Lintec GroupCSR Report 2015

Company Motto

Sincerity and Creativity
The foundation of the Lintec Group’s CSR is its company
motto, “Sincerity and Creativity.” These are the ideals thateveryone in the group aspires to.
“Sincerity” means thinking about what can be done thatwill be of beneﬁt and appreciated and tackling every taskwith all one’s heart. “Creativity” means to work constantly
to innovate and improve, seeking greater added value
without being satisﬁed with the status quo.
Showing integrity to all stakeholders and taking on new
challenges over and over again with a determination to
innovate is the starting point for a manufacturer dedicatedto craftsmanship.
“Start with Sincerity and then apply Creativity”—this is
Lintec’s unchanging approach and the driving force that
underpins its sustainable growth.

Contents
Editorial Policy

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Editorial Policy

CSR activities. This report mainly explains our CSR activities during ﬁscal 2014. With the aim

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Overview of the Lintec Groupof providing information to all stakeholders in a simple and comprehensive manner, the main

06

Message from the President

activities are organized into the categories of Corporate Governance, Social Report, and08

Identifying Materiality (Important Issues)

10

CSR in the Lintec Group12Highlight 1

The Lintec Group follows its company motto “Sincerity and Creativity” when conducting its

Environmental Report. The Overview and Highlight pages have also been increased.
The Highlight section features the LINTEC WAY and the ideal vision for Lintec in 2025.
Highlight 1 gathers together what employees across Japan and around the world think aboutthe LINTEC WAY. Highlight 2 introduces the workshops held to discuss what Lintec aspires toWhat Individual Employees
Think about the LINTEC WAY

be by 2025.
This report highlights certain information which is important for both the stakeholders*
and the Lintec Group. For more detailed information, please visit our CSR website.

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Thinking about What LINTEC
Aspires to Be by 2025

* Stakeholders include consumers, employees, shareholders, creditors, suppliers, local communities, and government
agencies.

Main Channels for CSR Information

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CSR Themes, Targets, and Performance

CSR Report (Booklet / PDF version)

Lintec GroupCSR Report 2015

[Booklet]Information on the CSR activities of the Lintec Groupdescribed in a simple manner.
[PDF version] Full version is created in English. Abridged version is createdin Korean, Chinese (traditional), Chinese (simpliﬁed), Malay,
Indonesian and Thai.

CSR Website
More detailed information on the CSR activities of the Lintec Group[Japanese]
http://www.lintec.co.jp/csr/[English]http://www.lintec-global.com/csr/

WEB

Highlight 2This icon shown on some pages of this report indicates that related information is available on
our CSR website. This icon is shown in the footer of the relevant pages, together with the outlineof the related information.

Guidelines Referenced
ISO 26000 (social responsibility)
Sustainability Reporting Guidelines (version 4) of the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI)
Environmental Reporting Guidelines (2012) of the Ministry of the Environment of Japan
Environmental Accounting Guidelines (2005) of the Ministry of the Environment of Japan
Reporting Period
This report covers the period from April 1, 2014, to March 31, 2015 (ﬁscal 2014). It also includes some
information up through June 30, 2015 concerning speciﬁc initiatives.
Environmental performance data for 12 group companies outside Japan covers the period from January 1
to December 31, 2014.
Note on the ﬁscal year of consolidated subsidiaries
The ﬁscal year of LINTEC (THAILAND) CO., LTD., LINTEC KOREA, INC. and another 27 consolidated
subsidiaries ends on December 31. As the difference between the ﬁscal year end of these 29 consolidated
subsidiaries and the consolidated closing date is within three months, this Report uses each company’s
ﬁnancial statements based on the ﬁscal year, and makes necessary adjustments with regard to importanttransactions that occurred between the two accounting dates.

Corporate Governance
20

Practicing Sincerity

Social Report
22

Providing Value to Customers

23

Cooperating with Suppliers

24

Together with Employees(Human Rights / Employment /Safty and Disaster Prevention)

28

Together with Local Communities(Community Participation)

Environmental Report
29

Environmental Management30

Addressing Global Warming

32

Reducing Waste and Water Usage

33

Reduction of Environmentally Hazardous
Substances

34

Environmental Activities of 12 Group
Companies Outside Japan

36

Relationship between Lintec andthe Environment

37

Third-Party Opinion

Veriﬁcation of the reliability of this Report
Performance indicators marked by an asterisk * have been veriﬁed by a third party, SGS Japan Inc.

Publication datePrevious publication: August 2014
Current publication: August 2015
Next publication: August 201601

Overview of the Lintec Group

Corporate Proﬁle(as of March 31, 2015)

Company nameHead ofﬁce
WebsiteEstablished
CapitalStock listing
Fiscal year-end
Representative

Lintec Corporation
23-23, Honcho, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo 173-0001, Japanwww.lintec-global.com/
October 193423.2 billion yen
Tokyo Stock Exchange, First Section (Securities Code: 7966)
March 31
Hiroyuki Nishio, Representative Director President,
CEO and COO
Number of employees Consolidated: 4,413 Non-consolidated: 2,524
Sales ofﬁces: Iidabashi (Tokyo), Sapporo, Sendai, Hokuriku
Sites(Toyama Prefecture), Shizuoka, Nagoya,
Osaka, Hiroshima, Shikoku (Ehime
Prefecture), Fukuoka, and Kumamoto
Production sites: Agatsuma (Gunma Prefecture), Kumagaya(Saitama Prefecture), Ina (Saitama
Prefecture), Chiba (Chiba Prefecture),
Tatsuno (Hyogo Prefecture), Shingu (Hyogo
Prefecture), Komatsushima (Tokushima
Prefecture), Mishima (Ehime Prefecture),Doi (Ehime Prefecture), and Niihama (Ehime
Prefecture)
R&D facility:
Research Center (Saitama Prefecture)
Overseas ofﬁce: Shanghai (China)

Business activities Development, manufacturing, and sales of adhesive
products (adhesive papers and ﬁlms for labels,
marking ﬁlms, window ﬁlms, semiconductor-related
tapes, optical function ﬁlm, etc.); specialty papers(color envelope paper, color paper, special function
paper, etc.); processing materials (release paper,
release ﬁlm, casting paper for synthetic leather,casting paper for carbon ﬁber composite material,etc.); and adhesive-related devices (label printing
machines, labeling machines, semiconductor-related
equipment, etc.)
Sales

Consolidated: 207.3 billion yen
Non-consolidated: 161.7 billion yen(ﬁscal 2014)

Operating income(ﬁscal 2014)

WEB

Consolidated: 16.9 billion yen
Non-consolidated: 9.9 billion yen

For more detailed ﬁnancial information,
see the Investor Relations
section of the Lintec Website atwww.lintec-global.com/ir/.

Performance and Financial Highlights (Consolidated)(See page 1 for a note on the ﬁscal year of consolidated subsidiaries.)

Sales(Million yen)

212,733
200,000

200,905 190,844 203,242 207,255

Operating income

Sales by segment (Fiscal 2014)(Million yen)

(Million yen)

20,88920,00013,975Paper- andprocessing-related
37,283

16,881

13,766
10,564

100,000

10,000

0

0

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

(FY)

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

Electronic- andoptical-related
83,207(FY)

Ordinary income

Current net income(Million yen)

(Million yen)

(Yen)

20,00050

20,00019,52017,901
13,613
10,981Dividend per share

40
8,648

10,000

(%)

48

42

40

50

34
11,65910,000

Dividend per share
Dividend payout ratio (right vertical axis)

29.7

13,622

13,165

Printing- andindustry-related
86,764

Total
207,255

7,681

34.7

25

8,501

33.1

36.8

25

22.2
0

2011

2012

2013

2014

(FY)

(Million yen)

200,000

2010

2011

2013

2014

(%)

10.9

10
9.7

225,073 237,444
206,188 210,203 216,048

ROE

6.6

5

6.5
5.2

2011

2012

2013

2014

(FY)

2012

2013

2014

6,849

6,771

2013

2014

(FY)

7,263

6,017

6,154

2010

2011

5,000
7.8

6.0
2,000

0

2010

2011

(Million yen)

ROA

7.2
5.8

5.6

0

2010

(FY)

R&D expenses

100,000

02

2012

ROE / ROA

Total assets

300,000

0

0

2010

0

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

(FY)

2012

(FY)

Films for building windows

Films for car windows

Adhesive papers and ﬁlms
for labels

Marking ﬁlms

Sales
(Million yen)

100,000 91,898

Printing- and industry-related segment
We provide products to which various functions are added to suit the purpose or usage environment, including:adhesive papers and ﬁlms for labels on household goods, food products and home electronics, tapes for ﬁxing
parts of mobile devices, adhesive products for automobiles, industrial barcode printers, labeling machines forautomatic labeling, window ﬁlms for buildings and automobiles, materials for outdoor signage andadvertisements, marking ﬁlms for decorating car bodies, and interior decorative sheets.

90,09382,761

86,27186,764

2012

2013

2014

50,000

0

2010

2011

(FY)

(See page 1 for a note on the ﬁscal year of consolidated subsidiaries.)

Lintec in Everyday Life
Lintec contributes to people’s everyday life around the world by manufacturing

Information of each segment

and providing a wide variety of products.

Specialty paper

Casting paper for
carbon ﬁber composite materials

Semiconductor-related
tapes and devices

LCD ﬁlms

Coating ﬁlms for laminatedceramic capacitor manufacture

Paper- and processing-related segment

Electronic- and optical-related segment

Taking advantage of paper-making technologies, we provide a wide variety of
products, including: color envelope paper and color paper in a wide array ofcolors, function paper such as greaseproof paper, dust-free paper for foodpackaging, and high-quality printing paper, as well as release paper andrelease ﬁlm for protecting adhesive coated surfaces, and casting paper used
when manufacturing synthetic leather and carbon ﬁber composite materials.

We provide products that leverage our unique R&D and technologies, including: special
tapes for semiconductor chip manufacturing and mounting processes, devices to make thebest of these tapes’ properties, coating ﬁlms indispensable for laminated ceramic
capacitor manufacturing, adhesive products related to liquid crystal displays, and products
related to touch screens.

Sales (Million yen)

Sales (Million yen)

100,000

50,00039,67936,93735,73037,831

81,15537,28372,352

2011

2012

79,13983,2072013

2014

50,00025,000073,874

0
2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

(FY)

(See page 1 for a note on the ﬁscal year of consolidated subsidiaries.)

2010

(FY)

(See page 1 for a note on the ﬁscal year of consolidated subsidiaries.)

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Overview of the Lintec Group

Global Network Supports Our Activities
In response to the views of our stakeholders, all employees of the Lintec Group are engaged in
CSR activities to help build a better society.

Asia

25
1,495

Netherlands

companies,

Hungary
Germany

employees

Japan
China
IsraelSouth Korea
India

TaiwanEurope2companies,

Thailand25

Philippines
Vietnam
Malaysia

employees
Singapore

Indonesia

Global Topics
Establishing a Regional Management Company inOpening an R&D Center in Texas, USA (February 2014)

ASEAN (January 2015)

The Lintec Group and the University of Texas at Dallas (Texas, USA)

Having strengthened the production and sales sites in the ASEAN region

have jointly developed new technology for processing carbon

and India with the key themes of comprehensive business strategies,

nanotubes (cylindrical carbon molecules)* into thin sheets withoutbusiness enhancement and expansion, we established Lintec Asia Paciﬁc

affecting their properties. To commercialize the technology, we

Regional Headquarters Private Limited (LAP) as a regional management

established Nano-Science & Technology Center (NSTC) as a researchcompany in ASEAN in January 2015 to achieve sustainable growth. The

center under Lintec of America, Inc., in Richardson in the suburbs of

purposes of establishing this local management base are to speed up

Dallas, Texas, and started developing technology for mass production.

management decision-making, optimize the production system, improve

NSTC and the R&D Division will collaborate on creating new markets

the efﬁciency of raw material procurement, and increase our market shareand developing products for launch in this cutting-edge area.

in the region. Additionally, the newcompany integrates the administrationof ﬁnancial and personnel affairs,
which used to be handled byindividual sales sites, in order tobolster local sales and market surveys.
* Carbon nanotubes (cylindrical carbon molecules): These are a cylindrical carbon material with ananometer-scale diameter and a micrometer-scale length. Although the material is lightweight, it isresistant to bending and tension, and also has extraordinary electrical and thermal conductivities.

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United States3

companies,277

employees

Japan

9

companies,

3,362

Overseas sales

United States

employees

Overseas sales

Overseas sales ratio(Million yen)

38.8

80,00033.2
60,000

32.8

33.7

36.0

(%)
40

30

26.5

40,00020
50,10070,59065,95164,34373,09280,34020,000

10

0

0
(FY)

Manufacturing subsidiary
Sales subsidiary, branch, ofﬁce

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

R&D center
See Corporate Proﬁle on page 2.

(See page 1 for a note on the ﬁscal year of consolidated subsidiaries.)

Note: The number of employees shown here includes
employees of non-consolidated subsidiaries.

Scope and Wording
The scope of this report is arranged as indicated below and follows the same wording. If any information provided diverges from this scope,
this is made clear within the text.

Corporate Governance Social Report
Lintec: Lintec Corporation
Lintec Group: Lintec Corporation plus group companies in and outside Japan
Environment Report
Lintec: Lintec Corporation (head ofﬁce, Agatsuma Plant, Kumagaya Plant, Chiba Plant, Tatsuno Plant, Shingu Plant, Komatsushima Plant,
Mishima Plant, Doi Plant, Niihama Plant, Ina Technology Center, Research Center) and Tokyo Lintec Kako, Inc.
Lintec Group and 12 overseas group companies: Refers to the sites listed above and 12 overseas group companies
Note) 12 overseas group companies:
Lintec (Suzhou) Tech Corporation, Lintec (Tianjin) Industry Co., Ltd., Lintec Printing & Technology (Tianjin) Corporation, Lintec Speciality Films (Taiwan), Inc.,
Lintec Advanced Technologies (Taiwan), Inc., Lintec Korea, Inc., Lintec Speciality Films (Korea), Inc., PT. Lintec Indonesia, Lintec Industries (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd.,
Lintec Industries (Sarawak) Sdn. Bhd., Lintec Singapore Private Limited, and Madico, Inc.

Lintec Group: Lintec Corporation plus group companies in and outside Japan05

Message from the President“Sincerity and Creativity” form the Foundationof Our CSR Activities

40%, global development is our most important challenge. With the
expansion of our ﬁelds of business to achieve the target, we
focused on developing our governance framework in ﬁscal 2014.

As a leading company in the ﬁeld of adhesive materials, the Lintec

The Lintec Group has enhanced its production and sales sites toGroup provides society with a wide variety of products createdstrengthen and expand business in the ASEAN region and India. To

using unique technologies such as technologies for applying

formulate and implement regional business strategies, effectively

adhesives and for modifying surfaces. Under the company mottouse management resources and enhance governance, we“Sincerity and Creativity,” the Lintec Group has continued to growestablished a regional management company, Lintec Asia Paciﬁcsteadily based on its sincere commitment to creative

Regional Headquarters Private Limited (LAP), in the ASEAN nation

manufacturing. Partly thanks to the strong performance of ourof Singapore in January 2015.

electronic- and optical-related business and the weakening of theBased on the revision of the Companies Act of Japan, whichyen, we secured a year-on-year increase both in sales and proﬁt oncame into force in May 2015, Lintec Corporation became a company

a consolidated basis for the ﬁscal year ending March 2015.

with an audit and supervisory committee*1, and accordingly developed

We believe that “Sincerity and Creativity” form the foundationof our CSR activities. “Defensive” CSR, which refers to compliancewith laws and regulations, fair transactions, comfortable working

a framework for strengthening the audit and supervisory functions of
its Board of Directors and for enhancing corporate governance.
We believe, however, that enhancing governance requires moreenvironment for everyone and other responsibilities we should fulﬁlthan just creating a framework, but also raising the awareness ofin our business activities, represents “Sincerity” to work oneach employee. Therefore, in order to raise all employees’

business activities faithfully. Meanwhile, “Aggressive” CSR, whichawareness of CSR, members of the CSR Management Ofﬁce visited

includes the creation of products for improving or solving social

our business sites in and outside Japan to hold CSR study sessions

issues, is driven by “Creativity” to continually work on creation andto build awareness of the LINTEC WAY, which clearly states the

improvement regardless of past practice.

ideals pursued by employees of the Lintec Group under thecompany motto of “Sincerity and Creativity.” In response to a

Enhancing Both Defensive and Aggressive Aspects
for Further Development of CSR Activities

questionnaire survey conducted after the study sessions, many
participants made positive comments such as “the study session
was informative,” “I learned a lot,” and “I want to share it with my

In its medium-term business plan, LINTEC INNOVATION PLAN 2016

family.” Based on these comments, I was delighted to see steady(LIP-2016), which was started in ﬁscal 2014, the Lintec Group sets

improvements in individual employees’ awareness of CSR.

ﬁve key initiatives: 1) further promote global development;

All these efforts strengthened defensive CSR based on Sincerity,2) create innovative new products that will support the nextand helped to reinforce the foundation for further development ofgeneration; 3) transform into a robust corporate structure;

our CSR activities.

4) promote strategic M&A; and 5) foster human resources. As we
aim to achieve the business target of an overseas sales ratio of

Meanwhile, one of the efforts that symbolize aggressive CSR
based on Creativity is creating innovative new products that will

Based on Sincerity and Creativity,
We Will Promote Defensive and Aggressive
CSR Activities for Society and People.

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support the next generation, which is one of the key initiatives

environment and holding discussions in light of the opinions ofunder LIP-2016. The initiative is crucial for the Lintec Group to

stakeholders both within and outside the company. For each of thecontinue its business activities and contribute to society. I believe

identiﬁed issues, we will set key performance indicators (KPIs)*2

that the initiative requires an R&D approach of establishing ourand institute frameworks for achieving the goals.

proprietary technologies while responding to social changes bylooking ahead. And I place particular importance on
cross-organizational cooperation.
As part of efforts for the key initiative, we hosted CSR

Additionally, based on the materiality, we will also implement
PDCA cycles for CSR activities.
We have just started this undertaking, but we expect that theprocess of reviewing materiality will help not only defensive

workshops in August and September 2014. The workshops sought

aspects but also Aggressive CSR, including business growth andparticipation from all departments to discuss the future of thecreation of new products.

Lintec Group from the perspective of social issues, helping create
visions for an ideal Lintec and providing opportunities forcross-sectoral communication. We will continue such efforts to help
create products that are different from existing products and to

Committed to Doing Our Best for People andSociety with a Sense of Morality, Not Merely
Pursuing Percentages

provide solutions for social problems.
As mentioned earlier, the CSR activities of the Lintec Group are

Medium-term Business Plan [LIP-2016]

built on the company motto “Sincerity and Creativity.” I always ask(April 1, 2014 to March 31, 2017)

employees to act with a sense of personal pride. Each employee

Basic Policy
Return to Growth Path through Active Management andContinuous Innovation

does their best for the world and for people by deciding what is

Key Initiatives
1. Further promote global development
2. Create innovative new products that will support the next generation
3. Transform into a robust corporate structure
4. Promote strategic M&As
5. Foster human resources

This is what all group employees must share beyond the borders of

To Develop Frameworks and Indicators Based on
Identiﬁed Materiality (Important Issues)

employees, this report clearly summarizes the results of our CSR

good and bad, instead of pursuing percentages, with CSR in mind.
nations, cultures or religions. Our CSR spirit is borderless. In orderfor the Lintec Group to achieve sustainable growth, all employees
will jointly promote CSR activities based on “Sincerity andCreativity” and meet stakeholder expectations.
To communicate our CSR activities broadly to the public and all

In ﬁscal 2014, the Lintec Group identiﬁed materiality by identifying
positive and negative impacts of the Group on society and theactivities during ﬁscal 2014.
We would appreciate the continued support and guidance of
all our stakeholders.
*1 Regarding company with an audit and supervisory committee, see page 20.
*2 Regarding key performance indicators (KPIs), see page 8.

Hiroyuki Nishio
Representative Director, President, CEO and COO
LINTEC Corporation

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Identifying Materiality(Important Issues)*
For further promotion of CSR activities and in response to stakeholder demands,
the Lintec Group identiﬁed its materiality.

Identiﬁed the Materiality of Group-wide Initiatives
The Lintec Group believes that communicating with society andWe will reﬂect the identiﬁed materiality on our long-term

responding to social demands are crucial for the group to achieve

activities, and develop key performance indicators (KPIs)*1 andsustainable development together with society. Sustainability

implement PDCA cycles for activities. We will also review theReporting Guidelines Version 4 (G4), published by the Global Reporting

identiﬁed materiality, when necessary, according to social changes

Initiative (GRI), calls for further disclosure of information that isand the progress of our activities.

selected as being material (of great importance) to the company andstakeholders. In line with this global trend, in ﬁscal 2014, the Lintec
Group identiﬁed materiality in light of stakeholders’ opinions.

Under the company motto and management philosophy, we will
work on the identiﬁed themes group-wide.

Process of Identifying Materiality
First of all, we identiﬁed issues based on such frameworks as ISO 26000,

STEP 1
Identify CSR-related
issues to be considered

46 aspects of G4, items covered in a survey by a CSR researchInternationalguidelines

organization. Then, in light of the themes that have an impact on society,the environment and stakeholders in the Lintec Group’s business value
chains, as well as workshops for group employees (see page 16) andresults of other companies’ benchmarks, we selected 64 CSR-related
issues to consider.

CSR survey
items

64
[CSR-related issues]
to consider

Internal
issuesOther
companies’
benchmarks

We determined the internal priority of selected issues by taking into
account past activities and future activity goals for each issue. Meanwhile,

STEP 2
Determine priority

we used questions regarding CSR and sustainability posed by a researchorganization to determine external priority, and requested outside experts
who have been involved in our activities to evaluate items based on datacompiled on the backgrounds of the activities. Finally, we identiﬁedmateriality through evaluation and analysis from both internal andexternal perspectives.

STEP 3Check validity

STEP 4
Review

With regard to the identiﬁed materiality, we asked the experts who had evaluated the items in STEP 2 to check thescope of impacts and validity of future actions and targets. We also received an evaluation and approval from the
President as the chief decision-maker on CSR.

We disclosed the process and identiﬁed materiality in our CSR Report. We will review activities and conduct reviews
as needed.

*1 Key performance indicators (KPIs): Important indicators set for organizational strategies to quantitatively measure progress toward the goal.
Regarding the asterisk *, see page 1.

08More important

We mapped the materiality identiﬁed from the internal and external
perspectives in STEP 2, using the axes of importance to Lintec andimportance to stakeholders.
With regard to the following 15 items, we will develop key
performance indicators (KPIs) and evaluate activities over the years. As
for other issues, the Lintec Group will continue ongoing activities as

Importance to stakeholders

Materiality Mapping

material issues for the group.
ImportantMore important

Importance to Lintec

Scope
Circles mean applicable

Background of selection

Materiality
Internal

Contribution
to businessGovernance

Developing business models for
local production & consumption
in developing countries

We will promote the utility of adhesive products, provide useful products in developing
countries, and operate business globally with emphasis on quality. We need to launch businessmodels horizontally by creating local demand and pursuing local procurement further.

Entering new areas

We will enter new areas in response to global customer needs and social issues while
recognizing our current strengths and weaknesses in technology and development. We needto consider social aspects (e.g., safety, quality, price) through stakeholder dialogue.

Operating global governanceIn operating business globally, we need to develop a strategic global management system at ahigh level above local laws and regulations, divide the roles of execution and supervision,clarify policies, and implement the policies.

Effectively using raw materials

We are using petrochemical materials, pulps and water. Resource depletion has an impact on
the sustainability of society. Stable procurement of some materials may become unavailable.
Therefore, we need to reduce their consumption and use them effectively.

Reducing atmospheric emissions

Atmospheric emissions of greenhouse gases, ozone depleting substances, VOCs, and so on
have an impact on the entire globe and must be reduced. Strategic initiatives, such as total
emissions management, are required.

Making environmental contributions
through products and services

With the growing need for environmental consideration in all phases from development toproduction, product use and disposal, LCA*2 management is indispensable. It is crucial for us
to consider the products we provide to various industries.

Ensuring environmental compliance

The matters subject to environmental regulations, as well as the regulation method, vary
among regions. We will need to accurately understand local legal systems and take proper
actions in compliance with laws and regulations related to the atmosphere, water quality,
noise, vibration and other pollutions in emerging and developing countries.

Ensuring occupational healthand safety

We need to understand the situations of our suppliers in key developing countries and takenecessary actions, beyond occupational health and safety within Lintec. It is also becoming
important to take actions related to mental health.

Achieving workplace diversity

A comfortable working environment requires considerations for diversity (e.g., gender,
minority, LGBT*3). We need to develop policies for achieving diversity to secure a competitive
advantage in management.

Improving employee satisfaction

Employees are important stakeholders of Lintec. For the long-term growth of a company, aprerequisite is that employees are proud of and satisﬁed with their work.

Conducting human rights
due diligence*4

As we procure from around the world, it is becoming crucial to understand human rights risks
at our primary suppliers and enhance education and supervisory systems for stakeholders toprotect human rights throughout the SCM*5.

Ensuring social compliance

As the matters that are subject to social laws and regulations, as well as the regulation
method, vary among regions, we need to accurately understand local legal systems. We needto aggregate the information about local situations to link and improve the global
management systems.

Ensuring product compliance

As the matters that are subject to product-related laws and regulations, as well as theregulation method, vary among regions, we need to accurately understand local legal systems.
It is indispensable to provide a stable supply of products, ensure thorough quality
management and improve services.

Making contributions tosustainable consumption

As a material manufacturer related to labeling of a wide variety of products, we need toprovide labels for various purposes, disclose information and develop consumer-friendly
products to help consumers select appropriate goods.

Achieving harmonious co-existencewith local communities

Contacts with local communities increase as we expand globally. In recognition that any
company is supported by the local community and society while comprising a part of them,
we need to make various contributions to ensure harmonious co-existence with society.

The
environment

Labor
practices

Society

External*2 Regarding LCA, see page 18.
*3 LGBT: Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender. LGBT is a generic term for sexual minorities.
*4 Human rights due diligence: A process exercised by an organization not only to comply with laws but also to address and reduce the risk of human rights violations (ISO 26000 6.3.3. Human Rights Issue 1). It is based on the
Principles on Business and Human Rights: Implementing the United Nations “Protect, Respect and Remedy” Framework, which requires global actions.
*5 SCM: Supply chain management. Optimized organization and management of a series of ﬂows from material procurement to production, sales and distribution and to ﬁnal users.

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CSR in the Lintec GroupThe CSR in the Lintec Group is built on its company motto “Sincerity and Creativity.”
All Lintec people are committed to CSR activities with this motto.
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expectations and earn trust.

Practicing CSR through the Core Business
Many stakeholders support the business of the Lintec Group.

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Customers

To meet these stakeholders’ expectations and be trusted by

We will aim for harmony
between corporate activities
and the global environment
and will strive to reduce
environmental impact.

We will strive for fair andhighly transparent
transactions, aiming formutual harmony andbeneﬁt with all suppliers.

strategically in its core business and group-wide. As part of
Employees

this effort, we identiﬁed materiality (important issues) in

pp. 24–27

ﬁscal 2014.
We will endeavor to create workplaceenvironments where employees can work withpeace of mind while respecting employees’
motivations in life and work, based on thegoal of raising employee satisfaction.

Local
Communities
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Shareholders
and Investors
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We will meet the
expectations ofshareholders andinvestors by increasing
managementtransparency,
disclosing information
in a timely andappropriate manner,and striving to increase
corporate value.

We will communicate withlocal communities and pursue
harmonious co-existence, basedon the idea that companies arecommunity members.

The Way to Go “LINTEC WAY”
The Lintec Group developed the LINTEC WAY, guidance to befollowed by all Lintec people in order to move forward in
the same business direction. The LINTEC WAY comprises ten
rules as important values supporting the company motto“Sincerity and Creativity,” and states the ideal way of beinga Lintec employee.

Five Rules of Sincerity
1 Always be sincere.

1 Be committed until you
succeed.

2 Faithfulness opens
people’s mind.

2 Be proud of being unique.

3 Please people.

In ﬁscal 2014, we hosted CSR study sessions at groupcompanies in and outside Japan to spread the LINTEC WAY.

Five Rules of Creativity

3 Be resilient and takeadvantage of changes.

4 Be a giver.
5 Care about colleagues
and family.

4 Think globally.
5 Look for connections topotential everywhere.

Basic CSR Approaches
The Lintec Group carries out initiatives in line with six basic approaches, based on its company motto, “Sincerity and Creativity.”

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Thorough implementation of corporate ethics and compliance

Safety- and health-related activities

Improved customer satisfaction

Social contributions

Environment-friendly operations

Shareholder- and investor-oriented management

CSR Promotion System

Audit Ofﬁce

President and CEO

Corporate Strategic Ofﬁce

CSR Management Ofﬁce

Lintec carries out CSR activities in line with basic CSR approaches.

Cost Innovation Ofﬁce
Public Relations Ofﬁce

The CSR Management Ofﬁce, established as an organization

cross-organizational membership and each of which include anofﬁcer in charge, lead initiatives with responsibility from thestandpoint of management.

General Affairs & Personnel Division
Safety, Disaster Prevention,and Health Committee

initiatives of the CSR committees. The CSR committees, which have a

Social Contribution
Committee

standards, disseminate information on CSR, and to support theCustomer Satisfaction
Committee

Corporate Ethics Committee

under the direct control of the president, strives to foster high ethicalEnvironmental Preservation
Committee

CSR Committees

Administration Division
Business Administration Division
Quality Assurance &Environmental Protection Division
Production Division
Research & Development Division
As of April 1, 2015

Lintec Group Compliance Guidelines

Participation in UN Global Compact
Having participated in the United Nations Global Compact sinceCompliance Guidelines

April 2011, the Lintec Group conducts business activities based onCompliance is fundamental to corporate activities.
The LINTEC Group is committed to observing “relevant
regulations” and “social rules” during corporate activities
domestically and overseas.

the following Ten Principles to contribute to the sustainable growthof society.
●Human Rights
Principle 1: Businesses should support and respect
the protection of internationallyproclaimed human rights; andPrinciple 2: make sure that they are not complicit inhuman rights abuses.

We, the directors and employees of LINTEC, shall:
1. Continuously offer products and services that contribute to society.
2. Conduct fair and transparent transactions based on the principle of freecompetition with all business partners.

●Labour
Principle 3: Businesses should uphold the freedom of
association and the effective recognitionof the right to collective bargaining;
Principle 4: the elimination of all forms of forced andcompulsory labour;
Principle 5: the effective abolition of child labour; andPrinciple 6: the elimination of discrimination in
respect of employment and occupation.

3. Comply with regulations in all aspects of corporate activities in Japan andoverseas, and conduct ourselves based on the highest ethical standards.
4. Emphasize the importance of close relations with all the persons involved incorporate activities, such as shareholders, investors, business partners, local
communities, and employees.
5. Be actively engaged in controlling and reducing environmental burdens, as
global environmental problems are a vitally important management concern.

8. Prevent any involvement with anti-social organizations.
9. Take part in hospitality activities with modesty and within the range that
common sense allows when it is necessary as part of business activities.

●Anti-Corruption
Principle 10: Businesses should work against
corruption in all its forms,
including extortion and bribery.

ISO 26000

6. Proactively engage in activities that contribute to local and regional
communities as good corporate citizens.
7. Maintain fair and transparent relations with political bodies and governments.

●Environment
Principle 7: Businesses should support aprecautionary approach toenvironmental challenges;
Principle 8: undertake initiatives to promote
greater environmental
responsibility; andPrinciple 9: encourage the development anddiffusion of environmentallyfriendly technologies.

ISO 26000 is an international standard that deﬁnes social
responsibilities of all organizations. By referring to the seven core
subjects, the Lintec Group promotes CSR activities.

10. Handle corporate information appropriately, and only disclose it at appropriate
times and in appropriate ways.
11. Handle intellectual properties securely, respect the intellectual property rights ofother companies and do not violate them.

Organizational governanceFair operating practices

12. Respect the individual rights and personalities of directors and employees, treat
them fairly and strive to maintain a comfortable environment in the workplace.

Human rights

Consumer issues

Labor practices

Community involvementand development

Established January 2003
Revised April 2011

Environment

Stakeholder Communication
To meet social expectations, the Lintec Group proactively holds dialogues with stakeholders.
Customers

We aim to improve products and services to build trusting relationships andimprove customer satisfaction.

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Highlight 1

What Individual Employees
Think about the LINTEC WAY
In fiscal 2014, we hosted CSR study sessions at each business site. The LINTEC WAY, which isan important value based on the company motto “Sincerity and Creativity” to encourage
integrated CSR activities, has steadily spread among group employees. Highlight 1 features
what individual employees think about the LINTEC WAY.

Sincerity

It’s my principle to act
honestly, seriously, andfaithfully without pretense.

Akihiko Ouchi
Representative Director,
Chairman and CEO

It is essential to do myjob honestly.

Rosana Alvarado
Lintec Advanced
Technologies(Philippines), Inc.

Daily operations accumulate
and lead to quality
improvements.

Nanako Onodera
Kumagaya Plant

The rule is important as
it applies to everything.

Megumi Tozaki
Shizuoka Branch

All rules are important. If I
were to choose one, I would
pick this rule. I must neverforget to sincerely do my best
as a person.

Hiroyuki Nishio
Representative Director,
President, CEO and COO

One of the very importantways to breed good characteris to “always be sincere.”

Neils Bray
Chicago Ofﬁce,
Lintec of America, Inc.

The rule can create a good
relationship, better
understanding and build
trust among workers.

Kevin Ingkie
Barnabas Nassom
Lintec Industries(Sarawak) SDN. BHD.

The rule is important not
only in my work but also
in my life.

Fumitaka Hato
Niihama Plant

Always be sincere
To be trusted by customers,
I always try to be honest
and deal with things to thebest of my ability.

Gohei Kawamura
Director, Managing
Executive Ofﬁcer

I believe that sincerity
opens people’s minds.

Felix Malabanan
Lintec Philippines(Peza), Inc.

It means to work on yourjob seriously.

Eiji Sonoda
Osaka Lintec Kako, Inc.

I believe it is important toconstantly strive to be sincere
in order to fulﬁl the social
responsibility of the business(i.e., to continue development
and growth).
Makoto Hattori
Director, Executive
Ofﬁcer

If I live honestly and sincerely,
I will have a gentle spirit
without guilt.

Liu Yan Hua
Lintec (Suzhou)
Tech Corporation

To make better working
environments, we should besincere with colleagues andcare about their families.

Punsub Leksomboon
Lintec BKK PTE Limited

I believe this rule is necessary
to fulﬁll our responsibility asa manufacturer and maintain
trusting relationships.

Nobuko Kawashima
Fukuoka Branch

Being sincere is the mostimportant attitude for us.

Akihito Fujiwara
Lintec Sign System, Inc.

It’s my motto!

Mika Yamaoka
Head Ofﬁce(Audit Ofﬁce)

I want to do everythingwith gratitude.

Sincerity and Creativity
Ryuji Takahashi
Chiba Plant

I picked up the company motto,
instead of a rule, because ourpredecessors valued it just as
we now do, and we must pass
it on to the next generation.

Shigeru Kawasaki
Director, Vice President
Executive Ofﬁcer

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Sincerity

Faithfulness opens
people’s mind
Not only in ordinary relationships but
also in business, there is no honesty

My basic policy is to think
simply and act straightforwardly.

without mutual trust. Honesty is thefoundation of customer satisfaction.
Trusting each other and doing things

If you speak to a person
honestly while considering
his or her position, he or she
will respond likewise.

honestly will make each other happy.
Hitoshi Asai
Director, Vice President
Executive Ofﬁcer, CFO

Takashi Nakamura
Director, Managing
Executive Ofﬁcer

I’ll do my job always
with honesty and apeaceful mind.

I’ll try to act always
with honesty.

Yurie Miura
Sendai BranchToshio Yamamoto
Director

Sarni Pujiyanto
PT. Lintec Indonesia

I want to value each andevery customer.

Yosuke Tsuchiya
Lintec Customer
Service, Inc.

I want to treat everyone
with respect.

Ayaka Ishikawa
Lintec Commerce, Inc.

Creativity

I have realized that honesty
among people is universal,
despite regional or racialdifferences.

Be proud of
being unique

It’s important to act together
with customers, groupcompanies, and suppliers.

You cannot create new ideas
unless you are unique.

Yohei Noguchi
Lintec Europe B.V.
Joanne Celis
Lintec Philippines(Peza), Inc.

Shigeo Imaji
Komatsushima Plant

Everyone has an unlimited
supply of unique ideas andcreativity.

Creativity

Be committed until
you succeed

Being in a position to supervise
production, I value an attitudeof enjoying the manufacturing
process and being particular
about details, an inquiring
mind, and passion.

Kazuyoshi Ebe
Director, Managing
Executive Ofﬁcer

Koji Koyama
Director, Senior
Managing Executive
Ofﬁcer

I think that you will succeed if
you work on something
without receiving complaints
from the testing tocommercialization phases.

I believe it is crucial to quickly
understand the changes of
the times and markets andmeet customer expectations.

I believe that keeping on
doing something without
giving up is the fastest way.

Tomohiro Suzuki
Lintec Services, Inc.

Piyapong Thongsong
Lintec (Thailand)Co., Ltd.

If you succeed in achieving agoal, you can reach an evenhigher stage.

Stanley Low
Lintec Singapore
Private Limited

Yasushi Mima
Fuji-Light, Inc.

Perseverance is particularly
important in a highly
technical ﬁeld.

Derrick Tolly
Nano-Science &Technology Center

You will succeed if you dedicate
yourself to sincere work!

Le Nguyen
Lintec Hanoi Vietnam
Co., Ltd.

“Sticking to” is what Lintec
is all about.

Manami Suenaga
Nagoya Branch

I don’t want to compromise indeveloping better new products.

Yuki Nito
Research Center

Bring “what you want
to try” into reality.

Daiki Ishizue
Mishima Plant

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Highlight 1

What Individual Employees Think about the LINTEC WAY
Sincerity

Creativity

Look forconnections topotential everywhere

Please people

Together with my colleagues,
I will make the company apleasant place to work.

All people are the mostvaluable assets for theorganization.

We need to be a good
listener for our customers.

It’s my pleasure to do a
job that is appreciatedby people.

Nguyen Hoang Cuong
Lintec Vietnam Co., Ltd.
Ma Haeri
Lintec Korea, Inc.

Ankit Gupta
Lintec India Private
LimitedYour satisfaction is our priority!

Mok Yean Ni
Lintec Kuala Lumpur
SDN. BHD.

The rule is close to my principle
about work: Give people hope,
give people conﬁdence, give
people pleasure, and give
people convenience.

Li-Ting Sun
Lintec Advanced
Technologies(Taiwan), Inc.

I want to say “thanks” toa lot of people.

Hidehisa Karasawa
Agatsuma Plant

When I ﬁnd pleasure,
my work is rewarding.

Noriyuki Yamagishi
Sapporo Branch

Daisuke Shimizu
Printec, Inc.

I believe that pleasure, or asmile, is the most important
thing in life.

Yuri Imano
Iidabashi Ofﬁce(Converted products
Sales Dept.)

Takashi Yamada
Tatsuno Plant

I want to see people smiling.

Saori Tsuchida
Tokyo Lintec Kako, Inc.

All employees give witha “Yes I Can attitude”

Nattcha Milos
Madico, Inc.

Think
globally

Be a giver
I’m proud to be part of acompany that values thecommunity.

Krystal Adachi
Lintec of America, Inc.

I want to be a person who
can give people pleasureand peace of mind.

Miho Nagase
Hokuriku Branch

To build positive relationships
with customers, you have tolisten to customer feedback.

Tee Yih Long
Lintec Advanced
Technologies (Malaysia)
SDN. BHD.

Sincerity

Creativity

Small pleasures motivate me.

I want to serve and help
people altruistically*.

Hideaki Nonaka
Ina Technology Center

I want to be a person who
has peace of mind.

Nao Kuwaoka
Doi Plant

I’m satisﬁed when I givesomething to people.

Tatsuya Matoi
Kumamoto Ofﬁce

We need to think globallyto succeed globally.

Francis Zehentmeier
Lintec Advanced
Technologies (Europe)
GmbH

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* Altruism: A way of thinking that gives top priority to other people’s pleasure.

Creativity

Be resilient andtake advantage of changes

In today’s fast-changing world,
our company has the potential
to respond to the changes.

Shuji Morikawa
Director, Executive
Ofﬁcer

The rule is essential to respondto new processes and properquality for customers.

Gu kai kai
Lintec Advanced
Technologies(Shanghai), Inc.

I want to be ﬂexible torespond to changing needs.

David Lee
Lintec Printing &Technology (Tianjin)
Corporation

Survive and continue to develop
with ﬂexible responses in the
rapidly changing businessenvironment.

Wang Nan
Lintec (Tianjin)
Industry Co., Ltd.

I will take on challenges without
being afraid of change.

Shusuke Ikarugi
Shingu Plant

Always get wired and ride
the wave of the times, toconceive of the next big
development.

Ruby Ann Lavado
Lintec Advanced
Technologies(Philippines), Inc.

Chen Chun-Liang
Lintec Hi-Tech(Taiwan), Inc.

Sincerity

Care aboutcolleagues and family

I believe that the sounddevelopment of thecompany depends on thecorporate culture that values
colleagues and families.

Tsunetoshi Mochizuki
Director, Managing
Executive Ofﬁcer

I’m happy and proud to workfor this company that focuseson harmony and trust.

Rozlan Bin Osman
Lintec Industries(Malaysia) SDN. BHD.

I’m closely connected withcolleagues in my ofﬁce.

Kazuki Hiraguchi
Shikoku Branch

We must not fall behind thechanges in order to maintainour sustainability.

I want to work with strong
trusting relationships by valuing
harmony among people.

Kim Myeong-Jin
Lintec Speciality Films(Korea), Inc.

Feeling camaraderie isthe starting point oforganizational operation.

Mayumi Nojiri
Osaka Branch

I try to respect my colleagues
and suppliers so that we allcan enjoy work.

Lee Han Na
Lintec Advanced
Technologies(Korea), Inc.

All are indispensable“food” for doing agood job tomorrow.

Shuji Kiryu
Lintec Speciality Films(Taiwan), Inc.

I believe that solidarity
between employees is
crucial.

Aﬁfatul Khoir
PT. Lintec Jakarta

My family, colleagues,
suppliers … each and every
one is a valued comrade.

Sachihiko Okamura
Hiroshima Branch15

Highlight 2

Thinking about What LINTEC
Aspires to Be by 2025
At the Lintec Group, we strive to fulfill our CSR with all employees in the Lintec Group proactively thinking, taking theinitiative and conducting activities with a sense of unity.
With the goal of helping individual employees understand the Lintec Group’s CSR to make Lintec a company that
continues to be trusted by society, we held workshops in August and September 2014 to discuss what Lintec aspires to be
by 2025.

Thinking of CSR as One’s Own Issue to Remaina Sustainable Company

New Awareness and Future Initiatives for Lintec
in 2025

With the globalization of management, in ﬁscal 2014, the Lintec

At the workshops, employees from various departments wereGroup steered its CSR activities toward global standards, includinggrouped into six teams to work on three-part group work.

identifying materiality (see page 8).

In parts 1 and 2, the participants listened to lectures on what

In order for the Lintec Group as a whole to conduct CSR

CSR is and indicators for measuring gaps. In part 3, which was

activities with a sense of unity in line with the globalization of its

designed to make CSR one’s own issue, each team used theactivities, it is crucial for individual employees to proactively

backcasting method* to think about an ideal vision for Lintec inconsider how they will carry out the activities.

2025 and exchanged opinions on how to attain the ideal.

Accordingly, in August and September 2014 Lintec held

Subsequently, each team discussed what individuals should do andworkshops titled “Thinking About What LINTEC Aspires To Be bysuggested ideas for drawing up an action plan. After the group2025” to help employees think about CSR as their own issues.

work, all teams gave a presentation and received comments toWith the help of external lecturers, each workshop wasshare their ideas among all participants. Opinions presented by theattended by 36 employees who discussed the ideal vision forteams on an ideal vision for Lintec in 2025 included “further

Lintec in 2025.

expanding overseas operations and establishing new businesses”
and “being a company where all employees understand the same
direction and share a vision.”* Backcasting method: A method to think about an ideal situation for the future and think backwards
about what to do to attain the goal.

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Workshop program

1st workshop: August 5, 2014 (Tue), 2nd workshop: September 2, 2014 (Tue)Part 1
Getting Future-oriented

Participants’ voices

Lecture 1: What Is CSR?
● I had imagined myself ten years from

Lecture 2: What Is Sustainable Society?

now as my personal goal, but not mycompany in ten years. So, theworkshop was a good experience.

Group work:
Picture an ideal society in 2025.
Participants from various departments● I had never tried the method ofthinking about the present based on
an ideal future. It was very helpful.

Part 2Developing Indicators for
Measuring Gaps

● I had never participated in such aworkshop. It gave me a chance todeeply think about CSR.

Lecture: What Are Indicators for
Measuring Gaps?

● The workshop gave me a chance toGroup work:
Develop a sustainability indicator

recognize the importance of thinking
about CSR in-depth as my own issue,
not someone else’s.

The lecturer giving advice

Part 3Making CSR One’s Own Issue● It helped me to understand that CSR

is not a mindset but something wemust practice.

Group work:
1) Discuss an ideal of Lintec in 2025

● I realized once again that we should2) Develop an indicator for measuring
the gap between Lintec in 2014 andLintec in 2025
3) Develop an action plan

be aware of an ideal and makeefforts daily.
Each team giving a presentation

Some participating employees said, “The workshop helped me

regardless of age or section, with a precious opportunity to think

think about actions I should take from now on,” and “I realized

about and share the Lintec Group’s CSR and what Lintec aspires tothat whether or not we all can share the same view of sustainable

be by 2025.

society is a big challenge.” The external lecturers commented,

Based on these workshops and its principle of fulﬁlling CSR“Within the limited time, participants provided their honest ideas

through all employees proactively thinking, taking the initiative andabout what the Lintec Group should be. I hope that Lintec will

working with a sense of unity, the Lintec Group will plan

continue such cross-sector dialogues to take new initiatives forworkshops for speciﬁc initiatives in order to practice aggressive

active CSR.”

CSR through its business.

The workshops provided employees in various positions,

Comment by a Participant
I used to think that CSR activities are corporate-level
activities or charity. However, the workshop helped
me to realize the importance of accumulating andachieving immediate goals to attain sustainablegrowth. It is me who walks the LINTEC WAY. I will
set the goal of active CSR, which is generated bygiving pleasure and being aware of sincerity as aworking person and by aspiring to be creative as a
researcher. The workshop was a good opportunity tochange how I look at CSR.

Tadahiro Tomino
Team Leader, Adhesive Material Laboratory,
Product Research Department, Research Center

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CSR Themes, Targets, and Performance
In order for Lintec to achieve sustainable growth together with society, the company must not only
ensure legal compliance, it must also undertake various efforts to meet the demands of society.
Committees composed of cross-organizational members matched to the company’s basic CSR
approaches promote CSR activities.

Fiscal 2014 CSR Themes, Targets, and Performance

Corporate
EthicsBasic Commitment
Treat corporate ethics and complianceas priority management themes andensure that every employee is awareof their importance and practices
them every day

Theme● All employees behave as good citizens

with self-awareness● Aspire to be a company trusted by society

by ensuring thorough compliance

Fiscal 2014 Targets● Promote ethics through interactive participation frameworks● Optimize and familiarize management rules (information

security, personal information, business secrets, etc.)● Expand and deepen ethics by promoting activities based on

employee proposals

Customer Satisfaction● Promote the launching of design reviews● Produce low-cost good products● Visualize environmental activities

Provide a stable supply of products
and improve quality management
and service based on the key
concepts of assuring customers of
reliability and fulﬁlling responsibilities● Produce (development)● Create (quality/production)● Sell (communication/operations)● Work on manufacturing based on global standards● Work on manufacturing with conﬁdence● Pass technologies onto the next generation● Grasp market and industry trends● Promote cross-sector information exchange● Develop human resources● Penetrate the corporate culture● Take actions for BCMS (review/follow up the

Safety, Disaster Prevention, and Health

Proactively develop workplaceenvironments where people canwork with security, based on theconcept of improving employee
satisfaction

SocialContributions

As a good corporate citizen of boththe local communities where we
operate and the international
community, help solve social
challenges and carry out realistic
activities that contribute to thesustainable development of societies

Investor
Relations*2

Procedure Manual)

Conduct management thatemphasizes shareholders andinvestors, and improve thecorporate brand● Establish immediate workplace safety and ahealth promotion framework● Provide mental care for employees● Thoroughly revise the Disaster Response Procedure Manualin line with practice● Maintain and manage the occupational safety and healthmanagement system● Enhance the mental health support system● Promote employee health● Take security measures for expatriate● Share safety information with EM Committee*1 and secure

employees and employees on overseas
business travel (sickness, disaster, riot, etc.)● Take measures to prevent sickness in Japan● Establish means of communication● Establish measures against long working

hours and encourage the taking of annual
paid leave● Establish a system for safe commuting by

bicyclessafety● Reduce the number of employees infected with inﬂuenza● Decrease the number of employees working long hours● Establish effective measures for employees working long hours● Establish measures to encourage employees to take annual

paid leave● Secure the safety of employees commuting by bicycle(mandatory registration, insurance enrollment and rule setting)● Interact with local communities● Sustainable activities● Expand and ﬁrmly continue activities● Community-based activities● Raise employees’ willingness to participate in activities andsupport their participation● Promote the new medium-term business plan
● Increase valuation in the stock market(appropriate stock pricing) and attempt toimprove corporate and shareholder value● Cultivate and strengthen relationships with investors andsecurities analysts● Strengthen relationships with shareholders and recruit new

individual investors

Environmental Preservation● Distribute information and strengthen communication

As a materials manufacturer, conductcompany-wide activities in R&D,
production, and other areas based on
the principle of reducing
environmental impact and effectively
using resources● Ensure thorough compliance● Strict management of legal compliance● Enhance environment-related PR and education● Release 20 issues of Eco News● Conserve biodiversity● Develop an action plan in each site

● Develop environmentally friendly products● Reduce CO2 emissions● Reduce energy use● Reduce disposal costs for industrial waste● Ensure thorough management of chemical

substances● Reduce release of VOCs to the atmosphere● 12 development projects a year that satisfy the Lintec

LCA Standard*3● Reduction target: 205,000 tons/year or less
● Improve the speciﬁc energy consumption by 3%(compared to ﬁscal 2013)● Waste discharge: 29,000 tons/year or less
● 50 self-audits conducted by suppliers a year
● Target: 910 tons/year or less

*1 EM stands for Emergency Management, an organization to ensure the safety of employees stationed or dispatched in overseas sites.
*2 IR stands for Investor Relations and represents corporate activities through which companies provide shareholders and investors with corporate information, including management and ﬁnancial information and business results.
The Investor Relations Committee was dissolved in ﬁscal 2014 in order to create a better organization.

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We strive to fulﬁll our corporate social responsibility (CSR) with all
employees in the Lintec Group proactively thinking and taking theinitiative based on our company motto “Sincerity and Creativity.” In
ﬁscal 2014, we held CSR study sessions and CSR workshops on the
LINTEC WAY that shows an ideal vision for Lintec based on thecompany motto, with the goal of helping employees think of CSR as
their own issue. We believe that CSR initiatives should be reﬂected on
Achieved substantially

Achieved

personal social responsibility (PSR) and so we provide individual
employees with opportunities to realize personal growth. We conduct
CSR activities in a way that allows both the company and individuals
to realize their growth with a sense of unity to achieve thesustainable growth of the Lintec Group.

Toru Maki General Manager of CSR Management Ofﬁce

Not achieved

Progress

Main Activities in Fiscal 2014

Fiscal 2014 Performance
Corporate
Governance● Continued the “Rinri Kawaraban” ethics news column and published a booklet● Provided e-learning courses “Active Women,” etc.

Practicing Sincerity
pp. 20–21● Conducted self-audits on information security

Organizational
governance/
Fair operating
practices● Drafted revisions to the Sexual Harassment Prevention Rules and the Punishment for Drunk Driving†

Social Report● Provided an e-Learning course “Design Review”● Started to share information on production technology speciﬁc to each production site
● Planned brieﬁng sessions on ﬁnance and accounting for 10th-year employees and section chiefs● Provided a brieﬁng session on CS and the company motto during new employee training● Read through the Disaster Response Procedure Manual and practiced part of it

Providing Value toCustomers
Cooperating with Suppliers
pp. 22–23
Human rights/
Consumer issues/
Fair operating practices● Continued implementation of the occupational safety and health management system

Together with
Employees● Conducted mental health checkups

pp. 24–27● Conducted health care activities, with payment of a health-promoting allowance● Used the Overseas Risk Management Manual and conducted drills● Conducted safe driving workshops● Implemented community clean-up activities (2,813 employees)● Participated in local festivals● Participated in a campaign against local organized crime in Itabashi (2 employees)● Took initiatives to support persons with disabilities● Made monetary donations for the victims of the Great East Japan Earthquake● Hosted plant and facility tours at six business sites (685 visitors)● Employees made blood donations (581 employees)● Held more than 150 IR meetings and accepted interviews with institutional investors and securities analysts in Japan● Made one visit to Europe and North America, respectively, to meet with institutional investors at a total of 24 companies● Participated in 3 IR events in Japan for investors from outside Japan and held IR meetings with a total of 13 companies● Enhanced the provision of information through a shareholder newsletter and IT website

Human rights/
Labour practices††

Together with
Local Communities
p. 28
Community
involvementand development†

Stakeholder
Communicationp. 11
Organizational governance/ †Community involvementand development● Conducted mutual internal audits to conﬁrm environmental compliance at each site
● Achieved the target by releasing 22 issues● Each site participated in local community activities● Achieved the target by developing 23 products● Achieved the target with 202,000 tons/year● Achieved the target with a 4.6% improvement compared to ﬁscal 2013

Environmental
Reportpp. 29–36
The environment†● Did not achieve the target with 29,110 tons/year● Achieved the target with 50 audits conducted● Achieved the target with about 903 tons/year*3 LCA (Life Cycle Assessment): A method for comprehensively assessing effects on the environment by calculating items such as the amount of energy and water input, the amount of raw materials used,
and the amount of CO2 and hazardous chemical substances emitted throughout a product’s lifecycle.
† One of the seven core subjects of ISO 26000. This guide is referenced when reporting Lintec’s CSR activities.

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Corporate Governance

Organizational governanceFair operating practices

Practicing Sincerity
As expressed by the Lintec Group’s company motto, “Sincerity and Creativity,” corporate ethics andcompliance are themes of paramount importance in business management. They are positioned
at the foundation of CSR in the group’s efforts to strengthen its management structure.

Corporate GovernanceCompliance

The Lintec Group regards the basics of corporate governance to be

All employees at the Lintec Group are committed to disciplining

the practice of thoroughgoing compliance, maximum management

themselves based on the corporate motto of “Sincerity andtransparency, awareness of corporate ethics, rapid decision-making,Creativity.” In February 2015, we conducted a compliance survey

and efﬁcient administration of business operations. The Lintec Group

with ofﬁcers and managers (response rate: 79.1% in 2015,

aims to increase its corporate value by continually improving its

compared with 85.7% in 2014, 89.3% in 2013 and 68.6% in 2012).*

corporate governance.

“Compliance self-check sheet” and “compliance training
materials” are published in the

Corporate Governance Framework

Lintec intranet, available to all

In addition to introducing one-year terms for directors to help clarify

employees. Employees use these

their responsibilities, the adoption of an executive ofﬁcer system has

materials to check their conduct.

separated decision-making from business operations in order to

They also use the materials for

activate the Board of Directors and speed up decision-making, andcompliance learning activities inthus improve management efﬁciency.

their departments.

Compliance training

At an ordinary shareholders’ meeting on June 24, 2015, Lintec
became a company with an audit and supervisory committee*1 as a

Global Surveys on Human Rights and Labor Standards

measure to enhance the supervisory function of the Board of Directors.

In February to March 2015, the Lintec Group conducted all-site

The Audit and Supervisory Committee comprises one internalsurvey to check labor conditions and human rights in all groupdirector and three outside directors as Audit and Supervisory

companies and sites.*Committee members. With the new executive ofﬁcer system, Lintec
has a total of four outside directors.

As a result of the survey covering legal compliance, eliminationof discrimination, respect for human rights, prohibition of child labor,

Under this framework, we aim to step up corporate governanceand improve management further.

prohibition of forced labor, wages, working hours, dialogue andnegotiation with employees, safe/healthy working environment andhuman resource development, it was conﬁrmed that all sites comply

Corporate Governance Systemwith local and regional laws and regulations, that the Lintec Group
Compliance Guidelines are well understood by employees and that

General Meeting of Shareholders
Appointment/dismissal

CSR Management
Ofﬁce● Corporate Ethics
Committee● Customer Satisfaction
Committee● Environmental
Preservation
Committee● Social Contribution
Committee● Safety, Disaster
Prevention, andHealth Committee
PromotingBoard ofDirectors(directors)

Auditing/supervising(directors as
committee
members)

Lintec employees work in a healthy and safe working environment
where their fundamental human rights are respected. We will

Audit andSupervisory
Committee

continue this regular survey every year to understand our current
Cooperation

conditions, and improve them.

President
Account auditing
Internal control
auditing

Management
meetings(directors andexecutive ofﬁcers)

Cooperation

ReportingOperations
Administrative,
marketing,production, andtechnical divisions
Domestic andoverseassubsidiaries

Independent Auditors

Decision making
Reporting/recommending

Appointment/dismissal Appointment/dismissal

Compliance with the Antitrust Law & Prevention of Corruption
In 2013, we created our Antitrust Law Compliance Manual anddistributed copies. We also conducted training sessions four times
based on this manual, issued an internal legal newsletter “Antitrust
Law,” and provided an e-learning program on the Antitrust Law to
educate employees about the law.

Audit Ofﬁce
Internal
auditing

We also covered the Guidelines for the Antitrust Law in ourCompliance Guidelines distributed in April 2014. WEB

Operational
implementation

20*1 A company with an audit and supervisory committee: A stock company where its audit andsupervisory committee, comprising more than three directors (with outside directors as amajority) as committee members, audits and supervises how directors administer business
operations.
*2 BCMS: stands for a Business Continuity Management System. It is a management technique todevelop a business continuity plan, based on the understanding of the current conditions of

the organization, to ensure that the businesses are continued in the event of a serious incident(see page 23) that will or may have grave impact on major products/services of theorganization. Drills are also performed to validate the effectiveness of the BCP.
*3 BCP: A plan developed in advance to enable the minimization of damage and the continuationor early resumption of business in the event that a company encounters an emergency
situation such as an accident or disaster.

Corporate
Governance

Awareness Raising with the Compliance Guidelines
At the Lintec Group, we issue a code of conduct

Social Report

Environmental
ReportWe also identify risks on a quarterly basis to understand thesituations within the company and improve our risk management ability.

booklet, “Compliance Guidelines,” to enhance each
Establishing group-wide BCMS*2

employee’s compliance awareness.
In April 2014, we revised this booklet and held

Lintec Corporation and Tokyo Lintec Kako, Inc. have developed a

CSR study sessons both in and outside Japan. We

BCP*3 to be able to continue to supply products and resume

held 98 study sessions around the world, whichbusiness as early as possible after an earthquake or other disaster.

were attended by a total of 3,210 employees.

On March 11, 2014, they became certiﬁed under an international

Total participants in CSR study sessions(in/outside Japan)

3,210

BCMS standard, ISO 22301:2012*4.
To spread BCMS among all employees, we are holding BCMS
study sessions and making efforts to activate and enhance drills at
each site. We will repeatedly make voluntary improvements toemployees

enhance the actual systems.
Information Security Management

Fostering Sense of Ethics

Lintec conducts internal audits in each department based on detailed

Since 2006, Lintec has published Rinri Kawaraban ethics news

regulations on information security and an internal audit checklist. In

column on its intranet. The column features a short haiku-like poem

November 2014, our Corporate Ethics Committee conducted awith an additional explanation to illustrate standards for ethics andself-audit on information security. As a result, Lintec scored 4.6 on a

conduct. The aim is to foster even better ethics and adherence to the

5-point scale as its national average. The high score conﬁrmed thatCompliance Guidelines. As of April 1, 2015, we have published aneach department properly understands the contents of theaggregate total of 200 poems on the column.

Information Security Management Regulations.

The poems are also compiled andpublished once a year as a booklet.

Helpline

Volume 8 of the booklet was issued in

Lintec has a helpline (internal reporting system) for employees toMarch 2015. The poem compilations

obtain consultations on legal violations and other workplace worries.

are also shown to suppliers andIn April 2008, Lintec added a third-party corporate lawyer to thecustomers as an example of Lintec’s

helpline system, to facilitate prompt consultations and investigations.

CSR initiatives.

Efforts have been made to raise internal awareness of the helpline inorder to encourage its use, including mentioning it in the Compliance
Guidelines. The goal is to quickly identify and solve problems.

Risk Management

Starting April 2015, we launched a global helpline that accepts

The Lintec Group strives to prevent problems by identifying allreporting in English in order to cover group companies outside Japan.

possible risks associated with company management and working at
making improvements throughout the group according to the degreeof urgency and importance.

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Establishing Global GovernanceToshio Yamamoto, Director, Audit and Supervisory Committee Member
To reinforce and establish the global governanceframework, the Lintec Group speciﬁes operational rules
for afﬁliates. Additionally, to strengthen the
management systems of group companies in andoutside Japan, we provide support and guidance on
overall management by designating a department in*4 ISO 22301: An international standard for BCMS that a corporation or organization should
follow in establishing and effectively operating a system to prepare for earthquake, ﬁre,trouble in the IT system, ﬁnancial crisis, bankruptcy of supplier, pandemic, or other natural
disaster or accident.
Regarding the asterisk *, see page 1.

WEBcharge for each group company. The Internal Audit
Ofﬁce and members of the Audit and Supervisory
Committee cooperate to identify issues concerninginternal control and compliance and take corrective
measures to strengthen global governance.

See the CSR website for more information on the following:
Compliance with the Antitrust Law & Prevention of Corruption

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Social Report

Consumer issues

Providing Value to Customers
The Lintec Group strives to provide a stable supply of products, to ensure thorough quality
management, and to improve its services in order to meet the expectations of customers.
management system (BCMS)*2 based on ISO standards. Employees

Quality Assurance

must understand these systems and enhance their awareness to

The Lintec Group is committed to manufacturing based on thefacilitate operation of the standards. Accordingly, the company

company motto “Sincerity and Creativity” and with individual

provides employees with opportunities to participate in related

employees remaining aware of quality, the environment and safety.

seminars and distance-learning programs provided by outside

We are addressing challenges in manufacturing, with the goal ofparties, as well as in-house education, including e-learning programs,delivering safe, reliable products to customers. WEB

and on-the-job training (OJT). In ﬁscal 2014, Lintec provided a totalof 12 in-house programs (excluding OJT). A total of 3,784 employees
took these programs.

Quality Assurance System
The Lintec Group has established a quality assurance system based

3,784

Total participants in quality education programon certiﬁcation by the international standard ISO 9001*1, and isactively working to acquire even greater integrated certiﬁcation, as
well as certiﬁcation for new sites. In ﬁscal 2014, Lintec (Thailand)Co., Ltd. became certiﬁed. The Group is developing a global
management system by the integration of the Hiratsuka Plant into

employees

the Industrial and Material Operations in Japan, as well as thePreventing Quality Incidents

consolidation of Lintec Speciality Films (Korea) and Lintec Speciality

The Lintec quality management system (QMS) follows the principles ofFilms (Taiwan) and the addition of the St. Petersburg Plant of

ISO 9001 to eliminate quality incidents. We have established the

U.S.-based Madico outside Japan.

management system to communicate information rapidly in the eventof quality incidents. Necessary information will be provided immediately

Acquisition of ISO 9001 certiﬁcation*
Number of sites certiﬁed

FY2012FY2013

FY201422

21

20

to related sites to enable them to respond quickly. We accumulate andshare information in order to take preventive measures.
Ratio of quality accidents to the number recorded in ﬁscal 2003

Improving Customer Satisfaction(Fiscal 2003 = 100%)
WEB

Quality Education
To ensure high-quality manufacturing for customer satisfaction, theLintec Group operates a quality management system (QMS), an
environmental management system (EMS) and a business continuity

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(%)
120
100
80
60
40
20
0

100

2003

27

25

20

18

14

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

(FY)

Ranked High at a Quality Improvement Presentation
LIN YI CHING, Assistant Section Manager, Production Section, Lintec Speciality Films (Taiwan), Inc.
At the request of a business partner, we participated intheir QCC activity*3 as its supplier. Nine teams, including
our team, were selected out of 51 teams to give a
presentation at a ﬁnal activity results presentation
event, and we ranked high at No. 4.

*1 ISO 9001: the international standard for quality management systems*2 BCMS: See page 20.
*3 QCC activity: QCC stands for quality control circle, and QCC activities aim to solve
quality management issues continuously by discussing and taking measures to maintainproper levels, improve efﬁciency and make improvements in small groups.

We will continuously utilize what we learned
through the initiative to improve quality further.

*4 REACH Regulation: a chemical substance regulation in the EU on the “Registration,
Evaluation, Authorization and Restriction of Chemicals.” Registration is required whenexporting a chemical substance into EU states in quantities of one metric ton or more
per year. Notiﬁcation must also be submitted to the authorities when a chemical
substance falling under the category of “candidate for required authorization” is present
in a product at more than 0.1 percent of the mass of the object.

Fair operating practices

Human rights

Corporate
GovernanceSocial Report

Environmental
ReportCooperating with Suppliers
The Lintec Group strives to engage in fair, highly transparent transactions, always pursuingseamless cooperation and mutual beneﬁt with suppliers.
Procurement Policy. It requires suppliers’ understanding as well as

Fair Transactions

their environmental protection activities and control of chemical

The Lintec Group has a basic policy for fair and transparent

substances. Not only when we purchase a new material from atransactions based on the principle of free competition between all

supplier but also when new regulations are enforced, we ask suppliers

suppliers, and ensures legal and ethical compliance in its

to cooperate with our examination to check whether their materials

procurement activities. Considering all suppliers as “partners who

contain any regulated substance. In ﬁscal 2014, we conducted ashould grow together with Lintec,” we work to establish trustfulsurvey on about 12,000 raw materials as to whether they containrelationships with them. When selecting suppliers, we open the door

substances regulated under the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation

to all companies and carry out fair and impartial evaluations,and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) regulation*4. To ensure green

including their quality, price, delivery time, stability of supply,

procurement, we will continue to enhance communication withtechnology, service and environmental protection and CSR initiatives.

suppliers and conduct these examinations quickly and accurately. WEB

CSR Procurement

Conﬂict Minerals*5

The Lintec Group requests suppliers to understand the Lintec

Lintec recognizes that conﬂict minerals, mined to fund armed

Procurement Policy, and reminds them on various occasions to

conﬂict, are a serious social problem. The company investigates andmaintain thorough CSR activities, including measures to ensure

ensures that no conﬂict minerals are present in any of its raw

human rights, occupational health and safety, product quality andmaterials. Lintec will continue to conduct procurement management

safety, information security, and corporate ethics. The Lintec Group

that avoids the use of conﬂict minerals.

has transactions with about 500 material suppliers. In ﬁscal 2014,
we asked the top 50 material suppliers* to complete a questionnaire

BCP with Suppliers

and all of them did so. We use the survey results to evaluate

The ability of suppliers to continue their businesses in the event of a

suppliers and ask them to make improvements if necessary. In ﬁscal

disaster is critical for Lintec to secure the stable supply of its products to2014, no suppliers needed further improvement.

customers. Lintec conducts evaluation of the suppliers to determine theirThis supplier survey will be
continued in the future to conﬁrm
their status and to improve theprocurement by Lintec based on
the result of the survey. WEB
Green Procurement

2,799
Suppliers

business continuance ability. In ﬁscal 2014, Lintec started to evaluate
suppliers for all products to conﬁrm the following statuses: (1) the stock
volumes of the raw materials for Lintec, (2) procurement routes for the
raw materials, (3) disaster control measures taken in their production
sites and facilities, and (4) availability of a substitute production site.
Lintec also conducted examinations of some suppliers to conﬁrm
whether they had BCPs and a management system to implement theFor procurement with lower environmental impact, the Lintec Group is

BCPs, and whether they had organizations and procedures to copecommitted to thorough chemical substance management for raw

with an incident*6. All our suppliers will be subject to thesematerials, parts, and secondary materials following the Lintec Greenexaminations in the future.

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Strengthening Cooperation with Suppliers
Doreen Sabatino, Senior Sales Administrator, Operation & Sales, Specialty Films, Madico, Inc.
Madico holds Suppliers’ Day to strengthen cooperation
with its suppliers. At the third Suppliers’ Day held in May
2014, we explained our management strategy,
production system and quality management to 55
participants from 42 suppliers.

*5 Conﬂict Minerals: Conﬂict minerals deﬁned in the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform andConsumer Protection Act include tantalum, tin, tungsten and gold.
*6 Incident: a situation which cause or may cause business interruption, disturbance, loss,
emergency or hazard
Regarding the asterisk *, see page 1.

WEB

At the event, we also presented supplier awards torecognize their achievements over the past year. We willcontinue working to enhance cooperation with our
suppliers to improve our products and services.

See the CSR website for more information on the following:
Lintec Group Quality, Environmental and Business Continuity Policies; Product Information
Disclosure; Participation in Exhibitions in/outside Japan; Lintec Procurement Policy; Lintec
Green Procurement Policy; Lintec Lumber Pulp Procurement Policy; Green Pulp Way; andITC Suppliers’ Day

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Social Report

Labour practices

Human rights

Together with Employees
Creating a Rewarding Workplace (Human Rights / Employment)

The Lintec Group has been carrying out a variety of initiatives to support all employees
who perform their jobs with energy and inspiration.

Respecting Human Rights and Diversity

laws and regulations in and outside Japan. This also applies to therecruitment and treatment of employees. Labor management is

The employees of the Lintec Group are working together based on

performed in accordance with relevant laws. Unfair discrimination,

the company motto, “Sincerity and Creativity.” To ensure that all

child labor, and harassment are

employees may ﬁnd their work equally rewarding, the groupprohibited. Education on humanrespects the diversity*1 of every employee and prohibits any kind ofrights is also provided. Lintec

discrimination, including that based on race, creed, gender,

provided 32 new employees who

education, nationality or age. Lintec joined the UN Global Compact,joined the company in ﬁscal 2015

which seeks to eliminate the use of child and forced labor, in 2011.

with the “UN Global Compact and

The group aims to continue its growth based on mutual

CSR” training.

Education session for new employees

understanding and respect between all employees.
Employment*

Employment of Persons with Disabilities■ Employees at group companies outside Japan

Lintec provides employment opportunities to persons withJapanese
employees
96

Local
employees
1,797
95％

Rate of local employees

95%

5％

Total employees:

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On April 1, 2015, the Operation Support Ofﬁce was establishedunder the Human Resources Department, and launched an initiative
for supporting the operations of each department by creating anenvironment where tasks requested by each department can be
carried out, and for employing persons with disabilities. WEB■ Number of employees by gender
Lintec Corporation

Male

Re-hiring Programs

Lintec Group

FemaleMale

To provide employees with more working style options, Lintec

Female

2,200

324

4,212

947

87％

13％

82％

18％

Managers

Managers

5

687

74

2％

16％

8％

Managers

Total employees

2,524

436
20％

Lintec re-hires employees who had retired for personal reasons such

Total employees

5,159

introduced two re-hiring programs. Under the job return program,Managers

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as childbirth, childcare, nursing care of a family member, or otherfamily circumstances such as the transfer of spouses to a different
work location. Under the retiree re-hiring program, Lintec re-hires
employees who reach the mandatory retirement age of 60 if they

Respect for Human Rights in Labor Management and Educationwish to be re-hired, and signs employment agreements with them on

The Lintec Group believes that compliance forms a foundation for its

a yearly basis up until the age of 65. In ﬁscal 2014, Lintec re-hired 22

activities and thoroughly adheres to both social rules and relevantof 37 retiring employees. WEB

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For a Comfortable and Rewarding Workplace
Mayumi Murakami, Team Leader, Human Resources Department, Head Ofﬁce
After returning to work from childcare leave, I started towork as a member of the Secretariat of the Active
Women’s Work Committee to Empower Women in the
Workplace. It is the ﬁrst step to creating a workplacethat not only empowers women but also enables
employees with diverse lifestyles and opinions to*1 Respecting diversity: By respecting diverse characteristics that exist among people andgroups, it is possible to generate more original ideas, solve problems using diverse
perspectives, and allow people to display their full potential by appointing the best
person for each job.

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maximize their abilities.
I intend to actively express my opinions to develop
a workplace which all employees, including those aged
60 and older, those with challenges, and those fromvarious countries, ﬁnd a comfortable and rewarding
place to work.

Corporate
Governance

Environmental
ReportSocial Report

Work-life Balancesystem that enables detailed labor management. The company

Lintec is working to help employees to balance their professional andprovides employees with a mental checkup once a year to help them

personal lives by creating workplace environments where employees areassess their stress level and manage their own mental health. WEB

able to perform their jobs with peace of mind and exercise their fullabilities. Lintec offers an accumulated time-off program that can be usedeither for long-term treatment of an employee’s own illness or injury or for
caring for a family member. There is also a paid social contribution

Company-wide Rank-based Training
Programs

time-off program that allows employees to participate in local volunteer

With the aim of developing human resources that contribute to theactivities. Lintec extended the application of the childcare leave from acompany and society, Lintec has introduced company-wide rank-basedchild below the age of three to a child before school age. The period of the

training programs to develop its human resources. These programs

family care leave was also extended from 93 days to two years (730 days).

enable all employees with diverse values to achieve personal growthStarting April 1, 2015, Lintec has also carried out activities in line withand a sense ofan action plan it drew up based on the Act on Advancement of Measures

accomplishment. They

to Support Raising Next-Generation Children*2. The company continues

help boost employees’

to create systems that help employees work with peace of mind.

skills and support eachWEB

person’s self-motivated

Action Plan based on the Act on Advancement of Measures to Support
Raising Next-Generation Children
Target 1

career planning. WEB

We will improve the working environment to help employees achieve a work-life balance
and to facilitate the use of assistance programs.

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easy to return to work, both for the returning employee and for their colleagues.
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Target 2

We will create an environment that embraces employees with various lifestyles and opinions.

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understand the current situation and discuss speciﬁc actions to take.
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take annual paid leave.
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Programs

FY2012FY2013
FY2014*
1
1
Family care leave program
0
1
3
Family care time off2
65
61
Accumulated time off
51
14
16
Childbirth leave
16
25
Childcare leave
26
19
10Child nursing care time off program
11
10
28
Shorter hours/ﬂex time
21
10
Paid social contribution time off
26 (total of 54 days) 26 (total of 50 days) 26 (total of 47 days)

Total participants in company-widerank-based training programs*

527

employees

Environmental Education
Lintec Corporation and Tokyo Lintec Kako provide employees withe-learning courses for ISO 14001 awareness education. The courses
in ﬁscal 2014 focused on energy and management of chemical
substances used in Lintec products to help employees understandmore about environmental initiatives. In addition to ISO 14001
awareness education, internal auditor training, and lectures on
biodiversity, Lintec is working to raise suppliers’ awareness. The“Lintec Environmental and Safety Information” available on theintranet covers topics related to environmental laws and regulations,explains terminology, and reports ISO 14001 activities to increase theenvironmental awareness of individual employees. WEB

Measures against Working Long Hours

Self-development Correspondence Training Courses

Lintec strives to make appropriate personnel appointments and to

Twice a year, Lintec offers self-development correspondence training

ensure equal sharing of workloads in order to prevent the harmful

courses to interested employees. The Company subsidizes a part of theeffects of working too many hours. The company has introduced

cost for those who complete a course within a given time frame. There issystems for carrying out work efﬁciently and systematically, such asa wide variety of course content available, such as management, businessno-overtime-days in each workplace and ﬂextime programs. Supervisors

skills, computer skills, foreign languages, liberal arts, and qualiﬁcations

also manage overtime hours carefully to help employees avoid excessive

certiﬁcate programs. The Company will continue offering these courses

strain on the body and mind. The company has also adopted an attendance

to encourage employees to keep learning and growing. WEB

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Balancing Work and Life with the Programs and Colleagues’ Support
Mika Ebihara, Business Administration Ofﬁce, Iidabashi Ofﬁce
I’m using the shorter hours program to work one hour
shorter to raise my two-year-old son. Balancing my workand life is sometimes difﬁcult but very fulﬁlling. After I
returned to work, I used some childcare-related
assistance programs, for example, when I needed totake sudden leave because my son fell ill. I greatly

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that encourages measures to support the development of the next generation andcreate an environment that makes it easier to give birth and raise healthy children on
whose shoulders future society will rest, in light of the rapidly declining birth rate andchanges in family and local environments surrounding children in Japan.
Regarding the asterisk *, see page 1.

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appreciate my supervisor, colleagues and family who
understand and support me in balancing my work andpersonal life, as well as the enhanced corporate
programs. I am keenly aware that their support allows
me to keep on working.

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Social Report

Labour practices

Together with Employees
Safe Workplace Environments (Safety and Disaster Prevention)

The employees of the Lintec Group are engaged in a variety of activities so that everyone
can work in safety and with peace of mind.
Safety and Health Committees & Health Committees

Occupational Safety

The Lintec Group holds monthly committee meetings to discuss
Occupational Safety and Health Policy

safety and health in the workplace. In ﬁscal 2014, the GroupIn 2010, the Lintec Group established the Lintec Occupational Safety

reviewed the method used to distribute disaster ﬂash reports andand Health Policy. Since then it has been carrying out businessminutes of committee meetings, and started to distribute theiractivities based on an occupational safety and health management

English versions, as well as their Japanese versions, to implement1system (OSHMS)* .

safety management group-wide.

At the corporate-wide level, a mutual safety audit plan iscreated. A ﬁre preventive patrol plan is also created. At individual

Committees for safety and health in workplaces
Committee

Scope

Activities

Safety and
HealthCommittee

Plants and Research Center

Implement plans
Share information on disaster conditions,
implementation of safety education, resultsof equipment inspections, ﬁndings bypatrols and improvement status

HealthCommittee

Head Ofﬁce and branches
that have a sales division

Discussions on health issues, safe
operations and disaster control activities

plants, annual safety and health plans are created. Plan-do-check-act(PDCA) cycles are used for these, based on the OSHMS. The Safety
Consideration Committee, consisting of members engaged in safety
activities in plants and members of the group-wide Safety Secretariat,
develops and reviews group-wide safety rules. The Lintec Group willcontinue to promote activities for accident-free operation. WEB

Accidents Resulting in Absence from Work
Annual Safety and Health Plan

In ﬁscal 2014, two occupational accidents (resulting in lost work

The Lintec Group develops an annual plan for safety and healthdays) occurred at Lintec Group companies in Japan, leading to 81

activities. The Group manages health and safety through thedays of absence from work. Although the number of accidents andimplementation of PDCA cycles.

days of absence from work have declined for two consecutive years,

In ﬁscal 2014, mutual safety audits, ﬁre prevention patrols, and top

workers having fewer years of experience still tend to be involved inmanagement patrols were conducted. Individual plants also carried out

occupational accidents, and one of the accidents was caused by apatrols by members of the plant’s top management, managers, and themoving rotating parts. We will continue to further clarify the safety

union, as well as employee volunteer patrols, while two grouprules according to work details, with the goal of reducing accidents

companies outside Japan (Lintec Indonesia and Madico) conducted ﬁreto zero. (Overseas group companies are excluded.)

prevention patrols. The company shared safety information with allsites, group companies in and outside Japan, and executive ofﬁcers by

Occurrence of accidents resulting in absence from workFY

FY2012FY2013

FY2014

Number of accidents
resulting in absence from work

6

4

2

Number of days ofabsence from work

361

245

81

distributing the minutes of the Safety and Health Committee meetings.
Actions included in the annual safety and health plan
●Meetings of the Safety and Health Committee ●Patrols ●Safety education●Safety training and drills ●Inspection and measurement●Measurement of work environment conditions●Medical checkups ●Internal audit ●Management review

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Accident sites

Lintec andLintec andpartner companies partner companies

LintecConducted a Fire Drill with Partner Companies
Jin-Hee Kim, General Manager, Production Department, Lintec Korea, Inc.
On October 31, 2014, Lintec Korea conducted acompany-wide ﬁre drill with the participation of 68
persons (55 Lintec Korea employees and 13 persons
from its partner companies). Assuming the scenario of aﬁre breaking out while handling a solvent, the drill
covered the initial response, evacuation, rescue effort,*1 OSHMS: Stands for Occupational Safety and Health Management System.
It is a voluntary management system operated by a business operator with an aim to
improve the safety and health level of its business sites.
*2 Continuous accident-free hours: Total number of working hours with no occupational
accidents (accidents not resulting in absence from work, accidents resulting in absence

and ﬁreﬁghting using ﬁre extinguishers and a ﬁrehydrant. Although it was raining, all participants actively
took part in the drill and learned that they must makedecisions and take actions in a calm manner inemergencies, considering the importance of their own
and their colleagues’ lives.

from work, and accidents during commuting) involving Lintec or partner company
employees working full time at a business site.
*3 5S: A slogan for workplace improving practices; “S” is the ﬁrst letter of Japanese words“Seiri, Seiton, Seiso, Seiketsu, Shitsuke” (meaning organizing, clearing up, cleaning,cleanliness and discipline).

Corporate
GovernanceSocial Report

Environmental
ReportStriving to Be Accident Free

Top Management Patrols at Production Bases

The Lintec Group has a system for recognizing plants in Japan with a

In pursuit of “ensuring safety-ﬁrst” at all sites, President Nishio

continuous record of no occupational accidents. The Shingu Plant

carried out top management patrols to visit and inspect plants(including the Niihama Plant) achieved continuous accident-free manworldwide. President Nishio also talked with employees while2

hours* of 1.5 million hours on September 2, 2014, and has

touring around production ﬂoors to check the conditions of theremained accident-free for 1,728,520 hours as of March 31, 2015.

workplaces, including safety of the operations, and implementation

The plant conducts monthly plant-wide safety patrols, enhancedof 5S. Each production site issafety patrols by each section that includes 5S*3, and promptly

implementing various improving

makes improvements when any issue is pointed out. Meanwhile, as

measures based on the results ofpart of its KYT activity*4, the plant has been striving to preventthese top management patrols to

disasters by referring to cases at other plants. All of these efforts

further enhance the quality of theresulted in increased safety awareness and recognition.

on-site safety management.

Inspection at the Tatsuno Plant

The Lintec Group companies in Japan are committed to making
their working environments safer, with all employees carrying out
activities using all ﬁve senses,

Disaster Control in BCMS

identifying and evaluating risks

In planning prevention and mitigation of disasters in its BCMS, Lintec

through workplace risk

conducts risk assessment of disasters, placing top priority on savingassessments, with the goal of

human lives. All Lintec sites examine their operations and facilities toextending the record of continuous

identify, analyze and assess risks of damages that may be caused by

accident-free operation.

different types of disasters. It is stipulated in the BCMS rules that if it(Overseas group companies are excluded.)

Employees at the Shingu Plant and the award plaqueis found that disaster control in a site is not sufﬁcient, the site shouldplan and take sufﬁcient measures. Moreover, the concreteness andDecember 24, 2010 to March 31, 2015
Achieved continuous accident-free man hours (Shingu Plant)*

1,728,520
March 31

Business site
Agatsuma Plant
Research Center
Mishima Plant
Chiba Plant
Shingu Plant
Research Center
Mishima Plant
Kumagaya Plant
Tatsuno Plant
Mishima Plant
Research Center
Agatsuma Plant
Shingu Plant/Tokyo Lintec Kako/
Ina Technology Center

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hours

Achievement (hours)
One million
1.5 million
0.5 million
One million
1.5 million
1.75 million
One million
0.5 million
0.5 million
1.25 million
2 million
0.5 million
No accident
in the year

Each Lintec site carries out emergency drills as part of the BCMS,
while taking measures to reduce disaster-related risks, including
stocking emergency supplies and using satellite telephones toensure multiple means of communication.
On October 20, 2014, a corporate-wide safety check drill was
conducted, assuming an “earthquake of intensity 6 lower.” About
3,600 persons from 26 Lintec sites and partner companies in Japan
participated in the drill. Lintec will continue this type of drill several
times each year.
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Eliminating Accidents by Using Demo Machines
Motoshi Kondo, Section Manager, Administration Section, Mishima Plant
To eliminate accidents with rotating machines, theMishima Plant produced two safety demonstration
machines that allow employees to experience accidents:
one machine for getting entangled and another forbeing dug into. These machines help increase safety
awareness as employees realize the danger of touching*4 KYT activity: A drill to predict risks. KYT stands for the Japanese words “Kiken Yochi (riskprediction)” Training. To prevent accidents and disasters, drill participants work in small
groups to predict potential risks of speciﬁc work and point them out.
Regarding the asterisk *, see page 1.

by carrying out disaster drills.
Emergency Drills

Accident-free hours achievements in ﬁscal 2014 (April 1, 2014 to March 31, 2015)
Date achievedApril 7
April 18
May 2
2014
July 29
September 2
October 6
December 4
January 15
March 20
March 25
2015
March 26
March 26

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a moving rotating machine by experiencing the fear
upon getting trapped and by seeing how a piece ofwood breaks when caught by the machine belt. Other
plants are now using these demonstration machines toprevent accidents involving rotating machines
throughout the company.

See the CSR website for more information on the following:
Lintec Safety and Health Management System Organizational Chart, Lintec Occupational
Safety and Health Policy, Overview of the Lintec Occupational Health and Safety Manual,
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Social Report

Community involvement and development

Together with Local Communities(Community Participation)

The Lintec Group is supported by society and local communities. In recognition of this support,
the group is engaged in various social contribution activities to fulﬁll its role as a corporate citizen.
Ongoing Disaster Support

Support for Persons with Disabilities

The Lintec Group has been making relief donations as an ongoing

In April 2014, Lintec invited persons with disabilities and theiractivity to support recovery after the Great East Japan Earthquake.

helpers living in Tokyo’s Itabashi City (115 people in total) to aWEB

In ﬁscal 2014, the company started an initiative to raise funds

professional baseball game at Tokyo Dome—Hokkaido Nippon Ham

for Ofunato City in Iwate Prefecture, which has signed a cooperation

Fighters vs. Fukuoka Softbank Hawks. This marked the eighth suchagreement with Itabashi Ward where Lintec’s Head Ofﬁce is located.

event arranged by Lintec. The company received smiles and many1

Lintec and the Lintec Forest* respectively matched the donations

words of thanks from participants who expressed their enjoyment ofmade by Lintec employees, and the total was donated as a matching

the game and a strong desire to participate again next year. Lintec

gift. The donation was used for a trial environment improvement

will continue this kind of social contribution activity that brings joy

project for a local junior high school to enhance local students’to local residents.

physical education and sporting activities. Lintec’s Head Ofﬁce also
hosted a Fukushima Foods & Product Fair to support the recovery ofBeautiﬁcation Projects and Cleanups

Fukushima by economic activities. The company will continue various

The Lintec Group carries out neighborhood beautiﬁcation projects

forms of reconstruction support activities in the future.

and cleanups around all its factories. The Chiba Plant holds a Zero
Litter Campaign around the Midori Daira Industrial Park where theplant is located, while the Kumagaya Plant conducts an Arakawa
Riverside Cleanup along a nearby river. The Komatsushima Plant
removes litter from the Yokosu shoreline as part of its Seto Inland
Sea Restoration effort. As part ofsocial contribution initiatives, theOfunato vice mayor visiting Lintec

Fukushima Foods & Product Fair

Lintec Group actively conducts
cleanups with local residents to

Community Safety Activities

keep the environment in local

Two teams from the Ina Technology Center, one all-male and thecommunities beautiful. WEB
Kumagaya Plant employees cleaning up
Arakawa Riversideother all-female, participated in an annual indoor ﬁre hydrant
competition held at the Ina Town ﬁre department. At the event,Total number of participants in community
beatiﬁcation/clean-up activities

representatives from businesses and organizations in the town

2,813

compete in the skill of handling indoor ﬁre hydrants. Thanks to hardpractice, the female team was ranked third and one of its members
was recognized as a valuable player. Ina Technology Center willcontinue to participate in the competition to improve awareness of
disaster prevention together with local residents.

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employees

Donated Caps to Children in Africa
Han Yu Ra, Section Chief, Production Department, Lintec Speciality Films (Korea), Inc.
We participated in the “Caps for Good” campaign by aninternational NGO, Save the Children. Aiming to help
infants suffering from hypothermia to survive in African
nations where the temperature changes dramatically,
the campaign requires donors to knit and send small caps.

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Many of our employees voluntarily participated in
the campaign and donated 39 caps they had knitted tochildren in Africa.

See the CSR website for more information on the following:
List of Lintec Group Social Contribution Activities, Group Blood Donation, Planting,Sponsoring of Local Festivals, Participation in Community Activities, Development of
Next-generation, Community Beautiﬁcation and Clean-up Activities in Fiscal 2014, Major
Commendation for Environmental Activities, and Plant/Facility Tours in Fiscal 2014

Environmental Report

The environment

Corporate
Governance

Environmental
ReportSocial Report

Environmental Management
Under the slogan, “We have to broaden our scope when working to support the environment.
There is only one earth,” Lintec has established an environment management system and is carryingout a variety of environmental protection initiatives.

Lintec Group Quality, Environmental
and Business Continuity Policy

Internal Environmental Auditing
Lintec conducts internal audits and mutual audits of its business

The Lintec Group has established the Quality, Environmental andsites, in order to conﬁrm proper implementation of theBusiness Continuity Policy. The policy was drawn up by adding aEnvironmental Management System and legal compliance in thesebusiness continuity policy prepared for natural disasters andsites. Mutual site audits are conducted by employees who are2

pandemics* to the former quality and environmental policy, withcertiﬁed lead auditors as a

the aim of fulﬁlling social responsibility from various perspectives.

unique qualiﬁcation of Lintec. site mutual audits

The Lintec Group conducts environmental preservation activities

Lintec trained 11 new leadwith clear goals, including medium-term targets for CO2 emissions

auditors in ﬁscal 2014,

and electricity consumption.

bringing the total to 175.

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Lintec Medium-Term Environmental Targets (ﬁscal 2014 to 2016)
CO2 emissions

1.6% reduction from the previous year
(per-unit of production)

0.2% reduction from the previous year
Electric power consumption(per-unit of production)
Waste discharge

0.1% reduction from the previous year

Production water usage

2% reduction from the previous year
(per-unit of production)

Lead auditors in charge of

175

auditors

Biodiversity Conservation Initiatives
As destruction of the natural environment has caused imbalances inecosystems in recent years, the world is facing the collapse of
biodiversity. The Lintec Group has
incorporated biodiversity

Integrated Certiﬁcation forEnvironmental Management

conservation into its Quality,
Environmental and BusinessContinuity Policy, and accordingly

The Lintec Group is pursuing acquisition of the global integrated

conducted biodiversity preservation

certiﬁcation*3 for ISO 14001. As a result of examinations for renewal

activities, led by 23 sites thatand change carried out between November 2014 and January 2015,

acquired the ISO 14001 global

integration of the St. Petersburg Plant of U.S.-based Madico was

integrated certiﬁcation. Lintec will

certiﬁed. The integrated certiﬁcation now includes 23 sites: Head

continue community-based

Ofﬁce, 10 plants in Japan, Research Center, Tokyo Lintec Kako andactivities at each site to promote

10 overseas group companies. The Lintec Group will continue

the preservation of biodiversity.

Lintec Eco News for communicating
information on biodiversity

group-wide environmental protection activities to pursue integrated
global certiﬁcation for ISO 14001.

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Learning Biodiversity by Tending Flowerbeds
Shuifang Yang, EMS Secretariat, Lintec (Suzhou) Tech Corporation
To encourage its employees to understand biodiversity,
Lintec (Suzhou) Tech Corporation made ﬂowerbeds in
September 2014. To allow all employees to take care of
the ﬂowerbeds, the ﬂowerbeds were located on plant
property and subdivided among each department.

*2 Pandemic: An occurrence of an infectious disease that affects many people on a global
scale*3 Integrated global ISO 14001 certiﬁcation: ISO 14001 certiﬁcation covering multiple
business sites worldwide as a single organization

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Through taking care of ﬂowers and observing insects
ﬂying toward them, we will increase awareness of
biodiversity conservation.

See the CSR website for more information on the following:
Environmental Compliance, and Lintec Group Quality, Environmental and BusinessContinuity Policies

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Environmental Report

The environment

Addressing Global Warming
The domestic Lintec Group is committed to carrying out various environmental activities
to mitigate global warming, climate change and other environmental issues that impose risks
on the continuity of its business.

Efforts in Manufacturing
Status of Compliance with Japan’s Energy Conservation Act
Energy use by the entire Lintec Group in Japan*1 exceeds 1,500 kl of

0.3289 kl per ton. Energy use improved by 1.8%. CO2 emissions inﬁscal 2014 were 202,000 tons, achieving the target of 205,000 tonsor less for the year.
In ﬁscal 2015, Lintec aims to reduce its CO2 emissions by 1.6%

crude oil equivalent each year. As a result, the Group was designatedand its energy use by 0.2% over ﬁscal 2014, on a per-unit ofa “Speciﬁed Business Operator,” pursuant to the provisions of the

production basis.

Act on the Rational Use of Energy (“Energy Conservation Act”) inJapan, and is required to improve its energy use per production unit
by 1% per year. In ﬁscal 2014, the Lintec Group in Japan
implemented a variety of energy-saving measures. These included
effective operation of production facilities, management of the air

Total energy use (crude oil equivalent)
Purchased electricity(kl/tons)
0.70

0.36

waste heat, and use of VOC combustion heat.

80
60

Japan collects monthly data on energy consumption of individual

0.37

0.35

0.33

0.35

120
100

To comply with the Energy Conservation Act, the Lintec Group in

Basic unit (energy usage/production)

140

conditioning system, use of more LED lighting, recovery and use ofEnergy Savings Promotion Committee

Fuel(1,000 kl)

0.60

99

96

61

58

92

93

92

54

56

55

0.50
0.40
0.30

40
20
0

0.20

38

38

38

37

37

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

0.10
0
(FY)

Note: Fuel means kerosene, Bunker-A oil, liquid natural gas (LNG), liquid petroleum gas (LPG), and utility gas.

sites under the direction of the Lintec Energy Savings Promotion
Committee. In ﬁscal 2014, energy managers, who were selectedaccording to the Energy(1,000 tons CO2)

200

reconﬁrm the reduction of waste

In ﬁscal 2014, total energy use (crude oil equivalent) for the Lintec
Group in Japan decreased by 1.2% despite the increased production
volume. Energy use per unit of production improved by 4.6% to

2010

184

0

2011

2012

2013

2014

(FY)

Notes: 1. The amount of CO2 emissions is calculated by applying a CO2 emission coefﬁcient to the amounts ofelectricity and fuel used.
2. The CO2 emission coefﬁcient for ﬁscal 1990 is the value speciﬁed in Article 3.1 of the Enforcement
Order for the Act on Promotion of Global Warming Countermeasures in Japan as revised in
December 2002. The CO2 emission coefﬁcients for ﬁscal 2010 and thereafter are the values
speciﬁed in the same Order, as revised in March 2010. For the purchased electricity coefﬁcients
Lintec uses the emission coefﬁcients provided by the power companies that supply electricity to thefacilities concerned.
3. The emissions shown above are CO2 emissions from fossil fuels.

Reducing Electricity and Resource Consumption
Daisy Wang, Leader, Quality Assurance Section, Lintec Printing & Technology (Tianjin) Corporation
Since November 2013, Lintec Printing & Technology(Tianjin) has been working to reduce its consumption ofelectricity and resources. To reduce power consumption,
we are saving electricity such as by turning off corridor
lighting during the daytime and setting the temperatureof the air conditioning system at 28ºC or higher in*1 Lintec Group in Japan: Lintec Corporation and its sales ofﬁces; Tokyo Lintec Kako, Inc.;
Osaka Lintec Kako, Inc.; Printec, Inc.; Lintec Services, Inc.; and Lintec Commerce, Inc.
*2 Economizer: A device that efﬁciently recovers exhaust gas from a boiler and uses it topreheat the boiler feed water to improve the efﬁciency of the boiler

30

1990

169

50

An economizer installed at an incinerator boiler(Tatsuno Plant)

Total Energy Use and CO2 Emissions



183

202

100

Plant installed an economizer*2 at

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203

150

and irregularities. The Tatsuno

heat emissions.

FY 2014target: 205

250

Conservation Act, were asked to

its incinerator boiler to reduce

CO2 emissions

summer and at 23ºC or lower in winter. As for reducing
resource consumption, we use electronic documents (inPDF format) to reduce the use of printing paper. We willcontinue measures to address global warming and will
carry out company-wide environmental activities.

*3 Ton kilometers: A unit of measurement representing the volume of goods transported,
determined by multiplying the ton weights of goods by the distance of transportation.
One ton kilometer means that one ton of goods has been transported one kilometer.
*4 LCA: See page 18.

Corporate
GovernanceSocial Report

Environmental
ReportReducing CO2 Emissions by Modifying an Exhaust Gas
Treatment Unit

Product Development Initiatives

The Shingu Plant Tatsuno Ofﬁce reviewed the adhesives used in the

Guidelines for Environmentally Friendly Products

adhesive coating process and replaced them with adhesives having a

Lintec has been developing new environment-friendly products

low concentration of volatile organic compounds (VOC). The ofﬁce

according to the LCA*4 standards, and developed 23 products in ﬁscal

also modiﬁed its exhaust gas treatment unit to reduce LNG

2014, exceeding the target of 12 products. Lintec also reviewed existing

consumption by about 50%. Additionally, the ofﬁce installed a waste

products based on the guidelines for “self-declared environment-friendly

heat boiler to further reduce LNG

products” which is in accordance with ISO 14021*5. Lintec will continue

consumption. As a result of theseto follow these guidelines to develop environment-friendly products.

efforts, the ofﬁce reduced CO2
emissions by about 8% even though

Developing Products That Help Reduce Environmental Impact

its production increased by about

The Lintec Group has positioned environmental and energy

40% from ﬁscal 2013.

businesses as an important focus. Some of the main products are
Waste-heat boiler installed in the Shingu Plant

window ﬁlms with superior heat insulation and ﬁlm base labelmaterials made of the same material as plastic containers. The highEfforts in Distribution

insulating window ﬁlms will reduce consumption of electricity and
Lintec is a “Designated Shipper” under the Revised Energy

other energies. The labels made of the same material as plastic

Conservation Act in Japan because it consigns the transport of morecontainers will promote recycling and reuse of plastic containers on

than 30 million ton-kilometers annually*3. As a Designated Shipper,

which the label is attached. Lintec is committed to developing

Lintec submits an annual transport-related energy conservation plan

products that help reduce environmental impact and save energy,

to the government, in accordance with this Act. In ﬁscal 2014, CO2

while continuing to develop products that satisfy customers. WEB

emissions from transportation
increased by about 1.9% from theprevious year due to the increased

New Product for Resource Recycling, KP5000 fromthe KINATH Series

production volume. However, energy

In February 2015, Lintec released KP5000, a new labeling material

use per unit of sales decreased byusing mechanically recycled polyethylene terephthalate (PET), fromabout 2.3%. Lintec will continue toimprove its transportation efﬁciency.

The Mishima Plant makes effort to reducetransportation frequency

the environmentally friendly product line, KINATH. Mechanicalrecycling is a recycling method that uses plastic bottles collected assorted waste to produce high-quality and sanitary recycled PET resin.

CO2 emissions and transportation volume
CO2 emissions

Transportation volume(1,000 tons CO2)

(10 million ton-kilometers)

20.0

12.0

15.0

9.1

8.1

8.1

9.5

9.7

product by customers recycles resources, thus reducing both
petroleum usage and environmental impact.

9.0

10.0
5.0

KP5000 uses ﬁlms containing 80% or more recycled resin. Use of the

6.0
11.8

10.9

10.9

11.7

11.1

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

0.0

3.0
0.0
(FY)

Labels using KP5000

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Exhibited at Eco Products 2014

Introduced Energy-saving Air Conditioning System
Shuji Kishino, Section Chief, Facility System Section, Production System Technology Department
When replacing the testing laboratory which has astandard reference atmosphere and had been used forover 18 years, the Research Center adopted an air
conditioning system designed to reduce CO2 emissions.
This testing laboratory with its standard reference
atmosphere requires constant air conditioning tomaintain a standard environment for measuring*5 ISO 14021: An international standard for “Environmental labels and declarations—Self-declared environmental claims (Type II environmental labeling).” A business
operator sets its own standard and may place environmental claims on the labeling ofa product which satisfy that standard.

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properties. The laboratory started to use the new air
conditioning system in October 2014, reducing
electricity consumption by about 26,000 kWh per monthon average, which is estimated to reduce CO2 emissions
by more than 100 tons per year. Besides introducing
such energy-saving facilities, we will continue to takeenvironmentally friendly actions.

See the CSR website for more information on the following:
Solar Power Generation, Energy Consumption in Physical Distribution, Efforts to Reduce
CO2 Emissions/Fuel Shift to LNG, Reduction of Lighting Power, and Use ofEnvironment-Friendly Adhesive in Labeling Material

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Environmental Report

The environment

Reducing Waste and Water Usage
In order to help realize a recycling-oriented society, the Lintec Group is working to reduce waste.
It is also striving to save water, reuse waste water, while complying with the efﬂuent control
regulations and improving the quality of efﬂuent generated.

Amounts of Waste Generated andEffectively Used

Water Usage and Water Conservation
MeasuresIn ﬁscal 2014, the amount of waste generated, including

In ﬁscal 2014, Lintec used 6,504,000 tons of water. Of this amount,

manufacturing loss, at Lintec was 29,110 tons. The total waste output

about 93% was used by the Kumagaya and Mishima plants, which are

was 11,760 tons. Of this waste output, 10,820 tons were recycled by

Lintec’s papermaking facilities. These two plants made efforts to reduce

outside recycling companies and the remaining 940 tons werewater usage, resulting in a decrease of about 7% from the previous

properly disposed of by waste disposal companies. The ﬁnal landﬁll

ﬁscal year. Their water usage decreased by 2.9 tons per unit of paper1

disposal rate* for ﬁscal 2014 was about 0.19%, which was lower

production, or 5.4% per unit of production. As a water conservation

than the target (0.2% or less), Lintec has also continued to achievemeasure, the papermaking division is reducing water usage in each2“zero emission”* (ﬁnal landﬁll disposal rate of 1.0% or less) since

process. Improvement of piping and measures to prevent water leaks

ﬁscal 2007. From ﬁscal 2014 to 2016, Lintec is aiming for a 0.1%

were also implemented. In addition, it is attempting to reduce water

reduction in the waste generated, compared to each previous year.

use and efﬂuent by reusing recovered water. From ﬁscal 2014 to 2016,
the division aims to reduce its water usage per unit of production by

Fiscal 2014 waste ﬂow

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Water usage (Kumagaya and Mishima Plants)

Waste effectively used internally: 10,160 tons

Water usage

Waste
generated:
29,110 tons

Valuable waste sold: 7,190 tons
Actual waste
disposed:
11,760 tons

Total waste
recycled:
28,170 tons

Waste effectively used externally: 10,820 tons

Total waste
processed externally:
940 tons(tons/tons)
100.0

15,000

75.0
57.7

55.7

58.4

53.9

51.0

10,000

50.0
6,953

6,664

6,560

6,427

5,959

5,000

Waste generated
Waste paper

Waste plastic

Waste oil

Sludge

25.0

Other
0

0.0
2000

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31.2

29.3
4.2

29.2
3.7

5.2

5.9

30.1
3.5

29.1
3.9

5.4

5.9

5.3

1.7
5.1

1.6
5.3

1.4
4.9

1.4
4.6

13.7

13.1

13.2

14.4

13.9

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

30

4.3

25

5.7
1.6

20
15

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

(FY)

Reducing Efﬂuent and Improving Efﬂuent Quality
The total amount of efﬂuent discharge by Lintec in ﬁscal 2014 was
6,197,000 tons. About 93 percent of this was released from theKumagaya and Mishima plants. These plants are striving to reduce water

10
5

Water usage amount/paper production tonnage

95.3

11,883

Waste incinerated: 880 tons
Final landﬁll disposal: 56 tons

(1,000 tons)(1,000 tons)
20,000usage and efﬂuent discharge by improving the pipe line washing0(FY)

process during the papermaking. They will continue to renovate thewater treatment facilities to further improve the efﬂuent quality. WEB

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3R Initiatives Certiﬁed by Tatsuno City
Yuji Nakayasu, Section Chief, Power Section, Plant Engineering Section, Tatsuno Plant
As all other Lintec Group plants are carrying out 3R(reduce, reuse and recycle) initiatives, the Tatsuno Plant
is committed to thorough 3R. In recognition of ourcontinued efforts to reduce and separate waste andbeautify the local community, Tatsuno City certiﬁed our*1 The ﬁnal landﬁll disposal rate is a value found using the following formula: Final landﬁll disposal rate =Final landﬁll disposal amount/Amount of waste generated × 100.
*2 Zero emission: Lintec’s standard is a ﬁnal landﬁll disposal rate of one percent or less.
*3 PRTR (Pollutant Release and Transfer Register): A system for ascertaining, aggregating, and publishingdata on the amounts of chemical substances released and transferred. The system is based on Japan’s
Act on Conﬁrmation, etc. of Release Amounts of Speciﬁc Chemical Substances in the Environment andPromotion of Improvements to the Management Thereof.

plant as a Tatsuno Eco-Master Shop, meaning a store
that has declared its commitment to reducing andrecycling waste, in November 2014.

*4 PCB (polychlorinated biphenyl): The Act on Special Measures concerning Promotion of Proper Treatmentof PCB Wastes (PCB Special Measures Law) mandates the proper storage, management, and disposalof wastes containing PCBs.
*5 SDS: Safety data sheet. This is a document which provides information on the handling of chemical
substances when transferring or providing products that contain potentially hazardous chemical
substances to another company.
*6 GHS: Globally Harmonized System of Classiﬁcation and Labelling of Chemicals. GHS provides international

Corporate
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Environmental
ReportReduction of Environmentally
Hazardous Substances
The Lintec Group complies with relevant laws and regulations in and outside Japan and strives
to reduce its use of chemical substances that have an impact on the environment.

PRTR*3 Compliance

Reducing VOCs (volatile organic compounds)

In ﬁscal 2014, Lintec used ten substances that are subject to PRTR

Transitioning to Solvent-free Release Agent

reporting. The total quantity of PRTR chemicals was 7,641 tons. Toluene

Lintec is reducing VOCs in both product design and the installationaccounted for the largest portion of this amount, at 7,580 tons, up

and operation of exhaust gas treatment equipment. In product design,

116 tons from the previous year (7,464 tons). Emissions of toluene

Lintec is working on switching to a solvent-free release agent for its

into the atmosphere were 462 tons, down 15 tons from therelease paper and solvent-free adhesive for printing-related adhesive

previous year (477 tons), and the transferred amount was 536 tons,

products to reduce the amount of organic solvents it uses. In ﬁscal

down 30 tons from the year before (569 tons).

2014, the percentage of solvent-free release paper (production basis)
was 51%. The percentage of solvent-free printing-related adhesive

Fiscal 2014 emission and transfer of toluene
Emissons
into the air:
462 tons

has been completed for the main release agents and adhesives, andthe installation of exhaust gas treatment

Lintec plant
Exhaust processing
equipment

Quantity
eliminated:
6,582 tons
(93% elimination
rate)

Toluenehandled:7,580 tons

products (sales basis) was 72%. The switchover to solvent-free agentsequipment has also been completed.
Lintec will continue to monitor numericalvalues, and ensure reliable operation of

Manufacturing processes
for release paper andadhesive products

exhaust gas treatment equipment to
reduce its environmental impact. WEB

Toluene ﬂow

Note: Elimination rate = eliminated amount/(handling amount - transferred amount) ×100

Quantitytransferred(treated aswaste):
536 tons

Proper Storage and Management of PCB*4

Switchover tosolvent-free agents(ﬁscal 2014 sales basis)72%

Complying with Regulations Concerning
Chemical Substance Management andEnvironmental Preservation

Lintec securely stores and manages waste containing PCBs in

Lintec examines substances with environmental impact in its raw

accordance with the law. In ﬁscal 2014, Lintec properly disposed ofmaterials and conveys the necessary information to customers. The

six units containing low-concentration PCBs. In March 2015, thecompany is also taking steps to ensure compliance of its products

company inspected the number of units and conﬁrmed that it owns

subject to SDS*5 with GHS*6 as part of its efforts for compliance with the78 high-PCB concentration units (including 50 ﬂuorescent light

REACH Regulation*7 and other environmental regulations to improveballasts) and 11 low-PCB concentration units. Lintec will analyze

the management of substances contained in its products. In light of theequipment that may contain PCBs, promptly dispose of low-PCB

planned addition of substances subject to the RoHS Directive*8, Lintec isconcentration units, and securely manage and store high-PCB

constantly making environmental efforts to reduce the use of regulated

concentration units in accordance with relevant laws. WEB

substances and facilitate switching to alternative substances. WEB

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Enhancing Management System to Reduce CFC Emissions
Nobuaki Seki, Plant Engineering Section, Production Department, Agatsuma Plant
The Act on Ensuring the Implementation of Recovery
and Destruction of Fluorocarbons concerning
Designated Products was revised into the Fluorocarbons
Recovery and Destruction Law*9, and the revised act
came into effect in April 2015. In response, Lintec is
upgrading its management system at all plants. The
Agatsuma Plant, which has many facilities that use

standards for the classiﬁcation of chemicals by types of hazard and a mechanism of labeling.
*7 REACH Regulation: See page 22.
*8 RoHS Directive: EU’s Directive on the restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances in electricaland electronic equipment.
*9 Fluorocarbons Recovery and Destruction Law : Act on Ensuring the Implementation of Recovery and
Destruction of Fluorocarbons concerning Designated Products. The law requires comprehensive
measures throughout the lifecycle from manufacturing of ﬂuorocarbons to their disposal, in addition totheir recovery and destruction.

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refrigerant ﬂuorocarbons, has made preparations,
including asking for advice from air conditioner
manufacturers and Gunma Prefecture, since ﬁscal 2014.
We will continue to prevent the release of ﬂuorocarbons
into the atmosphere and comply with laws andregulations in order to address global warming.

See the CSR website for more information on the following:
3R Activities, Flow of Process from Water Usage to Discharge, Efﬂuent Quality at
Kumagaya and Mishima Plants, Proper Storage and Control of PCB, Drills for Disaster andChemical Leakage, Switchover to Solvent-free Agents in Printing-related Adhesive
Products and Release Paper, and Flow of Submission of Product Information

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The environment

Environmental Activities of
12 Group Companies Outside JapanThe Lintec Group puts effort into environmental conservation activities at group companies
outside Japan to fulﬁll its responsibility as a global company.
Environment Performance Data in Fiscal 2014 Below is the environmental performance data for the 12 Lintec Group companies outside Japan in ﬁscal 2014.
FY2014 data (Jan. 1, 2014 to Dec. 31, 2014)

FY2013 data (Jan. 1, 2013 to Dec. 31, 2013)

VOC emissions

Electricity usage

19
19
0
0
0
0
19
15
0
0
11.7
3.6

Lintec Suzhou
Lintec Tianjin
Lintec Printing &Technology (Tianjin)
LSFT
LATT
Korea

448
1,175
838
140

LATT

1,643
1,774

768
988

Sarawak

Madico0

Lintec Tianjin 34
Lintec Printing &60
15Technology (Tianjin)
240
LSFT
74

3,384
3,440

LATT 00
7,738
8,241
8,546
8,085
7,652
8,385
7,525
7,180

Indonesia
Malaysia
Sarawak
Singapore

277
285

400

600

800

1,000

1,296
1,301

Korea
692
573

LSFK

1,588
1,652

Indonesia
849
766

Malaysia
Sarawak 00

1,063
988

(MWh) 0Singapore 0
0

2,485
2,680

Madico
200

716
628

Lintec Suzhou

LSFK

5
17
1.3
1.2
0
0
4.1
6.1

Singapore(tons)

Lintec Tianjin
Lintec Printing &Technology (Tianjin)
LSFT

Korea

Indonesia
Malaysia

3,632
3,963

Lintec Suzhou

102
176

LSFK

Fuel (light oil and natural gas) usage(crude oil conversion)

2,000

4,000

592
423

Madico
6,000

8,000

10,000(kl) 0

500

1,000

1,500

2,000

Notes: 1. VOCs = toluene and methyl ethyl ketone
2. Figures stipulated in Article 4 of the enforcement regulations for Japan’s Energy Conservation Act were used for the caloriﬁc value of each fuel used in order to calculate the crude oil equivalent of consumed fuel.
3. LSFT = Lintec Speciality Films (Taiwan); LATT: Lintec Advanced Technologies (Taiwan); LSFK = Lintec Speciality Films (Korea)

LINTEC (SUZHOU) TECH CORPORATION

LINTEC (TIANJIN) INDUSTRY CO., LTD.

Location: Suzhou New District, Jiangsu Province, China
No. of employees: 197
Main business activities: manufacture and sale of printing materials, industrial materials, and products
related to paper and processing material

Location: Nankai District, Tianjin, China
No. of employees: 91
Main business activities: manufacture and sale of products relating to printing materials andindustrial materials

Having coated the ﬁrst plant and the roof of its attachedbuilding with thermal paint in ﬁscal 2013, we applied thermal
Zhang Xudong
Engineering Department
paint to the roof and walls of the second plant’s hazardous
substance warehouse (ﬂoorarea: 400 square meters, eaveheight: 6 meters) in April 2014.
We will pursue further energy
savings at our plant to reduce
CO2 emissions.

We are switching the lighting in our plant to LEDs. We haveexchanged a total of 30 lighting ﬁxtures (14 at the processing
line and 16 at the assembly line) to LEDs. We also used the
Lintec Group CSR Report 2014as a training text, andconducted a CSR examination
for all employees to raise theirawareness.

Second plant’s hazardous substancewarehouse

LED lighting at the assembly line

LINTEC PRINTING & TECHNOLOGY (TIANJIN) CORPORATION

LINTEC SPECIALITY FILMS (TAIWAN), INC.

Location: Xiqing Economy Development District, Tianjin, China
No. of employees: 87
Main business activities: manufacture and sale of products relating to printing materials andindustrial materials

Location: Shanhua District, Tainan City, Taiwan
No. of employees: 96
Main business activities: manufacture and sale of electronic- and optical-related products

In December 2014, we held a study session on biodiversity for
all employees. We watched photographs and videos recording
the growth of the Oriental turtle dove, which was designated as
an endangered species in
2012, to learn the importanceof biodiversity.

The regenerative furnace of our exhaust gas treatment unit was
suffering worsening heat storage efﬁciency due to clogging andso was consuming much more heating gas. As a drastic
measure, we replaced theregenerative furnace inNovember 2014, which
resulted in reducing theheating gas consumption tohalf of the initial design value.

Biodiversity study session

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Zhang Kun
Quality Assurance
Ofﬁce

Exhaust treatment unit

Jia JunGeneral Affairs &Personnel Division

LIU FANG YUAN
Assistant Plant
ManagerCorporate
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LINTEC ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES (TAIWAN), INC.

LINTEC KOREA, INC.

Location: K.E.P.Z. Kaoshiung, Taiwan
No. of employees: 70
Main business activities: manufacture and sale of electronic- and optical-related products

Location: Cheongju-si, Chungcheongbuk-do, Korea
No. of employees: 72
Main business activities: manufacture and sale of electronic- and optical-related products

To enhance our management and maintenance system of plant
wastewater, we installed an additional unit for return treatment
to the existing wastewater treatment system in February 2015.
Meanwhile, starting April 2015,
we are switching the ofﬁcelighting to LED in stages. We
will continue ourenergy-saving efforts.

Jiang Dewei
Engineering Section
Administration
Department

We switched the warehouse lighting from mercury lamp to LED,
which is estimated to reduce the annual electricity consumption
by warehouse lighting to a quarter. The move has also improved
the working environment. We
will continue to makeenergy-saving efforts.

JAE-HYUB KIM
Engineering Section

Wastewater treatment system

LED warehouse lighting

LINTEC SPECIALITY FILMS (KOREA), INC.

PT. LINTEC INDONESIA

Location: Pyeongtaek, Gyeonggi Province, Korea
No. of employees: 124
Main business activities: manufacture and sale of electronic- and optical-related products

Location: Bogor, West Java, Indonesia
No. of employees: 312
Main business activities: manufacture and sale of products relating to printing materials andindustrial materials

Starting November 2014, we have been replacing the general
inverters of the air conditioning system and refrigeration systemwith high-efﬁciency inverters. This energy-saving effort is likely
to reduce the energy used by
the systems by more than
10%, or by about 261,000 kWh(91.6 t-CO2) a year.

In May 2014, we planted trees on our property. With theparticipation of staff from the Environmental Safety Departmentof Lintec’s Head Ofﬁce, the event was an excellent opportunity
to share awareness of
pursuing environmental
conservation activities as agroup-wide effort. With suchawareness, we will continue
to preserve the environment.

MYUNG-JIN KIM
Plant Engineering
Department

Ketut
Safety andEnvironment Division

High-efﬁciency inverter

Planting trees

LINTEC INDUSTRIES (MALAYSIA) SDN. BHD.

LINTEC INDUSTRIES (SARAWAK) SDN. BHD.

Location: Bukit Mertajam, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia
No. of employees: 93
Main business activities: manufacture and sale of electronic- and optical-related products

Location: Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia
No. of employees: 24
Main business activities: manufacture and sale of electronic- and optical-related products

In April 2014, Lintec Industries (Malaysia) held a nature study
event in a national park in the northwestern part of Penang
Island. As we listened to a park guide explaining about the
animals, plants, and naturalenvironment, we renewed ourrecognition of the importanceof biodiversity.

Lintec Industries (Sawarak) plant is small, allowing us to pay
attention to detail, not just in daily operations but also inenvironmental conservation activities. We will continue
environmental conservation
with thorough 3R (reduce,reuse and recycle) activities.

Tan Lean Ean
Technical Department

Christina Teo
Finance andAdministrative

Nature study event in a national park

Strict sorting of waste

LINTEC SINGAPORE PRIVATE LIMITEDMADICO, INC.

Location: Cyberhub, Singapore
No. of employees: 85
Main business activities: manufacture and sale of products relating to printing materials andindustrial materials and electronic- and optical-related products

Location: Woburn, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
No. of employees: 272
Main business activities: manufacture and sale of printing materials and industrial materials

Lintec Singapore has made donations to the Garden City Fundoperated by the National Park Board. In September 2014, weparticipated in a tree planting event hosted by the fund andplanted 25 trees in a nationalpark. The event helped to
improve our awareness of
biodiversity.

In 2014, the Window Film section of Madico’s St. Petersburg
Plant introduced a new liquid input system to reduce the useof adhesives and solvents at
its coating line. We also
improved the coating
equipment, which resulted ina reduction of wasteadhesives and solvents used
per year by about 76 kl.
Special processing of the coating

Employees and their families
participated in the tree planting event

Sng Seng Leng
QA/QCJohn Storms
Engineering Department,
St. Petersburg Plant

equipment allows removal of residual
coating solution
The number of employees is as of December 31, 2014.

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The environment

Relationship between Lintec andthe Environment
Lintec is working to improve its manufacturing methods and production efﬁciency in order toreduce the environmental impact caused by waste, PRTR substances, and efﬂuent released into
the environment through these business activities.
1. The scope of data collection covers Lintec Corporation and Tokyo Lintec Kako. Other afﬁliates are not included.
Material Flow and Calculation ofEnvironmental Conservation Costs 2. The data is for the period from April 1, 2014, to March 31, 2015.

Material FlowOUTPUT *1

INPUT
Raw materials

EnergyPulp................... 108,000 tons

Purchased power

Paper................... 37,800 tons....................... 145,000 MWh

Film ..................... 29,400 tons

(Crude oil equivalent... 36,000 kl)

Adhesive ............. 20,800 tons

Fuel (crude oil conversion)

Release agents...... 1,900 tons.......................... 55,000 kl

Organic solvents ... 9,000 tons

Water

Other chemicals .. 37,200 tons

Industrial-use water

Mechanical parts ..... 500 tons................. 6,504,000 tons

Self-generated electricity ............................................... 52,000 MWh(crude oil conversion...........................................................13,000 kl)

Business
Activitiesof Lintec

Products
Specialty papers.........................................................................71,000 tons
Processing materials (release paper, etc.) ..................................59,000 tons
Adhesive products .....................................................................78,000 tons
Adhesive-related equipment ........................................................1,000 tons

Manufacture andsales of adhesive
products, specialty
papers, processing
materials, andadhesiverelated
equipment R&D
Head ofﬁce
administration, etc.

Waste
Waste generated.......... 29,110 tons
● Waste emitted ......... 11,760 tons
Effective external utilization................................. 10,820 tons
Incineration ................... 880 tons
Final landﬁll disposal....... 56 tons
● Effective internal utilization................................. 10,160 tons
● Sale of valuable materials................................... 7,190 tons

Atmospheric emissions
CO2............................. 202,000 tons
SOx ....................................... 6 tons
NOx................................... 129 tons
Soot and dust........................ 2 tons
Substances subject to the PRTR.................................... 500 tons
Release into water bodies
Efﬂuent .................. 6,197,000 tons

Environmental Accounting
Lintec uses environmental accounting to ascertain the costs andbeneﬁts of environmental protection, and continue to carry out
environmental protection activities as effectively as possible. In ﬁscal
2014, Lintec made environmental investments*2 totaling 326 million
yen. The environmental costs*3 for the year were 2,887 million yen.
The total environmental investments decreased by 19 million yen
from the previous year because of the introduction of facilities foraddressing global warming and saving energy.

The total environmental costs decreased by 9 million yen year on
year, but the cost for collecting, recycling and reusing byproducts
within the upstream/downstream cost increased.
Starting ﬁscal 2014, the cost for on-site beautiﬁcation, whichused to be classiﬁed as environmental improvement cost, isclassiﬁed as environmental conservation cost in administration, andthe new category of ‘social activity cost’ is added. WEB

Fiscal 2014 Environmental Conservation Costs
Category(Million yen)
Target equipment

Investments

Details of main initiatives

Expenses

Pollution prevention costa. Preventing air pollution

Exhaust treatment system

35

Management and maintenance of equipment to prevent air pollution

479

b. Preventing water pollution

Wastewater treatment system

2Management and maintenance of equipment to prevent water pollution

101—

PCB and sludge disposal costs

26c. Preventing overall pollution—

Global environmental conservation cost
1. Business area costa. Preventing global warming

Once-through boiler

52

Fuel conversion system154

b. Energy conservation

Feed water heater for furnace boiler

201

Management and maintenance of in-house power generation equipment

585

a. Efﬁcient utilization of resources

Loss paper handling system

27

Management and maintenance of wastepaper processing equipment; use of wastepaper
as raw material273

b. Treating, reducing, and recycling waste

Furnace boiler fuel solidifying system

10Management and maintenance of incinerator and boiler equipment; industrial waste processing

372

Collecting, recycling, and reusing byproducts——

Pallet collection; byproduct pickup

100

Green procurement and purchasing——

Purchase of environmentally friendly ofﬁce supplies

Constructing and operating environmental management systems——

ISO 14001 certiﬁcation investigation/registration; operation of environmental conservation
organizations

326

Environmental information disclosure——

Preparation of the CSR Report; participation in the Eco-Products fair

26

Monitoring and measuring environmental impact——

Analysis and measurement of regulated substances

29

Environmental education——

Participation in seminars and workshops

1

Environmental improvement measures——

On-site beautiﬁcation; garden tree pruning28

4. R&D cost——

R&D relating to environmental protection363

5. Social activity cost——

Sponsoring the 26th National Citizen’s Summit on Dragonﬂies in Tatsuno

0

6. Environmental remediation cost——

Payment of pollution load levy; compensation for ﬁsheries

18

—

326

Resource circulation cost

2. Upstream/
downstream cost

3. Administration cost

Total

6

2,887

Note: Investment in exhaust treatment system installation includes spare parts and miscellaneous work.

*1 Inside sales are not included in “Output” ﬁgures.
*2 Environmental investments: The amount of investments made during a year for the
purpose of environmental conservation. Since the effect of the investments lasts forseveral years or longer, the invested amounts are recognized as costs over those years.

36*3 Environmental costs: Costs or losses arising from consuming goods and services for the
purpose of environmental conservation
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See the CSR website for more information on the following:
Details of Fiscal 2014 Material Flow, and Environmental Conservation Effects

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Environmental
ReportThird-Party Opinion
Hiroyuki Tada
Japan for Sustainability
Chief director of the non-proﬁt organization Japan for
Sustainability, visiting professor at Hosei University,
professor at the Tohoku University Graduate School ofEnvironmental Studies, and committee member in various
government agencies

In LIP-2016, the medium-term business plan of Lintec which isfundamental to corporate management, the top management
recognizes that “global development” and “creation of innovative
new products” are the top priority issues. Last year, I wrote as mythird-party opinion that Lintec’s CSR would face a critical point interms of how much it can contribute to addressing these issues withspeciﬁc solutions. I also pointed out that, to realize the former issue,
corporate governance must be strengthened on a group-wide scale.
In this year’s report, the President states in the Message fromthe President that “we focused on developing our governanceframework in ﬁscal 2014,” and cites speciﬁc actions, such as
establishing a regional management company in Asia, becoming acompany with an audit and supervisory committee, and holding CSR
study sessions. I also found on other pages that the company set up
a global helpline and held CSR study sessions 98 times a year,
attracting 3,210 participants.

I was impressed by the fact that the company is steadily putting
matters into practice based on its “Sincerity” DNA as it listens tostakeholders’ voices. The goal of “Sincerity” is trust. I think thissteadfast, consistent effort enables individual employees around theworld to give their frank views on the LINTEC WAY as listed inHighlight 1.
I also ﬁnd that identifying materiality is a big achievement in ﬁscal
2014 and a great step forward. This move will likely lead to thestructural development of social indicators, which has somewhat
lagged behind in quantiﬁcation compared with environmental
indicators, and will facilitate the PDCA cycle relating to society.
Looking at aggressive CSR, the company seems conﬁdent that CSR
can be an engine for innovation, which is presumably why thecompany held the workshops featured in Highlight 2. I hope thecompany will stretch its creative wings by deepening multilateral
cooperation with a wide variety of external stakeholders. This will
surely lead to the creation of innovative new products.
The six basic CSR approaches should cover corporate governanceand suppliers. Governance comprises part of ESG (environment, society
and governance) and Lintec Corporation’s suppliers total 2,799.
I would like to conclude my opinion with this suggestion.

Response to Third-Party Opinion
Mr. Hiroyuki Tada has provided us with his third-party opinion sinceﬁscal 2012. We appreciate his understanding of our CSR activities
based on our company motto “Sincerity and Creativity,” which is also
my management approach. We made efforts to share the LINTEC WAY
by providing opportunities such as CSR study sessions. I believe that
employees’ acceptance of such efforts is crucial and that we can nurturea greater sense of unity by continuing these activities.
The process of identifying materiality has just started, and we needto develop a mechanism to ensure the implementation of PDCA cycles,
including developing KPIs in future activities. We will enhance defensive
CSR based on “Sincerity.”

Editor’s postscript
The Message from the President is about
promoting CSR activities following the company
motto “Sincerity and Creativity” for society andpeople. Highlight 1 features what employees ofLintec and the Lintec Group companies think aboutthe LINTEC WAY. Highlight 2 introduces the

I believe that promoting CSR also helps facilitate business, and thatmany activities are directly connected to aggressive CSR, which is basedon creativity. We will proactively work on initiatives, such as CSR
workshops, in order to turn CSR activities into an engine for innovation.
With regard to basic CSR approaches, we will develop fundamental
approaches by sincerely considering changes in social conditions.
Lintec will continue to enhance and promote corporate activities
based on CSR, with the goal of becoming a company appreciated andtrusted by everyone.

Hiroyuki Nishio
Representative Director, President,CEO and COO

workshops held to discuss what Lintec aspires
to be by 2025. All employees will unite tocontinue CSR activities to address social issues.

CSR Report 2015 production project members

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