Social and Environmental Report 2009

Toyo Seikan GroupTOYO SEIKAN GROUP : TOTAL PACKAGING MANUFACTURER

SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTALREPORT 2009

C O N T E N T S
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A Message to Readers

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Foundation and Progress of the Toyo Seikan Group07

Packaging and Harmonization

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Toyo Seikan Group09

The Role of Packaging in Benefiting Society and the Environment

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Environmental Technologies of the Tokyo Seikan Group

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Toyo Seikan Topics in Fiscal 2008

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Feature Article① Foundation of PET Refine Technology

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Feature Article② Initiatives at Overseas Plants

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Feature Article③ News from Plants of the Toyo Seikan Group18

Social ReportToyo Seikan Group FY2008 fiscal highlights

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Corporate Governance

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Compliance23

Risk Management

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Initiatives for Reducing Information Security Risks

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Customer Relationships ‒ Bringing Safety and Security to the World

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Relationship with Business Partners

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Relationship with Employees

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Relationship with Society - Aiming for a Responsible Corporate Role in Society

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Overseas News: Overseas Business Development of TULC/External Evaluations and Commendations

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Environmental Report
Environmental Policies of the Toyo Seikan Group

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Environmental Management

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Operation of the ISO14001-compliant Integrated System

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Initiatives to Prevent Global Warming

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Initiatives for Waste Reduction and Recycling

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LCA Initiatives

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3R Initiatives

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Substance Flow from an Environmental Point of View

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FY2008 Environmental Activities Report

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Environmental Targets for FY2009 and Beyond

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Environmental Targets of Toyo Seikan Group

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Third-Party Opinion

Requirements of this Report
1.Scope:This report details the activities of Toyo Seikan Kaisha, Ltd. and summarizes the activities of both the Toyo Seikan Group as a whole and its individual Group companies.
2.Period:April 1, 2008, to March 31, 2009 (including some information for the period up to June 2009)
3.Areas:Society and environment
4.Date of issue:July 2009
5.Next issue:Scheduled for July 2010
6.Relevant department and contact address:Environment Department, Material Purchase & Environment Division,
Toyo Seikan Kaisha, Ltd. Saiwai Bldg., 1-3-1 Uchisaiwai-cho,
Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-8522 Japan
Tel: 03-3508-2158, Fax: 03-3503-5418
Toyo Seikan Web site
URL: http://www.toyo-seikan.co.jp
This report has been created based on the

Guideline for Environmental Reporting 2007 of the Ministry of Environment and theSustainability Reporting Guidelines 2006 of GRI.

Editing Policy for the Social and Environmental Report 2009This report describes important matters for the Toyo Seikan Group, approaches to promoting them, and examples of activities, in an easy-to-understand way. The information
contained in this report has been selected based on the results of questionnaire surveys conducted within and outside the Group companies and the many opinions collected atstakeholders meetings and in-house reading groups. This report mainly summarizes the Group s relationship with society and the environment to serve as a tool for communications
between the Group and parties related to the Group and provide opportunities for conversations with those who are not familiar with the Group.
Matters not described in this booklet will be disclosed on the Toyo Seikan Web pages (see Page 49 for a list of additional matters). The Web pages are scheduled to be available
for viewing by the end of August 2009.

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Social and Environmental ReportsContributing to Society and the Environment
through Our Packaging Technology
Company ProﬁleEstablished ：June1917
P r e s i d e n t ：Shunji Kaneko
Head Office ：Saiwai Bldg., 1-3-1 Uchisaiwai-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-8522 JapanC a p i t a l ：￥11,094,600,000
S a l e s ：￥353,000,000,000 (FY2008)
E m p l o y e e s ：4,817 (as of March 2009)
Area of business ：Manufacturing and sale of packages and containers made of metal, plastic and composite
materials thereof, and sales and technical services for food-related machinery and packaging
systems

The eight principal companies of the Toyo Seikan GroupThe Toyo Seikan Group is a total packaging manufacturer.
①Toyo Seikan Kaisha, Ltd.
(Metal cans, PET bottles, and plastic containers)⑤Japan Crown Cork Co., Ltd.

②Toyo Kohan Co., Ltd.

⑥Toyo Food Equipment Co., Ltd.

③Toyo Glass Co., Ltd.

⑦Toyo Aerosol Industry Co., Ltd.

④Tokan Kogyo Co., Ltd.

⑧Tokan Material Technology Co., Ltd.

(Tin, thin metal sheets, surface-treated steel
sheets, and various functional materials)(Glass bottles and glass-related products)(Paper cups and plastic containers)(Metal and plastic caps)(Container production and canning and bottling machines)(Filling of aerosol products)(Enamel and various glazes, coating materials
for FRP, and plastic pigments)

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A Message to Readers

A Message to Readers
Vision of the Toyo Seikan GroupThe Toyo Seikan Group, through its business operations focused on packaging, strives to enhancesafety and security, reduce environmental impacts, and offer ease-of-use and user satisfaction to help
create an affluent, enjoyable, and sustainable society.

Chairman & Representative Director,
Toyo Seikan Kaisha, Ltd.

President & Representative Director,
Toyo Seikan Kaisha, Ltd.

Management Philosophy of Toyo Seikan
Our Fundamental Principles
1. Our objective is to bring happiness to mankind.
2. Purpose of our business is not just to gain profit. Profit is a result of our hard work and not our main aim.
3. Each of us must incorporate a sense of service in our work. Exercise this sense collaboratively and strive to ensure the prosperity of ourbusiness partners in the same way as we would for ourselves.
Work Rules for Our Employees
1. Toyo Seikan is a mutual packaging factory for all customers who require packaging. Our employees must be loyal to our customers weserve.
2. Our products must be better in quality, lower in price and must be supplied more quickly than those of other companies. We should notthink that we are just selling our products, but we must rather think that we are sending off our beloved children that we raised with
our utmost care.
3. To be satisfied with only a small success is to take a step backwards. Our first duty must be at all times to work without losing ouryouthful vitality and courage.
Five Action Guidelines(1) Our corporate management philosophy, ever since the company s foundation in 1917, has remained a strong focal point of Toyo Seikan.
(2) Concentrate on the core of our business: packaging.
(3) Always place customers first.
(4) Keep our internal organization simple.
(5) Individual efforts must continue to further improve quality and productivity.

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Action Plan 2010 consisting of three stages:

Through our work of sustaining life with packaging,

Environmental Vision, Environmental Targets, andconnecting manufacturers and users, and appealing

Action Plan. This plan sets quantitative targets into people through packaging, we hope to make thethe fields of products, production activities,

most of our Packaging and Nurturing technology

procurement, logistics, and sales activities, as wellto contribute to society and the happiness ofas resource recycling, communications, andhumankind. Starting out in the business ofenvironmental management, all of which are used in

manufacturing cans for canned food, we havecomprehensive initiatives.

always felt a great responsibility for the safety and

We are also pursuing processes for reclamation andhygiene of our products. At the time of ourrecycling of PET bottles as part of our social

foundation, we already knew that winning the

responsibilities. In October 2008, PET Refine

public s trust and fulfilling our corporate

Technology Co., Ltd. was founded. This company

responsibilities were the most important elements

will use an epoch-making recycling technology forfor our sustainable growth. Companies can survive

realizing a PET-Bottle to PET-Bottle recycling

only if they are accepted and trusted by society, sosystem, enabling repeated use of PET bottles,

we are determined to integrate corporate

which represents one of our important businessgovernance, a system to ensure proper

strategies.

A Message to Readers

Unwavering philosophy since our foundation

management of the company, into our businessand management accountability to all stakeholders.

Disseminating Japanese manufacturing
technologies throughout the world

Our operations have continually changed over the

At present, we are focusing on our international

years. However, the core company policies remain

operations so that people overseas can enjoy our

unchanged: we aim to contribute to the benefit ofproducts, systems, and services. In Thailand, where

humankind. The objective of our business is not just

we have been doing business for 40 years, nine

to make a profit; rather, we pursue the prosperity ofaffiliated companies are currently in operation. We

society as a whole. In all our work, we consider thefirmly believe our reliable manufacturing

good of society and people first, and always strive

technologies and conscientious services in Japan

to be a pioneer of the times. These dreams andwould be useful to society in other countries asambitions have been handed down through thewell. We have long handled various materials

generations in our company.

including metal, plastic, paper, and glass and haveoperations and provide active information disclosure

accumulated proprietary development technologies

Business environment of the Toyo Seikan Groupin various fields for production, finishing,

We pursue a solution business that places utmost

processing, decoration, sealing and sterilization,

importance on the precious global environment in all

etc. We intend to make the most of these core

processes of production of goods, filling andtechnologies to expand our business in new growth

packaging, distribution, consumption, andfields such as IT, energy, life science, andreclamation and recycling. Since its early days,

environment.

Toyo Seikan was involved in reclamation andA decade or two from now, the scope of ourrecycling of resources through the electrolysis

business will likely to be much larger than atbusiness in which tin was separated and reclaimed

present. Whatever the type of operation, we intend

from soldered cans. As part of our efforts toto continue earning the public s trust and fulfilling

continuously improve environmental management,

our corporate responsibilities, in an effort to bring

we have established thehappiness to people around the world.

Toyo Seikan Group Eco

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Foundation and Progress of the Toyo Seikan Group

Foundation and Progress of the Toyo Seikan GroupPaper
packaging

History and
Evolution of
Packaging

Paper cup laminatedwith bio-based resin(under development)

Easily separable
composite containers

Debut of separable
caps

Wider use of paper
containers

First paper cups madeof non-wood pulp

Debut of plastic
caps

Improved functionalityof paper cups

Highly safe
P.P. cap

DWI cans made using
fewer materials

Debut of
Toyo Seam
Cans

Start of paper cup
production
Pull-top lid:
no need forcan openers

Start of crown
cap production

Debut ofPET
bottles

Debut ofcanned juice

1917:
Foundation of
Toyo Seikan

Invention of the principles ofcanning for preserving
food and drink

Start of automatic
production of glass
bottles

Period devoted to the establishment of conservation stability

Japan s ﬁrst aluminum
retort pouches developedby Toyo Seikan

Debut ofmayonnaise
bottles

Debut ofplastic
coatedbottles

In France, Nicolas Appert invented the principle of canning,which initiated the evolution of the current
generation of airtight containers.

Period devoted to the pursuit of usability
Period devoted to05

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Caps

Cans
Lighter cans!
Weight reductionof TULCCaps made using
fewer materials

Foundation and Progress of the Toyo Seikan Group

Milk caps made withfewer materials

TULC wentinternational!

Debut of TEC200 witha resealable cap

Developmentof VALUE
ultralight
PET bottles

Debut of eco-friendly
TULC cans
Developmentof ULB,
Next-generation
PET bottles

Debut of SOT with capsthat do not litter

PET bottles forcarbonatedbeverages made ofa single material(under development)

PETbottles

Foldable
PET bottles

Development of
E-RP TRAVIS witha vapor self-release
function

Debut of E-RP
pouch with a vapor
self-release
function
Handy and user-friendly
rice packaging developedby Toyo Seikan

Debut ofﬂoss pouches

Pouchesand cups

Debut ofreﬁll pouches
Extension of
best-before datewith improved
conservation
stability

Shampoo bottles
with pumps

Debut ofultra-light bottles

Plastic
bottles

Debut of bottles
made of recycledmaterials

Debut ofecology bottles

Developmentof hyper-lightbottles(under development)

Energy conservation
through new
melting technology(under development)

Glassbottles
the evolution of new techniques for global environment conservation
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Packaging and Harmonization

Packagingand Nurturing
The Toyo Seikan Group contributes
to society and the environment
with its packaging technologies.

Packaging Sustains Life.
Thousands of years ago, intelligent humans evolved to the point of using ﬁre to maketools from stone and wood. Tools served to sustain life through farming and hunting.
Later, earthenware, chinaware, and glassware were used to carry water, preserve food,and make wine and liquor. Since the age of our ancestors, packaging has beenclosely related to people s lifestyles and has sustained their life.

Packaging Connects Manufacturers and Users.
Packaging connects producers and consumers.
Products made with meticulous care are delivered to users without being damaged.

Packaging Appeals to People.
Since ancient times, people have strived to create beautiful containers by decoratingthem with patterns, applying colors, and drawing pictures on them.
Packaging itself must not only show the contents precisely to convey the necessary information to
consumers but must also be attractive and eye-catching to make a good impression.

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The Toyo Seikan Group carries out business activities directed mainly at the production and sale ofvarious forms of packaging, including metal cans, plastic containers, glass bottles, paper products andcaps as well as the production and sale of thin metal sheets, various materials, machinery, and aerosol
filling.

List of Affiliated Companies of Toyo Seikan Kaisha, Ltd. (74 in total)

Toyo Seikan GroupToyo Seikan Group* Names against a blue background
represent the eight principal companies. Underlined names represent consolidated companies. (As of March 31, 2009)* Honshu Seikan and Daito Seikan were merged as of April 1, 2009 with the former as the surviving company. Shikoku Seikan was dissolved as of March 31, 2009.

Toyo Seikan●Toyo Glass Machinery Singapore (Pte) Ltd.
●Tosho ●Toyo Glass Butsuryu●Honshu Seikan ●Nippon National Seikan●Toyo Glass Mold Thailand Co.,Ltd.

●Shikoku Seikan ●Ryukyu Seikan●Kyouei Keisha●TOYO Mebius Co., Ltd. ●Saiwai Shoji Co., Ltd.

●鳳陽華衆玻璃有限公司●Tokan Kyoei ●Bangkok Can Manufacturing Co.,Ltd.

●鳳陽慶功鉱業有限公司

Tokan Kogyo●Toyo Seihan ●Daito Seikan ●Toyo Denkai●Malaysia Packaging Industry Berhad●Nippon Tokan Package ●Tokan Kosan●Well Pack Innovation Co.,Ltd.

●Toyo Unicon ●Ueda Insatsu Shiko ●Shosando●Toyo Pack International Co.,Ltd.

●Sunnap ●Tokan Logitech Co.,Ltd.

●Crown Seal Public Co.,Ltd.

●東罐（常熟）高科技容器有限公司●Kanagata(Thailand)Co.,Ltd.

●Taiyo Plastic Corp. of the Philippines●広州東罐商貿有限公司●Shida Shiko ●Takeuchi hi-pack●Ｔoyo Ｓeikan Ｔechnical ＆ Ａdministration●Senri Transration Inc. ●T.K.G.Corporation

Ｓervice Ｃenter（Ａｓｉａ）
Ｃo.,Ｌtd.
●東罐（広州）高科技容器有限公司●Next Can Innovation Co.,Ltd.
●PET Refine Technology Co., Ltd.
●Fukuoka Packing●Asia Packaging Industries(Vietnam)Co.,Ltd.
●重慶聯合製罐有限公司

Toyo Kohan●Kohan Shoji ●Kohan Kogyo ●KY Technology●TOYO-MEMORY TECHNOLOGY SDN.BHD.

Japan Crown Cork
●Shinsankyobuturyu Inc.

Toyo Food Equipment●Honma Tekkojo

Toyo Aerosol Industry●Toyo Filling International Co.,Ltd.

Tokan Material Technology●TOYO PAX ●Toyo Partner●多瑪得（上海）精細化工有限公司●Kyodo Kaiun ●Kudamatsu Unyu●多瑪得（廈門）精細化工有限公司

Toyo Glass●日龍発展有限公司●太星発展有限公司●Toyo-Sasaki Glass ●Toyo Glass Machinery●TOMATEC America,Inc.

●Shimada Special Glass ●Shimada Glass●First Clarion Enterprise Inc.

●Tohoku Keisha●Mikawa Ceramics

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The Role of Packaging in Benefiting Society and the Environment

The Role of Packaging in Benefiting Society
and the Environment

WHAT IFNO PACKAGING
EXISTED?
Can you imagine
what would happen?

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Packages and containers as a System for Reducing Environmental Impact

Aren t they wasteful and bad for the global environment?
Do you think of packages and containers in this way?
Maybe they are too commonplace in our daily lives to be seen in their true colors but, in reality, packages
and containers and packaging systems are actually functioning very effectively as an environmentallyfriendly environmental impact reduction system .
Without a packaging system, various foodstuffs sent from producing regions would deteriorate and many

The Role of Packaging in Benefiting Society and the Environment

In the end, packages and containers are thrown away as garbage.

of them would be unfit for consumption before they reached the consumer.
Packages and containers prevent the loss of many resources.
Foodstuffs are packaged in producing regions and unnecessary foodstuff residues and components are
kept out of consuming regions. Such an arrangement enhances the efficiency of transportation,
significantly reducing the amount of fuel consumed by trucks, railroads and airplanes and minimizing theamount of energy involved in physical distribution. The amount of space needed for storage is also
reduced.

Best way ahead for packaging manufacturers
Is there a truly eco-friendly system that can be realized while still ensuring safety and security? How can
the amount of materials used in containers be reduced? What can be done to promote a recycling system
for used packaging? How can packaging and containers be made more convenient and easier to use?
Those of us who are engaged in the production of packaging are committed to continuing our efforts tofurther reduce the environmental impact in the pursuit of a sustainable society.

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10Environmental Technologies of the Tokyo Seikan Group

Environmental Technologies of
the Toyo Seikan Group

Technologies
for reducing
the amount ofmaterials used

Thinner and lighter1

All our packages are studied day and night tofind out how to make them using fewer
materials without compromising their usability.

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1. Light PET bottle ULB : From 50g to 35g (2L)
2. Ultralight PET bottle VALUE : The world s lightest, 19.5g (2L)
3. Hyperlight glass bottle: From 470g to 266g (945ml; under development)

Toyo Seikan Kaisha, Ltd.
Toyo Glass Co., Ltd.

4. Milk cap made with a reduced amount of materials: 35% lighter
5. Collapsible bottle made with a reduced amount of materials

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Tokan Kogyo Co., Ltd.

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Japan Crown Cork Co., Ltd.

Technologies
for reusing
packages

Development ofreturnable bottles
Glass bottles can be washed and reused repeatedly.
They help conserve resources and energy.
Resin-coated returnable bottles are a novel type of
returnable bottles that are surface-coated with resin to
prolong their useful life.

Toyo Glass Co., Ltd.

Technologies
for using waste
as resources

Recycling of packages
Toyo Seikan, a manufacturer of packages, is also making positiveefforts to recycle packages.

Development ofeasy-to-recycle packages
Our lineup of original easy-to-recycle packages
includes easy-to-remove caps, collapsible bottles, andeasy-to-separate packages.

Recycling of PET bottles
We established PET Refine Technology Co., Ltd. in
October 2008 in order to start operations forrecycling reclaimed PET bottles into new ones
(see Page 15).

Toyo Seikan Kaisha, Ltd.
Tokan Kogyo Co., Ltd.
Japan Crown Cork Co., Ltd.

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Recycling of paper cups
We installed reclamation boxes to assist in
recycling activities for paper cups. Collected paper
cups will be used as resources for recycling into
toilet paper and other products (see Page 17).

PET Refine Technology Co., Ltd.

Cans, PET bottles, paper cups, and glass bottles ― these are things that people see and use
every day. The Toyo Seikan Group is a leading manufacturer of these packages. We manufacture
these products while paying close attention to recycling and placing the utmost importance on
environment-friendliness. This section describes the 3R (Reduce, Reuse, Recycle) of the Group
companies and our technologies that contribute to reducing CO2 emissions.

Environmentally-friendly Eco-Can, TULC
TULC is an environment-friendly Eco-Can that is manufactured with lower CO2
emissions and without requiring any water due to improvements in materials andmanufacturing processes. Since the start of production in 1991,
TULC cans continue to penetrate the market with a wide
range of applications.
Environmental impact
information of the package

CO2emissions-15%
Toyo Seikan Kaisha, Ltd.
Toyo Kohan Co., Ltd.

Transfer oftechnologies tothe energy sector

Environmental Technologies of the Tokyo Seikan Group

Marketpenetrationof Eco-Cans
with lower
environmental
impactCO2 emission
reduction

Water

150ml

0

ml

Manufacturing Environmental
process not
information
requiring any water disclosure

New approach to
the energy sector
The technologies that have been developed for handlingmetal and plastic are now used in the research anddevelopment of alternative energy sources to replace oil.

Toyo Seikan Kaisha, Ltd.
Toyo Kohan Co., Ltd.

Innovative
initiatives
towards energy
conservation

Toyo Glass Co., Ltd.

T o p : Dye-sensitized solar cells for improved affordability
Bottom : Mirror Coat K, a highly reflective metal sheet that candirect sunlight into a room

Afterinstallation

Beforeinstallation

New melting technology to achieve significant
energy conservation in manufacturing glass bottles
In-flight glass melting, a technology apparently neverdeveloped in the past 150 years in the glass industry, was a
joint effort between Toyo Seikan, Asahi Glass, NGF, Tokyo
Institute of Technology, and NIMS under commission from the
Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry through NEDO.
This new technology, in which glass materials pass directly
through a high-temperature combustion furnace and melt in
about 0.5 seconds, significantly shortens the melting time,
which used to take more than a day, and significantly reduces
the energy required for melting.

Materials

Cullet(10% to 90%
of materials)

Granulator
Granulatedmaterials
PlasmaOxygen flame

Culletheater* N G F : New Gas Forum * NIMS : National Institute for Materials Science* NEDO : New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization

Mixing tank
HeatedculletHeatedmaterials

Glass
melt
MeltingtankTodefoamingtank* Source: NEDO

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12Toyo Seikan Topics in Fiscal 2008

1. News Related to Business Activities

Toyo Seikan Topics in Fiscal 2008

Debut of Toyo Mebius

Decision to move the head office functions of Toyo Seikan
Toyo Seikan decided to construct an office building
at the old site of the Tokyo Plant (Higashi-Gotanda,

The three logistics companies, Toyo Unso, Tokan

Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo) and move the head officeUnyu, and Tokan Unso-Soko, each of which used tofunctions to this building. The construction of an

carry out physical distribution for the Toyo Seikan

office building and relocation of the head officeGroup, were merged into Toyo Mebius Co., Ltd. as offunctions is intended to promote more effective use

October 1, 2008. It is hoped that the logistics

of assets and improvement of operational efficiency.

functions of the Group will be integrated toconstruct an optimal logistics system allowing theGroup companies to share logistics strategies (seePage 28).

2. Environmental Minister s Award for
3R and Environmental Report Award
Outstanding Performance Award ‒ Minister sAwards for Promotion of 3R in Packaging

Foundation of PET Refine Technology

Toyo Seikan s environment-friendly product, TULC,
won the Outstanding Performance Award of the

In order to establish a solution company group with

2008 Environmental Minister s Awards foran emphasis on the environment, Toyo Seikan

Promotion of 3R in Packaging. This award was given

founded PET Refine Technology Co., Ltd. as offor the reduced product weight of the globally

October 10, 2008 and acquired the PET bottle

environment-friendly Vacuum Lightweight TULC

recycling business from PET Rebirth Co., Ltd. This is190-gram Can.

the only recycling company in Japan that realizes a
On the left: Mr. Abe, then directorof the Kanto Regional Kanto
Office, Ministry of the Environment
On the right: Mr. Aoyagi, groupleader of the Metal Container
Development Department,
Technology ＆ Packaging
Development Division, Toyo
Seikan Kaisha, Ltd.

PET-Bottle to PET-Bottle recycling system, thus
playing an important role in realizing
cradle-to-cradle recycling (see Page 15).

Construction of the Shiga Plant of Toyo Seikan
Construction of the Shiga Plant (temporary name),

Outstanding Performance Award ‒ Environmental
Report Awards

intended to improve the profitability of the metal canIn the 12th Environmental Report Awards andpackaging business, is under way in Higashi-Omi in

Sustainability Awards co-sponsored by Toyo Keizai

Shiga prefecture. It is scheduled for completion in

Inc. and the Green Reporting Forum, Toyo Seikan

the fall of 2009.

received the Outstanding Performance Award for its
Environmental and Social Reports 2008 issued inJuly 2008. It was given to us for the first time, inappreciation of the easy-to-understand manner ofreporting the particulars of a packaging
manufacturer.

Completion drawing of the Shiga Plant (artist s rendering)

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Award presentation ceremony

3. Participation in a Carbon Footprint Trial Project

recycling rate over 99% or 99.5%, Toyo Seikan has
achieved true zero emissions.

In June 2008, the Ministry of Economy, Trade andTransition of Toyo Seikan s landfill weight

System Practical Use and Diffusion Study Group.

（ton）Toyo Seikan participated in this Group, cooperating

14,000in basic rulemaking and a trial project.
In the CFP system, each product carries information
on CO2 emissions throughout its life cycle from themining of resources to disposal or recycling.
Although no value is shown for the package itself
because the CFP requires indication of the value fora final product, Toyo Seikan calculated the CO2
emission amounts for metal cans and supplied thedata to Kagome and Sapporo Breweries in this trial
project.
In FY2009, we will collaborate with other companies

Toyo Seikan Topics in Fiscal 2008

Industry established the Carbon Footprint (CFP)

12,00010,00011,851
9,110

8,000
6,000

5,409

4,000
2,517

2,000
0

1,186

767 453
174

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21

17

18

15

14

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1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Fiscal year

in the packaging industry towards establishingspecific calculation rules for individual packages.

An exhibit of the Toyo
Seikan Group at
Eco-Products 2008

5. New System in Development for
Liquid Food Pouches
Product development using a new unified system torealize easier-to-use and safer products
The technological capabilities of the Toyo SeikanGroup were brought together to build a new unified
system. Through collaboration with Group
companies, Toyo Seikan was able to propose a totalsolution system for all processes including productdesign, spout fitting, filling, sterilization, and packing.
Due to the review of product design anddevelopment of new equipment, this new system
ensures airtightness and safety required for pouchproducts with its filling equipment and retort

4. Achievement of Zero Landfill
Emissions for Two Consecutive Years
All waste from Toyo Seikan plants is recycled,
resulting in achievement of zero landfill emissions.

sterilization system, allowing Toyo Seikan to provide
easier-to-use and safer liquid food pouches andproduction systems.
A product developed using thisunified system
Pouch with a snap-off spout

The emissions had been significantly reduced toabout 30 tons by FY2000 and, due to further
improvement in waste separation, zero emissions
were achieved in FY2007.
Even though zero emissions commonly means a

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Foundation of PET Refine Technology

Actively Working on Recycling as a Total Packaging Manufacturer

Feature Article①

Toyo Seikan founded PET Refine Technology Co., Ltd. (PRT) to realize cradle-to-cradle
recycling, i.e., recycling of PET bottles into PET bottles, in accordance with the corporate
philosophy of constructing a recycling-based society. Through the application of chemical
recycling technology, PRT is capable of recycling used PET bottles into resin for PET
bottles, eliminating potential disposal or incineration.

in terms of safety and therefore can be used as aCompleting a Möbius Strip

recycled material in PET bottles for drinks.

The Toyo Seikan Group uses a Möbius strip as the
symbol mark for a recycling-based society. The

Circle of recycling (Chemical recycling)foundation of PRT enables recycling of used PET
bottles into the same product again in the same way
as for steel cans, aluminum cans, and glass bottles,

PET bottle

Consumeryg
finally completing the full circle of recycling.

Resin for PET bottles

Used PET bottle

Distribution
process

Production
process

Filling andpackagingprocess

Reclamation
and recycling
process

High-purity BHET (monomer)
Intermediate material
used in polyester resin
manufacturing

Consumption
process

Chemical Recycling

Municipality

Recycling into new products
and flakes and pellets
Material recycling
・Trays ・Carpets
・Shirts ・Workwear

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PET-Bottle to PET-Bottle recycling system

Scale of operations

Conventionally, most PET bottles are recycled into

PRT has a resin production capacity of 23,000 tons

fabric and sheet products and few into PET bottles

per year, equivalent to about 4% of the total amountfor drinks. PRT s Chemical Recycling System uses aof resin used for bottles in Japan.

chemical approach to decompose PET resin at the

The company works hard to achieve stablemolecular level and manufacture PET resin with the

production and improved efficiency so that this resinsame purity as a new material. Being subject to

can be supplied to as many customers as possible

strict quality control, this PET resin is problem-free

as a material for PET bottles for drinks.

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Feature Article ②

Initiatives at Overseas Plants

Holding Environmental Competition
Events between Company Sections
One of the activities for raising the environmental
awareness of employees is competitions between
company sections. Can-struction Contests andGardening Contests are intended to encourage②
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reduction of environmental impacts.

Area of business : Manufacturing and sales of two- and three-piececans and stay-on tab lid
P r o d u c t s : Beverage ＆ Food cans
Number of employees : 467 including 379 full-time and 88 temporary
workers(As of the end of September 2008)

Outline of BCM
Bangkok Can Manufacturing (BCM), a member of the
Toyo Seikan Group, manufactures metal cans in thesuburbs of Thailand.
Thailand, which is exhibiting remarkable economic
growth, has seen a rise in environmental awarenessyear by year. Recognizing the extreme importance ofenvironmental considerations at overseas plants,
BCM uses the same level of environment-friendly
equipment as in Japan, such as wastewater
treatment facilities, effluent gas combustion
systems, and cogeneration equipment.

Entries in Can-struction Contests

Reduction of CO2 with theInstallation of a TULC LineIn May 2006, BCM acquired ISO14001 certification
and actively carries out related activities, including
those for raising the environmental awareness of
employees.
In 2007, BCM installed a manufacturing system for
the TULC eco-friendly product of Toyo Seikan. Thissystem operates with high energy efficiency to

Entries in Gardening Contest

reduce CO2 emissions. Operation using this system
has been approved by the Japanese government asa small-scale CDM* project, and the company isworking to obtain approval from the Thai government
and the United Nations.

* CDM is the abbreviation for Clean Development Mechanism. This is asystem in which an advanced country provides technical assistanceand financial aid to a developing country where a project that results
in reduced emission of greenhouse gases and other effects will be
carried out in collaboration with the developing country, and theadvanced country can acquire all or part of the reduced emissions
as its own emission credit.

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News from Plants of the Toyo Seikan Group

Initiative Taken by the Kawasaki
Plant of Toyo Seikan

Initiative Taken by Tokan Kogyo

Promotion of packages for reducing product weight

Tokan Kogyo, a member of the Toyo Seikan Group,

The Kawasaki Plant manufactures

manufactures and sells paper cups, paper packages,

plastic bottles and caps.

plastic cups, and plastic packages.

We are presently promoting theuse of product-weight reduction

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packages in order to reduce theActivities for recycling paper cups

environmental impacts. A

In 2006, 50 reclamation boxes for used paper cups

product-weight reduction package

developed by Tokan Kogyo were placed at Saitama

is unaltered from its original form

Stadium 2002, the largest exclusive soccer stadium

but has a reduced package weight (amount of resinin Japan. The used paper cups collected from theseused). To prevent the reduction in resin fromboxes are recycled into toilet paper.

impairing the functionality of the package, we must

At present, reclamation boxes are in full-scale use at

first confirm that there are no suitability problems in

the Shimizu S-Pulse s Outsourcing Stadium

relation to the contents, package strength, andNihondaira (Nihondaira Stadium) and, as for baseballother elements and then establish the specifications

stadiums, Yokohama Stadium, Yahoo Domethrough consultation with the customer through(Fukuoka), and Chiba Marine Stadium. Furthermore,

related departments before bringing the package toreclamation boxes are used on a trial basis at

the market. The Kawasaki Plant is concentrating on

Kyocera Dome (Osaka) and Seibu Dome.

this series of processes.

In the future, we will continue this test throughIn 2005, we started working on reducing the weight

free-of-charge supply of paper cup reclamationof three products as an annual target and thereafter

boxes to promote reclamation and recycling of paper

built up the effects of reduction in the amount ofcups at stadiums and other venues.

Taketoshi Hase,
Environment Management
Representative

resin used. As cumulative values since 2005, we
achieved a 198-ton reduction in the amount ofmaterials used and a 254-ton reduction in CO2

How paper cups are reclaimed at Saitama Stadiumemissions. The reduction in CO2 emissions wascalculated based on the assumption of reduced CO2
emissions from resin production by resin
manufacturers.
It is becoming increasingly difficult to reduce theweight of recent products because many of them
are designed in pursuit of optimal specifications
from the outset. However, we intend to continue thisunique initiative of the Kawasaki Plant in the future.

Effect of reducing product weight
（ton）

0

−20
−40

2005
−19.9

−28.2

−60
−80

2006

−38.0

−46.8

2007

−41.2
−57.4

−100
−120
−140

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Fiscal year

2008

−99.0
Reduction in the amount of resin used
Reduction in CO2 emissions

Social and Environmental Reports−121.8An improved-type paper
reclamation box presently in use

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Corporate Governance

21

Compliance23

Risk Management

24

Initiatives for Reducing Information Security Risks

25

Customer Relationships ‒ Bringing Safety and Security to the World

28

Relationship with Business Partners

29

Relationship with Employees

32

Relationship with Society - Aiming for a Responsible Corporate Role in Society

37

Overseas News: Overseas Business Development of TULC/
External Evaluations and Commendations

Toyo Seikan Group FY2008 fiscal highlights
Sales

Ordinary profit
Nonconsolidated
Consolidated(100 million yen)

8,000
7,000
6,000
5,000
4,000
3,000
2,000
1,000
0

7,455

7,289

7,337

20,00018,00016,00014,00012,00010,000
8,000
6,000
4,000
2,000
0

250
200

3,513

3,530

100

216

188

150
3,448

136
82

72

70

50
2006

2007

2008

Fiscal year

Number of employees(Persons)

Nonconsolidated
Consolidated(100 million yen)

17,583
16,221

2006

2006

2007

2008

Fiscal year

Segments by business type (sales)

Nonconsolidated
Consolidated

5,071

0

4,958

2007

16,939Other business6％

Business related
to steel sheets
8％

4,817

2008

Business related
to packaging
86％

Fiscal year

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18Corporate Governancesystem with the aim of clearly distinguishing the

Corporate Governancemanagement s decision-making and supervisory

Corporate Governancefunctions from those of its business operations.
The Toyo Seikan Group considers that theManagement meetings involve the Chairman,

enhancement of corporate governance is the mostpresident, senior executive officers, executive

important issue in its business management and isofficers, heads of the respective divisions, and thecontinuously working towards this goal in order tochief of Toyo Seikan Group Corporate R&D, and arecontribute to society through corporate activities

held to promote swift strategic decisions at thewhile still maximizing corporate value and continuingmanagment level.

new development and evolution based on thefundamental philosophy that it has adhered to since

Adoption of a seven-division systemits foundation.

The company has adopted a seven-division systemthat comprises a Corporate Planning Division,

Management system

International Operations Division, Corporate

Toyo Seikan has adopted a management system

Administration Division, Sales & Marketing Division,

involving a Board of Corporate Auditors, and each

Material Purchasing & Environment Division,

auditor supervises the business duties executed by

Production & Operations Division, and a Technology

the directors and oversees the company s& Packaging Development Division.

management. At present, the Board of Directors is

In addition, at three of the divisions (Sales &composed of thirteen board members, including

Marketing, Production & Operations, and Technology

three external directors.

& Packaging Development), a Division Office has

The term of office for directors is fixed at one year to

been established to formulate operational strategies

allow directors to take on definite management rolesat the division level and to encourageand to produce a flexible structure that can respondcommunication between divisions.

quickly to changes in the business environment.
The Board of Corporate Auditors is composed of fiveauditors, including three external auditors.

Internal audit system through the Internal Audit Office
The Internal Audit Office, under the direct control ofthe president, has been established to strengthen

Strategy planning and business execution
through management meetings

the internal auditing system in order to ensure
maximum management efficiency and thoroughThe company has adopted an Executive Officer

oversight of all business activities, as well as

Management System
General Meeting of Shareholders
Election and Dismissal

Election and Dismissal

Election and Dismissal

Integrated Risk Countermeasures Committee
Internal Audit Office

Representative Directors

Personal Information Protection Committee
Business
Operation Audit

Management Meetings
Executive Officers
Respective Divisions
Collaboration

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Central Environmental Committee
Central Safety and Health Committee

Accounting
Audit

Accounting Auditor

Board of Corporate Auditors

Board of Directors

Group to be at the heart of its business plans. In

Execution status of corporate governance
In FY2008, the Board of Directors met twelve times
to discuss and make decisions on important agenda
regarding statutory items and businessother words, the establishment and execution of all
the business strategies is based on the concept ofCSR-based management.

CSR-based management, from a global point of view

administration, and to oversee the conditions of the

The Toyo Seikan Group, including 74 companies

business operations. The company also held otherwith wide-ranging business and management styles,

meetings, including 36 Management Meetings andhas consistently focused on the packaging businessthose of other important committees, such as

throughout its history, directed towards the welfare

Integrated Risk Management, Complianceof mankind. Recently, the Group expanded its

Promotion, Information Management Committee,

business into Thailand, China, Vietnam, theCentral Environment, and Central Safety and Health,Philippines, and Malaysia and has established 27

in an effort to ensure the sound execution ofoverseas subsidiaries with a growing number of new

corporate governance.

stakeholders, including local employees.

Group Company Business Administration Regulations

Corporate Governancecompliance with all rules and regulations.

The Toyo Seikan Group, in an effort to carry out fairbusiness activities and contribute to the

The Group Company Business Administration

development of other countries and regions, isRegulations were established in July 2007 todetermined to observe all relevant laws andpursue the overall optimization of the Toyo Seikan

regulations, respect the cultures and customs, andGroup and provide business administration andfoster relations based on mutual trust in these

support to the Group companies, while still

countries.

respecting their own individual administrative

In the future, the Group will work towards theinitiatives, in order to ensure efficiency, soundness

establishment of corporate codes of conduct thatand transparency in the business administration of

can serve as the basis of judgment criteria

the entire Toyo Seikan Group.

applicable throughout the world.

Executing CSR-based management
The Toyo Seikan Group considers the promotion ofCSR-based management throughout the entire

Group mid-term business planning

Pursuing group synergies

Maximizing the Group s corporate value

New business development (establishing foundations for growth fields and businesses)
Overseas business development (structuring businesses from a global viewpoint)

Furthering growth and improvement in the profitability of existing businesses
Executing CSR-based management

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20Compliance
Compliance Promotion Activities of
the Toyo Seikan Group
Compliance is a social responsibility that every
company must fulfill. The Toyo Seikan Group is
working to instill compliance awareness among

1.Building systems for promoting CSR (Corporate Social
Responsibility)-based management
2.Promoting the construction of an internal control
system based on the Corporation Law
3.Ensuring the reliability of financial statements based on
the Financial Instruments and Exchange Law
4.Working on compliance risk management
5.Reinforcing hotlines for consultation on compliance

Complianceexecutives and employees to ensure that everyone
will always take the right course of action and thatfair and proper corporate activities are carried out at
all times.
Toyo Seikan Group Compliance Promotion Committee
C h a i r m a n President of Toyo Seikan
M e m b e r s Presidents of the group companies
Toyo Kohan, Kohan Kogyo
Toyo Glass,Toyo-Sasaki Glass,Toyo Glass Machinery, Tokan Kogyo,
Nippon Tokan Package,
Japan Crown Cork,
Toyo Aerosol Industry,
Toyo Food Equipment,
Tokan Material Technology,
Honshu Seikan,
Nippon National Seikan,
Ryukyu Seikan, TOYO Mebius
Saiwai Trading, Tokan Kyoei,
Fukuoka Packing,Toyo Seihan, Toyo Denkai,
PET Refine Technology
O b s e r v e r Standing statutory auditor of
Toyo Seikan
Chief of secretariat

Chairman of the Toyo Seikan
Compliance Promotion Committee

The Toyo Seikan Group Compliance Promotion Committee

Revision of the Corporate Code of Conduct
The Corporate Code of Conduct is a set of
guidelines to help determine appropriate actions to
be taken by the company, each department, andeach executive and employee in order to carry out
fair corporate activities at all times.
Based on Toyo Seikan s Corporate Code of Conduct,each of the Group companies has created anddistributed a Corporate Code of Conduct appropriate
for its own business and management style,management concepts, and corporate culture.
The Corporate Code of Conduct is revised whenrequired to ensure compliance with the latest laws
and regulations by, for example, adding or deleting
relevant laws and regulations, correcting names, andadding in-house rules and important notices. The
revised Corporate Code of Conduct is distributed to

The Toyo Seikan Group Compliance Promotion

all employees, who are kept aware of it by such

Committee meets once every year to determine theactivities as periodic read-throughs at eachcompliance activity policies for the entire Group,business unit.

discuss any problems related to activities, andexchange information. The fifth meeting was held on
March 13, 2009 to determine the Group s FY2009
compliance activity policies as follows:

Shared use of external consultation hotlines
by Group companies
Two external consultation hotlines, the Sexual
Harassment and Interpersonal Relations Hotline andthe Toyo Seikan Group Corporate Ethics Hotline,

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have been set up to respond promptly and properly

lecture entitled The role of executives from theto problems and concerns encountered in everyday

viewpoint of CSR management: Changing thelife and are used jointly by all Group companies. In

company with CSR.

April 2008, they were reformed into hotlines that
can also deal with problems of interpersonal
relationships in the workplace and started handlinganonymous consultations and calls from employeesfamily members, resulting in an increase in the
Compliancenumber of consultations in FY2008.
Transition in the number of consultations
provided by the hotlines(Consultations)Sexual harassment and interpersonal relationships
Corporate ethics

100

80
36

60

Mr. Hiroji Tanaka, Senior Researcher, Business Ethics Research Center

40

Compliance promotion month
50

20
6

0

8

as an immediate problem, the Group designated

10

1

10

7

6

2004※

2005

2006

2007

In 2007, in order to raise awareness of complianceevery October as Compliance Promotion Month,

2008

Fiscal year

* The number for FY2004 represents consultations provided in August and later.

Questionnaire survey on complianceduring which all staff at each workplace areencouraged to reassess their words and actions oroperating procedures in light of the Corporate Codeof Conduct for all Group companies.

In July 2008, Toyo Seikan conducted a

In October 2008, Toyo Seikan conducted thequestionnaire survey on employee awareness offollowing activities:

compliance (5,154 employees in total). The results
will be published in the in-house journal and will also
be analyzed in detail by the Compliance Promotion
Committee in order to be reflected in promotion
activities.

・ Plant tour by the chairman of the Compliance
Promotion Committee
・ Submission of a Written Oath for Ethical andLegal Compliance (by general managers, plant
managers and managers)

Compliance training activities

・ Compliance slogan competition

Legal affairs seminar for new directors andexecutive officers in the Group・ Compliance quiz contest

In July 2008, Mr. Kantaro Toyoizumi, an attorneywith the Kawamura Law Office, was invited to theseminar to deliver a lecture on the roles and・ Monthly activities in each department(read-through of the Corporate Code of Conduct
and its guidelines, workshop on how to use theconsultation hotlines, etc.)

responsibilities of directors and executive officers
and the importance of compliance management.

In the future, close collaboration with the Group
companies will be pursued in an effort to maintain

CSR seminarand improve compliance activities.

In October 2008, Mr. Hiroji Tanaka of the Business
Ethics Research Center was invited to deliver a

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Risk Management
Risk Management Organizations

・Assessing the impact on the operations of eachdepartment and selecting high-priority operations
・Examining the draft outline of a businessIn accordance with the basic policies for internal

operation continuation plan (such as a crisis

control as specified in the Corporation Law, Toyomanagement system, division of roles, andSeikan established the Basic Rules for Risk
Management and the Basic Rules for Emergency

Risk Management

Response and formed the Integrated Risk
Countermeasures Committee in order to carry out
systematic risk management activities throughout
the company.

required activities)⑥ Debt collection risks
・Keeping track of the credit standing of business
partners
・Creating and revising debt management
procedures and informing relevant personnel ofthe handling methods

Risk management activities
At Toyo Seikan, seven critical risks have been

⑦ National risks
・Identifying and assessing national risks
・Planning and implementing measures against

identified by corporate resolution and are addressed

new strains of influenza (for employees stationed

through risk management activities conducted byoverseas and their families and employees whoeach primary control department and committee,

travel overseas on business trips)

working in collaboration across organizationalboundaries. In FY2008, the following activities wereconducted:

Integrated Risk Management Committee
In March 2009, the 3rd Integrated Risk

① Compliance risks

Management Committee met to check the・Identifying and assessing risks

management activity status for various risks and・Selecting the primary control departments andestablish the risk management activity policies anddeciding the countermeasures for risks

plans for FY2009.

② Quality risks
・Reviewing the Comprehensive Product Safety
Promotion Guidelines and the procedures forpreventing the occurrence and outflow of
defective products③ Environmental risks
・Constructing an environmental risk assessment
system・Company-wide standardization of check points
and methods used for confirming compliancewith environment-related laws and regulations④ Information security risks
・Identifying the information assets of eachdepartment
・Establishing information management rules and＜Major activity policies and plans for FY2009＞

specific management criteria and forming an

・Building a risk management system for various

information management committee⑤ Natural disaster and accident risks
・Conducting a survey to estimate potential
damage from a large earthquake andestablishing prerequisites

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risks (PDCA cycle)
・Creating an emergency response manual to be
used in a crisis

Initiatives for Reducing Information Security Risks
status and reports the audit results to the

Information Security Risks

President.

Toyo Seikan recognizes that information security
employee properly manages information owned by

In accordance with the creation of the Information

the company in an effort to reduce information

Management Committee, Information Management

security risks such as theft and leakage ofRules have also been established and activities for

information.

informing employees about the Rules are under way.
The information owned by each department is

Formation of the Information Management Committee

classified into four levels (Levels 1 through 4)

In April 2009, the Information Management

importance of contents and, for each level, the rules

Committee was formed to manage company-ownedfor display and storage, disposal, and duplication are

information systematically. For the sake of

specified and managed.

according to the confidentiality level and thecomprehensive information management, the former
Personal Information Protection Committee wasLevel 4: The leakage of this information would cause
serious trouble for our business partners andrelevant parties within the company, resulting
in loss of credibility, and would have asignificant impact on the business.
Level 3: The leakage of this information would cause
confusion or misunderstanding for ourbusiness partners and relevant departments
and would have an impact on the business.
Level 2: The leakage of this information would have arelatively small impact on the business.
Level 1: The leakage of this information, being publicdomain information, would have no impact on
the business.

absorbed into this new committee, for which the
President appoints the Director of the Corporate
Administration Division as the chairperson and its
activities will be carried out under the control of thischairperson in the future.
Whereas the Information Management Committee is
responsible for informing employees about the rules
on information management and quickly performing
troubleshooting, the daily management is carried out
by department managers on their own responsibility.
The Internal Audit Office assesses the activity

Initiatives for Reducing Information Security Risks

Establishment of Information Management Rules

risks may arise in corporate activities and so each

Outline of information management system
Audit report

President

Appoints the chairperson.
Audit report

Information audit
representative(Manager of Internal
Audit Office)Reports the management status, etc.
Information Management Committee

C h a i r m a n : Information management representative
To be appointed by the President from among the directors andexecutive officers
M e m b e r s : General managers of the Information System Department, Labor
Department, General Affairs Department, and Accounting
Department, and Secretary s OfficeSecretariat : Information System Department and Labor Department

Keeping employees informed of
instructions, rules, etc.
Audit

Management Meeting

Advice and support
on risk management

Report on risk
management

Integrated Risk
Management
Committee

Report and consultation

Relevant departments and plants

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Customer Relationships ‒ Bringing Safety and Security to the World
Delivering Products with Warmest Wishes

Toyo Seikan established the Comprehensive Product
Safety Promotion Guidelines to check the safety ofCustomer Relationships ‒ Bringing Safety and Security to the World

products in accordance with the Product Liability
Toyo Seikan delivers a wide range of packages

Law in an effort to maintain and improve productincluding those for food, beverages, and other daily

safety.

necessities to customers.

Packages must be made with full recognition of

We are confident that our customers can safely andcustomer needs. To achieve this objective, it issecurely enjoy our products manufactured using

essential to have an uninterrupted, consistentlong-accumulated experience, skills, and know-how

system for ensuring quality that includes thethat have been further improved to meet the needs

acquisition of materials required for packaging

of today.

through to the customer delivery of final products

Presently, our technologies are recognized aroundfilled with contents.

the world.

A traceability system has been established so thateach of the cans or packages that consumers use
can be traced through its history of manufacturing

Sensitive response to social changes

and distribution and its quality and product

Recently, there has been a succession of threats tomanagement status.

food safety both within and outside Japan. The

Toyo Seikan uses an ISO9001-compliant quality

safety and security of food in the past nevermanagement system in an effort to maintain andattracted so much public attention. This seems to

improve product quality that matches customer

have resulted from changes in the social

needs in an ever-changing market environment.

environment including those related to globalization.
Toyo Seikan, keeping up with these social changes,

List of ISO9001-certified plants

pursues the manufacture of excellent packages by

Chitose Plant

Saitama Plant Shizuoka Plant Hiroshima Plant

bringing together the technologies of Corporate

Sendai Plant

Kawasaki Plant

Ibaraki Plant

R&D, TOYO INSTITUTE OF FOOD TECHNOLOGY,

Ishioka Plant

Yokohama Plant

Osaka Plant[Applied technology] Technology & Packaging
Development Division, etc. in consideration of safety

Kiyama Plant

Quality management system certificate

and the environment to ensure safe use of theseproducts for our customers.
Connection to relevant departments in the manufacture of packages
Toyo College ofFood Technology

TOYO INSTITUTE OF
FOOD TECHNOLOGY[Basic research]
Toyo Seikan
Group
Corporate R&D

Head office

Customers

Sales & Marketing
Division・Sales・Generalpackages
Development
and marketing

Production &Operations Division
・Production
technologies
・CE
・Quality
assurance[Appliedtechnology]
Technology &Packaging
Development
Division

Plant

Pursuit of safety and security

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Working on Quality Assurance from theViewpoint of Customers
In response to customers recent growing concerns

Toyo Seikan is working to supply the world with safe

about safety and security, corporate initiatives for

packages that can be used with security.

quality management are more important than ever.

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We are continuing our activities in this regard based

forms of packages and define the most appropriate

on the declared policy of Delivering high-quality

package specifications.

products that will win customer loyalty.
selection of packages, improvements made on the

From the Manufacturing Floor

manufacturing floor, and support provided to

Packages must be appropriate for their purpose andaffiliated companies are always carried out in acontent. Various inspections and measurements aretrustworthy manner reflecting the customers

conducted in the package production processes andviewpoint.

on the completed packages in terms of dimensions,

Outline of our quality management systemappearance, and performance.
This process of inspections and measurements tocheck that packages are made in accordance withManagement responsibilities

the specifications will ensure the quality of theManagement review

packages.

Quality policies and quality objective management

Customer

Operation and management of resources

Customerrequirement

Products
Services

Customersatisfaction level

Customer Relationships ‒ Bringing Safety and Security to the World

Our product manufacturing activities including the

Product implementation
Order intake

Purchase

Production and storage

Shipment and delivery

Measurement, analysis, and improvement
Management of nonconforming products
Preventive measures

External audit

Corrective measures

Internal audit

Surveillancemeasurement

In an effort to improve safety and security, we have

Selection of Packages

recently introduced a latest-model inspection

A wide range of quality characteristics are required

machine that can conduct 100% inspection ofat all stages including production, marketing, andpackages to find any problem in any package.

consumption in order that the packaging can fulfill

All products including food and drug packages are

its required functions.

manufactured at hygienically controlled plants. We

Toyo Seikan recognizes customer needs as the

carry out 5S activities (seiri, seiton, seiketsu,

quality functions or quality characteristics required

seisou, and shitsuke: organization, neatness,of packages in order to select the raw materials andcleanliness, cleaning, and discipline) in order tocomply with the customer-first principle in safety

Quality functions and principal quality characteristics
required by customers
Quality functions

Quality characteristics

Sealability

Suitability for distribution
Packaging functions
Sanitation

Conservation stability

Decorative
aptitude Customize

External design

Custmer Requirements
Double screwing
Capping suitability
Sealability
Suitability for transportation
Suitability for vendors

and security and carry out trustworthy
manufacturing.
At the plants, we take care to promote continuous
maintenance and improvement of the manufacturing
environment for these packages, manufacturing
management through inspections andmeasurements, and risk prevention activities, etc.

Corrosion resistance andsterilization suitability
Quality preservation forcontents Elution resistance
Suitability fortransformable packaging
Suitability for decorative printing
Packaging information

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Quality Improvement Support for
Affiliated Companies

company joins our Group.
Recently, packages are increasingly being
purchased from overseas Group companies. These

The Toyo Seikan Group companies and more thanindexes are proving useful when technical support is

80 affiliated companies operate as strategic

given to such affiliated companies.

partners of Toyo Seikan to provide various packages
with the CAN mark to the world. The affiliatedCustomer Relationships ‒ Bringing Safety and Security to the World

companies constitute the driving force of thetrustworthy CAN mark.
For the affiliated companies that are contracted to

Example of indexes

manufacture Toyo Seikan products, we haveestablished a system for providing appropriate
instructions in accordance with indexes used todetermine if certain criteria have been met from theviewpoint of QCD (quality, cost, and delivery).
This system, which allows us to determine theadvantages and disadvantages of affiliatedcompanies and identify the instruction points to begiven to them at quality meetings, enables
maintenance and management at a certain quality
level.
This system is also adopted when a new affiliatedC o lum n ①

CAN mark of Toyo Seikan
The cans manufactured by Toyo Seikan bear the logo shown on the right.
This logo, referred to as the CAN mark, is the proof of reliability of Toyo Seikan.
Toyo Seikan used to focused on the sale of empty cans for canning and at the sometime pursued art
print cans by importing and installing a Fuchs & Lang rotary press at the Osaka Plant in place of aconventional lithographic press. This was the first rotary press for tinplate printing in Japan.
This high-performance rotary press delivered far better printing results than before. Therefore, we needed
to devise a logo that would help distinguish our cans at a glance from those of our competitors.
Mr. Yoshisuke Shindo, general manager of the Engineering Department at the time, took up his pen anddesigned the CAN mark by himself. We must grow, he said, beyond our narrow mentality of selling ourart cans only in Japan. We will sell them everywhere in the world. A kanji or kana logo will be recognized
only in Japan or China. An English logo is better because it will be understood worldwide. We will makewonderful Toyo Seikan art print cans that will be popular everywhere. This was the birth of the CAN markof Toyo Seikan.
An excerpt from the 50-Year History of Toyo Seikan

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Relationship with Business Partners
Introduction of Toyo Mebius
Enhancement of Supply Chain Management

Position and role of Toyo Mebius
In order to construct an optimal logistics system for

Backgroundappointed Toyo Mebius as the principal contractor ofsubsidiaries, each covering mainly the Tohoku,

physical distribution and decided to collectively

Kanto, and Kansai areas. However, it was considered

entrust the company with logistics operations suchthat independent company efforts would not be

as transportation, storage, and cargo-handling of its

sufficient to achieve the planned reduction of

products and other articles as well as associatedlong-distance transportation and nationwide

management operations.

expansion of operations for the sake of business

Therefore, Toyo Mebius is no longer a logistics

expansion. As of October 2008, the threesubsidiary like its predecessors but rather a generalcompanies were merged into Toyo Mebius Co., Ltd.

logistics company that includes the functions of thelogistics department of Toyo Seikan. Toyo Mebius

Purposes of merging

will make the most of a nationwide network includingThis merger was conducted mainly for three

17 branch offices, six logistics centers, and one

purposes:

office to reduce the logistics costs in collaboration① The consolidation of companies of the samewith Toyo Seikan and realize supply chain

business improves the company quality throughmanagement (SCM) including customer services.

improved efficiency of operations and efficient

The company s name, Toyo Mebius, means that it

assignment of personnel.

will serve the function of both procurement logistics② The construction of a nationwide transportation

Relationship with Business Partners

sharing logistics strategies, Toyo Seikan has

Toyo Seikan used to have three logistics

and product logistics in order to contribute toand distribution network and sharing of logistics

completing the circle of recycling (Möbius Stripe), a

assets expands the scope of operations andmanagement vision of the Toyo Seikan Group.

improves the profitability.
③ The unification of logistics functions eliminates
redundant functions and thus reduces logistics
costs.

Outline of Toyo Mebius supply chain

Flow of articles
Flow of information

Supplier of raw materials

Toyo Seikan plant
Production process

Material
warehouse

Product
warehouse

Toyo Mebius
branch, etc.

External warehouse

Carrier

Fillingplant

Retailshop

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Relationship with Employees

The employees who work for the company play a keyrole in its corporate activities. Toyo Seikan pursues

Benefit systems

Paid holidays

Support for Improvement of Individual
Worker s Abilities through Respect for
Their Individuality

individuality of its employees.
At Toyo Seikan, we are committed to creating aworkplace in which a high standard of ethics is
upheld and human rights and individuality isrespected in order to fully utilize our employees
abilities and individuality.
As part of our efforts in this regard, a new personnel
evaluation system was adopted in January 2009,
showing the criteria for actions and roles more
specifically in order to realize the description ofLivelihood support

Relationship with Employees

workplace by respecting the human rights andParental and family carethe development of a safe, hygienic and dynamic

personnel required by the company. Furthermore, theopportunities for employees and their superiors to
consult with each other. A personal interview isdefined as a time for deepening mutual
understanding between an employee and his/hersuperior and encouraging the growth of theCommendation

personal interview system for feedback provides

Systems

Description

Usage status

Half-daypaid
holidaysystemTen out of all the annual paid holidays (20half-days) can be taken as paid half-day
holidays.

Used 7,435
times in
FY2008

Unusedpaid holiday
carry-oversystemEach employee can carry over up to 30 unused paid holidays that have not yet expired,in addition to the regular paid holidays. These unused paid holidays can be used if theemployee cannot work for 7 calendar days or longer due to personal injury or sickness
or must care for a family member or wants to carry out volunteer activities.

Used by 36
employees(561 days intotal) in FY2008

Parental
leavesystem

Employees who are raising children under the age of one can takeparental leave upon application. Employees who are raising children
younger than school age can reduce their working hours (by two hours
per day at the maximum) or change their hours upon application.

Used by 47
employees in
FY2008

Familycare
leavesystem

Employees who have a dependent family
member in need of nursing care can take a totalof 365 days of family-care leave or reduce orchange their working hours upon application.

Not used in
FY2008Company
All the business units in Japan own
housescompany houses and dormitories to supply
and
low-rent housing to employees.
dormitories

Accommodating
1,011 employees
as of the endof March 2009

Housingloan
systemThe company loans funds to employees ata low interest rate to help them purchase ahouse.

Used by 2
employees in
FY2008Loansystem

Employees who need to cover an expense due to sickness or other
unforeseen circumstances of their own or their dependent family
members can obtain a loan (three million yen at the maximum) fromthe company at no interest for one year upon application.

Used by 5
employees in
FY2008

Employeecommendation
system

Employees who show remarkable ingenuity
and/or make excellent learning efforts inrelation to their job are given a
company-wide commendation once a year.

16 cases in
FY2008Long-service
employeecommendation
system<25 years of service>Travel coupons worth 70,000
yen or a pair of deluxe watches<Retirement age>Travel coupons worth 50,000 to
400,000 yen depending on the length of service

Commendation in FY2008(Commendation for 25 yearsof service)79 employees(Commendation at retirementage)145 employees

employee.

Employment of disabled persons

In recent years, Toyo Seikan has actively expanded

The disabled person employment rate is 2.04% (asoverseas and so the number of expatriate personnelof March 1, 2009), thereby complying with the legal

has increased. To foster personnel who are capable

employment rate. In the future, disabled personof working in a global environment, we are reinforcing

employment will be systematically promoted, every

employee education through language training

year. The Osaka Plant is collaborating with the local

programs and overseas assignment of young

special support school (formerly called a school forengineers.

handicapped children) to receive students forhands-on training starting in their first year of senior

Description of personnel required by the company○Personnel who are highly capable of identifying
problems, i.e., tracking down essential problems inbusiness operations from a broad perspective○Personnel who address the identified problems on
their own initiative○Personnel who inspire the involvement of theirsubordinates, superiors, and colleagues and promote
problem solving by making the most of the combined
power as a team
○Personnel who are able to conclude negotiations withvaried stakeholders within and outside the company
and deliver results○Personnel with the enthusiasm to persevere until
results are achieved

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high school and provide them with a two-weektraining segment twice in their third year,
encouraging their job applications. Through thistraining, we confirm the trainees willingness to workfor us, identify the capability, suitability, andpersonality of each trainee, and develop an
environment in which they can display their ability to
the fullest by, for example, creating aneasy-to-understand work procedure as required.

Thus, we are building a workplace where all theknowledge-oriented training and experience-based

employees can work together without anxiety.

training by actually using machinery.

Career improvement support

A program has also been established to provide
support for employees who wish to develop further
skills and abilities, on their own initiative. Those who

employees to acquire official certifications andhave completed correspondence courses arelicenses related to business operations throughreimbursed the total amount of the course fees. This

their own initiative and thus improve the level ofprogram was used by 2,648 participants in FY2008.
Layer

Training for each layer

licenses designated by the company in order toLegal training for
new board members

opportunities in order to develop workers who areinnovative, flexible and highly creative. The

Technical Education Center was constructed andtraining equipment was installed. At this Center,next-generation engineers receive

New recruit layer

priority to manufacturing training. In 2005, theMid-level employee
training

University graduate correspondence
courses and taking of tests TOEIC,Business Law 3rd grade,and Bookkeeping 3rddevelopment, consists of three principal types:

As a manufacturer, Toyo Seikan naturally gives highResearch anddevelopment andmanagement
sales departments
Logical thinking

University graduate collective
training at head office

employees are primarily responsible for their own

for each function, and support for self-development.

Manufacturing
Department
Problemsolving
training

New recruit training

education system, based on the premise that

education for each layer of employment, education

Workplace leader
training course

Senior high school
and technicalcollege graduates
Workplace OJT

University
graduates
Workplace
visiting training

Senior high school andtechnical college graduates
Correspondence course
Classroom
education

Plant visiting
training

Official Certification Incentive Systemcompany. Toyo Seikan provides many educational

New subsection
chief training

Foreign language training

Human resources are important assets for any

New Section chieftraining

Dispatch of employees to external training courses and seminars

Education and training system

Toyo Seikan Group
Business College (TSGBC)

Support for TOEIC testing

Designated certifications: 57
FY2008 applicants: 79

CommonAssistance in correspondence courses

Official Certification Incentive System

Educationfor eachfunction

Special training at each department (such as STEP education on manufacturing)assist the career development of employees.

Mid-level employee
layer

to those who have acquired official certifications andSupervisor Administrator Management
layer
layer
layer

operations. This system offers a financial incentive

Relationship with Employees

An incentive system is available to encourage

Correspondence courses
for prospective employees,
currently at university
taking of tests TOEIC

C o lum n ②

Experience with the Official Certification Incentive System
In 2003, when I was engaged in the planning, design, and development of an information
system, I passed the Professional Engineer Test (Information Engineering). Later, I learned
about patent attorneys in the course of acquiring a patent for the system that I designed anddeveloped, and decided to take the Patent Attorney Examination, successfully passing it in2007. While studying for these tests, I learned to make effective use of my time during thecommute to work and on holidays. To allocate considerable time to study, however, I seldom
Satoshi Harada, office ofinternal Audit. Head Officewent out during holidays and stayed at home alone studying during summer vacation, letting mywife and children go to the movies without me. I think I was able to acquire these certifications

because my family supported me in this way and I am really grateful to them. In my current position at the Internal Audit
Office, I carry out the daily audit operations making the most of the knowledge acquired through my studies.

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Safe and Comfortable Workplace
Safety activities
Toyo Seikan conducts not only risk assessment as

Relationship with Employees

specified in the Industrial Safety and Health Law but２）Implementation of specific health examinations
and specific health guidance programs３）Decrease in the number of employees working
long hours, and enhancement of healthmanagement
４）Enhanced health management for employees

also question-posing safety patrols as a uniquestationed abroad: Overseas expansion has

form of safety activity improved from ordinary safety

resulted in more employees being stationed or

patrols. These safety patrols, unlike conventional

staying for a long time at affiliated companies inpatrols based on 5S elements, are conducted using

Southeast Asia and other parts of the world. To

techniques of fixed-point observation of the work andhelp expatriate employees and their families live

procedures and dialog with workers in order towithout anxiety, we have established a healthidentify potential accident triggers and prevent their

management system consisting mainly of nursing

occurrence. In particular, countermeasures against

personnel to provide various preventive

pinched and caught accidents are importantvaccinations, health checkups before, during, andsafety activities. There are several types of theseafter overseas assignments, and healthparticular hazard simulators custom-made by the

consultations.

Education Center, which are used for periodical
simulator training to raise the safety awareness of
employees.

Safety performance in FY2008:
April 1, 2008 to March 31, 2009
Severity rate

Chitose Plant

2.61

0.037

201

Sendai Plant

0

0

1,721

Ishioka Plant

0

0

1,668

Kuki Plant

0

0

700

Saitama Plant

0.998

0.019

270

Kawasaki Plant

0

0

2,765

Yokohama Plant

0

0

583

Shimizu Plant

0

0

3,076
3,373

Shizuoka Plant

00

Toyohashi Plant

1.72

0.033

54

Takatsuki Plant

0

0

1,195

Ibaraki Plant

0

0

979

Osaka Plant

0

0

903

In FY2008, health activities were conducted in

Hiroshima Plant

0

0

945

accordance with the following policies.

Kiyama Plant

0

0

903

Technology ＆ Packaging
Development Division

0

0

5,068

Hazard simulators

Health activities

１）Provision of mental health education: At eachplant, training activities such as stressmanagement education are conducted. A total ofthree industrial physicians specializing in mental
health are under contract with the company.
Nursing personnel permanently stationed at eachplant are actively acquiring the special Industrial
Counselor certificate related to mental health,with 11 of the nursing personnel already certified.
The industrial physicians, nursing
personnel, and Control Department collaborate tomaintain the support system for employees.

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Number of days without
accidents as of theend of March 2009

Frequency
rate

Plant

Social and Environmental Reports* The values for the head office, consisting only of clericaldepartments, are excluded from the population parameters.

* The frequency rate is the number of casualties resulting from industrial
accidents per one million actual man-hours, which indicates the frequency of
accident occurrence.

Frequency rate =Number of casualties resulting
from industrial accidents
Total number of man-hours

×1,000,000* The severity rate is the number of work days lost per one million actual
man-hours, which indicates the severity of accidents.

Severity rate =Number of work days lost due tocasualties in industrial accidents
Total number of man-hours

×1,000* As criteria, the number of days without accidents is counted from the next
day after the latest accident accompanied by lost worktime.

Relationship with Society - Aiming for a Responsible Corporate Role in Society
The Toyo Seikan Group is constantly pursuing
sincere and transparent disclosure of information

Pursuit of collaborative communicationand open communications at all stages of business

The Web site of Toyo Seikan has been completely

activities.

rebuilt. To provide opportunities for communications
with various stakeholders, the new Web site

Reinforcing Communications with Customers

provides a wealth of technical information about our
products, with changes made to the layout and asearch function added to facilitate access todesired information.

Relationship with Society - Aiming for a Responsible Corporate Role in Society

The Toyo Seikan Group provides opportunities fordiscussions with various stakeholders, with whom awide range of departments have established arelationship based on mutual trust from theirrespective positions. We are determined to maximize
the corporate value of the entire Group throughtimely information disclosure and communications.
Correlation between stakeholders
Customer

Supplier

Improvement ofcustomer satisfaction
Supply of safe,
high-quality products

Green purchase
Fair trade

Employee

Stockholder

Local community

Job satisfaction
Comfortableworkplaceenvironment

Improvement ofcorporate value
Information
disclosure

EnvironmentfriendlinessSocialcontribution

Toyo Seikan Group
Philosophy of Packaging
and Nurturing
Social contribution activities
through operations

Environmental and Social Report 2008
The FY2008 edition is the tenth issue of this report,
which describes the vision, corporate activities, andenvironmental protection initiatives to help
customers understand the activities of Toyo Seikan
and the Toyo Seikan Group. In the future,questionnaires, Web pages, and other means will be

Disclosure of Investor Relations (IR)* Information
Toyo Seikan has strived to enhance investor

used to communicate with customers. The opinions
and comments that we receive will be used as
feedback on our corporate activities.

relations (IR) since FY2008. Both a booklet for
stockholders and an Investors Guide, a report forinternational investors, were created to increase thecommunication opportunities. Furthermore, Toyo
Seikan s Web pages carry IR information to supply
required information in a timely manner.

* Investor relations (IR): Public relations for investors. IR
refers to activities carried out by a company to help
investors and people in general acquire a better
understanding of the company in order to enhance thecorporate image and to inform financial and securities
organizations and investors.

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Relationship with Society - Aiming for a Responsible Corporate Role in Society

Entry in Exhibitions

Stakeholders Meetings

In FY2008, the Toyo Seikan Group submitted

Toyo Seikan holds stakeholders meetings to provide

entries to two exhibitions: Tokyo Pack 2008 andopportunities for communications.

Eco-Products 2008. With the focus on various

In FY2009, a fourth meeting was held inenvironment protection initiatives, we were able tocollaboration with the Japan Council on the UN

inform various stakeholders about the excellent

Decade of Education for Sustainable Development

technologies of the Toyo Seikan Group.

(ESD-J), where opinions were exchanged on the
expectations for and collaboration with Toyo Seikan

Tokyo Pack 2008
The largest packaging exhibition in the Asian region,

from the viewpoint of ESD-J.
2009 Toyo Seikan Stakeholders Meeting

Tokyo Pack 2008, was held on October 7 to 11.
Based on the theme Power Solution: Powers ofDevelopment and Solution, six of the Toyo SeikanGroup companies (Toyo Seikan, Toyo Kohan, Toyo
Glass, Tokan Kogyo, Japan Crown Cork, and Nippon
Tokan Package) made a joint presentation.

Date & time：14:00 to 17:00 on Wednesday, May 20, 2009P l a c e：Head office of Toyo Seikan Kaisha, Ltd.
Members：Coordinator, Ms. Chisato Murakami, Secretariat
Chief, ESD-J

From ESD-J
Michiko Itoh, Technical Specialist,
Toyama National College of Technology
Hiroyuki Hirata, Member, Environmental Partnership Council
Ikuo Sugimoto, Director, ESD-J and President, Citizens
Environmental Foundation
Masakazu Sasaki, Secretariat Member in charge ofCorporate Collaboration and Training, ESD-J

From Toyo Seikan
Corporate Planning Department: Kakiuchi, Manager
General Affairs Department: Koezuka
Personnel Department: Ueno, Manager
Marketing Department: Yoshihara, Manager; Funahashi,

Eco-Products 2008
In FY2008, the Toyo Seikan Group submitted an

Manager; Hagi, and Morimura
Environment Department: Miyazawa, General Manager;
Masaki, Manager; Komatsu, Manager; and Aoyagi

entry to Eco-Products 2008, the largest
environmental exhibition in Japan. Witheasy-to-understand poster displays, presentations
and enjoyable events such as quiz shows, our booth
received more than 5,000 visitors during the threedays from December 11 to 13.

Since this was the first time for Toyo Seikan
employees and NPO members to meet each other,
Toyo Seikan explained their initiatives while theNPOs explained their activities to help understandeach other s activities. The NPO members, which
are seeking to improve education, provided usefulideas for determining the roles and activity goals
expected of us, a packaging company.

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We will review the ideas exchanged and selectCommunity Cleanup Activities

initiatives to focus on, which will be further examinedin collaboration with ESD-J.

Each of the plants of the Toyo Seikan Group is
actively participating in community cleanup

Holding the Environmental
Report Discussion Meeting

activities in order to contribute to the developmentof an aesthetically pleasing and comfortable town.
periphery of each plant, as well as collaborative

consider improvements to the environmental report.

activities involving neighborhood residents and otherWe received frank opinions from ten participants

companies, thereby assisting in the development offrom various head office departments. Since reports

a better community. Furthermore, all plants actively

from other companies were also presented andparticipate in the cleanup campaigns conducted incompared with that of Toyo Seikan, the problems

their respective communities.

and tasks facing us became much clearer. All these
opinions will be reflected in the reports issued from
FY2009.
In the future, we intend to prepare a report that
better reflects the opinions of the staff at large andthe answers to a questionnaire included in thereport.

● Participation in joint cleanup activities in theindustrial area
● Clean-up of the Miho Masaki Coast● Participation in the Mikawa Bay Akemi Area

Relationship with Society - Aiming for a Responsible Corporate Role in Society

Regular cleanup activities are conducted around the
In March 2009, Toyo Seikan held a meeting tozero-garbage campaign● Participation in Sendai Harbor volunteer cleanup
activities● Participation in the campaign for eliminating
empty cans and other scattered garbage● Participation in the Tsurumi cleanup campaign● Cleanup of the Tama River dry riverbed, etc.

The principal opinions made at the meeting (excerpt):○The report should include the process
leading up to a result, not just the result.
○Is it possible to include information on theoverseas activities of the Toyo SeikanGroup?
○A personal touch could be added to thereport by including the names andphotographs of collaborators.
○We could add more columns and makebetter use of blank space.
○Round fonts and designs could be used togive the report a friendlier appearance.

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Environmental Education
Environment-related education at plants
As part of the ISO14001 environment management
activities, the Toyo Seikan Group regularly provides
general education and special education

Relationship with Society - Aiming for a Responsible Corporate Role in Society

opportunities to all employees at each plant, aimed
at sharing expert knowledge and skills.
In addition, each plant actively gives presentations
outside the company. For example, the Chitose Plant

Prof. Eiji Hosoda, Faculty of Economics, Keio Universityof Toyo Seikan explained the company s principles
concerning the environment and environment-friendly
packages at an informal technical gathering held at
the Chitose Institute of Science and Technology.

Activities in Recycling Organizations
Toyo Seikan, as a total packaging manufacturer, wasactively involved in recycling long before theContainers and Packaging Recycling Law was
Nakazato, Plant Manager of the Chitose Plant of Toyo Seikan

enacted in 1997.
Since its foundation, Toyo Seikan has participated in

Environmental seminars at the head
office of Toyo Seikan

recycling organizations dealing with various types of
packaging and continues to submit proposals toadministrative bodies and general consumers

Starting in 2000, an annual environmental seminarthrough various associations. The company

has been held at the head office, as part of theparticipates in exhibitions as a member of theseenvironmental education program, featuring an

associations and conducts a wide range of recycling

invited guest speaker from outside the company. In

education activities.

the seminar held in June 2009, there were about 90
participants from the Toyo Seikan Group. The lecture
was well received because the speaker discussed
Corporate Waste and the Formation of a
Recycling-Based Society, which is a serious issue

Organization name

Posts

Japan Steel Can Recycling Association Vice-chairman, director, executive member
Japan Aluminum Can Recycling AssociationVice-chairman, planning member

PET Bottle Council

President, director, member of committees

Council for PET Bottle Recycling

President, director, member of committees

the lecture easy to understand. These helpful

Plastic Packaging Recycling Council

Planning and steering member

seminars will continue next year and beyond.

The Japan Containers andDirector, PET bottle business member,
Packaging Recycling Association plastic package business member

for enterprises, and because the use of familiar
examples such as PET Refine Technology (see Page15), a new member of the Toyo Seikan Group, made35

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Social Contribution Activities

Japan Crown Cork

The Toyo Seikan Group, extending its basic policy of

The Okayama Plant of Japan Crown Cork participates

contributing to society with packaging technology,

in the Okayama Forest for Cohabitation and the

conducts social contribution activities outside its

Beautiful Forestation Campaign, two of several

main line of business.

events held by the Okayama prefectural government
in order to help prevent global warming. In the

On November 8, 2008, the fourth Toyo Kohan

FY2008 Okayama Forest for Cohabitation event,plant participants experienced full-scale logging
operations using chain saws.

Community Exchange Day was held at the
Kudamatsu Plant of Toyo Kohan. The event received
some 4,000 visitors, many of them in families withchildren, who enjoyed plant tours, open-air stalls,
bazaars, and stage events. A Coupons for Cans
campaign was conducted to give away one coupon
for the open-air stalls in exchange for five empty

Relationship with Society - Aiming for a Responsible Corporate Role in Society

Toyo Kohan

cans and successfully reclaimed about 10,000
cans.

Toyo Seikan
The Kiyama Plant of Toyo Seikan collaborated ingreening activities to create a safe promenade inharmony with nature in the FY2008 Saga Green
Fund Subsidized Project and planted young cherrytrees along the Akimitsu River Breakwater Road on
the eastern side of the First Plant. Plant employees
are hoping to see the trees grow quickly so thatcherry blossoms can be enjoyed in addition to thegreenery.

C olum n ③

Rooftop Gardening at the Toyo Seikan
Head Office Building
The head office of Toyo Seikan is in the Saiwai Building in
Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo. In November 2008, a garden was
created on the roof of the building. The project had long
been postponed because the effective area was too small
due to the outdoor units for air conditioners and windowcleaning machines. It was finally decided to create therooftop garden to help alleviate, even if only a little, theheat island phenomenon.

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Overseas News: Overseas Business Development of TULC
Overseas Marketing of EnvironmentFriendly Products
Toyo Seikan s TULC metal can is manufactured withsignificantly reduced CO2 emissions and zero water
consumption / waste. The company intends toexpand the use of this superior technology in theOverseas News: Overseas Business Development of TULC/External Evaluations and Commendations

global market to help preserve the global
environment.
TULC is particularly suitable for Asia, Africa, andother parts of the world where water shortages are aserious problem.
In FY2007, the first TULC line outside Japan was
introduced in Thailand (Bangkok Can Manufacturing).
At present, Toyo Seikan is building a second line in
Thailand (Next Can Innovation) and planning to

Next Can Innovation building under construction

introduce another in China (Guangzhou).

External Evaluations and Commendations
The products of Toyo Seikan have won the following contest awards:
Award

18th Aoki Katashi
Award for New
Technology

2008 Japan
Packaging Contest
Japan Star Award(Green Japan Center
Director s Award)

2008 World Star
ContestWorld Star Award

2008 Japan
Packaging Contest
Packaging Technology
Award (Proper
Packaging Award)

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Product and description

PhotographMulti BLOCK (Multi-layered olefin
container with oxygen scavenger):
A bottle with the conventional oxygen barrierr
function of a multi-layered plastic container plus anoxygen scavenger function for incoming oxygengenfrom outside the bottle, thus extending thebest-before date.

Universal Lightweight Bottle (ULB),, PET
bottle for aseptic filling system:
PET bottle for drinks, significantly lighter but justas strong as a conventional two-liter bottle, easy
to use, and easily collapsible for reduced weight.
The neck with a circular cross-section makes it
easy to carry the bottle and pour the contents.
This product was entered in the 2008 World Star
Contest held by the World Packaging Organization(WPO) and won the World Star Award, becoming adouble-winner, in Japan and in the world.

GT-CAP (Degassing cap for aerosolcans):A cap with a function for releasing the remaining
gas from a used aerosol product for safe disposal(The award was jointly received by Toyo Seikan and
Goto Kanagata Kogyosho.)

Host
Oxygenscavenger
layer

Inner layer

Outer
layer

Japan Society ofPolymer Processing

Barrier layers

Japan Packaging
Institute

WPO：World
Packaging
Organization

Japan Packaging
InstituteEnvironmental Report
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Environmental Management

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Operation of the ISO14001-compliant Integrated System

41

Initiatives to Prevent Global Warming

43

Initiatives for Waste Reduction and Recycling

44

LCA Initiatives

45

3R Initiatives

46

Substance Flow from an Environmental Point of View

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FY2008 Environmental Activities Report

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Environmental Targets for FY2009 and Beyond

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Environmental Targets of Toyo Seikan Group

Environmental Policies of the Toyo Seikan Group
Each of the Toyo Seikan Group companies establishes environmental policies and acts inaccordance with the following basic philosophy.
Toyo Seikan Group Environmental Policies (Established in August 2002)
The Toyo Seikan Group clearly recognizes that protection and substantial improvement of the global
environment are the most important challenges facing the human race and is committed to contributing to thebetterment of human life and culture while considering the environment in all aspects of its corporate activities.

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Environmental Management
Environmental
nmental Vision of the Toyo Seikan Group

Promotion of green purchase,
physical distribution and saleContinuous creation of
eco-friendly products
・Increase in the ratio of eco-friendly products
・Qualitative improvement of eco-friendly products
・Sale of eco-friendly products

・Promotion of green purchase・Construction of eco-friendly, efficientphysical distribution and sale systems
Promotion of environmental
management and construction ofan environmental management
information system

Environmental Management

・Construction of an integrated
environment management system
Promotion of the reduction of・Construction of an environmental
Promotion of resource recycling
management information system environmental impact resulting
・Increase in the resource recycling of wastes
from production activities
・Effective utilization of wastes
・
Minimizationof the environmental impact basic unit
・Promotion of recycling business・Thorough reduction of environmental impact
・Construction of eco-friendly production methods
and systems
Promotion of environmental
communications
・Publicity regarding environmental activities
・Promotion of social action activities

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Promotion of group environmental management
In July 2002, the Toyo Seikan Group Environmental Committee was organized to promote group environmental
management.
Since its foundation, the committee has been meeting twice a year to discuss issues related to environmental
management and manage the progress of the activities of the entire group.

Pursuit of the Group Environmental Vision
The Group is pursuing a management goal directed towards harmonization of packaging and the global
environment by working on the promotion of environmental management through the participation of all
members.
To carry out environment management activities, the Group formulated an Environmental Vision in May 2004,
consisting of the following six items:
I.

Ongoing creation of eco-friendly products

II. Promotion of the reduction of environmental impact resulting from production activities
III. Greener purchase, distribution and sale
IV. Promotion of resource recycling
V. Promotion of environmental communications
VI. Promotion of environmental management and construction of an information system for environmental
management

In February 2006, the Toyo Seikan Group Eco Action Plan 2010 (summarizing environmental targets andaction plans up to 2010) was established to help realize this Environmental Vision. All the Group companies
will pursue the realization of this Environmental Vision by FY2010 by supporting activities based on this action
plan in order to achieve its targets.

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Operation of the ISO14001-compliant Integrated System

Environment Management
Organization

Environmental management organization chart
Central environmental
committee

Toyo Seikan has established anenvironment management

President

organization that promptly
implements the environmental

Chairman of the central
environmental committee(Director of the Material
Purchasing & Environment Division)

management in response to

Internal
environment auditor

various environment-related
problems. There are two(Internal environment
audit team)Central environment
management representative

committees under the control ofEnvironmental
subcommittee(Manager of theEnvironment Department)

the president: the Central

Central secretariat

Environmental Committee and the(Chemical substancemanagement working group)(Environment
Department)

Plant Environmental Committee,
each headed by their respective
Members plant environmental
committee chairman

committee chairperson. This

(Division directors, plant managers,
general managers)organization ensures that
information flows smoothly fromtop management to executing

Plant environment
management
representative

department and vice versa.

Construction and Operation of
the ISO14001-compliant
Company-wide Integrated System

Members

Plant secretariat(Environment conservation
promotion member,Resource
utilization promotion member)(Managers ofexecuting departments)

Company-wide integrated system

Special working groups①Energy conservation②Chemical substancemanagement③Resource utilization

Plant environmental
committee

Toyo Seikan operates an

Operation of the ISO14001-compliant Integrated System

policies formulated by the top

environment management system
to ensure that environmental

Central Environmental

the policies for environmental

activities are continuously

Committee facilitates

measures can be incorporated in

improved as part of its activities.

communications between thethe basic research stage of newStarting with the Saitama Plant incentral organization and the

products, Toyo Seikan will

1999, the Toyo Seikan plants

plants.

continue to improve its

acquired external ISO14001② Sharing of information aboutcertification one by one and, byinitiatives taken at one plant

the end of November 2005, theallows all the other plants toplant-based certification

unify their activities andacquisition was completed but for

upgrade their levels.

a few exceptions.

③ Since a mutual internal audit isenvironmental management.

Support to immediate subsidiaries
Toyo Seikan is committed tosupporting its immediate

In FY2007, the company unified

conducted between plants, it

subsidiaries. In December 2008,

the systems to establish a

can also provide a different

the Hyogo Plant of Honshu

company-wide integrated system

viewpoint, which may lead to

Seikan acquired ISO14001

to carry out activities in a more

the discovery of new problems

certification.

integrated manner. This system

and awareness of others good

integration has had the following

points.

effects:

In 2009, Corporate R&D joined① The monthly meeting of thethe integrated system. Now that

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Initiatives to Prevent Global Warmingfrom the power companies.

FY1990 level, by FY2010. Toyo

Activities for reducing CO2

Seikan is working toward thisemissions are progressing

target through the concerted

satisfactorily. If the same primaryefforts of the head office andunit as in the previous year wereplants.

used for calculation, the emission

Measures being implemented by

The Toyo Seikan Group defineslevel would be 584,000 tons,

the head office departments:

its carbon dioxide emissions asshowing a decrease.

①Promotion of eco projects

CO2 emissions during the
production process
Carbon dioxide emissions
during the production process

the total amount of carbon
Initiatives to Prevent Global Warming

dioxide resulting from the use ofelectric power, carbon dioxide
accompanying the burning offuels, carbon dioxide generated
from the burning of solvents
included in materials, and the(energy conservation forequipment)

FY2010 reduction target for
carbon dioxide emissions②Consolidation andrestructuring of production

Toyo Seikan Group:-13%,
compared to the FY1990 levellines③New technology development

Toyo Seikan:-6%,
compared to the FY1990 level

Measures being implemented by
the plants:

manufacture of raw materials.
Total CO2 emissions for the Toyo
Seikan Group in FY2008 were1,527,000 tons, approximately①Promotion of reduction of CO2

Reduction initiatives undertaken
by Toyo Seikan

emissions based on the
ISO14001-compliant

equal to the FY2007 level. On

Toyo Seikan is working towards acompany-wide integrated

the one hand, the amount ofcarbon dioxide emission reduction

systemenergy used for production

target of 6%, compared to thedecreased due to energy
conservation efforts undertakenby the Group companies and adrop in demand due to theeconomic downturn. On the other
hand, there was an increase in
the primary unit of CO2 emissions

Transition of CO2 emissions
CO2 emissions (thousand tons)

Toyo Seikan
Toyo Seikan Group

2,000

from the power companies.

1,705

Consequently, emissions
remained approximately equal to
the FY2007 level.

1,761 1,754
1,726

1,637

1,500

1,531 1,527

In FY2008, Toyo Seikan emitted
638,000 tons of CO2, anincrease of 27,000 tons

1,000

compared to the FY2007 level.
This was due to an increase inemissions resulting from power

500

517

624

654

667

651

673

732

683

649

611

638

consumption that accounts for
78% of total emissions because
there was an increase in the
primary unit of CO2 emissions

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1990

1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Fiscal year

other hand, opportunities to use

to reduce CO2 emissions:marine transportation are

１．Reduction of inventories togradually declining trend because

decrease the storage amountlong-distance transportation has

outside the company and

The FY2008 level of CO2

decreased. Meanwhile, railway

increase the opportunities foremissions from the logistics

transportation is not particularly

direct transportation.

department of Toyo Seikan wasadvantageous even in terms of

53,000 tons, 94% of thecost due to the need to securesystem with optimized

FY2007 level (target: 88%) andtransportation quotas,

production opportunities

85% of the FY1999 level (target:

constraints on transportation

through a demand-supply80%), marking a decrease

equipment, and terminal

system and improved

although not achieving the target.

transportation using trucks. In the

production capacity so that

The traffic volume decreased by

future, we must improve theproduction will be carried out at

7% from the previous fiscal year

efficiency of transportation usinga plant closer to the place of

because of decreased inventories

trucks.

and consequently increased

Toyo Seikan was appointed as a

３．Utilization of a truck dispatch

opportunities for transporting

Designated Sender due to the

support system, whether

products directly to the place ofRevised Law Concerning thelong-distance or short-distancedemand without storing them at

Rational Use of Energy intransportation is needed, tostock points. Since the

FY2007 and therefore submits

promote round-trip use of

production system was enhanced

regular reports on the amount oftrucks and reduce empty-truck

to ensure production at a plant

energy used and yearly plans forjourneys.

closer to the place of demand,energy reduction.

there was a further decrease inlong-distance transportation andthe total transportation distancedecreased by 10% from the

２．Construction of a production

demand.

Initiatives to Prevent Global Warming

CO2 emissions from thelogistics department

４．Other means of long-distance

Main measures implemented by
the logistics department to
reduce CO2 emissions

previous year.

We will continue to implement andRegarding a modal shift, on theenhance the following measurestransportation will be promoted(with lower carbon dioxide
emissions than trucks).

CO2 emissions in logistics
Total travel distanceCO2 emissions

CO2 emissions (thousand tons)

70

40

83

140

64

62

60
50

Travel distance (million km)

56

57

75

77

56

76

53

52

50

87
75

70

72

56

53

120
100

79

71

80

30

60

20

40

10

20

0

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

0

Fiscal year

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Initiatives for Waste Reduction and Recycling
company may actually have to

The Toyo Seikan Group
Recycling of waste

Initiatives for Waste Reduction and Recycling

Waste discharge amount

pay to dispose of. Nearly 100%of the recycled valuables are sent

In FY2008, the total discharge

to material recycling.

amount including valuables

In FY2008, the total amount of

On the other hand, part of the(excluding metal scrap wastes)

waste including valuables

recycled wastes are sent towas 26,304 tons, a 9% reduction

discharged by the Toyo Seikan

thermal recycling, although steps

from the previous year. Of this,Group amounted to 293,000

are currently being taken to

the waste discharge amount wastons, a decrease of 9% from theconvert these wastes into a form

6,964 tons, an 8.2% reduction

previous year. The recycled

suitable for material recycling.

from the previous year.

resource amount was 283,000

The FY2008 material recycling

Among the total waste, 87.8%

tons, while the remaining 10,000

percentage (the material

was sent for material recycling.

tons were finally disposed of inrecycling amount divided by the

Steps are currently being taken tolandfills and by simple

total discharge amount ×100)

convert the remaining waste sent

incineration, a significant

was 95.3%, marking an

to thermal recycling into a form

reduction of 7% compared to theimprovement by 0.2 percentage

suitable for material recycling.

FY2007 level.

points, compared to the previous

The recycling percentage

year s level.

Reduction in the thermal
recycling amountToyo Seikan

The amount of conversion to

Zero emissions for two
consecutive years

using the amount of reduction in(recycling amount divided by total
discharge amount ×100) was
96.6%, an improvement of 0.1%
from the FY2007 level.

Material recycling percentage

material recycling is confirmed
thermal recycling.

In FY2008, all waste andIn FY2008, the thermal recycling

The Toyo Seikan Group classifies

valuables discharged from theamount was 846 tons, awaste materials into two types:

Toyo Seikan plants were recycled,

significant reduction of 24.7%

valuables which are sold for aachieving zero emissions for two

from the FY2007 level.

set price, and wastes which areconsecutive years.

of no value and which the

Waste amount results
Toyo Seikan Group
Recycled resource amountFinal disposal amountToyo Seikan
Material recycling amount

Recycling percentage

Thermal recycling amountMaterial recycling percentage（thousand tons）
400
350
300

94.6

95.1
92.6

91.5
323
295

326
302

96.5
345

94.2

325

96.3
340

94.5

321

（％）

（ton）

96.6

100

25,000

95.1

95.5

90

322
306

293
279

99.9

Landfill amount (t)20,00099.9

22,103

Material recycling percentage (%)

100

99.97

99.8

74.2

72.9

100
90

87.8
85.2

71.8

（％）

100

21,302

20,75016,121

15,000Material recycling amount (t)Recycling percentage (%)

23,208

70
60

200

80

19,340

76.7

70
60

14,437

50

50
40

150

10,00010,365

10,958
8,136

30

100

20

50

43

80

Recycled weight (t)Thermal recycling amount (t)

96.7

250

0

Valuables (t)

8 16

8 12

613

611

410

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

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Fiscal year

7,589

6,089

6,466

6,964

6,117

4,072
2,822

0

40

7,941

6,519

5,000

10

1017

8,941

2,423

1,853

1,123

18

15

14

2

0

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

0

846

2008

30
20
10
0

Fiscal year

LCA Initiatives
Conceptual diagram of Life Cycle Assessment

In 1969, LCA was used for the
first time in the United States.

Logistics andconsumption

Water

Emissions

Recycling

Solid waste

Processing
into products

Disposal

Toyo Seikan began studying LCA
in the 1970s. Starting in 1986,
we applied LCA to ourdevelopment operations and havesubsequently developed TULC
and other products using LCA.

Evaluating the environmental impact such as energy
consumption and warming load by assigning respective values

LCA Initiatives

History of LCA

Manufacturing ofmaterials

Soilof products.

Resources

reduce the environmental impact

Input

Assessment (LCA) to identify andLife cycle

EnergyToyo Seikan conducts Life Cycle

Air

Utilization of LCA* Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) is a technique used to identify the environmental impact of a productthroughout its life cycle by assigning respective values. The life cycle includes the collection of
resources used for the product, manufacture of materials from the resources, manufacture of the
product, logistics and consumption, and recycling or disposal processes.

The development of TULC started
with a detailed survey on thethroughout the product life cycle

emitted throughout the lifetime ofenvironmental impact in theare calculated using the LCA

a product and is printed on the

manufacturing process fortechnique and the results areproduct package. Toyo Seikan

conventional cans (DI cans) inmade public via a Web site orparticipated in the Study Grouporder to identify possible

other means. The calculation

for Developing and Promoting theimprovements. Using a

results are verified by the Japan

Carbon Footprint System

combination of film laminate andEnvironmental Management

established by the Ministry ofdry forming, we were able to

Association for Industry (JEMAI).

Economy, Trade and Industry insignificantly reduce the

The TULC series to which LCA

June 2008 and exhibited trial

environmental impact.

was applied from the development

product samples at Eco-Products

stage is the first metal can

2008 held in December 2008.

certified with an Eco Leaf. At

Toyo Seikan will encourage use ofpresent, 22 models in the TULC

this system in future.

Energy consumption reduction ratein the can manufacturing process
（％）

100
80
60
40
20
0

series have been certified and therelevant environmental

Conventional cans
(Aluminum DI cans)

information has been published

The Toyo Seikan Group organizedon the Web site of JEMAI.

the LCA Study Group in FY1997.

TULC* This graph shows only the datafrom the manufacturing process,which has been extracted from theresults of evaluation using the LCA
technique.

TULC, the first metal can certified
with an Eco Leaf Environmental LabelIn the case of products bearing

Initiatives carried out by the Group

Environmental Impact
Information of Packages

URL of JEMAI site for
information disclosure:
http://www.jemai.or.jp/ecoleaf/
prodbycmp̲companyobj68.cfm

Expansion of LCA Initiatives

The group was renamed as the
LCA Work Group in FY2002, witheight of the Group companies
currently serving as members.
In the future, the Group willcontinue collaboration to expand
the use of LCA.

Participation in the carbon
footprint system

an Eco Leaf Environmental Label,

Carbon footprint refers to thethe environmental impact

total amount of greenhouse gas

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3R Initiatives

3R Initiatives
this target by switching to lighter

Corporate voluntary plans

Initiatives for Reduce

The 3R Promotion Organization

Of all the 3R, Reduce should be

Liaison Conference, which wasgiven the highest priority. Toyoestablished by eight recycling

Seikan has been working for manyorganizations involved inyears to reduce the packaging

Toyo Seikan intends to provide

packaging, has established aweight in order to conserve

the necessary support to ensurecorporate voluntary plan toresources.

that all containers delivered topromote the 3R (Reduce, Reuse,

The change in weight of steel

consumers, and subsequently

Recycle). As a member of four ofcans is shown in the graph below.

emptied, are then recycled into

these eight recycling

This change is mainly due to

new products. The company

organizations (a member of seven

reducing the weight of the TULC

actively participates in theas the Toyo Seikan Group), Toyoflagship container, the effect ofrecycling organizations related to

Seikan actively carries out 3R

which gradually manifested itself

the packages that it

promotion activities in addition toin FY2008. The reduction target

manufactures, achieving theits own voluntary plans.

is 2% by weight from therecycling status in Japan in

FY2004 level by FY2010. Further

FY2007 as shown in the figure

efforts will be made to achieve

below.

Conceptual diagram of 3R

Ｒｅｄｕｃｅpackages.

Initiatives for Recycle

Current recycling status for different types of packaging in Japan(source: Industry groups data)
Steel cans

Aluminum cans

PET bottles (previous collection percentage)

PET bottles (new collection percentage)

Glass bottle (cullet utilization percentage)

Recycling percentage (%)

Ｒｅｕｓｅ

Ｒｅｃｙｃ
ｌ
ｅ

Eight recycling organizations
Japan Steel Can Recycling Association
Japan Aluminum Can Recycling Association
Council for PET Bottle Recycling
Glass Bottle Recycling Promoter Association
Japan Recycling Council for Beverage Cartons
Paper Packaging Recycling Council
Plastic Packaging Recycling Council
Corrugated Packaging Recycling Council

Weight transition for vacuum
steel drink cans
Weight percentage (%)[compared to the FY2004 level]
103
102

100
90.3

90
82.9

80

78.6
78.5

84.2
80.6

85.2
82.8
82.0

86.1
83.3
83.1

87.1
87.5

90.9
88.1

85.1

69.2※
66.3※

60

61.0

50

62.3

61.7※

53.4

40

20

92.7

77.8

70

44.0
34.5

30

99

86.1

91.3
88.7

95.6

94.5

81.8

*In FY2005, the definition ofcollection percentage wasrevised.

101
100

91.7

90.7

22.8

10

98
97

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Fiscal year of sales

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1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007
Fiscal year2008 substance flow of the
Toyo Seikan Group

corrugated boxes), glass bottles,

operations.

and caps. The Group also

Toyo Seikan mainly manufactures

manufactures thin metal sheet

various metal cans (such as

products used as material for

TULC, DI cans, welded cans) and

The Toyo Seikan Group

containers (e.g., surface-treatedplastic products (such as PET

manufactures packaging andsteel sheets and laminate metalbottles, general bottles andcontainers such as metal cans,sheets), machines, and various

pouches). The material flow ofplastic products (e.g., PET andmaterials (e.g., frit products,

the business activities conducted

general bottles, film products,

inorganic pigments,

in FY2008 is shown in thecups and tubes and resin cups),

thermosetting resins andfollowing figure:paper products (e.g., paper cups,

functional materials) andpaper packing products andperforms aerosol filling and other

FY2008 material flow of the Toyo Seikan Group and Toyo Seikan
Input

Manufacturing

Products

EnergyMfg. of metal cans

Metal cans

390 thousand tons

Total energy used 28.8 million ＧＪ
Electric power (purchased) 1,937 million kWh
Fuel (crude oil equivalent) 254 thousand kl

Mfg. of plastic products

Plastic products

354 thousand tons

Mfg. of paper products

Paper products

403 thousand tons

Mfg. of glass bottles

Glass bottles

406 thousand tons

Mfg. of cap products

Cap products

62 thousand tons

Mfg. of thin metal sheetsThin metal sheets

529 thousand tons

Mfg. of various materials

Various materials

66 thousand tons

Mfg. of various machines

Various machines

0.6 thousand tons

Aerosol filling, etc.

Aerosol filling, etc.

246 million pieces

Toyo Seikan

Toyo Seikan

Toyo Seikan
Electric power (purchased) 1,123 million kWh
Fuel (crude oil equivalent) 65 thousand kl

Water

22,538 thousand ㎥

Toyo Seikan
3,164 thousand ㎥

Raw materials
Total material input
Metal materials
Plastic materials
Paper
Frit
Other

Mfg. of metal cans
Mfg. of plastic products
Mfg. of pouches

2,417 thousand tons
1,056 thousand tons
373 thousand tons
466 thousand tons
435 thousand tons
87 thousand tons

Metal cans
Plastic products
Pouches

Substance Flow from an Environmental Point of View

Substance Flow from an Environmental Point of View

11.7 billion cans
6.2 billion pieces
1.4 billion sheets

Toyo Seikan
Metal materials
Plastic materials

406 thousand tons
286 thousand tons

Total emissions Chemical substance Carbon dioxide
emissions and transportation

Logistics

Final disposal amount10 thousand tons

293
thousand tons

Toyo Seikan
0 ton (0%)

Recycling of used products

471 tons

Toyo Seikan
110 thousand tons

Toyo Seikan
184 tons

1,527
thousand tons

Toyo Seikan
638 thousand tons

Transportation 165 million km
distance

Carbon dioxide
117
thousand tons

Toyo Seikan
71 million km
Toyo Seikan
53 thousand tons

Recycled resource amount

Recycling
Energy recovery

283 thousand tons
Toyo Seikan
Amount of valuable 103 thousand tons
resources sold
Recycled amount 6.96 thousand tons（100％）

To customers

Amount of thermal recycling 0.85 thousand tons
Amount of material recycling 6.12 thousand tons（87.8％）

Used products

End-users

Stores* Scope of this data: Production bases of the Toyo Seikan Group

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FY2008 Environmental Activities Report

FY2008 Environmental
Activities Report
All the plants of Toyo Seikan are working together to achieve environmental targets using theISO14001-compliant integrated system. In FY2008, reduction of the primary unit of material usage was added
as a new activity to increase the focus on energy and resource conservation. Consequently, the targets for thepriority issues, the reduction of the primary unit of material usage and the reduction of CO2 emissions, havebeen achieved. Although the targets for several issues have not been achieved, progress is proceeding
FY2008 Environmental Activities Reportsmoothly.

Results of FY2008 activities of Toyo Seikan
Evaluation indicator

Field

Product
development

Environment
management

Environment
communications

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Improvement from the previous year despite non-achievement of the target

Item

FY2008 target

Requires additional effort* Reference year: 2005

FY2008 result

Evaluation

1. Reduction of energy consumption(primary unit per production)

12% reduction compared
9% reduction comparedto the reference year level to the reference year level

Production
activities

11.5% reduction compared 15% reduction comparedto the reference year levelto the reference year level

Logistics
department

7% reduction compared
6% reduction comparedto the reference year level to the reference year level

2. Reduction ofcarbon dioxide
emissions

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activities

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Achievement of the target

3. Reduction of total waste
discharge

25% reduction compared 22% reduction comparedto the reference year level to the reference year level

4. Reduction of thermal
recycling of waste

52% reduction compared 65% reduction comparedto the reference year level to the reference year level

5. Reduction of emissions and transportationof chemicals designated in the PRTR Law

18% reduction compared 20% reduction comparedto the reference year level to the reference year level

6. Reduction of VOC emissions

15% reduction compared 16% reduction comparedto the reference year level to the reference year level

7. Reduction of the primary unitof material usage

1% reduction compared
1% reduction comparedto the reference year level to the reference year level

8. Sales promotion and developmentof eco-friendly products

Sales promotion for TULC and E-RP
Promotion of package weight reduction

Promoted as planned

9. Introduction of an environment
management system

3 plants

2 plants

10. Promotion of environment
risk management

Setup and operation ofCompletedenvironment risk management

11. Promotion of chemical
substance management

Setup and operation ofCompletedchemical substance management

12. Improvement of the green
purchase ratio

95％

13. Reduction of copy paper
purchase

21% reduction compared 26% reduction comparedto the reference year level to the reference year level

14. Promotion of container
recycling activities

Positive activities inindustry groups

Promoted as planned

15. Utilization of LCA

Establishment of an LCAbased evaluation method andits application to operations

Evaluation of various products
Introduction in the Development Department
Carbon Footprint trial project

16. Enhancement of environmental
communications

Positive participation in
exhibitions and academic
conferences

Entry in exhibitions
Holding of stakeholders meetings

17. Issue of environmental reports

Issuing of environmental
reports and site reports

Unable to evaluate due toeffects from the waste paper
percentage hoax scandal

Issuing of Environmental andSocial Reports 2008
Issuing of a site report at all plants―

Environmental Targets for FY2009 and Beyond

Environmental Targets for
FY2009 and Beyond
In FY2009, Toyo Seikan added Corporate R&D to the ISO14001-compliant company-wide integrated system toenhance its activities. In the future, activities will focus on energy conservation, a priority issue, andenvironmental risk management and environmental communications. The FY2010 and FY2011 targets for
reduced CO2 emissions have been established based on the long-term target committed to in FY2005: 6%
reduction compared to the FY1990 level by FY2010. All the plants of Toyo Seikan will work together toToyo Seikan environmental targets for FY2009 and beyond* Reference year: 2005

Field

Item

FY2009 target

FY2010 target

FY2011 target

1. Reduction of energy consumption 13% reduction compared 15% reduction compared 16.5% reduction compared(primary unit per production)
to the reference year level to the reference year level to the reference year level
2. Reduction ofcarbon dioxide
emissions

Production
activities

Production
activities

8% reduction compared
12% reduction compared 13% reduction comparedto the reference year level to the reference year level to the reference year level

Logistics
15% reduction compared 16% reduction compared 17% reduction compareddepartment to the reference year level to the reference year level to the reference year level

3. Reduction of total waste
discharge

25% reduction compared 27% reduction compared 28% reduction comparedto the reference year level to the reference year level to the reference year level

4. Reduction of thermal
recycling of waste

81% reduction compared 85% reduction compared 85.5% reduction comparedto the reference year level to the reference year level to the reference year level

Environmental Targets for FY2009 and Beyond

achieve these targets.

5. Reduction of emissions and transportation 22% reduction compared 24% reduction compared 25% reduction comparedof chemicals designated in the PRTR Law to the reference year level to the reference year level to the reference year level

Product
development

6. Reduction of VOC emissions

25% reduction compared 25.5% reduction compared 26% reduction comparedto the reference year level to the reference year level to the reference year level

7. Reduction of the primary
unit of material usage

1.5% reduction compared 2% reduction compared2.5% reduction comparedto the reference year level to the reference year level to the reference year level

8. Sales promotion and development Development and sales promotion of lightweight andenergy-conserved packagesof eco-friendly products
9. Introduction of an environment management
2 plants
system (Immediate subsidiaries)

Environment
management

Environment
communications

One plant

Further expansion

10. Promotion of environment
risk management

Operation of an environmental risk management system andestablishment of an environmental risk management technique

11. Promotion of chemical
substance management

Operation of a general chemical management system

12. Improvement of the green
purchase ratio

Examination oftarget values

13. Reduction of copy paper
purchase

27% reduction compared 27.5% reduction compared 28% reduction comparedto the reference year level to the reference year level to the reference year level

14. Promotion of container
recycling activities

Positive activities in industry groups

15. Utilization of LCA

Introduction to development operations, construction of databases,
support to affiliated companies, and use of Carbon Footprints

Activities towards achieving new target values

16. Enhancement of environmental Active supply of environmental information,communications
entry in exhibitions, and holding of stakeholders meetings
17. Issue of environmental
reports

Issuing of environmental reports and site reports

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Environmental Targets of Toyo Seikan GroupEco Action Plan 2010
The Toyo Seikan Group has established the Toyo Seikan Group Eco Action Plan 2010,
summarizing the environmental targets and action plans required in order to realize the Group
Environmental Vision. The Group companies are working towards the achievement of these targets.
List of targets for FY2010 and results in FY2008

Environmental Targets of Toyo Seikan Group

Environmental Vision

1）Ongoing creation of
eco-friendly products2）Promotion of the reduction ofenvironmental impact resulting
from production activities

Specific items and environmental targets

Numerical targets
FY2008 plan

FY2008 result

FY2010 target

―

―

―

―

―

―

a.Quantitative enlargement and qualitative
improvement of eco-friendly productsb.Promotion of sales of eco-friendly productsa.Promotion of reduction of the primary unit ofenergy consumption-2%, compared to the -9%, compared to the -15%, compared to thereference year levelreference year levelreference year levelb.Promotion of reduction of carbon dioxide
emissions-7%, compared to
the FY1990 levelc.Promotion of reduction of the primary unit ofmaterial input-2%, compared to the -9%, compared to the -4%, compared to thereference year levelreference year levelreference year level

d.Promotion of reduction of wastes and zero
emissions①Reducing the quantity of wastes produced-15%, compared to
the reference year
level

-23%, compared to
the reference year
level

-19%, compared to
the reference year
level

②Increasing the number of zero-emission sites(with a recycling rate of 99% or higher)

58 sites

57 sites

65 sites-33%, compared to
the reference year
level

-35%, compared to
the reference year
level

-43%, compared to
the reference year
level

e.Chemical compounds management①Reducing the primary unit of emissions andtransportation for those chemicals designatedin the PRTR Law-9%, compared to
the FY1990 level-13%, compared to
the FY1990 level②Reducing the quantity of emissions and transportation -26%, compared to the -43%, compared to the -42%, compared to thereference year levelreference year levelreference year levelof toluene, xylene and other organic solvents3）Greener purchase,
distribution and sale4）Promotion of resource
recycling5）Promotion of environmental
communications6）Promotion of environmental
management and constructionof an information system forenvironmental management

a.Promotion of green purchasing for stationery, etc.

Definition under review due to thewaste paper forgery problem

91%

b.Promotion of reduction of the primary unit of carbon dioxide -4%, compared to the -5%, compared to the -11%, compared to thereference year levelreference year levelreference year levelemissions in the product logistics process
a.Improvement of the material recycling percentage

95.8%

96.1%

96.1%

b.Promotion of recycling business

―

―

―

a.Promotion of environmental communications

―

―

―

a.Expansion of environmental management and promotionof the environmental management system

―

―

―

b.Promotion of the construction and operation of effective
environmental management information systems

―

―

―

* The reference values are the average values from FY2002 to 2004.
* Values in red are targets to be achieved by FY2010.

Editor s Note
The Toyo Seikan Group publishes a report every year as part of corporate accountability and as its responsibility to society.
Reflecting the current emphasis on corporate social responsibility (CSR), the FY2009 report is entitled the Social andEnvironmental Report, with emphasis on the social perspective. For this 11th issue of the report, we went back to the starting
point and asked ourselves, What is the purpose of this report? and Who are the readers? We put the top management s
message in the center of the report s structure, used relationships with various stakeholders as the readers viewpoints, andplaced importance on overseas operations, environmental management, and product quality and safety.
To prevent a broader scope from making the booklet too large, the report was published in two media, this booklet and our Web
pages. We will continue making improvements that allow the Group to report a larger number of items and thus disclose
information to all stakeholders.
It took longer than usual to acquire and verify the information in this issue because the social perspective is beyond the scopeof the environmental department. From next year, we will examine a new approach for creating the report such as across-departmental editing organization in order to efficiently acquire activity information from the entire Group.
Lastly, we would like to thank the people in various Group companies including overseas subsidiaries, plants, and departments
who provided us with valuable assistance. Due to their input, we were able to successfully publish this report.
Editor in charge of Social and Environmental Reports, Environment Department, Toyo Seikan Kaisha, Ltd.

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Third-Party Opinion

Professor, Graduate School of Economics
Kobe University

Masanobu Ishikawa
The Social and Environmental Report 2009 of the Toyo Seikan Group has significantly changed in structure tohelp readers understanding and increase the amount of information provided in conjunction with the Group s
Web site. This attempt is largely successful. There are two major changes made in the structure: (1) Detailed
data is removed from the report and disclosed on the Web site and (2) the social report has been enhanced byallocating twice as many pages to it as in the FY2008 issue. In accordance with these changes, the reporthas been renamed as the Social and Environmental Report.
Like last year s issue, the current report provides abundant information in a clear layout using graphs and flow
charts. The figure entitled the Foundation and Progress of the Toyo Seikan Group, which is led by Toyo Seikan
Kaisha Ltd., shows contributions made by Toyo Seikan to packaging technologies, which is actually the historyof the packing technology in Japan. This figure defines the current period as one devoted to the evolution of
new techniques for global environment conservation and shows the results of recent technologicaldevelopment, which are characterized by direct and indirect reduction of environmental impact such as weight
reduction and energy conservation. In accordance, pages have been added for the environmental technologiesof the Toyo Seikan Group that briefly describe such technologies of the entire Group.
The Social Report section emphasizes communications with stakeholders and clearly summarizes therelationship of the Toyo Seikan Group with society. Since these pages carry quantitative information such as
the number of consultations provided by the hotlines and data pertaining to on-the-job accidents and injuries, I
hope that the PDCA cycle will work properly based on the feedback to this reported information.
The cover page of the Social Report shows fiscal highlights such as the sales, ordinary profit, number of
employees, and sales by business segment. The data shows that the sales per employee have improved forboth Toyo Seikan itself and the Group in FY2008, compared to the FY2007 level, which seems to be largely
due to a decrease in the number of employees. In view of the significance as a Social Report, it would be betterto show the transition of added value.
The section on the trial projects dealing with the subject of Carbon Footprints explains that this data on the
packaging is supplied to users. Since packaging and logistics are important elements in reducing Carbon
Footprints of consumer goods on a short-term basis, the inventory data for packaging is exceedingly important.
This is an important social contribution based on the results of past research and development on LCA.
Readers learn that the environmental policies have been clearly defined and that activities conducted inaccordance with these policies have achieved satisfactory results. The report states that, in FY2008, thetargets were made more ambitious, based on the results of FY2007. Compared with the FY2008 report,
however, the targets for CO2 emissions resulting from production activities and total waste discharge havebeen lowered. This change may have been influenced by the worsening of the primary unit of CO2 emissions of
the bulk power system, but stating a reason for this would give readers a better understanding. Although theCO2 emissions ratio to sales for both Toyo Seikan itself and the Group is calculated to be somewhat on therise, it is significantly influenced by an increase of the primary unit of CO2 emissions of the bulk power system.
Without this increase, they are actually improved.
I hope that Toyo Seikan will further contribute to building a sustainable society as a leading company in the
packaging industry.

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About items not included in this booklet
The following information items not included in this booklet will be disclosed in the environmental information
section of the Toyo Seikan Web site at:

http://www.toyo-seikan.co.jp○Green procurement and purchase○Chemical substance management○Chemical substances designated in
the PRTR Law○Lawsuits, penalties and ﬁnes
regarding the environment○Environmental risk management○Environmental accounting○Amounts of electricity, water, and fuelused○Detailed input-output data
○History of environmental activities○Toyo Seikan s participation in externalorganizations○Comparative table of guidelines○Construction status of environment
management systems for Toyo SeikanGroup companies* Pages 1 through 50 of this English-edition Social and Environmental Report 2009 give a complete translation of the original Japanese edition.

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Social and Environmental ReportsWeb-version Environmental Information
53

Promotion of Green Procurement and Purchasing

54

Management of Chemicals

55

Chemicals designated in the PRTR Law / Lawsuits, fines regarding and penalties the environment

56

Initiatives for Environmental Risk Reduction

57

Environmental Accounting

58

Power, water, and fuel consumption

59

INPUT-OUTPUT

61

Construction status of environment management systems for Toyo Seikan Group companies

62

Toyo Seikan and Progress of Environmental Activities

63

List of Toyo Seikan s Activities in External Organizations

64

Comparison Table for Guidelines* The information supplied on Pages 52 through 66 is not included in the Social and Environmental Report 2009 booklet but isavailable only on the Web.
* The Third-Party Opinions on Page 50 are comments that we received about the contents of the booklet.

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Promotion of Green Procurement and Purchasing
Toyo Seikan

will be used to procure production

confirmed to have had somematerials and thus provide oureffect in recovering the green

customers with more eco-friendly

purchase ratio.

Green procurement of
production materials

and safer products.

In view of the instability inAs these Guidelines cannot be

suppliers product information as

In 2003, in order to promote themet by Toyo Seikan s effortsof March 2009, Toyo Seikan isgreen procurement of production

alone, all suppliers have been

examining measures to decreasematerials, Toyo Seikan

notified about the Guidelines anduncertain elements in order toestablished its own criteria on

asked for their cooperation incontinuously promote green

chemicals to be used asmeeting them. The company ispurchasing.

production materials. Thesealso promoting the construction

criteria define three types ofof an in-house database ofchemicals: those which must not

substances contained in procured

be used (banned chemicals),materials in order to enhance

An opportunity for fundamental
review of green purchasing

those for which substitutions andchemical substanceDuring the emergency response

reductions in use must be

management.

to the lowered ratios, some

Promotion of Green Procurement and Purchasing

Establishment of Green
Procurement Guidelines

promoted (chemicals to be

problems in the green purchase

reduced), and those for whichscheme of Toyo Seikan became

usage must be kept track of(chemicals to be managed).
The company has since reviewed

Signiﬁcant Drop in theGreen Purchase Ratio

methods, a questionnaire survey
was conducted for green

has established strict regulations

Influence from the recycled
paper ratio scandal

under the ISO14001-certified

Toyo Seikan started green

opinions. Since it was foundcompany-wide integrated systempurchasing in 2003 and achieveddifficult to solve the problem

to carry out in-housea green purchase rate of 95% inquickly, improvement plans will

management of controlled

FY2007. However, due to thecontinue to be examined inchemical substances.

falsification of recycled paper

FY2009.

the chemicals under control andratio that came to light in January
2008, the number of eco-friendly

Establishment of green
procurement guidelines

products decreased so much that

From the viewpoint ofaccording to conventional

environment, health, safety andstandards inevitably dropped.

the green purchase ratio

security, waste disposal, etc.
based on the latest regulation

53

apparent. To search for new

trends and scientific knowledge,

Creation of a new framework

the company reviewed controlled

A review of all products revealed

substances selected in the past

an approximate agreement

and established the Toyo Seikan

between the drop in the ratio andGreen Procurement Guidelines

the decrease in the number of(Chemical Substances) that

eco-friendly paper products. As an

define the necessary procedures

emergency response until thisfor using these chemicals inproblem is solved, paper products

pursuit of non-use or reduction

were temporarily excluded fromand management of harmful

the list of green purchase

substances.

products. This measure, adopted

From now on, these Guidelines

in December 2008, wasSocial and Environmental Reports

purchasing managers at theplants in order to collect users

Management of Chemicals
Toyo Seikan

Comprehensive management ofchemicals

reduction of those designated in

Reduction in VOC emissions

the PRTR (Pollutant Release andEmission control of VOCs took

To reduce the environmental

Transfer Register) law and theeffect with the revision of the Air

impacts from chemicals used in

reduction of VOCs (volatile

Pollution Control Law (enacted in

the course of manufacturing, it isorganic compounds).

FY2006). Since many VOCs arenecessary to do everything

included in the solvents,

possible to ensure proper

adhesives, and cleaning agentsused in the coating, printing, andSince its foundation, Toyo Seikan

Reduction of emissions andtransportation of designatedchemicals, as stipulated in the
PRTR Law

has developed products in

In FY2008, the emissions andenvironmental loads, in addition toconsideration of the environmenttransportation of designatedreducing emissions andand human health. When achemicals, as stipulated in thetransportation of chemicals

company-wide integrated

PRTR Law, totaled 184 tons,

designated in the PRTR Law.

ISO14001 system wasapproximately the same as in

Although the goal for VOC

introduced, comprehensive

FY2007. In the future, Toyoemissions in FY2008 was a 15%

chemical management

Seikan will further reduce thereduction compared to theregulations were also established.

amount of chemicals used

FY2005 level, actual emissions

These regulations are based on

through strategies including

were 2138 tons, approximately

enhanced management methods

promoting alternative materials

16% less than the FY2005 level.

adopted for designatedsuch as water-based paints,

In the future, Toyo Seikan will

chemicals, including not only thesolvents, etc., introducing

implement stricter controls to

production materials but also thepollution prevention facilities in

reduce VOC emissions further.

reagents used for evaluation andthe manufacturing process, andexperimentation, selected on theactivities to reduce the amount ofbasis of legal regulations as wellwaste generated during

as environmental and safety

manufacturing.

and to continuously reduce theamounts used.

cementing processes, thereduction of VOCs is a major
challenge in reducing
Management of Chemicals

management of these chemicals

concerns. The regulations also
specify the procedures fromapplication for the use of new
chemicals to examination,
approval and registration,
including methods for storage
and handling and for recording
usage amounts. In parallel,
procedures were established for

Total emissions and transportation amount of Class I designatedchemicals as stipulated in the PRTR Law
Total emissions and transportation amount(tons)

400
350

subject to reduced use and300

accordance with the company s

200purchase of materials with lower

150

In addition to managing chemical

100

substances, Toyo Seikan is50

striving to reduce usage of0chemicals, mainly through the

Other substances

385
315
262

250

250

own criteria to encourage theenvironmental loads.

Toluene450

banned chemicals and chemicals
careful management in

Total

220

196
138
123

120

134

111
86

2001

2002

2003

2004

233
198
125

184

184

109

107

124

89

76

107

2005

2006

2007

60
2008

Fiscal year

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Chemicals designated in the PRTR Law
Toyo Seikan

FY2008 amount of emissions and transportation for notified chemicals in the PRTR Law (tons)

Chemicals designated in the PRTR Law / Lawsuits, fines regarding and penalties the environment

Chemical name55

Emissions

Transportation

Air

Public water

Sewerage

Waste

Ethyl benzene

8.5

0.0

0.0

3.7

Ethylene glycol monoethyl ether

0.8

0.0

0.0

0.6

Xylene

15.4

0.0

0.0

5.1

Ethylene glycol monoethyl ether acetate

3.7

0.0

0.0

1.1

1,3,5-trimethylbenzene

1.8

0.0

0.0

2.8

Toluene

93.1

0.0

0.0

30.8

Benzene

0.02

0.0

0.0

0.0

Polyoxyethylene alkyl ether

0.0

0.4

2.8

13.8

Lawsuits, fines regarding andpenalties the environment
Toyo Seikan

Toyo Seikan was not subject to any lawsuits, fines regarding or penalties the environment in FY2008.

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Initiatives for Environmental Risk Reduction
Toyo Seikan

Use of ISO14001
All previous environmental risk

Until recently, environmental risk

management activities have been

management focused onincorporated into the ISO14001

preventing environmental

environmental management

pollution, by reducing the amountsystem in order to continueof environmental pollutants

reducing environmental risks.

The construction of this system
is expected to further reduce
environmental risks.

Extension to Group Companies
Environmental risk management

discharged, along with regular

is one of the most importantmeasurement of the amounts

aspects of risk management in

involved, maintenance offacilities, and practicing essential
emergency drills.

Construction of a New
Management Techniquethe field of corporate
management. Toyo Seikan s
ongoing management is founded

In FY2008, Toyo Seikan decided

In addition to its existing riskon this concept.

to step up its environmental risk

management system, Toyo

In FY2007, Toyo Seikan, which

management and started

Seikan started examining a new

had previously focused its

constructing a management

management technique inmanagement activities on

system focused on preventive

FY2008 to promote preventive

in-house issues, extended their

management, i.e., reducing

management activities based onscope to include groupenvironmental risks even before

the original concept ofcompanies.

problems become apparent. The

environmental risk management,

Specifically, information on

system was introduced in

and will use this management

environmental risks and

FY2009.

technique from FY2009 toenvironment-related legal

continue reducing environmental

regulations, etc. is now beingrisks.

shared through study meetings

The company is constructing aand other communications

system that allows users toevents. In the future, the entire

extract and analyze detailed

group will construct a more

information not only on past

efficient environmental risk

instances of environmental risks

management system.

Initiatives for Environmental Risk Reduction

A New Direction in Environmental
Risk Management

but also on new risks, and to
examine the best
Emergency response training at the
Saitama Plant

countermeasures, etc. with whichto treat them.

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Environmental Accounting
Toyo Seikan Group Toyo Seikan

Environmental accounting refers to a framework for qualitative identification and analysis of costs and effects
of environmental conservation activities. The following table shows the accounting results.

Toyo Seikan only
Scope of accounting: (all plants, head office, development division, and Corporate R&D of Toyo Seikan)
Period: April 1, 2008 to March 31, 2009

Unit: Million yen
Environmental conservation eﬀects
Investment Costamount amount(1)Environmental conservation costs required to control theenvironmental impact generated in the business area by
production and service activities (business area costs)

998 1,920

Breakdown

Environmental Accounting

Environmental conservation costs
Classification [principal initiatives and their effects]①Pollution prevention costs [air and water pollution prevention activities,
maintenance and inspection of equipment, and measurement]

159 979②Global environmental conservation costs [energy conservation activities]

825 121③Resource recycling costs [waste recycling andmaintenance/inspection of waste treatment facilities]

13 821(2)Costs required to control environmental impact generated in the upstream
and downstream processes by production and service activities (upstream
and downstream costs)

0(3)Environmental conservation costs in management activities (management
costs) [activities for acquiring and maintaining ISO14001 certification]

0 480(4)Environmental conservation costs in research and development activities (researchand development costs) [product development with low environmental impact]

0 1,783(5)Environmental conservation costs in social activities (social activity costs)[environmental cleanup activities]

0

44

0

0

(6)Costs of environmental remediation (environmental remediation
costs)

0

998 4,228

Total
Item

Description

AmountTotal investment amount over the report period

Machinery and equipment installation, etc.

23,191

Total R&D amount over the report period

Research center personnel costs,
experimentation and research costs, etc.

9,711

Environmental impact index

Description of effects

Total amount Reduced amount

13,676TJ

615TJ(Due to utility power)

11,047TJ

454TJ(Other than utility power)

2,629TJ

161TJ

Energy consumption (total)(1)Environmental
conservation effects
achieved in thebusiness area(business area
effects)

Water consumption

3,164 thousand m3 83thousand m3

CO2emissions (total)

638 thousand tons ▲27 thousand tons

(Due to utility power)

499 thousand tons ▲34 thousand tons

(Other than utility power)

139 thousand tons 7 thousand tons

Total waste discharge

6,965tons

624tons

Waste amount (landfill)

0ton

0ton

(2)Environmental
conservation effects
Recycled material
achieved in upstream
amount (recycled PET)
and downstream
processes (upstream
and downstream effects)(3)Other environmental
conservation effects

CO2 emissions in
the logistics process

1,682tons （▲397tons
increase）
53 thousand tons 3 thousand tons

Economic eﬀect due to environmental conservation
Description of effectAmount364

Revenue from recycling

Toyo Seikan Group
Scope of accounting: (The eight principal companies of the Toyo Seikan Group)
Period: April 1, 2008 to March 31, 2009

Unit: Million yen
Environmental conservation eﬀects

Environmental conservation costs(1)Environmental conservation costs required to control theenvironmental impact generated in the business area by
production and service activities (business area costs)

2,281 4,215

Breakdown

Classification [principal initiatives and their effects]

Investment Costamount amount①Pollution prevention costs [air and water pollution prevention activities,
maintenance and inspection of equipment, and measurement]

400 2,078②Global environmental conservation costs [energy conservation activities]

1,862 411

③Resource recycling costs [waste recycling andmaintenance/inspection of waste treatment facilities](2)Costs required to control environmental impact generated in the upstream
and downstream processes by production and service activities (upstream
and downstream costs)(3)Environmental conservation costs in management activities (management
costs) [activities for acquiring and maintaining ISO14001 certification](4)Environmental conservation costs in research and development activities (researchand development costs) [product development with low environmental impact](5)Environmental conservation costs in social activities (social activity costs)[environmental cleanup activities](6)Costs of environmental remediation (environmental remediation
costs)

0 617(Due to utility power)(Other than utility power)(1)Environmental
conservation effects
achieved in thebusiness area(business area
effects)

0

51

0

5

Description

AmountTotal investment amount over the report period

Machinery and equipment installation, etc.

42,884

Total R&D amount over the report period

Research center personnel costs,
experimentation and research costs, etc.

13,04625,940TJ

1,086TJ

17,386TJ

744TJ

8,554TJ

342TJ

Water consumption

19,192 thousand m3 ▲772 thousand m3

CO2emissions (total)

1,363 thousand tons 5 thousand tons

(Due to utility power) 850 thousand tons ▲36 thousand tons
(Other than utility power) 513 thousand tons
Total discharge of waste, etc.
Waste amount (landfill)

142 2,346

Item

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Total amount Reduced amount

Energy consumption (total)

0 898

2,423 8,132

Total

57

19 1,726

Environmental impact index

Description of effects(2)Environmental
conservation effects
Recycled material
achieved in upstream
amountand downstream
processes (upstream
and downstream effects)(3)Other environmental
conservation effects

CO2 emissions in
the logistics process

41 thousand tons

271,957tons 25,221tons
9,464tons

321tons

4,129tons

increase）（290tons

108 thousand tons 6 thousand tons

Economic eﬀect due to environmental conservation
Description of effectRevenue from recycling

Amount9,323

Power, water, and fuel consumption
Toyo Seikan Group Toyo Seikan
Transition of power consumption (million kWh)Toyo Seikan
Toyo Seikan Group

2,500
1,949

2,000

2,034

2,009

2,015

1,932

2,015

1,937

1,500
1,170

1,182

2000

2001

1,164

1,140

1,202

1,165

1,198

1,178

1,123

1,000

0

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

Power, water, and fuel consumption

500

2008
Fiscal year

Transition of water consumption (thousand m3）
Toyo Seikan
Toyo Seikan Group

30,00024,65625,00024,421

24,312

23,62724,447

22,142 22,538

20,00015,00010,000
5,000
0

3,858

4,245 4,037

2000

2001

2002

3,879
2003

3,715
2004

3,408
2005

3,216
2006

3,247

3,164

2007

2008
Fiscal year

Transition of fuel consumption (thousand kl: crude oil equivalent)
Toyo Seikan

350

329

330

Toyo Seikan Group

323

316
289

300

264

250

254

200
150
100

103

109

105

100

100

95

74

69

2006

2007

50
0

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

65

2008
Fiscal year

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INPUT-OUTPUT
Toyo Seikan Group Toyo Seikan

Toyo Seikan site-by-site input-output data
Input

INPUT-OUTPUT

Plant

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Product (output)

Material consumption

Energy consumption

Metal

Plastic

Power(thousand (thousand
tons)
tons)

(million
kWh)

Water
Fuel[crude oil consumption
equivalent](thousand （thousandkl)
m3）

Emission (output)

Production
CarbonMetal
Plastic Pouches dioxide
emissionscansbottles(100(thousand(100(100
million)tons)
million)million)

Waste
Waste
amountRecycled
amountLandfillamount(tons)(tons)(tons)

Recycling
percentage

Chitose Plant
857 Kitashinano, Chitose-shi , Hokkaido, 066-0075
TEL (0123)24-3171
Manufacture of cans for canning and plastic bottles

18.3

6.8

52.3

3.0

131.6

7.2

1.7

ー

33.1

248.9

248.9

0

100.0％

Sendai Plant
2-4-1 Minato, Miyagino-ku, Sendai-shi , Miyagi, 983-8502
TEL (022)259-2311
Manufacturing of cans for canning and plastic bottles

37.1

3.8

47.4

4.8

112.1

10.4

1.6

ー

33.0

255.7

255.7

0

100.0％

Ishioka Plant
8-2 Kashiwabara, Ishioka-shi, Ibaraki, 315-8585
TEL (0299)24-2711
Manufacturing of cans for canning, general cans, and plastic bottles

43.9

10.4

99.5

5.7

320.0

12.5

2.1

ー

53.9

716.1

716.1

0

100.0％

Kuki Plant
3 Kawaraicho, Kuki-shi, Saitama, 346-0028
TEL (0480)23-2811
Manufacturing of plastic bottles

ー

68.6

171.4

1.2

365.8

ー

13.2

ー

75.2

90.6

90.6

0

100.0％

Saitama Plant
950-2 Shimohosoya, Yoshimi-machi, Hiki-gun, Saitama, 355-0193
TEL (0493)54-2111
Manufacturing of cans for canning and plastic bottles

65.6

14.3

86.7

5.8

129.5

19.1

4.5

ー

48.4

84.4

84.4

0

100.0％

Kawasaki Plant
11-1 Ukishimacho, Kawasaki-ku, Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa, 210-0862
TEL (044)266-1581
Manufacturing of plastic bottles

ー

20.3

60.2

0.9

170.1

ー

5.3

ー

27.4

109.7

109.7

0

100.0％

Yokohama Plant
1-1-70 Yako, Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa, 230-0001
TEL (045)571-2411
Manufacturing of cans for canning, general cans, and plastic bottles

62.0

24.5

84.1

9.0

231.6

12.9

2.9

ー

54.3

404.2

404.2

0

100.0％

Shimizu Plant
8-28 Hinodecho, Shimizu-ku, Shizuoka-shi, Shizuoka, 424-8765
TEL (0543)53-3251
Manufacturing of cans for canning

3.1

ー

4.9

0.2

18.7

2.9

ー

ー

2.8

23.5

23.5

0

100.0％

Shizuoka Plant
622-8 Shirai, Makinohara-shi, Shizuoka, 421-0598
TEL (0548)55-3511
Manufacturing of plastic bottles

ー

22.6

65.2

0.4

92.4

ー

7.0

ー

31.6

17.2

17.2

0

100.0％

Toyohashi Plant
3-60 Akemicho, Toyohashi-shi, Aichi, 441-8074
TEL (0532)23-5661
Manufacturing of plastic bottles and plastic film

ー

27.0

55.9

5.2

105.8

ー

2.1

14.4

43.2

2909.5 2909.50100.0％

Takatsuki Plant
22-5 Minamishodokorocho, Takatsuki-shi, Osaka 569-0063
TEL (072)675-5701
Manufacturing of cans for canning and general cans

14.5

ー

9.7

1.9

94.3

2.1

ー

ー

7.6

112.7

112.7

0

100.0％

Ibaraki Plant
1-81 Higashiunobecho, Ibaragki-shi, Osaka, 567-0879
TEL (072)623-1121
Manufacturing of cans for canning

82.6

ー

74.3

8.5

487.4

22.9

ー

ー

44.4

864.2

864.2

0

100.0％

Osaka Plant
29-3 Sumiyoshicho, Izumisano-shi, Osaka, 598-0061
TEL (0724)64-3451
Manufacturing of plastic bottles

ー

49.9

138.5

6.0

375.9

ー

13.6

ー

62.5

70.2

70.2

0

100.0％

Hiroshima Plant
234 Shimokitakata, Hongocho, Mihara-shi, Hiroshima, 729-0414
TEL (0848)86-3421
Manufacturing of cans for canning and plastic bottles

45.4

21.4

86.7

7.1

263.4

15.6

4.4

ー

73.0

441.0

441.0

0

100.0％

Kiyama Plant
380-2 Nagano, Kiyama-cho, Miyaki-gun, Saga, 841-0202
TEL (0942)92-6011
Manufacturing of cans for canning and plastic bottles

33.6

16.0

85.8

5.3

265.4

11.5

3.9

ー

43.9

421.3

421.3

0

100.0％

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Toyo Seikan Group company-by-company input-output data

Material consumption(thousand tons)

Toyo Kohan Co., Ltd.

Toyo Glass Co., Ltd.

Tokan Kogyo Co., Ltd.
Japan Crown Cork
Co., Ltd.

Energy consumption

Metal

533

Power consumption (million kWh)

259

Plastic2

Fuel (crude oil equivalent) (thousand kl)

28

Glass

404

Plastic
Paper

Power consumption (million kWh)64

Fuel (crude oil equivalent) (thousand kl)

106

19

Power consumption (million kWh)

108

55

Fuel (crude oil equivalent) (thousand kl)

3

Metal

15

Power consumption (million kWh)132

Plastic

49

Fuel (crude oil equivalent) (thousand kl)

6

Toyo Food Equipment
Metal
Co., Ltd.

0.5

Toyo Aerosol Industry Other
Co., Ltd.
materials

48

Other
materials

16

Tokan Material
Technology Co., Ltd.

OutputWater
consumption(thousand m3）

Power consumption (million kWh)5

Fuel (crude oil equivalent) (thousand kl)

0.1

Power consumption (million kWh)

15

Fuel (crude oil equivalent) (thousand kl)

2

Power consumption (million kWh)

12

Fuel (crude oil equivalent) (thousand kl)

3

Production(thousand tons)

Carbon dioxide
emissions(thousand tons)

Waste
Waste Recycled Landfill
Recyclingamount amount amountpercentage(tons)(tons)(tons)

14,077

Metal products

508

235

9,090

1,334

7,756

15％

727

Glass products

383

291

1,352

947

405

70％

Plastic products

18

Paper products

46

53

3,187

3,150

37

99％

78

649

638

11

98％

240

Metal products

14

Plastic products

45

11

Other products

ー

2

228

226

2

99％

205

Aerosol filling,etc. (million cans)

246

11

1,100

1,092

8

99％

119

Other products

ー

12

1,437

383

1,054

27％

414

INPUT-OUTPUT

Input* For the grand total data of Toyo Seikan, see Page 46 of the Social and Environmental Report 2009.
* Scope of this data: Production bases of the Toyo Seikan Group

Other Emissions
Each plant of Toyo Seikan works to prevent pollution by periodically measuring environmental pollutants
discharged into the air or water as a result of production activities, and maintenance and management ofenvironmental conservation facilities.
The major measurement targets include pH, BOD, COD, SS, and phosphorus and nitrogen concentrations, noneof which have exceeded the regulation values in the past.

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Construction status of environment management systems
for Toyo Seikan Group companies
Toyo Seikan Group Toyo Seikan

Company

Saitama (Jul. '99), Ishioka (Aug. '02), Yokohama (Oct. '02), Hiroshima (Jun. '03),
Kuki (Jul. '03), Shizuoka (Dec. '03), Kawasaki (Jan. '04), Takatsuki (Mar. '04),
Sendai (Jun. '04), Kiyama (Aug. '04), Chitose (Sep. '04), Ibaraki (Sep. '04),
Toyohashi (Nov. '04), Osaka (Nov. '04), Development Division (Nov. '05), Head Office (Nov. '05),
Company-side integration (Jul. '07); Integrated certification of the entire company, including the Shimizu Plant
Corporate R&D (Jul. 09) The company-wide integrated system was expanded to include the Group Corporate R&D.

Toyo Seikan

Nippon National Seikan

Head Office and plants (Aug. '02)

Toyo Mebius

Company-wide certification (Oct. '04)

Construction status of environment management systems for Toyo Seikan Group companies

Honshu Seikan

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Certified sites (certification month)

Yuki (Mar. '05)） Hyogo(Dec. '08)
Naniwa（Oct. '07） * Eco Action 21 (Renamed from Daito Seikan due to a merger)

Toyo Seihan

Toyohashi (Feb. '06)

Toyo Denkai

Toyo Denkai (Jun. '08) * Eco Action 21

Toyo Kohan

Kudamatsu (Dec. '99), Integrated certification of eight group companies (Dec. '04)

Toyo Glass

Kawasaki (Dec. '98), Shiga (Oct. '99), Chiba (Feb. '00), Integrated certification of the entire company (Aug. '01)
Toyo-Sasaki Glass

Plant (Oct. '05)

Toyo Glass Butsuryu

Integrated certification of Toyo Glass group (Aug. '01)

Tohoku Keisha

Tohoku Keisha（Mar. '09） * Eco Action 21

Shimada Special Glass

Shimada Special Glass（Apr. '09） * Eco Action 21

Toyo Glass Machinery

Toyo Glass Machinery（Jun. '08） * Eco Action 21
Shizuoka (Mar. '02), Atsugi (Sep. '03), Development Center (Jan. '04), Komaki (Jan. '04),
Ibaraki (Sep. '04), Osaka (Sep. '04), Fukuoka Pastic Containers (Feb. '05), Integrated
certification of the entire group (Sep. '05), Integrated certification of the entire Tokan Kogyo group (Jan. '07)

Tokan Kogyo

Nippon Tokan Package

Shizuoka (Mar. '02), Fukuoka (Sep. '03), Atsugi (Sep. '03), Sendai (Jan. '04),
Ibaraki (Sep. '04), Tochigi Branch Plant (Sep. '04), Osaka (Sep. '04),
Yokohama (Feb. '05), Integrated certification of the entire group (Sep. '05),
Integrated certification of the entire Tokan Kogyo group (Jan. '07)
Fukushima ('05), Chiba ('05), Furukawa ('03), Saitama ('01), Fuji ('01),
Aichi ('03), Gifu ('04), Shiga ('02), Kyoto ('02),
Integrated certification of the entire Tokan Kogyo group (Jan. '07)

Toyo Unicon

Atsugi (Sep. '03), Integrated certification of the entire group (Sep. '05), Integrated certification of the entire Tokan Kogyo group (Jan. '07)

Tokan Kosan

Iwaki (Jan. '04), Integrated certification of the entire group (Sep. '05), Integrated certification of the entire Tokan Kogyo group (Jan. '07)

UEDA INSATSU SHIKO

Takumigaoka Plant, Integrated certification of the entire Tokan Kogyo group (Jan. '07)

Shida Shiko

Integrated certification of the entire Tokan Kogyo group (Jan. '07)

Shyozandou

Integrated certification of the entire Tokan Kogyo group（Sep. '07）
Okayama (Oct. '00), Ishioka (Aug. '02), Hiratsuka (Sep. '02),
Komaki (Aug. '02), Head Office (Nov. '04) Company-wide certification (Oct. '06)

Japan Crown Cork
Toyo Food Equipment
Honma Tekkojo

Integrated certification of the entire company (Nov. '05)
Integrated certification of the entire Toyo Food Equipment (Nov. '08)

Toyo Aerosol Industry

Kawagoe (Dec. '03), Tsukuba (Jan. '06), Mie (Jan. '06), Head Office (Mar. '06),
Osaka Office (Mar. '07) Company-wide certification (Jan. '07)

Tokan Material Technology

Kyushu (Apr. '04), Integrated certification of the entire company (Apr. '05)

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Toyo Seikan and Progress of Environmental Activities
Toyo Seikan

Year

Technologies related to packaging production

Recycling activities, etc

1917 ・Foundation of Toyo Seikan and the establishment of head office and the first plant in Osaka
1920 ・Establishment of the Tokyo Plant
1933 ・Establishment of the Tobata Plant
1935 ・Listed on the Osaka Stock Exchange
1937 ・Establishment of the Shimizu Plant
1944 ・Relocation of the head office to Chiyoda-ku,Tokyo
1949 ・Listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange
1958 ・Establishment of the Sendai Plant ・Start of production of beer cans1960 ・Establishment of the Ibaraki Plant
1961 ・Establishment of the Yokohama Plant ・Start of production of plastic containers
1967 ・Establishment of the Kawasaki Plant
1968 ・Start of production of coffee cans1969 ・Start of production of retort pouches
1970 ・Development and commercialization of TFS ・Start of production of Toyo Seam Cans (cemented cans) ・Start addressing the can litter problem
1971 ・Establishment of the Saitama Plant and Takatsuki Plant ・Start of production of Lamicon ・Start field survey on litter and litter prevention experiments (Kirigamine Project)1972 ・Establishment of the Chitose Plant ・Installation of a ＤｉｒｅｃｔＦｌａｍｅＦｕｍｅＩｎｃｉｎｅｒａｔｏｒ(DFI) ・Start of production of Lamicon bottles
1973

・Establishment of the Hiroshima Plant

・Relocation of the Osaka Plant to Izumisano-shi ・Establishment of the Kiyama Plant

1974 ・Practical application of UV printing ・Start of production of DI cans・Establishment of the Used CAN Treatment Association ・Establishment of the All Aluminum Can Collection Association
・Establishment of the Beverage Industry Environment Beautification Association
・Publication of Introduction to Can-cology (used can collection simulation)
・Implementation of the Can Litter Prevention Campaign

1975 ・Start of production of high retort pouches
1976 ・Start of production of push-in tabs
1977

・Establishment of the Ishioka Plant ・Start of production of PET bottles for soy sauce
・Start of production of drawn and redrawn cans (DRD cans)1978 ・Start of production of Toyo seam retort cans ・Start of production of Lamicon cups ・Switch to water-based sealing compound1979 ・Establishment of the Kuki Plant ・Start of production of welded aerosol cans ・Start of production of standing pouches
1980 ・Completion of the Saiwai Building for the new head office ・Start of production of Toyo seam multi-bead cans1981 ・Start of production of welded beverage cans・Start of production of PET bottles for carbonated beverages ・Switch to water-based coatings for cans1982 ・Start of production of triple necked-in cans (cans with decreased can lid diameters) ・Establishment of the JAPAN PET Bottle Association (start of study on recycling systems)
1983

・Relocation of the Sendai Plant to Minato, Miyagino-ku, Sendai

・Reorganization of the Beverage Industry Environment Beautification Association toform The Beverage Industry Environment Beautification Association
・Establishment of a unified mark, Put Used Can in Its Place

Toyo Seikan and Progress of Environmental Activities

1965 ・Start of production of cola cans1984 ・Start of production of BOB bottles for infusion
・Start of production of hiRETOFLEX (drawn cups made of composite materials)

1985 ・Start of production of heat-resistant PET bottles for juices
1986 ・Installation of a ＣａｔａｌｙｔｉｃＣｏｍｂｕｓｔｉｏｎＳｙｓｔｅｍ (CSS)
1987 ・Switch to plastic caps for PET bottles for beverages

1989 ・Start of production of stay-on tabs (SOT) ・Start of production of refill pouches for detergents, etc. ・Reorganization of the All Aluminum Can Collection Association to form the Japan Aluminum Can Recycle Association
・Start of production of TULC, eco-friendly metal container

・Enactment and enforcement of the Law for the Promotion of Utilization of Recycled Resources

1991 ・Switch to water-based finishing varnish ・Switch to one-piece PET bottles for beverages ・Establishment of identification marks
1992

・Establishment of the Environment Office・Establishment of the Toyohashi Plant

1993 ・Start of bulk transportation of PET resin for bottles

・Start of operation of large-scale PET bottle recycling companies
・Establishment of the Council for The Council for PET Bottle Recycling

1994 ・Start of production of Oxyguard (oxygen-absorbing containers)
1995 ・Start of production of TULC diamond-cut cans

・Enactment of the Law for Promotion of Sorted Collection and Recycling of Containers and Packaging(Containers and Packaging Recycling Law)

1996 ・Start of operation of a cogeneration system at the Osaka Plant

・Establishment of the Japan Containers and Packaging Recycling Association

1997 ・Start of production of Moisture Guard films

・Partial enforcement of the Containers and Packaging Recycling Law

1998 ・Start of production of floss (refill) pouches

・Establishment of the Plastic Packaging Recycling Council

・Start using recycled resin in PET bottles for kitchen detergents・Publication of the Environmental Report (Eco Report)
・Establishment of the Environmental Committee for the entire company, and establishment of Toyo Seikan Environmental Policies
・Establishment of the Shizuoka Plant ・Integration of the Tokyo Plant with the Yokohama Plant ・Full enforcement of the Containers and Packaging Recycling Law
2000 ・Start of operation of a cogeneration system at the Kawasaki Plant ・End the use of small incinerators at all plants ・Setup of guidelines for green purchasing and procurement
・Start of production of Oxyblock (high-function PET bottles)
・Full-scale application of environmental accounting
2001 ・Start of production of aTULC ・Start of production of aluminum diamond-cut cans ・Reorganization of the Used CAN Treatment Association to form the JAPAN STEEL CAN RECYCLING ASSOCIATION
・Completion of removal of small incinerators from all plants
・Establishment of the Toyo Seikan Group Environmental Committee
2002 ・Start of production of a microwavable pouch with a vapor self-release function (E-RP) ・Issue of a site report at the Saitama Plant
・Integration of the Tobata Plant with the Kiyama Plant ・Start of production of TEC200 (resealable steel cans) ・Reorganization of the Environment Office to form the Environment Department
2003 ・Start of production of SiBARD (SiOx-evaporated bottles) ・Start using recycled PET bands ・Issue of a site report at all plants

1999 ・Start using recycled PET resin in the handles of large PET bottles

2004 ・Start of bottle-to-bottle production of PET bottles
・Start of operation of NAS batteries at the Kuki Plant
2005 ・Use of recycled PET resin for the handles of beverage bottles

2006
2007

・Completion of ISO14001 certification for 14 plants
・Certification of TULC products with a Type III environmental label (Eco Leaf)
・Completion of ISO14001 certification for head office and the development division

・Start of production of Z-End

・Revision and enforcement of the Containers and Packaging Recycling Law
・Formulation of the 3R Promotion Organization Liaison Conference consisting ofeight recycling organizations related to packaging, and publication of the voluntary action plan

・Start of production of sTULC at BCM

・ISO14001 certification of a company-wide integrated system ・Achievement of zero emissions
・Domestic certification of CDMproject

2008 ・Start of production of E-RP TRAVIS ・Start of production of an angled ultrawide-lid model ・Foundation of PET Refine Technology Co., Ltd. ・Achievement of zero emissions in two consecutive years

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List of Toyo Seikan s Activities in External Organizations
Toyo Seikan

Activities in externalorganizations
Toyo Seikan actively involves itself in the activities of external organizations by dispatching personnel toenvironmental and recycling organizations, study groups and committees, and by acting as a member ofvarious environment-related institutions.
Recycling organizations
・JAPAN STEEL CAN RECYCLING ASSOCIATION
List of Toyo Seikan s Activities in External Organizations

・Aluminum Can Recycle Association
・JAPAN PET Bottle Association
・The Council for PET Bottle Recycling
・Plastic Packaging Recycling Council
・The Japan Containers and Packaging Recycling Association
・Liaison Committee of the Associations Promoting 3R

Study groups and committees
・Member of the Extended Deliberation Committee for Containers and Packaging Recycling Systems, Waste
and Recycling Working Group, Central Environment Council (Ministry of the Environment)
・The Eco Materials Forum・Nikkei BP ECO Management Forum・Environmental Committee, Japan Polyethylene Products Industrial Federation
・The Japan Plastics Industry Federation
・Environmental Committee & Weight Reduction Promotion Committee, Japan Canners Association
・The Institute of Life Cycle Assessment, Japan・LCA Japan Forum

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Comparison Table for GRI Guidelines
Item

1.Strategy and Analysis

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Indicator
1.1

Statement from the most senior decision-maker of the organization (e.g., CEO, chair, or equivalent senior position) about the relevance of sustainability to the organization and its strategy. P3

1.2

Description of key impacts, risks, and opportunities.

P3

2.1

Name of the organization.

P1

2.2

Primary brands, products, and/or services.

P2

2.3

Operational structure of the organization, including main divisions, operating companies,subsidiaries, and joint ventures. P2

2.4

Location of organization s headquarters.

2.5

P2

Number of countries where the organization operates, and names of countries with either major

P8、P18、P20、P37

operations or that are specifically relevant to the sustainability issues covered in the report.

2.6

Nature of ownership and legal form.

P2

2.7

Markets served (including geographic breakdown, sectors served, and types of customers/beneficiaries).

P2

・Number of employees;
・Net sales (for private sector organizations) or net revenues (for public sector organizations);
・Total capitalization broken down in terms of debt and equity (for private sector organizations); and・Quantity of products or services provided.

2.Organizational proﬁle
2.8

In addition to the above, reporting organizations are encouraged to provide additional information, as appropriate, such as:

P8・Total assets;
・Beneficial ownership (including identity and percentage of ownership of largest shareholders);and
Breakdowns by country/region of the following:・Sales/revenues by countries/regions that make up 5 percent or more of total revenues;
・Costs by countries/regions that make up 5 percent or more of total revenues; and・Employees.
Significant changes during the reporting period regarding size, structure, or ownership including:

2.9

P13

・The location of, or changes in operations, including facility openings, closings, and expansions; and・Changes in the share capital structure and other capital formation, maintenance, and alteration operations (for private sector organizations).
2.10 Awards received in the reporting period.
Report Profile

3．
ReportParameters

Report Scopeand Boundary

P13、P37

3.1

Reporting period (e.g., fiscal/calendar year) for information provided.

P1

3.2

Date of most recent previous report (if any).

ー

3.3

Reporting cycle (annual, biennial, etc.)

P1

3.4

Contact point for questions regarding the report or its contents.

P1

3.5

Process for defining report content, including:・Determining materiality;
・Prioritizing topics within the report; and・Identifying stakeholders the organization expects to use the report.

P1

3.6

Boundary of the report (e.g., countries, divisions, subsidiaries, leased facilities, joint ventures, suppliers).

P1

3.7

State any specific limitations on the scope or boundary of the report.

3.8
3.9
3.10

P1

Basis for reporting on joint ventures, subsidiaries, leased facilities, outsourced operations, and otherー

entities that can significantly affect comparability from period to period and/or between organizations.
Data measurement techniques and the bases of calculations, including assumptions and techniquesー

underlying estimations applied to the compilation of the Indicators and other information in the report.
Explanation of the effect of any re-statements of information provided in earlier reports, and the reasons for such
re-statement (e.g., mergers/acquisitions, change of base years/periods, nature of business, measurement methods).

ー

3.11 Significant changes from previous reporting periods in the scope, boundary, or measurement methods applied in the report.

ー

GRI Content Index

3.12 Table identifying the location of the Standard Disclosures in the report.

wP64〜66

Assurance

3.13
4.1
4.2
4.3

Comparison Table for Guidelines

Scale of the reporting organization, including:

Policy and current practice with regard to seeking external assurance for the report. If not included in the assurance report accompanying the sustainability report,ーexplain the scope and basis of any external assurance provided. Also explain the relationship between the reporting organization and the assurance provider(s).
Governance structure of the organization, including committees under the highest governance body responsible for specific tasks, such as setting strategy or organizational oversight.
Indicate whether the Chair of the highest governance body is also an executive officer

P19
P19

(and, if so, their function within the organization s management and the reasons for this arrangement).
For organizations that have a unitary board structure, state the number of members of the highest governance body that are independent and/or non-executive members.

P19

Mechanisms for shareholders and employees to provide recommendations or direction to the highest governance body.

P19

Include reference to processes regarding:
4.4

Governance

4.5

・The use of shareholder resolutions or other mechanisms for enabling minority shareholders to express opinions to the highest governance body; and・Informing and consulting employees about the working relationships with formal representation bodies
such as organization level work councils , and representation of employees in the highest governance body.

ーLinkage between compensation for members of the highest governance body, senior managers, and executivesー(including departure arrangements), and the organization s performance (including social and environmental performance).

4.6

Processes in place for the highest governance body to ensure conflicts of interest are avoided.

P19

4.7

Process for determining the qualifications and expertise of the members of the highest governance body for guiding the organization s strategy on economic, environmental, and social topics.

ーInternally developed statements of mission or values, codes of conduct, and principles relevant to４．
Governance,
Commitments,
and Engagement

4.8

economic, environmental, and social performance and the status of their implementation.
Explain the degree to which these:

P20

・Are applied across the organization in different regions and department/units; and・Relate to internationally agreed standards.
4.9

Procedures of the highest governance body for overseeing the organization s identification and management of economic, environmental, and social
performance, including relevant risks and opportunities, and adherence or compliance with internationally agreed standards, codes of conduct, and principles.

ー

4.10 Processes for evaluating the highest governance body s own performance, particularly with respect to economic, environmental, and social performance. ーCommitments
to External
Initiatives

Stakeholder
Engagement

4.11 Explanation of whether and how the precautionary approach or principle is addressed by the organization.

wP56

4.12 Externally developed economic, environmental, and social charters, principles, or other initiatives to which the organization subscribes or endorses.

ーMemberships in associations (such as industry associations) and/or national/international advocacy organizations in which the organization:
4.13

・Has positions in governance bodies;・Participates in projects or committees;
・Provides substantive funding beyond routine membership dues; or・Views membership as strategic.

wP63

4.14 List of stakeholder groups engaged by the organization.

P32

4.15 Basis for identification and selection of stakeholders with whom to engage.

P32

4.16 Approaches to stakeholder engagement, including frequency of engagement by type and by stakeholder group. P33
Key topics and concerns that have been raised through stakeholder engagement, and how the
P32、P33
4.17
organization has responded to those key topics and concerns, including through its reporting.

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Economic Performance Indicators
AspectEconomic
PerformanceMarketPresence

Comparison Table for Guidelines

Indirect
Economic
Impacts

Core

Add

Indicator

Direct economic value generated and distributed, including revenues, operating costs, employee compensation,

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○

EC1.

○

EC2.

Financial implications and other risks and opportunities for the organization s activities due to climate change.

ー

○

EC3.

Coverage of the organization s defined benefit plan obligations.

ー

○

EC4.

Significant financial assistance received from government.

ー

EC5.

Range of ratios of standard entry level wage compared to local minimum wage at significant locations of operation.

ー

○

EC6.

Policy, practices, and proportion of spending on locally-based suppliers at significant locations of operation.

ー

○

EC7.

Procedures for local hiring and proportion of senior management hired from the local community at locations of significant operation.

ー

○

EC8.

○

○

EC9.

donations and other community investments, retained earnings, and payments to capital providers and governments.

Development and impact of infrastructure investments and services provided primarily for
public benefit through commercial, in-kind, or pro bono engagement.
Understanding and describing significant indirect economic impacts, including the extent of impacts.

P18

ー
ー

Environmental Performance Indicators
AspectMaterials

Core

Add

Emissions,Effluents,and Waste

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EN1.
EN2.

Percentage of materials used that are recycled input materials.

○

EN3.

Direct energy consumption by primary energy source.

P46

○

EN4.

Indirect energy consumption by primary source.

P46、wP58○

EN5.

Energy saved due to conservation and efficiency improvements.

P47

○

EN6.

○

EN7.

Initiatives to reduce indirect energy consumption and reductions achieved.

ー

EN8.

Total water withdrawal by source.

P46

○

EN9.

Water sources significantly affected by withdrawal of water.

ー

○

EN10.

Percentage and total volume of water recycled and reused.

ー

○

EN11.

○

EN12.

Materials used by weight or volume.

Initiatives to provide energy-efficient or renewable energy based products and services,and reductions in energy requirements as a result of these initiatives.

Location and size of land owned, leased, managed in, or adjacent to,protected areas and areas of high biodiversity value outside protected areas.
Description of significant impacts of activities, products, and services on biodiversity inprotected areas and areas of high biodiversity value outside protected areas.

P46

ー

ー
ー

○

EN13.

Habitats protected or restored.

ー

○

EN14.

Strategies, current actions, and future plans for managing impacts on biodiversity.

ー

○

EN15.

Number of IUCN Red List species and national conservation list species with
habitats in areas affected by operations, by level of extinction risk.

ー

○

EN16.

Total direct and indirect greenhouse gas emissions by weight.

P41、
P42

○

EN17.

Other relevant indirect greenhouse gas emissions by weight.

ー

○

EN19.

Emissions of ozone-depleting substances by weight.

ー

○

EN20.

NOx, SOx, and other significant air emissions by type and weight.

wP60

○

EN21.

Total water discharge by quality and destination.

ー
P43
ー

○

EN22.

Total weight of waste by type and disposal method.

○

EN23.

Total number and volume of significant spills.

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Products
and Services
ComplianceIndicator○○

Biodiversity

Item

○

Energy

Water

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Item

EN24.

Weight of transported, imported, exported, or treated waste deemed hazardous under the terms of theBasel Convention Annex I, II, III, and VIII, and percentage of transported waste shipped internationally.
Identity, size, protected status, and biodiversity value of water bodies and related habitats

○

EN25.

○

EN26.

Initiatives to mitigate environmental impacts of products and services, and extent of impact mitigation.

P11、
P12

○

EN27.

Percentage of products sold and their packaging materials that are reclaimed by category.

ー

EN28.

Monetary value of significant fines and total number of non-monetary sanctions fornoncompliance with environmental laws and regulations.

wP55
P42
wP57

○

significantly affected by the reporting organization s discharges of water and runoff.

Transport

○

EN29.

Significant environmental impacts of transporting products and other goods and materials used forthe organization s operations, and transporting members of the workforce.

Overall○

EN30.

Total environmental protection expenditures and investments by type.

Social and Environmental ReportsーーLabor Practices and Decent Work Performance Indicators

Employment
Labor/
Management
Relations

Core

Add

○

LA1.

Total workforce by employment type, employment contract, and region.

○

LA2.

Total number and rate of employee turnover by age group, gender, and region.

Training
and Education
Diversityand Equal
Opportunity

ー
ー

LA3.

Benefits provided to full-time employees that are not provided to temporary or part-time employees, by major operations. ー

○

LA4.

Percentage of employees covered by collective bargaining agreements.

○

LA5.

Minimum notice period(s) regarding operational changes, including whether it is specified in collective agreements. ー

○

ー

LA6.

Percentage of total workforce represented in formal joint management-worker health and safetycommittees that help monitor and advise on occupational health and safety programs.

○

LA7.

Rates of injury, occupational diseases, lost days, and absenteeism, and number of work-related fatalities by region.

○

LA8.

○

LA9.

Health and safety topics covered in formal agreements with trade unions.

P31

○

LA10.

Average hours of training per year per employee by employee category.

ー

○

LA11.

Programs for skills management and lifelong learning that support the continued employability of employees and assist them in managing career endings. P30

○

LA12.

Percentage of employees receiving regular performance and career development reviews.

○

Occupational
Health and
SafetyCorresponding page in Socialand Environmental Report 2009
(A number with w indicates anitem for Web disclosure only.)

Item

○

LA13.

○

LA14.

ー
ー

Education, training, counseling, prevention, and risk-control programs in place to assist

P31

workforce members, their families, or community members regarding serious diseases.

ーComposition of governance bodies and breakdown of employees per category according to gender,ー

age group, minority group membership, and other indicators of diversity.
Ratio of basic salary of men to women by employee category.

ー

Human Rights Performance Indicators
Core

Investment
and Procurement
Practices

○

HR1.

○

HR2.
HR3.

Non-discrimination

Total hours of employee training on policies and procedures concerning aspects of human rights that are relevant to operations, including the percentage of employees trained. ー

○

HR4.

Total number of incidents of discrimination and actions taken.

○

HR5.

○

HR6.

Operations identified as having significant risk for incidents of child labor, and measures taken to contribute to the elimination of child labor.

ー

○

HR7.

Operations identified as having significant risk for incidents of forced or compulsory labor, and measures to contribute to the elimination of forced or compulsory labor.

ー

○

HR8.

Percentage of security personnel trained in the organization s policies or procedures concerning aspects of human rights that are relevant to operations.

ー

○

HR9.

Total number of incidents of violations involving rights of indigenous people and actions taken.

ーFreedom of
Association andCollective Bargaining

Child Labor
Forced and Compulsory Labor
Security Practices
Indigenous Rights

Add

Corresponding page in Socialand Environmental Report 2009
(A number with w indicates anitem for Web disclosure only.)

Aspect○

Item

Percentage and total number of significant investment agreements that include human rights clauses or that have undergone human rights screening.

ー
Percentage of significant suppliers and contractors that have undergone screening on human rights and actions taken. ーComparison Table for Guidelines

AspectーOperations identified in which the right to exercise freedom of association andーcollective bargaining may be at significant risk, and actions taken to support these rights.

Society Performance Indicators
Core

Community

○

SO1.

○

SO2.

Percentage and total number of business units analyzed for risks related to corruption.

ー

○

SO3.

Percentage of employees trained in organization s anti-corruption policies and procedures.

ー

○

SO4.

Actions taken in response to incidents of corruption.

○

SO5.

Public policy positions and participation in public policy development and lobbying.

ー
ー

○

SO6.

Total value of financial and in-kind contributions to political parties, politicians, and related institutions by country.

ー

○

SO7.

Total number of legal actions for anticompetitive behavior, anti-trust, and monopoly practices and their outcomes.

ー

SO8.

Monetary value of significant fines and total number of non-monetary sanctions for noncompliance with laws and regulations.

ー

Corruption
Public Policy
Anti-Competitive Behavior
Compliance

Add

Corresponding page in Socialand Environmental Report 2009
(A number with w indicates anitem for Web disclosure only.)

Aspect○Item

Nature, scope, and effectiveness of any programs and practices that assess and manage

ーthe impacts of operations on communities, including entering, operating, and exiting.

Product Responsibility Performance Indicators
AspectCore

Customer
Health and
Safety○Product andServiceLabeling

MarketingCommunications
Customer Privacy
Compliance

Add

PR1.
○

○

PR2.
PR3.

Life cycle stages in which health and safety impacts of products and services are assessed for improvement,
and percentage of significant products and services categories subject to such procedures.
Total number of incidents of non-compliance with regulations and voluntary codes concerning
health and safety impacts of products and services during their life cycle, by type of outcomes.

P25

of significant products and services subject to such information requirements.

PR4.

Total number of incidents of non-compliance with regulations and voluntary codes concerning
product and service information and labeling, by type of outcomes.

○

PR5.

Practices related to customer satisfaction, including results of surveys measuring customer satisfaction.

PR6.

Programs for adherence to laws, standards, and voluntary codes related
to marketing communications, including advertising, promotion, and sponsorship.
Total number of incidents of non-compliance with regulations and voluntary codes concerning

P25
ーType of product and service information required by procedures, and percentage

○

○

○

Corresponding page in Socialand Environmental Report 2009
(A number with w indicates anitem for Web disclosure only.)

Item

ー
ー
P26
ー

○

PR7.

○

PR8.

Total number of substantiated complaints regarding breaches of customer privacy and losses of customer data.

PR9.

Monetary value of significant fines for noncompliance with laws and regulations concerning the provision and use of products and services. ーmarketing communications, including advertising, promotion, and sponsorship by type of outcomes.

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