Social Contribution and Communication

As a global citizen, the FDK Group hopes that our beautiful planet and its bountiful nature will last forever. Thus, weare committed to developing social contribution initiatives and enhancing communication with the local communities
in which we operate.

Working with Local Communities
The Lake Hamana Cleaning Project

Traffic Safety Education in Xiamen City, China

On the ﬁrst Sunday of every June, the The Lake Hamana Cleanup Team, a citizens group, hosts the cleaning-up event Lake
Hamana Cleaning Project in the region around this natural gift inShizuoka Prefecture. The aim is to hand down the lake s beautiful
landscape and rich ﬁshing
resources we have inheritedfrom our ancestors to future
generations.
FDK takes part in thisevent with the labor union
every year. In 2007, surfers
who happened to be on thebeach helped us with thecleaning.

Observing the traﬃc rules is a prerequisite for preventing roadaccidents. Volunteers from XIAMEN FDK CORPORATION
provided safety instructions on the street.
The Chinese corporation hopes that their activity not only raises
the awareness of both
citizens and employees
about compliance withtraﬃc rules, but also helps
mitigate the recent increasein the number of traﬃcaccidents.

Cleaning Enshunada Sea
Beach in the Kosai Region

Local Volunteer Cleaning Activities

Volunteer Well Digging in Cambodia

All FDK sites participate in local cleaning activities as well as theannual Japanese Archipelago Cleaning Campaign sponsored by
the Japanese Trade Union Confederation, or Rengo, in September.
In 2007, FDK in the Kosai region took part in cleaning Shirasuka
beach. In the Sanyo regionin Yamaguchi Prefecture,
FDK employees cleaned anearby section of National
Route 2 and helped
broadcast burning andbottom weed mowing on
the karst tableland ofAkiyoshidai. The Furukawa
beach cleaning activity inthe Iwaki region focused
The Japanese Archipelago Cleaning
on Usuiso beach.
Campaign in the Sanyo Region

The fourth Cambodia Well Digging Campaign, sponsored by theShizuoka Regional Council of the Japanese Electrical Electronic &Information Union, took place from January 28 to February 2,
2008. In Cambodia, satisfactory hygiene is only available in cities,
while poor sanitation
prevails in many suburban
and rural settlements,
which are seriously
suﬀering from shortagesof drinking water. An FDKemployee participated inthis well digging campaign.

Volunteer Recyclable Waste Collection

Teaching Children to Make Dry Batteries

FDK branch unions in Kosai, Shizuoka Prefecture, Sanyo, Yamaguchi Prefecture, and Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture as well as
FDK sales oﬃces nationwide regularly collect aluminum pull-tabs,
used stamps, and foreign coins and donate them to social welfare
councils and voluntary organizations in their respective regions.
In FY2007, FDK Kosai donated 19 kg of aluminum pull-tabs to theKosai City Social WelfareCouncil,
FDK Sanyo donated 11kg
to the Sanyo-Onoda City
Social Welfare Council, andFDK Iwaki donated 47kg
to the volunteer organization Sanbora Kai.

In December 2007, a Children s Manufacturing Workshop washeld at the Kosai Regional Vocational Training Center. Hosted by
the Kosai Children s Invention Club, the event taught children fromnine to twelve years of age how to make dry batteries and electricmotors by hand. FDK collaborated with FDK ENERGY, a dry
battery manufacturer, to provide the children with instruction on
making dry batteries.
The completed batteries
were used to light small
bulbs, which made thechildren scream withdelight.

Donating Aluminum Pull-Tabs
in the Iwaki Region

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Volunteers from XIAMEN FDK Provide
Traffic Safety Instructions in Xiamen City

Social & Environmental Report 2008

Well Digging in Cambodia(by FDK in the Kosai Region)

Teaching Children How to Make
Dry Batteries by Hand (Kosai Region)