CORPORATESOCIALRESPONSIBILITY REPORT 2015

Contents
Seven Promises 6: Strict Respect and Compliance with both the Letter and Spirit of the Law

Contents

01

Corporate Information

02

Compliance / Risk Management

25

Financial and Non-Financial Information

03

Corporate Governance

26

President ’s Message

05

Corporate Philosophy / EIZO Group Principles of Conduct – Seven Promises

07

Seven Promises 7: Broadminded Corporate Culture

Our CSR Approach and Materiality Analysis

08

Employee Dialogue

27

The Competitive Advantages of EIZO

09

Laying the Foundations for a Motivating Workplace / Promoting Work-Life Balance29

Human Resource Development Efforts

30

ESecuring Safety and Health31

Seven Promises 1: Creating New ValueEIZO Solutions

11

Protecting Intellectual Property that Enhances Value

13

Appendix

EIZO’s Quality Assurance System

14

GRI Content Index

32

Comparison Table for the United Nations Global Compact /Independent Third-Party Assurance Statement

33

Seven Promises 2: Environmental Consideration for Our Products and Business Operations
Environmental Policy / Environmental Management System

15

Environmental Targets /Performance Report

16

Basic Product Development Sequence / Green Procurement / Compliance with Environmental
Standards and Legal Requirements

17

Overview of the Environmental Impact of Our Business Operations / Environmental Risk Management/ Prevention of Global Warming, and Energy Conservation

18

Collection and Recycling of Used Products

19

Seven Promises 3: Operating as an International Corporation
Development and Production Network – Coherent Development and Production System/ Sales Network – Group Companies and Distributors

20

Editorial Policy for the CSR Report

Seven Promises 4: Open and Fair Trade21• Editorial Policy: We have compiled an explanation on topics weconsider important and a report on the impact and effects ofour business activities on society and the environment, using
the GRI Guidelines as reference.

Seven Promises 5: Strong Bonds of Trust with Stakeholders• Scope of the report: EIZO Group Exceptions to the scope ofcoverage are explained in the notes to the relevant sections.

Relationship with Each Type of Stakeholder

22

Relationships with Customers

23• Issue date: October 2015

Relationships with Shareholders / Relationships with the Local Community24• Issue date of previous report: September 2014

• Period covered: April 1, 2014 to March 31, 2015 (FY 2014)• CSR Promotion System: CSR activities come under the responsibilityof the General Affairs Division, are supervised by the managing
officer responsible for CSR and implemented by all Group
companies. They are also subject to a management review by the
CSR Committee, comprising the heads of each department, andreported to the Board of Directors.
• Contact information: EIZO Corporation General Affairs Department
Tel: +81-76-274-2406• Issue date of next report: September 2016

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Corporate Information

Corporate Information
Company NameEIZO Corporation

Business Activities

Development, design, manufacture and sales of visual display systems,
amusement monitors and related services

EstablishedMarch 6, 1968

President

Yoshitaka Jitsumori

Development, • EIZO MS Corporation
Production and Sales Japan: Manufacturing of visual display systems, amusement monitors, and electronic circuit boards• EIZO Support Network Corporation
Japan: Field service, security and maintenance, and other services for visual display systems• EIZO Engineering Corporation
Japan: Development and designing of visual display systems, and temporary staff services

Address of Headquarters 153 Shimokashiwano, Hakusan, Ishikawa 924-8566, Japan• EIZO GmbHGermany: Development, manufacturing, sales, and servicing of visual display systems for the medical market

Group Sales

72,576 million yen (FY 2014)

Group Employees

2,168 including temporary workers (consolidated, as of March 31, 2015)

Group Companies

16 (EIZO Corporation and its 5 domestic subsidiaries and 10 overseas subsidiaries, as of September 1, 2015)• EIZO Technologies GmbHGermany: Development, manufacturing, sales, and servicing of visual display systems for industrial
market and controller boards for monitors• Tech Source, Inc.
USA: Development, manufacturing, sales, and servicing of graphics boards for air traffic control

Germany

EIZO GmbH• EIZO Display Technologies (Suzhou) Co., Ltd.
China: Development, manufacturing, sales, and servicing of visual display systems

SwedenEizo Nordic AB• Irem Software Engineering Inc.
Japan: Development, manufacturing, and sales of amusement software

Germany

EIZO Europe GmbH
(and 4 branch offices*)

Sales • EIZO Inc.
USA: Sales and servicing of visual display systems

United Kingdom• EIZO Nordic AB
Sweden: Sales and servicing of visual display systems

EIZO Limited

Japan

EIZO Corporation (and 5 companies)(Ishikawa Prefecture)

USA

Tech Source, Inc.

Switzerland
EIZO AG

China
Germany

EIZO Technologies
GmbH

EIZO Display Technologies(Suzhou) Co., Ltd.

USAEIZO Inc.

• EIZO Europe GmbHGermany (and branch offices in Belgium, Czech Republic, Italy and the Netherlands): Sales andservicing of visual display systems• EIZO AG
Switzerland: Sales and servicing of visual display systems• EIZO Limited
United Kingdom: Sales and servicing of visual display systems• EIZO Austria GmbH
Austria: Sales and servicing of visual display systems

Austria

EIZO Austria GmbHGroup companies
Location of distributors
Countries in which Eizo products are sold

Others • EIZO Agency Corporation
Japan: Insurance service

EIZO Europe GmbH is composed of the head office in Germany and four branch offices in Belgium, Czech Republic, Italy and the Netherlands.

Our products are well received around the world, with current sales in over 80 countries and territories through our Group
companies and 18 global distributors. (As of September 2015)

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Financial and Non-Financial Information

Financial Information■ 売上高 ■ 売上高

FY 2010

FY 2011

FY 2012FY 2013

FY 2014

65,20459,55958,27073,641

72,576

Computer monitors

36,39331,611

30,69041,62044,450

Amusement monitors

20,836

20,545

18,074

21,96615,127

Other

7,974

7,402

9,505

10,054

12,999Net income (millions of yen)

■ Operating Income/Operating Margin

Operating Income
Operating Operating
Income Margin
Operating Margin(%)(%)■ 営業利益／売上高営業利益率推移
120
15
120
15

(billions of yen)(billions of yen)

Net sales (millions of yen)

Operating income(millions of yen)
Ordinary income(millions of yen)

■ 営業利益／売上高営業利益率推移■ 営業利益／売上高営業利益率推移■ Net Sales■ Financial Highlights

5,150

4,404

2,056

6,833

4,472

5,258

4,479

3,101

7,998

4,704

3,547

1,636

1,598

5,437

3,321

■ 売上高
1,000
1,000
■ 売上高
■ 売上高
800

400
800
200
600
0
400
200

59,21057,67861,431

69,201

Total assets (millions of yen)

77,432

77,032

79,367

92,931

106,519

Net assets per share (yen)2,652.64

2,705.24

2,881.26

3,245.70

3,719.08■ 営業利益／売上高営業利益率推移■ 営業利益／売上高営業利益率推移

800

73.6

65.2
65.2
(billions of yen)(billions of(billionsyen) of yen)59.5
600
600
1,000
1,000 1,000

59.5
58.2

73.6
72.5

72.5

58.2

400
73.6
72.5
800
800
73.6
73.6
72.5
65.2
65.259.5 65.2
58.2
200
59.5
59.5
58.2
58.2
600
600
0
FY 2010400FY
400
FY20142013
FY20132012 FYFY2011
2010 FYFY2012
2011 FY
200

0Total equity (millions of yen)(billions of yen)(billions of yen)

79,29372.5

FY 2014100

Operating Income
Operating Margin
OperatingOperating
Income Income
OperatingOperating
Margin Margin
9.3(billions of yen)
(%)
9.3
80
10
(billions of(billionsyen) 80of yen)(%) 10 (%)
7.9
120
15
7.9
7.4
7.4
120
120
15
15
6.8
6.8
60
60
6.2
6.2
100
1005.1 100 5.1
40
5
40
5
3.5
3.5
4.4
4.4
4.4
4.4
9.3
80
10
9.3
9.3
80 7.9 80
101020
20 7.9 7.4 7.9
2.0
7.4 2.0 7.4 6.8
60
6.8 6.2 6.8
60
60
6.20
6.2
0
0
0
FY5.1
2010 FYFY2011
2010 FYFY2012
2011 FYFY20132012 FYFY20142013 FY40
5 2014
5.1 4.4 5.1 3.5
4.4
40
40
5
5
3.5
3.5
4.4
4.4
4.4
4.4

200

20

0 2010 0FY 2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 FY 2014
FY
2013 FYFY2013
2014 FY 20142012 FYFY2012
FY 2010 FYFY2010
2011 FYFY2011■ 製品別売上高および構成比■ 製品別売上高および構成比
2015年3月期
2015年3月期

158.93

74.08

74.96

255.05

20

20

2.0

2.0
2.0
0
0 2010 0FY 2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 FY 2014
0FY
FY 2010FYFY2010
2011 FYFY2011
2012 FYFY2012
2013 FYFY2013
2014 FY 2014
■ 配当推移■ 配当推移0Year-end Dividend
Dividend
Payout RatioPayout Ratio
Year-endInterim
Dividend
Interim Dividend
(%)
(yen)
(%)
100
100
100
Sales
and
Percentage
Breakdown
Composition
of
Net
Sales
by
4.1billion
yen
2.7
billionyen
4.1billion yen
2.7 billion yen ■ 配当推移
■ 製品別売上高および構成比■ 地域別売上高および構成比
90Five-year
90
90 Change in Dividends
90

■

■

5.2%

5.2%

Others3.0%

Others3.0%■ 製品別売上高および構成比■ 製品別売上高および構成比■ 地域別売上高および構成比■ 地域別売上高および構成比
by ProductCategory (FY 2014)2015年3月期
Region (FY 2014)2015年3月期 Others
Others2015年3月期
2015年3月期
2015年3月期
155.80 2015年3月期

17.9% 17.9%

12.9 billion yen
12.9 billion yen

Shareholders’ Equity (%)

76.5

74.9

77.4

74.5

74.4

Equity ratio (%)

6.1

2.8

2.7

8.3

4.5

Price earnings ratio

12.4

23.9

22.0

10.6

16.9

5,100

(2,736)

2,137

4,685

1,445

(1,122)679(2,191)(1,208)(3,426)(1,116)(2,776)(1,067)(1,066)923

21,591

16,714

16,13819,08018,022

Cash flows from operating
activities (millions of yen)
Cash flows from investing
activities (millions of yen)
Cash flows from financing
activities (millions of yen)
Cash and cash equivalents,
end of year (millions of yen)0

■ 地域別売上高および構成比■ 地域別売上高および構成比
2015年3月期
2015年3月期
North America
North America

Basic net income (yen)100

Monitors forMonitors for
ConsolidatedConsolidated
Computer Use
Computer Use
AmusementAmusement
Net Sales Net Sales
Monitors Monitors
61.3% 61.3%
Others 72.5
72.5
Othersbillion yenOthers
44.4 yenbillion 44.4
yen billion yen
20.8%
billion
20.8%
17.9%
15.1 billion yen
15.1 billion
17.9%
12.9 billion
yen yen17.9%
12.9 billion
12.9
yen
billion yen
Monitors for
Monitorsfor
for
Computer
Use Monitors
Amusement Consolidated
Consolidated
Consolidated
Net Sales
ComputerComputer
Use
Use
Amusement
Amusement
Monitors
61.3%
Sales
72.5Net Sales Net
MonitorsMonitors
61.3%
billion yen72.544.472.5
billionyen 61.3%
20.8%
billion yenbillion
yenbillion
44.4
44.4
yen
billion
yen
20.8%
20.8%
15.1 billion yen
15.1 billion
15.1
yen
billion yen

North America
OthersNorth America
Others Others
5.2%North America
Japan3.0%Japan
Europe 5.2%
EuropeConsolidated
5.2%
3.0% 3.0%
Consolidated
4.1billion yen
billion yen
Net Sales Net2.7
Sales
61.4%
61.4%
30.4%
30.4%
4.1billion4.1billion
yen 72.5yen
2.7 billion
2.7yen
billion yen
72.5
40.4
billion 40.4
yen billion yen
25.2 billion 25.2
yen billion
yenbillion yen billion yen

Japan
EuropeConsolidated
Japan Japan
Europe Net
EuropeConsolidated
Consolidated
Sales
61.4%
30.4%
Net Sales
61.4%
72.5Net Sales
30.4%
30.4%
40.4 billion
yen 61.4%
25.2 billion
yen billion
yen72.5 72.5
40.4
billion40.4
yenbillion yen
25.2 billion
25.2
yen
billionyen yenbillion yen
billion

(yen)
100

■

■ 配当推移■ 配当推移

80
80
80
80
67.5
66.7
67.5
66.7
70
70
70 Dividend Interim70Year-end
Dividend
Payout Ratio
(yen)
(%)
60 Payout 60
60
Dividend
Year-end DividendInterim DividendInterim Dividend
Ratio
Payout Ratio
60
60Year-end(yen)(%) 60 (%)
55
55
100 (yen)
100
30
5050
50
50
50
50 1005030 100 50 100
50 100 50
30
30
90
90
25
25
2525
25
25
90
90 40 90
40
40
40 90
80
80
38.5
80 30 8067.5
38.5 80 30 80
30
30
66.7
70
70
31.5
67.5
66.7
66.7
70 20 70 31.5 67.5
70 20 70
20
20
60
60
21.6
21.6 60 60 60
55
60
60 10 60
1010
10 60 50
55
55
30
50
50
50
25
25
25 5050 2525 5050 25
25 30 5030 30
25 50 3030505025 0 50 25
50 0 50
0
0
25
30
30 40
40 FY 2010 25FYFYFY2012
2011
2014
FY
2013
2525
2525
25 FY
FY
2012
FY
2010
2011
FY
2014
FY
2013
40
40
40
40
38.5
30
30
38.5
38.5
30
30
30
30
31.5
20
20
31.5
31.5
20
20
20
20
21.6
10
21.6
21.6 10
1025
10 25
10
10
30
25
25
0
0
25
2525
30
2530
25
25
2525
0 2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 FY 2014
00
FY02010 FY
2012 FYFY2012
FY 2010 FYFY
2010
2011 FYFY2011
2014 FY 20142013 FYFY2013

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Financial and Non-Financial Information

Japan

2,500
2,000

1,793

2,168

2,021

1,944

1,870

Overseas
Emissions of CO2(t-CO2)

Energy use

7,000
6,000

1,600

99,63890,84089,38190,131

89,119

5,000
1,200

Non-Financial Information

800

80,000

1,518

1,553

1,562

1,617

60,000

1,761

3,000
40,000

2,000
1,000
275

■ Group Employees

1,870

FY 2010 FY 2011 FY 2012

2,168

2,021

1,944

2,000
1,600

1,200

1,200

1,944

1,793

7,000
Treasury
1,870 stock

1,562

1,617

1,761

400
0

800
400

275

317

382

FY 2010 FY 2011 FY 2012

■ 株主構成（所有株式数の分布）
2015年3月31日現在

Treasury stock

404

407

FY 2013

FY 2014

Securities companies

0.7%

17.3%

Financial
institutions

25.0%

0

2.2%

0

1,518

1,553

1,562
3,000

Financial
institutions

2,000
25.0%

Individual
investors
and others

25.7%
Foreigninvestors

25.1%

90,840

1,617

25.0%

90,131

FY 2013

FY 2014

99,638
89,119 6,000
100,000

1,761

20,000
0

Emissions of CO2

Energy use(GJ)120,000
89,381

90,84090,131

89,119100,000

5,000
80,00080,0004,000
60,0003,000

60,00040,0002,000

40,000

4,582

5,667

FY 2013

FY 201420,0003,326
1,000
0

2,220

5,019

4,582

5,667

0
FY 2010 FY 2011

FY 2012FY 2013

FY 201420,0000With regard to greenhouse gas emissions, we measure
CO₂ emissions by converting figures for electricity, kerosene
and LPG use into CO₂.

Securities companies

0.7%

Financial
institutions

FY 2012120,000
7,000

Foreigninvestors

2.2%

17.3%

FY 2010 FY 2011

Energy use(t-CO2) (GJ)

25.7%

As of March 31, 2015

Generalcorporations

5,667(Japan and China)

2,220
3,326 25.1%
5,019
1,000
275
317
382
404
407
0
2011
FY 2010 FY 2011 FY 2012 FYFY2010
2013 FYFY
2014 FY 2012

Treasury stock

4,582■ Emissions of Greenhouse Gases

0.7%
89,381

Individual
investors
and others

17.3%
4,000

5,019

■ 温室効果ガス排出（日本および中国）

Emissions of CO2
2,168

99,638

6,000

2,220

3,326

Overseas■ 株主構成（所有株式数の分布）
2015年3月31日現在

2.2%
Generalcorporations

FY 2014

Securities companies

corporations

1,553

FY 2013

2,021

General
5,000

1,518

407

Japan

(t-CO2)

1,600

800

404

(proportion of shareholding)■ 株主構成（所有株式数の分布）
Overseas
2015年3月31日現在
2,500

Japan

2,500

1,793

382

■ Shareholder Composition(including average number of temporary
hired employees)

2,000

317

■ 温室効果ガス排出（日本および中国）■ グループ従業員数(期間従業員含む)■ グループ従業員数(期間従業員含む)

100,000

4,000

400
0

(GJ)

120,000

Individual
investors
and others• Calculations of CO₂ emissions associated with electricity use arebased on the conversion factor of Hokuriku Electric Power Company and the conversion factor used in China.
• In fiscal 2013, CO₂ emissions doubled from the previous year due
to a significant increase in the CO₂ conversion factor for electricity,
resulting from an increase in the ratio of thermal power in Japan.

25.7%
Foreigninvestors

25.1%

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President’s Message

EIZO Will Evolve into a Visual Technology Company
that Continues to Contribute to Society
Our Business Activity in itself Constitutes the Social
Responsibility of EIZO
Our most important social responsibility is our business activity in itself. We believe
our social responsibility is to pursue business with integrity, which includes contributing
to society by offering products, solutions and services, returning the benefits produced
through our business to society, and ensuring compliance with laws and regulations
and respect for human rights throughout our business operations. Recognizing this we
conducted a materiality analysis of our CSR this year and reconfirmed that the identified
material issues are represented in our EIZO Group Principles of Conduct – Seven
Promises, and we therefore compiled this CSR Report to align with these principles.

Evolving into a Visual Technology Company that Creates New
Value across All Visual Display Fields
For the three years concluded in the previous fiscal year, we have worked tostrengthen our competitiveness and grow our business in accordance with the Fourth
Mid-Term Business Plan, which started in fiscal 2012. During this period we haveachieved steady progress in a number of industrial fields, including the establishmentof a direct sales system in Europe, entry into the field of operating rooms by setting up
an overseas development team, and the achievement of our goal to claim 30% of the
air traffic control market. We believe these efforts lay the groundwork for expanding
our monitor business under a global system and establishing a commanding number
one position in specific markets.
In anticipation of further transformation, we have formulated the Fifth Mid-TermBusiness Plan (three-year plan), which starts with fiscal 2015. Confidently implementing
this plan will enable us to evolve beyond being a conventional monitor manufacturer
into a “Visual Technology Company” so that we can continue our contribution tosociety. The term “Visual Technology Company” expresses our commitment to do what

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President’s Message

only EIZO can do based on the visual technology that is our competitive advantage.
We take pride in being visual technology specialists who have carried out a consistentprocess, from development to production and sales of computer monitors and otherproducts that represent the world’s top quality and reliability, while maximizing ourvisual technologies centered on monitors. Looking ahead, we will take advantageof these technologies and experience to play a role similar to that of an orchestra
conductor in order to improve every aspect of the imaging environment by cultivating newpartners and collaborations, including proposals that incorporate the products of othercompanies along with our own. In doing so, we will evolve into an enterprise recognizedby customers as “EIZO, the company that addresses every image-related challenge.”
By positioning the Fifth Mid-Term Business Plan as a preparatory period for achieving
this goal, we will expand our business through active investment focused on specificmarkets such as the medical and industrial fields. We intend to expand the breadth of
our contribution to society through these activities.

Continuing to Do What only EIZO Can Do by Supporting the
Imaginative Ideas of Employees
The imaginative ideas of every employee are essential for us to meet the everchanging needs of society. As a company focused on creative development, EIZO istaking various steps to cultivate their imaginative ideas and have thereby developed adeeply rooted corporate climate that values openness and fairness.
Our corporate climate has created an atmosphere that is conducive to trying new
proposals and allowing for their realization. This is why we are able to contribute tofinding solutions for customer problems. We want to continue proposing solutions forthe needs of society based on “what only EIZO can do” as the key, and contribute to
the world while creating new value. These efforts not only boost employee motivation
but also nurture pride. We intend to remain a company in which employees are happy
to work and that local residents feel proud to have as part of their community.
Through these efforts, EIZO is striving to enhance its corporate ability, grow its
business and return the benefits produced through its business to society. The
company will contribute to addressing issues in a variety of fields through our businessactivities as a Visual Technology Company. We welcome the comments and feedbackof our stakeholders in response to this report.

September 2015

Yoshitaka Jitsumori
President, EIZO Corporation

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Corporate Philosophy/ Principles of Conduct – Seven promises

EIZO Group Principles of Conduct– Seven Promises

Corporate Philosophy

We establish the following “EIZO Principles of Conduct” as guidelines
for each EIZO Group employee and as a commitment to our stakeholders.

Through the pursuit of imaging solutions

We pledge to conduct our business in accordance with these Principles.

with advanced technologies,

1. We will supply high-quality products and services loved by customers throughcreating and offering new value by unique technologies and ideas.
2. We will promote our manufacturing and business activities in consideration of
reducing their environmental burdens.
3. We will act as an international corporation with a global outlook and mindset.
4. We will conduct open and fair trade.
5. We will seek to build and maintain strong bonds of trust with our stakeholders (business
partners, employees, shareholders, and the local community).
6. We will strictly respect and comply with both the letter and the spirit of the law as agood corporate citizen.
7. We will respect basic human rights and value a broadminded corporate culture.

we enrich people in their professional
and personal lives.

Participation in the United Nations Global Compact
EIZO became a participant of the United Nations Global Compact(UNGC) in September 2012. Through this voluntary initiative,
member corporations cooperate in the development of a global
framework for sustainable growth by demonstrating responsible,
creative leadership in their actions as good corporate citizens.

As a corporate participant, EIZO will engage in an ongoing ef fort
to realize the UNGC’s ten CSR principles in the areas of humanrights, labor, the environment and anti-corruption, under the
personal leadership of the company’s president.

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Our CSR Approach and Materiality Analysis

We applied the following process to identify the material issues that EIZO must address through its business.

■ Organizing issues■ Evaluating materiality■ Extracting aspects■ Reconfirming Principles of Conduct• Organizing material issues for
CSR with a panoramic view of
the EIZO Group’s value chain• Organizing opportunities anddemands for involvement withkey stakeholders

Evaluating the issues to beaddressed along two axes:
materiality for stakeholders(degree of societal expectation)and materiality for the EIZOGroup

Extracting material aspects
using the GRI G4 Guidelines asreference

Reconfirming they are represented in the
EIZO Group Principles of Conduct – Seven
Promisessee page 7 for details

see page 22 for details● Material issues
Product responsibility
Product and service labeling
Environment
Products and services

High

EconomyEconomic performance
Procurement practices

Materiality for stakeholders(degree of societal expectation)

SocietyAnti-corruption
Anti-competitive behavior
Compliance
Labor practices and decent work
Diversity and equal opportunity
Human rights
Human rights evaluation

Low

EIZO’s Approach to CSR
Our business activity in itself constitutes our mostimportant social responsibility. We are awarethat our social responsibility lies in engaging
in business with integrity, which includes
contributing to society with products, solutions
and services, returning all the benefits produced
through our business to society, and complying
with laws and regulations while respecting humanrights. In addition, with the view that participating
in and supporting regional activities constitutepart of our social responsibility, we enthusiasticallyengage in such activities.
In this context and as the basic policy underlying
our CSR, we uphold the EIZO Group Principles ofConduct, which serve as both a guideline for the
EIZO Group and our promise to stakeholders.

High

Materiality for the EIZO Group(degree of contribution to the task and our own growth)

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The Competitive Advantages of EIZO

Since its founding, the EIZO Group has consistently focused its technology and passion on creating
visual display products. We continue to concentrate our energy and efforts on developing products thatare a step ahead of the times by using advanced devices and pursuing cutting-edge technologies. Our
goal is to deliver reliable, high-quality products that both satisfy and inspire our customers.
The outcomes of these accumulated efforts are EIZO’s competitive advantages: our business model,
excellence in development and quality, and our global network.

Excellence in Development and Quality• Development
In the course of creating visual display products, we have gained thefull spectrum of technologies required for developing monitors. Thisin turn has enabled us to quickly deliver new, cutting-edge products
and high-quality products with enhanced functionality.

■ Core Competence Software, Hardware,and Peripheral Technologies
Environmental Compatibility
Technology
Image Quality
Video Signal
Evaluation
Transmission
Technology
Technology
Application Software
DigitalDevelopment
Mechanism/
Analog
System Image Processing Display Device Mechanics
Evaluation Development
Development Algorithm
Technology
Technology
3D

Business Model
We have built on our core competence of software, hardware and peripheral technologies through ourwork on general-purpose LCD monitors with superior picture quality in order to expand into the area ofmonitors for vertical markets by developing new products with the additional performance and functions
required in various fields. Leveraging the technology, procurement and production synergies among ourbusiness units has enabled us to create advanced products with proprietary features to further develop andexpand our business. This unique business model has been the major driver of our growth.

• Development of environmentally sound products
We have a proven track record of incorporating the principle of environmental preservation into
product development, and since the early years of our company, we have been highly regarded inEurope, where environment-related standards are particularly stringent. As public concern for theenvironment grows, we will work harder to develop environmentally sound products by, for example,
actively participate in the formulation of environmental standards.

Business Development Based on Synergies among Business Units
Color management LCD
Air traffic control
monitorsmonitors
Amusement application
Entertainment
monitors (pachinko)
Medical image monitors
LCD monitors withdisplay monitor
Industrial monitors
superior picture quality

C ore Competence
S o ft w areare, andperiph , hardw logies
e r a l t e c hn oTechnology
Sharing technologies between
business units and developing
advanced products with proprietaryfeatures

Procurement
Guaranteed device procurement
capability

ASIC
Quality
Technology
FPGA
Embedded Firmware
Development
Development• Consistent quality control through 100% self-development
Power Circuit
Technology
and self-production
Touch Panel
Technology
We have always been committed to 100% self-development
and self-production. One of our competitive advantages lies in ourability to integrate quality control, from development and manufacturing to after-sales service, and weremain committed to working in concert group-wide to further enhance quality.

Production
Production line for flexibly
responding to orders• Rigorous attention to quality control
The key to the success of our products is the stringent inspections we
conduct on the image quality of our monitors at different stages, fromdevelopment to production. We make every effort to ensure that the image
quality of all our products is reviewed at the highest level of accuracy from theperspective of the user, through measures such as confirming some inspection
criteria by human eye in addition to machine.
Global Network
We leverage our extensive capabilities by generating synergies in development, production and sales
among our 16 Group companies worldwide.
For details on our global network, please refer to page 2 and 22.

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The Competitive Advantages of EIZO

Competitive Advantage of EIZO as Described by Employees
What is the competitive advantage of EIZO, a company that has always pursued cutting-edge technologies and created pioneering products?
Employees of the planning, development and quality assurance departments discussed this topic.

Our unique strength was developed in the course of our business centered on monitors
Miyata: I am planning industrial and consumer products in the Product Planning Department. The
competitive advantage of EIZO as seen from the perspective of planning is the experience of engaging
in the monitor business across a wide variety of markets, including medical care, graphics, ships,
railway and games in addition to general use. Knowledge of a wide range of settings gained throughexperience in an array of markets has expanded our horizons, enabling us to develop new proposals for
applying proven technologies in one field to a completely different field. For example, the technology
used for game monitors to improve the visibility of darker image areas can be redirected to monitors
for the security market, which requires clearly distinguishing darker areas as well. This I think is a major,
differentiating advantage.
Yoneda: I belong to the Strategic Technologies Development Department. I think
about how to take advantage of the company’s technologies in regard to market
trends and needs as forecasted by the Product Planning Department, exploring
new technologies that meet current trends, and considering EIZO’s ideal futurefrom a technical perspective. I believe our competitive advantage in this context isthe unrivaled graphic processing and display technologies we have developed by
Takahiro Yoneda moving into various fields centered on monitors.

Strategic Technologies
Development Department

Matoba: I belong to both the quality contral and systemsolutions sections of the Quality Assurance Department. In
the former, I examine the quality of products, balancing delivery time and cost,
starting with the planning stage. In the latter, I am engaged in worldwide quality
management, which also encompasses the products of overseas Group companies.
I think the company’s competitive advantage is its strong sense of security andreliability based on high quality. This is the result of its attitude of pursuing quality
earnestly and honestly, and almost to a fault, which has been inherited as our
corporate climate.

Greater strides forward as a Visual Technology Company
Miyata: We have grown with monitors as a hardware focus, but I think one role of a
Visual Technology Company is to look beyond monitors toward other elements andconsider what else we could add to our products in order to provide a new imaging
environment. In the future, we may also consider using the products of othercompanies rather than continuing to limit ourselves to our own.
Yoneda: We are also discussing what we should do as a Visual Technology Company
Koichiro Miyata
Product & Businessin the R&D Department. We could expand the scope of our activities beyond theDevelopment
Departmentboundary of a monitor manufacturer, but we should maintain a stable axis for
EIZO. Moreover, we should create proposals that draw from EIZO’s core competitive
advantages, such as our technological and quality capabilities, to convince customers that only EIZO cando this.
Matoba: It may be difficult to require EIZO-level quality from the products of other companies, but weshould maintain the strong sense of security and reliability that is our competitive advantage. Up to now
we have performed quality managementwith a focus on monitors as hardware, but
we will need a broader approach to quality
management to encompass the entire
imaging environment of customers.

Naoki Matoba

Naoki Matoba
System Solutions Section
and Quality Control Section,
Quality Assurance
Department

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Seven Promises 1 | Creating New Value

We will supply high-quality products and services loved
by customers through creating and offering new value
by unique technologies and ideas.

Our products are used in oﬃces and homes around the world, and each field requires diﬀerent specifications and functions.
Beyond listening and responding to customer requests in each field, we relentlessly pursue proprietary technologies and ideas
to create and oﬀer new sets of values that extend our promise to consistently deliver products that customers appreciate.

EIZO Solutions
For General (Business & Plus) Markets
Focusing on user comfort to reduce the physical strain of using PCs.
We focus on ergonomics-based design so that users can use our
products for long hours without experiencing symptoms of stress suchas eye fatigue. Thus, we offer comfortable PC environments in various
locations such as offices, schools and homes.

EV2450 and EV2455 feature a frameless design, which allows users to enjoy almost seamless viewing anddoes not interfere with eye movement between screens, and therefore improves user comfort in a multimonitor configuration.

For Medical Markets
Contributing to greater diagnostic accuracy to support advanced medical treatment
To contribute to greater diagnostic confidence, our monitors not only
accurately reproduce medical images but also maintain image stability
through the use of built-in sensors that adjust for monitor wear over timeand software that controls image quality. Furthermore, our monitors more
flexibly display images in medical settings by offering multi-modality for
simultaneously displaying different medical images on a single monitor.
In the field of surgical operations, higher levels of medical practice are leading to more sophisticatedoperating room systems that require the display of biological information on a specific monitor at theright time. We support advanced medical procedures by offering a comprehensive approach for theimaging environment required in operating rooms through our consulting services and being able topropose a total imaging solution that meets user needs, including image display monitors and image
management software in a networked environment.

Multi-modality monitor
Monitor can display different medical images, identify monochrome/color images automatically, and present
them with the optimum brightness and gradation.

For Graphics Markets
Supporting every creative setting through reliable, accurate color display
We focus on accurate color reproduction, and we contribute toimproving efficiency and accuracy in every creative setting by offering
monitor solutions that achieve and maintain accurate color display. The
professional series of our color management monitors is being widelyused by professional photographers and many production companies.
The entry series offers color matching for prints and monitor display using
ColorNavigator Element, a free software application that even beginners can use easily. Thus, we also
support people in enjoying digital photos and other creative activities for fun.

For Industrial Markets
Supporting customers’ businesses through finely-tuned response to the specialized needs of each industry
We flexibly address the diverse requirements of each industry byoffering a broad range of products and customization, drawing upon
the basic technology and knowhow we have cultivated over the years
through the development and manufacturing of LCD monitors as wellas our product development capabilities for specific markets that require
specialized and advanced technologies.
Air traffic control: operations in thecontrol room
We also support customers’ businesses by responding to the need forsmall-lot production utilizing our flexible production system and stable, long-term supply of products
based on our procurement capabilities and our maintenance system.
One of our major industrial product areas is security and surveillance market. We contribute toenhancing public safety by supporting the stable operation of security systems, using highly reliable
monitors that feature excellent visibility and 24-hour continuous operation. In the air traffic control
market, we contribute to our mission of ensuring safety in the sky by providing air traffic control towers
and control rooms with products such as high-brightness LCD monitors capable of clearly displaying
flight status information under daylight conditions. We also meet the diverse needs of other industries,
such as railway and marine transport.

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Seven Promises 1 | Creating New ValueFor the Entertainment Market
Enriching games, video watching and other entertainment with our proprietary image processing

Expanding the EIZO 4K World
4K attracts attention in TVs and generates interest in other fields due to advantages such astechnology
A wide variety of entertainment is now available, from games to animation, video, photos and theWeb. In the game field, competitive, multiplayer computer games called eSports (electronic sports) havebecome particularly popular overseas, notably in Europe and North America, and the number of players
is increasing in Japan. Our entertainment monitors feature Smart Insite, a technology that improves
shade visibility by automatically adjusting color saturation and brightness to display images in vivid
detail, depending on the setting.
Our products contribute to enriching customers’ recreation time and daily lives by displaying
dark scenes of games, video and animation in vivid detail, raising the enjoyment and comfort ofentertainment options.

Multi-modality monitor
Monitor can display different medical images, identify monochrome/color images automatically, and present them with the optimum
brightness and gradation.

For the Amusement Market
Enlivening the market by providing products supported by our technological excellence
We design and manufacture LCD monitors installed in pachinkoequipment, capitalizing on the EIZO Group’s advanced visual display
technology. Our products enliven the amusement market by offering arealistic expression of images and stories with a strong gaming feel, andthey become customer favorites year after year.

displaying more information on a single screen and producing beautiful, high-definition images.
As an imaging specialist company for graphics, medical services, general business and CAD, EIZO
offers a uniquely extensive 4K product line.

For CAD, finance and businessFor detailed video editing

For CAD and high-quality map production

For simultaneous display of diverse medical data

©SANYOBUSSAN CO., LTD.

The Award We Received
ColorEdge CG318-4K received the Best of Show Award (under the
Digital Video Magazine category) sponsored by NewBay Media at
the NAB Show 2015, the world’s largest trade show for broadcasting
equipment, held in Las Vegas. NewBay Media is a U.S. media
company that is highly regarded in the industry of broadcastingand imaging equipment for professional use. ColorEdge CG318-4K
was highly recognized for its design, functions and performance,
which meet professional standards, and cost competitiveness.

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Seven Promises 1 | Creating New Value

Protecting Intellectual Property that Enhances Value
We actively seek to obtain patents and design rights for the technologies and designs it creates
through product development.

We have centralized the management of all intellectual property (including patents, design rights,

Our recent focus has been on attaining patents and design rights in countries and regions where
we expect product sales to grow such as China, India and Russia, in addition to Japan, Europe and theUnited States, our current main markets. Overall, our goal is to construct a global network of intellectual
property.
We also believe that trademarks, including the names of our company and products, are key toprotecting and enhancing EIZO brand value. We therefore strive to obtain and maintain trademark rights
in all the countries where we sell products.
umber of Patents Obtained by the EIZO Group
350
300
250

Other countries
EuropeUnited States■ Japan
■
■

280
3

■

232
8

200
150
100
50
0

89
4
25
11

Centralized Management of Intellectual Property for the Entire Group

116
9
34
12

131
9
37
14

125
6
37

139
6
37
14

71
2
24
9
36

49

61

71

68

82

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

14

295
9

90

92

23

24

147

164

170

2012

2013

2014

183
7

56

45

21

17
114

2011

(Fiscal Year)and trademarks) owned by the Group and encourages the creation of intellectual property group-wide.
We have also established a system to facilitate the use of intellectual property and the sharing of related
information among Group companies.
Creating Intellectual Property and Obtaining Rights
We have introduced a survey and application procedure for patents and designs to our productdevelopment process with the aim of preventing missed opportunities for identifying new core andperipheral technologies created during the process.
It is our goal that each patent or design application technology is effectively utilized as a powerfulpatent or design right which is useful in our business. To achieve the goal, we strategically selecttarget countries for the applications and develop a network of patents and design rights centered on
application technologies.
In addition, we regularly assess the value of patents and design rights in order to appropriately
manage our intellectual property.
Encouraging the Creation of Intellectual Property
We have established and manages an incentive program for employee inventions to encourage
employees to produce patents and designs. We also have an internal awards program for inventors andcreators of patents and designs that have contributed to our business.

Countries with Trademark Protection

Respect for Intellectual Property Rights
Beyond creating intellectual property, we also exercise the utmost care to ensure our products andapplied technologies do not infringe upon any third-party intellectual property rights. In the eventa third party is found to have infringed upon intellectual property rights of EIZO, we demand thatappropriate action be taken to protect these rights.

■ Countries with trademark protection

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Seven Promises 1 | Creating New Value

EIZO’s Quality Assurance System
Under our Quality Management Policy, we seek to ensure reliable long-term use of EIZO brand

Quality Management Policy

products by establishing an integrated quality control system that encompasses development andmanufacturing to after-sales service and making continuous improvement throughout the system.
Quality Standard
The quality of our products constitutes the foundation of the EIZO brand. We comply with the quality
standards and regulations of each country where we sell our products as well as with the certified
standards for each product. We have also established our own reliability standards that reflect diverse
events including cases from both in and outside the company. These standards are applied to all EIZO
brand products (LCD monitors).
In addition, we have sought to unify and standardize selection criteria for components used in our
products to maintain and standardize product quality by applying these criteria to all Group companies.
Gathering and Reflecting Customer Feedback
We provide after-sales service through Group companies in nearly every country where we sell
our products, which has enabled us to develop an accurate understanding of customer requests andexpectations.
We compile and shares customer feedback with Group companies in an effort to consistently offer
high-quality, attractive products and services.

The EIZO Group is committed to continually fulfilling customers’
expectations by proposing and offering high quality products,
services, and solutions. We therefore:
1

Aim to develop high quality products by pursuing the world’s highest level oftechnology.

2

Carry out our responsibility for environmental preservation by actively reducing theeffects on the environment in every business activity from product development tomanufacturing to sales and service.

3

Set the quality target which are carried out and reviewed by all the employees inevery business activity.

4

Establish a quality management system, review it periodically, and continually
improve it to sustain its validity and suitability.

5

Respond to the trust of both medical professionals and patients by providing medical
equipment with assured quality, effectiveness and safety.

6

Comply with legal and social requirements.

Quality Management System
All Group companies involved in development and production have obtained certification under theinternational quality management standard ISO 9001, and ISO 13485 for medical equipment. We haveincorporated these standards into the Group’s quality management system in an ongoing, voluntary
effort to maintain and improve the system.

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Seven Promises 2 | Environmental Consideration for Our Products and Business Operations

We will promote our manufacturing and businessactivities in consideration of reducing theirenvironmental burdens.

We are conscious of the importance of environmental preservation as a common issue for all humankind, and are committed
to do our utmost to protect the environment in all aspects of our corporate operations, with particular emphasis on efforts
that result in environmentally sound product specifications.

Environmental Policy
We, the EIZO Group, are aware that our products have an impact on the environment.
In our product development work we therefore consider friendliness to theenvironment to be part and parcel of product quality. We endeavor to supply ourcustomers worldwide with products developed to common specifications that meetor exceed the environmental requirements of individual countries as well as our own
environmental standards. We are conscious of the importance of environmental
preservation as a common issue for all humankind and pledge to do our utmost to
protect the environment in all aspects of our corporate operations.

Environmental Management System
After establishing an environmental management system under our Environmental Policy, we
obtained ISO 14001 certification* in July 1998. Since then we have implemented measures for waste
reduction and reduced resource and energy consumption. We have also taken a step farther in light of anumber of factors, including society’s movement toward environmentally sound products and growing
public interest in eco products, by operating our environmental management system, which emphasizes
environmental targets centered on environmentally sound products.
* EIZO MS Corporation, EIZO GmbH, EIZO Technologies GmbH, and EIZO Display Technologies (Suzhou) Co., Ltd. have also obtained certification.

1

2

3

We endeavor to constantly remain up to date on and to strictly adhere toenvironmental laws and standards applicable to our corporate operations andproducts, as well as other environmental preservation requirements of society atlarge. We determine environmental objectives and targets based on a clear
understanding of such requirements as well as the environmental impact of ourcorporate operations and products. These objectives and targets are reviewed on aregular basis to achieve ongoing improvement of our environmental management
system and performance.
At the research and development stage, we pay careful attention to the design ofour products to minimize the consumption of resources and energy, ensure ease ofrecycling, and reduce the volume of toxic substances. Our aim is a continuous
raising of our environmental standards.
In our corporate operations we give due consideration to conserving energy andresources. We work to reduce the volume of waste products generated by ouroperations and to dispose properly of all waste generated. We are engaged inpositive efforts to promote the collection and recycling of used products discarded
by consumers.

4

We constantly monitor the latest information related to the environment throughour information network, which includes our overseas facilities and affiliatedcompanies. We endeavor to share information appropriately by disclosing anddisseminating details of our own environmental initiatives, and we work with othersin common efforts aimed at preserving the environment.

5

We educate all company members and strive to deepen their awareness ofenvironmental matters, while creating members of a team that will be committed tothe effective use of natural resources and energy, and to the protection of our global
environment.

Activities under the Environmental Management System
We continued to undertake many tasks for meeting ourenvironmental targets for fiscal 2014 that would achieve results in
product specifications. We also sought to accomplish these tasks
and targets by sharing them with in-house organizations, including
the design and development departments. We successfully reduced
power consumption during suspension and use, exercised stricter
control over chemical substances used in parts, and manufactured
products that meet advanced environmental standards.

Raising Customer Satisfaction
ActionCheck

Environmental
Management
SystemPlan

Do

Stakeholder

Environmental Management System Audits
Our ISO 14001 certification was maintained and updated in fiscal 2014 after a third-party institution
conducted an external audit.

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Seven Promises 2 | Environmental Consideration for Our Products and Business Operations

Environmental Targets/Performance Report
Scope: EIZO Corporation Headquarters area, EIZO MS Corporation, and EIZO Display Technologies (Suzhou) Co., Ltd.
Environmental
Theme

Efforts to prevent
global warming

Focus

Environmental
Objective

FY 2014 Environmental Target

FY 2014 Actual Results

Selfevaluation

FY 2015 Targets

Reduced power
consumption

Reduce electricity consumption by
8.888 million kWh/year

Maintained electricity consumption under 8.336 million kWh/year〇

Reduce electricity consumption to no morethan 9.20 million kWh/year
Expand effort to upgrade interior lighting
to LED

Reduced fuelconsumption

Reduce consumption of fuelLPG: up to 139 t;
kerosene: up to 18 kl

Reduced LPG consumption to 121.2 t/year and kerosene
consumption to 19.2 kl/year by optimizing air conditioning△

Reduce consumption of fuelLPG: no more than 138 t;
kerosene: no more than 20 kl

EV series developed in fiscal 2014 achieved power consumption of
0.5 W in sleep mode and 0.5 W in off mode〇

Achieve compliance with ENERGY STAR 7.0
Incorporate energy-saving features

Reduced body dimension and weight of models developed infiscal 2014 by about 40% and 30%, respectively, compared toconventional models○

Promote smaller, lightweight products;
conserve resources consumed for
packaging materials and circuit boards

CO₂ reduction

Environmentallysound productdesignCreating asustainable
society

3R (reduce, reuse,recycle)Environmental
issuesManagement ofchemicals

Environmental
compliance

Compliance withenvironmental
laws andstandards

Reduce product electricity
consumption

3R design

Promote product recycling

Reused LCD units of some amusement monitors collected from themarket○Respond to reuse of amusement monitor
components (survey and review)

3R activities

Reduce industrial waste
Maintain industrial waste generation
below 385 t and purchase of copierpaper below 5.820 t

Industrial waste generation increased to 280.5 t,purchase of copier paper decreased to 5.639 t○

Maintain industrial waste generation below
360 t and purchase of copier paper below
5.950 tReducedconsumption ofchemicalsManage and restrict emissions andtransport of toxic substances

Continued screening for chemical substances used at facilities andextended scope to bonding materials○

Reduce use of organic solvents and related
waste(including those generated by the new
optical bonding facility)

Respond to revised RoHS/REACH(SVHC)

Managed chemical substance data based on EIZO Green
Procurement Standards, responded to numerous requests forenvironmental surveys from corporate customers○

Continue to pursue green procurement

Respond to ENERGY STAR 6.0

Maintained compliance mainly for EV series products○

Prepare to obtain ENERGY STAR 7.0

Respond to TCO Certified Displays 6

Obtained TCO Certified Displays 6 certification for newly developed
FlexScan products
Responded to annual CSR audit○

Obtain TCO Certified Displays 7Standards
compliance○: Results exceeding 75%, △: Over 50% and under 75%, ×: Under 50%

Status of Group Companies
The current status of Group companies is as follows.
• EIZO Display Technologies (Suzhou) Co., Ltd. (ISO 14001 certification: 2011)
Environmental targets applied to EIZO Corporation Headquarters area and EIZO MS Corporation (Hakui Plant and Nanao Plant) were also applied to EIZO Display Technologies (Suzhou) Co., Ltd. from fiscal 2012 to establish an environmental
management system that encompasses all three companies.
• EIZO Technologies GmbH (ISO 14001 certification: 2012) and EIZO GmbH (ISO 14001 certification: 2009)
Both companies operate in accordance with local environmental conditions and regulations, including those for CO2 emissions reduction, 3R’s and management of chemicals.

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Basic Product Development Sequence
In product development, we endeavor to meet the legal requirement and standards as well as to enhanceenvironmental activities of our suppliers and the chemical substances contained in the parts we procure fromthe environmentally sound quality of our products including compliance with the legal requirement andthem. We have established a database for collecting and managing the results of these surveys to determine

standards, domestic and overseas legal requirements and standards, industry trends and social conditions.
In addition, we conduct product environmental assessments in accordance with our own Environmental
Compliance Standards to measure the environmental soundness of products.
The standards are linked to our system for developing, implementing and meeting companywide
environmental targets for each fiscal year, and are revised every year toward improving the environmental
soundness of our products. We also evaluate and control chemical substances throughout our supply chain inline with our Green Procurement Standards so that they comply with chemical substance regulations.

which suppliers and materials best align with our values, and we also use the information in evaluating theenvironmental compliance of our own products.

Green Procurement
Our Philosophy on Green Procurement
Our Environmental Policy for preserving the global environment applies to all our business operations, andrespect for the environment is incorporated into product development to create a recycling-based society.
Our Green Procurement Standards were established to guide material procurement and to meet the
expectations of customers and society as a whole by maintaining and strengthening our environmental
preservation activities. The standards were also intended to fulfill our social responsibility by enabling us toquickly respond to the evolving environmental rules and regulations in each country.
Our suppliers’ efforts to reduce environmental impact and preserve the environment are just as important
to us as their quality, prices, delivery schedule, services and technological excellence. In selecting products,
parts and materials, including packaging, we place higher priority on those that are environmentally sound as
well as meeting our quality, function and cost requirements.
These efforts are helping to reduce the environmental impact of our business operations while at the sametime expanding markets for environmentally friendly
Flow of Chemical Content Survey
products.

Compliance with Environmental Standards and Legal Requirements
In our effort to proactively develop environmentally sound products, we observe the legal requirements ofJapan and other countries and comply with major voluntary environmental standards in each market for ourflagship products.
In Europe a number of regulations are being enforced, including the WEEE Directive (collection and recyclingof discarded electrical and electronic equipment), the RoHS Directive (use of certain hazardous substancesin electrical and electronic equipment), the REACH Regulation (registration, evaluation, authorization andrestriction of chemicals) and the ErP Directive (eco-designing for energy-related products). These regulations
were developed in Europe; however, they have been playing an important role in encouraging other countries
and regions to take similar steps. Our products comply with these regulations.
We also respond to environmental labeling standards such as TCO Certified Display 6 (international
comprehensive standards for monitors), EPEAT (international environmental standard for PCs/monitors),
ENERGY STAR 6.0 (energy efficiency standard established in the United States) and PC Green Label (Japaneseenvironmental standard for PCs/monitors). In addition, we are actively involved in the development of TCO,
ENERGY STAR and PC Green Label.
EIZO will continue to focus on developing green products while keeping an eye on the development ofenvironmental labeling.

RequestManagement of Chemical Content Information
Amid growing concern for the environment acrossthe globe, we voluntarily monitor chemical substances
toward obtaining certifications for environmental
standards in Japan and overseas, and support our green
procurement efforts. These efforts include surveying theEnvironmental efforts survey

Environmental
Information
Database

Supplier Chemical substance survey list
(JAMP AIS File)

Material Information Sheet
Survey response

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Environmental Risk Management

Prevention of Global Warming, and Energy Conservation

Scope of calculations: four areas as listed below

Facility Management

Parts manufacturers and purchasing companies in Japan and overseas

In principle, we ensure compliance with stringent voluntary management standards, including
standards not bound by law.

Energy usage:
89,119 GJ

Regulatory Compliance
We strive to comply with regulations governing corporate activities such as the Air Pollution Control

CO2 emissions:
5,667 t-CO2

Energy usage breakdown:
Electricity: 8.336 million kWh
Kerosene: 19.2 kl
LPG: 121.2 t
INPUT

Waste

OUTPUT

EIZO Group

Copier paper:
5.639 tWater usage:
23,364 m3

Waste breakdown:
Industrial waste: 280.5 t
General waste: 14.0 t
Wastepaper: 539.0 t
Recycling rate: 97.2%

Act, the Water Quality Pollution Control Act, and the Waste Disposal and Public Cleansing Act bycollecting information on revisions and new regulations and by regularly monitoring and measuring thestatus of our response. Our emissions of air pollutants NOx, SOx, soot and dust are regularly measured inaccordance with the Air Pollution Control Act and have remained well below the legal limit. In addition,
we adhere to our own voluntary management standards, even in operations for which there are no
applicable laws. No compliance problems were found in fiscal 2014, and no administrative guidance,admonitions, orders or reprimands were received. In addition, no complaints about environmental issues
were received from our neighboring communities.

Customer

Environmental Impact by Area

Area

Operations

Energy usage (GJ)Electricity (10,000 kWh)
EnergyKerosene (kl)Resources
LPG (t)EIZO Corporation
Headquarters area
Development andmanufacturing(assembly) ofmonitors（名）
Hakui Plant
2,500

1,718

1,793

121.2
4.188
17,192CO₂ emissions (t-CO₂)

3,333

400

89,119

6,000

259.2

93.6

15.5

833.6

-

-

-

19.2

4,000

1,483

1,518

-

1,553

1,562

-

121.2

1,617

0.250

0.277

5.639

2,508

1,042

23,364

2,000

118

5,667

1,000

588

235
31.8

27590.7

2009年
2.1
3月末

2010年
1.0 2011年 2012年 - 2013年14.0
3月末
3月末
3月末
3月末

158.0

General waste (t)10.9

Wastepaper (t)

249.5

73.9

Recycling rate (%)

96.2

95.4

317

382

- 404 280.5

215.6

-

539.0

99.7

-

97.2

120,000
99,63889,381

90,84090,131

89,119100,000
80,00060,000

2,622
1,628

(GJ)

3,000

0.974

Industrial waste (t)

0

1,548

Energy use

7,000

5,000

-

800

9,336

Emissions of CO2(t-CO2)2,021
Development and1,944
manufacturing
1,870(assembly) of monitors

Assembly of
monitors

circuit boards

19.2 1,200

EIZO Display
Technologies (Suzhou)国内 Total
海外Co., Ltd. (China)

Nanao Plant

Production of
2,000

465.3

Water usage (m3)

Emissions of Greenhouse Gases (Japan and China)

EIZO MS Corporation

52,394 1,600 25,841

Copier paper (t)WastePrevention of Global Warming, and Energy Conservation■ 温室効果ガス排出（日本および中国）■ グループ従業員数(期間従業員含む)

040,000
3,326

2,220

FY 2010 FY 2011

5,019

FY 20124,582

FY 20135,667

FY 201420,0000With regard to greenhouse gas emissions, wemeasure CO₂ emissions by converting figures forelectricity, kerosene and LPG use into CO₂. We strive
to reduce consumption of energy resources to reduce
our CO₂ emissions. Although energy usage was almost
the same as in the previous year, our greenhousegas emissions rose during the current fiscal year,
mainly due to an increase in the conversion factor for
Hokuriku Electric Power Company.
• Calculations of CO₂ emissions associated with electricity use
are based on the conversion factor of Hokuriku Electric Power
Company and the conversion factor used in China.
• In fiscal 2014, CO₂ emissions doubled from the previous year
due to a significant increase in the CO₂ conversion factor forelectricity, resulting from an increase in the ratio of thermal
power in Japan.

■ 株主構成（所有株式数の分布）
2014年3月期

自己名義株式

6.2％

証券会社

1.2％

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Seven Promises 2 | Environmental Consideration for Our Products and Business Operations

Energy Use

Collection and Recycling of Used Products

In fiscal 2014, our electricity consumption increased due to the start of operations of a newly constructedclean room at the headquarters plant of EIZO Corporation. However, we replaced the lighting at the

The EIZO Group has been collecting and recycling used products in compliance with environmental

headquarters plant with LED lighting and the air conditioning units at the Hakui Plant of EIZO MS Corporation.
As for operations at our facilities, we continued our efforts from the previous year to save energy by
optimizing the operation of our air conditioning units. We were not able to achieve our target for kerosene
consumption, because the volume of kerosene we consumed was driven up by a change in use for the floor
where kerosene is used for air conditioning. Total energy use, however, was essentially the same as in theprevious year.
We will continue to pursue Group-wide energy savings while also maintaining comfortable working
conditions.

laws and regulations in each of the countries where it operates.

Japan◆ Collection of Used EIZO Products from Homes

In compliance with the Waste Disposal Act and the Law for
Promotion of Effective Utilization of Resources, EIZO established
its Product Collection and Recycling System for free collection ofmonitors for home use.

Targets and Actual Results
Electricity

Kerosene

9.35 million kWh

19 kl

138 t

FY 2014 targets

8.888 million kWh

18 kl

139 t

FY 2014 results

8.336 million kWh○

19.2 kl

In compliance with the Waste Disposal Act and the Law for
Promotion of Effective Utilization of Resources, we have beencollecting and recycling used products for business use under our
Product Collection and Recycling System.

121.2 t○×

Water Use

577

1,305

9,359

7,995

Recycling ratio (%)

66

88

End-of-Life EIZO Monitors (for Business Use)
Collected in FY 2014
CRT monitors LED monitors
1,260
2,506
Volume in weight (kg)51
358
Quantity (units)
867
1,930
Recycled volume (kg)
69
77
Recycling ratio (%)

EuropeWe use only groundwater in EIZO Corporation’s Headquarters area (affiliated companies use the public
water supply). We monitor water usage and wastewater discharge to reduce the risk of subsidence and stresson wastewater treatment systems. We use water in our corporate buildings as well as for the snow melting
system and for watering plants in the summer. Our manufacturing processes do not use any water.
排出量
280.5

Industrial Waste
Our total volume of industrial waste increased 9.8% year-onyear to 280.5 t. In compliance with the Act on Special Measuresconcerning Promotion of Proper Treatment of PCB Wastes, we
completed the disposal of used high-voltage transformers that
contained trace amounts of PCB and had been stored at our sites.

Quantity (units)
Recycled volume (kg)◆ Collection of Used EIZO Products from Corporate Users

LPG

FY 2015 targets

Targets achieved

End-of-Life EIZO Monitors (for Home Use)
Collected in FY 2014
CRT monitors
LED monitors
14,252
9,135
Volume in weight (kg)◆ EIZO Monitors Discarded in Europe

The European WEEE Directive went into effect in August 2005 toward reducing environmental impact
through promotion of the three R’s of Reduce, Reuse and Recycle for discarded electrical and electronicequipment.
EIZO has complied with the directive by establishing a collection and recycling system for applicableproducts sold in Europe.

リサイクル率97.2

Discharge of Industrial Waste and Recycling Rate
Discharge of Industrial Waste

(t)
400

96.3

350

333

95.7

96.9

311.2

300
250

97.1

225

246.1

Recycling rate

97.2

280.5

(%)
100
80
60

200
150

40

Appropriate Management of Chemical Substances
100
20
50
We closely manage kerosene and organic solvents in00
FY 2010
FY 2011
FY 2012FY 2013
FY 2014compliance with regulations such as the Fire Service Act andthe Industrial Safety and Health Act. We do not use any chemical substances subject to the PRTR Law*.
* Pollutant Release and Transfer Register: Regulation governing the monitoring and promotion of efforts to more effectively manage the release of controlled substances
into the environment.

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Seven Promises 3 | Operating as an International Corporation

We will act as an international corporation with a global
outlook and mindset.

In order to ensure the delivery and ongoing worry-free use of our products worldwide, our Group companies and distributors
in various countries maintain strong mutual relationships to support customers and achieve sound corporate growth.

Development and Production Network – Coherent Development and Production System
The EIZO Group has three production sites in Japan, three in Germany and one in the United States andChina, forming a network that maintains a coherent development and production system throughout
the Group. This system enables us to apply stringent quality control from development to production,
promote the creation of development synergies that maximize the strengths of each base, and construct
an optimal production system for each market and customer. In addition, we promptly share information
obtained in the course of development and production along with opinions and requests obtained frommarkets and customers to incorporate into product development and customer support.

Sales Network – Group Companies and Distributors
EIZO products are sold in more than 80 countries and territories through our Group companies and 18
global distributors (as of September 2015).
Direct Sales System in Europe
Our business extends to specialized markets for medical, graphics, industrial and air traffic control
monitors. Customers in these markets demand direct, ongoing communication with the manufacturer aswell as solid global support. In 2012, to more effectively respond to these specific market environments
and diversified sales channels, we established sales subsidiaries in the United Kingdom and Germany andreplaced local distributors with a direct sales system. We are striving to achieve further business growthin Europe by reinforcing regional sales centered on the two sales subsidiaries.
Furthermore, to expand our sales activities into emerging markets, where our specialized markets are
expected to grow, we employed local sales staff in Saudi Arabia, the U.A.E. and India and are enhancing
our approach to customers.

One Country/Territory, One Distributor System
From the very beginning of selling proprietary products outside Japan, we have adopted a one
country/territory, one distributor system in which a single distributor (or Group company) is responsible
for all sales within a given country or territory. This unique system enables us to accurately discern
customer needs in each country or territory by distributors or Group companies that fully understandthe culture and values of their respective regions and provide optimal products. It also allows us to offer
products through sales methods that are appropriate for each country or territory.
EIZO United
Group companies and distributors
gather once a year at the EIZO Corporation
headquarters to participate in technology
exhibits and general and individual meetings
to deepen their understanding of EIZO
products. They also exchange informationon their respective activities to broaden their collective base of knowledge and forge closer ties between
Group companies.
Mindset as an International Corporation — Efforts Related to Conflict Minerals
We are deeply concerned that some important mineral resources used as raw materials forcomponents of IT and electronic products and quarried in troubled regions of the DRC (Democratic
Republic of the Congo) and its nine neighboring countries are used to fund the military groups that
abuse human rights and destroy the environment.
Given this concern, the Dodd-Frank Act of the United States requires that efforts be made to ensurethat designated “conflict minerals,” including tantalum, silver, gold and tungsten, are only purchased
through legal means with no connection to potential misconduct. The EIZO Group endorses theserequirements and has adopted its own policy of using only parts made from raw materials purchasedfrom companies that are not involved in any misconduct and conduct business lawfully. In addition, tofully comply with this policy, the EIZO Group reviews its entire supply chain using the Conflict Minerals
Template, a widely-adopted international standard format.

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Seven Promises 4 | Open and Fair Trade.

We will conduct open and fair trade.

Our suppliers are essential partners for ensuring the long-term viability of our business.
We therefore ensure transactions are conducted in a fair and equitable manner and strive to forge relationships of trust
based on mutual prosperity.

Relationships of Trust Based on Mutual Prosperity
With respect to our suppliers, we are committed to forging relationships of trust based on mutual
prosperity to build successful, long-term partnerships, and we strive to conduct transactions that are fair,equitable and transparent.
In overseas sales, authority is delegated in each country to Group companies and distributors who areknowledgeable about local culture and values. This has enabled us to actively engage in overseas sales basedon a deep understanding of our products. We have sought to expand sales by building on the relationships oftrust and powerful partnerships developed over time, cooperating with distributors in organizing exhibitions,and providing customer support.
Enhancing Employee AwarenessConducting transactions in a fair and open manner requires each employee to have the necessary level ofknowledge and awareness. We seek to deepen employee understanding and awareness with a steady flow ofcompliance information through our intranet and study sessions. Topics include anti-trust regulations directly
related to business transactions as well as procedures for handling confidential information as required byregulations that prohibit insider trading and that govern relationships with suppliers.

under the EIZO Group Principles of Conduct. We will pursue CSR through our business activities along with
our suppliers by asking all business partners involved in procurement to actively promote CSR activities,
including compliance, respect for human rights, environmental preservation and safety and health.
Basic Procurement Policy
We deal with suppliers on an equal opportunity basis in accordance with procurement policies. In
conducting transactions, we select suppliers who meet our standards as listed below.
Selection Standard for Suppliers❶ Sound management❷ Technological excellence that will contribute to the quality of our products❸ Appropriate quality, prices, and delivery schedules for products and materials to be supplied to us❹ Stable supply capacity and ability to respond flexibly to fluctuations in demand❺ Compliance with relevant laws, consideration for the environment, and active
involvement in environmental preservation
Developing Mutual Understanding with Suppliers

Handling of Information Obtained through Suppliers
We obtain confidential information from suppliers and customers through proper channels and will notseek to obtain or use information that is known to have been improperly obtained or disclosed. We also
pay the utmost care in handling information we have obtained and follow the appropriate procedures for
managing it.

As a manufacturing company that strives to create excellent products that satisfy customers aroundthe world through our primary business operations, we place high priority on controlling quality, delivery
schedules and the cost of parts and materials procured from suppliers as well as confirming that supplier
operations are environmentally sound. We provide opportunities for regular exchanges of information
to address these issues and ensure we and our suppliers share a common understanding of each others’
management policies and technical strategies.

Unequivocal Prohibition of Bribery
We do not offer money or other benefits in violation of the law governing relationships with public
servants and employees of public institutions. Likewise in our relationships with suppliers, we do not offer
or accept entertainment, gifts or benefits that violate the law or deviate from generally accepted businesspractices, and we explicitly ensure they understand our corporate stance.
EIZO Supplier Code of Conduct
The company established the EIZO Supplier Code of Conduct to globally ensure sound business operations

Materials Procurement Briefing
We conduct regular briefings with our suppliers to explain our basic
procurement policy and request their cooperation. We also discuss the market
environment and our future efforts. Many suppliers attend these briefings, which
contribute to a greater understanding of EIZO and to gathering information for
subsequent incorporation into business decisions.

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Seven Promises 5 | Strong Bonds of Trust with Stakeholders

We will seek to build and maintain strong bonds of trustwith our stakeholders (business partners, employees,
shareholders, and the local community).

We will sincerely engage with stakeholders to forge closer bonds of trust through communication channels while fulfilling
our responsibilities.

Relationship with Each Type of Stakeholder
EIZO's Stakeholders

EIZO’s Responsibility

Communication Channels
Developing better products
Setting up Contact centers as customer liaison points− Responding to questions and inquiries before and after purchase− Listening to customer opinions− Technical support● Sharing information with relevant departments and considering
incorporation into products● Interacting with customers at showrooms and through direct dialog● Providing and collecting information through participation invarious trade shows● Providing timely information via the corporate website●

Creating and offering products with newvalue.
● Developing products from thecustomer’s standpoint.
● Responding clearly to questions andinquiries.
● Thoroughly responding to customer
requests and feedback.
●Customers
P. 23

Suppliers
P. 21

Employees
P. 27

Shareholders
P. 24

Local
Community
P. 24

In addition to offering products that satisfy customers, we listen closely
to their feedback and provide useful support.

We view suppliers as essential and important partners in the continuation of our business, and forges powerful relationships by sharing
management policies and technical strategies.
We are a company focused on creative development that requires theimaginative ideas and powerful motivation of its employees. We therefore work to create a broadminded corporate climate and a workplace inwhich employees have a sense of security, and we support our employees in their self-development.
We strive to gain the understanding and trust of our shareholders byproviding fair and accurate information on management policies, business strategies and financial performance, and by maintaining transparency in our corporate management.

We seek to build solid relationships with the local community to gain
their understanding and cooperation in pursuing our business operations.
We are committed to fulfilling our responsibilities as a corporate citizen.

●●

Building relationships of trust
Fair business transactions● Explaining corporate policy and broadening
understanding among suppliers

●

●

●

●

Motivating workplace environment
Developing excellent personnel● Promoting work-life balance● Securing safety and health

●

●

●

Timely and appropriate disclosure of
information● Enhanced corporate value●

Preventing accidents and disasters at eachbusiness site
● Protecting the regional environment● Cooperating with regional development
and promoting culture●

Sharing information and creating mutual understanding as partners
Establishing selection standards, dealing with suppliers on an equal
opportunity basis● Holding material procurement briefings
Providing various educational programs
Supporting self-development activity● Creating workplaces that reflect employee opinions and soundlabor-management relations through consultation conferences●●

General shareholders meeting (holding informal gatherings)
Stable dividend payment

Receiving company visits
Sponsoring various events and organizations● Supporting environmental conservation activities● Corporation with Local Community and association● Participating in local voluntary activities●●

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Seven Promises 5 | Strong Bonds of Trust with Stakeholders

Relationships with Customers
We provide product information on our Website, at our showrooms and through sales andpromotional activities. We strive to directly communicate with customers through various channels inorder to fully answer questions and respond to customer requests and feedback.
Feedback System for All Types of Customer Input

Customer Liaison

EIZO Contact Center (Japan)
The EIZO Contact Center has been set up as a convenient means for customers in Japan tocommunicate with the company. The center provides answers to inquiries related to productspecifications and operating procedures as well as questions related to purchasing products throughtelephone, e-mail and fax.
Calls to the Contact Center
OthersEIZO Contact Center
Customer liaison dedicated to ordering
Customer liaison for technical support

4.9％
Company/Stock

0.1％

Showroom

Support/Warranty/
Recycling/

Direct sales website

7.7％

Website33.1％

Troubleshooting

Distributors

Customers

Functions/Operation procedures

8.8％
Product compatibility

Sales companies/Retail storesConsulting/
Product overview

10.3％

23.4％

Orders/Sales service related

Customer Liaison
Each Group company has set up a customer liaison process (including access by phone or e-mail)to receive inquiries and questions related to EIZO products and technology. Customer inquiries andrequests are promptly shared and appropriately addressed within the company, relevant departments
and the Group. They are also utilized to guide product development as well as to prepare information
provided to customers.
EIZO Corporation (Japan)● Set up the EIZO Contact Center as a dedicated liaison forresponding by phone and e-mail

EIZO Technologies GmbH (Germany)● Responds to inquiries through a dedicated liaison and website

EIZO Limited (United Kingdom)● Provides customer support and technical support by e-mail

EIZO Inc. (United States)● Provides a dedicated liaison for after-purchase inquiries over the phone

11.8％

Fiscal 2014

Showroom
Visitors can test the performance of our products while trying out their functions at our showroom,
which also serves as a space for communicating with customers.
EIZO Galleria Ginza (Japan)
EIZO Galleria is a showroom located in the Ginza district of Tokyo. Our dedicated onsite staff introduces
products and provides advice to customers who want to know more about them. Here our well-received
seminars on a variety of topics also provide information on the operating environments of computers foroffice and home use and on more effectively using EIZO products. Moreover, the showroom is used as acommunication space for other types of events such as exhibitions of photographs taken by customers.

● Offers an e-mail address for general inquiries

Photo exhibition

Showroom

Seminar room

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Seven Promises 5 | Strong Bonds of Trust with Stakeholders

Relationships with Shareholders

Relationships with the Local Community

We conduct investor relations activities based on the principle of providing fair and accurate
information on management policies, business strategies and financial performance to all stakeholders.

We seek to build and maintain good relationships with the local communities where each Group
company operates. To contribute to developing these areas and creating better environments as acommunity member, we sponsor and donate local organizations and are actively engaged in activities.

Basic Policy on Information Disclosure
We disclose information in a timely and appropriate manner in compliance with the Financial
Instruments and Exchange Act and related regulations as well as the “Timely disclosure rules andother regulations for issuers of listed negotiable securities or valuable instruments” of the Tokyo Stock
Exchange. We strive to ensure any material information that may affect investment decisions is delivered
to all market participants in an equitable manner.
General Shareholders Meeting
We try to schedule our annual general shareholders meeting for a date that is convenient forshareholders by avoiding days on which other such meetings are being held. We also send out
invitations as far in advance as possible to provide enough time for shareholders to examine theproposed resolutions and the state of our operations. Furthermore, we provide opportunities for directcommunications with our shareholders, such as the display of products and holding of an informal
meeting with shareholders during the general shareholders meeting.
Company Presentations for Investors
We invite institutional investors to our semi-annual earnings results briefings in Tokyo, where we reporton our business direction, activities and performance. We also hold briefings for individual investors topromote a greater awareness of our company.

Examples of Contributions to Local Communities● Voluntary participation in beach cleanups and snow shoveling● Donations to local activities● Ishikawa Keiei Tensho Juku: cooperation through operational advice and lectures on an

EIZO Corporation(Japan)EIZO Technologies
GmbH (Germany)educational project for young corporate managers and future entrepreneurs who will bear
responsibility for the future of the regional economy● Co-sponsorship and support for the Orchestra Ensemble Kanazawa in Ishikawa Prefecture● Co-sponsorship and support for La Folle Journée Kanazawa Music Festival as a member ofthe executive committee● Donation to activities that support treatments for childhood cancer● Distribution of T-shirts to children at a community running event● Donation of projectors to a local school● Donation to organizations that support sports activities for the disabled

EIZO AG (Switzerland)●Donation of monitors to an organization that supports children and adults with mental

disorders● Donation to an organization that supports children whose safety is at risk and needs to be

EIZO Limited(United Kingdom)protected● Co-sponsoring a graduation exhibition of the works of students in the community, whowant to take on creative jobs

EIZO Nordic AB (Sweden)● Co-sponsoring an organization that gives health and environmental education to children

Status of Shares and Shareholder Composition
Status of Shares (as of March 31, 2015)

Number of shares authorized

65,000,000

Number of shares issued

22,731,160

Number of shareholders

8,667

Distribution of Shares by Shareholder Type (as of March 31, 2015)2014年度Securities companies
162,508 shares
33 holders

Treasury stock
1,410,318 shares
1 holderParticipating in a community beach cleanup

Foreign investors
5,716,569 shares
158 holders

Individual investors
and others
5,842,315 shares
8,371 holders

Generalcorporations
3,941,210 shares
71 holders

Financial institutions
5,658,240 shares
33 holders

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Seven Promises 6 | Strict Respect and Compliance with both the Letter and Spirit of the Law

We will strictly respect and comply with both the letterand the spirit of the law as a good corporate citizen.

We believe each individual employee must raise their awareness of compliance and the company must conduct soundcorporate governance to provide our stakeholders with trust through the ongoing creation of corporate value.

Compliance
Our Philosophy on Compliance
We recognize compliance as one of the most important concerns of management for fulfilling oursocial responsibility at the highest levels, and this includes ethical responsibility. Our action guidelines
on compliance stipulate that we never become involved in illegal or unethical acts, and that we provide
sufficient compliance training for all officers and employees. We have established an organizational
structure for guaranteeing compliance and have been developing measures and systems to ensure
effectiveness, and steadily promoting these measures based on an annual plan from a long-term
perspective.
Compliance Training
For officers and other employees, regulatory and other related information are always available on thecorporate intranet, and we regularly provide training material to encourage them to update and enhancetheir knowledge toward establishing full awareness of the role and importance of compliance andcultivating an ethical mindset.
We established the EIZO Group Principles of Conduct – The Seven Promises to clarify our corporate
philosophy and action guidelines in concrete terms and to serve as a standard in decision-making,evaluation and in the actions undertaken through the course of our business activities. We also seek
to instill a thorough awareness of compliance among all Group employees in Japan and overseas
while further enhancing our compliance system based on the prior establishment of the Compliance
Committee and by further strengthening our management structure.
Strengthening the Information Management System
We ensure proper handling of confidential information in accordance with our established guidelines.
We have also appointed an information management representative with overall responsibility forestablishing a company-wide information management system.

company to provide answers to questions and advice on problems concerning legal issues or the content
of the Principles of Conduct, which may arise in the course of our operations. In addition, we strive toensure early detection of illegal activity and to prevent misconduct by operating a whistle-blowing
system that requires officers and employees to report to the liaison point immediately upon learning ofactivities in violation of laws or ethics, regardless of their own involvement. We ensure that the privacyof the whistle blower is protected and that the individual will not be placed at any disadvantage forreporting the violation.

Risk Management
We have established and operate a risk management system to integrate and centralize themanagement of risks that could affect our business activities. Risk management is supervised by theManagement Conference and the Risk Management Committee, and risks identified by each department
are examined by the committee. Any risk that could have a significant impact on our business isdesignated as a “serious risk” by the Management Committee, comprising full-time officers andmanaging officers. Appropriate countermeasures are discussed and implemented.
As our business activities became even more global in nature, we expanded the scope of risk
identification and evaluation to Group companies in and outside Japan.
Business Continuity Plan (BCP)
To be prepared in the event of a major disaster, EIZO formulated a BCP for responding to natural
disasters and a BCP for handling the outbreak of the new influenza virus, and these plans have been
disseminated throughout the company. Particularly with regard to our BCP for disaster response, we haveestablished procedures for restoring critical operations and resuming the supply of our products within
one month, in addition to confirming employee safety and facilitating necessary rescue operations in theimmediate aftermath of a major disaster.

Internal Whistle-Blowing System
To further strengthen our compliance system, we set up a liaison point both inside and outside the

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Seven Promises 6 | Strict Respect and Compliance with both the Letter and Spirit of the Law

Corporate GovernanceWe strive to be a company that consistently produces satisfactory results with the support of our
stakeholders. To this end, we view the ongoing improvement of corporate governance as a vitalmanagement concern.

Management Committee
The Management Committee is composed of directors (excluding the outside director), a fulltime
auditor and managing officers, and is convened as required to accelerate strategic decision making,respond to important issues, and deliberate or report on the status of operations.

Corporate Governance System
General Meeting of Stockholders

Election/dismissal

Election/dismissal

Board of Corporate
Auditors(all three members areoutside auditors)
All members are male

ReportAccounting Auditor

Election/dismissal
Board of Directors(6 members including 1 from outside)
All members are male

Auditing

Cooperation/verification

Inspectionof accounts

Appointment/dismissal
Cooperation
ReportInstructions/supervision
ReportPresident
Instructions
Management/supervision
Committee
Instructions
Report/supervisionInternal Auditing
Department(Audit Office)Managing Officers
Auditing
Instructions/supervision
ReportGroup Companies

Board of Directors
The Board of Directors meets monthly and as required to support timely decision-making for today’s
business environment. All important matters related to the board’s decisions are discussed and progress
reports on the execution of operations are presented on a regular basis. One of the six directors is an
outside director (as of June 29, 2015) who maintains no special interests in the company and therefore
acts in a highly independent capacity. The outside director participates in decision-making on importantmatters from an objective and partial standpoint and supervises the execution of operations. We havedesignated the outside director and all outside corporate auditors as independent directors as stipulated
under Tokyo Stock Exchange regulations.

Managing Officer System
We have introduced a managing officer system to separate the supervision of management and theexecution of operations, while accelerating the pace of operational execution.
Board of Corporate Auditors
We have adopted a system of corporate auditors. The board of corporate auditors consists of threemembers (one full-time and three part-time, as of June 19, 2015) , who are all outside corporate auditors.
Corporate auditors attend key meetings of the Board of Directors.
Internal Auditing System
The Audit Office reports directly to the president and functions as the company’s internal auditing
department. It carries out internal audits in accordance with the Basic Regulations on Internal Audits,which specifies audit policies, and with the Basic Annual Audit Plan approved by the president. All
findings of these internal audits are reported to the president.
Compensation System
With respect to performance-based compensation paid to officers, we have endeavored to further
clarify directors’ management responsibilities for corporate performance. Also, we explicitly limit bonuses
to within 2% of consolidated operating income for each fiscal year (up to a maximum of ¥200 million)
under the compensation system in an effort to ensure transparency of the calculation method.
Internal Control System
We established our basic policy underlying a system that ensures directors execute their tasks
in compliance with the law and the articles of incorporation, along with a system for ensuring theappropriateness of other operations. Based on the policy, we have proceeded to develop related systems
and to complete the groundwork for establishing an internal control system. We have also establishedin an internal control system for financial transactions in accordance with the Financial Instruments andExchange Act, and exercise thorough control over our financial operations.

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Seven Promises 7 | Broadminded Corporate Culture

We will respect basic human rights and value a
broadminded corporate culture.

EIZO is a company focused on creative development that requires the imaginative ideas and powerful motivation of all its employees. We therefore
take various measures to create a broadminded corporate culture by developing an environment that encourages the free exchange of opinions
and a workplace in which employees have a sense of security. Many of our top managers at overseas Group companies are local personnel, and wepay due consideration to the diversity of each country’s cultures and customs in order to create the most suitable working environments.

Employee Dialogue

One of EIZO’s Seven Promises in its Principles of Conduct is, “We will respect basic humanrights and value a broadminded corporate culture,” and the company is taking action to fulfill
this promise. In May 2015 some younger employees gathered and exchanged their opinions
under the theme, “What is the broadminded corporate culture of EIZO?”

Broadminded Corporate Culture of EIZO
Ko: I am in charge of purchasing liquid crystal panels while ensuring coordination across
many departments of the company. From my first year in the company, I have been given
opportunities to talk directly with senior members of the development department andselect suitable panels. I feel there is a flattened, open atmosphere that encourages discussion
regardless of length of service or rank.
Makisaka: I agree. Because the nature of my responsibility involves quality, I work with many departments.
Senior members of other departments responsible for product development sincerely face problems
presented by inexperienced people like me and are willing to cooperate.
Kameda: In my first year in the company, I was entrusted with the inspection of products introduced tofacilities across the country.
Ko: I see the broadminded corporate culture in that we are entrusted with important responsibilities and our
opinions are heard, regardless of the length of our service.
Kezuka: Well, I’m entrusted with preparing monthly reports as important material for business decisions. Six
months after joining the company, I went along with my superior on a visit to an overseas company for about
three weeks to construct its accounting system. I think such opportunities are scarce for new employees.
Kasuga: When a design I proposed in my first year in the company was adopted and I saw the model actuallyat the store front, I felt really great about joining EIZO. I’m also happy to have opportunities to participate inParticipants (from left):

Fumiki Kezuka, EIZO Corporation
Yongkil Ko, EIZO Corporation
Kotaro Makisaka, EIZO Corporation
Yasuyo Shiomoto, EIZO Corporation
Rachel Duplessis, EIZO Corporation
Ayaka Kasuga, Irem Software Engineering Inc.
Takuma Kameda, EIZO Support Network Corporation

multiple projects beyond the tasks in my charge, so that I can gain considerable experience, right from the first year.
Duplessis: We engage in lively discussions in the Sales Promotion Section and are free tospeak out, regardless of length of service. I feel the atmosphere is very pleasant. I’m fromthe United States and have been in Japan and away from my home for four years. I like theworking environment, find my job rewarding every day, and want to continue working foryears to come in this atmosphere of freedom.

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Kameda: I also feel there are no barriers that prevent speaking freely among Group companies.

Makisaka: I agree. In addition to an open and cooperative atmosphere for young staff in business and event
planning, people support their actions for the benefit of the company.

Shiomoto: I like having an environment in which we can talk with each other and share ourthoughts. In our section we talked about how we hope to shape the future of the company
and what products and technologies we want, and then we developed a specific plan in theform of a road map. This kind of environment reflects a broadminded corporate culture thatenables not only senior members but first-year employees as well to talk about what we want to do and put it
into a concrete form.

Why Has this Broadminded Corporate Culture Been Created?
Makisaka: Here, many people have the flexibility to think about new things, outside the box. This may have
led to the creation of an atmosphere that encourages people to state their opinions freely, regardless oflength of service.
Kameda: I agree. People openly accept statements of problems and suggestions for improvement, evencoming from first-year employees; workers in ordinary companies might flatly reject such talk from new
employees.
Kezuka: The mindset of the management may be a contributing factor as well. They takevarious measures to create an open atmosphere. For example, “working casual” has been
adopted, and both officers and rank-and-file employees eat in the same company cafeteria. I
think the management’s attitude has spread across the entire company.
Kasuga: I think active communication is in the background. In addition to many occasions fordiscussion during breaks, we have good welfare programs, including recreation activities andfacilities, as well as a variety of activities like cherry blossom viewing and barbecue parties.
Communications across sections, divisions and projects also contributes to this atmosphere.
Duplessis: The company provides a supportive atmosphere for planning such events.

For Further Improving Our Working Environment
Shiomoto: Because there’s a product I have wanted to create since joining the company, I’m taking theinitiative to conduct market research with the cooperation of my subordinates. Although I haven’t received
direction from my supervisor, I feel that the company has been backing the efforts. I want to continue topropose new products and services actively and provide good incentives to people in my workplace bytaking on more new challenges.
Kasuga: I would also like to actively participate in other projects and events to get inspired for generating
new ideas.
Kameda: I want to create opportunities such as round table talks for the field and thedevelopment division in order to better reflect customer feedback in product development.
Ko: I’ll always look for and propose better ways and processes for doing our work.
Makisaka: I’d be happy to create opportunities for divisions to present what they are doing toeach other. Seeing what people in other divisions are doing inspires us and raises motivation.
Expanding our horizons, presenting and providing stimuli to each other will lead to creating
new things.
Kezuka: I agree. And I want to encourage more active communication with other departments, including thefield and development division.
Shiomoto: So there’s active communication in each field
without regard to years in service, post, division, projector Group company? Like you, I will actively develop new
proposals and tackle my work with freewheeling imagination.

Shiomoto: I agree. I wanted a casual exchange for the entire company and organized an event to gather
employees from across the company. Typically the General Affairs Department is expected to organize thiskind of event, but here an employee of the development division can do it. That’s because a spirit of mutual
respect and support has been established in the company.

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Laying the Foundations for a Motivating Workplace
We undertake various activities to create a motivating workplace environment that cultivates excellent
human resources for the sake of the long-term growth of our personnel as well as further corporate

Promoting the Careers of Persons with Disabilities
Persons with disabilities are engaged in careers at many of our worksites, and as of March 2015, 11

development.
Employment
To ensure that EIZO continues to develop cutting-edge imaging technology for creating and offering
new values as a company focused on creative development, we are expanding our engineering staff andcreating a motivating workplace for our employees.

disabled persons are currently employed by the Group. At EIZO Corporation, persons with disabilities
represent 2.02% of the workforce, exceeding the minimum legal requirement of 2.0%. We intend tocontinue improving our workplace environment and expanding work opportunities for the disabled.
Percentage of Employees Who Are Persons with Disabilities (EIZO Corporation)
March 2013

March 2014

March 2015

2.09%

2.09%

2.02%

Developing Trust-Based Labor-Management Relations
EIZO Group Including Overseas Affiliates (as of March 31, 2015)
Number of Employees(including temporary workers)

2,168

Engineering staff

779

Male

395

Female386

Engineering staff

247

Foreign nationals

21

EIZO Corporation (as of March 31, 2015)
Number of Employees(including term employees)

781

Graduate recruits
Joined company in April 201532

Mid-career recruits
Joined company from April 2014 throughMarch 201528

Average age
As of March 31, 2015

37.9

Average length of service
As of March 31, 2015
Average annual working hours
FY 201414.6 years
1,929 hours

Paying Due Respect to Human Rights
To curtail behavior that undermines individuality at the workplace and throughout our operations,such as forced labor and child labor, discriminatory remarks or actions, and sexual or power harassment,
we have clearly stated our position on the matter in our Principles of Conduct and conduct educational
activities to keep all employees, including those at Group companies, informed of this position.

Promoting Work-Life Balance

Voice from a Worksite

To respond to diversifying work styles and ensure employees are able to work with a sense of
Voice from a Worksite
satisfaction, accomplishment and happiness, we believe it is important for employees to have extra
time to refresh their minds and bodies. We also actively support employees who participate in social
Voice from a Group Company
contribution or volunteer activities.
Voice from a Worksite

For about 11 months, from January to December 2014, I took a leave of absence andVoice from a Worksite

participated in volunteer activities in Palau as a private-sector volunteer partner of Japan
Overseas Cooperation Volunteer. I was sent to the aquarium in the Palau International
Coral Reef Center to improve the video equipment installed there and enhance its
exhibits. I was able to energize the solution meeting to review the requests of local staff by

Mutual understanding is the cornerstone of labor-management relations. In keeping with thisfundamental point, we endeavor to develop trust in labor-management relations by encouraging dialog
through the establishment of a consultation conference. These conferences discuss a wide range of
topics, from labor-management agreements and reduction of overtime to ways for improving the worklife balance and employee benefit packages. We also maintain good labor-management relations at
Group companies under the specific circumstances of each country or company.

introducing company touch panel monitors and creating a quiz and an on-site browsing
system for visitors. I hope to use experience gained in this environment that is different

from the company to enhance EIZO business.

Yoshihisa Goto

Production
Technology Section
Manufacturing
Department
Joined thecompany in 2005

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Opportunities for Recreation and Exchange
A variety of sports and cultural activities
have been established within the company,
and employees are enthusiastically engaged.
In addition, occasional recreation activities
are planned in a division or across divisions
contributing to the creation of a betterworking environment. The company provides an environment that supports these activities by, for example,
supplementing costs and permitting the use of company facilities.

Human Resource Development Efforts
Reinforcing Management Capabilities
Management-level employee training is a high priority at EIZO. We ensure the practical usefulness of
training by setting a theme for each fiscal year, such as strategic thinking, customer development andoperational reform. Training is offered to candidates for management positions, and newly appointed
managers receive training on compliance, fair job evaluation and effective allocation of work to deepen
their understanding of these areas. We are also actively encouraging participation in management
training seminars conducted by outside institutions as part of our effort to promote women to
management positions.

Supporting Childcare and Nursing Care
Under the respective laws of each country, we support
Number of Applicants (EIZO Corporation)
various programs including maternity leave, childcare leave
FY 2012 FY 2013 FY 201429
38
45
and nursing care leave, shorter working hours, and leave
Childcare/Nursing Care Leave
Reduced Working Hours For
to care for sick children. We have developed a supportive
27
35
43
Childcare or Nursing Careworking environment that includes measures such as
reducing working hours up to two hours per day for childcare to flexibly meet employee needs. We plan toenhance our programs for supporting employees with childcare or nursing responsibilities by introducing
benefits such as childbirth leave for prospective fathers.

Emphasis on Educating Younger EmployeesFirst-year employees participate in programs on organizational structure and basic knowledge for
adulthood and independence, and receive on-site factory training to learn about the foundations of
our company. We also conduct a variety of programs specifically targeting young employees, including
technical training for new engineering staff to ensure they acquire a broad foundation of knowledge on
our basic technologies. We also emphasize periodic group-based training for acquiring business skills
and on-the-job training (OJT) in each department, and managers draw up three-year career plans in
consultation with young employees, providing a basis for a systematic OJT program.

Shorter Actual Working Hours

Supporting Career Development
We encourage employee career development by providing a complete and diverse range of selfdevelopment programs, including language classes, business seminars for increasing knowledge aboutsuch areas as finance and accounting, compliance, and marketing strategy, and by subsidizing the cost of
distance learning or obtaining certifications.

Average Working Hours (EIZO Corporation)
As part of our efforts to decrease the number of working
FY 2012FY 2013
FY 2014hours, we undertake work improvement activities on a
1,963
hours
1,941
hours
1,929
hours
unit-by-unit basis and observe a weekly no-overtime day.
We also vigorously encourage employees to take compensation days off for working on holidays and takesufficient paid leave. In fiscal 2014, we were able to reduce the hours through various efforts.
columnRecreation activities across divisions keep the company energized

Various activities are conducted across divisions, including
athletic meets, bowling tournaments and marathon races. For
example, a large number of runners from our Group companies inJapan entered as teams to compete in a marathon relay in Ishikawa
Prefecture, and they finished strong. The event bolstered their senseof solidarity, and their strong showing sparked discussion across the company.

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Development of Global Human Resources

Efforts in Health Management

To develop global human resources, we provide English and Chinese classes in Japan as well as

Our efforts in this area include regular health checkups and preventive checkups for lifestyle-related

Japanese classes at affiliates outside Japan, andseminars on cross-cultural communication.
Voicewefromholda Worksite
We also run an exchange program for engineers between affiliates outside Japan, in which employees
are dispatched for one year, and a trainee program
young core personnel (short-term assignment,
Voice fromfora Worksite
about three months). The program aims to increase the number of employees who can work effectively
in a different culture and manage technology
witha Groupa global
perspective, as well as to cultivate new
Voice from
Companytechnological expertise.

diseases, dedicated contact points for responding to employee anxieties and concerns, mental healthcheckups and face-to-face consultations with industrial physicians, and follow-up guidance based on the
results of health checkups. We will seek to safeguard employee physical and mental well-being by raisingindividual awareness of health management and achieving a goal of 100% follow-up.

Voice from a Worksite

The basic policy on the safety and health of EIZO Corporation is intended to create a healthy and safe working

Basic Policy on Safety and Health (Safety and Health Management Regulations)environment for all employees. This is achieved through management of risk factors related to safety and health.

For about three months, from January to March
2015, I visited over 100 resellers
Voice from a Worksite

Specifically, we constantly strive to identify unacceptable risk factors in the workplace and neutralize them, with theand customers in 16 cities across North America, accompanying sales staff of eachultimate goal of eliminating workplace accidents.

region as a trainee of EIZO Inc., a Group sales company in North America. This training
program provided a unique and invaluable opportunity for me to listen to feedback
directly from overseas customers, build relationships with local staff and experience
the breadth of the company’s overseas business. Furthermore, being able to encounter
workplaces comprising diverse ethnicities and cultures enabled me to appreciate theideal mobilization of global human resources who are capable of advancing business byforming decisions as a team in an environment of mutual respect.

Medium-Term Plan (Fiscal 2013 to 2015)
Tatsuya Oie

Customer Support
SectionQuality Assurance
Department
Joined the company
in 2008

I feel compelled by this experience to continue growing and working actively as a
global human resource engaged in quality-related work.

Securing Safety and Health

Raise safety awareness by improving employees’ sense to identify potential dangers and encourage
self-management of physical and mental health in order to enhance operations.
Fiscal 2015 Targets/Key Action Points and Fiscal 2013 Performance
Management
Area

Achieve zero occurrence of workplace accidents, reduce traffic
accidents during working hours
Management
Area

The ongoing development, design and production of high value-added products requires not only
a significant investment of management resources but also a consistently safe workplace and efforts tosafeguard employee health.
Efforts in Safety Management
We strive to prevent workplace accidents by conducting risk assessments for each workplace inaddition to KYT (hazard prediction training), “hiyari-hatto” (close call) and 5S activities. We will continue
these efforts by identifying and reducing risks through risk assessments and safety screening of newly
installed machinery and equipment, and by raising awareness on safety through workplace patrols andemployee training.

FY 2015 Targets/Key Action Points

Key points• Implement risk assessment directly linked to business operations• Implement KYT in line with the situation of the workplace andoperations• Promote 5S to improve operation quality and eliminate the causes of
workplace accidents

FY 2015 Performance• Workplace accidents

2Frequency rate

0.57

Severity rate0

• Traffic accidents during working hours
5 (4 offenses, 1 defense)• Unacceptable risks

0

Follow-up

97.7%

評価

△

100% follow-up on checkup results
HealthManagement

Key points• Implement mental health measures in the workplace• Promote preventive measures for lifestyle-related diseases (including
specific health guidance)• Proper management of chemical substances△• Workplace accidents frequency rate: Number of deaths and injuries caused by industrial accidents per million working hours.
Used to express accident frequency.
• Workplace accidents severity rate: Number of work-days lost caused by industrial accidents per million working hours. Used to express accident severity.

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Appendix

GRI Guidelines (Version 4) Content Index
The EIZO Corporation Corporate Social Responsibility Report 2015 provides information on the Standard Disclosure items contained in the GRI Sustainability Reporting Guidelines (Version 4).
The following table lists the core items of the Standard Disclosures, for which we have received third-party confirmation from Sustainability Accounting Co., Ltd. (Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo).

Indicator

Report page

Strategy and analysis
G4-1

A statement from the most senior decision-maker of the organization about the relevance of sustainability to the organiza- 5-6tion and the organization’s strategy for addressing sustainability

Organizational profile
The name of the organization
The primary brands, products, and services

22,11-12

G4-5

2
2,20

G4-7

The location of the organization’s headquarters
The number of countries where the organization operates, and names of countries where either the organization has significant operations or that are specifically relevant to the sustainability topics covered in the report
The nature of ownership and legal form

G4-8
G4-9

The markets served
The scale of the organization

2, 20
2-4

G4-10
G4-11
G4-12

The breakdown of the employees
The percentage of total employees covered by collective bargaining agreements
The organization’s supply chain

G4-13
G4-14

Any significant changes during the reporting period
Whether and how the precautionary approach or principle is addressed by the organization
Externally developed economic, environmental and social charters, principles, or other initiatives to which the organization
subscribes or which it endorses
Memberships of associations and national or international advocacy organizations

4,29
Not applicable

G4-15
G4-16

G4-33

2

25
7
17

Identified material aspects and boundaries

The ‘in accordance’ option the organization has chosen; the GRI Content Index for the chosen option; the reference to theExternal Assurance Report, if the report has been externally assured
The organization’s policy and current practice with regard to seeking external assurance for the report

33

The governance structure of the organization; any committees responsible for decision-making on economic, environmen- 26
tal and social impacts

Ethics and integrity
G4-56

7

The organization’s values, principles, standards and norms of behavior

Specific standard disclosures

Report page

Disclosures on management approach
G4-DMA

Reasons why the Aspects are of material significance, impacts that affect judgment, approach to organizational management, and evaluation of management approach

11-31

Environmental
Materials
G4-EN1

Materials used by weight or volume

18

G4-EN3
G4-EN6

Energy consumption within the organization
Reduction of energy consumption

18
16,18-19

G4-EN7

Reductions in energy requirements of products and services

17

Total water withdrawal by source

18

EnergyWater
G4-EN8Emissions
G4-EN15

Direct greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions (Scope 1)

18

G4-EN16
G4-EN19

Indirect greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions (Scope 2)
Reduction of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions

18
16,18

G4-17

All entities included in the organization’s consolidated financial statements or equivalent documents; whether any entity included in the organiza2
tion’s consolidated financial statements or equivalent documents is not covered by the report

G4-18

The process for defining the report content and the aspect boundaries; how the organization has implemented the report- 8
ing principles for defining report content

G4-19
G4-20
G4-21

All the material aspects identified in the process for defining report content
The aspect boundary within the organization for each material aspect
The aspect boundary outside the organization for each material aspect

8
-

G4-22

The effect of any restatements of information provided in previous reports, and the reasons for such restatements

Not applicable

G4-EN27
G4-EN28

G4-23

Significant changes from previous reporting periods in the scope and aspect boundaries

Not applicableCompliance

Stakeholder engagement
G4-24

A list of stakeholder groups engaged by the organization

22

G4-25

The basis for identification and selection of stakeholders with whom to engage

22

G4-26

The organization’s approach to stakeholder engagement
Key topics and concerns that have been raised through stakeholder engagement, and how the organization has responded; the stakeholder groups that raised each of the key topics and concerns

G4-27

32-33

Governance
G4-34

G4-3
G4-4
G4-6

G4-32

Effluents and waste
G4-EN23

G4-EN29

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

G4-EN34

SocialLabor practices and decent work
Employment

G4-28

Reporting period (such as fiscal or calendar year) for information provided

1

Date of most recent previous report (if any)
Reporting cycle (such as annual, biennial)

1
1

G4-31

The contact point for questions regarding the report or its contents1

Not applicable

Environmental grievance mechanisms

22

G4-29
G4-30

16-17
19

Extent of impact mitigation of environmental impacts of products and services
Percentage of products sold and their packaging materials that are reclaimed by category

22

Report profile

19

Total weight of waste by type and disposal method

Products and services

G4-LA1

Number of grievances about environmental impacts filed, addressed, and resolved through formal grievance mechanisms Not applicable

Total number and rates of new employee hires and employee turnover by age group, gender and region

30

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Comparison Table for the United Nations Global Compact

Occupational health and safety
G4-LA6

Type of injury and rates of injury, occupational diseases, lost days, and absenteeism, and total number of work-related
fatalities, by region and by gender

31

Training and education
G4-LA10Programs for skills management and lifelong learning that support the continued employability of employees and assist
them in managing career endings

United Nations Global Compact
30,31

Diversity and equal opportunity
G4-LA12Composition of governance bodies and breakdown of employees per employee category according to gender, age group,
minority group membership, and other indicators of diversity

29

Human rights
Investment
G4-HR2

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

29

Non-discrimination
G4-HR3

Total number of incidents of discrimination and corrective actions taken

Not applicable

SocietyAnti-corruption

Principle 1

Businesses should support and respect the protection of internationallyproclaimed human rights.

Principle 2

Businesses should make sure they are not complicit in human rights abuses.

Principle 3

Businesses should uphold the freedom of association and the effective
recognition of the right to collective bargaining.

Principle 4

Businesses should uphold the elimination of all forms of forced andcompulsory labour.

Principle 5

Businesses should uphold the effective abolition of child labour.

Principle 6

Businesses should uphold the elimination of discrimination in respect of
employment and occupation.

Principle 7

Businesses should support a precautionary approach to environmental
challenges.

G4-SO4

Communication and training on anti-corruption policies and procedures

25

G4-SO5

Confirmed incidents of corruption and actions taken

No incidents ofcorruption werereported.

Principle 8

Businesses should undertake initiatives to promote greater environmental
responsibility.

Principle 9

Businesses should encourage the development and diffusion ofenvironmentally friendly technologies.

No legal actions
were reported.

Principle 10

Businesses should work against corruption in all its forms, including
extortion and bribery.

Anti-competitive behavior
G4-SO7

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

Coverage by EIZO Group Principles of Conduct –Seven Promises

Page

3. We will act as an international corporation with a
global outlook and mindset.
4. We will conduct open and fair trade.
7. We will respect basic human rights and value a
broadminded corporate culture.

20,21
27-31

3. We will act as an international corporation with a
global outlook and mindset.
4. We will conduct open and fair trade.
7. We will respect basic human rights and value a
broadminded corporate culture.

20,21
27-31

2. We will promote our manufacturing andbusiness activities in consideration of reducing
heir environmental burdens.

15-19

4. We will conduct open and fair trade.
6. We will strictly respect and comply withboth the letter and the spirit of the law as
a good corporate citizen.

21,
25-26

Compliance
G4-SO8

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

No fines or
non-monetary
sanctions werereceived.

Independent Third-Party Assurance Statement

Grievance mechanisms for impacts on society
G4-SO11

Number of grievances about impacts on society filed, addressed, and resolved through formal grievance mechanisms

Not applicable

Product responsibility
Customer health and safety
G4-PR2

Total number of incidents of non-compliance with regulations and voluntary codes concerning the health and safety
impacts of products and services during their life cycle, by type of outcome

No incidents of
non-compliancewere reported.

Product and service labeling
G4-PR4

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

No incidents of
non-compliancewere reported.

G4-PR5Results of surveys measuring customer satisfaction

23

Marketing communications
G4-PR6

Sale of banned or disputed products

G4-PR7

Total number of incidents of non-compliance with regulations and voluntary codes concerning marketing communications, No incidents of
non-complianceincluding advertising, promotion, and sponsorship, by type of outcome
were reported.

Not applicable

Customer privacy
G4-PR8

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

Not applicableCompliance
G4-PR9

Monetary value of significant fines for non-compliance with laws and regulations concerning the provision and use of
products and services

Not applicable

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