JEOL Group Environmental Activities
2014 Report

JEOL Group

Environmental Activities
2014 ReportINDEX2

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Outline of IMS (Integrated Management System)

5Compliance Measures

6

Environmental Protection through Products

9

Protecting the environment through business activities

10

Management of Chemical Substances

11

Contributions to Society

13

Local Communication

Company Outline
Company name: JEOL Ltd.
Establishment: May 30, 1949
Main office:3-1-2 Musashino, Akishima, Tokyo 〒 196-8558 JAPAN

Employees:

2,952 (As of end March 2015)

Report scope
Subject organization:

JEOL Ltd.
JEOL Technics Co. Ltd.
Yamagata Creative Co. Ltd.

Target period:

April 1, 2014 to March 31, 2015

Field:

Matters related to environmental protection

Target audience:

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JEOL Group Environmental Activities– 2014 Report
The nuclear accident that occurred after the Great
East Japan Earthquake of March 2011 remined us of
the need to properly prepare for natural disasters, andforced us to recognize the danger of the energy base that
supports our society. This has provided an opportunity
to reaffirm our commitment to building a sustainable
society that carefully manages our limited resources,a goal that should be at the root of our company
activities. The management philosophy of the JEOL
Group is “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.” Science and technology, however, canbe a double-edged sword, depending on how it isused. There are the serious problems caused by the
recent nuclear accident, but it is also the advances ofscience and technology that will make it possible togreatly improve environmental problems, such as more
efficient solar power cells and the technologies to utilize
biomass. The JEOL Group strives to extend the positive
benefits of science and technology and contribute toachieving a sustainable society. To do this, we offer
scientific analysis and measurement instruments,
such as electron microscopes, to support cuttingedge research, medical equipment, such as automaticbiochemical analyzers, to protect the health of people,
and industrial equipment to conserve resources andimprove efficiency.
In recent years, the speed of technological innovationin various fields has accelerated, and we are actively
moving forward toward the realization of a safe andsustainable society. The new corporate message of the
JEOL Group is “olutions for Innovation” representing
our pledge to contribute to the realization an energy &environmentally-advanced society and is vibrant andrich by continuing to offer solutions that can only beprovided by the JEOL Group.
In order to implement the JEOL Group philosophy, we
believe it is necessary to nurture the development of thepeople to continue the work in science and technology
in the future. We support efforts to heighten theinterest and curiosity of elementary and high school
students in the sciences, including Science Camp andthe Science Class Support Project. We have also been
supporting the work of young researchers through our
support of the Kazato Research Foundation.
We are also working to contribute to improving theenvironment in the local area around the company,
including active participation as an executive enterpriseof the Network of Enterprises that Consider theEnvironment in Akishima City. This organization isan alliance of businesses in the areas near Akishima
City, working together to improve our own local
environment. JEOL also continues efforts on its own
initiatives, including the long-standing activities topreserve good communications between our employees
and the local community, such as “Don’t Litter”
Campaign (Campaign for cleaning up commuting
routes) which is a voluntary movement of theemployees.
The JEOL Group has received warm local support,
and has grown into an company that is expected tomeet the needs of the world. Making use of our worldleading technologies, the JEOL Group aims to contiue
to contribute to environmental protection, solving
environmental problems and achieving a sustainable
society.

Gon-emon Kurihara
President, JEOL Ltd.

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Outline of IMS(Integrated Management System)《 JEOL Group IMS Objectives 》

By providing products and services, such as analytic
equipment and instruments for cutting-edge research& development, as well as test equipment, based on
our management philosophy, the JEOL Group aims
to offer the total solutions demanded by customers
and the marketplace.
In addition to satisfying the customer needs, we
believe that providing total solutions is an activity
that helps to achieve our management philosophy ofmaking contributions to realizing a recycling societythat can support sustainable development.
We continue to manage our operations using ainternationally-certified management system that
integrates product quality and environmental
concerns (hereafter “IMS”, ( integrated management
system)). By using this IMS as a tool for business
improvement, we are working toward achieving
business growth and realizing the goals of ourbusiness plan.
1. Further promote the YOKOGUSHI strategy tosuccessfully achieve the business plan and meetthe high expectations of the market.
2. Deliver highly-reliable products and results as asolution provider in order to further improvecustomer satisfaction.
3. Continue to promote environmental protection
through product development and process
management that considers the product life-cycle
throughout
4. Proactively engage in company internal andexternal communication activities to promote
contributions to local society and to thedevelopment of science and technology.
5. Continue to comply with applicable laws,
ordinances, and regulations in order to fulfill our
corporate social responsibilities as a company that
operates globally.
6. Continue to make use of IMS in order tosuccessfully achieve the business plan.

Efforts to review and revise the international
standards have been started. As we also proceedwith revisions to the JEOL Group IMS, we will
pay attention to maintaining a consistency with theexisting measures.
As the chief executive of the IMS, the continuing
improvements to the system will be reviewed,
including the proper definition of continuing
adminsitration and assignment of responsibilities,
and the appropriate implementation and achievementof the IMS policies, goals and targets.
While keeping in mind the merger of businessactivities, along with the implementation of the
IMS policies within the business plan, all levelsof operations will be clearly informed of the IMS.
These IMS policies will be publicized both insideand outside the company, via the web and otherappropriate means.

《 JEOL Group IMS Goals 》

1. Provide solutions that achieve the innovation thatis demanded by customers and the market.
2. Promote quality improvement activities based onan even stronger customer-oriented approach.
3. Promote environmental improvement activities
designed to reduce the burden on the environment
and prevent pollution.
4. Promote activities to make a contribution tosociety, making use of JEOL Group personnel.
5. Strict compliance with the applicable laws andregulations both inside and outside Japan
6. Continue the activities to make effective use of
IMS as a business improvement tool

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《 JEOL Group Environmental Management

and groups; the entire JEOL Group uses theinformation to improve the quality of operations.

/Promotion System 》

The JEOL Group Environment Management
System has established the IMS, and each companyof the JEOL Group performs activities based on
this single (integrated) management system. The
instructions from the IMS Management Committee
are implemented through the IMS Managers assigned
at each company and department. The management
system is illustrated below.

 Second party Audits

In order to maintain and improve the JEOL Brand
that is expected by our customers and the market,
a relationship of trust with our business partners isessential.
Second-party auditors perform audits of our vendor
companies. This creates a Win-Win situation between
the JEOL Group and our vendor partners, as wework together, with a common goal of creating thebest possible products.

《 Audits 》
 External Audits

The activities of the JEOL Group are regularly auditedby an external audit company, and the audit company
provides us an evaluation of the effectiveness of the
IMS and the on-going improvement activities. The
issues that are pointed out in the audits are regarded asopportunities for improvement, and we make a full useof them as a tool for improving business operations.
The follow-up audit in August 2014 revealed four
“minor nonconformity”, and we implemented
corrective actions.
 Internal Audits

Internal auditors, chosen from within the JEOL
Group itself, perform regular audits for both quality
and the environment throughout the entire JEOL
Group. These audits are regarded as a tool forbusiness operation improvements, and a priority isplaced on making effective use of the internal audits.
The areas of improvement identified in the internal
audits are not applied only to specific departments【 Certification 】
Not only the JEOL headquarters in Japan, but theentire JEOL Group received ISO14001 certification for
the Environmental Management System in December
2002. The quality management system received
ISO9001 certification in December 1995, and we werequick to comply with the additional supplemental
amendment ISO9001-2008.
Currently, an Integrated Management System that
includes both product quality and environment is being
operated as the IMS.
In July 2007, JEOL also received certification for ISO
13485 for the Quality Management System for Medical
Equipment.
Certification authority: DNV Japan branch
Certification authority: RvA (Netherlands)
Registration numbers: ISO14001 : 3253536
ISO9001 : 3253537
ISO13485 : 6254-2007-AQ-JPN-NA

Company and Div.Manegement

JE OL Gro u p Ma n a g e m ent
JEOL Group IMS Top Representative
JEOL Group IMS Representative
JEOL Group IMR

Company IMS Top Representative

IMS Top Representatives (Div Managers)

Company IMS Representatives
Company IMRsIMS Management Committee
IMS Secretariat

Dep Managers

IMS Managers
IMS Managers Meeting
TC/WG for themes

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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 this issue in2006. The CSR Committee, headed by the president
and advised by JEOL's attorney, meets quarterly. The
committee’s purpose is to promote JEOL's activities
to continuously improve and reinforce compliance,
quality control, social contribution, corporate ethics,
and risk management.
《 Technical Regulation Committees 》

In the 1980s, our Engineering Division organized
a number of committees to study and comply withregulations and directives worldwide. In 1996 when the
Quality Control Office was established, a committee
dedicated to technical regulations was organized, and aseries of sub committees have emerged over time.
The committee members are responsible for issuingannual activity plans and activity reports, and forreviewing the latest trends in regulations that concern
our products.
Laws and regulations change over time. Any provisions
affecting the JEOL Group are discussed in thecommittee specializing in that area, and a review isquickly distributed among all concerned through the
Quality Control Office.
For medical equipment, RA (Regulatory Affairs), alongwith QA (Quality Assurance) is responsible for the
ME quality assurance within the Medical Equipment
Division, and ensuring complance with the various
rules and regulations throughout the world.

Quality
Assurance

Electro-Magnetic Compatibility
Low Voltage Directive
Machinery Directive
SEMI Standards
Radiation Regulatory
Poisonous and Deleterious
Substances Control Acr
Product Liability Act
Electromagnetic Field

Medical Equipment
Business Operations
Medical Device Manufacturing
Control Committee
Pharmaceutical Affairs Law Safety
Management Committee
Quality Assurance And Regulatory
Affairs Department

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Environmental Protection
through Products《 Measures to decrease the burden

on the environment 》

The JEOL Group contributes to improving the global
climate by developing and marketing environmentallyconscious and environmentally-contributing products
in accordance with the company mission statement“Contribute to the advancement in science and society
through our products”.

【 Development & Distribution ofEnvironmentally-Conscious Productst 】
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 productdevelopment project.

 Environmentally-conscious products：

Products designed to reduce the burden on the environment
at each step of the product cycle, from materials purchase,
production, distribution , through operation, disposal andrecycling.

 Environmentally-contributing products：

Products used by customers that are useful for the analysis
and evaluation in areas of environmental protection andpollution control.

Scope of JEOL product assessment

Recycle information

RecycleReduceReuce【Image diagram】

Design anddevelopment

Purchase andprocurement

Production

Use

Collection / disposal

Environmental-friendly
design standard /element technology

Greenprocurement

Energy saving
Waste reduction
Chemicals reduction
PRTRs
Package reduction

Energy saving
MaintenanceParts
replacement

3R Concepts:
RecycleReduceReuse

Recently, significant reductions have been achieved in
the energy required for operation (compared to existingproducts) of the field emission scanning electron
microscope JSM-7800F incorporating the super-hybridlens, one of the company’s top models.
For the production energy, a reduction of 38% wasachieved (CO2 conversion); the energy during use by
the customer is reduced by about 30% during normal

JSM-7800F

35% energy savings(Compared to existing JEOL products)

operation, and up to 40% during standby when theenergy-saving mode is used. The usage energy has been
reduced by about 35% (CO2 conversion).
In addition, the installation footprint of the auto
biochemical analyzer, JCA-BM6070, has been decreased
by about 23%. This system features a minimum reagent
volume of 60 µL for blood analysis, contributing tohuman wellness and environmental protection.

JCA-BM6070

Footprint reduced by 23%(Compared to existing JEOL products)products)

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【 Environmentally-contributing products 】
JEOL is a supplier of research tools such as electron
microscopes and NMR systems that are essential
for research and development of green devices
such as LED, solar battery, organic EL, etc. We
also provide components needed for green device
manufacturing equipment, including electron gunsfor LED electrode fabrication. In addition to the
products supporting the green device industry, we
manufacture and distribute various instruments
directly contributing to environmental improvement
including

1) Dioxin Analysis Mass Spectrometer, JMS-800D, a
total solution for dioxin analysis;
2) Portable Gas Chromatography, GC-310, capableof on-site sampling and real time data acquisition;3) Quadrupole Mass Spectrometer (QMS), JMSQ1500GC, a desktop system capable of highresolution/high sensitivity qualitative/quantitative
analysis of brominated flame retardants such as
PBB and PBED; and
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.

① JMS-800D② GC-310③ JMS-Q1500GC④ JSX-1000S

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《 Green Procurement measures 》

The JEOL Group communicates our environmental
policies to our clients and business partners and asks fortheir cooperation in complying with environmentally
preferable (green) purchasing requirements.
JEOL Group companies promote the development
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 their business partnercompanies, and make efforts to assist in achieving thetargets, by working with their partners, and helping
with analysis of the chemical substance content.
《 RoHS Compliant Products 》

JEOL Group

Green Purchasing Requirements[excerpts]

Version 5 (June 2010)
The JEOL Group is committed to activities to encourage
environmental protection throughout the business cyclefrom material purchasing, product delivery, service,
maintenance, and disposal.
We form an alliance with our clients, vendors, andpartners to establish environmentally preferable
purchasing worldwide. To insure green purchasing fromour supply chain, we have defined a set of rules as the
JEOL Group Green Purchasing Requirements.

Visit the JEOL site for the entire document( http://www.jeol.co.jp/corporate/envi/activity/ ).

To provide products compliant with the RoHS
directive, many projects have been implemented,
including chemical property analysis of materials used,systems to manage chemical properties of our products,
and lead free soldering.
We have been working on a RoHs compliant
production cycle, from purchasing to distribution.
Manufacturing and supply that conforms to RoHS isbeing expanded.
Regulations on chemical composition, like the RoHS
directive in Europe, are becoming increasingly common
worldwide.
We are committed to the development, production, anddistribution of environmentally-contributing products
and environmentally-conscious products to comply
with these standards throughout the entire productlifecycle, from procurement to final disposal.
Visit the JEOL site for more details on our environmental
projects ( http://www.jeol.com/corporate/envi/report ).

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Protecting the environment
through business activities《 Reducing Greenhouse Effect Gases 》【CO2 emissions】(t-CO2)CO2 emissions trends

The JEOL Group, in compliance with the Global
Warming Policy promoted by the Tokyo Metropolitan
Government, implemented various measures throughthe Energy Saving Committee to reduce the amount of
CO2 emissions.

【 Enhancing Energy Eﬃciency 】
We are proactively working to improve energy
efficiency of electricity, fossil fuels, and other resources.
Specific measures include phased conversion of thelighting to LED, the introduction of ice thermalstorage air conditioning to make effective use ofelectricity during the night, the installation of shading
sheets and thermal barrier coatings on buildings to
reduce the cooling load during the summer.
Furthermore, as a company-wide activity efforts arebeing made to reduce energy consumption, including
the promotion of the Cool Biz and Warm Biz
initiatives, and the control of electricity consumption
for each building.

Electricity, Fuel oil, Gas

SF6

【FY】

《 Storage and Disposal of PCB Waste 》

We store the PCB waste used in high voltage capacitors,
transformers, and stabilizers. We have continued thestorage for over 30 years since 1972. In some older
buildings, PCB is still 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, filing various
documentation including the annual Storage/Disposalof PCB Wastes report for the Tokyo Metropolitan
Government.

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Management ofChemical Substances

Materials used in the manufacturing processes thatare 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 are taken to protect
employees and to prevent inappropriate circulation orleakage of the toxic substances.
Records of the amounts of toxic substances received
and the amounts used are maintained at each storagesite for the toxic substances, and all these records aremaintained in a company-wide database.

 PRTR Law (Pollutant Release and Transfer Register) andTokyo Metropolitan Environmental Preservation CodeThe reporting on the specified chemical substances thatare subject to reporting is 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, so that the quantities at eachbusiness location can be continuously monitored.

【 Reporting to the national government 】. . . Reporting business locations of the certified
company: 2 companies (1 substance)
Substance name... Dichloropentafluoropropane
Fiscal Year Output destination

FY 2011

FY 2012FY 2013

EmissionsamountTo the atmosphere1.3/1.0

1.6/1.1

1.4/1.2

To public waterways

0/0

0/0

0/0

Into the ground

0/0

0/0

0/0
0/0

Transferred
amountReclamation processing

0/0

0/0

Into the sewer system

0/0

0/0

0/0

Transferred externally

0/0.2

0/0.37

0/0.97

Unit: tons/year【 Reporting to the City of Tokyo 】. . . Reporting business locations of the certified
company: 1 companies (4 substances)
Substance＼Year (amount used)

FY 2011

FY 20121) Isopropyl alcohol

120.0

−

FY 2013−2) Methanol 145.0

123.0

173.0

186.0

3) Acetone

104.0

106.0

−

4) Sulfuric acid

135.0

−

−

Unit: kg/year《 Waste materials 》

For waste materials, the issue is to improve the rateof recycling, and efforts continue to achieve this goal.
Through measures such as completely separating waste
products by the type of material, improving the rateof recycling of waste plastics, and adopting reusable
packing crates and materials, we are currently recycling
more than 88% of all the materials being used (mainoffice, Akishima factory) In addition, at the Tendo
Facotry of Yamagata Creative Co., a recycling rate ofmore than 79% has been achieved.

【 Waste material processing/ Verification of processing results 】

For the disposal of waste materials, we make the effort tomonitor 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 andPublic Cleansing Act, as well as those of local regulations.
We also perform on-site checks to confirm that thedisposal of waste materials is being conducted properly.

- Field check of waste processing facilities -《 Measures at Yamagata Creative Co. Ltd. 》

Employees of multiple enterprises on the same premises
perform all the production tasks, from parts assembly to
production completion, as part of an effort to develop
ennvironmentally-friendly manufacturing processes,
by reducing and eliminating the need for packaging
materials to transfer parts and materials between
companies, as well as the fuel consumption and exhaustgases usually associated with transportation.
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Contributions to Society《 Science Class Support and Science Camp 》

The Science Class Support Project was started in
Octber 2007 as part of the commemoration of the60th anniversary of the JEOL Group. Initially, theactivities were held at nearby elementary schools, but
was later expanded to include teachers, and is now
being conducted at a variety of sites, not just elementary
schools. Through FY2014 a total of 222 demonstrations
on 128 days have been performed. The Science Class
Support programs are mainly conducted in classrooms
by demonstrators sent from the JEOL Group using
desktop scanning electron microscopes (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 sointeresting to see the bugs so clearly and the different
pollen shapes”, and “I really liked being able to see whatgoes on inside the human body in the micro world.”
By actively participating in local community events
and workshops for elementary and junior high school
teachers we hope to provide a chance for many people
to become more familiar with the microscopic world.
Main examples of activities include:
1) “RIKEN Open House”(RIKEN Wako Center,
Saitama)2) “70th Annual Meeting of the Japan Society ofMicroscopy and Public Lectures” (The University ofTokyo, Ito International Research Center)3) “JAIMA Science Summer School: Experiementswith Analytic Instruments for High-SchoolStudents” (National Museum of Emerging Scienceand Innovation)4) “Summer Science Hiroba” (Tachikawa Women’s
General Center)5) “2014 Youngsters’ National Science Festival”(Science Museum)6) “Tohoku University, Qatar Sceience Campus”(School of Engineering, Tohoku University)

In 2014, there were also visits to 3 elementary schools
in the city of Ishinomaki, 1 in Shiogama, 1 in Natori
city to work with some of the children affected by theGreat Eastern Japan Earthquake.
In the future, we hope that the everyone, including
teachers, students, and the general public will beinterested in science.

- Science Class Support activities -The JEOL group has been participating in the ScienceCamps since March 2004, an activity that is sponsoredby the Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST). At
these camps, the JEOL Group teachers campers how to
use state-of-the-art equipment focusing on “Observing
the nanometer world with electrons ‒Opening the doorof Science with the Electron Microscope‒.” The Science
Camp session for FY was in March 2014 and March2015.

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《 Family Event & Support for Science Event

Marking the 65th Anniversary of JEOL’s Founding 》
thAs part of the activities to commemorate the 65
anniversary of the company founding, a Family Day forthe families of JEOL employees was held on May 31,
2014; and, on the following day, June 1, a Support for
Science event open to the general public was held at the
National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation.
The Family Day event was attended by about 770
visitors enjoying the chance to operate an electron
microscope, learn how to construct 3-D glasses, andmake specimen sketches, such as of insects. Nearly 1000
visitors came out for the Support for Science event open
to the general public.

《 Support of the Kazato Research Foundation 》

The Kazato Research Foundation was established in
1969, in commemoration of the 20th anniversaryof JEOL Ltd. funded by a contribution from Kenji
Kazato, the founder of JEOL Ltd. The purpose of theorganization is to promote the research and developmentof electron microscopes and other related devices, aswell as application research using these instruments(medical science, biology, physics, chemistry, materials
science, nanotechnology, and others). The foundation
has helped many young researchers over the years, andJEOL continues to support the foundation activities
with annual donations. (http://www.kazato.org/)
The young researchers below received awards in 2014.
Kazato Prize

Shiro Suetsugu,(Professor, Graduate School of Biological Sciences, Nara Instituteof Science and Technology Scientific Field: Biological Science)"The study on membrane morphology regulated by membranebindindg proteins"

Hidetaka Sawada( Manager Group 1,EMBU Technical division, JEOL Ltd. )"Development of spherical aberration corrector (Delta
Corrector) and SRAM aberration measurement"

Kazato Research Encouragement Prize
Hirohiko Niioka( Assistant Professor, Graduate school of engineeringscience, Osaka University )"Development of new probes for correlative light and electron
microscopy and biological cellullar imaging"

Hikaru Saito( Resercher, Quantum Nanoelectronics Reserch Center,
Tokyo Institute of Technology )"Enhanced emission of plasmonic resonators analized by CL"th- Images from the JEOL 65 Anniversary events -The winners are expected to continue tobe active in the fields of life science andmaterials research.
The awards ceremony was held at the
Keidanren Hall in February 2015.
8th (2014) Kazato Prize and Kazato Research Encouragement Prize awards ceremony

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Local Communication《 “Don’t Litter” Campaign(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 partof 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 and enthusiasm that prompted thestart of the Don’t Litter campaign.

It was depressing to see cigarette butts and other trashlittering 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]“Don’t Litter” Campaign Action《 Participation in the Akishima Evironment-Consideration Enterprise Network 》

T h e a c t i v i t i e s o f t h e A k i s h i m a Ev i r o n m e n t
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 the organization between 2009 and2010, JEOL filled the role of chairman of the network,and continued in the role of vice-chair for 2011 and2012, continuing to promote environmentally friendly
activities and practices in collaboration with the
network members.
Exhibits were halted and many other activities werelimited in 2011 due to the Great East Earthquake andDisaster, but the activities 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”.

Summary of FY 2014 activity report
1) April 2014

Ex h i b i t b o o t h a t t h e Gre e n
Environment Flower Festival
2) May 2014
General Assembly3) October 2014 FY 2014 1st General Assembly
4) November 2014 Exhibit booth at the Industry Fair
hosted by the city of Akishima5) November 2014 Factory tours (Top-level placeof business (place of businessrecognized for outstanding
countermeasures taken against
global warming)6) February 2014 FY 2014 2nd General Assembly and
Seminar on ISO Revisions

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《 Activities at Yamagata Creative Co. Ltd. 》

Yamagata Creative Co., Ltd. is a production base of
the JEOL group located in Tendo City, Yamagata
prefecture. In order to be able to continue working
for many years to come, and earn the goodwill of
everyone in the region, the following efforts are beingmade.

Traffic safety on school commuting routes

Traffic safety on school commuting routes

1) Two open houses have been held to invite the public
to come see the production lines and products. In
this way, the local residents have been able to become
more familiar with our work, and understand the
production activities being performed.
2) Every year, high-school and junior college, andvocational school students are invited to participate
in factory tours and job-experience programs, tohelp train the work force of the future and foster aprofessional work ethic.
3) Factory tours are offered to provide opportunities to
see the products being produced. In FY 2013, 223
visitors from 14 organizations visited our site.
4) Crossing guards and patrols are provided on theroads around the company during the traffic safety
campaigns in the spring and autumn. The goal is not
only to prevent traffic accidents during the commuteto school by the young students, but also to improve
the traffic manners and practices of the employees.
5) Active participation in local festivals, social gatheringsand events. In particular, for the local Autumn
Festival, a desktop scanning electron microscope wasprepared at the festival site to allow visitors to see
magnified images of insects and other objects.
6) The company parking areas were used for the“Summer Nights” festival to provide support the
local community and invite greater interaction withlocal residents.

Topics《 Events For Families (Participation in Family Day)》

On 16 August 2014 (Saturday), a Family Day was held
to provide a chance for the families of JEOL employees
to visit the workplace. A total of 87 visitors attended
the event, mainly the children of JEOL employees.
Activities included a company introduction, tours of
the work place, chances to operate some of the JEOL
products, and physics experiments. The planning andimplementation of the workplace visits was accomplishedmainly through the efforts of the KF Committee, whichis composed of young employees who are working toenhance the JEOL corporate culture.

Family Day 2014Action

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