Management Philosophy/Charter on Ethic
Management Philosophy「Responding to the trust of the society by putting
Quality as the most important priority」
Cosel's Charter on Ethic
Standards for Voluntary Action
Internal Rules and Regulations
Awareness and Sense of Ethics ofIndividual Employees

Cosel's Charter on Ethic and Standards
for Voluntary Action are established sothat all the management andemployees of Cosel group become fully
aware of their social responsibilities,
completely comply with laws andregulations in settings of various
business activities and act in a sociallyethical manner in order to achieve ourmanagement philosophy of "responding
to the trust of the society by putting
Quality as the most important priority"(established in September, 2006).

Positions of Cosel's Charter on Ethics and Standards
for Voluntary Action
We are trying to improve ourselves by using
the idea and methodologies of Total Quality
Management (TQM) based on our management
philosophy of "meeting up with expectations fromsociety by putting quality above anything else."
SupremacyofSupre
Quality

In order to achieve this, we are striving tosecure our position in the increasinglycompetitive switch-mode power supply market byclearly presenting goals and measures andapplying them on the company-wide basis to live
up to expectations from society by providing
attractive products.

macy■Table of Contents■From Our Editors

Every year at Cosel Co., Ltd., we are preparing andManagement Philosophy/Charter on Ethic--------1
disclosing
Environmental Report so that more people
Message from the President ------------------------2
understandour environmental activities.
Company Overview -----------------------------------2
We
are
more
than happy if this report helps you
Environmental Policies -------------------------------3
understandourenvironmental
initiatives and activities.
Our history aobut Environmental Activities ------4
In preparing this report, we have referred to "Kankyo
2009Environmental Activities Goals and Actual--5
Hokokusho Gaidorain 2007 (Guideline to2010Environmental Activities Goals and Actual--5
Environmental Reports 2007)" issued by the Ministry ofManagement System ----------------------------------6
Environment.
Highlight of Our Environmental Activities ---------8◇Organizations Covered by this Report:
Controlling Environmentally Unfriendly Chemicals -11 Cosel, Co., Ltd.
Environmental Conservation Activities -----------13
Head Office and Plant/Tateyama Plant
Environmental Burden Data ------------------------15◇Period Covered by this Report:
Environmental Accounting --------------------------18
May 21, 2009 to May 20, 2010("FY 2009" in this report refers to above period)
Environmental Education ----------------------------19◇Issue Date of the Next Environmental Report:
Improve environmental awareness ----------------19
July, 2011
Social Contribution ------------------------------------20◇ Last Issuance: July, 2009
Benefits with Employees -----------------------------21◇ Number of Issues of the Last Issue: about4,400
Postface -------------------------------------------------22
issues* including downloads from our website

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Message from the President
We are determined to further environmental
activities even more. Keeping the idea ofprotecting global environment and passing it on to
the generations to come to our heart, we would liketo steadily advance as a trusted company. Pleasefeel free to contact us with your honest opinions
and input for our further improvement.

Environmental issues are becoming increasingly
serious and global warming in particular is a toppriority issue for governments and business.
We need to change our current mass production
and mass consumption pattern and create a newsociety with less environmental burden which
generate less carbon and recycles more resources.
Businesses play an important role here. Cosel aswell is expected to make efforts to reduce
environmental burden generated from our businessactivities and reduce burdens generated from theuse of our products.
Against this background, we have developed ourenvironmental policy and are using it as a guideline
for our business activities. This includes, forexample, reduction of CO2 emitted in our production
processes and introducing smaller products or
products with higher energy conversion efficiency to
the world through our new product development sothat there is less CO2 emission when our products
are used.

President and Representative Director

Machino Toshimichi

Company Overview■Trade Name:■Headquarters:

Cosel Co., Ltd.
1-6-43 Kamiakae-machi, Toyama City, Toyama Prefecture, 930 0816, Japan
TEL：076-432-8151
FAX：076-441-5324
Manufacturing and Sales of Electric Devices and Electrical Machine Equipment■Business:
Regulated Power Supplies (such as Switch Mode Power Supplies)■Main Products:
Toshimichi Machino■Representative:■Date of Establishment: July 26, 1969
2,055 Million Yen■Paid-in Capital:
16,253Million Yen (Non-consolidated basis for the period ended May 2009)■Annual Sales:■Number of Employees: 417 (Non-consolidated basis as of May 20, 2009)
TRANSERVE CO.,LTD. (Tateyama-machi, Nakaniikawa-gun, Toyama Prefecture)■Affiliates:
Taiyoudenshikougyou CO.,LTD. (Tsukioka-machi, Toyama City, Toyama Prefecture)
COSEL U.S.A.INC. (San Jose, USA)COSEL EUROPE GmbH（Frankfurt, Germany)
COSEL ASIA LTD.（Hong Kong, China)◆Sales (Non-consolidated Basis)(Millions ofYen)
25,000Unit

On Boad◆Operating Profit/Current Profit/Net Profit for the Period(Millions of
Yen)
7,000

Noise Filter

Operating Income

Ordinary Profit

Net Income

6,000

20,0005,000
15,0004,000

10,000

3,000
2,000

5,000

1,000
0
2006/5

2007/5

2008/5

2009/50

2010/5

2006/5２

2007/5

2008/5

2009/5

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Environmental Policies
Environmental Principle
Harmonize production and product development with environment,
endeavor to maintain and improve global environment
and thereby contribute to the society

Action Guidelines
Action guidelines are stipulated to put environmental principle into actions.
(1) Offer environmentally friendly products.
(2) Avoid unnecessary consumption of resources and promote reuse of wastes.
(3) Reduce and eliminate the use of environmentally unfriendly chemicals
and Endeavour to improve global environment.
(4) Set and review goals and objectivities to control our activities,
work for continuous improvement and prevent contamination.
(5) Comply with national and local environmental regulations and respond to
the needs of customers and local communities.
(6) Provide all employees with environmental training and raise awareness.
This environmental policies are made public.
Set forth on May 21, 1999
Revised on August 7, 2003
Toshimichi Machino
President and Representative Director
Cosel, Co., Ltd.

Environmental training,
enlightening andcompliance
Overall Consideration forEnvironment

Environmentally Friendly
Manufacturing
Consideration for Environment
through the development of
the products
Operation of Environmental
Managaement System andCommunication

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Our history about Environmental Activities
The following table shows our history since 1999 when we were approved on ISO14001.
(*1) What is ISO14001?
It is an international standard for environmental management systems set by the International Standard Organization.
It is a management system to establish a mechanism within companies to continuously reduce and prevent environmental
impact of their products and services.
category
Management
Systems andDisclosure

９９〜 ０５

０６●Head office and plant, Tateyama plant wereapproved on ISO14001, on Dec. 17, 1999
●Issuance of Environmental Report.（'00〜）
Since FY2004, English version, too.

０７

０８

０９

●Campaign for
Eco-concious
proposals●Campaign for
Eco-concious
proposals●Participation in
Eco Test●Treat stainlesssteels, iron andaluminum as valuable
resources(Head office andplant)●Improving
environmental
awareness throughseparation of plastic
bottles (into caps,
exterior films and
PET)●Banned creating
garbage fromthings broughtfrom home●Introduction of●Campaign for Eco- ●Updating toEnvironmental accounting concious proposals
ISO14001,ver.200
4（'05）（'01〜）（'04）
Promotion ofSociety withrecyclingsystems

Savings

Promotion of 3R(Recycle, Reduction and Re-use)●Enlightening all employees ●"Waste Segregation Patorl" by Environmental Committee
about Environment（'99〜）●Treat stainless●Issuance of "Waste●Increase of recycling and re-use Segregation Table"（'04）
steels, iron andaluminum as valuableof metal parts, plastics,styrofoam,
fluorecent
lamps,
resources●Recycling
reel parts, stick parts( '02〜
(Tateyama Plant)
waste fluid, white robes andTateyama plant,'03〜Head officeconductive shoes at Headand plant )●Recycling of tapes
office ant Tateyama Plant('04)
and paper tapes●Accumlation of plastic body
(Tateyama Plant)●Recycling of tapes and paper
wastes from subcontractors（'03）
tapes (Head office andplant)('04)●Eliminatedunnecessary
garbage bins oneach floor

Reducing usage of papers●Computerization of the Standards（'02〜）

Measurements
against Global
heating

Reducing the quantity of electricity consumption●Cool Biz Warm
Biz Activities●Enlightening all employees about Environment（’99〜）●50kw Solar power
generator set at Head
office and plant（'01）●50kw Solar power
generator set at
Tateyama Plant('04)●switchboard unit
electricity
measuringmachine device
establishment
at Head office('04)

Reducing Environmental burden by vehicles●Purchasing corporate existence cars with low
emission('03)

Green
procurement of
the products
considering
environments●Purchasing a
Hybrid Car

Saving energy through the products●Developing products with the higher efficiency and the power factor（'99〜）
Abolishing the environmental chemical（substances except maintenance products）

Control Mecanism of Enviromental Chemicals Strengthened●ｅⅡ Project Start

Total abolition of 6 substancesin RoHS Directive●E Project starts（'03）●GreenProcurement
Standards （'04）●RoHS Project Start●Measurement methods of RｏHSrestricted chemicals determined●Establishment ofmany systems tocontrol chemicalmaterials●Registration ofplating companies
starts●Data Base about Environmental Chemical
substances（'03）●Activities as investigation, evaluation and modification to abolis（'03〜）●Initiative to Eliminate PVC from Products
starts●Initiative toeliminate PFOS
completely●Standarzation and complicance to the procurement of the newcomponents and materials（'03〜）●REACH regulation●Elimination of HCFC225 in our production
processes

Lead-free●Lead-free Promoting Project （'01）●Lead free in the solders used for plating metal plates, metal fittings;
transformers, and solders in the assembly（’01〜）

Contribution to
the community

Living together with the community●Tours around the plants by the inhabitants or schools near by（'03〜）●Sponcering Environment-related radio prog（'03〜）●Participation in Black Illumination hosted
by the Ministry of Environment●Collection of spoiled postcards●Proceeds from the sales of our internal bazaar and donation from our employees are donated４

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FY2009 Achivement of Environmental Goals and Objectives
The following table shows our achivements of eEnvironmental goals and objects for FY2009.
We will continue our activities for items with "×" in evaluation columns.
【Results: ○: Goals Achieved △:80% or more but less than 100%, ×: less than 80%】
No.

Objectives

1

Reduction of energy consumption

2

Reduction of industrial wastes

3

Improve data on environmentally
unfriendly chemicals for purchased
components

Goals

Results

Evaluation

4.14million kwh

×（*1）

Amount of Industrial wastes17t or less

8.2ｔ

○

Recycling Rate

95%

○

88%

○

Electrical Power

4million kwh or less

91% or more

AIS data(*2) fulfillment rate 85% or more（*1）Power consumption went up, reflecting increased orders and production from the second half of the fiscal year.
In FY2010, we will change an index to basic unit and continue our initiatives.
（*2）Data indicated on Article Information Sheet (AIS Ver3.0)(recommended by Joint Article Management Promotion Consortium)

Environmental Goals and Objectives for FY2010
Progress in each area for FY2010 is confirmed at environmental committee, which is held every othermonth.
No.

Objectives

1

Reduction of Power Consumption

2

Reduction of Industrial Wastes

Control Item

Amount of CO2 Emission from power consumption per 1 million yenof sales: 0.102t or less
Amount of Wastes per 1 million yen of sales: 0.46kg or less
Recycle rate: 97% or more

3

Amount of CO2 Emission in Solder Reflow of
Aluminum Boards process

Amount of F emission per production unit: 50% or less of traditional
production method

4

Efficiency Improvement of New Product A

10 points or more from previous product5

Efficiency Improvement of New Product X

4 Points or more from previous product6

Efficiency Improvement of New Product Y

10 Points or more from previous product7

Efficiency Improvement of New Product Z

98% or more efficiency improvement under certain conditions

8

Reduce Power Consumption of Soldering Pots inInternal Production Lines9

Promote Fitness Activities(Support Activities to Foster Forests in Toyama)

10

Introduction of Hybrid Cars

Reduction of power consumption of model soldering pot
Implement measures to reduce power consumption
Participate in the events for "Foster Forests with Participation from
Residents in Toyama Prefecture"

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Management System
Organizational Strucuture
The following is our organizational structure to promote the activities to reduce Environmental burdens.
President*2*1Manager for
Environmental

Environmental
Committee

Secretariat
Division in charge ofenvironmental issues

Environmental
Auditors

Beautification andRecycling Committee
Give directions on
Recycling Activities

Safety and Hygiene
Committee

Department

Conduct
Environmental

Make recommendations
concerning
Labor Safety Law

Division*1*2

Chairman of Environmental Committee = Manager for Environmental Activities
Made up of major departments

ISO14001
We have complied with ISO14001 on Head
office and Tateyama Plant, and arepromoting continuous activities to improveourselves.
CEO● Date of Acquisition: December 17, 1999
● Area Covered: Head Office and Plant/Tateyama Plant● Registered by: Japan Quality Assurance Organization

Sales Dept. - West Japan

8 Sales Offices

Sales Dept. - East Japan

7 Sales Offices
Toyama Sales Office
Sales Administration Div.

Auditors
Overseas Procurement Section
Human Resource Development Secton

Overseas Sales Dept.
Accounting Dept.
Unit Standard Dept.
On-Bord Standard Dept.
New-Market Standard Dept.

Head Officeand Plant

Application Standard Dept.
Value Added Power Supply Dept.

Customer Support Dept.
R & D Dept.

ON-BOARD Production Dept.

Purchasing Dept.
Quality Management Dept.

General Affairs Dept.

Tateyama
Plant

UNIT Production Dept.
Information Systems Dept.

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Management System
Legal Compliance and Others
We are keeping abreast of changes and revisions of the environmental laws and regulations which weneed to abide by in our environmental management activities monthly. If necessary to apply to us, we
inform it to all employees through our internal Environmental Committee,
Regarding othe requests, we input them in our computer system so that all the emploees and therelevants can refer to for their references every time in need.
We are reflecting all the laws, regulations, requirements and evaluation results in our internal rules,
regulations and standards and evaluating our legal compliance every year to make sure we do not
violate any laws, regulations or requirements.

Environmental Audit

Prevention of Accidents

We are conducting an environmental audit
every year to confirm our compliance with
ISO14001, implementation and performancestatus.
Our internal auditors form a team comprising of
those who have taken internal and external audit
trainings and deemed qualified to audit eachdepartment.
Currently, there are 28 internal environmental
auditors.
Each auditor reports audit results including
areas of improvement to each department
manager. Each department reviews theiractivities and engage in activities for continuous
improvement.
In FY 2009, 11 non-compliance cases wereobserved. Corrective actions were completed forall 11 cases.

We have developed a "Environment-related
Equipment Map" which shows where thoseenvironment-related equipments are in Head
Office and Tateyama Plant to prevent and detect
accidents caused by them abnormally.
If we determine that a certain equipment needs
more control, we check if the procedure set forthin the case of emergency are put in place, and if
the regular maintenance and measurement are
conducted. In this manner, we are well-prepared
to cope with an unexpected incident.
We have received no complaints from ourstakeholders about the environment-related
issues.
We have confirmed that all our measured
environmental data, including vibration and noiselevel, do not exceed legal and regulatory
maximum limits.
(Example) We are checking kerosene and oil
tanks every month to see if there is any cracks or
damages to prevent soil contamination.

環境関連設備マップ（本社工場）
少量危険物貯蔵取扱所

液体窒素タンク

GHP（4F屋上）

コンプレッサー（本社A）
LPGバルク貯槽

環境関連設備マップ（立山工場）

本館(1F-3F)

廃棄物置き場（機械室）

Ｒ機械室(4F室内)2009.5.1ボイラー
吸収式冷温水機

・吸収式冷温水機(立山ａ)・コンプレッサー

立山工場

・消火栓ポンプ室
危険物屋内貯蔵所（有機溶剤貯蔵庫）
特別管理産業廃棄物置き場
ガスボンベ貯蔵庫

コンプレッサー（本社B）

太陽光発電

地下水循環ポンプ（揚水機）

渡廊
下

LPガスタンク

窒素タンク置場（現在不使用）
少量危険物貯蔵取扱所

敷地境界線
新館
(1F-4F)

廃棄物置き場
緑
地
帯

駐車場

緑地帯
駐車場

60KW太陽光発電
水路
コミュニティ
クラブ

氷蓄熱式空調システム
ＧＨＰ

正
門

LPGバルク貯槽
吸収式冷温水機(立山ｂ)

灯油タンク・貯油槽
少量危険物取扱所

給湯ボイラーN

ＫＨＰ

ガスボンベ（LPガス）
灯油タンク・貯油槽
テニスコート

西門
水路
駐車場
未開発地域

敷地境界線

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Highlights of Our Environmental Activities
1. Development of Smaller Highly Efficient Power Supplies
When we develop new products, we conduct theirenvironment assessment from the standpoints of energy-saving,recyclability, use or non-use of toxic substances andenvironmental friendliness of packing materials to develop moreenvironmentally friendly products.
All our new products are RoHS-compliant from their releasedate.

Our new products comply with RoHS directive at
the time of their release. Our brochure cherries
the following marks to draw attention.

RoHS Compliance MarkSuper Small/Light Weight LFA Series with Less Standby Power
28 to 39% Smaller in Area than our Previous Models

Designed for Less Standby Power！
Standby Power for 10/15W models is about

Environmentally Friendly
60 to 75% Reduction
in Standby Power(10/15/30W)

Previous Model

Resource
SavingEnergySavingSmall and Highly Efficient DHS Series with Internal Micro computer
6% Efficiency Improvement from Previous Models！
About 50% Reduction in Internal Loss！

Previous
Model

Efficiency[％］100
95

EnergySaving90

50% Smaller in Volume than Previous Models
Resource
Saving85
80

DHS250B05
従来機種
Previous Model

75
70
0

20

40

New
Product

60

Load Current［Ａ］

Environmentally Friendly Small Single Phase Noise Filter EA Series
Volume: 50% Reduction

50% Smaller in Volume Than Previous Model！

Footprint: 30% Reduction

30% Reduction in CO2 Emission Energy
Savingdue to Resource Saving(About 7.2ｔ-CO2/year)
43% Reduction in CO2 Emission
during Transportation due to Weight Reduction(About 0.4ｔ-CO2/year)

Weight: 40% Reduction

Resource
Saving

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Highlights of Our Environmental Activities
2. Setting Mid and Long-term Goals for CO2 Reduction
In FY2009, "CO2 Reduction Project" led by a manager class person was launched and mid/long term
reduction goals and action plans were established.
120%

Goals for 2020
35% Reduction from 2005

Goals for 2050
75% Reduction from 2005

Kazuyoshi Shimano
General Manager
On-Board Standard
Dept(CO2 Reduction Project
Leader)100%

80%
National Goal: 33.4%
Reduction from 2005

60%

Amount of CO2 emission is a good
indicator for us to use in our efforts tosave energy and resources. These
mid and long term goals are our firststep for our long and steady activities.
I am aware that these are very
ambitious goals, but we need toachieve these goals at any cost.

40%

20%

National Goal: ：82.2%
Actual Performance and Goal (National)
Reduction from 2005
Actual Performance and Goal per \ Million Sales (Cosel)

0%
1990

2000

2010

2020

2030

2040

2050
FY

● Action Plan for Reduction by 3 Categories
The amount of CO2 emitted directly or indirectlyfrom Cosel was divided into 3 categories.
● U Emission: Emission from Product Using Process● F Emission: Emission from Factory process● M Emission: Emission from Materials/Parts
manufacturing process

87.7％

U Emission

2.5％

F Emission

9.8％

M Emission

-

2

4

The left graph shows the estimated CO 2 emission
as of 2005.

Estimate (FY2005)
6

8

10
12
14
［Ten thousand t-CO2］

2010

2020

U Emission

Development of ECO Model(50% Less CO 2 Emission from 2005 Model)

F Emission

Reduce CO2 Emission from Soldering
Machines in Half

2040

2050

Development of ECO Model(75% Less CO 2 Emission from 2005
Reduced CO2 Emission from
Production Equipment to One Forth

Reduce CO2 Emission from Running New
Equipment

M Emission

2030

Increase Investment inEnvironmentally Friendly Equipment

Make CO2 emitted during manufacturing of components visible
Adopt Low CO2 Emitting Components
Reduce CO2 Emission from Manufacturing ofComponents

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Highlights of Our Environmental Activities
3. Cool Biz Warm Biz Activities
87% of Cosel's CO2 emission comes from electrical
power consumption.
Company-wide effort is needed to reduce the electrical
power consumption due to the use of air conditioning,which all employees are using on a daily basis.
At Cosel, we are refraining from excessive use of air
conditioning by managing our thermostat setting andadjusting body temperatures by wearing appropriate
clothes.
Thanks to the cooperation from employees, these
efforts are taking roots. We would like to continue ourefforts going forward.

地球温暖化対策として、

Ｃoo LＢ IZを実施しています。

コーセル株式会社代表取締役社長
町野 利道

The poster explaining about thecool biz to visitors.
(Posted in the lobby area)

Satoshi Kiyosawa
General Manager
General Affairs Dept.
Cosel introduced the cool biz in FY2009
and started to take initiatives to reduce
power consumption and maximum demand
power during summer.
In particular, we have known from ourexperience that maximum demand powerpeaks in summer. Therefore, we became
more sensitive to demand in using air
conditioning. As a result, our maximum
demand power this year was 98.7% of lastyear.
We will continue our company-wide
efforts to reduce power consumption andmaximum demand power in summer.

（期間 ： 6月～9月）

4. Participation in Eco Test
Number of People Who Passed the Test
Accumulated Number of People Who Passed the Test
8
6
4
2
0

6
2
6th Test (July, 2009)

7th Test (December,
2009)

Trend in the Number of People who passed the Eco Test

Hitomi Kusunoki
Quality Management
Dept.
(Passed the 7th EcoTest)

Until I started to prepare forthis test, I knew about
environmental issues only
vaguely. However, throughreading a text book and trying toanswer questions in previous
tests, I was able to deepen myunderstanding.
I would like to start from what
I can do today based on theknowledge I acquired throughEco Test.

１０

Eco Test (officially known as Certification
Test for Environmental Specialists) is acertification test run by the Tokyo Chamberof Commerce in order to develop people witha wide range of knowledge who can play aleading role in tackling environmental issues
and facilitate the realization of a sustainable
society where we can protect environment
and achieve economic growth at the sametime.
Quality Management Department which is
responsible for environment-related activities
played a central role in taking the test fromthe 6th test. 6 people took and passed thetest until today.
We will try to increase the number of test
takers and certification holders of eco
certification tests so that more employees
have deeper understanding about
environmental issues.

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Controlling Environmentally Unfriendly Chemicals
EU RoHS Directive (*1) came into effect on July 1, 2006.
Cosel had achieved 100% compliance with RoHS Directive inFebruary, 2006 (*2).
REACH and PFOS came into effect in FY2007 and FY2008,
respectively. Requirements to control environmentally unfriendly
chemicals became even stricter. We have established thesystems to control environmentally unfriendly chemicals andusing these systems so that environmentally unfriendly
chemicals are not used in our products.

Pb
Lead
PBB
Polybrominated biphenyls

Hg
Mercury

CertainHazardous
Substances
PBDE
Polybrominateddiphenyl ethers

Cd
Cadmium

Cr6+
Hexavalent chromium

Green Procurement

Supplier Management

At Cosel, we are facilitating "Green
Procurement" in which we procure
environmentally friendly components andmaterials in order to deliver environmentallyfriendly products to our customers.
We have defined "prohibited materials,""materials targeted for elimination" and"materials targeted for reduction" forcomponents and materials which comprise our
products. By doing this, we can prevent theentry of environmentally unfriendly chemicals
into our products.

We are evaluating the risk of use ofenvironmentally unfriendly chemicals by our
suppliers and ranking them at 3 levels.
This ranking is used for the "Measurement ofEnvironmentally Unfriendly Chemicals ofPurchased Materials" and "Audit of Suppliers'
Management of Environmentally Unfriendly
Chemicals." This ranking is reviewed once every
year.
Under this system, we audit and review how
environmentally unfriendly chemicals arecontrolled by high risk suppliers and how highrisk components and materials are controlled bysuppliers. We also facilitate registration of highrisk suppliers, materials and components.

Education on Environmentally
Unfriendly Chemicals
In FY2006, we conducted an educational
campaign on environmentally unfriendly chemicals.
Not only people working at our headquarters andTateyama Plant, but also people who are involved
with Cosel's products as our contractors and attransportation companies also participated in our
test and training sessions.
Using a training material developed by ourdepartment which is responsible for environmental
issues, training sessions were held by department
and tests were given to participants to check theirunderstanding about environmental issues. This
enabled them to deepen their understanding of theobjectives and the importance of managing
environmentally unfriendly chemicals as well asactivities taken by Cosel.

１１(*1)What is RoHS Directive?
RoHS Directive is an EU directive that will
restrict the use of certain hazardous materials
in electrical and electric equipment. The useof six substances, mercury (Hg), cadmium(Cd), lead (Pb), haxavalent chromium (Cr6+),
polybrominated biphenyls (PBB),
polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDE), will
be prohibited from July, 2006.
(*2) Excluding Maintenance Items(*2) What is REACH?
REACH is an regulation in which
manufacturers or importers of chemical
substances are obliged to register andevaluate chemical substances inmanufacturing or importing them and, in thecase of chemical substances of very highconcern, an authorization from relevant
authorities is required and high risk
substances are subject to limitation including
ban. REACH entered into force in June 2007.

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Controlling Environmentally Unfriendly Chemicals
New Components, New Products and Mass Production Management
Since FY2006, we have been conducting fluorescence X-ray tests (*3) by target measurement area toprevent the entry of environmentally unfriendly chemicals into our products. The fluorescence X-ray test
allows us to confirm and verify whether or not a component is complying with our "Green Procurement
Standards."
The evaluation is performed at the following 3 levels.
We have four X-ray fluorescence instruments in total, two units at our headquarter plant and another two
at our Tateyama plant.
New Product Launch
In the past when we adopted a new component,
we conducted a "Quality Evaluation" to preventthe use of defective components. However, we
decided to conduct fluorescence X-ray tests formass production components to check thepresence of environmentally unfriendly
chemicals in newly adopted components. Test
results are compared to the data about
environmentally unfriendly chemicals which aresubmitted from suppliers before components are
officially registered.

Acceptance of Purchased Components
We also conduct fluorescence X-ray tests by target
measurement area when we accept purchased
components.

After Shipping Mass Production Products
After we ship mass production products, we evaluate
the presence of environmentally unfriendly chemicals
to make sure that Green Procurement Standards are
met on an ongoing basis, in addition to ourlongstanding electrical quality and mechanical quality
evaluations.

(*3)What is fluorescence X-ray test?
It is an analytical method in which
information on the existence of an atom isacquired based on the wavelength of a
specific X-ray and the intensity of the energyof the X-ray which is generated when X-ray isirradiated to an atom which comprisemolecules.

Fluorescence X-ray Instrument

Management of Production Lines
In order to prevent the entry of environmentally unfriendly chemicals into our products, RoHS-compliant
products and non-RoHS-compliant products are manufactured in separate lines on our production floor byusing separate equipment, jigs and tools.
Equipment, jigs and tools for soldering process are identified by signs and labels as shown in the following
pictures.

Indication of Lead-free Solder Indication of Eutectic Solder

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Indication of Solder tank
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Environmental Conservation Activities
1．Energy Saving
87% of the energy Cosel consumes is electric power. Since the inception of the Company, all our
fluorescent lamps at our shop floors and offices have had pull switches to reduce the amount of
power consumed. We are making sure that lights are turned off during breaks and when not in use.
Furthermore, all the personal computers used at Cosel are set in the energy-saver mode and ourmonitors are automatically turned off when not in use. We are always taking small but importantmeasures.

●Cutting Down Power Consumption of Computers
Entire company has adopted a power-saving configuration inwhich a monitor goes off and a computer goes to a stand-bymode when it is not in use for a certain period of time.
Power switches are provided for each computer or for eacharea so that when somebody goes home, he or she can turnoff the power to reduce power consumption of computers not
in use.

2. Use of Renewable Energies
FY2002 60kw solar power generator was installed at the rooftop of the new headquarters building
FY2004 50kw solar power generator was installed at the rooftop of the Tateyama Plant
FY2006 50kw solar power generator was added at the rooftop of the Tateyama Plant
The impact of these generators is about 140,000kwh annually (CO2 emission of about 59t-CO2
reduction).
Headquarters
Tateyama(10,00 kwh)

12
10
8
6
4
2
0
Solar Panels at New Headquarters Solar Panels at Tateyama Plant

'05

'06

'07

'08

'09
（FY）

Trend of Solar Power Generation

3. Reduce●Intermittent Wave Soldering Pots

We used to move motors to keep molten
solder flowing within soldering pots for soldering
printed circuits. While flowing, solders were
exposed to the air and were oxidized. Then,some solder dross were made and we have toconsume more solder.
We have, however, upgraded our pots to havethe intermittent jet method that let solder flow
only when soldering is in progress. As a result,
we have successfully reduced our solder
consumption.

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Environmental Conservation Activities●Elimination of Styrofoam
We had been using styrofoam as a buffer material for the shipment of our products because it
was cheap and excellent to protect our products. After being used, it had been discarded as theindustrial waste.
We have replaced plate-shaped styrofoam with cardboards and small styrofoam balls withbiodegradable resin in order to reduce industrial wastes.

4. Reuse●Reuse of Tape Reels and Semiconductor Sticks
We use chips to assemble power supplies. These
chips are shipped from manufacturers reeled up onto
plastic reels.
When chips are used up, the reels are left, whichused to be discarded as industrial waste of stabilized
type. Some semiconductors come in plastic sticks
when shipped from manufacturers. These sticks
had been discarded once semiconductors were used
up just like the reels.
Because they do not get deformed or worn afteruse, we have changed our procedures to reuse themby having manufacturers collect them after use.

5．Recycle●Paper Recycling
We are using both sides of copy paper sheets and, after bothsides are used, segregating them together with confidential
documents and magazines for collection and recycling byexternal organization.
Used paper collection boxes are placed at our workplace topromote paper recycling.

●Recycling of Waste Products andParts
Defective products, unusable bottom
plates and dummy circuit boards thatwere cut off in production processes
had been discarded as industrial waste.
Now we are dividing these wastes
into metals and plastics, etc. before
disposing them so that they can beused as ingot and furnace combustion
improver.

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Environmental Burden Data
Every year, we at Cosel are investigating environmental burden in our business activities for
management purpose.
( ) YoY
ＩＮＰＵＴ
EnergyMaterials

Electrical Power
About
3.88millionkwh(-21%)LPG
About
34,000m3(-35%)

Solders withlead(*1)
About114kg(-6%)

Kerosene

Gasoline

Flux/IPA

About10kL(-33%)

About7kL(-30%)

About15t(-32%)

Office Paper
Lead-free
Solders
About6t(-4%)

Packing Materials
Packing Boxes(Cardboard Boxes)
About109t(-30%)

Copy Paper
About5t(-45%)

Water Resources
Buffer Materials(Cardboard
About78t(-)

Buffer Materials(Plastics)
About0.1t
(-)

Water
About3,200m(-30%)

Underground Water
3

About77,000m 3(-0%)

ＯＵＴＰＵＴ
Products

Recycling

WastesCardboard Boxes
About63t(-23%)

Domestic Waste→Cardboard Boxes

About6t(-45%)

Waste IPA/Flux
About5t(-28%)

Industrial Waste of
Stabilized Type
About1.6t(-20%)
Industrial Waste ofControlled Type
About4t(-20%)→Accelerants

Metal(*2)
About0.1t(-99%)→Materials
according tomaterial

Waste Liquid
About1t(0%)

Styrene Foams
About1t(-41%)→Polystyrenematerials→Accelerants

Plastics
About12t(-30%)→Accelerants
Fluorescent Lamp

About0.05t(-50%)→Glassmaterials

Conductive shoes

Valuable Resources
Lead-free
Solders Balls
About3t(0%)

Used Papers
About19t(0%)→Toilet paper,
Newspaper

About65kg(0%)→Trail tarp

CO2 Emission

Discharged Water

Waste Metal(*2)

CO2SewageAbout21t(+567%)

About1,887t-CO2(-25%)

About3,200m 3(-30%)(*1)Became completely lead-free(*2)It is changed from recycling to valuable resources

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Environmental Burden Data
1. Amount of Emissions(Amount of Wastes/ Sales )

（ｔ）
250
200

Valuable Items
Amount of Items Collected for Recycling and Reuse(t/Million
WastesBasic Units Amount of Wastes
Yen)

（％）
100

12.0

8.9

10.2

8.8

94.7
90.7

90

10.0

9.1
7.7

150

8.0

80

80.0

87.0

'05

'06

87.7

6.0
100

4.0

50

70

2.0

0
'05

0.0
'06
'07
'08
'09 (FY)
Trend of Amount of Emissions
Industrial Waste subject to Special Control
Industrial Waste of Controlled Type
Industrial Waste of Stabilized Type
Domestic Wastes

（ｔ）
40

'07

'08

'09 (FY)

Recycling Rate

（ｔ）
250

30

Cardboard Boxes
Used Papers
Plastics
Fluorescent Lamp
Conductive Shoes
white robes
Styrofoam

Waste IPA/Flux
Metal
Reel Sticks
Confidential Documents
Waste Liquid
batteries
Valuable Items

200
150

20

100

10

50

0

0

'05

'06

'07

'08

'09

'05

(FY)

Trend of Amount of Wastes

'06

'07

'08

'09 (FY)

Trend of Recycling and Reuse

Many types of wastes are generated in our businessactivities. Many of them are recyclable if we segregate
them properly.
In FY2009, we took the following measures to reduce
the amount of non-industrial wastes.
● Eliminated unnecessary garbage bins on each floor● Made a compost from removed weeds in campus● Banned creating garbage from things brough from
home
These measures had a great impact. The amount of
non-industrial wastes decreased 55% from the previous
year thanks to the efforts of relevant people andincreased awareness of employees.
Recycle ratio (*1) hit a historic high of 94.7% due tothe impact of reduced wastes.
*Recycling Rate (%) = Total Amount of Wastes collected for Recycling
and Reuse and Valuable Items for FY (kg)/Total Emission Amount for
FY (kg) *100

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Yutaka Tamou
Director and General Manager
Quality Management Dept.
Chairman of Environment
Committee
Responsible for Environmental
Management
The reason why we were able to achieve ahigh recycle rate this year is that Cleanliness ・Recycling Committee and Environment
Committee worked together in advancing theiractivities .
They removed excessive garbage bins andasked everyone to take non-production related
garbage (such as containers for instant noodles)
home. I am extremely grateful that, thanks tothe cooperation from many employees, we areable to achieve a high recycle rate.

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Environmental Burden Data
2. Total Energy Amount（ｔ-CO2）
2,500(Amount of Wastes/ Sales)

2,497

130

2,400
2,300

2,278

2,200

125

120

2,214

2,100

118

110

2,179

100

2,008

2,000

108

100
97

90

'05
'06
'07
'08
Trend of CO2 Emission

11%

1% 1%

'09
(FY)

'05

'06
'07
'08
'09
Trend of Basic Unit CO 2 Emission (FY)

(Ten thousand kwh)
500

Electrical Power
LPG
Kerosene
Gasoline

450

400

87%
350

Breakdown of CO2 Emission

'05

'06

'07

'08

Trend of Electrical Power

'09
(FY)

As we mentioned before, 82% of our CO2 emission
comes from electrical power consumption. In order toreduce this, our Environmental Committee is playing acentral role in implementing many activitie.
In FY2009, we are planning to launch a CO2 reduction
project and reduce CO2 from such areas as our production
processes.
We also introduced a hybrid cars to reduce
environmental burden.

Hybrid car

3. Amount of Environmentally Unfriendly Chemicals
Our first notification to PRTR Iniative's DesignatedChemical Substances was;"Dichloropentafluoropropane (HCFC-225).
We had been using dichloropentafluoropropane inproduction process for onboard products at ourheadquarters plant to clean and wash jigs.
However, we stopped using it in FY2008.

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HCFC stands for hydrochlorofluorocarbon, an ozone
depleting substance, production and consumption ofwhich will be phased out by 2020 by developed
countries in accordance with the decision by theMontreal Protocol.

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Environmental Accounting
In FY2009, environmental preservation cost was about 52 million yen.
As for Environmental conservation effects, we have achieved an economic impact of 14 million yen.
Covered Area: Head Office and Plant, Tateyama Plant
Unit: Thousands of Yen

Environmental Conservation Cost
Category(1)

Description

Investment

Cost

Cost within Business Area
Cost incurred to curb environmental burden throughproduction and service activities implemented
within business areas.
①Pollution Prevention Cost
②Global Environment Conservation Cost

(Cost) Waste Disposal and Collection of Recyclable
Items(Cost) Green procurement③Resource Circulation Cost
(2)―

Cost at Upstream and Downstream
Cost incurred to curb environmental burden
generated at upstream and downstream ofproduction and service activities.

(3)

(4)
(5)
(6)

Management Cost
Environmental Conservation Management Cost

R&D Cost
Environmental Conservation R&D Cost
Social Activities Cost
Environmental Conservation Cost for Social
Activities
Environmental Damage Control Cost
Cost to Control Environmental Damages(Cost) Sponsoring Environment-related radio
program0

11,547

0

0

0

1,200

―
0

0

0

51,859Environmental Conservation Effect (Economic Impact)(thousands of yen)
Item
AmountSavings from Power Usage
5,998
Reduction
Proceeds of Sales of Recyclable
7,658
Items (Valuable Items)
13,656
Total

183(ｔ -CO2)
145(ｔ )

(Thousandsof Yen)Cost
Amount of Investment(Millions of
Yen)

3,350

―

EffectEffective Use of Wastes

035,762(Cost) Management of Environmental activities.
Monitoring and measuring data from facilities withEnvironmental burdens.
Handling of Responses to Survey on Chemicals.

Environmental Conservation Effect (Substance Volume)
CO2 Reduction

0
0

0

Total

Item

0
0

Sales Proceeds from Recycling
Savings from Power Consumption Reduction

15,000150
12,000
7,658

100

9,000

74

9,129
9,187

6,000
50

72
82
56

0

4,301
4,899

58

52

5,998

3,000
1,828

16

1,999

3,130

3,189

0

0
0
0
'05
'06
'07
'08
'09
Trend of Environmental Conservation (FY)
Cost

(FY)
'05
'06
'07
'08
'09
Trend of Economic Impact of Environmental
Conservation

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Environmental Education
Environmental Education
For the purpose of Environmental Management, we have clearly identified types of the training in need.
We are offering;(1) General trainings to raise awareness among employees about Environmental issues.
(2) Professional trainings to improve technical skills in specialized areas as shown below.
(3) Training on environmentally unfriendly chemicals (please see page 11)(1)General trainings cover all the employees, including part-timers, temporary employees, if engaged for acertain period. As for the new employees, they are trained at first. If they do not understand enough, they
will be trained till satisfaction.
OperationNo.

Description of Training
・How to dispose of solder wastes
・Check soldering machine・Emergency measures

The concerned
Persons who handle
them

1

Soldering2

Treatment of Waste Organic Solvent

・How to dispose fluid containing flux and/or IPA・Emergency measures

3

Paper work concerning industrial waste

How to process industrial waste control slips (manifest)

4

Confirmation of Revision of and
Evaluation of Compliance withEnvironmental Laws and Regulations

How to confirm the revision of, and evaluate compliancewith environmental laws and regulations

5

Observe nitrogen gas filling・Check when observing liquid nitrogen filling・Daily check6

Controlling chemicals and hazardous
substance

Control methods based on internal regulations

7

Confirmation of Kerosene Tank Check
Results and Emergency Response

How to train, provide hands-on exercises and checkunderstanding based on "Kerosene Tank Control
Procedures (PEC018)."

People in charge of
relevant tasks

Improve environmental awarenessCommunity Trash Picking
On early rainy morning of July 27, 2009,
management level employees of Tateyama Plant
picked up trash in the area surrounding the plant.
"I was surprised to see many cigarette butts" "I
didn't find much plastic bottles and empty cans as I
expected. Maybe our neighbors are picking themup." Theses are the comments from participants.
This provided them a great opportunity to know
about the conditions of their neighborhood which
they hadn't noticed before.
We are planning to continue this activity.
Manager Picking Trash

Segregate plastic bottles
Beverage bending machines are installed in our
premises. Used plastic bottles are separated into
exterior films, caps and bottles (main bodies) before
being discarded.
We are trying to improve environmental awarenessthrough an easy-to-do environmentally friendly activity.

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Social Contribution
JEITA Toyama District Manufacturing ClassOn May 8, 2010 (Saturday), “3rd JEITA Toyama District
Manufacturing Class" was held at SMK Corporation. 34 maleand female students in grades 5 and 6 from nearby 4
elementary schools participated in the class. Students
worked on an electrical engineering project under the themeof "Let's Make a Light Blink using a Remote Control."Cosel has been a part of this class since the 1st class. Our
employees served as instructors and gave students a
guidance.
Students seemed to have struggled in unfamiliar tasks suchas assembling and soldering components. We received suchcomments as "I was amazed to see that components weremelted and put together by soldering." "It was fun doing
something that I cannot do at home," "It was a rewarding
experience" from students.
※What is JEITA?
Japan Electronics and Information Technology Industries
Association.
An organization composed of manufacturers and sellers of suchproducts as electrical and electronic equipment, electronic devices,
electronic components, electronic materials and software.

Cosel Cup Challenge Super Kids
This is our 22th anniversary since we became a
special sponsor for a sport event for boys and girlsof grades 4 through 6 hosted by a local TV station.
About 357 children from 120 schools in Toyama
prefecture participated in 5 events ranging from 100meter sprints, ball throwing, broad jump, zigzag
dribbling and swimming.
It became a sparkling day as children competed,family and friends cheered for them.

Fund-raising Activities
Proceeds from the sales of our internal bazaar
and donation from our employees are donated to
Toyama Prefecture Cooperative Donation Society.
Donation amount is approximately 100,000 yen
per year, which is enough to buy a wheelchair forthe disabled or elderly.
The donation can be also applied to home-based
service, volunteer training, accident prevention
programs for children and fostering and nurturing ofyoung people.

In FY2008, we sent about100 spoiled postcards
to National Federation of UNESCO Associationsin Japan. The spoiled postcards are replaced withnew stamps and then sold. The proceeds of thesales of these new stamps is donated.
The donation is used for the World Terakoya
Movement, a program for people who had notbeen fortunate to have educational opportunities.

Twoerasers

One pencil

Two notes

Cambodia
Nepal
Afghanistan
An article is equivalent in a sheet of spoiled postcard

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Benefits with Employees
Activities for Labor Safety and Hygiene

Maintaining and Promoting Health

Safety and Hygiene Committees organized separately forthe headquarters and Tateyama Plant are taking a lead andconducting a safety and hygiene patrolling for the purposesof maintaining and improving the safety of work environment(bimonthly).
When a problem is found as a result of the parole, arecommendation for improvement is issued, upon which a
relevant department takes actions and reports back to thecommittee.
The number of labor accidents in the past 5 years is asfollows.

We are trying to maintain and improvemental and physical health of our employees
through the following trainings.
● Sexual harassment prevention● Power harassment prevention● Mental illness prevention● Plan and prepare for pandemic flu

10
8
6
4
2
0
'05

'09
（FY）
Trend in the number of labor
accidents reported

Safety and Hygiene Committee
members on patrol.

'06

'07

'08

Class in Session

Work and Life Balance
It is very challenging to raise children in single or dual-income families. This is one of the factors which
invited declining birth rates and decreasing population of children. In this environment, one of the social
responsibilities of businesses is to "support life and work balance" for their employees.

●Promoting the use of shorter work hours forchild care system（Num of person）
25
20

20

15
15

10
5

7

9

0
'06

'07

'08

'09
（FY）

Employees who are raising children in the 3rd
grade or younger (as of the end of March of a fiscal
year) can work shorter hours within the prescribed
hours under our flexible work hour system.
The number of employees who use this system isshowing an upward trend.

Trend in the number of employees who
work shorter hours for child care
（Y）
16
14
12
10
8
6
4
2
0

In response to the legislation of maternity
leave and other leaves, we have introduced
and implemented our internal programs sincethe 1990's. As a result, an average year ofservice of our female employees jumped 5times in the past 20 years. It is now longer
than that of male employees.

malefemele'90 '92 '94 '96 '98 '00 '02 '04 '06 '08（FY）
Trend in the average
years of service

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PostfaceThank you very much for reading our "Environmental Report 2010."
Since we started to issue "Environmental Report" in 2000, we have expanded thecoverage of our articles by addicting articles about our social activities in addition toenvironmental activities in order to to bring a better disclosure.
In this "Environmental Report 2010," Cosel's direction towards the realization of lowcarbon society was shown with our mid and long-term targets for CO2 emission reduction
and action plans for reduction in 3 categories.
As a part of corporate social responsibilities, we will make efforts to disclose a lot of
information about our activities which will take place to achieve these goals in the future.

Juｌｙ, 2010
Cosel, Co., Ltd.
Quality Management Dept.
Quality Management Div.1
http://www.cosel.co.jp/en/

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