JEOL Group Environmental Activities
2016 Report◎

200 umJEOL Group Environmental Activities
2016 Report
01 A Letter from Our CEO

06 Protecting the environment through business activities

02 Outline of JGMS

07 Management of Chemical Substances

03 Compliance Measures

08 Contributions to Society

04 Environmental Protection through Products

09 Local Community

Company Outline
Company name :JEOL Ltd.

Establishment :May 30, 1949

Main office :3-1-2 Musashino, Akishima, Tokyo 〒 196-8558 JAPAN

Employees :2,976 (As of end March 2017)

Report scope
Subject organization : JEOL Ltd.
JEOL Technics Ltd.
JEOL Yamagata Co., Ltd.
Target period :April 1, 2016 to March 31, 2017

Field :

Matters related to environmental protection

Target audience :Everyone

Cover photograph " A water droplet on the rose petal "The photo of a water drop of 0.5 µL on a non-pretreated rose petal was
taken by a Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) with the "Aqua Cover"method.
Generally, the evacuation process in a SEM usually makes somedamages to such a biological sample caused by moisture evaporation,
freezing and volume expansion.
However, the "Aqua Cover" method can provide not only natural detailed
structures of the rose petal, but also a smooth surface of the water drop
without any sample pretreatments.
The rose petal has naturally the water repellent effect given by such aregularly structured surface....
It teaches us natural mysteriousness and greatness.
SEM instrument :JSM-IT300
Observation condition : Backscattered electron image under the low vacuum
mode (650 Pa) with the "Aqua Cover" method

42016 Photo contest winner
at 72th Annual meeting of the japanese society of microscopy

2016
A Letter from Our CEO

The JEOL Group management philosophy is to“On the basis of"Creativity" and "Research andDevelopment", JEOL positively challenges the world's
highest technology, thus forever contributing to theprogress in both Science and Human Society throughits products.” That is, there can be no progress ofsociety if there is no advancement in science. This
expresses the passionate belief held at the timethat JEOL was founded in 1949 to produce andsell electron microscopes. Under this philosophy,
throughout the years the JEOL Group has continued
to develop and provide scientific metrologicalinstruments that contribute to cutting-edge research,
like Electron Microscopes and Nuclear Magnetic
Resonnance instruments; Medical Equipment that
supports the preservation of human health, likebiochemical analyzers; and high-efficiency, energyconserving industrial equipment.

progress in medical technology are all contributing to
the further enrichment of society. In keeping with the
JEOL corporate message of “Solutions for Innovation”,
we will continue to work hard to provide the optimal
solutions.
In order to implement the JEOL Group philosophy,
and to promote the development of science andtechnology in Japan, we believe it is important to foster
the development of the personnel able to accomplish
this task. As part of the effort to achieve this, we
support young researchers through the operation of
the Kazato Research Foundation, as well as working tosupport science through activities like special classes
at elementary and junior high schools utilizing electron
microscopes, to help reverse the trend of children
moving away from interest in science.
We also regard contribution to our local community
as being very important. We continue to actively

solutions to problems like environmental pollution andthe decommissioning of nuclear power plants. We areconfident that the scientific/ metrology instrumentsthat we develop can make a large contribution toaddressing these issues. At the same time, themeet the ever-changing needs from around the world.

As part of the philosophy of “sustainable society”,
there has been a world-wide focus on the issues ofenergy resource depletion and the destruction of
the natural environment. Science and technology
is challenged with the important role of researchand development of technologies such as more
efficient solar power generation, high-efficiency
power transmission technology, and technologies forutilizing biomass. In addition, as part of the current
generation responsible for preserving and passing ona beautiful environment to future mankind, the powerof science has become very important in finding

increasing speed of semiconductors, developmentof industrial technology, as well as the remarkableparticipate in the Akishima Evironment Consideration
Enterprise Network in a vice-executive role. Throughthis network, in collaboration with the city of
Akishima and local enterprises, we contribute to theimprovement of the local environment.
Since starting as a company that developed
electron microscopes shortly after the end of the war
in May 1949, the JEOL Group has received warm
local support, and has grown into a company that is
expected to meet the needs of the world. Making useof our world- leading technologies, the JEOL Groupwill continue to provide products quickly and flexibly toGon-emon Kurihara

President & Representative Director

JEOL Group Environmental Activities 2016 Report｜ 01Compliance Measures
Environmental Protection through Products▶ Outline of JGMSManagement of Chemical Substances
Contributions to Society
Local Community

Protecting the environment through business activities

Outline of JGMS (JEOL Group Management System)
OutlineIn 2015, the international standards on
Environment Management Systems andQuality Management Systems were revised(ISO14001:2015, ISO9001:2015). The JEOL
G r o u p a l so u n de r to o k a com p rehens i v ereview of the Integrated Management System(IMS), and established the JEOL GroupManagement System (JGMS) as the new
integrated management system in conformancewith the revised ISO standards. JGMS has
been operating since March 2016. In therevised points of the new ISO standards,
the involvement of the top executives in the
integration of the operations of management
systems received greater emphasis. It is
important to understand the circumstances,both internal and external, identify the issues
and evaluate the risks; and, this must be
properly communicated to responsible people
in each division. Plans are made in eachdivision based on these instructions, andcontinuous improvements are achieved throughappropriate development, implementation andassessment, creating a PDCA cycle throughout
the company as a whole. Such instructions fromtop management are implemented through
JGMS and disseminated to all divisions andlevels.
As a result of the construction of JGMS, in
October 2016 the JEOL Group was recognizedby certification authorities as being compliant
with ISO14001:2015 and ISO9001:2015, and thecertifications under the new ISO standards were
issued.

PolicyAuditsBasic policy

The activities of the JEOL Group are regularly
audited by an external audit company, and theaudit company provides an evaluation of theeffectiveness and conformance to ISO14001,
ISO9001 and JGMS. The issues that are pointed
out in the audits are regarded as opportunities
for improvement, and we make a full use of themas a tool for improving business operations.

External Audits

The quality and environmental policies areclearly communicated both internally andexternally through media such as the web site.

Based on our Corporate Philosophy, The
JEOL Group offers advanced products
and services to the users of scientific andmetrology instruments, semiconductor
equipment, industrial and medical equipment,
thereby contributing to the development of asustainable, recycling-based society.

Internal Audits

Internal auditors, chosen from within the JEOL
Group itself, perform regular audits for both
quality and the environment throughout theentire JEOL Group. These audits are regarded
as a tool for business operation improvements,
and a priority is placed on making effective useof the internal audits.
The areas of improvement identified in theinternal audits are not applied only to specificdepartments and groups; but also disseminatedthroughout the entire JEOL Group

Quality policy• As a total solution provider, provide highquality products and well-organized services
to best serve our clients.
• Continuously improve products and services
by establishing goals through a crossdepartmental approach.
• Promote quality control initiatives throughexecution and continuous improvement of ourquality management system in compliance tointernational standards.

Second party Audits

In order to maintain and improve the JEOL
Brand that is expected by our customers andthe market, a relationship of trust with ourbusiness partners is essential.
Second-party auditors perform audits ofour vendor companies. This creates a WinWin situation between the JEOL Group andour vendor partners, as we work together, witha common goal of creating the best possible
products.

Environmental policy• Product development and process control
in an environmentally friendly manner, withconsideration of the entire product life-cycle.
• Continuous setting of goals and efforts toimprove environmental quality at every step ofour business from development to production
to service.
• Compliance with applicable laws andregulations as a socially responsible global
corporation.
• Promote environmental preservation
initiatives through execution and continuous

Certification

Not only the JEOL headquarters in Japan,
but the entire JEOL Group received ISO9001
certification in December 1995, and ISO14001
certification in December 2002.
Since then, the ISO standards have beenrevised to ISO14001:2015 and ISO9001：
2015, and the JEOL Group has already earned
certification under the new standards. Detailsof the certification related to JGMS is shown
below. The latest certification information canalways be viewed on the JEOL website.

improvement of our environment management
system in compliance with international
standards

JEOL Group
Environmental Management /Promotion System

The JEOL Group Environment Management
System is integrated into JGMS, which is acomprehensive management system for both
environment and quality, so that there is single
management system being implemented ateach of the JEOL Group companies. Basedon the environmental policy, in addition tostrict compliance with the law, we also work
to identify the unique environmental aspects
related to each area of operation, and conduct
environmental improvement activities.

JEOL Group Environmental Activities 2016 Report≫ Certification authority:

Bureau Veritas Certification Holding
SAS UK Branch
Registration numbers
ISO14001: 3673646 1.0

ISO9001: 3253537 1.0｜ 02

Outline of JGMS ▶ Compliance Measures
Environmental Protection through ProductsManagement of Chemical Substances
Contributions to Society
Local Community

Protecting the environment through business activities

Compliance Measures
CSR Committee

Recently corporations are being required
to comply with regulations concerning"Pollution Control, Chemical Reduction,
Quality/Environmental Control" as part of their
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR).
JEOL organized a committee to address thisissue in 2006. The CSR Committee, headed by
the president and advised by JEOL's attorney,meets quarterly. The committee’s purpose isto promote JEOL's activities to continuously
improve and reinforce compliance, quality
control, social contribution, corporate ethics,
and risk management.

Environmental Regulations
Committees

The Environmental Regulations Committees
have been established to handle issues ofenvironmental regulations that apply to JEOL
products, starting with the RoHS directive.

Quality Assurance

Environmental Regulations Committees

Electro-Magnetic Compatibility

Technical Regulation
Committees

Our Engineering Division organized anumber of committees to study and comply
with regulations and directives worldwide.
All departments related to products,
including sales, development, design,
procurement, manufacturing and service,
participate and are working on legal
compliance
Laws and regulations change over time.
Any provisions affecting the JEOL Group are
discussed in the committee specializing inthat area, and a review is quickly distributed
among all concerned through the Quality
Control Office.
For medical equipment, RA (Regulatory
Affairs), along with QA (Quality Assurance)is responsible for the ME quality assurance
within the Medical Equipment Division, andensuring complance with the various rules andregulations throughout the world.

Low Voltage Directive
Machinery Directive
SEMI Standards
Radiation Regulatory
Product Liability Act
Electromagnetic Field

Medical Equipment Business
Operations

Medical Device Manufacturing Control Committee
Pharmaceutical Affairs Law Safety ManagementCommittee
Quality Assurance And Regulatory Affairs Department

JEOL Group Environmental Activities 2016 Report｜ 03

Outline of JGMS
Compliance Measures ▶ Environmental Protection through ProductsManagement of Chemical Substances
Contributions to Society
Local Community

Protecting the environment through business activities

Environmental Protection through Products
Measures to decrease theburden on the environment

The JEOL Group contributes to improving
the global climate by developing andmarketing environmentally-conscious andenvironmentally-contributing products inaccordance with the company mission
statement “Contribute to the advancement inscience and society through our products”.

Development & Distribution ofEnvironmentally-Conscious
Products

Since 2002 it has been a company rule
to perform product assessment, focusing
on saving of energy, resources, and space,as part of every new product development
project.
Recently, there has been progress inmodularization in the production of electron
microscopes, and for several of our current
models a 20% reduction in the construction
time compared to previous models has beenachieved.
The field emission transmission electron
microscope JEM-F200 was developed
based on a concept of energy conservation
and CO 2 reduction, and is the first model
to be equipped with an ECO mode in thestandard configuration. This ECO mode is asystem for maintaining the instrument in an
optimal standby state while reducing energy
consumption to the minimum during periods
when the instrument is not being used. In
the ECO mode status, energy consumption
is reduced to about 1/5 the level usedduring instrument operation. There is also ascheduling function, which allows users tospecify the date and time for restoring the
instrument to a normal operating status fromthe ECO mode state.
In addition, the next-generation automatedanalyzer, JCA-ZS050 offers improved
reagent volumes, functionality, operability
and maintainability, while providing ultratrace measurements with a minimum reaction
volume of just 40 μL. Blood tests can be
performed with extremely small amounts ofreagent for the small specimen volumes,
contributing to society through better healthand protection of the environment.

≫ Environmentally-conscious products：

Products designed to reduce the burden on the environment at each step of
the product cycle, from materials purchase, production, distribution , throughoperation, disposal and recycling.

≫ Environmentally-contributing products：

Products used by customers that are useful for the analysis and evaluation inareas of environmental protection and pollution control.

Scope of JEOL product assessment
Recycle information

RecycleReduceReuse

Design anddevelopment

Environmentalfriendly
design standard /elementtechnology

Purchase andprocurement

Production

Use

Collection /disposalGreenprocurement

Energy saving
Waste reduction
Chemicals
reduction
PRTRs
Package reduction

Energy saving
MaintenanceParts
replacement

3R Concepts:
RecycleReduceReuse

Environmentally-Conscious Products

JEM-F200

ECO mode provided in the standard configuration

JCA-ZS050

Capable of ultra-trace measurementswith a minimum reaction volume of 40μL

JEOL Group Environmental Activities 2016 Report｜04Outline of JGMS
Compliance Measures ▶ Environmental Protection through ProductsManagement of Chemical Substances
Contributions to Society
Local Community

Environmentally-contributing
Products

productsJEOL is a supplier of researchtools such as electron microscopes and
NMR systems that are essential for researchand development of green devices such as
LED, solar battery, organic EL, etc. We also
provide components needed for green device
manufacturing equipment, including electronguns for LED electrode fabrication. In addition
to the products supporting the green device
industry, we manufacture and distribute
various instruments directly contributing toenvironmental improvement including 1) Dioxin
Analysis Mass Spectrometer, JMS-800D, a
total solution for dioxin analysis; 2) Portable
Gas Chromatography: GC-8610T, enabling
analysis in the field for the Type 1 hazardous
substances (11 substances) specified in the
Soil Contamination Countermeasures Law, andequipped with dry purge and trap functions
to support analysis of chloroethylene, which
was added in April 2017.; 3) Quadrupole
Mass Spectrometer (QMS), JMS-Q1500GC,
capable of qualitative and quantitative
analysis with high accuracy and sensitivity
for various isomers, such as brominatedflame retardants like PBB and PBDE, 4) X-ray
Fluorescence Spectrometer, JSX-1000S,
which can be used to easily measure harmful
substances that are subject to regulation,such as for soil contamination measures, 5)Transmission Electron Microscope JEM1400Flash, which is widely used for asbestos
testing in Europe, and 6) Electron Probe
Microanalyzer JXA-8530FPlus, used instudies for the decommissioning of nuclear
reactors, as well as PM2.5 component analysis
surveys and environmental surveys, such as ofsoil pollution.

Green Procurement measures

The JEOL Group communicates ourenvironmental policies to our clientsand business partners and asks for theircooperation in complying with environmentally
preferable (green) purchasing requirements.
JEOL Group companies promote thedevelopment and design of products that do
not contain certain chemical substances. Our
suppliers, provide services without adding
specified chemicals, and deliver goods
that do not contain the specified chemical
substances, in accordance with the terms of
their contracts with us.
JEOL Group companies provide information
related to chemical regulations to theirbusiness partner companies, and make efforts
to assist in achieving the targets, by working
with their partners, and helping with analysisof the chemical substance content.
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Protecting the environment through business activities

Environmentally-contributing Products

1) Dioxin Analysis Mass Spectrometer
JMS-800D2) Portable Gas Chromatography: GC-8610T

3) Quadrupole Mass Spectrometer (QMS)
JMS-Q1500GC

4) X-ray Fluorescence Spectrometer, JSX-1000S

5) Transmission Electron Microscope
JEM-1400Flash

6) Electron Probe Microanalyzer JXA-8530FPlus

RoHS Compliant Products

JEOL Group

Green Purchasing Requirements[excerpts] ※1
Version 5 (June 2010)
The JEOL Group is committed to activities toencourage environmental protection throughout thebusiness cycle from material purchasing, productdelivery, service, maintenance, and disposal.
We form an alliance with our clients, vendors, andpartners to establish environmentally preferable
purchasing worldwide. To insure green purchasingfrom our supply chain, we have defined a set of rules
as the JEOL Group Green Purchasing Requirements.

Visit JEOL site for the entire document
http://www.jeol.co.jp/envi/activity/activity002.htm
Visit JEOL site for more details on our environmental projects
https://www.jeol.co.jp/corporate/envi /JEOL Group Environmental Activities 2016 Report｜ 05

The preparations to enable JEOL to provide
products compliant with the RoHS directive
have been completed, and a system has been
built to maintain and continuously improve
RoHS compliance efforts by incorporating
RoHS-related mechanisms into the integrated
quality and environment management system,
JGMS.
There are a variety of regulations on thesubstances contained in products being
enforced, such as the RoHS directive inEurope, and similar regulations are becoming
adopted throughout the world.
We are committed to the development,
production, and distribution of environmentallycontributing products and environmentallyconscious products to comply with thesestandards throughout the entire productlifecycle, from procurement to final disposal.※2

Outline of JGMS
Compliance Measures
Environmental Protection through Products ▶ Protecting the environment through business activities
Management of Chemical Substances
Contributions to Society
Local Community

Protecting the environment through business activities
Reducing Greenhouse EffectGases

The JEOL Group, in compliance with the
Global Warming Policy promoted by the
Tokyo Metropolitan Government, implemented
various measures through the Energy Saving
Committee to reduce the amount of CO 2
emissions.

Enhancing Energy Efficiency

We are proactively working to improveenergy efficiency of electricity, fossil fuels,and other resources. Specific measures
include phased conversion of the lighting toLED, the introduction of ice thermal-storage
air conditioning to make effective use ofelectricity during the night, the installation of
shading sheets and thermal barrier coatingson buildings to reduce the cooling load during
the summer.
Furthermore, as a company-wide activity,
efforts are being made to reduce energy
consumption, including the promotion of theCool Biz and Warm Biz initiatives, and thecontrol of electricity consumption for eachbuilding.

Transition of CO2 Emission
CO2 emission (t-CO2)
70,00060,00050,00040,000■ Electricity / heavy oil / gas

30,000■ SF6

20,00010,000
0

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015
Year

Storage and Disposal of
PCB Waste

We store the PCB waste used in high voltage
capacitors, transformers, and stabilizers. We
have continued the storage for over 30 years
since 1972. In some older buildings, PCB isstill used as a lighting equipment stabilizer.
However, it is being replaced according to asystematic plan.
In 2001, two acts concerning PCB became
effective: Act on Special Measures concerning
Promotion of Proper Treatment of PCB
Wastes and Tokyo Metropolitan Government's
Guidelines for Proper Management of PCB.
We comply with these regulations, filingvarious documentation including the annual
Storage/Disposal of PCB Wastes report for the
Tokyo Metropolitan Government.

Akishima head office & factry

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Outline of JGMS
Compliance Measures
Environmental Protection through Products
Contributions to Society
Local Community▶ Management of Chemical Substances

Protecting the environment through business activities

Management of Chemical Substances• Materials used in the manufacturing processes
that are handled as toxic substances are
subject to special measures, including
limiting the handling to specified personnel
only, management of the storage locations
and amounts, as well as training for the
management personnel. These measures aretaken to protect employees and to prevent
inappropriate circulation or leakage of the
toxic substances.
Records of the amounts of toxic substances
received and the amounts used aremaintained at each storage site for the
toxic substances, and all these records aremaintained in a company-wide database.
• PRTR Law (Pollutant Release and Transfer
Register) and Tokyo Metropolitan Environmental
Preservation CodeThe reporting on the specified chemical
substances that are subject to reportingis made by 2 companies within the JEOL
Group, which have received environmental
certification. These materials are carefully
managed, even at JEOL Group companies
that do not handle reportable quantities, sothat the quantities at each business location
can be continuously monitored.

Waste materials

Reporting to the national government
Reporting business locations of the certified company: 2 companies (1 substance)
Substance name......Dichloropentafluoropropane

unit: tons/year

Fiscal Year Output destination

EmissionsamountTransferred
amountFY 2013

FY 2014

FY 2015To the atmosphere1.4/1.2

1.1/1.2

0/0.65

To public waterways

0/0

0/0

0/0

Into the ground

0/0

0/0

0/0

Reclamation processing

0/0

0/0

0/0

Into the sewer system

0/0

0/0

0/0

0/0.970/1.0

0/0.85

Transferred externally

Reporting to the City of Tokyo
Reporting business locations of the certified company: 1 company (2 substances): JEOL

Unit: kg/year

Substance ＼ Year (amount used)

FY 2013

FY 2014

FY 2015

1) Methanol

186.0

160.0

137.0

2) Acetone

-

110.0

-

For waste materials, the issue is to improve therate of recycling, and efforts continue to achieve
this goal. Through measures such as completely
separating waste products by the type ofmaterial, improving the rate of recycling of waste
plastics, and adopting reusable packing crates
and materials, we are currently recycling morethan 86% of all the materials being used (mainoffice, Akishima factory) In addition, at JEOL
Yamagata Co., Ltd, a recycling rate of 84% has
been achieved.

Waste material processing /Verification of processing results

For the disposal of waste materials, we makethe effort to monitor the final disposal method,even for those items that are handled outside
the company grounds. We do not rely solely on
the control manifests for industrial waste. Waste
materials disposal managers ensure compliancewith the stipulations of Japan’s Wastes Disposal
and Public Cleansing Act, as well as thoseof local regulations. We also perform on-sitechecks to confirm that the disposal of wastematerials is being conducted properly.

Measures at JEOL Yamagata Co., Ltd.

Employees of multiple enterprises on the same
premises perform all the production tasks, fromparts assembly to production completion, as partof an effort to develop ennvironmentally-friendly
manufacturing processes, by reducing andeliminating the need for packaging materials totransfer parts and materials between companies,
as well as the fuel consumption and exhaustgases usually associated with transportation.

JEOL Yamagata Co., Ltd.

JEOL Group Environmental Activities 2016 Report｜ 07Outline of JGMS
Compliance Measures
Environmental Protection through ProductsManagement of Chemical Substances ▶ Contributions to Society
Local Community

Protecting the environment through business activities

Contributions to Society
Science Class Support andMath and Science Special
Programs

The Science Class Support Project
was started in Octber 2007 as part of thecommemoration of the 60th anniversary of
the JEOL Group. Initially, the activities were
held at nearby elementary schools, but waslater expanded to include teachers, and is
now being conducted at a variety of sites, notjust elementary schools. Through FY2016, a
total of 353 demonstrations on 207 days havebeen performed. The Science Class Support
programs are mainly conducted in classrooms
by demonstrators sent from the JEOL Group
using benchtop scanning electron microscope(NeoScope). Students are able to observe
pollen, insects and various mechanisms of
the body in detail. Students seeing electron
microsope images for the first time display a
lot of interest, making comments like “It was
so interesting to see the bugs so clearly andthe different pollen shapes”, and “I really liked
being able to see what goes on inside thehuman body in the micro world.” By actively
participating in local community events andworkshops for elementary and junior highschool teachers we hope to provide a chance
for many people to become more familiar withthe microscopic world.
Examples of activities include:1) “72th Annual Meeting of the Japan Societyof Microscopy and Public Lectures” (Institutefor Materials Research, Tohoku University)
2) “JAIMA Science Summer School:
Experiements with Analytic Instruments for

Support of the Kazato
Research Foundation

Junior High-School/ High-School Students”
National Museum of Emerging Science andInnovation)3) “2016 Youngsters’ National Science Festival”(Science Museum)4) RERF Open House 2016 (Radiation Effects
Research Foundation (RERF), Hiroshima)5) Homei Elementary School affiliated with
the Japan Women’s University (Mejirodai,
Bunkyo Ward)
6) Tsuchiura City Nakamura Elementary School
Science Special Class (Tsuchiura City)

The Kazato Research Foundation wasestablished in 1969, in commemoration of
the 20th anniversary of JEOL Ltd. funded bya contribution from Kenji Kazato, the founderof JEOL Ltd. The purpose of the organization
is to promote the research and developmentof electron microscopes and other related
devices, as well as application researchusing these instruments (medical science,
biology, physics, chemistry, materials science,nanotechnology, and others). The foundation
has helped many young researchers over
the years, and JEOL continues to support thefoundation activities with annual donations.
(http://www.kazato.org/)
The young researchers below received
awards in FY2016.

In 2016, there were also visits to 2
elementary schools in the city of Ishinomaki, 2
in Kesennuma city, and 1 in Shiogama city towork with some of the children affected by theGreat Eastern Japan Earthquake.
In the future, we hope that the everyone,
including teachers, students, and the generalpublic will be interested in science.
Additionally, the JEOL Group has beenworking in collaboration with universities andother businesses to increase the numberof children with an interest in mathematics,
through a program organized by the Tokyo
Board of Education in FY2015. We participate
in Special Math Lesson Programs to provide
young students with the opportunity to see
the usefulness and appeal of mathematics.
JEOL Group instructors utilize benchtop
scanning electron microscopes (NeoScope)
to conduct the science support classes. In
2016, 3 elementary schools and 2 junior highschools in Hino city were visited (total of 20classes with 693 students) giving the children
a chance to experience the micro-world using
an electron microscope.

Kazato Prize

Daiju Kitagawa Professor(Division of Molecular Genetics National Institute of Genetics)"Elucidating the structural basis of centriole
formation using electron microscopy"
Teruyasu Mizoguchi Associate Professor(Institute of Industrial Science University of Tokyo)"Basics and application of first principles
calculation of ELNES"

Kazato Research
Encouragement Prize

Osamu Ichii Associate Professor(Graduate School of Veterinary Medicine Hokkaido University)"Innovation of analysis method for the kidney
pathology by applied technique of the scanningelectron microscopy"
Shunsuke Kobayashi Researcher(Nanostructures Research Laboratory Japan Fine
Ceramics Center)

Science Class Support activities"Analysis of small lattice distortion on surfaces
and interfaces using scanning transmission
electron microscopy"

The winners are expected to continue to be
active in the fields of life science and materials
research.

10th Kazato Prize and Kazato Research Encouragement Prize awards ceremony
The awards ceremony was held at the Keidanren Hall in March 2017.

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Compliance Measures
Environmental Protection through ProductsManagement of Chemical Substances
Contributions to Society ▶ Local Community

Protecting the environment through business activities

Local Community“Don’t Litter” Campaign

Participation in the Akishima
Evironment-Consideration
Enterprise Network(Commute Route Clean-up Action)

The “Don’t Litter” campaign is a volunteer
community service activity that JEOL
employees have been performing since
1994, and it has become a regular part of
the routine. About once every 2 months,
employees engage in these clean-up activities
during their morning commute.
Employees will continue these activities,
never forgetting the original spirit andenthusiasm that prompted the start of the
Don’t Litter campaign.

“ It was depressing to see cigarette butts

and other trash littering the sidewalks
around the company,
and along the paths to the train station.
Believing that there must be something that
we could do, something that we should do,

we began to regularly clean the commuting routes.
The name given to this clean-up activity is the[Don’t Litter Campaign]”

Activities at
JEOL Yamagata Co., Ltd.

JEOL Yamagata Co., Ltd. is a production

The activities of the Akishima Evironment
Consideration Enterprise Network were started
in April 2005, with 16 member organizations.
By the end of FY2012, the organization had
grown to 40 member enterprises.
JEOL has been involved in the activities as
an executive member since the inception of
the network. During the major revision of theorganization between FY2009 and FY2010,
JEOL filled the role of chairman of the network,
continued in the role of vice for FY2011 andFY2012, and as executive secretary in 2015,
continuing to promote environmentally friendly
activities and practices in collaboration with
the network members.
Exhibits were halted and many otheractivities were limited in FY2011 due to theGreat East Earthquake and Disaster, but theactivities were revived in FY 2012.
The activities are low-profile but we intend tocontinue to make steady dedicated efforts to“Promote environmentally-friendly practices in
the local community”.

base of the JEOL group located in Tendo City,
Yamagata prefecture. In order to be able tocontinue working for many years to come, andearn the goodwill of everyone in the region,
the following efforts are being made.
1) We are accepting on-the job trainees fromhigh schools and colleges every year andprovide factory and carrier experiences toassist the development of human resources
and professional awareness.
2) Factory tours are offered to provide
opportunities to see the products being
produced. In FY 2016, 257 visitors from 20
organizations visited our site.
3) Crossing guards and patrols are provided
on the roads around the company during
the traffic safety campaigns in the spring
and autumn. The goal is not only to prevent
traffic accidents during the commute toschool by the young students, but also to
improve the traffic manners and practicesof the employees.
4) Active participation in local festivals, social
gatherings and events. In particular, for the
local Autumn Festival, a benchtop scanningelectron microscope was prepared at thefestival site to allow visitors to see magnified
images of insects and other objects.
5) The company parking areas were used forthe “Summer Nights” festival to provide
support the local community and invite
greater interaction with local residents.

“Don’t Litter” Campaign Action

Activities at JEOL Yamagata Co., Ltd.

Participation in the Akishima Evironment-Consideration
Enterprise Network
Summary of FY 2016 activity report
April 2016

Exhibit booth at the Green Environment Flower Festival,
Board of Directors
May 2016
FY2016 General Assembly, FY2016 citywide clean activities
July 2016
Board of Directors
November 2016 FY2016 1st Plenary Session and Energy Conservation
Promotion Step-Up Seminar
November 2016 Exhibit booth at the Industry Fair hosted by the city of
Akishima
November 2016 Akishima Facility Tour, Visit to Ishihara Sangyo Ltd.
February 2017 Executive Committee
March 2017
FY2016 2nd Plenary Session and Activities to Achieve
Carbon-free Society Worldwide/ Supply Chain Waste
Emission Reduction

Traffic safety on school commuting routes

JEOL Group Environmental Activities 2016 Report

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