DNP Group Environmental Annual Report 2003
April 2002 – March 2003

Basic Policy of the 2003 Environmental Report

Reporting Policy• This year, we added the sections New Topics for FY 2002 and• We continued to use the “Kensyou-Meidai method” by Shin
Nihon & Co for the independent review of the report.

Special Feature.

• We have arranged the presentation to make easy to grasp theenvironmental impact (material flow) of the entire DNP group
and allow easy comparison with last year’s figures.

• We have added commentaries by persons concerned here
and there.

Scope, period and field• The report covers 56 sites (Please see pages 4, 5)• The report covers the activities and data concerning conservation of the global environment from April 1, 2002 to March
31, 2003.

• We have added a section on overseas sites following the Data
by Sites section.

Tompa Characters

Contents

Characters form the fundamental building blocks of communication. This year, we continue to use Tompa characters on the cover of our report, given the importanceof printed characters as the fundamental building blocks
for communication and their role in the history of the DNP
group. The characters we have chosen this year stand for“Open and Fair Communication.”

 Message from the President........................................................... 1
 DNP Corporate Profile..................................................................... 2
 Organization of DNP Group ............................................................ 4
 Message from the Managing Director of Environment.................. 6
 New Topics in FY 2002 .................................................................... 8 Special Feature
Performing our Social Responsibilities while Aiming for
Sustainable Development ............................................................. 10
 Environmental Management System............................................ 17• The DNP Group Environmental Philosophy and Vision for the 21st Century .. 18• DNP Environmental Management System, “Eco-Report System”... 19• Management Activities—
Groupwide Environmental Management System ..................... 21• State of ISO 14001 Implementation .......................................... 22• Achievements and Assessment of Conservation Activities ..... 23• Environmental Education ........................................................... 24
 Environmental Performance ......................................................... 25• Environmental Impact of the DNP Group ................................. 26• Environmental Impact by Division ............................................. 28• Reducing Environmental Pollutants .......................................... 31• Effects of Chemical Substances on the Environment .............. 33• Efforts towards Recycling of Resources —Reduction of Waste.. 34• Efforts towards Recycling of Resources —Activities in Offices..... 36• Efforts towards Recycling of Resources —Water Recycling .... 37• Measures against Global Warming............................................ 38• Environmental Risk Management.............................................. 40• Upstream Activities—Green Purchasing ................................... 43• Downstream Activities—
Development & Sales of Environmentally Sound Products ..... 44• Conservation Technologies, Product Research and Development ... 45• Environmentally Sound Products —Efforts to Reduce
Environmental Impact in Downstream Areas.................................. 47• Measures to Reduce Environmental Impact of Transport........ 51
 Environmental Communications................................................... 52• Disclosure of Environmental Information .................................. 53• Relationship with Local Communities ....................................... 55
 Internal Environmental Audits....................................................... 56
 Data by Sites ................................................................................. 58
 Introduction of Overseas Sites ..................................................... 64
 Environmental Accounting............................................................ 66
 Environmental Targets for FY 2003............................................... 68
 Milestones in Environmental Activities......................................... 69
 DNP Group PRTR Data by Site (Performance in FY 2002) .......... 70
 Comments and Independent Review Report............................... 72

Tompa Character Design: Katsumi Asaba
Tompa hieroglyphic characters are still used daily by the
Naxi, a minority race living in the Lijiang region of the Yunnan province in the People’s Republic of China.

Message from the President

Message from the President

Aiming toward
Sustainable Growth
Yoshitoshi Kitajima
Chairman of the Board
President & Chief Executive Officer

It is taken for granted today that costs arise in the treatment and recycling of wastes and widely accepted that costs inconnection with the disposal of waste should be borne by the party producing the waste. Furthermore, in this age of increasing concern about natural disasters brought about by global warming, companies are being asked to bear the cost not only forthe disposal of waste but for CO2 emissions as well.
As we strive to develop a sustainable economy, companies are being called on to make even greater efforts toward
environmental conservation. These very same companies, however, consume energy and resources to provide products andservices, which in turn further impact the environment. Accordingly, as a duty to society, we believe that every company
should play a leading role in conservation and make an active effort to realize a sustainable recycling-oriented society.

Conservation Efforts
DNP and the DNP Group companies produce publications, packaging materials, building materials and electronics materials, which are used by a broad range of consumers. At the same time, however, the production of such products has considerable
environmental impact, consuming substantial amounts of resources such as paper and plastic while releasing CO2 into theatmosphere.
In order to address this situation, we made an early start in environmental activities, establishing an environmental department within the company as early as 1972, one of the first in the industry to do so. In 1993 we established our own environmental
management system, the “Eco-Report System”, to further enhance our active and ongoing efforts to reduce industrial waste,conserve energy, as well as monitor and reduce hazardous waste. In March 2000 we established the “DNP Group Environmental
Committee” through which we implement efforts to improve the overall environmental performance of the DNP Group whilestrengthening our system for planning and developing environmentally-friendly products. Furthermore, we have made an active
effort to disclose information regarding environmental matters, releasing an environmental report each year since 1999, andincorporating the opinions of our stakeholders within our environmental measures.

Contributing to Society with Emergent Evolution
In our Vision for the 21st Century, we set forth our corporate philosophy, “the DNP Group will contribute to the creation of
an intellectually active, rich, and 21st century society with emergent evolution.” A “society with emergent evolution” is a society inwhich the actions of its many individuals, creates a stream of stimuli that dissipates through all of society, affecting each individualand leading to the creation of new values.
Companies bring convenience to consumers through their activities and the lifecycles of their products. At the sametime they have the potential to have an adverse affect on society and the environment. Accordingly, companies bear important
responsibilities whenever they interface with society, holding responsibilities not only for products and services, but for the safetyof consumers, maintenance of data security, conservation of the global environment, as well as the safety and preservation of theregions in which they operate. Companies operating within an emergent society must act in accordance with applicable laws andcorporate ethics, release information to and establish a rapport with customers, consumers, employees, regional authorities andlocal residents, combine their knowledge with that of such parties and promote business activities that will be appreciated andaccepted by society.
In order to help realize the development of a sustainable recycling-oriented society, the DNP Group will continue its environmental management focusing on environmental efficiency and will carry out its responsibilities as an emergent company in the 21st
century.

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DNP Corporate Profile (as of 31 March 2003)

DNP Corporate Profile

Concepts for the 21st Century

P&I Solutions DNP
In 2001, DNP embarked on a program of new efforts
in commemoration of 125 years of operation. The new
efforts are based on the concept of “P&I Solutions DNP”,
the aim of which is to fuse our “Printing Technology”
with “Information Technology” to provide solutions thatwill bring about new values within the emergent societyof the 21st century. The business domain of DNP encompasses a broad range of fields, including publishing andcommercial printing, packaging and building materials,
electronics, and network systems. Recently we have begun operation of an Internet data
center, the first in the industry to do so, and have been developing a wide range of solutions that promise to lead the ubiquitous society such as IC cards and IC tags.
As one of the largest players in the industry, we at DNP will continue to provide P&I
solutions with one eye on the next generation-solutions that will enhance the lives andbusinesses of our customers.

 Company Name

Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.
 Head Office

1-1, Ichigaya Kagacho 1-chome
Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-8001, Japan
Tel: +81-3-3266-2111
URL: http://www.dnp.co.jp/
E-mail: info@mail.dnp.co.jp

 Capital¥114.464 billion
 Employees

9,737 (DNP parent company)
35,182 (consolidated companies for the printing business)
 S a l e s O ff i c e s

52 locations in Japan
16 locations overseas (including local affiliates) Originally Founded

October 1876
 Established M a i n P l a n t s ( i n c l u d i n g a ff i l i a t e s )33 domestic plants
8 overseas plants

January 19, 1894
 R&D Facilities

11 locations in Japan

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DNP Corporate Profile

Main Businesses Information Communication
Books and Magazines

Books, dictionaries, commemorative books, text books,
magazines
Catalogs, fliers, pamphlets, calendars, posters, POP displays
IC and other cards, securities certificates, share certificates,
bankbooks, advertising circulars, electronic forms
Internet-related businesses, database marketing businesses,
BS/CS digital broadcasting businesses, campaigns andeventsCommercial Printing
Business Forms
Other

Internet Data Center

Yubi-net Pass

The foundation of DNP’s IT solutions. Provides a network infrastructure to customers.

Micro reader-writer for IC cards

Electrode materials for lithiumion rechargeable batteries

Fusion transfer recording
material

Electrode materials for lithium-ion
rechargeable batteries used in personal computers and cell phones.

Used in “wrapped buses” andexterior advertisements, thesematerials allow for accurate color
rendition and are highly durable.

Photomask

IC Tag “Accuwave”

Used in IC or LSI production, aphoto-mask is a substrate used tocreate minute circuit patterns on asilicon wafer.

An original DNP IC tag made ofsemiconductor-related materialand created through application of
metal etching technology.

 Lifestyle and Industrial Supplies
Packaging

Packaging for foodstuffs, beverages, confectionary, daily
goods, medical supplies, etc.
Interior & exterior materials for housing and furniture, 3-D
printed products, decorative metal paneling
Printer ribbons, facsimile ribbons, anti-reflective film for displays, electrode materials for lithium-ion rechargeable batteries, carrier tape for transportation of electronic materials,
copier toner cartridges

Decorative Materials
Industrial Supplies

 Electronics
Displays

Color filters for LCD displays, shadow masks for TV tubes,
rear panels for plasma TVs, screens for rear projection TVs
Semiconductor photomasks, lead framesElectronic Components

 Beverages
Manufacture and sale of juices and cola, in association with Hokkaido Coca-Cola BottlingCo., Ltd.
* Note: We changed our classification of business types as of FY 2002.

Employees

Consolidated Net Sales
March 31 2001

March 31 2002

March 31 2003

DNP

10,69810,352

9,737

Consolidation

34,09434,86835,182( Unit : 100 million yen )15,00012,00012,695

12,867

13,42013,11913,090

1998

1999

2000

2001

FY 2002

9,000
6,000

3,000
0

Consolidated Division Sales( Unit : million yen )Beverages
71,835 5.5%

12120,000

Information Communication
619,924 46.7%

Electronics
208,380 15.9%

90,00060,000DNP Group
FY 2002 total
Lifestyle andIndustrial Supplies
420,167 31.9%

Consolidated Operating Income ( Unit : million yen )( Unit : % )Consolidated Operating Income Rate

30,0001,309,002

85,886

72,242

69,609

5.5

6.7

6.4

6.9
5.5

40,00020,0006

0
1998

30,000

9

3

0
1999

2000

Consolidated Net Income
Consolidated Return on Sales*Note: Sales includes −11,304 million yen in inter-divisionalsales or transfers.

89,881

85,9412001

FY 2002( Unit : million yen )( Unit : % )439,03433,40930,493

28,774
3.0
2.5

2.4

10,0003
2

15,609

2.2
1

1.2

0

0
1998

1999

2000

2001

FY 2002

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Organization of DNP Group56 sites covered under this report
Hokkaido Sapporo

Organization of DNP Group

1 Hokkaido Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd. — Plate-making / printing / bookbinding manufacturing of packaging (BC*Division)
2 Head Plant, Hokkaido Coca-Cola Bottling Co., Ltd. — Beverage manufacturing (BC Division)

Miyagi Sendai

3 Tohoku Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd. — Plate-making / printing / bookbinding / manufacturing of packaging (BCDivision)

Fukushima Izumizaki, Nishi Shirakawa-gun

4 Izumizaki Plant, Dai Nippon Printing Technopack Co., Ltd. — Plate-making / printing plate / printing (Lifestyle andIndustrial Supplies Division)

Tochigi Utsunomiya

5 DNP Graphica Co., Ltd. — Printing /bookbinding (Information Communication Division)

Ibaraki Ushiku

6 Ushiku Plant, DNP Data Techno Co., Ltd. — Manufacturing of various types of plastic cards (Information
Communication Division)

Saitama Otone, Kita Saitama-gun

7 F.D.P. Dai Nippon Co., Ltd. — Manufacturing of electronic parts for displays (Electronics Division)

Shiraoka, Minami Saitama-gun

8 Shiraoka Plant, Dai Nippon Offset Co., Ltd. — Offset printing (Information Communication Division)

Kawaguchi

9 Kawaguchi Plant, Dai Nippon Offset Co., Ltd. — Offset printing (Information Communication Division)

Miyoshi, Iruma-gun

10 Tsuruse Plant, Ichigaya Publication Printing Operations — Plate-making/printing plate/printing/bookbinding(Information Communication Division)
11 Tokyo Plant, Dai Nippon Printing Kenzai Co., Ltd. — Plate-making/printing plate/printing/processing (Lifestyle andIndustrial Supplies Division)

Warabi12 Warabi Plant, Business Form Operations — Plate-making/printing/processing (Information Communication Division)

Sayama13 Sayama Plant, Dai Nippon Printing Technopack Co., Ltd. — Plate-making/printing plate/printing (Lifestyle andIndustrial Supplies Division)
14 Dai Nippon Cup Co., Ltd. — Molding or processing of various types of paper containers/processing (Lifestyle andIndustrial Supplies Division)
15 Sayama Plant, I.M.S. Dai Nippon Co., Ltd. — Manufacturing of thermal transfer carbon ribbons (Lifestyle andIndustrial Supplies Division)

Kamifukuoka

16 Dai Nippon Printing Fine Electronics Co., Ltd./Kamifukuoka Plant, Dai Nippon Printing Precision Device Co., Ltd.
— Manufacturing of electronic precision parts (Electronics Division)

Kuki

17 Kuki Plant, Ichigaya Publication Printing Operations — Printing/bookbinding (Information Communication Division)
18 Dai Nippon Printing Fine Electronics Co., Ltd./Kuki Plant, Dai Nippon Printing Precision Device Co., Ltd.
— Manufacturing of electronic precision parts (Electronics Division)

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Chiba Kashiwa

Tokyo Shinjuku-ku

21 Ichigaya Plant, Ichigaya Publication Printing Operations — Plate-making/printing plate/printing/bookbinding(Information Communiction Division)
22 DNP Facility Service Co., Ltd. — Meal services, etc.
23 Enokicho Plant, Commercial Printing Operations — Plate-making/printing/bookbinding (Information Communication
Division)

Shinagawa-ku

24 Gotanda Plant, Ichigaya Publication Printing Operations — Plate-making/printing/bookbinding (Information
Communication Division)
25 SP Dai Nippon Co., Ltd. — Manufacturing of various advertising and promotional materials (BC Division)

Kita-ku

26 Akabane Plant, Ichigaya Publication Printing Operations — Printing (Information Communication Division)
27 Akabane Plant, Commercial Printing Operations — Plate-making/printing/bookbinding (Information Communication
Division)
28 Dai Nippon Seihon Co., Ltd. — Bookbinding (BC Division)
29 DNP Logistics Co., Ltd. — Packaging/shipping (BC Division)
30 Dai Nippon Hoso Co., Ltd. — Processing of filling and packaging (BC Division)
31 D.N.K Co., Ltd. — Printing and manufacturing of machine tools (BC Division)

Fuchu

32 D.T. Circuit Technology Co., Ltd. — Manufacturing of printed circuit boards (BC Division)

Kanagawa Tsuzuki-ku, Yokohama

33 Dai Nippon Printing Technopack Yokohama Co., Ltd. — Plate-making/printing plate/printing (Lifestyle and Industrial
Supplies Division)

Midori-ku, Yokohama

34 Tokyo Plant, The Inctec Inc. — Manufacturing of ink, varnish, pigments and dyes (BC Division)

Odawara35 Sagami Yoki Co., Ltd. — Manufacturing of laminated tubes (Lifestyle and Industrial Supplies Division)

Aikawa, Aiko-gun

36 Tokyo Plant, Dai Nippon Ellio Co., Ltd. — Printing and processing of metal sheets (Lifestyle and Industrial Supplies
Division)

Saiwai-ku, Kawasaki

37 DT Fine Electronics Co., Ltd. — Manufacturing of semiconductor photomasks (BC Division)

Aichi Moriyama-ku, Nagoya

38 Tokai Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd. — Printing/bookbinding/manufacturing of packaging (BC Division)

Kyoto Minami-ku, Kyoto

39 Kyoto Plant, Dai Nippon Printing Fine Electronics Co., Ltd. — Manufacturing of electronic precision parts(Electronics Division)

Ukyo-ku, Kyoto

40 Kyoto Plant, Dai Nippon Printing Technopack Kansai Co., Ltd. — Plate-making/printing plate/printing (Lifestyle andIndustrial Supplies Division)

Kyotanabe* BC (Brother Company): Affiliate companies that manufacture
products not related to the group’s Information Communication,
Lifestyle and Industrial supplies, and Electronics divisions or
related to several divisions.

Organization of DNP Group

19 Kashiwa Plant, Dai Nippon Polymer Co., Ltd. — Molding, processing and printing of plastic containers (Lifestyle andIndustrial Supplies Division)
20 Dainippon Jushi Co., Ltd. — Manufacturing and processing of synthetic resin films (Lifestyle and Industrial Supplies
Division)

Other Domestic Consolidated
Affiliates
 Dai Nippon Art Co., Ltd., Dai Nippon Total Process Ichigaya
Co., Ltd., Dai Nippon Uni Process Co., Ltd., Wakosya Co., Ltd.
and Dai Nippon Techtas Ichigaya Co., Ltd. are covered undera portion of the Ichigaya Plant, Ichigaya Publication Printing
Operations
 Dai Nippon Logistics System Ichigaya Co., Ltd. is covered asa division of the plants under the Ichigaya Publication Printing
Operations (Ichigaya Plant, Gotanda Plant, Tsuruse Plant, Kuki
Plant anf the Akabane Plant)
 DNP Media Create Co., Ltd. and Dai Nippon Logistics System forbusiness printing are covered as a division of the Enokicho Plant,
the Business Printing Operations
 Dai Nippon Total Process BF is covered as a division of the
Warabi and Nara Plants, the Business Form (BF) Operations
 DNP Techtas BF (plate-making & printing) is covered as a divisionof the Warabi Plant, the BF Operations
 Dai Nippon Micro Technica is covered as a division of the
Kamifukuoka Plant, Dai Nippon Printing Fine Electronics Co., Ltd.
 Of the companies treated as consolidated companies underfinancial accounting practice, we excluded 10 companies without
manufacturing divisions, such as DNP Shoji. Furthermore, we
excluded DAP Technology Co., Ltd. from our accounting for FY
2003 as it only began operating on April 1, 2003 and excluded
the two companies acquired in FY 2002 as the data is still being
prepared and they are deemed to be insignificant at this stage

41 Tanabe Plant, Dai Nippon Printing Technopack Kansai Co., Ltd. — Plate-making/printing plate/printing (Lifestyle and Industrial Supplies Division)

Nara Kawanishi, Shiki-gun

42 Nara Plant, Business Form Operations — Plate-making/printing/processing (Information Communication Division)

Osaka Hirakata

43 Kansai Plant, The Inctec Inc. — Manufacturing of ink, varnish, pigments and dyes (BC Division)

Neyagawa

44 Neyagawa Plant, DNP Media Create Kansai Co., Ltd. — Printing (Information Communication Division)
45 Kansai Plant, Dai Nippon Polymer Co., Ltd. — Molding, processing and printing of plastic containers (Lifestyle andIndustrial Supplies Division)
46 Osaka Plant, Dai Nippon Ellio Co., Ltd. — Printing and processing of metal sheets (Lifestyle and Industrial Supplies
Division)

Higashinari-ku, Osaka

47 Osaka Plant, DNP Media Create Kansai Co., Ltd. — Plate-making/printing plate/bookbinding (Information
Communication Division)

Hyogo Kita-ku, Kobe

48 Kobe Plant, Dai Nippon Printing Kenzai Co., Ltd. — Plate-making/printing plate/printing/ processing (Lifestyle andIndustrial Supplies Division)Ono

49 Ono Plant, DNP Media Create Kansai Co., Ltd. — Plate-making/printing/bookbinding (Information Communication
Division)

Okayama Mitsu, Mitsu-gun

50 Okayama Plant, I.M.S. Dai Nippon Co., Ltd. — Manufacturing of sublimation transfer materials (Lifestyle andIndustrial Supplies Division)
51 Okayama Plant, Dai Nippon Printing Kenzai Co., Ltd. — Plate-making/printing plate/printing/processing (Lifestyleand Industrial Supplies Division)
52 DNP Industrial Materials Co., Ltd. Okayama Plant — manufacture of electronic parts, etc. (Lifestyle and Industrial
Supplies Division)

Hiroshima Mihara

53 Mihara Plant, Dai Nippon Printing Precision Device Co., Ltd. — Manufacturing of electronic precision parts(Electronics Division)

Tokushima Tokushima

54 Shikoku Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd. — Plate-making/printing/manufacturing of packaging (BC Division)

Fukuoka Minami-ku, Fukuoka

55 Fukuoka Plant, Kyushu Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd. — Plate-making/printing/bookbinding/manufacturing of
packaging (BC Division)

Chikugo56 Chikugo Plant, Kyushu Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd. — Plate-making/printing/bookbinding/manufacturing of
packaging (BC Division)5

Message from the Managing Director of Environment

Message from the Managing
Director of Environment

Environmental
Management as a Good
Corporate Citizen
Hironori Kato
Chairman of DNP Group Environmental Committee
Director

At DNP and the companies of the DNP Group, we have made it our objective to implement environmental managementthat allows us as a good corporate citizen to contribute to the development of a sustainable recycling oriented society. This
Environmental Report was produced to inform our stakeholders of the environmental efforts and achievements of the DNPGroup and is intended as a communication tool.
In the 2003 edition, our reporting policy called for a report that allowed our readers to quantitatively evaluate our
improvements in environmental efficiency as well as introduce the various efforts we have made towards executing our corporate social responsibilities. Furthermore, in order to enhance the credibility of its content, we also had the report reviewed
by a third party under the “Verification Proposition System.”

Major Efforts in FY 2002
On March 29, 2002 the DNP Group held a DNP Group Environmental Committee Meeting, in which the committee set
targets for FY 2002 and confirmed that the group would continue its FY 2002 policy for environmental management, which was to:
1. develop and sell environmentally friendly products, 2. reduce the environmental impact of our business activities, and 3. maintain a good rapport with society through the disclosure of environmental information. For details regarding environmental targets
and performance for FY 2002, please refer to page 23.
As part of our effort to improve resource efficiency within business areas, we established two cogeneration systems andone water recycling system, implemented “Production 21”, which reduced waste during the production stage, and improved theresource consumption efficiency of energy and water as well as our key raw materials.
As an effort to reduce environmental impact, over the past few years, we have focused on VOC*1 measures. In 1999 thegroup released into the atmosphere a total of 10,000 tons of the toluene, designated as a Class I Chemical Substance under the
PRTR Law*2. Since then, however, we have implemented solvent recovery and removal equipment as part of our effort to reduce
this by half. As a result of these measures, in FY 2001 we achieved our goal of reducing emissions of such substances by half.
Given the early achievement of our original goal, in March 2002 we set a new target to reduce toluene emissions to 500 tons/year.
As a result of these efforts, our toluene emissions in FY 2002 fell to 30% of the amount in 1999.

Future Issues
While reducing atmospheric emissions of toluene continues to be a matter of top priority, we have also positioned the
reduction of greenhouse gases (GHG) as an issue of major importance, strengthening our efforts in this area. In order to reduce thenation’s greenhouse gases, we expect that the government will implement economic measures. Accordingly, as of FY 2002, webegan to calculate our greenhouse gas emissions using the “GHG Protocol” the international guideline for calculating and reporting greenhouse gas emissions, as prescribed in the Kyoto Protocol.
Furthermore, in FY 2003 we participated in the Environment Ministry’s “Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Trial Operations”
and the “Credit Transaction Transfer Trial Operations” as conducted by the Ministry of the Economy, Trade & Industry.
In the future, we intend to focus on the environmental aspects of each product and site*3 of the DNP Group while continuingwith environmental management that can contribute to the development of a sustainable recycling-oriented society.

*1. VOC: Abbreviation for Volatile Organic Compounds, a generic term for organic solvents that evaporate quickly.

6*2. PRTR: Abbreviation for Pollutant Release and Transfer Register, a system under which companies that handle hazardous chemicals must record and publicly release theamount of chemical substances they release into the environment or transfer as waste.
*3. Site: The smallest management unit within our environmental management system.

New Topics and Special Feature
New Topics and Special Feature

Contents

New Topics in FY 2002 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Special Feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Close up Report Efforts in Environmental Labeling

The DNP group has established the Type II environmental label
The DNP Eco-label

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New Topics in FY 2002: Environmental Labels, Environmental
Report Prize

New Topics in FY 2002

Efforts to Establishment of Environmental Labels within
the DNP GroupThe DNP group is striving to establish environmental labels that meet
ISO standards so that we may provide environmental impact information in
an appropriate manner. Under the ISO standards, there are three types ofenvironmental label. The following describes our efforts towards establishment and use of these labels.

[ Type I (3rd-party certified label) ]A typical Type I label would be the “Eco-mark” as used by the Japan
Environment Association. Products labeled with the Eco-mark include
advertising circulars printed on recycled paper (“S-mail”).
Another label drawing attention in recent years is certification by the
Forest Stewardship Council (FSC). FSC certification is an international certification system operated by the FSC, a non-profit organization. The systemcomprises two types of certification, “Forest Certification” and “Chain-of
Custody” certification. Forest Certification is given to forests that are managed under international standards that take into account the environmental,social and economic factors. CoC Certification is awarded in cases wheretimber, timber products and paper products derived from forests receiving
Forest Certification are properly managed in the processing and distribution
process and are free of contamination with uncertified products.
In order to indicate that a printed product is made of wood productsthat have received Forest Certification and has been managed in an appropriate manner in the processing and distribution process, it is necessary forboth the papermaking company and the printing company to acquire CoC
Certification.
In October 2002, Tokai Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd. acquired CoC
Certification from the FSC. Interest in the FSC’s Forest Certification and CoC
Certification has been increasing, as has the number of products bearing the
CoC Certification mark.
In FY 2003, the Commercial Printing Operation of Dai Nippon Printing
Co., Ltd., and DNP Media Create Kansai Co., Ltd. acquired certification.

Three environmental labels based on
ISO standards
Type I (ISO 14024)
Labels attached to products deemed to havereached standards established by third party organizations
Type II (ISO 14021)
Labels attached to products deemed to havereached standards set by the business operator
Type III (ISO TR14025)
Labels that indicate the environmental impact of a
product in accordance with an LCA evaluation

FSC-CoC certificates

Products with the FSC-CoC certification mark

[ Type II (Self Certification Labels) ]In order to raise the appeal of our environmentally-friendlly products,
the DNP group has established the “DNP Eco-label” based on the ISO
14021 standards. The first product to bear the label was used on “Safmalle”,
a decorative building panel developed by the Decorative Materials Operation.
Used as interior wall panels for homes, the “Safmalle” sheets were
designed to be used in buildings with a high emphasis on health, environment and safety. The sheets use a base material free of polyvinyl chloride(an olefin-based plastic film), and are unique in that they do not use any substances believed to cause the sick house syndrome such as formaldehyde,
toluene and xylene.

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The DNP eco-label

Pamphlet on “Safmalle” decorative
sheetsStandards for manufacture of construction paneling
1. Reduction of substances that may cause damage to one’s
health• Panels should not contain substances prescribed underthe “Guideline Values for Indoor Concentrations ofHazardous Substances” within the “Guideline on Indoor
Air Pollutants” (Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare)
2. Reduction of environmentally hazardous substances• The product should be made of materials that do notcontain chlorine-based substances that can produce
dioxins when incinerated as a specified in the RoHS
Directive (2002/95/EC) and the product should be madeof materials that are free of lead, cadmium, mercury
or hexavalent chromium as specified in the End of Life
Vehicle (ELV) Directive (2000/53/EC).

[ Type III (Labels that provide information) ]Sublimation transfer
ribbon

New Topics in FY 2002

Sublimation transfer ribbon is used as an output medium for digital
cameras. In FY 2002, this material acquired certified registration for Type III
Environmental Labeling, “Environmental Product Declarations” (EPD) fromthe Sweden Environmental Management Council. This was the first time thata product made by a printing company received EPD certification. Under
the Environmental Label Type III system, companies release data on the
lifecycle assessments of products. A third-party examination organization
then examines and makes a certified registration of this data, issuing anenvironmental label for the product concerned. The EPD that we acquired on
this occasion is a ground-breaking certification program developed by the
Sweden Environmental Management Council and is internationally acknowledged. Furthermore, given that EDP requires performance of an LCA, in
compliance with the requirements of the ISO 14040 series, the label provides
objective certification that the LCA data provided is of a high quality and inaccordance with international standards.

Cards printed using
sublimation transfer
ribbonThe Okayama Plant, where sublimation transfer ribbon is manufactured.

Designated product type: Sublimation transfer ribbon
Designated products:
Standard ink ribbons (2 types) for use with
sublime card printers:
ID-3BP (250 screen /PS core)
ID-3BP (250 screen/ABS core)
Examination body:
Japan Gas Appliances Inspection Association (JIA)
Registration body:
Sweden Environmental Management Council

Results of LCA on an ID-3BP ink ribbon (250 screen/PS Core)
Unit

Manufacturing

Use

Disposal

Total

Greenhouse gas

Kg CO2-eq

2.66E+00*

1.42E−02

6.27E−08

2.67E+00

Acidic gas

Kmol H+-eq

9.57E−05

1.31E−06

5.36E−12

9.70E−05

Ozone depleting gas

Kg CFC-11-eq

0.00E+00

0.00E+00

0.00E+00

0.00E+00

Formation of photo-chemical
oxidants

Kg ethene-eq

3.82E−03

1.70E−03

8.79E−06

5.54E−03

Kg O2-eq

1.19E−02

1.84E-04

8.27E−10

1.20E−02

Industrial waste for which
special management is required

Kg

4.17E−02––

4.17E−02

Industrial waste

Kg

6.10E−02––

6.10E−02

General waste

Kg

–

–

–

–

Emission substance

Eutrophic substances
Waste* Note: In the table, 2.66E+00, for example, would express 2.66 × 100 = 2.66; 9.57E−05 would express 9.57 × 10−5.

Environmental Report Awards
The DNP Group Environmental Report 2002, released in FY 2002
received the Prize for Excellence (the Global Environmental Forum Chairman’s Prize) in the 6th Environmental Report Awards, sponsored by the
Global Environmental Forum and the National Association for Promotion ofEnvironmental Conservation.

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Special Feature

Performing our social responsibilities
while aiming for sustainable development
Special Feature

At the DNP Group, in addition to operating in compliance with applicable laws and social ethics, we have given toppriority to realization of our corporate philosophy while making efforts for the benefit of society in the capacity of a good
corporate citizen.
Under this policy, in an effort to develop a company that earns the respect and trust of society, we established at
an early stage a number of committees, including our Corporate Ethics Committee, Environmental Committee, Product
Safety Committee, and Committee for Promotion of Data Security & Personal Data Protection, each which have madeongoing efforts to tackle the issues at hand. In this section, we introduce a few of the key efforts we have made to carryout our duty to society, that is, efforts towards the development of a recycling-oriented society.

DNP Group Corporate Pledge
Corporate Ethics Committee
Manages education and efforts to raiseawareness of laws and social ethics
Open Door Room
Answers employee queries at all times

Changes in expectations of society
Former expectations
Provision of products and services
Protection of privacy
Provision of information security
Current & future expectations

10*1 F u s i o n o f D N P s p r i n t i n gtechnology with information
technology to provide solutions
that will bring about newvalues. Please refer to page 2.
*2 Domestic system under which athird-party organization certifies
that the company is handlingpersonal information in aproper manner. The reviewing
organization examines to see
whether a personal information
management system has
been established and is inoperation.Companies deemed
to have met the required standards are granted permission to
use the privacy mark.
*3 A information security management system for protecting thedata assets of an organization;
generally used in reference tothe ISMS compliance evaluation
system, a domestic third party
evaluation system.
*4 Data security management
system standards as issued
by the BSI (The British
Standards Institute). Defining
security as the maintenanceof air-tightness, perfection
and availability, the standards
require the managementof data values, threats andvulnerability.

Corporate Ethics
In 1992 the DNP Group established the DNP Group Corporate Pledge,
which set forth clear instructions to act in accordance with laws and corporate ethics. Through this and other means, we promote efforts to carry out
our responsibilities to society. In October 2002, aiming to further enhance
our compliance systems, we established our “Open Door Room”, a consultation office where employees can discuss matters concerning compliance.

Information Security
Since its establishment, the DNP Group has processed data concerning our customers and consumers for further application in the businessworld. In the course of these activities, we have maintained a high level of
information security, and aim to improve this still further in the future. In addition to the provision of high quality products and services, we will continue
to provide P&I Solutions*1 based on a foundation of stringent personal dataprotection and information security systems.

[ Management structure ]In April 2002, we established the DNP Group Committee for Promotion of Information Security & Personal Data Protection, and have beendeveloping our management structure, including those of our subsidiaries,
towards the establishment of an information security management system.
DNP Group Committee for Promotion ofInformation Security & Personal Data Protection[ Organization within business divisions ]Business Divisions
Affiliates

Information Security Officer (Division Chief, affiliate president)
Auditing & Inspection Officer
Information Security Promotion Office Chief
Information Security Manager
Education Officer
Security Region Measure Officer
External Operations Officer[ Results of efforts ]Information Systems Measure Officer

Following our establishment of organizational structures to promote the protection of personal
data in April 1999, we have made ongoing efforts to improve our level of security, establishing internal
rules and guidelines, enhancing our staff training programs and acquiring certifications such as thePrivacy Mark*2, ISMS*3, and the BS7799*4.
Company training programs-performance

Certifications acquired

Staff training through network learning• May 2000: Personal Data Protection Training (Part 1) begins, attended by some 8,000 employees participate• Feb. 2002: Personal Data Protection Training (Part 2) begins, attended by some 8,000 employees participate• Sept. 2002: Information Security Training begins, attended by some 16,000 employees
Internet Business Emergency Response Training (Lectures and practicalclasses)• Begin in March 2003, attended by some 2,000 employees from the Business Planning Division

Divisions acquiring Privacy Mark• Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd., Business Form Operations• Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd., IPS Operations• Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd., C&I Operations• DNP Digitalcom Co., Ltd.
• DNP Logistics Co., Ltd.
• Dai Nippon Uniprocess Co., Ltd.
• DNP Media Create Kansai Co., Ltd.
Divisions acquiring BS7799 and ISMS certification• DNP Facility Service Co., Ltd.

Efforts to protect personal data
• April 1999: System for Promotion of Information Security & Personal Data Protection established• Dec. 1999: Company Rules based on the JIS Q 15001
Personal Data Protection Rules & Guideline established• Jan. 2000: CP established in sections handling personal data-begin to acquire Privacy Mark.

Efforts to Universal Design (UD)The DNP Group provides a wide range of products for use by general consumers. Given thatpackages are products that consumers actually grasp when using, the DNP Packaging Division has
established five rules for universal design (“UD”) under which it develops and proposes new products.

Special Feature

The DNP concept of UD:

Packages designed to be a pleasure to use by all who handle themRule 1. Clear, easy-to-understand expression of required information
Rule 2. Simple, intuitive utility

Five DNP rules
for UD

Rule 3. Flexibility and safety during use
Rule 4. Appropriate weight and size
Rule 5. Able to be opened with minimum force or movement

Cap marked in braille lettering.

1. Be of a shape that enhances the attractiveness of the product2. Be easy to separate and dispose of

Product Safety
In 1994 we established the Product Safety Committee. We have alsoestablished a common product liability (PL) management system throughout
the entire DNP group and continue to promote product safety on a groupwide basis. The fundamental framework of the PL management systemcomprises PL risk checks performed when developing new products orwhen we receive a complaint, as well as an overall safety review of our

PL Management System
Developing new
product

Performance of
PL Risk Check

Product designchange,Improvement in
manufacturing
technology

Product production based onstandards specification sheet

Production of
product safety
sheetsFollowing receipt
of complaint

entire product lineup once a year. Under the system, whenever products or
manufacturing methods deemed liable to contain faults are detected, we
modify design and improve technology to eliminate risk, using our findings
as a reference to establish product safety standards, and perform produce

All product lines,
once a year

safety reviews each year. To date, we have established standards for 408
different items, which are used as safety standards for product manufacturing. Furthermore, we have been performing PL training programs since 1994

Product safety
confirmationand have performed computer network-based training through since 2000,
through which a total of 4,468 employees completed training.

Responding to Natural Disasters

a regional management system is placed between the central management
system and the management systems of the individual sites to make iteasier for sites located in a common region to coordinate their activities inthe event of a disaster. Furthermore, each office has its own fire brigade,which carry out training drills on a bi-annual basis. We have performed thefollowing efforts to improve our disaster relief facilities:(1) We performed earthquake-resistance tests on over 800 buildings nationwide to a level ofmagnitude 6 (400 gal*1), making earthquake strengthening modifications where necessary.

Regional Disaster
Prevention
Committee

Implementation

an earthquake. Our disaster prevention organization is structured such thatDNP Group
Central Disaster
Prevention
Committee

Coordination

minimize damage to people, property and business activities in the event of(Permanent groups)
Management

The DNP group has implemented various emergency response
measures incorporating both organizational systems and facilities in order toDisaster prevention system

Divisional
BC Disaster
Prevention
Committee(Following disaster)

Actionsubgroup

DNP Group Central
Disaster Response
Headquarters

Actionsubgroup

Regional Disaster
Response
Headquarters

Actionteams

Divisional BC
Disaster Response
Headquarters

Actionteams(2) Emergency power shut-down system installed
1. Power automatically shut off and machinery stopped in event of earthquake exceeding 150 gal.

Fire brigades

Fire brigades

2. Ink supply system and elevators automatically stopped in event of earthquake exceeding 80 gal.150(3) Installed emergency announcement system that operates automatically in the event of anearthquake.
(4) Installed emergency communications systems within major sites within the DNP group
comprising a multi-channel two-way radio and a satellite telephone to back up our emergency
telephone network.
(5) Installed a “DNP Voice Mail” system that allows employees and their family members tocontact each other in event of a disaster.
(6) Installed emergency provisions such as food, water and torches (We distributed these to local
citizens after the Hanshin earthquake).

The action subgroups and teams are selected inaccordance with factors such as ability, buildings,
property protection, business activities, public relations and region.
*1 A unit of acceleration used to express the acceleration of seismic waves. 1 gal expresses an accelerationof 1cm/s2.

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Evaluating & Fostering Personnel
Within the DNP group, we strive to foster independent professional personnel through our various
personnel and training systems. The development of sound, professional employees helps to stimulate
and strengthen our organization, leading to the realization of our Vision for the 21st Century.

Special Feature

Personnel systems[ Target management system (Managerial positions), Target challenge system (General positions) ]Under this system, every six months, employees set their own work targets, plans, methods andschedule in accordance with the aims of their division. The system has been devised to encourage staff
to take on new challenges, rewarding each employee with bonuses or promotions in accordance with
their achievements.

[ Self-evaluation performance development system ]Under this system, employees review their achievements each year and consider their own careerplans and future studies. In their review, employees may enter their desire for transfer or family circumstances for later discussion with their superiors. Once completed, employees then fill in a “Performance
Development Card”, entering specific details regarding their superior’s perspective of their personal
development targets and career plans. In the event that the employee has a strong desire for transfer
and it is deemed necessary for the employee’s career development, employee superiors work to realize
this.

[ In-house venture system ]Under this system, employees make proposals for new businesses
to the company. Then, if adopted a new company is formed though jointinvestment, and the person making the proposal can sometimes become
the operator. For the employees wishing to utilize this system, we provide
a seminar on financing and marketing, the “New Business Development
Support Seminar.” In April 2002, a new company was developed under thissystem, CP Design Consulting, which performs consulting and educational
activities concerning personal data protection and crisis management.

Yasushi Suzuki,
President of CP Design Consulting
Co., Ltd.

[ In-house recruiting system ]Under this system, vacant positions requiring specialist knowledge or experience, or positions
created to strengthen a division or particular line of work are advertised within the DNP group. Employees may apply for such positions at their own free will. Recruiting drives are held twice a year, during
which 30–50 proposals are made. Following each recruiting drive, around 20–30 people transfer theirposition.

[ In-house apprenticeship system ]Under this system, employees who wish to learn the latest technology or acquire further knowledge about their current position, or wish to broaden their scope of work, may work as an apprentice inthe section of their choice for a limited term.

[ Meister system ]Under this system, employees who are skilled professionals are given the title “Meister.”Candidates are selected on the merits of specialist knowledge and skills, creativity, name recognition,
credibility and leadership skills, while those awarded the title of Meister are expected to pass on theirskills with those in their own division and to others within the DNP group.

Training systems[ Graded training ]The DNP Training Center in
HakoneThe DNP group offers a variety of training programs for executive staff, general staff and new
employees, each graded to suit the rank and duties of each staff member. Between April 2002 andMarch 2003, we trained a total of 5, 270 employees under this system.
Executive staff: Leadership studies, executive training, training common to all job types, specialist
training for each job type (network learning)
General employees: training common to all job types, specialist training for each job type (network
learning, technical seminars)
New employees: New employee training[ Network learning ]Network learning is a training system that allows employees to study through the company intranet.
The system is used when providing essential training to group-wide employees or the employees of a
specific division, or when providing information on environmental changes for which a quick response isrequired. Currently, courses in 22 subjects are offered through network learning, covering environmental
problems, the PL law, information security, accounting and financial knowledge. Between April 2002
and March 2003, a total of 37,270 employees received training under the system.

[ CAPA ]12
A pamphlet on CAPADNP promotes a total of 192 study courses through correspondence such as business skill improve-ment courses and courses leading to the acquisition of qualifications such as an analyst for small- andmedium-sized businesses. Employees who acquire the qualifications within the allocated timeframe
receive from the company financial support equivalent to half the tuition fees. Between April 2002 andMarch 2003, a total of 2, 186 employees studied under such courses.

Special Feature

Internship Efforts
In response to corporate needs and to promote understanding of a wide variety of businesses, the
DNP group has established an internship system, into which it actively receives university students.

Domestic internship system “In Touch with DNP”
Our internship system has been operating since 1998. Furthermore, since 2001 we have applied thesystem within the DNP group, and hope to increase the number of companies making use of the system.
The purpose of the DNP internships is to “support students by providing the work experience so thatthey may contribute to society as soon as they enter it.” The DNP intern system is not related to thecompany recruiting system. The internship system is designed:• To help students chose their own position and industry when applying for a job;
• To make use of their knowledge acquired during their internship to enhance their continuation ofstudies at university.
In FY 2002, the DNP group held internships on 42 different themes, each lasting two weeks, in which
a total of 75 students participated. Furthermore, we held “mini internships*1” lasting one day on fouroccasions in Tokyo, and once in Osaka, in which a total of 3000 students participated.
“In Touch with DNP 2002”
Participation requirements
PeriodWork content
Number of students recruited

Student at university, graduate school, or technical institute (faculty, department of no significance)
Two weeks over August – September, 2002
Participants are allocated to positions based on the curriculum of each work theme, and are required to submit a report at thecompletion of the internship.
1 to 3 for each work theme

Method of application

Applicants are required to fill in the Entry Form within our home page*2.

Method of selection

Review of Entry Form and an interview.

*2 Website:
http://www.dnp.co.jp/intern/

Work themes and locations
No

Theme

*1 We performed this for students
that could not make the 2-weekcommitment or who wereunable to enter the internshipprogram. The program included
guided tours of various facilities
as well as business training
sessions involving group work.

Division

Location1

WWW server system performance evaluation test

DNP Digitalcom Co., Ltd.

Tokyo

2

IT Logistics planning development

DNP Information Systems Co., Ltd.

Tokyo

3

Digitization of visual contents production

DNP AV Center Co., Ltd.

Tokyo

4

Digital archive management of artworks such as the RMNImage Archives*3

DNP Archives .Com Co., Ltd.

Tokyo

5

Efforts to make effective use of corporate historical
documents

DNP Corporate History Center Co.,
Ltd.

Tokyo

*3 Business involving the rentalof positive film or digital data
for the 500,000 artworks of
the RMN, (the French National
Art Gallery Federation), andthe image licensing forreproductions thereof.

Plus 42 other work themes

Comments by participants Ms. Nami Tateyama: Majoring in International Business, Department of Law
Work theme:

Internet-based marketing and site planning

I found it fun to create presentation materials while holding discussions andcooperating with the other participants-it gave me the sort of satisfaction thatyou just don’t find at university. Looking back on it now, I have to say that it was
one of the most significant experiences that I have had during my university
years. The internship gave me the opportunity to realize the importance of working and human relationships, and the pleasure of making your own way through life, besides giving me the opportunity to findout who I really am.

 Mr. Shigeharu Yoshida: Majoring in Applied Biology, Graduate School ofIndustrial Art & Science
Work theme:

Development of functional wrapping materials

Before participating I had the impression that research work was a bit of aclosed shop. However, after watching everyone rushing to and from businessappointments and answering one call after another, the word “action” suddenly
appeared in my head. Furthermore, the way people responded was speedy, precise and direct. I also
realized that the ability to respond under pressure and use one’s imagination was also essential factorsthat helped one to perform tests and produce results in a limited amount of time. Participating in theinternship program provided me with a good opportunity to view myself objectively.

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Special Feature*1 This program was established by the “Japan Science &Technology Fund” that was set
up under the Pacific 2000 plan,established by the Canadianfederal government in an effort topromote exchange with countries
in the Pacific region. The programis aimed at 4th year students in
Canadian university science andengineering departments, who
would like to experience working
in Japan. DNP has participated in
the program since 1995.
*2 This center is associated with
the Institute for International
Studies and Training and wasestablished in May 1987 as a
backbone organization for coordinating industrial cooperation
between Europe and Japan.

Overseas internship system
DNP receives interns from overseas, mainly through the Co-op Japan Program*1. In 2003 we
intend to accept one student through the Co-op Japan program and one through the EU-Japan Center
for Industrial Cooperation*2. In January 1989, DNP established DNP Denmark A / S in Karlslunde, Denmark. Serving as the base for manufacture and sale of large projection TV screens (60 to 200 inch), thecompany has expanded to become the largest Japanese corporation in Denmark. As part of our effort
to contribute to Danish society, as of 2001, we have been receiving interns from Copenhagen Business
School (CBS). The aim of the intern program is to have the intern increase their knowledge and appreciation of DNP and Japan, in the hope that they will pass this on to other students following their return.

 Mr. Hans Ruben Vinding:

Majoring in economics and managerial studies,
Copenhagen Business School

Period of intern program:

October 2002 to July 2003

Received by:

Display Components Operations, Electronic Device
Operations
I have always had an interest in Japan, and studied Japanese at theCBS. As I studied the language, I became interested in the culture, and ended
up wanting to stay long term so I could get to know Japan better.
During my internship I studied marketing analysis based on various data,
and analyses of the strategies of Japanese corporations that have been successful in overseas markets. I also went on a study tour of the manufacturing
line of the Kamifukuoka plant, where I saw how they made photo-masks andlead frames semiconductors. In the future I hope to make use of the things I
have learned at DNP in Denmark, and eventually work for a Danish company
with strong links with Japan or a Japanese company with strong links with
Denmark.

Health & Welfare
The DNP group is striving to enhance our welfare systems, measures and facilities, in an effort topromote health among employees and their families and to provide a pleasant comfortable workplace.

DNP Group Total Welfare System
In order to ensure that our employees understand and make the most of the various welfare systems
offered by the DNP Group, we send explanatory materials to the homes of our employees.

Consultation officeSince 1985 we have operated a consultation office were employees can discuss legal matters, tax
matters and housing matters with specialist consultation staff in cooperation with lawyers and tax consultants.

Health consultations[ DNP health network ] Telephone health consultation system
Under this system, employees can discuss health and medical concerns with consultants from a specialist medical organization.
 Mental health counseling system
Under this system, employees can receive mental health counselingfrom a medical school specialist or clinical psychologist. Employees
can visit clinics throughout the nation, from Hokkaido to Okinawa.

*3 The mental health consultation
office also holds the intranetbased mental health seminar
aimed at managerial staff, developed by DNP. The seminar was
prepared by a medical specialist
in charge of mental health consultations, diagnosis and treatment.
The seminar provides informationof direct importance to managers
such as types of stress, methodsof prevention and early warning
signs etc.

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[ Mental health consultation clinic ]Employees may receive examinations by specialists or counseling byspecialist counselors twice a week at Ichigaya Medical Center.*3[ Nutrition & exercise consultation clinic ] DNP Facility Service Co., Ltd. has established a nutrition & exercise
consultation clinic, staffed by nutritionists and health care trainers inan effort to promote health and prevent lifestyle diseases.

[ Nursing care consultation service ]Under this service, DNP group executives, employees and their families or retirees may discuss their nursing care needs with a specialist
care manager.

Life plan consultation office
The main services of the life plan consultation office are consultations concerning post-retirement
economic problems such as employment insurance, etc., and the provision of information on lifetime
learning opportunities, etc.

Efforts to Reduce Greenhouse Gas*1 (GHG) Emissions*1 Greenhouse gases (GHG):

Efforts to reduce GHGs are being carried out on an international scale based on the Framework Convention on Climatic
Change. The Kyoto Protocol sets forth the targets for reduction of such gases in Japan for the first commitment period — 2008
to 2012. Under these circumstances, society is counting on companies to make efforts to reduce GHGs. At the same time,
however, experts predict that costs in the form of environmental taxes and emissions trading*2 will arise in connection with GHG
emissions and that GHG emissions will be subject to economic transactions.

Gases that have aneffect on global warming,prescribed as being
C O 2, C H 4, N 2O , H F C ,P F C , S F 6- 6 g a s . T h e
Kyoto Protocol built inthree flexible measures
for the reduction ofgreenhouse gases,
namely, Joint Initiatives,
Clean Development
Mechanisms, andEmissions Trading.

Special Feature

The DNP group has positioned the problem of global warming as a global issue of extreme
importance, recognizing the reduction of GHGs as a corporate social responsibility and taking appropriate steps against this. Furthermore, in order to ensure corporate sustainability, we are taking measuresto accommodate future environmental restrictions. In FY 2002 we prepared a calculation & reporting
manual and a GHG emissions inventory, needed in order to determine accurately the overall amount of
GHGs arising from business activities.

*2 Emissions trading

Calculation of GHG emissions
In addition to our ongoing efforts based on the Energy Conservation Law and the Law for Measuresagainst Global Warming, as listed in pages 38 and 39, the DNP group has established as an environmental target and has achieved results regarding voluntary efforts to reduce CO2 emissions per unit ofvalue added production, which is an index of economic efficiency, and to restrict our overall emissionsof GHGs.
In FY 2002 we calculated the overall GHG emissions for the entire DNP group based on the GHG
Protocol*3 which is recognized as the international standard, so that we may perform accurately calculations for GHG emissions that may be required in the future. By making an accurate calculation of the
GHG emissions of our overall business operations, we will be able to take appropriate action against
fluctuations in emissions arising from changes in production activities, and provide useful data to use asa reference when making decisions regarding the establishment of facilities to reduce GHGs. Throughthese efforts, we will not only be able to achieve the environmental targets of the DNP group, we will
also be able to take appropriate measures in response to new environmental restrictions anticipated in
the future.

System that allows
countries and companies
to trade amounts of GHG
emissions with each otherso that they may achieve
reduction targets.
*3 GHG Protocol
Inter national guideline
developed in 1998 byt h e Wo r l d B u s i n e s s
Council for Sustainable
Development (WBCSD)
and the World Resources
Institute (WRI) for calculating and reporting six
types of greenhouse gasprescribed in the Kyoto
Protocol.

Furthermore, the Ministry of the Environment and the Ministry of the Economy, Trade & Industry, have been preparing
legislation regarding the calculation of greenhouse gas emissions. In FY 2003, The Ministry of the Environment released “Trial
Businesses for Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading” while METI released “Credit Trading Transfer Trial Businesses” as a step
towards developing regulations concerning calculation of greenhouse gases. The DNP group intends to participate in discussions concerning the development of such regulations and increase our knowledge in this area.

Results of calculations of GHG emissions by the DNP group by year
FY 2001
Emission
type

Source/gas

Direct(Unit: t-CO2)
FY 2002

FY 2003

CO2

CH4

N2O

Total

CO2

CH4

N2O

Total

CO2

CH4

N2O

Total

1. Fuel consumption

383,253975

80

384,308

385,048

1,400

157

386,605

415,996

1,576

236

417,808

Direct2. Incineration of waste on
site

44,499−3936

45,43243,353−3869

44,21930,626−2652

31,276

Direct

3. Transport of products

6,077

3

80

6,160

5,277

3

70

5,350

4,663

3

64

IndirectPurchase of electricity

438,172

438,172

418,931418,931393,766

Total

874,072

855,105

4,730
393,766
847,580

Note: Please refer to related data on pages 38 and 51.

[ Scope and method of calculation ]This report covers the GHG emissions of all of the sites subject to disclosure (See pages 4-5) except
DNP Industrial Supplies Co., Ltd., which was separated during the term, and DNP Facility Service Co.,
Ltd., which does not have a production division, with FY 2000 as the base year.
(1) Scope of calculation• Under the GHG protocol, greenhouse gases are calculated as follows:
Direct/Indirect

Emissions source

Scope 1

Direct emission
amountEmissions direct from site

Production of electricity, heat and steam. Mechanical & chemical
production process. Transport of raw materials, products, waste.
Leakage from production facilities.

Content

Scope 2

Indirect emission
amountEmissions due to purchase & saleof electricity & heat.

In order to ensure transparency, purchase amount and sale amount(not net consumption amount) indicated.

Scope 3

Indirect emission
amountIndirect emissions arising fromtransport of products, employeetransport commuting, and main
production processes of outsourced
products.

Employee business trips and commuting. Emissions arising from
disposal of company waste. Emissions arising during use of
products produced & sold. Direct emissions from companies towhich work is outsourced.

The DNP group has calculated the direct emissions (Scope 1) from our production activities and the characteristics of products we make,determining these to be attributable to the consumption of fuel, incineration of waste and transport of products. We have not determined
emissions arising in connection with transport of raw materials and waste, as these are not subject to management. Under the GHG
protocol, disposal of our waste falls under Scope 3. Incineration of waste, however, is calculated as direct emissions of Scope 1. In Scope2, we have calculated purchase of electricity as indirect emissions. We have not determined the GHG amount for items under Scope 3.

(2) Method of calculation
The heat generation amount and the GHG emission coefficients for each emissions source were calculated using the methods appearing
in the report on the results of the review of methods of calculation of emissions of greenhouse gases as proposed by the Environmental
Ministry’s “Greenhouse Gas Emissions Calculation Method Deliberation Committee,” in August 2002 and the Enforcement Regulations of
the revised Energy Conservation Law executed in April 2003.

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Project to Reduce GHG

Special Feature

Based on an accurate understanding of the GHG emissions reduction amount, we positioned
as a domestic CDM/JI*1 the cogeneration system project implemented within the Mihara plant of Dai
Nippon Printing Precision Device Co., Ltd. Furthermore, using the CDM/JI procedure as a reference,
we produced a program design document (PDD), calculated the emissions amount and the reduction
amount and evaluated the effectiveness of the project.
GHG emissions reduction project calculation results
Item evaluated/calculated(1) Base year
(FY 2000)(2) Cogeneration plan

(3) FY 2000 Cogeneration
operation performance(Performance for August to
March converted to annual
performance amount)(4) FY 2002 Case in which
cogeneration not implemented(Performance for August to
March converted to annual
performance amount)(5) Case in which cogeneration
performed at same energy
demand as when planned

CO2 Emissions (tons)

CO2 Emissions (tons)

CO2 Emissions (tons)

CO2 Emissions (tons)

CO2 Emissions (tons)

Breakdown ofenergy type
Energy type

Breakdown

Electricity

Purchased electricity

61,855

10,59733,912

81,078

10,823

Electricity generated
through cogeneration

0

0

0

0

0

Electricity generated
through STC

0

0

0

0

0

Municipal gas

Nitrogen gas

36,453

3,661

13,38046,948

5,086

Cogeneration

055,222

51,422051,422Oxygen rich boiler

0

2,097

2,168

0

2,168

Cogeneration system

0

0

0

0

0

External purchase

297

0

0

997

0

Transport (Diesel)kl

16

0

0

54

0

98,621

71,576

100,882

129,078

69,499

BoilerTotal CO2 emissions*1 CDM: A system forreducing GHGs throughjoint cooperation between
advanced and developing
countries. Under thissystem, advanced
countries that invest in
GHG reduction facilities
in developing countries
can acquire credits for theemissions they reduce insuch countries.
JI: A system for reducing
GHGs through joint cooperation between advanced
countries. Under thissystem, advanced
countries that invest in
GHG reduction facilities
in developing countries
can acquire credits for theemissions they reduce insuch countries.
Domestic CDM/JI: Domestic
GHG reduction operations.

 Shaded portion is column CO2 emission amount by cogeneration operation.
The factory steam demand amount for (1), (2) and (5) of the Item Evaluated Column is 231,000 tons; that for (3) and (4) is 298,000 tons. CO2 emissions were calculated from the amount of municipal gas consumed in each type of steam emission facility. Regarding external purchases of nitrogen gas, we calculated the CO2 emission
amount arising during manufacture of nitrogen gas by the external operator and the CO2 emitted in the course of transporting the gas to the factory. The CO2 emissions
coefficients for electricity were calculated using the coefficients used by Chugoku Electric power company.

 Results of calculations for GHG emissions reduction project
The GHG emissions reduction project calculation results table expresses the results of estimations arising in connection withchanges in the base year, project planning, performance and energy demand.
(1) The base year was set as 2000, the year in which cogeneration systems (two5000kW gas turbines) were scheduled to be installed. Our energy consumption
amount in FY 2000 included 96,649,000 kWh purchased from an electric company, 15,717,000m3 of purchased municipal gas, resulting in GHG emissions of
98,621 tons.
(2) Under the plan under which the cogeneration system was implemented, we
calculated the planned GHG emissions amount with the energy consumption
amount at the same level as the base year. As a result, the GHG emissions
amount stood at 71,576 tons, while the planned GHG reduction amount stood at
27,045 tons, which is expected to bring about reductions equivalent to 27% of
the entire emissions of the Mihara plant.
(3) The reduction in GHGs through cogeneration operations were calculated fromthe month in which the operations began until March 2003, given that cogeneration operations began in August 2002. We then converted this to an annual
amount. The results showed GHG emissions to be 100,882 tons.

 Overview of the cogeneration system
The cogeneration system at the Mihara plant is an energy
multi-stage utilization system that was developed independently by DNP in accordance with the characteristics of theplant. The following describes the key elements of the system and their functions:* Gas turbine: Produces electricity and fuel though combustion of municipal gas* Steam turbine compressor: Produces electricity and compressed air through steam* Nitrogen gas production system: Produces nitrogen gas and oxygen-rich air from compressed
air. The nitrogen gas is used in the production process.

(4) Cases in which cogeneration was not implemented at FY 2002 energy demand:
In FY 2002, production was expanded at plants, increasing electricity consumption by 140% and steam consumption by 128% against a base year of FY
2000. This made it difficult to calculate the reduction amount. In view of this, we
calculated emissions in the case where a cogeneration system had not been
implemented at FY 2002 energy demand, comparing the results. The results
indicated that the GHGs stood at 129,078 tons, and that operation of cogeneration systems had reduced emissions by 22%.
(5) Furthermore, in order to compare the effects arising from cogeneration system
operation with the planned effects, we calculated energy consumption for FY
2002 in the case where it was the same as the planned amount. The results
indicated GHG emissions to be 69,499 tons, less than the planned amount of
71,576 tons, indicating the achievement of reduction effects in excess of theplanned amount.

Used in steam-powered production systems
 are facilities

Fuel (Municipal gas)

Cogeneration systems (2)Used in steam-powered
production systems

Electricity

Steam

Steam turbine
compressor* Oxygen-rich boiler: Boiler exhaust gas used to supply aid to boiler. The oxygen-rich gas produced through the nitrogen gas production system is injected in with the boiler exhaust gas,so that it may be used as air supply gas. This marks the first time that such a system has beenused in Japan, and may be recognized as a new means for achieving CDM/JI.

Compressed air
Steam turbine compressor

Nitrogen gas
generator

Nitrogen gas

Oxygen-rich air

Nitrogen gas-consuming
production equipment

Nitrogen gas generator

Steam

Oxygen-rich boiler

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The cogeneration system at the Mihara plant

Oxygen-rich boiler

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Environmental Management System

Environmental

Management
SystemX
XXX

DNP Group Environmental Philosophy and Vision for the 21st Century . . . . . . . . . . . .18

Contents

DNP Environmental Management System, “Eco-Report System” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19
Management Activities-Companywide Environmental Management System . . . . . . 21
State of ISO 14001 Implementation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Achievements and Assessment of Conservation Activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Environmental Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Close-up Report

Environmental awareness among employees

In an effort to improve our environmental performance, the DNP group performs ongoing improvement of our management systems. Furthermore, each employee makes an effort to reduce environmental impact, being fully aware of theenvironmental impact of their allocated products and the production processes thereof.

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The DNP Group Environmental Philosophy
and Vision for the 21st Century
Practice of environmental management
Environmental
Management System

Summary Since the establishment of the Environment Department of DNP in 1972, the DNP group has
promoted environmental conservation activities. In 1992 we established our Environmental
Commitment. In 1993, we began full-fledged environmental management activities, following theestablishment of our Eco-Reporting System, the group’s original environmental management
system. Furthermore, in March 2000 we strengthened our conservation activity promotion systemwith the establishment the DNP Group Environmental Committee. In May 2001, we made afresh start, establishing the DNP Group’s Vision for the 21st Century, and adopting a corporate
philosophy of “the DNP Group will contribute to the creation of an intellectually active, rich, and21st century society with emergent evolution.”
At DNP group, we aim to develop a better relationship with society, functioning as a good corporate citizen, aiming to realize a recycling oriented society while becoming a better partner withextensive community involvement.

The DNP Group’s Environmental Philosophy
In 1992 the DNP group adopted a commitment to the environment, declaring its intention to strive to protect the global
environment and use resources effectively within the DNP group Code of Conduct, which is used as a guideline by all employees.

[ Environmental Declaration ]“We will make every effort to protect the prosperity and future of the human race by protecting
the environment and using resources effectively.”
Today we face the serious issue of how to protect the global environment. Due to the dramatic economic growth of recent years,
our ecosystem is being destroyed through the depletion of the ozone layer, global warming, increasing volumes of industrial waste,
and the careless consumption of natural resources. As a result, our earth’s circulatory system is beginning to be affected. These
problems, together with the rapid depletion of natural resources, should be a source of concern, since they threaten our daily
life and may even stifle economic growth. We will act aggressively in addressing environmental issues, using our comprehensive
technological resources to safeguard the prosperity and future of the human race. (Excerpt from the DNP Group’s Codes of Conduct)

The DNP Group’s Environmental Policies
The DNP Group’s efforts are directed towards the continuous prosperity of a world economy with limited resources andfor the development of a society that recirculates resources. The DNP Group is making every effort to minimize the impact ourbusiness operations have on the environment, and this includes compliance with environmental laws and regulations as well as
recognizing the relationship that each of our business activities has to the environment.
1 Each member of the DNP Group establishes and periodically reviews its own environmental policies and environmental targets, and puts into
effect continuous improvement of its activities and the prevention of environmental pollution.
2 For all construction projects, and before designing and commissioning new facilities, we carry out a full and detailed environmental survey toassess the impact that the project will have on the environment, to make proper efforts to protect the environment.
3 When carrying out research, development and design for a new product, we consider the impact of the product on the environment throughout its life cycle, including the ordering of raw materials, production, distribution, use, and disposal. We give special consideration to energy
conservation, resource conservation, and reducing the use of harmful chemicals.
4 When purchasing raw materials, stationery, and equipment, we choose items that are ecologically-friendly and easy to recycle.
5 In manufacturing a product, we aim to comply with environmental laws and regulations, and moreover we set up more stringent standards toreduce the emissions of pollutants into the air, watershed, and soil, and to prevent unpleasant odors, noise, vibration, and land subsidence.
We are constantly improving facilities, techniques and manufacturing processes to promote the targets of energy conservation, resource
conservation and the reduction of industrial waste.
6 When generating waste from business operations, we strive to achieve zero emissions by separating and recycling waste as much as possible.

Implementation of Environmental Management
In 1972, the DNP Group established the Environment Department at Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd. to initiate fullscale
environmental activities, reduce the emissions of industrial waste, and conserve energy. In addition, this enabled the company
to begin developing products with environmental conservation in mind. In 1993, the Group formed the Eco-Report System as its
management system. This signaled the start of the company’s full-scale environmental management activities. Furthermore, inMarch 2000, the DNP Group’s Environmental Committee was launched. Prior to the set up of this committee, the environmental
management system dealt mainly with manufacturing sites. However, the committee enhanced this system to encompass sales,planning and R&D and helped to further the group’s environmental conservation activities.

DNP Group’s Vision for the 21st Century

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The DNP Group will contribute to the creation of an intellectually active, rich, and 21st century society with emergent evolution.
As part of our vision for the 21st century, the DNP group embraces the above environmental philosophy. Furthermore, in
response to increasingly complex environmental issues, utilizing the fruits of printing technology developed over the years andtechnical expertise of the DNP group, we will strive to provide environmentally sound products and reduce environmental impact ofthe production process.
At DNP, we aim to develop a better relationship with society, acting as a good corporate citizen, working to realize a recycling oriented society while becoming a better partner with extensive community involvement.

DNP Environmental Management System,“Eco-Report System”

Environmental
Management System

Summary Developed by the DNP group as a means of achieving the group’s environmental targets, the
Eco-Report System is an original environmental management system that forms the basis of thegroup’s environmental management activities. The DNP group practices ongoing group-wide
environmental activities, incorporating ISO 14001-certified systems that take into account thecharacteristics of each business domain, based on our Eco-Report environmental management
system.

Local
Citizens

Banks

Media

Employees

Eco-Report System
NGOs

Customers

Consumers

Shareholders

Government
Authorities

To various stakeholders

DNP Group Code of Conduct

DNP Group Environmental Targets (DNP Group Environmental Committee)
Promotion office

DNP group
Eco-Report

DNP group
environmental
reportBi-annual issue

Operation Group Environmental Targets(Operation Group Environmental Committee)
Promotion offices

Annual issue

Environmental Guidelines

Environmental policies
of each site

DNP Group Eco-Report

Environmental organizationand chain of command

ActionDo

Site Eco-Report

Plan

Based on the social trends concerning
environmental issues, the DNP Group’s
semiannual activity policies and the site
eco-reports, the promotion office of the
DNP Group’s Environmental Committee(Environment & Product Liability
Department) publishes a summary of
all the environmental activities of theentire DNP Group twice a year (April andOctober).

Check
Internal environmental audit (Eco-Audit)

Site Eco-Report

Environmental Guidelines

This report serves as a registry of environmental management activities. Each
DNP business site must submit it twice ayear (April and October).
This publication describes various
standards and guidelines (such as industrial waste processing standards, energy
conservation standards, voluntary
inspection standards for environmental
conservation, standards for office wastesorting and collection, and Eco-Audit
checklists) for establishing the EcoReport System.

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DNP Group’s Environmental Management System (EMS)
Environmental
Management System[ Environmental Policies and Targets ]The DNP Group’s environmental policies and targets are decided by
the DNP Group’s Environmental Committee at its head office and reviewed
on a regular basis in light of global and customer trends, and the status ofcompanywide activities.
The policies and targets specified herein are widely communicated throughout the company from the head office’s promotion office tothe environmental committee and promotion office in each operations. The
environmental committee of each operations then establishes its own policies and targets based on those passed down from the head office and inconsideration of business trends. It then carries out specific activities basedon each division’s policies and targets.

Environmental Committee
March 29, 2002 Decided on the policy for efforts in
FY 2002
August 29, 2002 Released activity report for firsthalf of FY 2001
March 31, 2003 Decided on the policy for efforts in
FY 2003[ Implementing Activities at the Site ]When implementing specific activities, each site conducts environmental management activities as stipulated in the DNP Group’s environmental guidelines. Activities are recorded monthly in a Site Eco-Report. On a six
month basis, results are assessed and targets are set for the next six month
period. In addition, site activities are audited once a year to ascertain if they
comply with legal regulations and to see the achievement of targets for theoverall Group. This is done to ensure the improvement of environmental
management activities.

Produced Site Eco-Report for term ending Sept. 2002
(Record of site activities from April to Sept. 2002)
Produced Site Eco-Report for term ending March 2003
(Record of site activities from October to March 2002)
Environmental audit “Eco-Audit” implemented[ Flow for the Disclosure of Environmental Information ]The head office’s promotion office publishes DNP Group Eco-Reportcovering companywide activities twice a year, based on changes in social
environmental trends and the Site Eco-Reports from each operations. Thisis the Group’s white paper on environmental activities. Following publicationof the report, management goes out to each site to resolve problems at aparticular site or the positioning of each problem within the Group for the
purpose of mutually understanding environmental information and pinpointing important issues that exist among operations. The paper also supports
the sharing of information and ascertaining future key topics. Furthermore,
once a year, this DNP Group Environmental Report is published to inform of
our environmental management activities over the past year.

Released DNP Eco-Report No. 19(Record of site activities from April to September 2002)
Released DNP Eco-Report No. 20(Record of site activities from October to March 2002)[ Achievement of Autonomous, Environmentally Conscious Plants ]The DNP Group uses three tools, its environmental guidelines, Site
Eco-Reports and the DNP Group Eco-Report. Once every six months
PDCA (PlanDoCheckAct) practices are carried out. This helps eachsite become more independent in conducting management and controlling
environmentally conscious procedures and aiming toward the achievementof autonomous, environmentally conscious plants.

DNP Group EcoReport[ Practice of Environmental Management ]20

In 1972 the Environmental Department was established to start
fullfledged environmental management activities. In 1993, we set up a
proprietary environmental management system known as the Eco-Report
System. In the beginning, the system covers 23 major sites nationwide.
Today the system has been expanded and encompassed 55 sites including
sales and planning divisions, not just manufacturing plants. Over the courseof the years since its initial implementation, we have worked continually to
improve management methods. We will continue to carry out this system.
Furthermore, we plan to expand the system to meet the needs of thechanging times. We aim to keep enhancing the level of our environmental
management system.
We intend to expand the themes we deal with. Our issues have mainly
focused on our plants but we plan to take on issues such as the development and sale of environmentally conscious products and green purchasing.
Our goal is to be evaluated as a company which practices environmental
management and contributes to developing a recycling oriented society.

Evaluation of site activity performance by radar chart
In order to clarify the relative positioning of and problems associatedwith environmental management, waste reduction, global warming prevention, environmental conservation and PRTR of each site within the
DNP Group, we made an item-by-item index of the activity performanceof each site and expressed them in a radar chart.
EMS
PRTR

100%

Waste

80%
60%
40%

Smell

Energysaving20%0%Vibration

Air

Noise

The radar chart ofone particular site

Water
EMS

PRTR

100%
80%

Waste

Management Activities—
Groupwide Environmental Management System

Environmental
Management System

The DNP group environmental management organization comprises the DNP Group Environmental
Management Committee, which oversees the activities of the entire group, the environmental committees
of each operation group, and promotions offices which are placed under each committee. The DNP Group
Environmental Committee comprises Managing Directors from the Head Office core executives. The committee determines the environmental policy and targets for the entire DNP group while taking into accountsocial trends and activities of each business area, discusses and resolves proposal plans, and checks thestate of progress of plans and targets.
The items determined by the Environmental Committee are relayed through the promotions offices (Head
Office), to the environmental committees of each business group, where they are implemented taking into
account the characteristics of each business area, the results of which are compiled into Site Eco-Reports.

DNP Group Environmental Management Structure(As of March 31, 2003: Cumulative total, including persons holding concurrent posts.)

President
The DNP Group’s Environmental Committee

Chairman: Managing Director of the Technical Division and the Environment & Product Liability Department
Members: Managing Directors from the Head Office core executives

1 Deliberation and decision on DNP Group’s environmental policies, targets and plans
2 Approval of policies, targets and plans for each environmental committee in each operations group
3 Check and follow-up of plans and achievement of targets for each environmental committee in each operations group
4 Committee meets once every three months

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Manager: Manager of Environment & Product Liability Department
Members: Managers of the basic operations in the head office, members of the Environment & Product Liability
Department, and members of the Technical Division

Promotion Office

1 Proposes DNP Group’s environmental policies, targets and plans and reports them to the committee
2 Reports the policies, targets and plans decided upon by the DNP Group’s Environmental Committee to each environmental
committee in each operations group and does a progress check and supports activities
3 Reports on the activities (achievements, plans in progress) of each environmental committee in each operations group to the
DNP Group’s Environmental Committee

Environmental Committee in Each Operations Group

27 Operations Group Environmental Committees
Chairman: Operations managers
Members: Department managers in operationsPresidents and department managers of manufacturing affiliates

1 Deliberation and decisions on environmental policies, targets and plans for the operations group
2 Check and follow-up of plans and achievement of targets for each environmental committee in each operations group
3 Regular committee meetings

Promotion Office

30

255

Manager: Full-time or others
Members: Department managers in operations

1 Proposes operations group’s environmental policies, targets and plans and reports them to the committee
2 Reports the policies, targets and plans decided upon by each environmental committee in each operations group to all sites
and does a progress check and supports activities
3 Reports on the activities (achievements, plans in progress) of all sites to the committee

Technical and Manufacturing Group

Environmentally Conscious Products Development GroupRegional Measures Group

Environmental Conservation and PRTR Group

Office and Work Environment Group

Industrial Waste Reduction Group56 sites

Energy Conservation Group

Each Site of the Operations Group

Each Site of the Operations Group

Each Site of the Operations Group

Each Site of the Operations Group

Each Site of the Operations Group

Each Site of the Operations Group

226

721

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State of ISO 14001 Implementation

Environmental
Management System

The DNP group is carrying out group-wide environmental management through its Eco-Report System, an
independent, practical environmental management system. In addition, we are also striving to acquire ISO
14001 certification, giving priority to sites that need certification and tak ing into account the demands ofour clients.

TargetTo acquire ISO 14001 certification at 30 sites by FY 2005

Summary Performance: In FY 2002 five sites received certification, namely, Tien Wah Press (Pte.) Ltd., ofSingapore, Chikugo plant, Kyushu Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd., Kyoto plant, Semiconductor
Components Operations, Sayama plant, Information Media Supplies Operations, and Kansai Ono
plant, DNP Media Create Kansai Co., Ltd.
Starting with Okayama plant, Information Media Supplies Opearations, the first factory in theprinting industry to be awarded certification (in November 1997), by the end of FY 2002, weachieved ISO 14001 certification of a total of 14 systems at 16 sites.

In FY 2003, as a further step towards achievement of our targets,
Tokyo plant, Decorative Materials Operations and, Kamifukuoka plant,
Electronic Device Operations began implementation of an environmental
management system, in an effort to achieve certification within the fiscal
year. Aiming to acquire certification in FY 2005, we are promoting systemdevelopment at a further 14 sites. The Semiconductor Components Operations was renamed the Electronic Device Operations on April 1, 2003.
Chikugo plant, Kyushu Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.

State of acquisition of ISO 14001 certification (for 14 systems at 16 sites as of March 31, 2003)

Site nameDateacquiredOrganization at which
registered

Okayama plant, Information Media Supplies Operations

1997.11

JIA–QA*2

Mihara plant, Display Components Operations

1998. 7

DNV *3

DNP Facility Service Co., Ltd.*1

2000. 4JIC–QA*4

Okayama plant, Decorative Materials Operations

2000. 7JIA–QA

Tokai Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.

2001. 5JIA–QA

Sayama plant, Dai Nippon Printing Technopack Co., Ltd.

2001.12

DNV

Kobe plant, Decorative Materials Operations

2002. 1JIA–QATokyo plant, The Inctec Inc.

2002. 1JCQA*5

Kansai plant, The Inctec Inc.

2002. 1

JCQA

Utsunomiya plant, The Inctec Inc.

2002. 1JCQA

Ushiku plant, Business Form Operations

2002. 3

DNV

Tien Wah Press (Pte.) Ltd.

2002. 5PSB*6

Chikugo plant, Kyushu Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.

2002. 6

DNV

Kyoto plant, Semiconductor Components Operations

2002. 7

DNV

Sayama Plant, Information Media Supplies Operations

2002. 1JIA–QADNP Media Create Kansai Co., Ltd.

2003. 3

JIA–QA

Kyoto plant, Semiconductor Components Operations

Sayama plant, Information Media Supplies Operations*1. In addition to ISO 14001, management system for coordinating product quality, environment,
work safety, and foodstuff hygiene also acquired.
*2. JIA–QA: Japan Gas Appliances Association, QA Center*3. DNV: Det Norske Veritas (Norwary)*4. JIC–QA: JIC Quality Assurance Ltd.
*5. JCQA: Japan Chemical Quality Assurance Ltd.
*6. PSB Certification Pte, Ltd. (Singapore)Ono plant, DNP Media Create Kansai Co., Ltd.

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Achievements and Assessment of Conservation Activities◎ : Exceeded target by wide margin○ : Target achieved or progressing on target

 : Target unachieved
Performance in FY 2002

Evaluation

Page
no

Development & sale of environmentally conscious products Increase year-on-year sales by 10%• Increase in sales of environmentally conscious products

Year-on-year sales up by 35%
Sales in FY 2002 stood at ¥101.9 billion; those for FY 2001 stood at ¥75.7 billion

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PRTR
• Reduce the air emissions of toluene

To reduce air emissions of toluene of the entire group
to 500t/year by FY 2004

Air emissions amount in FY 2002 stood at 3,151 tons
Release amount reduced by 62% against a base year of FY 2000 (8,376 tons)◎

33• Reduce the release and transfer amount of chemical
substances designated as Type I substances under the
PRTR Law

To reduce the release and transfer amount of chemical Reduced by 29% against base year of 2000
substances (except toluene) designated as Type I
Release and transfer amount in FY 2002 stood at 870 tons
substances under the PRTR Law by 50% against a
Release and transfer amount in FY 2000 stood at 1,220 tons
base year of FY 2000○

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Global warming prevention• Reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

To reduce greenhouse gas emissions amount to thelevel in FY 2000 by FY 2010○

38, 39• Reduce overall energy consumption

To reduce overall energy consumption to FY 2000 level Reduced by 2.5% against a base year of FY 2000
by FY 2010
Overall consumption in FY 2002 stood at 18,069TJ; that in FY 2000 stood at
18,525T○

38, 39• Reduce energy consumption per unit of value added
production (energy consumption amount/production
amount)To reduce energy consumption per unit of value-added Reduced by 3.9% against a base year of FY1990
production by 15% by FY 2010 against a base year of Reduced by 3.4% against a base year of FY 2001
1990
FY 2002 energy consumption per unit of value added production stood at
3.94TJ/¥100 million. That for FY 2001 stood at 4.08TJ/¥100 million. That for
FY1990 stood at 4.10 TJ/¥100 million○

38, 39• Reduce of CO2 emissions per unit of value added
production (CO2 emissions amount/production)

To reduce CO2 emissions per unit of value added
production by 20% by FY 2010 against a base year of
FY1990

Reduced by 11.4% against base year of FY1990
Reduced by 2.5% against base year of FY 2001
FY 2002 CO2 emissions per unit of value added production: 176t-CO2/¥100 million
That for FY 2001:181t-CO2/¥100 million. That for FY1990: 199t-CO2/¥100 million○

38, 39Reduction of industrial waste• Reduce waste per unit of value-added production (waste
emissions amount/production)

To reduce waste by 20% by FY 2005 against a baseyear of FY 2000

Reduced by 32.4.% against a base year of FY 2000
That for FY2000 stood at 0.312 tons/¥million◎

34• Reduce overall amount of unused materials

To reduce unusable materials by 10% by FY 2005
against a base year of FY 2000

Reduced by 21.7% against a base year of FY 2000
FY 2002 unused materials: 506,000 tons
That for FY 2000 stood at 646,000 tons◎

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• Achieve zero emissions

To achieve zero emissions at 20 sites by FY 2005

Achieved at six sites.
Landfill use ratio at less than 1% at 24 sites.

○

35• Reduce unusable materials generation ratio (Unusedmaterials generation amount/materials input amount)

To reduce unusable materials generation ratio by 20%
by FY 2005 against a base year of FY 2000

Reduced by 14.7% against a base year of FY 2000
Unused materials generation ratio in FY 2002: 15.1
That in FY 2000: 17.7%○

34• Improve recycling ratio (Recycling amount/total unusable
materials amount)

To achieve a recycling ratio of 80% by 2005

Improved recycling ratio by 3.4 points since FY 2001
FY 2002 recycling ratio stood at 77.6%. That for FY 2001 stood at 74.2%◎

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Environmental Conservation• Reduce air pollutants

To keep maximum density of substances subject to air
emissions regulations at less than 70% of regulated
amountVoluntary standard attainment ratio: 93%(That in FY2001: 92%)◎

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• Reduce water pollutants

To keep maximum density of substances subject towastewater regulations at less than 70% of regulated
amountVoluntary standard attainment ratio: 89%(That in FY 2001: 83%)○

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• Control odors

To keep maximum odor level at site perimeter at lessthan 70% of regulated amount

Voluntary standard attainment ratio: 89%(That in FY 2001: 91%)○41

• Control noise

To keep maximum noise level at site perimeter at lessthat 95% of regulated amount.

Voluntary standard attainment ratio: 47%(That in FY 2001: 45%)

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• Control vibration

To reduce maximum vibration level at site perimeter at Voluntary standard attainment ratio: 100%less than 95% of regulated amount.
(That in FY 2001: 100%)◎41

Office Environment• Improve the recovery ratio of separated paper

To improve recovery ratio of separated paper by 65%
in comparison to general waste.

36Green Purchasing• Improve ratio of environmentally-conscious products inpurchased raw materials

To improve the year-on-year purchase ratio of products Improved by 2.7% against base year of FY 2001
deemed to be environmentally conscious by 2.5%.
Green products purchasing ratio in FY 2002: 18.6%
That in FY 2001: 15.9%○

43• Improve ratio of purchased general products (officesupplies, fixtures, etc.) bearing certified environmental
labels such as eco-mark,, etc.

To improve purchase ratio of certified products bearing Improved by 3.4% against a base year of 2001
environmental label within general supplies purchase Purchase ratio in FY 2002 stood at 12.5%
amount by 3.0%
That in FY 2001 stood at 9.1%○

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Reduction in Environmental Impact of Transport• Reduce CO2 emissions per unit of carriage (CO2emissions/transport tons-kilometers)

To reduce CO2 emissions per unit of carriage by 5% by Reduced by 26% against a base year of 2000
FY2010 against a base year of 2000
CO2 emissions per unit of carriage: 85t-CO2/million tons-km
That in FY 2000: 116t-CO2/million tons-km

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Theme

Environmental
Management System

The DNP group is making steady achievements in environmental conservation, and sets environmental targets appropriate to each business activity, taking into account its environmental policy. The following tableindicates the performance and evaluation of targets for FY 2002, which were set in March 2002.

TargetReduced emissions by 2.9% against base year of FY 2000
Emissions amount in FY 2000 stood at 843,000 tons. That for FY 2000 stood at
868,000 tons

Recovery ratio in FY 2002: 62.3%
That in FY 2001: 60.7%• Reduce of transport-use fuel consumption per unit of sales To reduce transport-use fuel consumption/sales by(Fuel consumption amount/sales)
20% b FY 2010 against a base year of 2000

Reduced by 6% against a base year of 2000
FY 2002 transport-use fuel consumption per unit of sales: 78kl/¥100 million
That for FY 2000: 83kl/¥100 million

Environmental Management System• Promotion of ISO 14001 certification acquisition

To achieve ISO 14001 certification at 30 sites by FY
2005

Acquired at five more sites, brining the total number of certified sites to 16• Improvement of Eco-Report System

To perform eco-audits at all sites

54 sites participated in Eco-Report System

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56, 57* We used the value-added total amount as the production amount (business activity amount) in per-unit calculations

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Environmental Education

Environmental
Management System

The DNP group performs environmental education, with separate courses for different employee ranks,
job categories and function. The courses cover internal and domestic trends concerning environmental
problems, knowledge and laws, as well as DNP’s conservation efforts. We provide this education to improve
our employees’ awareness of environmental matters and to provide the opportunity to gain the knowledge
and management know-how required to achieve environmental targets.

Environmental Education in FY 2002
During the year, we performed educational seminars for new recruits
on two occasions, attended by a cumulative total of 429 employees, and ourTechnical Seminar A, aimed at technical staff, on three occasions, attended
by a cumulative total of 243 persons.
Our Eco-Report training programs, which focus on important elementsof the PRTR Law and how to deal with factory inspections under the Energy
Conservation Law, were consecutively held in May and November, andwere attended by 914 employees. Also in FY 2002, as a step towards thetrouble-fee execution of PRTR risk communications, we held Environmental
Communications classes targeting the Environmental Committee Officers ofeach site on 3 occasions, which were attended by a cumulative total of 263
persons.
The correspondence courses that we held in FY 2001 we continued tooperate in FY 2002. The three courses, namely, “Easy on the Earth Environmental Seminar”, “ISO 14001 for Beginners” and “LCA and Environmental
Labels” were attended by 37 people.
In FY 2002, we did not offer our network learning course Environmental Problems & Business, as all of those who took the course last year had
already completed the course. In FY 2003, we intend to reopen the course,with slightly modified content, targeting a new group of employees.

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Education for employees entering the company

Education for emvironmental communications

No. ofPeopleAttendedTraining

CourseCourse Content

Year Began

Eligibility

Education for
employees entering
the company

Environmental activity
overall (required)

Basic environmental knowledge
and conservation efforts of the DNP
group

1994

Each year for those hired in Apriland during other times of theyear

Upon entering thecompany2517

Technical Seminar A

How DNP deals withthe environment(required)

Basic knowledge of theenvironment, its impact and means
for reducing such

1997

2nd year techniciansYear the employee
becomesqualified totake the course

1882

Technical Seminar B

Environment(optional)

Environmental laws and regulations

1999

Technicians

Irregular

104

Network Learning

Environmental issues
and business

Environmental information to be
used when presenting customers
with proposals concerning
environment-oriented businesses

2000

Employees with more than 2
years experience in the sales andplanning divisions (required)

Employees determines
when they take thecourse4317

Correspondence
Course(optional)

Primer on ISO 14001 and LCA

Select acourseeach year

DNP Group all employees

Semiannually–

Eco-Report Training

Environmental targets
for current term

Domestic & international trends
in environmental issues, revisions
in environmental laws, degree ofachievement of environmental
targets, new targets, issues
concerning specific sites

1993

Site members of the operationsgroup environmental committee

Semiannually–

Environmental
Communications

Risk Communications

Evaluating health risks of chemical
substances, methods of reducing
emissions, disclosure of data
concerning such substances

2002

Site members of the operationsgroup environmental committee

3 times a year

263

When Course Is Taken

Environmental Performance

Environmental Risk Management . . . . . 40

Environmental Impact by Division . . . . . 28

Upstream Activities—
Green Purchasing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Reducing Environmental Pollutants . . . 31
Effects of Chemical Substances on theEnvironment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Efforts to Recycling of Resources—
Reduction of Waste . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Efforts to Recycling of Resources—
Conservation in Office . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Efforts to Recycling of Resources—
Water Recycling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Measures against Global Warming . . . . 38

Environmental PerformanceContents

Environmental Impact of the DNP Group . . 26

Downstream Activities—
Development & Sales ofEnvironmentally Conscious Products . . 44
Conservation Technologies,
Product Research and Development . . 45
Environmentally Conscious Products—
Efforts to Reduce Environmental
Impact in Downstream Areas . . . . . . . . 47
Measures to Reduce
Environmental Impact of Transport . . . . 51

Environmental Efficiency
0.30
0.25

0.231

0.245

0.254

0.170

0.180

0.186

1998

2000

2002 (FY)

0.20
0.15
0.10
0.05

The DNP group uses unit ratios (environmental impact perunit of production) as an index to express environmental
impact. In the chart, we used as an index production perunit of energy or raw materials consumed in order to confirm improvements made to the environmental efficiency of
resources.

0

Energy efficiency

Resource efficiency

Energy efficiency = Production (¥100 million) / Energy consumption (TJ)
Resource efficiency = Production (¥100 million) / Materials input (tons)

Close-up Report“Production 21”

The realization of a sustainable society requires improvement of “environmental efficiency” through efforts to maximize theefficiency of resource and energy as well as reduction of the environmental impact per unit of economic activity.
The DNP group performs “Production 21,” which eliminate any form of waste from the entire production process. Throughthese activities, we improve yield* and reduce lead times, which has led to significant achievements in reduction of waste
product emissions per unit of production, reduction in unusable materials ratios, reduction in energy consumption per unit ofproduction, as well as CO2 emissions per unit of production.

*Yield: Ratio of products without defects out of total amount of products produced.

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Environmental Impact of the Entire DNP Group

Environmental Performance

The DNP group produces a wide range of consumer items by using raw materials, including paper, film, plastic, metals(steel and aluminum) and ink.
Each division in the DNP group has its own particular characteristics. For example, the Information Communications Division uses a lot of paper and produces a large amount of unusable materials. The Lifestyle and Industrial Supplies Division uses
a lot of auxiliary materials (solvents) and releases large amounts of greenhouse gases. The Electronics Division consumes large
amounts of water, accounting for some 60% of the total consumed by the DNP group. Furthermore, when measured in terms ofenvironmental impact per unit of production, consumption of main raw materials per unit of production in the Information Communications Division is large, while consumption of water and emissions of wastewater per unit of production in the Electronics
Division is large. In addition, when measuring unusable materials per unit of production, there is little difference between divisions,while the in the Lifestyle and Industrial Supplies Division, emissions of greenhouse gas per unit of production is relatively large.

Key raw materials
Paper

FY 2001
2,096,100 t

FY 20022,056,400 t(1.9% down)Film

104,600 t

110,400 t(5.5% up)Resin

54,100 t

62,200 t(15.7% up)

Metals

50,700 t

67,600 t(33.3% up)

Ink

65,900 t

62,500 t(5.0% down)

Other

93,900 t

113,500 t(20.9% up)

Composition ratio of main raw materials by division

OUTPUT

1%

2001

65%

16%

18%

2002

63%

17%

19%

1%

INPUT

Key supplementary materials
Solvents

FY 2001
32,700 t

Acid/alkaline

1,200 t32,800 t*1

Books and Magazines
Commercial Printing
Business Forms–*1 Different accounting method used in FY 2001

Composition ratio of main supplementary raw materials by division

5%

1%

85%

2002

41%

9%
53%
5%

1%

Electronics
Division

Utilities
Electricity

FY 2001
1.108 billion kWh

FY 2002
1.042 billion kWh (6.0% down)

LNG

130.4 million m3

140.7 million m3(7.9% up)(23.3% up)

LPG

18.9 million kg

23.3 million kg

Fuel Oil

8,900

6,700

Water

kl

Displays
Electronic Components

BC Division(Brother company)
Ink, beverages, etc.

kl (25% down)

14.3428 million m3 13.4857 million m3 (6.0% down)

Composition ratio of water consumption by division

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Packaging
Decorative Materials
Industrial Supplies

Product
Manufacturing
Process



2001

Lifestyle andIndustrial Supplies
Division

Information
Communication
Division

FY 200228,400 t (13.1% down) Information Communication Division  Lifestyle and Industrial Supplies Division

2001 12% 12%

59%

17%

2002 13% 11%

58%

18%

 Electronics Division  BC Division (Brother company)

Environmental impact per unit of production by division (t / ¥ million)

Emissions to Air
GHG emissions

Impact/Division

FY 2001
FY 2002855,100 t-CO2 847,600 t-CO2 (0.9% down)

NOx emissions

620 t

627 t

SOx emissions

74.5 t56.5 t (24.2% down)

VOC emissions

5,100 t3,500 t(1.1% up)
(31% down)

GHG emissions composition ratio by division

2001

30%

32%

26%

12%

2002

31%

32%

26%

11%

Information
Lifestyle &Communications Industrial Supplies

OUTPUT

Amount of solvents
recycled

6.4

0.4

4.7

Unusablematerials

1.9

1.5

2.1

0.7

Water
consumption

16.7

23.7

119.0

24.5

Wastewater

11.7

16.2

108.1

22.5

GHG
emissions

2.6

4.2

3.2

1.0

Amount of water
recycled
Amount of steam
generated though
use of waste heat

5,000 t(Recycling ratio*1 1.18)

58,500 t

38,300t(Recycling ratio*1 44.8)(Recycling ratio*1 21.7)

473,489,300 m3

479,604,800 m3(Recycling ratio*1 34.0)(Recycling ratio*1 36.6)

151,000 t

98,000 t

13,250,000 m3

FY 2002
11,574,600 m3(12.7% down)

32.3 t41.1 t(27.2% up)

19.2 t21.3 t(11% up)

0.9 t

1.6 t

(78% up)2001 10% 10%

62%

18%

2002 10% 9%

62%

19%



Amount of acids andalkalis recycled

5,500 tFY 2001
Wastewater

Wastewater emissions composition ratio by division

FY 2002(Recycling ratio*1 1.17)

BC

15.5

COD
emissions*2
Nitrogenemissions*2
Phosphorous
emissions*2

Recycling within the DNP GroupElectronics

Key raw
materials

Note: Please see pages 38 and 51 for related data concerning greenhousegas emissions.

FY 2001

Environmental Performance

In FY 2002, we changed the method for tallying consumption of main raw materials, acid and alkaline substances, as wellas the water recycling ratio. In FY 2001, we excluded magnetic tape for use in plastic cards included in main raw materials, as thefilm part of the tape does not constitute part of the structure of the cards. We included iron chloride, which is used in the production process, in the category for acid and alkaline substances. In the category for recycled water amount, we also entered theamount of recycled water that is used for heating, cooling and used repeatedly in building air-conditioning systems. In comparison
with performance in FY 2001, there is little change in the composition ratio of each division except for the change in scope of
items subject to accounting. In main raw materials and auxiliary materials, metals and plastics have increased while inks andsolvents have decreased. In utilities, LPG and LNG have increased while consumption of electricity, heating oil and water, as wellas wastewater has decreased.
Regarding the recycling of materials within the DNP group, we implemented odor-removing equipment, which removes
odor through incineration, and solvent recovery equipment. This brought about a slight increase in the recycling ratio. As an effort
to produce steam through use of waste heat, we used the waste heat from incinerators and odor-removing equipment to create
steam, which is used as a heat source for drying. However, the steam production fell slightly on account of a temporary shutdownof the incinerator in the Izumisaki plant.

FY 2001

FY 2002

Unusable materials

519,400 t

506,100 t

Waste materials

105,000 t

96,800 t(2.6% down)(7.8% down)

Landfill disposal

25,300 t

21,300 t(15.8% down)

Wastewater emissions composition ratio by division

2001

38%

18%

29%

15%

2002

39%

19%

28%

14%

*1 Recycling ratio is calculated as (input amount + amount reused) / input amount.
Steam generation amount and solvents contained within ink have been
excluded)*2 Amounts given for COD, nitrogen and phosphorous are based on emissions into
wastewater channels to which the Water Pollution Control Law applies.

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Environmental Impact by Division

Environmental Performance

The following describes the characteristics of the material flows concerning the key divisions of DNP, namely the Information
Communication Division (Books and Magazines, Commercial Printing and Business Forms, etc.) the Lifestyle and Industrial Supplies Division (Packaging, Decorative Materials and Industrial Supplies), the Electronics Division (Displays, Electronic Components).
As of FY 2002, we included in the Lifestyle and Industrial Supplies Division the Information Media Supplies Division, which had
been included in the Electronic Components & Information Media Supplies Division in FY 2001.

Key Raw Materials

Information Communication DivisionThis division is characterized by a substantial use of recycled solventsand high consumption of paper, its key raw material. For paper, we haveachieved a recycling ratio of 99%. Using special recovery equipment, thedivision recycles some 2,200 tons of toluene solvent, which is used as thesole solvent in gravure printing. The large-scale recycling of toluene brings
about considerable economic benefits.
Within the division, Warabi plant, the Business Form Operations uses
waste heat from the plant incinerator. Although our wastewater amountis decreasing, the environmental impact of this has increased due to the
expansion of production at the Ushiku plant. At other sites we treat ourown wastewater before releasing it into public sewage systems, where it
undergoes secondary treatment.
In comparison with FY 2001, items causing environmental impact havebeen on a downward trend. At the same time, however, consumption of LNG
and LPG as well as emissions of GHG of Kuki plant, Ichigaya Publication Printing
Operations (Information Communication Division) has been increasing as thewaste heat from the cogeneration system installed therein is used by the Kuki
plant of the Electronics Division which is located within the same site.
During the plate-making process, the Information Communications
Division uses special facilities designated under the Water Pollution Control
Law and the Sewage System Law, including an automatic film developing andwashing system (system for developing and fixing plate-use photographic film,
used as the basis for printing plates), an automatic photosensitive coating
printing plate developing and rinsing system (system for developing plates used
in offset printing), a surface treatment system by acid/alkalis (system for coating
surface of plates used in gravure printing), and an electroplating system (systemfor electroplating plates used in gravure printing with copper or chrome). The
printing presses themselves are designated under the Noise Control Law and
Vibration Regulation Law. The operation of the printing system is not subject toany regulations under environmental laws. The other machinery used by thefacility includes compressors, ventilation equipment and boilers.

[ Treatment of unused materials ]Total unused materials(Last year: 201,700 t)

92%

Effective use(Last year: 186,700 t)

95%

Reduction on site
(Last year: 8,200 t)

33%

195,600 t

2%
2%
0%

0%
1%

4,900 t

62%
2%

10%

1%
1%

185,600 t

0%0%Site volume reduction 16% 18%
17%(Last year: 4,500 t)
0%
8%
Landfill(Last year: 2,300 t)

2%
2%
2%

 Other

EnergyElectricity: 296.9 million kwh (Last year: 316.3 million kwh)
LNG: 56.6 million m3 (Last year: 53.4 million m3)
LPG: 4.7 million kg (Last year: 4.3 kg)
Fuel oil: 100 kl (Last year: 200 kl)

Water: 1,691,600 m3 (Last year: 1,752,800 m3)

Waste
plate-making film

Plate-making film
Development andfixing chemicals
Printing plates

Plate-making
Printing plateproduction process

Waste development
and fixing chemicals
Waste development
chemicals

Development
chemicals

SludgePrinting ink

Package paper
Inferior printings

Printing

Empty ink cans
Waste
printing plates
Waste oil

Bundling string

Processing
Processingin accordancewith customer
specifications

Discardedmaterials
Waste
bundling string

Emissions to Air
GHG: 259,600 t (Last year: 257,900 t)
NOx: 200 t (Last year: 200 t)
SOx: 1.0 t (Last year: 1.3 t)
VOC: 1,000 t (Last year: 870 t)

Emissions to Water
Wastewater: 1,183,700 m3 (Last year: 1,333,900 m3)
COD: 0.2 t (Last year: 0 t)
Nitrogen: 0.2 t (Last year: 0 t)
Phosphorus: 0 t (Last year: 0 t)

Products

2%

 Waste liquid

Solvents: 300 t (Last year: 300 t)
Acids and alkalis: 100 t (Last year: 100 t)

3,600 t

41%

16%

1%

 Waste paper  Waste plastic  Waste oil

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Key Supplementary Materials

3%

29%

42%

Printing paper: 1,550,000 t (Last year: 1,582,000 t)
Plastic film: 2,600 t (Last year: 2,400 t)
Printing ink: 23,600 t (Last year: 25,500 t)

 Sludge Scrap metal

1,500 tRecycled Volume
Solvents: 2,200t (Last year: 3,300 t)
Steam generated from waste heat: 7,500 t (Last year: 6,600 t)
Water: 148,660,500 m3 (Last year: 150,354,900 m3)

Lifestyle and Industrial Supplies Division

plastic films, plastic and metal (aluminum). By making various combinationsof coatings and laminates, we are able to deliver the level of performancerequired in our products. On account of these circumstances, the wastematerials emitted from this division are composite materials, which are difficult to recycle. As a means of making effective use of such waste materials,
we perform onsite thermal recycling*2 or have the materials converted toforms of solid fuel by external contractors.
The division is also characterized by production of substantial
amounts of landfill waste, however, due to the high proportion of materials
containing chlorine compounds, which are unsuited to thermal recycling. The
environmental facilities used in the Lifestyle and Industrial Supplies division
are the same as those used in the Information Communication division.

Printing paper: 183,000 t (Last year: 184,300 t)
Plastic film: 83,700 t (Last year: 79,100 t)
Resin: 58,100 t (Last year: 50,100 t)
Metals: 38,700 t (Last year: 38,900 t)
Printing ink: 33,700 t (Last year: 35,000 t)

Key Supplementary Materials
Solvents: 25,300 t (Last year: 28,800 t)
Acids and alkalis: 100 t (Last year: 100 t)

EnergyElectricity: 344,400 million kWh (Last year: 337,300 million kWh)
LNG: 22,200 million m3 (Last year: 22,600 million m3 )LPG: 18,600 million kg (Last year: 14,600 million kg)
Fuel oil: 4,500 kl (Last year: 4,000 kl)

Water: 1,538,800 m3 (Last year: 1,371,500 m3 )Development andfixing chemicals
Printing plates

Effective use(Last year: 60,600 t)

53%

Reduction on site
(Last year: 22,100 t)
Site volume reduction(Last year: 3,100 t)
Landfill(Last year: 8,100 t)

25%

28%
0%

Printing

47%

28%
0%

72%

35%

1%
1%

19,000 t0%0%0%3,000 t

1%

4%
4%
0%

34%
2%
1%
2%

 Waste paper  Waste plastic  Waste oil Waste liquid  Sludge Ash Scrap metal

Waste ink

Processing
Processingin accordancewith customer
specifications

Discardedmaterials
Waste
coating agent
Wasteadhesives
Waste
plastic

Emissions to Air
68,600 t

15%

3%

2%

25%

7%

Inferior printings

Empty ink cans

96,600 t

10%

Used etchingchemicals

Inferior printings

Resin (Pellets)

1%0%

Waste development
and fixing chemicals

Printing ink

Adhesives

36%
6%
7%
5%

Printing plateproduction process

SludgeCoating agent

45%

Plate-making

Etchingchemicals*2 Thermal Recycling: To make use of the potential energy contained wastepaper and waste plastic,
etc. by burning it and using the heat as an energy source for generating steam, etc.

Total unused materials(Last year: 93,900 t)

Waste
plate-making film

Plate-making film

*1 VOC: Abbreviation for Volatile Organic Compounds, a generic term for organic compounds that
evaporate easily.

[ Treatment of unused materials ]Environmental Performance

Key Raw Materials

This division is characterized by consumption of a large amount of solvents in processes such as gravure printing, coating and laminating. These
processes consume a wide variety of inks, each containing a large proportion of solvents, which, when heated and dried, form the printed coating on
the printing surface. As a result of these circumstances, measures against
VOCs*1 is a significant issue for the division. During the drying process, weuse a deodorizing system (incinerator) to remove odors that arise as thesolvents evaporate. The deodorizing system also produces steam using thewaste heat arising from the burned solvents. Accordingly, the division is alsocharacterized by recovery of large amounts of heat, as well as substantial
emissions of GHG. Furthermore, as a measure against VOCs, as of FY 2002,
we switched to use of water-based ink and promoted installation of solvent
recovery equipment at a number of sites, for use with reusable VOCs.
Through this measure, we have reduced the amount of solvent consumed by
the division, while increasing the amount of recycled solvent.
The division uses a wide range of raw materials, including paper,

6,000 t

GHG: 273,000 t (Last year: 269,600 t)
NOx: 201 t (Last year: 187 t)
SOx: 38.0 t (Last year: 33.7 t)
VOC: 2,100 t (Last year: 3,500 t)

Emissions to Water
Wastewater: 1,050,000 m3 (Last year: 1,064,000 m3 )COD: 0.2 t (Last year: 0.2 t)
Nitrogen: 0 t (Last year: 0.1 t)
Phosphorus: 0 t (Last year: 0 t)

Products

Recycled Volume
Solvents: 1,400 t (Last year: 1,300 t)
Steam generated from waste heat: 73,600 t (Last year: 125,700 t)
Water: 157,549,400 m3 (Last year: 157,465,500 m3 )

 Other29

Electronics Division
Environmental Performance

Key Raw Materials

The Electronics Division uses applied photographic plate-making
technology. The division is characterized by consumption of large amountsof water and acid, which is used in etching when producing shadow masks*1
and lead frames*2. The division makes effective use of waste acid, recycling
it for reuse both within the plant and through private operators.
In FY 2002, the consumption of key raw materials within the division
increased following consolidation of production systems with the Mihara
plant, while other sources of environmental impact fell, especially greenhouse gases thanks to installation of a cogeneration system in the Mihara
plant.
The recycling ratio of the Electronics Division stood at 43.2% in FY
2002, surpassing the FY 2001 ratio of 38.6% by 4.6%. In contrast with this,however, the division's landfill waste ratio increased by 0.5% to reach 8.3%,
a relatively high rate in comparison with the group average of 4.2%. The
challenge for the division now is to reduce this amount.

Plate-making film: 6,600 t (Last year: 5,800 t)
Materials: 14,200 t (Last year: 11,400 t)
Glass: 2,200 t (Last year: 2,200 t)

Key Supplementary Materials
Acids and alkalis: 32,700 t (Last year: 1,000 t)

EnergyElectricity: 247,300 million kWh (Last year: 305,500 million kWh)
LNG: 52,400 million m3 (Last year: 46,700 million m3)
LPG: 0 million kg (Last year: 0 million kg)
Fuel oil: 0 kl (Last year: 0 kl)

Water: 7,878,400 m3 (Last year: 8,753,200 m3)

Plate-making film
Development andfixing chemicals

Patterncreation*1 Shadow mask: An electronic device used in plate making with fixed pore size and pitch so thatthe electron beams that correspond to the three primary colors (red, green, blue) released from anelectron gun contained within the color picture receiving duct each hit the fluorescent body only.
*2 Lead frame: The connecting terminals of a semiconductor chip, which perform a number of functions, including connection of the chip with an external devices, release of heat, maintenance andprotection of the chip.

[ Treatment of unused materials ]Total unused materials
34%(Last year: 148,400 t) 3%
Effective use(Last year: 57,300 t)
Reduction on site
(Last year: 74,200 t)

142,200 t

56%
3%

3%
1%

75%
6%

7%

4%

8%

54%

Landfill(Last year: 11,600 t)

Waste oil
Metals61,400 t

Metal
Molds

Sludge65,900 t

Process
inspection

Shaping

Waste chip

Emissions to Air
11,800 t

4%

GHG: 215,000 t (Last year: 223,700 t)
NOx: 126 t (Last year: 169 t)
SOx: 0 t (Last year: 0 t)
VOC: 0 t (Last year: 0 t)

Emissions to Water

 Waste plastic

Waste oil
 Waste liquid Sludge

Waste alkalis

Coating Exposure
Development

5%
0%

0%

0%
4%

Waste acids

3,100 t

30%
1%

89%

3%

Coating Drawing
Development Etching

0%
0%

0%
0%
0%

10%

Coating Exposure
Development Etching

0%

100%

Reduction on Site
(Last year: 5,300 t)

Etching chemicals

 Scrap metal  Other

Total wastewater: 7,154,900 m3 (Last year: 8,455,300 m3)
COD: 30.0 t (Last year: 30.1 t)
Nitrogen: 18.5 t (Last year: 15.4 t)
Phosphorus: 1.2 t (Last year: 0.4 t)

Products
Shadowmask

Photomask

Lead frame

Color filter

Projection
TV screens

Recycled Volume
Acids and Alkalis: 38,300 t (Last year: 58,500 t)
Water: 150,181,900 m3 (Last year: 142,989,300 m3 )30

Reducing Environmental Pollutants

Environmental Performance

Summary The DNP group is striving to monitor and reduce our emissions of environmental pollutants in aneffort to preserve the global and regional environments. Our efforts to preserve the atmosphereinclude reduction of hazardous air pollutants, ozone-depleting substances, SOx (sulfur oxides),VOCs (volatile organic compounds). To help preserve water resources, we are striving to reduce
CODs (chemical oxygen demand) and reduction of nitrogen and phosphorous.
In FY 2002, we decommissioned a particular piece of plant machinery that consumed some 50
tons of dichloromethane a year. In addition, emissions of dioxins, SOx, and VOCs fell while thosefor ozone-depleting substances and NOxs increased. Regarding emissions of water pollutants,
our emissions of COD and nitrogen increased, while that for phosphorous increased.

Impact on the Air[ Hazardous Air Pollutants ]Of the substances prioritized for production under the Air Pollution
Control Law, we have already phased out trichloroethylene and tetrachloroethylene*.

Dichloromethane Emissions

90

91.2

104.4

84.7

*1 We discontinued use of trichloroethylene in 1996 and tetrachloroethylene in 1997.

Although we still use diachloromethane to wash printing plates, wehave reduced use of this substance through implementation of a coolingcondensing equipment, and water-based washing systems, as well as
conversion to substitute substances. In FY 2002, we decommissioned aparticular piece of plant machinery that consumed some 50 tons of dichloromethane a year, an action which is expected lead to an emission amount of
6 tons in FY 2003.
The DNP group uses both large and small incinerators to incinerate
its waste, the smaller ones of which we have been phasing out due to thedifficulty of managing such facilities. In FY 2002 we decommissioned the last
10 of our small incinerators, an action which led to a halving in year-on-year
emissions of dioxins into the air. The DNP group now operates only six largescale incinerators, each of which satisfy regulations for 2002 and have builtin heat recovery systems.

(Unit: tons)

120

60

52.9

30

24.9

0
1998

1999

2000

Dioxin Emissions(Unit: mg-TEQ)

250
214.9

200
150
100

44.5

50

22.2

0

[ Ozone Depleting Substances ]The DNP group currently uses the ozone depleting substances
CFC-11*1 and CFC-12 as a coolant in 17 of our air conditioning systems.
These systems, however, are gradually being replaced with gas-absorption
systems. At the same time, we are continuing efforts to reduce use ofhazardous chlorine-based organic compounds, and substances with highozone-depleting coefficients during production processes. This, however,has led to an increase in the use of the substitute HCFC-141b*2, and a subsequent increase of emissions of this substance in FY 2002. Although theozone depleting coefficient of this substance is relatively small, in view of its
effect on global warming, emissions should be subject to restrictions. In the
future, we will strive to reduce emissions of this substance under the PRTR
system.

2002 (FY)

2001

2000

2002 (FY)2001

Emissions of Substitutes to CFC(Unit: tons)

40

37.5

30

23.6

20

16.7

10
0

3.2
1999

2000

2001

2002 (FY)* In 1994 We discontinued use of 1,1,1-trichloroethane, a substance of which production has beenprohibited under the Montreal Protocol. (*1 Chlorofluorocarbon. *2 Hydrochlorofluorocarbon)

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Environmental Performance[ Sulfur Oxides (SOx) and Nitrogen Oxides (NOx) ]SOx Emissions

COD is an index of the amount of organic compounds contained in wastewater, and indicates the amount of oxygen consumed in order to break downorganic matter contained within water using an oxidant.
The wastewater generated by the DNP group in the production process andthat from company cafeterias, etc., contains organic matter, which can bea source of water pollution. As a measure against water pollution, we use
on-site wastewater treatment systems to remove hazardous substancesand reduce sludge and hazardous substances from factory wastewater. In
FY 2002, however, our year-on-year COD emissions actually increased by
8.8 tons following the transfer of facilities and personnel to regions in which
COD regulations apply.

100[ Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) ]The solvents, adhesives and washing agents we use during the printing
process contain toluene and xylene. These solvents are volatile, and have an
adverse effect on the atmosphere.
As part of our effort to reduce air emissions of substances designatedunder the PRTR law, and in the interests of odor reduction, we have been
breaking down VOCs through incineration, and have implemented measures
to recover and recycle such compounds through absorption systems. In
addition, we are promoting conversion to water based substances and lowimpact substitute solvents, etc. In FY 2002 we reduced our air emissions of
VOCs by 1,594 tons, thanks to efforts to break down toluene and xylene andconversion to substitute substances.

94.5(Unit: tons)
91.0

87.6

75

77.2

74.5
56.5

50
25
0
1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

NOx Emissions(Unit: tons)

800
600

513.7

546.1

1997

1998

617.1

621.6

620.4

626.7

1999

2000

2001

2002 (FY)

400
200
0

VOC Emissions(Unit: tons)

12,00010,826
9,000

9,157

8,936

6,000

5,115
3,521

3,000

Impact on Water

0
1998[ Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD) ]COD is an index of the amount of organic compounds contained in wastewater, and indicates the amount of oxygen consumed in order to break downorganic matter contained within water using an oxidant.
The wastewater generated by the DNP group in the production process andthat from company cafeterias, etc., contains organic matter, which can bea source of water pollution. As a measure against water pollution, we use
on-site wastewater treatment systems to remove hazardous substancesand reduce sludge and hazardous substances from factory wastewater. In
FY 2002, however, our year-on-year COD emissions actually increased by
8.8 tons following the transfer of facilities and personnel to regions in which
COD regulations apply.

2002 (FY)

1999

2000

2001

COD Emissions

2002 (FY)(Unit: tons)

50

41.1

40

32.3

30
20

21.6

22.6

1999

2000

10
0
2001

Nitrogen Emissions

2002 (FY)(Unit: tons)

30[ Nitrogen & Phosphorous ]Another factor that can impact water quality is the problemof eutrophication. This phenomenon occurs when plankton in stagnant
water regions such as a closed-off sea or lake reproduces at an abnormallyhigh rate due to an overabundance of nitrogen and phosphorous arisingfrom domestic wastewater and factory emissions. As a measure against
eutrophication, the DNP group treats wastewater emitted from our factories
and offices through on-site septic tanks and wastewater treatment systems.
Looking at nitrogen and oxygen emission levels as of 2000, we see thatemissions of nitrogen have remained steady while those for phosphorous
have increased. In order to address this situation, we have begun efforts tochange the type of chemical additives we use in the manufacturing process
and the wastewater treatment process in our plants that produce a highvolume of wastewater.

32

20

20.3

19.2

2000

2001

21.3

13.3
10
0
1999

Phosphorus Emissions

2002 (FY)(Unit: tons)

2.0

1.6

1.5
1.0
0.5

0.9

0.9

2000

2001

0.6

0
1999

2002 (FY)Effect of Chemical Substances on the Environment

Environmental Performance

The DNP group is striving to reduce releases and transfers of PRTR* substances, establishing our own
PRTR system (DN-PRTR) system in 1998 ahead of the Law to Promote the Tracking and Management ofEnvironmental Releases of Designated Chemical Substances (The PRTR law).
*PRTR: Pollutant Release and Transfer Register

Targets

To reduce air emissions of toluene by the DNP group to 500 tons/year
To reduce emissions and transfers of items designated as Class I Chemical Substances (except
toluene) under the PRTR law to 50% of the FY 2000 level by FY 2004

Performance Total air emissions of toluene by the DNP group in FY 2002 stood at 3,151 tons, a reduction of
62% against the level in FY 2000.
Total emissions and transfers of Class I Chemical Substances excluding toluene in FY 2002 stoodat 870 tons, a reduction of 29% against the level in FY 2000.

In FY 2002, the DNP group handled a total of 21,713 tons of chemical substances (25 substances at 32 plants), of which
3,512 tons (the equivalent of 16%), was released into the air. There were no releases of these substances into public waterways
or the ground. The chemical substances with the largest volume of air emissions are xylene and in particular toluene, of which wereleased 3,151 tons into the air, accounting for 90% of our air emissions. The two substances are used as an ink solvent in theprinting process.
The DNP group is currently promoting a plan to reduce toluene, the aim of which is to reduce air emissions of toluene forthe entire DNP group to less than 500 tons/year by FY 2004. The plan includes implementation of equipment to recover or remove
toluene from exhaust gases. In FY 2002, we managed to reduce our year-on-year emissions of toluene by 1,478 tons, following
implementation of removal systems. In addition, when converted to an annual amount, our emissions for the year ending March
2003 amounted to 2,675 tons. Furthermore, we have reduced emissions and transfers of Class I chemical substances excluding
toluene by 29% from the level in FY 2000, thanks to efforts to discontinued use of the substance through conversion to substitutes.

Composition ratio of chemical
substances emitted or transferred

Transferred
as Waste
10%
Other
0%
Emissions to Air
16%

Recycled Consumed
23% 21%
Removed
30%

Toluene Emissions Ratio(Unit: tons)

10,0007,500

Release & Transfer Amounts(Unit: tons)

1,500

8,376

1,220
1,000

5,000

955

870

4,629
3,151

2,500
0
2000

2001

2002

Targets

500

500

0

2003 2004 (FY)

Targets
610

2000

2001

Chemical Substances subject to PRTR Law

2002

2003 2004 (FY)

Unit: t (dioxins: mg-TEQ)

Substances
Monoethanolamine (2-Aminoethanol)
Isophorone Diisocyanate
Ethylbenzene
Ethylene Glycol
Ethylene Glycol Monoethyl Ether
Ethylene Glycol Monomethyl Ether

Handled
18.3
23.0
212.4
11.4
25.9
571.3

Emissions to air
0
0
10.6
0
4.7
260.6

Transferred to sewer system
4.9
0
0
0
0
0

Transferred as Waste
13.4
0
7.2
0
1.6
56.1

Recycled
0
0
13.5
0
0
0

Consumed
0
23
85
11.4
5.5
198.5

Removed
0
0
96.1
0
14.0
56.2

ε-Caprolactam

15.1
512.0
10.0
95.3
56.6
220.4
20.0
37.5
28.5
–
362.4
15,652.1
2,877.8
880.8
10.9
52.7
6.0
5.4
7.4
21,713.1

0
22.1
0
0
0
0
9.4
37.5
24.9
22
0
3,150.9
0
0
0
0.4
0
0
0
3,521.2

0
0
0.2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.1
0
0
0
10.9
0
0
0
0
16.2

1.5
10.7
0
55.9
0.5
3.1
0.2
0
3.5
694.0
158.0
1,791.1
0
167.0
0
1.7
0.1
0.1
2.6
2,274.2

0
212.6
2.2
19.8
0.1
53.7
0
0
0
0
106.9
2,338.8
1,613.7
713.0
0
0
0
0
1.8
5,075.9

13.6
97.2
0
19.7
26.7
163.6
10.5
0
0
0
71.3
2,592.2
1,161.6
0.8
0
39.4
5.9
5.2
3
4,534.2

0
169.3
7.7
0
29.3
0
0
0
0
0
26.1
5,779.1
102.0
0
0
11.2
0
0
0
6,291.6

XyleneSilver And Its Compound (Water-Soluble)
Chromium And Chromium (III) Compounds
Hexavalent Chromium
Cobalt And Its Compounds
2-Ethoxyethyl Acetate
1, 1-Dichloro-1-Fluoroethane
Dichloromethane
Dioxins
Copper Salts (Water-Soluble)
TolueneNickelNickel Compounds
Hydroquinone
Bis (2-Ethylhexyl) Phthalate
Trimellitic Anhydride
Poly (Oxyethylene) Nonylphenyl Ether
Manganese And Its Compounds
Total

33

Efforts to Recycling of Resources — Reduction of Waste

Environmental Performance

The DNP Group is promoting measures to reduce and make effective use of unusable materials generated during the production process as part of our effort to contribute to the development of a sustainable
recycling-oriented society. In FY 2002, we achieved significant reductions in waste emissions per unit ofproduction as well as in the overall amount of unusable materials generated by the group.

Targets

Reduction of Industrial Waste
To achieve the following targets by FY 2005:• Reduce waste emissions per unit of production (Waste emissions/production) by 20% from the FY 2000 level• Reduce the amount of unusable materials generated by 10% from the FY 2000 level• Achieve zero emissions at 20 sites• Reduce the unused product generation ratio (unused product generation amount/total material inputs) by 20%
from the FY 2000 level.
• Achieve a recycling ratio (Recycle amount/unused product generation amount)
Explanation of indexes:
Indexes were calculated as follows using the letters in the right-hand flow diagram, which indicates the routes of waste treatment
Waste emissions per unit of production = Waste emissions amount [E+F]/Production
For production, which indicates the business activity amount, we use the total value added amount for the consolidated companies subject todisclosure in this report.
Zero emissions: Total elimination of landfill-destined emissions [I+J] when treating unused materials generated in the course of production.
Unused product generation ratio (%): Unused product generation amount [A]/total material inputs×100
For accounting purposes total material input amount is deemed to be the key raw materials input during the manufacturing process, and includes
paper and in the case of the Information Communications Division, paper, film, plastics, metals and ink in the case of the Lifestyle and Industrial
Supplies Division, and metal and glass in the Electronics Division. In the Electronics Division, when calculating the unused product generation
amount, we only enter unused materials attributable to key input materials, as substances such as waste acid and waste alkali, which have nothing
to do with the input key raw materials, arise as unued materials.
Recycle ratio (%) = Recycle amount [C+G+K] / unused product generation amount (A) ×100
It should be noted, however, that in the case of heat-recovering furnaces, we add D−F to the recycle amount.

Performance Achievements in FY 2002
• Waste per unit of production stood at 0.211, a decrease of 32.4% from the FY 2000 level, clearing the target
level by a wide margin.
• The total unused product generation amount stood at 506,100 tons, a decrease of 21.7% from the FY 2000
level, also clearing the target by a wide margin.
• Hokkaido Coca-Cola Bottling achieved zero emissions, bringing the total number of zero emission sites tosix. (Sites achieving zero emissions as of FY 2001: Gotanda plant and Akabane plant, Ichigaya Publications
Printing Operations, Sayama plant, Dai Nippon Cup, Kansai plant, Dai Nippon Polymer, Hokkaido Dai Nippon
Printing.)• The unused product generation ratio stood at 15.1%, a reduction of 14.7% from the FY 2000 level, but only
slightly down from the 15.4% posted in FY 2001.
• The recycle ratio stood at 77.6%, 3.4 points above the 74.2% set in FY 2001.

As part of our “cost structure reforms” outlined in our Vision for the
21st Century, the DNP group has initiated “Production 21” in an effort to
reduce unused materials. Under this effort, we aim to eliminate all waste in
the manufacturing process in addition to improving yields and reducing leadtimes. At the same time, in strategic fields, we are focusing our managerial
resources though selection and concentration key personnel. In accordancewith these efforts, we continued to consolidate production of shadow
masks, which had been performed by the Electronics Division, to the Mihara
plant and improved productivity of building materials. Thanks to these andother measures, our FY 2002 unused product generation amount stood at
506,100 tons, a reduction of 2.6% from last year's amount, and a reductionof 21.7% from the level in FY 2000. In addition, year-on-year emissions perunit of production fell by 2.6%, or 32.4% from the FY 2000 level to reach
0.211. In each of the indexes measured, we attained the targets set for the
DNP group.
In efforts to find effective uses for unused materials, we promoted
the reuse of waste plastic, sludge and incineration ash as a raw material
in cement making. Also in FY 2002, as a measure to reduce emissions of
dioxins, we succeeded in using waste plastic as solid fuel by discontinuing
use of incinerators without heat recovery systems. Thanks to these efforts,

Waste per Unit of Production(Unit: tons / ¥ million)
Unused Product Generation Ratio, Recycling Ratio(Unit: %)(Unit: tons/¥ million)
0.5
0.428 0.413
0.4
0.325

0.3

71.9

0.312

0.2
0.1

77.6

80

0.211

40
20

74.2
0.236

60

17.7

15.4

15.1

2000

2001

2002 (FY)

0

0
1997

1998

Emissions per unitof production

1999

Unused productgeneration ratio

Recycle ratio

Waste Emissions(Unit: tons)

180

15
120

15

17

71

67

32

97
18
25

34

37

19
2001

17
2002 (FY)

Lifestyle & Industrial Supplies

Electronics

90

28

31

24

27
21

21

30
19

1997

1998

1999

2000

Information Communication
BC

16

98
60
0

34

(Unit: %)
100

105
20

we achieved a recycling ratio of 77.6%, up 3.4 points from the recycling ratioof 74.2% set in FY 2001. One remaining challenge, however, is the reductionof sludge waste, which accounts for 51% of our landfill-destined waste.
The state of zero emissions is achieved when a plant is able toeliminate landfill waste by recycling all unusable materials that arise during
production. To date, we have achieved zero emissions at six sites, namely,
Akabane plant, Ichigaya Publication Printing Operations, Gotanda plant,
Ichigaya Publication Printing Operations, Sayama plant, Dai Nippon Cup
Co., Ltd., Kansai plant, Dai Nippon Polymer Co., Ltd., Hokkaido Dai Nippon
Printing Co., Ltd., Hokkaido Coca-Cola Bottling Co., Ltd. Furthermore, thenumber of sites that have reduced their landfill use ratio 1% or less reached24, seven more than in FY 2001.
In view of the achievements made in FY 2002 for waste emissions
per unit of production unused materials generation amount, both of whichcleared the DNP group targets, we have decided to increase the reduction
targets of these two items by 40% and 25% respectively. In the future wewill further promote reduction and effective use of unused materials basedon our “Production 21” activities, while striving to attain targets in otherTotal Unused Material Generation Amount (Unit:1,000 tons)

Environmental Performance

800
600

55

646
63

519
75
148

506
72
142

94

97

46

50

170

181

208

222

71

70

86

93

248

258

272

268

202

195

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002 (FY)

Lifestyle & Industrial Supplies

Electronics

400
200
0

Information Communication
BC

areas.

A

C
61.5%
Commercial
waste
311,400 t

38.5%
Waste
194,700 t

D 22.8%Waste subject
to on-site
intermediate (Processed by on-siteincinerators and sludge
treatment
dehydrators)
115,400 t

E 15.7%F

Waste not subject
to on-site
intermediate
treatment
79,300 t

G 11.7%

Materials recycled
59,100 t(Amount recycled
for a fee or freeof charge)(Ash, dehydrated sludge, etc.)

H 2.8%
0.9%
Waste outsourced Waste outsourced
for intermediate
for intermediate
treatment andtreatment
heat recovery
14,200 t
4,600 tK

J

Other 4%
Metals 2%

Other 2%
Metals 3%

Oils 3%B

Waste B

Unused Materials A

100%
Total unusedmaterials
506,100 t

3.5%
Waste after
on-siteintermediate
treatment
17,500 t

I

3.7%
Landfill waste
19,000 t(Final waste amounttransported directlyfrom sites)

0.5%
Landfill waste
2,300 tSludge18%

Sludge
46%

Paper
52%

Plastics
22%

Fluids 10%

FluidsOils 8%
5%

Plastics
10%

Commercial waste C
Metals 3%
Oils 2%
Fluids 13%
Plastics 3%

On-Site Intermediate
Treatment D
Paper 7%
Plastics 12%
Fluids 5%
Sludge
76%

Paper
79%
Other 0%

Other 0%Waste Emissions E + F Materials Recycled G + K
Other 11%
Ash 4%

Paper 18%

Other 0%
Metals 4%
Paper
24%

Sludge 4%
Sludge16%

Plastics
29%

Oils 11%

Oils 13%
Fluids 11%

Plastics
34%

Fluids 11%

Waste Outsourced forIntermediate Treatment H
Other 12%Paper 6%

Sludge
12%
Oils
13%

Landfill Waste Disposal I + J
Other 5%Paper 9%Ash 10%

Metals 5%(Landfill waste after outsourcing)

Paper 13%

Plastics
28%
Fluids24%

Sludge51%

Plastics
22%
Fluids3%35Efforts to Recycling of Resources—Activities in Offices

Environmental Performance

The DNP group strives to promote recycling within our offices. Since 1993 we have established targets foruse paper recovery ratios and collecting used paper after separating into four different categories-high quality paper, newspapers, magazine paper and cardboard.

To increase our used paper separation and recovery ratio to at least 65% ofthat for municipal waste

Targets

Used paper recovery amount / {(used paper recovery amount + municipal waste amount (excluding cans, bottles & waste)} × 100

Performance In FY 2002 we performed separation and recovery of used paper at 27 sites, two more than in FY
2001. The recovered paper amounted to 1,074 tons, a recycling ratio of 62.3%. At offices within
the group, we performed inspection tours and paper separation training sessions, and reviewed
our paper recovery subcontractors. As a result, we managed to stop the downward trend inrecovery ratios that had been continuing since FY 2000. In future, we will strive to further improve
our recovery ratio.
(Units: tons)
1993

1994

1995

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002 (FY)

Used paper recovery

613

678

756

751

801

855

870

959

1,015

1,074

High quality paper 

30

22

25

16

13

14

17

39

72

86

Newspapers



25

24

39

39

48

30

24

22

78

65

Magazines



500

552

545

513

581

655

682

781

740

770

Cardboard



58

80

148

184

158

155

147

118

125

154

Municipal waste



430

386

431

420

388

382

334

510

657

651

Used paper recovery +general waste

1,044

1,064

1,186

1,171

1,189

1,236

1,204

1,470

1,672

1,725

Used paper recovery
ratio

58.80%

63.70%

63.70%

64.20%

67.30%

69.10%

72.30%

65.30%

60.70%

62.30%

Used paper recovery(Unit: tons)

1,200
1,015

900

1,074

600
300
0
1993

1994

1995

High quality paper

1996

1997

Newspapers

1998

Magazines

1999

2000

2001

2002(FY)

Cardboard

Used paper recovery ratio(Unit: tons)

100
75
60.7

50

62.3

Nara plant office waste separation boxes
Top: Office Bottom: Cafeteria

25
0
1993

36

1994

1995

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002(FY)

Efforts to Recycling of Resources—Water Recycling

Environmental Performance

Performance Recognizing water as a limited resource, the DNP group strives to reduce water consumption(input amount) and recycle water. In FY 2002, our total group consumption amount stood at
13,468 m3, a year-on-year reduction of 6.0% (857,000 m3). Our water emission amount for thesame year stood at 11,572,000 m3, a year-on-year reduction of 12.7% (1,678 m3)

Water Recycling
The DNP group uses water in many production processes, including
heating, cooling, air conditioning, adding moisture during offset printing, andwashing of precision parts. Given that many of these processes consume
large amounts of water, a large proportion of plants have installed closed
water recycling systems. In FY 2002, Hokkaido Coca-Cola bottling Co., Ltd.
implemented a water recycling system.
The table headed “Water Recycling Amount” on the right indicatesthe flow amount (i.e. consumption amount) of water passing through heatexchangers and washing facilities each fiscal year. In FY 2002, consumption
stood at 479,604 m3, a year-on-year increase of 1.3% (6,115 m3).
The diagram headed “Water Input-Output Amount” indicates the total
amount of water flowing into and out of the DNP group in FY 2002. Of the
13,486,000 m3 of water consumed by the entire DNP group, the manufacturing processes that use recycled water consume 1,858 m3 through evaporation, while those that do not use the recycled water consume 11,628,000 m3
tons.

Water Consumption & Wastewater
20,00016,00015,31512,000

14,230

2000

2001

Water consumption

Wastewater

Heat & cooling
Air conditioning

Total

Water
consumption
13,486,000 m3
11,628,000 m3

Flow of processes that do not
use the water recycling system
11,628,000 m3

Product
56,000 m3
Hokkaido Coca-Cola
Bottling Co., Ltd. uses
a portion of its water
consumption amount inproducts.

Use of Rainwater
The DNP group promotes effective use of rainwater collected fromoffice building roofs. In FY 2002, total of 4,818 m3 of rainwater was used by
the C&I building and DNP Logistics Co.,
Ltd. building, located in Tokyo, which
use rainwater as flush water in 37.6% ofcompany toilets.

Rainwater tank (C&I building)(Unit: 1,000 m3)

2000

2001

2002 (FY)477,992472,208

478,272

1,314

1,281

1,332

479,306

473,489479,604(Unit: 1,000 m3)

2000

2001

2002 (FY)

Water
consumption

15,315

14,343

13,486(Steam)

1,004

1,000

1,858

(Wastewater)

14,23013,25011,572

81

93

56

Water
consumption

494,984

487,274

493,090(Recycled water)

479,305

473,489479,604(Non-recycledwater)

14,675

12,785

11,628(Evaporation inrecycling)

1,004

1,000

1,858

Water use ratio

32.3

34

36.6

(Products)
Wastewater
11,572,000 m3

11,572

2002 (FY)

Water Recycling

Water Input-Output

Flow of processes that use
the water recycling system
479,604,000 m3

13,4860

Water Input-Output

1,858,000 m3

13,2504,000

The water consumption ratio is defined as being the water consumption amount divided by the water use amount. In FY 2002, the water
consumption ratio stood at 36.6 times of the water use amount and a yearon-year reduction of 7.6%. Furthermore, we calculated the flow amount ofwater within the closed recycling system by multiplying the pump capacity
by operating time.

Evaporation
1,858,000 m3

14,3438,000

Washing(The total amount for DNP group in FY 2002)(Unit: 1,000 m3)

C&I Building and DNP Logistics Co., Ltd. Building
Total Rainwater Consumption and Utilization Ratio
2000

2001

2002 (FY)

Used in toilets(m3)

14,383

16,074

12,828

Rainwater
consumption (m3)

6,211

4,848

4,818

Rainwater
utilization ratio (%)

43.2

30.2

37.6

Rainwater utilization ratio (%) = (Rainwater utilization
amount / water flush amount) ×100

37

Measures against Global Warming

Environmental Performance

In an effort to reduce global warming, the DNP group is striving to curtail emissions of greenhouse gases
and conserve energy.

Targets

To achieve the following by FY 2010
1. To maintain greenhouse gas emissions at the FY 2000 level
2. To maintain energy consumption at the FY 2000 level
3. To reduce energy consumption per unit of production by and CO2 emissions per unit of production by 15%
and 20% respectively, against a base year of FY 1990.

Performance In FY 2002
1. Greenhouse gas emissions stood at 843 tons, a reduction of 2.9% (25,000 tons) from the
FY 2000 level and a reduction of 0.8% (7,000 tons) from the FY 2001 level.
2. Energy consumption stood at 18,069 TJ (Terra joule) down 2.5% from the FY 2000 level (457
TJ) and down 0.3% (50 TJ) from the FY 2001 level.
3. Energy consumption per unit of production stood at 3.9 TJ/¥100 million while CO2 emissions
per unit of production stood at 176.37 ton ¥100 million, down 3.9% and 11.4% respectively
against a base year of FY 1990 and down 3.4% and 2.5% respectively against a base year of
FY 2001.
* Emissions of greenhouse gases have each been converted to their equivalent tonnages of CO2

Greenhouse Gas Emissions* Heat emissions have been expressed in Terra joules (1012 joule).

In this report we calculated greenhouse gas emissions, energy
consumption, energy consumption per unit of production and CO2 emissions
per unit of production as follows:
Method of calculating greenhouse gases
Greenhouse gases were calculated in accordance with the method listed in the report on the results of thereview concerning calculation of greenhouse gases by the Environmental Ministry’s Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Calculation Method Review Body, in August 2002.
Furthermore, although we used the greenhouse gas coefficients specified for each year, as coefficients had
not been determined for FY 2001 and FY 2002, for years following FY 2000, we used the coefficient for FY 2000.
For greenhouse gas global warming coefficients, we used the coefficients set forth in the Enforcement Orderfor the Law for Promotion of Measures against Global Warming.

Method of calculating energy consumption
We calculated consumption of electricity and fuel by converting it to heat in accordance with the Enforcement
Regulations to the Revised Energy Conservation Law, executed on April 1, 2003.

Method of calculating energy consumption per unit of production and CO2
emissions per unit of production
Energy consumed per unit of production = Energy consumption amount (TJ) / production (¥100 million)
CO2 emissions per unit of production = CO2 (1,000 tons) emitted through consumption of energy (fuel,electricity) / production (¥100 million)
Production indicates the amount of business activity. For this factor, we use the total value added amount ofaffiliates subject to disclosure in this report.
Regarding calculation of greenhouse gas and energy consumption, we switched to the above calculation
method in this report and recalculated past data.
Furthermore, the DNP group calculated the six gases specified as greenhouse gases in the Kyoto Protocol
agreement. We determined CO 2, CH4 and N2O from energy consumption amounts and waste incineration
amounts. We also determined HFC, PFC and SF6 from the coolant in air conditioning facilities, etc., and insulatorsin power transformers. In FY 2002 the group produced no emissions of HFC, PFC and SF6.

Efforts in FY 2002

868

850

843

2000

2001

2002 (FY)

750
500

592
455

250
0
1990

1995

CO2 from electricity
CH4

CO2 from fuel
N2O

CO2 from waste

Energy Consumption (Converted to heat)(Unit: TJ (Terra joule))

20,00015,00010,00018,52618,11918,0692000

2001

2002 (FY)13,082

9,375

5,000
0

1990

1995

Energy Consumption per Unit of Production
5

In FY 2002 we continued our efforts to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases, promoting “Production 21”, an effort involving the entire DNP
group manufacturing division, installing cogeneration systems, convertingfrom heating oil to municipal gas, preparing for and operating at energy
management standards focusing on plants designated as Class I Energy
Management facilities under the Energy Conservation Law, and discontinuing use of incinerator furnaces.

Transitions in Emissions of Greenhouse Gases

38(Unit: 1,000 tons)

1,000(Unit: 1,000 tons)

4(Unit: TJ/ ¥100 million)

4.10

4.32
3.79

4.08

3.94

2001

2002 (FY)

3
2
1
0

1990

1995

2000

CO2 Emissions per Unit of Production
250

1990

1995

2000

2001

2002 (FY)

N2O

–

−

1

1

1

CH4

–

−

1

1

2

CO2 from waste incineration

−

−

45

44

31

CO2 from fuel

181

247

383

385

416

50

CO2 from electricity

274

345

438

419

393

0

Total

455

592

868

850

843

200

(Unit: tons/ ¥100 million)

199
172

150

192

181

176

2001

2002 (FY)

100

1990

1995

2000

Implementation of Cogeneration System
Environmental Performance

In FY 2002, The Mihara Plant of Dai Nippon Printing Precision Device
Co., Ltd. implemented a cogeneration system, bringing to 9 the total
number of such systems operating within the DNP group. The following tableindicates the CO2 reduction benefits brought about though establishment ofsuch systems. In FY 2002, the DNP group reduced CO2 emissions by 16,523
tons through such systems, equivalent to around 2% of the CO2 emitted by
the entire DNP group.

Cogeneration system at Kuki Plant, Ichigaya
Publication Printing Operations

The 9 cogeneration systems currently in operation are located at the following six sites. Years in brackets indicate year of installation. Kamifukuoka Plant, Dai Nippon Printing Fine Electronics Co., Ltd. (1990), Kyoto Plant, Dai
Nippon Printing Technopack Kansai Co., Ltd. (2) (1992 and 1996), Akabane Plant, Commercial Printing Operations(2) (1995), Tsuruse Plant, Ichigaya Publication Printing Operations (1999), Kuki Plant, Ichigaya Publication Printing
Operations (2001), Mihara Plant, Dai Nippon Printing Precision Device Co., Ltd. (2) (2002)

Electricity, steam and CO2 generated by cogeneration systems

CO2 emissions if
the electricity waspurchased

CO2 emissions if
the steam was
generated througha boiler

CO2 emissions
reduced throughcogeneration

Electricity(1,000 kWh)Steam(tons)

CO2 emissions(tons)

CO2 emissions(tons)

CO2 emissions(tons)

CO2 emissions(Tons)

2000

88,812

228,462

65,47433,57137,436

5,533

2001

138,378

253,726

92,05952,307

41,576

1,824

2002 (FY)204,771

461,196

136,453

77,40475,572

16,523

Conversion to Substitute Fuels
In an effort to reduce air pollution and prevent global warming, the
DNP group is promoting conversion to municipal gas, which contains nosulfur and which has low greenhouse gas coefficients.
In FY 2002, Dai Nippon Cup Co., Ltd. changed its boiler fuel fromheating oil to municipal gas.
By promoting conversion of fuels to municipal gas, we have improved
our gas usage ratio, which stood at 57.9% in FY 1990, to 96.2% in FY 2002.
*

Gas usage ratio = Gas consumption (converted to heat amount) / total fuel consumption amount(converted to heat amount) × 100

Establishment and Practice of Energy Management
Standards
The DNP group promotes the reduction of CO2 emissions thoughestablishment and practice of energy management standards based on the
Energy Conservation Law.
In FY 2002, the printing industry was designated as an industry
subject to on-site energy management examinations by the Ministry of the
Economy, Trade and Industry, and underwent examinations at 19 sites.
Of these 19, one site was issued with a report requiring rectifications,while the remaining 18 were evaluated as performing proper energy management, and earning high praise in a number of areas.

Gas usage ratio (Converted from heat generation
amount)(Unit: %)
100
83.5

80
60

92.3

94.7

96.2

2000

2001

2002 (FY)

57.9

40
20
0
1995

1990

Composition ratio of types of heat
energy consumed in FY 1990
Kerosene
0.0%
LPG 8.3%

Composition ratio of types of heat
energy consumed in FY 2002
Fuel oil
3.4%

Kerosene
0.4%

LNG
49.6%

LPG
15.0%

Fuel oil
42.1%

Total:
3,000TJ

LNG
81.2%

Total:
7,829TJ

Greenhouse gas emissions through incineration of waste(Unit: 1,000 tons)

Discontinuation of Small Incinerators
In FY 2002 we discontinued use of small incinerators without heatrecovery systems. As a result, our emissions of greenhouse gases that arise
though incineration of waste fell by 14,000 tons against a base year of FY
2000 and 13,000 tons against a base year of FY 2001.
Note 1: Sites at which small incinerators were discontinued in FY 2002:
Shiraoka & Kawaguchi Plants, Dai Nippon Offset Co., Ltd., Kashiwa Plant, Dai Nippon
polymer, Dai Nippon Plastic Co., Ltd, Sagami Container Co., Ltd., Tohoku Dai Nippon Printing
Co., Ltd. Shikoku Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.
Note 2: CO2 arising from the combustion of paper is not contained in the GHG amount in accordancewith the Kyoto Protocol.

50
40

45

44
31

30
20
10
0
2000

2001

2002 (FY)No. of incinerators subject to calculation: 17 in FY 2000, 17 in FY
2001, 16 in FY 2002
Furthermore, in FY 2001 one incinerator stopped operation during
the term, while another 10 in seven sites stopped operation in FY
2002. Six incinerators are currently in operation, each of whichcontain boilers and have thermal recycling capability.

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Environmental Risk Management

Environmental Performance

Summary

In addition to keeping track of trends in environmental regulations that apply to group operations, andmaintaining compliance, in an effort to maintain even stricter environmental controls, the DNP group has
established its own voluntary standards (water, air, odors, noise and vibration), as well as its own voluntary
guidelines (chemical substance management, measures against ground contamination, etc.), which arestrictly observed. Furthermore, the group promotes risk management, making efforts to prevent foreseeable
accidents and emergencies, establishing emergency response systems and performing drills in preparation for
emergency situations.
In FY 2002, we performed voluntary standard compliance examinations at a number of our sites. The
examinations detected traces of airborne NOx emissions and waterborne pH, n-hexane, as well as a numberof deficiencies regarding the density of odors around emission ducts and noise levels in metropolitan areas.
Improvement of these matters presents a challenge for the future. Following the examinations, we performeda significant number of improvement measures, including conversion to gas fuels, maintenance of exhaustgas treatment equipment, discontinuation of incineration, improvement of wastewater treatment equipment
performance, as well as measures to prevent leakages of chemical substances. To address the problem ofnoise and vibration, we performed monitoring operations through voluntary measuring, made improvements
to the source of noise and vibration, and established soundproof walls. Furthermore, as a measure against the
problem of odors, we improved the performance of our odor-removing equipment and performed improvements at the odor source.
In FY 2002, we experienced one accident concerning wastewater, prompting a serious review of our methods
and procedures. Furthermore, we performed emergency response drills under the assumption of gas leaks
and accidental release/leakage of wastewater. Regarding discontinued machinery containing PCBs, we stored
these in an appropriate manner in a specified place, with adequate measures to ensure prevention of loss.

Compliance with Applicable Laws and Regulations

Major Improvement Measures in FY 2002

The DNP group makes a continual effort to detect abnormalities at an
early stage and prevent incidents of pollution in order to minimize environmental damage and the economic impact sustained as a result, as well as
the risk of a loss of social trust arising from such incidents.
The DNP group constantly monitors trends in environmental laws andregulations, noting their applicability to our business operations and products. We have implemented notification and educational measures to ensurethat our employees are well versed in the following laws and regulations,
positioning them as items that apply directly to managerial procedures.
In addition, when deemed necessary, we establish our own voluntarystandards, which are even more stringent than national laws, and ensurecompliance though daily monitoring and measuring activities. Furthermore,
the DNP group performs on a regular basis its own environmental audits,which confirm the state of our risk management and compliance.
Voluntary Standards

Basic Environment Law
Basic Law for Establishing a Recycling-Based Society
Law Regarding the Promotion of the Utilization of Recycled Resources
Law for Promotion of Sorted Collection and Recycling of Containers and Packaging
Waste Management and Public Cleansing Law*

Law Concerning the Promotion of the Measures to Cope with Global Warming
Law Concerning Rational Use of Energy*

Air Pollution Control Law*

Water Pollution Control Law*

Law for Special Measures for the Conservation of the Environment of the Seto Inland Sea*

Sewerage Law*

Noise Regulation Law*

Vibration Regulation Law*

Offensive Odor Control Law*

Soil Pollution Control Law*

Law Concerning the Protection of the Ozone Layer through the Regulation of Specified Substances andOther Measures*

Law Concerning the Recovery and Destruction of Fluorocarbons
Law Concerning Special Measures against Dioxins*

Law Concerning the Improvement of Pollution Prevention Systems in Specific Factories*

Law Concerning Special Measures against PCB Waste40

Law Concerning the Reporting of the Release into the Environment of Specific Chemical Substancesand Promoting Improvements in Their Management*

Law Concerning Regulation of Pumping-Up of Ground Water for Use in Building
Factory Location Law
Local Regulations

Fuel conversion (heating oil  gas)
Upgrading of burners
Replacement of exhaust gas catalyst converters
Prohibition of dichloromethane
Discontinuation of incinerators
Renewal of hydrocarbon treatment systems

Key Measures against Water Pollution
Prevention of leakages in exhaust gas cleaning unit
Installation of wastewater outlet shutter
Replacement of filtration film
Installation/upgrading of purification tanks
Measures against spillages of incinerator wastewater
Underground tank leakage inspections
Replacement of ion-exchange resin
Installation of compressor drain liquid recovery system
Adjustment of sulfuric acid replenishment amount
Modification of alkali neutralization tank
Conversion to non-hydrazine based boiler compounds
Replacement of active charcoal in filtering systems

Key Measures against Noise

Major Laws and Regulations
Law

Key Measures against Air Pollution*

Measurement of noise
Maintenance of cooling towers
Modification of air conditioning systems
Sound insulation of building windows
Maintenance of compressors
Conversion to low-noise blowers
Installation of sound-absorbing material in exhaust ducts
Installation of sound-deadening walls
Measures to reduce noise of sheet-feed system

Key Measures against vibration
Measurement of vibration
Maintenance of compressors
Regulation of printed paper stacking
Regulation of vibration-causing machines

Key measures against odors
Measurement of odors
Maintenance of deodorizing systems
Examination of deodorizing system performance
Cleaning of deodorizing system catalysts
Replacement of deodorizing system catalysts
Installation of additional deodorizing systems
Enhancement of exhaust gas recovery and deodorizing
systems
Renewal of reactionary elements in treatment systems

Monitoring and Measuring Environmental Impact

Targets

Environmental Performance

The DNP group has established voluntary environmental standards for air, water, noise, vibration and odors,
which are even more stringent than those required by law. Occasionally, however, we receive complaints
from nearby residents concerning noise and odors. Following receipt of such a complaint, we make anutmost effort to determine the cause, rectify the problem and perform measures to prevent reoccurrence ofthe problem in the future.
We aim to achieve the following targets by FY 2005:• To keep maximum densities of air emissions subject to emissions regulations at 70% of the required standard or less.
• To keep maximum densities of wastewater discharges subject to wastewater regulations at 70% of the required standard or less.
• To keep the maximum density of odors at our site perimeters at 70% of the required standard or less.
• To keep the maximum level of noise and vibration at our site perimeters at 95% of the required standard or less.

Performance As indicated in the following table, we have already achieved our targets for vibration and will
have achieved our targets regarding air, water and odors in the near future. The target achievement ratio in noise, however, remains low, even though this has been improving in comparison
with the levels in FY 2001.
(Measurements of noise in municipal sites are sometimes affected by background noise.)

The table below exhibits the achievements we made in FY 2002.
Item

The voluntary standard
achievement ratio in FY 2001

The voluntary standard
achievement ratio in FY 2002

Air

92%

93%

Under 70% of legal standards

Water

83%

89%

Under 70% of legal standards

Odor

91%

89%

Under 70% of legal standards

Noise

45%

47%

Under 95% of legal standards

Vibration

100%

100%

Under 95% of legal standards

Improvement

Voluntary Standards

Note 1: The voluntary standard achievement ratio is determined by multiplying the indexes measured for air, water, odors, noise and vibrations in plants subject to regulations(total measured indexes) by the target attainment indexes for each item.
Air:
Ratio of voluntary standard achievement index number against total measured index number for SOx, particulate, NOx and dioxin.
Water:
Ratio of voluntary standard achievement index number against total measured index number for pH, COD, SS etc. (excluding water temperature)
Odors:
Ratio of voluntary standard achievement index number against total measured index number for emissions duct odor density, perimeter fence odor
density and number of substances for which density measurements were taken.
*State of compliance with emissions duct regulations also included in odor measurement data.
Noise:
Ratio of time zones in which voluntary standards were achieved out of the total number of times zones in which measurements were taken (daytime,morning, evening & night)
Vibration: Ratio of time zones in which voluntary standards were achieved out of the total number of times zones in which measurements were taken (daytime,night)
Note 2: For items in which measurements were not taken in the previous year, and in which targets were not achieved according to the most recent data, we have deemed
these as not achieving targets in the fiscal year concerned.
Note 3: In last year’s environmental report, we evaluated the above voluntary standard achievement ratios using the ratio of plants that achieved all measurement indexes on asite-by-site basis, and have used a different method this year.

Accidents and Incidents of Non-Compliance
The DNP group, while striving to operate in compliance with environmental laws and regulations, has experienced one
abnormality in connection with wastewater discharges over the last five years, and one incident of accidental release of waste
liquid into a river. We are currently making an utmost effort to ensure that such incidents are not repeated.
Date of accident: May 24, 2000
Site: Sayama Plant, Dai Nippon Printing Technopack Co., Ltd.
The quality of wastewater released to the sewer system exceeded standards. The problem was caused by insufficient treatment of compressor drain water due to insufficient performance of the plant’s wastewater treatment system, resulting in an
extract of n-hexane exceeding the regulatory standard. We resolved the problem by improving the performance of the plantoil-water separation system.
Date of accident: April 11, 2002
Site: Fukuoka Plant, Kyushu Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.
In this accident, industrial process wastewater was accidentally released into a river due to a fault by
the private wastewater treatment operator. The particular wastewater concerned is normally transferred to a tanker truck and taken away. The accident was occurred when the transfer hose became
disconnected. The wastewater concerned was a mixture of water that had been used to wash printing
plates, as well as moisturizing water and a small amount of lubricating oil used in the printing process. Following the accident, under government supervision, we laid sandbags, erected an oil fence
and cleaned up items floating on the surface of the river. We also performed an examination into thecause of the accident, reviewing the work procedures of the private operator within the site, reviewing
our emergency contact procedures and installing new emergency materials in order to minimize theeffects of any future accident.

Fukuoka Plant, Kyushu Dai Nippon
Printing Co., Ltd. emergency cleanupmaterials

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Anticipated Emergencies and Emergency Response
Environmental Performance

The DNP group uses solvents and chemicals during the manufacturing
process. Whenever these products are delivered or treated as waste afteruse, there remains the danger of spillages. In order to address this situation,
we have established a “Chemical Substances Management Guide” outlining
the proper treatment of chemical substances, and are striving to reduce
accidents, installing retaining walls and emergency shutoff systems at
chemical receiving areas, and installing double-walled storage tanks, etc.
Furthermore, to minimize the pollution in the event of an accident, we haveinstalled emergency materials and perform emergency training.

Management of Chemical Substances
Environmental Committees in
Each Operations Group
Promotion
OfficePRTR Group(each site)
Usage
Supervisor

Warehouse
Supervisor

Storage
Tank
Supervisor

Waste
Supervisor

Chemical Substances Management
Guide (Contents)
I. Establishing a Chemical Substance Management
SystemII. Monitoring Amount of Chemical Substances
HandledIII. Implementing Chemical Substance Management
1. Examining Facilities
2. Managing Waste that Contains Chemical
Substances
3. Restricting Emissions through Facilities
Improvement
4. Management by Production Process
5. Proper Usage
IV. Preparing for Accidents and Emergencies
V. Education and Training

Soil and Groundwater Contamination and Reduction Measures
Conventionally, the DNP group performed ground surveys following
the acquisition of new sites or as part of the ISO 14001 certification application process. Prompted by the Law concerning Measures Against GroundContamination, however, the group established a “Guideline to Measures
Against Ground Contamination,” which sets forth ground contamination
examination standards. The guideline prescribes that ground surveys mustbe performed whenever a site that has used a hazardous substance ordecides to abolish certain facilities as specified in the Water Contamination Prevention Law. Furthermore, the guide states that in the event thatground contamination is discovered, the site must notify the governor of theprefecture concerned and perform appropriate measures such as removal of
the contaminated ground under the supervision. In FY 2002 we performed
ground and groundwater examinations of the sites on the right, all of whichwere confirmed to be free of contamination.

Accident prevention measures

Wastewater conduit shutter
Kyoto Plant, Dai Nippon Printing
Technopack Kansai Co., Ltd.

Emergency Training (Performed in FY 2002)
Prevention of air pollution
Ushiku Plant, DNP Data Techno Co., Ltd.
Training under the assumption of a leakage of municipal gas
Kobe Plant, Dai Nippon Printing Kenzai Co., Ltd.
Emergency response training involving odor removal equipment
Mihara Plant, Dai Nippon Printing Precision Device Co., Ltd.
Trainings under the assumption of black smoke arising from incinerator and leakage of municipal gas

Prevention of water pollution
Mihara Plant, Dai Nippon Printing Precision Device Co., Ltd.
Trainings under assumption of a crack in water-supply yard andleakage of processing water
Training under assumption of leakage of absorption liquid in
exhaust gas washing equipment
Sayama Plant, IMS Dai Nippon Co., Ltd.
Training under assumption of oil leakage
Ushiku Plant, DNP Data Techno Co., Ltd.
Emergency wastewater treatment and wastewater recovery

Prevention of Ground Contamination
DT Circuit Technology Co., Ltd.
Training for responding to emergency in chemical treatment facility

Emergency response training
Sayama Plant, IMS Dai Nippon Co.,
Ltd.

Emergency response training
Ushiku Plant, DNP Data Techno

Sites Performing Ground and Ground water Surveys in FY 2002
Groundwater
surveysTokyo Plant, Dai Nippon Printing Kenzai
Co., Ltd.
Kuki Plant (Electronics Division)

Environment-related Lawsuits
The DNP group has not been subject to any environment-related
lawsuits during the period under review.

Leakage retaining walls
Ushiku Plant, DNP Data Techno Co.,Ltd.

Mihara Plant, Dai Nippon Printing
Precision Device Co., Ltd.,
Ground surveys

Osaka Plant, Dai Nippon Erio Co., Ltd.

Amount of Stored Hazardous Substances
The DNP group currently has in storage 267 cases of PCBs on 27
sites. The PCBs are contained in oil that was extracted from transformer
equipment that is no longer in use. The PCBs are stored in special containers in special storage rooms, and are managed under the strictest of
conditions in accordance with applicable regulations to ensure prevention ofleakage or loss. Each site makes sure the PCBs are stored in the appropriatemanner, performing daily inspections and making regular reports to theauthorities, and confirming storage conditions in annual internal audits.

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PCB storage area at Akabane Plant, Ichigaya Publication
Printing Operations

Upstream Activities—Green Purchasing

Targets

Environmental Performance

In an effort to reduce the environmental impact of upstream activities, the DNP group promotes green
purchasing-although on some occasions we are required to purchase materials in accordance with specifications demanded by our clients.
Green Purchasing Target• To improve the ratio of purchased products that reach the DNP Purchasing Headquarters
standards for green purchasing by 2.5% each year.
• To improve the ratio of purchased products bearing environmental labels such as the Eco-Markby 3.0% each year.
Note: The DNP Purchasing Department’s standards for green purchasing are as follows:
Paper: Paper containing recycled paper, non-wood based paper, TCF pulp paper (Paper made using without the use of chlorine)
Ink: Soybean oil ink, water-based ink, and toluene-free ink, toluene-free solvents, recycled solvents
Materials: Products certified as worthy of environmental marks, recycled materials, etc.
Sites covered: 32 sites under the DNP Purchasing Division

Performance In FY 2002, our year-on-year purchase ratio for environmentally sound materials improved by
2.7% while that for general materials improved by 3.4%.

State of Purchasing of Raw Materials (paper, ink andmaterials)
In FY 2002, purchases of environmentally sound raw materials
accounted for 18.6% of all raw material purchases, a year-on-year improvement of 2.7%.
In order to promote purchases of environmentally-sound products,
the DNP Purchasing Division placed a list of recommended environmentallysound products on its intranet website and provided information to the sales
divisions. As a result, the selection ratio of environmentally sound A3-sizecoated paper and mat-coated paper improved, with the year-on year
purchase ratio of environmentally-sound products improving by 2.0%.
In ink purchases, we increased use of soybean oil ink, water-based ink
and toluene-free ink. As for solvents, we promoted conversion to recycled
products and substitute products. As a result, the ratio of environmentallysound ink purchases improved by 9.6% from the previous year.
In production materials, we improved our year-on-year purchaseratio of environmentally sound products by 1.4%, through increased use ofrecycled PS plates*1 and paper tubes, use of environmentally-sound blanket
cleaning agent and adhesives, and conversion to recyclable film and ecobands*2.

Environmentally sound products list
DNP Purchasing Division website

Soybean oil ink*1: PS-plates: Abbreviation for pre-sensitized plates, which are used in offset printing. These are
aluminum plates with a hydrophilic layer that have been coated with a photosensitive liquid. By
coating with a plate film and exposing it to light, a chemical reaction occurs in the photosensitive
resin, resulting in the creation of an offset printing plate.

*2: Eco-band: Plastic bands made of recyclable plastic

State of General Materials (Stationery, office supplies
and fixtures, etc.)
In purchases of general materials, environmentally sound products
accounted for 12.5% in FY 2002, a year-on-year improvement of 3.4%. In
addition to the increased use of business card and company envelopes
made of recycled paper, we increased registrations of eco-products in all
types of stationery and office supplies. Product unit prices also fell during
the year, resulting in increased adoption of environmentally sound products.

Uniform

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Downstream Activities—
Development & Sale of Environmentally Conscious Products

Environmental Performance

In an effort to reduce environmental impact through the stages of product design, development and sale,the DNP group has established a “Development Guideline for Environmentally Conscious Products” andpromotes the development and sale of environmentally conscious products, based on the “Considerationof Lifecycle Factors in Products and Services” section of the “Fundamental Principals of Green Purchasing”(Revised June 12, 2001) produced by the Green Purchasing Network.

Targets

DNP Group Environmental Target• To increase sales of environmentally sound products by 10% each year

Performance Sales of environmentally conscious products stood at ¥101.9 billion, up 35% from the previous
year (¥75.7 billion) and reaching the group target.

Sales for environmentally-conscious products in FY 1999, when
we began taking records, stood at ¥29.9 billion, but increased steadily
thereafter, reaching ¥101.9 billion by FY 2002. Of particular note was theachievement of the Electronics Division, whose switch to heavy-metal freeproducts and products that do not use organic solvents during manufacture,contributed significantly to the increase in sales.
In the Information Communication Division, substantial increases wereachieved for sales of products using recycled paper and soybean ink, metalless calendars and cards that do not use polyvinyl chloride. The Lifestyleand Industrial Supplies Division has seen steady increases in sales of paper
products that were formerly made of non polyvinyl chloride and plastic, andproducts that use water-based ink. In “Other,” sales of sales-promotion
materials made of non-polyvinyl chloride materials fell, while those using
soybean oil ink increased substantially.

Sales of Environmentally Conscious Products(Unit: ¥100 million)
1,200
1,000

1,019

800
630
108

600
400
200
0

757
137

299
269

529

464
58

30

1999
Information
Communication
Electronics

91

2000
2001
Lifestyle andIndustrial Supplies

195
153
575
96

2002 (FY)
Other

Environmental Conscious Products Development Guideline
1. Reduction of Environmental Pollutants

5. Reusability

Elimination of ozone-depleting substances, heavy metals andorganic chloride compounds
Curbing of air emissions of greenhouse gases, nitrogen oxides,
etc. during life cycle

Products designed to be taken apart for cleaning, refilling, etc;
development of recovery and reuse systems that are easy forthe purchaser to use.
Example: Refillable containers

Examples:• Products that do not contain organic solvents• Adoption of raw materials that do not contain chlorine• Printed matter using soy oil ink

6. Recyclability

Restrictions on use of metal resources and fossil fuels

Consideration of whether product uses easy-to-recycle
material, whether it has been designed to break down and/or
separate easily according to material, whether there exists
a recovery/recycle system that can be used easily by thepurchaser

Examples:Example: Products made using one type of material• Adoption of raw materials that do not use heavy metals such as chrome and lead

2. Conserving resources and energy• Lightweight products,• Products and systems that conserve energy during life cycle

3. Adoption of sustainable resources

7. Use of recycled materials
Frequent use of recovered/recycled parts

Use of sustainable resources

Examples:Examples:• Printed matter using 100% recycled paper• Products that use non-wood based paper• Products that use paper as shock absorber• Paper products that were formerly made of plastic• Products that use recycled plastic

4. Able to be used long term
Consideration of ease of repair and parts replacement, lengthof maintenance and repair services, expansion of functions,etc.
Example: Card that can display updated information

8. Easy to treat and dispose ofConsideration such that product causes minimum impact
when incinerated or landfilled
Examples:• Products that break down easily into base materials• Products that use plastic that breaks down naturally

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Conservation Technologies, Product Researchand Development
Based on the R&D organizational structure indicated on the right, the DNP Group is striving to develop
technologies that reduce environmental impact incurred during production and the environmental impact of
products.

R&D to Reduce Environmental Impact Incurred during
Production
In order to reduce the environmental impact incurred during production, the DNP group performs research and development in a number of key
areas, including methods for the elimination of solvents and use of waterbased inks in gravure printing and the laminating process (reduction of
VOCs), development of various examination equipment (reduction of waste),
improvement of efficiency of printing presses (energy conservation) andprinting systems (reduction of waste and conservation of energy).
An example of improving the efficiency of a printing system is conversion to CTP in offset printing, and our “High-efficiency Gravure Printing
Press,” which we developed in FY 2002. Consisting of various independent
printing units, each of which can be operated independently, the new printerhas greatly improved efficiency by reducing the time needed when changing
printing plates and adjusting color.

Conceptual drawing of CTP

CTP: Computer To Plate

CTP processes

Conventional processes

DTP data

DTP data

Production of
printing plates

Production of film
negative plates

Production of
printing plates

Printing

Printing

System wherein printing plate (plate thatis attached to printing press) is produced
directly from negative data contained within acomputer.
The system eliminates the need for film negatives, reduces waste and produces no waste
developer or fixer, needs no exposure device
for printing film negatives and saves energy.

DTP: Desk Top Publishing
Publishing system wherein operations such as
production of illustrations, input and editing of
pictures, text layout and printing are performed
though a work station or personal computer.

Environmental Performance

Summary

DNP Group R&D Organization(Head Office Staff Divisions)
R&D, Commercialization OfficeIntellectual Property Office(Head Office R&D Divisions)
R&D Center
Physical Property Analysis Center
Materials Development ResearchCenterProduction Research CenterC&I IT Research Center(Group-wide Planning Divisions)
Packaging Development Center
CBS Development Office(R&D Divisions by Operations)
Business Forum Research Center
Packaging Research Center
Decorative Materials Research Center
Data Recording Materials Research Center
Electronic Device Research Center
Display Product Research Center

Efforts to Reduce Environmental Impact of Products
The DNP group is striving to develop technologies to reduce theenvironmental impact of products through reduction of environmentallyhazardous substances (elimination of halogen-based substances, volatileorganic solvents), improvement of recyclability (use of single materials, material labeling, etc.) and reduction of waste.

[ Reduction of environmental pollutants ]In decorative, we are promoting development of non-chlorine based
barrier film. The film has barrier properties that prevent entry of oxygen andmoisture. We improved the barrier properties of the film though improvementof the steam adhesive process, and are promoting conversion away frommaterials containing chlorine such as vinylidene chloride.
In industrial materials, in FY 2001 we began sales of “Flexible Flat
Cable Cover” that contains no organic chlorine-based substances.
In decorative materials, we applied our electric wire surface treatment
technology to develop products that contain no VOCs, which can havestrong odors and case allergies. This technology is used when irradiating
electronic wires and for hardening resin used to coat substrate surfaces,
and offers good protection against soiling and scratching. Furthermore, wedeveloped technologies for measuring the VOCs arising from building materials, built the “Home Construction Materials Analysis & Evaluation Center”
and received ISO/IEC 17025 third-party certification for our technology andprocesses for measuring VOCs released from building materials.

High-efficiency gravure printing press

Flexible flat cable cover45

[ Recycling Efforts ]Environmental Performance

In an effort to promote separation of container packaging, we took
measures to display packaging separation and material labels on our products in cooperation with our clients, as prescribed in the “Law to Promote
Effective Use of Resources,” executed in April 2001.

[ Reduction ]Material identification labeling(Close-up)

We have been promoting reduction of superfluous materials in ourcontainers at the design stage, part of our policy to emphasize “Reduce”,
one of the 3Rs touted under the Law towards Promotion of Development of
a Recycling-Oriented Society.

Product Life Cycles and Environmental Impact
InputsNatural resource
extraction

InputsManufactureof
Naturalresourcerawmaterials
extraction

EnergyManufactureofParts
manufacture
raw materials

Depletable
resources
EnergyProduct
manufacture
Parts manufacture

PotentiallyDepletablerenewable
resources
resources

Distribution
Product
manufacture

Potentially renewable
Recyclable
resources
resources

Consumption& use
Distribution

Outputs

Transport

Outputs
Water pollutants

Transport

Life Cycle Assessments (LCA)[ About LCA ]In order to reduce the environmental impact of downstream areas, the
DNP group has actively embraced LCA, into its packaging operations, where
there is great concern regarding the problem of waste in packaging.

*

Air pollutants
Solid waste
Solid waste
Emissionsto otherenvironments

Recycling& use
Consumption

Recyclable resources

Emissions to otherenvironments
Recyclable
resources

Recycling
Waste

Recyclable
resources(Source: Environmental Ministry)
DNP mainly uses blue-colored parts Waste
in the development ofenvironmentally-conscious products.
(Source: Environmental Ministry)
DNP mainly uses blue-colored parts in the development ofenvironmentally-conscious products.

Stagesof LCAof(ISO14040)
Framework
Lifecycle
Assessment
Frameworkof Lifecycle
Setting of purpose
and scope
Assessment
Setting of purpose
and scope
Inventory analysis
Inventory analysis
Impact evaluation

Under the fundamental policy of the Container and Package Recycling Law, it is the duty of thenation to establish LCA methods and to provide information, and that it is the duty of the business
operator to perform LCA-based development and provide information for consumers.

Direct Use
 Product development
Interpretation
Interpretation

Since November 1997, we have applied lifecycle inventory analysis(“setting of purpose and scope” and “inventory analysis” as prescribed within the framework of ISO 14040) in the course of developing environmentallyconscious products. Evaluation of packaging products using LCI is not only
beneficial to the packaging material user, it also satisfies a requirement ofbusiness operators as prescribed in the “Container and Package RecyclingLaw”* (enacted in 1996). As a business operator playing a role in thedevelopment of a recycling-oriented society, we will in the future continue todevelop products using LCA.
Making use of our knowledge of LCI, the Data Recording Materials
Division achieved certification for its information-providing environmental
labels (EPD) used on sublime heat transfer materials.

Water pollutants
Air pollutants& improvement
DirectUse
Strategicdevelopment
planning Product&
Policydevelopment
improvement
Marketingplanning Strategic Other
Policy development
 Marketing Other

Impact evaluation[ Case Study of LCA ]We performed an LCA assessment of our PET bottles, which are
manufactured using a sterilized filling system (APP) developed by DNP. The
results of the assessment are shown in the graph on the right. Although there
are claims that the recycling of PET bottles only leads to further environmental impact, in FY 2001, a year in which
recycling progressed further than was
required in FY 2000 under the Containerand Package Recycling Law, it wasdetermined that energy consumption
and atmospheric emissions have beenfalling. In the future, we hope to use LCI
PET bottles produced by APP system
to develop easy-to-recycle containers.

[ Participating in LCA Research ]DNP extends cooperation to government-sponsored LCA research
projects, participating as an industrial representative in the “Project forDevelopment of Designs and Manufacturing Technology for Low-waste
Recyclable Plastic (sponsored by the Ministry of Economy, Trade andIndustry)” as performed by the Japan Chemical Innovation Institute, and“Examinations concerning Lifecycle Assessments of Containers & Packaging(sponsored by the Ministry of the Environment), as performed by the Institutefor Policy Sciences.

Transition in consumption of energy due to improvement in PET bottle recycling efficiency(Per 1,000 bottles from raw materials extraction to recycling)(Unit: MJ)
3,000

2,765

2,675

2000

2001 (FY)

2,000
1,000
0

Changes in air emissions due to improvements inrecycling efficiency(Per 1,000 bottles from raw materials extraction to recycling)(Air emissions)
160
120

137 129

140 136
97

80

95

40
0

46

CO2 (kg)
2000

2001

NOx (g)SOx (g)Environmentally Conscious Products—
Efforts to Reduce Environmental Impact in Downstream Areas
Regarding environmental impact in downstream areas, the DNP group has determined theimpact of containers and packaging materials. According to our calculations, a total of 384,000
tons of CO2 has been emitted in connection with containers and packaging shipped by the DNP
group.
Under the Container and Packaging Recycle Law, the DNP group has a duty to recycle used
containers and packaging as a “container manufacturer.” The group carries out this duty through
The Japan Containers & Packaging Recycling Association, which recycles packages and containers on behalf of the group. In FY 2002, the group carried out its duty, paying ¥190.5 million inrecycling fees to the association.
Products that have acquired the DNP group Eco-Mark are “S-mail recycled paper type (70%)”
and “S-mail recycled paper type (100%).” “S-mail” is a letter-sized writing paper that folds into
an envelope, which can then be sent as a postcard. “Super S-mail Clear Recycled Paper Type”,
registered in FY 2001, is no longer qualified to bear the Eco-Mark as the specifications of thepaper have changed.

Environmental Performance

Summary

Examples of Environmentally Conscious Products
Reduction of Environmental Pollutants
Environmentally-conscious interior paneling [ VOC-free, PVC-free ]The DNP group manufactures interior panels that are used in
housing and as a building material. We have modified the ingredients ofthese panels, changing the base film to a non-PVC type and eliminating
use of printing inks or coatings that use VOCs, determined to be acause of the sick-house syndrome by the Ministry of Health and Welfare. We have also developed “electron beam” coated paneling, which
are durable and have good dirt resisting properties.

WS Safmare

EB-coat HT flooring“Inorganic Barrier (IB) Film” [ free of organic chlorine compounds]
The DNP group manufactures packaging-use clear vapor-deposit
barrier film that is free of chlorine compounds, a source of dioxin. The
film has been used as packaging for foods, toiletries and other daily
goods that require packing with barrier qualities.

PET-G Cards [ free of chlorine based organic compounds ]PET-G cards are made of amorphous copolyester (PET-G), which
breaks down into water and CO2 without letting off chlorine-based
gases when incinerated. PET-G is also suitable for IC cards.

Environmentally-conscious Ink [ VOC-free ]The DNP group develops and manufactures environmentallyconscious ink. During FY 2002, shipments showed an increasing tendency towards use of soybean oil ink in offset and newspaper printing,and a trend towards water based inks in gravure printing, both of which
are helping to prevent air pollution and improve working environments
around printing presses.

Soybean oil ink

Water-based gravure ink

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Conservation of Resources and Energy
Environmental Performance“Spouch” [reduction of manufacturing energy]
Spouch is a portable beverage container with a built-in drinking
nozzle that shrinks as the beverage is consumed. After performing an
LCA analysis, we determined that, in comparison with plastic bottles,
the containers require less energy in manufacture and release fewer
emissions to air. The containers can also be used as packaging for
products that require retort sterilizing.

Thin Lamination [lightweight packaging material]
PE·EC (polyethylene extrusion) is a lamination technology
pioneered by the DNP group. By improving materials and film manufacturing methods, we have developed a method that allows lamination
to be performed using a film as thin as 5 microns*, as opposed to theconventional thickness of 13 microns. This has resulted in a wrapping
material of up to 30% less weight.
*

A micron is one thousandth of a millimeter.

“Ittai-kun” One Piece Tube [reduction of packaging materials]
Our one-piece tubes have eliminated all superfluous parts anduse some 30% less plastic than conventional tubes. The tubes have
improved hygienic properties-there are no seams between the cap andthe tube, preventing a build up of dust when displayed in shops andadhesion of water and mould when left wet areas.

“Elbow Pouches” [contributing to recycling systems]
Elbow pouches are liquid refill packs that are easy to open andpour. The pouches help to conserve resources by enabling reuse of theoriginal container, and shrink to a compact size after use.

Efforts in Packaging
Yoshio Nishida, Director, Packaging Development Center48

The Packaging Development Center provides
packing for everyday consumer items such as
foods, beverages and daily goods. Within the
DNP group, the center channels a considerable
amount of resources into development of environmentally conscious products, establishing the LCA evaluation
method in 1997, and applying it to product production, one of thefirst in the industry to do so. In addition to environmental considerations such as reduction of packaging materials and improvementof recyclability, as of 2000, we have been incorporating “universal
design,” a form of design that allows anyone to use products easily. Furthermore, we have been striving to develop and produce“packages that are easy on users, products and the environment”
based on the concept of “USE · FULL® Package”, which uses as
its foundation the basic functions of packaging, that is, to protect
and allow easy use of the package contents. The number of casesof new products being adopted by companies has been increasing
steadily, namely the PET bottle sterilized filling (APP) system (page46) and our insulated paper cup “Hi-Cup” (page 49). In the future
we hope to continue our efforts to contribute to the development ofa recycling-oriented society through package design that responds
to the needs of society.

USE · FULL® Package
This made-up word was chosen to express DNP’s policy
towards packaging design, namely designs that are useful
and which incorporate the three consumer conveniences of“Universal design”, “Symphony of function” and “Ecology.”

The five DNP universal design principles
1. Simple expression of necessary
information
2. Simple and direct-feel usability
3. Safe and flexible when using
4. An appropriate weight and size
5. Able to be used with a minimumof force or operation

U
S
E

niversal Design

ymphony of Function
cology

1.
2.
3.
4.

The four DNP environmental
considerations
Reduction of packaging
Reduction of volume of packaging after use
Recyclable
Reduction of environmental impact

Basic package functions
1. Protection of contents
2. Easy to handle
3. Provision of information

Extraction of Sustainable Resources
Environmental Performance“HI-CUP” Insulated Paper Cups [ converted from plastic topaper ]
HI-CUP is a double-walled heat insulated cup made of recycled
paper. After use, the cup can be easily crushed into a small size.

Paper Trays [ converted from plastic to paper ]Our paper trays can be used for food dishes and frozen foods,
etc, and are microwave safe. The outer cover of the trays can be printed
on, and give a better finish than printed plastic trays. After use, the trays
can be easily crushed into a small size.
Box trays

Pressed paper tray

Long-Life Product
Redecoration Panels
Our self-adhering WS Compo interior-use panels make redecoration simple. Designed for longterm use, the panels can be installed without the need to perform alteration work, which can lead tonoise, odors, dust and generation of waste materials.
Thin paneling “WS Compo”

Reusability
Peel-apart delivery slips [ contributing to reuse systems ]Applying our coating technology, we developed special peel-apart slips that peel apart easily andwithout tearing. Consisting of a single sheet of paper, the slips help to conserve paper. Furthermore,as the adhesive coating does not remain on the bill and receipt sections after separating, they can berecycled as cardboard, etc.

Efforts in Decorative Materials
Toshiko Fujita, Leader Decorative Materials Operations
Decorative Material Reserach Center
The Decorative Materials Division has supplied
construction materials for all sorts of applications
within housing construction, including interior
products for use in floors, walls and ceilings, surface materials for use in front doors, interior doors,
closet doors and furniture, and products used in wet areas suchas bathroom wall panels, and kitchen cupboard doors, etc. Recent
years have seen increased interest in the health and safety aspectsof housing materials, and a strong demand for environmentallyconscious construction materials. We began efforts to accommodate such needs at an early stage, and have strived to provide environmentally-conscious products. In addition, we have establisheda “Home Construction Materials Analysis & Evaluation Center,” afacility for testing and evaluating the environmental soundness of
products used in housing, including measurement of VOCs (Volatile
Organic Compounds) emitted from building materials. The Centerhas also helped to create business in new areas, as it is also used
to test materials at the request of other companies.
In the future, we hope to further enhance our range of products andservices, and contribute to pleasant living environments.

Home Construction Materials Analysis &Evaluation Center

Located within the Decorative Materials Research Center (Gotsu-cho, Gotsu-gun,Okayama Pref.)
The DNP group has received ISO 17025 certification for its technology and processes for measuring VOCs (Volatile Organic
Compounds) released from building materials as regulated under
JIS A 1901. (Date of Certification: April 25, 2003; Certifying body:
The Japan Accreditation Board for Conformity Assessment (JAB);
Certification number: RTL 01330)
ISO 17025 is a certification wherein the measuring system of atesting center and the results thereof are certified by a third party.
During the certification process, the measurement items andmethods are subject to examination. The certification states thatthe Home Construction Materials Analysis & Evaluation Center, as
operated by Group 3 of the DNP
Decorative Materials ResearchCenter operates a quality control system, has acquired andapplies the appropriate level oftechnology and has the capacity to produce technically soundresults.

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Use of Recycled Materials
Environmental Performance

Magazines, Pamphlets made of 100% Recycled Paper
Magazines, Pamphlets made of 100% Recycled Paper
In a joint venture with Oji Paper we developed a recycled paper thatuses 100% recycled paper, and promote usage among the DNP group.

Recycled Paper “S-Mail”
As a new addition to our lineup of “S-Mail” products, special postcards
that can be used for invoices and invoice breakdowns, etc., we havedeveloped recycled paper S-Mail products. The new products areavailable in 70% and 100% recycled paper versions, each of which has
acquired the Eco-Mark.

Recyclabilities“Super Hard Art-Tech” [ easy-to-recycle materials ]These are interior panels for use in passenger trains, made fromaluminum to improve recyclability. One of the key features of the panels
is that they are hard yet can be shaped and curved easily.

“e-Video” [ eliminating need to separate ]These are easy-to-recycle video cassettes made of polystyrene. We
have also developed a special “e-Video Eco” version that is completely
free of metal parts.

“Eco Cut-outs” [ eliminating need to separate ]These are point-of-purchase displays that use part of the original
packaging box as a base. Because they contain no veneer or metalparts, the displays can be easily disposed of and recycled, with no needto separate into different materials.

Before assembly

After assembly

Environmentally-Conscious Calendars [ eliminating need toseparate ]Our environmentally-conscious calendars use recycled paper and lowimpact ink, and contain no metal or plastic parts.

Easy Disposal“Back-in Box” [ easy to separate ]Back-in boxes are containers are cardboard boxes that containing an
inner plastic bag. The box and bag sections can be separated andfolded both before and after use, greatly helping to reduce storage
space and improving recyclability.

Stretch Labels [ easy to separate ]50

Stretch Labels are easy-to-remove labels that are attached to containers without use of an adhesive. When used with PET bottles, the labels
can be separated using specific-gravity separation methods. Being very
thin, the labels also help to conserve energy and costs. Furthermore,
the high clarity and high gloss of the labels enhances the attractivenessof the label design.

Close-up

Measures to Reduce Environmental Impact of Transport

Targets

Environmental Performance

DNP Logistics Co., Ltd., which performs logistics operations for the DNP group, is a general logistics company with a fleet of around 200 trucks that operate between Tohoku and Kyushu using cities as hub areas.
To make the following reductions by 2010 against a base year of 2000
1. To reduce CO2 emissions per tons-kilos transported*1 by 5%
2. To reduce transport-use fuel per unit of sales by 20%*1 Transport ton-kilos = ∑ (cargo weight × transport distance)

Performance Thanks to improvements in transport operations, in FY 2002 we reduced our CO2 emissions by
23% from the level in FY 2000. Furthermore, our CO2 emissions per ton-kilometers fell by 26%,
exceeding the target for 2010. Fuel consumption per unit of sales, however, remained at thesame level as last year, due to the fall in sales following the drop in road shipping costs.
FY
Tons-kilometers transported

2000

2001

2002

(Million ton · km)

53.18

55.65

55.47

Fuel consumption
Sales
CO2 emissions*2

(kl)

2,299

1,997

1,764

(¥100 million)

27.6

25.74

22.65

(tons)

with( comparison)
FY 2000

6,160

5,350

4,730

(-23%)

CO2 emissions per ton-kilos transported

116

96

85

(-26%)

Fuel consumed per unit of sales

83

78

78

(-6%)

*2 As of FY 2002, we calculated this in accordance with the method determined by the “FY 2002 Greenhouse Gas Emissions Calculation Method
Commission (August, 2002).” The figures differ from those listed in the report for FY 2001 as at that stage, we calculated emissions in accordancewith the “Sept. 2000 Environmental Ministry Greenhouse Gas Emissions Calculation Method Commission.”

Reduction of CO2 gas and Nitrogen Oxides (NOx)DNP Logistics strives to reduce fuel consumption, streamlining truck allocation and delivery routes and promoting idle-stop campaigns.
In an effort to improve driving performance, since FY 2001 we have monitored driving operations by adding digital tachometers to trucks operating in
the Sayama and Yokohama regions. In FY 2002, our fuel consumption stoodat 59kl, while CO2 emissions amounted to 157 tons, an average reductionof 15.5%, from FY 2000, and exceeding the reductions made in FY 2001. In
the Sayama region, a fleet of 4-ton and other trucks transport products andsemi-finished products from plants to customers and between plants. In thisregion, we improved transportation efficiency by streamlining truck allocationand delivery routes, resulting in a fuel consumption reduction ratio of 22.8%.
In the Yokohama region, we transport printing ink from our plants to special
customers in tanker trucks weighing over 10 tons. As the delivery routes are
fixed and constant, we are unable to make significant reductions throughstreamlining as was performed in the Sayama region, and use only idle-stop
as a measure for improving fuel efficiency.
With the reduction in fuel consumption amounts, emissions of NOx havealso fallen. Furthermore, we are promoting conversion from diesel to CNG
fuel, which produces few NOx emissions during combustion.

Reduction in Fuel Consumption in the Sayama andYokohama regions through Improved Driving Efficiency
2000

2001

2002 (FY)

Sayama1,050.90

979.8

880.3

1

Yokohama

955.3

917.1

846.9

2

Sayama

225.3

190.2

145.8

3

Yokohama

219.8

195.6

178.2

4

Sayama4.66 5

5.15

6.04

Yokohama

4.35 6

4.69

4.75

Distance traveled (1,000km)

Fuel consumed (kl) (light oil)

Fuel economy (km/l)

Fuel consumption (kl) when converted to FY 2000 fuel efficiency
Sayama

210

188.9

7

1÷5

Yokoyama

211

194.7

8

2÷6

Sayama

19.8

43.1

9

7-3

Yokohama

15.4

16.5 108-4

35.2

59.6 11

Sayama9.5

22.8

9÷7×100

Yokohama

7.3

8.5

10÷8×100

Fuel consumption reduced

Total
Fuel consumption reduction ratio (%)

Average

8.4

15.5

11÷(7+8)×100

CO2 reduction amount (tons)

93.2

157.2

*2

Reducing Suspended Particulate Matter (SPM)
The DNP group is promoting measures in response to the new diesel vehicle
regulations that will be executed in eight municipal regions, including Tokyo,
as of October 2003. We began taking steps to accommodate the new regulations in the summer of 2001. In June 2002, we prepared a plan of action
for modifying each of the vehicles in our fleet. In August 2002, we began toreplace some of our fleet with new regulation-compliant vehicles and added
particulate matter filters to others. By the end of FY 2002, some 66% of fleet
vehicles were compliant with the new regulations (79% at the end of June
2003). We expect to complete compliancy modifications by September 30.

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Regulation-compliant vehicle with particulate filter
installed

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Environmental Communications
Environmental
Communications

Disclosure of Environmental Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Contents

Relationship with Local Communities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Internal Environmental Audits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Data by Sites* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Introduction of Overseas Sites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
*For details/queries regarding key environmental data of sites, please refer to our Website
URL: http://www.dnp.co.jp/jis/eco/

Close-up Report “Review of Sweden and Denmark-Countries with Advanced Environmental Systems”(Please refer to page 54)

In November 2002, we visited Sweden and Denmark, two countries to learn the measures and policies performed by
the companies and governments towards stakeholders and the kind of environmental information released. We were particularly impressed by the high level of communication skills shown by corporate public relations officers and government
agency spokespersons, and felt that we still have a lot to learn. The following is a brief introduction of the type of policies
for a sustainable economy being promoted by the national and local governments.

Copenhagen “City Bike Project”

Marine Wind Farm in Middlegron

The City Bike project is a free-of-charge bicycle rental
system started as a measure to address the never-ending
problem of bicycle theft. A “City Bike Foundation” wassoon established, the aim of which was to develop a
handy, environmentally friendly means for visiting thevarious sightseeing spots around the city. The three main
objectives of the Foundation were:– To alleviate traffic jams and the problem of abandoned
bicycles– To encourage the environmental consideration– To provide a means of transport for sightseeing
The bicycles are available from April to December for
effective use as a means of transport for sightseeing. The
rental service is operated by 20 employees hired under ajob-placement program for unemployed. The bicycles are
fitted with solid tires that never go flat, no handbrakes andparts that are incompatible with those of other bicycles,
making them unlikely targets for theft. The bicycles
can be rented for 20
Coronas per use (around¥330), which is returned tothe user upon return of thebicycle.

Since the second half of the 1970s, Denmark has implemented wind power as a source of sustainable energy.
As of 2002, the country has 6,000 windmills in operation,saving 4.7 million tons in CO2 emissions, and powering
around 16% of the country’s power needs.
Middlegron Wind Farm, as shown in the following
picture, consists of 20 2-megawatt windmills built on
man-made islands stretching 3km into Copenhagen bay,
generating a total of 40 megawatts. With a propeller lengthof 38m and sitting on a pole 64m in height, the windmills
have a built-in safety feature thatstops the windmill from turningwhen the wind becomes toostrong.

City-bike bearing a company advertisement

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An upward view ofthe huge windmills

20 windmills on the sea

Disclosure of Environmental Information

Environmental
Communications

Summary From 1998 through 2002, the DNP Group has released environmental information through“Environmental Reports,” which have undergone revisions on four occasions. Our 2002 report
received a Prize for Excellence in the Environmental Report Awards. During this time, we
continued to receive opinions from our stakeholders through surveys and seminars. However, we
believe there is still room for improvement regarding our receiving activity.
In 2000 we began to offer support services to help our clients produce their own environmental
reports and websites. Given that such environmental communications tasks involve input fromthroughout the entire DNP group, we conduct planning and production of reports and website
contents in cooperation with DNP Media Create*1 and DNP Digitalcom*2.
*1: DNP Group planning & production company*2: DNP Group digital media (mainly Internet) planning & production company

Release of Environmental Information[ Results of the 2002 Survey ][ Characteristics of the DNP Group Environmental Report ]We performed two different surveys, one targeting
external parties and the other targeting new employees, andanalyzed the results.

We produced 10,000 copies of the 2002 Environmental
Report, our fourth such report.
1. Awarded Prize for Excellence in Environmental ReportAwardsOur 2002 Environmental Report was selected fromamong 11 others as worthy of the Prize for Excellencein the Sixth Environmental Report Awards, sponsoredby the Global Environmental Forum. In the review, we
received a comment of, “The section on environmental
performance was somewhat difficult to understand, andit was unfortunate that emissions of industrial waste
were expressed in terms of waste per sale.” In thisyear’s 2003 report, we have improve these matters.
2. Characteristics of 2002 Version (Special Feature section,etc.)
We added the special feature, “Accelerating Greenification” at the beginning of the report and added lotsof pictures with the aim of producing a comprehensive,straightforward presentation. The cover was again
adorned with a “Tompa” character, created by our Art
Director, Katsumi Asaba, and was intended to express“accelerating greenification.”
3. Implementation of Kenshyou Meidai Method
We had the report verified by a third party using the"Kenshyou Meidai Method" a new method for verifying
the credibility of environmental reports developed by
Shin Nihon & Co.

 External survey
We received enquiries and/or survey replies from 26 persons with the following scores regarding
the quality of the report:  Coverage: 4.1;
 Clarity: 4.0;  Understandability: 4.0;
 Cover Design: 4.1, an average score of
4.1 of a perfect score of 5. Here are a few
of the more noteworthy points brought toour attention:“Regarding anti-global warming measures, thereport tended to focus on efforts to improve the efficiency of theenergy supply. However, I would like more on efforts to develop
energy-saving production methods.” (Male; 52)“The text would have been easier to understand if you included more
sections on the opinions of users and investors on the environmental
efforts of DNP.” (Male; 30)“There was too much to read. I would be better if you had taken amore simple approach to the presentation.” (Male)“There was too much company terminology, which made it difficult
to understand.” (Male; 63)“I found the part on company efforts to promote greening interesting.” (Female; 21)“I would like more on the company’s progress of mid- and long-term
environmental efforts.” (Male; 32)

 Employee Survey
As part of our environmental education program for
new employees, we performed a seminar using ourEnvironmental Report in which we also took a survey. We
received a total of 185 replies with the following noteworthy
points:“The environmental impact by the DNP group is large-mass production, mass consumption and mass waste, so the company to shouldmake an utmost effort for environmental measures, even if it requiresconsiderable facilities investment. Although reducing CO2 emissions
is one of the hardest things to achieve, I would like the company toseek out measures to do so.” (Female; 22)

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Environmental
Communications“This opened my eyes to the importance of separating waste. While I
am interested in environmental issues, I didn’t realize the sorting it, it
would cause a vicious circle.” (Female; 22)“I realized that achievement of environmental targets is only possible
if everyone joins forces to address the problem. As a member of thiscompany, I will have to keep that in mind.” (Female; 24)“Environmental Issues had always seemed difficult to me, but I realized that it is actually quite easy.” (Female; 22)“The environmental report had good coverage of activities andnumerical data. But it could have been improved further if the reportprovided separate explanations for the sections containing difficult
technical terms.” (Male; 23)[ Results of the Sixth Environmental Management Survey ][ Sustainability Report Seminar ]On November 15, 2002, we held a seminar by cooperation with the environmental NPOs Shin Nihon & Co. and Natural Step Japan entitled “Environmental Management Strategies
Aiming for Sustainable Management,” which was attended by
63 people.

[ Supporting Production of Environmental
Reports and Websites ]In the Sixth Environmental Management Survey of the
Nippon Keizai Shimbun Co., Ltd, held in autumn of 2002, theranking of the DNP group fell from 15 to 22. In the survey onoverseas companies, the company was ranked 25th. In recycling efforts and efforts against global warming, we received

In 2000 we began services to help
produce our clients’ environmental communications materials. Services include contents
planning, design, translation andmedia development. As shown in the
picture on the right, we offer clients thea low score, a matter that has prompted us to make further
efforts in these areas in the future.

most efficient means of communication,
whether it be a booklet or website.

[ Communications with Shareholders ]The DNP Report, our shareholder journal, carries articles
on our overall environmental efforts. The articles covered ISO
14001 certification within the group and Chain of Custodycertification from the Forestry StewardshipCouncil.

Releasing Information In-house[ Group Newspaper “DNP Family” ]We often hear of cases of employees
not being aware of the environmental
activities of their company. In order to alleviate this situation, we ran a five page special feature on ourenvironmental efforts in our group newspaper “DNP Family”.

Environmental Communication
Development Operations[ Study Tour of Advanced Environmental Nations in Europe ](Please refer to Page 52)
From November 3 through10, 2002, we made a study tour ofcompanies, government facilities andhouseholds in Sweden and Denmark,examining environmental management,
education and communications. The
key companies visited were Sweden
McDonalds, Electrolux and Carlsberg.

54[ Environmental Report Production Seminar ]Each year since 2000, we have held a seminar on practical know-how for the productionof environmental reports, focusing
on trends, designs and analyses ofrecently published reports. During
our seminar held in January 2003,
we received 100 participants from90 companies.

[ Joint Development of Environmental Accounting
Software “Enasus” ]We developed environmental accounting software incooperation with Shin Nihon & Co., based on standards set
forth in the Environmental Ministry’s Environmental Accounting
Guidelines, 2002. The software systemizes calculating andtallying functions, allowing the development of precise environmental accounting systems.
For further details, please contact Shin Nihon & Co., Advisory Service Division,
Environmental Auditing Dept. TEL. 03-3503-6448

Relationship with Local Communities

Environmental
Communications

The DNP group strives to establish and maintain a rapport with local communities, performing a large number of activities, including beautification activities along rivers and the areas around our factories, performance of emergency response training, participation in and sponsorship of local festivals, and conducting
factory inspection tours.

Major Environmental Management Activities
Hokkaido Dai Nippon Printing

Cleanup & weeding around factoryMonthly

Tohoku Dai Nippon Printing

Cleanup around factoryMonthly

Izumizaki Plant, Dai Nippon Printing
Technopack

Cleanup around factory

5 times

Warabi Plant, Business Form Operation

Cleanup around factory and neighboring
residential areas

7 times

Sayama Plant, Dai Nippon Printing
Technopack

Cleanup and beautification of national roads

Dai Nippon Printing Fine Electronics &Kamifukuoka Plant, Dai Nippon Printing
Precision Device

Cleanup around factory
Kamifukuoka station cleanup

Kuki Plant, Ichigaya Publication Printing
Operations

Young Drivers’ Club cleanup activities

Dai Nippon Printing Technopack Yokohama

Cleanup around factory

4 times

Tokai Dai Nippon Printing

Cleanup of Shonai River

3 times

Kyoto Plant, Dai Nippon Printing Techopack
Kansai

Cleanup around factory and beautification of
Omuro and Tenjinin Rivers

Kobe Plant, Dai Nippon Printing Kenzai

Cutting of grass on Arima River

Shikoku Dai Nippon Printing

Cleanup around factory

Daily

Fukuoka Plant, Kyushu Dai Nippon Printing

Cleanup of footpaths around factory

Daily(Once-twice a month)
Daily
April
Four times in May, etc.

Daily
Three times
Employees of Tokai Dai Nippon Printing
clean up Shonai River bankCommunication Activities with Local Communities
Hokkaido Coca-Cola Bottling

Supported local Yosakoisooran dance team Supported
Kiyoda-ku Snow Festival Snow Fight

June
February

Tokyo Plant, Dai Nippon Printing Kenzai

Received junior high school student field study tour

July

Warabi Plant, Business Forum Operations

Company fire brigade participated in Warabi
Comprehensive Emergency Response Training

Ichigaya Plant, Ichigaya Publication Printing
Operations

Received junior high school student field study tour

Dai Nippon Seihon

Guidance of pedestrians at intersections during Traffic
Safety Week in Spring and Autumn

DNP Logistics

Guidance of pedestrians at intersections
Won Indoor Fire Hydrant Operation Skills Section at
Akabane Fire Prevention Training

April, June
September

Dai Nippon Printing Technopack Yokohama

Won Chairman’s Prize in Kanagawa Association of
Employment of Handicapped Persons
Covered group examining Yokohama Tsuzuki-ku “Charmof Tsuzuk”

NovemberTokai Dai Nippon Printing

Guidance of pedestrians at intersections during Traffic
Safety Week in Spring and Autumn
Had booth in EPOC Campus Festival

November

Dai Nippon Printing Technopack KansaiParticipated in Kyotanabe-shi Yawata-shi Fire Department
joint fire drills

November

Okayama Plant, IMS Dai Nippon

Installed audio equipment in Mitsucho Local History
Resource Center

October

Okayama Plant, Dai Nippon Printing Kenzai

Improvement of audio equipment at Otsu-cho local history
museumFebruary

Shikoku Dai Nippon Printing

Family Factory Study Tours
Received junior high school student field study tour

AugustSeptember

Fukuoka Plant, Kyushu Dai Nippon Printing

Participated in Minami-ku Fire Brigade Operations
Competition

June

AugustThroughout year

Dai Nippon Printing Technopack Kansai
performs firefighting training

55

Internal Environmental Audits

Environmental
Communications

Each site participating in the Eco-Report System and operating a manufacturing division performs “EcoAudit” in accordance with designated procedures to confirm that the plant-do-check-action (PDCA)
practices of environmental management activities is being carried out properly.

Targets

To perform Eco-Audits at each site

Performance In FY 2002, we conducted eco-audits at all 54 sites.

Results of Eco-Audit

Type of notifications and requests for improvement
issued in Eco-Audit

In FY 2002 we performed Eco-Audits at 54 different sites.
Of the sites designated for disclosure in this report (Please see pages4, 5) we did not perform Eco-Audits on Okayama Plant, DNP Industrial Supplies Co., Ltd., as it was separated during the term, and DNP Facility Service
Co., Ltd., as it does not have a manufacturing division.
Following the audit, the number of notifications issued for “Improvement Required,” reached 45, a substantial drop form the 93 issued in
the previous fiscal year. Notifications for “Improvement Consideration &Examination” stood at 241, down from the previous year’s 246. Amongthe notifications for “Improvement Required,” a number touched on legal
compliance matters such as failure to build a fence around waste storage or
failure to notify the authorities of specified facilities. Furthermore, we haveconfirmed that all sites have made the appropriate modifications in response
to improvement by asking them to fill in and return a “Correction Measures
Performed” sheet.

Type of notification

Content of demand for corrections

Improvement required

Submission of written description ofcorrection measures performed or
improvement plan

Improvement
consideration &examination

Submission of written description of
results of consideration/examination
or improvement plan as necessary

2002 Eco-Audit Performance
Number of sites being audited

54

Number of attendees at sites subject to examination

345

Cumulative auditor number

137

Cumulative auditing hours

270

Number of qualified Eco-Auditors

92

Transition in Notifications for “Improvement Required” in Eco-Audits(Number issued)
180

Examining DNP Logistics’ paperwork

120

60
Examining paperwork of Kyoto Site (Electronics Division)

0
1999

2000

2001

2002 (FY)

Air

6

3

1

2

Water quality

17

11

12

6

Noise

9

8

6

3

Vibration

9

13

5

2

Odors

0

1

1

1

Waste

108

86

62

30

Energy62

10Pollution prevention organization

1

5

4

1

Dioxin

0

0

1

0

156

129

93

45

Total

Inspection of Kuki Plant (Electronics Division) site

Site inspection of Dai Nippon Jushi Co., Ltd.

56

Content of Eco-Audits
1. Document Audit

2. On-site
Inspections

Operations Audits
Site location
Type of waste
Type & number of statutory facilities
Energy consumption
Exhaust and wastewater channels
Changes in facilities, production processes since the last audit
Applicable laws
State of improvement of notifications of deficiencies in previous
auditState of submission of statutory notifications, reports and changes
Frequency of measurement; validity of measured data
Changes in management personnel due to internal transfers
Site location and relationship with surrounding sites
Conformity to statutory facility document audit (type, number
scale, etc.)
State of management of individual facilities and equipment,
existence of abnormalities
Emergency containment in case of abnormality or emergency
Site picture taking

1. Confirmationof validity ofsite policy andestablishedtargets

Performance in previous term
Consistency with DNP group policy
Continuity with performance in previous term
Validity of established targets

2. Confirmationof validity of
implementation
programs

Consistency between targets and programs
Effectiveness of the programs
Possibility of the programs
Possibility of fulfillment of the programs
Promotion system and schedule

3. Confirmation ofachievement of
implementation
items,
performance andtargets

Records of activities performed
State of progression of the programs
Effects of the programs, performance of indicators andachievement of targets

Environmental
Communications

Compliance Audits

Steps in Eco-Audit
Preparation & notification of annual plan

Promoted by Head Office
Auditing teamFormation of auditing team
Adjustment of auditing schedule

Lead Auditor

Auditing team,sites subject to audit

Preparation of audit notification

Auditor

Eco-Audit Notification

Auditor

Auditor qualification
Lead Auditor:• Person designated or selected from auditors by
Head Office Promotions Office Manager

Auditors:• Persons who have completed the Eco-Auditor

Training Course and recognized by the Head
Office Promotions Office Manager

Notification to sites of impending audit(1 month in advance)

Head Office Manager

Performance of eco-audit

Auditing teams, audited sites• Other persons recognized as being suitable by

the Promotions Office Manger

Auditor’s pre-audit meeting

Allocation of roles, briefing of site environment, confirmation of deficiency notices in previous audit

Open meeting

Confirmation of applicable standards, scope of audit, auditor assignment,
types of deficiency notifications, warnings during audit

Confirmation of documentation

1. Compliance audit(Air, water, sewer, noise, vibration, odors, qualified personnel, energy conservation, waste)
2. Operations audit(Reduction of waste, global warming prevention, reduction of chemical substances)

Site confirmation

Consistency of documents, state of management of related facilities, site conditions

Auditor’s meeting

Preparation of Audit Report and Requests for Improvement Measures

Closing meeting

Description of audit results and content of requests for improvements
Audit Report and Requests for Improvement Measures

Completion of eco-audit

DNP Group Eco-Audit
Checklist
Record of Correction
Measures Performed
sheet from previous audit

Acceptance of Audit Report and Requests
Audited site manager
for Improvement Measures

Correction Measures Performed sheet

Preparation of Correction
Audited site
Measures Performed sheet

Approval

Audited site Promotions Office Manager

Approval

Audited Site Environmental Committee Chairman

ReportAuditing team Chief Auditor

Approval

Head Office Promotion's Office Manager

Approval

Head Office Environmental Committee Chairman

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Data by Sites
Utsunomiya Plant, DNP Graphica Co., Ltd.
1062-8, Honjyo Oaza Nishikata-machi Kamitsuga-gun Tochigi Prefecture
TEL: 0282-92-1200

Established: March 1998

BulleteinTrain L

Utsunomiya Plant,
DNP Graphica

TohokuEnvironmental
Communications

Kiyosu Daini Elementary schoolay

xpressw
Tohoku e

Omoi River
NishikataSports park

Route 293

Otsu Shinto shrine

Review by Environmental Representative

Satoshi Yanai
Managing Director

Environmental Conservation Cost

Unit: ¥1,000

Content

Capital investment

Cost1) Prevention of air pollution

01672) Prevention of water pollution

0

6,087

3) Noise prevention004) Vibration prevention005) Odor prevention

0

12,581

6) Prevention of global warming

0

21,5297) Prevention of ozone layer depletion

008) Reduction, recycling, disposal of waste

020,3629) Environmental management activities

0010) Afforestation, beautification, cleaning

0

1,300

11) Other00

Total: Environmental conservation cost

062,026Air
Substance

Facility

Actual (Max)Regulated

Dust [g/Nm3] No. K-1–K-11 Boiler

R-1-1
R-1-2

less than 0.002
0.005

0.1
0.1

R-2-1

0.003

0.1

R-2-2

0.007

0.1

R-1-1

109

150

R-1-2

103

150

R-2-1

92

150

R-2-2

76

150

Substance

Actual (Max)Actual (Ave)

Regulated

BOD [mg/l]

24.9

10.8

25

Suspended matters [mg/l]
n-hexane extracts(mineral oil) [mg/l]

8.3

4.8

50

less than 1

less than 1

5NOx [capacity rate: ppm]

Water
Located within the Nishi-chukaku Industrial Park near
the Omoi River in Utsunomiya, our plant has been equippedfor offset printing, offset rotary printing and saddle stitchingbook making since March 1998 and mainly performs production activities such as printing of pamphlets, catalogues, andindustrial materials.
Since FY 2000, we have participated in the Eco-Report
System as a member of the environmental committee of the
DNP group Commercial Printing Operations group.
Regarding reduction of waste and energy consumption,
we have been focusing on improving production efficiency inconnection with “Production 21,” being promoted throughout
the DNP group, tracking the energy consumption of individualmachines, and strict enforcement of separated recovery of
waste products. At the same time, however, we are unable
to avoid an annual increase in waste emissions and energy
consumption, due to our gradual expansion of plant andequipment. Although we believe the efficiency of existing
equipment is improving, we are unable to confirm the efficiencyof new equipment, as few are operated on an individual basis.
Furthermore, in all indicators, levels have fallen due to a drop inordering unit prices.
In environmental conservation, we have seen large
fluctuations in the BOD* values of wastewater, sometimes
exceeding the environmental targets of the DNP group. In
order to reduce the impact of wastewater treatment facilities
within the industrial park, we have been devising measures tostabilize the plant wastewater treatment facilities.
In FY 2003, we will promote management of production
machinery on an individual basis, aim to achieve zero energy
loss and zero emissions, as well as promote programs with full
staff participation aimed at achieving our voluntary standards
for water and air quality.
*

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Biochemical Oxygen Demand is an index for indicating the amount ofoxygen needed by microbes to break down the organic compounds containedin wastewater, and is also used to indicate the degree to which river water, etc.,
is contaminated with organic pollutants. The larger the index number, the greater
the degree of pollution.

Release and Transfer of PRTR Chemicals
No chemicals for reporting.

Industrial Waste
Promotion Targets

Actual Voluntary Target

Emissions per production (t/million yen)

0.215

0.227

Total unusable materials generated (t)

570.6

537.3

Final waste disposal rate (%)

0.02

0.01

Rate of unusable materials generated (%)

9.8

15.9

Recycling rate (%)

99.9

80

Prevention of Global Warming
Promotion Targets

Actual Voluntary Target

Greenhouse gas emissions (t-CO2)

1,198

Energy Consumption Amount (kl)Emissions per unit of production whenconverted to crude oil (kl/100 million yen)
CO2 per units of production (t-CO2/100 million yen)

1,193

687

688

237.4

226.6

413.9

393.1

Sayama Plant, I.M.S. Dai Nippon Co., Ltd.
591-2 Higashikubo Aza Kamihirose Sayama-shi, Saitama Prefecture
Established December: 1987
Tel: 042-952-9761

Route 407

Sayama Plant,
IMS Dai Nippon
Irum
a Riv
er

Shinryu
TempleSayamaHigh School

Capital investment

Cost1) Prevention of air pollution

0

3,133

2) Prevention of water pollution

0

1,493

3) Noise prevention004) Vibration prevention

0022,62030,955

6) Prevention of global warming

0

5,700

7) Prevention of ozone layer depletion

008) Reduction, recycling, disposal of waste

036,7305) Odor prevention

9) Environmental management activities

0

1,744

10) Afforestation, beautification, cleaning

098411) Other0022,62080,738Substance

Facility Actual (Max)Regulated

SOx [Nm3/h]

Boiler 1

0.52

4.54

Boiler 2

0.57

4.33

Boiler 3

0.56

4.76

Boiler 4

0.5

4.26

Boiler 1

0.04

0.3

Boiler 2

0.045

0.3

Boiler 3

0.028

0.3

Boiler 4

0.021

0.3

Boiler 1

102

180

Boiler 2

105

180

Boiler 3

98

180

Boiler 4

98

180

Actual (Max) Actual (Ave)
291
124
332
107
less than 1 less than 1

Regulated
600
600
5

Total: Environmental conservation cost

Environmental
Communications

xpressway

Centrale

Unit: ¥1,000

Content

MusashinoCollegeMusashi CC

Environmental Conservation Cost

Chikouzan park

Air

Review by Environmental Representative

Fumio Ootake
Sayama Plant Manager
Manging Director

Dust [g/Nm3]

NOx [capacity rate: ppm]

Our plant is located in the Sayama industrial part near
the Iruma River, where we manufacture thermal transfer ribbons and OHP sheets for use in faxes and printers, etc.
In FY 2002, we acquired ISO 14001 certification andstrived to perform conservation activities in accordance with
the DNP group environmental policy and Code of Conduct, as
well as reduce the environmental impact of products throughapplication of LCA.
As a measure against global warming, we converted ourboilers from heating-oil to natural gas-fired systems, which
produce little CO2 emissions. (Trial operations on two boilers
began in March, while trials on the remaining two began in
April. Full operation began in May)
Regarding reduction of PRTR-designated substances,
we implemented measures to reduce not only the toluene contained in machinery exhaust gas but that contained in the airaround machines that use toluene in the production process.
Thanks to these measures, we managed to reduce our yearon-year toluene emissions by 23%.
Regarding reduction of industrial waste, although wewere unable to attain our target for emissions per unit of production, we achieved targets for unused product generation,
unused product generation ratio, landfill use ratio and recycling
ratio, thanks to efforts to improve yield* and stringent application of measures for separation, collection and disposal ofunused products and waste products.
In future, we continue our efforts in global warming
prevention, conservation and reduction of industrial waste.
*

Yield: Ratio of products without defects out of total amount of products
produced.

Water
Substance
BOD [mg/l]
Suspended matters [mg/l]
n-hexane extracts(mineral oil) [mg/l]
n-hexane extracts(vegetable oil) [mg/l]
Nitrogen [mg/l]
Phosphorus [mg/l]
Iodine consumption [mg/l]
Boron [mg/l]
Fluorine [mg/l]
Ammonia, ammonium compounds, nitrious
acid compunds and nitrates [mg/l]

10.8

3.1

30

49.9
28.1
5.4
2.4
72.5
18.1
less than 1 less than 1
less than 1.5 less than 1.5
35.8
17.7

240
32
220
10
8
380

Release and Transfer of PRTR Chemicals
Substance
TolueneAir
72

Release
Water
0

Soil
0

Transfer
Sewer Waste
0
105

Industrial Waste
Promotion Targets
Emissions per production (t/million yen)
Total unusable materials generated (t)Final waste disposal rate (%)
Rate of unusable materials generated (%)
Recycling rate (%)

Actual Voluntary Target
0.158
0.14
1,082
1,251
0.8
3
11.9
12.2
99.2
97

Prevention of Global Warming
Promotion Targets
Greenhouse gas emissions (t-CO2)
Energy Consumption Amount (kl)Emissions per unit of production when converted to crude oil(kl/100 million yen)
CO2 per units of production (t-CO2/100 million yen)

Actual Voluntary Target
11,676
12,276
5,940
5,328
109.9
101.4
215.8

197.0

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Tsuruse Plant, Ichigaya Publication Printing Operations (Information Communication Division)
311 Chikumazawa, Miyoshi-cho, Iruma-gun Saitama Prefecture
Established: July 1976
TEL: 049-258-8419
Environmental Conservation Cost

Environmental
Communications

Shiono Sangyo Sanbo
Iwaki Technology Center
Research Center

Kimuraya
Manufacture

Tsuruse Plant
Ichigaya Publication Printing Operations(Information Communication Division)
Keihoku Soko Niiza
Distribution Center
Mifusa, KRS Co., Ltd.

Review by Environmental Representative
Jun Nishimura
3rd Production Division
Manager,
Ichigaya Producttion Division

Our plant is located Iruma-gun, Miyoshi-cho, Saitama
Prefecture, a Tokyo commuter town, and a state-of-the art
factory, performing plate-making, press plates, printing, andbookmaking in one continuous operation, and is one of the key
plants for gravure magazine printing.
As for environmental efforts/activities, we have actively
implemented environmental facilities, including establishment
and expansion of solvent recovery equipment, which allows
for recycling and reuse of ink solvents, and a wastewater
treatment system. Furthermore, with the aim of conserving
energy and reducing CO2 emissions, we have implemented a
co-generation system that conserves energy by re-circulating
waste heat to environmental facilities. These efforts have leadto an improvement in our global warming indicators as well as
greenhouse gas emissions, energy consumption as well as the
per-unit-of-production.
In the future, in an effort to further reduce environmental
impact, we will strive to improve our solvent recovery ratio
through improvement of the equipment, promote the reductionof air emissions of solvent through improvement in air conditioning systems, including those on floors with printing equipment, as well as make efforts to reduce waste through waste
reduction measures. Furthermore, in regard to conservation,
we will uphold laws, regulations and our own voluntary standards, and perform improvement measures in close connection
with the local culture, acting as a good corporate citizen.

Capital investment

Cost1) Prevention of air pollution

041,151

2) Prevention of water pollution

462

86,3563) Noise prevention

02004) Vibration prevention02205) Odor prevention

68,04032,4376) Prevention of global warming

1,680

193,047

7) Prevention of ozone layer depletion01588) Reduction, recycling, disposal of waste

4,500

41,2029) Environmental management activities

0

1,328

10) Afforestation, beautification, cleaning

0011) Other0074,682

396,099

Total: Environmental conservation cost

Economic benefit related to environmental
conservation activities

Unit: ¥1,000

Content

Amount1) Gain on sale of recyclable materials

81,780Air
Substance

Facility

Actual (Max)Regulated

SOx [Nm3/h]

Boiler 1

less than 0.03

14.22

Boiler 2

less than 0.03

4.24

Boiler 3

less than 0.21

5.26

Boiler 4

less than 0.003

0.1

Boiler 1

less than 0.003

0.1

Boiler 2

less than 0.005

0.05

Boiler 3

67

130

Boiler 4

70

150

Boiler 1

8.7

70

Dust [g/Nm3]

NOx [capacity rate: ppm]

Water
Substance

Actual (Max)Actual (Ave)

Regulated

BOD [mg/l]

130

41.2

300

Suspended matters [mg/l]

12

3.8

60

less than 2.5

1.25

5

4.1

2

30

less than 5

2.5

220

0.28

0.14

3

Steel [mg/l]

less than 1

0.5

10

Chrome [mg/l]

less than 0.05

0.025

2

n-hexane extracts (mineral oil) [mg/l]
n-hexane extracts (vegetable oil) [mg/l]
Iodine consumption [mg/l]
Copper [mg/l]

Release and Transfer of PRTR Chemicals
Substance

ReleaseTransfer

Air

Water

Soil

Sewer

Waste

0

0

0

0

0.0002

1,1-dichloro-1-fluoroethane

8.2

0

0

0

0

Copper salts (water-soluble)

0

0

0

0.0055

0

783.5

0

0

0

138.9

Hexavalent chromium

TolueneIndustrial Waste
Promotion Targets

Actual Voluntary Target

Emissions per production (t/million yen)

0.061

0.05

Total unusable materials generated (t)

2,159

2,320

Final waste disposal rate (%)

0.5

1Rate of unusable materials generated (%)

12.1

11.5

Recycling rate (%)

95.1

95

Prevention of Global Warming
Promotion Targets

Actual Voluntary Target

Greenhouse gas emissions (t-CO2)

3,083

3,143

Energy Consumption Amount (kl)

1,811

1,848

126.4

134.1

215.1

228

Emissions per unit of production whenconverted to crude oil (kl/100 million yen)
CO2 per units of production (t-CO2/100 million
yen)

60

Unit: ¥1,000

Content

Dai Nippon Seihon Co., Ltd.
2-39-3 Kamiya Kita-ku, Tokyo
TEL: 03-3903-8806

Established: May 1961

Environmental Conservation Cost

Unit: ¥1,000

Dai Nippon Seihon

Inada Elementary
SchoolReview by Environmental Representative

Capital investment

Cost1) Prevention of air pollution002) Prevention of water pollution

02493) Noise prevention

08734) Vibration prevention005) Odor prevention006) Prevention of global warming

02807) Prevention of ozone layer depletion

008) Reduction, recycling, disposal of waste

031,4769) Environmental management activities

00

10 Afforestation, beautification, cleaning

0011) Other00

Total: Environmental conservation cost

032,878Economic benefit related to environmental
conservation activities

Environmental
Communications

Content

Unit: ¥1,000
AmountContent1) Gain on sale of recyclable materials

54,888Air

Seichi Hiraga
President

Substance

Facility

Actual (Max)Regulated

Actual (Max)Actual (Ave)

Regulated

No facilities for reporting.

Water
Substance
No facilities for reporting.

Our company is striving to perform environmental
conservation measures, giving top priority to the reduction ofindustrial waste (promotion of 3Rs*1), energy and resource conservation, and development of eco-products, in addition to thepromotion of improvements in materials, technologies, facilities
and processes. We are paying particular attention to the
reduction of waste, performing workplace guidance throughanalysis by top management and the environmental committee
each month. Regarding waste, we have reduced our yearon-year used paper sales profit by 190% and reduced waste
through stringent separation of PP paper*2, which we formerly
treated as waste due to the mixing of PP paper and ordinary
paper. In future, we will aim for further cost reductions and zero
emissions through further improvement of separation methods
and waste treatment methods. Regarding eco-products, wehave developed a recyclable polyurethane adhesive for use inbookmaking as a substitute for conventional adhesive, which
had prevented the recycling of paper. Positioning books madewith the new adhesive as eco-products, we have promoted
the new books among our clients. Thanks to these efforts, ouryear-on-year sales of environmentally-sound eco-products
increased by as much as 280% to reach a total of ¥30.940
million. In addition, in PRTR-designated substances, we havebeen making efforts to reduce air emissions of dichloromethane, although the amount we handle is not subject to reporting.
In FY 2002, thanks to measures to implement the substituteglycol ether, we reduced our year-on-year air emissions ofdichloromethane by 40% to reach 155kg/year. Furthermore,
although we are located in an urban area, we always make aneffort to establish a rapport with local residents, and make acontinual drive towards environmental conservation.

Release and Transfer of PRTR Chemicals
Substance

Release
Air

Water

Transfer
Soil

Sewer

Waste

Promotion Targets

ActualVoluntary Target

Emissions per production (t/million yen)

0.081

0.1

Total unusable materials generated (t)

1,463

1,500

Final waste disposal rate (%)

1.82

0.8

Rate of unusable materials generated (%)

14.3

15

Recycling rate (%)

96.6

97.7

No chemicals for reporting.

Industrial Waste

Prevention of Global Warming
Promotion Targets

Actual Voluntary Target

Greenhouse gas emissions (t-CO2)

3,862

3,894

Energy Consumption Amount (kl)Emissions per unit of production whenconverted to crude oil (kl/100 million yen)
CO2 per units of production (t-CO2/100 million
yen)

2,865

2,891

69.8

64.4

94.1

87.1

*1 3R: Acronym for the three key conservation efforts Reduce, Reuse and Recycle.
*2 PP paper: Method for protecting or improving gloss of paper by adhering
polypropylene film. Often used to improve glossiness of magazine covers

61

Kyoto Plant, Dai Nippon Printing Fine Electronics Co., Ltd.
29-Kannondocho, Kisshoin, Minami-ku, Kyoto
TEL: 075-671-7301

Established: June 1985

Environmental Conservation Cost

Unit: ¥1,000

Environmental
Communications

Content

Capital investment

Cost

14,79543,0002) Prevention of water pollution

0

25,8033) Noise prevention01724) Vibration prevention

0

6,702

0

68

175

13

1) Prevention of air pollution

Keiji Hino Motor Co

Tonan High School

Shoei Elementary
School5) Odor prevention
6) Prevention of global warming

Kyoto Plant,
Dai Nippon Printing Fine Electronics
Saikou Temple

Matsuo Shrine

7) Prevention of ozone layer depletion

008) Reduction, recycling, disposal of waste

0

1,836

9) Environmental management activities

0

1,954

10) Afforestation, beautification, cleaning

011611) Other

0

89

14,97079,753

Total: Environmental conservation cost

Air

Review by Environmental Representative

Kenichiro Kitagawa
Kyoto Plant Manager

62

Located in the semi-industrial district of Kisshoin, in thesouth of Kyoto, the Kyoto Plant was established as a production base for photo-masks, which are used as the negative
plate for the production of ICs and LSIs. In recent years, wehave been developing and producing on-chip color filters on
wafers, which are used for semiconductor sensors.
Given Kyoto’s significance as the place where theProtocol Agreement was adopted in December 1997, and its
long history and culture, we carry out conservation measureswith an added sense of social purpose.
Although our plant has relatively little environmental
impact, with the expansion of operations, our consumption ofenergy and resources, as well as waste emissions have been
increasing.
In order to address this situation, we began to makepreparations for acquisition of ISO 14001 in September 2001,
finally acquiring it in July 2002, and have been making ongoing
improvements to our environmental management system.
Our biggest challenge at the moment is product quality
and its improvement. By eliminating production of defects, partof an effort towards “Production 21,” we have been making
steady progress in the reduction of waste.
Along with the expansion of plant and production, ourenergy consumption has been increasing. Furthermore, as
we have been designated an energy management plant withType I electricity management (formerly type I) and Type II heat
management since FY 2003, we have been striving to develop
an energy management system.
As for waste, the unused product generation has been
rising with the increase in production. We have, however, managed to improve our landfill usage rate through improvement of
the recycling ratio.
In future, we intend to carry out our social responsibilities
towards our stakeholders by making steady progress in all ourconservation activities.

Substance

Facility

Actual (Max)Regulated

SOx [Nm3/h]

Boiler 1

less than 0.02

0.63

Dust [g/Nm3]

Boiler 4

0.00320.1

NOx [capacity rate: ppm]

Boiler 3

65

150

Water
Substance

Actual (Max)Actual (Ave)

Regulated

BOD [mg/l]

48.7

10.7

600

Boron [mg/l]

0.2

0.07

1

Cadmium [mg/l]

less than 0.01

less than 0.01

0.1

Phenol [mg/l]

less than 0.5

0.21

1

Steel [mg/l]

9.72

0.42

10

Release and Transfer of PRTR
Chemicals
Substance

Release
Air

Water

Transfer
Soil

Sewer

Waste

No chemicals for reporting.

Industrial Waste
Promotion Targets

Actual Voluntary Target

Emissions per production (t/million yen)

0.003

0.003

Total unusable materials generated (t)

4.5

3.9

Final waste disposal rate (%)

3.9

5.1

Rate of unusable materials generated (%)

13.7

15.6

Recycling rate (%)

97.5

95

Prevention of Global Warming
Promotion Targets

Actual Voluntary Target

Greenhouse gas emissions (t-CO2)

827

Energy Consumption Amount (kl)Emissions per unit of production whenconverted to crude oil (kl/100 million yen)
CO2 per units of production (t-CO2/100 million
yen)

569

814
560

90.8

87.5

131.9

127.3

Kobe Plant, Dai Nippon Printing Kenzai Co., Ltd.
2446-3, Shioda, Dojocho, Kita-ku, Kobe-shi, Hyogo prefecture
TEL: 078-985-6562

Established: December 1969

Environmental Conservation Cost

Unit: ¥1,000

Content

Kobe Plant,
Dai Nippon Printing Kenzai

Review by Environmental Representative

Capital investment

Cost1) Prevention of air pollution

0

4,819

2) Prevention of water pollution01403) Noise prevention

0

4,295

4) Vibration prevention005) Odor prevention

0

2,248

6) Prevention of global warming

025,494

7) Prevention of ozone layer depletion

008) Reduction, recycling, disposal of waste

052,9919) Environmental management activities

0

6,349

10) Afforestation, beautification, cleaning

01511) Other

935

756

Total: Environmental conservation cost

935

97,107

Economic benefit of environmental
conservation

Unit: ¥1,000
AmountContent
1) Sales from recycled products

Katsuhiro Fukuda
Kobe Plant manager

72

Air
Substance
Dust [g/Nm3]

NOx [capacity rate: ppm]

The Kobe Plant is located near the Arima River, part of
the Muko River, surrounded by rich vegetation. Starting off
as Dai Nippon Can Print Co., Ltd., a can printing operationin 1970, the company was transformed into the wallpaper
production base of the Construction Materials Division in 1997,changing its name accordingly.
Since its design stage, we have built environmental factors into the plant, which today contains a variety of equipment
designed to conserve the environment and energy, including
and exhaust gas odor-removal system, a waste-heat boiler, anda steam-absorbing cooling tower, etc.
Furthermore, in 1999 we began efforts to promote
our eco-plan, in which four sectional committees promoted
efforts for the reduction of environmental impact, focusing on
reduction of industrial waste, energy conservation, PRTR andproduct environmental improvement, resulting in the acquisition of ISO 14001 certification in January 2002.
In FY 2002, following our efforts in connection with
“Production 21”, being promoted on a group-wide basis, wemade significant strides, improving productivity, reducing
waste through reduction of processing losses, and significantly
improving emissions of greenhouse gases per unit of production. We also reduced our energy consumption throughrationalization of utility facilities.
Regarding release of PRTR-designated substances, wemanaged to reduce our emissions of toluene, which stoodat 217 tons in FY 2000, to less than 5 tons, by promoting ofwater-based inks in our wallpaper printing operations.
In the future, we aim to curb our waste amount throughfurther improvement of our yield ratio. Furthermore, we aim to
reduce our landfill use ratio, improve our recycling ratio, andbecome a factory that makes emergent contributions to therecycling-oriented society.

Environmental
Communications

Iwajima Shrine

Facility
Deodorizing
Furnace
BoilerDeodorizing
Furnace
BoilerActual (Max)Regulate

0.004

0.1

0.002
36

150

15

Water
No measured data available as the plant contains no facilities subject to measurement under the
Sewer System Law and releases less than 50m3 of wastewater/month.

Release and Transfer of PRTR Chemicals
No chemicals for reporting.

Industrial Waste
Promotion Targets

Actual Voluntary Target

Emissions per production (t/million yen)

0.447

Total unusable materials generated (t)

117.8

117

Final waste disposal rate (%)

20.8

22.7

Rate of unusable materials generated (%)

12.4

13

Recycling rate (%)

12.4

14.8

0.474

Prevention of Global Warming
Promotion Targets

Actual Voluntary Target

Greenhouse gas emissions (t-CO2)

691

Energy Consumption Amount (kl)Emissions per unit of production whenconverted to crude oil (kl/100 million yen)
CO2 per units of production (t-CO2/100 million
yen)

415

716
430

165.7

182.3

275.8

303.8

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Introduction of Overseas Sites

Environmental
Communications

Summary The DNP group performs production activities in a number of overseas sites-in Southeast Asia
we perform printing and binding of publications in Singapore, and make wrapping materials
and toiletries in Indonesia. In Europe we produce large screens for use in rear projection TVs in
Denmark; in America we produce rear projection TV-use screens in California, and finish thermaltransfer ribbons in North Carolina. In these overseas countries, operate in compliance with local
regulations and perform environmentally sound production.

Tien Wah Press (Pte.) Ltd.
[ Tien Wah Press (Pte.) Ltd. (Established October, 1949) ]Located to the west of Singapore, Tien Wah Press (Pte.) Ltd. performs
offset printing and bookmaking, its main products being children’s picture
books and high-quality documents bound for American and European
markets.
The site obtained ISO 14001 in May 2002, the first overseas site in
the DNP group to do so. Under a policy of Environment, Safety and Health(ESH), the company strives to reduce industrial waste and recycle wastepaper that arises during the production process. In addition to ISO 14001, thecompany has also obtained OHSAS 18001 certification.

Factory exterior

Key environmental facilities

Key Environmental Impact Items (FY 2002)
Energy consumption
Waste generation

Electricity
17,902,000 kWh
Amount emitted
6,337 tAmount recycled
5,576 tAmount sent to landfill
761 t
Chemical substance emissions
432 t
Boiler circulation water treatment system
29,000 S$
Key environmental
investments
Book off-cut waste recycling system
9,000 S$
Preparation of solvent treatment room
15,000 S$

Wastewater treatment facilities

Waste storage facilities

Used paper recovery depot

DNP Indonesia[ P. T. Dainippon Printing Indonesia (Established February 1972) ]Located within the Progadon industrial park in the suburbs of Jakarta,
P. T. Dainippon Printing Indonesia prints mainly food product wrapping andtoiletries destined for markets in Indonesia, Southeast Asia and Oceania
using both gravure and offset printing.
Through a private recycler, the company recycles waste products thatarise during the course of production such as paper, empty cans and copper. Furthermore, as it uses liquid chemicals such as developer in the courseof making printing plates, the company treats such liquids at a wastewater
treatment plant before releasing.

Exterior view of factory

Key environmental facilities

Key Environmental Impact Items (FY 2002)
Energy consumption

Electricity
Diesel
LNG
Waste generation
Amount emitted
Amount recycled
Amount sent to landfill
Chemical substance emissions
Key environmental
Waste incinerator
investments

64

24,896,000 kWh
1,120 kl
14,930 m3
4,970 t2,840 t
840 t
860 t

Waste incinerator

2,378 Mil Rp
Metal (can) recovery depot

Exhaust treatment system

DNP Denmark
Environmental
Communications[ DNP Denmark A/S (Established January 1989) ]Located in the Karlslunde industrial park of the Gleve region in theoutskirts of Copenhagen, DNP Denmark A/S manufactures large screens foruse in rear projection TVs, mainly for the European market. The production
process involves the following steps: The process starts with the castingstage, where acrylic lacquer* is injected into a metal mold that is hardenedwith heated water. In the following “surfacing stage,” the acrylic sheet iscoated with a UV hardened resin. Finally, the sheets are cut and packaged
before being shipped. The factory has a waste incinerator.
* The basic ingredient for formation of acrylic resin, which forms through fusion of acrylic lacquer.

External view of factory

Key environmental facilities

Key Environmental Impact Items (FY 2002)
Energy consumption

Electricity
LNG
Waste generation
Unusable product emissions
Amount incinerated on site
Commercial waste
Amount sent to landfill
Chemical substance emissions
Key environmental
Renewal of waste containers
investments

2,383 MWh
234,300 m3
443 t
60 t
294 t
89 t
1,352 kg

Waste storage depot

45,075 D/K
Incinerator

Cyclone -type dust collectors

DEAL[ DNP Electronics America, LLC (Established July, 2001) ]Located in East Lake industrial park in Chulavista, a suburb of San
Diego in California, 10km north of the Mexican boarder, DNP Electronics
America, LLC manufactures and sells screens for rear projection TVs.
Production began in April 2002. Production processes carried out by thefactory include coating acrylic sheets with of UV-hardening resin, surfacing
through metal molds, cutting to the specified size, packaging and shipping.
Following the completion of construction, the plant invested some $16,000
on beautification of the factory grounds.

Exterior view of plant

Key environmental facilities

Key Environmental Impact Items (FY 2002)
Energy consumption

Electricity
LNG
Waste generation
Amount recycled
Amount sent to landfill
Chemical substance emissions
Key environmental investments

1,991 MWh
9,766 m3
505.9 t9.7 t48.1 kg−

Waste compressor

Waste storage depot

IMS America[ Dai Nippon IMS (America) Corp. (Established July 1995) ]Located in the International Business Park in Concorde, North
Carolina, Dai Nippon IMS (America) Corp finishes barcode- and facsimileuse thermal transfer ribbons that have been made in Japan. Processes performed by the company include slitting to the final product size, assembly,
packaging and shipment.
Exterior view of factory

Key Environmental Impact Items (FY 2002)
Energy consumption

Electricity
LNG
Waste generation
Amount sent to landfill
Chemical substance emissions
Key environmental investments

3,113 MWh
7,172 m3
119 t
1.63 t–Key environmental facilities

Waste compressor

Waste storage depot

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Environmental Accounting
DNP practices environmental accounting, a highly effective tool for promoting and evaluating the effects ofenvironmental conservation activities
Environmental Accounting

Objectives 1. Environmental accounting as an environmental management tool
(1) Environmental accounting produces a breakdown of environmental conservation costs as that can be used as a reference for determining theeffectiveness of environmental conservation activities.
(2) Environmental accounting data is used to determine the cost of individual environmental facilities, the Group’s overall budget for environmental
conservation, and the amount of investment in environmental activities.
(3) Environmental accounting is used to monitor and evaluate the effects and achievements of activities performed throughout the year in order toensure continuous improvement in our environmental performance.

2. Environmental accounting as a tool for communicating with society(1) Environmental accounting provides the means for public release of our environmental conservation efforts and their results.
(2) The reception to concerning our environmental accounting reports as received from shareholders, clients, and local communities we use as areference for improving our approach to environmental conservation.

Basis for calculation of environmental accounting information
1. Period covered
April 1, 2002 through March 31, 2003 (Environmental conservation facilities are those considered as of March 31, 2002)
2. Scope of coverage
Environmental accounting was applied to the companies designated for consolidated accounting purposes, including the group’s domestic manufacturing companies(43 companies and 54 sites), one distribution company and one meal catering company, but excluding ten other companies, including those related to trading, real estate
sales, teaching material sales and software development. Furthermore, we excluded one company that has yet to begin production and two other companies bought
during the term, as the system for collecting data and the companies is still under preparation and the companies are deemed to be insignificant at this stage. The twocompanies will be included in our environmental accounting report next fiscal year. (Please refer to pages 4 and 5).
3. Monetary unit
All monetary figures are expressed in millions of yen, rounded off to the nearest million.
4. Announcement format
The format for presentation this fiscal year is the Comprehensive Benefits Comparison Format as set forth in the Ministry of the Environment’s “Environmental Accounting
Guidelines, FY 2002.” Environmental conservation equipment and sales of environmentally sound products are also shown.
5. Basis for calculation of costs of environmental conservation activities(1) The environmental conservation costs include depreciation expenses for investments. Depreciation is applied in accordance with corporate tax law regulations.
(2) Personnel costs for full-time workers were calculated at the average labor costs per person, while personnel costs for workers holding two or more posts were
calculated at 1 / 10 or 1 / 5 the average personnel cost per person, depending on the worker’s assigned duty.
(3) R&D costs are the total costs incurred by our 11 R&D centers (10 in FY 2000 and 2001) in the development of environmentally sound products and manufacturing
equipment.
6. Basis for calculation of benefits of environmental conservation activities(1) DNP uses consumption per added-value as an indicator for the volume of resources (energy and water) spent on business activities, as well as for the volume of wastematerials and CO2 emissions. Furthermore, the DNP group uses the added-value total of the company concerned as an indicator of the volume of business activities,
given that companies within the group perform product transactions. The added-value amount is calculated pursuant to the “Management Analysis of JapaneseCorporations” issued by the Ministry of the Economy, Trade and Industry.
(2) The recycle rate of waste materials represents the percentage of the weight of unwanted plant-generated materials that were recycled on- and off-site.
(3) Benefits of up / downstream costs are the effects of reduced CO2 emissions when disposing of containers or packaging.
(4) Benefits of environmental impact of transportation are the benefits of reduced CO2 emissions during transportation of products by the distribution companies includedin DNP’s consolidated accounting.
7. Basis for calculation of economic benefits of environmental conservation measures(1) We have calculated the benefits of energy- and resource-saving efforts using the following formula:(Energy consumption per added-value amount or waste processing cost per added value of benchmark period − those of this period) × value-added amount(2) Calculation of business activity amount was performed using the added-value amount indicated in 6 (1).
(3) For unit consumption, we used energy costs / added-value amount and waste disposal costs / added value amount.
(4) For the benchmark period, the consumption or cost per value is the overall average of the three years prior to this fiscal year. In calculating unit consumptions for thebenchmark period, however, the energy cost was adjusted to this fiscal year’s price level due to dramatic price fluctuations.

Results of Our Environmental Accounting
 Environmental conservation cost
Category(Unit : ¥ millions)

ExpenseFY 2001

Investment

FY 2002

FY 2001

FY 2002

1,313

663

2,267

2,267

256

1,332

924

1,000

79

382

3,163

3,076

1,648

2,377

Details of major efforts

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Changing fuel (to LPG), adding deodorizing equipment and waste treatment facilities
Controlling room temperature and lighting, adding inverters to electrical equipment andimplementing co-generation systems
Sort-and-recycle; zero-emission (using RPF as cement material) Use of recycled water

31, 32(1) Business area costs
Pollution prevention costs
Global environmental
conservation costs
Resource recycling costs(Total business area costs)

6,354

6,343

(2) Up/downstream costs

195

194

(3) Administration costs

2,044

2,014

(4) R&D costs

1,704

1,872

12

14

Designing environmentally friendly products; bearing container and packaging recycle
costs
Cost of ISO 14001 judging and registration fees; environmental measurement costs;
cost of preparing environmental reports
Research and development of environmentally sound products and production methods
Planting of trees and landscape gardening outside the plant site; supporting activities ofenvironmental conservation organizations*

0

0

None

10,30910,437(5) Social activity costs(6) Environmental
remediation costs
Total

1,648

2,377

 Environmental conservation costs to total costs ratio

66

Percentage ofEnvironmental environmental
conservationconservation
costs
costs

38, 3934 – 37
43, 44, 46
19 – 22, 40 – 42
45
55

*Includes ¥400,000 for WWF and ¥200,000 for Japan Greenery Research and Development Center(Unit : ¥ millions)Category

Consolidated
total costs

Amount invested during thesaid period
R&D costs during the said
period73,789

2,377

3.22%

Co-generation system, solvent and exhaust gas recovery and refining equipment, water recycling
system, etc.

37 – 39

24,097

1,872

7.77%

Non-vinyl chloride decorative sheets, de-chlorinating barrier film, biodegradable plastic,

45 – 50

Details of major environmental conservation costs

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information Environmental benefits of environmental conservation activities
Details of benefits

Category of index showing benefits(Unit : ¥ millions)Index value
on year
FY 2001 FY 2002 Year
Difference

18,11918,0694.08

3.94− 50 All consumed energy was converted into average value in calories

14,34338− 857 Year-on-year reduction of 6.0%

37

3.23

2.94

− 0.29 Water reduced by 290 m3 per 100 million yen

2,465

2,473

8 Total weight of paper, plastic, ink and metals

15.4

15.1

− 0.3 Ratio of unwanted materials that are main raw materials

34

74.5
620.4

56.5
626.7

− 18.0 Calculated from fuel used
6.3 Calculated from supplied energy

32
32

5,115

3,521

− 1,594 Total of 10 substances subject to be reported

33

32.3

41.1

9.6

0

519.4
105.0

(1) Increased sales
Economic benefits of R&D costs
Sales of environmentally friendly products(2) Increased income
Benefits of resource recycling costs
Business income from recycling unwanted materials(3) Cost savings
Benefits of global environmental conservation and resource recycling costs
Saving energy costs by energy conservation
Saving waste-materials processing costs by resource
conservation

26

Calculated from the amount of discharged water and average
8.8
concentration

32− 9.6 One substance discharged in FY 2001 (Hydrazine)

33

506.1
96.8

− 13.3 Including unwanted materials other than main raw materials− 8.2 Total waste subcontracted to waste disposal company

35
35

0.236

0.211

− 0.025 Waste materials reduced by 25kg per million yen in added value

34

74.2

77.6

3.4 Including heat recovered on site

34

2,400

2,290

− 110 Total for 21 substances reported

33

850

843

− 7.0 Including amounts emitted by incinerators and drying furnaces.

38

191.3

183.6

− 7.7 7.7 tons of emissions reduced per 100 million yen in added value

38

579.5

384.0

− 195.5

Emitted at incineration and recycling of used containers andpackaging

47

2.24

1.48

− 0.76 CO2 emissions per ton of products reduced by 0.76 ton

5,350

4,730

96

85

− 620 CO2 emissions reduced by 620 tons
CO2 emissions reduced by 11 tons for each ton of goods− 11transported 1 million km

 Economic benefits of environmental conservation activities
Details of benefits38− 0.14 Energy reduced by 0.14TJ per 100 million yen in added value

Environmental Accounting(1) Benefits of costs incurred at the area of business
Benefits arising from supplied resources
Supplied energy
Energy consumption (TJ)
Added-value unit consumption for the above (TJ/100
million yen)Supplied water
Water usage (in thousands of tons)
Added-value unit consumption for the above (1,000
ton/100 million yen)Supplied main raw
materials (paper,
Supplied amount (in thousands of tons)
plastic, metal, etc.)
Amount of unwanted materials generated/suppliedamount (%)
Improvements in environmental impacts
SOx emission (tons)
Emissions to theatmosphereNOx emission (tons)
Emissions of negative environmental impact substances(354 PRTR substances) (t)Discharges to water
COD discharge (ton)areasDischarges of environmentally hazardous substances(354 PRTR substances) (t)Generated unwanted materials (in thousands of tons)
Discharges of wastematerials
Discharged waste materials (in thousands of tons)
Added-value unit consumption for the above (1,000
ton / 1 million yen)
Recycle rate (%)
Amount of pollutants transferred or released (of 354
substances subject to PRTR Law) (tons)
Emissions ofEmissions of greenhouse- gasses (1,000 t-CO2)
greenhouse- gasses
Added-value unit consumption for the above (Ton/100
million yen)
(2) Benefits of upstream / downstream costs
Benefits related to goods produced by business activities
CO2 emissions at
the time of productCO2 emissions (1,000 t-CO2)
disposal.
CO2 emissions / volume of products shipped(3) Other environmental conservation benefits
Improvements in environmental impact of transportation
CO2 emitted during product transportation (tons)
CO2 emitted during transportation: CO2 /(Transportation
weight × Transportation distance) (ton/million ton·km)

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Remarks

51
51(Unit : ¥ millions)Index value
on year
FY 2001 FY 2002 Year
Difference

75,731

101,926

919

1,080

1,049

1,503

917

650

Remarks

26,195 34.6% increase from FY 2000

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44

161 Saleable unwanted materials increased

34,35

454 Energy cost unit consumption substantially improved.
Processing cost unit consumption improved by reducing thevolume of waste generated

38, 39− 267

34, 35

Evaluation of environmental accounting performance data for FY 2002
Environmental conservation costs and measures
1. Year-on-year investments in environmental conservation equipment increased by 44.2%, or ¥729 million. New large-scale facilities included a water-recycling system anda co-generation system, both of which accounted for 60% of this amount.
2. Regarding environmental conservation costs, resource recycling cost stood at ¥87 million, a year-on-year reduction of 2.8%, anti-global warming costs stood at ¥76 million, a year-on-year increase of 8.2%, while environmental product R&D costs stood at ¥168 million, a year-on-year increase of 9.9%. Upstream/downstream costs stoodat ¥194 million, of which ¥190 was paid to the Japan Container & Packaging Recycling Association in recycling fees.
Environmental benefits of environmental conservation activities
1. In FY 2002, we made a ¥1.3 billion investment in container recovery and removal facilities, which resulted in a 1,594t reduction in the atmospheric release of substances
subject to the PRTR Law.
2. Sox emissions were reduced by 24.2% following our conversion to LNG fuel.
3. All benefits related to supplied resources such as energy, water and main raw materials improved.
4. Efforts towards reduction and recycling began to produce results. Non-commecial waste fell by 13,300t, waste fell by 8,200t, and waste fell by 25kg for every million yen
in added value.

Economic benefits of environmental conservation activities
1. Sales of environmentally friendly products increased 34.6% greatly exceeding the target increase of 10%.
2. Year-on-year income from recycling unwanted materials increased by ¥161 million.
3. Benefits of cost reduction are calculated according to “(7) Basis for calculation of economic benefits of environmental conservation measures” on the preceding page.
In FY 2002, the added-value amount increased 6.0% from the benchmark period (Average for three-years between FY 1999 and FY 2001). Furthermore, we achieved substantial cost reductions due to reductions in energy consumption and waste emissions as well as an improvement in the unit consumption. It should be noted, however,that the savings in waste treatment expenditure were lower as the improvement in unit consumption for the benchmark period was less than the previous year.

Future issues
1. In order to reduce the atmospheric emissions of toluene to 500 t / year or less, it will be necessary to implement solvent recovery and removal equipment.
2. Eliminate all forms of loss from the entire production process through “Production 21,” and strive to further improve environmental efficiency. (Please refer to page 25)

67

Environmental Targets for FY 2003

Environmental Targets
for FY 2003

Following environmental performance through to FY 2002, the DNP Group Environmental Committee revised
our “Waste Reduction Targets,” including that for reduction of waste emissions per unit of production andunused product generation amount, in a bid to strengthen our efforts to address environmental issues in its
meeting held in March 2003.

DNP Group Environmental Targets
Development and sale of environmentally conscious products• To improve year-on-year sales of environmentally conscious products by 10%

Green purchasing• To improve the year-on-year purchasing ratio of products deemed to be green according to company standards by 2.5%
• To improve the year-on-year purchasing ratio of general products (office supplies & fixtures) bearing environmental labels suchas the Eco-Mark by 3.0%

Reduction of industrial waste
To achieve the following targets by FY 2005
• Reduce waste emissions per unit of production (Waste emissions/production) by 40% from the FY 2000 level• Reduce the amount of unused materials generated by 25% from the FY 2000 level• Achieve zero emissions at 20 sites• Improve the reduce ratio (Unused product generation amount / total material inputs) by 20% from the FY 2000 level• Achieve a recycling ratio (Recycle amount/unused product generation amount) of 80%

Global warming prevention
To achieve the following targets by FY 2010
• To maintain total energy consumption at the FY 2000 level• To maintain greenhouse gas emissions a the FY 2000 level• To reduce energy consumed per unit of production (Crude-oil converted energy consumption amount / production) by 15%
from the level in FY 1990
• To reduce CO2 emissions per unit of production (CO2 / production) by 20% from the level in FY 1990

PRTR
• To reduce air emissions of toluene for the entire DNP group to less than 500 tons / year by FY 2004
• To reduce emissions and transfers of items designated as Class I Chemical Substances (except toluene) under the PRTR law
to 50% of the FY 2000 level by FY 2004

Environmental conservation
To achieve the following targets by FY 2005
• To keep maximum densities of gas emissions subject to emissions regulations at 70% of the required standard or less• To keep maximum densities of wastewater discharges subject to wastewater regulations at 70% of the required standard orless• To keep the maximum density of odors at site perimeters at 70% of the required standard or less• To keep the maximum level of noise and vibration at our site perimeters at 95% of the required standard or lessPrevention of soil or underground water contamination• To execute the measures prescribed in the DNP group Guideline for Measures against Ground Contamination

Office environment• To improve the used paper recovery ratio by 65% in comparison to the rate for municipal waste

Reduction of environmental impact incurred during transport
To achieve the following targets by FY 2010
• To reduce CO2 emissions per unit of transport (CO2 emissions / transported weight / distance traveled) by 5% from the level in
FY 2000• To reduce fuel consumption per unit of sales (Fuel consumed / sales) by 20% from the amount in FY 2000

Environmental management system• To achieve ISO 14001 certification at 30 sites by FY 2005
• To perform Eco-Audits at all sites

68Milestones in Environmental Activities[ Major Activities in FY 2002 ]Establishes the Environmental Department within thehead office to promote pollution prevention measures andcommunication with local residents

1990

Makes new efforts to deal with global environmental
issues by establishing the Eco-Plan Promotion Officewithin the Environmental Department

1992

Establishes the DNP Group Codes of Conduct and the DNPGroup Employee Codes

1992

Establishes the Eco-Plan Promotion Targets, thefundamental voluntary plan based on the Environmental
Declaration of the Codes of Conduct, and starts activities
by 4 subcommittees

1993

Starts the Eco-Report System, which is part of the DNPGroup environmental management system

1994

Remodels and expands the Environmental Department
into the Environment & Product Liability Department tostrengthen our efforts towards environmental issues,
including taking responsibility for the disposal of products
we produce

1995

1996

DNP wins the International Trade and Industry Minister’s Prize in the “Fourth Global Environmental Awards”,
which commend companies and groups that contribute toconservation of the global environment. (The Awards wasestablished in 1991 by the Japan Industrial Journal andthe Fuji Sankei Group, with special support by WWF Japanand sponsorship by the Ministry of the Environment, theMinistry of the Economy, Trade and Industry, and theJapan Federation of Economic Organizations.)

2002

Kobe Plant, the Decorative Materials Operations, The
Inctec Inc. (Tokyo, Kansai, and Utsunomiya Plants), andUshiku Plant, the Business Form Operations acquires ISO
14001 certification

Mar. 2002

Holds DNP Group Environmental Committee meeting(report of activities for FY 2001 and review of FY 2002
Activity Policies)

Apr. 2002

Performed orientation training for new employees

May 2002

Released Eco-Report No. 18
Performed Eco-Report seminar at sites participating in the
Performed work training program for new employees hired
during the year
Tien Wah Press (Pte.) Ltd. acquires ISO 14001 certification

June 2002

Kyushu Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd., Chikugo Plant
acquired ISO 14001 certification

July 2002

Eco-Audit performed at one site
Semiconductor product Operations Division , Kyoto plantacquires ISO 14001 certification

Aug. 2002

Sept. 2002

Eco-Audits performed at 12 sites

Oct. 2002

Data recording material Operations Division, Sayama plantacquires ISO 14001 certification
Tokai Dai Nippon Pringing. acquired FSC-CoC
certification*2

Begins performing the Eco-Audit, the internal
environmental audit performed by the Eco-Plan Promotion
Office to upgrade the Eco-Report System

Performed work training program for new employees hired
during the year
Nov. 2002

1998

Mihara Plant, the Display Components Operations acquires
ISO 14001 certification

Dec. 2002

2000

The Eco-Plan Promotion Office is dismantled andreplaced with the DNP Group Environmental Committee
to strengthen the system for promoting environmental
activities

2000

The affiliate DNP Facility Service Co., Ltd. becomes thefirst in the world to be certified as a comprehensive
system with quality, environment, office safety and
HACCP*1

2000

Okayama Plant, the Decorative Materials Operationsacquires ISO 14001 certification

2001

Tokai Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd., and Sayama Plant, Dai
Nippon Printing Technopack Co., Ltd. acquires ISO 14001
certification

Eco-Audits performed at seven sites
DNP Group Environmental Committee meeting held
(Report of activities in first half of FY 2002)

Okayama Plant, the Information Media Supplies Operations
becomes the first in the printing industry to acquire ISO
14001 certification

1997

Environmental
Communications

1972

Eco-Report No. 19 issued
Performed Eco-Report seminar at sites participating in the
Eco-Report system
Eco-Audit performed at two sites
Technical Seminar A held

Jan. 2003

Received Prize for Excellence in Environmental Report
Division of “6th Environmental Report Awards”
Eco-Audits performed at six sites
Technical Seminar A held

Feb. 2003

Technical Seminar A held
Eco-Audits performed at 14 sites

Mar. 2003

DNP Group Environmental Committee meeting held
(Report of activities in FY 2002; discussed and resolved
policy for efforts in FY 2003)
Established DNP Eco-label, a Type II environmental label
DNP Media Create Kansai Co., Ltd. Ono plant acquires ISO
14001 certification
Information Media Supplies Operations sublimationtransfer ribbon type II (ID-3BP 250 screen / ABS core
ID-3BP 250 / PS core) achieves certified registration ofType III Environmental Eco-Labels
Eco-Audits performed at 12 sites*1 HACCP : Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point: Food product hygiene management system developed in America to ensure the safety of space food. It is also an international standard for food hygiene adopted by the committee jointly established by WHO and the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization.
*2 FSC-CoC : Please refer to page 8.

69

DNP Group PRTR Data by Site ( Performance in FY 2002 )DNP Group PRTR Data

The following data was reported to the national authorities as the amounts of PRTR-designated chemicals handled by the DNP
group in FY 2002.
(Unit : Tons / year)
Substance
numberSubstance name

CAS No.

[ Ichigaya Plant, Ichigaya Publication Printing Operations ]Handling

Consumption

Emissions

Disposal

Air

Public waterways

Transferred
Soil

SewageRecycled

Waste

1-1-1, Kaga-cho Ichigaya, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-8001

Silver and its water soluble compounds

64

−

10.0

0.0

7.7

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.2

0.0

2.2

Hexavalent chromium compounds

69

−

1.6

0.0

1.6

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

1,1 Dichloro-1-fluroethane132

1717-00-6

29.3

0.0

0.0

29.3

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Dichloromethane145

1975-9-2

22.2

0.0

0.0

18.7

0.0

0.0

0.0

3.5

0.0

Water soluble copper salts

207

−

13.6

0.0

13.5

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.1

0.0

0.0

Toluene227

108-88-3

315.1

0.0

0.0

193.1

0.0

0.0

0.0

23.4

98.6

Hydroquinone

254

123-31-9

10.9

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

10.9

0

0.0

[ Turuse Plant, Ichigaya Publication Printing Operations ]311, Chikumazawa Miyoshi-machi Iruma-gun, Saitama Prefecture 354-8558

Hexavalent chromium compounds

69

−

4.5

0.0

4.5

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

1,1 Dichloro-1-fluroethane132

1717-00-6

8.2

0.0

0.0

8.2

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Water soluble copper salts

207

−

62.5

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

62.5

Toluene227

108-88-3

3,060.5

0.0

0.0

783.5

0.0

0.0

0.0

138.9

2,138.20

1.78680mg-TEQ

0.0[ Shiraoka Plant, Dai Nippon Offset Co., Ltd. ]1100-1, Tateno, Aza, Shinozu, Ooaza, Shiraokamachi, Minamisaitama-gun, Saitama Prefecture 349-0204

Dioxins179[ Warabi Plant, Business Form Operations ]4-5-1, Nishiki-cho, Warabi-shi, Saitama Prefecture 335-0005

Dichloromethane145

1975.9.2

6.2

0.0

Dioxins

179

−

−

0.0

Toluene227

108-88-3

19

0.0[ Nara plant, Business Form Operations ]Toluene

0.0

−

−

0.0

0.0

0.02425mg-TEQ

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

6.2

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

1.10mg-TEQ

0.0

0.0

0.0

77.0mg-TEQ

0.0

18.5

0.5

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.8

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.3

0.0

712-10, Touin, Ooaza, Kawanishi-cho, Shiki-gun, Nara Prefecture 335-0005
227

108-88-3

15.3

0.0

14.2

[ Dai Nippon Printing Technopack Yokohama Co., Ltd. ] 3500, Ikebe-cho, Tsuzuki-ku, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa Prefecture 224-0053
Dioxins

179

−

−

0.0

0.0

0mg-TEQ

0.0

0.0

0.0

380mg-TEQ

0.0

Toluene227

108-88-3

674.1

0.0

597.7

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

73.4

0.0

[ Sayama Plant, Dai Nippon Printing Technopack Co., Ltd. ]591-10, Higashikubo, Kamihirose, Sayama-shi, Saitama Prefecture 350-1321

Hexavalent chromium compounds

69

−

1.2

1.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.1

0.0

Water soluble copper salts

207

−

18.3

14.7

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

3.7

0.0

Toluene227

108-88-3

1,120.4

0.0

564.6

433.6

0.0

0.0

0.0

122.2

0.0

11.7

0.0

0.0

0.0

2.4

0.0

[ Dai Nippon Cup Co., Ltd. ] 591-10, Higashikubo, Kamihirose, Sayama-shi, Saitama Prefecture 350-1321
Toluene227

108-88-3

14.1

0.0

0.0

[ Izumizaki Plant, Dai Nippon Printing Technopack Co., Ltd. ] 7, Chukaku Kogyo Danchi, Izumizaki-aza, Ooaza, Izumizaki-mura, Nishishirakawa-gun, Fukushima Prefecture 969-0101
Hexavalent chromium compounds

69

−

2.1

2.1

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Dioxins

179

−

−

0.0

0.0

0.00046mg-TEQ

0.0

0.0

0.0

4.6968mg-TEQ

0.0

Water-soluble copper salts

207

−

27.6

27.5

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.2

0.0

Toluene227

108-88-3

1,787.6

0.0

687.6

478.1

0.0

0.0

0.0

621.9

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0003mg-TEQ

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

5mg-TEQ

0.0

0.0

0.0

14mg-TEQ

0.0[ Sagami Yoki Co., Ltd. ]1000, Narita, Odawara-shi, Kanagawa prefecture 250-0862

Dioxins

179[ Kashiwa Plant, Dai Nippon Polymer Co., Ltd. ]Dioxins−−

409, Juyoni, Kashiwa-shi, Chiba Prefecture 277-8565

179[ Tokyo Plant, Dai Nippon Printing Kenzai Co., Ltd. ]

−

−

0.0

311, Chikumazawa Miyoshi-machi Iruma-gun, Saitama Prefecture 354-8558

Ethyl benzene

40

100-41-4

7.7

0.0

0.0

6.6

0.0

0.0

0.0

1.1

0.0

Ethylene glycol monoethyl ether

44

110-80-5

5.4

0.0

0.0

4.7

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.8

0.0

Ethylene glycol monomethyl ether

45

109-86-4

300.8

0.0

0.0

258.4

0.0

0.0

0.0

42.4

0.0

ε-caprolactam

61

105-60-2

7.6

6.2

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

1.3

0.0

Xylene631330-20-7

18.1

0.0

0.0

15.6

0.0

0.0

0.0

2.6

0.0

Hexavalent chromium

69

–

1.3

1

0.3

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Toluene227

108-88-3

313.4

0.0

0.0

269.2

0.0

0.0

0.0

44.2

0.0

Bis (2-ethylhexyl) phthalate272

117-81-7

6.6

5.5

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

1.2

0.0

[ Okayama Plant, Dai Nippon Printing Kenzai Co., Ltd. ] 642-8, Ugaki, Mitsu-cho, Mitsu-gun, Okayama Prefecture 709-2121
Ethyl-benzene

40

100-41-4

9.5

0.0

8.3

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

1.2

0.0

Ethylene glycol monoethyl ether

44

110-80-5

6.2

0.0

5.5

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.7

0.0

Ethylene glycol monomethyl ether

45

109-86-4

64.4

0.0

56.1

0.3

0.0

0.0

0.0

7.9

0.0

Xylene631330-20-7

31.4

0.0

27.5

0.1

0.0

0.0

0.0

3.7

0.0

Hexavalent chromium

69

−

0.5

0.5

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Toluene227

108-88-3

269.4

0.0

235.8

1.2

0.0

0.0

0.0

32.3

0.0

[ Tokyo Plant, Dai Nippon Ellio Co., Ltd. ]Ethyl-benzene

40

100-41-4

84.2

0.0

83.6

0.6

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Xylene631330-20-7

285.8

0.0

107.8

0.7

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

177.2

Toluene227

108-88-3

27

0.0

6.5

0.4

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

20.2

Bis (2-ethylhexyl) phthalate272

117-81-7

14.7

5.5

8.8

0.4

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

[ Osaka Plant, Dai Nippon Ellio Co., Ltd. ]704013, Nakatsu, Aikawa-cho, Aiko-gun, Kanagawa Prefecture 243-0303

19-5, Shoei-cho, Neyagawa-shi, Osaka Prefecture 572-8522

Ethyl-benzen

40

100-41-4

19.5

0.0

3.9

2.1

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

13.5

Xylene631330-20-7

73.5

0.0

33.4

4.6

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

35.4

Toluene227

108-88-3

16.6

0.0

1.2

0.2

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

15.2

Bis (2-ethylhexyl) phthalate272

117-81-7

5.2

2.7

2.4

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

(Unit : Tons / year)
Substance
numberSubstance name

CAS No.

Handling

Consumption

Emissions

Disposal[ Kamifukuoka Plant, Dai Nippon Printing Fine Electronics Co., Ltd. / Dai Nippon Printing Precision Device Co., Ltd. ]Public waterways

Soil

SewageRecycled

Waste

2-2-1, Fukuoka, Kamifukuoka-shi, Saitama Prefecture 356-8507

2-Aminoethanol

16141-43-5

18.3

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

4.9

13.4

0.0

Chromium and chromium (III) compounds

68

−

45.8

18.8

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

16.4

10.7

Hexavalent chromium compounds

69

−

3.2

0.5

2.6

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Water-soluble copper salts

207

−

140

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

140

0.0

Nickel231

7440-02-0

208.5

156.4

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

52.0

Nickel compounds

232

−

64.5

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

64.5

0.0

Manganese and its compounds

311

−

7.4

3.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

2.6

1.7

[ Kuki Plant, Dai Nippon Printing Fine Electronics Co., Ltd. / Dai Nippon Printing Precision Device Co., Ltd. ]DNP Group PRTR Data

Air

Transferred

1-5, Kiyoku-cho, Kuki-shi, Saitama Prefecture 346-0035

Ethylene glycol

4317-21-1

11.4

11.4

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Ethylene glycol monoethyl ether

44

110-80-5

8.6

0.0

8.6

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Chromium and chromium (III) compounds

68

−

11.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

11.0

0.0

Hexavalent chromium compounds

69

−

11.3

0.3

11.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Water-soluble copper salts

207

−

49.2

4.8

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

44.4

Nickel compounds

232

−

1.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

1.0

3.9

[ Mihara Plant, Dai Nippon Printing Precision Device Co., Ltd. ] 73-1, Obara, Nutanishi-cho, Mihara-shi, Hiroshima Prefecture 729-0473
Chromium and chromium (III) compounds

687440-47-3

30.0

0.3

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

25.8

Hexavalent chromium compounds

697789-9-5

25.8

17.8

8

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.1

Cobalt and its compounds

100

−

33.9

11.1

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

22.8

2-Enthoxyethyl acetate

101111-15-9

9.3

0.0

0.0

9.3

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Nickel231

7440-02-0

2,669.3

1,005.2

102.5

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

1,561.6

232

−

815.3

0.8

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

102.5

712.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

2.7

5.3

Nickel compounds[ F.D.P. Dai Nippon Co., Ltd. ]1-317-6, Toyonodai, Ootone-machi, Kita Saitama-gun, Saitama prefecture 349-1148

Chromium and chromium (III) compounds

687440-47-3

8.5

0.6

0.0

[ Okayama Plant, DNP Industrial Supplies Co., Ltd. ] 642-8, Ugaki, Mitsu-cho, Mitsu-gun, Okayama Prefecture 709-2121
Cobalt and its compounds

100

−

186.5

152.6

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

3.0

30.9

Toluene227

108-88-3

172.3

0.0

111.7

0.6

0.0

0.0

0.0

60.0

0.0

[ Kyoto Plant, Dai Nippon Printing Technopack Kansai Co., Ltd. ] 10, Kamikeibu-cho, Uzumasa, Ukyo-ku, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto-fu 616-8533
Hexavalent chromium compounds

691333-82-0

2.2

1.2

1

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Toluene227

108-88-3

1,096.0

0.0

931.8

64.3

0.0

0.0

0.0

99.9

0.0

[ Tanabe Plant, Dai Nippon Printing Technopack Kansai Co., Ltd. ]29-1, Nishikitamukai, Osumi, Kyo Tanabe-shi, Kyoto-fu 610-0343

Dioxins

179

−

−

0.0

0.0

7.28mg-TEQ

0.0

0.0

0.0

182.17mg-TEQ

0.0

Toluene227

108-88-3

76.9

0.0

68.9

0.3

0.0

0.0

0.0

7.7

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

104.9

0.0

[ Sayama Plant, I.M.S. Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd. ] 591-2, Higashikubo, Kamihirose, Sayama-shi, Saitama Prefecture 350-1321
Toluene227

108-88-3

1,144.7

0.1

967.9

71.8

[ Okayama Plant, I.M.S. Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd. ] 642-8, Ugaki, Mitsu-cho, Mitsu-gun, Okayama Prefecture 709-2121
Toluene227[ Hokkaido Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd. ]Toluene227[ Tohoku Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd. ]108-88-3

1,738.4

3.6

1,427.3

65.9

0.0

0.0

0.0

185.7

55.9

128.0

48.1

0.0

0.0

0.0

21.5

0.0

11-1-1, Kita 7 Jo Higashi, Higashi-ku, Sapporo 065-0007
108-88-3

197.6

0.0

3-5-1, Nigatake, Miyagino-ku, Sendai, Miyagi prefecture 983-0036

Hexavalent chromium compounds

69

−

0.8

0.5

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.3

0.0

Dioxins

179

−

−

0.0

0.0

6.3mg-TEQ

0.0

0.0

0

6.5mg-TEQ

0.0

Water soluble copper compounds

207

−

14.7

14

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.8

0.0

Toluene227

108-88-3

240.1

0.0

12.9

205.5

0.0

0.0

0.0

21.7

0.0

[ Tokai Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd. ] 3-902, Seko, Moriyama-ku, Nagoya-shi, Aichi Prefecture 463-8543
Water soluble copper compounds

207

−

7

0.0

6.7

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.3

0.0

Toluene227

108-88-3

168.5

0.0

0.0

154

0.0

0.0

0.0

14.4

0.0

1.6mg-TEQ

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.9mg-TEQ

0.0[ Shikoku Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd. ]Dioxins

1-15, Nakashimada-cho, Tokushima-shi, Tokushima Prefecture 770-0052
179

−

−

0.0

0.0

[ Chikugo Plant, Kyushu Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd. ] 200, Ojino-cho, Chikugo-shi, Fukuoka Prefecture 833-0032
Hexavalent chromium compounds

69

−

2.1

1.9

0.2

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Dioxins

179

−

−

0.0

0.0

0.74mg-TEQ

0.0

0.0

0.0

27.07mg-TEQ

0.0

Toluene227

108-88-3

363.6

0.0

0.0

358.2

0.0

0.0

0.0

5.4

0.0

[ Tokyo Plant The Inctec Inc. ]450, Aoto-cho, Midori-ku, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa Prefecture 226-0022

3-isocyanatomethyl-3,5,5-trimethylcyclohe
xyl isocyanate
Ethyl-benzene

274098-71-9

23.0

23.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

40

100-41-4

63

58.3

0.4

1.1

0.0

0.0

0.0

3.3

0.0

Ethylene glycol monoethyl ether

44

110-80-5

5.6

5.5

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.1

0.0

Ethylene glycol monomethyl ether

45

109-86-4

180.9

173.8

0.0

1.8

0.0

0.0

0.0

5.3

0.0

E-caprolacatam

61

105-60-2

7.5

7.4

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.1

0.0

Xylene631330-20-7

71

67.1

0.4

0.9

0.0

0.0

0.0

2.6

0.0

2-Enthoxyethyl acetate

101111-15-9

10.7

10.5

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.1

0.0

Toluene227

108-88-3

2,280.7

2,112.70

4.2

3.5

0.0

0.0

0.0

160.3

0.0

Bis (2-ethylhexyl) phthalate272

117-81-7

17.3

17.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.3

0.0

1,2,4-Benzenetricarboxylic 1,2-anhydride300552-30-7

6

5.9

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.1

0.0

Poly (oxyethylene) nonylphenyl ether

309

9016-45-9

5.4

5.2

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.1

0.0

[ Kansai Plant, The Inctec Inc. ]1-33-1, Kasugakitamachi, Hirakata-shi, Osaka 573-0137

Ethyl Benze

40

100-41-4

28.6

26.7

0.1

0.2

0.0

0.0

0.0

1.6

0.0

Ethylene glycol monomethyl ether

45

109-86-4

25.3

24.7

0.1

0.2

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.4

0.0

Xylene631330-20-7

32.2

30.1

0.1

0.2

0.0

0.0

0.0

1.8

0.0

Toluene227

108-88-3

540.7

475.7

0.4

3.4

0.0

0.0

0.0

50.5

10.7

Bis (2-ethylhexyl) phthalate272

117-81-7

8.9

8.6

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.2

0.0

10.5

5.8

0.0

0.0

0.0

18

13.1

0.0

[ D.T. Circuit Technology Co., Ltd. ] 1, Toshiba-cho, Fuchu-shi, Tokyo 183-8511
Water soluble copper salts

207

−

29.4

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Comments of Reviewer
The following are the comments of Shin Nihon & Co., which performed the independent review of this environmental report with the Kensyou-Meidai method.

Comments on assertions
Comments and Independent
Review Report

Item

72

DNP assertions

Part of the evidence we consideredreasonable in support of each assertion

Challenges for further improvements

Greenhouse gas(p. 15)

The DNP group considers greenhousegas emissions reduction as a
Corporate Social Responsibility, andis developing data collection systems
to clearly understand its greenhousegas emissions to deal with futureenvironmental restrictions and to ensure
the group’s sustainability.

Using the Greenhouse gas Protocol
as a reference, the DNP group is
promoting compilation of a manual
for measurement and reporting ofgreenhouse gases. In the Mihara
plant cogeneration installation project,advanced and integrated systems
are being installed, and the group is
accumulating know-how that may leadto the CDM/JI project.

In order to develop effective greenhouse gas
emission reduction measures, it would be agood idea to perform analysis using a moredetailed inventory.

Reduction of environmental pollutants(p. 31)

The DNP group is striving to reduce
emissions of environmental pollutants,
and has achieved significant progress in
reducing toluene emissions.

The group is promoting the reductionof environmental pollutants, and isclearly prioritizing measures by taking
into consideration of the current
environmental burden.
The group has set challenging targets
especially for the reduction of toluene,
and has reduced both its handling andemissions.

The group is striving to determine causes
of increase in items where emissions are
increasing. As for the toluene, the speed of
reduction of its emissions is noteworthy, but
the targets are still high. The challenge for the
future is the steady execution of measuresand policies.

Reduction of waste(p. 34)

The DNP group is promoting to reduce
the generation and effective use ofuseless materials as part of its effort
to contribute to the development of arecycling-oriented society.

It is noteworthy that the group has set
measures and policies on reduction ofuseless materials to reduce waste.
Also the group is promoting effective
activities through target management
after specifying the measures for
reduction of useless materials at all
relevant operational divisions.
As for effective usage, some site had not
set clear target, measures and policies.
However, it had been promoting
substantive activities, with the effective
usage ratio being high.

Some aspects of the DNP group’s activities
towards the reduction of unused products areadvanced. However, a future challenge for thecompany will also be to promote activities
focusing on the input side of material flowsuch as resource efficiency as a means forcontributing to the development of a recycling-oriented society.

Office Environment(p. 36)

Recognizing used paper as an importantresource, The DNP group practices
paper recycling operations at its offices.

For this activity, the number of sites
practicing paper recycling and achieving
recycling targets has increased.

A new challenge for the future will be the newtarget and measures, taking into account thestate of target achievement at each site. Sites
with targets to maintain used paper collection
ratios may set new targets such as targets to
reduce the generation of used paper.

Measures against global warming(p. 38)

The DNP group is promoting to reduce
emissions of greenhouse gas, energy
consumption and their per added value
unit.

Each site is promoting activities toreduce emissions of greenhouse gas asa key issue, and the group has achieved
its group target of total emissions.

Emissions per added value unit has been
reduced.
However, under the current trend it will bedifficult to achieve targets by the target date.
In the future, the group may have to set
additional policies and measures.

Green purchasing(p. 43)

The DNP group is promoting thepurchasing of environmentally conscious
products.

The DNP group has established theirown clear standards for the purchasingof green products, and is promoting
effective measures to do so. The
company is also persuading clientsto request environmental conscious
printing paper.

The DNP group’s green purchasing activities
has been promoted within the jurisdiction of
the purchasing department. In the future, thiseffective activity should be promoted further
within the group.

Development of environmentallyconscious products and technologies(p. 44)

The DNP group is promoting thedevelopment and sale of environmentallyconscious products.

The DNP group promotes thedevelopment and sale of environmentallyconscious products based on a clear
policy, which covers every stage of the
product lifecycle from raw materials to
manufacturing, usage and disposal of
products.

In order to make such environmental efforts
even more effective and efficient, the groupshould promote a more comprehensive plansuch as changing from the current expansion
ratio targets to goal-based targets.

Environmental impact of transport(p. 51)DNP Logistics Co., Ltd., which handles
distribution for the DNP group, hasestablished targets and is promoting
reduction of environmental burdencaused by transportation.

DNP Logistics clearly focuses on CO2,
NOx and PM as the key sources ofenvironmental burden arising fromtransportation, and has reduced it
though target management.

The group’s environmental activities in thisregard are limited to in-house distribution
divisions, excluding on-site distribution.
In the future, we would like to see further
improvement in efficiency of on-site
distribution as well as developments
towards the reduction of transport-related
environmental burden both up anddownstream, such as the ones in connection
with materials suppliers and customers.

Independent Review Report

The Kensyou-Meidai Method

The following three clauses are the basic clauses under this method.
1. Basic clause (1): The Assertion agrees with the Actual Condition of theCompany (A⇒C)
2. Basic clause (2): The Assertion agrees with the Description of the Report(A⇒B)
3. Basic clause (3): The Description of the Report agrees with the Actual Condition of the Company (B⇒C)
In the next step, we set the propositions derived from the basic clauses of (1),(2) and (3).
1−1. Generally multiple, practical propositions derived from 1. The Assertion
agrees with the Actual Condition of the Company.
2−1. Practical propositions derived from 2. The Assertion agrees with the
Description of the Report.
3−1. Practical propositions derived from 3. The Description of the Reportagrees with the Actual Condition of the Company.

Comments and Independent
Review Report

We describe the company’s Environmental report and Sustainability report (“theReport”) as a hierarchical structure of “Assertion—Description of the Report—Actual
Condition of company” shown in fig.1 in the independent review with the KensyouMeidai Method. Here, we simply refer the main message that the company wants tocommunicate with stakeholders through the media as “Assertion”.
A desirable Report is one where Assertions are appropriately described andDescription of the Report is based on the Actual Conditions of the Company.
The scope of our independent review with the Kensyou-Meidai Method is
to perform certain procedures and report the findings on “Whether the Assertion
agrees with the Description of the Report” and on “Whether the Description of theReport agrees with the Actual Condition of the Company”, from an independent
position.
A⇒B means the Assertion (A) agrees with the Description of the Report (B) andB⇒C means the Description of the Report (B) agrees with the Actual Condition of
the Company (C). Also, the Assertion should agree with the Actual Condition of theCompany when the Company makes the Assertion (We describe as A⇒C).

Assertion (A)Description (B)Actual Condition (C)Fig. 1 Hierarchical Structure of
the Report

Independent Review ReportThus, we have the following 6 types of propositions under the Kensyou-Meidai
Method with the derived propositions added to the basic propositions.
Basic Propositions
1. The Assertion agrees with the Actual Condition of the Company (A⇒C)
2. The Assertion agrees with the Description of the Report (A⇒B)
3. The Description of the Report agrees with the Actual Condition of theCompany (B⇒C)
Derived Propositions
4. Practical propositions are derived from “The Assertion agrees with theActual Condition of the Company”
5. Practical propositions are derived from “The Assertion agrees with the
Description of the Report”
6. Practical propositions are derived from “The Description of the Reportagrees with the Actual Condition of the Company”

The Assertions should be as concrete as possible when performing theprocedures, and they must be disclosed. The independent review procedures with
the Kensyou-Meidai Method are the following:
I. Understanding of the Assertions
II. Setting the Propositions
III. Performing procedures to consider whether proposition 4, 5 and 6 are proved
or not.
IV. Performing additional procedures to consider whether basic propositions 1, 2
and 3 are proved or not.
*The procedures involve the process of asking the company for submission ofreasonable evidences in support of each proposition, evaluating the relevance ofsubmitted evidence, and searching for any negative evidence.
The conclusion on whether each proposition is proved would be reported as theresult of the procedures performed. If we obtained reasonable evidence in supportof all the propositions and did not find any negative evidences on each proposition,
it means, “the Assertion agrees with the Description of the Report, and the Description of the Report agrees with the Actual Condition of the Company”.
In addition, the Kensyou-Meidai Method performed included only “The Assertion agrees with the Description of the Report (A⇒B)” and “The Description of theReport agrees with the Actual Condition of the Company (B⇒C)” as an attestation,although it included “The Assertion agrees with the Actual Condition of the Company (A⇒C)” as a procedure.
*Supplementary explanation
The description of the report shown in Fig.1 may indicate the whole report, orpart of the report such as each chapter and each page. In addition, the Assertionof the whole report is above the Assertion of part of the report in the hierarchicalstructure.
On the other hand, it is useful in practice to prepare Assertion on each page
as needed without considering such complex structure. However, propositions arealways set for each page in which no Assertion is set.

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