Global Warming Prevention Measures

We promote energy saving, and improve distribution eﬃciency and recycling at plants andoﬃces in every phase of our business activities as a part of our global warming prevention
measures.

Reduction of Business-Related Greenhouse Gas Emissions
The FDK Group strives to reduce energy consumption and CO2 emissions with our energy saving facilities, including cogeneration
facilities, and improvement of the operational management of existing facilities as a part of our global warming countermeasures.

Aim of the Fourth Environmental Action Plan
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Reduce FY2006Ｏlevels２を、
２of０１
energy０年度末までに２consumption-based００６年度実績比２％削減する。
CO2 emissions by 2% by the end of FY2010.

Energy-Saving Activities
We continued from the previous term with the below-listed energy
saving activities in FY2007. We have also conﬁrmed energy-saving
achieved through our company-wide business reform initiatives.
For example, through our production eﬃciency project, we wereable to reduce energy consumption per unit produced, and reduce
power consumption for heating, cooling and lighting by reducing
the area required for production. We will continue to promote
Cool Biz as well.
● Introduction of energy-eﬃcient air conditioners● Introduction of energy-eﬃcient compressors● Introduction of energy-saving lighting ﬁxtures● Replacing substation equipment with energy-eﬃcient models● Optimizing air-conditioning settings and power conservation
for lighting and OA equipment● Improving energy saving measures by reevaluating operating
conditions and facility management
As a result of our eﬀorts, we reduced energy-consumptionrelated CO2 emissions to 24,543 tons, a 6% reduction from theprevious term. In addition to energy saving measures, this reduction was also due to a lowered production volume of inverter
modules for LCD back lights.
Domestic production sites of the FDK Group have reduced
greenhouse gas emissions by 63% compared with FY1990. This,by far, surpasses the goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions
by 6% from 1990 set by the Kyoto Protocol. This achievement
was due to our energy saving activities, as well as our shift fromenergy-intensive ferrite production to the production of modularized products as a part of our business structure reform.

Promoting Awareness about CO2Reduction, and Practicing It at Home
We provide education and awareness programs pertaining toglobal warming through our Intranet. In addition, we promote
lifestyles that reduce CO2 emissions at home. In FY2007, werequested families of our employees to turn oﬀ the lights andTVs, and spend a quiet evening together, as proposed by theMinistry of Environment in their Black Illumination 2007
campaign. We also conducted a lights-out campaign at our plantoﬃces on July 7, 2008, the ﬁrst day of the G8 Hokkaido ToyakoSummit.

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Greenhouse Gases Other Than CO2Six types of greenhouse gases covered by the Kyoto Protocol are
CO2, methane, nitrous oxide, hydroﬂuorocarbons, perﬂuorocarbons, and sulfur hexaﬂuoride. Since CO2 is the only greenhousegas on this list emitted by the FDK Group, we focus our eﬀorts
on controlling CO2 emissions.

Transition of CO2 Emissions
ＣＯ２ Emissions（ｔ-ＣＯ２）

ＣＯ２Emissions※
Base Unit Index

Base Unit Index

1.2
80000

1.060000

0.8
0.6

40000

0.4
20000
00.2090 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07（FY）※ Base unit index: 1990 base unit for production output is set to be 1

CO2 Emissions

Unit（ｔ-ＣＯ２）

90

91

92

93

94

95

66,46872,44372,79375,742

81,26582,790

96

97

98

99

00

01

76,23976,49373,51672,87770,071

47,382

02

03

04

05

06

07

42,811

38,22826,14626,31826,23924,543※Since the introduction of 0.555t-CO2/MWh as the conversion
factor from electricity, we have recalculated past emissions.

Energy Type Status
A Heavy Oil:4%(Class 1 Heavy Oil
Speciﬁed in JIS)

Breakdown of 24,543 Tons
CO2 Emissions

City Gas:1%

Electricity:95%

Environmental Consideration in the Distribution Process
The FDK Group consigns all logistical tasks involving our business partners and customers to shipping companies. Therefore, we attempt
to promote the recycling of packaging material and the reduction of transportation-related CO2 emissions by requesting cooperation fromthe relevant shipping companies.

Aim of the Fourth Environmental Action Plan
Reduction of transportation-related CO2 emissions

Increasing Load Efficiency byImproving Packaging Methods
Formerly, we shipped raw materials and products in cardboard
boxes. We are now collaborating with our business partners andcustomers to gradually replace these with plastic containers (TPtrays) to allow repeated use. For those shipments made using
cardboard boxes, we have been using less packing material inorder to improve load eﬃciency. In addition, we have been recycling
the boxes. Finally, we are also reducing packing material use.
Meanwhile, we are optimizing/minimizing transportation itself
through a company-wide introduction of the Toyota Production
System (TPS), a system that discourages unnecessary transportby proposing the transport of necessary items only.

Social Activities Report

We have switched our FDK/customer and FDK/business partner
delivery systems from an individual transportation system to aroutine delivery system with designated multiple stops throughout the country. This new system aims to reduce the amount of
CO 2 emitted from trucks by shortening the overall distancetraveled, as well as reduce delivery lead time and works inprogress.
Since FY2006, in collaboration with shipment companies, we havealso been taking advantage of joint shipments, transporting ourgoods along with other companies goods in order to reducetransportation-related CO2 emissions while increasing load eﬃciency.

Management andOrganizational Structure

Deployment of Routine
Delivery and Joint Shipment

Shipment Methods
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Partner

CustomerBusiness
Partner

Customer

Individual Transportation System

Business
Partner

CustomerBusiness
Partner

CustomerRoutine Delivery System

Reducing the Number ofPartially-Loaded Chartered Trucks

Our Efforts for Modal Shift
We are in process of considering a modal shift toward JR (JapanRailway) freight trains for the reduction of transportation-related
CO2 emissions.

After (TP Trays)

Establishment of a Ton-Kilometer
Determination SystemTon-kilometer is the unit used for measuring transportation activities, with the weight of cargo in tons multiplied by the distancetransported in kilometers. According to the revised energy-saving
law enacted in April 2006, notiﬁcation of cargo transportation
volume is required when an owner of cargo ships more than 30
million ton-kilometers per year, regardless of whether the cargo isshipped directly by the owner or consigned. Although FDK has
not reached this level, we have established a system to measuretransportation ton-kilometers, and post the information on ourIntranet monthly as a part of our transportation management.
In the near future, we plan to supplement the ton-kilometer method by keeping track of transportation-related CO2 emissions byother methods as well.

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Site Report

As a new initiative in FY2007, we decided to cancel all partiallyloaded chartered trucks and ship such loads by general delivery
service. As a result, we managed to reduce 12 chartered trucks
per month from the previous year.

Before (Cardboard Boxes)

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