LINTEC Corporation

Company Motto

Sincerity andCreativity
The foundation of the Lintec Group’s CSR is
its company motto, “Sincerity and Creativity.”

LINTEC WAY
Important values supportingthe company motto

These are the ideals that everyone in the groupaspires to.

Five Rules of Sincerity“Sincerity” means thinking about what can be

1 Always be sincere.

done that will be of benefit and appreciated and2 Sincerity opens people’s mind.

tackling every task with all one’s heart.

3 Please people.
4 Be a giver.

“Creativity” means working constantly to

5 Care about colleagues
and family.

innovate and improve, seeking greater added value
without being satisfied with the status quo.

Five Rules of Creativity

Showing integrity to all stakeholders and taking
on new challenges over and over again with

1 Be committed until you succeed.

a determination to innovate is the starting
point for a manufacturer who is dedicated2 Be proud of being unique.

to craftsmanship.

3 	Be resilient and take advantage
of changes.

“Start with Sincerity and then apply Creativity”—

4 Think globally.

this is Lintec’s unchanging approach and5 	Look for connections topotential everywhere.

the driving force that underpins its
sustainable growth.

Editorial Policy

Publication Date

The Lintec Group follows the company motto of “Sincerity

Previous publication: September 2021
Current publication: August 2022
Next publication: August 2023

and Creativity” when conducting its CSR activities. This report

Guidelines Referenced

explains our CSR activities during fiscal 2021. As the Group’s

Sustainability Reporting Standards of the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI)
Environmental Reporting Guidelines (2012/2018) of the Ministryof the Environment of Japan
Environmental Accounting Guidelines (2005) of the Ministry of the Environmentof JapanISO 26000 (Guidance on social responsibility)

sustainability promotion system was enhanced in April 2021, thename of this report, formerly the “CSR Report,” was changed to“Sustainability Report” starting in fiscal 2022.
The report also features activities related to materiality*1
and ESG*2, which have become topics of high interest in recent
years. This report publishes certain information that is importantfor both stakeholders*3 and the Lintec Group. For more detailed
information, please visit our Sustainability website.

To ensure better communication with its stakeholders, the Lintec Group
works to disseminate information via a variety of media channels.
For details on each channel, please refer to “Main Channels for
Sustainability Information” on page 35.

INDEXINDEX/Editorial Policy

01

Overview of the Lintec Group02

Message from the President

04

Accumulation of daily operations leads to a sustainable future

Stories about Solving Social Issues

08

Materiality and KPIs

10

Value Chain and Stakeholders

12

Sustainability at Lintec

14

Highlight

15

Sustainability Promotion System

Non-Financial and Financial Highlights

17■ Environmental Report
Contributing to a Sustainable Global Environment

18■ Social Report
Respect for Human Rights

22

Supply Chain

26

Community Participation

27■ Governance Report
Promoting Governance of the Entire Group28

Global CSR Report

32

Third-Party Opinion

34

Main Channels for Sustainability Information

35

Reporting Period
This report covers the period from April 1, 2021, to March 31, 2022 (fiscal 2021).
It also includes some information up through July 31, 2022 concerning specificinitiatives.
Environmental data for 15 group companies outside Japan covers the period fromJanuary 1 to December 31, 2021.

Organizations Covered
Social Report Governance Report
Lintec: Lintec Corporation
Lintec Group: Lintec Corporation plus group companies in and outside Japan

Environmental Report
Lintec: Lintec Corporation (Head Office, 10 production sites※1, and Research Center)
and Tokyo Lintec Kako, Inc.
Lintec and 15 group companies outside Japan: Sites listed above and 15 overseas
group companies※2
Lintec Group: Lintec Corporation plus group companies in and outside Japan※2 15 overseas group companies (overseas production sites): Lintec (Suzhou) Tech Corporation;
Lintec Printing & Technology (Tianjin) Corporation; Lintec Speciality Films (Taiwan), Inc.;
Lintec Advanced Technologies (Taiwan), Inc.; Lintec Korea, Inc.; Lintec Speciality Films (Korea),
Inc.; PT. Lintec Indonesia; Lintec Industries (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd.; Lintec Industries (Sarawak)
Sdn. Bhd.; Lintec Singapore Private Limited; Lintec (Thailand) Co., Ltd.; Madico, Inc.; Mactac
Americas, LLC; VDI, LLC; and Lintec Europe (UK) Limited

Note on the fiscal year of consolidated subsidiaries
The fiscal year of Mactac Americas, LLC, Lintec (Thailand) Co., Ltd., and another 37
consolidated subsidiaries ends on December 31. As the difference between the fiscal
year end of these 39 consolidated subsidiaries and the consolidated closing date iswithin three months, consolidated financial statements use each company’s financial
statements based on the fiscal year, and make necessary adjustments with regard toimportant transactions that occurred between the two accounting dates.

Verification of the reliability of this Report
Performance indicators marked by an asterisk★ have been verified by a third party,
SGS Japan Inc. As a result of third-party verification, no important issues that require
correction were found.

※1 10 production sites: Agatsuma, Kumagaya, Ina, Chiba, Tatsuno, Shingu, Komatsushima,
Mishima, Doi, and Niihama*1 Materiality : Materiality means issues that a company should focus on, identified from among awide range of CSR activities.
*2 ESG: ESG collectively refers to the following three elements: environmental, social, and governance.
These three elements are considered to be important for the long-term growth of a company.

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

01

Overview of the Lintec GroupJapan

Europe

3
45

8
3,764
companies,

companies,

Netherlands

United Kingdom

Germany
Hungary

employees

employees
Japan

China

Global Network Supports
Our Activities

Korea

India
TaiwanThailandPhilippines
Vietnam

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

Printing- and industry-related
segment

Adhesive papers andfilms for labels

Sales

Window films
for automobiles

Semiconductor-related tapes

Sales(Million yen)
(Million yen)(Million yen)

150,000 150,000 150,000

100,000 100,000
90,316
88,882 100,000
88,882Indonesia

employees

Paper- and processing-related
segment

LCD-related
adhesive products

Food packaging paper

Sales

Sales

Sales

(Million yen)
(Million yen)(Million yen)
90,31690,316 91,379
88,976
88,882 88,976
81,92981,92981,92991,37988,97650,00091,37950,00050,00038,45638,456
37,68938,456
37,68936,361

37,689 36,361
36,361
31,181 33,035
31,18133,03531,18133,035

2019
2018
2017

2020
2019
2018

2021
2020
(FY)

2021
(FY)

100,000 100,000 100,000
50,00050,00050,000

0

0
2017

0
2018
2017

2019
2018
2017

2020
2019
2018

2021
2020
2019

2021
2020
(FY)

2021
(FY)

(FY)

50,00050,00050,000

0

0
2017

0
2018
2017

Casting paper used whenmanufacturing carbon fiber
composite materials

Taking advantage of paper-making technologies,
we provide a wide variety of products, including:color envelop paper and color paper in awide array of colors, function paper including
greaseproof paper and dust-free paper for foodpackaging, high-quality printing paper, andrelease paper and release film for protecting
adhesive coated surfaces, as well as casting
paper used when manufacturing synthetic leather
and carbon fiber composite materials. Recently,
we have developed highly water-repellent yet
printable craft paper, which is used for envelopes,
wrapping and book printing. We continue toimprove our products according to market needs.

Sales(Million yen)
(Million yen)(Million yen)
132,421 132,421 132,421
122,935
122,935 122,436
122,436
121,691 122,935
121,691 122,436
121,691 115,745
115,745 115,745

1,399

We provide products that leverage our uniqueR&D and technologies, including special tapes
for semiconductor chip manufacturing andmounting processes, devices to make thebest of these tapes’ properties, release films
indispensable for laminated ceramic capacitor
manufacturing, LED-related adhesive products,
and touch screen-related products. We play apart in expanding the IoT*1 society by providing
materials for manufacturing processes usedin producing smartphone and other electronic
devices and highly functional tapes required forflash memory production.

Sales

Sales

companies,

Electronic- and optical-related
segment

We provide products to which various functions
are added to suit the purpose or usage
environment, including: adhesive papers andfilms for labels on household goods, foodproducts and home electronics, tapes for fixing
parts of mobile devices, adhesive products forautomobiles, industrial barcode printers, labelingmachines for automatic labeling, window films
for buildings and automobiles, materials foroutdoor signage and advertisements, marking
films for decorating car bodies, and interior
decorative sheets.

Sales

Asia

23

Malaysia

Singapore

2019
2018
2017

2020
2019
2018

2021
2020
2019

2021
2020
(FY)

2021
(FY)

(FY)

25,00025,00025,000

0

0
2017

0
2018
2017

2021
2020
2019

*1 IoT: IoT stands for Internet of Things, which collectively refers to a wide variety of “things,” such as buildings, appliances, automobiles and medical equipment, connected to the Internet for the purpose of
exchanging information.

02

(FY)

North America

9
1,013
companies,

employees

CanadaSales by region(Million yen)

United States

Japan

Asia

Other

240,727

235,90249,66347,581

69,23970,93882,753

121,824

117,381

113,216

2019

2020

2021

256,836

250,000
200,000
150,000

Mexico60,865100,000
50,000

Manufacturing subsidiary

0

Sales subsidiary, office(FY)

Regional headquarters
Subsidiary’s plant, branch office, and R&D center
Note: The number of employees shown here includes employeesof non-consolidated subsidiaries.

Four core technologies
Working with four core technologies (technologies for adhesive applications, for surface improvement, for system development, and for specialty papers
and release materials production), the Lintec Group develops differentiated and highly distinctive products by integrating the technologies at a high level.

Adhesive applications

Surface improvement

System development

Specialty papers andrelease materials production

By developing adhesives andvarious base materials, as wellas through their composite
technologies, we apply the basic
functions of adhesive products(attaching and releasing) to abroader range of areas.

Through chemical and physicaltreatment on the surface of
paper and film, we improvetheir performance and add newfunctions.

In addition to system development
for machines and devices, we
propose advanced solutions
through the establishment ofsophisticated systems that takeadvantage of the properties ofmaterials.

By leveraging our uniquepapermaking technologies
and technologies for coating,
impregnation, and pasting,
we develop paper with special
functions beyond those of
conventional paper as well as
high value-added materials.

Corporate Profile (as of March 31, 2022)
Company name

LINTEC Corporation

Head office23-23, Honcho, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo 173-0001, Japan

Websitewww.lintec-global.com/

Established

October 1934

Capital23.3 billion yen

Stock listing

Prime Market, Tokyo Stock Exchange

Sites

Sales offices: Iidabashi (Tokyo), Sapporo, Sendai, Hokuriku (Toyama Prefecture),
Shizuoka, Nagoya, Osaka, Hiroshima, Shikoku (Ehime Prefecture), Fukuoka, andKumamoto
Production sites: Agatsuma (Gunma Prefecture), Kumagaya, Ina (Saitama
Prefecture), Chiba (Chiba Prefecture), Tatsuno, Shingu (Hyogo Prefecture), Mishima,
Doi, Niihama (Ehime Prefecture), and Komatsushima (Tokushima Prefecture)
R&D facility: Research Center (Saitama Prefecture)

Business activities

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

Sales

Consolidated: 256.8 billion yen
Non-consolidated: 163.1 billion yen(Securities Code: 7966)Fiscal year-end

March 31

Representative

Makoto Hattori,
Representative Director, President, CEO and COO

Number of
employees

Consolidated: 5,158
Non-consolidated: 2,628(fiscal 2021)

Operating income(fiscal 2021)

Consolidated: 21.6 billion yen
Non-consolidated: 13.2 billion yen

03

Message from the President

Accumulation of daily
operations leads toa sustainable future
We will accelerate group-wide joint efforts
to achieve our long-term vision.

Makoto Hattori
Representative Director, President, CEO and COO
LINTEC Corporation

Looking back on FY2021, the first year of
our medium-term business plan

remote working.
Meanwhile, the printing and industrial materials productsrelated segment and the paper and converted products-related
segment saw a recovery of demand from fiscal 2020, when bothHaving formulated the LINTEC SUSTAINABILITY VISION 2030 (LSV

were significantly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Taking2030), our long-term vision for the period leading up to that year,

all segments in combination, we actually achieved the business

in April 2021 we started to implement our medium-term businesstarget for fiscal 2023, the final year of the plan, in the first year.

plan for the three years ending in March 2024, LSV 2030 – StageTo fulfill our responsibility to ensure a stable supply of

1, as a milestone for the realization of the vision.
Our performance in fiscal 2021, the first year of the plan,

thorough measures for preventing the spread of COVID-19, notremained robust for products for semiconductors and laminatedjust in the workplace but in their personal lives as well. I believe

ceramic capacitors in the electronic- and optical-related segment

we can thus attribute our robust performance to the earnest

due to the growth of smartphones and automobiles, as well as

efforts of each and every employee.

the increasing demand for mobile and communication devices
and the enhancement of data centers due to the spread of04

products to our customers, we asked our employees to take

The outlook remains uncertain, but I am committed to workwith all employees toward achieving the newly set business target.

Long-term Vision
LINTEC SUSTAINABILITY VISION 2030 (Abbreviation: LSV 2030)
Basic Policy
Contribute to realizing a sustainable world by strengthening the corporate structure through innovation and creating new products andbusinesses for sustainable growth

Key Initiatives
1

2

Solve social issues(1) Environment●
 Help to shape a carbon-free world· Reduce CO2 emissions (reduce by
50% or more by 2030 compared to
FY2013)
● Contribute to achieving a recyclingoriented world· Expand recyclable products (build
release paper recycling system, etc.)· Reduce water consumption andcomply with wastewater quality
standards
● Compatibility with the PRTR Act· Curb release of volatile organic
compounds (VOC) into theatmosphere (zero by 2030)
● Contribute to biodiversity conservation(2) Social
Respect human rights● Provide proper information disclosure to
stakeholders and improve communication● Promote work-style reforms● Rigorously enforce quality andcustomer-first principle

Foster innovation
to build a robust
corporate structure(1) Transform business processes
including design, development,
manufacturing, and logistics throughdigital transformation (DX)*2(2) Install new production equipment
through scrap and build with the aimof conserving energy, raising quality,
increasing efficiency, and reducing
labor(3) Strengthen cost competitiveness with
innovation in production processes(4) Reform the structure of low-growthand unprofitable businesses andsoundly manage Group companies(5) Maintain a solid financial base andimprove capital efficiency●
(3) Governance● Strengthen corporate governance● Further increase effectiveness of theBoard of Directors
● Appropriate information disclosureand ensure transparency
● Constructive dialogue withshareholders and investors(4) SDGs*1
 Ensure that business activities help to●achieve the Sustainable Development Goals

Create new products andbusinesses to deliver
sustainable growth

3(1) Create new products and businesses
driven by technological innovation(2) Expand strategic investment andflexibly conduct mergers andacquisitions (M&A)(3) Move aggressively to win a greater
presence in the global market(4) Establish localization

Financial indicators forthe fiscal year ending
March 31, 2030
■ Operating profit margin

12% or more

■ ROE (Return on Equity)

10% or more

Medium-term Business Plan

Medium-term Business Plan

Medium-term Business Plan

“LSV 2030 - Stage 1”“LSV 2030 - Stage 2”“LSV 2030 - Stage 3”

Period: April 2021 to March 2024

Period: April 2024 to March 2027

Period: April 2027 to March 2030

Bringing forward key measures while
instilling the long-term vision acrossthe company
In fiscal 2021, we spent time promoting understanding of LSV
2030, and instilling it among employees throughout the company.
Moreover, both internally and externally, through meetings,
in-house magazines, shareholder newsletters, and our website,
we carefully communicated the future that we as a company

LSV 2030 – Stage 1
Business targets for the year ending March 2024 (final fiscal year)■ Before change ■ After change

255 billion yen

300 billion yen

Operating income

21 billion yen

24 billion yen

Profit attributable to owners of parent

14 billion yen

17 billion yen

8% or more

8% or more

7% or more

8% or more

Net Sales

Operating profit marginenvisage and the determination with which we will move toward
it. At the same time, we made efforts to examine and reinforce

2030

ROE (return on equity)(unchanged)

the measures we need to take to bring about that future.
To help to shape a carbon-free world, which is one of theimportant pillars for solving social issues, a key initiative of the

reduction ahead of schedule, and I believe we have made a goodlong-term vision, we promoted initiatives for CO2 emissions

start in this first year toward realizing our vision.

*1 SDGs: Stands for Sustainable Development Goals, which are international goals for achieving
a better world by 2030.

*2 Digital transformation (DX): Means to transform services and business models, as well as
business contents and processes, organizations, and corporate culture, and establish acompetitive advantage based on customer and social needs by leveraging data and digitaltechnologies so as to adapt to changes in the business environment05

Guide to Action for the 129th Fiscal period

A Year of All-Out Effort Pushingto Achieve LSV 2030
● Take positive action that helps realize sustainable society

Considering ESG as an important element to achieve boththe SDGs and sustainability, the long-term vision positions
ESG at the center of our management. Based on a sharedunderstanding of ESG-oriented management, we will join forces
with our stakeholders to keep pushing forward until together we
unfailingly achieve the Lintec Group’s vision.

● Aim to maximize corporate value by providing products andservices that exceed customer expectations● Advance innovative approaches and strengthen corporate
structure

Strengthening the sustainability
management promotion system
Having participated in the United Nations Global Compact since2011, in February 2018 we established the SDGs Committee

Thinking on the run to get where
we want to be

to discuss new development themes with a view to addressing
social issues.
In April 2021, we established the Sustainability Committee,
which is comprised of members of the top management team,As I clearly stated at the beginning of this fiscal year’s Guide

including all outside directors. Moreover, we strengthened ourto Action, fiscal 2022 will be “A Year of All-Out Effort Pushing”

sustainability management system by reorganizing and establishingin which we will further accelerate our measures. The threecommittees and subcommittees, including the Environmental

guidelines will remain unchanged during the three years of LSV

Committee, the Social & Governance Committee, the Corporate

2030 – Stage 1, but the opening slogan was my message to all

Risk Management Committee, and the SDGs Committee. We alsogroup employees at the start of the second year.

organized the Sustainability Disclosure Subcommittee to visualize

First of all, I expect all employees to make a start, with nothe details and status of activities and enhance the system for

exceptions. I want everyone to act promptly to solve issues,

providing information internally and externally. These moves

rather than waiting to make arrangements only after every

will help clarify progress made and incorporate new opinions tominute detail is thoroughly understood. I want all of us to assess

further promote and accelerate measures.

the situation on the run, and instantly carry out reinforcement

Achieving a carbon-free world and a recycling-oriented world

and corrective measures as needed. “Thinking on the run” is partis a major theme. Stopping global warming and leaving a soundof our corporate culture and has been practiced repeatedly in theplanet Earth to future generations is the primary responsibility

course of our history.

that we as a company must fulfill. First of all, we will focus

Some employees at the Lintec Group arrived at theiron contributing to achieving the SDGs by 2030 and practicing

companies as new graduates, while some came onboard assustainable management based on ESG. In practice, this means

mid-career hires. I take the view that each person is a “human

we will make group-wide concerted efforts to reduce our CO2

asset” who was already equipped with the capacity foremissions by 50% or more by 2030 compared to the FY2013 level

independent thought and action when they joined the Group.

and achieve net zero by 2050.

As they remain with their company, their skills and potential
are further honed and developed by the ups and downs ofLintec Group’s CO2 emissions reduction target

their working life. Needless to say, we provide educational

Medium-term target(compared to FY2013)

Reduce CO2 emissions by 50% or moreby 2030

Long-term target

Achieve carbon neutrality by 2050

opportunities, curriculums, and other systems to help employees
acquire additional skills, as well as making efforts to improve ourworkplace environments and programs.

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Message from the President

Building a foundation forsound management

During the recent COVID-19 pandemic, our products havecontributed to changing lifestyles and work styles, including
remote working. Creating products to promptly respond tosuch changes of the times is the aim of our innovation, theStrengthening corporate governance, one of the key initiatives

reason for our existence, and the mission of our company as aunder the long-term vision, is important from the perspective ofmaterial processing manufacturer. To that end, we must havesound management. We therefore reinforced the management

the capability to develop new products and technologies based

monitoring function by adding one more independent outside

on the application of existing technologies and accumulation of

director in June 2021, so that independent outside directors

technological exchanges.

now make up more than one-third of the Board. Moreover, in
December 2021, the Corporate Governance Committee wasrenamed the Nomination and Compensation Committee, with all
independent outside directors serving as members.

Respecting others is the basisof diversity

Furthermore, outside directors are invited to serve on the
aforementioned Sustainability Committee, where the progress

Today, we operate 39 consolidated subsidiaries in 18 countriesof measures undertaken by the committees and subcommittees

and regions around the world. Accordingly, we must, above all,is reported on a quarterly basis, and their expert advice andrespect the diversity and different ways of thinking of our group

opinions help shape committee activities to promote initiatives in

employees, customers, partners, and local communities. Whether ina speedy manner.

or outside Japan, we must all continue to grow by accepting and

We also recognize the importance of information disclosure

learning from one another with mutual gratitude and respect. Thisin line with the recommendations of the Task Force on Climate-is the spirit of the company motto, “Sincerity and Creativity,” which

related Financial Disclosures (TCFD ). In December 2021, we

has been passed on for many years. It is because of this underlying

established the TCFD Subcommittee under the Sustainability

spirit that our group has developed to this day.

*1

Committee and started activities for information disclosure.

Needless to say, our group’s business is supported bynumerous stakeholders, including employees, customers, partners,

Evolving unique technologies to create
new products and technologies

shareholders and investors, and people in local communities.
We will proactively disclose information to all stakeholders andprovide opportunities for dialogue with them in order to utilize
their feedback in our business and management.

Rather than being about creating something totally new out

Employees are important in our group’s development. In

of nowhere, we view innovation as having its seeds in our pastthis time of uncertainties, not the least of which is the COVID-19

development. Since our establishment in 1927 for the production

pandemic, I believe that it is through the accumulated individual

and sales of gummed tape under the name of Fuji Shokai, ourefforts of our group employees that we will achieve our long-company has evolved to the present day by using its uniqueterm vision and the further growth and sustainability of world.

forward-looking technologies to continue to create products that
contribute to society. This capacity is an important asset to bepassed on to future generations and a core part of our identity.
These days, items produced as a result of our company’s
innovative culture range widely, from adhesive papers and films
for labels and stickers to adhesive products for automobiles andarchitecture to products related to semiconductors and laminatedceramic capacitors.

*1 TCFD: See page 14.

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Lintec Group’s Stories about Solving Social Issues
Having set the LINTEC SUSTAINABILITY VISION 2030 (LSV 2030) for the period ending in March 2030, we willcontribute to the development of a sustainable society by fostering innovation to build a robust corporate structure
and creating new products and businesses to deliver sustainable growth.

Social issues

Business activities

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Overall businessContribution throughbusiness

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Materiality

Contribution to asustainable global
environment

Main KPIs● Percentage of developed products

in sales(20% by 2030)● Number of patent applications/patents held

● Reduction in CO2 emissions● Landfill disposal rate
● Response rate of raw material

supplier survey● Number of consultations regardingharassment● Occupational accident frequency rate

Respect for human rights● Occupational accident severity rate

Society● Percentage of female employees● Percentage of childcare leave

taken by male employees

Enhanced value chain
management

GovernanceBetter communication withstakeholders● Number of responses to CSR survey● Percentage of quality incidents● Number of site tours offered● Attendance at Board of Directors

Promotion of governanceacross the entire Group

Employees

meetings● Attendance at Audit andSupervisory Committee meetings● Periodic publication of Legal News

Suppliers

09Materiality and KPIs
Materiality means issues that a company should focus on, identified

vision, LINTEC SUSTAINABILITY VISION 2030, launched in April 2021,

from among a wide range of CSR activities. While the Lintec Group

as well as the perspective of SDGs, into our new materiality focus

identified its materiality in 2014, the Group has reviewed the related

and set key performance indicators (KPIs)*1. We will work on thethemes in light of ever changing social issues, and through a series

newly identified materiality themes and promote related activities

of dialogues with stakeholders. We incorporated the long-term

across the Lintec Group.

Materiality

Risks related to materiality

Opportunities related to materiality

Overall business● Creation of new products with the introduction ofContribution throughbusiness

● Risks in raw material procurement and distribution● Loss of business opportunities due to delay intechnological innovation

new innovative production equipment and new
manufacturing processes pursuing cost reduction● Creation of new products and business anddiversification of business due to technologicalinnovation● Improved efficiency and accuracy in R&D and improved

inspection system and technology due to DX● Development of a smart factory that is self-sufficient interms of electricity, etc.
The environment● Increased investment costs for becoming

environmentally friendly
Contribution to asustainable global
environment● Impact on procurement, including costs with highdependence on chemicals and petrochemical raw
materials● Decrease in usable raw materials due to tightening ofenvironmental regulations● Expanded market with the provision ofenvironment-friendly products and services● Conversion from petrochemical raw materials tobiomass materials● Acceleration of search for and conversion to substitutes

and promotion of development of raw materials basedon unique recipes● Product development using raw materials in thepositive list
● Suspension of business or payment of monetary

Respect for human rights

contributions made to the development of a sustainable
world due to penetration of corporate culture● Loss of opportunity to secure excellent global human● Enhanced employee motivation due to the development

Society

resources and loss of such resources

Enhanced value chain
management● Multifaceted business decisions made by diverse teams● Loss of trust from customers due to a lack of proper● Safe and secure business activities due to properquality control

communication● Damage to corporate reputation due to failure toprovide full information disclosure (reputation risk)
Governance● Impact on business due to failure to make business

Promotion of governanceacross the entire Groupdecisions from an objective perspective● Impact on corporate activities due to a lack ofgovernance over group companies outside Japan● Damage to corporate value due to a compliance violation*1 Key performance indicators (KPIs): KPIs are important indicators related to organizational
strategies, and quantitatively measure progress toward targets.

10of safe and secure workplace environments● Fall in labor productivity and loss of human resources● Loss of trust from local communities due to a lack of

Better communication withstakeholders● Higher employee awareness and recognition ofcompensation due to human rights considerations in
supply chains

information gathering and system development● Co-existence and co-prosperity with local communities● Incorporation of issues recognized by stakeholders intobusiness activities● Business expansion due to good business decisions● Prevention of illegal, fraudulent, or unjust acts due to an

improved internal control system● Improved stakeholder credibility and satisfactionProcess of reviewing materiality★
STEP 1Analyze the value
chain

STEP 2
Identify social
demands

STEP 3
Identify internal
importance

STEP 4
Identify material
issues

We examined the value
chain, as well as businessactivities and ESG*2 themesof each division.
We also analyzed risks andopportunities with regard
to ESG themes in the value
chain.

We identified and narrowed
down important ESG topics
based on changes in various
international guidelines
and frameworks, such as
the SDGs, GRI Standards,
the United Nations Global
Compact, and ISO 26000,
as well as on informationfrom ESG rating agencies.

We looked into internal
information, such as mediumto long-term strategies andbusiness plans of each divisionand department formulated
based on the long-term vision,
LINTEC SUSTAINABILITY
VISION 2030, and identified
ESG themes that have a large
impact on our business.

We identified material
issues by using a map thatshows societal needs andinternal importance anddiscussing areas that are
relevant in deciding theimportance.

KPI

Issues to work on● Strengthening of corporate structure throughinnovation● Creation of new products andbusinesses for sustainable growth● Response to climate change● Realization of a recycling-oriented world● Sustainable procurement of raw materials● Preservation of biodiversity● Human rights due diligence● Ensuring occupational health and safety● Promotion of diversity● Promotion of work style reform initiatives● Comprehensive customer-first approach● Improvement in terms of quality, cost, andcustomer satisfaction● Harmonious co-existence with local communities

Key items

STEP 5
Set KPIs
Based on the identified
materiality, we set
performance indicators forour activities and proceedwith implementation.

Related SDGs

● Percentage of developed products in sales(20% by 2030)● Number of patent applications/patents held

● Reduction in CO2 emissions● Landfill disposal rate
● Response rate of raw material supplier survey● Number of consultations regarding harassment● Occupational accident frequency rate
● Occupational accident severity rate
● Percentage of female employees● Percentage of childcare leave taken by male employees● Number of responses to CSR survey● Percentage of quality incidents● Number of site tours offered● Attendance at Board of Directors meetings● Organizational governance● Fair business activities● Attendance at Audit and Supervisory Committee

meetings● Periodic publication of Legal News

*2 ESG: See page 1.

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Value Chain and Stakeholders
For the Improvement of Value Chain

Lintec Group’s Approach
Business activities of the Lintec Group have impacts on
every link of the value chain. We proactively review andQuality Assurance System

improve business operations informed by the SDGs at eachphase and promote interdepartmental collaboration, aiming

The Lintec Group has established a quality assurance systemat the realization of a sustainable society.

based on ISO 9001*1. In Japan, we have integrated theWe also provide opportunities for dialogue withquality assurance systems of six divisions into a group-widestakeholders, and reflect the input obtained through these

QMS. As for group companies outside Japan, the quality

dialogues in our business activities.

assurance system has been set up and put into operation at
12 business sites.
In fiscal 2022, Lintec started further quality

Customers

Trade shows in andoutside Japan
Contact for inquiries

improvement initiatives with reinforced quality assurance
and quality control and effective QMS operation under the
new Quality Assurance Division.

Shareholders& investors
Shareholders
meeting
IR meeting
IR tool

Under the new organization, we will enhance

Opportunity for
dialogue withstakeholders

Employees

Suppliers

collaboration across business activities along with quality
assurance and integration of QMS activities, with the aimof building a quality assurance system from a customer

Questionnaire
surveyperspective and from the starting point of manufacturing.
ISO 9001 certification received (FY2021)

Local
communities

Breakdown

Communication magazine
Intranet

Factory tour
Social contribution
activities

Number of certified sites

16

Japan

4

Asia

8

U.S.A.

4

Raw material procurement

R&D

Implement CSR procurement to co-exist andco-prosper with suppliers.

Create new innovative products for society,led by the R&D Division.

Customers
Suppliers
Local communities
Employees
Shareholders & investors
Material suppliers

Highlights ofLintec’s initiatives

About
Questionnaire survey response
rate from 118 major suppliers*1 ISO 9001: An international standard for quality management systems (QMSs)

12

500
92.4

companies%

Aggressive R&D to meetcustomer expectations
R&D cost

7.9

billion yen

Management
My Next Stage

Quality Accident Prevention and Education

At Lintec (Thailand) Co., Ltd. we conduct a quality patrol

The Lintec Group considers it important to integrate its QMS

for each manufacturing process every month and work

into business processes and implement the QMS effectively

on problems found to prevent failures. As a result of this,so as to maintain and improve quality products and services

in 2021 we reduced the number of complaints by 56%

and prevent quality-related accidents. To deepen the entire

from 2020. Additionally, we have built an automatedGroup’s understanding of the ISO 9001 standard, the Headinspection sheet issuance system to promptly respond to

Office previously organized ISO education every year based

our customers.

on the annual training plan.

Based on the Quality Policy, we will continue to makeWith the recent COVID-19 pandemic, however, providing

concerted efforts to improve customer satisfaction.

group training as usual became difficult. We thereforechanged the format to online training and reviewed thelearning materials to make them easier to understand for
those who are learning about the QMS for the first time, andto ensure that the standard would be understood. We willcontinue such activities in order to provide more reliable
products and improve our services for customers.

Kamonthip Wongsuwan (Nok)
Quality Assurance/Quality Control Department
Lintec (Thailand) Co., Ltd.

Manufacturing

Distribution

Sales/Use

Disposal/Recycling

Improve production efficiency,
reduce environmental impact,
and mass-produce new
products in and outside Japan.

Reduce environmental
impact and achieve a stablesupply of products as aresult of our modal shift.

Provide security and trust
based on high-quality
manufacturing that cansatisfy customers.

Reduce waste and use it
effectively.

Carrying out social contribution activities
at each business site
Annual spending on social
contribution activities

12.44

million yen

Increase of CO2 emissions
from distribution comparedto FY2020
Decrease in energy
consumption per
production unit

About

8.5
2.4

%

%

Reduction of quality accidents compared
to 2010 (benchmark year) withthorough quality control

65

Final landfill
disposal rate

0.5

%

%

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Sustainability at Lintec

Many stakeholders support the business of the Lintec Group.

United Nations Global Compact

To meet their expectations and be trusted by them, all Lintec

Having participated in the United Nations Global Compact since April

Group employees actively conduct CSR activities centered on the2011, the Lintec Group conducts business activities based on the following

company motto, “Sincerity and Creativity,” and in accordance withTen Principles to contribute to the sustainable growth of society.

the “LINTEC WAY,” which is an important value supporting thecompany motto, the BASIC CSR Approaches, and the Lintec Group
Compliance Guidelines.
To materialize the key initiatives of the LINTEC SUSTAINABILITY
VISION 2030 (LSV 2030), the long-term vision covering the period
from April 2021 onward, we established a system to promote
initiatives related to ESG and the SDGs, reviewed the Group’s
issues of materiality, and set key performance indicators (KPIs).
Going forward, we will engage in strategic sustainability promotion
activities by implementing the PDCA cycle.

●Human Rights
Principle 1: 	 Businesses should support and respect the protection of internationallyproclaimed human rights; andPrinciple 2: 	 make sure that they are not complicit in human rights abuses.
●Labour
Principle 3: 	 Businesses should uphold the freedom of association and the effective
recognition of the right to collective bargaining;
Principle 4: 	 the elimination of all forms of forced and compulsory labour;
Principle 5: 	 the effective abolition of child labour; andPrinciple 6: 	 the elimination of discrimination in respect of employment and occupation.
●Environment
Principle 7: 	 Businesses should support a precautionary approach to environmental challenges;
Principle 8: 	 undertake initiatives to promote greater environmental responsibility; andPrinciple 9: 	 encourage the development and diffusion of environmentally friendly technologies.
●Anti-Corruption
Principle 10: Businesses should work against corruption in all its forms, including extortionand bribery.

In addition, the Group promotes business operations andCSR activities based on international standards by participatingin the United Nations Global Compact and referring to ISO 26000

Sustainability Promotion System(Guidance on social responsibility).

In April 2021, we established a new sustainability promotion system.
Simultaneously, the CSR Management Office under the directcontrol of the president changed its name to the Sustainability
Management Office. We also established the TCFD*1 Subcommittee(December 2021) and the Diversity & Work Style Reform Promotion
Subcommittee (April 2022) under the Sustainability Committee.

Sustainability Promotion System

Sustainability Committee

Establishment of basic policy for sustainability management
and the planning and verification of measures

Sustainability Disclosure
Subcommittee

Environmental Committee

Social & Governance Committee

Establishment of environmental policy and theplanning and execution of measures

Establishment of social and governance policy
and the planning and execution of measures

TCFD Subcommittee

Corporate Ethics Subcommittee*1 TCFD: Stands for Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures, which makerecommendations on how to grasp and disclose the financial impacts of climate change-relatedrisks and opportunities.

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Corporate Risk Management
Committee

Sustainability Committee Secretariat(Sustainability Management Office)SDGs Committee

Comprehension of Group-wide risks andopportunities and establishment of policies to
respond to themConsideration of new products and businesses
that solve social issues

Social Contribution
Subcommittee

Diversity & Work Style Reform
Promotion Subcommittee

Highlight

Sustainability Promotion System
The Lintec Group set its long-term vision for the period to 2030 in April 2021.
To achieve the LINTEC SUSTAINABILITY VISION 2030 we established the Sustainability Committee, in which outside directors participate.
Additionally, we established and reorganized committees and subcommittees to build and operate the sustainability promotion system.
As of April 2022, the system is comprised of five committees and five subcommittees.

Sustainability Committee

world, and conducted activities to achieve LSV 2030. In particular, in
fiscal 2021 it conducted surveys on CO2 emissions at manufacturing

The Sustainability Committee developed a basic policy forsites and sales offices both inside and outside Japan to help

sustainability management promotion, conducted a progress review

the Lintec Group achieve the target of cutting CO2 emissions byand monitoring of measures taken by subordinate committees

50% or more by 2030 compared to fiscal 2013, and developedand subcommittees, and provided instructions for improvement.

and promoted plans to reduce CO2 emissions in and outside of

Additionally, it examined and approved identified and reviewed

Japan through collaboration with the Energy Savings Promotion

issues of materiality for the achievement of LSV 2030, established

Committee, the Production Division, the Research Center, anda new subcommittee in response to information disclosure

other related departments. In fiscal 2021, it held three meetings

recommendations by the TCFD, and provided instructions for(September and December 2021 and February 2022) to formulate

formulating a disclosure proposal. In fiscal 2021, it held threeenvironmental policy and measures and manage their progress.

meetings (July and October 2021 and January 2022), concurrently

In December 2021, it established the TCFD Subcommittee as awith online meetings. Attendance of the 14 committee members,

subordinate organization to identify risks and opportunities related

including outside directors, was 100%.

to climate change and examine measures for information disclosure
based on the TCFD recommendations.

Sustainability Disclosure Subcommittee
The Sustainability Disclosure Subcommittee made efforts for prompt

TCFD Subcommittee

and effective information disclosure to stakeholders as needed,

As companies listed in the prime market are required to performusing disclosure materials, PR magazines, and websites, with ainformation disclosure based on the TCFD recommendations

particular focus on further enhancing internal and external provision

following the stock market’s restructuring, the TCFD Subcommittee

of information on sustainability management. It also responded towas established in December 2021 under the Environmental

surveys conducted by external evaluation organizations and ensured

Committee. From the period from December 2021 to February 2022,

that top management was provided with feedback on evaluation

the subcommittee identified transition risks (policy/legal, technology,

results. In fiscal 2021, it carried out activities by holding one meeting

market, and reputation) and physical risks (acute and chronic) for(March), which included online participation, and exchanging anddomestic business in 2030 by referring to the framework in the TCFD

sharing information between members as needed.

recommendations and developed a disclosure proposal. With regard to
identified risks and opportunities, it used external materials to conduct

Environmental Committee

scenario analysis to predict impacts on business in the cases of global
temperature rises of 2°C and 4°C, and developed a disclosure proposal

The Environmental Committee developed the Lintec Green Planfor the first year in line with the TCFD recommendations. In the next

on the environmental issues of climate change, circular economy,

fiscal year, it will delve further into identified risks and opportunities

and co-existence with nature for the development of a sustainablewith the help of additional new members.

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Highlight

Social & Governance Committee

pandemic, the subcommittee conducted other activities, including
offering fried chicken gift cards at Christmas and providing

The Social & Governance Committee checks the progress of

emergency food stocks to food pantry events organized by the

initiatives related to the S (society) and G (governance) of ESG on a

Itabashi Council of Social Welfare.

quarterly basis. In fiscal 2021, it confirmed that the introduction of
the systems of age 65 retirement, reemployment until age 70, andpaid hourly leave, as well as the establishment of the Nomination

Diversity & Work Style Reform Promotion Subcommittee

and Compensation Committee (reorganized Corporate Governance

The Diversity & Work Style Reform Promotion Subcommittee wasCommittee), progressed as planned.

established under the Social & Governance Committee on April 1,

The committee is currently preparing for the global review of2022 to identify internal and external needs related to diversity

the internal reporting system and the introduction of a human rights

and work styles, ensure the penetration of related measures andsurvey and employee satisfaction survey in Japan and the US.

systems, and raise awareness, with the aim of contributing tobuilding a robust corporate structure. It holds meeting once a month

Corporate Ethics Subcommittee
The Corporate Ethics Subcommittee is carrying out activities toand carries out activities for identifying needs, establishing systems,
and raising awareness in parallel with the Human Resources
Department, which develops such systems.

nurture, instill, and establish corporate ethics. In fiscal 2021, it held
four meetings while conducting working group activities on eachof the themes below, discussing the penetration of corporate ethics

Corporate Risk Management Committee

among all employees and providing opportunities for information

The Corporate Risk Management Committee, comprising executive

provision and education.

general managers and general managers of offices under the1

Rinri Kawaraban

Posted senryu (haiku-like poem) related to
the Compliance Guidelines on the intranet
monthly (11 times) and held senryu competition(Dec.–Feb.)

Posters to raiseawareness of ethics

Created and distributed the FY2021 version
of Communication to Connect with Diverse
Colleagues, posted the FY2020 version of“Communication amid the COVID-19 Pandemic”
on the intranet, and conducted e-learning survey

3

Self-audit on information
security

Provided e-learning and aggregated andreported the results

4

 orporate ethics lessons
Clearned from case studies
of other companies

Created a collection of case studies on specified
themes, distributed it to heads of sites, andposted it on the intranet bulletin board (twice)2

direct control of the president, conducted activities to comprehendbusiness risks and opportunities, establish policies to respond tothem, and to implement and verify the policies within the corporate
structure. The committee identified business risks and opportunities
based on the results of regular risk clarification and agendas
suggested by committee members, and discussed response policies.
Results of the discussions were reported to the Sustainability
Committee and the Board of Directors. Instructions received havebeen implemented within the corporate structure.

SDGs Committee
Social Contribution Subcommittee

generates new business ideas, and the “Brush Up” Group, which

The Social Contribution Subcommittee aims to help the Lintec

examines their viability. Focusing on team building designed to help

Group act as a good corporate citizen within its local communities

diverse members come up with new and creative proposals, theand the global community by promoting realistic activities thatcommittee held a series of online lectures and group work sessions.

will contribute to the sustainable development of society. In fiscal

For sharing information, in addition to publishing a wall newspaper

2021, it held four meetings (June, September, and December 2021

in Japanese and English, the committee also undertook a trial

and March 2022) with online attendance to discuss details of

project to share progress bi-directionally between members and their

the activities. Although the annual events, namely, a professional

bosses. It will continue to promote activities to make people more

baseball game outing for people with disabilities and the Fureaifamiliar with the SDGs.

Concert, were unfortunately cancelled due to the COVID-19

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The SDGs Committee is comprised of the Innovation Group, whichNon-Financial and Financial Highlights
Human Resources

Social (non-consolidated)■ Response
rate of CSR
procurement
supplier survey(non-consolidated)

92.4%

118

■ Percentage of paid leave taken(total)★

63.5%

109

companies
surveyed■ Number of participants incompany-wide training programs*1

companies
responded

1,093

persons

Total training hours 5,113.5 hours★

Approx. 500 suppliers of raw materials

Environmental■ CO2 emissions■ Total energy use (crude oil equivalent)

Organizations covered:
Lintec Corporation (Head Office, 10 production sites*4,and Research Center) and Tokyo Lintec Kako, Inc.

Organizations covered: Lintec Group in Japan*5

159 thousand tons CO

Purchased power
Fuel
Steam
Per unit (energy usage/production)(1,000 tons CO2)
250
200
150
100
50
0

186

179

163

148

(1,000 kl) 0.32
120

159

80
0

2018

2019

■ Water usage(FY)

Usage:

Water usage

15,00047.5

10,00011,883
2000

47.0

5.571

5.729

5,617

5,277

5,630

2017

2018

2019

2020

2021

91

44

46

41

38

36

43

2017

2018

2019

2020

2021

Waste plastic
Other(1,000 tons)
40
29.9
30
3.9
1.5 5.2
20
5.1
10
14.2
0

50.0
25.0
(FY)

55

87

36

Waste paper
Sludge

75.0

50.4

54

(kl/t)
0.60

0.31

0.40
0.20

9
(FY)

0

Total amount generated:

Organizations covered:
Lintec Corporation (Head Office, 10 production sites,
and Research Center) and Tokyo Lintec Kako, Inc.

3

51.0

0.31
91

■ Waste generated(m3/t)
100.0

47.2

0.31
92

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

3

Per unit (water usage amount/
paper production tonnage)(1,000 m3)
95.3
20,00002021

5,630 thousand m
Per unit: 50.4 m /t

Organizations covered:
Kumagaya and Mishima Plants

5,000

2020

0.31
92
51

40

2017

91 thousand kl
Per unit: 0.31 kl/t
Total usage:

2

0.0

2017

3.8
1.4
4.8

30.8 thousand tons

Waste oil

28.9
5.5
13.4

2018

3.3
1.5
4.8

28.1
5.5
13.0

2019

6.9
1.3
5.3

29.0
4.4

3.4
1.6
5.2

30.8
5.0

11.1

15.6

2020

2021

(FY)

Financial (consolidated) See page 01 for a note on the fiscal year of consolidated subsidiaries.
■ Ordinary income■ Operating income

22,700 million yen

21,600 million yen

18,389 17,993

22,69814,48425,000 20,095

16,77012,50012,50000

2017(Million yen)

(Million yen)

(Million yen)
25,000■ Sales by segment (Fiscal 2021)

2018

2019

2020

2021

(FY)

2017

17,9772018*1 Rank-based training programs*2 and theme-based training programs*3 are collectively called
company-wide training programs.
*2 Regarding the rank-based programs, the program for new hires took place as at-home learning
due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In the calculation of total training hours, the number of training
hours for the program was deemed as equivalent to that of the conventional program.

15,4402019

17,0302020

21,5842021

Paper- andprocessingrelated
33,035(FY)

Electronic- andoptical-related
91,379Total
256,836

Printing- andindustryrelated
132,421*3 Regarding the theme-based programs, data on harassment training include those of domestic
group companies.
*4 For 10 production sites, see page 01.
*5 Lintec Group in Japan: Lintec Corporation and its sales offices; Tokyo Lintec Kako, Inc.; Printec, Inc.;
Lintec Services, Inc.; and Lintec Commerce, Inc.

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Contributing to a Sustainable Global Environment
For more detailed information, please visit our Sustainability website. (in English)
Lintec Climate change mitigation and adaptation

SearchLintec Group’s Approach
The domestic Lintec Group is committed to carrying out various environmental activities to mitigate climate change and otherenvironmental issues that impose risks on the continuity of its business.

Lintec Group Quality, Environmental andBusiness Continuity Policy
The Lintec Group sets forth its Basic Policy in the Lintec Group
Quality, Environmental and Business Continuity Policy. To practicespecific activities, the Group has drawn up a Quality Policy,
Environmental Policy, and Business Continuity Policy, as well as
Action Guidelines for each. For climate change mitigation andadaptation, based on the Action Guidelines for Environmental Policy,
we promote the development of environmentally friendly products at
the research division, and work to reduce VOC*1 and CO2 emissions,energy (electricity and fuel) usage, and waste discharge, among
others, at the production division.

Environmental Management System
Based on the Lintec Group Quality, Environmental and BusinessContinuity Policy, the Lintec Group proactively works on conservationof the global environment. With regard to worldwide integrated ISO
14001 certification, in fiscal 2020 we underwent a renewal audit andreceived a certificate of approval (issue 14). We have been promoting
information sharing among 12 domestic sites and 10 overseas sites
covered by the integrated certification. We also underwent thirdparty verification regarding electric power purchased, production
water usage, CO2 emissions, waste discharge, and VOC emissions.
The verification found no important issues requiring correction.
For biodiversity conservation, we continue to engage in relevant
activities, such as tree planting and beach cleanups. To reduce
marine plastic waste, LINTEC Corporation has also been a member of
CLOMA*2 and is making efforts as a corporate citizen to propose andpromote environmentally friendly products.

Efforts to Address Climate Change
In fiscal 2021, total energy use (crude oil equivalent, covered by the
Energy Conservation Act) for the Lintec Group in Japan*3 increased
by 5.2% from the previous year due to an increase in production
volume. Energy use per unit of production was 0.306 kl per ton.
CO2 emissions were 159 thousand tons in fiscal 2021, up from 148
thousand tons in fiscal 2020. In fiscal 2022, Lintec aims to reduce its
CO2 emissions and electricity consumption by 1.0% each on a perunit-of-production basis compared to fiscal 2021 by facilitating theuse of low-carbon electric power.

18*1 VOC: VOC stands for volatile organic compounds. VOC collectively refers to organic compounds
that become gas in the atmosphere.
*2 CLOMA: CLOMA stands for Clean Ocean Material Alliance. It is a platform to promote thesustainable use of plastic products and development and introduction of plastic alternatives, and toaccelerate innovation through public-private partnerships, toward the reduction of marine plastic
litter. CLOMA was established under the initiative of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry.

Medium-Term Targets (2020 to 2022) and Results
In fiscal 2021, production increased with the launch of new
equipment but energy use per unit of production remained at thesame level as the previous year.
The amount of water used for washing increased to fulfill orders
for a wide variety of products sought in small quantities. Despitedifficulties caused by production adjustment due to a water shortage,
water usage per unit of production improved by 1.2% compared tothe previous year. We will redouble our reduction efforts by devisinga better method of reusing water used in manufacturing one productfor producing another product. We aim to reduce waste discharge
by making improvements to increase the yield rate and ensuring
comprehensive classification. In addition, we aim to improve the final
disposal rate through the effective use of waste.
In fiscal 2021, which is the first year of the medium-term businessplan under the long-term vision for the period up to fiscal 2030, weare making efforts in line with the basic approach of the long-term
vision: to solve social issues through our business activities.
Scope: Lintec Corp.
Item

TargetFY2021 results(year-on-year reduction)

CO2 emissions

1% reduction from the previous year
(per unit of production)

0.02% increase

Not achieved

Electric power
consumption

1% reduction from the previous year
(per unit of production)

0.82% increase

Not achieved

Production
water usage

1% reduction from the previous year
(per unit of production)

1.2% improvement

Waste discharge

0.1% reduction from the previous year

Achieved(Paper production at the Mishima and Kumagaya plants)

5.9% increase

Not achieved

Product Development Initiatives
Energy use by the entire Lintec Group in Japan exceeds 1,500 kl ofcrude oil equivalent each year. As a result, the Group was designatedas a “specified business operator,” pursuant to the provisions of the
Act on the Rational Use of Energy (“Energy Conservation Act”) inJapan, and is required to improve its energy use per production unit
as well as its weighted electricity use per production unit (for reducing
peak hour demand) by 1% per year. In fiscal 2021, the Lintec Groupin Japan implemented a variety of energy-saving measures, such as
effective operation of production facilities and boilers, air-conditioning
control, and promoting the introduction of LED lighting. Due tothe progress in energy saving, some business sites that have been
designated as “specified business locations” may be reclassified to adifferent designation category or removed from the designation.
*3 For the Lintec Group in Japan, see page 17.

Material Flow Organizations covered: LINTEC Corporation (Head Office, 10 production sites, and Research Center) and Tokyo Lintec Kako, Inc.

INPUT
Pulp

105,100 tons

OUTPUT

Business
Activitiesof Lintec

Paper38,300

Products

tons

Specialty papers

65,700 tons

Processing materials(release paper, etc.)

31,500 tons

Adhesive
products

148,500 tons

Film

44,300 tons

Adhesive-related
equipment

1,000 tons

Waste generated

30,800 tons *AdhesiveRawmaterials

21,800 tons
Release agents

Raw material
procurement

2,700 tons
Organic solvents

Effective external utilization 11,900 tons•

Incineration•

Final landfill disposal

R&D

35,300 tons

CO2

Mechanical parts

700 tons
Manufacturing

Emissions
into theatmosphereSOx

6.1 tons

NOx

113.3 tons

Soot and dust

2.5 tons

Substances subject
to the PRTR

46,000 kl

Self-generated
electricity

400 tons

55,000 MWh(Crude oil equivalent 14,000 kl)

Purchased steam(crude oil equivalent)

9,000 kl

Water

7,718,000 m *3(Kumagaya Plant,
Mishima Plant)

5,644,000 m *3

Breakdown of CO2 emissions
Scope 1*4
Direct emissions• Bunker-A oil • Utility gas•

Scope 2*5
Indirect emissions from energy• Electricity

LPG etc.

82,500 tons CO *276,400 tons CO *2

Efforts in Distribution

Response to TCFD Recommendations

In fiscal 2021, the volume of transportation increased by 11.0%(9,845 ton-kilometers*6) from the previous year. Accordingly, CO2
emissions increased by 8.5% (823 t-CO2). Average energy use perunit of transportation over the past five years decreased by about
1.1%. Meanwhile, Lintec declared its voluntary commitment to
the White Logistics Movement promoted by the Ministry of Land,
Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism of Japan.
We will further reinforce our collaboration with logistics
service providers, related companies, and our plants for the
optimization of transport efficiency and modal shift.

For the continuation of sustainable business activities, weestablished the TCFD Subcommittee under the Environmental
Committee and worked on identifying risks and opportunities
related to climate change. In assessing impacts of risks andopportunities, we particularly focused on identifying those that
may have a big impact on our business under the 4°C scenario,
where physical impacts of climate change become prominent,
and for the 2°C or lower scenario, where climate change
countermeasures in line with the Paris Agreement are accelerated.
In June 2022, we disclosed on our website details about ourgovernance, strategy, risk management, and metrics and targets inaccordance with the TCFD recommendations. In fiscal 2022, we will
add new subcommittee members from across the organization tofurther delve into the identified risks and opportunities.

*4 Scope 1: Direct CO2 or other greenhouse gas emissions from the consumption of purchased gas
and liquid fuels, such as liquid natural gas (LNG), liquid petroleum gas (LPG), utility gas, kerosene,light oil, and gasoline*5 Scope 2: CO2 or other greenhouse gas emissions generated by other companies in the productionof energy, such as electricity and steam, purchased by the reporting company

Governance ReportIndustrial-use water

Sales

Effluent

Release into
water bodies

Social Report

Energy9,900 tons
5,600 tons

158,900 tons *(Crude oil equivalent 37,000 kl)

Fuel(crude oilconversion)

3,500 tons
200 tons

Effective internal utilization
Sale of valuable materials

Other chemicals

147,000 MWh*•

Environmental Report

10,100 tons

Purchased
power

15,600 tons

Waste emitted

Waste*6 Ton-kilometers: A unit of cargo transport amounts, computed by multiplying the cargo tonnage by
the transportation distance. Transporting 1 ton of cargo over a distance of one kilometer equals
one ton-kilometer.

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Contributing to a Sustainable Global Environment
For more detailed information, please visit our Sustainability website. (in English)
Lintec Environmental Data of Group Companies Outside of Japan

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

Development of a Recycling-Oriented WorldTo build a recycling-oriented world in which limited resources areused effectively through recycling, we continue to work on the 3Rs(reduce, reuse, and recycle) of waste. At the same time, we promote
the introduction of electronic manifestos and ensure the thoroughclassification of waste at our plants and sales offices. As for waste
generated from our business activities, we will make efforts to
reduce the amount generated and promote its more effective use to
reduce the amount of landfill disposal.

Environmental Data of Group Companies
Outside of Japan
Environmental data for 15 group companies outside of Japan in
2021 are as follows.
Scope 1*1
■ 2021 data (from Jan. 1 to Dec. 31, 2021)■ 2020 data
(from
Jan. 1 TEC
to Dec. 31,
2020)
LINTEC(SUZHOU)100
CORPORATION
LINTEC&(SUZHOU)TECLINTEC PRINTINGTECHNOLOGY(TIANJIN)CORPORATIONCORPORATION
LINTEC PRINTING & TECHNOLOGYLSFT(TIANJIN) CORPORATION

LSFT
LAT-T

Circular Economy

LINTEC KOREA,LAT-T
INC.

To achieve a sustainable economy and sustainable environments, we

LINTEC KOREA,LSFK
INC.

are promoting a transition to a circular economy, in which resources

LSFK
PT. LINTEC INDONESIA

are circulated from product production to product use and then to
recycling, with product design that limits the generation of waste
and pollution from products and production, and the effective useof recycled materials to reduce consumption of new resources. In
response to the April 2022 enforcement of the Plastic Resource
Circulation Act, which responds to the issues of marine plastic(MALAYSIA) SDN. BHD.
LINTECLINTEC INDUSTRIESINDUSTRIES(MALAYSIA) SDN.
SDN. BHD.
BHD.
(SARAWAK)
LINTECLINTEC INDUSTRIESSINGAPORE(SARAWAK)BHD.
PRIVATESDN.
LIMITED
LINTEC SINGAPORE
LINTEC (THAILAND)LTD.
PRIVATECO.,
LIMITED

LINTEC (THAILAND)
CO., INC.
LTD.
MADICO,

LINTE

1,519
1,384
1,519
1,384

LIN
1,785
1,658
1,785
1,6582,410

MADICO, INC.
MACTAC AMERICAS,
LLC
0
0
0
VDI 010LE (UK)
6
LE (UK) 0 10
6MACTAC AMERICAS, VDI
LLC

6,000

8,000 equivalent (kl))

4,000

6,000

8,000 equivalent (kl))

Scope 2*2
■ 2020 data (from Jan. 1 to Dec. 31, 2020)

Lintec Procurement Policy. This means we ask suppliers to confirm the

LINTEC (SUZHOU) TEC
CORPORATION
LINTEC&(SUZHOU)TECLINTEC PRINTINGTECHNOLOGY(TIANJIN)CORPORATIONCORPORATION
LINTEC PRINTING & TECHNOLOGYLSFT(TIANJIN) CORPORATION

LINTEC KOREA,LAT-T
INC.

with 109 companies (141 departments) responding. We are also

LINTEC KOREA,LSFK
INC.

results to promptly identify raw materials that may be affected andmake efforts to avoid disruptions to raw material procurement.

1,122
886
1,122
886

256
228
256
228

1,995
2,002
1,995
2,002

642
632
642
632

LSFT
LAT-T

evaluation questionnaire, which included items on BCP*3 and services,

raw materials. In the event of an incident, we will use the research

LSFK
PT. LINTEC INDONESIA
LINTEC INDONESIA
INDUSTRIES
PT. LINTEC(MALAYSIA) SDN. BHD.
LINTEC INDUSTRIESINDUSTRIESLINTEC(MALAYSIA) SDN.
SDN. BHD.
BHD.
(SARAWAK)
LINTECLINTEC INDUSTRIESSINGAPORE(SARAWAK)SDN.
BHD.
PRIVATE LIMITED
LINTEC SINGAPORE
LINTEC (THAILAND)LTD.
PRIVATECO.,
LIMITED

55
58
55
105
58
104
105
104

LINTEC (THAILAND)
CO., INC.
LTD.
MADICO,

878
715
8781,270
7151,318
1,270
1,318

2,110
2,015
2,110
2,106
2,015
2,093
2,106
2,093

1,353
1,419
1,353
1,419

MADICO, INC.
MACTAC AMERICAS,LLC
MACTAC AMERICAS, VDI
LLC
24
21
LE (UK) 0 24
21VDI
LE (UK)0*1 Scope 1: See page 19.
*2 Scope 2: See page 19.

20(Crude oil(Note) LSFT: Lintec Specialty Films (Taiwan), Inc.; LAT-T: Lintec Advanced Technologies (Taiwan), Inc.;
LSFK: Lintec Specialty Films (Korea), Inc.; LE (UK): Lintec Europe (UK) Limited■ 2021 data (from Jan. 1 to Dec. 31, 2021)

researching and organizing data on the production of around 3,700(Crude oil

4,000

2,000

We conduct sustainable raw material procurement based on thematerial suppliers (150 departments) in Japan to complete a self-

7,093

2,000

Sustainable Raw Material Procurement

stability of supply through surveys. In fiscal 2021, we asked 118 raw

LIN
7,093

2,410

0

in other countries, we will work on initiatives to reduce the amountthe amount discharged, and recycle plastic.

LINTE

163
158
163
360
158
258
360
668
258
651
668
0
651
0
0
0
0
0
0 524
0 480
524
480

LINTEC INDONESIA
INDUSTRIES
PT. LINTEC

waste, climate change, and tightened regulations on waste importsof plastic used at the stages of design and manufacturing, reduce238
14 10015 238
14152
15100
0152
0100
0
0

*3 BCP: See page 31.

1,307
968
1,307
968

2,749
2,990
2,749
2,990 4,106

7,796
7,796

4,106

(Crude oil

2,000

4,000

6,000

8,000 equivalent (kl))

2,000

4,000

6,000

8,000 equivalent (kl))(Crude oil

For more detailed information, please visit our Sustainability website. (in English)
Lintec Reducing Waste

Lintec Water Usage

VOC emissions

SearchEfforts for Zero Emissions*4■ 2020 data (from Jan. 1 to Dec. 31, 2020)
LINTEC (SUZHOU) TEC
CORPORATION
LINTEC PRINTING & TECHNOLOGY(TIANJIN) CORPORATION

25.5
28.1
0.6
0.3
47.4
37.9

LSFT
0
0
3.4
2.7

LAT-T
LINTEC KOREA, INC.

36.0
33.8

LSFK
PT. LINTEC INDONESIA

195.7

LINTEC INDUSTRIES(MALAYSIA) SDN. BHD.
LINTEC INDUSTRIES(SARAWAK) SDN. BHD.
LINTEC SINGAPOREPRIVATE LIMITED

252.0

5.9
5.6
0
0
0
0
25.0
25.0

LINTEC (THAILAND) CO., LTD.

Flow of waste (FY2021)

5.0
2.3

MADICO, INC.

0
0

VDI

Organizations covered: LINTEC Corporation (Head Office, 10 production sites, and ResearchCenter) and Tokyo Lintec Kako, Inc.

106.7
104.7

MACTAC AMERICAS, LLC

Environmental Report

In fiscal 2021, waste generated, including valuable materials, at
Lintec amounted to 30.8 thousand tons. The amount of valuable
materials and waste effectively used in or outside Lintec was 27.4
thousand tons, 89% of which was recycled.
Ash left after incineration is effectively used as a raw material
for concrete.
The final landfill disposal rate*5 for fiscal 2021 was 0.51%,
achieving the target final landfill disposal rate of 1.0% or less, and a
0.03% reduction from fiscal 2020 (0.54%).

■ 2021 data (from Jan. 1 to Dec. 31, 2021)

00

LE (UK)
0

(kl))

100

200

300 (tons)

Reducing Water Usage and Effluent

Water usage and effluent discharge

Category

FY2021 (1,000 m3)

Total water usage (calculated by source)● Tap water

7,718
509

● Industrial water

3,715● Groundwater

3,494

Effluent

6,630

Waste
generated
30,800 tons

9,900 tons

Sale of valuable materials

5,600 tons
Waste recycled
27,400 tons in total

Total waste
output15,600 tons

Effective external utilization 11,900 tons

Incineration 3,500 tons
Final landfill disposal 160 tons

Waste externally disposedof 3,700 tons in total

Biodiversity Conservation
Upholding biodiversity conservation in the Lintec Group Quality,
Environmental and Business Continuity Policy, the Lintec Groupaccordingly conducts biodiversity conservation activities in andoutside of Japan.
The Tatsuno Plant in Japan
maintains and monitors conservationlisted deep-veined maple trees anduses red robin trees for greening
purposes. The Chiba Plant covered
the west wall of its warehouse with agreen curtain as an immediate measure
Deep-veined maple
against global warming.
As for the quality of effluent discharged into rivers, our plants
with paper machines satisfy regional effluent standards, and monitor
the status of water bodies and related habitats in Japan with regard
to their designation as conservation areas.

Governance Report

In fiscal 2021, Lintec used 7,718 thousand m3 of water. Of this amount,about 87% was used by the Kumagaya and Mishima plants, which
comprise Lintec’s Fine & Paper Products Operations. In fiscal 2021,
the water usage per unit of paper production was 50.43 m3/t, which
achieved the target of a 1% reduction on a year-on-year basis. The target
in fiscal 2022 is a 1% reduction per unit of production from the previous
year. To achieve the target, the plants will make continued efforts to
reduce water usage and effluent discharge in each process and prevent
water leaks. Moreover, plants that have paper machines are regulated by
the Water Pollution Prevention Act. Additionally, the Mishima Plant, sitedalongside the Akanoi river in Ehime Prefecture, is regulated by the Act
on Special Measures for Conservation of the Environment of the Seto
Inland Sea (Seto Inland Sea Act), while the Kumagaya Plant, situatednext to the Arakawa river in Saitama Prefecture, is regulated by the
Saitama Prefectural Ordinance for Environmental Preservation. Bothsatisfy effluent standards in their region.

Effective internal utilization

Social Report(kl))

Search* Water usage is a total of tap water, industrial water, and groundwater.

*4 Zero emission: Lintec’s standard is a final landfill disposal rate of one percent or less.

*5 The final landfill disposal rate is a value found using the following formula: Final landfill disposal
rate = Final landfill disposal amount/Amount of waste generated × 100.

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Respect for Human Rights
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Lintec Together with Employees (Human Rights / Employment)

SearchLintec Group’s ApproachAll employees of the Lintec Group work together under the company motto, “Sincerity and Creativity.” To ensure that all employees
have the opportunity to engage in equally rewarding work, the group respects the diversity*1 of its employees and prohibits any kindof discrimination, including that based on race, creed, gender, education, nationality, religion, age, origin, physical disabilities, native
inhabitation, immigrant status, sexual orientation, or gender identity. In 2011, Lintec joined the United Nations Global Compact, whichseeks to eliminate the use of child and forced labor. The Lintec Group will continue to promote diversity so that all employees can growthrough mutual understanding and respect.

Respect for Human Rights in Labor Management
and Corporate Activities
The Lintec Group believes that compliance forms a foundation forits

was established at the
Research Center in May 2022.
We will consider expanding

activities and thoroughly adheres to both social rules and relevant

the initiative to the Bunkyo

laws and regulations in and outside Japan. This also applies to the

Kasuga Office and the Osaka

recruitment and treatment of employees. Labor management is

Branch.

performed in accordance with relevant laws. Unfair discrimination,
child labor, and harassment are prohibited.
Lintec incorporates human rights education into its rank-based

Newly established suboffice at Research Center

Job Return Program
In April 2010, Lintec introduced a job return program to provide

training programs. Lintec provided training on the UN Global

more options for those seeking employment. Under the program,Compact and CSR for 24 new employees in fiscal 2022 and training

Lintec re-hires employees who had earlier resigned due toon prevention of sexual harassment and workplace bullying for

personal circumstances, such as having a child, providing care to

newly appointed supervisors and managers.

family members, or job transfer of their spouse, as industry-readyprofessionals. In August 2014, we revised our employment system,
introduced a registration system, and informed our employees
accordingly. The number of applications for the registration system
has increased. In fiscal 2021, no registered job return program user
was re-hired.

Remotely held new employee training

Employment of Older Persons
With the revision of the Act on Stabilization of Employment ofElderly Persons on April 1, 2021, Lintec revised its rules on re-

Employment of Persons with Disabilities

employment after retirement to allow the re-employment ofLintec provides employment opportunities for people with disabilities.

employees aged between 65 and 70.

The full-year employment rate at Lintec in fiscal 2021 was 2.0%,

In fiscal 2021, we re-hired 43 out of 53 employees who

falling short of the statutory rate (raised in March 2021 to 2.3%).

turned 60 years old as full-time employees, as well as six out of 15

This is attributable to the reduced hiring of people with disabilities

employees who reached their 65th birthday on a part-time basis.

relative to those who resigned as we were unable to provide

These workers are playing active roles in various workplaces, andopportunities for workplace experience due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

passing on the knowledge and skills that they have developed over

The Operation Support Center was established in April 2015
under the Head Office’s Human Resources Department to provide
employment to people with disabilities. It has since been undertaking
specific tasks requested by other departments. To expand theinitiative at the Head Office, the Operation Support Center Suboffice*1 Diversity: Differences between individuals and groups

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many years.

Number of employees by gender: LINTEC Corporation

Increasing Career Development Opportunities
for Female Employees[Male] 2,253*[Male] 2,253*

Following the action plan based on the Act on the Promotion of

(86%)
(86%)

Female Participation and Career Advancement in the Workplace(Phase 2), Lintec set targets for the period from April 1, 2019 toMarch 31, 2022 to increase career development opportunities

Managers 486 (98%*2)
Managers 486 (98%*2)

for female employees. The company aimed to raise the average

Total employees
Total employees

2,628
2,628

[Female] 375*
[Female] 375*

(14%)
(14%)

Managers 10 (2%*2)Managers 10 (2%*2)

percentage of females in the total number of new hires (graduates
to over 35%. The percentage of female employees in Phase 2 stoodat 37%. We have also set a numerical target for the number offemale managers/supervisors, namely, to increase the percentage by

Number of employees by gender: Lintec Group (incl. non-consolidated companies)[Male] 4,829*[Male] 4,829*

(78％)
(78％)

10% from the fiscal 2018 level. Fiscal 2021 saw an increase by 30%,
indicating steady progress.

Managers 833
Managers 833

In addition, we hold interviews with young female employees(85%*2)(85%*2)

Total employees
Total employees

6,221
6,221

[Female] 1,392*[Female] 1,392*

(22％)
(22％)

Environmental Reportfrom a junior college or technical college/university/graduate school)

Managers 145 (15%*2)
Managers 145 (15%*2)

hired at the Head Office on an ongoing basis (in their fourth,(Outside Japan: as of December 31, 2021; In Japan: as of March 31, 2022)

Use of programs*
FY2019FY2020

FY2021

Family care leave program (persons)

Program010Family care time off (persons)

2

3

3

Accumulated time off (persons)◆

92

71

104

At the Research Center, I am in charge of developing release

Childbirth leave (persons)

20

14

25

films used for optical adhesive. I took childcare leave for three

Leave for spouse giving birth (persons)◆

51

56

67

months following the birth of my first child and I am currently

Childcare leave (persons)

41

34

32

struggling to maintain a(Male employees)

3

3

7

work-life balance.

Percentage of childcare leave taken (%)

21.6

15.8

32.3

(Male employees)

4.4

3.0

8.9

unable to work in the

Return to work after taking time off for childcare leave (%)

100

93.3

100

way they wish for various

Child nursing care time off program (persons)◆

13

7

4

Shorter hours/ﬂex time (persons)

57

62

64

Paid social contribution time off (persons)◆

22

12

15

Percentage of paid leave taken (%)

66.5

61.7

63.5

Average number of days of paid leave taken

12.4

11.8

12.1

My Next Stage

Anyone can become

Governance Report◆ indicates a leave system that can be used for the purpose of childcare
Organization covered: LINTEC Corporation

Social Reportseventh, and 10th year) to support their career development.

reasons. Based on myexperience, I would like tohelp improve the workplaceenvironment to make it

Yuki Ozawa

easier for people to use

Assistant Project Manager,
Product Research Department
Research Centersystems when they need to.

*2 Percentage of each gender in management positions

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Respect for Human Rights
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Lintec Together with Employees (Human Rights / Employment)

SearchWork-life Balance

Mental Health Measures

Achieving work-life balance is indispensable to help employees

The Lintec Group has introduced a precautionary Employee

perform their jobs with peace of mind and exercise the full range

Assistance Program (EAP)*1 that provides employees withof their abilities. For creating workplace environments where

opportunities to obtain a mental health checkup once a year.

diverse employees can make active contributions and promoting

Through this checkup, employees come to understand their own

career development, we have revised the work regulations andstress level, which is useful for personal mental health management.

discussed and implemented multifaceted initiatives to create a

The manager of each business unit receives the results and analysis

comfortable workplace.

for employees in the unit, and takes appropriate improvement

Future Life Planning Seminar Training

measures as needed. In fiscal 2021, the checkup was offered acrossgroup companies in Japan to a total of 3,671 employees, 96.4%

In fiscal 2021 Lintec provided employees in their 20s and 30s with aof whom actually received it. The Lintec Group has also set up

future life planning seminar with the aim of helping employees learn

an employee support hotline that employees and their families

about asset building for a fulfilling future, including spending related

can contact directly to talk confidentially with a specialist about

to major life events, so that they can build a healthy asset base andtheir worries, including in relation to physical and mental health,thereby create an environment in which they can concentrate on

childcare, nursing care, legal issues, or personal finances.

their careers.

To improve the workplace environment at the Lintec Group, we

We will continue to provide information to raise awarenessalso provide a dedicated harassment counseling service desk in thearound life planning as social situations change and individualform of an outsourced helpline. Employees can call the helpline tovalues diversify.

seek advice from a clinical psychotherapist.

Measures against Working Long Hours

Precautionary EAP system overview

Lintec proactively promotes measures to ensure that employees canremain in good health. To prevent long working hours and late-nightwork, which imposes an excessive physical and mental strain, we
strive to ensure appropriate personnel assignment and the proper
sharing of workloads, and that supervisors are responsible formanaging the overtime of individual subordinates. In particular, we

Users

Stress check(Web/written)

Consultation
AcceptanceCenter

Healthconsultation

have introduced no-overtime days set in each workplace, flextime
programs, and a discretionary labor system. Additionally, in fiscal
2019, we adopted a work interval system and a work-from-homesystem. Work hour management has been enhanced, specifically by
expanding the scope to the entire workforce, including executives

Mental consultation
networkand discretionary workers, adopting an attendance system thatenables detailed labor management, and checking individual

Telephone counseling

requests for overtime on a daily basis. We also provide employees● Counseling by psychological counselor

with a mental checkup once a year to help them assess their stress● Referring to provider for three-way

level and manage their own mental health.

interview with supervising doctor

Web-based counseling● Individual counseling over the Internet*1 Precautionary EAP: An employee program that aims to improve productivity through the creationof comfortable workplaces and by focusing on precautions for healthy employees in addition toaddressing the concerns of employees who already have a health issue24

ReferralReportCooperating counselingproviderIn-person counseling● Directly managed counseling centers(Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya)● Cooperating providers(150 locations in Japan)

General information website● Basic mental health information● Mental health self-checks

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Lintec Safety and Disaster Prevention

SearchLintec Group’s Approach
The Lintec Group continues to operate the Occupational Safety and Health Policy, which it established based on ISO 45001.*2 According
to the policy, annual safety and health plans are developed. Relevant activities are carried out in accordance with the plans, which set
targets and specific activities for individual priority actions. Activity results are evaluated by way of internal audit and management review
to assist activities in the following fiscal year.

are set for the priority action items and are reflected in safety and health

In 2018, the Lintec Group established the Lintec Occupational Safety

activities. The results of activities and the progress are reported in theand Health Policy and revised the Lintec Occupational Safety andmonthly Safety and Health Committee meetings, and all members of the

Health Manual in conformity with the ISO 45001 standard.

Committee engage in discussions on improvement. By implementing

Our plants formulate annual safety and health plans and engage
in relevant activities. We have established an occupational safety andhealth management system, and the Safety and Health Committee

such PDCA cycles that lead to the next round of initiatives, the Lintec
Group continues to step up its safety and health activities.

Safety and Health Committee and Health Committee

employees of eight domestic plants, the Research & Development

Every month, the Lintec Group plants in and outside Japan hold Safety

Div., and Tokyo Lintec Kako, Inc., as well as employees of partnerand Health Committee meetings, while the Head Office, Bunkyo

companies who are permanently stationed at these business sites,

Kasuga Office, Osaka Branch Office, and other business sites having

are subject to internal audits.

sales departments convene Health Committee meetings. Each of theseIn 2020, we set out our program for “Creating a Culture ofmeetings are attended by representatives of the labor union.
Matters concerning overall safety and health, including statutory

Safety and Health,” a systematic overview of Lintec’s safety andhealth activities. We promote safety and health activities based onmatters, are discussed by the committees, and we make it a rule to

the Four Lintec Safety Principles.

seek employee input. Regarding the outcomes of the committee

Social Report

and the Health Committee hold meetings every month. In addition,

Environmental Report

Occupational Safety and Health Policy

meetings, the head of each site has the responsibility and authority tomake the final decision. After Safety and Health Committee and Health

Each fiscal year, the Lintec Group formulates annual plans for safety andCommittee meetings conducted at each business site, employees’

health activities. The plans indicate top management policies and set

opinions submitted at these events are recorded in the proceedings,

priority action items to realize the policies, including safety patrols, risk

and relevant information is communicated to all employees.

assessment , and safety education. More specific activities and targets*3

Governance Report

Annual Safety and Health Plans

Creating a Culture of Safety and Health at Lintec
Culture of safety and health1) Safety is the top priority. 2) Everyone shares the same level of awareness toward safety. 3) Create a culture where everyone can follow the rules easily.

Goals of safety and health activities

1

Activities to reduce safety
and health risks

1) Risk assessment
2) Near-miss activities
3) Analysis of occupational accidents
4) Information sharing, etc.

1) Prevent occupational accidents (safety) 2) Provide a safe and healthy workplace (security) 3) Stay accident-free

2

Activities to increase
the level of safety and health1) 5S activities
2) Safety and health patrols
3) Risk prediction activities
4) Education and training for safety
and health, etc.

3

Activities to manage
safety and health

1) Formulation of safety and health plans2) Safety and Health Committee
3) Mutual safety audits
4) Review by top management
5) Corporate Safety Convention, etc.

4

Activities for the safetyof machinery

1) Safety check for all facilities
2) Promotion of measures to enhance
intrinsic safety and ensure engineered
safety, etc.

Constant improvement of the four types of activities
Four Lintec Safety Principles
Finger pointing and callouts

Never touch a moving rotating machine

Cue colleagues during a collaborative task

Stop the machine in the event of trouble*2 ISO 45001: An international standard for occupational health and safety*3 Risk assessment: Evaluating risks to set safety standards

25Supply Chain
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Lintec Cooperating with Suppliers

SearchLintec Group’s Approach
Considering all suppliers as “partners who should grow together with Lintec,” the Lintec Group strives to establish relationships built on
trust with them. When selecting suppliers, we evaluate them appropriately based on the principle of free competition. We engage in fair
and transparent transactions, and ensure legal and ethical compliance in our procurement activities.

Green Procurement
For procurement with lower environmental impact, the Lintec Groupis ensuring thorough chemical substance management for raw

Questionnaire for trading companies/agencies

Corporate
management

materials, parts, and secondary materials. We conduct investigations● Legal compliance/Corporate ethics

into substances contained not only in new materials that we procure
for the first time but also in materials that we have continuously
procured in order to ensure compliance with new regulations.

● Financial status● Labor (Respect for human rights, working hours,

Management/Labor

In fiscal 2021, we asked suppliers to respond to our survey

wages, etc.)● BCP● SDGs initiative

based on the REACH Regulation*1 (25th and 26th candidate lists)● Information security

and chemSHERPA (version 2.04), covering around 5,000 raw materials.
*2

Together with suppliers, we will continue to promote environmental● Costprotection activities and ensure control of chemical substances.

CSR Procurement● Deadline

Service● Survey request(Environment, material search, BCP, etc.)● Information provision

Lintec has established the Lintec Procurement Policy, the Lintec(Information on products, technology, industry, etc.)

Green Procurement Policy, and the Lintec Lumber Pulp Procurement
Policy, all of which are based on CSR. Its procurement activities
follow the Policies.

BCP

We request suppliers, on various occasions, to ensure CSR
activities from multiple perspectives, including respect for humanrights, occupational health and safety, information security, andActions outsideof Japan● Accident status check(Production site, product, logistics, etc.)● Provision of information on overseas industries,

compliance with overseas laws

corporate ethics.
In fiscal 2021, we asked 118 trading companies and agencies(150 departments), out of roughly 500 domestic material suppliers, toConflict Minerals*3

complete a questionnaire, and 109 companies (141 departments) did

Lintec recognizes that conflict minerals, mined to fund armed

so. The survey covered CSR-related items, including legal compliance,

conflict, are a serious social problem, and investigates whether

prohibition of child labor, and safe/healthy working environments.

materials it uses include metals from mines that serve as funding

We are also using the survey results in supplier evaluation.

sources for armed groups.

We will continue to improve procurement activities and enhancecooperation with our suppliers.

We will continue to confirm that our supply chain is not funding
armed groups and conduct procurement management that avoids
the use of conflict minerals.

26*1 REACH Regulation: A chemical substance regulation in the EU on the “Registration, Evaluation,
Authorization and Restriction of Chemicals.” Registration is required when exporting a chemical
substance into EU states in quantities of one metric ton or more per year. Notification must also be
submitted to the authorities when a chemical substance falling under the category of “candidate forrequired authorization” is present in a product at more than 0.1 percent of the mass of the object.

*2 chemSHERPA: A scheme, recommended by Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, forcommunicating information about chemical substances contained in products. The mechanism isaimed at properly managing chemical substances contained in products across supply chains, fromupstream to downstream, to ensure continued compliance with tighter regulations.

Community Participation
For more detailed information, please visit our Sustainability website. (in English)
Lintec Local Communities

SearchLintec Group’s Approach
Recognizing that it is part of society and local communities, the Lintec Group is engaged in various initiatives to contribute to society
while ensuring harmonious co-existence with society.

Global Activities

Dialogue with Local Residents

The Lintec Group carries out social contribution activities in locations

Lintec provided cooperation for food panty events organized by thewhere it operates.

Itabashi Council of Social Welfare. In June and September 2021, weof support with canned food andretort pouch food taken from ourGiving Old Clothes a New Lifefor a Sustainable Worldemergency food stocks. In December
2021, in addition to emergency foodstocks, we offered gift cards for fried

activities to give old clothes a useful second life. We invitedchicken as Christmas gifts to aroundemployees to bring in clothes they no longer wore and were

200 households, who were very

able to fill 13 cardboard boxes with their donations. While

happy to receive them.

Food pantry event

providing some of the clothes to a social welfare organization

holders, which we sold at a bazaar and donated the proceeds.

In fiscal 2021, expenses for

From the amount of interest our booth generated, we foundeducational support accounted forthat there was a genuine appetite formore than 70% of the total. We

unneeded items that had been

also provided support for welfare

upcycled and given a new life.

and sports.

Community
support1.2%

Sports

10.5%
Total

12.44
million yen

Welfare13.6%

Education

74.7%

Scope: Lintec Corp.

Offering Plant and Facility Tours

Governance Report

asked designers to rework into hats, eco-bags, and bottle

Breakdown of Community
Support Expenses (FY2021)

for distribution among people in need, the remainder weSocial Report

Lintec Advanced Technologies (Taiwan), Inc. conducted

Environmental Reportprovided single-parent households and elderly households in needMy Next Stage

Every year the Lintec Group accepts numerous students, local
authorities, NPOs, and community residents for tours of its plants
Selling items made from old clothes
collected from employees

Pao-ya Ke

and facilities in Japan. In fiscal 2021, we reduced these activities

Lintec Advanced Technologies(Taiwan), Inc.

in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, resulting in a total of 26
visitors being welcomed at four sites.

Support for persons with disabilities
Community Safety Activities

In fiscal 2021, a day out for people with disabilities and their helpers

Every year, the Kumagaya Plant, together with other companies

at a professional baseball game at Tokyo Dome was cancelled in thein Kumagaya City, participates in the Self-Defense Forces incipient

planning stage in view of the COVID-19 risk.

firefighting training event hosted by the local government to learn
practical skills in handling extinguishers and other equipment forincipient firefighting. In fiscal 2021, the event was cancelled due to the
COVID-19 pandemic, but the plant will participate in the event next time.

*3 Conflict Minerals: Metals derived from conflict minerals defined in the Dodd-Frank Wall Street
Reform and Consumer Protection Act include tantalum, tin, tungsten and gold.

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Promoting Governance of the Entire GroupFor more detailed information, please visit our Sustainability website. (in English)
Lintec GovernanceSearchLintec Group’s Approach
The Lintec Group regards the basics of corporate governance to be the practice of thoroughgoing compliance, maximum managementtransparency, awareness of corporate ethics, rapid decision-making, and efficient administration of business operations. The Lintec Groupaims to increase its corporate value by continually improving its corporate governance and common benefit to shareholders.

Corporate Governance Framework (as of July 1, 2022)

being independent outside directors; chaired by an independent

For organizational design*1, Lintec has chosen to be a company withoutside director) has been established as an advisory body for

an audit and supervisory committee , and appoints directors as

the Board of Directors. The committee checks the validity of

Audit and Supervisory Committee members to enhance the function

renumeration and personnel affairs of corporate officers, as well asof supervising the Board of Directors, with the aims of stepping up

makes general recommendations on corporate governance. Of thecorporate governance and improving management further.

12 directors on the committee, two are in their 70s, seven are in their

The company has 12 directors, three of whom are members of the60s, and the other three are in their 50s.

*2

Audit and Supervisory Committee. Also, Lintec has five outside
directors (three men and two women), including four independent

Compliance with the Corporate Governance Code*3

outside directors (two men and two women). Of these four, two

Lintec complies with the Corporate Governance Code. Thus far,directors (one man and one woman) serve as Audit and Supervisoryreferencing the code, the company has taken various measures,

Committee members.

such as the implementation of PDCA cycles through evaluating theeffectiveness of the Board of Directors, and the establishment of the

In addition, the Nomination and Compensation Committee

Corporate Governance Committee.

(comprising all independent outside directors and all representative
directors as well as external experts, with a majority of members
Corporate Governance System

General Meeting of Shareholders
Appointment/
dismissal

Appointment/dismissal

Appointment/
dismissal

Decision making

Sustainability Committee
Auditing/supervising

Board of Directors

Sustainability Disclosure
Subcommittee

Environmental Committee
TCFD Subcommittee

Social & Governance Committee

Audit andSupervisory Committee Cooperation
Directors as
committee members[Directors]

Instruction/
consultation

Consultation

Nomination andCompensation Committee

Reporting/recommending/proposal

Advice/suggestion

Independent outside directors,
representative directors, external experts

President
Cooperation

Corporate Ethics Subcommittee

Management meetings

Social Contribution Subcommittee
Diversity & Work Style Reform
Promotion Subcommittee

ReportingAccount auditing
Internal control auditing[Directors and executive officers]

PromotingCorporate Risk
Management Committee

ReportingOperations/Group companies

Internal auditing

Audit Office

SDGs Committee
Operational implementation

28*1 Organizational design: Determining the structure of organizations (e.g., shareholder meeting,board of directors) in charge of decision-making or operation of a joint-stock company*2 A company with an audit and supervisory committee: A stock company where its audit andsupervisory committee, comprising more than three directors (with outside directors as a majority)
as committee members, audits and supervises how directors administer business operations*3 Corporate Governance Code: A compilation of key principles in the form of a code that listedcompanies in Japan are expected to comply with to enhance corporate governanceIndependent Auditors* Members include outside directors

Actions taken to enhance corporate governance

one session on the theme of “Revision of the Corporate Governance

FY

Code and Keys to Responses” in September 2021, and sessions on

Major actions

2004

●

2006

●

	 Appointed an outside director, first in the company

	 Established the Audit Office●	 Reformed the executive compensation system (abolished retirement benefits and introduced
stock options)●	 Established the Remuneration Assessment Advisory Meeting (to check the validity of
remuneration of corporate officers)
●

2011

●

2015

●

2018

	 Adopted the executive officer system; decreased the number of directors significantly from18 to 10

As for training for employees, we implement legal training forsalespersons geared to mid-level employees in charge of sales. We
are also incorporating legal seminars into group training programsfor newly appointed managers and newly appointed section chiefs. In
addition, Legal News is published six times a year to provide employees	 Shifted to a company with an audit and supervisory committee (from a company with aboard of auditors)●	 Set the number of board members at 16 (including four directors serving as Audit andSupervisory Committee members and four outside directors)●	 Complied with principles of the Corporate Governance Codeof the Lintec Group with timely information related to legal affairs.

	 Reformed the executive compensation system (for the long-term incentive plan, replaced
stock options with restricted stocks in order to encourage directors’ holding of treasury stocks)●	 Abolished the buyout countermeasure (anti-takeover measure)●	 Established the Corporate Governance Committee, comprising two independent outside directors
and a representative director and chaired by an independent outside director, as an advisory bodyfor the Board of Directors to check the validity of remuneration and personnel affairs of corporate
officers (Remuneration Assessment Advisory Meeting was dissolved as a result)lurking in daily business activities, which is expected to lead to early●	 Increased the number of outside directors from four to five●	 Increased the proportion of independent outside directors to one-third (four out of 12)●	 Enhanced the constitution and function of the Corporate Governance Committee tomandate that it: be comprised of all independent outside directors and all representative
directors, with the remainder of members being external experts; have independent outside
directors in the majority; and be chaired by an independent outside director. Its function is
to check the validity of nomination and renumeration of corporate officers and make generalrecommendations on corporate governance●	 Corporate Governance Committee renamed Nomination and Compensation Committee

These training programs and information disseminated help
employees to improve their cognizance of potential legal risks
risk detection and response.
Legal News published in fiscal 2021
No.

Title

May 2021

40

Revised Act on Stabilization of Employment of Elderly Persons

July 2021

41

Worry no more! Annoying telemarketer tricks and how to deal withthem

September 2021

42

Surprisingly little known facts about copyright—it’s not just aboutmanga and movies

November 2021

43

Ongoing shift to paperless: electronic contracts and revised Electronic
Books Preservation Act

Risk Management
To further enhance its risk management system, the Lintec Group

January 2022

44

Will the First Section disappear? New Tokyo Stock Exchange

established the Corporate Risk Management Committee, comprising

March 2022

45

Summary of news between April 2021 and March 2022

executive general managers and general managers of offices under
the direct control of the president, in April 2018. The committee
holds meetings on a regular basis.

Establishing the Counseling Desk

We restructured and strengthened our sustainability promotion

The Lintec Group has a helpline (internal reporting system) to enablesystem in April 2021, and redefined the purpose of the committee as

employees to report, without any disadvantage, any serious legal or“to comprehend business risks and opportunities, establish policies

ethical violations that they identify. Lintec added a third-party lawyer

to respond to them, and implement and verify the policies within theto ensure that the helpline system facilitates prompt investigations

corporate structure.”

while protecting reporters and reported details. Instructions on

Agenda items brought up by each member and information basedon annual risk clarification by managers constitute the main components

how to use the helpline are provided in the Compliance Guidelines
distributed to employees across the Group.

of inputs to the committee. Discussions are reported to the Board of

We established the harassment counseling desk for the

Directors every quarter to share information and receive instructions.

improvement of workplace environments in May 2019, and have

Legal Education for Top Management and Employees

Governance Report

Publication month●Social Report2021	 Established CSR Management Office●	 Increased the number of outside directors from one to two

Issues Related to Digitization of Business Documents” in January 2022.

Environmental Report

2008“Recent Trends in Disclosure of Non-financial Data” and “Organizing

operated it since. Employees can consult clinical psychotherapists
or other experts directly, who can then liaise with the Human

To promote understanding of corporate legal affairs, Lintec provides

Resources Department to solve problems related to harassment

directors and executive officers with training. In fiscal 2021, we held

and others.

29Promoting Governance of the Entire GroupFor more detailed information, please visit our Sustainability website. (in English)
Lintec GovernanceSearchGlobal Surveys on Human Rights and Labor Standards
The Lintec Group conducts a survey of all Group companies once

Compliance with Antitrust Law andPrevention of Corruption

a year to monitor working conditions and human rights. The

In 2013, the Lintec Group created an Antitrust Law Compliancesurvey covers a wide range of items, including legal compliance,

Manual, copies of which were handed out to employees at sales

elimination of discrimination, respect for human rights, prohibition

divisions. The Group also provided relevant guidance to salespersonsof child labor, prohibition of forced labor, wages, working hours,

during legal training sessions, specifically referring to reported cases

dialogue and negotiation with employees, safe/ healthy workingof violations at other companies involving cartel formation andenvironments, and human resource development. As a result of theresale price maintenance agreements.

survey in February 2022*, it was confirmed that all sites comply

In December 2019, we published a Manual for Compliancewith local and regional laws and regulations, that the Lintec Group

with the Antitrust Law and the Act against Delay in Payment ofCompliance Guidelines are well understood by employees, and that

Subcontract Proceeds, Etc. to Subcontractors, which is a completely

Lintec employees work in a healthy and safe working environment

revised version of the aforementioned manual. The new manual waswhere their fundamental human rights are respected.

distributed to managers, including those of Group companies.

We will continue this regular survey every year to understandMoreover, in March 2020, we compiled a “List of Do’s and Don’ts,”

our current conditions, and improve them.

which illustrates potential legal risks existing in everyday duties.

Information Security

incorporating the topic into the Compliance Guidelines, a booklet

Lintec has developed Information Security Management Rules,

distributed to employees to raise their compliance awareness.

and conducts an internal audit every year at each department

The Group also works to prevent bribery and corruption,

based on the Information Security Operational Rules and Internal

Awareness Raising with the Compliance Guidelines

Audit Checklist. In fiscal 2021, we provided an e-learning program

At the Lintec Group, we issue a code of conduct booklet, thefor performing a self-audit of information security to promote“Compliance Guidelines,” to enhance each employee’s complianceunderstanding and raise awareness among employees concerningawareness. The Guidelines booklet has been translated into seveninformation management. Furthermore, as well as ensure

other languages to be distributed to employees of Group companies

compliance with information management rules within the company,

outside of Japan. Following the revision of the Lintec Group Code

we also provide comprehensive education that includes things toof Conduct in January 2020, the Compliance Guidelines were also

note when using social media in a personal capacity to respond torevised and reissued in April 2020. We distributed the revised

the emerging issue of inappropriate social media use.

guidelines to all employees of the Lintec Group. We also hold CSR

Fostering a Sense of Ethics“Rinri Kawaraban,” which started in fiscal 2006, is an intranet ethics
news column featuring senryu (short haiku-like poems) with anadditional explanation to familiarize employees with standards for
ethics and conduct. The poems are compiled into a biennial booklet,

Rinri Kawaraban Mamotte Masuka? which is
not only used internally but also introduced to

study sessions using the Compliance Guidelines.
LINTEC GROUP
Compliance Test
Before you do something, ask yourself the following
questions and be certain that your actions comply
with corporate policy.

Regarding your planned actions:
Would you be proud to talk to your family about it?
Do you really believe what you’re doing is right?
Do you think it is okay if nobody notices what you did?
Can you report it to the company without changing
anything?
What would you think if you were a third party and saw
the action reported in the news?

suppliers and customers.
We issue the booklet, which features an
endearing “etiquette patrol dog” character, under
the concept of “making corporate ethics easier tounderstand and practice.”

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COMPLIANCE GUIDELINES

The compliance guidelines stipulated in this book are shared by all employees of
the Lintec Group, translated, and available in seven languages.

Published by: CSR Management Office, LINTEC Corporation, April 2020

LINTEC GROUPCOMPLIANCE
GUIDELINESEstablishing Group-wide BCMS*1

Related Data

LINTEC Corporation, Tokyo Lintec Kako, Inc., and Lintec Speciality
Films (Taiwan), Inc. have developed a BCP*2 to allow them tominimize human casualties and resume business as early as possible
after an earthquake or other disaster. Becoming certified under ISO
22301 in March 2014, we are operating the BCMS to maintain and*3

improve the BCP.
We will make continued efforts to share the BCMS among

Outside Directors

Akira Sebe

Director(Executive Officer, Nippon Paper Industries Co., Ltd.)

Akira Sebe uses his knowledge and experience as an officer and his many years ofbusiness experience in the material division at Nippon Paper Industries to strengthen the
supervisory function of Lintec’s Board of Directors.

Environmental Report

employees to initiate and enhance activities, while repeatedly
performing drills.

Akiko Okushima

BCMS Drill
Employees at each site plan and conduct drills according to the

Director(Representative Director and President, JBtoB CO., LTD.)

Akiko Okushima uses her extensive knowledge and experience in marketing as wellas her many years of experience as a representative director and president in anotherindustry to strengthen the supervisory function of Lintec’s Board of Directors.

business and characteristics of the site. Details of drills at all sites areshared group-wide via the intranet.

Shigeru Sugimoto

Number of sites

26

Number of drills

476

Satoshi Ohoka

March 2022
Lintec Specialty Films (Taiwan), Inc.

Director,
Audit & Supervisory Committee Member

Satoshi Ohoka uses his long years of policy-based finance experience, his richinternational experience, his specialist academic experience, and his knowledge
and experience gained as an outside director in other industries to strengthen the
supervisory function of Lintec’s Board of Directors.

Kanako Osawa

Governance Report

Firefighting drill(Representative, Sakura & Co.)

Shigeru Sugimoto uses his abundant business experience as an outside director andauditor in another industry—where he also managed his own company—as well as his
many years of practical experience, broad knowledge, and advanced expert insight as acertified public accountant, registered real estate appraiser, and certified tax accountant
to strengthen the supervisory function of Lintec’s Board of Directors.

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Drills conducted in FY2021

Director

Director,
Audit & Supervisory Committee Member

Kanako Osawa uses her specialist expertise and extensive knowledge gained as an
attorney, along with the knowledge and experience gained through her career in
corporate legal affairs in and outside of Japan, to strengthen the supervisory function of
Lintec’s Board of Directors.
(As of June 22, 2022)

Earthquake experience
April 2021
Mishima Plant

Status of Board of Directors● Number of meetings held (times) 15● Attendance of directors (%) 

100Attendance of outside directors (%) 

100

Status of Audit & Supervisory Committee● Number of meetings held (times) 13● Attendance of auditors (%) 

100Attendance of outside auditors (%) *1 BCMS: BCMS stands for a Business Continuity Management System. It is a management technique
to develop a business continuity plan, based on the understanding of the current conditions of
the organization, to ensure that the businesses are continued in the event of a serious incident
that will or may have grave impact on major products/services of the organization. Drills are also
performed to validate the effectiveness of the BCP.
*2 BCP: BCP stands for a Business Continuity Plan. It is a plan developed in advance to enable the100

minimization of damage and the continuation or early resumption of business in the event that acompany encounters an emergency situation such as an accident or disaster.
*3 ISO 22301: An international standard for a business continuity management system (BCMS),
which helps companies and organizations plan measures for disasters, accidents, and incidents
such as an earthquake, fire, IT system failure, financial crisis, bankruptcy of a partner, or pandemic
and efficiently and effectively respond to them.

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Global CSR Report
Environmental Activities

Social Activities
LINTEC PRINTING & TECHNOLOGY(TIANJIN) CORPORATION

LINTEC (SUZHOU) TECH CORPORATION
Location: Suzhou, Jiangsu, China
Number of employees: 162
Main business activities: manufacture and sale of printing- and industryrelated products and paper- and processing-related products

The Chinese government’s action plan to reach peakcarbon dioxide before 2030, announced in October
2021, sets the target of reducing CO2 emissions by
18% in 2025 compared to 2020. In April 2022, as partof our activities to reduce CO2 emissions, our company
installed a solar power generation system with thecapacity to generate 913,808 kWh per year, which islikely to cut our emissions by 685 t-CO2 a year.

Liu Shiping
Engineering Department

Solar power generation
monitorSocial Activities

We provided kindergarten and elementary school
children and their parents and teachers with a coloringbook that is published by the German detectives
union to help kids learn about crime prevention while
having fun. Incorporating traffic rules and the police
perspective, the book contains pages for coloring,stories, and spot-the-difference exercises.

Igor Steinhorst
Finance

Coloring book for kids to learn
about crime prevention while
having fun

Kim Jin-Hee
Environmental
Safety Department

Cleaning up the habitat of arare bird species in a marshin Tainan

Location: Pyeongtaek-si, Gyeonggi-do, Korea
Number of employees: 127
Main business activities: manufacture and sale of electronic- and opticalrelated products

Ji-Hun Lim
Planning Management
Department

We carry out our CSR activity with the proceeds froma coffee machine that we operate for charity, plus
funding from our company. In May 2022, we made adonation to international NGO Save the Children to
support displaced people from Ukraine.
Surprising amount of garbage
tucked away in the seemingly
clean park

Letter of gratitude fromSave the Children

Social Activities

PT. LINTEC INDONESIA

LINTEC PHILIPPINES (PEZA), INC.
Dedi Nurholis
Engineering Department

In March 2022, all employees participated in an
activity to learn about biodiversity at our facility.
We set up a biotope on the plant premises, eachplanted a tree, and released 300 fish. Diverse plants
and animals then moved in the biotope. It was ameaningful activity.

Location: Laguna, Philippines
Number of employees: 20
Main business activities: sale of printing- and industry-related products

Chezny Happy D. Casin
Quality Assurance/ISO
facilitator

Since June 2021, we have supported an orphanage
called Bahay Pag-Asa where 65 orphans are sheltered.
We have donated milk, diapers, food, and daily
necessities. We will continue the activity with the aimof bringing happiness to as many children as possible.
Biotope created on the plantpremises

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In November 2021, we cleaned up a marsh in Tainan
with cooperation from an environmental conservation
organization to improve the habitat for a rare species,
the pheasant-tailed jacana. Using our hands, weskimmed floating grass off the surface of the water
to make room for large-leafed floating vegetation.
Despite having some trouble with dirt and thorns of
the prickly water lily, the activity was a very goodexperience.

Pao-ya Ke
Public Relations Department

LINTEC SPECIALITY FILMS (KOREA), INC.

Environmental Activities

Location: Bogor, Indonesia
Number of employees: 129
Main business activities: manufacture and sale of printing- and industryrelated products

Location: Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Number of employees: 83
Main business activities: manufacture and sale of electronic- and optialrelated products

Social Activities

LINTEC KOREA, INC.

In September 2021 we carried out a volunteer
activity in Ochang Lake Park near our company. The
seven participants beautified the park by cleaning
up the area around the pond, the grass area, andlow-traffic areas. We will continue this activity witha view to handing over a sound natural environment
to future generations.

Learning how to wind a hose
in a firefighting drill

LINTEC ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES(TAIWAN), INC.

Social Activities

Location: Cheongju-si, Chungcheongbuk-do, Korea
Number of employees: 120
Main business activities: manufacture and sale of electronic- and opticalrelated products

At an emergency drill held in May 2021, we learned
how to use a hydrant and a fire extinguisher
from specialist firefighters at the Tianjin City Fire
Department. We also learned how to wind a hoseand conducted practical exercises to improve ourfirefighting skills and awareness, which we will use for
future firefighting activities.

Li Dawei
Safety Section, Quality &Environmental Safety
Department

Environmental Activities

LINTEC ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES(EUROPE) GMBH
Location: Munich, Germany
Number of employees: 19
Main business activities: sale of electronic- and optical-related products

Location: Tianjin, China
Number of employees: 97
Main business activities: manufacture and sale of printing- and industryrelated productsChildren at the orphanage

To fulfill its responsibility as a global company, the Lintec Group is promoting community-based CSR activities at group companies
in and outside of Japan. In fiscal 2021, the COVID-19 pandemic meant that restrictions on various events and activities continued onfrom the previous year, but some activities were nevertheless held with a bit of creative planning.
For more detailed information, please visit our Sustainability website. (in English)

Social Activities

According to the US Occupational Safety and HealthAdministration (OSHA), sudden cardiac arrest (SCA)
accounts for 13% of deaths in the workplace. The
victims’ chance of survival, however, improves by 70%
if they are treated with cardio-pulmonary resuscitation(CPR) and AED* within three minutes. For this reason,
our company provides all employees with CPR and
AED training every two years to help them acquire
related qualifications.

LINTEC INDUSTRIES (SARAWAK)
SDN. BHD.
Sergey Li
R&D Manager and Safety
Officer

Installed AED device

Location: Sarawak, Malaysia
Number of employees: 25
Main business activities: manufacture and sale of electronic- and opticalrelated products

The cancellation of outdoor activities continued
from 2020 under the strict restrictions on outings
due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Therefore, we could
only carry out the morning cleanup in limited places
around the company during a limited period of time.
Within the scope of the restrictions, employees, mainly
those involved in manufacturing and warehouse
operations, weeded sidewalks and cleaned gutters.

Environmental Activities

TOKYO LINTEC KAKO, INC.

LINTEC (THAILAND) CO., LTD.

Environmental Newspaperfeaturing a lecture on
biodiversity

Social Activities

To achieve the CO2 emissions reduction target andcontribute to the development of a carbon-free world,
we introduced a solar power generation systemwith a maximum output of 816 kW and started its
operation in April 2022. It has the potential to reduce
CO2 emissions by 466 tons a year, equivalent to 11%
of our total emissions. We will also consider using
surplus electricity.

Location: Florida, U.S.A.
Number of employees: 197
Main business activities: manufacture and sale of printing- and industryrelated products

In April, together with local governmental groups, weparticipated in an Earth Day cleanup event organized
by non-profit environmental conservation organization
Keep Pinellas Beautiful, cleaning up the State Street
Park and its surrounding areas. Members of the CSR
Committee and more than 25 volunteers collected a
total of 274 kg of garbage.

Social Activities

Aya Killgo
CSR Committee

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Yasushi Mima
Quality Assurance Section

Thank-you letter from
Kanagawa UNICEF Association

Volunteers participated in an
Earth Day cleanup event

Environmental Activities

VDI, LLC

MACTAC AMERICAS, LLC
Toni Doughty
CSR Committee

We have continued to support the Dare to Care
Food Bank, an NPO that is providing food support
to households in need of food. Five volunteers
participated in the sorting of donated food, which
was then distributed to households through Kids Café,
School Pantry, Mobile Pantry, and other programs.
CSR Team carried out asupport activity*AED: Automated External Defibrillator

Introduced solar panels

MADICO, INC.

We used to provide cooperation for the local festival
every year to promote friendship with the local
community. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, weundertook a new activity that involved donating
unused postcards to the Kanagawa UNICEF
Association. UNICEF supports children around theworld using such donations.

Location: Kentucky, U.S.A.
Number of employees: 38
Main business activities: manufacture and sale of printing- and industryrelated products

Sataporn Kanfoong
Engineering & Maintenance

Environmental Activities

SHONAN LINTEC KAKO, INC.
Location: Hiratsuka, Kanagawa, Japan
Number of employees: 96
Main business activities: processing and sale of printing- and industryrelated products and paper- and processing-related products

Location: Chachoengsao, Thailand
Number of employees: 187
Main business activities: manufacture and sale of printing- andindustry-related products and paper- and processing-related products

Completely cleaned gutters

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We publish an environmental newspaper four times ayear (with extra editions several times a year) to help
all employees understand and provide cooperation
for an EMS activity that our company promotes asa member of the Lintec Group. We will continue
to enhance the content, carefully explaining theimportance of the activity.

Hisashi Tamura
Production Management
SectionIderis Ak Ungak
Operation Supervisor

Environmental Report

Environmental Activities

Location: Warabi, Saitama, Japan
Number of employees: 152
Main business activities: processing and sale of printing- and industryrelated products

SearchSocial Activities

LINTEC OF AMERICA, INC.
Nano-Science & Technology Center
Location: Texas, U.S.A.
Number of employees: 27
Main business activities: research and development

Lintec CSR Activities at Group Companies in and outside of Japan

Location: Ohio, U.S.A.
Number of employees: 440
Main business activities: manufacture and sale of printing- and industryrelated products

Viewing environmentally friendly activities as part ofour business operations, we proactively carry out suchactivities at each of our company sites. For instance,
our Columbus Plant removed three million feet oflitter over the course of the year, while our Scranton
plant partners with local recyclers that have diverted
290 tons of paper roll waste from landfills.

Joni Allen
Marketing Communications
Specialist

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Third-Party Opinion
Lintec’s sustainability initiatives launched with its participation in the United
Nations Global Compact in 2011 moved to a new stage last year, the 10th
anniversary year, as the company introduced the long-term vision, LSV 2030.
The new sustainability promotion system, which was established with therestructuring of certain committees and addition of the TCFD Subcommittee
and the Diversity & Work Style Reform Promotion Subcommittee, marks
a dramatic shift from conventional CSR management to sustainability

Keisuke Takegahara
Executive Fellow
Research Institute of Capital Formation
Development Bank of Japan Inc.

management. As part of the move, the CSR Report was renamed theSustainability Report.
The biggest change is that this report provides an overall picture ofvalue creation, which was only a feature in last year’s Integrated Report. The

Creation Story.” It may well be the editorial intention to use this report toreport’s title, “Stories about Solving Social Issues,” reflects the key policy ofinvite employees to take ownership of solving social issues (as their job),

the LSV 2030. The listing and linking of constituent aspects, such as social

while emphasizing for investors in the integrated report the scenario ofissues, business activities, materiality, and KPIs, plays a significant role ingrowth through solving social issues via the two other pillars of the long-communicating the overall picture of sustainability management to readers.

term vision, i.e., innovation and new products and businesses.

In particular, incorporating the revised materiality into stories and linking it

Following the overall picture, this report introduces the new sustainability

to corresponding KPIs helps clarify the intention to synchronize corporate

promotion system in detail, including the TCFD Subcommittee, which was

activities with solving social issues. I am pleased to find this as I requested it

established in December 2021 and has already disclosed its achievements onin this column last year.

the website, communicating an active shift to the new system.

Incorporating value-creation elements, which are essential items in an

I have great hope for Lintec’s efforts to further pursue the new direction

integrated report, into a sustainability report has the benefit of strengthening

presented in this report. Considering the importance of innovation,

the connection between sustainability activities and the main business. But

which President Hattori referred to in his message, and recognition of

it can also make it difficult to differentiate the role of an integrated reportopportunities related to technologies and markets, which are presented

from that of a sustainability report. In the case of Lintec’s Sustainability

in line with disclosure based on the TCFD recommendations (website),

Report, my concerns in this regard were dispelled when I read the message

Lintec may further incorporate the perspective of business opportunities

from the president. While adopting the main theme of reaffirming andwhile focusing on relevant social issues. I further hope that Lintec, as ancommunicating the importance of the long-term vision, his message shows aearly member of the UN Global Compact, will enhance its human resource-strong awareness that employees form part of the report’s readership. This isrelated measures, such as setting KPIs for human rights and diversity

a characteristic that is consistently found in Lintec’s reports. Throughout his

promotion. By linking a wide spectrum of corporate activities with diverse

message, the president is communicating his hope that employees will takeemployee activities as described in the Global CSR Report section, thisownership of the long-term vision.

Sustainability Report may play a role in highlighting Lintec’s value in a way

This may provide a clue to the title that was chosen, “Stories about
Solving Social Issues,” as opposed to a more generalized title such as “Valuethat differs from that of an integrated report while communicating thestrategy of growth through solving social issues.

Response to Third-Party Opinion
We are pleased that Mr. Takegahara has given our group’s sustainability

sustainability management, we will proactively review measures and disclose

initiatives a high rating.

information in response to requests from any and all stakeholders.

In fiscal 2021, we spent time instilling the long-term vision, LSV 2030,

Guided by the company motto of “Sincerity and Creativity,” which forms

across the Group to encourage all employees to take ownership of it andthe basis of our management, I’m sure individual employees will makepromote measures from their respective positions.

creative efforts and join forces to achieve the long-term vision and thereby

Having laid the foundation for such promotion, including with theboost the significance of our group.

promotion system, we will organically connect materiality, KPIs, andmeasures to achieve the KPIs with the long-term vision to clarify stories
about solving social issues through business activities, with the goalof achieving further growth and a sustainable society. In promoting

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Makoto Hattori
Representative Director, President, CEO and COO
LINTEC Corporation

Main Channels for Sustainability Information

BookletActivities
of great
importance forstakeholdersWEB

Details of activities and related information arecomprehensively covered.

Activities of great importance for Lintec Group

Sustainability Website

Sustainability Report (Booklet/PDF version)B
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LINTEC Corporation

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LIN TE CCSR REPORT

2021
本報告書の内容に関するご意見、ご質問などがございましたら、下記までお問い合わせください。

リンテック株式会社
サステナビリティ推進室〒173-0001 東京都板橋区本町23-23
TEL: 03-5248-7731

FAX: 03-5248-7760

E-mail: csr@post.lintec.co.jp

本報告書はインターネットでもご覧いただけます。

URL www. lintec. co. jp/csr

当社高級印刷用紙「ニュアージュCoC」を使用しています。
21.09.7500

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Fiscal 2021 version

本報告書の内容に関するご意見、ご質問などがございましたら、下記までお問い合わせください。

リンテック株式会社
サステナビリティ推進室〒173-0001 東京都板橋区本町23-23
TEL: 03-5248-7731

FAX: 03-5248-7760

E-mail: csr@post.lintec.co.jp

本報告書はインターネットでもご覧いただけます。

当社高級印刷用紙「ニュアージュCoC」を使用しています。

URL www. lintec. co. jp/csr

22.08.7500 1119

The booklet describes information on the CSR activities of the Lintec Group in a
simple manner.
In the PDF format, a full version is created in English. An abridged version iscreated in Korean, Chinese (traditional), Chinese (simplified), Malay, Indonesian,and Thai.

More detailed information on the CSR activities of the Lintec Group is available.
Japanese version scheduled for update in October 2022
(The previous update was in September 2021)

English version scheduled for update in December 2022
(The previous update was in December 2021)[Japanese] www.lintec.co.jp/sustainability[English] www.lintec-global.com/sustainability

Key external
evaluations● CDP: Climate change● CDP: Water security● MSCI: Japan ESG Select Leaders Index● RBA-VAP audit (Agatsuma Plant)● CDP: Forests● MSCI: Japan Empowering Women Index● FTSE Blossom Japan Sector Relative Index

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