ENVIRONMENTAL REPORT 2001
Toppan Group’s Environmental Conservation Activities

Desertification

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Use ofchemical
substances

Globalwarming

Carbonic
acid gas

Use offossil fuels

Destruction of
the ozone layer

Marine pollution

Reducednumbers ofwild species

Reduction ofrain forests

Sulfur oxides
Nitrogen oxides

Acid rain

Internationaltransactions

Cross border
movement of toxic waste

Message from the President

Contents

Message from the President . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Corporate Profile and Scopeof the Environmental Report. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Toppan Group’s Commitment
to the Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Principal Environmental Activities
for Fiscal 2000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Environmental Accounting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
1 TOPPAN’S BUSINESSES AND
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT . . . . . . . . 10
Principal Businesses andEnvironmental Impact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Information & Networks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Living Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Electronics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
2 ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENTACTIVITIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Environmental Management
Structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Environmental Management System . . 18
Education and Emergency Response . . 21
3 ECO-PROTECTION ACTIVITIES . . . . . 22
Outline of Eco-protection Activities. . . . 23
Prevention of Pollution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Energy and Resource Savings . . . . . . . . . . 26
Waste Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Management of Chemical
Substances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Office Eco-protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Efforts in Product Distribution . . . . . . . . . 34
Overseas Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
4 ECO-CREATIVITY ACTIVITIES . . . . . . . 36
Overview of Eco-creativity Activities . . . 37
Development and Supply ofEnvironmentally-friendly Products . . . . . 38
Toppan’s Environmentallyfriendly Products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Development of Environmental
Support Business . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
5 COMMUNICATION ACTIVITIES . . . . 46
Internal and External Communication
Activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Information Disclosure and Activities toHarmonize with Local Communities . . . 48
Social Contributions and Awards . . . . . . 49
Toppan’s Environmental Chronology . . . . 50
Environmental Targets for Fiscal 2001 . . . 51
Summary of Independent Review and
Questionnaire Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Compositional Considerations
for the Environmental Report 2001 . . . . . . . 53
Independent Review of theEnvironmental Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

corporate vision and activities. It describes the role of our company in its commitThe Environmental Report 2001 has been put
together with the Environmental Reporting
Guidelines (Fiscal Year 2000 version) of the
Ministry of Environment as a guide. As far as
possible, we tried to arrange the reported
matters according to guideline items, witha view to facilitating comparison by typeof business or by company. Also, the dataindexes were taken, wherever possible, from
the Ministry of Environment’s Environmental Performance Indicators for Businesses(Fiscal Year 2000 version).
An environmental report is a communication tool. Its editorial scope, including therange of information to be covered, is determined according to the intended target
readers. In pinpointing prospective readers,
we took as a reference the “Environmental
Reporting Guidelines with an Emphasis on
Those Affected—2001,” issued by the Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry. While
our customers, suppliers, shareholders, andinvestors are the principal prospective readers of this Environmental Report, we took into
account that the general public would also
review it, which prompted us to bear thefollowing aspects in mind in our editing
process:(1) Specialized environmental terms weremarked “*” and explanations wereinserted.
(2) For graphs, an explanation and description of data-calculation methods were
provided, to make values easy to read.
(3) Effort was made to avoid using industrial terms and internal jargon, as far as
possible, and when such a term had tobe employed, it was appended with an
explanation.
(4) To invite as many people as possible toread this report, we employed numerous
illustrations, tables, and photographs,
and chose characters of easy-to-readsize. Consideration was also given to
making discrimination of data easy, withcolor, tabs, and appropriate page composition.
In addition to the above, some unique innovations were employed to make this a more
“reader-friendly” report.
Toppan’s Environmental Report is issued as
an annual publication, in Japanese andEnglish, in accordance with the one-year
period of the Environmental Management
System. The Environmental Report is also
released on the Internet, and the information covered there (including environmental
performance data by site, news on the latest
developments of ISO 14001 certification,and more) is regularly updated. Since fiscal
2000, some of our plants have been issuingsite reports, in the form of simple booklets,
on a yearly basis. Our ISO 14001-certified
plants are obliged to issue these site reports
starting from the following fiscal year inwhich the certification is acquired.
Furthermore, to enhance the reliabilityof our Environmental Report, it is subjected to
examination by a third party, effective as of
the current fiscal year.

ment to achieving a harmonious coexistence with society, through culture-enhancing business activities and the communication of information on a global level, acommitment that is based on Toppan’s marketing capabilities and skills in technological development. Toppan Vision 21 places a high priority on harmonization with theglobal environment, a re-acknowledgment and a re-establishment of the corporate
ethic, and the accurate disclosure of corporate information.
I believe our consolidated environmental accounting reflects the efforts of each andevery employee. In addition, the Company presents the President’s Ecology Award
twice a year, as part of the in-house employee evaluation system. In this way, theCompany recognizes and rewards the achievements of individual employees.
Toppan held the Environmental Communication Exhibition 2000 from October 30 to
December 20, 2000, with the cooperation of Nikkei Business Publications, Inc. Heldin the Plaza 21 showroom of the Toppan Koishikawa Building, this event, in addition
to presenting Toppan’s environmental reports and related publicity, offered various
seminars and lectures. More than 1,000 people attended the exhibition. Under thetheme of “Environmental Communication,” we stressed the importance of mutual
environmental understanding among companies, citizens, and governments, for thecreation of a recycling-oriented social structure.
In promoting corporate environmental management, Toppan strives to reduce theenvironmental load generated through production processes. At the same time, theCompany actively and continuously develops and introduces environmentally-friendly
products in the household-product field. Environmental corporate management
demands steady environmental preservation efforts and activities, establishment of astable revenue structures, and other proactive corporate actions. At Toppan, we
intend to strengthen communication with society and apply the information we
obtain in nurturing corporate growth in the future. To this end, we will continue todevelop new businesses based on existing corporate operations and strengthen com-

Environmental Report 2001

munication with society through management of the Toppan Hall and the Printing■Period covered■Scope of coverage

April 1, 2000 to March 31, 2001.

Please refer to Scope of Toppan Group
Companies in the Environmental Report(See page 2.)∗Some key items include data acquired throughJuly 2001, or future projections.
∗Due to revision of the methods of calculation or
for other reasons, this report contains some ofthe data covered in the Environmental Report
2000, corrected or modified accordingly.

■Publication details
Published November, 2001.
(Published annually since fiscal 1998)■Next scheduled publication
September, 2002.

About the cover:
The cover represents a vision of the diverse environmental issues that must be resolved by society.
Toppan has also condensed this image into a simpler form, which is adopted as Toppan’s environmental logo.

Last year, Toppan Printing Co., Ltd. established Toppan Vision 21, which outlines new

Editorial policy■Department in charge of
publication
Please direct inquiries on the contents of thisreport to:
Ecology Center
Toppan Printing Co., Ltd. (Tokyo, Japan)
Phone: +81-3-3835-5549
Fax.: +81-3-3835-0847
E-mail: eco@toppan.co.jp

Museum, Tokyo, which have been established as part of our contributions to society.
Our Environmental Report was reviewed by an auditing firm from this year. It is ourhope that this report will deepen the understanding of our customers and others
regarding the Toppan Group’s policies and activities for environmental preservation.
We look forward to receiving your frank opinions and comments as well as your kind
guidance and support.
August, 2001

Naoki Adachi
President and CEO

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Corporate Profile and Scope of the Environmental Report
Toppan’s business activities can be classified into three fields: the Information & Networks, the Living Environment,
and Electronics. The primary objective of our environmental activities is acquiring an accurate picture of the environmental
impact of our business activities.

Corporate name Toppan Printing Co., Ltd.
Head office

1 Kanda Izumi-cho,
Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo
101-0024 Japan
Phone +81-3-3835-5111

Established

January 17, 1900

President & CEO Naoki Adachi(since June 29, 2000)
Number of
employees

13,026(as of the end of March, 2001)

Capital¥104.9 billion(as of the end of June, 2001)

Sales
Consolidated

Nonconsolidated(¥100 million)

14,000 12,841

12,93812,37012,23412,000
9,666

10,000

9,693

9,191

9,096

8,000
6,000
4,000
2,000
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1997

1998

1999

2000
(Fiscal year)

Ordinary profits
Consolidated

Nonconsolidated(¥100 million)

800

793
731

694

668

700

606

600

494

479

500

200
100
1998

1999

2000
(Fiscal year)

Net income
Consolidated

Nonconsolidated(¥100 million)

500

473

Scope of Toppan Group companies in the Environmental Report(As of April 1, 2001)

451

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1999

2000
(Fiscal year)∗Amounts shown were rounded off, discarding
figures below the ¥100 million mark.
∗Consolidated accounting reflects the results of all
subsidiaries and affiliates, with consolidated subsidiaries
numbering 119 and companies subject to the Equity
Law numbering 21.

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Information & Network field
Living Environment field
Electronics field*1 Submitted for the Asaka plant group.
*2 Submitted for the Takino plant group.
*3 Includes production plants in the Living Environment field.
*4 Includes the New Product Business Promotion headquarters.
*5 Specific plant:
Plants above a certain scale, with facilities impacting the air and water and subject to the Law on the Provision of
Pollution-Preventive Systems in Specific Plants.
*6 Plants designated for energy management:
Type I (Electricity): Plant that consumes 12 million kWh/year or more of electric energy.
Type I (Heat): Plant that consumes thermal energy equivalent to 3,000 kR/year or more of crude oil.
Type II (Electricity): Plant that consumes 6 million kWh/year or more of electric energy.
Type II (Heat): Plant that consumes thermal energy equivalent to 1,500 kR/year or more of crude oil.
*7 Plants with heavy discharge of industrial waste:
Plants that generated 1,000 tons or more of industrial waste or 50 tons or more of specially controlled industrial waste in
the previous fiscal year.
◆ Scope of the Environmental Report: 1 2 3 4 5 7 8◆ Scope of environmental performance data: 1 2 3 4 5◆ Scope of in-house environmental audit: 1 2 3 4 5 7◆ Scope of environmental accounting (consolidated basis): 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 and other sales offices, etc.
∗Changes including corporate mergers, and dissolutions, which affect the contents of the report (April 2000 to April 2001):
5 Affiliated companies that are included as production plants:
Toppan Seihin Co., Ltd. merged with Toppan Seihon Co., Ltd. in April, 2001.
Toppan Proof, Inc. merged with Toppan Graphic Arts, Inc. in April, 2001.
6 Affiliated companies, production cooperation subsidiaries and other subsidiaries that are not included as
production plants:
Denshi Media Service Co., Ltd.; dissolved in March, 2001.
Title Producing Co., Ltd.; dissolved in March, 2001.
Toppan Co., Ltd. (printing business) dissolved in March, 2000.

22

Chitose plant

12

Sapporo plant

24 Niigata plant
17 Takino plant (Packaging)
16 Fukuzaki plant
11

Sendai plant

13

Gunma plant

19

Satte plant

25 Shiga plantKansai plant(Commercial printing) (Takino)
3 Takino plant (Securities)
7

20

Fukuoka plant No.1

9

Fukuoka plant No.2

23

Asaka plant (Electronics)

1

Asaka plant (Securities)
Asaka plant(Commercial printing)4
18

26 Kumamoto plant
10 Nagoya plant
21 Matsuzaka plantKansai plant (Commercial printing) (Osaka)
15 Itami plant6

2 Affiliates with independent production plants*1
Osaka Toppan Display Co., Ltd.
Toppan Joh-hoku Printing Co., Ltd.
Toppan Graphic Co., Ltd.
Toppan Seihon Co., Ltd.
Toppan Containers Co., Ltd.
Toppan Plastic Co., Ltd.
Toppan Packs Co., Ltd.*
Toppan Engineering Co., Ltd.
Toppan Beverage Co, Ltd.*
Kumamoto Toppan, Co., Ltd.
Toppan Saga Yoki, Co., Ltd.
Kannabe Toppan Co., Ltd.
Mikkabi Toppan Printing Co., Ltd.
San-ei Shiki Co., Ltd.**Affiliates included in the in-house environmental audit,
effective fiscal 2001.

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Locations of production plants

Plant with heavy
discharge ofindustrial waste*7

400
300

of our operations on the environment, aim
to develop the environmental initiatives
taken by the Group. This Environmental
Report 2001 now includes environmentally
important affiliates within its reporting coverage, thereby extending its reach to theentire Toppan Group of Companies.

(Toppan Printing Co., Ltd.)

1 Production plants (Toppan Printing Co., Ltd.)Asaka plant (Securities)*1 1
Ranzan plant 2
Takino plant (Securities)*2 3
Asaka plant (Commercial Printing)*1 4
Sakado plant 5
Kansai plant (Commercial Printing) (Osaka) 6
Kansai plant (Commercial Printing) (Takino)*2 7
Itabashi plant 8
Fukuoka plant No. 2 9
Nagoya plant 10
Sendai plant *3 11
Sapporo plant 12
Gunma plant 13
Sagamihara plant 14
Itami plant 15
Fukuzaki plant 16
Takino plant (Packaging)*2 17
Kashiwa plant 18
19
Satte plant*4
Fukuoka plant No. 1 20
Matsuzaka plant 21
Chitose plant 22
Asaka plant (Electronics)*1 23
Niigata plant 24
Shiga plant 25
Kumamoto plant 26
Numazu plant 27

sonal Services thus further developing theinformation communications industry.
In realizing every possibility, the entire
Toppan Group is engaged in operations
supporting these five fields. Toppan’s environmental activities, in addition to facilitating a fundamental awareness of the impact

Production plants in Information & Networks (Securities & Cards, Commercial Printing, Publications Printing).
Production plants in Living Environment (Packaging, Industrial Materials).
Production plants in Electronics (Electronics).

300

1997

Toppan established Toppan Vision 21 clarifying the Toppan Group’s vision for the 21st
century. Toppan has divided and reformed
its conventional business fields into “Information & Networks,” “Living Environment,”
and “Electronics,” and also added two newfields, Next-Generation Products, and Per-

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By making the most of the knowledge
acquired in the printing field, Toppan is
unfolding a broad variety of business operations in seven fields: securities and cards,
commercial printing, publications printing,packaging, industrial materials, electronics,
and the multimedia field. In June, 2000,

3 Research centers
Toppan Technical Research Institute
Tsukuba Research Laboratory
4 Offices (Buildings owned by Toppan)
Head Office and Sales Buildings (Akihabara)
Toppan Koishikawa Building
Toppan Shibaura Building
Honjo GC Building
Hiroshima Sales Office Building
Toppan Building (Nishinihon Division)Kashiwa plant8

Itabashi plant

14

Sagamihara plant2

Ranzan plant

5

Sakado plant27

Numazu plant

5 Affiliates included in production plants*1
Toppan Display Co., Ltd.
Toppan Graphic Communications Co., Ltd.
Osaka Toppan Display Co., Ltd.
Toppan Graphics Communications Kansai Co., Ltd.
Niigata Toppan Printing Co., Ltd.
Toppan Electronics Fuji, Co., Ltd.
Toppan Precision Board Co., Ltd.
Toppan Shiga Seimitsu Co., Ltd.
Toppan Graphic Arts, Inc.
Koyo Sangyo Ltd.
Toppan Packs Co., Ltd.
Toppan Carton Co., Ltd.
Toppan Gravure Prepress Co., Ltd.
Toppan Kansai Packs Co., Ltd.
Toppan Paperware Co., Ltd.
Toppan Unyu Soko Ltd.
Toppan Kenzai Tech Co., Ltd.
Toppan Idea Center Nishinihon Co., Ltd.
Toppan Fukuoka Shiko Co., Ltd.
Kyushu Product Ltd.
Toppan Aichi Kako Co., Ltd.
Toppan Miyagi Kako Co., Ltd.
Toppan Multi Create Co., Ltd.
Toppan Hokkaido Insatsukako Co., Ltd.
Toppan Techno Co., Ltd.
Toppan Security Service Co., Ltd.
∗Affiliates’ subsidiaries included.

Affiliates and subsidiaries not included
among the production plants*1
Toppan Creative Communications Co., Ltd.
Sobi Calendars Co., Ltd.
Toppan Technical Design Center Co., Ltd.
Tokyo Computer Type Co., Ltd.
T.M.G. Prepress Toppan Co., Ltd.
Digital House Co., Ltd.
Kita-Osaka Shigyo Co., Ltd.
Toppan Captech Co., Ltd.
Kansai Bottling Co., Ltd.
Top Planning Ltd.
Cyber Map Japan Corp.
Toppan Editorial Communications Co., Ltd.
Toppan and Moak Co., Ltd.
Toppan, Co., Ltd.
Toppan Hall Co., Ltd.
Toppan Financial Services Co., Ltd.
Toppan Human Information Services Co., Ltd.
Toppan Direct Mail Center Co., Ltd.

6

Overseas production plants
7 (Plants of companies incorporated overseas)*2
Toppan Printing Co., (Shanghai) Ltd.
Toppan Electronics, Inc.
Toppan Chunghwa Electronics Co., Ltd.
Toppan Printing Co. (H.K.) Ltd.
Toppan Printing Co. (America), Inc.
Toppan Printing Co., (Shenzhen) Ltd.
PT Toppan Sampoerna Indonesia
Siam Toppan Packaging Co., Ltd.
Toppan Interamerica Inc.

Independent business subsidiaries
8 (Printing-related businesses only)*3
Printing related:
Toppan Forms Co., Ltd.
Tamapoly Co., Ltd.
Toppan Label Co., Ltd.
Sales related:
Toppan Cosmo, Inc.
Publishing business:froebel-kan, co., ltd.
Distribution related:
Toppan Logistics Co., Ltd.
Others:Total Media Development Institute Co., Ltd.
Toppan Multisoft Ltd.

*1 Affiliates
Company in which Toppan owns 50% or more ofequity and whose management is directed by Toppan(affiliates’ subsidiaries included).
*2 Company incorporated overseas
Company incorporated overseas in which Toppan
owns 50% or more of equity and whose management
is directed by Toppan.
*3 Independent subsidiary
Company in which Toppan owns 50% or more ofequity and which conducts business operations independently.

3Toppan Group’s Commitment to the Environment
The Toppan Group, as a global citizen, is carrying out environmental activities with an emphasis on two major
initiatives: “eco-protection” and “eco-creativity.”Things We Can Do
After dealing with a great variety of dataand information on a daily basis since I
began my commitment to environmental
issues, I cannot help but realize that ourplanet is in a truly critical state. While thissort of problem can only be improved
through larger frameworks or mechanisms,
it also has some facets that can be resolved
by awareness and actions on the part ofcompanies and individuals. Seriously assuming my assigned responsibility as the person
in charge of environmental issues, I am
resolved to take on these issues sincerely,
regarding them my own issues, as well as
the company’s.
What I can do in my given position is toconsider how we at the Toppan Groupshould behave as a company living on
Earth, as a global citizen, and how weshould fulfill our responsibilities. To this end,
I believe two viewpoints are important. One
is that we should recognize that we areimposing a burden on the environment
and, therefore, that we should conduct
activities that do everything within ourreach to ease the burden. We at the Toppan
Group refer to these as our eco-protection
activities.
The other important viewpoint lies in
activities designed to alleviate the environmental burden and to further promote environmental communications, by supplying
society with environmentally-friendly products and by supporting diverse environment-related businesses. These activities arereferred to as eco-creativity activities.
In addition to the above two initiatives,
we can also cite other important commitments, such as open disclosure of information, sincere operating practices, and soforth. I believe that the development ofthese sorts of commitments is what will
eventually lead a company to gain publictrust.

Reducing Environmental
Burden through Eco-protection
Activities
The Toppan Group is developing businessactivities in diversified product fields, including packaging, industrial materials, color
filters for LCDs (liquid crystal displays),and more, in addition to general printed
materials.
The common link across these fields is
our role as a manufacturer. Inasmuch as
Toppan is engaged in a manufacturingindustry, it uses raw materials, consumes
energy, and emits CO2 (carbon dioxide) asa result, thus adding to the environmental
burden. Besides, our activities directly pose4

an environmental burden on the residents
neighboring our plants—effecting air, water,and soil and creating noise, vibrations, andodors.
The Toppan Group views reduction of
the environmental burden as an important
issue in environmental management andestablishes environment targets based on
Toppan’s Declaration on the Global Environment, and is currently developing activities
to reduce the environmental burden at its
plants throughout the country. Althoughachievements were, to some extent, reachedwith respect to the established targets infiscal 2000, the results fell short in terms ofenergy-saving. Therefore, I think improvement in this fields represents another issue
to be addressed in fiscal 2001.
Meanwhile, in promotion activities, thecommitment of each of the employees
comprising the group is also important. No
matter how superior the environmental
management system, no results will beachieved if the people driving the systemlack commitment. For this reason, we havecontinuously been conducting training andawareness-raising activities, thus aiming at
enabling all the employees to share thesame level of awareness relating to environmental issues. I think this is highly importantin the context of the commitment to environmental activities of the entire Group.

Eco-creativity Activities, for theSake of Society
In Toppan Vision 21 the Toppan defined its
corporate image and its business fields forthe 21st century. Toppan classified theGroup’s traditional business fields into Information & Networks, Living Environment,
and Electronics, and developed these fields
by adding software and service elements
to each one. With the further addition of a
Personal Service and Next-Generation Products to the above three, Toppan is now
aspiring to develop the whole information
communications industry. In the processof this evolution, Toppan has also been
applying measures aimed at selectively
investing management resources into the“3E’s”; namely, E-business, Eco-businessand Electronics.
Of the 3E’s, eco-business rests on two
principal pillars: the planning and development of environmentally-friendly products,
and environmental communications.
For environmentally-friendly products,
product assessment has been undertaken,
with the Ecology Center playing a leadingrole, and 43 types of environmentally-

Corporate Philosophy

Toppan’s
Declarationon the Global
Environment

Each of us shall reciprocate
our customers’ continued trust,create dedicated products by harnessing
our vibrant knowledge and technology,
and contribute to a fulfilling lifestyle asa mainstay of information and culture.

friendly products have been planned anddeveloped so far. In the field of environmental communications, we are planningon developing activities designed to create
mutual understanding among companies,
citizens, and governmental municipalities,
to follow up on the Environmental Communication Exhibition 2000 we held last year.

Information Communicationsin the 21st Century
The ability to create and transfer information constitutes one of the key elements inthe evolution of the human being. Printing
as a means to extensively transfer that information has evolved through the ages ofwoodblock plates, type, and lithographs.
And now, at the advent of the 21st century, the means of information transfer are
undergoing diversification—from printed
materials on paper media to the provision of
information services over the Internet(prompted by the wide spread of the Internet among households in general), in stepwith advancement of the IT (information
technology) revolution.
Furthermore, the notion of a paperlessworld, with electronic newspapers and electronic magazines will become reality in thenear future.

Since I have engaged in the development of technology for computerized composition that dispenses with the use of type,I have been paying keen attention to thedevelopment of mediums that do not relyon paper, such as the Internet and otherpaperless technologies. I am doing so in lightof the possibility that these may become themost suitable technologies for a recycling-oriented society of the future, notwithstanding
the fact that these technological innovations—at a glance—may seem to contradict
the traditional concept of printing.

As a Leader in the Printing
Industry
The environmental activities of the Toppan
Group are not solely designed to fulfill our
responsibilities as a company. We believethat it is also important for us to raise these
activities to an industry level, by accumulating expertise as we take an active lead in
this area and by then supplying that knowledge to the entire printing industry. To beable to counter the critical situation we currently face, it is essential that we keep moving forward with more people and morecompanies. To this end, we are resolved tocontinue our best efforts, while being awareof our position as the industrial leader.

Business
FieldsInformation & Networks
Book-on-demand printing,supply-chain management support
business

Chief Environmental Manager andSenior Managing Director

Foreword

Declaration

Numerous issues concerning global environmental disruption havesignificantly affected world politics, the economy, and the global
society in recent years, concurrent with the rise of global commerce.
It is therefore critical that each of us should make a personal pledge
concerning these issues so that future generations may enjoy theblessings of a clean planet.
Toppan contributes to society through its corporate activities,
pursuing our self-definition as an “Information and lifestyle-relatedindustry rooted in culture.” Accordingly, we will continue to develop
measures that address global environmental issues, in order to fulfill
our social responsibility as a corporate citizen.

1. Each of our employees recognizes the importance of global environmental
issues and endeavors to conserve the global environment.
2. We actively promote energy/resource conservation and recycling as a meansof conserving the global environment.
3. We abide by laws and social order, striving to prevent environmental
pollution.
4. Through our business operations, we actively support our customers’
activities to conserve the global environment.
5. In our research, we endeavor to develop products and technologies that
help conserve the global environment.
6. We implement corporate activities designed to further global conservation in
the context of an international society.

Environmental burden involved in business operations

Personal Service
Content distribution agency,
network direct sales business

Tohru Shimabukuro

As a manufacturer, Toppan uses raw materials and consumes
energy, and these activities give rise to CO2 (carbon dioxide)
emissions. Toppan also directly imposes an environmental
burden on the areas neighboring its plants, in the form of air,water, soil and creating noise, vibrations, and odors.

Toppan Group’s environmental activities
Environmental management
Systematically creating efforts for environmental protection

Eco-protection
Electronics
Business relating to color filters forhigh-resolution LCD displays,
business relating to high-density
printed wiring boards

Living Environment
Recycled base materials,
design consulting

Next-Generation Products
Development of functional industrial
materials linked to the next generationof consumers

Selective businessmeasuresPursuing the reduction of the environmental burden at plants.

E-businessEco-creativity
Aspiring to be helpful to society.

Eco-business

Promotingthe 3E’s

Communication
Electronics

Seeking cooperation among a wide range of interested parties.

5Principal Environmental Activities for Fiscal 2000
In fiscal 2000, Toppan undertook the challenge of introducing consolidated environmental accounting for theGroup. Our major, relevant activities and achievements of fiscal 2000 are outlined below.

Environmental Communication
Exhibition 2000
Mutual understanding among all parties,
including employees, customers, and regional
communities, is important in the environmental activities of the company. For thisreason, Toppan held the Environmental
Communication Exhibition 2000 in October, 2000 through a joint effort with the
Nikkei Business Publications Environmental
Management Forum. Besides the exhibitionof various types of environmental communication tools (displayed at the venue in
the Toppan Koishikawa Building), a semi-

nar was conducted by Mr. Lester Brownof the World Watch Research Institute. A
total of 1,456 people visited the event.
(See page 44.)

Development of Ecogloss
Glossy Paper Containers
After the Law for Promotion of Sorted Collection and Recycling of Containers andPackaging was put into effect, obliging people to recycle containers and packaging(such as bottles, cans, and paper packs), theneed to recycle paper containers became
more pressing. In light of this need, Toppan

has developed several new technologies,
including a high-gloss water varnish, a soyink drying system, and more. It also has successfully developed an Ecogloss that offers a
combination of aesthetics, environmentalfriendliness, and economy. This product wasawarded the Chairman’s Prize of the Japan
Federation of Printing Industries and theChemicals Section Prize at the 2001 Japan
Packaging Competition, in addition to winning the President’s Award within Toppan
itself, for fiscal 2000. (See page 42.)

Products using Ecogloss

Toppan Group’s Consolidated
Environmental Accounting

President’s Award for the planning and organization ofEnvironmental Communication Exhibition 2000

President’s Award for the development of Ecogloss

Toppan introduced environmental accounting in fiscal 1999 and has since been making
efficient use thereof in disclosing information publically, as well as for internal use at

Environmental targets, achievements, and progress for fiscal 2000

leaving a substantial margin of 6.6 points
from the target of 50.0. (See page 28.)

the company. Starting with the present
report, therefore, values were computed
according to the principles of consolidated
environmental accounting of the Toppan
Group, which included its major affiliatedcompanies. (See page 8.)

Packaging Division Obtains
ISO 14001 Certification

Energy Management
Toppan is targeting to reduce energy consumption by 20% in fiscal 2005, relative tofiscal 1990, in terms of the energy consumption per unit of plant output. In fiscal
2000, the unit energy consumption stoodat 118.0, up 2.8 from 115.2 of the previous
year, calling for renewed efforts to achieve
the target of 80.0. (See page 26.)

Introduction of a Cogeneration
System (CGS)
A thermoelectric variable cogeneration system was introduced at Toppan Graphics
Co., Ltd., utilizing a subsidy available fromNEDO (New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization). This has
enabled the company to make more efficient use of energy by converting steam

Cogeneration system at Toppan Graphics Co., Ltd.

energy into electric energy. Moreover, asteam-pressure stepped control systemusing compressed air was also adopted at
the same time. In the near future, we willattempt to establish an optimum operation
method, consistent with the energy load at
the plant. (See page 26.)

Toppan’s Packaging Division (Akihabara andEbie offices) obtained ISO 14001 certificationin March, 2001. Following certification in
November, 2000 of the Ranzan plant (Securities Printing Division), this marks the 7th
system—or 10th plant—to achieve certification, and the 9th system—or 12th plant—
within the Group to do so. The scope ofregistration covered the planning, development, design, sales, and prepressing of
packages, and the examination and registration body was the Japan Quality Assurance
Organization (JQA). (See pages 18, 43.)

Waste Management
Toppan continued its efforts to reduce thedisposal waste per unit of production volume by 50% in fiscal 2000, compared to
the figures for fiscal 1990. In fiscal 2000, thesaid unit disposal volume remained at 43.4,

Evaluation criteria: ◎: Achievement significantly above target ○: Target fully accomplished △: Tackled actively, but missed the target ×: Insufficient effort/deficient setup of annual target

Environmental targets

Environmental targets for fiscal 2000

Achievements and progress for fiscal 2000

• Enhanced employee awareness regarding environmental issues and the promotion of
corporate-wide activities to preserve the environment• Dissemination of Toppan’s environmental logo

• Obligation to indicate on business cards those persons charged with environmental duties• Presence of Toppan’s environmental logo in in-house magazines and business reports• Voluntary participation in social activities and active contributions to the cause of environmental
conservation• Participation in tree planting activities.

• ¥2,271,667 donation to the Global Citizens’ Forest fund for tree planting activities• 20% reduction (compared to FY 1990) of unit energy consumption by fiscal 2005,
proportioned to plant output• A 10% reduction compared to the previous fiscal year

• A 2.4% increase compared to the previous fiscal year (Control index modified due to lack of validity of the index
specified in the previous year)• 50% reduction (compared to FY 1990) of unit disposal volume by fiscal 2000,
proportioned to plant output• A 50% reduction compared to the fiscal 1990 level• A 56.6% reduction compared to the fiscal 1990 level• Realization of our zero-emissions target in ten domestic plants by fiscal 2001, through theeffective use of industrial waste generated in production• Realization of zero-emission plants: one plant• No plant could achieve a 100% recycling rate
➝ The recycling rate of the whole company improved 4.7% over the previous fiscal year, to 87.5%• Compliance with in-house control standards, exceeding the legal regulations• Compliance with in-house control standards• Check on the status of compliance of in-house control standards at 48 plants, through internal environmental audit• Appropriate management of chemical substances and the reduction of toxic chemical substances• Emissions of dichloromethane into the air: 15% reduction
compared to the previous fiscal year

• Emissions of dichloromethane into the air: 12.4% reduction over the previous fiscal year

• 5% reduction (compared to FY 1997) of CO2 emissions by fiscal 2010

• Maintenance of the fiscal 1999 level• A 3.7% increase over the fiscal 1999 level➝ Introduction of cogeneration system at Toppan Graphics Co., Ltd.: CO2 reduction ratio of 15%• Reduction in inventories of specific CFCs and consumption of CFC substitutes• Replacement of freezers using specific CFCs: eight units• Replacement of freezers using specific CFCs: 4 units• Active proposal for proprietary technologies, products, and services to our customers• New developments and proposals for environmentallyfriendly products: five cases• Active cooperation to serve the needs of our customers and society

Evaluation Page in report
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P.47

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P.49

×

P.26

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P.28

△

P.30

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P.19

△

P.24

△

P.26

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P.25

• New development and proposals for environmentally-friendly products: 2 cases➝ Structuring of a system designed to develop environmentally-friendly products in the Living Environment field

△

P.40

• Supply of environment-related information, including
product evaluations• Supply of environment-related information, including product evaluations, to customers: 14 cases• Supply of information through participation in Eco-Products 2000

◎

P.47

• Involvement in businesses that can contribute to environmental conservation throughToppan’s own environmental activities• Research into new methods of recycling• Execution of FS (feasibility study) for an RPF (refuse paper & plastic fuel) business in the Chubu region○–• Planning and proposals for social recycling system• Continued operation of a recycling system for printed
materials• Continuous implementation of the current paper recycling system for catalogs and printed materials

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P.45

• Promotion of corporate activities that take into account of in-house product planning,production processes, and the final disposal of products• Establishment of action plans, principles, and standards forthe development of environmentally-friendly products• Establishment of guidelines and standards by field or product group• Standardization of in-house rules through establishment of environmentally-friendly product control standards

○

P.38

• Compliance with local regulatory standards, international treaties, etc.

• Implementation of in-house environmental audits at overseas
plants: six in Asia

• Implementation of internal environmental audits at overseas plants: three in Asia

△

P.35

• Active promotion of local environmental conservation activities• Active promotion of local environmental conservation activities• Operational startup of environmental management organizations suited to the actual conditions of local companies

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Environmental Accounting
We at Toppan regard environmental accounting—indispensable for environmental activities—as an important means
to provide determinative criteria, and plan to further promote environmental management by incorporating suchaccounting into the corporate management structure.

Commitment to Environmental
Accounting
We introduced environmental accounting*1
in fiscal 1999, because we considered that
evaluating the costs incurred by environmental conservation, as well as its effects,
are indispensable elements of environmental activities.
For a company to be able to carry out
its environmental activities efficiently andcontinuously, it is essential to promote atype of environmental management thatgenerates economic value through environmental activities. If environmental accounting is introduced and can be used toprovide determinative criteria for environmental management, then environmental
activities will be more effective. On theoccasion of the introduction of environmen-

tal accounting, Toppan began promoting
environmental management and disclosing
information widely, in the hope that thiswould provide society with the necessary
material on which to base comments andevaluations concerning our activities.
*1 Environmental accounting: A mechanism designed to accurately assess the investment andexpenses related to environmental conservation, including their effects, and items whichwere formerly difficult to reflect in financial
analyses of companies.

Action for Consolidation
We address environmental activities on aconsolidated basis, including all the member companies of the Group. Because themember companies of the Group conductbusiness operations in different fields andforms, their manufacture and environmental
burden varies. Furthermore, to carry out envi-

ronmental management, effective investments and cost management are essential.
Moreover, environmental management has
to be conducted on the basis of eachmember company in each independent
business area, as well as on an overall consolidated basis. To this end, our environmental accounting covers Toppan Printing
Co., Ltd. and its consolidated subsidiaries.

environmental conservation costs increasedby 145 million yen, while expense demonstrated a slight increase. Moreover, in termsof economic effect, environmental sales
grew by 2.204 billion yen, reflecting
increases in the sales of environmentallyfriendly products, representing an economic
impact over 30% larger than that of theprevious year.

Results for Fiscal 2000

Calculation Standards ofEnvironmental Accounting

The unification and standardization of theconsolidation contributed to improving accuracy in environmental accounting for fiscal
2000. When the totalization result for
Toppan Printing Co., Ltd. (with the inclusion of subsidiaries conducting related
production activities) is compared to that ofthe previous fiscal year, the investment in

Toppan’s environmental accounting computes values with reference to the Environment Agency of Japan’s May, 2000 report
entitled Developing an Environmental Accounting System (Year 2000 Report). However,Toppan adopted internal calculation methods for the following.

For energy saving under item (1) of
Economic effect for fiscal 2000, the scope
was restricted to definitively quantifiable
amounts of money; that is, the amount ofenergy-saving effects resulting from investment in energy-saving equipment andmodifications (converted into annual
amounts) were also recorded.
As for environmental business, underitem (3) of Economic effect for fiscal 2000,
the amounts were obtained by multiplying
the sales of environmentally-friendly products by the gross profit ratio.

the near future, we will strive to calculate
more concrete and more accurate data by
clearly defining cost totalization items andcost effects, so that this accounting system
can be put to more effective use, as a way
to provide valuable determinative criteria inthe context of environmental management.

Future Challenges
We at Toppan consider it a pressing need tosearch for an environmental accounting system that is oriented toward society and toestablish original standards of our own. In(Unit: ¥1 million)

Entire group

Toppan Printing Co., Ltd.*1

Current term

Current term

Change(Apr. 2000 to Mar. 2001)(Apr. 2000 to Mar. 2001)(Current term–Previous term)

Investment
amountExpenses

Investment
amountExpenses

Investment
amount1,719

10,175

1,523

9,665

▲ 210

▲ 69

Investment and facility maintenance costs for preventing pollution

1,093

3,027

1,012

2,980

76

160

(2) Global environmental protection cost

Investment and running costs for global environmental conservation

228

1,723

224

1,675

▲ 210

▲ 326

(3) Resource circulation cost*2

Investment and running costs for waste processing and recycling

397

5,426

287

5,010

▲ 75

97

—

261

—

260

—

18

Environmental conservation cost for fiscal 2000
Item

Description of major efforts(1) Environmental conservation cost required to reduce
environmental burden generated in the business area throughproduction and service activities (business field cost)
Breakdown: (1) Pollution prevention cost(2) Cost required to reduce environmental burden generated
upstream or downstream by production and service
activities (upstream/downstream cost)

Expense relating to ‘Green Purchasing,’ recycling and recommercializationof containers and packages, allotments to trade organs, etc.

(3) Environmental conservation cost of management
activities (management activity cost)

Expense relating to environmental education, awareness-raising,acquisition and maintenance of certifications for environmental
management, monitoring and measurement of environmental burden, etc.

19(4) Environmental conservation cost of R&D activities(R&D activity cost*3)

Expense relating to R&D for environmentally-friendly products

281(5) Environmental conservation cost of social activities(social activity cost)(6) Cost for restoring environmental damages(environmental damage cost)

Total

Expense relating to the promotion of afforestation at business sites,
disclosure of environmental information, environmental advertisements,
etc.

203

—

528

1,001

225

—

19

281

190

—

473

979

215

—

Effect of environmental conservation for fiscal 2000

17

202

136

—

40

▲ 501,000 GJ

13,487,000 GJ

P.26

Water

Water consumption▲ 3,000 m3

12,393,000 m3

P.26

Air

CO2 emission

1,000 t-CO2

619,000 t-CO2

P.24
P.26

Emission of substances destructive
to the ozone layer

Water system
and Soil—

2,221

12,1902,012

11,593

145(Unit: ¥1 million)

Amount of economic effectEnvironmental
burden forfiscal 2000—

3 ODPtNOx emission

▲4 t

137 t

SOx emission

0t

691 t

Emission of dioxins—

0.97 g-TEQ

Total water discharge—

11,238,000 m3

Underground penetration—

226,000 m3

On-site evaporation—

1,051,000 m3

Discharge of water-polluting substances

—

635 t

9,000 t339,000 t

Total generationPage
number

P.24

P.28

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*4 Reduction: Value that results from subtracting the fiscal 2000 environmental burden from the value which was obtainedby multiplying the fiscal 1999 environmental burden by an assumption coefficient (fiscal 2000 plant output/fiscal 1999
plant output) for the fiscal 2000 environmental burden. When marked ▲ (negative), it denotes an increase from theprevious year.
∗The environmental burdens discussed here were all obtained by processing actual measurement values (which met thelegal control values), using the prescribed calculation method.
∗Reductions are not indicated here for items whose totalization began with the results of fiscal 2000. It is planned thatchanges in such items will be shown as of the next fiscal year.

Amount of economic effect Change

256

93

(2) Sales proceeds of valuables

1,648

1,574

172

(3) Environmental business

7,761

6,801

2,204

Equipment investment amount for fiscal 2000

Total amount of investment for the period covered

Total energy consumption

▲ 38

257

Item

EnergyWaste

Economic effect for fiscal 2000

(1) Energy conservation

Reduction*4

72*1 Includes subsidiaries engaged in related production activities.
*2 Resource recycling cost: In the results for fiscal 1999, released in the 2000 edition of the Environmental Report, the sales amount of valuables was subtracted from the resource recycling cost.
This accounting method has been revised with respect to the results for fiscal 2000 so that the sales proceeds of valuables are now included only in the amount of economic effect.
The results of fiscal 1999 were also recomputed in the same manner; the resultant change in cost is as shown.
*3 R&D cost: In the totalization for fiscal 2000, the R&D cost was examined according to the revised definition of environmentally-friendly products. Also for fiscal 1999, the R&D cost wasrecomputed based on the same principle; the resultant change in cost is as shown.

Item

Environmental burden item

Expenses(Unit: ¥1 million)

Investment amount

Investment amount

93,44085,236

Change19,180∗Total values may not match, since decimals were rounded.

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TOPPAN’S BUSINESSES AND
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT

Toppan encompasses a wide range of business fields.
For this reason, Toppan’s business activities and corresponding environmental burdens need to be understoodbased on individual factors.
In this chapter, we will address the features of three of Toppan’s business fields:
Information & Networks, Living Environment, and Electronics, and the environmental burden they impose.

Principal Businesses and Environmental Impact
Ranging from books and magazines to industrial materials and LCD photomasks, Toppan is unfolding operations
in a diverse range of areas, with “printing” as its key word.

Countering our Impact on theEnvironment

developing initiatives referred to as “ecoprotection” and “eco-creativity.”

Toppan’s business fields are diversified, andthe associated impact on the environment
also varies a great deal. The environmental
burden of the printing industry stems fromthe use of raw materials—such as paper, ink,
resins, and the like—and is manifested in
the form of depletion of resources throughconsumption of fuel at production facilities,
indirect forest logging, acid rain and so on.
Meanwhile, the effects lead to depletion of
the ozone layer and global warming due to
CO2 (carbon dioxide) emissions generated
by chemical substances and the energy consumed in production processes. Moreover,there is an environmental burden on the air,water, and soil, as well as a waste problem;
imposed by business activities, while an indirect environmental impact caused by theuse of products and by used products also
adds to the environmental burden.
To reduce the environmental burden
associated with its business activities, Toppan has structured and is promoting anenvironmental management system, thereby

Three business fields
Toppan’s business can be broadly classified
into three areas. Information & Networks
comprises securities and cards, commercial
printing, and publications printing. Living
Environment can be divided into the packaging, and industrial materials. Furthermore,
Toppan carries out diverse production activities in the Electronics.

Environmental Conservation in
Production and Environmental
Efficiency
In reducing our environmental burden, it isfirst necessary to acquire an accurate ideaof the impact imposed by the total processof our business activities. Each production
plant at Toppan records the input and output of various substances and utilizes this as
an environmental indicator.
Toppan has introduced a system ofdisposal waste per unit of production (generated amount of waste, including inserviceables that can be recycled as resources/

production volume) as a focus of resource
productivity. In this context, we have beenworking since 1999 on the standardizationof indicators that will enable us to assess the
maximum production and added values
using minimal resources, by business fieldand product type. This way of thinking willinteract well with the traditional notion ofyield control and improvement, and thedata derived from the concept will be utilized as reference for comparison amongproduction plants of similar product types
and for determining targets for improvementof resource-saving efficiency.
Amid the current call for increases inenvironmental efficiency in manufacturingindustries, evaluation will be made of disposal waste per unit of production volume
in the near future in order to see the percentage reduction from the previous fiscal
year, on an individual plant basis, which willserve as a resource-saving index. In this way,
Toppan will seek to improve environmental
efficiency across the entire organization.

Input/output data

Information & Networks

INPUT

OUTPUT
Air

EnergyCO2 emission*3
Total energy consumption*1

Emission of substances
destructive to the ozone layer

13,487,000 GJ

NOx emission*3

Living Environment

Electric energy

9,290,000 GJ

Thermal energy

4,197,000 GJ

SOx emission*3
Emission of dioxins*4

618,508 t-CO2
3 ODPt137 t
691 t
0.967 g-TEQ

Water system and soil

Electronics

Water

Information & Networks

Total water discharge

11,238,000 m3

Public water system

8,414,000 m3

Sewage system

2,824,000 m3

Water consumption*2

12,393,000 m3

Industrial-use water

1,309,000 m3

Underground penetration

Service water

1,404,000 m3

On-site evaporation

Ground water

9,680,000 m3(Utilization of rainwater)(Utilization of water
circulated on premises)

Living Environment

10,000 m3
922,000 m3

226,000 m3
1,051,000 m3

BOD discharge

300 t

COD discharge

239 t

Nitrogen discharge

91 t

Phosphorous discharge

5t

Waste
Total generation

339,007 t

Reuse and reconversion to resources 297,007 t
Electronics*1 The Toppan Koishikawa Bldg., the Hiroshima sales office bldg., and the Toppan
Bldg. (Nishinihon Division) are included within the scope of energy-consumption
calculations, effective fiscal 2000.
*2 Office buildings (owned by Toppan) are included within the scope of waterconsumption calculations, effective fiscal 2000, but the figure for these buildings
does not include utilization of rainwater or water circulated on premises.

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Amount of final disposal

41,999 t*3 The Hiroshima sales office bldg. and the Toppan Bldg. (Nishinihon Division) are
included within the scope of calculations of CO2 emissions, NOx emissions, and SOx
emissions, effective fiscal 2000.
*4 As of July, 2001 within the period covered for totalization (April 1, 2000 to March 31,
2001), one incinerator was taken out of service, while five more are slated to be
removed. Toppan is pursuing the reduction of total emissions by removing or
modifying more incinerators.

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Information & Networks
Information & Networks is comprised of securities and cards, commercial printing, and publications printing,encompassing a diverse range of information technologies.

Products within the Three
Production Divisions
Securities and cards
Toppan produces various types of securities,
including share-certificates, bonds, gift vouchers, and a variety of cards, such as magnetically encoded prepaid cards.

Commercial printing
Toppan produces diverse commercial printed
materials, such as catalogs, pamphlets, flyers, posters, calendars, and so on.

Publications printing
Toppan produces a variety of publicationmaterials, including magazines, books,
encyclopedias, dictionaries, and art books,
among many others.

Information & Networks’Environmental Impact
Production plants in the Information & Networks field mainly undertake offset printing.
The offset printing process is broadly divided
into plate-making, printing, and converting.

Environmental impact of platemaking process
Plate-making creates positive films for printing and produces press plates (running
plates). The output of this process (consisting of waste washing water, developing,and fixing solutions used in film development, waste films, and so forth) poses anenvironmental burden. However, the spreadof digitalization technology (referred to as
CTP) has shortened the production process
and eliminated films (‘filmless’ plate-making),
which has resulted in a lower environmental
burden imposed by the film development
process.
CTP stands for “Computer To Plate,”
meaning a filmless plate-making system thatmakes use of a high-speed digital network.
As the system directly outputs characters,
photographs, figures, and charts edited on a
PC via DTP (Desktop Publishing) for platemaking, it involves no output of positive
films, as was the case in traditional platemaking processes. This enables us to saveresources and to reduce waste as well. On
top of that, the new system allows us
to shorten production time and to securestable quality.

Environmental impact of printing
process
Printing is conducted on an offset press.
There are two different methods of offset
printing; namely, sheet-fed printing on asheet-fed offset press, and web offset on a
web-fed offset printing press (an offset
rotary press). The web press, which canprint simultaneously on both the front andthe back of paper, is more suitable for large
print jobs, as compared with the sheet-fed

press. The distinctive features of these two
printing methods reside in the difference intheir drying methods: the web press performs evaporation drying via hot-blast dryer,
while the sheet-fed press utilizes a chemical
reaction of the ink (oxidative polymerization*1) to allow the ink to stick to the paper.
Moreover, the web press evaporates thesolvent content of the ink by heat, and executes exhaust-gas treatment with deodorization equipment after drying.
The input in the printing process is thethermal energy of the web press dryer, andthe output consists of exhaust gases from thedeodorization equipment of the web press,
which gases pose an environmental burden.
Paper spoilage also takes place in the printing process, nearly all of which paper is recycled today. (See page 28.)
On the other hand, a waterless printing
method is also in use today. The method
employs press plates prepared for waterlessprinting, and forgoes the use of “dampening water” containing IPA (isopropyl alcohol). This eliminates output waste solutions
and contributes to the reduction of waste.
(See page 54.)
*1 Oxidative polymerization: This means that theresin contents of the ink react, and are bonded,with oxygen in the air to form large molecules.
This reaction deprives the ink of fluidity, causing the ink to solidify and dry as a result.

Environmental impact of converting
process
Bookbinding is a representative converting
process. This process generates refuse paper
from cutting when it converts printed paper
into books and the like, and the output(consisting of spoilage) poses the largest
environmental burden of the process. However, as in the printing process, the spoilage
is now almost totally recycled.

totally abolished by the year 2020, becauseof the depleting effect it has on the ozone
layer and because of its contribution to thegreenhouse effect. Toppan’s environmental
target of fiscal 2001 calls for a 5% reduction(relative to the previous year) in consumption of HCFC. Toppan is now striving toachieve this target by switching to otheralternative products.

Input/output data for
Information & Networks
INPUT
EnergyTotal energy consumption

5,115,000 GJ

Water
Water consumption

1,806,000 m3

OUTPUT
CO2 emission
Air

220,538 t-CO2
Emission of substances
destructive to the ozone layer 3 ODPt

Input/Output Data for the
Information & Networks Field
According to the input/output data of thisfield for fiscal 2000, the total generated
quantities of waste stood at 178,000 tons,
accounting for 52.7% of the total at Toppan.
The major stumbling block to be cleared by
the production plants under Information &Networks is reducing the amount of generated waste. However, the majority of thiswaste corresponds to refuse paper, which isa recyclable resource. Therefore, the priority
target set for those plants is now to reach‘zero-emissions.’ Currently, all of the ozonedepleting materials are emitted from production plants under Information & Networks,
as they use an alternative CFC (HCFC-141b)
as a cleaning agent to clean press plates.
HCFC (Hydrochlorofluorocarbon) is akind of alternative freon, and is slated to be

NOx emission

63 t

SOx emission

110 t

Emission of dioxins 0.347 g-TEQ
3Water Total water discharge 1,246,000 m
system Underground penetration 111,000 m3
and soil3
On-site evaporation 601,000 m
BOD discharge

126 t

COD discharge

73 t

Nitrogen discharge

15 t

Phosphorous discharge

1t

Waste Total generation

178,529 t

Information & Networks production process (Offset printing)

Editing
DTP
A copy consisting of characters andimages to be printed is edited onscreen using digital processing (DTP).
A comprehensive layout delivered by
the printer is checked (proof-read)and passed on to the plate-making
process as inward data.

Offset printing

Plate-making
A press plate (machine plate, or stamp) for printing is created from inward data. A filmoriginal plate is prepared with the input data and a machine plate is obtained through film
printing to a PS plate (presensitized plate) and on to development. Today, CTP, which directly
produces machine plates from input data, is becoming the mainstream process.

Converting

Sheet-fed printing: The paper from the feeder is printed on the printing unit,
and delivered through conveyers as printed material.

The printed material undergoes bookbinding
processes (such as adhesive binding, saddle
stitching, side stitching, etc.) as needed, and isthen subjected to gloss-finishing processes, suchas lamination, press-coat, coating, and so on.

Plate-making withuse of water
Press plate for printing(machine plate)

CTP

Waterlessplate-making

Traditional analog process

Paper feed

Printing

DeliveryWeb offset printing: The rolled paper from the feeder is printed on
the printing unit, then converted on the folding machine after it has
been dried and cooled.

Delivery to
the customer
Output machine for proof-reading

Automatic film
developer

Printing
Films

Magazines, books, catalogs, pamphlets, flyers,posters, calendars, stock certificates, gift vouchers,
etc.

Automatic PS-plate developer

Paper feed

InfeedPrinting

Drying

Cooling

Folding

Flat-bed proof machine

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Living Environment

Electronics

The Living Environment, comprising packaging and industrial materials, is a business field based on thedevelopment of products that will contribute to creating more comfortable lifestyles.

Electronics is a business field based on the supply of individual components, such as semiconductors, displays,
color filters, and so forth.

Products within the Two
Production Divisions

Products within Electronics

electroplating solutions and sludges fromwastewater treatment) imposes an environmental burden.

Packaging

Input/output data for
Living Environment
INPUT
EnergyEnvironmental impact of printing
process

Toppan produces a variety of packaging
materials, including paperware, plastic films
and other packing materials, plastic containers, different types of cups, paper containers
for liquids, corrugated cardboard, and more.
Toppan produces a variety of industrial
materials, such as various sheets for interior
decoration of houses and stores, wallpapers,
woodwork products, building members,
exterior and interior flame-retardant materials, and so forth.

Water

OUTPUT
CO2 emission
Air

206,062 t-CO2
Emission of substances—
destructive to the ozone layer

Environmental impact of platemaking process

NOx emission

47 t

SOx emission

476 t

Total water discharge 1,852,000 m3

Water
system Underground penetrationand soil—On-site evaporation 302,000 m3
BOD discharge

65 t

COD discharge

57 t

Nitrogen discharge

28 t

Phosphorous discharge

3t

Waste Total generation

92,477 t

Input/Output Data for
Living Environment

The plate-making process produces printing
cylinders and applies an electroplating treatment, using heavy metals in the process.
Although wastewater from the electroplating process is neutralized in the treatment
equipment, the output (consisting of waste
solutions derived from the replacement of

According to the input/output data for fiscal
2000, the emissions of SOx (sulfur oxides)
stood at 476 tons, accounting for 68.9% of
the total at Toppan. The size of this figure
is due to the fact that many of Toppan’s

Toppan designs and manufactures electronic components and devices, mainly consisting of semiconductors and displays, andproduces a great variety of other products,
which include photomasks used in the
manufacture of semiconductors, and LSI(large-scale integrated circuit) packagerelated products: lead frames, shadow masks
for CRTs (cathode ray tubes), color filters for
LCDs (liquid crystal displays), printed-wiringboards for various electronic units, and soforth.

Emission of dioxins 0.568 g-TEQ

The converting process is further divided
into laminating of melted resin, die cutting
and several other similar processes. Its input
consists of thermal energy for melting resins,and its output—waste plastics discharged as
die-cutting scraps—jointly posing the heaviest environmental burdens of this process.

The production plants under Living Environment operations mainly perform gravure
printing. The production process of gravure
printing is broadly divided into plate-making, printing and converting.

2,160,000 m3

Water consumption

Environmental impact of converting
process

Living Environment’s
Environmental Impact

3,964,000 GJ

Total energy consumption

The printing process conducts gravure printing on a rotary gravure press, and employs
large quantities of solvents because of thenumerous colors involved. It also uses a hot
blast dryer to promote ink adhesion to thefilm, by means of evaporation drying. The
dryer generates thermal energy in the input
stage, and exhaust gas in the output, these
items imposing the heaviest environmental
burdens of the process.

Industrial materials

Electronics

production plants use waste plastics as athermal energy source. Toppan is striving to
reduce these emissions through the modification of incinerators, as well as by optimizing operations.

Living Environment production process

Electronics’ Environmental
Impacts
The production plants under Electronics,
where precision parts are manufactured,require a very clean environment. All the
products are produced in cleanrooms whereconstant temperature and moisture are
maintained with air-conditioning equipment. There, the input of the energy consumed for this air-conditioning poses anenvironmental burden.
Of the diverse subprocesses composing the production process, the etching
subprocess that effects metal etching usingchemicals should be the object of special
consideration. The etching subprocess prints
patterns onto a metal material coated withphotopolymer, develops it, clears it of all ele-ments other than the photopolymer in the
etching solution, and finally applies a coating process (such as metal plating), to produce a finished product. The wastewater
deriving from the repeated washing in thisprocess is neutralized in treatment equipment and is finally discharged into the
public water system. This large volume ofwastewater constitutes an output of theprocess and imposes the heaviest environmental burden of all outputs from processes
in the Electronics field.

Input/Output Data forElectronics

Input/output data forElectronics
INPUT
Energy3,869,000 GJ

Total energy consumption

Water
Water consumption

8,135,000 m3

OUTPUT
CO2 emission
Air

169,643 t-CO2
Emission of substances—
destructive to the ozone layer

NOx emission

24 t

SOx emission

104 t

Emission of dioxins 0.052 g-TEQ

According to the input/output data for fiscal
2000, water consumption in this field stood
at 8,135,000 m3 and discharged water volume stood at 7,880,000 m3, accounting for
65.6% and 70.1% of the total, respectively,
at Toppan. This large volume of water
consumption is due to the fact that the production processes of the plants involve
many cleaning phases for components. The
production plants under Electronics are promoting the reduction of water intake anddischarge, as well as more efficient use ofthis resource, through the introduction ofvarious measures, including wastewater
recycling systems. (See page 27.)

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Water Total water discharge 7,880,000 m
system Underground penetration 110,000 m3
and soil3
On-site evaporation 114,000 m
BOD discharge

109 t

COD discharge

108 t

Nitrogen discharge

48 t

Phosphorous discharge

1t

Waste Total generation

66,317 t

Electronics production process
Printing Normally, rotary presses are often employed for gravure printing, and they are

Editingcharacterized by their ability to print even on plastic films. The film or paper fed from the
pay-off reel is printed, dried, cooled on the respective print units according
to the colors, and finally wound up on the take-up reel.
Dryer
Cooling-down

Shadow masks for CRTs are produced by a process called photoetching.
The plant as a whole constitutes a chain of production processes,with installed cleanrooms.

*1 RO (Reverse Osmosis) membrane: A membrane with theproperties of letting water pass while scarcely allowing
solutes to pass through. Solutes can be removed fromthe solution when forced through this membrane.

CylinderTake-upPay-off

CylinderPlate-making
Products
Paper containers, plastic films
and other packing materials,
various cups, paper containers
for liquids, decorating papers forbuilding materials, decorative
sheets, wallpapers, etc.
Copperplating

Chromeplating
Cylinder engraving machine

A printing cylinder is made with input data. The copper-plated
cylinder is engraved with the input data by the electronicengraving machine. The printing cylinder is finished when thecylinder surface is hardened by chrome-plating.

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Various converting processes
T-die (Extrusion head)
Melted resin

Film

Production processes
Integration
Plant wastewater
Extruder machine

Cooling roll

Wastewater
treatment equipment

Plant water

Recycling treatment equipment
Biological treatment

Active carbon tower

Sand filter

RO membranes*1

In most cases, the printed film or paper is subjected to laminatingwith other films, extrusion, slitting, trimming, die-cutting,embossing, or other processes.

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ENVIRONMENTAL
MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIESFor more efficient conduct of environmental activities,

Environmental Management Structure
Environmental activities should be carried out through the concerted efforts of all the employees.
To this end, an across-the-board system has been established for promotion of these initiatives,with the president as the top person responsible.

Toppan’s environmental initiatives are managed through two environmental management structures; the “Eco-protection
Promotion System” and the “Eco-creativity
Promotion System,” under the supervision of
the president and the chief environmental
manager.
The central functions of these two struc-

Toppan has built up an environmental management system to use as
the basis of all its environmental activities.
This chapter gives a detailed overview of Toppan’s management
system, and discusses areas to be improved.

tures is fulfilled by the Ecology Center, which
performs the duties of making the different
divisions and production plants fully awareof the environmental policies and measuresdetermined by management. At the sametime, the Center performs the function of
conveying information from the divisions
and plants to management.

The divisions and plants have each set
up an Eco-protection Promotion Committee
and an Eco-creativity Promotion System,
through which they carry out environmental
activities under the guidance and support of
the Ecology Center.

Environmental management structure
Naoki Adachi,
President & CEO
Corporate auditor
Tohru Shimabukuro,
Chief Environmental Manager &Senior Managing Director

Education and training

Production plants
nationwide

Director in charge

Ecology Center

Related divisionsat head office

R&D departments
nationwide

Marketing and sales
promotion departments
nationwide

Plan
Environmental promotion systems■Eco-protection Promotion System■Eco-creativity Activity Promotion System•Chairman: Chief Environmental Manager•Secretariat: Ecology Center
National Eco-protection Meeting •Frequency: Biannually•Major Objectives: Reporting and discussing
achievements of environmental activities

Tokyo Eco-protection Meeting

ActionEnvironmental
ManagementDo
Eco-protection Promotion Committee

Subcommittee on preventionof pollution•Chairman: Head of Ecology Center•Frequency: Six times a year
•Function: Advisory meeting for companywide environmental measures•Chairman: Plant Manager•Secretariat: Plant environmental manager•Frequency: Monthly•Function: Operational administration ofplant environmental management system

Subcommittee on energy saving
Subcommittee on waste
management

Audit system

Check

Subcommittee on evaluationof environmental impact

Operation
policies of
Eco-protection
Promotion
Committee

Subcommittee on
environmental education

National Meeting on Eco-creativity

Tokyo Meeting on Eco-creativity

Eco-creativity Meeting in eachdivision/division headquarters•Chairman: Chief Environmental Manager•Secretariat: Ecology Center•Frequency: Biannually•Major objectives: Reporting anddiscussing achievements ofenvironmental activities•Chairman: Head of Ecology Center•Frequency: Biannually•Function: Advisory meeting fornationwide environmental measures•Function: Promotion of Ecocreativity Activities at each division

Eco-creativity Project, Securities and Cards Division
Commercial Printing Eco-Project, Commercial Printing Division
Eco-creativity Promotion, Electronics Division
Eco-promotion Project, Publications Printing Division
Package and Environment 2000 Project, Packaging Division
Eco-creativity Promotion Committee, Industrial Materials Division
Eco-creativity Promotion Committee, Kansai Commercial Printing Division
Chubu Eco-Project, Chubu Division
Nishinihon Eco-creativity Committee, Nishinihon Division
Eco-creativity Project, Tohoku Division
Eco-creativity Committee, Hokkaido Division

Environmentally-friendly product development
system at each division/division headquarters■Toppan Group’s environmental information liaison promotion system¡Toppan Forms Co., Ltd. ¡Tamapoly Co., Ltd.
¡Tokyo Magnetic Printing Co., Ltd.
¡Tosho Printing Co., Ltd. ¡Toppan Label Co., Ltd. ¡Toppan Cosmo, Inc.
¡Tokyo Shoseki Co., Ltd. ¡froebel-kan co., ltd.
¡Tokyo Ink Mfg. Co., Ltd.
¡Toppan Logistics Co., Ltd.
¡Total Media Development Institute Co., Ltd.
¡Toppan Multisoft Ltd.
¡Toppan Forms Co., Ltd.
¡Tokyo Magnetic Printing Co., Ltd.
¡Tosho Printing Co., Ltd.
¡Toppan Label Co., Ltd.
¡Toppan Cosmo, Inc.
¡Tokyo Shoseki Co., Ltd.
¡Toyo Ink Mfg. Co., Ltd.
¡Tokyo Shoseki Printing Co., Ltd.

Eco-creativity Promotion Committee
at the Technical Research InstituteControl
standards forenvironmentallyfriendly
products

LCA working committee

Presidential meeting ofaffiliated companies

Ecology researchmeeting

Consolidated
environmental
accounting
preparation
meeting¡Toppan Forms Co., Ltd.
¡Toppan Label Co., Ltd.
¡Toppan Cosmo, Inc.
¡Toppan Logistics Co., Ltd.
¡Total Media Development Institute Co., Ltd.
¡Toppan Multisoft Ltd.
¡Tamapoly Co., Ltd. ¡froebel-kan co., ltd.

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Environmental Management System
Toppan has established an original environmental management system and is also actively pursuing
activities conducive to obtaining ISO 14001 certification. To ascertain the necessary scope of the activities,
Toppan is fully implementing in-house environmental audits.

Environmental Management
System at Toppan(9 systems and 12 plants as of July 31, 2001)

In-house Environmental Audit

History of system structure

Division

Plant

Main product

Electronics

Shiga

Electronics products

JQA

1998.7

Electronics

Kumamoto

Electronics products

JQA

1998.11

Industrial Materials

Satte

Wallpapers, decorative sheets

JQA

2000.3

Electronics

NiigataElectronics products

JQA

2000.4

Industrial Materials

Kashiwa

Decorative papers, decorative sheets

JQA

2000.5

Publications/Commercial Printing Sakado

Books, magazines, catalogs

JQA

2000.10

Securities and Cards

RanzanCredit cards, IC cards

JQA

2000.11

Packaging

Akihabara office/Ebie officePlanning, development, design,
sales, prepress of packages

JQA

2001.3

Member company of group

Plant

Main productTotal Media Development
Institute Co., Ltd.

Head officeConsulting for museums andrelated facilities

JSA

2001.3Toppan Forms Co., Ltd.

Hino

Business forms

JQA

2001.6

ISO 14001 certifications within the Toppan Group

Along with the promotion of environmental
activities, Toppan has structured a uniqueenvironmental management system and ispresently executing this system at 48 plants
and in 2 research centers in Japan.
In 1992, we presented Toppan’s Declaration on the Global Environment and established our Environmental Action Plan. Since
then, environmental management activities
have been carried out in line with the Environmental Policy and the Environmental
Objectives and Targets and Environmental
Activity Plan laid out for each individual
plant.

Introduction of ISO 14001
When ISO 14001, an international standardof certification for environmental management systems, was issued in September
1996, Toppan also initiated activities directed
toward obtaining ISO 14001 certification for
its domestic plants, research centers, andoffices.
The Shiga plant (Electronics) became
certified in July 1998, soon followed by the
Kumamoto plant (Electronics) and the Satte
plant (Living Environment). In fiscal 2000,
the Niigata plant (Electronics), the Kashiwa
plant (Living Environment), the Sakado
plant (Information & Networks), and the
Ranzan plant (Information & Networks)
were successively certified. Meanwhile, theAkihabara office and Ebie office (including
their sales offices) of the Packaging Division(Living Environment) won certification for
the first time in the office sector.

Registrar Registration
date

Registration

Registrar date

∗Plans for obtaining certification: 9 domestic plants (including 3 member companies of the Group) are slated to becertified by the end of December, 2002

Of the member companies of the Toppan
Group, Toppan Forms Co., Ltd. and Total
Media Development Institute Co., Ltd. havealready been certified under ISO 14001.

Execution of document control
Irrespective of whether or not a plant oroffice is planning to obtain ISO 14001 certification, each one of the plants is executing
systematic document control, classifying
documents as Environmental Management
Manuals, Management Regulations, Management Standards, Detailed Regulations,
Documents and Forms, and so on.

Toward continual improvement
We at Toppan confirm and review environmental activities regularly once a year,

acquiring the basic data for laying out ourEnvironmental Policy and the Environmental
Objectives and Targets and Environmental
Activity Plan for the following year. We
also totalize and analyze the Eco-protection
Achievement Reports and data on energy,
waste, and other environmental issues, submitted by the plants at the end of each fiscal
year. Feedback regarding this information isprovided at the National Eco-protection
Meeting, which is held in May of each year.
If there are measures found to be particularly effective, they are reported in the ecoprotection case study meeting, so that otherplants can share the benefits of those successful initiatives.

Environmental Audit Review within the same
fiscal year with a view to raising the level ofcompliance for the following fiscal year.

Audit based on Toppan’s original
in-house environmental audit system

Environmental audit at ISO 14001certified production plants

Toppan exercises an in-house environmental
audit using document records, under theguidance of local superintendents. The inhouse environmental auditors, consisting ofhead office audit members (corporate auditor and provisional auditor of the Environmental Management System), undertakean annual audit of all the plants subject
to the in-house environmental audit. They
check and evaluate not only the structural
status of systems and compliance with rules
and regulations, but also the status of compliance with in-house standards. The auditorsthen put together a Report on In-house Environmental Audit Results reflecting, if any,
necessary improvements pointed out during
the audit, and submit this to the director in
charge. These auditors perform an In-house

In addition to the in-house environmental
audit system, the ISO 14001-certified plants
are subject to the following environmental
audits: annual internal environment audits,annual surveillance inspections by an outside
examination organ, and triennial renewal
inspections.

Environmental audit at overseas
production plants
At overseas production plants in the U.S.
and Asia, local hearings and inspections arecarried out every other year. In years inwhich no local inspection is made, improvement activities are promoted through document review.

In-house environmental
audit system

Internal environmental
audit

Auditor, in-house environmental
auditor, and provisional auditor of
the environmental management
system are in charge.

Internal environmental auditor
are in charge.

Ranzan plant (Information & Networks)
Systems, compliance, performance,
and follow-up audit.

Toppan’s Environmental
Management System

48 domestic production
plants and 2 research
centers covered

Check

Environmental
activity planDo

Ranzan plant
Living Environment

Sakado plant (Information & Networks)

Kashiwa plant

Toppan’s Declaration on the Global Environment,
Environmental Action Plan,
Annual Environmental Targets

Environmental
policies for each plant
objectives & targets

PDCA cycle ofenvironmental
management

Sakado plant(2 production plants)

Satte plant

Plan

Improvementplan

ISO 14001-certified
plants and business sites
Information & Networks

Outline of Toppan’s environmental management system

Environmental
achievement
reportToppan discloses the results of these audits
both within and outside of the company.
Environmental performance data are
acquired reflecting the results of environmental activities, and are used to verify the
degree of achievement for targets andactions, based on the in-house environmental audit reports and on data calculations.
These data are compiled into an In-house
Environmental Audit Report and submitted
to the Head Office. The cost incurred in
the environmental activities and the corresponding effect of these activities are also
covered and reported in the same In-house
Environmental Audit Report.
As a point of note, the ISO 14001-certified plants have, since fiscal 2000, each been
obliged to put together a site report designed
to disclose information to the local municipal
government and neighboring residents.

Toppan’s Environmental Management System and ISO 14001

Eco-protection

ActionInformation Sharing andDisclosure

Ebie office

ISO 14001
obtained(Sept. 1996~)

Environmental
reportInformation
disclosure

Akihabara officeTransition to an
environmental
management system
conforming to
ISO 14001

Electronics
Shiga plant
Kumamoto plantNiigata plant

Site-specificenvironmental
report*2

Toppan Forms Co., Ltd. Hino plantContinual improvements

Environmental
management manual

Registered internal environmental
auditors(as of May 31, 2001)
PositionManagement regulations
In-house environmental audit
Internal environmental audit*1

In-Houseenvironmental
audit reportManagement standards,
detailed regulations
Check sheets, forms

18*1 ISO 14001-certified production plant.
*2 Our ISO 14001-certified production plants have beenissuing eco-reports by site every year since fiscal 2000.
Plants and business sites certified in 1999 or later will startissuing the reports in fiscal 2001.

∗Toppan has built up the Toppan Environmental Management System through the promotion of its eco-protection activities.
The activities are being carried out at 48 domestic production plants and 2 research centers. An in-house environmental
audit is conducted on these plants and centers, based on the in-house environmental audit system, in order to ensure
continual improvements. Moreover, a shift to an ISO 14001-compliant management system was initiated upon obtaining
ISO 14001 certification, which first took place in September, 1996.
As at the end of March, 2001, Toppan had 8 production plants and 2 offices that were certified for ISO 14001
compliance.

Personnel

Managers

58

Supervisors

21

Employees

14

Total

93

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Environmental Management System

Education and Emergency Response
We are carrying out thorough environmental education, designed to maintain and improve the level of ourenvironmental activities. In preparation for accidents that may have an impact on the environment, we arealso conducting emergency training and drills.

State of Audit in Fiscal 2000
In-house environmental audit resultsfrom fiscal 2000
As a result of the in-house environmental
audits for fiscal 2000, there were a total of
340 cases requiring preparation and submission of an Improvement Plan in which
improvement measures and execution schedules are to be proposed. Some of the more
major problem areas were as follows:
YInsufficient understanding of requirements
under environmental laws and ordinances,and similar regulations
YUnavailability of procedural manuals relating to environmental equipment.
YIncorrect control of environmental documents.
YLack of arrangement and storage tidinessfor waste materials.

However, the internal environment audit did
not uncover any administrative problems
that could directly lead to a grave environmental accident outside of our environmental control. For the indicated issues, reviewsof in-house environmental audits were conducted (within the same fiscal year) for 139
cases in 10 plants, in order to verify the
progress status of remedial actions. Moreover, for 201 indicated cases, follow-up isplanned with respect to the execution statusof these remedial actions during the inhouse environmental audits of fiscal 2001.

Audits at ISO 14001-certified plants
Toppan began seeking ISO 14001 certification in 1998; thus, there were no plants
subject to renewal examination in fiscal
2000. Meanwhile, annual surveillance uncovered one minor noncompliance item and27 items for observation. At Toppan, these
examination results were reported to thechief environmental manager and are being
followed up via internal environmental
audits conducted by the in-house internal
environmental auditors. The lessons learned
will be disseminated company-wide, to further improve the overall environmental
management system.

Philosophy and Structure

Efforts in fiscal 2000

In maintaining and improving the level of
educational activities, we believe that a newlevel of awareness is required of all of us
working at Toppan. Therefore, a variety ofeducational opportunities (ranging frombasic education to specialized education),are provided for the entire workforce, fromnew recruits to managerial staff.

Results of environmental audits atoverseas production plants

Environmental education system

In fiscal 2000, five plants (3 systems) initiated efforts to seek ISO 14001 certification.
To this end, environmental education wasprovided to all of the workers and executivesof each plant. Of particular note, the Packaging Division was the first, among all
Toppan’s divisions, to structure an environmental management system that included
marketing activities. Some special educational innovations, such as the creation of anenvironmental education tool for marketing
personnel, came out of these efforts.

In fiscal 2000 we carried out on-site audits at
3 plants in Southeast Asia and confirmed
the status of environmental management
and operations. As a result, we discovered atotal of 25 cases that required improvement.
(See page 35.)

A summary of activities conducted throughout the year to ensurecompliance with approximately 200 check items for in-houseenvironmental auditing, as specified by the head office, to besubmitted to the head office in June of the following fiscal year.

Document audit

Review of the in-house environmental audit report prior to theimplementation of an on-site audit in order to clarify each site’senvironmental aspects.

On-site audit

Summary and evaluation
results of the in-houseenvironmental audit

Improvement Plan forSpecified Issues

To make the internal environmental audit ateach plant more effective, Toppan organizes
a training course for internal environmental
auditors, sponsored by the head office.
Thirty trainees participated in, and successfully finished, the course held in fiscal 2000.

Training for new management staff
Toppan Business School
Optional training
The ‘Challenge School’(Self-study)
Video library (Self-study)
Environmental education andawareness raising activities at
each business site

Guidance and evaluation throughin-house environmental audit

Training for internal environmental auditors

In-house environmental audit hearing(1) Hearings with executives and staff in charge of environmental
matters in the business site, based on the Manual on Hearings
for the In-house Environmental Audit.
(2) Four-point evaluation (0, 1, 2 and 3) on applicable check
items, based on Evaluation Standards for the In-house
Environmental Audit.
(3) Verification of the state of environmental management via an
inspection within and around the business site, based on the
Manual on Inspections for the In-house Environmental Audit.
Summary of issues in need of improvement, along with theevaluation scores and general comments. Returned to thebusiness site for feedback.

Training for new recruits

Training of internal environmental
auditors

Structure of in-house environmental audit

In-house Environmental
Audit Report

Toppan’s environmental education program, which begins as part of the annual
training for new recruits, encompasses
diverse aspects pertaining to environmental
activities, such as training for new management staff, specialized training, and the like.
Meanwhile, the educational activities conducted at each individual plant are directed
to concrete issues closely related to the local
area, including activities relating to the local
environmental burden caused by the production activities of the plant in question.

System of education

In-house environmental audit—inspection

Description of a specific improvement plan in response to issues
in need of improvement, as pointed out by the audit. Submitted
to the head office upon confirmation by executives at thebusiness site.
Delivered to the auditor and the chief environmental manager.

In-house Environmental
Audit Results

Efforts for Emergency
Response

Preventive emergency-response
actions

Preventive actions against
emergencies

Toppan’s plants are provided with documented procedures of response against
hypothetical emergency cases. Periodical
drills are also carried out to render environmental education more effective and, at thesame time, the procedural manuals are evaluated with respect to their validity in actual
emergencies.

Mock emergency drills

Installation of watergates to adjoining public water systems

Indication of emergency response procedures

Chemical solvents are used in numerous
plant operations. When these solvents areused, they are poured from tank trucks intostorage tanks, a step that involves risks of soil
and water pollution, should an accident
occur. At plants where the possibility of suchan environmental impact is present, we are
installing pollution-preventive devices andpreparing oil fences, sandbags, and otherappropriate measures, in order to preventthe outflow of solvents outside of the plants
in the event of a leak-related accident.

In-house environmental audit—summary

Review of the in-houseenvironmental audit

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Conducted in order to assess progress and give appropriate
guidance concerning issues of auditing calling for improvement.

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ECO-PROTECTION ACTIVITIESAt Toppan, efforts at reducing the environmental burden involved inbusiness activities are called “Eco-protection Activities.”
At all of our business sites, not simply those dealing with production,
but also offices and product distribution sites, we aspire to contribute toconserving the global environment and to foster a recycling-oriented society.

Offices

Outline of Eco-protection Activities
Eco-protection activities are centered on efforts to reduce the environmental burden of production plants.
These activities are carried out with the Eco-protection Promotion Committee playing the leading role.

Environmental Conservation
Activities in Production Fields

the Intranet, to ensure that everybody
shares in the knowledge of eco-protection.

Eco-protection Activities at
Other Business Sites

Activities led by the Eco-protection
Promotion Committee

Concrete efforts of eco-protection
activities

Offices (indirect departments)

Our production plants use raw materials andconsume energy, water, and other materials
to produce products. This production process inevitably generates an environmental
burden, consisting of CO2 (carbon dioxide)
emissions, wastes, and so forth. In addition,
it is likely that these production activities also
impose a direct environmental burden on
the residents in the neighborhood of theplants, in the form of air, water, or soil, creating noises, vibrations, and odors.
In view of the above, each production
plant has organized an Eco-protection Promotion Committee with plant managers
serving as chairmen. Through this committee, each plant carries out activities designed
to cut back on the environmental burden at
the plant level. Moreover, we are endeavoring, through the National Eco-protection
Meeting (held semiannually) and throughWith the aim of reducing the environmental
burden, the following efforts are made ateach production plant:(1) Prevention of pollution: Actions against
pollution of air, water, soil, and for theprotection of the ozone layer.
(2) Energy saving: Reduction in energy consumption and efficient use of energy.
(3) Resource saving: Protection of natural
resources.
(4) Waste management: Activities oriented
toward ‘zero-emissions.’(5) Management of chemical substances:
Reduction in the use of hazardous chemical substances and facilitation of theproper management thereof.
The status of these activities is first summarized at each production plant and thensubject to centralized management at the
Ecology Center.

The offices of each business site practice“Green Purchasing” for their office supplies
and, at the same time, execute the following
activities:(1) Office Eco-protection, centered on recycling and energy-saving.
(2) Protective measures for facilities andequipment, such as the adoption of rainwater utilization systems, introduction of
ice thermal-storage systems, installationof motion-sensors in lighting appliancesat new buildings, and so forth.

Product distribution department
In addition to efforts to secure higher efficiency in the distribution system, Toppan
Logistics Co., Ltd., which undertakes product distribution in our Group, is implementing eco-protection activities by encouraging
a “Stop Idling” campaign, and by using lownoise tires in its transportation equipment.

Outline of eco-protection activities

Improvement ofenvironmental
performance.

‘Green Purchasing’of raw materials.
Production plants
Prevention of pollution: Actions against pollution of air, water,and soil, and for the protection of the ozone layer.

Production Plant

Energy-saving: Reduction in energy consumption andefficient use of energy.
Resource-saving: Protection of natural resources.
Waste management: Activities oriented toward ‘zero emissions.’
Management of chemical substances: Reduction in the use of hazardous
chemical substances and facilitation of the proper management thereof.

Eco-protection
Activities
Product
Distribution‘Green Purchasing’of office supplies.
Offices (Indirect departments)
Office Eco-protection, centeredon recycling and energy-saving.
Protective measures in facilities andfor equipment.

Product distribution department
Improvement of distribution systems.
Measures adopted in operations.
Measures adopted for equipment.

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3 ECO-PROTECTION ACTIVITIESPrevention of Pollution
Toppan is striving to reduce environmental burden and prevent pollution not only through compliance with legal
regulations, but also through the establishment of, and compliance with, original in-house control standards.

The Fundamentals in Pollution
Prevention
Toppan is currently developing activities
designed to prevent pollution, with a view
to minimizing the environmental burden
involved in its production activities. Throughthese efforts, we may acquire an accurate
picture of the actual state of the various
environmental burdens, and clarify these foreach plant. In addition, we are endeavoring
to decrease the environmental burden andto prevent pollution through compliancewith in-house control standards (establishedby the Eco-protection Promotion Committee for each plant) that are even more stringent than the legal regulations.
Achievements of these activities are verified through a process of hearings and onsite inspections conducted in the course of
the in-house environmental audit. The evaluation results are utilized to ensure continual
improvement over the course of the subsequent fiscal year.

Prevention of air pollution
Conversion to alternative fuels for facilities
equipped with boilers and incinerators thatgenerate smoke and soot, and control ofmachine operations based on appropriate
combustion requirements are among thepreventive measures adopted at Toppan toprevent air pollution. In addition, air pollution is strictly controlled through the introduction of electrostatic precipitators*1, bagfilters, and other control machinery.
We also collect and reuse organic solvents from the printing process in order toprevent these from being released into theair. In this way we are able to use our own
resources more efficiently. In addition, thevolatile chemical substances that would
otherwise be released into the air during
production are dissolved in water, throughuse of a scrubber*2. Proper treatment of thiswater allows us to avoid their discharge tothe air and into public water systems.
Based on the Guidelines for the selfimposed control of the Hazardous Air Pollution
Substance (Ministry of Economy, Trade andIndustry), we at Toppan are striving to reduce
the use and emissions of dichloromethane, asubstance controlled under said guidelines.
In fiscal 2000 we succeeded in cutting backon the air emissions of dichloromethane by
12.4%, relative to the previous fiscal year, byboth partially switching to an alternative
substance and reducing the consumption of
the dichloromethane still in use.

Prevention of water pollution
Toppan endeavors to prevent water pollution at its plants by installing wastewater
treatment facilities in accordance with theenvironmental burden imposed by the production processes. To monitor compliancewith the in-house control standards on waterpollution, we are now in the process of
introducing a 24-hour monitoring system fortreatment facilities to cope with seasonalchanges in BOD (biological oxygen demand)and COD (chemical oxygen demand) values.
Moreover, we are internally treating wastewater by building a closed process water
system, thus avoiding the discharge of wastewater off-site and allowing us to employ
water resources more effectively.
On the other hand, it is necessary to use
oil-water separators for treating compressorgenerated emulsive wastewater (drainage)in which water and oil are intermixed. To*1 Electrostatic precipitator: Pollution-prevention
equipment installed with the primary aim ofremoving hazardous substances contained ingas emissions. An electrode is placed in exhaustgases, and the hazardous substances containedin the gases are absorbed by the negative ionsgenerated by corona discharge as high pressure is applied.
*2 Scrubber: Like the electrostatic precipitator, thisis also a pollution-prevention device designed
to eliminate hazardous substances contained inexhaust gases. The hazardous substances are
removed by adsorption as those substances are
passed through a cleaning solution. Dust also
can be removed along with the exhaust gases.
The scrubber requires the use of large quantities
of water and a device capable of treating waterthat contains hazardous substances.

Trends in dichloromethane emission into the air(t)100Collecting and recycling equipment for organic solvents

Wastewater treatment facility/coagulative precipitation tank

Shin Saeki

Wastewater treatment facility/underground leakage
inspection pit

ScrubberTrends in NOx emission

Trends in SOx emission
(t)
137.1

120

128.0
111.9

115.1

57.0

60

49.9

40
20

615.5

627.6

663.6

690.5

600

100

500

80

400

60

300

40

200

20
1996

1997

1998

1999

2000
(Fiscal year)

0

100
1997

1998

1999

2000
(Fiscal year)∗Method of calculation: The NOx emission volume was calculatedusing the NOx emission index set forth in the Environment Agency’s
Environmental Activity Evaluation Program as issued in September, 1999.

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700

76.8

80

0

Chairman
Eco-protection Promotion
Committee

140
85.8

Toppan’s preventive measures against soil
pollution mainly consist of preventing leakages and outflows from storage tanks containing fuels, chemicals, and waste liquids.
As concrete measures, we have constructed concrete walls around the storage
tanks and, moreover, we check the tanks
and pipings regularly in order to detectcracks and aging early, before soil pollution
can occur. Further, when expanding, modifying, or removing buildings, we conduct
investigations into soil pollution. Recently(in March, 2000), when the former Kamata
plant was removed, we examined the soilfor pollution, to find that the measurements
remained below the standard values of Ohta
Ward at all points investigated and for all theitems checked.

Environmental activities at
the Shiga plant

(t)
100.6

Prevention of soil pollution

Measures to protect the ozone layer
In March 1994, Toppan abolished the useof specific CFCs and 1,1,1-trichloroethane,both ozone-layer depleting substances, whichwere mainly used in cleaning processes.
Also, for the 26 refrigerating machines using
specific CFCs that still remain at our facilities,
we are proceeding under a schedule toreplace them or to install substitute systems.
Oily-water separator

Flow of oily-water separation
1

Drainage (wastewater)from compressors

Oil content: 250 ppm

2

Pressure reducing silencer
Adjusts pressure and accepts
drainage(Processes 2 , 3 , 4 ,and 5 are conductedon the back side)3

Drainage separation tank

4

Emulsion decomposition tank

Separates oil from water

Decomposes emulsion

5

Metal-ion removal tank
Removes copper ion

6

Primary SS removal filter
Removes suspended substances

7(Oil content:
less than 3 ppm)

Removes suspended substances

89Secondary SS removal filter

Treatedwater

Final oily-water separation filter
Separates oil from water(Patent pending as NT oil-separation method and metal-conversion method)∗SOx: Generic denomination of the three kinds of
SO2, SO3 and sulfuric acid mist among the sulfuric acid oxides generated by the combustion offossil fuels containing sulfuric acid, such as heavy
oil and gasoline.
∗NOx: Refers to NO and NO2 among the nitrogenoxides created by combustion of fuels. These aresubstances that cause air pollution.

this end, we have installed oil-water separator equipment, developed with proprietary
technology, at our plants. Since this system
functions by a combination of specific gravity separation and metal substitution, without the use of chemical agents or energy, it
implements efficient and low-cost oil-water
separation.

0

1997

1998

1999

2000
(Fiscal year)∗Method of calculation: The SQx emission volume wascalculated by converting the sulfur (S) in each used fuelto SO2.

The Shiga plant (Shiga Prefecture) belongs
to the Electronics Division, manufacturing
various groups of electronics-related device
products, including shadow masks, color
filters for LCDs (liquid crystal displays), leadframes, and so on. Through its eco-protection activities, our plant started structuring
an environmental management system
under ISO 14001, ahead of the rest of theplants in our Group, and acquired ISO
14001 certification in July, 1998.
Since our plant comprises numerous
manufacturing departments that consume
and discharge a great variety and large volumes of chemicals and large quantities ofwater and energy, we promoted activities infiscal 2000 with the primary aim of reducing
the use of resources and energy and maintaining stable water quality in wastewaterand discharged water. In particular, thisplant requires measures for the absolute prevention of pollution, as it discharges plant
wastewater into Lake Biwa. For this reason,
we have established tougher in-house control standards, above and beyond the regulatory standards, and are exercising fullcontrol and maintenance of the required
water quality for wastewater and discharged
water, with the intention of meeting thestandards perfectly.
For fiscal 2001, the sustained pursuit of
the targets of the previous year will be set as
the basic objective, and all of our employees
will jointly strive to secure further improvements, the principal target being the reduction of industrial waste and energy. Fiscal
year 2001 happens to be the 3rd year since
the acquisition of ISO 14001 certification,

and a renewal examination is scheduled. We
also plan to develop a more efficient environmental management system, by taking
the opportunity of the renewal examination
to review and improve this system.
Shiga plant input/output data
INPUT
Energy1,214,000 GJ

Total energy consumption

Water
Water consumption

2,558,000 m3

OUTPUT
CO2 emission
Air

54,833 t-CO2
Emission of substances—
destructive to the ozone layer

NOx emission

6t

SOx emission

42 t

Emission of dioxins—
3

Water Total water discharge 2,558,000 m
system Underground penetration—and soilOn-site evaporation—

BOD discharge

23 t

COD discharge

40 t

Nitrogen discharge

12 t

Phosphorous discharge

Waste Total generation—

32,648 t

Electronics Division, Shiga plant(Production plant in the Electronics field)25

3 ECO-PROTECTION ACTIVITIESEnergy and Resource Savings
We are aspiring to achieve thorough energy and resource savings by introducing highly efficient systems andequipment, and by raising efficiency in production processes.

Basics in the Efforts to Save
Energy and Resources
To do our part in the prevention of global
warming and the reduction of excessive
resource consumption, we are tackling thetasks of reducing CO2 (carbon dioxide)
emissions—classified as a greenhouse gas—and of achieving more effective energy use.
We have established and have been
striving to accomplish the following environmental targets:•To reduce CO2 emissions by 5% in fiscal
2010, relative to fiscal 1997 figures.
•To reduce energy consumption by 20% inenergy consumption per unit of plant output in fiscal 2005, relative to the fiscal
1990 figures.
However, the energy consumption employed in setting up the targets was subject
to some questions of validity, because it was
expressed in terms of the energy consumption per unit of plant output, which isaffected by decreases in unit product prices.
Then, effective fiscal 1999, Toppan elected
to define energy consumption based on
production volume or on a substitute production value (energy consumption perunit of production volume)—which remains
immune to market variation factors andwhich reflects the actual status of plant production and energy efficiency—and hassince been adopting this definition as an
Energy consumption per unit of production
volume for fiscal 2000
(Relative to figures for previous fiscal year)

Field of business/production plant

Results

Information & Networks
Itabashi plant

4.3% decrease(Commercial
Asaka plantprinting)

4.0% increase(Commercial
printing)

22.2% decrease

Sakado plant

Living Environment
Gunma plant

1.0% decrease

Fukuzaki plant

3.6% decrease

Kashiwa plant

1.2% increase

Electronics(In thousandsof GJ)

14,000Consumption forfiscal 2000:
13,487,000GJ

12,00010,0009,476

10,002

10,743

13,487
12,487
11,295

8,000
6,000
4,000
2,000
0

1995

1996

1997

1998

1999 2000(Fiscal year)∗Calculation base for reference: Calorific values specified in
the 1999 Survey on Economic Statistics Concerning Energy.
(Compiled by the Energy Data and Modelling Center,the Institute of Energy Economics, Japan)

energy-control indicator for evaluation purposes. Since the validity of this index was
confirmed by the calculation results of theachievements of fiscal 2000, we adopted itin reviewing the energy-management environmental target for fiscal 2001, which was
set at a 3% reduction in energy consumption per unit of production volume from thefiscal 1999 level for fiscal 2001. Moreover,
we are presently promoting the following
items as the three pillars of our energy-rationalization activity:(1) Introduction of high-efficiency systems
and facilities(2) Improved efficiency in production(3) Thorough daily management

Achievements for fiscal 2000
The energy-saving activities executed in fiscal 2000 resulted in an energy consumptionof 13,487,000 GJ (giga-joules), up 8.0% fromthe previous fiscal year’s figures, which represents an increase of 2.4% in energy consumption per unit of plant output. However,in terms of the energy consumption per unitof production volume by plant, 29 out of 47
CO2 emission trends

plants and departments successfully slashedenergy consumption. Meanwhile, CO2 emissions stood at 618,500 t-CO2, an increase of
3.8% from the previous fiscal year, meaningthat our environmental target was missed.
With regard to energy consumption by principal type of energy, the consumption ofcity gas registered a high growth of 11.7%,
because a cogeneration system (CGS)*1 wasintroduced; the fuel source was switchedto the cleaner city gas in order to reduce
SOx (sulfur oxides) and CO2 emissions. As
a result, the increase in purchased electricenergy could be held at 4.7%, lower than
the growth rate of 7.2% in fiscal 1999.
*1 Cogeneration system: System that supplies multiple types of energy, such as heat and electricity, obtained from a single energy source.
Improves energy efficiency by 75 to 80%. It isalso termed “steam supply and power generation” or “thermoelectric generation.”

Employment of cogeneration
system(In thousandsof m3)

14,000

596.0

618.5

12,000Niigata plant

2.0% decrease500

10,000

Kumamoto plant

8.6% decrease

400

8,000

Numazu plant

5.7% increase

300

6,000

200

4,000

100

2,000

Factors contributing to increase in energy consumption:∗Asaka plant (Commercial printing): The ratio of the fixedenergy consumption for air-conditioning and the likerose, measured against a decrease in production volume
due to the relocation of production facilities.
∗Kashiwa plant: Energy consumption increased due to theintroduction of new environmental conservation facilities.
∗Numazu plant: Energy was consumed during the startup
period of new facilities, and greater consumption was
due to the expansion of air-conditioning equipment,
attributable to an increase in clean rooms.

0

1997

1998

1999

2000
(Fiscal year)

0

11,905

1997

12,4481998∗Calculation base:
The following values were taken from the Manual for
Establishing Action Plan (Ministry of Environment)
pertaining to the Law Concerning the Promotion of the
Measures to cope with Global Warming. (See Article 8,
Section 1.)∗Coefficients of CO2 emissions:Electric power: 0.3840 kg-CO2/kWh City gas: 1.9914 kg-CO2/m3
A-grade heavy oil: 2.6977 kg-CO2/R Light oil: 2.6444 kg-CO2/R
Kerosene: 2.5284 kg-CO2/R LPG: 3.0065 kg-CO2/kg
Waste oil: 2,933 kg-CO2/t Waste plastics: 2,567 kg-CO2/t
General waste: 2,442 kg-CO2/t

Protection and recycling of water
resource
At the production plants in the Electronics
Area, where water is consumed in large
quantities, wastewater is recovered and regenerated through a wastewater recycling
system, in order to reduce the intake anddischarge of water. In this way, we are promoting more efficient use of water.

11,913

1999

Kerosene and A-grade heavy oil

City gas(In thousandsof m3)
60,74160,00054,38847,044

12,393

2000(Fiscal year)

11,9596,000

20,0004,000

10,000

2,000

0

6,000

1,000,000

1997

1998

1999

2000
(Fiscal year)

941,670
841,152

5,181

0

1997

1998

1999

2000
(Fiscal year)

Ratio of energies by type (converted into heating values)
986,344878,512Light oil lessthan 1%
LPG 2%
Kerosene 4%
A-gradeheavy oil 4%

800,000
600,000
2,623

City gas21%

400,000
2,000
200,000

1,000
0

15,31014,838 14,533
13,0138,000

30,000

(MWh)

3,000

14,11810,00040,000(t)

4,919

13,891

14,00012,000 11,248

47,298

Electricity

LPG

A-grade heavy oil

16,00070,00050,000Kerosene
(kR)

4,018

Water consumption trends

551.4*3 Steam-pressure stepped control system: System that regulates a fuel-control valve in steps
by means of a steam-pressure control device,efficiently varying generated electric powerand generated steam volume.

4,000

A thermoelectric variable type cogeneration
system was employed at Toppan Graphic
Co., Ltd., utilizing a subsidy from NEDO(New Energy and Industrial Technology
Development Organization). This has enabled the company to make more efficientuse of energy by converting steam energy
into electric energy. Calculations*2 indicatethat energy savings of 14% and CO2 reductions of 15% can be expected. Moreover, asteam-pressure stepped control system*3,
using compressed air, was adopted at thesame time and has been operating in fullswing since December, 2000. In the near
future, we will try to establish an optimum
operation method, consistent with theenergy load at the plant.

700
528.9

*2 Comparison with purchased electric power(thermal power generation)

5,000(In thousandsof t-CO2)

600∗Principal plants: The three most-energy-consuming
plants in each field of business in fiscal 2000, of allplants controlled for energy consumption per unit ofproduction volume∗Changes in value refer to comparisons of energy
consumptions per unit of production volume from fiscal
1999 to fiscal 2000.
∗For the Fukuzaki plant and the Kumamoto plant, only
the major production departments were covered.

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Trends in energy consumption

1997

1998

1999

2000
(Fiscal year)

Environmental activities at
the Ranzan plant

Satoshi Yoshioka
Chairman
Eco-protection Promotion
Committee

In response to the needs for security in thecomputerized age, we at the Ranzan plant(Saitama Prefecture) manufacture electromagnetic cards, prepaid cards, and IC cards,
among other products.
At this relatively new plant (barely four
years old) situated in the midst of an abundant natural environment, we have been
directing our efforts at resource-saving
through reuse of rainwater, and focusing
on energy-saving by limiting the numberof refrigerating machines and boilers. In
November, 2000, we obtained ISO 14001
certification, part of efforts to raise the levelof our environmental conservation activities,
in which reduction of waste, energy saving,
and a lower environmental burden (imposedby organic solvents and other chemicals) are
the major issues addressed. In the course of
the last year, we improved the settings for

0

1997

1998

1999

2000
(Fiscal year)

Electricity
69%

Securities and Cards Division, Ranzan plant(Information & Networks)

air-conditioning through a close review of
air-conditioning needs at our plant, and we
also introduced water humidifiers, which
helped us save more energy. In terms ofwaste reduction, we have been implementing recycling of the metal chips that are
produced in the production processes, anddecreased use of waste plastics or converted
these into valuables, but achievements so far
still leave something to be desired.
Since both waste treatment cost andenergy cost are very likely to steadily rise in
the future, we will employ more efforts to
cut back on use of the applicable resources.
Moreover, concurrently with the placement
in force of the PRTR Law (Pollutant Release
and Transfer Register), we will promote
appropriate controls of regulated chemical
substances and focus on reducing their use
as well.
The Ranzan plant makes cards from a
non-polyvinyl chloride material, such as
the Eco-Through Card, as well as otherbiodegradable cards. We will also be focusing further efforts on producing environmentally-friendly products such as these.

Ranzan plant input/output data
INPUT
EnergyTotal energy consumption

156,000 GJ

Water
Water consumption

35,000 m3

OUTPUT
CO2 emission
Air

7,558 t-CO2
Emission of substances—
destructive to the ozone layer

NOx emission

2t

SOx emission

0t

Emission of dioxins—
3

Water Total water discharge 19,000 m
system Underground penetration—and soil3
On-site evaporation

19,000 m

BOD discharge

3t

COD discharge

2t

Nitrogen discharge

1t

Phosphorous discharge

Waste Total generation

0t

799 t

Absorption refrigeration machines27

3 ECO-PROTECTION ACTIVITIESWaste Management
Thorough waste management and converting waste into recycled resources, Toppan is aspiring to realizea target of ‘zero-emissions.’

Philosophy of Waste
Management

agement with a target of reducing the final
disposal volume by 50% (as a proportion ofplant output) in fiscal 2000, relative to thefigures for fiscal 1990. Our activities over the
past 10 years have culminated in the accomplishment of the target, as the disposal volume was reduced by 56.6% in fiscal 2000,
the target year for the goal. Subsequently,
in fiscal 2001, we established the new envi-

Refuse paper, primarily derived from theInformation & Networks and Living Environment fields, comprises 67% of Toppan’s
waste, followed by waste acids (such aswaste etchant from the Electronics field) andwaste plastics (from the Living Environment
field). Toppan has been tackling waste man-

Waste disposal flow
Total volume of waste generation

Recycled

Heat recovery

Incinerated on site
Cinders
disposed

Total volume ofwaste discharge
Cinders

1.6%

Others0.4%

Glass chips

0.2%

Wooden chips

0.5%

Metal chips

1.9%

Sludge2.3%

Waste alkali

2.3%

Waste oil

2.7%

Waste plastic

7.0%

Waste acid

13.7%

Wastepaper

67.3%

87.6%

Heat release

Sorting and intermediate
processing

Recycled
77.3%

Wastepaper
plastics, etc.

Heat recovery
and others
10.3%

Waste acidalkali metal
chips, etc.
Ashes, sludge

Heat release

Landfill

Waste plastics,
metal chips,
etc.

12.4%

Trends in the volume of waste discharge and unit disposal volume
proportioned to plant output

100.0
84.6

350

89.4

91.7

Unit disposal volume (index)

Targeted unit disposal volume: 50%(compared to FY 1990)

88.2

100
90

76.0

300

71.3

70.9

72.9

80
70

62.3

250

60

200

50

150
100

43.4
219.9

250.9

268.3

260.5

273.8

286.6

270.5

299.2

311.5

334.6

339.0

50
0

68.5

65.8

59.5

72.2

76.5

66.8

65.5

69.4

67.4

57.8

42.0

1990

1991

1992

1993

1994

1995

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

(Fiscal year)

40
30
20
10
0

Index of unit disposal volume

Total volume of waste discharge(Disposal volume)(1,000tons)
400

Disposal (volume)

For fiscal 2000, the target fiscal year foraccomplishment, Toppan was able to reachthe target when the unit disposal volume
decreased by 56.6% from the fiscal 1999
level.
A key factor in the achievement was
perhaps the 27.3% decrease in waste, ascompared to the previous fiscal year, whichcame as a result of our efforts to implement
more thorough sorting and recycling, alongwith a 4.4% increase in plant output overthe previous fiscal year.
While the total volume of waste discharge in fiscal 2000 was 339,000 tons,
which represents an increase of 1.3% fromfiscal 1999, the volume of waste was 42,000
tons, down 27.3%.
From here on forward, we will proceedwith waste management in accordance withthe following major issues: sludge treatmentin the Electronics field (which is continuallyworking on recycling and reuse), and promotion of recycling and efficient use of
paper/plastic-layered materials in the Living
Environment field.

Reuse of waste as recycled resources
Trend in regenerating/recycling rate in the total volume of waste discharge
(%)
100
90
80

68.8

73.8

77.8

72.3

72.1

76.7

75.8

76.8

78.4

82.7

87.6

70
60
Recycling rate in fiscal 2000:
87.6%

50
40
30
20
10
0

28

1990

1991

1992

1993

1994

1995

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000
(Fiscal year)

into solid fuel in this system can be reusedfor thermal energy in incinerators. The
employment of RPF allowed the Sagamihara
plant to improve the combustion efficiency
of its incinerators to a point where fuel consumption by stabilizing burners was slashedto approximately one-tenth of the previous

The majority of waste at Toppan is represented by refuse paper. For this reason, Toppan is regenerating approximately 97.3% ofrefuse paper as recycled paper or as anotherform of resource. Efforts are also still being
made to utilize the remaining 2.7% of refuse
paper as a recycled resource.
The RPF (Refuse Paper and Plastic Fuel)system, which was introduced in the
Sagamihara plant of the Living Environment
field in March, 1999, is designed to regenerate the composite materials of paper andplastics as solid fuel. The waste converted

figure, and the weight of the cinders was cut
to about one-third. Furthermore, a portionof the cinders and dehydrated sludge resulting from in-house treatment is recycled asmaterials for cement and steel.

RPF system

RPF system flow
Magnetic
separator

Feeding
wastepaper
and plastic
after sorting

Crusher*1 Landfill disposal volume: Total of the direct landfill disposal volume and the landfill disposal volume of residues from intermediate treatment.

Achievements for fiscal 2000

Cinders,
sludge, etc.

Total volume of waste dischargeronmental target of reducing the landfill
disposal volume*1 by 20% by fiscal 2003,
relative to the fiscal 2000 figure. To realize
this goal, we have established the following
items to address successively:(1) Reduction(reduction in waste generation)(2) Reuse(3) Recycling(4) Heat recovery
Appropriate disposal will be made ofwaste that continues to be generated despite
the above efforts, and will be recorded on
manifest slips.
From now on, we will further promotewaste management with a view to making
the “zero-emissions” campaign more substantial and complete by recycling morewaste as a resource.

Fixed-quantity
feederSolid-fuel system
Automatic-feed
hopperBelt conveyor
Belt conveyor
Belt conveyor

Stoker typeincinerator/
waste heat boiler

Belt conveyor

Environmental activities at
the Fukuzaki plantShuji Morishita
Chairman
Eco-protection Promotion
Committee

Situated amid a verdant natural environment in Fukuzaki Town, our Fukuzaki plant(Hyogo Prefecture) manufactures soft packing materials, such as plastic film, paper
cups, plastic molded products, and so on.
The business environment surrounding our
packaging industry, which tends to impose
a high environmental burden, is becoming
increasingly intense today, due to a series of
constraints, such as the Law of Promotion ofSorted Collection and Recycling of Containers and Packaging for products, the PRTR
Law and the Law Concerning Special Measures against Dioxins for production, in addition to a growing shortage of industrial waste
disposal sites.
At the Fukuzaki plant, we established“prevention of loss in production processes”
as the key issue to be addressed in our ecoprotection activities for fiscal 2000. While

promoting the reduction of waste generated
at our plant (reduction), we also directed
efforts at the conversion of flame-retardantmaterials into cement material (reuse), andthe regeneration and recycling of waste
plastic films as resources (recycling).
As a result, we were able to achieve a
reduction in the unit landfill disposal volumeof 12% in fiscal 2000, relative to the fiscal
1999 figure. In fiscal 2001, we will proceedwith the recycling of cinders derived fromincinerators for reuse as cement material,
thus striving to accomplish the “zero-emissions” target. At our plant, where ISO 14001
certification is anticipated in the latter half ofthe current fiscal year, we will continue ourendeavors to improve the environment, tohelp realize a recycling-oriented society.

Fukuzaki plant input/output data
INPUT
EnergyTotal energy consumption

549,000 GJ

Water
Water consumption

281,000 m3

OUTPUT
CO2 emission
Air

33,898 t-CO2
Emission of substances—
destructive to the ozone layer

NOx emission

5t

SOx emission

14 t

Emission of dioxins 0.001 g-TEQ
3Water Total water discharge 156,000 m
system Underground penetration—and soil3
On-site evaporation 125,000 m
BOD discharge

3t

COD discharge

2t

Nitrogen discharge

4t

Phosphorous discharge
Packaging Division, Fukuzaki plant(Living Environment)

Waste Total generation

0t

5,975 t29

3 ECO-PROTECTION ACTIVITIESWaste Management

Management of Chemical Substances
Now that the impact on the global environment of chemical substances has become obvious, the managementof chemical substances in corporate operations has come to form one of the major pillars of environmental risk
management at Toppan.

Development of Zero-emissions
Targetto reviewing the selection criteria of the“zero-emissions plant,” effective fiscal 2001,
redefining this as a “plant with 95% orgreater recycling rate, which is certified assuch by the head office Ecology Center.” For
the 17 plants which achieved a 95% orgreater recycling rate (according to results
for fiscal 2000), specific issues blocking
achievement of the “zero-emissions” target
will be examined by the Ecology Center intechnical, economic, and regional terms
during the in-house environmental audit
for fiscal 2001, and certification will be determined at the National Eco-protection
Meeting to be held in November.
Going forward, more efficient efforts toachieve zero-emissions will be developed, bymaking the most of Toppan Group’s network.

Toppan is now working on waste management, aiming for the achievement of its
ultimate target of zero-emissions, with theintention of reusing waste as recycledresources.
In 1999, model plants for zero-emissions
were chosen, and the corresponding activities have since been carried out in a mannerconsistent with the characteristics of theirrespective business fields, with the aim ofachieving the zero-emissions target at 10
plants by March, 2002. Nonetheless, achievement of this target faced a problem: therecycling rate was largely dictated by external factors, and achievement of the target
inevitably required the cooperation of outside recycling partners. We then proceeded

Status and specific issues at 6 model plants for zero-emissions

Management of Chemical
Substances and Philosophy

Waste storage

Concrete actions
In July 2000, the PRTR*1 Law (Law Concerning Reporting, etc. of Releases to the Environment of Specific Chemical Substances andPromoting Improvements in Their Management) went in force. The Federation of Economic Organizations initiated the PRTR
investigation in fiscal 1998, and had beenacquiring data for the purpose of building

(%)

Plant

1998

1999

2000

Issues to be resolved

Asaka plant (Commercial printing)

97.0

97.7

97.4

Cinders, waste plastics

Itami plant (Packaging)

94.8

92.5

96.4

Mixed wastepaper, waste oil

Toppan Seihon Co., Ltd. (Binding subsidiary)

99.2

98.9

99.3

Waste plastics, mixed wastepaper

The vast variety of chemical substances created to date by mankind has made our life
more convenient and pleasant, but on theother hand, these substances are exerting
adverse effects on the human body and theglobal environment, including ecologicalsystems. Therefore, we at Toppan believethat it is our duty, as those engaged in business activities, to place thorough control on
the chemical substances under our own
responsibility.

Decree Type-I designated chemical substances
No.

99.3

99.2

99.1

Mixed wastepaper

95.7

95.4

94.1

Waste plastics, waste oil

1

Water soluble zinc compounds

Toppan Joh-hoku Printing Co., Ltd.

91.7

92.3

96.7

Waste plastics, waste oil

16

Collection/Storage

Recyclable usedpaper

Used-paper collection
box

Used-paper
recycling

Cardboard

Cardboard racks

Cardboard recycling

Waste oilDrums for waste oil

Remaining ink

Cans for remaining ink

Waste developer

Waste-fluid recovery
tanks

Waste plastic

Waste plastics storages

Recyclable plastic

Containers for
waste plastics recycling

Metal chips

Containers for metal
chips

Waste paper

Heat recovery

Garbagecollectors

Landfill

Recycling

Storage for soiled
waste cloth

Heat recovery

FilmTrash shoot

Recycling

Cinders

Containers

Landfill

Non-recyclable
wastepaper
Mill wrappers
Incinerator
Wood chips

Burnedon-siteOn-site heatrecovery*1 PRTR (Pollutant Release and Transfer Register):
Registration system of releases and transfers ofenvironmental pollutants, which registers andpublicly announces the amounts of hazardous
chemical substances released into the environment and the transferred amounts contained inwaste. The law regarding the introduction ofthis system was given the Diet’s approval on
July 7, 1999, and was promulgated on July 13,
1999, as the Law Concerning Reporting, etc. of
Releases to the Environment of Specific Chemical Substances and Promoting Improvementsin Their Management.

PRTR investigation at Toppan Group and results for fiscal 2000

Mikkabi Toppan Printing Co., Ltd.

Waste

plants which have released regulated chemical substances in the past, we will identify
the process in which each one of those substances was used, and explore the possibilityof using substitutes for them. Where an
immediate substitution is difficult to make,action designed to reduce the release of thatchemical substance will be taken, or reduction of the consumption itself of the substance will be sought.

Signboard for waste storage

Toppan Containers Co., Ltd. (Sano plant)

Flow of waste separation and collection at the Asaka plant (Commercial printing)up knowledge in preparation for the enforcement of the Law. Meanwhile, Toppan
also conducted its own PRTR investigation,
based on the achievements of fiscal 1997 at
all plants, and collaborated with the Federation of Economic Organizations by reporting
its accumulated data. At the same time,
Toppan has diligently been working tostructure a PRTR system designed to measure and control released and transferred
amounts of regulated chemical substances.
From here on, Toppan will establish acomprehensive in-house control system forchemical substances by completing andexpanding the PRTR system, so that appropriate risk assessment and risk management
can be made in respect of the chemical substances. For fiscal 2001, we will try to gain
an accurate grip on the present status andthe processes of release of chemical substances into the environment, in accordancewith the data acquired in fiscal 2000. For(kg/year)

Released amount
Air

Water

Transferred
amount insewerage system

Soil

Transferred
amount for
disposal

Transferred
amount forrecycling

2

0

2

0

0

0

3,098

2-aminoethanol

44,08858

44,0300

033,1870

24

n-alkylbenzenesulfonic acid and its salts

1,000

0

1,000

0

0

7,000

0

44

Ethylene glycol monoethyl ether

17,774

17,774

0

0

0

17

7,278

63

Xylene149,827

149,827

0

0

0

903

29,01964

Silver and its water-soluble compounds

0

0

0

0

0

0

1,649

68

Chromium and chromium (III) compounds

173

0

173

0

0

23,251

31,53569

Chromium (VI) compounds

0

0

0

0

0

4,759

0

132

1,1-dichloro-1-fluoroethane (HCFC-141b)

11,143

11,143

0

0

0

0

0

145

Dichloromethane

38,51438,514

0

0

0

2,325

9,885

207

Water-soluble copper salt

851

0

851

0

0

15,614

231,298

224

1,3,5 trimethyl benzene

227

Toluene231

Nickel232

Nickel compounds

253

Hydrazine

254

Hydroquinone

270

Di-n-butyl phthalate

272
304
310

Formaldehyde

311

Manganese and its compounds

1,105

1,105

0

0

0

0

0

5,763,267

5,763,267

0

0

300

1,284,229

1,895,167

2,024

0

2,024

0

0

119,220

959,532

0

0

0

0

0

1,535

0

1,711

1,711

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

4,421

4,107

0

0

0

0

0

660

0

1,380

Bis (2-ethylhexyl) phthalate

0

0

0

0

0

14

0

Boric acid and its compounds

392

0

392

0

0

700

0

2,780

1,728

1,052

0

0

11,000

0

499

0

499

0

0

11,69011,848∗Period of computation: April 1, 2000 to March 31, 2001
∗Plants and business sites covered: Plants and business sites with 1.0 t/year or more of annual handling amounts.
∗The amount transferred out of the plant or business site as waste was entered under Transferred amount for disposal and the amount delivered to a recycling contractor was enteredunder the Transferred amount for recycling column.
∗Dioxins are described on page 11.

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3 ECO-PROTECTION ACTIVITIES

Office Eco-protection
Environmental activities in the offices are referred to as Office Eco-protection, and are centered on recycling,energy-saving, and resource-saving activities, with a change in awareness of all participants constituting the focal point.

Efforts in the Offices
Toppan promotes environmental activities
in its offices (indirect departments) as Office
Eco-protection activities, with an emphasis
on recycling, energy-saving, and resourcesaving. Office Eco-protection encompasses
the head office and buildings in Akihabara
owned by Toppan, the Toppan Koishikawa
Building, the Shibaura building, the Honjo GC
building, the Hiroshima sales office building,the Nishinihon building, and the offices ofour production plants and research centers.

Recycling activities in the offices
As a result of the recycling activities promoted in fiscal 2000, the recycling rate at
Toppan’s buildings was 63.4%.
Employees at the Toppan Koishikawa
Building, which produces the largest quan-tities of office waste among Toppan’sbuildings, are encouraged to separate anddispose of waste in the 11 categorized recycling bins situated on each floor. The sorted
waste is then brought to an undergroundcollective recycling area, where it is compacted and delivered to garbage collectors
for disposal. These recycling activities, initiated in June, 2000, have resulted in a recycling rate of 88.5%.
Furthermore, in the Akihabara officebuilding (Packaging), which obtained ISO
14001 certification in March 2001, theestablished environmental policy calls for“thorough sorting for reduction and recycling of waste,” and has defined as many as
25 waste-sorting categories. After ensuring
the employees’ thorough awareness of the

Location of categorized recycling
bins on each floor

Empty cans

Refreshment lounge
Categorized recycling
bins

Paper cups
Used paper recycling storage*
General inflammable garbage
Newspaper

Freight elevator area
Bins with lids
Bins with pulleys
Recycling storage on each floor
Categorized bins

Magazines
Cardboard
PET bottles

Crushed
SortedSortedCrushedGlass bottles

Disposed of by garbage collectors

Office refuse sorting

Underground collective recycling storage

Standards for office refuse sorting at Toppan Koishikawa Building

sorting methods, full-scale activities began
in January, 2001.

Conservation of water through use of
rainwater

Energy-saving

At Honjo GC building, we were able to
cut the consumption of service water by
3,258 m3, thanks to the system for the useof rainwater, which was introduced in April,
1994. The Toppan Koishikawa Building also
introduced a used-water treatment systemthat collects water from washbasins andcafeterias and then applies BOD treatment
to reuse the water for flushing toilets. Thissystem, which was placed in operation in
May, 2000, contributed to saving 4,651 m3/
year of water.

We are now working on the installation ofenergy-saving fluorescent lamps and motion
sensors in lighting apparatuses, among
other measures, as part of our energy-saving
endeavors in the offices. Ice-thermal-storage
system*1 heat pumps were introduced in thesales office building in the Akihabara area ofthe head office and the Shibaura building,as part of our efforts to cut back on electric
consumption. The Office Eco-protection activities are thoroughly effectuated by eachone of our employees, since everyone has
acquired a variety of daily energy-saving
habits, which include temperature management via air-conditioning adjustments,
powering-down of lighting appliances andoffice-automation equipment during lunch
breaks, alternating “lights out” periods inhallways, encouraging employees to use
the stairways in lieu of the elevators, andso forth.

Sorted*Color copies, carbon paper, and processed vinyl goods are categorized as general inflammable garbage

Elevated water tankfor used water(2.4 m3)
Annex

Rainwater

8F

Toilet7F

Toilet(m3/year)

Location of the system

1999

2000

Honjo GC building

3,175

3,258

Toppan Koishikawa
Building—

4,651

Rainwater

Drainage

Rainwater

Drainage
Drainage

2F

Toilet1F

ToiletSwitchingvalve

GroundMain building
Switching valve

ToiletRainwater usage

Precipitation
sensorSewerage

Emergency
shutoff valve

P (356 m3) P (12 m3) P
Sewagetank

Rainwater
storage tank

GroundSewerageP

Storage tank Spring waterfor general
storageservice water*1 The ice-thermal-storage system runs as a heatsource machine at night, converting cold water
into ice. The ice is stored and then used in thedaytime for air-conditioning.

Disposal lunch boxes& vinyl objects
Metals and batteries

Rainwater utilization system (Honjo GC building)Heat pumps operated by the ice-thermal-storage systems(Shibaura building)Used-water recycling facility (Toppan Koishikawa Building)Rainwater pipings (Toppan Koishikawa Building)“Green Purchasing”

Achievements for fiscal 2000

Basic policy and in-house standards

Toppan achieved 100% Green Purchasingfor copiers and toilet paper for fiscal 2000.
The achievements for printers and stationery/office supplies fell short of expectations,at 75.9% and 67.2%, respectively. These
two items remained unsatisfactory becauseof certain technical factors involved withthe products and insufficient awareness ofGreen Purchasing, which are problems yet
to be resolved.
While we will make further efforts toraise the current level of Green Purchasing,
we are planning to initiate a Toppan “Green
Procurement” system as part of our activi-

ties for purchasing environmentally-friendly
materials used in plants, in fiscal 2001.

Toppan believes that realization of a recycling-oriented society necessarily requiresthat we give priority to the purchasing ofenvironmentally-friendly products. Therefore,
we established our Basic Policy on Green
Purchasing in January, 1999, and initiatedcorporate-wide Green Purchasing. Under
this policy, we select and purchase productsthat meet our in-house Green Purchasing
standards, especially for the designated product categories: office paper, copiers andprinters, personal computers, stationery andoffice supplies, and toilet paper.

Green Purchasing for internal
printed matter
Internal publications, corporate
brochures, business reports,
environmental reports, annual reports,
and company tools, including
calendarsdProduced from 100% recycled paper
Company envelopes

In-house “Green Purchasing” standards

Sorting station in offices (Akihabara office building)32

Shared floor station (Akihabara office building)dDesignatedproducts

Standards of purchase

Rate achieved
in fiscal 2000

Office paper

Must be made of 70–100% recycled paper, with a white-sheen of 80% or less.

98.3 %

Copiers andprinters

Must have an automatic sleep or shutdown function after remaining idle fora specified period.

79.9 %

Personalcomputers

Must have an automatic sleep or shutdown function after remaining idle fora specified period, with limited electricity consumption in sleep mode.

98.2 %

Toilet paper

Must be made of 100% recycled paper, with a white-sheen of 80% or less.

100.0 %

Stationery andoffice supplies

Must have an appropriate certification (Eco-Mark, Green Mark, etc.)
or be classified by the manufacturer as an environmentally-friendly product.

67.2 %

Recycling bin on each floor (Toppan Koishikawa Building)

Produced from 100% recycled paper
Employee diariesdMain body: Produced from 100%
recycled paper
Covers: Made of olefin plastic
Business cardsdProduced from 70% recycled paper

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3 ECO-PROTECTION ACTIVITIES

Efforts in Product Distribution

Overseas Operations

Environmental activities are actively being promoted in the product distribution departments, with the aim of
introducing low-pollution vehicles and reducing packaging materials, not to mention reducing exhaust gases
from trucks and forklifts.

The status of environmental efforts at our overseas production plants is assessed through biannuallyconducted in-house environmental auditing. Overseas activities are directed toward reducing theenvironmental burden.

Issues and Efforts inDistribution Departments
The distribution departments of the Toppan
Group are developing activities primarily
aimed at reducing air pollutants, such as
CO2 (carbon dioxide) and NOx (nitrogenoxides) emitted by trucks, which are indispensable for product distribution.

Building up a distribution system forhigher efficiency
Toppan Logistics Co., Ltd., in charge of Toppan’s product distribution, has traditionallybeen handling product distribution from thedepot of each individual plant. This was creating an inefficient situation; for example,
several plants had to independently arrange
for transportation vehicles going to thesame destination.
To improve such situations and to
reduce costs and the environmental burden
through efficient operation of vehicles, Toppan Logistics Co., Ltd. established a new
system; namely, WARTS (Wide Area Relay
Trucking System), which was made possibleby the consolidation of delivery information.
The system receives consolidated deliveryinstruction information and then coordinates cargoes from the various plants andoperation bases in a given area, thus allowing for the transportation of multiple cargoes from each specific area. Introduction ofthis system enabled the company to cut theoperating number of trucks by an average of
135 units (on a 4-ton truck basis) per monthand, at the same time, helped reduce packing materials by a great amount.
This system is now utilized to transport
products from the packaging departments
in Tokyo to the Kansai district. We hope tomake use of the same system also for transportation to other areas of the country in
the future, in order to achieve increased
efficiency in product distribution and a reduction of the environmental burden.

“Stop Idling” campaign

Introduction of low-noise tires

Fundamental Activities

The company instructs its truck drivers to
observe legal speed limits, to drive at a constant speed on highways, and to refrainfrom idling their engines while they are
stopped. In May 1995, the company initiated its “Stop Idling” campaign with specificdefined rules. Drivers’ awareness of theserequirements is enhanced with notices
printed on posters and direct instructions.
The specific items of instruction include:(1) engine-warming should be kept towithin three minutes regardless of the season; and (2) engines should be stopped during waiting periods. We have also opened alounge where the drivers can spend time
during their waiting periods, to further promote the campaign. Consequently, the 50
trucks owned by Toppan Logistics Co., Ltd.
have lowered their monthly fuel consumption by an average of 290 liters.

In conjunction with the “Stop Idling” campaign, we also began introducing low-noise
tires. Those low-noise tires, called verticalgroove tires, not only make less noise on
the roads, but also generate less frictional
heat and, therefore, help prevent global
warming. Toppan Logistics Co., Ltd. achieved
a 41% usage rate of low-noise tires infiscal 2000.
The company is also working to reduce
waste and to promote the effective use ofresources by recycling its used tires.

Along with globalization of the economy
and progression of internationalization, Toppan has also been expanding its businessactivities overseas.
Currently, Toppan has 3 production
plants operating in the United States, and 6
production plants in Asia.
At each one of those plants, the Toppan
Group is working on environmental conservation activities based on Toppan’s Declaration on the Global Environment, in addition tostrict compliance with environmental rules
and regulations in force in each country.
Also for environmental management,
we are promoting the introduction of a system conforming to ISO 14001.
Japan’s environmental conservation
technologies are rated highly on a global
level. Our Japanese technical staff provide
technical information and guidance in theconstruction of plants and in the introduction of environmental conservation facilities.

Conventional tire

Environmental Audits Overseas

(%)
41
39

40

“Stop Idling” sticker,
posted on a truck

34

30

27

An in-house environmental audit is implemented every other year at Toppan’s
overseas production plants. In fiscal 2000,
hearings and inspection visits were madeat the following 3 production plants abroad:

Major audit items
The audit items are intended to confirm
precise understanding, operation, and compliance in respect of environmental rules,
regulations, and ordinances in each country,with an emphasis on the environmental
impact on water and air and on the daily
management of waste.
As a result of the audit, some aspects
that required improvement were discovered, such as (among others) the clarification of assignments of the corporate organ
related to the environmental management
system and improvement of the operation
thereof; the establishment of in-house standards for wastewater management; and theestablishment of a method for obtaining thelatest editions of local environmental rules
and regulations.
There were a total of 25 items requiring
improvement; 11 in Jakarta, 7 in Bangkok, and7 in Taiwan. The local parties are presently
proceeding with remedial actions in accordance with established improvement plans.

PT Toppan Sampoerna Indonesia, Jakarta

Toppan Chunghwa Electronics Co., Ltd., Taiwan

20

20
10

0

1996

1997

1998

1999

Overseas production plants and business sites(Plants of locally incorporated companies)

2000(Fiscal year)

SIAM TOPPAN PACKAGING CO., LTD.
TOPPAN PRINTING CO., (SHENZHEN) LTD.
TOPPAN PRINTING CO., (SHANGHAI) LTD.

Battery-powered forklifts

RT
WA

Kansai
DistrictHas
alternating
protrusions

Usage rate of low-noise tires

Toppan is promoting the conversion fromfuel-operated forklifts to battery-powered
units. While the former type will consume
approximately 400 liters of gasoline permonth, a battery-powered forklift can not
only eliminate gasoline consumption, but
can also eliminate exhaust gases and reduce
waste consisting of engine oil and maintenance parts. In fiscal 2000, Toppan Logistics
Co., Ltd. achieved a 79.4% usage rate forbattery-operated forklifts.

Toppan’s product distribution system

Business sites

ThickverticalgrooveLow-noise tire

Facilities in drivers’ lounge

Consolidated
information

Low-noise and conventional tires• PT Toppan Sampoerna Indonesia
in Jakarta•Siam Toppan Packaging Co., Ltd.
in Bangkok•Toppan Chunghwa Electronics Co., Ltd.
in Taiwan

S

Tohoku District
S

Siam Toppan Packaging Co., Ltd., Bangkok

Introduction of low-emission vehicles

Destination

WARTS truck

WA
RT

TOPPAN PRINTING CO. (AMERICA), INC.

The conversion of company cars to lowemission vehicles is steadily under way. In
fiscal 2000, two more of this type of vehicle
were introduced, with a total of 12 environmentally-friendly cars now in our fleet.

PT TOPPAN SAMPOERNA INDONESIATOPPAN PRINTING CO. (H.K.) LTD.
TOPPAN CHUNGHWA ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
TOPPAN INTERAMERICA INC.
TOPPAN ELECTRONICS, INC.
Toppan’s locally incorporated company, representative office, or sales officeBusiness partner with technical tie-up

Kyushu District

34

Chubu
District

Kanto District35

4 ECO-CREATIVITY ACTIVITIES

4

ECO-CREATIVITY ACTIVITIESOverview of Eco-creativity Activities
Toppan’s Eco-creativity activities are conducted through the supply of products and services.

Toppan is now aiming to reform its business structure, with management resources selectively

What is Eco-creativity Activities?

invested in the three major business areas of E-business, Eco-business, and Electronics.

Eco-creativity, one of the three priority businesses at Toppan, is designed to contributeto creating an environment-oriented society
through the supply of products, technologies, and services, based on environmentallyfriendly production activities.
We call the activities designed to promote this business eco-creativity activities,
involving aggressive efforts at each Toppan
plant and business site.

Of those three priority businesses, Eco-business denotes a “business designed to contributeto realizing an environment-oriented society through the supply of products, technologies,
and services, based on environmentally-friendly production activities.” It also covers thein-house R&D of environmentally-friendly products and comprehensive support activities forenvironmental conservation.

Eco-creativity activities are broadly categorized into two different types, the firstof which covers research and developmentof environmentally-friendly products. To develop a product, we prepare an evaluation
standard and guidelines that duly take into
account the overall life cycle of the product,
and perform an evaluation on the basis of
those rules. The other type of activities arethose in support of environmental conservation. These latter activities are intended tosupport customers’ environmental conservation efforts and to carry out environmental
conservation activities through cooperationand collaboration with other companies
and NPOs.

Eco-creativity activities
Toppan’s 3E’s

E-businessEco-business

Environmental
Conservation
Support Activities

Eco-creativity activities

Electronics

Environmental conservation
support activities

R&D for environmentallyfriendly products

Business fields
Information & Networks■ Securities and Cards
Enhanced recyclability of various cards produced for financial
institutions, municipalities, amusement parks, and other concerns.
Reduction of environmental burden when disposal of cards.
■ Commercial Printing
Environmental measures in the production of posters, catalogs,
pamphlets, sales promotion tools, etc.
■ Publications Printing
Planning and proposals for bookbinding and processing methods
for easy recycling, including the use of recycled paper, treefree
paper, as well as soy or recycled vegetable-oil ink.

Personal Service

R&D ofEnvironmentallyfriendly ProductsElectronics

Living Environment■ Electronics
Compliance with the Home Appliance
Recycling Act and “Green Purchasing”
in the areas of home appliances andelectronics products.

■ Packaging
Proposals for development and services containing
environmentally-friendly containers and packaging materials,
including resource conservation and easy recycling.
Compliance with the Containers and Packaging Recycling Law.
■ Industrial Materials
Response to demand for improved disposability in the housing
and interior products fields, including wallpapers anddecorative sheet materials.

Next-Generation
Products

Reduction of environmental burden
Production anddistribution
Biodegradability
Easy separation &easy detachment

Safe materials

PPrinted wiring board

Recycled materials,
resource-saving

PToppan Green Paper 100
PRecycled vegetable-oil ink

PEcotainer

Fitness for disposal

PEcoslim

Reducedsolid waste

PPET-G cards
PEcogloss
PDesktop paper calendar
PExhibition booth

After use

Recyclability
Reuse

36

RecoveredenergyPToppan Ecowall
PToppan Ecosheet

Long life
products

Energy-saving
Reduced release ofchemical substancesUse37

4 ECO-CREATIVITY ACTIVITIESDevelopment and Supply of Environmentally-friendly Products
Toppan has established its own original evaluation standards for the development and supply of environmentallyfriendly products. The points of environmental consideration are noted on (Type-II) environmental labels.

Basic Philosophy for
Environmentally-friendly
Products
Toppan intends to raise the accuracy of its
accountability to customers and to actively
support the environmental claims made on
behalf of its products. To this end, Toppan
performs prior evaluations at each plant during the design and development of products, and registers these developed products
at the Ecology Center. These products aremarked with Toppan’s Labels for Environmentally-friendly Products for easy understanding of the applicable environmental
consideration.

Evaluation and registration of environmentally-friendly products
Toppan conducts evaluations and registrations of products, based on its Guidelines

and Standards for Environmentally-friendly
Products. Each division can develop more
efficient, environmentally-friendly products
by working in line with these standards rightfrom the initial stages of planning and development of the products. Moreover, thestandards are drawn up on the basis of theType-II Environmental Labeling of ISO 14021
and comprise 13 items each, with the addition of Toppan’s 3 own original items: safe
materials, reduced release of chemical substances, and fitness for disposal.

Toppan’s Labels for Environmentallyfriendly Products
Products developed in the respective product divisions are evaluated in line with thesaid standards, and an application is filedwith our Ecology Center for registration of
products determined to meet the standards.

Guidelines and standards by field or
product group

Life cycle stage

Environmental merit

Production anddistribution stages

Safe materials
Recycled materials
Resource-saving
Recovered energy
Reduced solid waste

Usage stage

Energy-saving
Reduced release ofchemical substances
Product with long life

Stage after use

Reuse
Recyclability
Fitness for disposal
Easy separation and easy
detachment
Biodegradability

Planning and development

Product evaluation

Application for registration
as environmentally-friendly products

Ecology Center
Verification of division’s evaluation

Toppan’s Environmental Impact Evaluation
Sheet for Environmentally-friendly Products

Registration of environmentallyfriendly products
Conversion ofregistration
data to database

Approval of Toppan’s Labels forEnvironmentally-friendly Products
Environmentally-friendly products(Type-II label)

PamphletManufactureof productLabeling
Made of 100% recycled paper
Recyclable, recycled printing paperwith printability and rigidity.

SampleMade of 100% recycled paper
Recyclable, recycled printing paperwith printability and rigidity.

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Product Assessment Method
In commercial printing, Toppan developeda system of qualitative environmental impact
evaluation via a method of product assessment used to evaluate the impact of our
POP sales promotion products. This system
is intended to evaluate the environmental
burden and to determine the methods of
reduction of this burden in the design anddevelopment stages of a product, and finallyto convey the results of this evaluation tocustomers in an easy-to-understand manner.
This system first performs a simple evaluation by a primary summary screening.
Product assessment is made of products thatpass the screening, and the evaluation
results are plotted on a graph.
Eco-PAK packagingintegrated life-size POP

Example of product assessment for life-size displays
In this example, the Eco-PAK life-size POP
display was assessed at the planning anddevelopment stages. Eco-PAK has an integrated cardboard packing box which
serves as a support for the display. By
employing such a construction, it became
possible to manufacture the POP display
by using only paper-based materials.

Primary check sheet

Product assessment sheet

With the primary check sheet, a simple YES/NO evaluation is made concerning 6 items, including “Degreeof Safety of Material,” “Degree of Use of Recycled
Material,” and “Degree of Recyclability of Material.”
Only products evaluated with YES for 4 items or more
are then subjected to more detailed evaluation for
product assessment.

The sheet indicates that the product reflects improvement and has higher evaluation points regarding
recyclability, disposability, and distributability, relative
to traditional products made from multiple materials,
such as plywood.

Guidelines and standards by field or
product group

Control flow of environmentally-friendly products
Division (Division headquarters)in charge of each product

The Ecology Center verifies the evaluation
and registers these as environmentallyfriendly products. It also evaluates the possible environmental impact of the products
over their entire life cycle, in accordancewith Toppan’s Environmental Impact Evaluation Sheet for Environmentally-friendly Products, and approves them for Toppan’s Labels
for Environmentally-friendly Products. These
approved environmentally-friendly products
are indicated as such in the sales promotion
tools, product brochures, product samples,and so on. As of the end of June, 2001, there
were 43 types of environmentally-friendly
products approved through the above
process.
The registration data of those products
are entered into databases for subsequent use.

Made of 100% recycled paper
Recyclable, recycled printing paperwith printability and rigidity.

Introduction of LCA (Life Cycle
Assessment)
Toppan believes that the concept of LCA*1
is important to permit us to quantitatively
grasp the environmental burden at eachstage: from acquisition of raw materials to
production, distribution, use, recycling, anddisposal. To this end, we have set up an inhouse committee concerning LCA and haveinitiated studies designed to spread a common, in-house concept of the way internal
data are to be understood, data accuracy ingeneral, and so on.
The Packaging Division, which was thefirst division to undertake this sort of activity,
is already working on a quantitative dataacquisition project as a part of the environmental management system. In this project,
we have already consolidated accurate quantitative data-control methods and datacalculation methods pertaining to the material balance (for example, between input andoutput) within the scope of the manufacturing process.
We are currently working to be able tothen feed the information obtained in the
project back to the design and development
departments, leading to further process

Efforts in support of LCA at the Packaging Division
Resources and energy
Fed inToppanProduct planning

Material procurement

Manufacture
Process A

Recycling

Effort to accurately
understand in-house
data, as part of inventory
analysis*2

Product

Process B

Process C

Released

Recovered

Disposed

improvement and to a reduction of the environmental burden posed by the products.
Furthermore, we release this information at
the request of customers and of outside
parties, for use as data for the evaluation ofenvironmental impact.

Used•Emissions into the air•Discharge to water
systems•Discharge of solid
waste, and so forth*1 LCA (Life Cycle Assessment): Technique toquantify the burden placed on the environment by a product throughout its life cycle,
through all stages—from raw materials throughmanufacture, distribution, use, and disposal,
thereby permitting evaluation of the environmental impact of the product.
*2 Inventory analysis: Measurement of quantitative data regarding input of resources (such as
raw materials), energies, and output (consisting of carbon dioxide and waste).

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4 ECO-CREATIVITY ACTIVITIESToppan’s Environmentally-friendly Products
Toppan is planning and developing environmentally-friendly products across all its business fields forthe purpose of contributing to creating a recycling-oriented society.

Toppan’s Environmentallyfriendly Products
In contributing to the formation of a recycling-oriented society, Toppan is planning, developing, and supplying—across all
its business fields—environmentally-friendly
products that give due consideration to theenvironment throughout the stages of a
product’s life cycle—from the raw material
stage through manufacture, distribution,use, and post-use.
Product development is carried out withconsideration given to “use of recycledmaterials” and to “resource-saving” for the
production and distribution stages, to“reduced release of chemical substances”
for the usage stage, and to “reuse,” “recyclability”, and “easy separation and easy
detachment” for the post-use stage. Further,developed products are controlled in accordance with Toppan’s guidelines and standards by field or product group. (See page38.) At present, 43 products are registeredas environmentally-friendly products andauthorized for Toppan’s environmentallyfriendly product labeling.

Breakdown of authorized products—
Information & Networks:
There are 5 product types in Securities andCards, 7 in Commercial Printing, and 3 inPublications Printing.
Electronics:
One product type.
Living Environment:
Twenty-four product types in Packaging,
3 in Industrial Materials.
Some of these products are introduced
below.

Living Environment

GL-FamilyStanding Pouch

EcoslimResource-saving(reduced use of materials)

Non chlorine-base material used

Resource-saving(reduced use of materials)

The resin was reduced by more than 50%
in volume, relative to traditional plastic
bottles. These containers for liquids arealso easy to compact after use.

These packing films emit few noxious
gases when incinerated for disposal
after use.

The resin was reduced by more than 30%
in volume, relative to traditional plastic
bottles. These containers for liquids arealso easy to compact after use.

Information & Networks

Eco through card

Non chlorine-base materials used
This card has low noxious gas emissions
when incinerated for disposal after use.

BE cardToppan Green Paper 100

Biodegradable plastic

100% recycled paper

This card is made of a biodegradable
plastic, derived from vegetables.

Recyclable, recycled printing paperwith printability and rigidity.

Ecogloss

Ecotainer

Resource-saving (reduced use of depletable
resources) and made from recyclable materials
Glossy paperware that uses soy ink andapplicable water varnish for higher
recyclability.

EP-PAK·GL

Resource-saving(Reduced use of depletable resources)
The resin was reduced by 80% in volume,
relative to traditional plastic bottles. The outerbox (paper) and the inner box (plastic)
are easy to separate from each other.

Resource-saving(reduced use of distribution energy)
These are paper containers for beverages.
Reduced by 90% in weight, relative to
traditional bottles of the same capacity.

Electronics

Eco-PAK packaging-integrated life-size POP

Resource-saving(reduced use of materials)
Use of raw materials was reduced, andthe packing material is utilized in thedisplay. Recyclable as cardboard.

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Recycled vegetable-oil inks

Recycled vegetable oil
Aromatic-free inks, with 20% or moreof recycled vegetable oil mixed in offset
sheet-fed printing ink, or 7% or morein rotary printing ink.

Low-halogen printed-wiring board

TP-Tray

Toppan Ecowall

Low-halogen material

Recyclable as cardboard

Reduced release ofchemical substances

Uses material with low-halogen
flame-retardant and emits minimal
noxious gases when incinerated.

The use of a single raw material allows
these trays to be more easily folded
and recycled after use.

Wallpaper with reduced substances
causing ‘Sick-House’ syndrome, andwith low noxious gas emissions whenincinerated for disposal after use.

Toppan Ecosheet

Reduced release ofchemical substances
Decorative sheet with reduced substances
causing ‘Sick-House’ syndrome, and with
low noxious gas emissions whenincinerated for disposal after use.

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4 ECO-CREATIVITY ACTIVITIESTOPICS: Packaging Division

Making the Most of ISO 14001 Certification for
Product Planning and Sales Promotion
Development of Ecogloss
Glossy Paperware
The Law for Promotion of Sorted Collection
and Recycling of Containers and Packaging
has recently gone into effect, making therecycling of bottles, cans, paper packs, othercontainers, and packing materials obligatory, as well as indications of materials used,among other requirements. This has heightened the need to reuse paper. In view of thisdevelopment, Toppan started developing
packages that will provide high recyclability
while maintaining their excellent decorative
features, with its manufacturing cost held
low.
Challenging the intrinsic problem thatrecycled paper is inferior in appearance,
Toppan developed the high-gloss waterbased varnish, and further succeeded in
obtaining higher gloss by combining thisvarnish with a specially coated cardboard.
From the standpoint of environmental
considerations, Toppan first investigated theuse of soy ink with the aim of reducing theuse of petroleum-based solvents, which arederived from a finite resource. However, thisforced us to address the problem that it
takes too much time for soy ink to dry, while

Environmental Activities at the Packaging Division
We at the Packaging Division wish to contribute to realizing a recycling-oriented society throughplanning and sales of environmentally-friendly packages (packing materials).
Accordingly, we have laid out environmental policies for the Packaging Division, based on
Toppan’s overall environmental policies. We are strengthening proposals for environmentallyfriendly products and conducting eco-office activities. We also aspire to support customers’ environmental businesses and to reduce the environmental burden.

Tetsuya Yamada
Production Engineering Dept.,
Packaging DivisionTokyo Sub-division
Sagamihara plant

traditional ultraviolet-curing inks take only afew seconds to dry. To counter the problem,
we developed a new curing system applicable to soy ink, and also improved on the
curability of the soy ink in itself. The combination of these new developments enabled
us to manufacture products within a time
period comparable to that of conventionalink processes. In addition, by using a highgloss water varnish that could be combinedwith soy ink, we were able to give the glossy
packages an excellent de-inking property at
the time of recycling, almost equivalent tothat of newsprint.
Furthermore, when we performed anenvironmental burden evaluation at ourplant with respect to Ecogloss, we confirmed that the new material emits less CO2,

Acquisition of ISO 14001 certification

Ecogloss glossy paper packages

NOx, and SOx gases than conventional
glossy packages.
In this way, we were able to develop the
new Ecogloss glossy paper containers, providing high functionality while paying due
consideration to the environment. Our development efforts culminated in our winning
the President’s Award for fiscal 2000.
Also in the future, we will continue ourtechnical development efforts in pursuitof higher glossiness and applicability of
Ecogloss paper containers to gravure printing. Thus, we hope to create an Ecogloss
family of products with excellent functionality and environmental friendliness.

At the Packaging Division, we created an EMS (Environmental Management System) for activities ranging from product planning to development and design to marketing, which system wasawarded ISO 14001 certification on March 16, 2001.
From here on forward, we are planning to make the most of this system, for product planning and sales.

Outline of environmental activities at the Packaging Division
Efforts for environmentally-friendly products
Packaging Environment 2000 Projects
EMS promotion*1

Efforts for eco-office activities
implementation for“Green Purchasing” 100%in-house designated items

Waste measures

EPE (Environmental performance evaluation)*2
Environmental product development*3
DfE (Design for Environment) promotion*4•Reduction of total volume of waste•Thorough execution of sorted recovery(improvement of recycling rate)

Energy-saving measures•Reduction of electric consumption

Designing environmentally-friendly products•Promotion of resource-saving•Reduced use of environmental pollutants•Establishment of standards forenvironmentally-friendly products•Active development of environmentallyfriendly products

In 1998, an across-the-board Commercial
Printing Eco-Project was kicked off at theCommercial Printing Division. The major
objective of the project was to develop environmentally-friendly materials and products—primarily in the field of commercial printing material production—and to lay outplans for communication between consumers and the company, among otherpurposes.
In this project, we first developed Toppan Green Paper 100, Toppan’s original
recycled paper for commercial printing,which provides printability quite comparable
to that of plain paper. The newly developed
paper has met with favorable acceptance bymany customers.
As a next step, the project started
searching for raw materials other than usedpaper, from the viewpoint of the protectionof forest resources. After exhaustive discussions within the project, we finally came toconsider treefree paper, to further promote

Support of customers’ environmental businesses
Reduction of environmental burden*1 Project promoting the acceleration of EMS*2 Project establishing a numerical database for evaluation of environmental burden*3 Project laying out a business plan for development of environmentally-friendly products, from the positions ofcustomers and consumers, through the primary initiative of sales staff*4 Project promoting product development based on the Guidelines for Development and Design for Environment

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Makoto Okawa

Examining and registering organization:
Japan Quality Assurance Organization (JQA)
Date of registration:
March 16, 2001
Registration No.:JQA EM1434
ISO 14001

Aspiring to be the best partner in a recycling-oriented society

Collaboration Business Dept.
Commercial Printing Divisionenvironmental preference. We determinedthat utilization of crushed sugarcanes (or“bagasse,” usually disposed of as waste) tomake printing paper would lead to a reduction in agricultural waste and in the environmental burden at the same time.
In development, we encountered aseries of questions, such as whether thepaper surface might turn rough due to theuse of bagasse, whether the reproducibility
required of commercially printed materials
could be maintained, how costs could be
kept low, and so on. We proceeded with
development by solving these questions

Registered business sites:
Packaging Division(Akihabara office/Ebie office)Scope of registered activities:
ISO 14001: 1996/JIS Q 14001: 1996

Strengthening of proposals for environmentally-friendly products

Development of Toppan Green
Paper Bagasse

Description of examination forregistration

Toppan Green Paper Bagasse
This Toppan Green Paper Bagasse was registered at theJapan Ecology Foundation as a “Certified Treefree Paper,”and some of the profits from sales are being donated to
the “Treefree Fund” of the same foundation.
Yasuyuki Watanabe
Director
General Planning Dept.
Packaging Division

one by one, in cooperation with the paper
manufacturer. Toppan Green Paper Bagasse
is the culmination of our efforts at overcoming these difficulties.
We are fully satisfied with the newly
developed product, which is very smooth,and well capable of standing in comparison
with conventional paper stocks.

Long before we established an EMS (Environmental Management System) that would
eventually achieve ISO 14001 certification,
we at the Packaging Division were working
to manufacture products in response to theindividual environmental needs of our customers. However, amid the ongoing transition to a recycling type of economy, we fully

realized the importance of shifting not only
products, but also the business administration stance in itself, toward more environmentally-friendly types. This prompted us toinitiate efforts to structure the EMS.
Our EMS is characterized by activities
conducted in the fields of product planning,development, design, and sales, and not justin the production field. This is based on ourrecognition that, to work on the environment, it is highly effective to take environmental fitness into account as early as the
product concept phase, and based on ourrecognition of the importance of alleviating
the environmental burden generated in the
production field. We also made sure to struc-ture an EMS free of regional differences, sothat ISO certification would be granted
under the same system—for both offices, inthe east and west of Japan (namely, Akihabara and Ebie).
For the further evolution of EMS activities, we will now attempt to build up an
integrated structure throughout the production plant, based on the EMS introduced,
and to intensify the development andlaunching on the market of environmentallyfriendly products that meet objective standards of environmental claims. Throughthose activities we will also promote activities befitting a partner of the customers in a
recycling-oriented society.

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4 ECO-CREATIVITY ACTIVITIESDevelopment of Environmental Support BusinessWe believe that supporting customers’ environmental activities with the knowledge we have accumulated
through our diverse environment-related activities is also, in itself, an environmental activity.

Basic Philosophy
Environmental conservation activities in the
manufacturing field, and the development
and supply of environmentally-friendly products, can be cited as initial corporate activities
that take the environment into consideration. And we at Toppan believe that supporting customers’ environmental activities,
based on the knowledge we have acquired
through our own pursuits, in itself represents one of our eco-creativity activities.
At the same time, Toppan considers thatpartnership with companies (our customers
included), consumers, administrations, municipalities, and non-governmental organizations, is indispensable for the promotionof our eco-creativity activities. Therefore, weare conducting a variety of activities basedon cooperation and collaboration, in addition to activities conducted in support of theenvironmental activities of others.

Environmental Communication
Exhibition 2000
Through joint sponsorship with the Nikkei
BP Eco Management Forum Toppan held
the Environmental Communication Exhibition 2000 from October 30 to December
20, 2000, at Plaza 21 of the Toppan Koishikawa Building. We had a total of 1,456
visitors, including Minister of the Environment, Yoriko Kawaguchi.

The purpose of this event was toenhance mutual understanding and cooperation among all those holding some sortof stake in the environment. We thus tried tocreate the places and opportunities for that
purpose.
On display at the venue were environmental reports, environmental advertisements, promotion tools, and other diverse
Environment-related materials from businesscompanies. Moreover, varied cases of environment-related education and awarenessraising activities, including seminars, campaigns, in-house training programs, and thelike, were gathered on the site for introduction to the visitors. In addition, a discussion
was held by Mr. Lester Brown, president ofWorld Watch Institute and other speakers,
making the exhibition even more substantial.
By making the most of the results
obtained from this exhibition, we will try toadvance the techniques of environmental
communications and expand the consulting
business for environmental communications
in environmental reports, advertisements,
P.R., and so forth.
Also, through collaboration with NPOs,
NGOs, environmental specialists, and environmentally-advanced business companies,
we will carry out environmental activities
within a wider range.

Initiation of “Ecollable Net”
Environmental Monitoring
SystemEnvironmental activities conducted solely
from the viewpoints of business companies
and administrations have their limits. Environmental activities can achieve balanced
growth only when they are evaluated andsupported by “Green Consumers” (consumers who take an interest in environmental activities). For this reason, Toppan
created the Ecollable Net,*1 a mechanismthat should serve as a bridge between business companies/administrations and Green
Consumers. This was made possible withthe collaboration of the environmental NPO
Chubu Recycle. We believe that well-balanced environmental activities can be carried out through a tie-up between Toppan,
which has specialized market-research functions and an inter-company network, andthe environmental NPOs that convey citizens’ voice to society.
Ecollable Net is an environmental monitoring system using the Internet, designed
to solicit Green Consumers to respond topolls on the web.
*1 Ecollable is a term coined from “ecology + collaboration + able.” It expresses the concept ofachieving environmental goals, that cannot be
managed by single organizations, through collaboration of collective awareness.
Ecollable Net Web site

This represents an unprecedented experimental undertaking, a joint operation between
a company and an NPO. It is our intent toimplement two-way communications linking companies to consumers.
Although we are currently operating theEcollable Net program in the Chubu region,
we intend to expand it gradually throughout the country.

Support Business for
Preparation of Environmental
Reports
There has been an increase in companies
that regard environmental issues as one ofthe pillars of their administrative activities,
with a growing number of environmental
reports published each year. As the environmental issues become administrative issues,
the environmental reports have become
more substantial in content, and are now
required to have a higher degree of accuracy and precision. The reports will continue
to become more substantial in content in
the future. Moreover, in the period from2001 to 2002, these environmental reports
are likely to evolve in two ways: first, they
will be more influenced by the elements of
Sustainability Reporting Guidelines publishedby GRI*1, with an emphasis on the relationships among three fields: Environmental
Aspects, Social Aspects, and Economic
Aspects. The second evolution will reside in

the adoption of advertisement-style presentation techniques, to enhance public relations.
This shows the ways in which environmental
reports have come to occupy a central position among the communication tools ofcompanies.
Toppan has been supporting many
companies in the preparation of environmental reports. In the future we will support
environmental communication activities bymaking the most of that knowledge, andthrough joint work with audit firms andother entities.

materials recovered from consumers arerecycled as Toppan paper via the paper
manufacturer, and finally delivered again
to the consumers in the form of printed
materials.
This recycling system is continuallyoperated through the initiative of the Tokai
Co-op Consumers’ Co-operative Federation,
along with its member co-ops: Meikin Coop, Co-op Gifu, Mikawa Citizens’ Co-op,
Mie Prefectural Citizens’ Co-op, and Mie-Kita
Citizens’ Co-op, as well as the Chubu Division of Toppan. In the course of the current
fiscal year, the system has recovered 1,796
tons of used paper, significant growth overthe previous fiscal year.
From here on forward, we plan to
explore the possibilities of expanding thesystem to other business areas.

*1 GRI: Stands for Global Reporting Initiative. An
organization created by CERES, an environmental NGO, upon proposal to the United
Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP),
with the purpose of laying out guidelines thatcan be followed worldwide. A wide variety ofcompany representatives participate, as well as
environmental protection activists, trade organizations, and so forth.

Records of catalog recovery at Tokai Co-op

Establishment of Printed
Material Recycling System(t)Promotion of recycling is an indispensable
element for creating a recycling-oriented
society. Accordingly, Toppan established aself-completing recycling system for printed
materials in order to initiate activities conducive to resource conservation. This system
can only begin to move forward when theawareness of the objective (to create a recycling-oriented society) is shared by the
paper manufacturer. Unnecessary printed

2,000

1,500

1,796
1,442

1,481

1998

1999

1,000

500

0

2000
(Fiscal year)

http://ecollable.eal.or.jp/

Ecollable net system

Used-paper recycling system

Old catalogues

Ecollable monitor
Environmental Communication Exhibition 2000

Green
Consumer

Environmental
experts
Participation in
investigation andplanning

Discussion at the Environmental Communication
Exhibition 2000

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Our customers’ sales offices
Product delivery trucks
collect old catalogues
from each sales office

Our customers’ sales offices
collect old catalogues when
distributing new catalogues

Ecollable Net secretariat
Investigation fromconsumers’ viewpoint

Collection

Company

Users

Toppan Printing Co., Ltd.

Delivery to thecustomers’ productdistribution centersNew
catalogues

Distribution

Environmentalrelated planning

Ecollable Net Web site

Company
Highly specialized
investigation
Chubu Recycle

Toppan prints on therecycled paper anduses it for new catalogues

Company

Internet
Planning, analysis,
and operational
administration

Company

New catalogues delivered to the customer(Recycled paper)

Gathered by
used-paper collectors

Processed in the recycling plants of paper makers
Environmental reports prepared with the cooperationof Toppan

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5 COMMUNICATION ACTIVITIES5COMMUNICATION ACTIVITIESTo make environmental activities more substantial, it is important to share the awareness of working on theenvironment not only among our employees, but among the many people with whom we have dealings,
throughout a wide range of fields.
To accomplish this, the Toppan Group is conducting communication activities on a variety of levels, which
include awareness-raising efforts in and out of the company, collaborative activities with local communities,
and so forth.

Internal and External Communication Activities
Toppan’s environmental logo was adopted to enhance in-house environmental awareness.
Outside of the company, Toppan is also promoting activities involving participation in seminars and exhibitions of anenvironmental nature.

Basic Philosophy in
Communication Activities
We at Toppan believe that the establishment of partnerships with various parties
is important for realization of a sustainable
environmental society. For this reason, weare actively proceeding with communication efforts designed to share informationand to deepen mutual understanding withall concerned parties.

Communication Activities
Inside the Company
Adoption of Toppan’senvironmental logo
To make ourselves fully aware of the burden
imposed by our company on the environment, and to promote environmental activities throughout the company, it is essential
to establish a new environmental awarenessamong us all. For this purpose, we adopted
what we refer to as Toppan’s environmental
logo in 1999. This logo is now printed on inhouse publications, business cards, and thelike, to promote full environmental awareness for all of us.

Customers

Toppan’s Environmental Logo
Through eco-protection activities and eco-creativity activities,
Toppan is aspiring to become acompany that gives due consideration to the global environment. This corporate philosophy
and conduct are expressed in
the logo. It represents Toppan’senvironmental efforts and actions as a seed that will
germinate and grow. The stalk shooting out of the seedsymbolizes the “E” of ecology, and its two leaves represent Toppan’s eco-protection and eco-creativity activities.

Environmental month andenergy-saving month

ToppanLocal
Community

Each year June is set as Environmental
Month, while February and August aredesignated energy-saving months, so as topromote participation among the entire
company. Prior to the applicable activities,
we sponsor a contest to select the Toppan
Group’s overall environmental slogan. For
the energy-saving months, each businesssite posts awareness-raising posters andslogans. The details of such activities arepresented to other offices through activity
reports prepared at the end of the months
in question, in order to expand awareness of
excellent sample cases nationwide.
Moreover, we try to enhance the environmental awareness of employees by inviting outside experts to give lectures. We alsooffer talks by our own personnel, who givebusiness lectures at our offices and plants.

Toppan Environmental Link
For the purpose of raising environmental
awareness among our employees, we have

Reported eco-protection activity cases (May, 2001)

Lecture at the Zero-Emissions Symposium 2000—“Reuse
of Recyclable Resources and Creation of Social Systems”

built up an information-sharing system,
using the in-house intranet. This “Toppan
Environmental Link,” which was establishedin May, 2001, shows various types of environmental information, from both insideand outside of the company, and also displays information on Toppan’s environmentally-friendly products and other content,
in order to promote the general sharing
of information.

sponsored by the United Nations University.
In this lecture we introduced the background and philosophy behind the development of recycled vegetable-oil ink, anenvironmentally-friendly product developedat Toppan.

Toppan Environmental Link

Ecology Awards
We added Ecology Awards to our biannual
President’s Awards and Divisional Awards asa means to activate employee efforts. In fiscal 2000, the Environmental Communication Exhibition 2000, which was plannedand organized as part of eco-creativity activities, and the development of Ecogloss, wereselected for the President’s Award and theEcology Award, respectively.

Participation in and hosting of
exhibitions
We held the Eco-Products 2000 exhibition in
December, 2000. At this exhibition, held at
the Tokyo Big Site, we exhibited Toppan’senvironmentally-friendly POP, original recycled printing paper, environmentally-friendly
packages, and other items, taking theopportunity to provide an introduction to
Toppan’s environmental efforts.
Moreover, we held the Environmental
Communication Exhibition 2000 (See page44), jointly with the Nikkei BP Eco Management Forum from October 30 to December
20, 2000. We also organized the Toppan
Fair in celebration of the company’s 100th
anniversary. The Toppan Fair was held in a
total of six locations throughout the country, starting with the Toppan Koishikawa
Building, as a means of conveying our corporate stance on environmental issues.

Communication Activities
Outside the Company
To promote a wide understanding outside
our organization of our environmental efforts,
we give lectures to various trade and industrial organizations, and also participate inand host exhibitions. We believe that it isimportant that the environmental activities
at Toppan reflect the opinions that areshared on those occasions.

Exhibition site of Eco-Products 2000

Participation in symposiums
In October, 2000, we had the opportunity
to give a lecture at the Zero-Emissions
Symposium 2000—“Reuse of Recyclable
Resources and Creation of Social Systems”

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5 COMMUNICATION ACTIVITIESInformation Disclosure and Activities to Harmonize with Local Communities

Social Contributions and Awards

We at Toppan actively disclose environmental information via environmental reports, environmental labels, andother means. We also conduct activities directed toward fostering harmonious relationships between our businesses
and local communities.

As a member of the printing industry, handling large quantities of paper, Toppan is developing
activities leading to the protection of forest resources and conservation of the global environment.

Disclosure of Environmental
Information

Social Contributions

Adoption of Toppan’s labels on
environmentally-friendly products
Since fiscal 2000, we began applying
Toppan’s Labels for Environmentally-friendly
Products to environmentally-friendly products that meet Toppan’s in-house standards;
these labels explain the elements of ourefforts for the environment in plain language.
By the end of March, 2001, a total of 43
products were internally qualified for useof the Labels for Environmentally-friendly
Products.
Resource-saving(reduced use of materials)
Use of raw materials was reduced, andthe packing material is utilized in thedisplay. Recyclable as cardboard.

A sample marking for a Toppan Label for Environmentally-friendly ProductsContinual publication ofenvironmental reports
Toppan has been busy working on environment-related information disclosure throughthe annual publication of its Environmental
Report, which began in 1998. Besides being
published in booklets as the Environmental
Report, the same information is also posted
on our Web site, so that it can be shared byas many people as possible.

Due to limitations of space, the Site
Report deals only with environmental performance data on a company level. Sitespecific*1 environmental performance data
can be obtained from Toppan’s Web site,
shown above.
*1 Toppan production plants

Activities for Collaboration
with Local Communities
Basics of the efforts
To facilitate collaboration with local communities, we are working to enhance mutualcommunication by promoting ‘greening’ on
the premises of our plants and by organizing
plant tours and other events for local residents and people from neighboring facilities. In fiscal 2000, all the Toppan plants
invited their neighbors to a Beer Fest over a
period from July to August, which is held
every year as a continuing event. The event
was well regarded as an informal opportunity for mutual communication.
In fiscal 2000, there were 79 cases ofcomplaints by the residents of neighboringareas of our production plants. The majorityof the complaints related to noise and offensive smells, which are urban types of pollution. While most of the complaints wereToppan Web site Environmental Report URL

http://www.toppan.co.jp/abouts/
tech_info/environment01/index.html

resolved with immediate remedial actions,complaints involved with some of our production activities still remain to be ironed
out. We will continue our efforts to facilitate
extensive communication with local residents
and to execute remedial measures, including
active investments in equipment.

Space opened at Toppan Koishikawa
Building
On the premises of our Toppan Koishikawa
Building (Tokyo), which was completed inMay, 2000, we own a green space (an open
space) of approximately 3,000 m2, where
there are approximately 200 mature trees
and 30,000 shrubs, offering a space for relaxation to our employees and local residents.

In January, 1997, Toppan set up a joint corporation for afforestation in Australia withOji Paper Co., Ltd. and Nissho Iwai Corporation. The company mainly plants earlymaturing eucalyptus and other broadleaf
trees. The joint corporation targets covering an area of 10,000 hectares by theyear 2007.
In 2000, Hokkaido Electric Co., Ltd. alsobegan participation in the venture, and
4,000 hectares have now been afforested.
This afforestation venture is highly acclaimedby the local residents, since it has proveneffective in preventing natural disasters, suchas wind damage, floods, and salt damage.

government and related organizations,another grant will be provided to assist inafforestation activities throughout China.

Space open to the public at Toppan Koishikawa Building

Participation in local events
As part of our activities to facilitate local
communication, Toppan is participating in,and supporting, events held in the local
communities. Each of our business sites plansand organizes events aimed at enhancing
mutual friendship among our employees
and exchanges between our employees andlocal residents.

Since fiscal 2000, our ISO 14001-certified
plants and business sites have been issuing
the Site Report, directed to the municipalities
and residents of neighboring areas. To
obtain a copy of this Site Report, please sendan e-mail to the following address:

Afforestation activities in Australia

Product sales to fund afforestation
Thanks to the generous support of numerous beverage companies, we were able toreserve a portion of the profits from the salesof our Cartocan paper-based beverage containers and donate it to the Forest Fund forafforestation in Indonesia. The donation wasmade by the Japan Ecology Foundation via
the Global Citizens’ Forest. We started thisprogram in February 1999, and contributed¥2.27 million in fiscal 2000.

Toppan’s Participation
in Environment-related
Organizations
Organization
Nikkei BP Eco Management Forum
Green Purchasing Network
UNU Zero Emissions Forum
Japan LCA Forum
ECOMATERIALS Forum, The Society of Nontraditional Technology

Treefree Logo

Main Awards Received for Our
Environmental Conservation
Activities
July 1991:
Minister of International Trade andIndustry’s Award for Plants Distinguished in Greening Activities—Fukuzaki plant

Noise reduction
duct installation(Kashiwa plant)

Issuance of Site Reports

Afforestation activities

Environmental Study Group, Japan
Environment Association
Network for Environmental Reporting
Study Group on Practical Matters about
Introducing Environmental Accounting
Collect-and-Use Recycling Association
World Wildlife Fund Japan [WWF]Japan Ecology Foundation

February 1992:
Director’s Award, Kanto Bureau ofInternational Trade and Industry
for Plants Distinguished in Energy
Management—Itabashi plantFebruary 1995:
Encouragement Award, Saitama Prefecture Global Environmental Awards—Toppan Graphic Co., Ltd.

Fuji Sankei Group Award, at the Fifth
Global Environment Awards (1996)

April 1996:
Fuji Sankei Group Award, the Fifth
Global Environment Awards
February 1999:
The Highest Award, Chairman’s
Awards, Committee on the Rationalization of Energy Consumption in the
Kanto Region

E-mail address for requesting Toppan’s Site Report

eco@toppan.co.jp

Plant tour (Sagamihara plant)

Printing Museum opened

Cleaning the beach after a local event was held

Agaves in bloom at Sagamihara plant, open to citizens

CartocanPromoting of treefree paper

Site Reports

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On the premises of our Sagamihara plant(Sagamihara City, Kanagawa Pref.), Agave
Americana originating from Mexico,
which were planted on the premises ofSagamihara plant in 1975, came into
bloom for the first time at the end ofJune, 2001. This species of plant is so rarethat it is also dubbed the Century Plant.
The Sagamihara plant also offered theresidents of the neighboring area theopportunity to enjoy these rare flowers.

Agave Americana coming into bloom after 26 years(Sagamihara plant)

As a member of the Treefree Fund Project,
Toppan is working to increase the use oftree-free paper in printing, and thus toenhance the protection of precious forest
resources.
In the Treefree Fund, 1% of the cost oftree-free paper is reserved as a fund forforest protection, which has, since 1995,
been awarded to afforestation projects andNGOs. In addition, starting fiscal 2000, in
response to requests from the Chinese

The Printing Museum, Tokyo was opened in October, 2000 in the Toppan
Koishikawa Building for the purpose ofpresenting the past, present and futureof printing in a comprehensible way.
Printing has made history in society
and culture, greatly contributing to theevolution of civilization. This museum
conveys the broad role and significanceto society of printing, and exhibits tothe public the results of comprehensive
investigations and studies (from multiple
perspectives) concerning the way print-

Printing Museum, Tokyo

ing can open possibilities for future society, through fusion with computers andother means of communication.

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Toppan’s Environmental Chronology

Environmental Targets for Fiscal 2001

Toppan’s efforts related to environmental issues, beginning in the 1960s as pollution-prevention activities,
have now evolved into its broad activities as a ‘global citizen.’

We reviewed the results of fiscal 2000 across the company to establish medium-term environmental targets for fiscal 2001.

Beginning with the installation of recovery
equipment for organic solvents in the
1960s, Toppan embarked on a series of pollution-prevention measures that extended
through the 1980s. Back in 1971, under theleadership of our head office, we began
auditing operations to broaden and improvethe management of pollution prevention.
The movement toward global environmental conservation became widespread in
the 1990s, and accordingly, the range ofOf the 16 environmental targets set for
fiscal 2000, we were able to accomplish 9.
(See pages 6–7; Environmental Targets, Achievements and Progress for Fiscal Year 2000). In
particular, we obtained substantial achievements in the Supply of Environment-RelatedInformation (Including Product Evaluation),
the environmental target of eco-creativity
activities. This was because we held the Environmental Communication Exhibition 2000
(See page 44), exhibited at the Eco-Products
2000 (See page 47), and Product Assessment Method (See page 39) supplied 14

issues expanded. In 1991, we establishedthe Ecology Center, with the role of controlling environmental activities. While creating
an environmental conservation system on anational level, we also recently introduced
the In-house Environmental Audit System, asa means of preparation for future international standardization.
As a result of refinement of environmental management activities, our Shiga plant(Electronics Division) obtained ISO 14001

certification in July, 1998, the very first suchcase at Toppan. Thereafter, activities aimed
at winning the same certification were carried out (mainly at production plants), andin 2001, the Akihabara office and the Ebie
office (Packaging Division) were certified
under ISO 14001, for the first time among
the offices.

Environmental chronology¡The Environmental Management Department was established at thehead office and a section for Environmental Maintenance was set up ateach plant
The company began pollution-prevention audits¡A system for the analysis of environmental data was set up within theCentral Research Institute

1960
1971

¡Environment Agency was created1972¡United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP) was established1985¡Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer

1987¡Adoption of the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the
Ozone Layer

1988¡Eco-Mark was adopted, and Control Law on CFCs was enacted

1989¡Adoption of the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary
Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal¡Introduction of a cogeneration system

1990¡The Ecology Center was set up within head office for the rearrangement of the corporate-wide environmental management system¡An environmental research group was set up in Technical ResearchInstitute

1991¡Keidanren established Global Environment Charter¡Toppan’s Declaration on the Global Environment was established as abasic philosophy for the environment¡The Ecology Award was added to Toppan’s in-house awards

1992¡Hosting of the U.N. Conference on the Basic Environment (Global
Summit)¡Toppan Voluntary Plan on the Global Environment was established as abasic conduct guideline

1993¡Enactment of the Basic Environment Law¡Completed total discontinuation of use of specific CFCs andtrichloroethane

1994
1995

¡Enactment of the Containers and Packaging Recycling Law¡Received the Fuji Sankei Group Award of the Fifth Global
Environmental Awards¡Joined the Green Purchasing Network

1996¡Commencement of ISO 14000 Series (Environmental Management
System)Green Purchasing Network was established¡Introduced an environmental management system conforming to ISO
14001 at all plants

1997¡Hosting of the Third Conference of Member Countries to the United
Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP3)
Adoption of the Kyoto Protocol was adopted

1998¡NPO Law was enacted¡Home Appliance Recycling Law was enacted¡The self-developed LCA method was established, as intended for
packaging products¡Shiga and Kumamoto plants (Electronics) obtained ISO 14001
certification¡Commencement of publication of the Environmental Report¡Toppan Introduced system for the promotion of “green purchasing,”
covering entire company¡Introduction of the RPF system at the Sagamihara plant (Packaging)¡Introduction of Toppan’s environmental logo
¡Introduced environmental accounting¡The Sakado plant achieved its zero-emissions target¡The Niigata plant (Electronics), Satte, and Kashiwa plants (Industrial
Materials) obtained ISO 14001 certification¡The Sakado plant (Publications/Commercial Printing) and Ranzanplant (Securities and Cards) obtained ISO 14001 certification¡Toppan organized and held the Environmental Communication
Exhibition 2000
¡Exhibited at Eco-Products 2000
¡Akihabara and Ebie offices (Packaging) obtained ISO 14001
certification¡Introduction of Toppan Group Consolidated Environmental Accounting

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year, as opposed to the targeted 10%
reduction), it was determined that there wasa problem with the validity of the manner inwhich the target had been set. (See page 26.)
Based on the results of the activities offiscal 2000, we reviewed the environmental
targets and established new environmental
targets for fiscal 2001. The major changes
included revision of the energy and waste
targets among the environmental targets, aswell as the inclusion of a toluene-reduction
target and a sales target for environmental
business among the targets for fiscal 2001.

Societal developments

Activities at Toppan Group¡Introduction of environmental facilities, including equipment for theprevention of pollution

cases of environmental product information
to customers. Furthermore, the disposal volume of waste was slashed by 56.6% in fiscal
2000 (the deadline for accomplishment), relative to the fiscal 1990 figures. This marked
the accomplishment of a long-term environmental target. (See page 28.)
For six of the seven unaccomplishedenvironmental targets, active efforts weremade to obtain substantial results, although
the target values were missed. Regarding
unit energy consumption (which resulted ina 2.4% increase relative to the previous fiscal

1999

2000

¡Revised Energy Conservation Law was put into force¡PRTR Law was enacted¡Law on the Promotion of Countermeasures against Global Warming
was enacted¡Environmental Impact Assessment Law was enacted¡Green Purchasing Law was enacted¡Construction Recycling Law was enacted¡Basic Law for Promotion of a Recycling-Oriented Society was enacted¡Food Recycling Law was enacted

Environmental targets

Environmental targets for fiscal 2001

Measures and details• Enhanced employee awareness regarding
environmental issues and the promotion of
corporate-wide activities to reserve theenvironment• Voluntary participation in social activities andactive contributions to the cause ofenvironmental conservation• 3% reduction by fiscal 2001 (relative to
FY 1999) in the proportion of energy
consumption to plant output• Sharing of environmental information
through effective use of the Intranet• Start of Toppan Environmental Link and promotion ofawareness efforts for its active use• Participation in afforestation activities(continued)• Donation for the Global Citizens’ Forest for afforestation
activities• A 3% reduction compared to the fiscal
1999 level• 20% reduction (compared to FY 2000) of unit
landfill disposal volume*1 in fiscal 2003

• A 5% reduction compared to theprevious fiscal year

• Realization of our zero-emissions target in ten
domestic plants by fiscal 2001, through theeffective use of industrial waste generated in
production• Compliance with in-house control standards,
exceeding the legal regulations• Appropriate management of chemical
substances and the reduction of toxic chemical
substances• Realization of zero-emission plants*2:
10 plants• Establishment of an appropriate energy-control method
through the setup of control indexes that clarify the actual
state of energy usage efficiency at each plant• Introduction of new high-efficiency production systems• Introduction of gas-turbine cogeneration system• Reduction of direct final disposal volume through decrease ofgenerated waste• Reduction of volume of waste residues through the selection ofefficient intermediate treatment technologies• Review of sorting criteria and promotion of the recycling ofwaste through the establishment of rules• Expansion of in-house treatment and recycling facilities andsearch for appropriate recycling partners• Confirmation of validity of the in-house standard control items
and standard values through in-house environmental auditing• Reduction of consumption of raw materials containing toluene,
and switching to substitute inks with low toluene content• Introduction of exhaust gas treatment equipment, such as forrecovery of solvents• Reduction of consumption of cleaning agents containing
dichloromethane, and switching to substitute inks with low
dichloromethane content• Switching from liquid fuels to gaseous fuels• Introduction of gas-turbine cogeneration system• Replacement of freezers with ones that do not use specific CFCs
• Search for CFC substitutes• Product development conforming to the guidelines andstandards by field or product group• Development of packaging products through the applicationof ISO 14001 and promotion of sales activities• Disclosure of environmental product information with
Toppan’s Labels for Environmentally-friendly Products• Supply of information through participation in environmental
forums, exhibitions, lectures, etc.
• Investigation and research into new recycling methods(Continued)• 5% reduction (compared to FY 1997) of CO2
emissions by fiscal 2010
• Reduction in inventories of specific CFCs andconsumption of CFC substitutes• Actively proposals for proprietary technologies,
products, and services¡Environment Agency was renamed as Ministry of Environment¡Revised Waste Treatment Law was put into force• Emissions of dichloromethane into theair: 20% reduction compared to theprevious fiscal year
• Maintenance of the fiscal 2000 level• Consumption of HCFC: 5% reduction
compared to the previous fiscal year
• Sales proceeds from Environmental
Business: 20% increase compared to theprevious fiscal year

• Active cooperation to serve the needs of ourcustomers and society• Supply of environmental-related
information• Involvement in businesses that can contributeto environmental conservation throughToppan’s own environmental activities• Planning and proposals for a social recycling
system• Promotion of corporate activities that take into
account of in-house product planning,production processes, and the final disposal of
products• Compliance with local regulatory standards,
international treaties, etc.

• Proposals for new recycling methods• Active promotion of local environmental
conservation activities

2001• Establishment and revision of control
standards• Volume of released toluene: 10%
reduction compared to the previous fiscal
year• Continued operation of a recycling
system for printed materials• Operation and enforcement of theControl Standards for Environmentallyfriendly Products• Execution of in-house environmental
audits at overseas plants: 3 plants in Asiaand 3 plants in the U.S.A.
• Introduction of environmental
management system at 9 overseas plants• Investigation of recycling systems in the market (recycling
system for paper beverages containers, for example)• Activities in accordance with Environmentally-friendly
Product Control Standards at each Division (headquarters)• Research and application in practice of LCA (Life Cycle
Assessment)• Execution of in-house environmental auditing, including local
inspections• Guidance in the creation of environmental management
systems through in-house environmental auditing• Efforts to obtain ISO 14001 certification*1 Landfill disposal volume: Direct landfill volume and volume of residues deriving from intermediate treatment.
*2 Zero-emissions plant: Business site exhibiting 95% or more recycling and reuse of resources, certified as such by the Ecology Center in the Akihabara head office.

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Summary of Independent Review and Questionnaire Results
The following is an independent review of this Environmental Report, conducted by Asahi & Co. Included are summarized
results of a questionnaire used in the preparation of the Environmental Report.

Review Outline Conducted by
Asahi & Co.
Toppan Printing Co., Ltd. requested Asahi &Co., to conduct an inaugural independent
review of the Environmental Report 2001.
The objective was to ensure the credibility ofenvironmental performance and accounting
indicators, and the descriptive information
disclosed within. In addition to the independent review report, Asahi & Co. provided amemorandum that outlined findings andsuggestions as a result of their review procedures. This information is included in the following summary.

•Excellent points(1) The environmental report includes in its
scope not only Toppan Printing Co.,
Ltd., its factories, research facilities, andoffice buildings, but also includes groupcompanies, and discloses data concerning their activities and operations.
(2) The company divides its business activities into Information & Networks, Living
Environment, and Electronics, and discloses the business operations, workflows, and environmental performancedata (input/output data) of each ofthese divisions. Site-specific environmental preservation activities and environmental performance data (input/
output data) are also disclosed for eachof these business divisions.
(3) The scope of environmental accounting
has expanded to the entire company
group companies in fiscal 2000.
(4) Reviews (including examination of documents of overseas plants) are conducted every year based on the internal
environmental review system, and theresults of the review have been incorporated to make improvements in the next
term. For internal review, detailed survey
manuals and inspection check sheets
are fully utilized.
(5) The number of published site reports has
increased, to actively strengthen the communication with the local communities.

•Items that require consideration(1) The range of items varies in theenvironmental report, environmental
performance data, and environmental
accounting (consolidated basis). It is
recommended that the range be eventually expanded so that all of the information provided will be in terms of thisbroader range.
(2) With regards to environmental accounting, it is recommended that an operation manual be produced describing
concrete methods for grasping the costsof multi-faceted environmental pres-52

ervation activities, in addition to theexisting Guidelines for Calculation of Environmental Accounting Cost and Effect,
Guidelines for Environmental Preservation
Facilities, and Guidelines for Environmental Accounting (for Non-Production Business Sites).
(3) It is recommended that an effective
method be created to connect purposes, objectives, achievements, andtargets for the next term.
(4) From the perspective of environmental
management, it is recommended that
integrated indicators be devised (correlating financial indicators with environmental performance indicators) for
promoting environmental preservation
activities while ensuring profitability ofcorporate activities.

Results of QuestionnaireStarting in fiscal 1999, Toppan began
including a questionnaire at the end of eachcopy of the Environmental Report to promotebilateral communication with readers.
Unfortunately, we did not receive as many
replies as we had hoped for. In the environmental education session held for new
employees who entered the company in2001, we conducted a survey using thequestionnaire in the 2000 environmental
report. The responses indicate many honest
and useful opinions. The following intro-

duces some of the results of this questionnaire survey, together with some commentsfrom people outside the company who haveread our environmental report. Regrettably,
not all the results of the survey have beenreflected in this report. We plan to use thecomments and opinions that we could notincorporate in this report to improve futureenvironmental activities and in the preparation of subsequent publications of the environmental report.
•An explanation of the cover design should
be added.
•There is no definition or explanation of“production subsidiaries” included as business sites, and it is unclear what these referto.
•Examples of indicators used in the internal
environmental audits should be presented
and explained.
•It should describe whether overseas plants
are promoting the same zero-emission
efforts as domestic plants.
•Information relating to the environmental
impact generated by each business fieldshould be included.
•More detailed information concerning
each aspect of the environmental accounting should be provided.
•The print is very small and hard to read.
•The content is difficult to understand andthe report is too voluminous. A simpler
booklet is desirable.

Editor’s notes
As you can see in the replies to the questionnaire, there were many valuable criticisms regarding the communication
function of the Environmental Report,such as “explanations are not thorough,” “the text is too difficult to read,”and “the report is too voluminous.” Asfor the writing style, we have tried tomake the report easier to read by avoiding the use of technical terms. Comments of plant managers and productdevelopment staff members are included in this environmental report for
the first time. These attempts to makethe report easier and more interesting toread has resulted in an increase of about
20 pages over the last report. We haveconsidered this issue and will concentrate our efforts on making the report“simpler.”

Starting from 2001, the Environmental Report underwent independent review
by Asahi & Co. to validate credibility of
the information and data contained
therein. Among several motives forseeking the review, the main impetus
stemmed from our internal consensus
for ‘active introduction of methods tofacilitate credibility of information’.
“Environmental communication,”through sharing of environmental information, is gaining greater social
importance. Toppan strives to ensuretransparency of environmental information and to examine effective methodsof bilateral communication, in order toimprove the function of the environmental report as a tool for environmental communication.

Independent Review of the Environmental ReportCompositional Considerations for
the Environmental Report 2001
Computer editing and designing

Using environmentally-friendly inks

Today, most publications are prepared by an editing and design systemthat uses computers, referred to as DTP (Desktop Publishing). DTP performs composition processes that were traditionally performed with type
and photosettings, and arranges photographs, illustrations, charts, andother image data in layout format on the monitor screen. Once the data
are created, the system outputs proofs to a color printer for corrections,and then delivers the printing materials in digital format.
The biggest role played by DTP environmentally lies in the creation ofdigital data designed for subsequent preparation of press plates. In addition, the DTP also helps reduce the amount of color proofing, since itallows verification (similar to color proofing) in the production stage.

ENVIRONMENTAL REPORT 2001
Toppan’s Environmental Conservation Activities

Desertification

flon

flon

Use ofchemical
substances

Globalwarming

Carbonic
acid gas

Use offossil fuels

Destruction of
the ozone layer

Resource-saving

Marine pollution

Reducednumbers ofwild species

Reduction ofrain forests

Sulfur oxides
Nitrogen oxides

Acid rain

The petroleum-base solvents of offset printing inks contain aromatics, which are said
to exert adverse effects on the air and thehuman body. A solvent with these presumably hazardous aromatics almost completely
removed (aromatic-free solvent) has beendeveloped and used as an aromatic-free ink
at many printing plants.
On the other hand, a soy ink made fromsoybean oil was developed in the U.S.A.
with the aim of foregoing the use of petroleum-based solvents. Today, an aromaticfree soy ink made with the said soybean oil
ink and an aromatic-free solvent is attracting

attention as an environmentally-friendly ink.
However, Toppan itself began developing
an ink made from recycled vegetable oils
(with the idea that soybean oil should bereserved for food) while at the same time
pursuing the reuse of resources. Toppan
succeeded in practice in applying a processthat refines (mainly used) soybean oil, recov-

ered from school catering services and therestaurant industry, and recycling this as a
printing ink. The recycled vegetable-oil ink iswell comparable to traditional offset printing
inks in performance and, additionally, it ischaracterized by a deinking property (in thepaper recycling process) superior to that ofconventional inks.

Ingredients of environmentally-friendly inks
Ordinary offset printing ink

Aromatic-free recycled
vegetable-oil ink

Aromatic-free ink

Aromatic-free soy ink

Adjuvants
Vegetable drying oil

Adjuvants
Vegetable drying oil

Adjuvants
Soy oil

Adjuvants
Recycled
vegetable-oil

Petroleum-basesolvent

Aromatic-freesolvent

Aromatic-freesolvent

Aromatic-freesolvent

Resin

Resin

Resin

Resin

Pigment

Pigment

Pigment

Pigment

Internationaltransactions

Cross border
movement of toxic waste

Reduction of organic solvents
Use of recycled raw materials
Mark authorized for printed
materials that use soy ink containing soybean oil in morethan a certain proportion. To
be certified by American Soybean Association.

∗Pigment: Ingredient that gives color to the ink∗Others: Ingredients that provide the adjuvants and pigment with dispersibility and fluidity and that serve
to fix the pigment on the printed surface, and their adjuvants

Adopting a waterless printing system
Using treefree paper
Printing paper is a material that directly relates to the protection of forest
resources. Therefore, from the viewpoint of environmental consideration,
paper that does not use virgin pulp is sought. At present, there are two
types of environmentally-friendly paper in this sense: recycled paper andtreefree paper. For printing paper, this Environmental Report has used
Toppan Green Paper Bagasse, which comprises 90% used-paper pulp and
10% bagasse. This bagasse, extracted from sugarcane pomace, is now
drawing attention as an example of efficientuse of agricultural waste.
Besides this type of paper, Toppan supplies
the recycled-paper series referred to as Toppan
Green Paper 100, made from 100% recycled
paper, which was developed based on theprinting technologies accumulated by Toppan
throughout the years.

Traditional offset printing consists of lithographic printing that makes use of the interaction between water and oil. The system
leaves the printing area oily at the time ofplate-making and forms ink-adhesion areas
by adding moisture to the plate at the timeof printing.
Reduction of waste

Meanwhile, in lieu of water, the waterless printing system uses a silicone layer that
repels water, and therefore does not require

the use of dampening water, with no discharge of waste liquid as a result.

Plate with water(Lithographic relief printing plate)

Waterless plate(Lithographic intaglio printing plate)
Ink

Ink

Silicone rubber

Dampening water

Mark authorized for waterlessprinting that does not require
the use of dampening water.
The U.S. Waterless Printing
Association certifies the markfor companies that actively
work on environmental protection and that produce highquality printed materials, orfor the printed materials ofsuch companies.

Cover film

Protection of forest resources

Binding with PUR Hot-Melt
Efficient use of agricultural resources
Sugarcane

Treefree MarkThe use of this mark is approved by the Treefree Secretariat of
the Japan Ecology Foundation, for non-tree paper that meets
certain standards.

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PUR hot-melt is suitable for recycling, since
it offers strong cohesion, and can beremoved entirely without fragmenting, evenduring disaggregation in the recycling
process. Moreover, it provides higher adhesive strength, higher resistance to hot andEasy recycling

cold temperatures, and better double-page
spreadability than traditional adhesives.

With traditional adhesive
CUT∗When perfect-bonded printed materials using a conventional EVA-base adhesive are directly fed into the usedpaper regeneration process, the adhesive is fragmented,
sometimes resulting in problems. For this reason, theback portions of printed materials are cut off before they
are delivered to the paper manufacturer.

Adhesive54For inquiries, please contact our sales representatives, or:
Ecology Center
Corporate Manufacturing Technology & Research Division
Phone: +81-3-3835-5549
Fax.: +81-3-3835-0847
Web site: http://www.toppan.co.jp/

This report was printed on Toppan Green Paper Bagasse comprising 90%
used pulp and 10% bagasse, and with the waterless printing-enabledaromatic-free soy ink “AqualessEcoo New Soy” (Toyo Ink Mfg. Co., Ltd.).