UNITIKA Group
Corporate Social Responsibility
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CONTENTSCONTENTSCSR Discussion Otofumi Ohnishi / Misako Konno

Management

Notes on FY 2007 ReportCompany Overview
Corporate GovernanceInternal Control
Approach to Compliance
Information Management
Basic Environmental Policy
Medium-Term Environmental Plan
Unitika's History of Environmental Preservation Activities
Environment/Safety Management Organization
Overview of Environmental Impact
Work on Reducing Environmental Impact
Air Pollution
Water Pollution

Environmental Report

Waste Products
Energy Saving (Global Warming)
Distribution
Technology and Products for Environmental Safety
Water Treatment Facilities
Garbage Incinerating Facilities
Air Pollution
Recycled Polyester Fiber / Uniecolo
New Natural Fibers / Sylph
Recycled Polyester Nonwoven Sheeting / Ecomix
Anticorrosive Sheeting / Segurova
Plant-Derived Biomass Material / Terramac
Environmental Accounting
Concern for Our Employees

CSR Report

Giving Back to the Community
Local Environmental Improvement
Local Environmental Activities
PR Activities
Disaster-Readiness Activities
Safety and Health Activities
Production Site Information

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Actress and United
Nations Development
Programme (UNDP)
Goodwill Ambassador

President, Unitika Ltd.

Environmental Problems
Problems That Face All Humanityfrom one of the spinning mills in our business chain, anda problem with the water from a dyeing plant. So westarted with the issue of how to make the emissions fromour own plants as harmless as possible. Our objective as amanufacturer was to switch to an environmentally aware
corporate culture free from harmful waste emissions.
We're now expanding the scope of our environmental
activities. We act as a focal point of technologies, selling
the technologies refined during product development at
our plants as systems for external buyers. We have alsoestablished environmentally aware business units that
discover problem areas through various types of analysis.
Konno: Specifically, what activities have you worked
on to switch to an environmentally aware corporate
culture?
Ohnishi: For example, in 2004, we started operating agas cogeneration system fueled by natural gas at our Uji
Plant. The fuel oil that once powered the plant's boilers
and generated electricity has been replaced by naturalgas, generating electricity and steam, and creating morecost-effective power. Carbon dioxide emissions, a large
cause of environmental problems, have been reduced by
30 to 40%, while dust and sulfur oxide emissions havebeen reduced by half. A similar system is now operating
at our Okazaki Plant, and we plan to start installing thesesystems at other production sites.

“Unitika created its Environmental Preservation
Regulations in 1973 to enable a self-directed
approach to work on the environment.”
Konno: When did Unitika start its CSR activities?
Ohnishi: We first started working on the environment
in the mid-sixties, inspired by a series of pollution
problems caused by Japan's high overall growth. Then in
1973 we created our own set of Environmental
Preservation Regulations. We strongly believed thatenvironmental problems would become major issues
affecting the planet. For this reason, we wanted to workon them through our own self-directed approach insteadof just passively meeting obligations imposed by outside
authorities-mandatory numerical targets-and leaving it atthat. Today, the 21st century is being called the century
of the environment, and those of us in the corporate
world are being called on to engage in environmentallyaware management.
Konno: I agree that measures to combat
environmental problems should involve more than justvying to meet numerical targets. I think corporations andconsumers both need to take a self-directed approach
toward working on the environment.
Ohnishi: When we started our work on theenvironment, we had a problem with emissions gases
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component elements, and a defect in any of them could
lead to the failure of the entire product. So no matter
how small it may be, each of our parts is manufactured
under rigorous quality controls.

“Rigorous quality standards are important in
manufacturing, even for small parts.”
Konno: With Unitika's many plants in regions
throughout Japan, how do you educate all youremployees about Unitika's CSR philosophy?
Ohnishi: We have created an organization called theCompliance Committee. It's part of an airtight systemcomprised of our Environment Committee, Central
Safety and Sanitation Committee, a higher-levelcommittee chaired by myself, as well as directors,
executive officers, department heads, and other relevant
employees. These organizations focus primarily oninternal control, and have been responsible forenvironmental initiatives such as promoting ISO 14001
certification (the ISO standard for environmental
compliance) among Unitika sites and affiliates. Nine ofour domestic research and production sites, and twelveof our affiliates are ISO 14001-certified. While our overall
ISO coverage is pretty much complete, we want moresites to become certified.
Konno: Today, food safety and the environment areareas where a single minute problem tends to result inwidespread media attention. Dealing with crisis
management issues must be a major effort for corporate
top management.
Ohnishi: Yes, it certainly is. The products wemanufacture are materials used for a wide range ofapplications-whether they're food packaging products, ormaterials used in products ranging from vehicles tomobile phones. While we aren't often called upon
directly to answer concerns over potential dangers to
consumers, the products we manufacture pass into thehands of consumers, so we take our responsibility very
seriously and set rigorous product standards.
Manufacturing a single product involves a number of“It would be good if plastic supermarket bags
and other disposable plastic items were all madeof Terramac.”
Konno: When I
looked at the Unitika
Web site, I was
surprised to see thewide range ofbusiness areas
Unitika is now
involved in-many
more than when I
was the Unitika'mascot girl'.
Ohnishi: Personally, I think there are still many areas
we're not involved in that we should be. Corporate value
is determined by how often a company can create
innovative concepts that embody its corporate
philosophy. And since today the trend is toward
increasing concern for the environment and consumer
safety, corporations have to take on greater
responsibility in these areas. Because just publicizing
various types of complex environmental care isn't
enough to completely eliminate consumers' concerns
about pollution. More basic solutions are required. For
example, Terramac is a recyclable material made by
Unitika by polymerizing corn into a polylactic acid. It is
used in applications such as a resin for plastic products,
as a clothing fiber, and as a spunbond nonwoven fabric.
It can also be used in petroleum-based films.

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Ohnishi: I've heard that in China, people are forced todrink water they know is polluted. As part of our efforts
to create an environmentally aware business, we've had asuccessful track record of providing water treatment
technology to China. And since Japan is importing more
and more food, the water used to cultivate or raise thatfood is effectively being used by Japan.
Konno: I've heard that importing grain is the same asimporting the water used overseas. I hope Unitika's
technologies will spread to other developing countries
besides China.

Konno: It's interesting that Terramac is made fromcorn, a food resource. Do you use imported corn?
Ohnishi: While Terramac is made from corn, it's justthe starch that's needed. As you're no doubt aware, a lotof corn is harvested in the US for use as livestock feed.
We don't import the corn itself. First the corn is turned
into starch, then sugar, then it's imported as a fermented
polylactic acid.
Konno: Supermarket plastic bags have recently
become a widely covered environmental issue in Japan. I
think it would be good if disposable plastic items likethat were all made of Terramac. Would it beeconomically feasible?
Ohnishi: One area we're working on now is getting
municipalities in Japan to switch the garbage bags they
distribute to Terramac bags. While I think they'll costmore than conventional garbage bags, I think people aregoing to become more aware of thecosts needed for environmental
preservation.

“Because Japan generated such a lot ofenvironmentally harmful pollution, I think it has aduty to play a leading role in providing
guidance.”
Ohnishi: Human economic activity is
ultimately a destructive activity. I think
this destruction has accumulated over
the years, and has led to the global
environmental problems we have
today. The problem may be that we
don't feel the need to worry about
today, tomorrow or the next day, but if
today's problems continue unabated,the consequences will be severe.
Konno: But the UN is working toprevent that happening, and because
Japan generated such a lot ofenvironmentally harmful pollution
during its high growth era, I think it has a duty to play aleading role in providing guidance so that neighboring
developing countries don't make the same mistake. I
hope Japanese technologies can be put to greater use indeveloping countries.
Ohnishi: Absolutely. Instead of competing forinternational dominance or worrying about the balanceof international power, Japan needs to put its
energy-saving and environmental solutions technologies
to greater use among developing countries. The
problems are not just environmental. Food shortages
caused by population growth are going to become more
serious. These problems are not just problems forcorporations to work on, but problems that face all
humanity. Nations are going to need to deepen theirunderstanding of each other and learn how to coexist
while promoting civilized use of limited resources.

“Unitika has a successful trackrecord of providing water
treatment technology to China.”
Ohnishi: What type of work do you
do in your role as Goodwill Ambassador
for the United Nations Development
Programme?
Konno: Once a year I observe UN
Development Programme projects indeveloping countries, so that I can help publicize thatwork. In August this year I went to Cambodia. Cambodia
rivals Vietnam in the speed of its growth, and isbecoming more developed every year. The capital city ofPhnom Penh and Siem Reap (where Angkor Wat is
located) are extremely lively areas, with new buildings
going up in rapid succession. I had actually visited thecountry once before in 1999, and was amazed to see how
greatly it had changed in just the few years since then.
But if you go to the less populated areas, nothing haschanged. Just as in most developing countries, there's ahuge difference between the urban and rural areas.
Naturally, few rural homes have electricity or gas, andmany people don't even have safe access to water-themost crucial requirement for human life. East Timor
faces a slightly different set of problems. It has natural
resources, planning and funding, but lacks the
manpower to provide leadership. I wonder if Unitika's
technology could be used to help developing Asian
countries like these.
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Notes on FY 2007 Report
Unitika CSR Report 2007 covers the FY 2006 environmental andCSR (corporate social responsibility) activities of Unitika's
domestic production sites and twelve domestic Group
companies. It has been created in line with Guidelines forEnvironmental Reports 2003 issued by Japan's Ministry of theEnvironment. Along with reporting the Group's record ofenvironmental achievements, the Report has expanded CSR
coverage, reflecting the growing importance of this area andgreater attention it is receiving in Japan. The CSR information
includes topics such as corporate governance, internal control
and other principles and systems in use by the Group. The
domestic production sites and Group companies covered by thereport are listed on the right.

Unitika Production
Sites in Japan

Unitika Group Companies

Uji Plant

Unitika Fibers Ltd.

Okazaki Plant

Unitika Textiles Ltd.

Sakoshi Plant

Unitika Plant Engineering Co., Ltd.

Tarui Mill

Unitika Glass Fiber Co., Ltd.

Toyohashi Office

Unitika Environmental TechnicalCenter Co., Ltd.

Tokiwa Mill

Unitika Protec Sakoshi Ltd.

Miyagawa Mill

Nippon Ester Co., Ltd.

Kaizuka Office

Ad'all Co., Ltd.

Central R&D
Laboratories

Unitika Spunbond Products Co., Ltd.
Unitika Logistics Co., Ltd.
Unitika Uji Products Co., Ltd.
Union Co., Ltd.

Company Overview
Name: Unitika Ltd.
Founded: June 19, 1889
Capital: 23.7 billion yen (as at March 31, 2007)
Number of employees (consolidated): 5,030 (as at March 31, 2007)
Sales (consolidated): 220.6 billion yen (FY 2006)
Main business areas (consolidated): Polymers (films, resins, chemical products, spunbond),
environmental/advanced materials (engineering, pharmaceutical products, functional materials), fibers(synthetic and natural fiber yarns, staple fibers, woven and knitted fabrics), health & amenity products,
other business areas

Sales (Non-Consolidated/Consolidated)

Sales Share of Each Business Unit
(FY 2006, Consolidated)

Non-consolidated
Consolidated(Billions of yen)
300

Health & amenity products, other
10%

Environmental/
advanced materials

250

13%
200

Sales:
220.6 billion yen

150
100

Polymers
30%

50
0
'03

'04

'05

'06

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Corporate Governance
Basic Policy for Corporate GovernanceUnitika's management vision is to be a corporation thatmakes its social presence enriches lives and helps theenvironment. To bring this vision to our business, we are
implementing a new medium-term management plancalled New Progress 8 (NP-8) that covers dual areas for
improvement-our business strategy and our corporate
governance strategy. This section describes the Group's
ongoing corporate governance efforts.

In March 2006, Unitika announced a new medium-term
management plan called New Progress 8 (NP-8) to be
implemented over the three-year period through FY 2008. The
plan covers both business strategy and corporate governancestrategy. Under the rapid decision-making, we work on the
management of valuing the stake holder through strengthening
compliance and risk management, and timely and accurate
information disclosure. Consistent adherence to thismanagement approach will increase Unitika's corporate value intoday's increasingly globalized economy, to enable sustained
growth.

Overview of NP-8
Management vision
To be a corporation that makes its social presence, enriches lives
and helps the environment.

Corporate governancestrategy

Business strategy
Strengthening businesscompetency

Dual improvement
areas

Strengthening corporate
quality

Implementation
In 2000, Unitika adopted a management system that sets forth
two separate function areas: management
decision-making/supervisory functions ('governance') andbusiness execution functions ('management'). The Board of
Directors specializes in the first set of functions, aided by theManagement Strategy Council, an organization that provides
directors the opportunity for more in-depth discussions on
policies and issues pertaining to all aspects of the Group's
management. The second set of functions are implemented by

the Executive Director System and a President's advisory bodyknown as the Business Execution Council, which speed
decision-making and demarcate areas of responsibility.
In 2006, we created a basic policy on internal control, andestablished a new organization known as the CSR/ComplianceGroup. We also reviewed our management organization, making
changes such as enabling directors to also serve as executive
officers. These changes have improved the Group's overallmanagement mobility and effectiveness.

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Internal Control
In April 2007, we created the Internal Control Promotion Office, and began implementing internal control for
financial reporting.

Basic Policy
Set forth in the eight items of Unitika's Basic Policy for Internal Control.

Unitika's Basic Policy for Internal Control (Item Headings)
1. Organization to ensure that the execution of job duties by directors and employees complies with allapplicable legislation and the Articles of Incorporation
2. Items pertaining to saving/managing information on directors' execution of job duties
3. Regulations on loss hazard management; other organizational elements
4. Organization to ensure that execution of directors' job duties is performed efficiently
5. Organization to ensure suitability of operations done by corporate groups
6. When auditors ask for appointment of employees to act as assistants
Items pertaining to organization for those employees, and to their independence from directors
7. Organization used for directors and employees to report to auditors; organization for reporting toother auditors
8. Other organizational elements to ensure that auditing by auditors is performed effectively

Organization
The diagram below shows the organization used for corporate governance, and to ensure fair corporate activities. The basic elements
correspond to Unitika's Basic Policy for Internal Control (outlined above). This organization is used to strictly enforce internal
control-compliance, information saving/management, risk hedging, increasing the execution efficiency of director job duties, and ensuring
the suitability of operations.

Organization
General Meeting of Stockholders
Appointing/terminating

Appointing/terminating

Appointing/terminating

ReportingManagement Strategy
Council(All directors)

Board of Directors(Nine directors)

Auditing* Discusses important issues.

Discussion ofimportant issues

Appointing/terminating,
instructions

ReportingBoard of Auditors(Four auditors)
Determining suitability(Including two outside auditors) of accounting auditing,
ReportingAppointing/terminating,supervision

witnessing auditing
Auditing

Executive Officers(eight)(Including seven executive officers also acting as directors)* Execute business operations.

Representative
Directors(three)Reporting

CSR/
Compliance Group

Instructions
Reporting
Advisory
organization

Business Execution Council(Directors, Executive Officers)

Auditor staff
ReportingPresident

ReportingAccounting
Auditor

Auditing Office

Promotion, management

Instructions

Committees
Compliance Committee
Export Management Committee
Central Committee on
Product Liability, others

ReportingBusiness departments, Group companies

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Approach to Compliance (1)In 2001, Unitika instituted a document called the Unitika Action Standards that sets forth specificstandards for implementing the Unitika Action Charter of 1998. The Unitika Action Standards
have been distributed to all company employees and directors, and we continue to promote
corporate activities dedicated to upholding the law and a public-spirited corporate ethic. Anotherfocus is ensuring product safety throughout manufacturing and sales processes according toUnitika's product safety management regulations. In 2006, we created an internal control systemas specified by the Company Law to ensure Groupwide compliance.

Groupwide Compliance with Unitika Charter and Standard of Corporate Behavior
The Unitika Charter of corporate behavior is our basic policy on
how best to fulfill our mission as a public-spirited corporation. It
applies to all directors and employees of Unitika and Unitika
Group companies. In addition to our routine work on interpretingand implementing the statutes and regulations relevant to ourbusiness areas, we make sure our employees are kept fully
informed of our Action Standards by having department heads
explain them whenever possible.

Unitika Charter of Corporate Behavior
The Unitika Charter of Corporate Behavior is a set of guidelines
on how to act for the public good by complying withlaws and international standards and guidelines.

1.UNITIKA, by the development and provision of socially beneficial goods and services in a safe andresponsible manner, shall strive to earn the confidence of their consumers and customers.
2.UNITIKA shall promote fair, transparent, free competition and sound trade. They shall also ensure that theirrelationships and contacts with government agencies and political bodies are of a sound and proper nature.
3.UNITIKA shall engage in communication not only with shareholders but also with members of society at large,
including active and fair disclosure of corporate information.
4.UNITIKA shall strive to respect diversity, individuality and differences of their employees, to promote safe andcomfortable workplaces, and to ensure the mental and physical well-being of their employees.
5.UNITIKA shall respect the culture and customs of other nations and strive to manage their overseas activities
in such a way as to promote and contribute to the development of local communities.
6.UNITIKA shall reject all contacts with organizations involved in activities in violation of the law or accepted
standards of responsible social behavior.
7.As a ''good corporate citizen,'' UNITIKA shall respect fundamental human rights and actively engage inphilanthropic activities, and other activities of social benefit.

Cover of
Unitika Action Charter

Compliance Committee
To ensure compliance with the Unitika Action Charter, weestablished the Corporate-Behavior Committee at the time of its
creation. Chaired by the President, the Committee keeps employees
informed on the Action Charter, sets specific plans and rules, anddiscusses and executes compliance verification. In May 2006, theCompliance Committee underwent a reorganization forimprovement.

Compliance Committee
Committee
chairmanCommittee
members

President

Directors

Whistleblower Contact Points
Unitika's Whistleblower Contact Points

In response to a corporate whistleblower protection law put into
effect by Japan's government, we immediately implemented a setof whistleblowing (internal reporting) regulations and created two
whistleblower contact points (one within the company and one
outside the company). Employees can use them to immediately
report any malfeasance or illegal activities they encounter. The
regulations are part of the strict compliance measures we ensure
within the company, driven mainly by the Compliance
Committee.

Contact point 1

Unitika Compliance Line

Contact point 2

External Legal Help Line

Contact point: Within CSR/Compliance Groupin Personnel/General Affairs
Department

Reporting Instructions

Reporting Instructions

Reporting/consultations

Reporting/consultations

Compliance Committee
Feedback

Committee chairman: Unitika President

All employees working for Unitika Group
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Approach to Compliance (2)Ensuring Product Safety
ensure that product manufacturing and sales are carried out
safely, in compliance with these regulations. They are
implemented by the organization illustrated below, headedby the Central Committee on Product Liability.

Unitika's product safety management regulations containdetailed provisions on areas such as basic policy,
responsibility areas, implementation systems, and bylaws
on the implementation and application of manual
procedures. Unitika and Unitika Group companies work toCentral Committee on Product Liability
Work areas

Committee members

Creating basic policy pertaining to product safety
Creating yearly plans pertaining to product safety
Supervising results of product safety reviews
Keeping employees informed on product safety issues

Members include the head of each businessdivision, directors in charge of each businessarea, and directors in charge of management.

Product Liability Review Board

Product Liability
Review Board

Product Liability
Review Board

Product Liability
Manager

Product Liability
Manager

Established in each business department, section and business unit.
The relevant division head appoints the committee chairman andsecretariat.
Committee members
Department (office) heads incharge of production/technology,
department (office) heads incharge of sales, and members
appointed by the division head.

Main work areas
Reviews pertaining to safety issues in
product designs/specifications,manufacturing and distribution
Reviews pertaining to product displays
and warnings
Creating product safety standards andsubmitting revisions or deletions

Product Liability Manager
Appointed by each division head in line with the type of business
Main work areas
Investigating and checking health and environmental effects of producthandling and use
Creating and reviewing product handling cautions for display on productcontainers, wrapping and tags
Creating and distributing product safety data sheets

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Information Management
Information Security

This section outlines our work on information management
and security, which are becoming increasingly important
issues as the growth of the Internet provides ever easieraccess to information.

To maintain the confidentiality of information assets and prevent
unauthorized use, Unitika set up the Basic Policy on Information
Security in 2005. This document contains our Information Security
Declaration and sets forth our steadfast approach to implementing
it, while setting up a management and operation organization
driven by our Information Security Committee. The Basic Policy isdesigned to ensure protection and effective use of the information
we handle in the course of our business activities.

Unitika Information Security Declaration (Preamble Omitted)
1. We will take steps to ensure the security of information as set forth by our Information Security Policy.
2. We will create an information security management organization, and implement it in an systematic manner.
3. We will educate and train our directors and all employees on our Information Security Policy, working to prevent information security
accidents.
4. We will work on improving our information security measures on an ongoing basis.
5. We will comply with all personal information protection laws and all relevant statutes and standards.
* 'Information Security Policy' refers to the documentation set forth and managed by the information Security Declaration, Basic Policy on Information Security, Standards
for Information Security Measures and Information Security Implementation Procedures.

Organization of Information Security Committee
Information Security Committee
Information Security Committee Chairman
Director in charge of Planning and Management Division
Secretariat

Manager

In charge of management information:
Head of Management Planning Department

Head of Auditing Office

In charge of personal information:
Head of Personnel/General Affairs Department

Management Information Subcommittee

Personal Information Subcommittee

Chairman: Head of Planning andManagement Division
Members: Head of relevant businessdepartment, head of relevant
management department

Chairman: Director in charge of Personnel/General Affairs Department
Members: Head of relevant businessdepartment, head of relevant
management department

Business departments, management departments

Business departments, management departments

Protecting Personal Information
In response to a personal information protection law put into
effect by Japan's government, we have implemented a set of
personal information protection regulations. The strictly worded
and implemented regulations contain 33 detailed articles thatcover areas such as collection and use of personal information,
appropriate management, auditing and disposal methods, andpenalties.

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Environmental Report

Basic Environmental Policy
Unitika named 1993 an Environmental first year, when we enacted the Unitika Global Environment Charter, consisting of ourpledge, basic philosophy and action guidelines. Since then, we have complied with this Charter to ensure that our corporate
management methods are environmentally aware, working on a range of environmental activities.

Unitika Global Environment Charter
The growth and development of mankind is rapidly altering our planet's air, water and soil, threatening both the global biosphereand our own future, since both must depend on a finite ecosystem. As a corporation with more than a century of businessactivities contributing to the public good, we are highly aware of the demanding conditions now facing the global environment.
The Charter is the declaration of our intention to focus more attention on protecting and helping the environment, making
appropriate environmental action the core of our business activities.

Basic Philosophy
Better living through technology, driven by corporate activities that help humans and nature coexist.

Action Guidelines
Continual awareness of the
global environment

The Unitika Group always considers the effects of our corporate activities on the global environment, following arigorous set of management procedures during product manufacture to prevent harm to it.

Contributing throughtechnology development

We aggressively research and develop technologies to protect and help the global environment.

Using resources andenergy efficiently

We promote efficient use of resources and energy, and recycle limited resources.

Carrying out PR andeducational activities

We organize a large number of PR activities that provide information on protecting and helping the global
environment, and promote a wide range of educational events.

Drawing on the complete
range of Unitika Group
competencies

Following the mandates of the Charter, we draw on our complete range of competencies to protect and help the
global environment.

Medium-Term Environmental PlanFY 2005 was the deadline we set for meeting the four numericaltargets of our third Environmental Plan. While we met two ofthese targets-reductions in industrial waste and energy
consumption-we failed to meet the targeted improvements inthe loss recycling rate in production processes and in ourenergy unit requirement.
We have examined and analyzed the data from our efforts, andapplied it to the fourth Medium-Term Environmental Plan wehave created, which started in FY 2006. More demanding
targets have been set for items that met their previous targets,
and we have renewed our commitment to improve the items that
didn't meet their targets. The targeted improvement in the loss
recycling rate in production processes has been set higher
since we have begun full operation of a new thermal recycling
program. FY 2008 is the deadline for meeting these goals.

Goals to Meet by Deadline (FY 2008)
1. Industrial waste 16% reduction (Compared to FY 2004 level)
2. Loss recycling rate in production processes
7.0% improvement (Compared to FY 2004 level)
3. Energy unit requirement

1% improvement per year

4. Energy consumption quantity
10% reduction (Compared to FY 1990 level; deadline is FY 2010.)

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History of Environmental Preservation Activities
Unitika's Environmental
Preservation Activity History

Unitika's work on environmental management hascontinued uninterrupted for over 30 years, and willcontinue into the future.

September 1973
October 1991

Pollution first became a major issue in Japan in 1973. That
year, Unitika created the Environmental Preservation
Regulations, making a clear distinction between
environmental measures and outward-directed production
activities, to enable compliance with regulatory andstandards values.
In 1991, we created a new companywide organization
called the Environmental Preservation Committee, followed
in 1993 by the Unitika Global Environment Charter. That
year we began yearly environmental auditing, establishing
the basic direction for our environmentally-aware
management style that has continued to this day. In 1998,
we created the Unitika Charter of Corporate Behavior, adocument that sets forth the basic action policy needed tofulfill our Unitika Group mission as a public-spirited
corporation. Its first article sets forth our responsibility forenvironmental and safety awareness.
The Unitika Action Standards created and implemented
in April 2001 expanded on the Unitika Action Charter by
setting forth specific action standards for Unitika
organizations and employees to comply with in theperformance of their routine business activities. The
Standard of Corporate Behavior represent a clear step
toward corporate activities grounded in a mindset ofcorporate social responsibility (CSR). They cover areas
such as the environment, safety, compliance, andcoexistence with the public good and stakeholders.

April 1993
May 1993

May 1994

July 1996
September 1996
October 1997
January 1998
January 1999
October 2000
April 2001
October 2002
October 2002
October 2005

Created and implemented Environmental
Preservation Regulations.
Revised Environmental Preservation Regulations,established Environmental Preservation Committee.
Created and implemented Global Environmental
Charter.
Environmental Preservation Regulations werereborn as Environmental Regulations.
Established Environmental Committee,organization which meets annually.
Started environmental audits (once per year).
(Voluntary audits by each production site andinternal audits by headquarters staff.)
Created targets for first Medium-Term
Environmental Plan (FY 1997 to 1999).
Started publishing Kankyo, our in-housenewsletter on environmental issues.
Started activities aimed at becoming
ISO 14001-certified at our major production sites.
Created and implemented Unitika Action Charter.
Unitika Chemical was awarded ISO 14001
certification (first in Group).
Created targets for second Medium-Term
Environmental Plan (FY 2000 to 2002).
Created Unitika Action Standards.
Published Unitika Environmental Report.
Created targets for third Medium-Term
Environmental Plan (FY 2003 to 2005).
Created targets for fourth Medium-Term
Environmental Plan (FY 2006 to 2008).

ISO 14001-Certified Unitika
Organizations (as at March 31, 2007)
April 1999
November 1999
November 1999
January 2001
March 2001
March 2001
March 2001
March 2001
March 2001
March 2001
October 2001
October 2001
October 2001
October 2001
October 2001
December 2002
December 2002
December 2002
December 2002
May 2003
December 2003

Unitika has aggressively worked on becoming certified
under ISO 14001-the international standard forenvironmentally-aware corporate activities. All production
sites due to become ISO 14001-certified had done so by
May 2003. In FY 2003, we started activities to help ouraffiliates obtain ISO 14001, and have been conducting
environmental audits of each company.

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Ad'all Co., Ltd.
Unitika Protec Sakoshi Ltd.
Unitika Sakoshi Plant
Unitika Textiles Ltd., Tokiwa Mill
Unitika Uji Plant
Unitika Uji Plastic Plant
Unitika Central Research Laboratories
Unitika Fibers Ltd., Uji Plant
Unitika Glass Fiber Co., Ltd., Kyoto Plant
Unitika Environmental Technical Center Co., Ltd.,
Kinki Office
Unitika Okazaki Plant
Unitika Fibers Ltd., Okazaki Plant
Unitika Plant Engineering Co., Ltd., Chubu Office,2nd Business Division
Nippon Ester Co., Ltd., Okazaki Plant
Unitika Environmental Technical Center Co., Ltd.,
Chubu Office
Unitika Tarui Mill
Unitika Textiles Ltd., Tarui Mill
Unitika Plant Engineering Co., Ltd., Tarui Group
Unitika Environmental Business Division
Unitika Textiles Ltd., Miyagawa Mill
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Environment/Safety Management Organization
meets regularly every year. It discusses and votes on major
environmental issues such as basic plans forenvironmentally-aware management, and verification of theirprogress. It contains the two subcommittees shown below.
Specific topics are discussed and examined in detail conceptuallyand technically, providing the kernels of environmental measures.
The Central Safety and Sanitation Committee and theEnvironment Committee act as departments dedicated to safety
and environmental measures, and have a higher level of authority
in the Unitika hierarchy than the Environmental Safety Groups ofUnitika production sites or affiliates. They form an organization thatprovides the leadership to implement effective environmental
measures.

To implement CSR-driven environmental awareness andsafety measures, we have established a management
organization headed by the President, consisting of several
committees and business divisions.
Unitika's original environment/safety management organizationconsisted of three committees and business divisions. A newcommittee (the Corporate Action Committee) was added in 1998.
The organization was again expanded in 2006, to encompass theCompliance Committee, becoming a driver of compliancepromotion. The Compliance Committee and Central Committee on
Product Liability are described in detail in the section on Unitika's
approach to compliance starting on page 6.
The Environment Committee, one of the original committees,

Environmental/Safety ManagementOrganization
President

Compliance Committee

Business division

Environment Committee

Environmental
Technology
Subcommittee

Environmental
Preservation
Subcommittee

Production site

Affiliate

Environmental
Safety Group

Environmental
Safety Group

Activity planning,
implementation and management

Central Safety andSanitation Committee
Central Committee
on Product Liability

Policy setting and auditing

The Environment Committee contains the two subcommittees below.
Environmental Technology Subcommittee:
Works on (a) energy saving and (b) increasing the recycling rate, to find technology-based ways of reducing losses associated withbusinessactivities.
Environmental Preservation Subcommittee:
Sets goals for (a) reducing environmental impactand (b) reducing industrial waste, in line with environmental preservation laws and theUnitikaGlobal Environment Charter. Works on efficient implementation of these goals.

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Overview of Environmental Impact
obtain accurate data on its severity and on reducing it. The
diagram below shows the Unitika Group's inputs and outputs for FY
2006. The transfer and emission quantities of each chemical
regulated by the PRTR (Pollutant Release and Transfer Register)
Law are shown below.

Environmental Impact From Business
Activities (FY 2006 Figures)
The Unitika Group is aware of the various types of environmental
impact caused by our business activities, and we are working toAtmospheric emissions
SOx: 225 tons
CO2: 406,000 tons (t-CO2)
NOx: 776 tons Dust: 18 tons

Chemicals*

Water

Emission quantity: 98 tons
Transfer quantity: 149 tons

56.4 million m3

UnitikaGroup'sbusiness
activities

Outputs

203,000 k(crude oil equivalent)Internal recycling

InputsEnergyAll products
Production quantity: 337,000 tons

Waste products

Raw materials

Final external disposal quantity: 6,775 tons

Waste water
Waste water quantity: 52.9 million m3
COD emission quantity: 250 tons

External recycling
9,404 tons

*Chemicals requiring registration under PRTR Law

Number of chemicals requiring registration under PRTR Law: 18
Acetaldehyde
Antimony and its compounds-caprolactam
Ethylene oxide
Ethylene glycol
1,4-dioxane

Dichloromethane
Dioxins
Terephthalic acidTolueneDichloropentafluoropropane
1,2,4-benzenetricarboxylic acid 1,2-anhydride

While chemical emissions fell year-on-year, transfer quantities
increased somewhat. We will continue stepping up our efforts tomaintain or reduce the environmental impact of chemicals.

Boron and its compounds
Poly(oxyethylene) = alkyl ethyl
Poly(oxyethylene) = nonylphenol ethyl
Bisphenol A
Bisphenol A epoxy resin
Hexamethylene diamine

We are stepping up work on setting voluntary reduction goals,
investing in environmental preservation equipment, improving
processes and optimizing operation.

PRTR (Pollutant Release and Transfer Register) is a system that requires companies to measure and report the quantities ofchemicals emitted from their plants into the environment or transferred out as waste products. A PRTR law was put into effect inJapan in March 2000. Measurement, reporting and disclosure started with FY 2001 data.

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Work on Reducing Environmental Impact (1)Air Pollutionoxide) emissions fell greatly in FY 2006, with dust down 38% fromthe previous year (to 17 tons), and NOx down 33% (to 765 tons).
And with SOx (sulfur oxide) emissions down 8% (to 170 tons), air
pollution has been greatly improved since last year.
To continue to step up measures to prevent air pollution, we areworking on meeting our emissions reduction targets. For
example, we are switching from fuel oil to LNG (liquefied naturalgas), increasing the use of low-sulfur fuels, increasing boiler
combustion efficiency and improving operation management
efficiency to eliminate waste.

Unitika is minimizing its air and water pollution, and helping
curtail global warming. Today's manufacturing industry is
being called on to preserve the global environment, and weare actively working on environmental measures.
The Unitika Group succeeded in controlling air pollution in FY
2006, managing to curb emissions to a considerably lower level
than in previous years. The success was largely the result of agas cogeneration system fueled by natural gas that was put into
operation at the Okazaki Plant in April 2006, following the start ofa similar system at the Uji Plant. Both dust and NOx (nitrogen

t
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t
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The Unitika Group has been switching from fuel oils A and C tonatural gas, a more environmentally sound alternative. We haveincreased the proportion of gaseous fuel used from 2% of the total
in FY 1998, to 69% in FY 2006. The switch has greatly helped
reduce SOx, dust and CO2, as well as reducing environmental
impact through energy-saving.
(The diagram on the right shows the percentage of gaseous fuelused by the Unitika Group over the past several years.)

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Gaseous fuel used (percentage of total)

Switch to Natural Gas Moving
Steadily Ahead

NOx emissions

100%

75%

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Work on Reducing Environmental Impact (2)Water Pollution
The FY 2006 COD emissions volume was roughly the same as
the previous year (234 tons), while the total waste water quantity
was down 3%, at 52.87 million tons. To enable reductions
independent from factors such as production volumes, we will
work on developing new technologies, improving management ofemissions sources, and recycling and reusing cooling water.

t
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Total waste water quantity

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Waste Products
The waste reduction target to achieve by FY 2008 set in our
fourth Medium-Term Environmental Plan is a 16% reduction fromthe FY 2004 level. In FY 2006, we reduced waste 10% relative to
the FY 2004 level, but the total waste volume was up 7.4% (466
tons) from the previous year. However, the increase was due toone of our plants discarding 1,300 tons of old equipment as partof an environmental improvement project. Everyday efforts at
reducing waste are creating steady progress among our otherplants.

t
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The rate of recycling has generally been dropping relative to FY
2001 (the comparison year), but picked up somewhat starting in
FY 2004. This fiscal year, the rate increased 1.2 percentage
points from the year before, to 92.6%. The increase was aided by
our work on thermal recycling using waste plastics. Unitika ismore committed than ever to our work on waste reduction.

%
100

Rate of recycling

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Work on Reducing Environmental Impact (3)Energy Saving (Global Warming)
The Kyoto Protocol is an international agreement created toprevent global warming that went into effect in February 2005.
The first year of the first commitment period is rapidly
approaching in 2008. To meet the targets in the Protocol,
production sites will need to reduce CO2 and other greenhousegases, and take further steps to save energy.
To work toward these goals, Unitika takes precise measurementsof energy consumption quantities and energy unit requirements.

activities such as reducing Groupwide production volumes,
process improvements, heat recovery and water reuse. Our
energy unit requirement in FY 2006 improved about 1.3% fromthe previous year despite a drop in production and brand lineupchanges such as model diversification.
We have succeeded in reducing the CO2 emissions volume by ahefty 46% from the 1990 level. This decrease is largely due to a
reduction in energy consumption, and to the gas cogeneration
systems that were put into operation at the Uji and Okazaki
Plants starting in 2005.
We will continue to work on preventing global warming from an
all-encompassing perspective, examining various indicesthroughout the manufacturing process.

Our Medium-Term Environmental Plan targets an energy
consumption reduction of 10% by 2010 (compared to the FY
1990 level).
We had already achieved an outstanding 26% reduction in FY
2006. This success is mainly the result of steady energy-saving

Thousands of k Energy consumption quantity (crude oil equivalent)

300

Energy unit requirement (indexed to FY 1990 level =100)
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Logistics
To reduce the environmental impact of transportation needed for inputs of raw materials and outputs of products and waste products,
Unitika implements the four logistic guidelines shown below. These guidelines have helped us make across-the-board improvements intransportation efficiency, and in reducing energy consumption and emissions gases.

We will shorten transport distances by lending, borrowing or swapping general-use products or materials of equal quality with other companies.
Within Japan, we will use container transport by sea or rail whenever possible, since these methods enable mass transport and are energy-efficient.
Forklifts used for work inside sites will be changed from engine-driven models to environmentally-friendly battery-driven models with zero emissions
gases and low noise.
We will reduce transportation energy consumption by using flexible containers that can wrap larger numbers of products instead of paper bag
wrapping materials, and by shaping containers for more efficient truck loading.

In line with an April 2006 revision to Japan's laws pertaining to rationalized energy consumption, we have started energy-saving initiatives
for logistic.
In FY 2006, Unitika and Unitika Group companies were registered as the designated shippers for a total freight transport volume of
107,654 thousand ton-km, resulting in a CO2 emissions volume of 36 thousand tons (t-CO2).

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Technology and Products for Environmental Safety (1)Unitika offers various products and technologies using a basic approach that aims to create
sustainability through resource recycling.

Water Treatment Facilities
Water supply facilities
Advanced water supply treatment
facilities
Advanced sewage treatment
facilities
Agricultural community waste water
treatment facilities
Seepage water treatment facilities infinal disposal sites
Industrial waste water treatment
equipment
Sludge reduction equipment

MarimoHigh-Speed Filtration System

Water supply membrane filtrationequipment
Sewerage facilities
Granular desphosphorizing equipment
Fishery community waste water
treatment facilities
Waste water treatment facilities ingarbage incineraters
Sewage treatment equipment
Sludge composting equipment

Marimo is a high-speed filtration system developed by Unitika thatoffers high performance and uses a special fiber as the filtrationmaterial. Marimo's high-speed function provides a filtration rate fivetimes faster than conventional sand filtration systems. Offering asignificantly higher level of treatment efficiency, it enables easycleaning and draws on Unitika's many years ofexpertise as a fiber manufacturer. Marimo is

Improved Combined Sewerage
Treatment Systemused in a wide range of applications intertiary waste water treatment,

Since large volumes of combined sewage flows into sewage treatment

waste water reuse, industrial watersites in a short time when it rains, the sites can't treat it fast enough,filtration, and manufactured waterand untreated sewage is released into rivers or other waterways. To

pretreatment.

solve this problem, Unitika has developed an improved combined
sewerage treatment system driven by our Marimo high-speed filtration
system, enabling rapid and stable treatment over short amounts oftime. It efficiently performs variablehigh-speed filtration on top/bottom
counter-currents, providing hightreatment capacity in rain or shine. It
removes pollutants at a filtration rate of
up to 2,000 m/day in rain, and at astandard rate of 1,000 m/day in clear

Marimo filtration material

weather. It is a high-performancesystem offering stable treatment
capacity at a low cost.

Biological Contact Filtration Facility
Sludge Reduction Equipment

A clean water facility that uses spherical carriers of polyester fiber as the

To enable the type of sustainable industrial processes that will ensure

filtration material. Biological membranes form on the surface of thethe future of mankind and our planet, Unitika has developed equipment

filtration material, and microbes such as nitrifying bacteria and ironto reduce the volume of sludge generated when treating biologicaloxidizing bacteria propagate within the filter layer. The biologicalmaterials. The equipment continuously mills

purifying properties ofthe excess sludge generated in biologicalthese microbes efficiently

material treatment tanks using fine ceramic

remove ammoniacal

beads. When the milling has

nitrogen, iron andsolubilized the sludge, it ismanganese. The facility

fed back into the biologicalcan fit within a small

material treatment tank tofootprint and has a highbiodegrade.

pure water treatment
capacity.
Fine ceramic beads

Kita Koriyama water purification facility

Phosnix Granular Desphosphorizing System
A system that recovers phosphorus in waste water as granules ofmagnesium ammonium
phosphate (MAP), a
substance that canbe effectively used
as a fertilizer.
MAP

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Technology and Products for Environmental Safety (2)Garbage Processing Facilities
Stoker incinerators
Gasifying-melting furnaces
Garbage crushing and sorting facilities
Exhaust gas treatment equipment
Regenerative-heat deodorizing equipment

Fluid-bed incinerators
Incineration residue melting furnaces
RDF (refuse-derived fuel) facilities
Fly ash treatment equipment

Advanced-Function Incineration Residue
Melting System: Unimelt System 21
Developed as the result of our research on reducing and cleaning
incineration residue, the Unimelt System can melt incinerator ash, fly

Next-Generation Stoker Incinerator:
Uniburn System 21

ash, incombustible residue left after processing bulk garbage, orincombustible residue mixed in with combustible residue. Waste plastic
that previously couldn't be reused can be melted together with other

Unitika started constructing city garbage incineration facilities ingarbage, making the system effective for plastic thermal energy

1971, and has now built 90 facilities. Uniburn System 21 is aapplications. Unimelt is a revolutionary system that enables residue tonext-generation city garbage incineration system that draws on thesebe cooled into slag after melting, for effective use as a construction

many years of experience, developed with the aid of Germanmaterial. Unimelt can also melt items processed at landfill disposal

technology for stoker incinerators with boilers. Its low air ratio andsites, enabling recycling at those sites.

high combustion
temperature improve theheat recovery rate andenable significantly
cleaner exhaust gas.
These features reduce
environmental impact
and lower total garbage
processing cost.
Yachimata City Clean Center

Eco Slag Center at Tottori Prefecture's Greater Western Area
Administrative Management Union

Air Pollution
Deodorizing equipment
Soil surveys/analysis
Pollution cleanup measures

Dust collection equipment
Soil pollution cleanup measures
Pharmaceutical products, resins,
filtration materials

Environmental Surveys, Measurement
and Analysis:Unitika Environmental
Technical Center Co., Ltd.
Unitika Environmental Technical Center (UETC) uses the latest
equipment and technology to carry out environmental surveys,

Environmental hormone analysis

measurement and analysis, along with various investigations neededby several industries. UETC is certified by Japan's Ministry of theEnvironment as a qualified contractor for dioxin analysis, and has
gained a reputation for solid reliability. To enable more accurate
analysis, UETC can analyze trace amounts of dioxins. It is highly
experienced in soil surveys (a recent area of concern in Japan), andhas measures to combat soil and groundwater pollution permanently.
UETC also helps protect living environments through activities such as
sick building surveys; air quality, weather, noise and vibration
measurements; technical support for water treatment; exhaust gas,

xtracting a sample with a simple boring machineodor and work environment measurements; and analysis of river water,
waste water, drinking water, asbestos, and insulation oil trace PCBs.

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Technology and Products for Environmental Safety (3)Recycled Polyester Fiber
Uniecolo

PET bottle recycling process

The demand for PET bottles is steadily increasing, and 533,000 tons*

PET bottle recovery.

of PET bottle resin was produced in FY 2005. Reflecting thisincrease, the rate of waste PET bottle recovery has risen to 65.6%.
As part of our efforts to preserve the environment, Unitika has been

Removal of impurities such as caps and labels.

active in PET bottle recycling. Uniecolo was developed through ouroutstanding spinning technology. Offering soft hand-feeling and

Cut into small flakes.

good bulkiness, it is an environmentally-aware fiber with the samefeatures as conventional polyester, and designed to enable reuse oflimited resources.

Heated into chips.

*According to figures from The Council for
PET Bottle Recycling.

Drawn out to filament yarn.

Made into staple fiber.

Made into yarn by spinning.

Made into fabric by knitting or weaving.

Cut and sewn into product.

New Natural Fibers
Sylph
Good clothing materials need to be gentle, comfortable and versatile,

evolved form of the raw stock fiber and the latest advanced fabrication

while enabling attractive tailoring. Materials must meet all thesetechnology. Sylph offers a larger variety of high added-value

requirements to make novel and comfortable clothing, and Unitika'smaterials, and raises the standard of quality for lyocell products. And

groundbreaking new material Sylph generates just such newsince it is also extremely environmentally friendly, Sylph is setting thepossibilities. More than ten years after the development of lyocell

new standard for materials meeting 21st-century needs.

fiber (the raw stock fiber), Sylph was created by using a more

Fiber category

Recycling/manufacturing process not generating harmful substances

Cotton, hemp, others
Natural fibers

Recycled
cellulose
fibersPlant fibers

Mix

Pulp

Viscose,othersSolvent
fiber spinningcellulose
fibers

Dissolving

RestoredSpinning

Cleaning, bleaching,dryingRecovery

Sylph
Semi-synthetic
cellulose
fibersAmine oxide
distillation

Acetate, triacetate, others

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Technology and Products for Environmental Safety (4)Recycled Polyester Nonwoven Sheeting
Recycling scraps of PET bottles and nonwoven fabric products

EcomixNonwoven fabricproduct scrap recovery.

Since recycling is an important part of our environmental preservation

PET bottle recovery.

efforts, Unitika has developed, by its outstanding spunbond
technology, a polyester filament nonwoven fabric called Ecomix,
made from scraps of PET bottles or nonwoven fabric products.
Ecomix has already obtained the Japan Environment Association's
Removal of impurities
such as caps and labels.

Eco Mark certification (No. 00105029). With outstanding water
permeability and endurance, Ecomix has been approved for a wide
Cut into fine fragments.

range of public works applications, including protective mats for

Cut into small flakes.

water barrier sheets in waste disposal sites, sheets for erosion andtorrent control in banking reinforcement construction and harbors,
suction-preventing sheets for riverbank protection, and plastic board
drains. With its cost-effective wide sheets and highly elastic structure,

Heated into chips.

Ecomix can easily handle warping and projections, and is gaining
popularity as sheeting for today's needs.

Activated charcoal is mixed into chips,
which are spin-drawn to yarn.
Made into sheet, hot-rolled to melt.

Finished nonwoven fabric sheet.

Anticorrosive Sheeting
Segurova
Japan's River Law was partially revised in June 1997, and in line with theconstruction method. Segurova has already become the first product in

new law, Unitika Fibers developed Segurova, an anticorrosive sheeting

the industry to be awarded the Public Works Research Center'smaterial designed with the concern to natural environments andAnticorrosion Sheet Performance Evaluation Certification (certification

landscapes. Manufactured using a 3-D weaving technology to ensure

No. 0001).

that gaps and thicknesses are kept constant, Segurova resists water
currents, and provides high corrosion resistance. Designed for weather
resistance and endurance, it is mainly comprised of black clope-dyed
polyester monofilament. To give some components partial dimensional
stability, they use binder fibers with a core and pod structure. The sheet
top and bottom layers have a honeycomb structure for easy filling withearth or sand. Segurova can be used in embankment protection works
to reinforce the corrosion resistance of herbaceous plants such as lawns
or seedlings. It stops corrosion by water currents at embankment
surfaces and river banks, realizing a new anticorrosion sheeting-based

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Technology and Products for Environmental Safety (5)Plant-Derived Biomass Material
Terramac
Terramac is a biomass material made from a polymer derived fromcontainers made of Terramac, which base ingredient is polylactic acid.

plants such as corn. Biomass materials are organic resources derived

These containers are the world's first polylactic acid products that canfrom sustainable biological sources except for fossil resources.

hold hot water inside and are microwave-safe. One of Terramac's

Terramac ultimately degrades into carbon dioxide and water, which areapplications is for use in mobile phone casings, which requireabsorbed into plants such as corn for their growth. Then, the corn candemanding durability and heat resistance specifications. Recently, we

be turned Terramac again. So Terramac is part of the world's natural

have developed new heat-resistant polylactic acid resins for injection'recycling system'. Conventional plastic products are made from oil, amolding. These resins can be molded at lower molding die temperature

limited and non-renewable raw material that will run out in thein less molding time compared to our previous heat-resistant grade

not-so-distant future if we continue using it. Terramac is now an

Terramac. We have succeeded in greatly reducing environmental

extremely promising alternative. It has a wide range of applications in

impact during molding of polylactic acid by developing this new

clothing, plateware, cups, wrapping films, cosmetic bottles, teabags,

heat-resistant grade polylactic acid. Combining the natural advantages

planters, trash bags and all areas of consumer demand.

of plant material with human technology, Terramac is an attempts to be

Unitika has developed heat-resistant foam containers and foodthe ideal material supported by both the Earth and human beings.

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acid

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Human activities, chemical reactions
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Terramac is extremely safe for human health and the environment.
Biodegradability:

Can be used for these applications.

JIS K6953 (ISO 14855) Passes the test of beneficial and extreme biodegradability
and destructibility under controlled compost conditions.

MobilephonesWindowenvelopes

Labeling,
Conforms to GreenPlaÆ Identification and Labeling System/certification standard set by Japan Bio
certification standard: Plastics Association (JBPA). (Has been placed on Positive List, and been certified with the GreenPlaÆ Mark.)
Food sanitation:

Conforms to standards and criteria set forth in Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare Notice No. 370(Food Sanitation Law). Certified under US FDA/FCN (Food Contact Notification) No. 178.

Bacterial resistance: Polylactic acid is reported to have antibacterial properties.
(Bokin bobai, Vol. 29, No. 3, pp. 153 to 159, 2001)

Low combustion heat: Low combustion heat of approximately 19 kJ/g is one-half to one-third the value of oil-based plastic, so can't
harm incinerators. Does not generate toxic gases (dioxins, hydrogen chloride, NOx or SOx) when incinerated.

Microwaveable utensils

Utensil trays

Products in compliance with the NatureWorks® PLA or ingeo™ Quality Policy are indicated by the logo on
the left. 'NatureWorks PLA', the EcoPLA design and 'ingeo' are registered trademarks of NatureWorks LLC.

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Environmental Accounting
Method of Tallying Environmental
Accounting Data

The Unitika Group implements environmental accounting
as part of our environment-conscious business activities.
We use the guidelines released by the Ministry of theEnvironment in May 2005 when calculating environmental
accounting data, using the Environmental Guidebook put
out by the Ministry in March 2001 as a reference. Unitika
will continue to release clear and accurate environmental
accounting data.

Data provided by: Unitika's domestic production sites and 12
domestic Group companies
Applicable period: April 1, 2006 to March 31, 2007
C o s t s : Investment amounts include theenvironmental investment on items for which
the environment is not the main objective.
Expense amounts include labor costs, general
expenses and depreciation.

Purpose of Environmental Accounting
Environmental accounting is carried out during environmental
preservation work. It is designed to make environmental
preservation more efficient by quantitatively identifying andmeasuring the amounts of investments and expenses forenvironmental preservation, and to make decision-making
processes in a more reasonable way.
Disclosing environmental accounting information to the publicfulfills our responsibility to keep stakeholders informed, andprovides us with the feedback needed to step up our work on
environmental preservation.

Unitika's environmental investment for FY 2006 was 260 million
yen, spent mainly on saving energy and recovering andrecycling chemicals. Environmental expenses were 2.12 billion
yen, mainly for waste processing (including recycling expenses),maintenance and management of equipment to prevent
pollution, and product R&D for environmental preservation.

Environmental Preservation Costs
Category(Millions of yen)

Capital investment

Cost

Pollution prevention costs

62

616

Pollution (water, air and noise pollution) prevention measures

Environmental preservation costs

190

16

Energy saving, global warming prevention

Resource recycling costs

9881

Waste disposal, recycling

Upstream/downstream costs

0132

Packaging material recycling

Management activity costs

091

Gaining environmental management system certification,
environmental education, impact monitoring

R&D costs

0314Developing environmentally-friendly products

CSR costs

045

Forestation improvements, beautification campaigns

Environmental damage costs

027

Quantity-based tax on environmental impact of SOx emissions

Total

261

2,122

Businessarea costs

Remarks

Economic Effects(Millions of yen)

The table illustrates economic effects by listing items with a clear
basis for calculation, that have high substantive benefits forenvironmental preservation. The expenses saved from Unitika's
FY 2006 energy-saving and waste reduction activities, and theamount of sales generated from recycling resources have been
calculated. Note that inferred benefits have not been calculated,such as savings to the public from environmental preservation
efforts.

Item
Reduction in energy expenses

23

Amount396

Waste reduction

34

Income from sale of recycled resources

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Concern for Our Employees (1)Unitika's personnel system is designed to encourage employee self-actualization.
We provide equal employment and work opportunities, and make every effort tocreate accommodating workplace environments.

Personnel System
their current position, (2) their own medium- to long-term careerplan, (3) what they want to achieve next in their career (such aswhether they want to be reassigned), (4) their strengths and how
they have been working on achieving their career plan, and (5)comments on their current job position (such as their concerns)
and improvement suggestions in the workplace.
The Career Plan Sheet gives employees the chance to appraisethemselves and consider their future path. It is designed to give
employees the chance to express themselves to their superiors,
improve communication, and aid human resources developmentby giving management a way to expand job duties and improve
personnel placement.

Personnel Appraisal System
Unitika's personnel appraisal system emphasizes employees'
effort, and is designed to increase the organization's vitality. It is a
results-driven system that awards greater benefits to employees
who achieve greater success or tackle more difficult challenges.
A biannual goal management system and annual competency
evaluation system are used along with our human resources
development program. They impartially evaluate how well each
employee is meeting their goals, and help them set new goals todevelop their abilities. Supervisors meet with each employee todiscuss their evaluation results, ensuring that everyone receives
proper feedback, for better transparency and communication.

Rotation System

Self-Reporting System

Unitika is aware of the importance of job rotation in fostering
outstanding human resources. Our practice of periodic job
rotation (especially for young employees) helps employees
improve their abilities by giving them the opportunity to work inseveral departments, and helps us spot candidates to fast-track.

Once a year, at the time of the annual personnel appraisal
employees submit a 'Career Plan Sheet' to self-report how much
aptitude they feel they have for their position. The Career Plan
Sheet covers five main areas: (1) the employee's thoughts on

Equal Opportunity
Women Employees

Reemployment System

Unitika's women employees are valued for their abilities andperspectives. We employ a large number of female employees
and have no gender-biased employment or promotion policies.
For the past five years, women have accounted for 14.2% of thecollege graduates we have taken on and several women
employees have risen to management positions.

Unitika has a senior employee system that enables employees tocontinue in the same job after reaching the age of 60.
We welcome employees who want to continue working, and in FY
2006, our rehire rate was 57.1%.

Number of Employees Taking Childcare
or Caregiver Work Leaves
To enable female employees to balance work and family, andrespond to the needs of Japan's aging society, Unitika allows
work leaves for childcare or other caregiving. The system is open
to both sexes, and male employees have been taking childcare
work leaves since FY 2003.
Number of employees taking
childcare work leaves

Number of employees taking
caregiver work leaves

FY 200224

2

FY 200325

2

FY 2004

27

1

FY 2005

17

0

FY 200627

3

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Concern for Our Employees (2)Human Resource Development
Unitika believes that raising the ability of each employee in theorganization is crucial for achieving high business goals. Human
resource development is therefore an important focus for us. We
approach it through two areas-our personnel system that sets
forth employee work conditions and appraisal methods, andsystems to encourage ability growth, such as ability
development and training systems. Unitika Training Center is the

dedicated training center we have created to implement ourapproach. It is used for several different types of training taken
by a large number of employees. To help employee
self-improvement efforts, Unitika offers a job qualification
assistance system, correspondence courses, and full-time study
courses at universities in Japan. Many of our highly-motivatedemployees are eager to take advantage of these benefits.

Training System (Program) and Number of Students (FY 2006)
Training for individual levels (514 students)
1. Training for promoted employees (253 students)
2. Young employee education (261 students)
New employee training, basic knowledge course,
manufacturing department leader development course
Specialized education (98 students)
1. Competency improvement training
Strategic management game training, better business negotiation training,business coaching training,solution management training,
better technical development and planning training, legal training,
logical communication
2. On-the-job development education
Supervisor training, business leader training

Employee Mental Health
Since Unitika feels that mental health is an increasingly important
issue for employees as they move up the corporate ladder, every
Unitika employee undergoes mental health training when they
are promoted to a management position. We encourage
managers to be aware of their managerial role and to take careof their own mental health. Managers can use the Hello Kenko

Sodan 24 Service provided by an external EAP (employee
assistance program) provider through an agreement with
Unitika's health insurance union. To ensure mental healthconsultation is readily available, we have created internal andexternal health consultation offices.

Human Rights
The entire Unitika Group is an active advocate of human rights.
All directors and employees undergo human rights training atleast once a year, and we have created the organizations shownon the right, which we administer. The Group is also a member of
the Corporate Report Association of Human Rights Issues, sogathers information on human rights education and deals with awide range of human rights issues.
To comply with Japan's revised equal opportunity law, we arealso working on preventing sexual harassment, and have set up
sexual harassment consultation offices at each production site toraise awareness and recognition for the problem among all
employees.

Organogram of Human Rights Education Committee
Director in charge of all employee human rights issues

Human Rights Education Advisory Committee

Companywide Human Rights Education Committee

Workplace Human Rights Education Committees

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Giving Back to the Community(1)system's Ecostyle category for production sites and organizations

Unitika is helping to preserve the environment and raise
public ecological awareness through beautification
campaigns, volunteering, and releasing newsletters,
reports and various types of data.

carrying out highly original environmental activities. The Uji Plant is
actively involved in volunteer activities to beautify the surrounding
areas. As part of social action programs, the Uji Plant has conducted
the cleanup activity (Clean Uji) around the Plant.

Local Environmental Improvement
Building on the success of the Kyoto Protocol, Kyoto Prefecture hascreated an environmental administrative organization that includes asystem called Eco Kyoto 21. The system targets businesses that
protect and develop Kyoto and the environment. It certifies andregisters corporations that play a leading role in environmental
preservation through awarenessactivities, and in promoting recycling in

The Clean Uji eventthe local community. Unitika's Uji Plant
has participated in the system from its
inception, and in December 2004, wascertified and registered under the

Other Unitika production sites are also giving back to the community

per year. In September 2005, twenty-five employees performed thisby beautifying their surrounding environments. In September 2006,

task to enable better tree growth, and took part in a “Forest Patrol”

an environmental preservation council consisting of the major

workshop on the importance and splendor of the woods. In April

corporations in the city of Ako in Hyogo Prefecture organized a

2006, bracken was picked from Unitika no Mori, letting a large

cleanup of Oshiro Street by Ako Castle in time for the Hyogo National

number of employees enjoy the wood's growth.

Athletic Meet. The Sakoshi Plant helped in the campaign, taking part

Responding to Japan's increasing focus on public-spirited volunteer

in the cleanup with employees from other corporations.

projects, we established a volunteer foundation in 1992 and began a
range of activities inside and outside the Company. In Japan, we
have held support activities in facilities for the handicapped andconducted training meetings to expand the frontiers of volunteer
activities. We have also worked to step up volunteer activities
overseas, where we have sent volunteers to work camps forinternational exchanges, and have raised money for disaster relief.

Cleanup around the Okazaki Plant

Cleanup around Oshiro Street (Sakoshi Plant)

In 2003, Unitika Union celebrated its 30th year in business by startinga program called Midori no Plan ('Green Plan') designed to give backUnitika no Mori, Hidakagawa-cho

to the community and raise environmental consciousness. Midori noPlan volunteers created a wooded area they named Unitika no Mori
Cutting back the undergrowthin Hidakagawa-cho('Unitika Wood'). Three species of local trees (sawtooth oak, quercus
serrata, Japanese cypress) were planted in a two-hectare area ofmountain forest in Hidakagawa-cho (Wakayama Prefecture).
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Giving Back to the Community(2)Local Environmental Activities
Unitika provides Terramac and several other environmental
products and services. To publicize them to a wider audience,
we take part in various events to showcase them, and work with
regional environmental organizations to actively promote
environmental activities.
Unitika took part in various environmental events in FY 2006. On
December 9th and 10th, the Uji Plant exhibited a Unitika booth at
Kyoto Prefecture's Kyoto Environmental Festival 2006,
showcasing the Group's work on the environment. The event's
theme was stopping global warming by increasing recycling in
the community.
gathering of environmental organizations based in the city ofAko, held on November 11 at an Ako supermarket. The event
raised local residents' environmental awareness through fun
events such as a recycled toymaking workshop, waste oil soap
giveaway and trash recycling quiz. The Sakoshi Plant took partas a member of the council of major Ako corporations, andhelped make the event a success.

The Sakoshi Plant was represented at Environmental Fair 2006, a

T o p i cs
PET Bottle Recycling
As stated in Unitika's Basic Environmental Policy, theGroup is dedicated to environmentally aware corporate
management methods, and takes part in a wide range ofenvironmental activities. Unitika has developed several
products made from recycled materials, such as
Uniecolo, a recycled polyester fiber, and Ecomix, arecycled polyester nonwoven fabric sheet. These
products are made from used PET bottles, some of which
are recovered through PET bottle collection programs
within our plants. Plant employees and their families help
to wash, sort and collect used PET bottles. The bottles
are gathered together at the Okazaki Plant, for shredding
into flakes by a processing contractor.
PET bottle collection programs are already underway at
our Uji, Okazaki and Osaka sites, and employee
participation is rising. We plan to continue expanding the
programs to other production sites.

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Giving Back to the Community(3)PR Activities
Terramac is a biomass material made from a polymer derived
from plants such as corn. To boost Terramac's popularity,
educate the public about it, and incorporate it into our CSR
activities, Unitika created paper fans with Terramac frames andhandles. One thousand were made into 'picture fans' for children
to draw on, and given away at the Miyako Ecology Center inFujimori (in the city of Kyoto) in summer 2006. Kyoto University's
6th Children's Workshop also featured our picture fans. The
Center's director, Professor Hiroshi Takatsuki (a noted comic
artist) used the fans in an event he presented entitled 'Draw a
Comic to Reduce Trash'. Takatsuki taught the eager children
who took part how to draw their own original pictures on the fans.

The adults were as excited as
the children to see how thefinished fans turned out.

Terramac 'picture fans'

T o p i cs
Eco-Products 2006

Enviro-Shiga 2006
Unitika exhibited the Unirelief continuous water quality
monitoring system in the Environmental Solutions Zone ofthis trade fair held from
October 25 to 27 at Shiga
Prefectural Nagahama
Dome. The Unirelief system
uses fish as a water quality
sensor.

Responding to increasing public concern for theenvironment, the Unitika Group took part in Eco-Products
2006, with a booth entitled 'Unitika Eco Land'. The exhibits
were designed to appeal to visitors of all ages, while
educating them about the Group's work on the environment.
They spotlighted Unitika's Terramac biomass material which
is currently attracting a lot of media attention, and covered
water treatment, trash disposal, plastic recycling systems,
recycled polyester fiber, and functional food ingredientsmaking effective use of currently unused resources.
Unitika's 'mascot girl' Erika Sakai also took part to help makethe booth a success, providing information on environmental
testing, materials and products relevant to consumers.

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Giving Back to the Community(4)On June 13 2006, a joint training session on hazardous material

Unitika has created an organization well-equipped toprevent production accidents and accidents damaging
surrounding areas. In addition to these basic measures,
we are also active in training activities to prepare for
accidents and natural disasters.

disaster defense was held at the Okazaki Plant, with about 100
participants from the Okazaki Fire Department and Unitika Group,and observed by about 80 members of the Okazaki Hazardous
Material Safety Liaison Council representing various companies.
In the hypothetical scenario used for the training, an earthquake

Disaster Prevention

caution has been announced locally for the Tokai area, followed by alarge earthquake centered in the Mikawa area. Two workers have

The Uji Plant was officially recognized by Japan's Fire and Disasterbeen injured while evacuating, and one is left on the roof of aManagement Agency as an outstanding hazardous material plant, andhazardous material building. A crack formed in an oil retaining wall in

was presented with a certificate and plaque from the Agency's director

a tank yard, then a fire started from pump equipment, spreading to

at a ceremony on June 4, 2007. The Uji Plant has chaired Uji'san adjacent fuel oil tank.

Hazardous Material Safety Association since its establishment in 1976.

After training to properly execute manual procedures such as

To ensure the safety of hazardous materials, it complies with Japan's

communicating earthquake information, establishing a command

Fire Law to provide maintenance and safety management for thecenter, reporting, issuing evacuation instructions and gatheringstorage and handling of hazardous material facilities. It has created a

information, trainees climbed to the roof to rescue and carry out thevolunteer firefighting team that carries out training on simulated disasterinjured. They used the ladder of a fire engine provided by thesites, and has taken part in various other disaster-readiness activities.

Okazaki Fire Department's emergency and rescue teams, who had

The plant is also active in community disaster-readiness activities

arrived on the scene. The training ended with hazardous material fire

during fire prevention campaigns and Hazardous Material Safety Week,

defense activities carried out jointly by the Okazaki Plant's volunteer

such as planning street publicity activities and seminars, and putting

firefighters and Okazaki firefighters, followed by reports.

up educational posters. These efforts earned the plant its recent award,
giving it official recognition as a model business site for its role as an
Uji-based hazardous material facility that actively contributes toensuring the safety of the residents of the Uji and Kyoto Prefecture.
On February 28 2007, the Uji Plant held a firefighting training session
for the entire Central R&D Laboratories zone. The session trained over
200 participants on what to do in a hypothetical scenario in which amagnitude 5 earthquake causes a crack in a water boiler natural gas
pipe, resulting in a gas leak and subsequent fire of unspecified origin.
It was a joint session for Uji Central Fire Department and the volunteer
firefighters of Unitika's Uji Plant, designed to train participants on theprocedures for reporting, issuing instructions, and initial firefighting withindoor fire extinguishers. It gave the large number of participants theopportunity to experience a mobile earthquake simulator and fire safety
smoke house.

Hazardous material disaster defense training (Okazaki Plant)

Joint firefighting training (Uji Plant)

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Giving Back to the Community(5)Unitika is aware of the fundamental role that safety andhealth play in business activities, and we hold Groupwide
safety and health management activities to prevent workdisasters.

Labor safety and health record

Number
15

Rate
1.5

Number of work leaves
Rate of work leaves

Safety and Health Activities

10

1.0

5

0.5

To raise employee safety awareness, Unitika creates medium-term(three-year) safety and health plans that we have been implementing

0since 1969, and we started holding yearly Groupwide safety andhealth conferences in 1974. Our latest medium-term plan (the 13th)
runs from 2005 to 2007. It calls for research on the creation of a

'93 '94 '95 '96 '97 '98 '99 '00 '01 '02 '03 '04 '05 '06
Fiscal year
Rate of work leaves = Number of casualties requiring work
leaves per million work hours

0.0

Unitika's rate of work leaves in FY 2006 was 0.36, an increase fromFY 2005. We will continue making improvements to our safety andsanitation activities, aiming to keep the number of workplace andindustrial accidents at zero.

safety and health management system, and targets complete
eradication of potential hazards(zero hazards) throughsubstantive safety
improvements and ongoing risk
assessments.

Unitika's Basic Policy for Safety and Health
1. Ensuring safety and health is the foundation for every types of business activities.
2. Ensuring safety and health is the most important obligation of executives and managers at each levelof the corporate management.
3. All employees shall take part in activities for ensuring safety and health.
4. We shall comply with all relevant labor safety and sanitation laws and workplace safety and healthstandards to ensure safety and health.
5. We shall implement an ongoing safety and health management system to ensure safety and health.

Asbestos Removal

To check employee health, we have offered health exams to any

Unitika and Group companies are not involved in the manufacture orwant to check for asbestos-related health problems. As of June 2007,

processing of asbestos, nor have been in the past. However, in 1975,

the current number of health problems among current and former

some machinery used asbestos insulation. In response to today's

employees is shown below. No health problems have been reported

greater concern over asbestos, we have established the Asbestos

from residents of areas surrounding production sites or Group

Action Committee to study actions needed for asbestos, createcompanies.

current or former employees who handled asbestos in the past andasbestos policies and carry out other Groupwide functions.
As a safety measure, the Committee has surveyed equipment andNumber of certified industrial accident victims: 2

buildings using asbestos in production sites and Group companies.

Number of victims certified under the Law Concerning
the Relief of Health Damage Due to Asbestos: 3 (3)*Areas that could expose employees to asbestos-laden materials or
generate airborne asbestos have already been removed, sealed off*Number in parentheses is number of deaths.

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Production Site Information (1)Uji Plant
Location: 5 Uji-Tonouchi, Uji-shi,
Kyoto, Japan 611-0021
Site area: 311,781 m2
ISO 14001:
Certification No. JCQA-E-0058
Certification No. JCQA-E-0249
Main products: Nylon resin, nylon fiber,
engineering plastics, nylon/polyester film

Air

Water

Site manager:

Taro Tokuzawa

Substance

Unit

Regulationvalue

SOx total

Nm3/hourMeasured
value

29.1

NOx

ppm

199

29

Dust

g/Nm3

0.025

< 0.001440

4.1

COD load

kg/day1,127.5

Suspended matter

mg/l

30

6

Oil

mg/l

16

< 0.5

Nitrogenkg/day714

230

Phosphorus

kg/day96

6

Substance

Unit

Regulationvalue

SOx total

Nm3/hour

34.89

NOx

ppm

100

76

Dust

g/Nm3

0.05

< 0.001
91.3

Okazaki Plant
Location: 4-1 Hinokita-machi,
Okazaki-shi, Aichi, Japan 444-8511
Site area: 313,865 m2
ISO 14001:
Certification No. JCQA-E-0292
Main products: Polyester resin, polyester
fiber, spunbond (filament nonwoven fabric),
medical equipment, environmental business

Air

Water

Site manager:

Kenichi Shimomori

Measured
value
0.05

COD load

kg/day718.7

Suspended matter

mg/l

20

9

Oil

mg/l

10

<1

Nitrogenkg/day385

35

Phosphorus

kg/day51

11

Substance

Unit

Regulationvalue

SOx total

K value

0.49

NOx

ppm

180

96

Dust

g/Nm3

0.3

0.002
7.4

Toyohashi Office
Location: 101 Matsunami, Akebono-cho,
Toyohashi-shi, Aichi, Japan 441-8527
Site area: 270,804 m2
Main products: Nonwoven fabrics(sheeting for civil works and roofing
applications), biobusiness (cauliflower
mushroom: Sparassis crispa)

Air

Water
Site manager:

Hitoshi Onozuka

Measured
value
0.029

COD

mg/l

11.9

Suspended matter

mg/l

70

5

Oil

mg/l

5

<1

Nitrogen

mg/l

120

14

Phosphorus

mg/l

16

0.12

Substance

Unit

Regulationvalue

SOx total

K value

11.5

NOx

ppm

180

83

Dust

g/Nm3

0.3

0.006

Tarui Mill
Location: 2210 Tarui-cho, Fuwa-gun,
Gifu, Japan 503-2121
Site area: 156,224 m2
ISO 14001:
Certification No. JCQA-E-0323
Main products: Cotton nonwoven fabrics,
glass cloth

Air

Water
Site manager:

Kinjiro Funakoshi

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Measuredvalue
1.5

COD load

kg/day108.4

57

Suspended matter

mg/l

50

4

Oil

mg/l

5

1

Nitrogen

mg/l

120

2.2

Phosphorus

mg/l

16

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Production Site Information (2)Miyagawa Mill
Location: 341 Honmachi, Obata-cho,Ise-shi, Mie, Japan 519-0593
Site area: 103,404 m2
ISO 14001:
Certification No. JCQA-E-0476
Main products: Yarn and woven fabricmade from wool and wool blended
materials

Air

Water

Site manager:

Hitoshi Yamaguchi

K value

Regulation
value
17.5

NOx

ppm

180

76

Dust

g/Nm3

0.3

0.003

Substance

Unit

SOx total

Measuredvalue
1.8

COD load

kg/day91.2

22.4

Suspended matter

mg/l

30

1.9

Oil

mg/l

20

2.6

Nitrogen

mg/l

10

4.2

Phosphorus

mg/l

1.5

0.02

Substance

Unit

SOx total

Nm3/hour

Regulation
value
9.1

Sakoshi Plant
Location: 846 Takano, Akaho-shi,
Hyogo, Japan 678-0171
Site area: 191,236 m2
ISO 14001:
Certification No. JCQA-E-0093
Main products: Vinylon fiber(for industrial materials such as cement,
rubber reinforcements, tatami thread
and papermaking binders)

Air

Water

Site manager:

Mitsuhiro Umino

Measured
value
5.0

NOx

ppm

170

154

Dust

g/Nm3

0.12

0.034

COD load

kg/day348

48

Suspended matter

mg/l

3.9

1.95

Oil

mg/l

10

0.93

Nitrogen

mg/l

10

1.18

Phosphorus

mg/l

1

0.10

Tokiwa Mill
Location: 88 Nakahara, Sosha-shi,
Okayama, Japan 719-1195
Site area: 137,551 m2
ISO 14001:
Certification No. JCQA-E-0221
Main products: Cotton 100% yarn,
Blended yarn with synthetic & cotton,
Synthetic woven fabrics blended
with cotton

Air

Water

Site manager:

Taizou Ishida

Substance

Unit

SOx total

K value

Regulation
value
17.5

Measured
value
1.0

NOx

ppm

130

91

Dust

g/Nm3

0.300

0.002

BOD

mg/l

80

1

Suspended matter

mg/l

100

<1

Oil

mg/l

2.5

<1

Nitrogen

mg/l

-

-

Phosphorus

mg/l

-

-

Substance

Unit

SOx total

Nm3/hourUnion Co., Ltd.
Location: 10-1 Ohmine-Minami,
Hirakata-shi, Osaka, Japan 573-0145
Site area: 6,886 m2
Main products: Glass beads

Air

Water
President:

Yoshiki Shimizu

Regulation
value
-

NOx

ppm

180

3.4

Dust

g/Nm3

0.15

0.0034

COD

mg/l

100

6.1

Suspended matter

mg/l

150

2.8

Oil

mg/l

4

1.1

Nitrogen

mg/l

120

1.5

Phosphorus

mg/l

16

0.1

Note 1: The displayed regulation values are the most rigorous values mandated by law (Air Pollution Control Law or Water Pollution Control Law),
regulations, prefectural guidance or conventions.
Note 2: Includes environmental impact from affiliates within site.
Note 3: SOx = sulfur oxides, NOx = nitrogen oxides, COD = chemical oxygen demand, BOD = biological oxygen demand
Note 4: The displayed air pollution values are the measured values for the major facilities at each site (totals are values for entire site).
Note 5: The displayed water pollution values are the highest values measured at the drain outlets at each site (load amounts are values for entire site).

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