Japan’s Minister of theEnvironment has recognized
the REMATEC Group as anenvironmental leader in its
industry.

REMATEC supports Fun to
Share—a climate change
campaign designed torealize a low-carbon society
through resource recycling.

Paper using responsible
wood resources

This document
has been printed
using a waterlessprinting process.

Contents 201718 Group Companies

04 Special Feature
04

Special Feature 1
Our businesses and group companies in Japan18

Global Network of the
REMATEC Group06

Messages from Group
Company Presidents
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22
24
26
28
30
32

Special Feature 2
History of our innovations

The REMATEC Group's
Innovations
08

Special Feature 3
The REMATEC Group's annual performance

CSR in Figures

34

Transitioning into a corporate groupthat can contribute to society

Message from the President– P red i ct i n g t h e F u t u r e –What can we do now for the future?
What actions do we need to take?
Predicting the future makes us aware of our mission.
At the REMATEC Group, we all work together to promote innovation.

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14
16

REMATEC Corporation
REMATEC KYUSHU Corporation
REMATEC TOHOKU Corporation
REMATEC R&D Corporation
RTT Corporation
REMATEC & KSN Thailand Co., Ltd.
Re:CS Co., Ltd.

34 Data and Others

10 Corporate Philosophy and Reports
10

FY 2017 messages fromgroup company presidents

Corporate Philosophy and Vision
Social Activities
The Environment and Occupational Safety

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37
38
38
39

Environmental Performance Data fromRF Business
Data on Performance
Data on Environmental Activities andOccupational Safety
Three-year Targets
External Adviser Feedback
Response to External Adviser Feedback
Group Company Information

REMATEC Group logo
Our group logo expresses the process by which a zero-waste society is built through a chain of circles, eachof which represents a small cycle. The logo shows our commitment to contributing to society through each of
the resource recycling services provided by our group. Based on reliable technologies and know-how, as wellas on the experience and achievements that we have acquired, the REMATEC Group will make further efforts
to create customer value. We will contribute to improving our customers' corporate value as their business
partner and strive to the utmost to build a sustainable society with our stakeholders.

The REMATEC Group supports sustainable
development goals.
SDG icons
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are the 17 goals and 169
targets that need to be achieved by humankind by 2030. These SDGs
are included in the 2030 Agenda adopted at the UN Sustainable
Development Summit in September 2015.
All UN countries have made it a goal to work toward these SDGs from2016 to 2030 through cooperation between public (government) andprivate (companies and citizens) sectors. See page 14 and onward for
information about the goals related to our group's business activities.

17 goals to transform our world

No poverty

Zero hunger

Good health andwell-being

Quality education

Gender equality

Clean water andsanitation

Affordable andclean energy

Decent work andeconomic growth

Industry, innovation andinfrastructure

Reducedinequalities

Sustainable cities andcommunities

Responsible consumption
and production

Climate action

Life below water

Peace, justice andstrong institutions

Partnerships for thegoalsLife on land

SDGs that the world
has agreed to achieveby 2030

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Business operation in Japan
RF business

Global Network of the REMATEC GroupThe global operation of the REMATEC Group is underpinned byeight key businesses in Japan and five others abroad.

REMATEC transforms industrial waste collected fromnearby factories into reclaimed fuel (RF), which is supplied
to cement factories. This solution reduces environmentalloads including CO2 emissions. Recently, our group has
been providing technical assistance to Asian countries.

Netherlands

Environmental restoration business

RKE Renewables
Business activities
Operation management in the Euro zoneJapan

England

REMATEC TOHOKU Corporation
Iwate/Ofunato

RKE Biogroup

REMATEC&KSN Renewables

Business activities
Renewable energy businessBusiness activities
Management of businesses outside Japan

Re:CS Co., Ltd.

Japan

ThailandThailandGreen Conservation Solutions

REMATEC&KSN Thailand

Business activities
Recycling and energy businessBusiness activities
Business management in the ASEAN countries

Osaka

Osaka/Sakai

Osaka/Kishiwada

REMATEC R&D Corporation
RTT Corporation

Oita/Usuki

Malaysia

REMATEC Holdings Corporation
REMATEC Corporation

The Green Biomass
Business activities
Recycling and energy business

REMATEC KYUSHU Corporation

The REMATEC Group has developed an integrated
scheme for processing a large amount of waste fromnatural disasters, including transport, analysis, precisionscreening, and recycling. Such all-round capabilities were
mobilized in response to the Great East Japan Earthquake
and the sediment disaster in Hiroshima. Our recovery andrestoration assistance protect both the livelihood of local
residents and the environment.

Network and logistics businessOur transport service
emphasizes safety andquality to underpin the
network of the REMATEC
Group to RF, and recycle
waste and other resources.

Biogas power generation business

Organization of the
REMATEC Group

This business generates
electric power and heat frombiogas collected from themethane fermentation oforganic waste. This solution
offers many advantages,
such as no additional CO2
emissions involved in power generation and efficientenergy production from wet organic materials.

REMATEC Holdings Corporation

Solar power generation business

REMATEC&KSN Renewables

REMATEC&KSN Thailand

The Green Biomass

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Green Conservation Solutions

RKE Renewables

RKE Biogroup

REMATEC
Corporation

REMATEC
KYUSHU
Corporation

REMATECTOHOKU
Corporation

REMATEC R&D
Corporation

RTT Corporation

Re:CS Co., Ltd.

Solar power generation is
being carried out inKumamoto, Kagoshima, andOkayama to reduce
environmental loads by cutting
C O 2 emissions and use offossil fuel.

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Tireless Innovation for the Envi ronment
Chumei Tanaka, our late founder, was a fisherman in Naoshima facing the Inland Sea, Setouchi. During
Japan’s high-speed economic growth in the 1970s, he began to remove oil from the Bay of Osaka,
which had become so polluted fish could no longer be caught. This marked the beginning of Kinki
Environmental Industry, or REMATEC today. This section traces our group’s history over the past 43
years and many innovative efforts made along the way.

Iwate-Aomori boundary illegal dumping:
Construction work supervision anddesign and building of sorting and water
treatment plants in the project to restore
the area to its original state

2002
1997

South Korea - PJ
In Ulsan Metropolitan City,
South Korea, the REMATEC
Group built RF plants for amajor petroleum refining plant,
transferred its technology to
the company, and supported it
in operating the plants.

Waste

Zone D(rainwater, drainage for contam

inated water)

Waste

Predictions using boring

GroundWaste

Capping

Contaminated water sump (rainwater, drainage for contaminated water)

Recovery from theGreat East Japan
Earthquake(Iwate Prefecture) - PJ
Amount of treatment
Ofunato: about 0.84 Mt
Rikuzentakata: about 1.19 Mt

Affected area C
Affected area D

2015

Sump (pump-up)

2014→ Primary sorting A
Temporary storage→ Primary sorting B
Temporary storage

2014
Post-disaster recovery
in Hiroshima - PJ

Disaster waste disposal flow

→ Secondary sorting→ Landfill, etc.

→ Desalination → reconstruction materials, etc.
Recycling waste into

Production of raw fuel for cement manufacturing

Kingdom of Thailand

Waste from the sediment disaster
caused by heavy rains in Hiroshima
was properly treated.

Solar power
generation began.
Our past data and expertise on
efficient and stable power generation
are fully mobilized to contribute tosociety by providing an environmentally friendly and safe source of electric
power.

MF Power 1 began
operation as abiogas power plant
The project began by imposing afeed-in tariff on biogas power
generation for the first time in Osaka.

Following a fact-finding survey, ademonstration project for producing refuse derived fuel (RDF) was
initiated with a waste composition
analysis and wet classification
system.

* PJ : Project* RMG : REMATEC Group* RF (reclaimed fuel) business : Production of
auxiliary fuel for cement clinker burning process* SCG : Siam Cement GroupClassification of tsunami deposits
Tsunami deposits → Classification → Recycling (reuse in farmland)

2007

2010

2014

BOF Ofunato - PJ

Subcritical plant - PJ

Design, construction, and operational
assistance of the facility for producing
biomass and oily sludge fuel (BOF) at
the Ofunato Plant.

Construction and operational assistanceof a subcritical pilot plant.

Development of materials forsecondary cells - PJ
Development of technology for producing low-cost waste-derived materials
for secondary cells.

1992

1995

2001

2007

2010

2014

Kansai Airport - PJ

Treatment of earthquake
disaster waste - PJ

Hashimoto - PJ

Sumoto - PJ

Management of the treatment of illegally
dumped waste in the site contaminatedby dioxin in Hashimoto.

A project for harnessing energy frommethane fermentation by subcriticalwater treatment.

Change of the company nameto REMATEC Corporation

Shift to the holding company
system under the name
“REMATEC Group”

Management of the treatment of wastefrom the construction of the KansaiInternational Airport on an island.

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4 kg/cm3

Zone D

Secondary sorting of disaster waste
Affected area A

Horizontal boring distance
56 to 84 m

Recycling Restoring the area to its original state

Zone B2012

Affected area B

Heat source of 100℃ 25 to 35 m deep

Steam injection

Sort by crushing

2m

Ship
Collection site A
RMG→ Recycling/RF
accident
Collection site B → RMG → Eight collection→
Heavy oiland transport → Ten disposers
spillCollection site C
companies

In this project, a plant is designed andconstructed with necessary assistancefrom REMATEC to desalinate debris that
had been in seawater (disaster waste),along with a secondary sorting plant fordisaster waste in temporary storagesites, and a classification plant fortsunami deposits. Waste treatment was
carried out by secondary sorting (about
0.84 Mt in Ofunato and about 1.19 Mt in
Rikuzentakata) and desalination (about
0.935 Mt).
* Waste accepted from Ofunato, Rikuzentakata, Miyako, Yamada-machi, andOtsuchi-cho

Vapor
Heat source of 70℃

BoilerUp to 9 kg/cm3

Zone D

Ground2011

History

Collection and→ disposal of
NaK

Water injection for
extinguishing fireThree-period digging

Zone B

Illegally dumped trash filling about
450 drums was removed to berecycled into fuel or incinerated.

REMATEC GROUP

Disposal proposal
Installation ofand→ a low-oxygen
risk assessment
workroom

Prior to the treatment, illegally
dumped waste was found to begenerating heat. Restoration of thearea to its original condition was
carried out by adopting a newly
devised auxiliary method to extinguishfire by locally injecting water.

* NaK refers to an alloy of sodium (Na) and potassium (K). This
substance is difficult to handle because it reacts explosively
and ignites when exposed to air and water.

Simulations

GroundCapping

Otsu, Shiga - PJ

storage

Dismantling of nuclear
facilities and appropriate
treatment of NaK

Various types of difficult-to-handle waste

2m

Contaminated water sump

NaK - PJ

Disposal of NaK, which had been studied asa cooling agent for reactors, became anissue to be addressed, and the REMATEC
Group proposed a disposal method. Basedon safety measures and disaster-prevention
drills, it conducted simulations of thedisposal work. It created a low-oxygen
workroom on its own and installed it on thespot, achieving safe collection of NaK.

↓

1996

Zone B
Tarp

Capping2009

Restoration of the original
condition after illegal
dumping in Gifu - PJ↓

Spill of about
50,000 drums of heavy oil
Collection of heavy oil
spilled from the Nakhodka

Illegal dumping of about
820,000m³ of waste

Types of disposed or buried waste are estimated by acalculated matrix and simulation to design the sorting flow
and basic sorting system. The original condition was
restored after roughly 11 years while minimizing risks
involved in the work and for the surrounding area.

↓

Nakhodka - PJ

Iwate-Aomori boundary - PJ

The Russian tanker Nakhodka broke anddrifted into the Sea of Japan off Japan’s
Honshu Island, and the REMATEC Group
collected, treated, and disposed of thespilled heavy oil. The oil covered the Sea ofJapan, and the amount of material
collected totaled approximately 59,000
tons, including seawater, garbage, and oily
mud and sand. In seven cases includingship transport, our group responded tothis accident at ten locations nationwide.
The treatment and disposal work done by
our group included restoring the sea to its
original state and recycling the collected oil
and other materials.

2010

↓

ry

I n novation for the E a r t hManagement of earthquake disaster wastefrom Ashiya, Nishinomiya, Takarazuka,
and other affected cities.

1974

1993

2000

2006

2008

2013

2015

Establishment of Kinki Environmental Industry Co., Ltd.

Reclaimed fuel productionin Taiwan - PJ

Recycling of waste milk - PJ

Kitakyushu PCB - PJ

3S (Tri-S) - PJ

Management of the treatment of waste
milk after a food poisoning scandal.

Operation and management of atreatment plant for soil contaminated by PCB.

Proposal of an on-site waste treatment
and recycling system for the New Sakai
Plant of a consumer electronics manufacturer.

REMATEC & KSN Thailand(RKT) was established as anoverseas subsidiary.

Establishment of Green
Conservation Solutions (GCS)(a joint venture between SCG
and RKT)

Kinki Environmental Industry Co., Ltd. (later
renamed REMATEC Corporation) wasestablished to treat waste oil and liquid, theprincipal cause of marine pollution.

A technology for reclaiming fuelfrom waste was transferred toKaohsiung, Taiwan.

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CSR in Figures
For detailed data, refer to page 35

RF shipments Target organizations : REMATEC Corporation and REMATEC KYUSHU Corporation

Solar power generation
Target organizations : Kumamoto power plant, Kagoshima power plant, and Okayama power plant

109,118 t/year

5.920 MWh/year

Recycling rate Target organizations : REMATEC Corporation and REMATEC KYUSHU Corporation

CO2 reduction (Solar power generation)

92.3%

2,986.6 t-CO /year

Power consumption per ton of RF

Fuel efficiency of collection and transport vehicles■Target value for FY 2016 : 98,000 t/year■ Target value for FY 2016 : 5.425 MWh/year

2* The amount of CO2 emissions reduced by solar power generation was calculated based on the
Labeling Guidelines (FY 2016) by Japan Photovoltaic Energy Association.

■Target value for FY 2016 : 97.0%

Target organizations : REMATEC Corporation and REMATEC KYUSHU Corporation

25.4kWh/t

Target organizations : REMATEC KYUSHU Corporation and RTT Corporation

3.3km/L■Target value for FY 2016 : 27.4 kWh/t■ Target value for FY 2016 : 3.6 km/L

RF shipments

Recycling rate

Power consumption per ton of RF

Solar power generation/CO2 reduction

Fuel efficiency of collection and transport vehicles

Despite some trouble with equipment andso forth, REMATEC Corporation was able
to reliably produce reclaimed fuel and it
achieved the shipping target. REMATEC
KYUSHU also began full-fledged operationin December 2014. The shipped amountexceeded the target thanks to the stableproduction.
Further increase in production will besought by reinforcing daily inspections andmaintenance.

The group-wide target of bringing the recycling
rate to 97% could not be achieved despite our
eco-first commitment and improvements by
REMATEC Corporation compared to the previous
year. This is due to the trouble we experienced
with equipment. Meanwhile, REMATEC KYUSHU
did achieve its target level by maintaining thesame performance as previous years.
Both companies will strive to improve therecycling rate.

The introduction of large equipment and theassociated increase in power consumption
are still affecting the REMATEC Corporation.
Meanwhile, REMATEC KYUSHU succeeded in
reducing power consumption with stable roundthe-clock operation from December 2014 andstreamlining efforts.
Still, there is still room for improvement for
both companies. Further reduction in power
consumption will be sought step by step.

All power plants were operated in earnest in fiscal year 2016 to achieve the annual target set forthin the three-year plan. The total annual output of 5.92 MWh can serve about 1,200 households
each consuming an average 4.936 kWh.*1
We were able to contribute to a low-carbon society with a reduction in CO2 emissions by 2,986.6 t/
year thanks to the abundance of solar power. This amount corresponds to the CO2 absorption of
about 213 cedar trees.*2
Power output depends on the amount of sunlight and so is greatly affected by weather conditions.
We will continue our efforts to achieve our target by effectively using data from string monitoring
units, early discovery and response to trouble experienced by power plants, among other efforts, inorder to stably generate power.

Fuel efficiency could not be enhanced toachieve the target despite the efforts madein fiscal year 2016 to eliminate waste,unreasonable strain, and unevenness in drivingby using digital tachographs and conducting
onboard guidance.
We will continue our efforts to enhance fuelefficiency by encouraging environmentalconscious and safe driving practices.

08 REMATEC GROUP*1 The Energy Data and Modelling Center, the Institute of Energy Economics, Japan, FY 2016
*2 See Shinkyusan on the official website of the Ministry of the Environment (a 50-year-old cedar tree annually absorbs
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M essage fr om the President

S pe c ia l Fe a tu r eTransitioning into a
corporate group that
supports the use of azero waste infrastructure

I de a . r e por t

Yasunori Tanaka
President and CEO
REMATEC Holdings Corporation

10 REMATEC GROUP

In 2050, vehicles that use fossil fuels may not be soldon the market in our society, with nearly all energy
generated from renewable energy resources and theconcept of waste eliminated. In fact, some developed
countries have already determined to ban the sale ofgasoline and diesel vehicles in the near future. We are
figuring out what we need to do now in order to continue
to contribute to society amid great changes in societythat may occur within the short period of a little over 30
years, and are implementing various programs to movein that direction.
Our overseas business is one such program. In an effort
to develop our overseas business at an accelerated
pace, we founded REMATEC & KSN Renewables
Corporation in 2017 as an overseas business hub withthe aim of integrating overseas business resources
within our corporate group.
In recent years, we have focused our efforts on businessdevelopment in Southeast Asia—in particular, the waste

2017 CSR Report

D a taStaying true to our corporate mission of using ecoinnovation to address social challenges, we havecontributed to resolving social issues in various
environmental fields in Japan, especially in wasterelated businesses. However, recent global trends,
such as SDGs and the Paris Agreement, are shiftingfrom managing specific issues to resolving morecomprehensive issues.
In order to respond to these global trends while
continuing our business activities, we believe it isessential to set our goal from a long-term perspective
and to make steady efforts to achieve that goal.
Therefore, the REMATEC Group has started toincorporate what is known as a "backcasting" approach
into our business decision making. To that end,by focusing on 2050 as a target, we discuss what
technologies, systems, and lifestyles will be required inour society in 2050 and deduce what we need to do now
by backcasting from the future.

projects that attract our attention in Europe. Throughour activities in Europe, we plan to acquire cutting-edge
technologies and systems and incorporate them into thebusiness activities of our group as a whole.
The world is beginning to change. Taking up businesschallenges in various countries enables us to better
understand that change. For this reason, the REMATEC
Group has set a medium-term management vision fortransitioning into a corporate group that supports theuse of zero waste infrastructure in society. As such, wewould like to continue to contribute to society in ourfields of expertise by leveraging our experience in wasterelated businesses to change world.
Meanwhile, in a rapidly changing society, we need tochange ourselves by fully leveraging our own strengths
and experience. To change ourselves, we will promote
open innovation by continuing to actively collaborate
with other companies and facilitate mutual understanding
with our partners. At the same time, we will makemanagement decisions to achieve the optimum balanceamong different businesses of the REMATEC Group in
a broad sense of the term, which includes our business
partners.
We will strive to the utmost to continue to work as acorporate group that can contribute to society andmeet its needs. Going forward, we hope that we willcontinue to enjoy the guidance and support of all our
stakeholders.

Group Company
Information

In front of the RKE Head Office in the Kingdom of the Netherlands

recycling business in Thailand and the business of
producing pellet fuel from unused biomass in Malaysia.
In April 2017, we completed the construction of our
first waste sorting plant in Thailand. With verification
tests having been successfully conducted in a pilot
plant for fuel pellet production, the construction of
our first commercial pellet manufacturing plant has
already started in Malaysia. In the future, we plan toconstruct our second and third plants both in Thailand
and Malaysia and continue to proactively contribute toresolving environmental issues in the two countries.
Meanwhile, businesses in developing countries
not only require an enormous amount of time forproject development, but also involve risks unique todeveloping countries (risks in obtaining authorizationand permission, political risks, etc.). Therefore, tomitigate the risks involved in our group's overseas
business development, we also focus on businesses indeveloped countries with the aim of building a balanced
business portfolio. More specifically, directing ourattention to renewable energy business in Europe, we
founded a local subsidiary RKE Renewables B.V. in
the Netherlands to develop renewable energy projects
centered on biogas power generation in the United
Kingdom, Germany, and the Netherlands. Europe is also
leading the world in building zero waste infrastructure
through circular economy initiatives and other programs.
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Corporate Philosophy and Vision

S pe c ia l Fe a tu r e

To clearly define the ideals envisioned by the REMATEC Group, we have established a management philosophy
and vision. We promote our corporate value based on our philosophy and vision, thereby continuing to uphold ourphilosophy as the foundation of the REMATEC Group's decision making. By further promoting our philosophy, we
aim to develop technologies and accelerate open innovation in the environmental business with the aim of creating
innovations that address social challenges related to the environment.

Innovation for the Earth
Corporate slogan and concept for CSR commitment

With the aim of contributing to the creation of asustainable society, the REMATEC Group is mobilizing
its core technologies for recycling materials to promote
the economic and efficient use of global resources.

Innovation for the Earth

Building the society
we envision

Two key business domains that support solving
local problems and create the future
We tackle environmental problems through our
two main lines of business—resource recycling
and renewable energy.

Fulfilling corporate roles andsocial responsibilities

Building
the society
we envision

Two keybusinessdomains

Fulfilling corporate
roles andsocial responsibilities

Guidingprinciples

Management
plan◎Pursuing value creation◎Taking responsibility for the effects oforganizations on society◎ Contributing to solutions to social
challenges

Promoting business by bringing together
the REMATEC Group's three unique strengths

Threeuniquestrengths

We work with local communities to contributeto solving the challenges they are faced withby bringing together the planning capabilities,
technical expertise, and quick on-site responses
that we have developed based on our knowhow and long years of experience.

Creating shared value (CSV)The REMATEC Group believes that it is our most important mission
and responsibility as members of society to create innovations
through business. Accordingly, we have adopted the corporate
slogan, "Innovation for the Earth," as our basic CSR concept.
We aim to promote CSR activities as an integral part of ouroccupational activities.

CSR Management System/Introduction of a 3-year plan aimed at having group companies operate their management systems autonomously
In accordance with this 3-year plan, the REMATEC Group is developing management systems that will encourage partnerships and autonomous
initiatives among its member companies.
2016

Integrated management system

unicati on wi th stakeholde

Safety and health principles
As it strives to contribute to society through its business and otheractivities, the REMATEC Group recognizes that the health and safetyof its employees forms the basis of the company and its social
responsibilities. Out of respect for all people, the REMATEC Group
promotes health and safety under the guiding principles of “safety
first” and “comfortable working environment.

Environmental principles
The REMATEC Group recognizes that conservation of the global
environment is a key priority for humankind to achieve sustainable
development. Therefore, in accordance with its basic environmental
principles for helping to create a sustainable society, our groupcarries out its business and other operations in harmony with theenvironment while working to reduce the environmental loads and tosave energy and resources.

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rs

Quick on-site
responses

Philosophy and vision
Based on our corporate philosophy, we focus on addressing social
challenges in the environmental business, including resource
recycling and global warming prevention, as our major businessdomains.
In fiscal 2010, we made it the REMATEC Group's new mission to create
innovations to address social challenges related to the environment,
adopting "Innovation for the Earth" as our corporate slogan.

Medium- and long-term business goal
We have defined our medium- and long-term business goal astransitioning into a corporate group that supports the use of zerowaste infrastructure. To achieve this goal, we bring together
technologies and know-how that we have acquired through our corebusinesses (resource recycling and renewable energy), along with
our three strengths (planning capabilities, technical expertise, andquick on-site responses). Our aim is to develop social infrastructure
and to efficiently utilize unused resources. Through these activities,
we promote open innovation in collaboration with other companies,

REMATECTOHOKU

REMATEC

RTT

REMATEC
R&D

REMATEC
KYUSHU20172018

Group-wide integrated environmental and safety management system

Group-wide integrated management established along with autonomy
of group companies

REMATEC TOHOKUOHSAS*EMS

REMATECOHSAS*

Integration
among fivecompanies

EMS

Certified by the EMS (ISO 14001: 2015) group* Certification expected in accordance with ISO 45001 (after the certification
scheme is put in place)

Each group company to develop its own management
system in accordance with ISO 14001: 2015 (overallmanagement to be carried out under the group-wide
integrated system).

After the transition from OSHMS to OHSAS 18001(Occupational Safety and Health Management
System), operations to be integrated with EMS (ISO
14001) in accordance with ISO 45001.

including developing new businesses and investing in them.
By continuing to develop businesses based on our philosophy, we
believe we can ensure stable profits and contribute to building asustainable society. Based on this belief, we aim to fulfill the social
responsibilities of the REMATEC Group.

Integrated management system
The REMATEC Group has been working to develop daily businessactivities and to solve problems from three perspectives byintegrating three management systems (business management,
environmental management, and occupational health and safety
management). To further enhance environmental and safety
management, we launched a new initiative to prevent occupationaland environmental accidents and avoid business risks by managing
the group as a whole in accordance with new international standards.
In fiscal 2016, we reconstructed the environmental management
system (EMS) in operation at our business sites in Osaka andKyushu and expanded it to our group as a whole, thereby creating
an integrated management system that meets the revised ISO

Governance of group-wide integrated management system
REMATECTOHOKUManagement
SystemREMATECManagement
SystemRTT
Management
SystemREMATEC
R&D
Management
SystemREMATEC
KYUSHUManagement
SystemThe goal is to have each group company achieveautonomous management in terms of theenvironment, occupational safety, and health.

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Group-wide integrated management system
Resource
recyclingbusiness

The REMATEC Group recognizes
that relationships with stakeholders
are very important and need to berespected, and that we must fulfill oursocial responsibility to comply withlaws and regulations.
To ensure compliance not only withregulations, statutes, and company
rules, but also with social norms,
we have established a compliancepolicy, thereby raising awarenessamong executives and employees anddeveloping compliance systems.

Group Company
Information◎A society where people can live safely
and comfortably◎A sustainable society where economic
development can be achieved withoutharming the environment◎A recycling society that is in harmony
with nature

Mission of the REMATEC Group
Use eco-innovation
to address social challenges

Compliance policy

I de a . r e por t

Management philosophy

requirements. With the aim of enabling each company to operate andmanage the system on its own, we provided management systemtraining to all group company employees, including the group's
internal audit committee members. As a result, we were certified as
an organization that meets the ISO 14001: 2015 (JIS Q 14001: 2015)
standard in November 2016.
In fiscal 2017, to prevent occupational and environmental accidents,
we developed a plan to promote risk management by managing ourgroup as a whole in accordance with international standards. We
made efforts in our daily activities to obtain OHSAS 18001: 2007 andISO 14001: 2015 certification for the integrated system (scheduled
to be awarded the certification in December 2017). To this end, we
started the certification evaluation procedure all over again for the
integrated business processes. To obtain the OHSAS certification, weconstructed the system in accordance with the ISO 450001 standard,
which is scheduled to be published in March next year.
In the future, each group company will construct an independent
management system. We will operate the system designed to
manage the group as a whole to further enhance governance.

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17 goals
17 goalsto transformto transform
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S pe c ia l Fe a tu r e

REMATEC Group companies' business sites are located in areas across Japan and overseas, with each company
developing activities rooted in its own area. The group brings together all available resources to further expand thecommunity network from local societies to the entire world.
We also hope to build close relationships with a wide range of stakeholders and gain their trust by facilitating
communication with them.

Peace, Peace,justice andjustice andstrong institutions
strong institutions

Partnerships
Partnerships
for the for thegoals goals

SDGs SDGs
that thethatworld
the world
has agreed
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to achieveto achieveby 2030
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Interaction with stakeholders

Mental health and diversity

the amount of overdue paid annual leave for their own medical care and the nursing care of their families.
62.1% of REMATEC Group employees took paid annual leave in fiscal 2016.
(Percentage of workers who took paid annual leave in Japan in fiscal 2016: 48.7%. See Ministry of Health,Labour and Welfare, Results of a General Survey on Working Conditions in 2015)

Percentage of REMATEC
Group employees who took
paid annual leave

62.1%

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To help individual employees focus on improving operational efficiency and productivity and maximizing
their performance within a limited amount of time, we work to create better workplace environments,
including reducing the total working hours and increasing the percentage of employees who take paid
annual leave.
The REMATEC Group strives to improve the welfare of employees and offers various support services topromote work-life balance. For example, the carryover paid annual leave system allows employees to use

Internship program
Facility tour at a regular meeting of the Oita
Prefecture Association of Companies in
Different Industries (Hoshinkai)

Initiatives for improving product quality

Students visiting our group company
from the University of Twente in the
Netherlands

Corporate citizenship activities

Eco-First Sustainable Café in Kansai
RF mixing experimentEco-first companies in the Kansai area and some 50 university students
participated in study sessions to report activities and introduce
companies and held a report discussion to talk about legacies for future
generations in Japan.

Interaction with stakeholders

Initiatives to improve product quality

To continue to be a corporate group that is needed by society,
we believe it is important to understand stakeholders' opinions,
expectations, and needs and to benefit from this understanding
to improve the quality of products and services. As part of such
efforts, we provided a factory tour at a regular meeting of the
Oita Prefecture Association of Companies in Different Industries(Hoshinkai). In addition, at the 15th information exchange
session of Eco-First in Kansai, we made a presentation on
our eco-first commitment initiatives and conducted a tour ofa biogas power generation plant. Also, a total of 21 visitorsfrom the University of Twente in the Netherlands, including
students and professors, came to REMATEC R&D on a tour tolearn about advanced environmental technologies and culture
in Japan. The visitors took great interest in the advanced
environmental technologies, environmental issues, and ourgroup's business activities.

The REMATEC Group's RF fuel is manufactured using an original
method by mixing various types of waste in a specific ratio. To further
reduce RF fuel production costs, our group studies various mixing
methods and conditions that match the nature of the waste andintermediate products. Changes in the type of waste and temperature
affect product quality. We are examining what technologies arecapable of reducing production costs while also ensuring stableproduct quality.

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Corporate citizenship activities
The REMATEC Group hopes to contribute to environmental
conservation in collaboration with those who support the future of oursociety through active communication with children and students. As
part of such efforts, we are developing initiatives for the future that weenvision while maintaining a balance between corporate activities andenvironmental activities through interaction with local communities.
Our initiatives include participating in Eco-First Sustainable Café inStudent from Thai-Nichi Instituteof Technology

When I visited REMATEC R&D for the first time in April with my professor at Osaka Prefecture
University to introduce myself, I felt very uneasy upon seeing the lab on the first floor, because
chemistry is my least favorite science subject. Furthermore, I specialize in automotive engineering,which is very different from recycling, so I was not sure whether I would be able to understand theoperations.
However, when I actually joined the internship program, REMATEC Group employees explained
chemistry to me in an easy-to-understand way, dispelling my initial anxiety.
I learned the basics of methane fermentation in a lecture and gained an understanding of
manufacturing processes through on-site work. I also acquired deep knowledge about the kaizen
project.
I think the REMATEC Group's waste
recycling technologies are excellent
and environmentally friendly. I hope tocontribute to Thai society by using thetechnologies and approaches that I
learned through this program.

Mr.Woraset PongpunsantiKansai, a program aimed at exploring and studying environmental
issues from the perspective of young people (university students),
and joining the 2016 briefing session and experiment facility tour for
the Project to Regenerate the Ocean Environment in Osaka.

Responsibility toward employees
In recent years, organizations, institutions, and other systems areundergoing dramatic transformations as a result of rapid changes
in business conditions surrounding companies. Under suchcircumstances, we believe it is of utmost importance to ensure
occupational health and safety, including mental health, and torespect diversity in the workplace. The REMATEC Group recognizes
the importance of ensuring employees health and safety for thesustained development of companies. Based on this recognition,
we are continuing our efforts to create environments that enable
diverse personnel to work together with a sense of purpose. To that
end, we implement proactive measures to maintain good workplaceenvironments, to ensure employees' safety, and to maintain andpromote their health.

D a taProduct samples after
mixingIntern comments

Group Company
Information

Eco-First in Kansai informationexchange meeting

Internship program
Due to the shrinkage of the domestic market, increasing numbers ofJapanese companies are working to expand their overseas businessin recent years. However, Japanese companies, especially mediumand small-size firms, are faced with serious shortages of personnel
with global perspectives. The REMATEC Group believes thatutilizing personnel with global perspectives contributes to enhancing
corporate competitiveness and helps to develop overseas businessand to create innovations from new perspectives.
In April 2016, we accepted students from Thailand for a project tosupport students enrolled in Thai-Nichi Institute of Technology andundertook an internship program for approximately five months.
With a view to changing our ways of thinking through crosscultural communication and creating knowledge required to expand
overseas business and promote new development, we will continue
to contribute to developing personnel with global perspectives andpromoting international business.

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17 goals to transform our world

No poverty

Zero hunger

Good health andwell-being

Quality education

Decentandwork andIndustry, innovation and
Affordable andClean water
Gender equality
actionLife below
Life
below water infrastructureLife wateron landeconomicClimate
growthclean energy Climate actionsanitation

ReducedLife on Peace,land justice andinequalities
strong institutions

Sustainable
citiesjustice
and and
Peace,
Partnerships
communities
strong institutions
goals

Affordable andclean energy

Decent work andeconomic growth

Industry, innovation andinfrastructure

Reducedinequalities

Sustainable cities andClimate action
communities

Peace, justice andstrong institutions

Partnerships for the
goals

Climate action

Life below water

Peace, justice andstrong institutions

Partnerships for thegoalsLife on land

In accordance with our social responsibility as a company that recycles industrial waste, we are committed to complying fully withall laws and regulations, as well as undertaking the initiatives described below in order to proactively contribute to society throughactivities designed to continuously reduce the environmental loads.

Initiatives for forging a recyclingoriented society

Initiatives for making effective use ofwaste that contaminates soil and waterand reducing the environmental burden

Commitment 3* Applicable to REMATEC Corporation, REMATEC KYUSHU Corporation,
   REMATEC TOHOKU Corporation, and REMATEC R&D Corporation

generators.

Reforestation for global environmental conservation

Demolition and development of treatment plants:
Collection and reuse of chemicals

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Initiatives for curbing
global warming

Commitment 4

Initiatives for raising environmental awarenessboth inside and outside our group* Applicable to REMATEC Corporation and REMATEC KYUSHU Corporation* Applicable to REMATEC Corporation, REMATEC KYUSHU Corporation,
   REMATEC TOHOKU Corporation, and REMATEC R&D Corporation

Increase reclaimed fuel (RF) shipments to cement manufacturing plants and elsewhere
by 5% compared to the current level by 2019. Leverage our proprietary technology
to recycle a wide range of industrial waste from various plants, including waste that is
usually incinerated or disposed of in landfills. Reduced use of coal and other fossil fuels
at factories translates into reduced greenhouse gas emissions, which ultimately assists
efforts to realize a low-carbon society.

■Develop human resources that can address society's environmental challenges byorganizing our own environmental awareness initiatives, including REMATEC Future
Academy.

■Plan and organize guided tours of our plants to increase the public's understanding ofwaste recycling.

Achievements as an Eco-First company in FY 2016
Commitment

Volunteer activity for biodiversity preservation1

program to protect the lives of prefectural residents andpreserve the global environment by using forest environment tax
funds.To support this program and promote reforestation, the
REMATEC Group participates in a reforestation project called
Community Forest.

Volunteer program to protect biodiversity
In September 2017, REMATEC Group employees participated ina volunteer program to exterminate alien fish species breedingin Lake Biwa. This program was developed by ten Eco-Firstcertified companies headquartered in the Kansai area. This was
the fifth year of the program. Participants enjoyed competingin fishing, catching a total of 948 alien fish weighing 23.4 kg,
including bluegills and black bass. Alien fish caught in fishingare processed into fish flour at welfare facilities for the disabled
to be effectively used as compost and other products.

Occupational safety
Staying true to its safety and health principles, the REMATEC
Group is working to enhance measures to prevent accidents
from recurring. Accidents that occur during work operations

Item

TargetAssist in the pursuit of Recycling rate of industrial waste
Maintain at 97%
a recycling-oriented
society
Research into the production of fuel by recycling—
as many kinds of industrial waste as possible

2

Tackle global warming

3

Effective use of waste

4

Environmental
awareness initiatives

Reclaimed fuel (RF) shipments
Initiative for the development of energy collection
technologies using biomass
Organize our own environmental awarenessinitiatives
Plan and organize guided tours of our plants on aregular basis

in group companies are reported to the Safety, Health, andEnvironmental Committee office immediately after theiroccurrence, with accident reports presented afterward on thegroup bulletin board. By sharing recurrence prevention analysis
data and follow-up reports, we study effective measures toprevent accidents from recurring.
We conduct scenario-based fire drills twice each year. In
December 2016, we conducted training on how to report fires
to relevant fire stations, along with a fire drill using hydrants
and fire extinguishers. As a result, we discovered changes
that needed to be made to procedures as well as defects thatneeded to be corrected, which led us to revise manuals andto take other measures to enhance safety. Thanks to theseongoing efforts, we were recently commended by Taiheiyo
Cement Corporation's Oita Plant for our zero accident record
over the past 27 years. We would like to express our gratitude
to Taiheiyo Cement Corporation and the Institution for
Occupational Safety and Health for their support and guidance.
Each of our employees will continue to extend the zero accident
record under the "Safety First" slogan.

Achievements in FY 2016

REMATEC 85.2%
REMATEC KYUSHU 99.3%
Group total 92.3%
Conducted R&D regarding waste recycling

REMATEC 54,654 t
Increase 5% compared to
REMATEC KYUSHU 54,464 t
the current level by 2019
Group total 109,118 t———

Biogas power generation using food waste and other materials
Introduce a new management system and implement an in-houseenvironmental education program developed by the REMATEC Group
Facility tours at individual factories and plants for visitors from insideand outside Japan

D a taTo maintain its rich forest environment full of trees for the
next generation, Oita Prefecture is developing a reforestation

Focus on developing technologies to recover energy from biomass contained in waste.

Group Company
Information

Volunteer activities for global environmental
conservation

waste as possible to realize a recycling-oriented society.

■Carry out initiatives to forge a recycling-oriented society.

Commitment 2

Scenario-based fire drill

Osaka Plant obtained ISO 14001 certification
Kyushu Plant obtained ISO 14001 certification
Sakai SC Plant obtained ISO 14001 certification
The REMATEC Group certified as an Eco-First company
Obtained OSHMS certification (Osaka, Sakai SC, and Kyushu Plants)
The REMATEC Group obtained ISO 14001: 2015 certification
Scheduled to obtain ISO 14001: BS-OHSAS 18001 certification (December 2017)■Advance our research into the production of fuel by recycling as many kinds of industrial

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Commitment 1*Applicable to REMATEC Corporation and REMATEC KYUSHU Corporation

Chemicals have been found in industrial waste generated in the process of dismantlingand developing waste treatment plants subsequent to the disaster waste treatment
project in 2011. To ensure operational safety, staff members with expertise conducted apreliminary survey (types of chemicals, possibilityof reuse, treatment methods, risk assessment, etc.)
prior to dismantling and determined dismantlingprocedures. This made it possible to collectchemicals safely and quickly at a low cost and to
dismantle plants without incident, thereby enabling
the effective reuse of the chemicals.

Life on land

Our Eco-First commitment■ Consistently recycle 97% or more of the industrial waste we accept from waste

Ensuring safety

Responsible consumption
Life below waterand production

S pe c ia l Fe a tu r e

It has been 20 years since the fire and explosion accident occurred on July 28, 1997.
To keep the lessons learned from the accident from falling into oblivion, interested
parties from REMATEC Group companies gathered together this year to commemorate
the REMATEC Remembrance Day 7/28 at REMATEC KYUSHU. In the training session
held in the afternoon, participants joined an education program designed to shift
their attention from accident response to accident prevention. In the program, they
enumerated all sources of risks facing each company to accurately evaluate the need to
implement safety measures based on risk assessment.

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Gender equality
inequalities
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REMATEC Remembrance Day in FY 2017

Since its founding, the REMATEC Group has been working toaddress various social problems in environmental business.
For the purpose of reporting on our group's CSR activities toall stakeholders, we started publishing environmental reports in
2000. Since fiscal 2009, we have disclosed relevant informationin our CSR reports.

Decentandwork andIndustry, innovation
Good healthIndustry,
innovation andReducedand
Qualityinfrastructure
education
economic
growth
well-being
infrastructure
inequalities

17 goals to transform our world

Staying true to our environmental principles, the REMATEC Group is engaged in environmental activities, always
considering what actions to take in light of the relationship between business activities and the environment. We
make sure that the things we can do as a group are put into practice step by step, thereby producing significant
effects. We aim to proactively contribute to global environmental conservation and to become a corporate grouprespected by many local community residents.

History of initiatives for environmental
conservation and occupational safety

Affordable
andwork and
DecentZero hunger
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In n ovation for th e E ar th RE MATE C GROUP C SR RE PORT 2017

The Environment andOccupational Safety

Certificate awarded for zero accident record

Affordable andclean energy

Our Eco-First commitment
REMATEC Holdings Corporation was recognized by the Ministryof the Environment as an environmental leader in its industry for
its Eco-First commitment in 2008 and has undertaken eco-firstinitiatives since then.
We monitor the progress of these initiatives and periodicallyannounce their outcomes in CSR reports and on our corporatewebsite. In addition, we also submit reports to the Ministry of
the Environment.
We will continue to implement advanced initiatives as we
promised to the Ministry of the Environment. At the same time,
we will also promote collaboration between Eco-First companies
with the help of the Ministry and contribute to further advancing
global environmental conservation initiatives in Japan, including
measures to prevent global warming.

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REMATEC Corporation

Y oshi y uki Y abu President

Dais u ke I t o President

improve our expertise and promote collaboration with partner companies specializing in different fields. In

technologies. We promote our business activities based on our commitment to the corporate philosophy ofmobilizing our core technologies for recycling materials to promote the economic and efficient use of global

particular, to resolve diverse environmental issues that are unique to each country and region, it is essential
to work based on our experience as experts to create value that can be shared with stakeholders, thereby

resources. Our mission is to contribute to the creation of a sustainable society at a more specific level.
Currently, our company's core business is waste recycling. However, we have also launched disasterrecovery support and biomass power generation businesses, acquiring experience and achieving tangible
results in these fields.
Through promoting waste and resource recycling, we would like to serve as a company that can addresssocial problems and more flexibly respond to changes by furthering our experience and know-how in order
to continue to contribute to society.

building a close relationship of trust with them. To that end, we address issues with a strong commitment toreforming ourselves in step with changes in society to create a bright future. We are willingly accountable forthe content and results of our initiatives and actively create opportunities to receive candid advice. By using
fresh and creative ideas based on technological grounds, we will address environmental issues and continue
to take up the challenge of resolving them in order to contribute to society.

REMATEC KYUSHU Corporation

RTT Corporation

Shi ni chi r o Y ano PresidentGroup Company
Information

To further expand the scope of our business and support the use of zero waste infrastructure, we need toreclaimed fuel (RF) to cement companies by using waste as resources and by developing innovative, originalIs am u His an ag a President

In 2050, our society will need a system for utilizing carbon-free hydrogen energy. To that end, we havelaunched an initiative for low-cost and environmentally friendly hydrogen transportation required to build ahydrogen supply chain. We are fully mobilizing the know-how to improve operating rates and turnover rates
that we have acquired through our experience in the waste collection and transportation business, as wellas our relationships of trust with venous and arterial logistics companies. By using these assets, we plan tofocus on the last mile in our business to deliver energy supplies to end users in Japan. Furthermore, to solve
the shortage of drivers and vehicles, we are also developing business models focused on sharing rather
than owning. Predicting the future of hydrogen societies always involves difficulties due to factors such as
uncertainty in the peak-oil period. Despite such difficulties, we will keep our minds open to change without
fearing what the future may bring. Our aim is to contribute to developing Japanese industries supported byindustrial innovation, realizing a recycling economy, and building zero waste infrastructure.

REMATEC TOHOKU Corporation

Re:CS Co., Ltd.

D a taOur company is currently working under the slogan, "We must change," developing activities to improve ourcorporate capabilities to quickly respond to changes in the surrounding environment.
Our first aim is to raise the quality of intermediate treatment by improving our production skills. Our second
aim is to ensure stable production and supply of recycled fuel for cement companies. Our third aim is totake up the challenge of developing new businesses for the next generation and to participate in revitalizing
local communities.
In the maintenance business, we are also working to reduce the burden of industrial waste treatment for ourcustomers by proposing integrated treatment from construction to waste collection.
Finally, we will draft a business continuity plan (BCP), which is required by society in our line of work, andconstruct a system that enables us to fulfill our public mission as a corporate citizen with the aim of creating
a company that can meet the expectations of all stakeholders.

Tom okaz u N om ur a Director

I de a . r e por t

Since the construction of a waste treatment plant in 1983, REMATEC Corporation has been supplying

REMATEC TOHOKU Corporation has entered the final fiscal year of its three-year medium-term
management plan and is preparing to draft a plan for the coming 2018–2020 period. Over the past three
years, we have focused on creating a corporate system that provides a basis for a sustainable company aswell as on developing the personnel required to mobilize the system. Although we have not as yet reachedour goal, we believe we are making steady progress toward it.
We were also working to launch a local renewable energy business. However, we have recently come to theconclusion that it is not feasible to establish such a business as an independent company. Therefore, weare reviewing the possibility of starting it as part of a complex business. In addition, we are also embarking
on initiatives aimed at creating new value in resource recycling. Thus, our new business activities havediversified to such an extent that they no longer fit into any existing category of industry. We will strive tofurther develop new businesses in Tohoku in collaboration with people working in all local industries.

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REMATEC R&D Corporation

S pe c ia l Fe a tu r e

Messages from Group Company Presidents

Y o rih iko S h i o m i President

Having been founded by integrating the sales divisions of three companies including REMATEC, Re:CS Co., Ltd.
has entered its third fiscal year.
By fully mobilizing the network that we have developed over the years, we provide a streamlined and efficient
resource recycling flow. To that end, we use an integrated management system supported mainly by the
Re:CS Group designed to effectively use existing infrastructure, to develop new local recycling zones, and to
manage supply chains. Our company has an important role to play in light of the current circumstances whererecycling structures are not well established in urban areas in Japan. We believe we can contribute to society bybuilding optimal zero waste infrastructure while also achieving sustainable development of our company as an
indispensable entity for society.
With a view to creating a company that inspires employees to dream and instills them with pride, we will strive
to the utmost to further develop our business activities under our corporate slogan, "Re-Creation for Sustainable
Society," from which our company name is derived, thereby earning the trust of society and all our stakeholders.

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17 goals to transform our world
AffordableReducedandIndustry, innovation andZero hunger
clean energy
infrastructure
inequalities

Affordable andclean energy

Decent work andeconomic growth

Climate action

Life below water Affordable and Life on landclean energy

No poverty

Decentandwork
and cities andIndustry, innovation
ReducedSustainable
Responsibleandconsumption
Good health
Qualityinfrastructure
education
Gender equality
economiccommunities
growthinequalities
and production
well-being

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Peace,
justice
Sustainable
citiesand andstrong institutions
communities

Partnerships
Decent work
andPeace,
andwater for the Reduced
Climateactionjustice and Industry, innovation
Life below
Life on land
goals
economic growthstrong institutions infrastructure
inequalities

SDGs that the world
has agreed to achieveby 2030

Climate action

Life below water

Life on land

Peace, justice andstrong institutions

Partnerships for thegoals2017 TOP I C S
S pe c ia l Fe a tu r e◎Efforts to reduce power consumption
Constant operation of the mixer in the plant was a major

REMATEC Corporation

cause of wasted power. In fiscal year 2016, we began to
manually turn off the mixer during breaks, which achieved●Industrial waste treatment●Reclaimed fuel (RF) production

a reduction of 19.51 MWh (2%) compared to the previous
year. This is equivalent to 9.9 t of CO2 .

●Biogas power generation businessIn fiscal year 2017, further reduction can be expected,●Environmental restoration

because the automatic intermittent operation of the mixer
became possible by adding a program to the control
system.

Mixer

Addition of a control program◎Ensuring BCPREMATEC Corporation has been taking environmental initiatives to tackle social issues by developing recycling technologies to handle diversifying
industrial waste. Building on its rich experience gained through assisting in post-disaster recovery, reconstruction, and environmental restoration, thecompany strives to work with its group companies to pass on a better environment to the next generation.

Reduction of environmental loads in RF production process

Biogas power plant
Another way we contribute to society is by recycling more organic
waste (e.g., sludge) with reliable collection of methane and carbon
dioxide gases from the fermentation process.
In anticipation of an emergency at the biogas power plant, drills are
conducted by simulating situations such as spills from gutters andpracticing the countermeasures for them, like sandbagging.

Evacuation to a shelter on foot◎Efforts to build an integrated management system
In fiscal year 2016, our system was upgraded to JIS Q 14001: ISO 14001: 2015, which was successfully
certified after the upgrade review by JICQA. In anticipation of the introduction of ISO 45001, ourpreparation to switch from OSHMS based on JISHA to an integrated management system in line with BSOHSAS 18001: 2007 began in the latter half of fiscal year 2016. Our organization-wide extraction method
for risk assessment, ledger sheets, and records were reviewed and revised to plan for activities related tooccupational safety, health, and environment with ever higher standards. Our system construction began
in 2017. In the latter half of the year, we plan to complete certification and registration by undergoing thereview of our integrated management system (ISO 14001 and BS-OHSAS 18001).

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Among the various threats that disrupt our recycling business, we envisage emergencies involving
natural disasters and ensure our business continuity by building a preparedness system withpredefined responses. To this end, we conducted evacuation drills of employees, checked routes
for evacuation on foot, and obtained relevant data such as time required for evacuation.

2017

Amount of waste received

During the 7th ordinary meeting of the National Federation of Industrial Waste Management
Associations on June 16, 2017, our company received the Award for Employee Excellence.
Excellent employees are identified based on their years of service, exemplary performance,

The Kumamoto Project aims to treat 0.83Mt of disaster waste fromthe Kumamoto Earthquake of April 2016. The waste is accepted atfive temporary storage sites for intermediate treatment like sortingand pulverization. In order to complete the treatment by the endof March 2018, five REMATEC employees experienced in disaster
waste treatment were loaned to Konoike Construction Co.,Ltd. as ourcontribution to the reconstruction of Kumamoto.

contribution to their employers, and other defined criteria.

Stakeholder comments
Move forward Kumamoto, one
step at a time!

Wood pulverization

Shi ngo K obay ashi Assistant Manager, Production Department

This is my 20th year with the company and I am in charge of biogas power generation. I still struggle getting use
to my new assignments as they are quite different from what I used to do, but I just make sure to carry out mywork with passion and dedication, just like the national keyword for this year, which was “earnest." Biogas poweris generated by burning combustible gas from the fermentation of waste, contributing to the recycling of local
resources.
The safety of equipment is ensured by various safety monitoring systems. But workers must detect invisible signsof danger. We will enhance our skills to prevent accidents and build local trust in our company.

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D a ta◎Award for Employee Excellence from the National
Federation of Industrial Waste Management Associations

Prevention of spills from gutters

Kumamoto Project

Employee comments

Group Company
Information

We are making efforts to reduce environmental loads through thefollowing two activities:(1) Regular measurement with an odor measurement device(2) Odor control during discharging of vehicles [suction of exhaustgas from a vehicle pump with deodorizing equipment]

I de a . r e por t

REMATEC Corporation further strives to usher in a sustainable society for the benefit of all
stakeholders by continuously making our recycling technologies more sophisticated.

Mr. Yoshihiro Kadoya
Director, Alliance of Konoike
Construction, Maeda Industry, Maeda
Environment Clean, and Kyushu
Sanko-Unyu, Ajioka Construction

Since November 2016, we have been undertaking the treatment of waste from the demolition of houses
affected by the Kumamoto Earthquake. This project contracted by Kumamoto City aims to treat 0.83 Mt
of waste produced by the earthquake by the end of March 2018. We have been able to carry out the tasksmoothly so far thanks to support from the REMATEC Group led by REMATEC Cooperation. We appreciate
their excellent planning and technical support from the beginning of the project. Their five experienced
employees loaned to us are fulfilling crucial roles in earthquake waste treatment at each of the five temporarystorage sites in Kumamoto City.
Over the years we have partnered with REMATEC in providing environmental services, we have been impressedby the creativity and planning abilities demonstrated by their employees on site. Such strength is uncommon
among general construction contractors, and is frankly, quite enviable. Over half of the work that needs to bedone for this Kumamoto Project is complete. We would like to complete our work with REMATEC and leave apositive legacy in the local community.
We sincerely wish for the continued development of the REMATEC Group as they continuously strengthen their
on-site capabilities.

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17 goals to transform our world
AffordableReducedandIndustry, innovation andZero hunger
clean energy
infrastructure
inequalities

Affordable andclean energy

Decent work andeconomic growth

Climate action

Life below water Affordable and Life on landclean energy

No poverty

Decentandwork
and cities andIndustry, innovation
ReducedSustainable
Responsibleandconsumption
Good health
Qualityinfrastructure
education
Gender equality
economiccommunities
growthinequalities
and production
well-being

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Peace,
justice
Sustainable
citiesand andstrong institutions
communities

Partnerships
Decent work
andPeace,
andwater for the Reduced
Climateactionjustice and Industry, innovation
Life below
Life on land
goals
economic growthstrong institutions infrastructure
inequalities

SDGs that the world
has agreed to achieveby 2030

Climate action

Life below water

Peace, justice andstrong institutions

Life on land

Partnerships for thegoals2017 TOP I C S
S pe c ia l Fe a tu r e

Local area

REMATEC KYUSHUCorporation◎Participation in the third Hometown Festival●Industrial waste treatment

On August 14, 2017, the Miyakomatsu Development Council organized the third

Local activities

Hometown Festival. Our company also joined the festival as a member of the●Reclaimed fuel (RF) production

Environment Group and a sponsor. Because of the rainy forecast, the main venue was
relocated to the local gymnastics hall. Our barbeque stand was set up under a tent

●Industrial waste collection and transportation●Environmental restoration

outdoors. Luckily, it didn’t rain and a total of 360 local residents and visitors came

●Equipment maintenanceto enjoy the lively festival. Our ever-popular barbeque stand served many people. It

Gratitude, sincerity, and evolution
With recycling at the core of its business portfolio, REMATEC KYUSHU produces reclaimed fuel for cement producers by applying our original
intermediate processing technology to process industrial waste on behalf of waste generators. Our production facility with an advanced safety system
is licensed as a production plant of hazardous materials. In the spirit of co-existence and co-prosperity with the local community, we strive to become acompany without any accidents and disasters, and thereby gain trust from all stakeholders.

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was a rare occasion to deepen communication with local community members. In
the continued spirit of symbiosis, we will proactively join local events and help build abright and joyful community.

◎The 17th Ground Golf Cup organized by REMATEC

SafetyElimination of risks by risk assessment and patrols

Group Company
Information

On April 13, 2017, REMATEC organized a ground golf game, which is now a local
tradition. In nice weather with cherry blossoms at their best at kiccyomu Land in
Notsu, Usuki, Mayor Nakano from Usuki made an opening speech before the lively
game played by a total of 224 players from the ground golf associations in Tsukumi,
Usuki, and Notsu. Our employees enjoyed interacting with local players as they tried,
sometimes successfully, to get the ball where they wanted it to go on unfamiliar
ground.

◎Improvement of safety blocks for performing work at height
In response to the request for improved safety of work carried out at heights in theplant, we collected opinions from employees performing such work and engaged
in a series of discussions with a manufacturer. Better work safety was able to beensured by overhauling the basic design of safety equipment.

Comments from a new recruit

Ko u h ei A d ach i Production Team, Production Department

Wasting no time to become a reliable member

D a ta◎Anti-slip treatment at the plant entrance

It has been half a year since I joined REMATEC KYUSHU after graduating from a local high school. At first, I was
overwhelmed by all the unfamiliar words and equipment. But my understanding is growing deeper thanks to the guidancefrom senior employees as we work together. My regular assignment is receipt of waste delivered to the plant and waste
sampling for analysis before it is conveyed to the storage tank. I obtained a license to operate a forklift for loading
waste, and now they entrust me with the organization of drums. In the course of obtaining many more qualifications as
a professional, I am becoming keenly aware of our obligation to ensure safety. My goal now is to learn every job in the
Production Department and become a reliable member of this company. To do so, I will try to resolve any questions on
the spot, develop my skills day by day, and familiarize myself with assignments.

On the slope near the plant entrance, vehicles used to slip when there was freezing or rainy
weather. In response to requests from employees in charge of transport, anti-slip treatment wasapplied to the slope.

Comments from the community
Environment and quality

Expansion of local employment as a community member

Introduction of a mercury measurement device
In April 2018, it is expected that the Air Pollution Control Act will be partially amended tokeep pace with international efforts to reduce mercury emissions and to properly manage
mercury in accordance with the Minamata Convention. Accordingly, we introduced amercury analyzer in March 2017 to ensure the safety of our product (RF). We developeda system to control mercury concentration by keeping track of the mercury content of thewaste accepted for fuel production and by adjusting the proportion of the mixture. Our
business partners appreciate our enhanced environmental and quality performance.

Mr. Terumi Nonaka
Mercury vapor analyzer MA-3000 by Nippon Instruments Corporation

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President, Mayor Board of
Miyakomatsu

Since my appointment as the president of the mayor board of Miyakomatsu last year, I have been carrying out myduty to stimulate the local economy by participating in the management of the local promotion council, of which I am
also a member. With the decline of agriculture as the core industry, Miyakomatsu has been experiencing depopulation
combined with an increasing ratio of elderly people as youths continue to leave the community. In 2015, a promotion
council was set up to revitalize the local community. The closed Miyakomatsu Elementary School was transformed into
the Exchange Center, where local people get to enjoy time together. To promote health, we are trying to deliver uniquelocal products such as perilla, black garlic, and sweet tea. We sincerely appreciate the generous support from REMATEC
KYUSHU for the continuing activities of the promotion council. Revitalization of the local economy must be underpinnedby vibrant local companies. With the continued prosperity of REMATEC KYUSHU, I believe the local economy will be
stimulated thanks to the expansion in local employment. We sincerely hope for the continued growth of the REMATEC
Group.

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17 goalsour
to world
transform our world
17 goals to transform

Affordable andclean energy

Decent work andNo poverty
economic growth

Industry, innovation and Zero hunger
ReducedGood healthandNo poverty
Zero hunger
infrastructure
inequalities
well-being

Climate action

Affordable andLife below waterclean energy

Affordable
and work and
Decenton landclean energy
economicLife
growthGood health andSustainable cities andResponsible consumption
water andQuality Gendereducation
Gender Clean
equality
Quality education
equality
well-being
communities
and production
sanitation

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DecentIndustry,work andandinnovation
and and Industry, innovation
ReducedPeace, justicePartnerships
for theeconomic
growthinfrastructure
inequalities
strong institutions infrastructure
goals

ReducedSustainable cities andinequalities
communities

Sustainable
cities andResponsible
consumptio
communities
and production

SDGs that the world
has agreed to achieveby 2030

Climate action

ClimateLife
actionbelow water

Life below
Lifewateron land

Peace, justice andLife on landstrong institutions

Peace, justiceand for thePartnerships
strong institutions
goals

2017 TOP I C S

SDGs that the world
has agreed to achieveby 2030

S pe c ia l Fe a tu r e

Future activities

REMATEC TOHOKU
Corporation◎Building up our business foundation●Contracting work related to resource recycling●Coordination of waste recycling

Partnerships for thegoals

Following the development of the environmental management system last year, we●Business related to local renewable energy system construction

are working to develop an occupational safety and health management system.
Disaster recovery in Ofunato

Usually, a separate management system is employed because of the difficulty in

In our fourth year of operation, REMATEC TOHOKU is steadily developing its business foundation at Ofunato. In fiscal year 2016, we developed anenvironmental management system. Starting in fiscal year 2017, we will develop an occupational safety and health management system, to be followedby the integration of these two systems.
Our main business is the contracted recycling operation at Ofunato Plant of Taiheiyo Cement Corporation. In addition, we continue to propose recyclingof various kinds of waste, as well as ideas to combine renewable energy with new business opportunities.
We have also begun to create new value in pursuit of enhanced resource efficiency.
Some examples are presented below.

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In pursuit of new business and value through cooperation with stakeholders

integrating an existing management system with ISO standards and the like. But ourcompany is trying to devise a way to make integration with common management
systems possible by building on the integration of management systems for theenvironment, and occupational safety and health as planned for this year.
Certification and registration◎After the Ofunato Project
Our initial idea of running a local renewable energy business with methane fermentation was deemed infeasible as a standalone project.
Accordingly, we are exploring a combination of multiple businesses using a common resource. As the demand for reconstruction in Tohoku
is winding down, we are exploring a viable business that benefits local communities.

Group Company
Information◎Challenge to create new sustainable value
Proposal of the reduction of resource consumption by turning waste into valuable resources
We began to recycle waste liquid from printed circuit board manufacturers and vinyl
chloride plastics that used to be landfilled. By turning them into valuable resources,
we are able to reduce costs for our clients, the amount of resource consumption,and the amount of resulting waste. By offering such new solutions, clients began toseek our help with other kinds of waste.
We would like to achieve a better material cycle by proactively proposing reliable
solutions for our clients.

Waste vinyl chloride plastics

recycled materials into items that people don’t get tired of even after using them for a longtime. We proposed the use of such novelty items as promotional items for companies andlocal communities.
Today, we are preparing a website to introduce these activities to attract project partners
who agree with the new value we are trying to embody.

Waste materials

Data

Waste liquid from printed
circuit boards

Companies typically carry out environmental activities as a part of their CSR programs
divorced from business operations. REMATEC is taking up a new challenge of creating
value that leads to the reduction of local environmental loads and enhanced resource
efficiency in such a way that it also makes sense as a business.
REMATEC seeks to create value that leads to a departure from a throwaway lifestyle in the
short term, while trying to propose materials that enhanced resource efficiency in the longrun. Although durability of materials is certainly important for achieving value that displaces
the throwaway lifestyle, REMATEC is focusing its attention on design in order to turn

Recycling and optimal treatment of illegally dumped waste and earthquake waste in local communities
In a joint project with local companies, we proposed a solution to recycle and optimally treat illegally
dumped waste mixture (plastics, tires, home appliances, concrete, etc.) in fish ports along the coastof Kesennuma and underwater debris and other objects deposited after a tsunami that are difficult totreat.
We aspire to become the first point of consultation for clients whenever they face any challenges. To
this end, we will carry out daily assignments in earnest while considering cooperation with each client
to be of great importance.

REMATEC TOHOKU participated in the Symposium for Building an Environmentally Conscious City of the Future in Greater Kesennuma
On March 20, 2017, the Symposium for Building an Environmentally Conscious City of the Future in Greater Kesennuma was organized at Rias Hall in
Ofunato. Our representative participated in the event as a panelist to explain our activities since 2014 and future plans in front of the audience from theKesennuma area.

24 REMATEC GROUP

Calendars made from waste materials

Employee comments

Y u s u ke M ura y a m a Sales Department

REMATEC TOHOKU proposes waste treatment and recycling utilizing its extensive network, and other new ideas
for handling waste. The ongoing reconstruction work generates materials that cannot be treated easily. Some ofthese materials do not clear acceptance criteria for producing recycled cement. In order to clear the necessary
standards, we proposed a pre-treatment method after conducting a preliminary test with a manufacturer. Ultimately,
we were able to recycle them for use in cement. In collaboration with local companies, we actively engage in
optimal treatment of waste mixture and other operations by mobilizing our group-wide experience and know-how.
We intend to continue our recycling and other activities hand-in-hand with local community members with theaspiration of becoming a reliable advisor for them. We’d like to hear people say: “Let’s ask REMATEC TOHOKU.
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17 goals to transform our worldDecent work andeconomic growth

Decent workandIndustry,
ReducedAffordable
andinnovation andGood healthandQuality education
economicinequalities
growthinfrastructure
clean energy
well-being

No poverty Affordable andclean energy

Zero hunger

Affordable andclean energy Climate action

Decent work andIndustry, innovation andLife below water infrastructure
ClimateLife
actionon landeconomic growthLife below waterIndustry, innovation
Sustainable
andcities and Clean water
ReducedResponsible consumption
andGender equality
infrastructurecommunities
inequalities
and production
sanitation

Sustainable cities andcommunities

ReducedPeace, justice andLife below
water
inequalities
stronginstitutions

Sustainable citiesPartnerships
andfor theLife on goals
landcommunities

Partnerships for the
goals

Peace, justice andstrong institutions

Partnerships for thegoals

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Responsible
consumption
Peace,
justice andand production
strong institutions

SDGs that the world
has agreed to achieveby 2030

Climate action

Life on land2017 TOP I C S

SDGs that the world
has agreed to achieveby 2030

S pe c ia l Fe a tu r e

Stakeholder comments◎Fusion between fishery and cement
industries Mantenmaru® Project

REMATEC R&D Corporation

Japan used to enjoy a bounty of fishery resources. But, they are

Mr. Hiroyuki Takano

on a decline due to the loss of seagrass beds, tidal flats, and so●Overseas operations

General Manager, R&D Department 3
Central Research Laboratory
Taiheiyo Cement Corporation

forth.
In collaboration with Taiheiyo Cement Corporation, our company●Development of new businesses and technologies

is trying to address the problem by developing Mantenmaru®,
an aggregate that supplies the nutrients needed by marine
creatures. The product is made by processing biomass(byproducts from the recycling process of wood waste and

REMATEC R&D is addressing various environmental challenges by creating new environmental businesses and technologies for the next generation.
The company actively seeks open innovation to combine the technologies and know-how cultivated by the REMATEC Group with findings andtechnologies of other stakeholders to offer innovative solutions for increasingly multifaceted and complex environmental problems.
We will continue our endeavor to work with other group companies and various stakeholders to build zero waste infrastructure, while always remembering
the perspectives of ESG*. In this way, we believe the mission of the REMATEC Group will be fulfilled.

the deteriorating environment in nearshore waters. To tackle thisproblem, our company worked with REMATEC R&D to develop
Mantenmaru®, a spherical cement aggregate made with fishdregs to supply important nutrients like amino acids. It attracts
fish and shellfish to help create a better marine environment.
Currently, a demonstration is being carried out in the Bayof Osaka with financing from JST. The business feasibility
depends on the availability of fish dregs and other raw materials
in local waters. In this regard, cooperation with REMATEC
R&D is essential. We will try to expedite further technologicaldevelopment to turn our idea into a commercial reality.

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Open innovation to create new environmental technologies for the next generationfish dregs) with a cement coating technology. Mantenmaru®
encourages the growth of seagrass and attracts fish andshellfish, thus playing an important role in restoring coastal
environments.
REMATEC also works with Osaka Prefecture University andnon-profit organizations. In fiscal year 2016, we began a threeyear initiative as part of the Project to Regenerate the Ocean
Environment in Osaka in a program by JST-RISTEX to design asustainable society that will last generations.

The recent decline in the fishery output in Japan is the result of* ESG: Environment, Society, and GovernanceGroup Company
Information

Flow of materials
Fish fillets, etc.
Fish powder

Shaping a recycling-oriented society

Fish

Development of waste-derived materials
for making low-cost batteries

In the recycling, renewable energy, and other environmental
businesses in which we specialize, innovation cannot take place
easily by relying on technology alone. Our company seeks out
innovation by serving as a hub that matches technologies andknow-how found in and outside of the REMATEC Group while
identifying hidden social problems both in Japan and abroad

We need to promote the practice of the 3Rs (reduce, reuse, andrecycle) to build a robust recycling-oriented society. Following
our discovery of rare metals in otherwise unused waste,
our company has been trying to develop and commercialize
an integrated production process for making batteries byrecovering rare metals as valuable materials.

(see the table below).
Notably, there are two major overseas projects in theirimplementation phase. In preparation for the fast approachingplant construction in these projects, we work particularly closelywith REMATEC & KSN Thailand, which is responsible for the
management of the group’s business operations in South East
Asia.

In a pilot project for demonstration and evaluation in fiscal year
2016, we confirmed that the desired materials can be made at alow cost from multiple raw materials.

Overseas・ P h r a S a m u t C h e d i ・Mantenmaru® Project
Project(see the page on the rightfor more details)
・EFB Project (see pages
3 0 a n d 3 1 f o r m o r e ・Consulting on disasterdetails)
waste treatment

Study phase・Household hazardouswaste
・Introduction of IoT and AI
into the RF business・ISO 45001

Fish oilFishsolubleWood waste

Wood

Wood complex＋

Cementcoating= MantenmaruⓇ

Wood products◎Sharing our technologies in Japan and beyond
REMATEC R&D tries to share the experience we gain from our efforts and technologies to tackle
problems both in Japan and beyond. That’s why we welcome study tours by other companies, civic
groups, JICA, and other visitors to our plant. In addition, we make presentations at various workshops.
We believe that presentations on how the REMATEC Group’s technologies are applied is the best way
to propose solutions for stakeholders who are facing serious challenges in waste treatment.

◎Environmental education inside the company

Raw material

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Fish meal factories

Japan

Implementation
phase・ISO/TC 300
・Minamata Convention
・Secondary cells

Fish dregs

D a taPlanning and studies to become a hub for
innovation

Markets and supermarkets

Intermediary material (waste-derived)

In December 2016, thanks to cooperation from stakeholders, we were able to organize a study tour to learn
about facilities beyond our company to stimulate further innovation for tackling environmental challenges. Plants
our employees visited transformed waste into energy in different ways from ours. These excellent recycling andmanagement systems served as useful references for our future activities.

Comment from our employee
One of the things in common between our hosts was that they all promoted automation to save labor. The
practice not only helps keep down fixed costs, but also prevents accidents caused by human errors. I’dalso like to keep this lesson in mind as our company tries to commercialize our ideas.

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Affordable andclean energy

Decent work andeconomic growth

Climate action

Life below waterIndustry, innovation andinfrastructure

Reducedinequalities

Sustainable cities andcommunities

Peace, justice andstrong institutions

Partnerships for thegoals

Responsible consumption
and production

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Life on land

SDGs that the world
has agreed to achieveby 20302017 TOP I C S
S pe c ia l Fe a tu r eEnhancing transport skills for building a new energy logistics infrastructure
The Energy Innovation Strategy started off in Japan as a measure to curb global warming by striking a balance between environmental constraints
and growth. Accordingly, it is essential to build low-cost transport infrastructure to, for instance, deliver hydrogen to small- and medium-sized plants

RTT Corporation

as a new source of energy, and to convey thermal energy from exhaust heat.
As a first step, we intend to propose reductions in CO2 emissions and transport costs by leading in the formation of the joint logistics network forindustrial waste, byproducts, and general cargos. The network will serve consigners of Re:CS, Sangi Tuuun Co.,Ltd., and Mori Shoji Co.,Ltd. For●Industrial waste collection and transportation

instance, the network will help match transport routes of affiliated companies, effective use of drivers and vehicles during busy and low seasons, in●General cargo transportation

addition to setting up a training center for new recruits to ensure that they feel comfortable in their work, and thereby secure necessary human●Equipment cleaning

resources. The effective use of this joint logistics network can create a small-lot logistics market in the new energy sector in the Kansai area, home
to small- and medium-sized plants.
In order to shape such a joint logistics network, this fiscal year
we started to learn about various technologies involved in truck

Kazuhiro Yanagida
We are making the best use of ourinventiveness so that everyone
can work together witha smile.

Osaka

Yoshinori Hirose

I will record and communicate thetiming for replacing each partand equipment for
JP vehicles.

Leave any vacuuming
work to us.

Employee comments

Hideo Kataoka

Kyushu Kaoru Nishiyama

We never make the same
mistake twice.

I am aiming to improve my skills
in vacuum operations andtrailer operations.

shu

Osaka

Kyu

Hiroki Joma

Osaka

Osaka

We cherish communication
with each and every
client.

Shoji Fukuda

Kyushu Riki Ushijima

Kyushu Yuji Okano

Count on us for safe
transport.

I will reliably and safely perform my work by
deepening my understanding of vehicles andpowder and granular materials.

Osaka Yasushi Doi
We always try to do our work quickly
while giving the highest
priority to safety.

We will do our best withoutcausing any accidents
or disasters.

Acquisition of technologies for transporting poisonous materials on
chemical tanker trucks
It has been nine years since I joined this company. I was mainly in charge of the collection and transport of waste oil (industrial
waste) with ordinary tanker trucks until I was assigned to transport hydrofluoric acid, which is classified as a poisonous
material, on chemical tanker trucks.
What surprised me first was the greater difficulty in operating chemical tanker trucks compared to the trucks I used to operate.
There are many procedures and checkpoints to be remembered for safe operation because of the numerous levers andvalves, and differences in hose connections. Moreover, I learned that hydrofluoric acid needs to be handled extremely carefully
because if this highly hazardous material gets on skin, it can easily penetrate into the body and eventually dissolve bone.
Initially, I was surprised and confused about many things. I was worried if I could even handle the job. But, thanks to helpful
guidance from Mori Shoji Co.,Ltd., I acquired the skills I needed to transport poisonous materials.
I will try to enhance my skills as I pass them on to other crew members. I will try to win the trust of clients by doing this new job without causing any leaks
or chemical injuries so that they can confidently entrust more jobs to us.

Osaka Takuya Kimura
I pay the utmost attention
to safe operation.

Osaka Yoichi Michihara
We stick to safe transport,
safe work, and routine
checks.

Stakeholder comments
Osaka Ryota Haba

Osaka Shuichi Kitamura
We will respond to client's needs
while safely handlingour work.

With a spirit of “we will handle it!”

Osaka Fumiya Tanemura

Proper work begins frommy proper actions.

I am committed to reliable
finishing and working
quickly.

Osaka Masanori Kusanagi
Our motto is safety first.

Osaka Haruka Kubota
I input data fast andaccurately.

Osaka Kenshiro Yamanaka

Osaka Tadashi Nakano

We try to predict any hazards with anaccurate understanding of waste
characteristics.

I will always put clients firstin my work with minimum
mistakes.

Osaka Yusuke Tonya
There are still many things to be learned.
I will try my best to masterthem day by day.

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D a taOsaka Suetsugu Okamura

I will teach the characteristics and inner workingsof vehicles for transporting powder andgranular materials.

S h u ich i Kit am u ra Traffic Control Department, Osaka BranchGroup Company
Information

KyushuOsaka Takashi Yoshida

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Messages fromour employeestransport. This is an important step to growing into a truck
transportation company with sophisticated technologies andset up the training center for new recruits. We are expanding
our capabilities by applying the technologies and know-how
of Sangi Tuuun for transporting powder and granular materials
on bulk vehicles, and those of Mori Shoji for transporting
poisonous materials on chemical tanker trucks.

“Our Passions”

Mr. Hiroyuki Mori
Executive Director
Mori Shoji Co.,Ltd.

Ever since our establishment in 1950, we have been offering logistics services in the venous industry. Throughout theevolution of the industry, we have tried to meet market expectations for compliance, security, safety, on-site flexibility, andso on.
Meanwhile, people are grumbling about the current labor shortage in all kinds of industries, including logistics. Our company
partnered with RTT to overcome this problem by sharing our skills and labor forces. We then started assisting in service
delivery mainly in the Chubu and Kinki regions.
We mostly handle inorganic poisonous materials. My guess is that RTT wasn’t familiar with the properties of strong acids.
But, we were impressed with the enthusiasm of RTT staff lead by President Hisanaga who tirelessly and scrupulously learn
every detail of new tasks (and chemical properties). Our clients also highly evaluated our joint effort.
Our company has lived up to our belief: “Only we can do it, that’s why will handle it!” We were deeply inspired by President
Hisanaga who demonstrated the same attitude. We would like to continue to share our skills and labor forces to cater toclient needs and prosper together.
President Hisanaga and colleagues from RTT, let’s upgrade our skills with the spirit of “we will handle it!”

RTT employees aremaking daily efforts driven by diverse passions.
They share their strengths and passions,and they learn from one another.
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17 goalsour
to world
transform our world
17 goals to transform

Affordable andclean energy

Decent work andNo poverty
economic growth

Industry, innovation and Zero hunger
ReducedGood healthandNo poverty
Zero hunger
infrastructure
inequalities
well-being

Climate action

Affordable andLife below waterclean energy

Affordable
and work and
Decenton landclean energy
economicLife
growthGood health andSustainable cities andResponsible consumption
water andQuality Gendereducation
Gender Clean
equality
Quality education
equality
well-being
communities
and production
sanitation

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DecentIndustry,work andandinnovation
and and Industry, innovation
ReducedPeace, justicePartnerships
for theeconomic
growthinfrastructure
inequalities
strong institutions infrastructure
goals

ReducedSustainable cities andinequalities
communities

Sustainable
cities andResponsible
consumptio
communities
and production

SDGs that the world
has agreed to achieveby 2030

Climate action

ClimateLife
actionbelow water

Life below
Lifewateron land

Peace, justice andLife on landstrong institutions

Peace, justiceand for thePartnerships
strong institutions
goals

2017 TOP I C S

SDGs that the world
has agreed to achieveby 2030

S pe c ia l Fe a tu r e◎Completion of the GCS Onnut Recycling Plant
In May 2017, GCS, a joint venture between RKT and Siam Cement Group,

REMATEC & KSN
Thailand Co., Ltd.

Partnerships for thegoals

completed the construction of a recycling plant for landfilled residue from local
composting plants.
The plant was designed and constructed by SCI Eco Services. RKT is conducting
training and operational guidance for the plant staff with support from the
REMATEC Group and KSN in Japan.

●Planning, development, and investment in resource
recycling businesses in Thailand and throughout Asia

Serving as a social innovator in the environmental industry in South East Asia

An introduction movie was completed for the Phra Samut Chedi Project jointly carried out
by NEDO and REMATEC R&D in Japan, as well as local municipalities and GCS in Thailand.
In the video, a rubbish fairy as a mascot briefs a girl on the project and explains theimportance of recycling in simple terms.
The video will be shown to plant visitors once the project starts. We invite you to watch thevideo, which will also be published on the website of the REMATEC Group.

REMATEC & KSN Thailand (RKT) mainly engages in the planning and promotion of waste recycling businesses in Thailand, development of businesses formaking use of unutilized resources in Asia, and investment into these businesses.
From fiscal year 2016 to 2017, many projects that had been prepared by RKT reached their implementation phase.
In Thailand, a recycling plant for unutilized residue was constructed for the ongoing trial operation by Green Conservation Solutions (GCS), a joint venture

Group Company
Information

with SCI ECO Services Co., Ltd. from the Siam Cement Group, the largest corporate group in Thailand. Also, the Phra Samut Chedi Project will get rollingshortly after the joint preparation with municipalities, REMATEC R&D, and NEDO from Japan.
In Malaysia, a pilot study was completed for the Empty Fruit Bunch (EFB) Pelleting Project jointly conducted with our local partner The Green Biomass
Sdn. Bhd. (TGB), and Taiheiyo Cement Corporation from Japan. The construction work has already begun.

I de a . r e por t◎An introduction movie was completed for the
Phra Samut Chedi Project.

Stakeholder comments

For co-existing with environment
Mr. Loi Tien How, jeff
The Green Biomass Sdn. Bhd.

Commitment of upper management

Managing Director

I am Jeff, the president of The Green Biomass established in 2010. Our company is now a joint venture with RKT. My
role is the management, operation, and strategic planning of the company.
The palm industry is one of the key industries underpinning Malaysia’s economy. At the same time, the industry puts agreat load on the environment.
To relieve the environmental burden, The Green Biomass is working with the REMATEC Group to produce fuel frompalm waste. Our partner constantly impresses us with their excellence in technological application.
We would like to contribute to the efforts to enable the palm industry to better coexist with the environment.

Environmental Innovation for Asia
Chanet Rattakunjara

REMATEC & KSN Thailand Co., Lｔｄ. CEO
Thailand lags behind Japan in waste treatment and recycling, which fact resulted in major environmental

D a taproblems. REMATEC & KSN Thailand strives to help improve and conserve the environment by tailoring a waste
treatment system for the country with the experience shared by the REMATEC Group and Kansai Saisigen
Network (KSN).
Going beyond Thailand, we are working with a joint venture in Malaysia (The Green Biomass Sdn. Bhd.) to
produce fuel from empty fruit bunches generated in the course of palm oil production. In this way, we are trying◎Overview of the EFB Pelleting Project
Used as boiler fuelto offer an environmental solution to the challenge posed by conventional landfill disposal.

Fish dregs

Employee comments

U t ar ee N or kam CSR-Team Leader

Fresh Fruit
Bunch

Palm Oil Mill

Palm Kernel
Shell

ExportBiomass fuelPalm Oil

ExportPalm oil

For clean environment at Phra Samut Chedi
I am the CSR team leader for the Phra Samut Chedi Clean Environmental Technology Demonstration Project*. Our mainrole is to advertise optimal waste treatments to municipalities and local community members for the benefit of the next
generation.
By demonstrating enthusiasm, sincerity, and humility with a smile on my face, I am trying to gain support and respect forthe project from team members, fellow citizens, municipality staff, and all people involved.
* Reference

30 REMATEC GROUP

https://www.newcleanforprasamutchedi.com/

Use as fuel was notpossible due to the highalkaline content

Application of debris washingtechnology employed in responseto the Great East Japan Earthquake

Empty Fruit
Bunch

Open Dumping

Project description

EFB can be used
as fuelEFB pellets

ExportBiomass fuel2017 CSR Report31Affordable andclean energy

Decent work andeconomic growth

Climate action

Life below waterIndustry, innovation andinfrastructure

Reducedinequalities

Sustainable cities andcommunities

Peace, justice andstrong institutions

Partnerships for thegoals

Responsible consumption
and production

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Life on land

SDGs that the world
has agreed to achieveby 20302017 TOP I C S
S pe c ia l Fe a tu r e◎Reinforcement of human resources

Re:CS Co., Ltd.

Adapting to major changes in social landscape, working environment, and so●Zero waste solutions

OJT and in-house training on sales.

forth, Re:CS is taking initiatives to recruit and train new sales workers.
We strive to enhance our professionalism and on-site abilities by conducting◎Enhancing services through the eyes of clients
We are trying to become an even more reliable partner by providing optimal recycling services. To this end, we introduced a sales

Corporate Slogan
Working toward “Re-Creation for a Sustainable Society”
In March 1, 2016, three Kansai-based recycling companies—REMATEC Corporation (Kishiwada, Osaka), Marusan Co.,Ltd. (Suita, Osaka), and Kansai
Saisigen Network Co.,Ltd. (Sakai, Osaka)—integrated their sales operations to found Re:CS. We have reached our third fiscal term. We will try to provide
an optimal recycling service among a wide range of choices for each client while constantly enhancing the quality of our services. We strive to be a closeand reliable partner for our clients by addressing their recycling problems.

I de a . r e por t

management tool to successfully streamline our daily sales activities and consolidate the know-how of sales workers.
In this manner, the know-how of three companies can be fully passed on to all sales workers to provide better services through the eyes ofclients.

◎Joining the JPTA (Japan PCB Total Disposal Association)

Re:CS’s strength: A comprehensive resource recycling service
Seven leading waste treatment companies in the Kansai region work together with a view to providing waste
generators with customized and optimal solutions.

Group Company
Information

Re:CS joined the JPTA with a commitment to end the disposal of polychlorinatedbiphenyl (PCB) by March 31, 2021. We mainly assist in PCB disposal on behalf ofstorage operators in the Kansai region. We propose the best services for tacklingchallenges involving PCB waste.
(1) Counting the total number of lighting devices(2) Examination of stabilizers and PCB sorting, as well as packaging mode for transport
to JESCO (Japan Environmental Storage & Safety Corporation)(3) Proposal for treatment of waste containing a low concentration of PCB

Waste generators

Recycling solution(low-cost, greater recycling efficiency, and minimum risk)

Employee comments

Consultation and job order

Mas as h i Nis h i m u ra Assistant Manager, Sales Department

It has already been one and half years since the foundation of Re:CS. Sales staff transferred from the three original

Advanced and efficient customer care and sales by consolidation

Marusan＋D a tacompanies (including myself) and new recruits to Re:CS are trying to ever broaden our horizons as we gain experienceby handling waste for companies in diverse industries.
Personally, I cherish the conversations I have with the many new companies and clients I encounter through my job. I
will try to hone my sales skills by gaining diverse experience to contribute to the continued growth of our company.
I hope that your reading this message does not end there, but that you feel a connection to our company. Our Re:CS

Re:CS, a portal company offering support for recycling

team would be glad to be at your service.

Kansai Saisigen Network

Re:CS member companies (four in total)

32 REMATEC GROUP

Collection, transport,
and disposal ofindustrial and generalwasteCollection of valuable
resources/Sales of
products(raw materials)

Various types of
construction andmaintenance work

Waste management
work◎Proposals for recycling◎Proposals for logistics
solutions for arterial andvenous industries◎Iron and non-ferrous
metals◎Sales of poisonous anddeleterious substances◎Demolition and removal ofplants and other buildings◎Cleaning of tanks andpits◎Unified data management◎Unified billing management

Stakeholder comments
I am Tomohiro Ohmae, the director of the Settsu Works of Marusan.
Let me introduce you to Marusan’s business portfolio. We handle industrial waste treatment, as well as the collection
and transport of general waste from Suita. We take the industrial waste we receive and sort and pulverize the waste
plastic and other waste mixtures, followed by intermediary treatment by volume reduction before proceeding torecycling or RPF production.
The joint establishment of Re:CS enabled us to make a broader range of proposals to address diverse challenges,
which is expected to translate into more business opportunities. In order for this to happen, we need to collaborate topropose solutions as an integrated network of three companies specialized in the handling of solid, liquid, and foodwaste.
Marusan looks forward to further collaboration with the Re:CS group for our mutual prosperity.

Mr. Tomohiro Ohmae
Director, Settsu Works
Marusan Co.,Ltd.

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DATA■Environmental performance data from RF business

R F pro duc t i o nResources※Not subject to the Act on the Rational Use of Energy

22Light oil（kℓ）
56
A heavy oil（kℓ）
78
Heating oil（kℓ）
0Electricity（kWh）2,774,711
Industrial water（㎥）11,128
Gasoline（kℓ）

Recycled materials and CO2 emissions（x 10,000 t）（t-CO2）
1,959

15 ●

1,775

●

2,000

●

1,600

1,261

10 ●

1,128

1,200

●

5

17

Light oil（kℓ）

3224

A heavy oil（kℓ）

078Heating oil（kℓ）

00Electricity（kWh）1,085,705

1,689,006

Industrial water（㎥）Materials for RF production

0●

2013

2014

2015 2016

13,825

Sludge7,032

12,087

Waste acids

2,688

692

Waste alkalis

2,649

2,492

Soot and dust

139

1,887

Waste plastics

722

6

Animal and plant residues

0661

Cinders

017

Scrap metal

00020,076
20,076880
24,37024,3701.1% Animal and plant residues
1.0%
Waste oil from ships

Waste alkalis

1.3%

7.5%
4.9%

SludgeTotal amount of
accepted waste

68,405t

Waste oil

27.9% ① + ② 53.3%

98.6%

92.3%

●

90

●

80

70

●

●

70

60 ●

●

60

50 ●

●

50

40 ●

●

40

30 ●

●

30

20 ●

●

20

10 ●

●

10

●

0

2014

2015

2016

Amount discharged ■ Amount of accepted waste ■ Recycling rate（t） ■ Non-recyclable industrial waste

44,446（kℓ）
600 ●Recycled fuel̶̶̶̶ 44,446

500 ●（t-CO2）● 1,200
979

1,004
850

Light oil consumption（kℓ）
RTT

409

34 REMATEC GROUP

409

REMATEC Kyushu RTT Osaka Branch RTT Kyushu Branch

101

178

130

●

1,000

●

800

805

400 ●

Collection (transportation) business

300 ●

●

200 ●

●

100 ●
0●

Breakdown

●

2013

2014

2015

■ Light oil consumption

2016

●

■ CO2 emissions

0

300

99.3

0

2016

600
400
200
0

*Data collection period: January to December of each year
Target organizations: REMATEC Corporation, REMATEC KYUSHU Corporation,
REMATEC TOHOKU Corporation, and REMATEC R&D Corporation

（%）
1.00

54,65454,4640.70

RF shipments

54,654054,4640

Non-recyclable
industrial waste（t）

5,318

266

Recycling residues

5,301
17
13
0
4
0
0
0
0
658

213
53
53
0
0
0
0
0
0
266

DebrisFiber waste
Glass waste
Valuable scrap metal（t）

Recyclingrate（%）

92.3%
REMATEC

REMATEC KYUSHU

85.2

99.3

Recycling rate（％）

Collection (transportation) business

RTT

1,065

0.68

2016

3.0

4,000
0

0.30

2,000

0.11

0.15

0

0.00

2015
2013

Service industry average(not classified elsewhere)

2014

2015

0.53% 0.11% 0.66%

80

2,500

60

2,000

40

1,500

2014

2015
2,713,870

2,615,920
2016

2014

389,952
123,680
2,204,680

2,639,980

727,1922015■CO2 reduction

3,000

11.39

664,019
85.2

2016■ Kumamoto power plant ■ Kagoshima power plant ■ Okayama power plant

CO2 reduction(t-CO2/year)

100

99.3

81.8644,677

2014

2016

（%） ■Frequency rate

20

98.6
98.7 98.4
power generation■Solar

1,000
0

2014

REMATEC Kyushu RTT Osaka Branch RTT Kyushu Branch

336

92.3

90

0.45

◆ REMATEC ■ REMATEC KYUSHU

469*Data collection period: January to December of each year

3,000

1,065

260

34
2015

3.2

90.2
Target organizations: Kumamoto power plant, Kagoshima
power plant, and Okayama power plant

6,000
80

2,807

2,987

2015

2016

1,000

11.69

0

2015
2013

CO emissions

34.3

130

3.4

98.6

5,000

Service industry average(not classified elsewhere)（t-CO2）

42
2014

3.1

3.3

100
Solar
power generation & CO2 reduction(1,000kwh)■Severity rate

0

2

98

169

3.2

3.6

178

■ REMATEC KYUSHU ■ RTT(Osaka Branch) ■ RTT(Kyushu Branch)■ RTT(Tohoku Branch) ● Average of total fuel efficiency● Overall average

Severity rate & frequency rate * Manufacturing workers

Recycled material
shipments (t)Wood waste

184
187

200

85.2

2015

■ REMATEC KYUSHU

3.8* The Tohoku Branch will be closed from FY 2016（%）
Startedindustrial waste collection and transportation business in REMATEC KYUSHU from October, 2016

0.85

Scrap Metal

4.0

101

92.3

98.6

98.4

2014

■ REMATEC

1,112

Waste plastics

Fuel efficiency (km/l)

500

100

REMATEC KYUSHU

Empty containers

Fuel consumption(1,000kl/year)

400

663

Low-grade fuel shipments■ REMATEC KYUSHU

2016

Target organization: REMATEC KYUSHU Corporation and RTT Corporation

98.6

100

REMATEC

CO2 emissions (t-CO2)

2015

Fuel consumption and fuel efficiency

81.8

Valuable scrap metal（t） 924

Paper waste

Light oil consumption for collection andtransportation and CO2 emissions③ Raw materials（t）◆ REMATEC

80

99.0%

●

2013

■ REMATEC KYUSHU

98.7

Recyclingresidues

100

2014

31
20

0

2016

5,584t

80 ●

90 ●

2015

90.2

Non-recyclable
industrial waste

（%）
90.2%

2014

90

1.0%

17

12,049Empty containers

Amount of waste and recycling rate

Amount accepted（x 1,000 t）
98.9%
100 ●

0●
2●
4●
6●

Waste acids

Recycling residues ̶̶ 5,514
Empty containers ̶̶̶̶ 70
Waste plastics ̶̶̶̶ 66
Wood waste ̶̶̶̶̶̶ 4
Paper waste ̶̶̶̶̶̶ 0
Fiber waste ̶̶̶̶̶̶ 0

13

20

Recycling rate (%)

Non-recyclable industrial waste（t） 5,584

39

40

D a taWaste plastics

Recycled fuel60

77Group Company
Information

22,628③Raw materials（t）

54,46420,000◆ REMATEC

109,118t

80

44,4750
Recycled material
shipments

54,654（%）

Waste oil

②Waste oil from ships（t）

Soot and dust 3.0%100%

52,925

Target organizations: REMATEC Corporation and REMATEC KYUSHU Corporation

31,667

60.6%

880

0

35,858Industrial waste② Waste oil from ships（t）●

REMATEC REMATEC KYUSHU

112,851t

Waste oil ̶̶̶̶ 36,453
Sludge ̶̶̶̶̶ 19,119
Waste acids ̶̶̶̶ 3,380
Waste alkalis ̶̶̶̶ 5,141
Soot and dust ̶̶̶ 2,026
Waste plastics ̶̶̶̶ 728
Animal and plant residues 661
Cinders ̶̶̶̶̶̶̶̶ 17
Scrap metal ̶̶̶̶̶̶̶ 0

400①Industrial waste（t）

Input

67,525●

Breakdown

39.4%① Industrial waste（t）

40,000■ Recycled nitric acid shipments■ RF shipments■ Low-grade fuel shipments■ CO2 emissions

Raw materials①+②+③

RF shipments（ｔ）̶̶ 109,118
Low-grade fuel shipments（ｔ）̶ 0
Recycled nitric acid shipments（ｔ）̶ 0

5●

11,128060,00070,497

I de a . r e por t

Gasoline（kℓ）

80,000Target organizations: REMATEC Corporation and REMATEC KYUSHU Corporation

Per ton(kWh/t)100（t）

Recycled material shipments（t）109,118

800

RF power consumption

Target organizations: REMATEC Corporation and REMATEC KYUSHU Corporation

1,775

CO2 emissions（t-CO2）RF shipments●

REMATEC REMATEC KYUSHURF shipments

OU TP U T

S pe c ia l Fe a tu r e

IN PU T

■Data Results of the REMATEC Group for FY 2014-2016

Target organizations: REMATEC Corporation,
REMATEC KYUSHU Corporation, and RTT Corporation

2016
2014

2015

4.13% 3.86% 2.72%▲ REMATEC TOHOKU ● REMATEC R&D* Severity rate: Indicates an accident’s severity based on the number of workdays lost per
man-hour.
* Frequency rate: Indicates the frequency of accidents based on the number of casualties
resulting from industrial accidents per man-hour.

500

626

0

2014
● CO2 reduction (total)* The Kumamoto power plant went into operation on August 22, 2014, the Kagoshima  power plant on November 27, 2014, and the Okayama power plant on March 27, 2015.

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DATA■Achievements in FY 2016 (examples of key initiatives)■Three-year targets [FY 2017 to FY 2019] (examples of key initiatives)

Social issues addressed

Goal/target

Prevention of the depletion of natural
Shipping target for reclaimed fuel: 53,880 t
resources by recycling

Plans for implementation item

Results

Prevention of the depletion of natural resources by reliable RF
RF: 54,654 t
shipment○

Environmental Prevention of the depletion of natural Power output from methane fermentation: 1,033,392 Enhancement of the efficiency of power generation with methane P o w e r o u t p u t f r o m m e t h a n emanagement resources by recycling
kWh/yearfermentation at the MFP plant
fermentation: 1,120,650 kWh/year
activities
Prevention of depletion of natural Power consumption per ton of reclaimed fuel produced: Power consumption sharply increased following the introduction Power consumption: 20.1 kWh on
resources (power saving)
17.1 kWhof large equipment in fiscal year 2015
average
Regulatory compliance (Offensive Odor Odor measurement: Site boundary (odor index less thanOdor measurement: Twice a year in April and OctoberControl Act)10), exhaust port (less than 38)
Safetyand healthactivities

Item
Disaster prevention

Goal/target
Prevention of disasters triggered by earthquakes

Plans for specific implementation items■Disaster response drill: Once a year
■Confirmation of emergency response procedure○
×

Measurement confirmed compliancewith the standard.

○

Results

StatusCarried out in Osaka Plant (March)○

Goal/target

Prevention of water pollution

Item

Plans for implementation item

Results

Status■Confirmation of operational status of deodorizing equipment■Ensuring the closing of doors and shutters after work
■Examination by regular environmental patrols

0○■Daily on-site patrols and planned equipment checkup
2
Leaks: 0■Checkup during loading for collection and transport, and regular vehicle maintenance■Daily on-site patrols and planned equipment checkup
1
Supply interruption for which the company is at fault: 0■Checking of properties of RF prior to supply (pH, viscosity, etc.)
Discharge of effluent (rainwater) that cannot clear the ■Regular maintenance of rainwater treatment equipment0 (pH: 5.8 to 8.6; transparency: 500 mm or
water quality standard: 0 (pH: 5.8 to 8.6; transparency: ■Water inspection by a third-party institution observed by three parties higher) (Water inspection by a third-party
500 mm or higher)
institution: Water standard was cleared)(nearby residents, local government, and our company)

Goal/target

SafetyAccidents/disasters: 0

HealthIndividual health target achievement: 85% or more

Disaster prevention

Disaster response drill (fire, etc.): Once a year (100%)

Transportation

Traffic accidents and serious violations: 0

Social issues addressed

Safety andhealthactivities

Item

Plans for implementation items
FY 2018

FY 2019Power(Power consumption Production
Environmental per ton of RF)

18.5 kWh18.5 kWh18.5 kWh18.5 kWh18.5 kWh18.5 kWhmanagement Decrease in the proportionof blended raw oil to more
activities
Production
effectively use waste(blending ratio of raw oil)

31%

31%

30%

31%

31%

30%

Offensive Odor
Environmental
Control Act
Safety(measures against odor)

Plans for specific implementation items■Risk assessment by each department■Improvement of equipment for eliminating risks■Regular safety training and on-site patrols (patrols by the president)■Management of the progress in the achievement of individual health targets,and interviews with industrial doctors and health nurses■Stress checks■Emergency response drills by simulating fire accidents■Development of safety confirmation email systems in preparation for earthquakes■Examination of cases of accidents in each department■Participation in Toyonokuni Safety Challenge (50 persons in 10 teams)■Participation in traffic safety campaigns (street guidance by 56 persons in 8 rounds)

×○

Results

Status

0

○

96%

○

100%

○

1

×

Plans for implementation item

Results

StatusReduction in fuel consumption: Fuel efficiency 3.57 km/L

Elimination of muri (overburden), muda (waste) and mura(irregularity) by onboard guidance

3.60 km/L○

Achieving a society where people canElimination of injuries and fatal accidents: 0 accidents
live safely in peace

Plans for specific implementation items

Results

StatusConfirming basic operation by onboard guidance, raisingawareness, gaining understanding of employees, and conducting
other guidance

0

○

Item

Plans for implementation item

Goal/target

Plans for specific implementation items

Workplace risk reduction activities

Disaster prevention
Diversity

List of devices, and records of calibration and inspections Keeping track of inspection equipment and devices and prevention of omissions in inspections
Submission of implementation report■Training and drills covering the concept of BCP■Traffic hazard prediction and aptitude diagnosis test

Three-year maintenance plan

Drafting of a plan

Traffic hazard prediction: Twice a year, Aptitude
Traffic hazard prediction and aptitude diagnosis test
diagnosis test: Once a year
Three-year maintenance plan
Drafting of a plan

Results

Status○×○

Results

StatusConducted every month9○
×

Conducted every month■Leakage drill and earthquake evacuation drill: 1 each■Traffic hazard prediction: 2 times■Aptitude diagnosis test
Not implemented■Traffic hazard prediction 2 times■Aptitude diagnosis test
0○

Safetyand healthactivities

Social issues addressed

Goal/target

Plans for implementation item

Results■Joint cleaning with TCC (June and November)■All-around in-plant cleaning (once a month)
Environmental■0 complaints■Prevention of dust ■Optimal treatment of oil
management E n v i r o n m e n t a l c o n s e r v a t i o n i n Work carried out with consideration for the surrounding■Suppression of noise and vibration ■Preventing cloudy water from entering the river ■Fuel consumption data obtained
contracted work
environment: 0 complaints
activities■Reduction in fuel consumption by heavy machineryfor each piece of heavy machinery
Optimal pre-treatment in all contracted work: 0 rejections ■Preventing and addressing trouble with company equipment
Contribution to cement recycling■0 rejections achieved

Item
Safety andhealthactivities

SafetyHealth36 REMATEC GROUP

Item

Goal/target■Picking up garbage on roads around the plant and river banks

Plans for specific implementation items

Results■Hazard prediction before starting work
■Ensuring all employees understand the
Elimination of hazardous spots in the workplace
hazard prediction procedure■Pointing and calling out before starting work and after breaks
Reinforced routine safety activities and practice of rules ■Mutual reminders ■Five-minute meeting after work
■Patrols to check for omissions in records
0 property damage accidents involving heavy machinery■Making sure to carry out hazard prediction before starting work ■Practice of pointing ■Property damage accidents involving
and vehicles
and calling ■Getting the basics right again ■Attending external training
contact with heavy machinery: 5
Individual health target achievement: 85% or more

■Setting targets for individual health management andencouraging prevention of lifestyle-related diseases■Reinforcement of training ■Reflecting aging of equipmentin the plan for 2018 to 2019and skill evaluation■Severity rate: 0%■Severity rate: 0%

Organization

Target value
FY 2018

FY 2017

FY 201935.87 kWh34.04 kWh33.00 kWh

46,000 t/year

47,000 t/year

48,000 t/year

FY 2017

Plans for implementation items
FY 2018■Certification by passing thecomprehensive review■Status of industrial accidents
Severity rate: 0.025%

FY 2019■Preparation for the introduction ■Planned implementation of ISO
of ISO 45001
45001■Status of industrial accidents ■Status of industrial accidents
Severity rate: 0%
Severity rate: 0%

FY 2017

Target value
FY 2018

FY 2017

Plans for implementation items
FY 2018

FY 2019■Discussion for achieving power consumption target to meet the RF production target every month and implementation of necessary measures■Power saving through intermittent operation of a tank agitator■Consideration of replacement of equipment with power-saving ones
■Ensuring stable operation of production equipment by appointing maintenance staff and carrying out regular inspections and improvement activities■Ensuring monitoring of the tank’s internal properties (pH, pressure, temperature, etc.) to prevent abnormal responses■Certification of production skills (on-the-job training)■Regular maintenance of rainwater treatment equipment■Close monitoring of effluent (rainwater) (pH: 5.8 to 8.6; transparency: 500 mm or higher)■Water inspection by a third-party institution observed by three parties (nearby residents, local government, and our company)

pH: 5.8 to 8.6; transparency: 500 mm or higher

Workplace risk
All departments
reduction activities

Item
Environmental
management
Reducing power
activities
consumption
Safetyand healthactivities

FY 2019

FY 2017

Plans for implementation items
FY 2018

FY 2019■Elimination of risk factors after comprehensive risk assessment■Cultivating awareness for preventing similar accidents by effectively using a calendar to remember accidents and disasters■Automation of equipment on the RF production line, etc.

Accidents/disasters: 0

Item

Organization

FY 2017

Operation

Organization

Target value
FY 2018

FY 2019

Workplace risk
All departments
reduction activities

Target value
FY 2018

Plans for implementation items
FY 2018

FY 2019

Elimination of muri (overburden), muda (waste) and mura (irregularity) by onboard guidance (target will be
to maintain status quo because of the recruitment of inexperienced new recruits and aging vehicles)

Fuel efficiency: 3.60 km/L

FY 2017

FY 2017

FY 2019

FY 2017

Plans for implementation items
FY 2018

FY 2019

Confirming basic operation by onboard guidance, raising awareness, gaining
understanding of employees, and conducting other guidance

Accidents/disasters: 0■Target achievement: 90%

Organization

Item
Safetyand healthactivities

Elimination of
accidents anddisasters

Organization
All departments

Health management
All departmentsof employees

×
○

○
○
○

StatusItem○

Organization

Environmental conservation
through contracted work
■0 complaints from Production
Environmental contractors
Operations
management ■Reduction in fossil
fuel consumption
activities
Contribution to resource
recycling (according to Sales
business challenges andProduction
customer needs)
Local environment
All departments
conservation and contribution○
×Target value
FY 2018

FY 2019

FY 2017

Plans for implementation items
FY 2018

FY 2019

FY 2017

Target value
FY 2018

FY 2019

FY 2017

Plans for implementation items
FY 2018

FY 2019■Hazard prediction and regular patrols ■Compliance with laws and regulations
Accidents/disasters: 0■Risk assessment, and preparation, update, and announcement of a hazard map■Emergency response drills ■Training and skill evaluation■Stress check carried out once a year ■Stress check carried out once a year
■Stress check and follow-up■Stress check carried out once a year
■Introduction of stress check system■Health check conducted for all employees ■Health check conducted for all employees■Undergoing regular medical checkups■Health check conducted for all employees■Undergoing regular medical checkups■Individual health target achievement: 80% ■Individual health target achievement: 85%■Individual planning and implementation of health targets by employees

REMATEC TOHOKU○

Status

FY 2017

Environmental Reducing power
5% reduction from the previous year 3% reduction from the previous year 2% reduction from the previous year 5% reduction from the previous year 3% reduction from the previous year 2% reduction from the previous year
All departments
management consumption(annual average of 11,138 kWh or less) (annual average of 10,804 kWh or less) (annual average of 10,588 kWh or less) (annual average of 11,138 kWh or less) (annual average of 10,804 kWh or less) (annual average of 10,588 kWh or less)activities
Commercialization of energy recovery business using biomass
Thailand: Designing of a plant Thailand: construction of a plant Thailand: Data collection from theContribution to
Business development
Thailand: Designing of a plant for testing the Thailand: construction of a plant for testing the Thailand Data collection from the demonstration of for testing the production of for testing the production of fuel demonstration of the production of
resource recycling Technology
fuel from municipal solid waste
production of fuel from municipal solid waste production of fuel from municipal solid waste the production of fuel from municipal solid waste fuel from municipal solid waste from municipal solid waste○

REMATEC TOHOKU
Local environmental conservation
Cleaning activities were carried out.
activities■OHSAS 18001 certification■Severity rate: 0.025%

FY 2019

REMATEC R&D

Commercialization of rare metal recovery business Demonstration of integrated process for producing battery
The development was completed(achieved 60% of target)materials from waste
Commercialization of energy recovery business using Construction of a plant was commenced for testing the production The construction could not be started (delay from thebiomass (achieved 25% of target)of fuel from municipal solid waste in Thailand
initial plan: Construction expected in fiscal year 2018)
Increased awareness of environmental technologies
Actively welcoming study tours of the plant
Fully attended
Patrols conducted every monthIdentification of unsafe spots and failures on site and necessary improvements
Improvement proposal specifications (at least once a month) Development of improvement proposal system and establishment of improvement cycle

Target value
FY 2018

FY 2017

D a taProvide information

Goal/target

Organization

Reduction in power
consumption (per Production
Environmental ton of RF)
management Encouraging stable
activities
operation (achievement of Production
the RF production target)
Compliance with water
Environmental
standard for effluent
Safety(rainwater)

Item

Environmental
management Curb global warming
activities

Safety andhealthactivities

Production/
Workplace risk
Environmental
reduction activities
SafetyItem

REMATEC R&D
Social issues addressed

Organization

Odor index on site boundary: Less than 10
Odor index at exhaust port: 38 or less

RTT

Goal/target

Goal/target

Item

Odor index on site boundary: Less than 10
Odor index at exhaust port: 38 or less

REMATEC KYUSHU

×RTT
Environmental
management
Prevention of global warming
activities

FY 2017

Group Company
Information

Safety andhealthactivities

FY 2019

Organization

I de a . r e por t

Local environmental conservation
Complaints about noise and odor: 0
activities
Environmental Prevention of water and soil pollution
management
activities
Contribution to cement recycling

Target value
FY 2018

Item

Safetyand healthactivities

REMATEC KYUSHUSocial issues addressed

FY 2017

Status

S pe c ia l Fe a tu r e

REMATEC

REMATEC

Item
Safetyand healthactivities

Organization

Maintaining the record of
All departments
zero industrial accidents
Achievement of zero
Production
property damage accidents
Health management ofAll departments
employees

FY 2017

Target value
FY 2018

FY 2019

FY 2017

Plans for implementation items
FY 2018

FY 2019■Preventing muddy water from
■Preventing muddy water from entering rivers to ensure zeroentering rivers to ensure zerocomplaints from contractor
complaints from contractor■Reduction in fuel consumption by heavy machinery: Reduction by 5% ■Reduction in fuel consumption bycompared to the last fiscal year
heavy machinery: Reduction by 6%
compared to the last fiscal year

■Regular checking of water released to the river after rains and taking necessary measures■Emergency response drills (leak drills)■Prevention of dust and suppressing noise and vibration■Discussion of measures to reduce fuel consumption by heavy machinery and theirimplementation■Contribution to reconstruction■Optimal pretreatment of all waste from reconstruction project■Rejection: 0■Zero rejections of waste from reconstruction projects■Contribution to recycling at cement plants, proposal of new treatment methods■Reliable treatment of delivered and pre-treatedParticipation in cleanup activities for the area around the plant: twice/year or more

FY 2017

Target value
FY 2018

FY 2019■Participation in cleanup activities (garbage collection) on roads around the plant■Cleanup activities along river banks

FY 2017

Plans for implementation items
FY 2018

FY 2019■Implementation of measures against human errors; hazard prediction and confirmation of rule compliance (patrols by executives)■ Implementation of safety measures and proposed improvements by changing equipment and flow, etc.
Reduction of property damage accidents involving heavy machinery:■Reliable implementation of hazard prediction before work begins ■Regular practice of pointing and calling out
0 property damage accidents■Attending specialized training (Komatsu Iwate)■Getting the basics right again
Individual health target■Individual planning of health targets and carrying out necessary activities
Individual health target achievement: 80% or moreachievement: 85% or more ■Undergoing regular medical checkups
Frequency rate/severity rate/incident rate: 0%

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I n n o va t i o n f o r t h e E a r t h R E M ATE C G R O UP C S R R E P O RT 2 0 1 7

External Adviser Feedback

Group Company Information
REMATEC TOHOKU Corporation
2-3 Kameida, Akasaki-cho, Ofunato-shi, Iwate 022-0007, Japan
Phone 0192-47-3526 Fax 0192-47-3527

S pe c ia l Fe a tu r e

Headquarters

http://www.rematec.co.jp/tohoku/
to consider how it will develop personnel in Japan who can also
work in the global arena.

REMATEC Holdings Corporation

Moreover, due to its nature as a CSR report, this booklet must

Ms. Konoe Fujimura
Co-President
Japan Association of Environment
and Society for the 21st Century

clearly define the social mission of the REMATEC Group.
President Tanaka's message defines its mission as "transitioning

REMATEC R&D Corporation

11-1 Jizohama-cho, Kishiwada-shi, Osaka 596-0015, Japan
Phone 072-438-4146 Fax 072-422-3809

Headquarters

into a corporate group that supports the use of zero waste
infrastructure." However, some of the messages from group

Headquarters

http://www.rematec.co.jp

company presidents and corporate news are merely business

http://www.rematec.co.jp/rd/

reports. It would be more desirable for each group company
whether it is fulfilling its responsibilities as well as what it lacks.

global and longer-term than ever before. Considering the rapidly
increasing need for proper waste treatment and recycling resulting
from such factors as population decline in Japan, out-migration ofbusinesses (including manufacturers and service providers), as wellas economic development overseas and the massive expansionof urban populations, it is only natural for President Tanaka, who
has achieved great success in Japan and is broadening his global
and long-term perspective, to embark on business development
overseas.
Meanwhile, three years after the reorganization of REMATEC
Group companies in Japan into a holding company system, theroles and tasks of each company are relatively clearly presented.
Messages from employees, associated companies, and local
residents also suggest that daily operations are properly managed.
In addition, these daily operations are described in relation to
SDGs. These descriptions can be highly regarded as new featuresthat meet the needs of the times.
On the other hand, the relationship between overseas development
and domestic group company businesses is not very clear. For
example, how does the group intend to develop its domestic
group companies' technologies overseas, and how does it plan todevelop the required personnel? In terms of practical effectivenessand social contributions, the employment of local personnel is very
important. However, it is also important for the future of the group

In particular, as President Tanaka himself writes, considering that
global trends, such as the Paris Agreement and SDGs, are shiftingfrom managing individual issues of waste treatment to resolving
more comprehensive issues, at least the top management of groupcompanies need to clearly understand the meaning of such trends
and the relationship of their tasks and roles to the global trends inorder to develop their businesses. Properly describing these tasks
and roles will better clarify their relationship with individual SDGs
on the upper right of each page.
There is also a problem with the data. The data presented at theend of this report is limited to the RF business. However, it would
be best to provide data on the business of the REMATEC Group asa whole. In particular, as I have pointed out earlier, it is necessary
to gather all data on CO 2 e m i s s i o n s g e n e r a t e d b y g r o u pcompanies' plants, offices, vehicles, and other facilities, and report
the total emissions of the REMATEC Group as a whole. To achieve
not only the domestic goal, but also the reduction required by theParis Agreement, it is essential to provide data on the emissions ofindividual companies.
The REMATEC Group's company system has changed dramaticallyover the past several years. Changes are inevitable to adapt to
global trends. I hope the REMATEC Group will continue to work
as a group to take up challenges without losing its corporate
philosophy and good traditions amid the global changes.

REMATEC Corporation
Headquarters
and Osaka Plant

11-1 Jizohama-cho, Kishiwada-shi, Osaka 596-0015, Japan
Phone 072-438-6434 (Main phone) Fax 072-422-3617

Sakai SC Plant

4-2-4 Chikko-Shinmachi, Nishi-ku, Sakai-shi, Osaka 592-8331, Japan
Phone 072-280-0525 Fax 072-280-0526

Fujiwara Office1361-1 Fujiwara-cho Tozenji, Inabe-shi, Mie 511-0515, Japan
Phone 0594-46-4544 Fax 0594-46-4544

Nanko Office

C/O KEPCO Nanko Power Station
7 Nanko Minami, Suminoe-ku, Osaka-shi, Osaka 559-0032, Japan
Phone 06-6613-7761 Fax 06-6613-7761

Methanefermentation
facility

C/O Kishiwada Fish Meal
16-1 Rinkai-cho, Kishiwada-shi, Osaka 596-0013, Japan
Phone 072-432-8004 Fax 072-432-8004

Senior Vice President
REMATEC Holdings Corporation
Thank you very much for your appropriate feedback on our CSR
Report 2017.
As REMATEC Group members who are striving daily to perform ourtasks, we are greatly encouraged by your positive evaluation of ourglobal initiatives, including our overseas business programs, and thegrowth of individual group companies. At the same time, you correctly
pointed out that the relationship between our overseas development
and domestic business is unclear. Regarding this, we would like to
ask you to bear with us for some time, as we are currently working
to make adjustments with the relevant overseas partners to promotecollaboration with them in various ways. You have also mentioned

38 REMATEC GROUP

enough in this report. We recognize that we need to reconfirm theprimary role of CSR reports and make efforts to use more specificexpressions to convey our messages to readers.
Currently, in response to progress in various programs inside andoutside Japan, including the Paris Agreement and the Japanese
government's Global Warming Prevention Plan, which was approved
at a cabinet meeting, our industry is developing a variety of programsfor different categories of business. Regarding the last issue thatyou pointed out about carbon emissions management, as part of
the above-mentioned programs developed by our industry, we
will examine what systems are needed for more comprehensive
emissions management for our group as a whole.
We recognize the importance of CSR reports as a tool for disclosing
information to the public at large. Based on the opinions you haveprovided and on the comments received from stakeholders insideand outside our company group, we will strive to publish reports thatare easier to understand and more comprehensive.

4-2-4 Chikko-Shinmachi, Nishi-ku, Sakai-shi, Osaka 592-8331, Japan
Phone 072-280-0672 Fax 072-280-0673

Osaka Branch

11-1 Jizohama-cho, Kishiwada-shi, Osaka 596-0015, Japan
Phone 072-433-7880 Fax 072-433-7881

Kyushu Branch648-1 Notsuichi, Notsumachi, Usuki-shi, Oita 875-0211, Japan
Phone 0974-32-7820 Fax 0974-32-7821

http://www.rtt-rematec.co.jp

REMATEC&KSN THAILAND
Headquarters

No.589/158,29th Floor, Central City Tower, Bangna-Trad Road,
Bangkok 10260, Thailand
tel: +66-(0)2-745-6793 fax: +66-(0)2-745-6794

REMATEC KYUSHU Corporation
Headquarters andKyushu Plant

906 Notsumachi Miyakobaru, Usuki-shi, Oita 875-0211, Japan
Phone 0974-32-7721 Fax 0974-32-7731

Tsukumi Office

C/O TAIHEIYO CEMENT CORPORATION Oita Tsukumi Plant
2-1 Gonomotomachi, Tsukumi-shi, Oita 879-2474, Japan
Phone 0972-82-9055 Fax 0972-82-7025

Re:CS Co., Ltd.
Headquarters

6F, Premium Nagahori Building
1-3-9 Minamisenba, Chuo-ku, Osaka-shi, Osaka 542-0081
Phone 06-6210-2327 Fax 06-6210-2328

D a taHisakazu Chujo

that messages about the social responsibilities of individual groupcompanies are not clearly conveyed to the public. As you pointed out,
the responsibilities of individual companies are not stated adequately

Headquarters

http://www.rematec.co.jp/rematec/

http://rematec-kyushu.com/

Response to External
Adviser Feedback

RTT Corporation

Group Company
Information

to properly recognize its social responsibilities and report on

CSR Report, along with a message from the President, is more

I de a . r e por t

The business development perspective presented in this year's

4-2-4 Chikko-Shinmachi, Nishi-ku, Sakai-shi, Osaka 592-8331, Japan
Phone 072-280-0525 Fax 072-280-0526

http://re-cs.co.jp

Editorial policy
The REMATEC Group discloses information on its CSR activities in order toreport them to all stakeholders.
This CSR Report for fiscal 2017 was edited mainly by female members. Our
editing policy was to publish a CSR report that all our stakeholders, including
employees, can easily understand. In this year's feature articles, we createdpages for the REMATEC Group Network and CSR in Figures to indicate thelocation of the business sites of our group companies that are developing
business worldwide, as well as to show the REMATEC Group's CSR
activities in figures, designing the pages to visually attract readers' attention.
We also created new report items about SDGs. We closely examined therelationship between SDGs and the REMATEC Group's businesses andactivities to present the relationship on some of the pages.
In the second half of this report, we provided pages for each groupcompany to introduce its initiatives regarding environmental issues. Pages
about group company information were created by each company, fromdesigning the page layout to writing drafts, to emphasize the company's
characteristics. As a result, these pages may give readers the impressionof a lack of consistency. However, readers may also find their differencesinteresting.
It is our hope that this report enables you to better understand the CSR
activities of our group. Your candid opinions and comments are greatly
appreciated.

■Target organization:REMATEC Group■Date of publication:December 1, 2017
■This report describes the REMATEC Group’s CSR programs andinitiatives. For updates on the business and daily operations of ourgroup companies, please visit our website
http://www.rematec.co.jp■Reference guidelines:
Sustainability Reporting Guidelines, published by GRIThe Environmental Reporting Guidelines 2012, published by theJapanese Ministry of the Environment
The Planning Guidelines for Regional Countermeasures against Global
Warming, published by the Japanese Ministry of the Environment
All inquiries regarding this report should be addressed to:
REMATEC Holdings Corporation
11-1 Jizohama-cho, Kishiwada-shi, Osaka 596-0015, Japan
report@rematec.co.jp
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