Editorial policy

CONTENTSThis FDK Group Environmental Report oﬀers to disclose theContents ／ Editorial Policy

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Message from the President

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Corporate Proﬁle3

Business Operations and Environmental Burden

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Highlights of FY 2004

5To create this report that is easy to understand, we used many

6graphs, charts, and so on, referring to the "Environmental Report

Environmental Accounting

Basic Policy for Environment and Action Plan
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Environmental Action Plan

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including investors, customers, regional societies, local governments
and so on.

Guideline (FY 2003 edition)" by the Ministry of the Environment,This 2005 edition covers the extended environmental information
especially on overseas manufacturing subsidiaries and English
version is now available.
This report aims at promoting interactive communications between

Promotion of Environmental Management
9the FDK group and you. It is scheduled to issue every year to makeour best eﬀort to explain you our environmental activities clearly.
We welcome your feedback. Please send us your comments by fax

Promotion of Green Procurement
Promotion of Establishing Environmental
Management System in Suppliers

environmental policies, activities and the like to various stakeholders

etc.

FDK Group Environmental Policy /Organizational Structure

Establishment of the Environmental Management
Systemenvironmental activities of the FDK group, aiming at informing its

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Promotion of Enviromental Measures on Products
Oﬀering Super-green Products withthe Top Environmental Elements

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Approach for the Elimination ofPoisonous Substances

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Measures for Global Warming Prevention
Measures to Energy Conservation

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CO2 Reduction Activities by Improvement ofDistribution, etc.

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Promotion of Green Factories
Elimination of Designated Chemical Substances

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Zero Waste Emission (Measures to Waste Reduction)

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Environmental Preservation Measures to Plants

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As a Global Citizen
Social Action Program

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Global Eﬀort for Environmental Care in
All Manufacturing Bases

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Business Activity of Fujidenka Researchand Analysis Center Co., Ltd.

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Business Activity of FDK Ecotec Co., Ltd.

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History of Environmental Activities

30or letter using an enclosed questionnaire.

Scope of the Report
Reporting period:
Fiscal year 2004(April 1, 2004 - March 31, 2005)
Please note, some descriptions in this report partiallycontained some past activities and some plan of ﬁscal year
2005.
Organizations covered:
All three plants in FDK CORPORATION and 14 majorsubsidiaries.
FDK CORPORATION : Kosai Plant, Sanyo Plant, andIwaki Plant ･･･ 3 Plants
M ajor subsidiaries : (Six subsidiaries in Japan)
FDK ENERGY CO., LTD.,
FDK MECHATRONICS CO., LTD.,FDK ENGINEERING CO., LTD.,
FDK LIFETEC CORPORATION,
FUJIDENKA RESEARCH AND
ANALYSIS CENTER CO., LTD.,
and FDK ECOTEC CO., LTD.
(Eight subsidiaries in Overseas)
FUCHI ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.，PT FDK INDONESIA，
FDK LANKA (PVT) LTD.，FDK TATUNG (THAILAND) CO., LTD.，XIAMEN FDK CORPORATION，SHANGHAI FDK CORPORATION，SUZHOU FDK CO., LTD.，
FDK (THAILAND) CO., LTD.
Scope of collation:
The scope of the performance data including the global
warming prevention, waste reduction and chemicalsubstance elimination was from FDK CORPORATION andits major domestic subsidiaries. The numerical data on
overseas manufacturing bases were partially described in "Global Eﬀort for Environmental Care in all Manufacturing
Bases".

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