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Contents

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Overview of our Group3

Commitment from the top

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Environmental Report
Business activities and the environment

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Fundamental policies and a medium term plan9for environmental conservation
Environmental management at affiliated overseas

Regarding the preparation of this report
This report has been compiled to present information ongroup involvement in creating a sustainable society for a wide variety of stakeholders in an easily understandable fashion. Furthermore, we have also referenced the 2007 edition of the Environmental Reporting Guidelines, issued by the Ministry of theEnvironment, and have followed the Japanese protocols set forthin the ISO 14001 specifications, clarifying the vocabulary specificto compliance, particularly in Japanese.
In addition, SANYO GS Soft Energy Co., Ltd., a group company
which had been active in the Kyoto Office Association, is no longer qualified for ISO 14001 certification after August of 2007. As
such, the environmental performance data for SANYO GS Soft
Energy Co., Ltd. is not included in this report.

Reporting information
왔Organizations covered in this report
Kyoto office
Date of ISO 14001 certification: December 24, 1997 (certification
number: EC97J1151)
Main business efforts (extent of certified activities): research, development, design, manufacturing and sales activities related to all types ofbatteries, power supply systems, lighting equipment and other electricalequipment handled by all parts of the certified organization.
Osadano office
Date of ISO 14001 certification: June 12, 1998 (certification
number: JQA-EM0173)
Main business efforts (extent of certified activities): manufacture of auto-1

motive lead-acid batteries and industrial lead-acid batteries, researchand development for batteries and filtration equipment, and development and manufacture of battery production facilities.
Odawara office
Date of ISO 14001 certification: September 10, 1999 (certification number: JQA-EM0516)
Main business efforts (extent of certified activities): design, development
and manufacture of automotive lead-acid batteries, electric vehicle leadacid batteries and alkaline batteries, and the design and development ofadvanced batteries.
Gunma office
Date of ISO 14001 certification: December 25, 1998 (certification number: EC98J1133)
Main business efforts (extent of certified activities): manufacture oflead-acid batteries handled by all parts of the certified organization.
왔Business activities covered by this report
The focus of this report is the research, development, design andmanufacturing conducted at our main Japanese offices listed above.
왔Period of report coverage
April 1, 2007-March 31, 2008

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Social Responsibility Report
Corporate governance13

Risk management

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Taiwan Yuasa Battery Co., Ltd.
Head Office & Hsin Chuang Plant

Publication and inquiries information
왔Publication
July 2008 (next publication planned for July 2009)
왔Production department / inquiries
GS Yuasa Corporation, Corporate Environmental Management Division
TEL. 81-75-312-0716 Fax. 81-75-312-0719
Website http://www.gs-yuasa.com/us

Taiwan Yuasa Battery Co., Ltd. I-Lan Plant

Tian Jin Tong Yee Industrial Co., Ltd.

Ztong Yee Industrial Co., Ltd.

2008 Environmental & Social Report2Overview of our Group

Overview of our Group

Main products
Automotive andmotorcycle battery

Industrial battery

Batteries to provide primary andbackup power for facility equipment, power-storing lead-acidbatteries that contribute to energy savings, traction batteries etc.

Advanced, high-quality batteries suited for the technological advances being madein automotive technology,
systems and components.

Lighting equipment,ultraviolet system

Power supply system

Various types of new lighting
equipment and ultraviolet
irradiation systems developed as pioneering productsin the field of high intensity
discharge light sources.

Photovoltaic generation systems that
promote the use of new energy, as
well as for backup power sources
during outages, etc.

Nickel-metal hydride battery, lithium-ion battery

Electric vehicle batteries, first andforemost, but also activity in a wide
variety of fields from specialized units
that power satellites and rockets tobatteries for the general consumer.

Group organization
Holding company GS Yuasa Corporation

GS Yuasa Business Support Ltd.

Purpose Form the management plan and strategy for GS Yuasa
Group and administer the group of companies toenhance the total value of the group
Establishment 1 April 2004
Capital stock ¥16.5 Billion (as of 31 March 2008)
Number of employees 242 (as of 31 March 2008)
KYOTO HEAD Office 1, Inobanba-cho, Nishinosho, Kisshoin, Minami-ku,
Kyoto 601-8520, Japan
Phone: 81-75-312-1211
TOKYO HEAD Office (Shiba-koen Tower) 2-11-1, Shiba-koen, Minato-ku,
Tokyo 105-0011, Japan
Phone: 81-3-5402-5800
Listed securities Tokyo Stock Exchange, Osaka Securities Exchange
exchanges

General-affairs office work, information system

Business GS Yuasa Power Supply Ltd.
companies Manufacturing of automotive battery; Assistancefor overseas manufacturing bases; Sales of automotive battery for OEM; Manufacturing & sales ofindustrial battery, power supply system, traction
battery, switch gear, specialty equipment, largesized Lithium-ion battery, remote monitoring systems and lease of real-estate etc.

GS Yuasa Battery Ltd.
Sales of automotive battery for replacement market; sales of automobile-related products

GS Yuasa Technology Ltd.
Manufacturing & sales of other batteries

GS Yuasa Lighting Ltd.
Manufacturing & sales of lighting equipment andultraviolet system

GS Yuasa International Ltd.
Export/import business; Overseas business management; Manufacturing & sales of Nickel-metal hydride
battery and Comprehensive-development enterprise3

GS Yuasa Accounting Service Ltd.

Membrane system

Affiliated-company finance, accounting businessSpecialty (electric power equipment, power
supply and electrode-applied equipment)

Domestic
production baseKyoto office 1, Inobanba-cho, Nishinosho, Kisshoin, Minami-ku,
Kyoto 601-8520 Japan

Membrane filtering used for drinking
water and wastewater purification
contributes to both the effective useof water resources and the preservation of our natural environment.

Creative yet practical devices, developed for awide variety of applications, making use ofbatteries, power sources, and other leadingedge technologies.

Osadano office 1-37 Osadano-cho, Fukuchiyama-shi, Kyoto Prefecture 620-0853 Japan

Odawara office 4-5-1 Ogicho, Odawara-shi, Kanagawa Prefecture
250-0001 Japan

Gunma office 671 Sakai Kami Yajima, Isesaki-shi, Gunma Prefecture 370-0111 Japan

Overseas companies
Consolidated Yuasa Battery Europe Ltd.
subsidiaries GS Battery (U.S.A.) Inc.
Yuasa Battery, Inc.
GS Battery Vietnam Co., Ltd.
Century Yuasa Batteries Pty Ltd.
Tianjin Tong Yee Industrial Co., Ltd.
Yuasa Battery (Guangdong) Co., Ltd.
Yuasa Battery (Shunde) Co., Ltd.
Ztong Yee Industrial Co., Ltd.
Yuasa Battery (Thailand) Pub. Co., Ltd.
22 other companies

Consolidated sales
100 million yen

Sales by business area

Persons
15,0004,000

12,916
12,437
12,467
11,710 12,037

3,120
3,000
2,354 2,397 2,434

2,607

OthersLighting
equipment

6%

Sales by region

Europe andAmerica

Others regions

5%

6%
13%

10,000312,012

2,000

19%

312,012

Million yen

Million yen

88%

63%

5,000
1,000

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Affiliated PT. GS Battery Inc.
companies 22 other companies

Number of employees in
consolidated businessesAsia02003 2004 2005 2006 2007
Fiscal year

2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
Fiscal year

Batteries and power supply system

Japan

2008 Environmental & Social Report4Commitment from the top

Commitment from the top

Promoting business activities that conserve the global environment andcontribute to our social responsibility

Our Group is comprised of companies that provide the devices andservices relevant to batteries, power supply systems, lighting equipment
and their associated core technologies, and that support social infrastructure with leading-edge energy technologies. In order to realize ourcorporate philosophy of Innovation and Growth, we have establishedhighly efficient global research and development, production, and distribution systems to provide customer oriented products and services.
Our Group’s products, including batteries, form a core technology,
and through this energy-storing technology, we have come to earn ahighly respected reputation in a wide variety of fields, including electricvehicles, satellites, deep-sea exploration modules, mobile devices andpower supply systems. Furthermore, when it comes to the conservationof the global environment, we have begun to earn our customers’ trust
for the leading-edge technologies that go into our batteries, which arebeing used in more and more applications in an expanding market.
From an environmental perspective, batteries are a unique and important technology that store energy without wasting it.
However, the processes used to manufacture these products consume
a great deal of resources and energy, and we have become keenly awareof the impact that the discharge of industrial waste and the emission of
CO2 has on the global environment. This awareness has led us to establish environmental policies for all of our offices in Japan and around theworld, based upon the fundamental environmental policies of ourGroup. An environmental management system has been established inaccordance with ISO 14001 standards, which is used to execute, maintain and continuously improve our environmental management activities. 2008 is the start of the first commitment period (from 2008 to
2012) set forth in the Kyoto Protocols, adopted in 1997 as a means toachieve targets for reducing greenhouse gases. Further, Toyako, in Hokkaido, was the setting this July for a summit meeting of the heads ofstate for the world’s leading nations. The summit was principally con-cerned with environmental issues.
Given that we are headquartered in Kyoto, we felt that we could, aspart of medium term plan, contribute to Japan’s commitment to the
Kyoto Protocols for reduction targets (specifically, to reduce greenhousegas emission levels in 2012 to 6% less than the 1990 levels) by reducing
our CO2 emission levels by FY2010 to 10% less than the 1990 levels. To
meet that objective, we have been actively engaged in activities designed
to achieve steady results.
Furthermore, our Group has continued to be actively involved, notjust in environmental activities and legal compliance issues, but in activities relevant to our Corporate and Social Responsibilities (CSR) for ourcustomers, trading partners, stockholders, communities and employees,
as we recognize the important role our business plays in society.
This 2008 Environmental & Social Report has been prepared in both
Chinese and English. Allowing all communities, as well as our business
partners, stockholders and investors within Japan and abroad, to better
understand our involvement in environmental management and social
efforts.
In disclosing our environmental and social involvement, our Group
provides more transparency to our business to foster trust in our stakeholders. As we work as a whole to lessen our environmental burden, weshall also contribute to the realization of a sustainable society.

GS Yuasa Corporation
President

Makoto Yoda

Philosophy

Innovation and Growth
We are committed to the people, society and global environment through Innovation
and Growth of our employees and business entities.
VisionWe are committed to delivering security and comfort to our customers aroundthe globe through advanced technologies developed in the field of stored energy solutions.

Management policy

1. GS Yuasa will become "First call" company based on our "Customer First" policy.
2. GS Yuasa considers “Quality” and “Safety” as most important, and supply
environmentally considered product all over the world.

3. GS Yuasa will comply with all laws and operate by clear and fair management.

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Environmental Report

Business activities and the environment

Accurately understanding the impact of business on the environment,
promoting reductions to that impact
Our Group manufactures and sells batteries, power supply systems, and lighting equipment, and provides related services thatare important to many aspects of today’s business and society. In
the process of our business activities, raw materials, energy, waterand resources are consumed, and waste water, the greenhousegas CO2, waste products and other materials are generated. We
are aware of the impact that our business activities have on theenvironment. We are promoting efforts to reduce, reuse, and recycle resources beginning at the product design stage, as well as
to reduce CO2 emissions and other environmental impacts.
These pages show the material flows from our business activi-

INPUT

Business activities
14,698ties during fiscal 2007. We consider data on the amount of inputs
and outputs to be important indicators of our environmental conservation efforts. We will use these methods to measure the success of our efforts.
It is noteworthy that lead, the main material in lead-acid batteries, is highly suited for recycling, but it is also a substance that canhave a heavy impact on the environment. Because of this fact, weare striving to minimize the number of defective products generated from our production processes. Our endeavors include working to reduce environmental impacts by recycling used lead-acidbatteries.

OUTPUT
1,230

757

192

3,405
Other chemicals

Plastic

OthersDevelopment and design

Sulfuric acidAmounts of chemicals used

62,004

143,565

Virgin lead(ton)

46,396Development and designin considerationof the environment

32,129283

7,892
Amounts of energy used
(crude oil conversion)

City gas

1,014

Heavy oil/type A heavy oil

LNG

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37,115kL of crude oil

Production

Amount of CO2
emissions

City gas

Water forindustrial
used(ton-CO2)

Amounts of water used

(m3)

1,085,314

1,159,887
Undergroundwater

Recycled water

801

Electricity

165• Kyoto office • Odawara office• Gunma office • Osadano office

Amount ofrecycling

Waste plastic

549,442

Metal
scraps(m3)

Amount ofwaste water

288
Others187

1,586,560

Product

Waste plates,
batteries and lead paste

Waste acids, alkalines

59,159Public waters

2,859,371

Wood scraps

Keroseneand gasoline

141,460
Public watersupply510

Waste paper and garbage

77,372

Electricity

472,710

5,897

761

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Keroseneand gasoline

46,231Others(ton)

541

Heavy oil/type A heavy oil

15,4798,738

SludgeLPG• Raw materials procurement• Green procurement

Waste plastic

414
Lead and its
compounds

927

LPG

529

27,494(kg)

Recycled lead

400

128

255

Amount of emissionof chemicals

Procurement

Metal scraps

Amount of waste discharged

Methylene
chloride

19,7101,037,118

215
Sludge

7,652
(ton)

Sewage disposal• Batteries and power supply system• Lighting and moreAmount of
final disposal

409
Wood
scraps491

Transportation

9,164

3,492
Amounts of energy used
(crude oil conversion)kL of crude oil※• Shop sales• Agents

Amount of CO2
emissions(ton-CO2)360

Waste paper

5,897

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Waste acids,
alkalines

Others90
Waste plastic

Waste plates
and batteries

101
Wood scraps

199

Sales

1,086
(ton)

Sludge310
Raw materials
recycling manufacturer

Retail shop

Recycling of raw materials
Value calculated using a method based on the Law Concerning the Rational Use of Energy. This calculation is unique to the specified shipper designated under that law, GS Yuasa Power Supply Ltd.

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Customer

Waste paper and garbage

Collecting used batteries
Purchase and use

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Environmental Report

Fundamental policies and a medium term planfor environmental conservation

Fundamental policies and a medium term planfor environmental conservation

Working to achieve simultaneous environmental conservation and economic
development
Setting the GS Yuasa Group's fundamental policies anda medium term plan for environmental conservation
The ISO 14001 standards call for the establishment of fundamental environmental policies as guidelines for corporate environmental management efforts, and the regular examination andrevision of these policies to reflect changes in the status of thecompany and the conditions that affect that company. We
worked on the creation of fundamental environmental policies
since the day our Group was formed on April 1, 2004. On May
25, we created the GS Yuasa Group Fundamental Environmental
Policies.
Following this, in keeping with our corporate vision of
Innovation and Growth, we created a medium term plan for important issues related to our fundamental environmental policies
in order to contribute to the realization of a sustainable society.

GS Yuasa Group Fundamental Environmental Policies
Fundamental philosophy
At the GS Yuasa Group, we set protection of the global environment as one of our most important tasks, and we contribute to thecreation of a sustainable society through the development, manufacture and sale of batteries, which are a form of clean energy,
power supply systems, and lighting equipment.

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We carefully evaluate the environmental impacts of our businessactivities, products and services, and we are working to reduce environmental burdens and to prevent pollution. Through energy andresource conservation, waste reduction and recycling, we will continuously improve our results.
We promote the development and design of products that protect
the environment throughout product life cycles. We seek to reduce
environmental impacts from the product development and design
stages to manufacture, use and disposal.

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We work to decrease environmental burdens with our business
partners throughout our entire supply chain, including materials
procurement and distribution.

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We have created environmental management systems according to
ISO 14001 standards and have enacted environmental policies at
each of our offices based on these fundamental policies. We also
advance our environmental protection activities by setting related
goals and targets.

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We abide by all laws, ordinances, agreements and regulations related to the environment, as well as other requirements agreed on by
the Group. We also make voluntary management standards according to these as necessary to promote environmental protection.

Reduction of energy use(electricity, gas and heavy oil)

We will reduce the amount of CO2 emissions by fiscal 2010 to 10% less than the fiscal
1990 level (in compliance with the Kyoto Protocol and the Law Concerning the Rational
Use of Energy).

Reduction of waste

We will reduce the rate of production errors and defective products (established as an item in common with ISO 9001).
By the end of fiscal 2008, we will reduce our landfill disposal rate for lead waste products to less than 3%.
By fiscal 2008, we will also reduce our waste water from industrial processes to one half the amount produced in fiscal 2003.

Provision of products designed inconsideration of the environment

We will develop and design batteries, power supply systems, lighting equipment and otherproducts with consideration for the environment.

Promotion of green procurement

We will conduct environmental auditing on 100% of our major suppliers by the end of fiscal 2009.

Management of chemicals

Based on chemical management guidelines established in April 2005, we will monitor thematerial flow of chemicals regulated by these guidelines.

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Operation and maintenance ofenvironmental management systems

We will continuously improve our environmental management systems in our four offices
of Kyoto, Osadano, Odawara and Gunma.

5Compliance with laws

We will set voluntary management standards that exceed the requirements of municipal
and national government environmental regulations and pursue the improvement of ourenvironmental management technologies.
We will conduct internal environmental auditing and undertake continuous improvement of
our environmental management efforts.
We will receive environmental auditing from external inspection agencies and seek to raise
the level of our environmental management efforts.

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We steadily execute revisions based on environmental audits andmanagement reviews to maintain and improve our environmental
management systems continuously.

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Through education, training and other environmental awarenessefforts, we promote the environmental awareness of all group employees, and we contribute to society through our environmental
preservation activities.

Maintenance and continuous
improvement of environmental
management systems

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Contributions to society

We seek to achieve good communications with our stakeholders
and with society as whole by providing information related to theenvironment, including our fundamental environmental policies.

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Communication about theenvironment

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Medium term plan

We will actively and continuously participate in environmental conservation efforts andcommunity beautification activities. We will also conduct continuous environmental
education and training for our employees.
We will continuously provide information about our activities and the environment throughEnvironmental & Social Reports and other means, and we will receive evaluations of ourenvironmental management efforts from society.

2008 Environmental & Social Report10Environmental management at affiliated overseas companies

Environmental Report

Efforts for the environment at Yuasa Battery (Thailand) Pub. Co., Ltd.

Environmental management at affiliated overseas companies

Efforts for the environment at Tianjin Yuasa Batteries Co., Ltd., in China

Waste water treatment facility

Yuasa Battery (Thailand) Pub. Co., Ltd.

Waste water treatment facility

Tianjin Yuasa Batteries Co., Ltd.

Location: Bangkok, Thailand
Establishment: April 1963
Business description: Manufacture and sales of automotive,
motorcycle and other lead-acid batteries
Capitalization: 108 million Baht (3.4 million US$)
Sales: 1,914 million Baht (59.5 million US$)
Number of employees: 840
Site area: Bangkok plant 23,720m2
Gateway plant 48,290m2
Built area: Bangkok plant 7,730m2
Gateway plant 19,930m2
URL: http://www.yuasathai.com/index.html

Location: Tianjin economic technological
Development area, Tianjin, P.R.China
Establishment: November 1993
Business description: Manufacture and sales ofmotorcycle batteries
Capitalization: US$6,350,000
Sales: 1.8 billion Chinese yen (2.4 million US$)
Number of employees: 300
Site area: 50,000m2
Built area: 23,000m2
URL: http://www.yuasa.com.cn/
Headquarters plant exterior view

Water quality support as waste water treatment facility is completed
Yuasa Battery (Thailand) Pub. Co., Ltd. (YBTH) is the second
oldest company among our Group’s overseas manufacturing locations. Production begins at the main plant in 1964. Today, themain plant and a second plant commissioned in 2002 annually
produce 600,000 automotive batteries and 2,500,000 motorcycle batteries for Japanese auto manufacturers in Thailand, as well
as for the replacement battery markets in Thailand and other
ASEAN countries.
As the requirements of environmental laws increases each year
in Thailand, YBTH has, beginning in 2006, focused on revolutionary changes in environmental and safety policies to maintain stable plant operations that meet those regulated values. YBTH is
promoting activities in three main areas: improving the processing of plant waste water, lowering atmospheric pollution levels
and providing facilities for employees’ health.
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in FY2007.
In October of 2007, a waste water treatment facility, to remove contaminants from plant waste water which would otherwise have been released to areas outside the plant, was completed to realize improved water quality.
In addition, dust removal equipment at both plants was updated this fiscal year, and there have been active efforts to beautify
the plant and its surroundings as well as to add rest and shower
rooms for employees.
YBTH is continuing to put the highest priority on environmental issues and employee safety for its plant operations throughactivities such as these which emphasize its social responsibility.

Plant exterior view

Promoting recycling for water, lead and sludge
Tianjin Yuasa Batteries Co., Ltd. (TYBC) was established in China’s Tianjin City as a motorcycle battery plant. Since July of 1994
when production began, roughly 90% of its customers have been
manufacturers of new vehicles, both within China and abroad.
Motorcycle production in China is the world's largest, withmore than 21 million motorcycles produced in FY2006 and morethan 25 million in FY2007.
Given the impact for future city plans and its own growth,
TYBC decided to relocate in December of 2007 from a section of
Tianjin City proper to the Tianjin Xiqing Economic Development
Region, some 18kms south of the city center, where a new plant
was built and production commenced in March of 2008.
The new plant was built with a lot of celling windows to takeadvantage of natural light during the day and reduce energy consumption. The dust collector was located centrally within theplant to reduce the resultant noise pollution. The waste water
treatment facility uses a raised-floor format, which allows for any

leaks to be quickly detected. Furthermore, the treated water is reused within the plant, allowing us to use a valuable natural resource more efficiently.
In addition, the waste lead and lead found in the sludge produced by the plant is recycled by a group company also locatedin Tianjin, TIANJIN TOHO LEAD RECYCLING Co., Ltd., which contributing to our efforts to be a member of a recycling-oriented
society.

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Risk management

Making efficient enterprise administration and fair business activities possible

Involvement in reducing the various risks that occur in businessGovernance structureGroup risk management committee system (crisis management response task force in emergencies)
Coordination
Shareholder’s meeting
Selection

Auditing

After April 2008

Selection

Selection

Directors

Committee chair
Overall management

Board of directors

Auditors/Outside auditors
Accounting auditor
Auditor meeting

President

Vice committee chair

Overallmanagement

ReportingElection and supervision

Risk management officers

Representative director

President

Management meeting
Affiliatedcompanies

Consultations

Business auditing officeBusinesscompanies
Shared service
companies

Operating officers

Business affairs execution divisions
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Fundamental ideas about corporate governance

GS Yuasa governance structure

Our Group is working to realize the corporate goal of beingcommitted to people, society and the global environment
through Innovation and Growth among our employees and companies. We have given that goal a practical form in a management vision of being committed to delivering security and comfort to our customers around the world through our advanced
technologies developed in the field of stored energy solutions.
This reflects a common commitment on behalf of all Group employees.
Further, we have reorganized our Group by dividing the company into business subsidiaries in order to improve the maneuverability and visibility of management. We are striving to transfer
authority and clarify responsibility, and as a holding company, GS
Yuasa Corporation has established group management systems
that control and manage the subsidiaries.

At GS Yuasa, we are strengthening the functions of our Boardof Directors to increase management efficiency and to promote
appropriate administrative decisions for the Group as a whole.
For example, the status of business progress and important concerns of every GS Yuasa division and subsidiary is reported to theBoard of Directors.
Moreover, GS Yuasa uses auditors and holds auditor meetings,
and each auditor expresses their opinion on business affairs to
the Board of Directors and other important Group meetings. At
the same time, through information exchange and discussion at
auditor meetings, and coordination with the GS Yuasa Business
Auditing Office and accounting auditor, we have established astructure that allows the rapid gathering of information and efficient auditing.

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Corporate General Affairs Division General Manager
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Risk management system
Our Group has established a Risk Management Rules document tominimize the risks and corporate losses inherent in doing business. These
guidelines also established a Group Risk Management Committee, led byour president, to promote and oversee group-wide risk management issues, and to share the information necessary for risk management promotion. In addition, risk management committees have been establishedin every department and subsidiary, and they work to implement risk
management in their respective jurisdictions.
In addition, these guidelines also established the necessary protocols

for actively predicting risk, avoiding it and minimizing it, along with corporate losses, while providing information on compliance with laws, regulations and corporate bylaws specific to the work we do.
In the event that some accident should occur, a Crisis Management
Rules document has been formulated, which establishes a Crisis Management Response Team within the Group Risk Management Committee, if
the president sould identify the potential for a large adverse effect on
our Group’s business.

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Details of cover photos (upper row)

Our photovoltaic generation
system in use

Enoshima Aquarium, where
our lighting equipment is now
in useSupport for activities thatbring vaccines for the world's
children

http://www.gs-yuasa.com/us

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1, Inobanba-cho, Nishinosho, Kisshoin, Minami-ku, Kyoto 601-8520, Japan
TEL. 81-75-312-1211(Shiba-koen Tower) 2-11-1, Shiba-koen, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-0011, Japan
TEL. 81-3-5402-5800

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