech is located.

◆Eco-cap campaign◆Study tour for Miyakonojo Kogyo HighSchoolCollected eco-caps were sold for recycling. Revenue was distributed tovarious social activities. In fiscal 2021, the total revenue was worth 108
vaccines.

We accepted a factory tour for a local technical High School at Soshin
Powertech.

（No. of vaccines）

300◆Cooperation to Blood Donations
200
123

122

116

2017

2018

2019

100

0

103

108

2020

2021

We participated in blood donations at Tokyo Head Office, Asama Plant,
Chikuma Plant, and Soshin Powertech.

（Fiscal year）

Each plant conducts cleanup and beautification activities around it twicea year.

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Cooperation with Local Communities and Promotion of Social Action programs

Environmental Report

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 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:258)

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.

* Organizational charts within each site are omitted.

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Environmental Management System

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.
◆Activity report for 2021 and targets for 2022
【CO2 emission amount】
Because of the increase in production, the CO2 emission target wasn't achieved as part of fiscal 2021 environment load reduction activities.
However, we achieved the target of 82.1t / 100 million yen or less for CO2 emissions per unit of sales with the result of 76.3t / 100 million yen.
As measures to reduce CO2 emissions in fiscal 2022, we will conduct replacement to electric power saving facilities, such as high-efficiency air conditioners.
Also, we will consider purchasing green power in each of our business locations as the start of introducing renewable energy.

【Amount of discharged industrial wastes】
Because of the increase in production, the fiscal 2021 target of discharged industrial waste wasn't achieved.
In fiscal 2022 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 2021, 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 2022.

◆Main environmental preservation activitie
Items

Achievements in 2021
Targets

Achievements

・We will continue environmental education and ・T he environmental policy was disseminated andenlightenment activities.
environmental educations of environmental targets
were provided.
・W e utilized positively 2015 Environment
Management System and raised the levels of ・O ur whole domestic group has completed theEnvironmental
each department and internal environment
operation of the 2015 Environmental Management
management
auditors.
System and the integrated certification with thesystem（ISO14001） ・W e will comply with the environmental ISO45001 Management System.
legislations.
・We reviewd a list of environmental legislation andregulations to ensure that our environmental
assessement covered every item.
emissions
to
a
W
e
will
reducedomesticCOD・・ omestic CO2 emissions were 7,173 tons, compared2
maximum of 7,173t. (With the CO2 emission
to the target value of 7,418 tons, and the target value
Prevention of global
amount divided by sales amount no greater
could not be achieved. ( Regarding CO2 basic unit)
emissions, we were unable to achieve the target ofthan 82.1t/100 million yen
warming
76.3 tons / 100 million yen due to fluctuations in
production volume..)・We will keep the amount of discharged wastes ・E mission volume of industrial wastes was 224.4t
at no greater than 224.4t.
against the goal of 255.9t. The goal was attained.
(It is equivalent to the amount of discharged( The amount of discharged waste per unit wasn’t
)
waste
per
unit
at
2.6t
/
100
millionyen
achievedwith 2.63t / 100 million yen, but we continue
Waste management
to achieve zero emissions)activities

・W e continue to inspect foreign procured ・T here 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 thesequality of suppliers for compliance with thesources. Thus, we complied with the Green
Green Procurement Guidelines.
Procurement Guidelines.
Adequate control of・T he Soshin Electric Green Procurement ・T he 8th version of the Soshin Electric Green
chemicals
Guidelines will be updated.
Procurement Guidelines was issued and distributed tosuppliers..

Reduction of
hazardous chemicals

・W e will reduce hazardous substances ・We promoted monitoring of the RoHs Directive andincluding PCB/lead.
changes in materials for substances with expired
exemptions of the Directive.
・We completed disposal of equipment containing highconcentrations of PCB.

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Self-evaluations

Targets for 2022
・We will continue to provide environmental
education and to take enlightenment activities.
・We will continue to comply with regulationsof environment and safety and health laws.

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△

×

○

○

・We will keep the domestic CO2 emissions at
8,503t, max. ( with the CO 2 emission
amount divided by sales amount maintained
no greater than75.4t/100 million yen).
・W e will make medium-term plans forgreenhouse gas mitigation.
・We will keep the amount of discharged
wastes at no greater than 284.4t.
(Because of the increase in production, theamount of industrial waste will increase, but
we set the target of the amount of discharged
waste per unit to 2.5t / 100 million yen
compared to the previous year’s result of
2.63t / 100 million yen. We will continue toachieve zero-emissions)・We will continue acceptance inspections of
products procured from overseas withfluorescent X-ray analyzers.
・T he Soshin Electric Green Procurement
Guidelines will review the controlled
substance list for chemical substances thathave changed due to legal regulations or
customer requests, and informs suppliers.
・We will conduct supplier environmental
quality surveys and comply with the Green
Procurement Guidelines.
・W e will continue monitoring of the RoHs
Directive and changing materials for substanceswith expired exemptions of the Directive.
・We will complete disposal of all the equipment
containing low concentrations of PCB.

◦◦◦ Environmental Report

Outline of Environmental Preservation Activities

Environmental Report◆Environment preservation costs and economical eﬀects resulting from environment preservation
measuresSoshin Electric Group uses environmental accounting to grasp quantitatively the expenditures for environmental conservation and its effects on improvement.
In the fiscal 2021 environmental conservation cost at Soshin Electric Group, 96.91 million yen was disbursed in total by replacing power-saving facilities such as
highly efficient air conditioners, compressors, commercial multifunction machines, and so forth. The effect of these improvements will be checked in and after
fiscal 2022.
The environmental conservation cost was 17.23 million yen, a decrease of 2.4 million yen from fiscal 2021.
In fiscal 2022 we plan to complete replacement of highly efficient air conditioners and LED lighting in all sites.

Total of actual achievement: in ﬁscal 2021 (Apr. 1, 2021 to Mar. 31, 2022)*Generated in observance of the guidelines prepared by the Ministry of the Environment(10,000 yen)

Environmental protection costs
Categories

Major measures

Investment amount

Economic eﬀect

Expenses

Fiscal 2020 Fiscal 2021 Fiscal 2020 Fiscal 2021 Fiscal 2020 Fiscal 2021
Pollution
prevention

Costs for pollution prevention

0

0

304

188

-

-

Globalenvironmental
preservation

Costs for CO2 reduction such as introduction of energy
saving equipment

3,188

9,691

115

181

200

49

Resource recycling

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

0

0

977

1,043

-

-

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

480

280

-

-

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

87

31

-

-

Environmental
remediation

Costs for improvement of contaminated soils and recovery
of destroyed nature

0

0

0

0

-

-

3,188

9,691

1,963

1,723

200

49

Total

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

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Environmental Accounting

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 2021.
◆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

16,880 1000kWh

Fuel Oil

49 ㎘

Kerosene

24 ㎘

Gasoline

15 ㎘

LPG

74 t

Chemical substances

Business activities (domestic)

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

13 t

Emissions into the air

R&D and designing↓

CO2 emissions

7,418 tMaterial procurement

Other greenhouse-effect gases

281 t

Chemical substances

1t↓

Wastes

Production↓

Industrial wastes

255.9 tDischarged water

19,797 t

Products
Sales and distribution

Water

OUTPUT

19,833 t

Filters
capacitors& others

Management of Contained Chemical Substances◆Survey of contained chemical substances
In order to quickly respond to customers’ request to survey contained chemical substances and from a life cycle perspective, we are working to adopt products that
do not contain prohibited substances from the parts selection stage.

◆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 freefrom prohibited substances.

◆Green procurement
The Group of Soshin Electric companies has proceeded with procurement of parts and materials with the minimum possible environmental impact by conducting asurvey 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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Mass Balance (Inputs and outputs)

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.
Domestic CO2 emissions in fiscal 2021 were 7,418t due to a sales recovery of noise-related products and thick-film PCBs, while CO2 emissions divided by thesales amount were 76.3t/100 million yen. Overseas CO2 emission in fiscal 2021 registered 576t and the CO2 emission amount divided by the sales amonut was
47.6t/100 million yen.
Our target for CO2 emissions for fiscal 2022 is no greater than 8,503t (with the CO2 emission amount deivided by the sales amount of 75.4t/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

8,503
8,000

6,827

6,831

6,639

6,931

150

7,418
100

6,000

77.7

80.3

89.5

88.5

4,000

76.3

75.4
50

2,000

0

2017

2018

2019

2020

2021

（t）

0
2022 Targets（Fiscal year）（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

2,000

0

54.6

47.6

50

33.6

35.8

508

397

553

619

576

644

2017

2018

2019

2020

2021

0
2022 Targets

12

36.0

（Fiscal year）◦◦◦ Environmental Report

Approach to Reduction of Environmental Loads

Environmental Report◆Approach to Energy Saving
Approach to energy saving at designated energy management factories of Soshin Device
The business classification evaluation results based on periodic reports of the Act on the Rational Use of Energy at factories and workplaces have brought us S
rating based on the 2019 evaluation results from the Agency for Natural Resources and Energy, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry. We will continueenergy reducing efforts.

◆Approach to the introduction of renewable energy
Asama Plant has installed solar power generation systems since 2006. As a further approach, we will consider purchasing green power at each business location in
fiscal 2022.

◆Introduction of highly efficient air conditioners

In fiscal 2021, Chikuma Plant replaced air conditioners with highly efficient ones such as gas heat pump air conditioners (GHP). Systematic replacement withhighly efficient air conditioners has been made at all locations since fiscal 2017 and will be completed in fiscal 2022.

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Examples of energy-saving measuresEnvironmental Report◆Discharge of waste
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 the total discharge amount of 255.9t in fiscal 2021, we achieved zero emissions with reuse of 135.2t, recycling of 120.8t, and final landfill volume of 0t (theamount of discharged waste per unit: 2.63t / 100 million yen).
In fiscal 2022, the target of total discharge amount is 284.4 tons or less (the amount of discharged waste per unit: 2.5t / 100 million yen).
To ensure that waste disposal is carried out properly in accordance with the law, we have contracted only with government-approved waste disposal contractors,
and have kept records of the operation and disposal of waste using the electronic manifest (industrial waste management slip) system.

◆The amount of discharged waste
(t)
500

500

Per sales unit
※Discharged waste amount divided by sales amount

246.8

257.6

284.4

267.8

255.9

2.8

3.0

2017

2018

3.6

2019

20

The amount of discharged waste
Per sales unit
※Discharged waste amount divided by sales amount

15

300
10

220.5

200

（t/100 million yen）

400

15

300

0

(t)

20

The amount of discharged waste

400

100

（t/100 million yen）

200
5

2.8

2.6

2.5

2020

2021

2022 Targets

100

0

0

（Fiscal year）

7.0
105.4

2017

6.2
68.5

2018

7.2

5.9

58.9

66.7

2019

2020

10

6.8
4.5

5

82.5

80.0

2021

2022 Targets

0（Fiscal year）◆ 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

14◦◦◦ Environmental Report

Approach to Resource Utilization2022