Social & Environmental Report 2007

Group Social & Environmental Report 2007

CONTENTS
Contents / Editorial Policy
Message from the President
Corporate ProﬁleHighlights of FY 2006

Editorial policy
FDK Group issued the Environmental Report of the March 2001
Edition six years ago, as its ﬁrst oﬃcial environmental report. The
report was renewed as FDK Group Social and Environmental
Report in 2006 to include not only how the FDK Group is committed to preserve the environment but how it performs its corporatesocial responsibility. This year marks the second issue of it.
The new version of report contains full of ﬁgures, tables, graphs
and pictures to explain its eﬀorts for realizing a sustainable society
in an easy-to-understand manner. In its environmental reportsection, each environmental action made by the FDK Group is
explained in each page as a unit, so that accomplishments can beeasily compared and understood against each environmental target.
The report is edited in accordance with the Sustainability
Reporting Guideline Ver. 3.0 of GRI (Global Reporting InitiativeTM),
Environmental Reporting Guideline, 2003 Edition by the Ministryof Environment and other criteria.
The report will be issued periodically once a year, and intends tomaintain bilateral communication with readers. From this issue,
paper-based questionnaire is abolished and only internet questionnaire is conducted, to reduce paper consumption. We are happy
to receive your valuable opinions and comments on our reports
through the questionnaires.

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Management and Organizational StructureManagement Policy and Corporate Governance06

Social Activities Report
Relations with Stakeholders
Social Contributing Activity

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Environmental Protection Activities Report
Business Operations and Environmental Burdens
Environmental Accounting
Basic Policy for Environment andEnvironmental Action Plan
Promotion of Environmental Management
Promotion of Green Procurement
Production of Environmental Measureson Products
Measures for Global Warming Prevention
Promotion of Green Factories
Environmental Solution Activity

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Target Readers
The target readers of this report include customers, suppliers,
investors, shareholders and employees of the FDK Group as well asother stakeholders such as local residents, and administrations.

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Site Report

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History of Environmental Activities

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URL〈Environmental Activities of the FDK Group〉
http://www.fdk.com/company̲e/kankyou̲index-e.html〈The FDK Group Social and Environmental Report Questionnaire fax or letter using an enclosed questionnaire.〉
http://www.fdk.com/company̲e/2007̲question-e.html

Scope of the Report
Applicable Periods

Scope of collation

All information and data are applicable for activities andachievements initiated and obtained during FY2006 (April 1,
2006 ‒ March 31, 2007), except for past data and performance information as well as some data up to July 2007 used
for the purpose of comparing them with the current data
and results.

The scope of the performance data including the global
warming prevention, waste reduction and chemical
substance elimination was from FDK CORPORATION and
its major domestic subsidiaries. The numerical data on
overseas manufacturing bases were partially described in
Site Report.

Organizations covered

Number of Sites of the FDK Group and the Scope of this Report

All three plants in FDK CORPORATION and 13 major subsidiaries.
FDK CORPORATION : Kosai Plant, Sanyo Plant, and Iwaki Plant
Japan

FDK Plants
FDK Oﬃces(Head Oﬃce and Sales Oﬃces)
Group Companies
Overseas

Major subsidiaries :(Six subsidiaries in Japan)
FDK ENERGY CO., LTD.,
FDK MECHATRONICS CO., LTD.,FDK ENGINEERING CO., LTD.,
FDK LIFETEC CORPORATION,
FUJIDENKA RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS CENTER CO., LTD.,FDK ECOTEC CO., LTD.
(Seven subsidiaries in Overseas)
FUCHI ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.， PT FDK INDONESIA，
FDK LANKA (PVT) LTD.，XIAMEN FDK CORPORATION，
SHANGHAI FDK CORPORATION，SUZHOU FDK CO., LTD.，
FDK (THAILAND) CO., LTD.

Category

Group Companies(Production Sites)
Group Companies(Sales Sites）

Sites

Consolidat Scope ofed
Data CollectedCompanies this Report

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3

3

9

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0

6

4

6

6

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9

8

7

(Site Report 7)

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4

0

0

＊ FDK TATUNG (THAILAND) CO., LTD.（Thailand）is one of the consolidated companies, however, it stopped the production activities since FY2005. Therefore the company is not covered in this report.

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Message from the President

To ensure that we safeguard the planet Earth for future generations, FDK has established the slogan FDKGroup Loves Nature for the Future of the Earth.

Through adherence to this slogan, the FDK Group strives

to achieve a sustainable society in which business interests and environmental preservation activities exist inharmony.
In both our Mid-Term Business Plan and our Fourth Environmental Action Plan we have incorporated awide range of activities that not only contribute to society through the course of our business, but that also
include co-operation with the local communities where we operate. These include compliance withenvironmental laws and regulations and the development and procurement of green products. In establishingthese plans, our Group makes clear the path we are committed to take. By pursuing these activities, ourGroup intends to fulﬁll our obligations as a responsible global citizen.
The FDK GroupEarths current cause for concern is the situation that is leading to a rapid deterioration of thes environment, a planet which should be the foundation of a sustainable society. Of particular concern

is the issue of global warming, a condition which, in our view, must be urgently addressed. Against thisbackground, the FDK Group is making the utmost eﬀort to prevent further global warming by developing
eco-friendly products aimed at energy savings and by increasing our levels of energy-saving production
processes. It is what is called the 3Rs: reduce, reuse and recycle. Individual employees and their families arebeing encouraged to lead environment-friendly lives. Moreover, in case of abnormal climate conditions causedby further deterioration of the environment, we have developed a system to protect all employees in theGroup at the time of a disaster, and we have done so in cooperation with local communities. Our plansincorporate both preventive measures and measures that need to be taken after a disaster occurs.
This report brieﬂy outlines our interactions with society, the results of our Third Environmental Action
Plan and actions proposed in our Fourth Environmental Action Plan, and activities that demonstrate ourcommitment to the environment. The report explains our expanded environmental activities, fromfactory-based environmental impact reduction schemes to environmentally sustainable management at both
our head oﬃce and at our sales oﬃces, as well as our eﬀorts to develop products that are mainly eco-products.
It will give me the utmost pleasure if this report is widely read, providing as many people as possible withaccurate information for understanding the environment, as well as our activities to preserve it. We welcome
your candid opinions and requests. Your opinions will be reﬂected in the future management of our Group.

Toshiharu Sugimoto
President & CEO
FDK Corporation

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Corporate ProﬁleIncorporated in 1950 as a manufacturer of dry batteries, we have successfully expanded our business lines to manufacturing
and sales of materials and parts for electronics-related industries, and have reinforced our overseas sales and production
bases to construct a global sales and manufacturing network. As a Fujitsu Group company, 39.8% of our shares with voting
rights are owned by Fujitsu Limited.
Company Name

: FDK Corporation[Consolidated Subsidiaries: 16 (Domestic: 4, Overseas:12); Equity Method Investee: 1 (Overseas 1); Non-consolidated Subsidiaries 4(Domestic:3 , Overseas 1)]

Head Oﬃce: 5-36-11, Shinbashi, Minato-Ku, Tokyo

President & CEO : Toshiharu Sugimoto
Foundation: February 1, 1950

Capital: 22,756 million yen

Sales: 121,537 million yen (consolidated sales in FY 2006)
60,682 million yen (non-consolidated sales in FY 2006)
Electronics device business: 94,123 million yen(sales composition ratio 77.4%)

Kosai Plant

Battery business: 27,414 million yen (sales composition ratio 22.6%)(Incl. overseas sales of 73,175 million yen or 60.2% of the total consolidated sales)

Employees: Consolidated: 12,344 Non-consolidated: 1,362※ The above corporate proﬁle indicates the data as of the end of March 2007.

Consolidated subsidiaries〈Production companies〉〈Sales companies〉

FDK Mechatronics Co., Ltd.

FDK America, Inc. (USA)FDK Lifetec Corporation

Japan

Overseas

FDK Energy Co., Ltd.
FDK Engineering Co., Ltd.

FDK Singapore PTE. Ltd. (Singapore)
FDK Hong Kong Ltd. (China)
FDK Electronics GmbH (Germany)

PT FDK Indonesia (Indonesia)
Fuchi Electronics Co., Ltd. (Taiwan)
Xiamen FDK Corporation (China)
Shanghai FDK Corporation (China)

Overseas

Suzhou FDK Co., Ltd. (China)
FDK Lanka (PVT) Ltd. (Sri Lanka)
FDK (Thailand) Co., Ltd. (Thailand)
FDK Tatung (Thailand) Co., Ltd. (Thailand)

Sales amount

Number of employees
Non-consolidated
basis(Million yen)

140,000
120,000
100,000
80,000Consolidated
basis
118,109

102,668

100,61384,581

15,00013,784
11,70064,28757,96057,984

11,097

11,094

12,344

11,708

5,000
1,334

2001

2002

Batteries
23%
Components
18%

60,68220,00003

Consolidated
basis

10,00040,0000Non-consolidated
basis(Employees)

100,441

86,25862,97860,000121,537

Breakdown of Sales by Division in FY 2006

2003

2004

2005 2006 (FY)

0

2001

1,465

2002

1,452

2003

1,368

2004

1,389

1,362

2005 2006 (FY)

Modulesystems59%

Major ProductLines

FDK mainly manufactures and sells materials and parts for electronics-related products, dry batteries

Business Category

Major Products

Module Systems

and their applied products.

LCD backlight
Inverter module

Switching power supplies

Coil devices

RF multilayer products

Multilayer power chip inductors

Motors

Optical devices

VCO(voltage controlled oscillator)

Alkaline batteries

Lithium batteries

LED flashlights

Batteries

Battery Business

Components

Electronic Business

Signal processing module
for LCD display※

The above illustrations indicate some examples of products in which the FDK products are used.

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Highlights of FY 2006

The Second Super-Green Product*
Now Available!
Development of Super-Green Products is one of our commitments
shown in the 3rd Environmental Action Plan. As a super-green
product, the AML0603E Series RF multi-layer chip inductor was
released in FY2006. Following the MIPF2520D Series ultra-small
multi-layer power inductors released in FY2005, this is our second
successful release of a super-green
product.
(See P22)

AML0603E Series

Fujidenka Research and Analysis Center Co., Ltd.
Certified as ISO17025 Compliant
ISO17025 is an international standard relating to the performanceof research institutes and calibration entities, describing general
requirements required for them. The standard requires thosedesiring certiﬁcation not only to have the appropriate level ofoperating and management ability regarding measurement andtesting, but also to incorporate the appropriate level of technicalcompetency for controlling testing and calibration accuracy.
Fujidenka Research andAnalysis Center Co., Ltd.
was successfully accredited as ISO17025 compliant in January 2007, for
its ability at measuring
air quality and smoke
concentration measurements. (See P31)
ISO17025 Certiﬁcate and its Annexure

Employee Safety Confirmation System
Starts Operation
The employee safety conﬁrmation system, that was developed
in-house and has been through aseries of operation tests in Kosai
Plant was oﬃcially introduced
throughout the Group companies
and all oﬃces in Japan. This systemutilizes e-mail transmission and web
functions of cellular phones. Goingforward, the safety of each employee
can be conﬁrmed promptly in theevent that large disasters such as
earthquakes or tsunamis happen.
(See P08)

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A cellular phone screen showing
safety information

Automatic Vending Machine witha Donation Function in Operation
The ﬁrst automatic vending machine with a donation function
was introduced in Iwaki Plant. A purchaser of a soft drink can
donate using the change
from their purchase bysimply pushing a button.
The donated funds will
be sent to the Heartful
Fukushi Bokin, an NPO
organization, as a fundfor purchasing wheel
chairs and portable typebath systems. (See P14)
An automatic vending machinewith a donation function

Xiamen FDK Corporation Won the Award for Advanced
Safety Production Control Company in Xiamen Hi-Tech
Industry Development Zone
Accredited as having an advanced safety control system, Xiamen
FDK Corporation won the award for Xiamen high-tech industry
development zone advanced safety production control company
in FY2006 from the Committee of the Xiamen Torch Hi-Tech
Industrial Development Zone. On the same occasion, Mr. Huang
Huang, Director of the Administration Department, won theaward for individuals in
advanced safety manufacturing practice, arecognition of his skills
as a superb controller,
and of having the highest degree of insight inenhancing the level ofsafety activities within
Certiﬁcate of an Advanced Safety Production
the company. (See P40)
Control Company won by Xiamen FDK

The 4th Environmental Action Planof the FDK GroupThe 4th Environmental Action Plan, a three-year action plan for
FY2007 to FY2009 has been formulated and is now being
executed. The revised action plan underlines reinforcement ofenvironmentally-oriented corporate management and upgrading product values via environment-conscious products, all while
continuing the activities of the 3rd Environmental Action Plan.
(See P19)

Super-Green Products＊ Among the green products incorporating energy saving, design
based on 3R (reduce, reuse and recycle), reduction of hazardous
substances ahead of the relevant regulations and laws, asuper-green product is a top-runner product featuring suchcharacteristics as world-smallest, ﬁrst in Japan, ﬁrst in theindustry, smallest in Japan, and smallest in the industry.

Management Policy and Corporate Governance
The FDK Group will contribute to further advancement of electronics industries by developing
and providing electronic products and batteries, and will perform social responsibilities as acompany, in order to be a trusted, good corporate citizen.

FDK Group Management Direction

Social Activities Report

The FDK Group makes it its mission to realize abundant electronic society by developing and providing electronic parts and batteriesof quality that satisﬁes customers. For this purpose, the FDK Group provides high quality products of high utility value to the customers all over the world by fully utilizing our own material, circuit and high density packaging technologies nourished for years and byintegrating the eﬀorts and enthusiasm of all employees in the Group. Aiming at being recognized as a key device supplier of highly
advanced electronic products, the FDK Group will endeavor to contribute to the development of technologies and environmental protection. In addition, the FDK Group will further enhance its corporate value through timely and accurately responding to changes of its
business environment and an eﬀective utilization of its corporate resources by promoting production innovation activities to build a ﬁrm
and stable management foundation, as well as managing the company in compliance with the relevant laws and regulations.

Management andOrganizational Structure

Corporate Governance
The FDK Group aims at speedy and accurate decision-making as well as highly transparent and eﬃcient corporate management,
through which it will strengthen its corporate governance.

Our Basic Attitudes toward
Corporate GovernanceCorporate Governance Structure
Shareholders Meeting
Appointment and Dismissal

Board of Auditors

Board of Directors
President & CEO

Corporate
Auditing Dept.
Management Council
Operating Officers

Accounting Auditors

The FDK Group separates management administration functions
and business operation functions. Since June 2002, an operatingoﬃcer system has been put into eﬀect. Currently the Group sboard of directors consists of four directors including one externalboard member. The small-in-size board of directors ensures aprompt decision making process. The board of directors meetingis held once a month where important corporate management
matters are decided and operations of business are monitored
and supervised. There are 3 director and operating oﬃcers and
8 operating oﬃcers in oﬃce.
The Management Council is convened once a month to decideon business matters. As decisions on important business mattersrequire a resolution at the meeting of board of directors, theCouncil is in principle held one week before the meeting of boardof directors to facilitate its process.
There are 4 corporate auditors, and 2 out of them are outside
corporate auditors stipulated in Article 2, Paragraph 16 of thecorporate law. The corporate auditors attend the meeting ofboard of directors, Management Council and other committees
held from time to time. In addition to it, their role includes
business report hearings from directors. All of these eﬀectively
ensure the conduct of business in compliance to corporate governance by closely monitoring the business activities of thedirectors. The auditor s meeting is held every 3 months inprinciple, where each auditor makes a report on how he/shemonitors the business of the FDK Group.
The eﬀectiveness and eﬃciency of their auditing activities are
ensured by maintaining close communication among accounting
auditors, corporate auditors and Corporate Auditing Dept.
through exchanging information and opinions among them fromtime to time.

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Site Report

The FDK Group believes that well-established corporate governance will enhance the healthiness and the fairness andtransparency of a company and increase the value of ourshareholders. Standing on the idea, the FDK Group s organizational structure is revised as necessary to improve the quality ofthe organization and to implement necessary measures andpolicies. In addition, the Group is committed proactively todisclosing its corporate information to ensure transparent andsocially just corporate management. For example, its corporate
information is disclosed in a timely manner, and its ﬁnancial
statements are available on the Internet.

Measures for Ensuring
Corporate Governance

Environmental Protection
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Management Policy and Corporate GovernanceCompliance(Regulatory Compliance)
The FDK Group fulﬁlls its social corporate accountability after clarifying its due corporate conduct as an enterprise and abides by relevantlaws and regulations applicable to it. In FY2006, an Internal Reporting System was newly introduced.

FDK Corporate Guideline on
Code of Conduct
Established in 2000 as a basic code to be observed by each
employee, FDK Corporate Guideline on Code of Conduct clearlygives direction of the FDK Group for compliance and basic
policies of its corporate activities to gain trusts of its consumers
and suppliers. The Guideline is available to all employees
through the company s intranet, is placed on bulletin board ofeach workplace, and is printed in a portable calendar distributed
to all employees every year, so that the concepts in the Guideline
can be disseminated eﬀectively to all of them and in order tostimulate recognition of the concepts among them for appropriate actions by them.

1.Customer Satisfaction●

We supply safe and high quality products andservices for the needs of customers.

2.Environmental Consciousness●

We promote resource saving, energy saving andmake an ongoing eﬀort to protect the global
environment.

3.Contribute to Society●

We, as a good corporate citizen, actively contribute to society.

●We respect the culture and customs of every
country in the world with the global perspective and contribute to the development of theregion.

4.Fair Trade●

We have sensible course of business behavior,●

We communicate widely with the society andand conduct fair and free competition.
disclose our corporate information justly andtimely.
5.Compliance with Law●

We act with sense of ethics and comply withlaws and social codes.

Compliance Education
Use of Intranet

Aiming at stimulating recognition of compliance and corporate
ethics among the employees, the FDK Group provides compliancerelated information of various types to all employees through thecompany s intranet. The information includes explanation of laws
and regulations applicable to them and the Group, internal regulations, example cases of violations.

Internal Seminars

Laws and regulations closely related to everyday activities of theemployees, such as internal regulations, Product Liability Law,
Amtitrust Laws and Private Information Protection Law are
explained at training seminars for new recruits and for newly
appointed oﬃcers to raise the understanding of such laws andregulations among employees. As the course of such eﬀorts by thecompany, each oﬃce holds an explanation meeting individually to
explain laws and regulations especially important to us. In FY2006,
an explanation meeting on export control was held with the participation of domestic oﬃces and overseas subsidiaries in order tostrengthen security trade. In addition, an explanation seminar on
Act against Delay in Payment of Subcontract Proceeds, Etc. to
Subcontractors was held during FY2006.

Internal Reporting System
Aiming at prevention and early-stage detection of any violations
relating to laws, regulations, internal rules as well as the company s
ethics regulations, an Internal Reporting System was established in
the Group in April 2006. A report receiving desk was establishedwhere any reporting and consultations are received. The desk isassumed to be used whenever alleged violations against laws andrules as well as the company s ethics regulations are found andwhen normal course of consultations and reporting is not available
through the reporter s manager. Name and department of reporters
are treated as conﬁdential under the Internal Reporter Protection
Regulation. Reporters are also protected against any disadvantageous or retaliatory treatment due to a violation notiﬁcation madeby them. In FY2006, no reporting that is associated with signiﬁcantviolations against laws, rules and regulations were made.

Internal Reporting System
All FDK Group Employees
Including loom employees, contracted employees and temporary staffs, etc.
Reporting andConsultation

Feedback as thecase may require

External Desk

Reporting andConsultation

Feedback as thecase may requireInternal Desk

External law office Reporting with the identity Legal Departmentof the reporter hidden

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Management and Organizational Structure

The FDK Group tries to prevent occurrence of any risks, and promotes minimizing the inﬂuences of risks once they happen. The risk
management system of the entire Group is reinforced wherever the Group operates, either in Japan or in overseas.

Risk Management System

Actions against Natural Disasters

Environmental Protection
Activities Report

In FY2006, the Employee Safety Conﬁrmation System, developed
in-house, was deployed to all oﬃces in Japan including all FDKGroup companies. This system utilizes e-mail transmission andweb functions of cellular phones.
From now onward, safety of each
employee, when massive disasters
such as an earthquake and a tsunami
happen, can be conﬁrmed promptly.
Whenever such disasters happen,
the FDK Group will cooperate withthe local communities by providing
dry batteries manufactured by theGroup, dispatching in-house ﬁreﬁghting brigade and taking part in
rescuing victims.

Social Activities Report

After facing with various risks at its oﬃces in Japan and inoverseas, the FDK Group revised its risk management system forthe entire oﬃces. All the latent business risks were identiﬁed anddepartments were allocated and assigned to risk assessment andanalysis in order to strengthen the Group s risk managementcompetency. Natural disasters and dissemination of epidemics andothers that could expose us to serious risks are treated in a waythat relevant information is collected and analyzed correctly andmeasures are decided speedily under the leadership of Risk
Management Department chaired by the President. Kosai Plant,
located where Tokai earthquake could occur at any time, isplanning a business continuity plan (BCP) so that the Plant cancontinue supply of products to customers without any temporary
stops or resume production at an early date, if a stop happen.

Management andOrganizational Structure

Risk Management

Site Report

A cellular phone screen showing
employee safety information

Protection of Intellectual Properties
In order to keep it at the position of competitive advantage, the FDK Group protects its unique businesses through creating and protecting
intellectual properties. Intellectual properties, especially, are protected with the cooperative actions by IPC function, R&D function andBusiness function of the Group. The activities are centered on the three pillars of (i) acquisition of eﬀective patents, (ii) eﬀective utilizationof patents currently held and (iii) aversion of infringing rights of others.

Intellectual Property Control System

Respect to Patents Held by Others

Control of intellectual properties for the entire Group are plannedand proposed by Intellectual Property Dept., under Technology
R&D Department and managed and operated by Patent Promotion Sub-Committee. A patent promotion meeting is set up at thelevel of sections, groups and projects and held regularly to make asummary of issues related to patent in order to extract anddiscuss new areas of inventions.

An infringement of a third party patent could result in a large loss forour company. The FDK Group implements appropriate measures toavoid this. At the same time, we decisively act against infringementof our patents by a third party. A meeting of Patent Promotion Committee is regularly held where discussions and reports on patent infringements take place.

Diagram of Management System for Intellectual Property

Technology R&D Department

In order to acquire patents in force eﬀectively, Intellectual Property
Department works closely with our invention functions for creationand invention. Prior-art researches, judgment as to whether aninvention can be patentable or not, and thorough review of a written
opinion against a notiﬁcation of reasons for refusal are all intended
to make a smooth submission of an application for registration of apatent. For the purpose of nourishing robust patents, in-house
education and other human resources development schemes areproactively facilitated.

Patent Promotion Committee

Secretariat
Intellectual Property Dept.

Chairman of patent promotion committee(Director in charge of Patent)Intellectual Property Strategy

Intellectual（Manager,
Property Dept. ）Patent Promotion Committee Members(Department Managers)
Patent Promotion
Sub-Committee

Patent Promotion
Sub-Committee

Project,
Group,
SectionProject,
Group,
SectionProject,
Group,
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Group,
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Social Activities Report

Relations with Stakeholders
In order to perform its due social accountability as a corporate citizen, the FDK Group is committed to establishing aclose relationship of trust with its shareholders, customers and other stakeholders, and thrives to bring a sustainable andabundant society come true while achieving development of the company and society as a whole.

Communication with Shareholders and Investors
The FDK Group values on the relationship of trust with its shareholders and investors. For this purpose, it will disclose corporate information in a timely, legal and appropriate manner to enhance transparency of corporate management. By doing so, the FDK Group tries toaugment its corporate value and obtain high evaluation from the society.

Communicating with Shareholders
and Investors

Information Disclosure

The FDK Group set up Corporate Communication Oﬃce in April 2001

Recognizing that accurate and timely disclosure of corporate

to improve the quality of information provided to its stakeholders.

information to shareholders, investors and securities analysts is

The Oﬃce accepts interviews by outside institutional investors,

the basics for keeping the security market in strong condition, thesecurities analysts and fund managers and discloses corporate

FDK Group is committed to disclosing information in accordance toinformation via its website. News releases are distributed and press

the timely information disclosure rule of the Tokyo Stock Exchange

meetings are held to disseminate the activities of the FDK Group

Market and, for other information, it tries to disseminate promptly,

to its shareholders and other stakeholders.

accurately and in a fair manner. All those information are in principle

The FDK Group s website contains ﬂash reports of its statement

issued in both English and Japanese versions to provide them toof ﬁnancial settlements, business reports and other disclosures, as

stakeholders in overseas.

well as the latest information on business performances of the GroupIn order to facilitate understanding of all stakeholders on the FDK

and new products, recruit information and social and environmental

Group, various news on product development, product strategy

reports made accessible to viewers in general.

and establishment of new oﬃces are released actively to enhance

The FDK Group is determined to make its public relations and IR

transparency of corporate management by which our corporate

activities more eﬀective by taking into consideration various opinions

values are lifted up.

posted to its website by viewers, telephone and fax as well asinterviews and press meetings.

Relationship with Customers
Under the belief of customer satisfaction ﬁrst, the FDK Group is committed to manufacturing products that can comply with the requirements of customers. Combined by electronic materials such as ferrites and ceramics FDK excels at as well as the latest technologies, the
FDK Group continues to respond to the requirements of customers.

Fujitsu Battery Customer Center System

Communication with Customers
In order to strengthen two-way communication with customers
all over the world, a website has been in operation since 2003. The
website is open to customers for making product-speciﬁc inquiries
and provides easy-to-understand product information.
A customer center is also open to customers who inquire about
Fujitsu batteries, which are consumer products, to deepen therelationship of trust with our customers. The opinions andcomments received by the center are accumulated and fed backto future product development processes for improvement inCustomers
Response

Inquiries(comments, questions, complaints, etc.)

Customer Center
Investigation
results

Information provision/ Request for investigation

Sales functions
Quality control divisions
Technology divisions
Manufacturing divisions
Collection, analysis, utilizationand improvement of information

order to provide better products and services to our customers.

Enhanced quality and services

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Social Activities ReportManagement andOrganizational Structure

Information Security andProtection of Personal Data

respond to the trust of them as its quality policy, the FDK Group

information arising from ﬁle swapping software and computervalues on manufacturing quality products. Quality and safety ofviruses. The FDK Group promotes appropriate use of information

products manufactured by the FDK Group are assured by Quality

and prevention of information leakage by establishing 6 in-house

Assurance Div., in cooperation with each department and site, inrules such as Information Management Rules (1999) and Informa-

order to meet the level that customers require. As a part of thetion Management Rules for Personal Data Management (2003). In

quality and safety assurance activities, all of the sites of the FDK

order to ensure appropriate compliance of these regulations andGroup are certiﬁed as ISO9001 and ISO14001 compliant (international

policies, an Information Management Handbook is distributed to

management system) to ensure maintenance and enhancement of

all employees to raise awareness of the importance of information

quality at each phase from R&D, design, production and logistics

management. In addition, the Policy for Protection of Personal Data

to after-sale services.

is a portal site on the company s intranet so that each employee canMore precisely, all FDK Group sites are instructed to observe therefer to learn various types of information related to it. As to thefollowings:-

protection of private information, the Policy for Protection ofSite Report

Recently, people concerns about leakage of sensitive and private

Environmental Protection
Activities Report

With the provision of quality products to our customers toSocial Activities Report

Securing of Product Quality and Safety

personal Data is open to the employees through the company s･ To promote manufacturing of safe and eco-friendly products

intranet.

･ To enhance quality inspection system from the source of products

In order to prevent leakage of information from PCs, all PCs are･ To respond quickly to the requirements of customers

password-protected, and a software to encode data stored in the･ To prevent occurrence and recurrence of quality problems

hardware is installed in the PCs to be taken out of the company.
These measures aims at ensuring that even if a PC containing

Among them, the safety of products and assurance of environmen-

sensitive and private information were lost or stolen, the contents

tal requirements are proactively addressed by establishing thecannot be retrieved in any way.

FDK Product Safety Charter and the criteria for controllingchemical substances included in products. Should a quality problem
happen in our products and services provided to our customers,
or should the occurrence of an accident and a damage are foreseen,
these are promptly communicated to all the departments and sections
in our company as critical issues, and conﬁrmed and examined at theManagement Council where root causes and countermeasures are
examined to minimize the damages arising from them.
From the onset of product development, assurance of quality isunderlined. For this purpose, Design Review Promotion Committee
is established to maintain examination of design quality in order

Information Management Regulation System
FDK Group Corporate Conduct Guidelines
Company rules
Information Management Rules
Information Management Rules
for Personal Data Management
Confidentiality- Third-Party Confidential
related rules Information Rules

Information
management
handbook

Confidential information
management rules

to prevent occurrence and recurrence of any quality problems.
Information System Security Rules
Systemrelated rules PC/Network Utilization Rules

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Relations with Stakeholders

Relations With Our Employees
The FDK Group develops skilled workers that can support the management of the company as the main actors of its corporate activities.
It also aims at establishing safe workplaces free of any disasters for the health of employees and becoming a company that can enjoy trustof the public.

Personnel System
One of the basic philosophies of the FDK Group is to establish a
corporate climate where each employee is proactively involved inworking. The basic concept in the company s personnel system
includes to respect people who values on creativity and innovation and who dare to challenge everything enthusiastically and toproactively get involved in raising business performances of thecompany to connect them to the growth and happiness of thecompany and its employees.
In FY2000, the FDK Group updated the personnel evaluation
system, job class system and other basic personnel management
systems. Since then, the company has proactively promoted thefollowing activities: to encourage all employees to take part in therealization of the management target autonomously and independently; to align vectors of all employees to the policies and targetsof the organization; to conduct fair personnel evaluation andtreatment that are acceptable to all employees.

Sustainable Improvement,
Sense of Achievement of Better Tomorrow,Self-Conﬁdence, Pride and Joy of Life to All

Education and Training System
The FDK Group provides various education and training systems
to employees such as orientations to new recruits, mass training
sessions to each layer of employees and skill and specialized
trainings for acquisition of technical knowledge and skills. In 2001,
an e-Learning system was introduced for the employees study attheir convenience, and has been in operation on the company s
intranet. The e-Learning includes basic course such as productknowledge, languages and basic PC handling. English and Chinese
language courses are also open to the employees by invited
instructors to enhance the language proﬁciency of employees.
The FDK Group opens correspondence education courses, which
include business skills, languages, hobbies, health and other broad
study areas, for employees and their family members.

New recruit orientation at
the company s training center(Q&A session with the president)

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Safety and Health Management
The FDK Group promotes various activities so that all employees
can work healthfully and safely. As to the safety, the Central
Health and Safety Committee is held with the participation of therepresentatives of the company and the labor union where policies
relating to the safety and health of the company as a whole aredecided, disaster preventions, conﬁrmations of conditions ofdisasters, if happened, and measures against the disasters are
implemented. The safety and health at the level of each oﬃce are
ensured by conducting a safety and health patrols, holding Healthand Safety Committees in accordance with the company policies.

Employee Safety and Health Management Organization
Central Health and
Safety Committee(held 4 times/year)

This represents the company
consisting of the representativesof both the union andthe management.

Site Health and Safety
Management Committee(held once a month)This is an organization set up
at each site consisting of
the representatives of boththe union and the management.

･ Kosai Plant(incl. FDK Ecotec)･ Sanyo Plant･ Iwaki Plant･ Head Office and Sales･ FDK Energy Co., Ltd.
･ FDK Mechatronics Co., Ltd.
･ FDK Engineering Co., Ltd.
･ FDK Lifetec Corporation･ Fujidenka Research andAnalysis Center Co., Ltd.

Established by each site andcompany as required

Workplace Safety
and Health Promotion
Committee
Group Safety and
Health Activities

Health Management Oﬃce is responsible for regular medical checkups and providing health maintenance and promotion guidance for theemployees. An industrial physician is stationed in the health consultations to grasp and understand the health conditions of employees. In
case an employee has any health problems, the industrial physician,the Personnel Department
and management are incooperation with each otherto take appropriate measures
for the employee.

Safety and Health Patrols(Kosai Plant)

Social Activities ReportAward-Giving System

Environmental Protection
Activities Report

After the enforcement of the revised Law concerning
Stabilization of Employment of Older Persons (April 1,
2006), the FDK Group maintains and operates a system ofrehiring staﬀ of retirement age. Chances of feeling job
satisfaction and committing themselves to challenging
works are open to all employees after reaching to 60 yearold, the retirement age of the FDK Group, who havestrong incentives for continuing working and developing
their skills.

Social Activities Report

The FDK Group has various sport clubs including baseball,
football, volleyball, marathon, tennis and surﬁng. It also
participates actively in matches with neighboring companies and local Ekiden (a marathon relay race).
Every year a softball match is held in cooperation with thecompany s labor union and supported by the company shealth insurance union. The softball match starts withlocal preliminaries. Survivors in the preliminary matches
can go to the national championship. All employees lookforward to the annual event because This is one of theoccasions that we do sport and deepen friendship of ourcolleagues, as said by one of them.

Management andOrganizational Structure

Rehiring Staff of Retirement Age

Clubs and Sport Events

Final game of a softball match

Site Report

All employees in the FDK Group who produced an outstanding result are recognized their performances in the past
year, at the company s foundation anniversary ceremonyin February every year.

Entry for Kosai Ekiden

Pregnancy, Child Care and Nursing Needs
The FDK Group provides its employees with various
assistances including annual paid holiday, paid leaveaccumulation system, maternity leave and shorter working
hours, nursing leave and shorter working hours, so that they
can make family and working compatible. The accumulative paid holidays can be taken for long time leave due toillness and other reasons.
The employees can also take special holidays to take partin voluntary activities as a part of contribution to the society.

Participants (persons)

FY2006

Child Care Leave System

21

Nursing Care Leave System

1

Volunteer Activity Leave System

2

Shorter Working Hours System

37

Award-giving ceremony atthe company s foundation ceremony

Compensations for Employee Inventions
In order to revise the company s Employee Invention Regulation in line with the enforcement of the revised Patent
Law in 2004 and to make the compensation system known
to all employees, a series of hearings was held and relevant
information was disclosed to them. As the revision of theRegulation can enhance the incentives of engineers, thecompany s Patent Control Regulation was revised in
January 1, 2006 to include (1) a system of ﬁxed-rate compensation payment from the income of license fees and (2) asystem of rewarding to the retired.

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Relations with Stakeholders

Relationship with Suppliers
The FDK Group desires to gain and maintain good partnership with its suppliers by acting in accordance to FDK Corporate Action
Agenda, comprising basics of the Group s activities. In addition, in order to respond to the ever increasing requirement to a company to
fulﬁll due social responsibility, including environmental preservation and compliance, the FDK Group is committed to green procurement
introduced in 2001.

Fair Transactions
The FDK Group promotes fair transactions with its suppliers in purchasing raw materials, parts, packaging materials and other resources
clarifying 'Basic attitudes for procurement ' in accordance to theMaterials Procurement Control Regulations.
【Basic Attitudes for Procurement】⑴ To ensure providing safe and quality products under the
principle of co-existence and co-prosperity with the business
partners⑵ To thoroughly understand the basic environmental protection policy stipulated in the FDK Environmental Charterand to procure items that contribute to the reduction ofenvironmental burdens⑶ To select business partners using fair criteria to promote
fair and lawful procurement activities⑷ To thoroughly understand and follow procurement-related
laws and regulations and to conduct businesses respecting the laws and regulations as well as social norms

Actions relating to Procurements
In order to perform its due social corporate responsibility, and inaccordance to its Green Procurement Guidelines, the FDK Grouphas been involved in green procurement activities (See P21). The
activities include support to its suppliers in establishing an EMS
and investigations on prohibited chemical substances.

Cooperation with Suppliers

In order to provide green products to its customers, it is imperative to obtain cooperation of suppliers delivering products to the
FDK Group. For this purpose, the FDK is strengthening cooperative activities with its suppliers for non-use of prohibited chemical
substances and supply chain management.

Supports to Suppliers

The FDK Group tries to reduce environmental loads from its
overall supply chains. For this purpose, the FDK Group extends
supports to its supplier in reducing them, in addition to the eﬀorts
of minimizing those originated from the Group.

Supplier Assessment

The procurement function of the FDK Group regularly assesses
its existing suppliers as well as when a new supplier is selectedusing a Supplier Assessment Criteria Sheet.
The sheet contains such assessment items as quality, price, commitment to keep the designated delivery date, technical competency
as well as matters related to environmental preservation.

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Information Security
The FDK Group addresses maintenance of information security
and protection of private information (See P10).
The eﬀorts include raising awareness of its employees toward
protection of secret information of its suppliers and private information and measures taken for preventing leakage of informationfrom PCs brought out of the company premises.

Compliance
The FDK Group will set out a regulation relating to internal
governance to bind itself to a stricter compliance on procurement
activities, in order to perform its due corporate social responsibility. In addition, the FDK Group will keep a good relationship with
its suppliers and other stakeholders.

Compliance in Procurement Activities
Laws and Regulations
FDK Corporate
Action Guidelines

Green Procurement
Guidelines
ObservancewithinFDK Group

Internal Governance(future agenda)
Materials Procurement
Control Regulations

Supplier Assessment

Good Relationshipwith Stakeholders

Social Activities ReportSocial Contributions
As a global citizen, the FDK Group is committed to social contribution activities and enhancing communication
with the local communities, in a hope for sustainable protection of the beautiful global environment.

Local Community Voluntary
Cleaning Activities

Local Traﬃc Safety Activity

Each oﬃce of FDK participates in the Japanese Archipelago Cleaning
Campaign hosted by Japanese Trade Union Confederation held in
September every year and local community cleaning activities incooperation with its labor union. In 2006, FDK in Kosai Region participated in cleaning activities around JR Washizu Station, JR Shinjohara
Station and JR Araimachi
Station. In Sanyo Region(Yamaguchi Prefecture), thecleaning activities were heldaround Onoda City Cemeteryand around Choju-en, aspecial elderly nursing home.
FDK also participated in a
mountain burning eventand mowing activities inJapanese Archipelago Cleaning
Akiyoshidai in Yamaguchi
Campaign in Sanyo Region
Prefecture.

In Kosai Region, FDK participate in the citizens traﬃc safety
activity of Shizuoka Prefecture, as a course of the activity by
traﬃc safety sub-group of the site s health and safety committee.
The activity include citizens
campaign to protect school
kids from traﬃc accidents
in April, to protect children
entering a elementary schoolor a kindergarten/nurseryschool from traﬃc accidents,
and the National SpringTraﬃc Safety Campaign.

Recyclable Wastes Collection
Volunteer Activities

IT/Environment/Business Manner Education
and Training Supports outside company

All FDK branch unions in Kosai Region in Shizuoka Prefecture,
Sanyo in Yamaguchi Prefecture, Iwaki in Fukushima prefectureand sales divisions nationwide collect aluminum pull-tabs, usedstamps, used telephone cards, used prepaid cards and foreign
coins to routinely donate them to social welfare councils andvoluntary organizations of the respective region. In FY2006, Kosai
Region donated 28 kg of aluminum pull-tabs and Sanyo donated
188 kg of them to the social welfare councils Kosai City and Sanyo
Onoda City respectively.
Iwaki region donated 18
kg of them to Sanbora
Kai, a voluntary organization.

Iwaki Branch of FDK Lifetec Co., Ltd. have been providing occupational skill development training supports at the Iwaki Occupational
Skill Development and Promotion Center (Politec Center Iwaki) since
FY2003. The Center was established by the Japanese Government asa course of the employment support project for young people andmanaged by the private sector. In those days, the job market wasstrictly tight and many freeters (part-time workers) and NEETs
appeared. The education and trainings provided there include PC
handling skills, OJTs,
business manners andattitudes as businesspeople.
In FY2006, environmental
education has been included
as one of the courses.
Total 250 people have been
graduated from the Center,
supported by FDK Lifetec
by the end of FY2006.

Donation of pull-tabs in Sanyo Region

A vending machine withdonation function (Iwaki Plant)

Site Report

The ﬁrst automatic vending machine with a donation function was
introduced and installed at two locations in Iwaki Plant in November 2006. The vending machines have donation buttons of ¥10 and¥100, and a purchaser can donate some money out of a change byjust pushing them. FDK Lifetec, the installation company and the
manufacturer of the vending machine also donates some of the sales
made by these vending
machines. The donatedfunds will be sent to theHeartful Fukushi Bokin, an
NPO organization, as a fundfor purchasing wheel chairs
and portable type bathsystems.

Environmental Protection
Activities Report

Aiming at hand over the beautiful scenery and rich ﬁsheryresources of Lake Hamanako we inherited from our ancestors to
the next generation, the Lake Hamanako Cleaning Operation isheld on the ﬁrst Sunday of June every year in the region surrounding Lake Hamanako in Shizuoka Prefecture. This event is hosted
by a civilian group Lake Hamanako Puriﬁcation Group. FDK
participates in this event
jointly with the labor union.
In 2006, the event was heldon June 4 at the two regionsof Kosai and Hosoe, and69 participants in total
cleaned the beachside of
the Enshu Nada Sea andalong the lake shore. Morefamily participants wereseen in 2006 than the
People cleaning the shore ofprevious year.
the Enshu Nada Sea in Kosai Region

Social Activities Report

Automatic Vending Machine witha Donation Function in Operation

Management andOrganizational Structure

The Lake Hamanako
Cleaning Operation

Staﬀ members of FDK Energy
handing out a leaﬂet cautioning
children for traﬃc safety

IT course class in Politec Center Iwaki

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Environmental Protection Activities Report

Business Operations and Environmental Impact
The FDK Group promotes reduction of the environmental impact generated by its operations
throughout the lifecycle of its products by understanding numerically the overall impacts
imposed to the environment.

Various products manufactured by the FDK Group used for people s daily life consume resources, such as parts, andenergy, such as electricity, at each stage of R&D, design, production and sales. The use, recycling, and disposal of theseproducts also require a certain volume of energy. The FDK Group is committed to reduce such environmental impacts
throughout the lifecycle of the products.

Design/Development StageThe FDK Group manufactures eco-friendly products through compliancewith all the relevant laws and applicable standards, design reviews andproduct environmental assessments. Through the processes, emissionsof hazardous substances are avoided and energy- and resource-saving,as well as recyclability of product designs are checked.

Procurement Stage
All procurements by the FDK Group are done after checking that theparts and materials to be procured are eco-friendly. Equal considerations
are made to reduce energy for transporting these parts and materials.

Manufacturing Stage
Zero emission is pursued by minimizing the use of resources formaterials, energy and water consumption (energy-saving activities) andeliminating disposal of rubbishes by landfill and simple incineration.
An effort is being made to reduce emission of chemical substances tothe environment.

IN

EnergyElectricity purchased 44,636 MWh
Heavy oil and kerosene
290 ㎘
LPG and LNG
40 tons
Natural gas and city gas
237 km3
Chemical substances
Handled volume4,438 tons

Water
Used volume

1,087,193 m3〈Calculation methods〉
・Chemical substances : Volume of PRTR Law target
chemicals handled by plants/sites
・Energy: Electricity, gas, oil, etc, consumedby plants/sites
・Water: Volume used by plants/sites

OUT
Distribution/Sales Stages
Consumption of energy for transportation and delivery of products
is reduced to minimize discharging exhaust gas to the environment.

Gases discharged
CO2
SOx
NOx

20,460 tons
0.0 tons
0.6 tons

Chemical substances
Emission volume

1.3 tons

WastesUse Stage
Energy-saving and long-life products are sought.
Wide range of battery types allows users to select appropriate ones
depending upon usage, by which the life of batteries can be extended.

Collection/Reuse/
Recycling Stages
Used products are collected back for effective utilization of resources.

15

Landﬁll and simple
incineration

0 tons〈Calculation methods〉
・Chemical substances : Volume of PRTR Law target
chemicals handled by plants/sites
・Atmospheric release : Volume of carbon dioxide
discharged is calculated by thevolume of energy consumed byplants/sites：Volume of sulfur oxides andnitrogen oxides is calculated by
the concentration of each
substances discharged from theboiler outlets at the plants/sites

Collection, reuse, recycle
Collected volume
Resource reuse
and recycling rate

919 tons
92 ％Environmental Protection Activities Report

Environmental Accounting
Costs and eﬀects of environmental protection measures are ascertained numerically, shared, and used to
identify potential problems.

In order to grasp the cost and eﬀect of the environmental protection activities in a quantitative manner, FDK Group hasdata in our environmental management system and to promote more eﬃcient environmental activities.

Basic Data for Environmental
Accounting in FY 2006

Environmental Accounting Result in FY 2006
(Unit: million yen)Accounting Period
April 1, 2006 to March 31, 2007
Scope of Data Collation
Plants of FDK Corporation in Japan(incl. FDK Engineering Co., Ltd. and FDK Energy Co., Ltd.)・Method of depreciation cost collation
Calculated using the straight-line method for a use life of ﬁve years.

Costs

Calculation Standards for Environmental Protection Costs

Only the portion related to environmental protection is counted.
・Labor cost
Labor costs are included in the environmental accounting.
Calculation Standards for Eﬀects of Environmental Protection
It includes actual and estimated eﬀects on environmental protection

Management costs

Management-related environmental protection costs including
personnel expenses for environmental promotion activities andcosts associated with acquiring and maintaining ISO14001
certiﬁcation, measuring the environmental burden, greeniﬁcation
programs, environmental reporting and environmental publicity

86

R&D and solutions
business costs

Environmental protection costs for R&D activities and costs ofenvironmental solutions business activities (Green Product/environmental
technology design and development costs, environmental
solutions business costs, others)

57

Social activities costs

Environmental protection costs stemming from participation insocial activities, such as participation in organizations concernedwith environmental protection

0

Environmental
restoration costs

Costs of environmental restoration operations (eliminating soil andgroundwater contamination, environmental compensation, etc.)

Effects

・Accounting period for calculating investment eﬀects

Pollution
prevention
Effects on eﬀects
business Environmental
operations protection eﬀects
Resource
recycling eﬀects
Upstream/downstream
effects
Management effects
R&D/solutions
business effects
Environmental
restoration effects

Environmental Accounting in FY2006
Environmental Cost
After the end of depreciation periods for environmental protection facilities invested in the past, the depreciation costs werereduced together with the labor costs for environmental management functions. On the other hand, costs for R&D, planning anddesigning eco-friendly products to meet the requirements of the2327

Savings from avoidance of operating losses stemming fromfailure to observe (*1), environmental laws and regulations aswell as contribution by environmental protection activities tovalue added in manufacturing (*2)

15

Cost savings from reductions in electricity, oil and 101 gas
consumption

93

Cost savings from reduction and eﬀective use of waste

124

Sales value of recycled and reused products

12

Eﬃciency enhancement through ISO14001 system
implementation, eﬀects of employee training, corporate
image enhancement from environment-related publicity

142

Contribution to sales made by Green Products, other Eco-friendly
products and the environmental solutions business75

Savings of compensation payments to residents for groundwaterand soil contamination (*3)

Total

0
461

Social activities costs are indicated as "0" since caluculated values do not reach one million yen.
＊１ Value of avoidance of operating losses: (Added value)/(Days of operation)×(Estimated days lost)＊２ Value contributed by environmental protection activities:(Added value)×(Ongoing operating costs of all environmental protection facilities)/(Total cost generated)＊３ Value of avoidance of compensation payments to residents: Estimated savings assuming that risks wereable to be averted.
As of FY 2004, FDK Group calculated its environmental accounting separately from that of Fujitsu
Corporation. However, the calculation is made in accordance with Fujitsu Group s Environmental
Accounting Guideline 2003, in order to maintain the data consistency.

Cost Unit: million yen
Depreciation

Eﬀects Unit: million yen

Investment in FY 2006

20

Substantial effects

230

Past investment

42

Putative effects

231

Total for effects

461

RoHS* Directive rose. Overall, the ultimate reduction in environ-

Cost

265

mental costs came to 327 million yen, or an 11% reduction fromTotal for Expenditure

327

Economic Eﬀects

Substantial effects include profits generated by saving public utility consumption and selling of recyclable
wastes.
Putative effects mean profits assumed as economically effective under a certain definition.
(Environmental protection effects against the added values obtained from our production activities)

Cost for consigning disposal of industrial waste was successfully

Shift of costs and eﬀects

the previous year.

reduced. In addition, the increased sales of lead-free products and
RoHS compliant products contributed to increase the eﬀects of
R&D for eco-friendly products.

The overall economic eﬀects

Site Report

activities.
Accounting period of actual eﬀects is set to ﬁve years same as the

18

Total

・Scope of economic eﬀect

depreciation period.

Costs of lowering the environmental burden imposed upstream
and downstream by manufacturing and service activities (costs
incurred for recycling/reuse of waste products and packaging,Green Procurement, etc.)

Environmental Protection
Activities Report・Rules for apportioning mixed costs

Upstream/downstream
costs

Social Activities Report

Items
Scope
Results
Costs incurred to prevent air pollution and water contamination
Pollution
35
prevention costs (fees for water treatment facilities) and other activities
Cost inCosts of energy-saving measures, as well as costs of global
Environmental
50
business protection costs warming reduction measures
operations
incurred for waste reduction and disposal, as well as for
Costs of resources Costs
water conservation, rainwater usage and other measures aimed
79
recyclingat eﬃcient resources usage

Management andOrganizational Structure

introduced an environmental accounting system and has been disclosing the data to the public since 2001. We aim to use the(million yen)1000

arising from them came to a year-on-year increase by 461 million

800

yen, i.e. 11%.

600

Costs

Effects

917
650

588
506

486 521400

372 406

369 416

2004

2005

461
327

200
＊ RoHS stands for Restriction of the use of certain Hazardous Substance in electrical andelectric equipment.

0

2001

2002

2003

2006

(FY)

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Basic Policy for Environment and Environmental Action Plan
The FDK Group contributes to the sustainable development of the society. For this purpose, the
FDK Group Environmental Policy is in place and environmental promotion activities arepromoted throughout the Group in line with the Environmental Action Plan.

FDK Group Environmental Policy
FDK Group considers it necessary to address environmental protection as a part of its corporate activities. This includes prevention of
global warming, reduction of wastes, and thorough control over hazardous chemical substances, all of which should be implemented not
only based on laws and regulations of central and regional governments of Japan, but also based on the wider global perspective. This must
be a shared idea among other companies as well, with the aim of realizing a sustainable society. In addition to its own activities, FDK Groupis determined to promote environmental protection in cooperation with Fujitsu Ltd. and adapt an environmental policy which forms thefoundation for environmental activities of Fujitsu Ltd. The FDK Environmental Policy is the essence of the group s environmental
activities, and aims to promote robust environmental protection activities through synergistic, voluntary reduction of environmental
impacts and cooperative actions with Fujitsu Ltd.

Philosophy

Principles
１．We strive to reduce the environmental impacts of our products
throughout the product life cycle.

The FDK Group recognizes that environmental protection is avitally important business issue. By utilizing our technologicalexpertise in the IT industry and our creative talents, we seek tocontribute to the promotion of sustainable development of society.
In addition, while observing all environmental regulations in ourbusiness operations, we are actively pursuing environmental
protection activities on our own initiative. Through our individualand collective actions, we will continuously strive to safeguard arich natural environment for future generations.

２．We are committed to conserving energy and natural resources,
and practice a 3R approach (Reduce, Reuse, Recycle) to create
best-of-breed eco-friendly products.
３．We seek to reduce risks to human health and the environment
from the use of harmful chemical substances or waste.
４．Through our IT products and solutions, we help customers reduce
the environmental burdens of their activities and improve environmental eﬃciency.

SloganFDK Group Loves Nature for the Future of the Earth

５．We disclose environment-related information on our businessactivities, products and services, and we utilize the resulting
feedback to critique ourselves in order to further improve ourenvironmental programs.
６．We encourage our employees to work to improve the environment, bearing in mind the impact of their business activities andtheir civic responsibilities.

Environmental Management Cycle

Plan

Organizational Structure
Important issues such as policies on environmental activities
are discussed in the Environmental Committee. The resolutions made by the committee will then be implemented after
approval by the Management Council. Detailed action plansincluding policies and measures are decided at the Plant
Environmental Management Committee established at theenvironmental management system level based on ISO14001.
The plans are implemented by repeating the cycle of PDCA
(Plan, Do, Check and Action) for continuous improvement toachieve spiral up.
Hazardous chemical substances contained in products aremanaged at the Committee for Products Containing Hazardous Chemical Substances, a newly established internalorganization in October 2004, to eliminate use of hazardous
substances and appropriate control of them. (See page 25 forfurther information.)

Environmental
Protection
Activities

l up

S piraActionEnvironmental Organization
Board ofDirectors
President& CEOManagement
Council

Improvement
andCorrection

Check

Monitoring andConﬁrmation of
Actions andResults

Environmental Committee
Decision to important issues
such as FDK policies

FDK Group Environmental
Management Committee

Implementation of the FDK policies,
plans and promotes measures

Group Company Environmental
Management Committee
Committee for ProductsContaining Hazardous
Chemical Substances

17

Do

Environmental
Target/Objectives andAction Plan

Secretariat(Environmental Technology Center)
Overall control on the Group senvironmental protection activities

Environmental Protection Activities Report

An environmental action plan is a document created by the FDK Group delineating the targets for putting the Environmental Policy into
practice. FY2006 marks the last year of the Third Environmental Action Plan, and an assessment of the plan was made regarding theresults it produced. The achievements of the Action Plan include achievement of zero emissions at the end of FY2004, successful development of the ﬁrst super-green product, and acquisition of an ISO14001 certiﬁcation at all FDK oﬃces in and out of Japan in FY2005. Thoughcertain elements are diﬃcult to be assessed numerically, we came to a determination that we have ultimately achieved the targets set foreach and every item of the Action Plan successfully.

Management andOrganizational Structure

The Third Environmental Action Plan

Items

Action Plan

To establish own frameworks of environmental management in all the Group saﬃliates and subsidiaries, which are based on the environmental management
Reinforcement system (EMS), by the end of FY 2005
of
EMS to be introduced in the entire corporate structure of FDK in Japanenvironmental
including its head oﬃce and sales oﬃces.
management
●

●

●

●

Green
procurement

●

●

●

compatible
products

To eliminate use of hazardous substances designated by Fujitsu Group in
manufacturing products by the end of FY 2005, except for those designated by
RoHS whose elimination target is the end of December 2004
Use of hazardous substances listed in 31 categories of Fujitsu Group s list will
be totally eliminated by the end of FY 2005.
For products shipped to Europe and covered under the RoHS Directive, use oflead, cadmium, mercury, hexavalent chromium compounds, PBB and PBDE
will be totally eliminated by the end of December 2004.

●

●

●

Energy consumption and emission of CO2 reduced at the end of FY 2006 by
15% of those in FY 2000
The scope of these reductions includes FDK s plants and oﬃces in Japan.

●●

Measuresagainst global
warming

Contribution to the reduction of greenhouse gas emission
Reduction of CO2 emission is promoted through improvement of logistics, recycled
use of products and packaging materials, and development and purchase ofenergy-saving products.

●●

Discharge of chemical substances under the Pollutant Release and Transfer
Register (PRTR) reduced at the end of FY 2006 by 15% of those discharged in
FY 2001
The scope of the reductions includes FDK plants and oﬃces in Japan.

●●

Promotion ofgreen factory

Generation of wastes reduced at the end of FY 2006 by 3% of those generated
in FY 2003
The scope of reductions includes FDK plants and oﬃces in Japan.
Zero emission of wastes will be achieved by the end of FY 2004 ahead of thetarget shown in the Second Environmental Action Plan by the end of FY2005
by 1 year.
●

●

●

●

Assessment

All FDK Group sites in and out of Japan werecertiﬁed as ISO14001 compliant by the end of
FY2005.
FDK s Head Oﬃce and Sales Oﬃces kicked oﬀ
the environmental management system andinitial surveys by the end of FY2005.
In FY2006, the FDKEMS was established andis in operation. (See P20)○

The number of suppliers which established theenvironmental management system increased
to 188. (Among them, 36 suppliers introduced
FDKEMS.) (See P21)

Two super-green products were launched on
the market.
①Ultra-small multilayer power inductor MIPF
2520D Series (FY2005)②RF multilayer chip inductor AML0603E Series(FY2006)(See P22)
Prohibited chemical substances were totallyeliminated from the products as required by
the customers. All products required by thecustomers for continued consideration havebeen responded in accordance to the customer
specifications. (See P25)

○

○

○

As to energy consumption, the volume of CO2
emission was successfully reduced by 62%.
(53.998 ton-CO2 in FY2000 was reduced to
20,460 ton-CO2 in FY2006.) (See P26)○

CO2 emission was reduced by revision of delivery
truck route to shorten the travel distance of atruck and enhancing the truck loading efficiency.
(See P27)○

The emission of the designated chemical
substances was successfully reduced by 76%.
(5.5 ton in FY2001 →1.3 ton in FY2006)(See P28)○

Generation of waste was reduced by 18%.
(2,081 ton in FY2003→1,708 ton in FY2006)
Zero emission of waste is continuing after
achievement of it at the end of FY2004.
(See P29)

Site Report

Provision of Super-Green Products by the end of FY 2006
Super Green Products are the advanced form of green products incorporatingsuch properties as energy saving, 3R (Reduce, Reuse, Recycle)-based design, andelimination of hazardous chemical substances. They are forerunners having theworld s ﬁrst
world s smallest
nation s ﬁrst
industry s ﬁrst
nation s
smallest and industry s smallest characteristics, which are intended to bereleased by the end of FY 2006.
Environmentally

Progress (as of the end of FY 2006)

Environmental Protection
Activities Report

Promotion of EMS to suppliers
To encourage business partners in Japan with no EMS to introduce it.
The scope of EMS include those certiﬁed by a third party certiﬁcation organizationsuch as ISO14001, EMAS, Eco-Action 21, Eco-Stage, local environmental management(FJEMS),FDK Group Environmental Management System (equivalent to FJEMS),
and other EMS systems unique to each business partner approved by FDK.

●

Social Activities Report

Achievements of the Third Environmental Action Plan (FY 2004 − 2006)○＊ Assessment: ○: Achieved, ×: Not achieved yet

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Basic Policy for Environment and Environmental Action Plan

The Fourth Environmental Action Plan
After the completion of the Third Environmental Action Plan by FY2006, the Fourth Environmental Action Plan was establishedcovering for the periods from FY2007 to FY2009. The FDK Group will abide by the new Plan to continue its environmental activities.

Basic Concept
The FDK Group has successfully expanded its scope of environmental management from a plant based management system to a wider
management system involving the entire Group. In line with it, the scope of reducing environmental impacts has expanded from a plantbased activity to involve parts, products delivered into and out of plants, and logistics.
In the new Fourth Environmental Action Plan, while carrying on the idea of the previous Action Plan, the following actions are given focus
in order to raise the level of activities. In response to the surging interest of the general public toward environmental risks, the environmental management system for the entire Group will be subject to a total check, to establish and strengthen the operation of an environmental
pollution prevention system. Reduction of VOC (volatile organic compound) emissions is also within the scope of the Group s activities. The
Fourth Environmental Action Plan contains the targets for domestic Group companies. However, the FDK Group recognizes that the target
setting involving overseas Group companies must be addressed in the future.

Key Points of the Activities①To strengthen the framework of environmental management as the basic activity of the Group as a whole, and to maintainand strengthen the cooperation among non-production functions of the FDK Head Oﬃce and Sales functions and overseas
Group companies, by which the entire FDK Group unites its eﬀorts for environmental management activities.
②As people are concerned about global-scale environmental destruction and global warming, the FDK Group will make further
eﬀorts toward minimizing environmental impacts of the products it manufactures, by reducing CO2 emissions when the
products are used and by resource-saving activities. The FDK Group considers it important to enhance the value of the
products it manufactures through implementing more strict environmental measures.

History of Environmental Action Plans
The First Phase(1995 - 2000)

The Second Phase(2001 - 2003)

The Third Phase(2004- 2006)

The Fourth Phase(2007-2009)●Established a basic
framework of the environmental
management●Mainly focused on reducing
environmental impacts inthe plants●Top runner toward anenvironmentally sustainable
society●Strengthened its design anddevelopment function●Green procurement required
to suppliers●Departure from anenvironmental management
to a sustainable
management●Applied the above to the
Head Oﬃce and Sales
functions as well

●Framework of environmental
management to bestrengthened●Product values to beenhanced by environmental
considerations

Targets in the Fourth Environmental Action Plan (2007-2009)
Item

TargetStrengthening environmental
management

Framework for environmental management established based on the Environmental Management System(1)Level up of office functions(2)Strengthening the level of cooperation with overseas production sites

Green procurement

Promoting establishment of EMS (Environmental Management System) at suppliers

Strengthening risk management

Strengthening a system for preventing of environmental pollutions and its operation

Uplifting of product values

Measures against global
warming
Green factory

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To uplift the ratio of super green products to all products newly developed to be 20% or above by the endof FY2009
To achieve the environmental eﬃciency factor 2 of newly developed products by the end of FY2009
compared to those developed in FY2005
To reduce CO2 emission by 2% by the end of FY2010, compared to that emitted in FY2006
To reduce CO2 emission from transportation
To reduce VOC (volatile organic compound) by 30% by the end of FY2010, compared to that emitted in FY2000
To reduce the volume of wastes generated by 3% by the end of FY2009, compared to that generated in FY2006

Environmental Protection Activities Report

Promotion of Environmental Management
Recognizing that environment is the key for management of the company, the FDK Group is promoting environmental management by actively involving itself in environment-related businesses, and not only preserving the environment through abiding by environmental rules and regulations in its business activities.

The FDK Group has introduced EMS to mainly its production sites, as the basis of its environmental management of the company. In the
Third Environmental Action Plan, the EMS has been introduced to non-production sites such as Head Oﬃce and Sales.

Targets of the Third Environmental Action PlanIn FY2006, organizational systems and environmental policies wererevised at the Head Oﬃce and all sales sites (Tokyo, Sapporo,
Sendai, Nagoya, Osaka, Hiroshima, Fukuoka and Okinawa), in
accordance to the simpliﬁed EMS. An environmental aspect survey
was conducted to identify major action items to be done at the oﬃcefunctions. Two common targets were extracted from the major
action items, which were achieved within the FY2006.

Japan

Iwaki Plant
Date of acquisition January, 1998
Date of renewal July, 2004
Scope of certiﬁcation FDK CORPORATION: Iwaki Plant,
FDK LIFETEC CORPORATION: Iwaki branch oﬃce
●Development, design and manufacturing of electronic parts relating
to telecommunication equipment

Subsidiaries

Country

Date of Acquisition

XIAMEN FDK CORPORATION

China

January 1999

FUCHI ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. (Taoyuan plant)

TaiwanFebruary 2000

FUCHI ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. (Taichung plant)

TaiwanJuly 2005

SHANGHAI FDK CORPORATION

China

December 2000

FDK LANKA (PVT) LTD.

Sri Lanka

February 2003

PT FDK INDONESIA

Indonesia

June 2003

FDK (THAILAND) CO., LTD.

ThailandJune 2003

SUZHOU FDK CO., LTD.

China

December 2004

Site Report

EMS at Non-Production Sites

Kosai Plant
Date of acquisition October, 1998
Date of renewal October, 2004
Scope of certiﬁcation FDK CORPORATION: Kosai Plant, Sanyo Plant
FDK ENERGY CO., LTD., FDK ENGINEERING CO., LTD.,
FDK MECHATRONICS CO., LTD., FDK LIFETEC CORPORATION,
FUJIDENKA RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS CENTER CO., LTD.,
and FDK ECOTEC CO., LTD.
●Development and design of various electronic parts, batteries, andmachines, and environmental businesses

Environmental Protection
Activities Report

Introduction of EMS was completed at all production sites of the
FDK Group both in and out of Japan at the end of FY2004. In
FY2005, all production facilities of the FDK Group, including
Taichung Plant of Fuchi Electronics Co., Ltd. started operation in
April 2005 were certiﬁed as ISO14001:2004 compliant. In FY2006,
in addition to the ongoing activities in FDK sites such as antiglobal warming and reduction of wastes, the FDK Group involved
itself in environmental activities relating to its original businessdomains. Also stressed were environmental contribution activities
in and out of the site, such as provision of eco-friendly products.

ISO Certiﬁcation at FDK Group Production Sites

Overseas (Consolidated subsidiaries)

EMS at Production Sites

Social Activities Report

To establish own frameworks of environmental management in all the Group s aﬃliates and subsidiaries, which are based on theenvironmental management system (EMS), by the end of FY 2005
■EMS to be introduced in the entire corporate structure of FDK in Japan including its head oﬃce and sales oﬃces.

Management andOrganizational Structure

Establishment of the Framework of Environmental Management
based on the Environmental Management System (EMS)FDK ENGINEERING CO., LTD.

Environmental Education and Training
In order to continuously improve its EMS, all production sites of
the FDK Group have implemented general education on global
environmental issues, as well as specialty education on waste
disposal and internal auditing. The former is targeted to all
employees, while the latter is targeted to each employee in chargeof their respective specialty ﬁeld. Separation of waste andemergency response measures are taught at each site as well.
All domestic sites of the FDK Group implement enlightenment
education on how to reduce CO2 emissions to all employees andtheir family members, all of whom are participating in the Team
Minus 6% Campaign to prevent global warming.

Future Actions
The following are FDK Group actions that are scheduled to be
implemented in a course of reinforcing the environmental management frame of the company, in line with EMS, which is delineatedin the Fourth Environmental Action Plan.
(1) Raising the level of oﬃce functions(2) Strengthening cooperation with overseas production sites

Lake Hamanako

Hamamatsu

FDK ECOTEC CO., LTD.

Iwaki Plant

Sanyo Plant
Kosai Plant

SUZHOU FDK CO., LTD.

FDK ENERGY CO., LTD.
XIAMEN FDK CORPORATIONSHANGHAI FDK CORPORATIONFUCHI ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
(Taoyuan plant)
FUCHI ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
(Taichung plant)

ＦＤＫ(THAILAND)CO.,LTD.

ＦＤＫ LANKA(PVT)LTDPT ＦＤＫ INDONESIA

Results of the Third Environmental Action Plan
■All production sites including overseas sites were certiﬁed as
ISO14001 compliant by the end of FY2005.
■Introduction of EMS was kicked oﬀ and initial survey was
conducted to the Head Oﬃce and Sales function by the end of
FY2005. In FY2006, FDKEMS was established and is in operation
now.

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Promotion of Green Procurement
In order to deliver eco-friendly products to customers, the FDK Group commits itself in green
procurement. This includes raw materials and parts as well as packaging materials.

Promotion of Establishing Environmental Management System
in Business Partners
The FDK Group purchases items that satisfy simultaneously the two conditions designated by the Group only. The conditions include (1)the supplier has established and is operating an environmental management system, such as ISO14001 and (2) the items are free fromhazardous chemical substances designated by the Group. For a supplier which hasn t established any environmental management systems,
the FDK Group is promoting and encouraging the supplier to establish it.

Targets of the Third Environmental Action Plan

Promotion of EMS to suppliers■To encourage suppliers in Japan with no EMS to introduce it.
■The scope of EMS includes those certiﬁed by a third party certiﬁcation organization such as ISO14001, EMAS, Eco-Action 21, EcoStage, equivalent local environmental management systems, Fujitsu Group Environmental Management System (FJEMS), FDK Group
Environmental Management System (equivalent to FJEMS), and other EMS systems unique to each supplier approved by FDK.

Outline of Green Procurement

Concept and Action

The Second Environmental Action Plan

The Third Environmental Action Plan

Requirement

LevelⅤ

Requirements exceeded those required by ISO14001
Eco-Stage 3 to 5
Requirements covered those required by ISO14001

certiﬁcation with Eco-Action 21 available)
LevelⅣ (Mutual
ISO14001, Eco-Action 21, Eco-Stage 2,
KES Step 2 and Michinoku EMS

Requirements under ISO14001 to be simpliﬁed.

LevelⅢ (Mutual certiﬁcation with Eco-Action 21 not available)
Eco-Stage 1 and KES Step 1

Basic requirements of PDCA under

LevelⅡ ISO14001

FJEMS and FDKEMS Step 2
Minimum requirement for basic PDCA

LevelⅠ for environmental improvement
FDKEMS Step 1

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EMS certiﬁed by a third party certiﬁcation organization

EMS Requirement Level

Green Procurement by the FDK Group=The FDK Group announced in 2001, when its Second Environmental Action Plan was started, that it would purchase only fromsuppliers which engage in environmentally-conscious businessactivities, when prioritizing its purchasing policy, and has beenrequesting that its suppliers establish the Environmental Management System (EMS). In the Third Environmental Action Plan, thescope of requesting EMS was expanded from manufacturers toinclude trade companies (sales companies). The reason for this wasthat our green procurement activity can only be improved andfurther promoted when awareness of protecting the environment
is raised and actions are taken throughout the Group s supply
chain.
For those suppliers which have diﬃculty in establishing an EMS incompliance to the international standard, a simple version of anenvironmental management system developed by the FDK Group(FDKEMS) was proposed to them in two stages. The FDKEMS
manages on basic requirements of ISO14001. In the future, suppliers which established the FDKEMS will be required to raise thelevel of the EMS to a third-party certiﬁed EMS.
As to the procurement of raw materials and components freefrom prohibited chemical substances designated by the FDKGroup, another pillar of green procurement requirements, we willcommit ourselves to take appropriate actions, within the above
framework, to totally eliminate hazardous chemical substances
contained in products as explained in P25.

Establishment and operation of ISO14001 orother environmental management systems＋

Raw materials and parts free of hazardous chemical
substances designated by the FDK Group

Green Procurement
Up to FY2005, a series of green procurement explanation meetings
was held to explain the ideas and processes of the FDK s green
procurement to its suppliers, and to ask their cooperation with it.
In FY2006, no meetings of this type were held. The FDK Groupapproached to individual suppliers which hadn t introduced an
EMS to explain the necessity of it and the details of the FDKEMS,
and asked them to establish an EMS in their premises. A systemof support to establish this was provided as well.
As a result, 125 suppliers introduced the EMS in FY2006, making
the total suppliers which introduced the system during the past
three years 188. Among them, 36 introduced the FDKEMS.

Green Procurement of Office Supplies
Though it was not included in the Third Environmental Action
Plan, the FDK Group is committed to procuring green oﬃce
supplies with an Eco-Mark that certiﬁes that the product considers energy-saving, recyclability, resource-saving, elimination of
hazardousness and easiness for disposal.

Future Actions
The FDK Group will continue to encourage establishment of theenvironmental management system to its suppliers within theframework of the Fourth Environmental Action Plan.

Results of the Third Environmental Action Plan
■Suppliers with the environmental management systemincreased to 188. (Out of them, 36 introduced the FDKEMS.)

Environmental Protection Activities ReportCreation of Environmental Measures in Products
The FDK Group is committed to developing and oﬀering of eco-friendly products by paying eﬀorts toeliminate hazardous chemical substances and reduce energy and resource consumption from the entire
lifecycle of a product from development to disposal.

The FDK Group conducts a Product Environmental Assessment to understand how a product is friendly to the environment. In the Third
Environmental Action Plan, the conventional concept of eco-friendly products and green products (eco-friendly reinforced product) was
further reinforced, and development and provision of super-green products with top environmental elements were promoted.

Targets of the Third Environmental Action Plan

Management andOrganizational StructureOﬀering Super-Green Products with the Top Environmental Elements

Social Activities Report

Provision of Super-Green Products by the end of FY 2006

■ Super Green Products are the advanced form of green products incorporating such properties as energy saving, 3R (Reduce, Reuse,
Recycle)-based design, and elimination of hazardous chemical substances. They are forerunners having the world s ﬁrst , world s
smallest , nation s ﬁrst , industry s ﬁrst , nation s smallest and industry s smallest characteristics, which are intended to bereleased by the end of FY 2006.

Super-Green ProductsSuper-Green Products Available Now
FY2006＜World s Smallest Product＞
Multilayer power inductor
MIPF 2520D Series＜World s Highest Energy-Saving Product＞
RF multilayer chip inductor
AML0603E Series

Site Report※

FY2005

Environmental Protection
Activities Report

In FY2006, 8 themes were set to develop super-green products.
As a result, RF multilayer chip inductors AML0603E Series wererecognized as super-green products. Compared with other inductors,
the Q-value is raised and hence, the electricity consumption under thehigh-frequency band is less by 20% to 30% than that of the conventional ones. The energy-saving performance is among the highest in
the world. The RF multilayer chip inductors are the Group s second
super-green products following to an ultra small multilayer power
inductor MIPF 2520D Series produced in FY2005.

Whether a product contains the top environmental elements or not, which is tosay whether it is the world s smallest or the world s ﬁrst product, is determined
as of when the product is ﬁrst released to the market.

Positioning of Super-Green Products

Future Actions
Super-Green Products(Products with top runner eco-friendliness rating)Green Products(Products with enhanced environmental consideration)

Eco-Friendly Products
Eco-Friendly Product Assessment Category(Large Category)
Products■ Hazardousness (including hazardous chemical substances)■ Resource-saving and recycle-oriented design■ Reusability as resources■ Easiness for decomposition■ Energy-saving■ Easiness for disposal by disassembly
Packaging Materials■ Resource-saving and recycle-oriented design■ Reusability■ Using materials
Others■ Disclosure of information■ Eco‒friendlinessIn the Fourth Environmental Action Plan, more super-green products
will be released and development of eco-friendly products will be
reinforced in order to raise the value of products manufactured by the
FDK Group. A new indicator, i.e. Environmental Eﬃciency Factor,
will be introduced to measure the environmental values of a product.
More precisely, Environmental Eﬃciency Factor 2 products will be
developed and released. Compared with the products in FY2005, an
Environmental Eﬃciency 2 compliant product refers to a productthat incorporates a half of environmental burdens compared toother products with the same product values (i.e. functionality andperformances), or the one which product value is at least twice aslarge as those having the same degree of environmental burdens.

Environmental＝
Eﬃciency

Factor＝Value of Products and Services

Improved

Environmental Burdens incorporated
in Products and Services

Decreased

Environmental eﬃciency
of a target product÷Environmental eﬃciency
of a product used
as a standard

The ratio of environmental eﬃciency of a target
product to that of a product used as a standard

Result of the Third Environmental Action Plan
■Two super-green products were released.

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Production of Environmental Measures on Products

Major Eco-Friendly Products Developed in FY2006
RF Multilayer Chip Inductor AML0603E Series

Application
It is used as a part of, forexample, a choke circuit for
power line and an impedance
matching circuit of signallines for cellular phones andvarious high-frequency
modules.

Features

Comment from the implementer

While suppressing the surge of direct current resistance to aminimum possible level, the Q factor is raised to 22 to 23, whichis the world highest. Compared to the conventional products,
the Q factor under high-frequency band has risen by 20 to 30%.
In order to respond to the requirement of diversiﬁed application of the product, 20 types of inductors are available with
the inductance value ranged from 2 to 12 nH.

How to suppress direct current resistance
while raising the Q factor under the highfrequency band environment was the key todevelop this product. Raising the Q factor
makes the energy loss smaller and cancontribute to saving electricity consumption.
It is expected that more high functional but
smaller in size cellular phones will appear in
the future, and the demand for energy saving
will be heightened. I am determined tocontinue development of eco-friendly productsthat match to the diversiﬁed requirementsof the society.

Eco-Friendliness
Because the Q factor reached to the world highest level, theelectricity consumption was successfully reduced to 20 to
30% for use under the high-frequency band, compared toconventional products. No lead is used in the inductors andhence they are European RoHS compliant. Due to having theworld highest energy-saving performance, the products arerecognized as super-green products by the Fujitsu Group.

Tatsuji Kawai

Product Development Dept.
Ceramic Component Div.

Multilayer Chip Balun for WiMAX AMB1608C Series

Application
It is used for matching impedance
between a balanced circuit anda unbalanced circuit in a RF
circuit used for WiMAX, thenext generation high speed
wireless data communication
system which is built into acellular phone, a PDA and a
car navigation system.

Features

Comment from the implementer

This is a chip balun of the world smallest and world thinnest.
With the development of low temperature ﬁring materials
and optimization of a multilayer pattern, the balun realized
low insertion loss of 0.6 dB, one of the lowest in this class,under the 2.5 GHz and 3.6GHz bands.

We were successful in shortening the development period and realization of small-in-sizeand low insertion loss in the products. For
the former, our conventional technologies
in ﬁne ceramics materials and multilayer
printing process greatly contributed to it.
WiMAX is a large capacity high-speed
wireless communication system that is
capable of reaching to a remote place andhigh-speed mobile communication. I am
expecting that the market for this productwill expand in the future.

Eco-Friendliness
The world smallest and world thinnest baluns can contributeto minimizing consumption of resources in manufacturing them.
The low insertion loss, among the highest in this class also
contributes to electricity saving. The product is European
RoHS compliant.

Tatsuhiko Nawa

Product Development Dept.
Ceramic Component Div.

Stepper Motor LAH6-20 Series

Application
It is mainly used as a part ofdriving an autofocusing lensand a zoom lens of a digital
camera and a lens used forcorrecting aberrations of a
Blu-ray disc.

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Features

Comment from the implementer

Utilizing our unique technologies of accurate shape design ofyokes (thin sheet plate formed by drawing), designing coils
and magnetic circuits, the stepper motor realized higher
output by approx. 20% compared to a conventional motor of
the same size. This stepper motor will pave the way forsmall-in-size, light-in-weight and electricity-saving performance of devices that the stepper motor is incorporated.

While remaining the size and the appearance of this stepper motor the same as thatof conventional products, this product realizes
higher output performance due to the merger
and arrangement of our technologies
cultivated so far. Raising output level can
reduce electricity consumption. Due to the
product s high output level, it can contributeto decrease the volume of CO2 emission
causing of global warming. It is expectedthat use of chemical substances will beseverely controlled and restricted. We
are determined ourselves to develop ecofriendly and highly eﬃcient small motors.

Eco-FriendlinessElectricity saving of approx. 20% is realized in this productcompared to conventional ones (measured under the testing
condition of the FDK Group, i.e. voltage between the twoterminals as 2.9V and coil resistance as 20Ω under the twophase excitation of 1,500pps). Solder used for the coilterminal to connect ultra-thin magnet wires is lead-free, andhence, the product is European RoHS compliant.

Small Size Motor TeamSM Engineering Dept.
FDK Mechatronics Co., Ltd.

Environmental Protection Activities Report

Eco-FriendlinessCompared to an ultra-small stepper motor developed in June
2005, the mass and the volume of this product is lesser by approx.
30% and approx. 25% respectively. The lighter-in-weight andsmaller-in-size motor contributes to reduce resource consumption
and is European RoHS compliant.

Small Size Motor TeamSM Engineering Dept.
FDK Mechatronics Co., Ltd.

Isolated DC-DC Converters SENSEI Series
Comment from the implementer
This is the ﬁrst isolated DC-DC converterin the SENSEI Series. It is suitable for IBA
and DPA applications that require higheﬃciency and high reliability in elevatedtemperature environments.
The challenge in the development of thisproduct was how to realize high eﬃciency
and high performance within a limited
space. We will continue to develop highly
eﬃcient products in order to contributeto energy saving.

Eco-Friendliness
Power consumption is successfully reduced by achieving
high eﬃciency. This product doesn't require a heatsink,further saving resources. It uses a halogen free PCB that
doesn't emit any dioxins. It is in full compliance with RoHS
directives that went into eﬀect in Europe in July 2006.

Site Report

Application
This is used for supplying
power to various electronic
components such as servers.

Features
The SENSEI Series converters provide a 9.6V output (nonregulated) or 12V output (regulated) from an input voltage of
48V. Non-regulated type operates with an eﬃciency of up to97%, with a power density of 300W/in3. It is realized higher
thermal performance up to 85℃ without heatsink. Using thisproduct in combination with the SENPAI Series of nonisolated DC-DC converters results in exceptional electricaland thermal performance for Intermediate Bus Architecture
and Distributed Power Architecture applications.

Environmental Protection
Activities Report

Mainly used as a part tocorrect aberrations of a
Blu-ray disc and to drive
lenses for autofocusing andzooming.

Comment from the implementerWith the ongoing process of small-in-sizeand high-functional portable devices, amotor used to drive a camera lens also
needs to be more small in size, moreaccurate, stronger in torque and highly
energy saving. This year, we were successful
in developing a small-in-size motor meetingthese requirements using a special strong
magnet and optimized magnetic circuits
and other methods unique to us. In orderto save the limited global resources, wewill address development of more small
and more light motors.

Social Activities Report

Application

FeaturesThis is the world smallest stepper motor, with the size thesame as that of a grain of rice. Though the diameter is as
small as 3.7 mm, it is capable of making a ﬁne positioning, i.e.
20 steps in one rotation. Decrease of the output torque dueto the small-in-size is eﬀectively controlled using a special
strong magnet developed using new materials.

Management andOrganizational Structure

Stepper Motor ＳＭ３．
７−２０ Series

Takafumi Hirai

MS-FIRE Project
Electronics Business Dept.

Elements for Ultrasonic Motors
Features

Comment from the implementer

Compared to an ordinary electrically driven motor, an ultrasonicmotor works faster and smoother, has higher torque and emits
lesser noises. This product is used as an element for driving
an ultrasonic motor and realizes signiﬁcantly smaller in sizeand higher torque in high and low speed ranges.

As a digital camera is being widely used,a smooth and high speed autofocusing
function conventionally used for highend cameras is now gradually spread to
low-end models. Under such a circumstance, the market requires more smallin-size and high torque products. We weresuccessful in developing a manufacturing method suitable for making thinnerproducts and as a result, a signiﬁcantly
small-in-size and high torque product has
been successfully launched.

Application
It is used as a lens actuatorof autofocusing system used
in a camera.
Photo ( Larger one):conventional element
Photo ( Smaller one):
newly developed element

Eco-FriendlinessThis product is signiﬁcantly smaller by one-twentieth in volume
than other conventional products. While saving resource
consumption, energy saving in production is achieved. Its
packaging materials are free from PVCs.

Tadashi Takeuchi and Masahiko Akagishi
Product Development Dept.
Ceramic Component Div.

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Production of Environmental Measures on Products

Approaches to Totally Eliminate Hazardous Substances in Products
The FDK Group has been working for establishing a management system that ensures eliminating use of hazardous substances in its
products, in order to comply with the EU RoHS Directive. In October 2004, the Committee for Products Containing Hazardous Chemical
Substances was set up and is in operation in order to totally eliminate using hazardous chemical substances included in the products.

Targets of the Third Environmental Action Plan

To eliminate the use of hazardous substances designated by Fujitsu Group in manufacturing products by the end of FY 2005, except for those designated by RoHS whose elimination target is theend of December 2004
■Use of hazardous substances listed in 31 categories of Fujitsu Group s list will be totally eliminated by the end of FY 2005.
■For products shipped to Europe and covered under the RoHS Directive, use of lead, cadmium, mercury, hexavalent chromium
compounds, PBB and PBDE will be totally eliminated by the end of December 2004.

Elimination of Hazardous Chemical
Substances and Confirmation Activities
In FY2005, all hazardous substances designated by Fujitsu Group
were completely eliminated from the products manufactured by
FDK. As to the chemical substances whose elimination was requiredby the RoHS Directives for all products shipped to customers, or
which are to be shipped to Europe were successfully eliminated as
per the request of our customers. For other prohibited chemical
substances for which alternative items were not available and forwhich our customers requested us to continue searching, we
followed customer speciﬁcations in dealing with the issue.
The progress of complying with the RoHS Directive has been
uploaded to the FDK website and made accessible to our customers as well as our employees, since FY2005. The website lists
RoHS compliant products as well as those items not to be compliedwith the Directive. Critical substances relating to the RoHS are
examined in-house using an X-ray ﬂuorescent spectrometer and
ICP analysis.

Hazardous Substances Designated by the Fujitsu Group
Banned Substances: Substances prohibited for use in products (27)
Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs)
Polychlorinated naphthalenes(with 3 or more chlorine atoms)●Asbestoses●CFCs●Speciﬁed halons
Ozone●Carbon tetrachloride
depleting●1,1,1-Trichloroethane
substances●Bromochloromethane

Specified amines(Those which contact to skin directly and for a long time only)
Azo dyes and azo pigments that generate
specified amines(Those which contact to skin directly and for a long time only)●Chlordanes●DDT●Aldrin●Endrin●Methyl bromide●Dieldrin●HBFCs●Hexachlorobenzene●Polybrominated biphenyls (PBBs)●N,N'-ditolyl-p-phenylenediamine,●Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs)
N-tolyl-N'-xylyl-p-phenylenediamine●Short-chained chlorinated paraﬃns
and N,N'-dixylyl-p-phenylenediamine●2,4,6-tri-tert-butylphenol(carbon chain length 10-13)●Bis (tri-n-butyltin) oxide (TBTO)●Toxaphene●Tributyl tins (TBTs), Triphenyl tins (TPTs)●Mirex●●●●Substances to be totally abolished: Substances banned for use in products (4)Cadmium and its compounds
Hexavalent chromium compounds

Lead and its compounds
Mercury and its compounds

●

●

●

●

Control Process for Banned Substances

Establishment of a System to Control
Hazardous Chemical Substances
With the idea that any product containing hazardous substances isa defect, the FDK Group has been operating a hazardous chemical
substances control system, set up at all of its production sites, as apart of its quality assurance system (ISO9001 compliant) since
FY2005.
In FY2006, an audit on the hazardous chemical substances control
system was made by members of the Committee for ProductsContaining Hazardous Chemical Substances. The audit s purpose
was to conﬁrm a system of avoiding inclusion of hazardous chemical substances in products, as well as how that system wasmaintained, as objectively as possible, in order to extract andremedy problems found, if any.
After extracting problems and measures taken, in December 2006,
a system capable of controlling hazardous chemical substances astargeted was established at all of FDK s production sites. An
X-ray ﬂuorescent spectrometer was newly introduced to 2
overseas sites in FY2006. Now 6 major sites in total, in and out ofJapan, use a spectrometer. Due to the introduction of the unit,
acceptance tests and process controls can now be smoothly
operated at each site.

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Demands ofthe Market

Trend of World Standard

Customer Controlling Standard

FDK Controlling Standard
FDK s
Response

Securing
Information securing

Business
partners

Provision of
the Information of Chemical
Substances Used

Controlling
Prevention from chemical
substance mixing or polluting

Assurance
Assuring that the productdoes not containchemical substances

Establishment of a mechanism to control
and assure with Quality Control System
Establishment of a controlling system equivalent to FDK s

Future Actions
We will continue improvement of our eﬀorts in eliminating hazardous
chemical substances from our products along with the ISO9001
Quality Management System based on the FDK Group s hazardous chemical substances control system established so far.

Results of the Third Environmental Action Plan
■All products were successfully free of hazardous chemical
substances as required by our customers. For other productsthat our customers required us for continued examination forsearching for alternative substances, actions have been takenin accordance to the customer speciﬁcations.

Environmental Protection Activities Report

Measures for Global Warming Prevention
The FDK Group is committed to various activities for prevention of global warming including energy-saving
measures, improving logistics and promotion of recycled use at its factories and oﬃces.

In order to prevent global warming, it is a mandatory requirement to reduce emission of CO2. The FDK Group commits itself in reducing
energy consumption by introduction of energy-saving systems such as co-generation systems and improving the way existing facilities andequipment are operated and controlled.

Targets of the Third Environmental Action Plan

Management andOrganizational Structure

Energy-Saving Measures

Energy consumption and emission of CO2 reduced at the end of FY 2006 by 15% of those in FY 2000

Energy-Saving Activities
In FY2006, the following energy-saving measures were put into
practice, as our continuous eﬀorts from the previous ﬁscal year.

Transition of CO2 Emission
ＣＯ２ Emission volume（ｔ−ＣＯ２）

ＣＯ２
Emissionvolume80,000ＣＯ２Emission
CO２ Emission factor（t-CO２/100 million yen） factor
120

●

100
60,00040,00040

As CO2 is the only greenhouse eﬀect gas the FDK Group emits
from its oﬃces and production sites, we commit ourselves in
reducing CO2.

20Site Report

Greenhouse Effect Gasses other than CO2

60

20,0000

In addition to the above, production innovation campaigns were
promoted throughout the FDK Group. This included space saving
activities, or using less oﬃce space for a job. Due to this eﬀort,
energies consumed by cooling, heating and lighting were successfully reduced. As a result, CO2 emitted from the entire FDKGroup was successfully reduced to 20,460 tons of CO2 (a reductionof 0.6% compared to in FY2005). This is a signiﬁcant achievement
as the reduction made in FY2006 marks a reduction by 62%
compared to a reduction target of 15% from the level in FY2000,
as outlined in the Third Environmental Action Plan. This is largely
attributable to our business structural reform to make a shift fromferrite production, which consumes a large volume of energy bysintering furnaces, to electronic module production, in addition to
our ongoing energy-saving eﬀorts.
All domestic oﬃces of the FDK Group have already achieved the
reduction target of Kyoto Protocol, i.e. reducing greenhouse eﬀect
gas emission by 6% from the level in 1990.

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Environmental Protection
Activities Report

Improvement and renewal of compressors and air-conditioners toenergy-saving types● Revision of operating conditions and controls of systems andequipment● Heat-insulation and introduction of outdoor air for buildings● Appropriate control of room temperature and introduction of
inverter lighting equipment in oﬃces and energy-saving of oﬃce
automation systems

Social Activities Report■The scope of these reductions includes FDK s plants and oﬃces in Japan.

0
93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06（FY）

CO2 Emission

93

94

95

96

97

98

99

59,25966,39365,78559,69758,07254,26356,024

00

01

02

03

04

05

06

53,99836,15535,00932,26820,42920,575

20,460※The emission volumes shown in the above table have beenrevised, due to the revision of the conversion factor.

Energy TypeCity gas: 3%
Bunker A:4%

Breakdown of CO2 Emission
Volume: 20,460 ton

LPG:1%

Electricity:92%

Future Actions
We will address reduction of CO2 emission by 2% from the level in
FY2006 by the end of FY2010, as explained in the Fourth Environmental Action Plan.

Results of the Third Environmental Action Plan
■Emission of CO2 was reduced by 62% at all the Group s sites
in Japan.

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Measures for Global Warming Prevention

ＣＯ２ Reduction Activities through Improvement of Logistics
In addition to energy-saving eﬀorts in oﬃces and factories, the FDK Group is committed to reduce ＣＯ２ emissions, in the process of partsand raw materials, from procurement to transportation, use, disposal and recycling of a product. As to delivering of products from suppliers
to our customers, ＣＯ２ reduction is globally addressed in our business innovation activity aiming at raising production eﬃciency.

Targets of the Third Environmental Action Plan

Contribution to the reduction of greenhouse gas emission■Reduction of CO2 emission is promoted through improvement of logistics, recycled use of products and packaging materials, anddevelopment and purchase of energy-saving products.

CO2 Reduction using Route Delivery System
The FDK Group has made eﬀorts to shift from a conventional
individual transportation system to a route delivery system in all
FDK sites nationwide, and in the Iwaki Plant to deliver or pick up
products and materials from business partners to FDK, and thenfrom FDK to customers by making the rounds to multiple sites.
We aim to reduce lead-time in delivering products to customers, aswell as reduce the volume of work-in-process items. In addition,
the total distance of travel can be reduced, and hence the volumeof ＣＯ２ emission can be minimized as well. For further uplifting ofloading eﬃciency, we started since FY2006 "Cooperative transport"(the transportation of parts/products with consolidated service)with the support of shipping companies.

Uplifting of Loading Efficiency for Truck
Transportation via Improving Packages
Previously, cardboard boxes were mainly used for transporting
raw materials and products from the FDK Group. With thecooperation of the customers and suppliers, use of returnablecontainers (TP Trays) is expanding gradually. In order to raiseloading eﬃciency for truck transportation to reduce ＣＯ２ emission,
packing materials for products put into a cardboard box have been
simpliﬁed. This also contributes to the saving of resources.
With the philosophy of We don t transport things unnecessarily,
and We will transport necessary items only, transportation
volumes are optimized and minimized by promoting TPS (Toyota
Production System) with the eﬀorts of the entire FDK Group.

Delivery Routes
Business
PartnerBusiness
Partner

CustomerBusiness
PartnerBusiness
Partner

Customer

Individual Transportation System

Business
Partner

CustomerBusiness
Partner

Before (cardboard box)

After (TP Tray)

Before (1 reel/box)

After (5 reels/box)

CustomerRoute Delivery System

Application of route delivery system nationwide

Future Actions
After the revised Law Concerning the Rational Use of Energy in
April 2006, shippers must submit a notiﬁcation of cargo transportation volume to the relevant authority, if they transport or consign
transportation of cargo related to their businesses at a volume of
30 million ton-kilometer or more annually. The FDK Group is notapplicable to this condition and, hence, submission of the notiﬁcation is not necessary. However, the FDK Group is determined to
pay further eﬀorts to reduce ＣＯ２ emission in its Fourth Environmental Action Plan.

Results of the Third Environmental Action Plan
■Transportation routes were revised, loading eﬃciency was
uplifted and use of returnable containers was promoted inorder to contribute to the reduction of ＣＯ２.

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Environmental Protection Activities Report

Promotion of Green Factories
The FDK Group pursues green factories where protection of the environment is well considered including
reduction of wastes and chemical substances, prevention of contamination to air, water and soil, and avoiding
noises and vibrations.

The FDK Group sets out and operates Chemical Substances Handling Regulation to restrict emission of chemical
substances from its plants in order to reduce environmental load. It also controls chemical substances appropriately. In
every site all chemical substances used in production processes are recorded in terms of volume of use and discharge ofthem, as well as the distance that they are delivered out of plant premises as wastes. In doing so, the FDK Group thrives
to achieve the target set out in the Fourth Action Plan.

Management andOrganizational Structure

Reduction of Discharging Chemical Substances

Social Activities Report

Targets of the Third Environmental Action Plan

Discharge of chemical substances under the Pollutant Release and Transfer Register (PRTR)
reduced at the end of FY 2006 by 15% of those discharged in FY 2001
■The scope of the reductions includes FDK plants and oﬃces in Japan.

Reduction of PRTR-Controlled
Substance Emission

Control System for Chemical Substances usedin Development and Manufacturing Processes

Environmental Protection
Activities Report
Site Report

In FY2006, the only chemical emitted from the domestic
plants of FDK was 1.3 ton of toluene discharged to the air.
This was a reduction of 60% over the previous ﬁscal year.
The reduction was largely attributable to the use ofalternative solution to ﬂush module products, for which
relatively large volume of toluene was used before. In the
Third Environmental Action Plan, the target of reducing
toluene was set as 5.5 ton for FY2001. The achievement of
toluene reduction in FY2006 represents 76% of the target
value. The PRTR requires reporting to the administration
if annual emission of designated chemical substances
reaches or exceeds 1 ton. The FDK Group applies muchstricter rule of 0.1 ton or more in recording inﬂow andoutﬂow of chemical substances.

A system that centrally controls chemical substances usedin development and manufacturing processes has beendeveloped and in operation by Iwaki Plant in FY2005. Thissystem can not only handle PRTR-controlled substances but
also can share the latest information on chemical substances
controlled by various laws as well as MSDS sheets. Laws
controlling each chemical substance are correlated as well.
Thanks to the system, how and what to purchase by eachfunction and how to handle chemicals can be understood easily
by users, and chemicals are easily controlled in the entire plant.
Iwaki Plant conducted total inventory check of chemicals andrevised the use ofchemical substances
using this system.
As a result, thenumber of chemical
substances registeredin this system was
reduced by 63%.

Future Actions
Toluene is one of the VOCs (volatile organic compounds).
As such, in the Fourth Environmental Action Plan, thereduction of toluene will further be promoted in theframework of VOC emission reduction activity.

Chemical Substances (used by Processes)
Control System

Results of the Third Environmental Action Plan
■Emission of designated chemical substances was reduced by
76%.

PRTR Tabulation Result for FY2006
Total Chemical Substances Handled in FDK Group Plants in Japan (100kg or more)
Chemical substances
Manganese and its compounds

Handling
volumeDischarged

Volume of transfer

To theContained Discharged
To the air watershed in wastes to sewerage

Unit: tonConsumption
Recycled
volume4,417.91

0.00

0.00

29.93

0.00

4,387.99

0.00

Lead and its compounds

5.91

0.00

0.00

1.44

0.00

4.22

0.30

Bisphenol A epoxy resin

4.86

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

4.86

0.00

Toluene

4.44

1.26

0.00

3.08

0.00

0.00

0.00

Silver and its water soluble compounds

2.21

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

1.65

0.56

Poly (oxyethylene) octylphenyl ether

1.04

0.00

0.00

1.04

0.00

0.00

0.00

Boron and its compounds

0.83

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.83

0.00

Nickel compound

0.76

0.00

0.00

0.04

0.00

0.72

0.00

Di-n-butyl phthalate

0.53

0.00

0.00

0.03

0.00

0.50

0.00

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Promotion of Green Factories

Zero Emission of Wastes (Measures to Waste Reduction)
In order to reduce impact to the global environment, the FDK Group is committed to restrict generation of waste to a minimum through
3R (Reduce, Reuse and Recycle), and to promote separation of waste for recycling. FDK Ecotec Co., Ltd., one of the Group companies,
collects discarded information devices, such as PCs, and separates waste plastics, glass and metals out of them for recycled use. Throughthese activities, the company is committed to a business for formation of the recycling-based society. (See P33.)

Targets of the Third Environmental Action Plan

Generation of wastes reduced at the end of FY 2006 by 3% of those generated in FY 2003

■The scope of reductions includes FDK plants and oﬃces in Japan.
■Zero emission of wastes will be achieved by the end of FY 2004 ahead of the target shown in the "Second Environmental Action Planby the end of FY2005 by 1 year.

Recycling of Various Wastes

Waste Reduction
In FY2006, use of returnable containers was promoted in lieu ofusing packaging materials, waste raw materials were recycled foruse in the process, and waste plastic vessels were reused in theoﬃce. As a result, total waste generated from the Group was down
to 1,708 ton in FY2006, which is down by 18% compared to thosegenerated in FY2003. In the Third Environmental Action Plan, thetarget was a reduction of 3% on the level in FY2003, though,compared to FY2005, the ﬁgure was up by 7%, which is generally
attributable to the increased production of LCD back light modules
and alkaline batteries.
For wastes with which treatment was consigned to outside waste
treatment businesses, how to reuse them was examined, and for
those found as usable, recycling was promoted for these valuable
resources.

Zero Emission ContinuanceThroughout FY2006, zero emission of wastes was continued
following to the previous year, in accordance to the Zero Emission
Guideline. The FDK Group maintains zero emission of wastes
after it was achieved at the end of FY2004.

■ Sludge: Raw materials for cements and road bed materials■ Waste plastics: Raw materials for plastics and fuels of blast furnaces■ Waste acids and alkalis: Neutralizing agents■ Waste oils: Recｙcled oils and combustion improvers■ Waste paper: Recycled paper, buﬀer materials and thermal recycle purposes■ Metal slag: Raw materials for steel■ Plant residues (food wastes): Fertilizers

Zero Emission of Wastes in FDK GroupDeﬁnition

Zero emission is deﬁned as utilizing all wastes generated in
the group eﬀectively to eliminate disposal of them byincineration and landﬁll.

WastesSludge, waste acids, waste alkali, waste plastics, waste oil,metal slag, glass, ceramics dusts, waste wood chips, waste
paper, waste textile, animal and plant residues (food wastes)and sludge in septic tanks

Wastes by Type

Combustion residue 5％ Others 2％
Sludge 8％

Waste paper 27％

Metal slag 12％

Volume of Wastes and Recycling Ratio
Volume ofWastes（ton）

Disposal byincinerationor landﬁll

Recycled as
raw materials

Recyclingratio

Recycling ratio
（％）

5,000

100

4,000

80

3,000

60

2,000

40

1,000

20

0

'93 '94 '95 '96 '97 '98 '99 '00 '01 '02 '03 '04 '05 '06

0

(FY)

29

Waste oils 19％

Waste plastics 13％

Waste woods 14％
Breakdown of Recycled Wastes (1,708 tons)

Future Actions
In the Fourth Environmental Action Plan, the target rate forwaste reduction is set as 3% from the level in FY2006, by the endof FY2009. The FDK Group will continue its 3R activity toachieve the target as set out in it.

Results of the Third Environmental Action Plan
■Result of the Third Environmental Action Plan Generated
waste was reduced by 18%.
■Zero Emission of wastes was achieved by the end of FY2004,
and has been maintained subsequently.

Environmental Protection Activities Report

In order to prevent soil, underground water and air pollutions, the FDK Group is involved in various environmental protection activities.
Environmental limits are voluntarily set for eﬄuents, vibration and noise which are stricter than those set by the authorities, and themeasurement data are periodically notiﬁed to the authority.

Soils and Underground Water

Emergency Drills

Volume of contaminants Current volume ofMajor contaminants in underground watercontaminants in Environmental limit
before starting purification underground water
0.01 mg/L

Soil Puriﬁcation at Washizu Plant (tetrachloroethylene)
Concentration (mg/L)

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

Kosai Plant introduced an eco-friendly compressor that doesn t use
any oil. In lieu of oil, this compressor uses water to take the role ofoil. This eliminates processing of oil discharged from its drains anddegraded oil. There will be
no worry against happening of an oil spillage. As the
new compressor can control
temperature surge duringin operation, it is highly
energy-saving.

2006 (FY)Sanyo Plant
Volume of contaminants Current volume ofMajor contaminants in underground watercontaminants in Environmental limit
before starting purification underground water
trichloroethylene 8.1 mg/L (Oct. 1999) 0.04 mg/L (Oct. 2006)

0.03 mg/L

Soil Puriﬁcation at Sanyo Plant (trichloroethylene)
Concentration (mg/L)

9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0

Site Report

Introduction of an Eco-Friendly
Air Compressor

Washizu Plant

1.8
1.6
1.4
1.2
1.0
0.8
0.6
0.4
0.2
0

Emergency Drills

Environmental Protection
Activities Report

Progress of Soil and Underground Water
Quality Improvement

Due to an existing risk of Tokai earthquake, Kosai Plant in Shizuoka
Prefecture conducts an earthquake and disaster prevention drill every
year. In addition to an
evacuation drill, a rescue
drill and a ﬁre extinguishing
drill, the emergency drill
assumes occurrence ofenvironmental pollutions outof the plant premises.
In FY2006, an emergency
response drill was held under
the assumption of a chemical
spill occurred from a hazardous substances warehouse.

Social Activities Report

The FDK Group conducted a series of investigations for soil andunderground water contamination in 1998 and 1999 to investigate
how they are contaminated by volatile organic compounds. The
results at the four plants of Washizu, Sanyo, Hosoe and Osuga
where soil and underground contaminations were found in
the investigations in October 1999, were voluntarily disclosed tothe public and works for removing contaminations are going on. In
2002, Hosoe Plant was totally puriﬁed.
In 2004, the former Osuga Plant site was reinvestigated to checkthe condition of the soil in accordance to the Soil Contamination
Countermeasures Law, and the healthiness of the soil was conﬁrmed.
For other plants, we will continue purifying soil and undergroundwater using an air stripping method, while checking the eﬀects
regularly.

Tetrachloroethylene 1.5 mg/L (Oct. 1999) 0.14 mg/L (June 2006)

Management andOrganizational Structure

Environmental Protection Measures to Plants

Air compressor newly introduced

Compliance
In FY2006, no cases of non-compliance to environment-related laws
and environmental accidents were reported in the FDK Group.

Future Actions

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006 (FY)With the increase in people s attention to environmental risks, theFourth Environmental Action Plan deals with the reinforcing theGroup s environmental pollution prevention system and its operation.

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Environmental Solution Activity
In order to respond to the increased attention and needs of people toward environmental
protection, the FDK Group companies are specialized in environmental businesses.

Business Activities of Fujidenka Research and Analysis Center Co., Ltd.
Environmental protection is a concern of the people all over the world. This is exempliﬁed by actions against global warming and settingout of various rules such as RoHS, ELV, REACH, POPs, WEEE and Chinese RoHS. Under such circumstances, Fujidenka Research andAnalysis Center Co., Ltd. is working for protection of the environment for enterprises and local communities, as a total environmental
research and analysis company under the FDK Group. Its main business includes a support to its customers for solving their environmentrelated problems and extends from consultation on environmental issues to providing a comprehensive service on environmental facilities
involving design, construction and maintenance of them.

Acquisition of the ISO17025 Certification
Fujidenka was successfully certiﬁed as ISO17025 compliant by
Japan Chemical Laboratory Accreditation(JCLA) in January 2007
for its competency to carry out atmospheric and smoke concentration measurements. ISO17025 is a general requirement as to thecompetency of research and calibration laboratories. It requires
operational and controlling as well as technical competencies oncontrolling accuracy of tests and calibrations.
The successful acquisitionof the certiﬁcate means data
provided by Fujidenka is
now internationally accredited as reliable within thescope of the certiﬁcation.
Fujidenka is determineditself to expand the scopeof certiﬁcation to analysisof hazardous metals
contained in products.

Interactions with the Local Community
As a specialist of environmental analysis and measurement,
Fujidenka maintains the following supports and actions with thesurrounding community.
①Sent a staﬀ to the environmental council of Kosai City to provide
an administrative operation support from the view point of a
specialist.
②Invited the employees of the local governments and junior highschool students in the local area for a study tour of the analysis
room of Fujidenka.
③Sent a staﬀ to a technical division of Shizuoka Metrology
Association to contribute to lifting up the competency of theentire industry.
④Sent a staﬀ as a lecturer to an environmental counselors study
meeting of an environmental preservation council whose
members consist of local companies. Participated in various
study group meetings to raise the awareness on the local
environment of the local residents as well as local-based companies.
⑤Participated, as an instructor, in a biological survey of rivers by
the local residents

Certiﬁcate of JCLA

Won Good Accuracy Control
Company Award
Fujidenka was awarded the Good Accuracy Control Company
Award by Japan Association for Working Environment Measurement.
This award is given to only a company which won A to all items ofaccuracy control businesses consigned by the Ministry of Welfare,
Labour and Health, as well as A to all items in a crosscheck session
by the Association.
In FY2006, 18 companies
including Fujidenka won
the award in Japan.

Certiﬁcate of Good Accuracy Control Company

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An environmental counselors study meetingat an environmental preservation council

An instructor sent from Fujidenka working
with local people in a biological survey

Environmental Protection Activities Report

Major Soil Contamination Investigation andCountermeasures Implemented(Cases)

150

127

120
80

60
30
0

30
3 4 2 3 2 2 6

19

35

86

101

Site Report

90

139

Environmental Protection
Activities Report

Even before the enforcement of Soil Contamination Countermeasures
Law, Fujidenka has been working for the national level measuresagainst soil contaminations. At the onset, the scope of the investigation was centered on items for acquiring the ISO14001 certiﬁcation.
After the enforcement of Soil Contamination Countermeasures Law in2003, the number of investigations and implementing countermeasures has been on the rise and currently Fujidenka is capable ofprocessing 100 orders annually. Fujidenka s investigations are incompliance to anti-soil contamination measures set up under theordinances of each local autonomous body. More recently, the investigation ordered is not limited to that related to compliance with laws,
but includes that aiming to alleviate asset risks. Fujidenka isdetermined itself to provide the highest possible technologies to thecustomers in order to minimize their risks.

Social Activities Report

Fujidenka is involved in analysis and investigation in compliance to
EU s RoHS and ELV as well as REACH, POPs, WEEE, Chinese
RoHS and other chemical substance restriction regulations. As for
RoHS, measurement results impose a direct inﬂuence on customer s
production activities. As such, Fujidenka usually provides resultsof analysis to them as promptly as possible. After a large-scalechamber was introduced in 2005, VOC measurements such as
toluene typiﬁed by countermeasures for sick building syndrome areprovided to broader industries such as electronic parts and interior
parts of a vehicle.
More recently, the needs for eco-friendly products has been increasing and the demand for various reliability tests for assessing products
incorporating new materials is also on the rise.

Anti-Soil Contamination Measures

Management andOrganizational Structure

Investigation and Test of Hazardous
Substances Relating to Green Procurement43

91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06（FY）

Equipment for measuring scattering of VOCs
(VOC analysis using a display)

Scope of areas expanded to nationwide

Environmental Investigation
Expanded from Lake Hamanako Area to More Broad Regions

Reliability test equipment (Temperature and humidity
acceleration tester for eco-friendly products)

Business lines
Environmental analysis and measurement, Environmental assessment

At the onset of the investigation, water quality, atmospheric and malodor
investigations were limited to the areas around Lake Hamanako. Inorder to respond to the needs for the investigations, the scope has
been expanded to neighboring prefectures to include factory, facility
and local environmental measurements and investigations. Fujidenka
is capable of responding each and every need relating to environment
investigations and measurements extending from on-site surveys,
analysis to making reports in a consolidated manner, using its unique
technologies nourished for a long time.
Fujidenka Research and Analysis Center Co., Ltd.

Foundation:
January 24, 1976
Capital:
70 million yen (wholly-owned by FDK corporation)
Investigation and removal of soil and underground water contaminants
Employee:
50
Analysis investigation for supporting green procurement
President & CEO: Takeo Maeda
Material analysis and reliability tests, calibration of measuring devices
2281, Washizu, Kosai City, Shizuoka Prefecture
Measurement of substances causing sick building syndrome and VOC emission measurement Head Office:Tel.053-576-0841 Fax.053-576-5258
Environmental protection facility design, construction and maintenance(Analysis of air, water, noise, vibration, odor and soil contamination level, and measurement of work environment)

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Environmental Solution Activity

Business Activities of FDK Ecotec Co., Ltd.
Incorporated in 1997, FDK Ecotec Co., Ltd. is committed to the recycling of PCs and other information-related devices to contribute to therealization of a recycle-oriented society. In 2002, the company obtained the certiﬁcation of ISO14001 ahead of other companies in theindustry, and since then, it has been proactively involved in environmental protection and prevention of depleting resources to bring thatsociety to fruition. Since FY2003, FDK Ecotec has been continuing zero emission in handling oﬃce automation equipment.

As a core site of Fujitsu Recycle Center
FDK Ecotec handles used PC and other information-related equipment
generated from 13 prefectures in Tokai, Hokuriku and Kinki regions
as the Chubu Recycle Center of Fujitsu Recycle Center (FRS). It
accepts collection of waste devices through the Ecotec Direct Route,and provides an integrated services to customers from collection
to disposal of units.
FDK Ecotec also provides disassembly and transportation oflarge-sized systems and equipment for its customers.

Flow of Reuse and Recycle
After collection of used devices, FDK Ecotec manually decomposesand separates materials to a level where they can be recycled andreused.

Example: A cathode-ray tube display

Fujitsu Recycling System
IT equipments

Logistics companies

a nationwide transportation network providing
low cost transportation services

Reuse
Fujitsu Recycle Center
disassembly and dismantlingby hand/reuse of parts

Fujitsu Recycle Center deals with disassemblyand dismantling of the following devices andproducts under a strict control of leakage andillegal use of data contained in them.

FRS handles recycling of information communication equipment regardless of manufacturers. Disposal of ﬁxed assets are also handled.

Hard disk
MemoryFloppy disk drive
Compact disk drive
OthersRecycleFlow of Disposal from Acceptance of Request
for Collection①FRS Route②Ecotec Direct Route

Customer

Customer

Fujitsu Corporation

FDK Ecotec Co., Ltd.

Collection of units byan affiliatedtransportation company

Collection of units by
FDK Ecotec Co., Ltd.

FDK Ecotec

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IC for printed
circuit board

Waste
metals

Waste
parts

CRT fordisplays

Waste
plastics

Manuals

Collection of
precious
metalsCollectionof ferrous
and non-ferrous
metalsCrushing
High-temperature
melting treatment
Metal collection
system

CRT
recyclingsystemRecyclingsystemfor blast
furnace

Paper
recyclingsystemRecycled into
precious metals

Recycled intobare metals

Recycled intobare metals

Recycled
into CRT

Reused as analternate fuelfor blast furnace

Reused as
paper andcardboard sheet

Environmental Protection Activities Report

Eﬀorts for Increasing Recycling Ratio
Disassembling of used parts to just a level of parts composed ofmore than one material is not suﬃcient for recycling of materials.
Such parts are separated to a level of plastic, metal and other single
materials in the company so that they canbe reused for other products. Plastics, inparticular, are decomposed to a level ofvinyl chloride and polyurethane resin forreuse purposes. Waste plastics are crushed
using a crusher.

Expansion of the Scope of Recyclable Products
FDK Ecotec accepts used ﬂuorescent lights which are crushed
using a special crusher. A melting machine is used for recycling
foam polystyrene. The company plans to introduce a magnet tapedestruction machine so that it can accept magnet tapes forrecycling.

Environmental Protection
Activities Report

A plastic crusher

Social Activities Report
Site Report

After collecting PCs and recording media, the data contained inthem are all deleted safely according to the guideline on deletionof data on hard disks of personal computers before disposal andtransfer by Japan Electronics andInformation Technology Industries
Association (JEITA) in order to prevent
leakage if conﬁdential information ofcompanies and individuals. Special
deletion software developed by Fujitsu
Corporation is used for deleting data.
The software complies with various HDD data deletion system
deletion standards applied by Department of Defense and National Security
Agency in the U.S.
Besides this, data destruction kit forcompact disks and physical destruction system for hard disks developedby the company are used as well. The HDD destruction systemcompany also provides data destruction
services of tapes, IC cards, semiconductor memories and other storage
media. A data destruction certiﬁcate
is issued on demand.

Promotion of Recycling

Management andOrganizational Structure

Measures to Prevent Leakage of Information

CD destruction system

Volume of Collection and Recycling Ratio
In FY2006, the volume of wastes collected (accepted) was 919 ton
and the recycle ratio was 92%. The volume of collection isdecreasing since 2003. This may be largely because the demandfor Windows XP-based PCs started to level oﬀ and the PC reusemarket was generally known to people, as well as light-in-weightand small-in-size PCs started to appear.
Collection volume(ton)Collection volume

Recycle ratio（％）

Recycle ratio

3,000

100

2,500
2,000
90

1,500
1,000
500
0

'97

'98

'99

'00

'01

'02

'03

'04

'05

80
'06 (FY)＊ In this leaflet, method to calculate waste collection volume has been revised.

New Actions in FY2006●●

Preparation for establishing a website by FDK Ecotec Co., Ltd.
Establishment of a comprehensive recycle control system and its
operation tests

Licenses
●

●

●

●

A fluorescent light crusher

Collection and transportation of industrial wastes:
License No. 2100053003 (Gifu Prefecture)
The range of collection and transportation:
All areas of the following prefectures: Gifu, Aichi, Mie, Shizuoka and Shiga
Intermediate treatment of industrial wastes:
License No. 2120053003 (Gifu Prefecture)
Types of industrial wastes authorized to treat:
Waste plastics, metal chips, waste glass and ceramics, concrete chips(excluding those generated by new construction or refurbishment of buildings)

Lines of Business
Recycling of the following equipments●Computers and their peripheral equipments●Word processors, fax machines and copying machines●Telecommunication equipments●Automated teller machines (ATM)●Telephone sets, mobile phones, switchboards and POS terminals●Magnetic tapes, cassette tapes, floppy discs and confidential documents●OA discs and racks (wooden racks is excluded)

FDK Ecotec Co., Ltd.
Foundation:
March 10, 1997
Capital:30 million yen (wholly-owned by FDK corporation)
President & CEO: Masanori Nakazawa
Address:
Headquarters: 2281, Washizu, Kosai City, Shizuoka Prefecture
Gifu Office: 478, Tsuchikura, Hirata-Cho, Kaizu City, Gifu Prefecture
Tel.0584-66-4781 Fax.0584-66-4791
Employee:
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Site Report

This chapter shows activities of manufacturing plants of FDK and Group companies.

Kosai Plant
Started operation in June 1963
Address

2281, Washizu, Kosai City, Shizuoka Prefecture 431-0495
053-576-2151

Tel

Production items Switching power supplies, multilayer chip power inductors, high-frequency multilayer parts and toners
Employees

559

Abundant in nature, Lake Hamanako is a home of diversified
aquatic creatures and is famous for production of eels. In spring,a number of people come to the lake shore for enjoying digging
clams. Kosai Plant is situated on the western part of Lake Hamanako,
and is a center of R&D, technology and administration for the
FDK Group.
Kosai Plant is in charge of setting up targets for the entire FDKGroup and checks the progress of achieving the target to promote
the activities of each site. In FY2006, the Plant wrapped up theresults of the Third Environmental Action Plan of the FDK Groupand documented the Fourth Environmental Action Plan. The
Plant also conducts the environmental management activities incompliance to ISO14001 as Kosai Plant. The following two items
were focused among the actions taken by the Plant in FY2006.

1.Establishment of the FDK Group s Chemical Substances Control
SystemIn preparation for the planned application of EU s RoHS as ofJuly 1, 2006, the Plant promoted establishment of the Group schemical substances control system for all of its production sites.
2.Reinforcement of the Environmental Internal Audit at Kosai
Plant.
In order to further activate its environmental management
activities as well as to improve it continuously, the Plant educatedand trained its internal audit staff to raise their skills and revised
the way internal audits are done for betterment.
The Plant is determined to contribute to the formation of a sustainable society and protection of the global environment as a core entityof the FDK Group.
WastesVolume of wastes Volume of wastes Recycling ratio
generated (t)recycled (t)
(%)

374

374

100

Energy Consumption
Electricity
Purchased (MWh)Lake Hamanako

A preliminary explanation meetingof environmental internal audit

City Gas(Km3)

19,689CO2 eq.
（t-CO2)

237

8,929

CO2
emission(t-CO2)
10,000ＣＯ２ emission
ＣＯ２ Emission Factor（ＣＯ２／production）

8,000

ＣＯ２
Emission
Factor
2.0
1.5

6,000

1.0

4,000
2,000

0.5

0

0.0
2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 (FY)

Activity Data FY 2006

CO2 emission

Sanyo Plant
Started operation in January 1970
AddressTel5-ku, Honmachi, Sanyo-Onoda City, Yamaguchi Prefecture, 757-8585
0836-72-1311

Production items Piezoelectric parts and LCD back light inverter modules
Employees

138

Situated on the western side of the Seto Inland Sea facing to theSuounada Sea, Sanyo Plant is surrounded by abundant nature ofAsa, north of Sanyo Onoda City in Yamaguchi Prefecture.
As a mass production plant of electronic parts using the superb
material developing and application technologies of the Group, thePlant produces digital home electric appliances and devices to beinstalled in automobiles as well as communication equipment.
Its environmental activities include:
1. promotion of manufacturing eco-friendly products, including①response to various chemical substance control regulations and②Promotion of controls for chemical substances included in products,
2. prevention of global warming by decreasing CO2 emission, and3. reduction of waste generation.

For each of the above three, a target is set and actions are taken toachieve it. Particularly for chemical substances, the Plant is dedicatedto reinforce controlling them and use them appropriately, under thecircumstances of ever increasing regulations on them.
The Plant also commits itself to protection of the local environments
through volunteer activity of various types, including participation to
the city s environmental councils and greenery promotion councils,
etc. and cleaning campaigns to special nursing homes for the aged.
The Plant will continue global environmental protection activities
uniting the efforts of all employees in order to bring the sustainable society come to fruition.

WastesVolume of wastes Volume of wastes Recycling ratio
generated (t)recycled (t)
(%)

111

111

100

Energy Consumption

A disaster prevention drill

A voluntary cleaning activity

Electricity
Purchased (MWh)CO2 eq.
（t-CO2)

3,564

1,515

Activity Data FY2006

35

CO2
emission(t-CO2)
10,000ＣＯ２ emission
ＣＯ２ Emission Factor（ＣＯ２／production）

8,000

ＣＯ２
Emission
Factor
2.0
1.5

6,000

1.0

4,000
2,000

0.5

0

0.0
2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 (FY)
CO2 emission※Note: The CO2 emission factors in the above graphs are calculated based on the achievement of FY 2002 as 1.

Site ReportManagement andOrganizational Structure

Iwaki Plant
Started operation in April 2002 (by merging former Iwaki Electronics Co., Ltd., which was established in December 1966.)
Address
Tel

1, Kamanomae, Joban-kamiyunagaya-machi, Iwaki City, Fukushima Prefecture 972-8322
0246-43-4161

Production items Manufacturing and sales of LCD back light inverter modules and VCOs
Employees

417

WastesVolume of wastes Volume of wastes Recycling ratio
generated (t)recycled (t)
(%)

315

315

100

An environmental education session at
outside of the Plant (Polytech Center Iwaki)

Waste separation boxes(with a picture of wastes on each of them)

10,101LPG(t)

CO2 eq.
（t-CO2)

40

4,940

189

ＣＯ２ emission
ＣＯ２ Emission Factor（ＣＯ２／production）

8,000

ＣＯ２
Emission
Factor
2.0
1.5

6,000

1.0

4,000
2,000

0.5

0

0.0
2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 (FY)

Activity Data FY 2006

Site Report

Energy Consumption
Electricity Bunker A
Purchased (MWh) (Kℓ)

CO2emission(t-CO2)
10,000

Environmental Protection
Activities Report

The Plant s energy saving activities included space-saving to
optimize the production space in more economical way, revision of
air conditioner layouts in line with it, and replacing obsolete air
conditioner with more energy-saving models. Though the production volume was increasing, the volume of energy consumed in the
Plant was successfully reduced due to the use of external air heat.
Use of toluene was significantly reduced after revising flushingmethods and other efforts. As a course of interactions with thelocal communities, an instructor was sent to Iwaki Occupational
Skill Development and Promotion Center (Polytech Center Iwaki)
for environmental education. Each waste separation box in the
Plant now has a picture of waste so that everyone can understandwhich wastes should be put into which box.

Social Activities Report

Situated to the southeast corner of Fukushima Prefecture andfacing to the Pacific Ocean to the east, Iwaki Plant is blessed withmild climate throughout the year. The Plant produces inverter
modules and VCOs as one of the core mass production facilities of
FDK. This year marked the 9th year after the Plant was certified
as ISO14001 compliant. In order to reinforce its environmental
activities directly related to its business, the Plant focuses on
employee education and trainings. The regular study meeting forinternal auditors was implemented once a week. The session was
not a unilateral way of just an instructor talking to the participants, but valued on discussions among them in order to deepen
their understanding of the subject issue.

CO2 emission

FDK Engineering Co., Ltd.
Started operation in September 1990 (by separation of machinery business function of FDK; Former Hosoe Plant started operation in November 1963)
Address
Tel
Business lines
Employees

281, Hirooka, Hosoe-Cho, Kita-ku, Hamamatsu City, Shizuoka Prefecture 431-1302
053-522-5280
Design, manufacture and sales of various manufacturing facilities
64

This is a manufacturer and designer of production facilities andmore than 70% of sales are occupied with assembling systems forauto parts. Due to the recent trend of oil price hike, there haveemerged the needs for upgrading fuel efficiency of machines. Inline with this trend, more orders are placed to the company forpart production systems. The company underlines eco-friendly
design and green factory in the course of its environmental
protection activities; the former aims at decreasing environmental
burdens emitted from the customers premises in using the facilities
delivered by the company, and the latter aims at decreasing
environmental burdens imposed by business activities of thecompany.
1. Eco-friendly design of facilities: decreasing electricity consumption, non-use of PVC materials and solder containing lead, andsmall-in-size design

2. Green factory: decreasing electricity consumption and eliminating and reusing wastes
As a course of its efforts in decreasing electricity consumption,assembling systems and facilities are now concentrated to thesame area. This enabled switching off of lighting equipment andair conditioners located at non-used areas, contributing to minimization of electricity consumption. In addition to this is decreasing
the time required for assembling and adjustment of a facility to aminimum. Such energy saving activities could reduce CO2 emission.
The company s interaction with the local communities included:①participation to a local cleaning campaign on the Hosoe-Cho
Environmental Cleaning Day, and②taking part in Himesama Dochu (procession of princesses) a
local festival derived from an old local legend of the Edo era.
WastesVolume of wastes Volume of wastes Recycling ratio
generated (t)recycled (t)
(%)

19

19

100

CO2
emission(t-CO2)300

ＣＯ２ emission
ＣＯ２ Emission Factor（ＣＯ２／production）

1.5

200

Energy Consumption
Electricity
Purchased (MWh)A disaster prevention drill
Himesama Dochu

496

1.0

CO2 eq.
（t-CO2)

100

211

0

Activity Data FY 2006

ＣＯ２
Emission
Factor
2.0

0.5
0.0
2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 (FY)
CO2 emission

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FDK Energy Co., Ltd.
Started operation in August 2002 (by separating battery function of FDK. The former Washizu Plant started its operation in February 1950.)
Address
Tel
Business lines
Employees

614, Washizu, Kosai City, Shizuoka Prefecture 431-0431
053- 576- 2111
Manufacturing and sales of alkaline batteries and lithium batteries167

As a result, emission of CO2 successfully reduced was 4,815 ton
against the target of 5,360 ton. However, while the sales wereincreased by 15%, the reduction of CO2 emission remained in 7%.
3.Promotion of Green Factory
As a part of our activities to reduce generation of wastes, waste
oil was decomposed using bacteria and waste plastic bags in theplant were reused. In order to protect the plant, an emergency
response drill is carried out every year.
We are determined to unite the efforts of the entire employee tocontinue further improving the irreplaceable global environment.

FDK Energy is a hub of manufacturing and technical developmentof alkaline and lithium batteries.
In FY2006, the challenges were how to reduce energy consumption and generation of wastes, while the sales increased by 15%
year-on-year.
1.Promotion of eco-friendly products
The criteria for controlling chemical substances designated by
the FDK Group were thoroughly observed.
2.Promotion of anti-global environment measures
As to reducing emission of CO2 due to consuming energy, one of
the measures taken was to change the conventional compressors
to inverter compressors. This contributed to saving of energy.

WastesVolume of wastes Volume of wastes Recycling ratio
generated (t)recycled (t)
(%)

796

Plastic bags are reused in the oﬃce

100

3,000

CO2 eq.
（t-CO2)

2,000

101

4,815

0

Activity Data FY 2006

ＣＯ２
Emission
Factor
2.0
1.5

4,000

Bunker A(Kℓ)

10,669ＣＯ２ emission
ＣＯ２ Emission Factor（ＣＯ２／production）

5,000

Energy Consumption
Electricity
Purchased (MWh)An emergency response drill(assumed that chemical spill occurred)

796

CO2
emission(t-CO2)
6,000

1.0
0.5

1,000

0.0
2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 (FY)
CO2 emission

FDK Mechatronics Co., Ltd.
Started operation in November 1, 1989
Address
Tel
Business lines
Employees

2281, Washizu, Kosai City, Shizuoka Prefecture 431-0431
053-575-3011
Manufacturing and sales of stepper motors
49

FDK Mechatronics designs and manufactures stepper motors,
doing business to make a plant a mass production plant andpromoting and controlling motor businesses in general. Its
environmental management activities in FY2006 mainly included
reinforcement of our eco-product promotion organization in preparation for the start of application of RoHS Directive in July 2006.
More precisely, chemical substances inspection was conducted toall suppliers in and out of Japan to investigate the status of chemical substances used to all parts currently produced and delivered
to us. Inspection organization was reinforced to ensure that the
progress of the inspection was visualized so that everyone canunderstand it. To a supplier of parts considered that stronger

control would be necessary, a process audit was conducted toconfirm that a system to totally avoid use of banned products to
products was set up in the supplier. As a result, for some suppliers which failed to improve their system, we stopped purchasing
items from them to ensure that we comply with the relevant laws
and for the purpose of assuring quality of products we manufacture. Internally, employee education on chemical substances wascontinued. In addition, we have set up a rule on analyzing suchchemical substances and a control and assurance system inoperation to check them at a design review conducted when aproduct is designed.

Volumes of waste, energy
consumption and CO2 emission
are included in the data of Kosai
Plant.

A design review session

37

Analysis of chemical substances
using an X-ray ﬂuorescent spectrometer

Assessment of products developed

Activity Data

Site ReportManagement andOrganizational Structure

FDK Lifetec Corporation
Started operation in May 1, 1971
Address
Tel
Business lines
Employees

2281, Washizu, Kosai City, Shizuoka Prefecture 431-0431
053-576-3121
Employee welfare for the FDK Group, life insurance agency and sales of green teas, etc.
63

Tea leaves produced in Shizuoka
Prefecture are powdered and soldusing the unique manufacturing
technique of this company.

A Bit of Knowledge plaque

Run-Run Sabo Series

Site Report

A canteen (Kosai Plant)

Data relating to reduction ofwastes, energy consumption andCO2 emission in the head office,Sanyo Branch Office and Iwaki
Branch are included in those for
Kosai Plant, Sanyo Plant andIwaki Plant respectively.

Environmental Protection
Activities Report

The company also addresses environmental protection. In orderto prevent global warming, actions are taken to reduce energy
consumption by gas and electrical equipment in the kitchen by
setting concrete targets. Food wastes generated from thecanteen are reused as fertilizers using a waste food processor. In
the future, we will commit ourselves in ISO14001 environmental
management activities as one of the FDK Group companies.
As a part of its social contribution activities, a vending machinewith a donation function was introduced in the company in
FY2006. We are determined to contribute to the society byproviding a comprehensive support to the life of people including
health, welfare, environment and culture that are closely related
to the life of people.

Social Activities Report

Started as an outsourcing company in charge of employee welfare
for FDK Corporation, FDK Lifetec operates at three offices, i.e.
Head Office in Kosai City, Shizuoka Prefecture, Iwaki Branch andSanyo Sub-Office.
As a part of its employee welfare business for FDK Corporation,
this company manages a canteen where calories contained in eachfood are indicated on the menu so that each employee can control
the volume of calorie intake. Our nutritionists are working fordeveloping healthy foods, reduced-salt foods and other new
menus. In Kosai Region, a plaque, Bit of Knowledge Corner isplaced on each table in the canteen to provide knowledge on
meals and health in order to raise awareness of the employees formaintaining health.

Activity Data

Fuchi Electronics Co., Ltd〈Taiwan〉
Started operation in January 1981
Address
Tel
Business lines
Employees

No.355,Section 2,Nankan Road,Rutsu Shan,Tao Yuan,Taiwan+886 3 322 2124
Manufacturing and sales of LCD signal processing modules and LCD back light inverter modules
975人

Since it was certified as ISO14001 compliant in January 2000, Fuchi
Electronics have worked for making a continuous improvement of
its environmental management system. More recently, we came tosee a grand transformation that environment-oriented businessactivities to comply with the ever growing consciousness of people
toward the environment are the key to win favorable assessmentof them to us, obtain new businesses and make the market ecofriendly. Under such circumstances, this company operates various
businesses with a strong sense of crisis to the global environment
such as global warming. Our major activities include:
1. Provision of green products (green procurement, lead-free,etc.),
2. Minimizing risks (reduction of hazardous chemical substances),
3. Measures against global warming (energy-saving),
4. Introduction of LCA (life-cycle assessment) and

5. Recycled use of resources through reduction of wastes.
In our green procurement activities, a green partner system,
unique to us, are introduced to cooperate with our customers inmaintaining and raising reliability of our products. The number ofsuppliers designated as a green partner has exceeded 300 as of
FY2006. An X-ray fluorescent spectrometer is used to measurehazardous substances in-house. In FY2006, the volume of CO2
emitted from our company was increased, which is mainly attributable to our Taichung Plant in full operation in order to increase
production.
Fuchi Electronics is determined to provide products that can
respond to the requirements of its customers and to fulfill its due
corporate responsibility in order to protect the employees and theirfamily members as well as their future generations.
WastesVolume of wastes Volume of wastes Recycling ratio
generated (t)recycled (t)
(%)

561

394

70

Energy Consumption

A seminar on greenhouse eﬀect gasses

An X-ray ﬂuorescent spectrometer

CO2emission(t-CO2)ＣＯ２ emission
ＣＯ２ Emission Factor（ＣＯ２／production）

6,000

ＣＯ２
Emission
Factor
2.0
1.5

4,000

1.0

Electricity
Purchased (MWh)CO2 eq.
（t-CO2)

2,000

0.5

11,257

6,687

0

0.0
2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 (FY)

Activity Data FY 2006

CO2 emission

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PT FDK Indonesia〈Indonesia〉
Started operation in August 1989
Address
Tel
Business lines
Employees

Kawasan Industri MM2100,Blok MM- 1 Jatiwangi Cikarang Barat,Bekasi 17520 Jawa Barat ,Indonesia+62 21 89982111
Manufacturing and sales of alkaline batteries and lithium batteries
1,030

In order to reduce various environmental burdens that impose
adverse influences on the environment, PT FDK Indonesia
obtained an ISO14001:1996 certification in June 2003, in order toprotect the global environment. Since then the company isactively committed to protecting the environment.
More precisely, the activities include elimination of hazardous
chemical substances, energy-saving activities (mainly electricity),
reduction and separation of wastes generated, monitoring andmeasurement of gasses discharged to the air, and green planting
activities. As to the reduction of electricity consumptions andwastes, targets are set up in its environmental management plan
and achievement of them is promoted under a periodical surveillance. Waste water discharged is monthly monitored and measured,

the result of which is reported to the industrial complex andgovernmental authorities in a regular manner.
In FY2006, its waste water treatment facilities were overhauled
and new air conditioner controlling system was introduced as anenergy saving measures. In order to minimize environmental risks,
an emergency response drill against chemical spillage and a practiceof implementing countermeasures against it were conducted. The
volume of CO2 emission was increased in FY2006, which was largely
because of an increased production of alkaline batteries.
PT FDK Indonesia is determined to continue compliance withenvironment-related laws, regulations and requirements and unite
the efforts of the entire employees to reduce environmental
burdens.
WastesVolume of wastes Volume of wastes Recycling ratio
generated (t)recycled (t)
(%)

365

※

※

Energy Consumption

Waste water treatment facilities after an overhaul

Emergency response drill※As the data on the recycling of wastes as resources by outside waste treatment companies was
unavailable, the ﬁgures relating to it are not listed here.
The CO2 emission volume is calculated using a factor used in Japan.

Electricity Bunker A Kerosene
Purchased(Kℓ) (Kℓ)(MWh)

12,9491

19

LPG Light oil CO2 eq.
(t)(Kℓ) （t-CO2)

50 184 6,186

CO2
emission(t-CO2)
7,000
6,000
5,000
4,000
3,000
2,000
1,000
0

Activity Data FY 2006

ＣＯ２ emission
ＣＯ２ Emission Factor（ＣＯ２／production）

ＣＯ２
Emission
Factor
2.0
1.5
1.0
0.5

0.0
2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 (FY)
CO2 emission

FDK Lanka (PVT) Ltd〈Sri Lanka〉
Started operation in November 1990
Address
Tel
Business lines
Employees

Ring Road 3,Phase II E.P.Z.Katunayake,Sri Lanka+94 11 225 3492
Manufacturing and sales of optical communication parts, magnetic heads for FDD and rotary transformers
2,058

After certified as ISO14001 compliant in 2003, FDK Lanka has
completed shifting of the certification to ISO14001:2004 in February 2006. This company has set three year targets on the following items to be achieved by FY2008 and is actively working
toward it.
1. To reduce CO2 emission per-unit by 15%
2. To reduce waste generation per-unit by 5%
3. To reduce chemical substance consumption per-unit by 30%
4. To reduce noise level at the peripheral area of the plant
In FY2006, the number of air conditioner units was reduced in acourse of space saving in its production innovation campaigns andlighting equipment was used in an optimized manner for savingenergy consumptions.
As to the measures against noise emitted from generators, inaddition to the company s continuous efforts to reducing it,
suction filters were improved in FY2006. With these measures,
noises were successfully reduced to the target level. Waste waterused for flushing was recycled after purifying it using a filter. In
addition, a potable water purifier and a drain oil separator were
set up in the company.
Under the slogan of FDK Group Loves Nature for the Future of
the Earth, we are committed to continuing our environmental
protection activities for protecting the beautiful land of Sri Lanka
and for the prosperity of FDK Lanka.
WastesVolume of wastes Volume of wastes Recycling ratio
generated (t)recycled (t)
(%)

191

119

62

Energy Consumption

Potable water purifying system

Compressor oil separator

Electricity
Purchased (MWh)

LPG
(t)

10,34595

Activity Data FY 2006

39

ＣＯ２ emission
ＣＯ２ Emission Factor（ＣＯ２／production）

5,000

3,277

1.0

2,000

0.5

1,000
0

ＣＯ２
Emission
Factor
2.0
1.5

4,000
3,000

Light oil CO2 eq.
（t-CO2)
(Kℓ)

53

CO2
emission(t-CO2)6,000

0.0
2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 (FY)
CO2 emission

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Xiamen FDK Corporation〈China〉
Started operation in March 1994
Address
Tel
Business lines
Employees

No.16,Malong Road,Huli District,Xiamen,Fujian,China+86 592 603 0576
Manufacturing and sales of LCD back light inverter modules, switching power supplies, motors and coil devices
2,326

WastesVolume of wastes Volume of wastes Recycling ratio
generated (t)recycled (t)
(%)

626

305

49

Cleaning activities at Mt. Xianyuesan

10,0001.0

6,000

CO2 eq.
（t-CO2)

4,000

9,480

8,892

0

0.5

2,000

Activity Data FY 2006

ＣＯ２
Emission
Factor
2.0
1.5

8,000

Electricity
Purchased (MWh)A certiﬁcate of an advanced
company of safety production

ＣＯ２ emission
ＣＯ２ Emission Factor（ＣＯ２／production）

Site Report

Energy Consumption

CO2
emission(t-CO2)
12,000

Environmental Protection
Activities Reportchemical substances, wastes, energy saving and chemical substances
included in products. Additionally, a series of enlightenment educationand events are held in April every year by designating the month as themonth of environment to raise the awareness of the employees on theenvironment.
4.Award presentation: Accredited as having advanced safety control
system, we won the Award for Advanced Safety Production Control
Company in Xiamen High-Tech Zone in FY2006. At the same time, Mr.
Huang Huang, Director of Administration Department won the award
for individuals on advanced safety manufacturing practice, on recognition of his skills as a superb controller with the highest degree of insightin enhancing the level of safety activities within the company.
Xiamen FDK is committed to advancing its environmental activities basedon the environmental policy, with the whole efforts of the entire employees.

Social Activities Report

As one of more than 400 companies located at Xiamen Hich-Tech Zone,
Xiamen FDK acquired a consolidated certification of ISO combining
ISO9001, ISO14001 and OHS18001 in FY2006. The followings were major
activities in FY2006.
1.Reduction of using chemical substances: Use of toluene and xylene was
reduced by 9% and 45% respectively over the previous year.
2.Control of chemical substances contained in products: The company s
chemical substance control organization was reinforced and improved
the system. Purchased materials were checked that they satisfied therelevant laws, regulations and requirements. Customer assurance
activities were also implemented.
3.Environmental education: For new recruits, a handbook on ISO14001
and other standards was distributed to each of them to raise understanding of them to the standards applicable to us. For existing employees, aseries of education is provided every year, including such subjects as

0.0
2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 (FY)
CO2 emission

Shanghai FDK Corporation〈China〉
Started operation in August 1995
Address
Tel
Business lines
Employees

499 Dong Qu Road,Songjiang Industrial Zone,Shanghai,China+86 21 5774 2028
Manufacturing and sales of coil devices and LCD signal processing modules
1,906With the corporate philosophy of Contributing to the society throughthe growth of the company and the action guideline of Manufacturing for co-existence with the nature, as well as under the environmental policy of Provision of clean products to protect the environment from contaminations by abiding by the relevant laws andregulations, Shanghai FDK unites the efforts of the entire employees
for realization of a better society. Shanghai FDK s activities FY2006
mainly consisted of the following items.
1. Blackboard News was issued every month to inform various
information on the environment and to raise awareness of theemployees toward it. Especially, for new recruits, an orientation is
implemented to educate them on hazardous chemical substancesand details of the company s environmental management system.
2.Due to the increased production of coil devices, energy consumption

was increased compared to the previous year. In FY2005, CO2
consumption was significantly decreased which was largely attributable to that the production of ferrites was shifted to Nanjing FDK.
3.Chemical substances hazardous to the environment were morestrictly controlled. Document control method was also revised toensure this, in compliance to the requirements of our customers.
4.As a part of its social safety activities, we took part in traffic safety
campaigns hosted by Songjiang Industrial Zone and the police
authority. In May every year, we hold a safety production campaign
to ensure safety of the production employees. In line with this, afirefighting training is carried out.
Shanghai FDK is dedicated to continue its environmental improvement activities to contribute to the protection of the global environment.
WastesVolume of wastes Volume of wastes Recycling ratio
generated (t)recycled (t)
(%)

108

47

44

Energy Consumption

Fireﬁghting training

Green area in the plant premises

Electricity
Purchased (MWh)CO2 eq.
（t-CO2)

4,772

4,691

Activity Data FY 2006

CO2
emission(t-CO2)ＣＯ２ emission
ＣＯ２ Emission Factor（ＣＯ２／production）

15,00012,000

1.5

9,000

1.0

6,000

0.5

3,000
0

ＣＯ２
Emission
Factor2.0

0.0
2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 (FY)
CO2 emission

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Site ReportSuzhou FDK Co., Ltd.〈China〉
Started operation in June 2001
Address
Tel
Business lines
Employees

43 Building Fengqiao Industrial Park 158- 88 Huashan Road,Suzhou New District Jiangsu,China+86 512 66619392
Manufacturing and sales of LCD signal processing modules
1,600

Suzhou FDK was certified with ISO14001:1996 compliant in December
2004, followed by ISO14001:2004 revised edition in April 2006.
The actions taken by Suzhou FDK in FY2006 included of the following
items.
1.An orientation was provided to new recruits to raise awareness toprotection of the environment. For this purpose, an environmental
leaflet was distributed to each of them. For other general employees,
educations on internal audit, environmental laws and regulations andcontrol of chemical substances contained in products were provided
based on the company s annual education program.
2.As to noises emitted from the plant, thanks to the efforts of reducing
noise for several years, the noise level at night around the plant area
was successfully reduced to the standard level.
3.An evacuation drill and a firefighting training are carried out everyyear.
4.As to the chemical substances contained in products, as a result of theefforts of the entire employees, all processes are now lead-free. All
suppliers of raw materials and supplemental materials submit a guarantee to the effect that no hazardous materials are contained in theirproducts delivered to us. At the same time, hazardous substanceinspections are periodically carried out in-house using an X-ray fluorescent spectrometer.
5.As to the efforts for reducing use of resources and energy-saving, target
values are set and actions are taken to achieve them. Use of paper,
water and chemicals was reduced compared to the previous year. As
to energy-saving, due to the increased production volume, the volume ofelectricity used was increased.
Suzhou FDK is committed to abiding by the relevant environmental laws
and regulations and satisfying the requirements of its customers. In
order to protect the global environment and for the sake of survival of
human beings, we are determined to pay utmost efforts to contribute to
the society through environmental protection activities.
WastesVolume of wastes Volume of wastes Recycling ratio
generated (t)recycled (t)
(%)

196

104

53

Energy Consumption

Emergency evacuation drill

Fireﬁghting training

Electricity
Purchased (MWh)CO2 eq.
（t-CO2)

6,580

6,172

CO2
emission(t-CO2)
6,000
5,000
4,000
3,000
2,000
1,000
0

Activity Data FY 2006

ＣＯ２ emission
ＣＯ２ Emission Factor（ＣＯ２／production）

ＣＯ２
Emission
Factor
2.0
1.5
1.0
0.5

0.0
2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 (FY)
CO2 emission

FDK (Thailand) Co., Ltd.〈Thailand〉
Started operation in December 2001
Address
Tel
Business lines
Employees

60/118 [ Navanakorn Industrial Estate Zone 3] Moo 19,Phaholyothin Road,Tambon Klongnung,Amphur Klongluang,Pathumthani 12120,Thailand+66 2529 4930
Manufacturing and sales of motors
589

Incorporated in December 2007, FDK (Thailand) is a manufacturer andseller of stepper motors for office automation equipment and automobiles.
The company has only a 6 year of history, but is in business for 18 years
if Fujitsu (Thailand), the predecessor of the company is included. FDK(Thailand) maintains the following environmental policies.
1.To abide by laws and regulations on environment set up by theKingdom of Thailand, where we operate businesses, as well as thoserequired by our customers.
2.To continue improvement of systems in the company, to prevent
contaminations arising from our business activities and to minimize
adverse impacts of our businesses on soil, water and air througheffectively utilizing wastes
3.To utilize resources effectively and to promote protection and saving of energy
4.To raise the consciousness of the entire employees toward protection of
the environment
In FY2006, the priority action items included reduction of energy

consumption and control of chemical substances contained in products
in compliance to RoHS, etc. In order to reduce energy consumption,an energy-saving control system was installed to a half of the air
conditioners in the plant. On the roof, ceramic was coated to reduce
electricity consumption of air conditioners in the plant by isolatingexternal heat transmitted to inside of the plant building through its roof.
As to the compliance with the RoHS Directive, an audit was done toselected suppliers in order to strengthen control to them. We believe theaudit was effective in communicating them how we will control chemical
substances contained in products in practice. The level of controllingthem was raised through implementing in-house educations to all employees including contracted employees.
FDK (Thailand) is determined to dedicate to make a continuous improvement on its environmental activities with the efforts of the entire employees and to make a leap forward while maintaining harmonious existencewith the environment.
WastesVolume of wastes Volume of wastes Recycling ratio
generated (t)recycled (t)(%)

An energy-saving control systeminstalled to an air conditioner

ＣＯ２
Emission
Factor
3.0
2.5

4,000

2.0

Energy Consumption

3,000

1.5

LPG
（ｔ）

CO2 eq.
（t-CO2)

2,000

1.0

1,000

0.5

4,941

0

0.0
2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 (FY)Electricity
Purchased (MWh)

4,926

520

8

94

Activity Data FY 2006

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ＣＯ２ emission
ＣＯ２ Emission Factor（ＣＯ２／production）

5,000

551

Application of heat insulating
coating on the plant roof top

CO2
emission(t-CO2)6,000

CO2 emission

History of Environmental Activities (ﬁscal year)■ Established the environmental protection preservation division.
■ Introduced mercury-free manganese dry batteries.

1993■ Promoted Environmental Education for new employees.
■ Eliminated to use mercury in all layer-built batteries.
■ Eliminated to use designated chloroﬂuorocarbons(Excluded Iwaki Electronics Co., Ltd. ).

1994■ Established "Environmental Charter".
■ Promoted Environmental Education for mid-careers.

1995■ Established environmental protection regulations for the FDK group.
■ Developed Environmental Action Plan.
■ Established FDK Environmental Protection Committee.
■ Fully eliminated to use designated CFCs in all plants.
■ Fully eliminated to use of trichloroethane.

1996■ Established the Environmental Protection Standard Committee.
■ Established the Environmental Protection Standard.

1997■ Launched activities to acquire ISO14001 certiﬁcation.
■ Issued the ﬁrst issue of environmental news.
■ Recruited and selected on the FDK environmental slogan.
■ Established the environmental protection system for ISO14001.

1998■ Acquired ISO14001 certiﬁcations at ﬁve domestic plants.
■ Renamed the environmental protection preservation division as the environmental management division.
■ Acquired ISO14001 certiﬁcation in Xiamen FDK Corporation as a ﬁrst plant in overseas.

1999■ Acquired ISO14001 certiﬁcations at additional three plants.
■ Announced the result of soil contamination state investigation.
■ Executed countermeasures on soil contamination.

2000■ Established the Environmental Action Plan for the second term.
■ Joined "Environmental Management Survey" conducted by Nihon Keizai Shimbun Inc.
■ Received Fujitsu Environmental Contribution Prize.
■ Introduced a cogeneration system at Kosai plant.
■ Changed uniforms to reproductions using recycled fabrics from PET bottles.

2001■ Issued the Environmental Report 2001.
■ Ranked 115th in "Environmental Management Survey" conducted by Nihon Keizai Shimbun Inc.
■ Participated in the environmental activities organized by JIFPRO(Japan International Forestry Promotion and Corporation Center).
■ Started operation of PRTR chemical management system.
■ Established in-house reuse systems of OA equipment.

2002■ Established the "FDK Environmental Policy".
■ Issued the Environmental Report 2002.
■ Acquired ISO14001 certiﬁcation in two overseas plants and one domestic plant.
■ Renamed the environmental management division as the quality and environment technology center.
■ Ranked 208th in "Environmental Management Survey" conducted by Nihon Keizai Shimbun Inc.
■ Expanded in-house reuse systems of OA equipment.
■ Promoted various company-wide campaigns.
Energy conservation campaign
Environmental enlightenment campaign
Reduction campaign for copy numbers
Eco driving and idling stop campaign

2003■ Established the Environmental Action Plan for the third term.
■ Posted environmental educational posters of the FDK group drawn by corporate members and their families.
■ Issued the Environmental Report 2003.
■ Ranked 141st in "Environmental Management Survey " conducted by Nihon Keizai Shimbun Inc.
■ Introduced the database system(ECO-DB) of the FDK group on the environmental burden of chemical substances.
■ Received Fujitsu Environmental Contribution Prize.

2004■ Renamed the quality and environment technology center as the environment technology center.
■ Established the Contained Chemical Substances Management Committee.
■ Issued the Environmental Report 2004.
■ Ranked 124th in "Environmental Management Survey" conducted by Nihon Keizai Shimbun Inc.
■ Awarded the prize for the excellent energy management factory (electric section) in FY2004 by the Chubu Bureau of Economy, Trade and Industry, METI.
■ Acquired ISO14001 certiﬁcation in all FDK Group plants.
■ Achieved zero waste emissions in all domestic plants.

2005■ Acquired ISO 14001 certiﬁcation at Taichong Plant (estabilished in April 2005) of Fuchi Electronics Co., Ltd.
■ Issued Environmental Report 2005.
■ Ranked 205th in the "Environmental Management Survey" conducted by Nihon Keizai Shimbun Inc.
■ Approved Small-size chip inductor "MIPF 2520DSeries" certiﬁcated as a Super-Green Product for the ﬁrst time at FDK.

2006

■ Issued Social & Environmental Report 2006.
■ Ranked 206th in the "Environmental Management Survey" conducted by Nihon Keizai Shimbun Inc.
■ Acquired ISO 17025 certiﬁcation at Fujidenka Research and Analysis Center Co., Ltd.,Management andOrganizational Structure

1992

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Date of Issue : October 2007

Revised in September 2008

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