CSR Report 2012

Lintec creates varied products in a wide range of fields,
including adhesive materials and related equipment,
specialty papers, and release papers and films.
The company’s products play an active role in all areas of life.

Semiconductor-related
tapes and equipment

Architectural
window films
LCD films

PV backsheets

Marking films

Interior decorative
laminates

Adhesive papers
and films for labels

Coated films for manufacturingmultilayer ceramic capacitors

Automotive
window films

Casting paper for carbon
fiber composite material

Specialty papers

Corporate Profile (as of March 31, 2012)
Company nameHead office

LINTEC Corporation
23-23, Honcho, Itabashi-ku,
Tokyo 173-0001, Japan
Websitewww.lintec-global.com/
Established
October 1934
Capital23.2 billion yen
Stock listing
Tokyo Stock Exchange, 1st Section
Securities Code: 7966Fiscal year-end
March 31
Representative
Akihiko Ouchi, President and CEO
Number of employees Consolidated: 4,286
Non-consolidated: 2,564
Sites
Sales offices:
Iidabashi (Tokyo), Sapporo, Sendai,
Hokuriku (Toyama Prefecture),
Shizuoka, Nagoya, Osaka, Hiroshima,
Shikoku (Ehime Prefecture), Fukuoka,
and Kumamoto
Production sites: Agatsuma (Gunma Prefecture),
Kumagaya (Saitama Prefecture), Ina(Saitama Prefecture), Chiba, Tatsuno(Hyogo Prefecture), Shingu (Hyogo
Prefecture), Komatsushima (Tokushima
Prefecture), Mishima (Ehime
Prefecture), Doi (Ehime Prefecture),
and Niihama (Ehime Prefecture)

Subsidiaries

Business activities

Sales (fiscal 2011)
Operating income(fiscal 2011)

R&D facility: Research Center (Saitama Prefecture)
Overseas office: Shanghai (China)
Consolidated: 4 companies in Japan,
19 companies outside Japan
Non-consolidated: 5 companies in Japan,
5 companies outside Japan
Development, manufacturing, and sales of adhesive
products (adhesive papers and films for labels,
marking films, window films, semiconductor-related
tapes, optical function film, health-care products, etc.);
specialty papers (color envelope paper, color paper,
special function paper, etc.); processing materials(release paper, release film, casting paper for synthetic
leather, casting paper for carbon fiber composite
material, etc.); and adhesive-related devices (label
printing machines, labeling machines,
semiconductor-related equipment, etc.)
Consolidated: 200.9 billion yen
Non-consolidated: 162.2 billion yen
Consolidated: 14.0 billion yen
Non-consolidated: 7.4 billion yen

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

Editorial Policy
This report covers initiatives related to the Lintec Group’s social
responsibility. The report section has been reorganized into three
categories—Corporate Governance, Social Report, and Environmental
Report—and the Social Report has been organized by initiatives
according to each stakeholder. The Highlight section takes up the issueof CSR briefings for group companies outside Japan and introduces the
Lintec Group’s global CSR activities.
In fiscal 2012, for the first time, Lintec
began disclosing information not included inthis report on its corporate website. Pleaseview the website as well as the report.

Contents
Corporate Profile
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Message from the President
Lintec CSR

Highlight
Sharing Lintec’s CSR with Colleagues
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CSR Themes, Targets, and Performance
Lintec Website1

http://www.lintec-global.com/csr/

This icon indicates that additional information has been disclosed on thecompany’s CSR website. The location of the information on the website will becleary shown beside the icon.

Corporate Governance
Practicing Sincerity

Guidelines Referenced
Environmental Reporting Guidelines (2012) of the Ministry of theEnvironment of Japan
Sustainability Reporting Guidelines (version 3.1) of the Global
Reporting Initiative (GRI)
Environmental Accounting Guidelines (2005) of the Ministry of theEnvironment of JapanISO 26000 (social responsibility)

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Providing Value to Customers
Cooperating with Suppliers
Together with Employees(Human Rights / Employment)(Human Resource Development)(Safety and Disaster Prevention)

Reporting Period

Together with Local Communities

This report covers the period from April 1, 2011, to March 31, 2012(fiscal 2011). It also includes some information up through June 30,
2012, concerning specific initiatives. Environmental performance data
for eight group companies outside Japan covers the period fromJanuary 1 to December 31, 2011.

Communicating with Stakeholders

Scope and Wording
The scope of this report is arranged as indicated below and follows thesame wording. If any information provided diverges from this scope,
this is made clear within the text.
Q Corporate Governance Q Social Report
Lintec: Lintec Corporation
Lintec Group: Lintec Corporation plus group companies in and outside Japan
Q Environment Report
Lintec:Lintec Corporation (head office, Agatsuma Plant,
Kumagaya Plant, Chiba Plant, Tatsuno Plant, Shingu
Plant, Komatsushima Plant, Mishima Plant, Doi Plant,
Niihama Plant, Ina Technology Center, Research Center)
and Tokyo Lintec Kako, Inc.
Lintec Group: The above plus eight group companies outside Japan**Eight group companies outside Japan
Lintec (Suzhou) Tech Corporation, Lintec (Tianjin) Industry Co., Ltd., Lintec Speciality Films(Taiwan), Inc., Lintec Korea, Inc., Lintec Speciality Films (Korea), Inc., PT. Lintec Indonesia,
Lintec Industries (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd., and Lintec Industries (Sarawak) Sdn. Bhd.

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Environmental Management System

Reducing Waste

Measures to Reduce Water Usageand Effluent

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Reduction of Chemicals withEnvironmental Impact

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Environmental Accounting

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Relationship between Lintec andthe Environment

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Third-Party Opinion

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Publication datePrevious publication: September 2011
Current publication: August 2012
Next publication: August 20131

Message from the President

We will remain worthy of society’s trust
by practicing manufacturing that adapts
to the changing times and meets customer needs.

Akihiko Ouchi
President and CEO
LINTEC Corporation

The past year was one in which Japan faced the unprecedented disasters of the Great East Japan Earthquake andthe Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant accident that
followed. While vigorous efforts aimed at recovery are ongoing in the disaster-afflicted areas, we must not forget thatmany people still remain displaced. With that in mind, Lintec
will continue to support to the affected areas.
Since its founding in 1927, Lintec has made the mostof its powerful original technologies in the field ofadhesives, to create innovative products that meet theneeds of the world. Today, the company‘s products touchpractically every aspect of modern life. The bedrock of ourcommitment to craftsmanship is expressed by our company
motto, “Sincerity and Creativity,” with “Sincerity” referringto thinking about what can be done that will be beneficial
and appreciated and to behaving with integrity; and“Creativity” meaning to work constantly to innovate andimprove, in search of greater added value. The practice of
this company motto is the very spirit of Lintec’s corporatesocial responsibility (CSR) and a prerequisite to remaining
worthy of society’s trust.
In this age of rapid transitions, anticipating socialchanges and customer needs, staying one step ahead, andworking quickly to stimulate new demand and create new
products is vital for a company’s sustainable growth. So, I
included in this year’s management guidelines the goal ofgetting all group employees to have a sense of participationin management, getting each and every employee to be2

filled with a sense of mission to make the company betterand to act accordingly. Every year we have one
management guideline expressing determination tothoroughly practice the CSR spirit, and that will certainly be
the case going forward.
The Lintec Group believes that CSR should be
addressed together with business strategy. It has thus
included a pledge to implement all corporate activities witha commitment to CSR-driven management in the Lintec
Innovation Plan III (LIP-III), a three-year medium-term
management plan that started in April 2011. Developing
nation- and community-based businesses and winning more
Lintec fans is crucial to surviving in the rapidly changing
global market. For that reason, we are holding CSR
briefings for each group company outside Japan andmaking efforts to instill a CSR mindset.
With the effects of debt problems in Europe andprolonged yen strength, the world economy and theJapanese economy are both facing difficulties. However, toturn this situation into an opportunity, we will go back to
our company motto of “Sincerity and Creativity” and willencourage that spirit throughout the entire group, so as toearn high praise and trust from all stakeholders.
This report summarizes the Lintec Group’s CSR
initiatives, focusing on those undertaken during the past
year. Your understanding of our business endeavors is very
important to us, and we invite your frank review andassessment of our progress.

Lintec CSR
Message from the President
Lintec CSR“Sincerity and Creativity”—The Foundation of Lintec’s CSR
The foundation of the Lintec Group’s CSR is its company motto, “Sincerity
and Creativity.” These are the ideals that everyone in the group aspires to.
Showing integrity to all stakeholders and taking on new challenges over
and over again with a determination to innovate is the starting point fora manufacturer dedicated to craftsmanship. “Start with Sincerity and thenapply Creativity”—this is Lintec’s unchanging approach and the driving
force that underpins its sustainable growth.

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

Thorough implementation of corporate ethics and compliance

Safety- and health-related activities

Improved customer satisfaction

Social contributions

Environment-friendly operations

Shareholder- and investor-oriented management■ Global CSR Management
We will attempt to manage
quality of products and to
improve service in order tomeet customer expectations
and earn trust.

GlobalEnvironment

p10, p20

We will strive forfair and highly
transparent
transactions with all
suppliers.

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Company Motto

Sincerity andCreativity

Employees
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We will endeavor to create
workplace environments
where employees can workwith peace of mind, while
respecting employees’
motivations in life and work.

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Principle 1: Businesses should support and respect theprotection of internationally proclaimed humanrights; andPrinciple 2: make sure that they are not complicit in humanrights abuses.
Q LabourPrinciple 3: Businesses should uphold the freedom of
association and the effective recognition of theright to collective bargaining;
Principle 4: the elimination of all forms of forced andcompulsory labour;
Principle 5: the effective abolition of child labour; andPrinciple 6: the elimination of discrimination in respect of
employment and occupation.
Q 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 ofenvironmentally friendly technologies.
Q Anti-Corruption
Principle 10: Businesses should work against corruption in
all its forms, including extortion and bribery.

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

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The Lintec Group’s business is supported by numerous
stakeholders, including customers, suppliers, employees,
shareholders and investors, local communities, and the global
environment. As stakeholders become more diverse along withthe global expansion of the company’s business, global CSR
management has become essential. Accordingly, the company
joined the UN Global Compact in April 2011. Moreover, thecompany carries out CSR management while referring to ISO
26000, the international standard on social responsibility.

Shareholders
and Investors
p21

We will meet the expectationsof shareholders and investors
by increasing managementtransparency and striving toincrease corporate value.

Local
Communities
pp18-20
We will communicate withlocal communities andpursue harmonious
co-existence, based on theidea that companies arecommunity members.

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Sharing Lintec’s CSR
with Colleagues
around the WorldThe Lintec Group is carrying out activities that will instill a CSR spirit based on thecompany motto of “Sincerity and Creativity,” and in order to fulfill its responsibility
as a global company. This does not merely involve communicating rules in writing;the group is carefully selecting face-to-face activities that convey the heart of CSR.

Thoughts of Personnel in Charge of CSR

The practice of CSR leads tostronger management as a
global company.
Hiroyuki Nishio
Director, Managing Executive Officer
General Manager, Corporate Strategic Office andCSR Management Office

Lintec’s company motto, “Sincerity and Creativity,” is thestarting point of the CSR spirit in the company.
“Sincerity” means thinking about what can be done thatwill be of benefit and appreciated and tackling every taskwith all one’s heart. “Creativity” means to work
constantly to innovate and improve, seeking greater
added value without being satisfied with the status quo.
In order to share this way of thinking with all employeesof group companies, in November 2011 Lintec started
holding CSR briefings for 12 group companies in Asia. In
fiscal 2012, the briefings will be held for five companies
in the U.S. and Europe. During the briefings, we explain
the company motto and what CSR is and describe its
objectives and some example activities.
Within the Lintec Group, each group company
outside Japan comes up with and puts into practice its
own ideas. On the other hand, group companies need tocomply with the UN Global Compact, which the groupjoined in April 2011.
I feel certain that through these briefings in andoutside Japan we obtained a common view and approvalof Lintec’s CSR, regardless of religion and nationality.
Furthermore, promoting CSR has increased opportunities
for interaction among business divisions andorganizations, which I expect will contribute to smootherbusiness operations.
Going forward, we will consider concrete measures,
including globally common initiatives. In this Highlightsection, we report how employees of group companies
around the world felt about and became committed to
CSR during the briefings.

China
Yoji Nagaoka
LINTEC (SUZHOU) TECH CORPORATION
Lintec (Suzhou) has grown together with
China as it advances vigorously around the world. In order
to continue growing, we will carry out CSR initiatives
nationwide and strive to be a company that can contributeto the international community.

China
Hisao Morinaga
LINTEC (TIANJIN) INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
Personal social responsibility (PSR)* is
important for realizing the Lintec Group’s CSR based on its
company motto. Although ways of thinking differ becauseof the different environments and regions in which people
were raised, we will carry out activities that give everyone ashared awareness, even if it takes time.

China
Tsuyoshi Kurita
LINTEC ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES(SHANGHAI), INC.
I think it would be good to maintain and improve PSR, to
lay the foundation for CSR and move to the next step. For
that reason, I felt it was good to have an opportunity torecognize and think about the importance of CSR.

Korea
Deok-Ryul Kim, Ji-Yeong Noh
LINTEC KOREA, INC.
CSR includes participating in responsible
activities that affect all corporate activities. Among these
activities, I think that establishing relationships of trust is
especially important. I will practice CSR, by starting with
one small activity at a time, striving to establish
relationships of trust with stakeholders.
*The responsibility individuals have toward society.

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Malaysia
Yew Wooi Heang
LINTEC INDUSTRIES (MALAYSIA) SDN. BHD.

Corporate activities have an effect on
relationships of trust with stakeholders. It is the
improvement of these relationships that enable sustainablegrowth and development of the company. There is no limit
to activities that build relationships of trust. It is also
important to persistently think and act autonomously.

I could not say before that employees werevery aware of CSR at Lintec Malaysia. However, since the
CSR briefing, we have started implementing CSR lecturesand educational campaigns and I now feel that we areraising awareness.

Korea

Malaysia

Jung-Mo Park
LINTEC ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES(KOREA), INC.

Takao Zeniya
LINTEC INDUSTRIES (SARAWAK) SDN. BHD.

After attending the CSR briefing, I learned that the basics
of CSR are doing proper tasks on a routine basis. From here
on, I would like to move forward from behavior based on
PSR to Lintec CSR activities.

During the CSR briefing, we had local
employees with good English abilities translate English
materials into Malay, so that employees could gain a deeper
understanding of and work on CSR issues. We also added
supplementary explanations and shared the CSR philosophy.

TaiwanSingapore

Ching-Shyang Tsai
LINTEC SPECIALITY FILMS (TAIWAN), INC.

Cindy Soh
LINTEC SINGAPORE PRIVATE LIMITEDThe reason CSR is necessary for a company is because it
increases trust from stakeholders and leads to theaccumulation of trustworthy human resources. The practiceof CSR creates a good environment for the company andenables sustainable growth together with society.

During the CSR briefing, I learned that PSR is an importantelement in heading toward the goal of CSR. We will raiseawareness that employees must think ethically in all of
their actions.

TaiwanIndonesia

Thung-Chung Su
LINTEC ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES(TAIWAN), INC.

Sitha Damayanti
PT. LINTEC INDONESIAIn Taiwan, CSR is not a term many people are familiar with.
However, the fact is that CSR activities are attracting
worldwide attention. The CSR briefing recently held at ourcompany will spur a continual promotion of activities,
which in turn will translate to raised employee awareness.

Sharing Lintec’s CSR with Colleagues around the World

Korea
Dong-Kook Baek, Yu-Ra Han
LINTEC SPECIALITY FILMS (KOREA), INC.

A close friend of mine is actually a CSR manager and I
recently learned that she is working toward a master’s
degree in CSR. I am now aware that CSR is spreading, evenin Indonesia, and I will strive to push initiatives forward as aperson in charge of CSR.
See the Lintec CSR website regarding the five companies in the U.S.
and Europe where CSR briefings will be held in 2012.

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

Fiscal 2011 CSR Themes, Targets, and Performance
Theme

Fiscal 2011 Targets

Corporate Ethics

Treat corporate ethics andcompliance as priority
management themes andensure that every employee
is aware of their importanceand practices them every day

All employees behave as good citizens with
self-awarenessAspire to be a company trusted by society byensuring thorough compliance

Promote ethics through interactive participation frameworks
Comply with and revise management rules (information
security, personal information, business secrets, etc.)
Undertake activities based on employee proposals

Customer Satisfaction

Provide a stable supply of
products and improve quality
management and service
based on the key concepts ofassuring customers of
reliability and fulfilling
responsibilities

Establish and implement a specific action
plan based on the Lintec Quality Policy
and Action Guidelines

Achieve concrete actions devised along the lines of the eight
Action Guidelines under the concept of the customer
satisfaction slogan, “Lintec Products make everybody happy!”

Safety, Disaster Prevention,and HealthPrepare for rapid response to natural andhuman-made disasters

Minimize damage from natural disasters
Establish action plan by each overseas group company

Proactively develop
workplace environments
where people can workwith security, based on theconcept of improving
employee satisfaction

Establish a management system forensuring employee health and safety

Adopt an occupational safety and health management system
Nurture the mental and physical health of employees

Establish measures to prevent
communicable disease

Establish specific practices based on the action plan against
new strains of influenza

Establish measures against long working hours
and encourage the taking of annual paid leave

Ascertain the current status and causes of long working hours
Consider how to encourage the taking of annual paid leave

Social Contributions

Not achieved

As a good corporate citizen ofboth the local communities
where we operate and theinternational community, help
solve social challenges andcarry out realistic activities that
contribute to the sustainable
development of societies

Realistic activities
Sustainable activities
Community-based activities

Interact with local communities
Expand and firmly continue activities
Raise employees’ willingness to participate in activities andsupport their participation

Investor Relations

Achieved

Basic Commitment

Conduct management thatemphasizes shareholders andinvestors, and take action to
improve the corporate brand

Increase valuation in the stock
market (appropriate stock pricing)
and attempt to improve corporate
and shareholder value

Cultivate and strengthen relationships with investors andsecurities analysts
Strengthen relationships with shareholders
Increase name recognition and strengthen communication

Ensure thorough compliance

Confirm status through mutual internal audits and make improvements
Conduct company-wide awareness-building and education on
environmental activities

Environmental Protection

Enhance environment-related PR and education

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Achieved substantially

As a materials manufacturer,
conduct company-wide
activities in production, R&D,
and other areas based on theprinciple of reducing
environmental impact andeffectively using resources

Conserve biodiversity

Conduct awareness-building and education on biodiversity

Develop environmentally friendly products

Develop 8 products based on LCA*2 standards

Reduce CO2 emissions

Target: 181,000 tons/year

Reduce energy use

Improve 1% in per-unit energy use (compared to fiscal 2010)

Ensure thorough management of chemical substances

Audit five suppliers

Reduce release of VOCs*1 to the atmosphere

Target: 1,000 tons/year

Reduce disposal costs for industrial waste

Target: ¥185 million

StatusAll employees of the group must understand and practice the CSR spirit in
CSR Themes, Targets,
and Performanceorder to meet the expectations of the global community. In fiscal 2011, we
made efforts to conform to global standards, including joining the UN

Hiroyuki Nishio
Director, Managing
Executive Officer

Global Compact and making use of ISO 26000. Further, in fiscal 2012 weheld CSR briefings to share the significance of our company motto and CSR
activities with group companies outside Japan.

Main Activities in Fiscal 2011

Comment from Officer in Charge

Fiscal 2011 Performance

Corporate Ethics Officer

Kenji Kobayashi
Published the Rinri Kawaraban ethics news column vol. 5
Published a booklet, the Compliance Guidelines, in multiple languages
Established and put into practice operational regulations on information
security at each business site

(Director, Managing Executive Officer)
In order to maintain corporate ethics and prevent problems, inaddition to having systems in place, each and every employee
who operates those systems needs to have deep-rooted feelingsof sincerity. We will strive further to disseminate information
about and raise awareness of ethical standards in the future.
Customer Satisfaction Officer

Provided e-learning
2nd statistical techniques course: 74% participation
2nd and 3rd design review courses: 74% participation
Conducted an employee questionnaire on corporate culture
Prepared a rank-based education plan that systemizes education basedon post and functions

Established and distributed disaster prevention guidelines in response to
the Great East Japan Earthquake and implemented an internal
questionnaire
Revised the crisis management rules outside Japan and prepared anddistributed a booklet of guidelines for Japanese employees posted or
traveling for business outside Japan
Implemented mutual safety audits as part of the occupational safety andhealth management system
Prepared and distributed a pamphlet for notices on mental health support
Surveyed the current status of long working hours and implemented
preventive measures
Surveyed the current status of and promoted the taking of annual paid leave
Made monetary donations for the victims of the Great East Japan
Earthquake
Conducted community cleanups
Participated in a campaign against local organized crime in Itabashi
Took initiatives to support persons with disabilities
Accepted a total of 896 people for plant and facilities tours at 4
business sites
Held more than 300 IR meetings and accepted interviews withinstitutional investors and securities analysts in Japan
Visited 5 cities in the U.S. and 7 cities in Europe to meet withinstitutional investors
Participated in 3 IR events and held IR meetings in Japan for investors
from outside Japan
Held briefings for individual investors
Enhanced the provision of information through a shareholder
newsletter and IT website

Makoto Iiumi(Director, Managing Executive Officer)
In line with the slogan, “Lintec Products make everybody
happy!” we will strive to meet customer requests by actingin accordance with the Lintec Quality and Environmental
Policy, sharing information within the company, and working
with suppliers.

Corporate Governance
Practicing Sincerity
P8-9
Organizational governance *3
Fair operating practices *3Social Report
Providing Value to Customers
Cooperating with SuppliersP10-11
Consumer issues*3

Fair operating practices *3
Human rights*3

Safety, Disaster Prevention, and Health Officer

Koji Koyama(Director, Managing Executive Officer)
We will continue developing work environments based on the
Occupational Health and Safety Policy to ensure we haveenvironments where all employees in the Lintec Group can work
comfortably, in safety and health, and with peace of mind.

Together with Employees
P12-17
Human rights*3
Labour practices*3

Social Contribution Officer

Koji Ichihashi(Director, Managing Executive Officer)
We value local communities and engage in various social
contribution activities in and outside Japan in order to live up
to expectations as a community member. From here on we willcontinue considering how the company can contribute to theresolution of social issues and take action.

Together with Local
Communities
Participating in Local
Communities
P18-193

Community involvement *and development

IR Officer

Hitoshi Asai
(Director, Senior Managing Executive Officer)
Providing accurate information in a fair and timely manner toshareholders and investors is the first step toward obtaining
their trust. We are determined to carry out IR initiatives andbuild even stronger relationships of trust.

Communicatingwith Stakeholders
P20-21
Organizational governance *3

Conducted environmental law audits at all sites
Distributed 30 issues of Eco News and provided 3 e-learning programs
Environmental Protection Officer

Participated in forest tours and increased awareness through Eco News
Achieved goal by developing 15 products based on LCA standards
Achieved target with about 169,000 tons/year
Did not achieve target with a 0.6% reduction compared to fiscal 2010
Achieved target with 5 audits performed
Achieved target with VOC emissions of about 908 tons

Yoshiyuki Yamato(Managing Executive Officer)
The Lintec Group is aiming to protect the environment in every
way possible, from reducing environmental impact in businessactivities to creating environmentally friendly products. We
have set numerical targets not only for the reduction of CO2
emissions, amount of waste, and environmentally harmful
substances, but also for the development of environmentallyfriendly products, and are striving to achieve those goals.

Environmental ReportP22-32The environment*3

Achieved target with ¥171,580,000*1 VOCs: volatile organic compounds*2 LCA: life-cycle assessment*3 One of the seven core subjects of ISO 26000. This guide is referenced when reporting Lintec’s CSR activities.

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Corporate Governance
True to the ideals of its company motto, “Sincerity and Creativity,” the Lintec
Group strives to ensure that all of its corporate endeavors are thoroughly
respectable. Below is a report about the group’s efforts and systems for
putting those ideals into practice and contributing to society.

Practicing Sincerity
As expressed by the Lintec Group’s company motto, “Sincerity and Creativity,” corporate ethics and compliance arethemes of paramount importance in management. At the same time, they are positioned at the foundation of CSR
in the group’s efforts to strengthen its management structure.

CSR Promotion System■ Corporate Governance
The Lintec Group regards the basics of corporate governanceto be the practice of thoroughgoing compliance, maximum
management transparency, awareness of corporate ethics,
rapid decision-making, and efficient administration of business
operations. The Lintec Group aims to increase corporate value
and meet shareholders’ interests by continually improving its
corporate governance.

President and CEO

Corporate Governance Framework
On June 24, 2011, Lintec adopted an executive officer system,
separating directors who perform management decision-making
and executive officers who administer business operations. In
addition, the company reduced the number of directors to 10 (8inside directors and 2 outside directors) and is attempting tostreamline management through revitalization of the board of
directors and the speeding-up of decision making. The
company’s two internal and two external audit and supervisoryboard members always attend meetings of the board of
directors and management meetings and listen to the opinions
expressed. They operate with the internal Audit Office andindependent auditors to audit the overall work of the directors.
Through meetings, the members share the results of their auditsof operations and strengthen the checks on directors’decision-making and the appropriateness and effectiveness of
executive officers’ administration of business operations.
Corporate Governance System

General Meeting of Shareholders
Decision making

Appointment/dismissal

Board ofDirectors(directors)

Reporting

Guidance/
promotion

President

Account/
operational
auditing

Appointment/dismissal

Audit &
Supervisory
Board

Cooperation

CSR Management
OfficeQ Corporate Ethics Committee
Q Investor Relations

Committee
Q Customer Satisfaction

Committee

Management
meetings

Cooperation(directors andexecutive officers)

Q Environmental Preservation

Committee
Q Social Contribution

Committee
Q Safety, Disaster Prevention,and Health Committee

Operational
implementation

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Administrative,
marketing,production,and technicaldivisions
Domestic andoverseassubsidiaries

Internal
auditing

Audit
Office(internal
control)Account
auditing

Internal
controlauditing

Independent Auditors

Appointment/dismissal

Lintec carries out CSR activities in line with six basic CSR
approaches. The CSR Management Office, established as anorganization under the direct control of the president, strives tofoster high ethical standards, disseminate information on CSR,
and to support the initiatives of the six CSR committees. The six
CSR committees, which have a cross-organizational membershipand each of which include an officer in charge, lead initiatives
with responsibility from the standpoint of management.

CSR Management Office

Audit Office
Corporate Strategic Office

Corporate Ethics Committee

Public Relations Office

Investor Relations Committee

General Affairs & Personnel Division

Customer Satisfaction Committee
Social Contribution Committee
Environmental Preservation Committee
Safety, Disaster Prevention,and Health Committee

Administration Division
Business Administration Division
Quality Assurance &Environmental Protection Division
Production Division
Research & Development Division
As of April 1, 2012

■ Compliance
Based on the company
The Compliance
Guidelines are
motto, “Sincerity andpublished in six
Creativity,” each and every
languages: Japanese,
English, Korean,
employee in the Lintec
Chinese (simplified andGroup strives to practicetraditional characters),
careful self-monitoring.
Malay, and Indonesian.
Toward that end, thecompany actively tries to instill a compliance mindset throughits own Compliance Guidelines, which summarize model
behavior, and through the accessible Rinri Kawaraban ethics
news column booklet. Additionally, in February 2012, a
questionnaire survey on matters such as harassment,
conscientious action, and appropriate information disclosure
was given to 414 officers and managers and obtained a
response rate of 68.6% was obtained. The results werereported to the Risk Assessment Committee, which is making
effective use of them in internal awareness-building campaigns.
Rinri Kawaraban Ethics News Column / Compliance Guideline
http://www.lintec-global.com/csr/governance/compliance/

Business Continuity Plan (BCP)*

Lintec Group Compliance Guidelines
Compliance is fundamental to corporate activities. The
LINTEC Group is committed to observing “relevant
regulations” and “social rules” during corporate
activities domestically and overseas.

Practicing Sincerity

Compliance with Antimonopoly Law &Prevention of Corruption

Corporate
GovernanceWe, the directors and employees of LINTEC, shall:
1. Continuously offer products and services that contribute to society.
2. Conduct fair and transparent transactions based on the principle of freecompetition with all business partners.
3. Comply with regulations in all aspects of corporate activities in Japan andoverseas, and conduct ourselves based on the highest ethical standards.
4. Emphasize the importance of close relations with all the persons
involved in corporate activities, such as shareholders, investors, business
partners, local communities, and employees.
5. Be actively engaged in controlling and reducing environmental burdens, as
global environmental problems are a vitally important management concern.
6. Proactively engage in activities that contribute to local and regional
communities as good corporate citizens.
7. Maintain fair and transparent relations with political bodies and governments.
8. Prevent any involvement with anti-social organizations.
9. Take part in hospitality activities with modesty and within the range that
common sense allows when it is necessary as part of business activities.
10. Handle corporate information appropriately, and only disclose it atappropriate times and in appropriate ways.
11. Handle intellectual properties securely, respect the intellectual property
rights of other companies and do not violate them.
12. Respect the individual rights and personalities of directors andemployees, treat them fairly and strive to maintain a comfortableenvironment in the workplace.
Established January 2003
Revised April 2011

Lintec is expanding the BCPs it developed for each businessdivision to each plant and business site. Securing raw materials
is a major point, especially since Lintec has a large number of
products. Accordingly, the company is developing BCPs focusedon the collection of supplier information and is revising
company-wide general risk management rules. On March 13 to
15, 2012, safety confirmation drills were conducted for
employees working at group companies in Japan. Responses
were received from 3,044 people within 48 hours (about 90%
overall) and the response rate within the first hour wasapproximately 42%.

Information Security Management
Lintec has been conducting internal self-checks based on achecklist for internal audits of rules for the control of
information security, while the Corporate Ethics Committee
conducted internal audits of the head office, Iidabashi Office,and Osaka Branch. In fiscal 2011, the internal audit wascompleted for all departments in the head office and it was
found that there was inadequate preparation of detailed
regulations and procedure manuals on information security.
As content differs in each department, the Corporate Ethics
Committee prepared detailed regulations on information
security and an internal audit checklist as a model. Eachdepartment has now prepared detailed regulations andestablished a self-audit system.

Helpline

The Lintec Group has included details in the Compliance Guidelines
on compliance with antimonopoly law in item 2—“We shallconduct fair and transparent transactions with all suppliers basedon the principle of free competition”—and on the prevention ofcorruption in item 7—“We shall maintain fair and transparent
relationships with the government and administration.”■ Risk Management
The Lintec Group strives to prevent problems by identifying all
possible risks associated with company management andworking at making improvements throughout the groupaccording to the degree of urgency and importance. In April
2009, a Risk Assessment Committee, consisting of the generalmanagers of each division, was established with the objectiveof strengthening the risk management system. The committee
meets once a quarter and reports the outcome of its meetings
to the board of directors.

Voice

1

Internal Controls andInternal Audits
Makoto Akutsu,

Lintec has a helpline (internal reporting system) for employees
to obtain consultations on legal violations and other workplace
worries. In April 2008, Lintec added a third-party corporate
lawyer to the helpline system, which made possible prompt
consultations and investigations on matters that would
otherwise be difficult to consult on within the company. Efforts
have been made to make people within the company aware of
the helpline in order to encourage its use, including mentioning
it in the Compliance Guidelines that are distributed to all Lintec
employees, making it possible to quickly identify and solve
problems and to reduce risks.

The Audit Office conducts internal audits to verify thatthe work content of the Lintec Group complies with laws
and regulations and that work is carried out correctly. If
we confirm work-related mistakes in terms of operations,
we require the establishment of additional regulations
and rules. The Audit Office carries out its tasks with thethinking that complying with laws and internal rules
ultimately encourages efficient and effective work.

Section Chief, Audit Office*BCP: A plan developed in advance to enable the minimization of damage and thecontinuation or early resumption of business in the event that a company encountersan emergency situation such as an accident or disaster.

9Social Report
The Lintec Group’s business is supported by numerous
stakeholders such as customers, suppliers, employees,
shareholders and investors, and local communities.

Providing Value to Customers
The Lintec Group strives to provide a stable supply of products, to ensure thorough quality management,
and to improve its services in order to meet the expectations and secure the trust of customers.

■ Quality Assurance Initiatives■ Improving Customer Satisfaction

Under the slogan “Lintec Products make everybody happy!” theLintec Group carries out continual improvements as part of its
development, manufacturing, and sales activities. These
improvements are based on quality, safety, and the environment
as the starting points for manufacturing. They include diverse
efforts such as internal training using e-learning for quality
management, strengthened management of chemical
substances contained in purchased raw materials, and advance
identification and prevention of quality incidents in the
manufacturing process. The group will continue to provide
products and services with even better quality in the future. (Seepage 22 for the Lintec Group Quality and Environmental Policy.)

Lintec believes that in order to achieve manufacturing thatdelights customers, it is important to set the market standard
and make products that are both excellent and inexpensive.
Accordingly, the company is promoting customer satisfaction
activities, including the improvement of training-programcontent using e-learning and group-wide employee surveys,
with the aim of promoting good internal communication.
Furthermore, Lintec receives various audits in accordance withcustomer requests, and in fiscal 2011 the company underwent
a total of 57 client audits. Based on the customer feedback
obtained, Lintec will continue making even better products.

Preventing Quality Incidents
Quality Assurance System
As of fiscal 2011, the Lintec Group has obtained ISO 9001*1
certification for 11 business sites and group companies inJapan, as well as 10 group companies outside Japan. Lintec
continues to work on product quality management and quality
improvement. The group has also begun activities for
integrated certification acquisition, and will build a system thataims to further improve customer satisfaction.

Ratio of Quality Accidents to the Number in Fiscal 2003

Acquisition of ISO 9001 certification
Number of sites certified

Based on ISO 9001 standards, Lintec promotes its own quality
management system, and conducts design review*2 using
methods such as failure mode and effect analysis (FMEA).
FMEA is a method for systematically analyzing potential failures
and malfunctions. A quality management system has also been
built with the cooperation of the development, manufacturing,and sales divisions.

FY2009FY2010FY2011

19

19

21(Fiscal 2003 = 100%)
(%)

100

100
(%)

80
60
40

32

30

27

25

2008

2009

2010

2011

20
0

Voice

2

Quality Assurance andEnvironmental Management

2003

At Lintec Advanced Technologies (Taiwan), we arealways thinking about what we can do toincrease customer satisfaction. In July 2011, we
obtained ISO 9001 certification and we plan toachieve ISO 14001*3 certification to further
increase confidence in our company. Our
employees will continue to work together toensure that our company remains a trusted
member of the Lintec Group.

Hsiao-Wei Lu(FY)

ISO 9001 certificate

Supervisor, Public Relations Department
Lintec Advanced Technologies (Taiwan), Inc.

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*1 ISO 9001: the international standard for quality management systems.
*2 Design review: a method for checking and evaluating materials underdevelopment (specifications, design documents, etc.) from different
standpoints such as the manufacturing and sales divisions. Design review isdefined in the Japan Industrial Standard (JIS) and ISO 9000 series standards.

*3 ISO 14001: the international standard for environmental management
systems.

Cooperating with Suppliers
The Lintec Group strives to engage in fair, highly transparent transactions,always pursuing seamless cooperation and mutual benefit with suppliers.

Green Procurement■ Fair Transactions

The Lintec Group is promoting procurement activities inaccordance with the Lintec Basic Policy for Raw Materials
Procurement. Based on this policy, the group is aiming toensure thorough CSR procurement from various perspectives
including compliance, product quality and safety, information
security, fair transactions, environmental activities, respect forhuman rights, labor relations, and health and safety. The groupalso creates various opportunities to foster supplier
understanding of this policy.

Lintec Procurement Policy
1. Fair and transparent business practices
We will maintain fair and transparent business practices with all partners,
based on the market mechanism principle. As for partner selection, we
will keep our options open and evaluate according to quality, cost,delivery, supply stability, technology, services, and environmental effort.
2. Building partnerships
We will view every partner as a “partner for mutual development” andbuild relationships of trust.
3. Adherence to laws and regulations
In our procurement activities, we not only will abide by laws andregulations of Japan and beyond but also require our partners to do
likewise.
4. Consideration of the environment
We will promote procurement activities with consideration for decreasing
environmental impact, based on the Lintec Green Procurement Policy, andrequire partners to do likewise in actively promoting environmental
conservation activities and strictly managing chemical substances.
5. Thorough pursuit of CSR
We will maintain a high level and thorough pursuit of CSR in our
procurement activities with partners, in such areas as human rights, labor
health and safety, assurance of quality and safety, information security,and corporate ethics.

Providing Value to Customers / Cooperating with Suppliers

CSR Procurement

The Lintec Group Procurement Policy has been created in orderto supply customers with environmentally friendly products.
Along with ensuring thorough management of chemical
substances contained in the raw materials, parts, andsecondary materials used in Lintec products, the Lintec Group iscommitted to placing priority on the procurement of raw
materials with minimal environmental impact. The group also
actively purchases Green Pulp,*4 based on the Lintec Wood
Pulp Procurement Policy. In the design review process, thegroup determines whether a material chosen for a product indevelopment meets the needs of customers, while checking
that it is environmentally friendly and poses no problems forchemical substance management.

Social Report

The Lintec Group’s basic policy is to provide equal opportunities
for all suppliers in and outside Japan, and conduct fair andtransparent procurement. By conducting appropriate
procurement that reflects customer needs, Lintec is improving
product quality and service together with its suppliers. By also
performing the proper supplier evaluation, the group is striving
to forge and maintain relationships of trust with suppliers.

Lintec Green Procurement Policy / Lintec Wood Pulp Procurement Policy
http://www.lintec-global.com/csr/policy/

Supplier Quality and Environmental Audits
The Lintec Group strives to improve product quality andstrengthen the management of chemical substances to ensure
customers can use Lintec’s products with peace of mind. It also
conducts quality and environmental audits of suppliers in aplanned way. The purpose of the audits is to build good
partnerships with suppliers and perform source management.
In fiscal 2011, 25 quality audits were conducted (at 23
companies in Japan and 2 overseas), along with 5
environmental audits in Japan. The group will continue tostrengthen its relationships with suppliers in this way.

■ Business after the Earthquake
Disaster Response
After the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant disaster triggered by
the Great East Japan Earthquake, Lintec received inquires from
customers in and outside Japan about the impact of radiation
on Lintec products. In order to ensure that customers can use
these products with peace of mind, Lintec responded to theinquiries with reports on the radiation level readings from the
Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, and Science, forlocations near Lintec production facilities, including relevant
data for raw materials (about 5,500 reports made to customers
between April 18, 2011, to April 4, 2012).

Established: August 10, 2009

BCP Cooperation with Suppliers
The Lintec Group has been developing a variety of disaster
response measures based on a BCP concept that incorporates
the lessons learned from the Great East Japan Earthquake. It isessential to create a system that can not only deal with adisaster at a Lintec site, but also any emergency at a supplier of
raw materials. Accordingly, the group asked its suppliers to takepart in a survey to confirm business continuity capabilities andresponse measures, and their cooperation was received. Alongwith efforts to avoid future risk, Lintec will continue tostrengthen its supply chain.

*4 Green Pulp: A registered trademark of Lintec, Green Pulp is produced bychlorine-free bleaching, using wood from forests that are managed
lawfully and properly (including certified forest pulp and reforested sourcepulp), as well as wood or non-wood pulp obtained from recovered or
virgin fibers.

11Social Report
Together with Employees:
Creating a Rewarding Workplace (Human Rights / Employment)
The Lintec Group has been carrying out a variety of initiatives such as the creation of awareness-raising and support
systems to enable all employees to perform their jobs with energy and inspiration.

■ Respecting Human Rights and Diversity
Lintec Group employees at nine companies in Japan and 24
companies overseas (including consolidated andnon-consolidated companies) are working together under thecompany motto of “Sincerity and Creativity.” In order that all
employees may find their jobs equally rewarding, the Lintec
Group makes sure to respect the diversity of every employee*1
and avoids any discriminatory treatment based on race, creed,gender, education, nationality, religion, or age. The group alsojoined the UN Global Compact in 2011, which is founded on
the principle prohibiting forced or child labor, and is helping toincrease its effectiveness. The aim is for all Lintec employees torespect each other and continue their personal growth.

Respect for Human Rights in Labor Management
The Lintec Group places compliance at the core of its businessactivities. In the areas of recruitment and employment, thegroup carries out labor management that complies with laborlaws and regulations, including the prohibition of unfair
discrimination, child labor, and harassment.

Equal Employment Opportunities
The Lintec Group respects the rights of every employee andexecutive, and is committed to maintaining work environments
where everyone is treated fairly.
Employment Data
Number of employees by gender

Male:
2,235

Female:
329

87%

13%

Total: 2,564*Scope: Lintec Corporation
As of March 31, 2012

Employees at group companies outside Japan

Local
Employees
employees: from Japan:
1,188
38
97%

3%

3

The Active Role ofa Woman Manager
Cindy Soh
Director, Human Resource Manager
Lintec Singapore Private Limited*1 Respecting diversity: By respecting the diversity that exists among people andgroups, it is possible to generate more original ideas, solve problems using
diverse perspectives, and allow people to display their full potential byappointing the best person for each job.

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Lintec strives to provide employment to persons withdisabilities. The full-year employment rate at Lintec for persons
with disabilities in fiscal 2011 was 1.71 percent, which was
below the legally mandated rate of 1.8 percent. In fiscal 2012,
Lintec will continue encouraging the company-wide
employment of persons with disabilities, with the aim ofexceeding the legally mandated employment rate.

Job Return Program
In April 2010, Lintec introduced a job return program. Under
this program, the company re-hires employees who had retired
for personal reasons such as marriage, pregnancy, childbirth,childcare, nursing care of a family member, or other family
circumstance such as the transfer of one’s spouse to a different
work location. This enables the company to regain skilledemployees who are familiar with Lintec’s businesses.

Employment of Older Persons
Lintec continues to offer employment to its retirees. In fiscal
2011, the company re-hired 13 of 31 retirees. These professionals
are working vigorously, making use of the skills and experience
they have developed over many years in a familiar workplace,while also helping to develop younger employees.

Management Labor Relations
At Lintec, the labor union is called Lintec Forest.
Labor-management consultations are conducted with anattitude of respecting each other’s standpoint and acommitment to resolving issues through discussion.
Status of the Lintec Forest
FY Labor union members Average age Average service years
2011

Total: 1,226*Scope: eight group companies outside Japan*2
As of December 31, 2011

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Employment of Persons with Disabilities

2,148

37.1

15 years, 8 months

Note: As of the end of the fiscal year

In general, women are used to performing multiple jobs
at the same time, and can achieve effective time
management while doing so. Since many women are also
very curious, they can readily find the causes andsolutions for problems. I think they make wise decisions
by sympathizing with and understanding the concerns of
employees. In this way, by assigning women to
management jobs, they can provide the interactive
leadership that is needed in today’s organizations.

*2 Eight group companies outside Japan: Lintec (Suzhou) Tech Corporation,
Lintec (Tianjin) Industry, Lintec Speciality Films (Taiwan), Lintec Korea,
Lintec Speciality Films (Korea), Lintec Indonesia, Lintec Industries(Malaysia), and Lintec Industries (Sarawak).

■ Work-Life Balance

Mental Health Measures

Lintec is working to realize work options that promote abalance between professional and personal lives by creating
supportive workplace environments. As a consequence,
employees are able to perform their jobs with confidence anddisplay their full abilities. With its time off programs, Lintec
strives to create systems that allow employees to work withpeace of mind. This includes the introduction of an
accumulated time off program that can be used either for
long-term treatment of an employee’s own illness or injury or
for caring for a family member. There is also a paid social
contribution time off program that allows employees toparticipate in local volunteer activities.

Precautionary EAP System Overview
Stress check

Employee Support Programs(Web/written)

Family care leave program
Family care time off
Eligibility: Employees that provide nursing care or other carerequired by an eligible family member
Accumulated time off
Eligibility: Employees that require long-term treatment or provide
nursing care or other care required by an eligible family member

Users

Consultation Acceptance Center Health consultation
Referral

Mental consultation network

ReportCooperating counseling provider

Q Parenting Support

Telephone counseling

In-person counselingChildbirth leave
Eligibility: Employees that will give birthChildcare leave
Eligibility: Employees with children under one year of age (or one
year and six months, according to the circumstances)Child nursing care time off program
Eligibility: Employees whose children have not yet started
elementary school and who require nursing care, vaccinations, or
medical examinations
Shorter hours / flex time
Eligibility: Employees with children under the age of three

Q Counseling by psychological

Q Directly managed consultation

Q Volunteer Support

Paid social contribution time off
Eligibility: Employees participating in relief efforts during adisaster; local firefighting operations; kindergarten, elementary,and junior high school activities; or town revitalization efforts.

Program Users(persons)

counselor
Q Referring to provider for
three-way interview withsupervising doctor

centers (Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya)
Q Cooperating providers (150

locations in Japan)

Web-based counseling

General information website

Q Individual counseling over the

Q Basic mental health information

Internet

Q Mental health self-checks

Mental Health Lectures
As part of the precautionary EAP system, Lintec holds mental
health seminars each year on different themes. In fiscal 2011, aseminar on mental health measures in the workplace wasdelivered to managers and supervisors through videoconferencing. By continuing these seminars, the company
intends to deepen understanding of mental health in theworkplace, and help prevent health issues.

FY2009FY2010FY2011

Family care leave

0

0

2

Measures against Working Long Hours

Family care time off

0

1

2

Accumulated time off

62

47

55

Childbirth leave

15

16

13

Childcare leave

19

22

22

Child nursing care time off

4

7

11

Shorter hours / flex time

6
23

8
24

11
23

Lintec strives to make appropriate personnel appointments andto ensure equal sharing of workloads in order to prevent theharmful effects of working too many hours. The company has
introduced systems for carrying out work efficiently andsystematically, such as no-overtime-days in each workplace andflex-time programs. Supervisors also manage overtime hours
carefully to help employees avoid excessive strain on the bodyand mind. The company has also adopted an attendancesystem that enables detailed labor management.

Social contribution time off(total of 34 days)(total of 42 days)(total of 41 days)

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

Q Family Care Support

ProgramSocial Report

The Lintec Group has introduced a precautionary Employee
Assistance Program (EAP)*3 system that requires employees toundergo mental health checkups once a year. Based on the
Simple Questionnaire on Occupational Stress issued by the
Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, each Lintec employee
is able to ascertain his or her own stress level, which is usefulfor personal mental health management. The Lintec Group has
also set up a support hotline where employees and theirfamilies can talk confidentially with a specialist about theirworries including physical and mental health, childcare, nursing
care, legal issues, or personal finances.

*1 Precautionary EAP: an employee program that aims to improve productivity
through the creation of comfortable workplaces and by focusing on
precautions for healthy employees in addition to addressing the concerns of
employees who already have a health issue.

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Together with Employees:
Creating a Rewarding Workplace (Human Resource Development)
The Lintec Group prepares educational programs tailored to employees’ work assignments and abilities and strives todevelop competent human resources with a global mindset.

■ Individual Education Programs■ Company-wide Rank-based
Training Programs

Compliance Self-Check

With the aim of developing human resources that contribute to
the company and society, Lintec has introduced company-widerank-based training programs to develop its human resources.
These programs enable all employees with diverse values toachieve personal growth and a sense of accomplishment. They
help boost employees’ skills and support each person’s
self-motivated career planning.
Fiscal 2011 Schedule of Rank-based Training Programs
Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar.

With the aim of raisingcompliance awareness, Lintec
has posted a ComplianceSelf-Assessment Checklist on its
intranet. All employees are able
to use it to examine their own
compliance actions. The checklist
will be expanded in the future,and updated versions will be
regularly posted.

Compliance Self-Assessment Checklist

CSR Briefing and Information Security Education
In order to share information on its CSR activities, the Lintec
Group began providing timely CSR briefings in fiscal 2010. In
October 2011, briefings were carried out together withinformation security education at the Ina Technology Center for
the first time. There were 94 participants at the two sessions.

Fiscal 2011 Training Details*
ProgramRecipients

Next-generation leader development training (group training)Over a period of four or five months, participants continuallyfocus on and discuss important management issues and makestrategy recommendations.

Selection ofmanagers

New managers training (group training)
Participants acquire the management knowledge, skills, andpractical frontline abilities necessary for managers.

New
managers

New managers training (correspondence course)
Participants acquire the basic business administration knowledge,
management knowledge, and skills necessary for managers.

New
managers

New section chiefs training (group training)
Participants acquire the management knowledge and skills
necessary for frontline leaders.

New
sectionchiefsGrade 4 employee training (correspondence course)
Participants are systematically assigned theory on solving
workplace problems as a group leader, guiding and developing
subordinates, and creating energetic workplaces.

Employees
promoted
to Grade 4

Grade 3 employee training (correspondence course)
Participants acquire general business skills by selecting courses
to match their goals.

Employees
promoted
to Grade 3

Second-year follow-up training (group training)
Participants look back on their own growth over the year, andclarify initiatives through self-study and group learning.

Second-year
employees

New hires training (group training)
Participants acquire business skills and work-related knowledge,
along with basic skills specific to their own companies. They get
an understanding of basic knowledge and occupational theory as
members of society and professionals.

New hires*Along with the transition to the new personnel system starting in April 2012, some of therank-based training programs have been revised. The main changes are indicated on the right.

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Quality Education
The Lintec Group uses web-based e-learning as part of its
employee training in Japan. Since it enables employees atworkplaces with different working hours to learn at their own
convenience, the number of e-learning participants has increased
each year. In fiscal 2011, three e-learning courses on quality were
given (with a 71-percent average participation rate). Lintec is also
engaged in basic quality education, through training relating toISO 9001 and internal quality auditors in Japan.

New Training
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฀
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Over eight months, participants develop action plans based on an awareness survey,
and present the results. Eligibility: employees at grade 9 and 10.

Environmental Education

Head
OfficeAugust 1
ResearchCenter2011
August10 – 112012 March 1 – 21 Head OfficeContent

Participants

Self-awareness education on
ISO 14001

165

Newcomer education:
overview of chemical
substances management

21

Self-awareness education on
ISO 14001
Biodiversity awarenessraising education

287

Self-awareness education on
ISO 14001

156

Self-development Correspondence Training Courses

Together with Employees: Creating Rewarding Workplaces (Human Resource Development)

May 24Sites

With the aim of promoting technology understanding among
plant engineers and sales division staff, the 62nd Technology
Familiarity Workshop was held in November 2011, on the themeof production technology (new technology and productivity
improvement). The recent workshop included over 70 participantsfrom the production and sales divisions, for about 240 employees
all told. Presentations were
given on the latest production
technologies and initiatives for
productivity improvement,
and there was a lively
exchange of opinions while
sharing technical information.

■ Self-motivated Education System

Number of environmental education participants
DateTechnology Familiarity Workshops

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Lintec is working to raise the environmental awareness of its
employees. In fiscal 2011, e-learning opportunities were
provided on the topics of chemical substance management,
energy saving, and environmental management systems. Also,
for ISO 14001 self-awareness education, by changing its grouptraining sessions to independent learning, with materials sentby e-mail, more employees are now able to participate. ISO
14001 self-awareness training was held in May 2011 todisseminate fiscal 2011 activities and in March 2012 to confirm
progress on targets to be achieved. Also, the Research Center
took up the topic of chemical substance management as a
specialized environmental training for young researchers. Study
sessions were held to provide an overview of worldwide laws
and regulations relating to chemical substances.

Twice a year, Lintec offers self-development correspondence
training courses to interested employees. The company
subsidizes a part of the cost for those who complete a course
within a given timeframe. There is a wide variety of course
content available, such as management, business skills,
computer skills, foreign languages, liberal arts, and qualificationsacquisition. The company will continue offering these courses toencourage employees to keep learning and growing.
Self-development Correspondence Training Course Participants

Lintec Econews
In order to ensure even better employee understanding
concerning environmental laws and regulations on chemical
substances management, Lintec provides easy-to-understandinformation on its intranet site, Lintec Econews. The site covers
recent topics such as cases of environmental law violation,
incidents caused by chemical substances, power saving
methods, the latest revisions to worldwide regulations on
chemical substances management, and information on
biodiversity protection (see page 22). Lintec Econews also
informs readers of the latest ecological activities at Lintec Group
plants worldwide and the Research Center, as well as the
progress made towards ISO 14001 target achievement. Now in
its third year, the Econews has posted a total of 75 articles as ofMarch 2012. The site will continue to distribute information inorder to increase the environmental awareness of employees.

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Environmental
Studies in Japan
Sugiharto
Quality Assurance Department
PT. Lintec Indonesia

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Over a period of six months, participants learn to hone their management perspective,
and present the results. Eligibility: newly appointed general managers.
Training to end in fiscal 2012฀฀฀฀This will be the 5th and last of such training, to be held in August and September 2012.

FY

Number of participantsCompletion rate (%)

2009

413

60

2010

357

58

2011

337

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Language Training
In order to develop employees that can excel on a global stage,in April 2012 Lintec launched a language training program as asupport system for self-motivated study. The program isintended to broaden the horizons of Japanese candidates foroverseas postings. Participants apply voluntarily for the
program and then are approved by a selection committee
based on recommendations by the participant's immediate
superior and division general manager. In fiscal 2012, 11
participants were selected.

Since fiscal 2011, I have been in charge of environmental
survey related work at Lintec Indonesia. Since myknowledge was insufficient at first, I underwent about
three weeks of training at the Lintec Corporation’s
Environmental and Safety Department. I learned about
management of substances with environmental impact, as
well as the approach and response method forenvironmental surveys that are the same as those in Japan.
Utilizing the knowledge I acquired in training, I plan to beeven more proactive in my job.

Revised Training
The following training will be revised in accordance with changes to employee grades
under the new personnel system
No change to training content
฀Fiscal 2011: employees promoted to grade 3 J Fiscal 2012: employees promoted to grade 4
฀Fiscal 2011: employees promoted to grade 4 J Fiscal 2012: employees promoted to grade 515Social Report
Together with Employees:
Safe Workplace Environments (Safety and Disaster Prevention)
The employees of the Lintec Group are engaged in a variety of initiatives, including the raising and improving ofsafety awareness, enabling everyone to work in safety and with peace of mind.

■ Occupational Safety
Occupational Safety and Health Policy
In October 2010, the Lintec Group established the Lintec
Occupational Safety and Health Policy. Since then it has been
carrying out ongoing activities based on an occupational safety
and health management system (OSHMS).*1 Plan-do-check-act(PDCA) cycles are carried out for these group-wide activities,
based on the OSHMS. A Plan for Mutual Safety Audits, a Plan
for Fire Prevention Patrols, and an Annual Safety and HealthPlan have been prepared. A Safety Consideration Committee,
consisting of members engaged in safety initiatives in plants
and members of the group-wide Safety Secretariat, has been
established to consider group-wide safety rules. In fiscal 2011,
static management standards for solvent coater heads*2 were
established and documented, along with dryer solvent
concentration standards.
Lintec Occupational Safety and Health Policy /Overview of the Lintec Occupational Safety and Health Manual
http://www.lintec-global.com/csr/policy/

Annual Safety and Health Plan
The Lintec Group has established an annual safety and healthplan, and is committed to ensuring safety for all. The plan
includes matters such as a patrol program, safety education, a
training program, an inspection and measurement schedule,
health checkups, internal audits, and management reviews.
In fiscal 2011, Lintec carried out mutual safety audits, fire
prevention patrols, and top management patrols. Individual
plants also carried out patrols by members of the plant’s top
management, managers, and the union, as well as employee
volunteer patrols. As partof Lintec’s safety
education in fiscal 2011, a
total of 9,242 employees
participated in a total of
1,350 study sessions.
Kumagaya Plant safety patrol

Safety and Health Committees & Health Committees
Japan’s Industrial Safety and Health Act requires that businessowners employing 50 or more full-time workers establish
committees to ensure occupational safety and health. Businesssites belonging to the Lintec Group in Japan that are subject to
the Act hold monthly committee meetings to discuss safety andhealth in the workplace. At production plants, a safety and healthcommittee hears reports on plan implementation, accident
occurrence, and equipment inspection results, as well as thestatus of patrol findings and corresponding improvements. At thehead office and business sites with a sales department, a healthcommittee discusses issues pertaining to health, safe driving, anddisaster prevention
activities. The meeting
minutes are distributed toall business sites andexecutive officers through amailing list, as part of an
information sharing system.
Health committee meetingat the Osaka Branch

Lintec Safety and Health Management System(excluding the head office and sales division)
Safety and Health Chief
Safety and Health Manager
Safety Secretariat

Safety Consideration
Committee

Business Site Safety
and Health Committees

Mutual Safety Audit
Committee

Business Site
Safety Managers

Business Site
Internal Auditors

Business Site
Fire Prevention Patrol
Committees

Accidents Resulting in Absence from WorkIn fiscal 2010, three rotator accidents*3 occurred and were
subsequently investigated by the Safety Consideration
Committee. The company then implemented specific measures
to prevent a reoccurence, such as installing jigs to prevent
employees from coming in direct contact with rotating parts.
As a result, in fiscal 2011, there were no rotator accidents.
However, two occupational accidents did still occur, resulting in
31 days of absence from work (at partner companies). Lintec
will continue its efforts to reduce occupational accidents tozero at group companies in Japan.
Occurrence of accidents resulting in absence from work
Number of accidents resulting
in absence from work

*1 OSHMS: a company’s voluntary independent management system forincreasing the level of safety and health at a business site.

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FY2009FY2010FY20114

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2*2 Coater head: a device that applies coating solvents and requires proper
management, due to the risk of fire from static electricity and solvent
concentration.
*3 Rotator accidents: accidents in which a body part is pulled into a rotating
part of a production machine.

The Lintec Group conducts top management patrols in which
the president inspects plants worldwide as well as the ResearchCenter in Japan. In fiscal 2011, the president visited 27 sites in
13 countries. For patrols in Japan, the president is also
accompanied by the general manager of the Production
Division, the general manager of the Environmental Safety
Department, and the president of Lintec Service, Inc., forthorough safety management. By having the president checkgeneral safety, the 5S
points (sorting, setting inorder, systematic cleaning,
standardizing, andsustaining discipline), andworkplace environments inperson, Lintec is working
to raise employee
awareness of workplace
President Ouchi visiting Lintec (Tianjin)
Industrysafety and environments.

Continuous Accident-Free Hours Achievements
ContinuousBusiness site
Date achieved
accident-free hours
0.75 million
April 2011
Kumagaya Plant■ Crisis Management during a Disaster

0.5 million

July 2011

Distribution of Disaster Response Guidelines

0.75 million

November 2011

Ina Technology Center

0.5 million

December 2011

Shingu Plant

0.5 million

March 2012

The Lintec Safety, Disaster Prevention, and Health Committee
introduced an illustrated set of Disaster Response Guidelines forsales offices in Japan. The committee also conducted surveys ateach business site relating to disaster response, discussed theresults, and distributed various kinds of information.

Agatsuma Plant

Regular Safety Conference Held

Emergency Drills

Three times a year, the Kumagaya Plant holds regular safety
conferences, attended by about 100 people from in and outside
the company each time. At the conferences, information andopinions are exchanged on safety, including thorough adherence
to safe working rules, the sharing of construction accident
examples, and the onsite safety concerns of installers. In fiscal
2011, 17 people participated from 16 partner companies. There
were explanations of various precautions to be taken in andaround the plants, theconstruction safety and healthorganizational chart for the
Shingu Plant, construction plans
and confirmation sheets, andexamples of rule violations bypast contractors. Opinions were
exchanged by the participants.
Safety conference at the Shingu Plant

As some of its plants use organic solvents, the Lintec Group isstrengthening its emergency and firefighting drills. In fiscal
2011, a total of 2,006 employees took part in these drills at
Lintec Corporation and Tokyo Lintec Kako. The drills wereconducted under the direct supervision of local fire
departments, andguidance was received on
how to handle fire
extinguishers and carry out
life-saving methods. Since
it is very important tocontrol fires in the earlystages, these drills will beFirefighting drill at the Komatsushima Plant
continued in the future.

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Obtaining Certification
with the Aim of Zero
Accidents
Moon-Tak Han
Manager, Quality Assurance Department
Lintec Korea, Inc.

*4 Continuous accident-free hours: total number of working hours with nooccupational accidents (accidents not resulting in absence from work,
accidents resulting in absence from work, and accidents duringcommuting) involving Lintec or partner company employees working fulltime at a business site.

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

Top Management Patrols at Production Bases

The Lintec Group has established a system for recognizing plants
in Japan with a continuous record of no occupational
accidents,*4 including accidents not resulting in absence fromwork. Awards are given for the achievement of 500,000,
750,000, 1 million, and 1.25 million accident-free hours. On
April 1, 2012, a new One Year Accident Free award system wasestablished for plants that remain completely accident free forone year, even if they do not accumulate 500,000 hours ofcontinuous accident-free
operation. This year, the Chiba
Plant, Ina Technology Center,
Tokyo Lintec Kako, Shingu Plant,
and Komatsushima Plant
received this award. Lintec willcontinue to raise safety
awareness in its facilities, andIna Technology Center recognized for
aim to be accident free in Japan. 500,000 continuous accident-free hours

Social Report

Recognizing Accident-Free Facilities

On March 31, 2010, Lintec Korea obtained certification
relating to the OHSAS 18001 standard for occupational
health and safety management systems. Together with ISO
9001 and ISO 14001 certifications, our company has built an
integrated management system. In preparation for this, we
introduced a system that can comply with the revision ofvarious labor safety regulations and effectively manage thesafety and health of employees. The aim is to createhigh-quality products with zero accidents while continually
improving workplace environments, and all employees arecooperating in this effort.

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Together with Local Communities: Community Participation
The Lintec Group is supported by society and local communities. In recognition of this support, the group is
engaged in various social contribution activities to fulfill its role as a corporate citizen.

Social Contribution Activities of the Lintec Group
The Lintec Group carries out contribution activities invarious communities. In Japan, the group performs thefollowing kinds of activities, some of which arehighlighted on these two pages.
Q Activities by the Entire Lintec Group

Ongoing disaster support, blood donation, beautification andcleanup activities, and collection of plastic bottle caps andused postage stamps
Q Community Safety Activities
Seminars on organized crime issues and automated external
defibrillator (AED)*1 training sessions
Q Support for Persons with Disabilities
Friendship concerts, bread sales by Smiler Matsubara*2 of the
Warabi Health & Welfare Department General Welfare Center,participation in the Shikoku Chuo City Charity Golf
Tournament to support education for children with disabilities,
provision of sun visors for the Itabashi Ward Sports
Tournament for people with disabilities, and participation in
the Bellmark campaign for educational institutions andactivities to support people with disabilities
Q Support for Community Festivals
Higashi Agatsuma Furusato Festival, Kumagaya Fireworks,
portable shrine for three district children’s clubs at Rokujo
Hachiman Shrine, Tenjin Festival and Fireworks, Sosa Tulip
Festival, Summer Evening Friendship Festival & Fireworks, Awa
Dance Festival, and Itabashi Honcho Uemachi Community
Association Festival
Q Donation of Products
Donation of paper products to nine preschools andelementary schools, donation of leftover adhesive paper to the
Hyogo Children & Youth Cheering Squad, and donation of
leftover products to the Nishiharima Youth Headquarters■ Social Contribution Initiatives
Ongoing Disaster Support

Corporation donates an amount equal to the funds raised by
the group employees. With personal contributions of
3,055,916 yen from employees, a total of 6,111,832 yen was
donated to the Japanese Red Cross in March 2012.

Blood Donation
The Lintec Group conducts blood donations at all its businesssites across Japan in cooperation with the Japanese Red Cross.
This effort has been carried out annually at the Iidabashi Officesince fiscal 2006, and a lot of employees participate each year,
including those giving bloodfor the first time. As a social
contribution activity that canbe performed right at theworksite, blood donation has
been embraced by employees,
and the program will be
Donating blood at the Iidabashi Officecontinued.

Local Community Activities in Singapore
After Lintec Singapore notified its staff of a volunteer opportunity,
a total of 66 employees volunteered to help at two local senior
care facilities. The volunteers
helped with cleaning
windows and gardening,planned events such as
singing or bingo, and gave
mealtime assistance andpractical gifts to the residents.
The facility staff respondedwith words of appreciation,
indicating how much theresidents enjoyed the
Employee volunteers helping
with an event
volunteer visits.

It has been over a year since the Great
East Japan Earthquake. The Lintec Grouphas been raising money for ongoing
activities to support reconstruction in the
afflicted area. A matching gift program
Donation box and poster
has been implemented whereby Lintec
created at Lintec

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Social Contribution
Activities of the
Lintec GroupAkihiko Bito
Manager, Human Resources Department,
General Affairs & Personnel Division*1 AED: a medical device designed to return a heart undergoing ventricularfibrillation to its normal condition by applying an electric shock.

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The Lintec Group contributes to society through sustainable,community-based, and realistic activities. For example, aspart of the sustainable support for recovery given after theGreat East Japan Earthquake, we raised donations
immediately after the disaster, and again, one year later. We
will continue to engage in various activities that emphasize
the value we place on our ties to local communities. These
include support for persons with disabilities, as well as
community-based beautification and cleanup, in order tofulfill our responsibility as a corporate citizen.

*2 Smiler Matsubara: a vocational daycare facility for people with intellectual
disabilities run by the Warabi Health & Welfare Department’s General
Welfare Center. This facility gives people with intellectual disabilities, whohave trouble finding employment, the necessary training and job referrals.

Support for Local Festivals

The Lintec Group routinely carries out neighborhood beautification projects and cleanups. The Mishima Plant participated in avolunteer cleanup activity at the Sangawa Toyooka Seaside Park
Fureai Beach. The event attracted over 200 participants
including staff from local businesses and Self Defense Forces
personnel, who collected empty cans, driftwood, and litter.
Cleanup activities are also
carried out regularly on
public roads around all
Lintec plants. The groupwill actively continue its
local cleanup and environmental beautification
Cleanup at the Sangawa Toyooka
efforts in the future.

Every year, the Agatsuma Plant participates in the Higashi
Agatsuma Furusato Festival. At the festival in September 2011,
games were set up for elementary school students and younger
children, with plant employees running the games. To add tothe excitement of thefestival, the company gaveout one of its products,
Mushiyoke de Label (insect
repellant stickers forchildren), as game prizes.
Lintec will continue to place
importance on interacting
Employees that participated in the
Higashi Agatsuma Furusato Festivalwith local residents.

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Beautification Projects and Cleanups

Seaside Park Friendship Beach

Saving Power with Green Curtains of Bitter Melon
Lintec serves as the presiding company on the Itabashi
Coordinating Committee Against Local Organized Crime.
Together with the Itabashi Police Station’s Organized Crime
Division, the committee held a seminar to address issues related
to local organized criminal groups at the Itabashi Police Stationin May 2011. A total of 71 people participated in the seminar
including Itabashi Ward Mayor Takeshi Sakamoto, police
personnel, and member company representatives. A general
meeting of the committee
was also held in July 2011 in
Lintec’s main conference
room. The company willcontinue to strengthen its
cooperation with thecommittee and the Itabashi
Seminars and general meetings are held
Police Station, and work to
by the committee.
help eliminate organizedcrime activity in the area.

Support for Persons with Disabilities
In May 2012, the Fureai Concert 2012—Jazz Linking Dreams
was held in order to bring people together through music. It
marked the second such concert, after the first one in 2010.
Various guests were invited to the event, including people withdisabilities and their helpers living in Tokyo’s Itabashi Ward,
members of local neighborhood associations, as well as Lintec
employees and their families. Including volunteer staff, over
200 people attended the concert and enjoyed the music. The
company will continue to plan and carry out this kind of activity
that brings joy to participants.

Together with Local Communities: Community Participation

Community Safety Activities

The Kumagaya Plant has established a green curtain of bitter
melon vines in front of its building windows. This is anenvironmentally friendly measure to stay cool and save power
during the hot summer. In addition to lowering outside
temperatures due to the transpiration effect, the vines help toreduce inside room temperatures by blocking direct sunlight.
The benefits of this effort
were greater than
expected. The Kumagaya
Plant was also recognizedwith an award in thebusiness site category of
the 3rd Kumagaya Green
Curtain Contest sponsored
A green curtain of bitter melon
at the Kumagaya Plant
by the City of Kumagaya.

Local Environmental Conservation Activities
in Malaysia
At Lintec Industries (Malaysia), the ISO education
promotion committee, part of the environmental
management system, is carrying out various activities
for local environmental protection. In fiscal 2011, thecommittee carried out the following.
Q Invited an Environment Ministry official to give an

in-house lecture
Q Arranged for employees to participate in Cleaner Greener

Penang, a cleanup activity sponsored by the State of Penang

Q Held an in-house environmental poster contest to promote

environmental awarenessFureai Concert 2012—
Jazz Linking Dreams

Continuous Support Activities for Disaster-afflicted Areas /Participation in Local Festivals / Tree Planting
http://www.lintec-global.com/csr/social/community/
Participants at the concert

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Social Report
Communicating with Stakeholders
In order to better understand the expectations of society, it is essential to have continual communication withstakeholders. Therefore, in addition to providing information, the Lintec Group works to maintain a dialogue
with its stakeholders.

■ Communicating with Customers■ Communicating with Suppliers

Exhibiting at Exhibitions in and Outside JapanITC Suppliers’ Day

In order to communicate
with even more customers,
Lintec actively participates in
exhibitions held in andoutside Japan. In fiscal 2011,
Lintec took part in a total of
36 exhibitions and received
valuable feedback on its
products and technologies.

As part of its communication with suppliers, the Ina Technology
Center holds annual meetings with all of its suppliers in aneffort to improve mutual understanding. In October 2011, 53
people from 25 companies participated, with the center
explaining Lintec’s procurement policy, financial performance,
and CSR efforts. The center also presented awards to two
companies that contributed toward the center’s efforts tostrengthen the ongoing framework of cooperation.
Exhibiting at the IGAS*1 2011

Fiscal 2011 Exhibitions■ Communicating with Local Communities

Q IGAS 2011 (Tokyo, Japan)

Offering Plant and Facility Tours

Q FPD*2 International 2011 (Yokohama, Japan)

Every year the Lintec Group
accepts numerous students,
local authorities, NPOs, andcommunity residents for toursof its plants and facilities inJapan. In fiscal 2011, a totalof 896 tour participants werewelcomed at four Lintec sites.

Q SEMICON Japan 2011 (Chiba, Japan)
Q Eco-Products 2011 (Tokyo, Japan)
Q Neo Functional Material 2011 (Tokyo, Japan)
Q Display Taiwan 2011 (Taipei, Taiwan)
Q FGD*3 Expo 2011 (Jakarta, Indonesia)
Q All China Leather Exhibition 2011 (Shanghai, China)
Q SEMICON Taiwan 2011 (Taipei, Taiwan)
Q Label Expo Europe 2011 (Brussels, Belgium)
Q SEMA*4 Show 2011 (Las Vegas, USA)Q Label Expo Asia 2011 (Shanghai, China)
Q SEMICON China 2012 (Shanghai, China)

Tour of Tokyo Lintec Kako forelementary school students

http://www.lintec-global.com/csr/social/community/

Q FIMEC*5 2012 (Novo Hamburgo, Brazil)■ Communicating with the Media
Main Awards for Activities

News Releases and Media Interviews

Lintec Corporation
Q Tatsuno City Firefighting Competition (Tatsuno Fire Protection
Association)
Q Challenge 100 Campaign (Hyogo Trucking Association)
Q Award: 3rd Kumagaya Green Curtain Contest (City ofKumagaya)
Q Outstanding Employee Award (Kumagaya District Labor
Standards Association)
Q Outstanding Business Site: Traffic Accident Prevention Contest(Saitama Prefecture Association for Safe Driving Managers)
Q Outstanding Driver (Ageo District Association for Safe Driving
Managers)
Q Men’s division, third place: Ina Town Indoor Fire Hose
Competition (Ina Town Fire Department)
Lintec Specialty Films (Taiwan)
Q FY2011 Outstanding Labor Award (Science Park Management
Office)Lintec Advanced Technologies (Taiwan)
Q Maintaining Clean and Organized Factory Environments(Kaohsiung Export Processing Zone)
Lintec Indonesia
Q Certificate of Appreciation for Support and Assistance in the
Renovation of Babakan No. 4 Public Elementary School in
Dayeuh Village, Cileungsi, Bogor (Police Department of
Cileungsi, Bogor, West Java)In addition to distributing news releases to various media
outlets concerning new products and events, the company
welcomes requests for interviews as well as articles written by
Lintec representatives. In fiscal 2011, the company issued
about 30 news releases and granted about 50 interview andwriting requests.

*1 IGAS: International Graphic Arts Show
*2 FPD: flat panel display*3 FGD: Forum Grafika Digital

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Visit the Lintec website to view news releases.
http://www.lintec-global.com/

Madico, Inc.
Q Employer of Choice Award: manufacturing division(Massachusetts Chamber of Commerce)
Q 2011 Best Plant:16th semifinalist in the small businessdivision (IndustryWeek magazine)
Q Top Places to Work 2011: ranked 36 in the small businessdivision (The Boston Globe newspaper)*4 SEMA: Specialty Equipment Market Association*5 FIMEC: Feira Internacional de Couros, Quimicos, Componentes e
Acessorios, Equipamentos e Maquinas para Calcados e Curtumes

■ Communicating with Employees
Publication of the Community Magazine

English version of
LINTEC magazine

CSR Communication
In order to communicate its CSR activities, the Lintec Groupalso issues translated PDF versions of its CSR Report in several
languages for affiliates outside Japan. In addition to a fullEnglish translation of the original Japanese report, excerpts
from the original are translated into Korean, Chinese (simplified
and traditional), Malaysian, and Indonesia, for distribution to
17 overseas sites. In fiscal 2011, employee CSR briefings were
held at group companies outside Japan (see “Highlight,” pages
4 to 5). These meetings enabled the group to share anawareness of its CSR
initiatives, not just in Japanbut around the world.
Lintec will continue toensure thoroughgroup-wide CSR awarenessin all areas, including
quality and safety,
Briefing at Lintec Indonesia
information security, andcorporate ethics.

Lintec carries out various IR initiatives with the aim of achieving
appropriate share pricing and increasing corporate value.
For institutional investors and securities analysts in Japan,
the company holds IR meetings and accepts media interviews
about 300 times per year. Business briefings and facility tours
are also given upon request. In addition to meetings in Japanand telephone conferences, the company makes continual
visits to institutional investors outside Japan. It also invites
these investors to participate in IR events in Tokyo, arranged by
securities companies for overseas investors. In fiscal 2011,
Lintec held more than 100 meetings with non-Japanese
investors, including IR visits to five cities in North America andseven cities in Europe.
In order for individual investors and shareholders to get abetter understanding of Lintec, the company also publishes aquarterly shareholder magazine, which includes financial
information, business strategies, and product information. Once a year a reader
survey is included in themagazine, and the feedback
received is used to improvethe magazine’s content andBusiness briefing (December 2011)
Lintec’s IR initiatives.

Communicating with Stakeholders

Inside the Film (Madico)and LK Life (Lintec Korea)

Active Promotion of IR Activities

Social Report

The Lintec Group publishes a quarterly magazine, LINTEC, foremployees to share information and deepen understanding ofLintec’s business and the direction the company is heading.
An English version and two Chinese versions (simplified andtraditional characters) of the magazine are also available. The
magazine is distributed to all group employees as well as
customers, suppliers, retirees, the media, and government
offices. The group is striving to further improve the content of
the magazine to ensure that it is a handy communication toolfor connecting senior management and employees, as well as
employees and stakeholders. Lintec Group companies outside
Japan, such as Madicoand Lintec Korea, eachissue their own monthly
newsletters in PDF
format, which are also
useful for promoting
mutual understanding
and good communicationin the workplace.
Community Magazine LINTEC■ Communicating with Shareholders
and Other Investors

Enhanced Online Information
Lintec strives to improve its information provision by
updating and renewing its websites as needed. In fiscal
2011, a share price indicator was added to the top pageof the Lintec IR site and an events information page
was created. Due to the enhancement of usability andcontent, Lintec’s improved website has been wellreceived externally. In addition, the previous English site
has been thoroughly redesigned as a global site forusers worldwide. The company will continue to improve
product and IR information on both its Japanese andglobal sites.
FY2011 Quality Ranking for Listed
Company Websites
Overall: 37th out of 3,603 companies
By Category (Other Products): 1st out of
107 companies(Nikko Investor Relations Co., Ltd.)

2011 Internet IR
Best Company Award and Outstanding
Company Award(Daiwa Investor Relations Co., Ltd.)For more information, visit Lintec’s IR website.
http://www.lintec-global.com/ir/

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Environmental Report
The Lintec Group strives to achieve harmony between its corporate activities andthe global environment. The group is carrying out a variety of environmental
protection initiatives under the slogan, “We have to broaden our scope whenworking to support the environment. There is only one earth.”

Environmental Management System
The Lintec Group has built an environmental management system based on the ISO 14001 international standard.
It has also established a Lintec Group Quality and Environmental Policy in response to the globalization ofenvironmental problems and the global expansion of group companies. The group is taking a number of initiatives
to reduce the environmental impact of its business operations.

■ Lintec Group Quality andEnvironmental Policy■ Environmental Management System:
Efforts to Obtain Integrated Certification

Operations that combine quality and the environment areneeded to carry out global environmental activities. The Lintec
Group combined its existing Lintec Environmental Charter and
Lintec Quality Policy and established a new Lintec Group
Quality and Environmental Policy on April 1, 2012.

The Lintec Group started efforts to obtain integrated
certification for its environmental management system basedon ISO 14001 in March 2006. The company’s head office, ten
plants in Japan, the Research Center, and Tokyo Lintec Kako
operate an integrated system. In May 2010, Lintec (Suzhou)
Tech Corporation was integrated, followed by Lintec (Tianjin)
Industry in March 2011 and Lintec Indonesia, Lintec Korea, andLintec Industries (Malaysia) in March 2012. The group willcontinue pursuing the acquisition of integrated global ISO
14001 certification*1 for group companies outside Japan.

Lintec Group Quality and Environmental Policy
Q Basic Policy

All employees in the Lintec Group are dedicated to the company motto, “Sincerity
and Creativity,” and management philosophy, and practice fair and innovative
corporate activities that fulfill our responsibilities to society. The following “Quality
Policy,” “Environmental Policy,” and “Action Guidelines” were established toensure the practical execution of these activities.
Q Quality Policy

Starting from “manufacturing” based on “quality,” “consideration for theenvironment,” and “safety,” we endeavor to develop, manufacture, and sell products
through business activities that gain and maintain the trust of all stakeholders.
Action Guidelines
1. Contribute to personal living environments and the global environment while
complying with domestic and international laws and regulations.
2. Foster “human resources” and a “corporate culture” that work in harmony withdifferent cultures and regions, and contribute globally by providing the highest
possible quality.
3. Immediately and accurately understand customers’ needs with a spirit ofcraftsmanship, and share the information wherever required.
4. Constantly conduct analyses of current conditions with a spirit of craftsmanship,
and continuously perform thorough improvement activities.
5. In order to stably offer better products at reasonable prices, promote innovationand improvements in daily services and operations.
6. Conduct thorough design reviews and build quality into products beginningfrom the development stage.
7. Apply statistical methods for all aspects of operations, including production andquality control, to improve data evaluation and management systems.
8. Construct a systematic in-house education system that fosters employees
capable of expressing originality in craftsmanship.
Q Environmental Policy

In order to pass down a healthy planet to the next generation, we prioritize thecreation of environmentally friendly products, and actively work to help protect the
global environment.
Action Guidelines
1. We comply with relevant laws and regulations in Japan and all other countries,and seek to protect the global environment.
2. We strive to develop environmentally friendly products.
3. We work to promote effective use of the planet’s resources, and to implement
the 3Rs (reduce, reuse, and recycle).
4. We strive to protect biodiversity.
5. We take active initiatives for environmental enhancement, and work tocontinuously improve our activities using the PDCA (plan, do, check, act) cycle.

Lintec conducts site internal audits and mutual site audits
between sites to ensure proper operation of environmental
management systems and to equalize the level of operation.
At present, site internal audits are
conducted at sites outside Japanthat have obtained integrated
global ISO 14001 certification. In
the future, the group will conductmutual site audits throughout theentire group, including sites
Site internal audit at Ina Technology
outside Japan.
Center■ Environmental Compliance
The Lintec Group’s business operations are subject to a broadarray of environmental laws and regulations. In fiscal 2011, theEMS*2 Office of the Lintec Group conducted a legal audit on allsites in Japan to confirm the status of the company’s legal
compliance. Moreover, legal compliance has been incorporated
into the environmental management system of each site in andoutside Japan and the status is monitored periodically.

Disseminating Information on
Biodiversity Protection

Environmental Charter established April 10, 1992
Quality Policy established August 10, 1998
Quality and Environmental Policy established April 1, 2012

The company is conducting
awareness-building efforts to deepen
employees’ understanding by introducing suchinformation as the background and definitionof biodiversity in the Lintec Econews.

Akihiko Ouchi, President and CEO

Disseminating information on biodiversity
through Lintec Econews*1 Integrated global ISO 14001 certification: ISO 14001 certification covering
multiple business sites worldwide as a single organization.
*2 EMS: environmental management system

22■ Internal Environmental Auditing

Developing Environmentally Friendly Products
As a responsible manufacturing enterprise, the Lintec Group strives to develop products that reduce environmental impact.
The group also works to reduce impact on the environment from resource extraction and the procurement of raw
materials through production processes to disposal by including life-cycle assessments (LCA)*3 right from the design stage.

■ Guidelines for Environmentally
Friendly Products

The Lintec Group has positioned environmental and energy
businesses as an important focus. Some of the main products
are window films that contribute to energy conservation
through high thermal insulating capacity, environmentallyfriendly adhesive materials, and backsheets that increase thedurability of photovoltaic cells. Going forward, the group willcontinue focusing on the development of products that help
reduce environmental impact and save energy.

Architectural Window Films that Increase
Air Conditioning Efficiency
In April 2012, Lintec combined its
architectural window films that provide
energy-saving effects and glass
shatter-proofing effects under a single
brand name: WINCOS. The WINCOSHeat Cut product has an excellent solar
control effect while maintaining hightransparency, with visible lighttransmission of at least 73 percent. It also
Building with architectural
cuts 99 percent of ultraviolet rays andwindow film installed
includes glass shatter-proofing effects.

Voice

7

RTO-type Exhaust-Gas
Treatment Equipment
Installed
Zhang Xudong

Environmental Management System / Developing Environmentally Friendly Products■ Developing Products that Help Reduce
Environmental Impact

Lintec launched a new brand of label material that can beremoved cleanly from cosmetics containers and bottles: the REPOP
series. The first product in the series, launched in June 2012, uses
a new adhesive that holds strong but that can be repeatedly
released. The product has a high degree of adhesion during use
and can be removed cleanly,
making it perfect for reusing
and recycling plastic
containers. What is more, theproduct contributes to the
reduction of environmentally
harmful substances, as theadhesive does not containNew label with an adhesive that comesorganic solvents.
off cleanly, leaving little glue behind

Environmental
ReportIn February 2010, Lintec established guidelines forenvironmentally friendly products. Based on these guidelines,
environmental impact is assessed at the design stage for a
product’s entire life cycle, from the procurement of raw
materials through product manufacturing to disposal. In fiscal
2011, the company developed 15 products based on LCA
standards. From here on, Lintec will follow these guidelines todevelop products with lower environmental impact.

Label Material Made Using Environmentally
Friendly Adhesive

Backsheets for Photovoltaic Modules
Backsheets protect the back side of photovoltaic cells and are
an important material that influences the weight of modules
and their safety and reliability. Lintec’s LIPREA series canwithstand long-term outdoor use thanks to a proprietary
design and a layered
structure made using
advanced composite
material manufacturing
technology. The company
will promote the spread of
the LIPREA series tosupport the effective
utilization of natural energy LIPREA series backsheets forphotovoltaic modules
through photovoltaic cells.

On the back of the strengthening of environmental
regulations in China in recent years, exhaust-gas
treatment equipment has become an essential condition.
In June 2012, Lintec (Suzhou) Tech Corporation installed
RTO*4-type exhaust-gas treatment equipment when we
added more adhesive coating machines. The equipment
incorporates local exhaust with a low gas concentration
into the dryer air supply line so that it can be treated
together with the dryer exhaust.

Assistant Manager, Engineering Department
Lintec (Suzhou) Tech Corporation*3 LCA: a method for comprehensively assessing effects on the environment
by calculating items such as the amount of energy and water input, theamount of raw materials used, and the amount of CO2 and hazardous
chemical substance emitted throughout a product’s lifecycle.

*4 RTO: regenerative thermal oxidizer. A device that combusts anddisintegrates VOCs and foul odors at a high efficiency.

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Environmental ReportFighting Climate Change
Always pursuing a balance between economic and environmental performance, the Lintec Group conducts its
business operations with the commitment to reducing environmental impact expected of a responsible materials
manufacturer. The group strives to save energy in addition to carrying out initiatives aimed at reducing carbon
dioxide (CO2) emissions from both manufacturing and distribution.

■ Efforts in Manufacturing
Status of Compliance with Japan’s Energy
Conservation Law
Energy use by the entire Lintec Group in Japan*1 exceeds
1,500 kL of crude oil equivalent each year. As a result, in
October 2010 the group was designated a “Specified Business
Operator,” pursuant to the provisions of Japan’s Act on the
Rational Use of Energy (Energy Conservation Law), andrequired to improve its energy use per production unit by 1
percent per year.
In fiscal 2011, the Lintec Group in Japan implemented avariety of energy-saving measures ranging from efforts inoffices, such as reducing standby energy use, to site-wide
efforts, such as the recovery and utilization of waste heat.
These initiatives resulted in a 3.8 percent reduction in totalenergy use compared to fiscal 2010.

CO2 Emissions and Total Energy Use
With 169,000 tons of CO2 emissions in fiscal 2011, the Lintec
Group in Japan achieved the target for the year of no morethan 181,000 tons. Total energy use (crude oil equivalent)decreased by 3.8 percent, compared to fiscal 2010, to 96,000
kL. The decrease in total energy use was a direct response to
the request to save energy as a result of the power shortage
and a decline in production demand that started with the Great
East Japan Earthquake of March 2011, in addition to the usualenergy-saving efforts. Nevertheless, energy use per unit ofproduction increased 0.01 kL per ton to 0.37 kL per ton overfiscal 2010, with the effect of a decline in production volume.
CO2 Emissions(1,000 tons CO2)

210
200

Energy Savings Promotion Committee
Beginning in January 2012, the Energy Savings Promotion
Committee, an activity-focused organization in the Lintec
Group in Japan, has been conducting patrols related to energy
management, mainly at
Designated Energy
Management Factories.*2
The committee indicatesareas where the plants
could be improved, and,based on thoseobservations, the plants are
Patrol by the Energy Savings Promotion
then able to improve their Committee at the Agatsuma Plant
energy-saving initiatives.

Complying with the Saitama Prefecture
Ordinance on the Promotion of Global WarmingCountermeasures
Lintec’s Kumagaya Plant, Research Center, and Ina Technology
Center are all subject to the Saitama Prefecture Ordinance on
the Promotion of Global Warming Countermeasures. The
Kumagaya Plant and Research Center, which are large-scalebusiness sites,*2 are carrying out initiatives aimed at achieving
CO2 emission reduction targets (6-percent reduction for the
Kumagaya Plant and 8-percent reduction for the ResearchCenter, on a yearly average, from April 2011 to March 2014)
voluntarily set in April 2011. The Kumagaya Plant hascompleted a full fuel shift and will now make improvements
mainly through the recovery of waste heat. In fiscal 2012, theplant plans to enhance energy-monitoring equipment andinstall equipment to display the status of energy use in each
worksite under the theme of “energy conservation by the
manufacturing department on the production floor.”*1 Lintec Group in Japan: Lintec Corporation and its sales offices; Tokyo Lintec
Kako; Osaka Lintec Kako, Inc.; Printec, Inc.; Lintec Service; Lintec
Commerce, Inc.; and Renri, Inc.

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FY2011target: 181

250
190

182

182

183

2009

2010

169

150
100
50
0

1900

2007

2008

2011

(FY)

Notes: 1. The amount of CO2 emissions is calculated by applying a CO2
emission coefficient to the amounts of electricity and fuel used.
2. The CO2 emission coefficient used for fiscal 2006 to 2008 was one
revised in March 2006, based on the coefficient established by theenforcement order for Japan’s Act on Promotion of Global
Warming Countermeasures. The emission coefficients provided by
the power companies that supply electricity to the facilities
concerned were used as the purchased electricity coefficients. The
coefficient revised in March 2010, based on the same enforcement
order, was used for fiscal 2009 to 2011. For purchased electricity,
the same coefficients were used from fiscal 2006 to 2008.
3. The emissions shown above are CO2 emissions from fossil fuels.

Total Energy Use (Crude Oil Equivalent)
Purchased electricity

Fuel

Basic unit (energy usage/production)(1,000 kL)(kL/tons)

140

0.70
0.36

0.37

120
100

0.60
103

99

91

99

96

80
60

0.40
64

61

55

61

58

40
20
0

0.50

0.30
0.20

39

38

36

38

38

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

0.10
0
(FY)

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

*2 Designated Energy Management Factory/large-scale business site: Factories
and sites with an energy use of 1,500 kL crude oil equivalent or more per
year receive this designation under the Energy Conservation Law.

Efforts to Reduce CO2 Emissions: Fuel Shift to LNG

Efforts to Reduce CO2 Emissions: Doi Plant

Lintec (Suzhou) Tech Corporation used to use high-pressure
sodium lamps in existing rooms with a high ceiling. The company
has upgraded to LED
lighting to save energy,
stabilize the intensity ofillumination, and prevent
fires. In a second
warehouse that wasadded later, the company
used LED lighting rightfrom the beginning.
Interior with LED lighting■ Efforts in Distribution
Lintec has no distribution or transportation department, but it
is a Designated Shipper under Japan’s Revised Energy
Conservation Law, because it consigns the transport of morethan 30 million ton-kilometers annually. This law requires
designated shippers to improve their transport-related energy
efficiency. It also requires the submission of an annualtransport-related energy conservation plan. In fiscal 2011, CO2
emissions from transportation were 10,900 tons, which was
down about 7.6 percent from the previous year and down
about 25.9 percent, compared to fiscal 2006. Energy use was
4,085 kL (crude oil equivalent), a decrease of about 8 percent
from the previous year. Energy use per unit of sales was 0.0252
kL per million yen, the same as the year before. Lintec is doing
its part in the fight against climate change by striving toincrease transport efficiency, improve the transport load
efficiency between plants, improve delivery routes andmethods for line hauls, and revise transportation frequency.
Energy usage
http://www.lintec-global.com/csr/environment/warming/logistic/

CO2 Emissions and Transportation Volume
CO2 emissions(1 thousand ton-CO2)

20.0

102

Transportation volume(1 million ton-kilometers)

109

120

102
88

91

12.8

11.0

11.8

10.9

30

2008

2009

2010

2011

0
(FY)

15.0

81

10.0
13.6

5.0
0.0

8

Energy Saving Efforts
at the Mishima Plant
Seiji Takemura
Managing Executive Officer,
Assistant General Manager of the Production Division,and General Manager of Mishima Plant

90
60

14.7

Voice

Fighting Climate Change

In February 2012, the Doi Plant attached to RTO-type
exhaust-gas treatment equipment a waste heat boiler that uses
heat generated during the treatment of VOCs to produce
steam. The VOC gas in the RTO is combusted, rendering it
harmless, with heat applied from an internal heat reservoir andthen released to the atmosphere. Excess heat not needed for
combustion used to be released to the atmosphere at the sametime. Reusing that heat to produce steam will lead to
reductions in LNG use
of 360 tons per year
and CO2 emissions of
975 tons per year. As
the production of steam
fluctuates with thestatus of production,
the plant will reconsider
the RTO operating load
to continue pushing its
energy-saving efforts
Waste heat boiler at the Doi Plant
forward.

Reducing Power Used for Lighting:
Lintec (Suzhou) Tech Corporation

Environmental
ReportDuring the five years from fiscal 2006 to fiscal 2010, Lintec
moved forward with the conversion of fuel for boilers used to
produce steam, shifting from heavy oil and kerosene to utility
gas and LNG, which have lower CO2 emissions. With thecompletion of second replacement for the fuel facility at theAgatsuma Plant, fuel conversion for boilers at Lintec’s plants inJapan has been completed. These fuel conversions have led toa reduction in CO2emissions of about
39,000 tons per year.
Going forward, thecompany will work at
reducing CO2 emissions
through energy saving
initiatives such as
effective utilization ofwaste heat and efficient
LNG satellite facility at the Mishima Plant
operation of boilers.

2006

2007

The Mishima Plant attempts to monitor energy use on the
production floor, using a communication network in theplant in order to discover wasted energy. We are building an
optimal energy system through observation of instantaneous
values and management of integrated values and also
working to reduce energy use during non-production times
as well as production times. We are also making efforts toimprove energy use per unit of production by pushingfurther ahead with steam drains and waste heat recovery
and increasing the efficiency of energy use.

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Environmental Report
Reducing Waste
The Lintec Group constantly endeavors to make effective use of resources and to reduce waste by working
aggressively at the 3Rs, to help create a recycling-oriented society.

■ Amounts of Waste Generated
and Effectively Used

■ 3R Efforts
Efforts to Reduce

In fiscal 2011, the amount of waste generated, including
manufacturing loss, was 29,280 tons. This was down about
1,900 tons from the previous year, as a result of a decrease inproduction and improvement in yield rate. The amount of waste
output (amount of waste generated minus the amount effectively
used internally and the amount sold as valuable resources) was
11,690 tons, a decrease of about 3.3 percent from fiscal 2010. Of
the amount of waste output, 10,610 tons were effectively used
externally. The remaining 1,080 tons were consigned to waste
treatment companies and combusted (1,070 tons) or buried (10tons), as appropriate. The target of 0.2 percent or less for the
final landfill disposal rate*1 was achieved in fiscal 2011, with arate of about 0.03 percent. Zero emissions*2 were therefore
achieved, as has been done since fiscal 2007. In the future, Lintec
will continue to maintain zero emissions and also further reduce
the final landfill disposal of waste.
In accordance with the revised Waste Management andPublic Cleansing Law that came into effect on April 1, 2011,
the Kumagaya Plant, which has an incinerator, discloses forinspection information on its maintenance and management,
upon request from local residents.
Fiscal 2011 Waste Flow

Waste effectively used internally:
9,950 tons

Total waste recycled:
28,190 tons

Actualwaste
disposed:
11,690 tons

Waste effectively used externally:
10,610 tons

Waste incinerated: 1,070 tons
Final landfill disposal: 10 tons

Waste Generated

Waste paper

Waste plastic

Total waste processed
externally: 1,080 tons
Waste oil

SludgeOther(1,000 tons)

35

34.4
4.2

30.2

29.3

4.8

3.4

6.2

6.3

1.7
5.1

1.5
4.4

14.3

12.4

2007

2008

30
25
20
15

8.6
1.8
5.5

31.2
4.3
5.7
1.6

Efforts to Reuse
Roll cores are used in production processes, since most of
Lintec’s products are manufactured in rolls. The cores areshipped together with product, but some are collected andreused in the manufacturing process. Some plastic pallets usedin the shipping of product are also collected and reused.

Efforts to Recycle
In fiscal 2011, the Lintec Group continued to work at material
recycling*3 and thermal recycling.*4 The Tatsuno andKumagaya plants take paper waste that is unfit for material
recycling and make it into a solid fuel for thermal recycling.
Additionally, waste
generated at eachplant is used asrecyclable resources.
For example, Lintec
Industries (Sarawak)
sells scrap generated
during cutting to a
recycling company as
Solid fuelvaluable material.

Reusing Pallets at the Tatsuno Plant

Valuable waste sold:7,630 tons

Waste generated:
29,280 tons

The manufacturing department at each plant in the Lintec
Group attempts to increase productivity in order to limit thegeneration of waste.

The Tatsuno Plant used to consign the sorting of wooden pallets
returned from clients to pallet makers. Now it has reduced thepurchasing of new pallets by separating pallets into ones that canbe reused and ones that need to be recycled. The plant is also
making efforts to switch to plastic pallets, which are highly
reusable, as a measure
to further reduce thepurchasing of newpallets. Going forward,
the plant aims to keepincreasing its rate ofreuse, which currently
stands at about 25 to
30 percent.
Tatsuno Plant’s pallet collection station,
where pallets are sorted for reuse or recycling

29.3
4.2
5.2
1.7

5.9

5.1

13.7

13.7

13.1

2009

2010

2011

10
5
0

26

(FY)

*1 The final landfill disposal rate is a value found using the following
formula: Final landfill disposal rate = Final landfill disposal amount /Amount of waste generated × 100.
*2 Zero emissions: Lintec’s standard is a final landfill disposal rate of no morethan one percent.

*3 Material recycling: the recycling of waste as a raw material, such as using
recovered paper as a raw material for recycled paper or turning empty cansinto metal and PET bottles into synthetic fiber material; does not include
thermal recycling.
*4 Thermal recycling: the recycling of waste as a source of energy, recovering heatand electricity from it and turning it into a fuel, instead of simply incinerating it.

Measures to Reduce Water Usage and Effluent
Recognizing that water is a limited resource, each plant in the Lintec Group strives to save water and reuserecovered water. The group also complies with wastewater standards and pays adequate attention to effluent
quality in order to limit impact on the surrounding environment.

In fiscal 2011, Lintec used 7.600 million tons of water. Of thisamount, about 88 percent was used by the Kumagaya andMishima plants, which are Lintec’s papermaking facilities.
Together, these two plants used 6.664 million tons of water,which was a decrease of about four percent from the previous
year. This decrease was the result of decreased production, plus
efforts to reduce water usage. In fiscal 2011, the two plants’water usage per unit of paper production was 55.7 tons perton, a decrease of 2.0 tons per ton compared to fiscal 2010.
As a water conservation measure, the papermaking
division is reducing water usage in each process. It has also
implemented measures to prevent water leaks in an effort to
reduce water usage. Further, it is attempting to reduce water
use and effluent by reusing recovered water.

The entire amount of effluent produced by Lintec in fiscal 2011
was 7.334 million tons. About 89 percent of this (6.527 million
tons) was released from the Kumagaya and Mishima plants. In
order to maintain and improve effluent quality in thepapermaking process, efforts are being made to reduce SS*5
by changing the retention aid and to reduce raw material
runoff through control of rejects from pulp cleaners. In the
management of water
quality, such as with
COD*6 and nitrogen,the company strictly
adheres to internal
standards, which are
set even lower thanEffluent treatment facility at the Kumagaya Plant
reference values.

Process from Water Intake to Effluent

Reducing Waste / Measures to Reduce Water Usage and Effluent■ Reducing Effluent and Improving
Effluent Quality

Environmental
Report■ Water Usage and Water Conservation
Measures

Effluent Water Quality (Fiscal 2011)
Industrial
water

Kumagaya Plant

7.600 million tons (fiscal 2011 usage)

Wastewater
standards

Item

5.8-8.6

6.7-8.5

7

SS (mg/L)

60 (50) or less

30

13

BOD*7 (mg/L)

20 or less

19

9

COD (mg/L)

-

34

19

pH

Production
process

Regulations
on emission
concentration

Used mainly for papermaking processes
at Kumagaya and Mishima plants

0.858 or less
COD (tons/day)
Regulations
on total
Nitrogen (tons/day) 0.4068 or lessemissions
Phosphorous (tons/day) 0.0418 or lessEffluent
treatment

Results
Maximum value Average value

0.163

-

0.1888-0.0117-

Mishima Plant
Wastewater
standards

Item

Effluent

Regulations
on emission
concentration

Water Usage (Kumagaya and Mishima Plants)
Water usage

Water usage amount/paper production tonnage(1,000 tons)

20,0005.8-8.6

6.1-7.7

SS (mg/L)

80 (60) or less

35

5

COD (mg/L)

90 (65) or less

79

25

0.5500-0.1998-0.0032-

pH

7.334 million tons (fiscal 2011 usage)

Results
Maximum value Average value

0.9431 or less
COD (tons/day)
Regulations
on total
Nitrogen (tons/day) 0.3961 or lessemissions
Phosphorous (tons/day) 0.0405 or less7

(tons/tons)

95.3

100.0

15,00075.0
11,883

55.9

54.3

7,149

6,964

58.6

57.7

55.7

6,479

6,953

6,664

50.0

10,000

5,000

25.0

0
2000

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

0.0
(FY)

*5 SS (suspended solid): material suspended in water, making it murky.
*6 COD (chemical oxygen demand): amount of oxygen needed to oxidize
oxidation reactants in water.

Notes: 1. Figures in parentheses are the daily average values. The regulations
for each plant are as follows:
Kumagaya Plant: The regulation value shown for BOD is based ona value agreed upon with the city of Kumagaya. The values shownfor pH, SS, COD (total emission), nitrogen, and phosphorus are
based on the environmental protection ordinances and notices of
Saitama Prefecture.
Mishima Plant: The regulation values shown for pH, SS, and COD(emission concentration) are based on the Water Pollution Control
Law, while the values for COD (total emissions), nitrogen, andphosphorus are based on notices from Ehime Prefecture.
2. In the column showing the maximum values of the results, theminimum to maximum values are shown for pH and the total value
is shown for regulations on total emissions.

*7 BOD (biochemical oxygen demand): amount of oxygen consumed whenmicroorganisms break down organic matter in the water.

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Environmental Report
Reduction of Chemicals with Environmental Impact
The Lintec Group complies with relevant laws and regulations in and outside Japan and strives to reduce its use ofchemical substances that have an impact on the environment.

■ PRTR Compliance
In fiscal 2011, Lintec used seven substances that are subject to
PRTR*1 reporting. The total quantity of PRTR chemicals was
8,667 tons. Toluene accounted for the largest portion of thisamount, at 8,585 tons, down 522 tons from the previous year
(9,107 tons). Emissions of toluene into the atmosphere were
511 tons, down 44 tons from the previous year (555 tons), andthe transferred amount was 586 tons, down 52 tons from theyear before (638 tons).
Fiscal 2011 Emission and Transfer of Toluene

Lintec is vigilant about properly storing and managing waste
containing PCBs.*6 In fiscal 2011, treatment was completed forthe 19 units stored at the Mishima Plant. An inspection ofelectrical equipment at the Tatsuno Plant identified one additional
unit of low-concentration PCB-containing electronic equipment.
Status of Proper Storage and Management of PCB in Fiscal 2011
Site nameEmissions
into the air:
511 tons

Lintec plant
Exhaust processing
equipment■ Proper Storage and Management of
Polychlorinated Biphenyl (PCB)

Quantity
eliminated:
7,488 tons

Mishima
Plant
Agatsuma
Plant
Kumagaya
Plant
Tatsuno
Plant(94% elimination rate)

Toluenehandled:8,585 tons

Toluene flow

Quantitytransferred(treated as waste):

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

■ Complying with EU Regulations
Under the EU’s REACH Regulation*2 on chemical substances,companies are required to provide information about using
substances of very high concern (SVHC). In June 2012, thecandidate list for required authorization of SVHCs was brought
up to a total of 84 substances. Lintec performs investigations
pertaining to the inclusion of substances in its procured items
that have an environmental impact and communicates thenecessary information to customers. The company is working
to eliminate some candidates for required authorization fromits products. It is also conducting the report procedures for the
EU’s CLP Regulation*3 and revising MSDSs*4 to make themcompliant with the CLP Regulation, as it is implemented
gradually through June 1, 2015. The company has establisheda policy regarding organotin compounds regulations*5 and iscomplying by improving products that contain prohibited
substances (reducing or eliminating prohibited substances) andprohibiting the sale of some products.

28*1 PRTR (Pollutant Release and Transfer Register): a system for ascertaining, aggregating,and publishing data on the amounts of chemical substances released and transferred.
The system is based on Japan’s Act on Confirmation, etc. of Release Amounts ofSpecific Chemical Substances in the Environment and Promotion of Improvements to
the Management Thereof.
*2 REACH Regulation: a chemical substance regulation in the EU on the "Registration,
Evaluation, Authorization and Restriction of Chemicals." Registration is required when

0
1
22
1
6

Tokyo Lintec
Kako

Manufacturing processes
for release paper andadhesive products

Number ofstored unitsof PCB waste

8Treatment facility
JESCO
Kitakyushu office

Year of
Expectedregistration
processing
for consignment completion
treatment
Completed in2005
fiscal 2011

Undetermined because
it is low-concentration waste Undetermined Undetermined
Fiscal 2012
Tokyo office2005
or later
Undetermined because
it includes
low-concentration waste Undetermined Undetermined
and fluorescent ballasts
Fiscal 2012
Osaka office2006
or later
Fiscal 2012
Tokyo office2005
or later

Notes 1. Up through fiscal 2011, Lintec reports indicated the year ofregistration for consignment treatment as fiscal 2006 for PCB wastes
held at the Tatsuno Plant. This time, an extra unit of PCB waste wasadded, but the treatment facility and year are undetermined.
2. Since the Japan Environmental Safety Corporation does not handle
the treatment of low-concentration PCBs, Lintec intends to registerwith other disposal contractors, including private companies.
3. In fiscal 2011, the Kumagaya Plant mistakenly reported that it was
holding 20 units of PCB waste; the correct number was 22 units.
4. In fiscal 2011, Tokyo Lintec Kako mistakenly reported that it was
holding 7 units of waste; the correct number was 8 units.

■ Status of Chemical Substance Management
In March 2012, as part of its management of chemical
substances in raw materials, Lintec updated its List of
Substances Subject to Investigation for Inclusion as a Substancethat Has an Impact on the Environment, following an increasein the chemical substances subject to regulation. The company
conducts these investigations and manages raw materials
appropriately. Additionally, the company is preparing to makeMSDSs for applicable products GHS*7 compliant, based on the
Industrial Safety and Health Act.

Drills for Disasters and Chemical Substance Leaks
Each plant in the Lintec Group conducts emergency drills. The
Komatsushima Plant conducted two evacuation drills: one inpreparation of an earthquake and theother in the event of leakage ofchemicals into an onsite drain pipe.
The Mishima Plant conducted a drill
to respond to the leakage of LNG
gas, while the Tatsuno Plant
conducted a drill for toluene leakage.

Drill at the Komatsushima Plant

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 for required authorization” ispresent in a product at more than 0.1 percent of the mass of the object.
*3 CLP Regulation: regulation on the Classification, Labeling and Packaging of substancesand mixtures.

Percentage of Solvent-free Release Paper■ Reduction of VOCs(%)
60

Transitioning to Solvent-free Release Agent

50

Lintec is working on switching to a solvent-free release agent
for its release paper and solvent-free adhesive forprinting-related adhesive products, to reduce the amount oforganic solvents it uses. In fiscal 2011, the percentage ofsolvent-free release paper (production basis) was 54 percent,up 3 percent over fiscal 2010. The percentage of solvent-free
printing-related adhesive products (production basis) was 68
percent, the same as in fiscal 2010. The company has carriedout measures to reduce VOCs from two angles: formulationand equipment to treat exhaust gases. The switchover tosolvent-free agents has been completed for the main productsthat can be switched. The installation of exhaust gas treatment
equipment has also been completed. Numerical values willcontinue to be monitored as part of the company’senvironmental protection activities.

52

53

51

54

2008

2009

2010

2011

47

40
30
20
10
0
2007

(FY)

Note: Percentage of solvent-free release paper = quantity of solvent-freerelease paper produced / quantity of all release paper produced x 100

Percentage of Solvent-free Printing-related Adhesive Products
(%)
80

69

71

68

68

68

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

60
40
20

Environmental
Report0(FY)

Note: Percentage of solvent-free printing-related adhesive products =quantity of solvent-free printing-related adhesive products sold /quantity of all printing-related adhesive products sold x 100

Reducing Waste / Environmental Accounting

Environmental Accounting
Lintec uses environmental accounting to ascertain the costs and benefits of environmental protection, and willcontinue to carry out environmental protection initiatives as effectively and efficiently as possible.

Calculation Basis
1. The scope of data collection covers Lintec Corporation and Tokyo Lintec Kako. Other affiliates are not included.
2. The data is for the period from April 1, 2011, to March 31, 2012.
3. The Environmental Accounting Guidelines (2005) from the Japanese Ministry of the Environment were used as a reference.

Fiscal 2011 Environmental Conservation Costs(Unit: ¥1 million)

Category

Equipment to be subjected

Investments

Details of main initiatives

Expenses

Exhaust processing equipment installation

177

Management and maintenance of equipment toprevent air pollution

582

Pollution prevention costa. Preventing air pollution
b. Preventing water pollution

Effluent processing equipment installation

13c. Preventing overall pollution--

Management and maintenance of equipment toprevent water pollution
PCB and sludge treatment

102
19

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

Fuel conversion equipment installation

12

Fuel conversion

206

b. Energy conservation

Installation of cogeneration equipment
and photovoltaic system

58

Management and maintenance of in-house power
generation equipment406

a. Efficient utilization of resources

Wastepaper processing equipment installation

18

302

b. Treating, reducing, and recycling waste

Paper sludge drying equipment installation

14

Collecting, recycling, and reusing byproducts--Management and maintenance of wastepaper
processing equipment
Management and maintenance of incinerator andboiler equipment; waste processing
Collecting, recycling, and reusing pallets and roll coresGreen procurement and purchasing--

Purchasing environmentally friendly office supplies

4

Environmental education-

0

Participating in seminars and courses

0-

Analysis of product, air, and water quality

30

-

-

ISO 14001 and forest certification investigation

5

-

-

Environmental preservation management

309

354

Resource circulation cost

2. Upstream/downstream
cost

Monitoring and measuring environmental impact

3. Administration cost

Equipment for monitoring andmeasuring air and water

Constructing environmental management
systems and obtaining certification
Organizational management for environmental
conservation measures

374
16

-

-

4. R&D cost--

Preparation of the CSR Report; participation in the
Eco-Products fair
R&D relating to environmental protection

5. Environmental improvement cost--On-site beautification

3

6. Environmental remediation cost--

Payment of pollution load levy

38

-

292

-

2,777

Environmental information disclosure

Total

27

Note: Investment in exhaust processing equipment installation includes spare parts and miscellaneous work.
Environmental Accounting (environmental conservation effects)
http://www.lintec-global.com/csr/environment/account/*4 MSDS (Material Safety Data Sheet): a document pertaining to the composition,
properties, toxicity, and handling of chemical substances.
*5 Organotin compounds regulations: The EU had already been regulating organotin
compounds for a long time when it strengthened its regulations of organotin
compounds contained in products in June 2009. Various regulations have become
effective since June 2010.

*6 PCB (polychlorinated biphenyl): The Act on Special Measures concerning Promotion of
Proper Treatment of PCB Wastes (PCB Special Measures Law) mandates the proper
storage, management, and disposal of wastes containing PCBs.
*7 GHS (Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals): a system
for labeling and providing safety data sheets with chemical substances categorizedaccording to the type and degree of danger and toxicity following global rules.

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Environmental Report
Environmental Activities of Eight Group Companies Outside JapanThe Lintec Group puts effort into environmental protection activities at group companies outside Japan to fulfill its
responsibility as a global company.

China

Korea

Japan

LINTEC CORPORATION (Head Office)

LINTEC (TIANJIN) INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
LINTEC (SUZHOU) TECH CORPORATION
TaiwanLINTEC KOREA, INC.
LINTEC SPECIALITY FILMS (KOREA), INC.
LINTEC SPECIALITY FILMS (TAIWAN), INC.

LINTEC INDUSTRIES (MALAYSIA) SDN. BHD.
Malaysia

LINTEC INDUSTRIES (SARAWAK) SDN. BHD.
PT. LINTEC INDONESIA

Indonesia

LINTEC (SUZHOU) TECH CORPORATION
Lintec (Suzhou) Tech received
guidance from the Suzhou
Environmental Protection
Bureau to install emergency
wastewater tanks for firefighting
purposes in the plant (withcapacity to feed a fire hydrant
Construction of an emergency wastewater
for three hours) and to preventtank for preventing discharge
the discharge of solvents offsite.
Accordingly, it installed one 410-m3 water tank in each of the two plantbuildings. Water quality regulations for effluent have become stronger in
China, requiring more effluent treatment than ever before.

On April 13, 2012, Lintec(Tianjin) Industry participated in
firefighting knowledge training
and hose discharge practice,
conducted by the local fire
department. The training was
conducted with 10 companies
Firefighting drill conducted at the sitefrom the same industrial parkof the Tianjin Plant
and 18 companies from anotherindustrial park. The company will interact with the community throughparticipation in these activities and strive to establish a better framework
for cooperation.

Company Overview

Company Overview

Location: Suzhou New District, Jiangsu Province, China
No. of employees: 220 (as of December 31, 2011)
Main business activities: manufacture and sale of printing materials, industrial materials,
and products related to processing material

Location: Nankai District, Tianjin, China
No. of employees: 237 (as of December 31, 2011)
Main business activities: manufacture and sale of products relating to printing materials
and industrial materials

LINTEC SPECIALITY FILMS (TAIWAN), INC.
In fiscal 2010, Lintec Speciality
Films (Taiwan) installed an
automatic monitoring andmeasurement device for VOCs
and has been reporting theresults to the Environmental
Protection Administration once
Wastes separated for collectiona year. It is also reducing thegeneration of waste byimproving yield rate in production processes and recycling resources
through separation. In fiscal 2012, it is making the switchover to LED
lighting and striving to reduce electricity use.

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LINTEC (TIANJIN) INDUSTRY CO., LTD.

LINTEC KOREA, INC.
Lintec Korea installed peakelectricity monitoring equipment to
reduce refrigerator electricity use
during the summertime, whenelectricity usage is highest.
Adjustments made to prioritize air
conditioning equipment, so that theset peak electricity use is notexceeded, resulted in a savings of 8
million won per year on electricity
bills for fiscal 2011.

Monitoring screen on installed peakelectricity monitoring equipment

Company Overview

Company Overview

Location: Shanhua District, Tainan City, Taiwan
No. of employees: 96 (as of December 31, 2011)
Main business activities: manufacture and sale of electronic- and optical-related products

Location: Cheongwon-Gun, Chungcheongbuk-Do, Korea
No. of employees: 94 (as of December 31, 2011)
Main business activities: manufacture and sale of electronic- and optical-related products

Environment Performance Data in Fiscal 2011
Period: January 1, 2011, to December 31, 2011
Amount of VOCs Handled and Emitted

Electricity Usage

Fuel (Light Oil and Natural Gas)
Usage (Crude Oil Conversion)(MWh/year)(kL/year)Amount handled
Emissions into the air(tons/year)

6,590

6,600

10,000

2,000
8,894

6,300

1,798

8,000

2,100

7,368

1,500

1,349

1,800
6,000

1,500
1,200

1,077 1,077
558

600 530
15 0 0Suzhou Tianjin

16
LSFT

4
Korea

66

1,000

40 4 2LSFK Indonesia Malaysia Sarawak

706

3,239

625

2,593
2,000

500

1,559
384

0

Suzhou Tianjin

LSFT

Korea

LSFK Indonesia Malaysia Sarawak

0

4
Suzhou Tianjin

64
LSFT

37
Korea

Environmental
Report

422

300
0

4,000

817

900

5,236
4,056

0

LSFK Indonesia Malaysia Sarawak

LINTEC SPECIALITY FILMS (KOREA), INC.
On April 6, 2012, Lintec
Speciality Films (Korea)
participated in an environmental
beautification event held at the
Poseung Industrial Complex.
Companies located in theindustrial park participate
Participating in the Poseung Industrial
Complex environmental beautification
voluntarily with the purpose of
campaign
managing the park’s
environment. The company is working to build relationships of trust withthe community through participation in these kinds of environmental
beautification activities.

PT. LINTEC INDONESIAIn November 2011, Lintec
Indonesia underwent a review
for obtaining integrated global
ISO 14001 certification, which it
received in March 2012. From
here on, it will closely share
information with other
Lintec Indonesia obtained integrated
global ISO 14001 certification.
integrated sites and will carryforward initiatives toward further environmental protection.

Company Overview

Company Overview

Location: Pyeongtaek, Gyeonggi Province, Korea
No. of employees: 117 (as of December 31, 2011)
Main business activities: manufacture and sale of electronic- and optical-related products

Location: Bogor, West Java, Indonesia
No. of employees: 344 (as of December 31, 2011)
Main business activities: manufacture and sale of products relating to printing materials
and industrial materials

LINTEC INDUSTRIES (MALAYSIA) SDN. BHD.
In November 2011, Lintec
Industries (Malaysia) underwent
a review to obtain integrated
global ISO 14001 certification,
which it received in March
2012. Its employees have a highenvironmental awareness andhave undertake a variety ofenvironmental initiatives (seepage 19).

Lintec Industries (Malaysia) obtained
integrated global ISO 14001 certification.

Environmental Activities of Eight Group Companies Outside Japan

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

LINTEC INDUSTRIES (SARAWAK) SDN. BHD.
Lintec Industries (Sarawak) isaiming to obtain integrated
global ISO 14001 certification
during fiscal 2012. It has
voluntarily practiced reuse of
packaging materials and has a
growing environmental
awareness, including reducing
the generation of waste.

Cleanup conducted at the plant every
morningCompany Overview

Company Overview

Location: Bukit Mertajam, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia
No. of employees: 93 (as of December 31, 2011)
Main business activities: manufacture and sale of electronic- and optical-related products

Location: Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia
No. of employees: 25 (as of December 31, 2011)
Main business activities: manufacture and sale of electronic- and optical-related products

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Environmental Report
Relationship between Lintec and the Environment
Lintec develops and manufactures various products, including adhesive products, specialty papers, processing materials
such as release papers, and adhesive-related equipment. The company is working to improve its manufacturingmethods and production efficiency in order to reduce the environmental impact caused by waste, CO2, toluene, andother PRTR substances, and effluent released into the environment through these business activities.

Fiscal 2011 Material Flow (Japan only)■ Raw materials

INPUT■ Energy

Pulp............................. 94,600 tons

Organic solvents ........... 9,100 tons

Paper........................... 36,500 tons

Other chemicals .......... 31,300 tons

Film ............................. 27,300 tons

Mechanical parts ............. 500 tons

Purchased power .........................151,000 MWh(Crude oil equivalent: 38,000 kl)
Fuel (crude oil conversion) ...................58,000 kl

Adhesive ..................... 20,200 tons

■ Water

Release agents.............. 1,800 tons

Industrial-use water....................7,600,000 tons
Self-generated electricity ...............49,000 MWh(crude oil conversion: 13,000 kl)

4
OUTPUT*

Electricity
and fuel

Raw materials
adjustment

Chemicals
and filler

Energy (heat)

Pulp, chemicals, and filler

Specialty
paper
products

Sheet formationand desiccation
Effluent

Winding roll
DryingIndustrial-use
water
Processed
paper

Release agent
and organic
solvent

Releaseagent

Releasepaper
products

Waste solution

Organic
solvent
Electricity
and fuel

Energy (heat)
DryingExhaust processing

Processed paper

Release paper

Organic solvent gas emissions*1

To the adhesive product process

Adhesive products

Manufacture and sales ofadhesive products, specialty
papers, processing
materials, andadhesive-related equipment
R&D
Head office administration,
etc.

Pulp

To the release paper process

Release paper

Business
Activities ofLintec*3

Specialty paper

Main Product Manufacturing Processes

Surface basematerial

Adhesive
Organic
solvent
Electricity
and fuel

Energy (heat)

Adhesive andorganic
solvent

Release paper

Surface base material
Adhesive
products

DryingWaste solution
Exhaust processing

Release paper

Organic solvent gas emissions*2■ Products■ Waste■ Atmospheric emissions

Specialty papers...................71,000 tons

Waste generated..................... 29,280 tons

CO2 ....................................169,000 tons

Processing materials(release paper, etc.)..............56,200 tons฀฀฀Effective external utilization... 10,610 tons

SOx ...............................................7 tons

Adhesive products ...............74,000 tons
Adhesive-related equipment .....500 tons

(thermal recycling of material)

Incineration............................. 1,070 tons
Final landfill disposal.................... 10 tons

NOx...........................................132 tons
Soot and dust................................2 tons
Substances subject to the PRTR .....500 tons

฀Effective internal utilization ..... 9,950 tons
฀

฀ ฀

฀

฀

■ Release into water bodies
Effluent ...........................7,334,000 tons

*1 If solvent-free silicone (release agent) is used, no organic solvent emissions are released.
*2 If a solvent-free adhesive is used, no organic solvent emissions are released.

32*3 “Input” and “Output” figures are calculated including sales offices.
*4 Inside sales are not included in “Output” figures.

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

Response to Third-Party Opinion
The 2012 report is the first one for which we received athird-party opinion. We will take Mr. Tada’s opinions
seriously and push ahead with CSR management.
I think that the CSR briefings held in and outside
Japan are important opportunities for sharing awarenessof the company motto as well as an attitude andmotivation toward CSR. There were many calls forholding such meetings routinely, and we will consider
holding them continuously in the future.
As Mr. Tada pointed out, we will make an effort toconvey our CSR thinking and initiatives even more, when

information is accelerating, and so I think effort is needed in the
future to imbed CSR in IR information, as part ofcommunication with shareholders and investors. As for theEnvironmental Report, the reduction of CO2 is a pressing issue
and I would like to see the company establish and work towards
medium- to long-term targets for total emissions. I also felt that
I would have liked to have heard from people working on
product planning and design about the environmental
friendliness of the products.
Just as sustainable growth is essential for companies,
modern society must make the conversion to a sustainable
society. Companies pursuing and putting into practice what
they can toward that end is the real significance of CSR.
Contributing in that way is where the other part of thecompany motto, “creativity,” is essential. The establishment of
new relationships with diverse stakeholders and contributions
to reducing global environmental impact through technicalinnovation—those kinds of things are needed to make the leap
to more advanced CSR in the future. Please return to thestarting point and hold thorough discussions inside thecompany about what kind of society is a sustainable society.
I strongly hope that the company will soar to more essential
CSR activities by clearly sharing this kind of social vision.

Third-Party
OpinionI read the Lintec CSR Report 2012 alongside past reports. The
reports paint a picture of the company steadily sowing theseeds of CSR activities diligently, one step at a time, andattempting to internalize CSR within its business.
The bottom-up feature of CSR has been sufficiently cleared
within the sphere of the head office, thanks to the “sincerity”
part of the company motto. Thus, holding briefings for the groupoutside Japan, which has accounted for 33 percent of wholesales, feels like an on-target effort. Simply sending CSR reports
and other documents would not result in permeation of CSR.
Conducting the briefings, while considering the uniquecharacteristics of each region, was a very good thing, even in thesense of the head office practicing governance. I also feel it is theright direction to join the UN Global Compact, as the company is
now expanding its business worldwide as a global enterprise. Thisshould become a cornerstone for having a common CSR
awareness, especially with countries other than Japan.
Regarding corporate governance, the company has
established a helpline, but it would be good to disclose how
many consultations are received and how the company
responds. Communication with suppliers and employees isclearly understood from the Social Report, but the social trendof integrating financial information and non-financial

in communication with shareholders and investors.
Further, addressing environmental issues is essential
in pursuing social sustainability. We will state and work
toward clear targets and will move ahead with thedevelopment of environmentally friendly products, which
is proactive CSR conducted through our core business.
We will also make an effort to communicate that process.
The Lintec Group will continue practicing CSR
activities rooted in our company motto, “Sincerity andCreativity,” to help create a sustainable society.

Akihiko Ouchi
President and CEO

Editor’s postscript
The Highlight Section this year looked at CSR briefings held at groupcompanies outside Japan. We were worried at the beginning how ourcolleagues in different countries, with different languages, would takethe company motto, “Sincerity and Creativity,” and CSR, but theparticipants all listened with shinning eyes. It seems difficult to clearly
explain Japanese wholeheartedness and consideration in otherlanguages, but we felt that even if the words are not understood, thefeeling gets across. Local people know the local situation best of all,and we will strive to ensure that voluntary CSR activities are carried out
in each location in the spirit of the company motto.
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