CSR Report 2022

PlatinumGold

SilverPalladium

Rhodium

Iridium

Ruthenium

OsmiumFrom catalysts to anticancer
agents, a promising star with much
hidden potential.

When solidiﬁed, cannot be melted
by anything. Very hard element
used for plating to create hardsurfaces.

In addition to being used forjewelry, this multitalented element
is used for ultraﬁne wires inmobiles and smartphones, playing
a hugely important role when
conducting electricity.

Used for vehicle spark plugs
because of excellent hardness andcorrosion resistance, and for the
crucibles used to manufacture
sapphire substrates for LEDs
because of high heat resistance.

A universal design font is adopted
to make the characters easy to read.

Without silver, photographs would
not have been invented. Found all
around, including your mirrors.

Used as an optical catalyst to
reduce water to hydrogen. Enables
increased storage capacity for harddisks.

Able to absorb large amounts ofhydrogen, so perfect for use withhigh purity hydrogen generators.

Useful in biotechnology andforensic sciences.

Corporate Philosophy
The TANAKA group:
A leading company in the ﬁeld of precious metals, With superior creativity and technical excellence,
We build customer trust through rapid responses that exceed expectations, Contribute to the creation of a prosperous society,As well as to the future of the planet through sustainable use of precious metals.

CONTENTS

Code of Conduct
1. Greet Everyone
2. Show your Smile

TANAKA is accredited as a Good Delivery Referee for gold and silver by The London Bullion

3. Give ThanksMarket Association (LBMA), and also appointed as a Good Delivery Referee by London Platinum &Palladium Market (LPPM). In both cases, TANAKA is one of the only ﬁve Good Delivery Referees in

4. Maintain Safety

the world (and the only one in Japan), which are responsible for assessing Precious metals melting

5. Challenge Yourself

technologies and analytical skills of all accredited gold and silver reﬁners.

Domestic bases
EEJA Ltd.（EEJA）

Headquarters (Tokyo)

●

●
●
●
●
●

●

●

●

●

●

●

●

●

●

●

●

●

Mitomo Semicon Engineering Co., Ltd. (MSE)

●

●

●

●

●

Tanaka Denshi Kogyo K.K.（TD）●

Hiratsuka Oﬃce

Store: GINZA TANAKA
Main Store (Ginza) Yokohama-Motomachi Store Sendai Store
Nagoya Store Shinsaibashi Store Fukuoka Nishitetsu Grand Hotel Store

Headquarters (Tokyo) Iwate Plant Tomioka Plant
Ichikawa Plant Sodegaura Plant Isehara Plant Hiratsuka Plant
Shonan Plant Hiratsuka Technical Center
Tsukuba Facility / Tsukuba Technical Center Isehara Technical Center
FC Catalyst Development Center Tanaka Distribution Center
Nagoya Branch Osaka Branch Fukuoka Branch Kyoto Sales Oﬃce●●

Tanaka Kikinzoku Jewelry K.K.（TKJ）

Tanaka Kikinzoku Kogyo K.K.（TKK）●

Headquarters (Tokyo)

Saga Production Headquarters●

Headquarters and plant (Ibaraki)

Nippon PGM Co., Ltd.（PGM）

Tokyo Oﬃce●

Shonan Satellite Plant●

Headquarters (Tokyo)

●

●
●
●
●
●

Taiwan TANAKA Kikinzoku Kogyo Co., Ltd. Hsinchu Plant Hukou Plant Taipei Sales Oﬃce Kaohsiung Sales Oﬃce
TANAKA Kikinzoku (Ningbo) Co., Ltd. TANAKA Kikinzoku (Chengdu) Co., Ltd. TANAKA Kikinzoku Kogyo K.K. Seoul Branch
TANAKA Kikinzoku Kogyo K.K. Hong Kong Branch TANAKA Kikinzoku International (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
TANAKA Kikinzoku International (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. Shenzhen Branch TANAKA Kikinzoku (Singapore) Private Limited
TANAKA Kikinzoku (Singapore) Private Limited Manila Branch TANAKA Kikinzoku International (Thailand) Co., Ltd.
TANAKA Kikinzoku International (America) Inc. TANAKA Kikinzoku International (America) Inc. San Jose Branch
TANAKA Kikinzoku International (Europe) GmbHTANAKA Kikinzoku (India) Private Limited
●

●

●

●

●

Reference guidelines●

ISO 26000:2010
Environmental Reporting Guidelines 2018

●

●

●

●

Website●●This report and past issues are also available on our website:
https://www.tanaka.co.jp/english/csr/index.html●

TANAKA Electronics Singapore Pte. Ltd. (TES) TANAKA Electronics Malaysia Sdn. Bhd. (TEM) TANAKA Electronics (Hangzhou) Co., Ltd. (TEC)
TANAKA Electronics Taiwan Co., Ltd. (TET) TANAKA Electronics Taiwan Co., Ltd. Branch of Southern Taiwan Science Park (TETK)TANAKA Electronics Taiwan Co., Ltd. Technical Center (TET/TC)●

EEJA Ltd.（EEJA）●●●

EEJA (Shanghai) CO., Ltd.

Metalor Technologies International SA
LT Metal Co., Ltd.（LT Metal）

Nippon PGM America, Inc.
Nippon PGM Europe S.R.O.
Chengdu Guangming Paite Precious Metal Co., Ltd.（GMPT）(Data as of May 31, 2022)

08 Quality and Trust
10 Protection of the Global Environment
to Local Communities
16 Contribution
and Society

18 Active Role of Each Employee
22 Creation of a Safer Work Environment
24 For the Realization of Healthy Management

September 2022

TANAKA Denshi Kogyo K.K.（TD）●

April 1, 2021 to March 31, 2022
In order to provide a general view of activities under each topic covered in the report,
some contents may represent activities taken outside this period.

Publication

TANAKA Kikinzoku Kogyo K.K.（TKK）●

PeriodTANAKA Holdings Co., Ltd. and consolidated subsidiaries.
However, Metalor Technologies International SA is excluded.
Indications are made in areas of the report where the scope diﬀers.

Overseas bases●

The TANAKA Precious Metals publishes its CSR Report on the corporate social
responsibility (CSR) activities promoted by the Group for making contribution to therealization of a prosperous society and a beautiful future for the Earth supported by
precious metals, as well as to enhance communication with stakeholders for the
improvement of the Group's initiatives in the future.
We would be honored to receive feedback from our stakeholders. As before, yourcomments and opinions will be used to improve the TANAKA Precious Metals' future
initiatives.

Scope

Kosaka Plant

04 Businesses of TANAKA
06 Research and Development

Editorial Policy

TANAKA Holdings Co., Ltd.（THD）●

02 Message from the CEO

Publisher
Tanaka Holdings Co., Ltd.
Corporate Sustainability Communications Division,
CSR Promotion Department
Tokyo Building 22F, Marunouchi 2-7-3, Chiyoda-ku,
Tokyo 100-6422 Japa
Tel: +81-3-6311-5506 (direct)
Fax: +81-3-6311-5508
Website:https://www.tanaka.co.jp/english/about/csr/

26 To Be an Honest and Healthy Company
28 CSR Performance
31 CSR Management
32 on the CSR Report

Results of the Questionnaire

33 Third-party Assurance

Photo: Orange daylilies and coastal daylilies protected in the houses of employees

TANAKA CSR REPORT 2022

01

Message from the CEO

Combining the knowledgeof all employees, we will work
to create a sustainable future
Representative Director & CEO

TANAKA Koichiro

I would like to oﬀer my sincere sympathy tothose who have suﬀered COVID-19 and also
express gratitude and respect for all medical
workers who are committed to treatment andinfection prevention. The TANAKA Precious
Metals has taken various measures against
infectious diseases to keep the businessrunning. To ensure that our production anddevelopment sites can fulﬁll their responsibility
for the supply of products to customers andjoint development, our front-line staﬀ in theassets and jewelry businesses can fulﬁll their
responsibility for the distribution of precious
metals including the wholesale and retailing ofthem and, above all, the safety and health of
our employees and their families are protected,
we will continue to make eﬀorts and creative
attempts to prevent infections.

02

TANAKA CSR REPORT 2022

Precious metals are full of potential. The
exploration of frontiers such as space, deep sea
and human bodies, or the development ofdevices and products that make people's lives
more abundant, is not possible without precious
metals. To unlock their potential and create abetter future is our mission as a leading company
in the ﬁeld of precious metals.
Looking ahead to 2085, the year when thecompany will mark its 200th anniversary, the
TANAKA Precious Metals launched TANAKA
Renaissance Plan (TRP), which aims to realize
a sustainable society and ultra long-term corporate
management, in ﬁscal 2021.
While many companies commonly set a three- or
ﬁve-year medium-term plan, it is very challenging
to think about the future in 63 years. It requires
us to devote the knowledge of all employees.

To create a corporate culture where employees
think with their heads and create innovations, I put
my ideas and wishes for creating the future into abook as a bible of TRP and distributed it to all
employees in April 2022. Using the book as amaterial, management staﬀ and employees areexchanging their opinions freely and vigorously
to repeatedly consider the creation of a future
no one has ever seen.
A keyword in the TANAKA Renaissance Plan issustainability. The plan sets 2085 in the far-oﬀ
future as the target year, so it may be said thatthe plan itself is an act of seeking sustainability.
While the TANAKA Precious Metals has exploredthe recycling of precious metals to establish amaterial-cycle business for more than 130 years
since its foundation, we would like to be acompany that will lead the shift to a low-carbon

and recycling-oriented society from a higher
viewpoint and a broader perspective fromnow on. Therefore, to further accelerate thevarious activities performed by our plants
and facilities to protect the global environment,
we announced the TANAKA Precious Metals
Statement on Carbon Neutrality in April 2022 to
declare that we aim to make our CO₂ emissions
net zero in 2050. We will continuously work tosolve global environmental issues and social
problems based on our strength as a company
that deals in precious metals, which are rare
resources, and try to create a sustainable futurethat can be achieved by solving them.

TANAKA CSR REPORT 2022

03

Businesses of TANAKA

AssetsThe TANAKA Precious Metals has delivered special values based on precious metals
to the world for more than 130 years since its foundation.

We oﬀer gold and platinum products to diversify and protect assets in an optimal manner.

We will continue to try everything we can do with precious metals and develop new ﬁelds.

Bullion and coin

Gold is the only element that never lost its value in the past six

Industrial products

thousand years and also a global common asset.

Also being a Good Delivery Referee accredited by LBMA *1and LPPM *2, we produce gold and platinum bullion with our

We provide products that solve problems faced by customers in a very wide variety of ﬁelds,
ranging from semiconductors and electronic parts to automotive materials and medicine.
We underpin the industry in general and the foundation of society through the stable supplyof precious metal materials as a leading company in the precious metals industry.

world-class technology and sell only new bullion to give asense of security to customers.

We also sell gold and platinum coins as the only import andsales agency certiﬁed by minting authorities in various countries
outside the respective countries where the coins are issued.
With beautiful designs, the coins are also popular as gifts.
*1 LBMA stands for London Bullion Market Association.
*2 LPPM stands for London Platinum and Palladium Market.

Precious Metal Reserve ProductsGold Reserve Plan is a product that allows customers topurchase gold, platinum and silver in a single account with aminimum monthly amount of 3,000 yen. Customers can steadily
purchase precious metals for their security in the future.

Recycling

Precious metal materials

Jewelry

Electronic mechanical materials(relays, motors, switches)Electronic functional materials

We deliver jewelry, which shines brightly in various scenes of life,
with reliable quality that is worth treasuring for a long time.

Jewelry and artifacts

We oﬀer products with reliable quality developed by the history and tradition of TANAKA
Kikinzoku to customers.

Packages and sealing
Semiconductor and electronic parts

Sensor materials

Platinum materials forthe glass industry

Financial Condition of the TANAKA Precious Metals■Financial results overview
million yen

Net
sales

Energy and environment
Catalysts

MedicalTest kits

Technology development
Compounds

Net
incomeTotal
assets

Net sales

Year-on-year （100 million yen）
change15,000

FY2020

FY2021

1,425,617

787,728

55.3％

39,59737,75795.4％

12,000
9,000

9,766

Net income

14,256

11,496
9,253

794,617112.1％

6,000

300

7,877

6,000

0

（100 million yen）
8,000

396 378

400

200
100

3,000

709,140

Total assets（100 million yen）

2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 FY

0

134 119181

5,662 5,550

6,357

7,091

7,946

4,000
2,000

2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 FY

02017 2018 2019 2020 2021 FY

Metalor Technologies International SA is included.

04

TANAKA CSR REPORT 2022

TANAKA CSR REPORT 2022

05

Research and Development
For the TANAKA Precious Metals, research and development is a source of value creation.

We will pursue the potential of precious metals with a broad perspective to open the door toa more prosperous society as well as a beautiful future of the Earth in a steady

TOPICSand continuous manner.

Development of active brazing ﬁller metal/copper
composite for power devices- To be used for next-generation heat sinks, etc. TANAKA Kikinzoku Kogyo K.K. developed a product inwhich an active brazing ﬁller metal is cladded to a sideof a copper (Cu) material. It can be bonded directly tovarious materials including ceramics (oxides, nitrides,
carbides) and carbon materials and can therefore beapplied to ceramic circuit bases for power devices andnext-generation heat sinks. As a feature, containing nosolvent, the material generates no residues, improves
bonding reliability and produces no volatile organic
compounds (VOCs). In addition, it signiﬁcantly shortens
the blazing time to lower energy use and reduce
environmental impact.

Development of gold shell nanoparticles
that can be prepared in high concentrations
using high dispersion stability- With expected applications in biosensors andother optical devices Gold shell nanoparticles are designed to cover thesurface of silica and other particles with an extremely
thin gold shell that has a thickness of approximately 10
nm. They exhibit strong surface plasmon resonance.
Additionally, by using the high dispersion stability inwater and polar solvents, it is possible to prepare
dispersion liquids in a concentration that is 100 to 1,000
times higher than that of gold nanoparticles currently
being sold on the market. The overall size of gold shell
nanoparticles can be controlled within a range of 80 nm
to 250 nm, allowing them to be given a wide variety of
optical characteristics. This is especially true for colloids
with a particle diameter of several hundred nm preparedin high concentrations. They are easier to integrate or
structure three-dimensionally and can be expected to be
used as materials for surface-enhanced Raman scatteringand optical materials that react to light in the visible
light to the near-infrared region such as photochemical
conversion materials. The nanoparticles can also be
applied to various optical devices including opticaldisplays that are required to have high image quality withliquid crystal, optical sensing, plasmonic nanoantenna
and biosensors used for cancer screening, etc.

Active brazing ﬁller metal/copper composite
Left: Composite (copper side)
Right: Composite (active brazing ﬁller metals side)

Launch of RE Series of recycled
precious metals, which uses 100%
recycled materials

The RE Series is composed of gold (Au), platinum(Pt) and other precious metals reﬁned from 100%
recycled precious metals. TANAKA Kikinzoku
Kogyo K.K. has been operating a recycled precious
metals business since it was established. It has
now expanded its RE Series production line to
manufacture products that use 100% recycled
precious metal materials. In April 2022, TANAKA
began using RE Series gold to supply PGC-RE, agold compound for plating, as its ﬁrst productusing RE Series materials.

Mined materials,
ingots,coins, etc.
Recycled
materials

Existing
products

Recovery plant Production plant

RE Series-based
products

Recovered materials, process scraps, etc.

In-house recycling

RE Series industrial-use product ﬂow

Creation and Protectionof Intellectual Property Rights
Being aware that intellectual properties such as patents,
devices, designs, trademarks and literary works, as wellas know-how, are important assets for companies, we
actively endeavor to develop them. In the research of
new technology and the development, production andsales of products and goods, we respect the intellectual
property rights of third parties and deal with any
infringement activities of other companies on our rights
in a strict manner in accordance with the relevant lawsof each country. We also provide intellectual property
education mainly to staﬀ in technology departments
throughout the year to enhance their awareness ofintellectual properties.

IP Open Access Declaration against
COVID-19
The participants in this IP Open Access Declaration
against COVID-19 declare that they will not assert any
intellectual property rights in their possession, whether
in Japan or overseas, for activities that aim to preventthe spread of COVID-19. According to this declaration,
we will contribute to theearly termination of the
COVID-19 outbreak.

TM

RE Series logo

500nm
Appearance of 220-nm gold shell
nanoparticles (left) and STEM image(right - white contrast is gold)

06

TANAKA CSR REPORT 2022

TANAKA CSR REPORT 2022

07

HumanRights

Quality and Trust

Consumer Issues

Delivery of "good items" to customers is a principle of the TANAKA Precious Metals.

Evaluation from Customers

health and safety, ethics and other CSR issues in the process of producing products.

The TANAKA Precious Metals has received awards, etc. from various customers in appreciation for our eﬀorts to
support their production activities.

In addition to the quality of products, we also pay attention to human rights, environment,

Establishment of a Quality Management System

Customer Satisfaction Survey

We have established and operated a quality
management system (QMS) based on ISO 9001 in all
factories of the TANAKA Precious Metals.
We also review the eﬀectiveness of the QMS and
improve the system through, for example, theintroduction of requirements of IATF16949, which is a
QMS standard for the car industry, so that we canpromptly respond to wide-ranging customer demandon quality and continuously supply safe and secure
products that satisfy customers.

The TANAKA Precious Metals has conducted a customer
satisfaction survey since ﬁscal 2016. This survey aims tounderstand the real demands and complaints about ourcompany among customers for our industrial productbusiness in Japan and overseas based on their
responses to an annual questionnaire survey and use
the results for the improvement of various issues.
In ﬁscal 2021, we received responses from 170 customers(117 companies in Japan and 53 overseas companies)
and the average score was 75.0 (out of 100). While theaverage score was 61.2 when the survey was launchedin ﬁscal 2016, we have continuously received a score of
75 or higher in recent years. We will continue topromote the improvement of various issues to make ourcustomers more satisﬁed.

●

Quality Management System Diagram
Customers

Customerrequirements

Eﬀects of QMS

SupportAct

Operation

Leadership

Improvement

Do
Customersatisfaction

Performance
evaluation

Plan
Plan

Demand andexpectation of
stakeholders

Check

External CSR Assessments That Satisfy Customers○RBA*1 Audit
Products

The TANAKA Precious Metals has formulated the
TANAKA Precious Metals Code of Conduct and TANAKA
Precious Metals Standards of Conduct, which are in linewith the RBA Code of Conduct, to stipulate that eachoﬃcer and employee should fulﬁll social responsibility
for CSR issues including human rights, environment,
health and safety and ethics in their daily operations.
In ﬁscal 2021, our domestic and overseas factories wereaudited by third-party auditors qualiﬁed by RBA or wereaudited directly by customers. Through those audits, ourcompliance with RBA Code of Conduct was evaluated.
○EcoVadis*2 Certiﬁcation
We underwent a company-wide CSR assessment by
EcoVadis concerning the environment, labor and humanrights, ethics and sustainable procurement of materials
and were awarded a silver rating again in ﬁscal 2021.
*1 RBA (Responsible Business Alliance):
RBA is a CSR promotion organization mainly operated by major global
companies in the electronic and electrical industries.
It has established the RBA Code of Conduct as speciﬁc CSR rules tobe followed by companies.
*2 EcoVadis:
EcoVadis is a CSR assessment agency that evaluates more than 90,000
organizations and companies from 200 business sectors and 160 countries
throughout the world. It gives clients CSR rating on ﬁve scales,that is platinum, gold, silver, bronze or no rating.

●Screening of Counterparties
To deal with the risks associated with the globalizationof business, we strictly screen counterparties toprevent any involvement in the infringement of humanrights, ﬁnancing of terrorists, money laundering, unfair
dealings, conﬂicts and environmental destruction andto avoid transactions with those subject to sanctions
and antisocial forces.
08

Fair Operating
Practices

TANAKA CSR REPORT 2022

【FY2021】Major awards given by customers
Company

CustomerAward

Reason for the commendation

AuAg Company

Xiamen Hongfa Electroacoustic Co., Ltd.

Strategic
cooperation

Overall assessment of suppliers(quality, delivery, service, management)

Semiconductor
Company

Tongfu Microelectronics Co., Ltd.

Letter ofappreciation

Gratitude for TEC s cooperation for many years

Semiconductor
Company

Chongqing Sokon Motors

Letter ofappreciation

Gratitude for the establishment of a good relationshipthrough cooperation and support as a supplier

Semiconductor
Company

Hua Tian Technology (Xi'an) Co., Ltd.

Letter ofappreciation

Gratitude for the establishment of a good relationshipthrough enormous cooperation and support

Semiconductor
Company (TEC)

Hua Tian Technology (Nan Jing) Co., Ltd.

FY2021 Excellent
Quality Supplier

Gratitude for the stable product quality and services

Supply Chain Management○Commitment to the Responsible Procurementof Minerals
With the establishment of its Responsible Mineral
Management Policy*1, the TANAKA Precious Metals
promotes the elimination of human rights abuses
including child labor, ﬁnancing of terrorists, money
laundering, unfair dealings, involvement in conﬂicts andenvironmental destruction in the procurement of minerals
used as raw materials such as conﬂict minerals including
gold, tantalum, tungsten and tin, as well as cobalt.
○Acquisition of Certiﬁcation Based on LBMA*2
and LPPM*3 Responsible GuidanceWith respect to platinum, gold, silver and palladium, we
conduct due diligence based on the LBMA Responsible
Guidance and the LPPM Guidance and renew thecertiﬁcation every year after an audit by a designatedthird-party agency. When procuring materials for
precious metals including recycled materials, we
carefully conduct detailed check of suppliers as towhether they have any problems or risks concerning
CSR issues (the environment, human rights, society,compliance, ethics, etc.) to ensure responsible sales ofprecious metal products.

LBMA Responsible Gold Certiﬁcate○Approach to Suppliers
While asking principal suppliers to comply with the
RBA Code of Conduct, we also ask them to conduct
CSR self-assessment. In addition, we visit and survey
some suppliers that are considered to have a large
impact on our business and be exposed to high risk.
In ﬁscal 2021, we asked about 150 suppliers to
conduct CSR self-assessment and encouraged themto promote improvement voluntarily. No serious
problem was identiﬁed in any of them.
We have joined the education and enlightenment task
force of the CSR Committee of Japan Electronics andInformation Technology Industries Association (JEITA),
which is an industry group, and were engaged in the
preparation of educational materials to make suppliers
have a good comprehension of JEITA s Responsible
Business Conduct Guidelines . Following our suggestion,
our principal suppliers participated in the brieﬁng
session held in February 2021.

LBMA Responsible Silver Certiﬁcate*1 https://www.tanaka.co.jp/english/sourcing̲policy/*2 LBMA: London Bullion Market Association

LPPM Responsible Platinum and Palladium Certiﬁcate*3 LPPM: London Platinum & Palladium Market

TANAKA CSR REPORT 2022

09

The
Environment

Protection of
the Global Environment
To hand down the beautiful earth to the future is a task shared by the international community
and also a major challenge. The TANAKA Precious Metals is pursuing every possibility
to minimize the environmental impact of its business activities.

2050 Statement on Carbon Neutrality
In April 2022, we made TANAKA Precious Metals Statement on Carbon Neutrality to declare that we aim to make ourCO₂ emissions net zero in 2050. A company-wide project team headed by the CEO has also been launched to takemeasures to achieve carbon neutrality such as the improvement of energy eﬃciency in plants and the development of
products that contribute to a decarbonized society.

Commitment to the Prevention of Global Warming
The TANAKA Precious Metals sets a target of reducing
per-unit energy consumption by 1% each year to
conform to the Act on the Rational Use of Energy ofJapan.
Reﬂecting the favorable business environment, we
increased both energy consumption and CO₂ emissions
by approximately 5% and per-unit energy consumption
by approximately 10% (a decrease of 36.2% from theﬁscal 2013 level) from the previous ﬁscal year.
We will continue to enhance our energy-saving eﬀorts
including increases in the eﬃciency of various devices
and the improvement of their operation.

〇Introduction of Photovoltaic Power Generation
Tomioka Plant of TANAKA Kikinzoku Kogyo K.K.
expanded its photovoltaic power generationequipment and started its operation in January 2022.
While the equipment had reduced energy
consumption in the whole plant by 1% before theexpansion, it has raised the rate to slightly higher
than 3%.

Reduction of per-unit energy consumption
by 1% each year

Company-widetargetSolar panels additionally installed in Tomioka Plant●

Energy consumption

Per-unit energy consumption (ratio to the FY2013 level)

（kL）

（%）

30,000120

100

25,000

84.7

100

87.0

78.8

20,00080

63.8

15,00057.5

10,000TANAKA Precious Metals Statement on Carbon Neutrality
The TANAKA Precious Metals will take on the challenge of addressing global warming, a social
issue on a global scale, by aiming to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050 and actively introducing
technologies that contribute to a decarbonized society within the Group and in society.
To reduce greenhouse gases arising from business activities, we will continuously undertake
emission reduction activities, such as increasing energy eﬃciency, improving manufacturing
processes and adopting the use of green energy, at our plants and oﬃces.
At the same time, we will provide products that meet the expectations of customers working
toward a decarbonized society, including catalysts that contribute toward greenhouse gas
reduction and high-performance materials such as those used in electric vehicles. We will also
strengthen our precious metal recycling business to contribute toward a circular economy,
thereby creating a prosperous and sustainable future for the Earth with our own hands.
We will consider tree-planting and activities to preserve forest rejuvenation such as the creationof Tanaka Forest.
The TANAKA Precious Metals aims to achieve carbon neutrality through these activities.
In ﬁscal 2022, we will form a company-wide project team directly controlled by the CEO toconsider and implement speciﬁc measures. The TANAKA Precious Metals will continue to provide
value to customers and society as a whole through products and solutions that apply the uniquecharacteristics of precious metals.

19,497

20,563

20,857

20,615

21,183

60

20

0

0

2013

2017

2018

2019

2020

2021

FY

* Energy amount is calculated by converting electricity, gas, etc. into crude oil.
Per-unit energy consumption is calculated with the gross margin on sales in the proﬁt andloss statement as the denominator.

Breakdown of Energy Consumption in Fiscal 2021
Other 7.9%
Iwate 6.8%

Shonan 19.1%

Isehara 7.9%

By plant

Sodegaura 9.3%

Tomioka 16.7%

Tsukuba 9.4%

Ichikawa 12.2%

40,000

4%

Tomioka Plant of TANAKA Kikinzoku Kogyo K.K.

3%

Shonan Plant of Tanaka Kikinzoku Kogyo K.K.

1%

Isehara Plant of Tanaka Kikinzoku Kogyo K.K.

4%

Tsukuba Facility of Tanaka Kikinzoku Kogyo K.K.

4%

Hiratsuka Plant of Tanaka Kikinzoku Kogyo K.K.

3%

Prevention of Environmental Pollution
As to the substances speciﬁed under the Act on
Conﬁrmation, etc. of Release Amounts of Speciﬁc
Chemical Substances in the Environment and Promotionof Improvements to the Management Thereof (PRTR*Act), we notify the national government of the amounts
released in the environment and the amounts
transferred to outside the facilities.
We will continue to be committed to the proper
management of chemical substances in businessactivities to prevent environmental pollution.

●

CO₂ Emissions by Year

Total Release and Transfer Amounts of PRTR-designated Substances（kg）(tons/year)

50,000Saga Production Headquarters of
TANAKA Denshi Kogyo K.K.

* PRTR: Pollutant Release and Transfer Register

Hiratsuka 10.8%●

42,90737,82437,91137,45837,694

166,075

39,56720,000120,000

2017

2018

2019

2020

2021

FY

80,00070,62940,0000TANAKA CSR REPORT 2022

110,878

101,515

10,000* CO₂ emissions are calculated with the CO₂ emission factor of each electric power supplierin the region where each of the plants and facilities is located by each ﬁscal year.

10

157,517160,000

2013

Transfer

Release200,000

30,0000Energy reduction eﬀect

40

22,189

5,000

●

Plant

Energy Consumption and Per-unit Energy Consumption by Year

205

2017

438

2018

159

2019

120

2020

11

2021

FY

TANAKA CSR REPORT 2022

11

The
Environment

Protection of
the Global Environment

Indirect Materials

We have set up an upcycling system to print the CSR Report on LIMEX sheet andcollect the copies that employees have ﬁnished reading to recycle them.

Aiming to Establish a Sound Material-cycle Society
The TANAKA Precious Metals has continuously recycled
precious metals since its founding. Today, all employees
engage in the recovery of the bullion under the slogan"Any bullion is Money" and even trace amounts ofbullion attached to uniforms, etc., in addition to bullion
in production facilities, are carefully recovered.
In the TANAKA Renaissance Plan, which is a new
medium-term plan initiated in ﬁscal 2021, we reorganizedDirect Materials●

Recover LIMEXTANAKA CSR Report2019 to 2021

Collect the copies of
the CSR Report that employees
have ﬁnished reading

Bullion Flow Diagram of the TANAKA Precious Metals (ﬁscal 2021)
External
procurement 244
Recovery andreﬁnement 637（for industrial products,
assets and jewelry）

Total amount ofRecycled bullion inputs
amount1,547

870

Production
activities

Customers(corporations
and individuals)Zerodisposalby landﬁll

Internal recycling 666

Products of other companies(for industrial products, assets and jewelry)（Unit: tons）

・Kinds of precious metals: Platinum, gold, silver, palladium, etc.
・External procurement: Bullion purchased through the market from trading companies, mining companies, etc.
・Recovery and reﬁnement: Bullion reﬁned from the items recovered from customers
・Internal recycling: Part of bullion generated in the manufacturing process but not used in products. Returned materials.
The weight of the input is not necessarily the same as that of the output because bullion is repeatedly reused.
・Shipped products: Bullion shipped as products.

Resource productivity(Gross margin on sales/Amount of external procurement)●

Resource productivity

Amount of bullion procured externally

Resource productivity (10,000 yen/tons)

30,00025,00020,00015,00016,80916,673

270

269

600

26,684500

19,558
251

400

270

300

244

10,000

200

5,000
0

100

2017

2018

2019

2020

2021

FY

0

Industrial Waste

Cyclical use rate
(Recycled amount/Total amount of bullion inputs)●

Cyclical use rate

Amount of bullion procured externally (tons)

25,534* LIMEX is mainly made from limestone, which can be extracted
from the earth almost inexhaustibly. This new environmentallyfriendly material uses almost no water or wood chip and cansubstitute paper and plastic. Each copy of the TANAKA
Precious Metals CSR Report 2022 saves approximately 15
liters of water.

TANAKA's products（for industrial products,
assets and jewelry）

Internal recycling

Recovery and reﬁnement

Cyclical use rate (%)

100.0

90.0
80.0

External procurement

Amount of bullion inputs (tons)

82.6

82.2

82.9

81.7

1,553

1,509

1,465

1,474

50.0
40.0
30.0

270
642

269
609

251
622

270

244

1,500

617

637

1,000

0.0

641

631

592

587

666

2017

2018

2019

2020

2021

Company-widetargetReduction of industrial waste emissions
by 1% each year

2,000

1,547

20.0
10.0

The TANAKA Precious Metals sets a target of reducing industrial waste emissions by 1% each year.
In ﬁscal 2021, we aimed to reduce the emissions by 1% from the previous ﬁscal year to 6,074 tons but failed to meet
the target with an increase of 13% to 6,949 tons. We will promote further measures to ensure that we can control thewaste generated in association with the expansion of our business.

2,500

70.0
60.0

Reduction of Industrial Waste

3,000

84.2

500
FY

0

Resource productivity represents the proﬁt per ton of externally procured bullion and can be regarded as the earning powerfrom an environmental perspective. The cyclical use rate indicates the ratio of the amount of bullion recycled internally tothe total amount of bullion inputs and has been around 80%. In the future, we will improve those environmental indicators
to contribute to the establishment of a sound material-cycle society and the realization of a Circular Economy*.
* Concept to concurrently achieve a sound material-cycle society and economic activities. It is required to generate wealth from waste materials and from waste
in business activities.

TANAKA CSR REPORT 2022

Distribute coasters (ﬁscal 2020) andcups (ﬁscal 2021) to all employees

As an initiative to recycle indirect materials, we started to print the CSR Report on LIMEX* and collect the copies
that employees have ﬁnished reading to recycle them in ﬁscal 2019. The copies were recycled to produce coasters
in the ﬁrst ﬁscal year and cups in the second ﬁscal year, which were then distributed to all employees.
This year, which was the third ﬁscal year for the initiative, we decided to donate the collected copies of the CSR
Report as resources so that we can make a greatersocial contribution than recycling for employees. The
copies will be sent to TBM Co., Ltd., which produces
LIMEX, and then recycled to be used in various places
such as parks and schools.

Shipped products

1,304

Recycle LIMEX

Cyclical use of precious metals and improvementof environmental indicators
Continuous recycling of copies of the CSR Reportand consideration of recycling of other indirect materials
Reduction of industrial waste and promotionof zero emission

Cyclical Use of Precious Metals

Suppliers

12

Use LIMEX

our activities in the three ﬁelds of direct materials, indirectmaterials and industrial waste to enhance our measures
to establish a sound material-cycle society and realize a
Circular Economy.
Directmaterials
Indirectmaterials
Industrial
waste

Recycling of Copies of the CSR Report●Industrial Waste Emissions by Year●

Other 3.0%

Other 3.9%

(tons/year)

Wood waste
0.7%

Sodegaura

12,00010,000

Breakdown of Industrial Waste Emissions in Fiscal 2021

12.1%

10,056

8,000
6,000
4,000

3,714

4,165

2017

2018

5,080

6,136

6,949

Waste oil
1.3%
Waste
plastics
1.8%

By plant

By item

2,000
0（11-13平均）

2019

2020

2021

FY

Shonan31.3%

Ichiwaka
52.6%

Waste alkali
45.5%

Waste acid
47.8%

TANAKA CSR REPORT 2022

13

The
Environment

Protection of
the Global Environment
Reduction of Water Consumption

Environmental Management System

While there is growing concern over water shortage on a
global scale, we are making eﬀorts to reduce water
consumption in our business activities. In the water useof the TANAKA Precious Metals as a whole by plant,
Shonan Plant and Tomioka Plant account for around halfof the water consumption.
We will continue to strive for the eﬀective use of water
resources through the recycling of water in our plants
based on eﬄuent treatment along with the improvementof processes.

All of our production bases in Japan have obtained ISO
14001 certiﬁcation for their environmental management
systems and make continuous eﬀorts to perform
environmental conservation activities. In particular,
we set targets for the Group as a whole to reduce CO₂
emissions (for prevention of global warming) andindustrial waste emissions (for the establishment of arecycling-oriented society) and eradicate environmental
incidents (for prevention of pollution), and aggressively
strive to meet the targets.
To promote environmental conservation activities
in a steady and smooth manner, we have set up aGroup-wide structure with the Central Environmental
Committee, which is composed of plant managers andfacility managers, at the top. In addition, SHE* PromotionOﬃce Manager Council, as well as the Environmental
Managers Sub-committee composed of environmental
managers, holds a meeting periodically to share
information and exchange opinions actively.

●

Water Consumption by Year（m³）

400,000

300,000

313,643

308,187

307,802295,464

316,735

200,000

100,000* SHE: Safety, Health and the Environment

0
●

2017

2018

2019

2020

2021

FY
●

Breakdown of Water Consumption in Fiscal 2021
Isehara 3.0%

Central Environmental Committee

By
plant

Sodegaura 6.2%
Hiratsuka 6.4%

SHE Promotion Oﬃce Manager Council

Correlation between water use and the average amount of rainfall(example)
Water use in Plant A

Average amount of rainfall between 1991 and 2020 in City A

Water risk is highWater risk is low

（m³）

4,000

A

M

J

t
ber ober
ber
ber
ary
ary archgus
M
Au eptem Oct Novem Decem Janu Febru
S

Iwate Plant

January 2005
March 2005

Ichikawa Plant

May 2002

Isehara Plant

Technical CenterMay 2002

Tomioka Plant

March 2005

October 2002

Tsukuba Plant

December 2013

Hiratsuka Plant

Taiwan TANAKA Kikinzoku Kogyo Co., Ltd.

May 2010

August 1999

TANAKA Electronics Malaysia Sdn. Bhd.

June 1999

TANAKA Electronics Singapore Pte. Ltd.

December 1999

TANAKA Electronics (Hangzhou) Co., Ltd.

February 2005

0

The average amount of rainfall in the past 30 years is compared with the actual water use
by month in the previous ﬁscal year to identify the periods when water risk is high andthe periods when water risk is low.

TANAKA CSR REPORT 2022

October 2000

300

100

y
Jul

Shonan Plant

January 2019

2,000

une

(Date of acquisition)

TANAKA Kikinzoku Kogyo K.K.

Saga Production Headquartersof TANAKA Denshi Kogyo K.K.

200

ay

List of the Facilities That Have Obtained
ISO 14001 Certiﬁcation

TANAKA Kikinzoku (Ningbo) Co., Ltd.

3,000

1,000

●

400

（mm）

5,000

l
pri

Environmental Committee of each plant and facility

Ichikawa 12.0%○Identiﬁcation of water risk
We recognize water use in all plants and the averageamount of rainfall in the region where each of them islocated. Assuming that the plants face higher waterrisk during a period with low rainfall, we are working
to reduce water consumption.

0

Environmental Managers Sub-committee

Tomioka 20.1%

Iwate 10.7%

President, executives

CSR Promotion Department

Shonan 31.2%

Tsukuba 4.8%●

Structure to promote environmental conservation activities
TANAKA Holdings Co., Ltd.

Other 5.4%

14

Environmental Incident Eradication Activities

TANAKA Electronics Taiwan Co., Ltd.
EEJA Ltd.

March 2013

To prevent water pollution, air pollution, etc., we havevoluntarily set internal standard values that are evenstricter than the levels required by laws and regulations.
Deﬁning the cases where the voluntary standard values
are exceeded as environmental incidents, we promotevarious measures to prevent the occurrence andrecurrence of them.
●

Major Internal Rules
Item
Ordinary
management

Responsetoincidents

Description

Management ofvoluntary standard
valuesVoluntary standard values are set to
be 50% of the legal standards

Flash reports onenvironmental
incidents

Quick communication of information in
the event of an environmental incident(The Environmental Managers Sub-committee
checks cause analysis and actions to address it)

Reporting andnotiﬁcation
standards

Standards concerning reporting andnotiﬁcation to relevant government bodies
in case of an environmental incident* Deﬁnition of an environmental incident : Non-compliance with laws and regulations, excess ofvoluntary standard values, complaints from neighbors, minor accidents resolved within the site, etc.
●

Number of Environmental Incidents(Cases)Water quality

6
4
2
0

1

Other

1
1

1

3

3

2017

2018

2019

1

Air quality

1

0

2020

2021

TOPICSAn outstanding feat!
Environmental incidents were reduced tozero for the ﬁrst time

While the voluntary environmental standard values forwater quality were set to be 50% of the legal
standards in 1964, we successfully reduced thenumber of environmental incidents that occur in a year
to zero for the ﬁrst time in ﬁscal 2021. Our operation
caused no legal violation or excess of voluntarystandard values. We consider that this achievement
was attributable to the eﬀorts of all employees in the
TANAKA Precious Metals to conserve the environment
under the initiative of environmental managers andchemical managers in the plants.
Tomioka Plant carried out a large-scale repair of thewastewater treatment facilities from ﬁscal 2020 to ﬁscal
2021. The whole wastewater treatment equipment
was covered by a tent (building with a roof) while anembankment to prevent waste liquid from leaking
into the plant was constructed and the emergency
shutoﬀ valves for preventing the liquid from ﬂowing
out of the plant were replaced with electric ones.

FY

Conservation of Biodiversity
In ﬁscal 2020, we launched an initiative to grow orange
daylilies and coastal daylilies in the houses of theemployees who applied for it, as well as the premises of ourplants, and return the increased plants to a river bed of
Tsurumi River in Yokohama, Kanagawa and Koajiro no Mori
(Koajiro Forest) in Miura, Kanagawa, which are original
habitats of the ﬂowers. In the summer of 2021, their ﬂowers
bloomed all over the river bed of Tsurumi River.

<Purpose of this initiative>
Hybrid ryegrass, which is known to cause hay fever, grows inriver beds and parks and is diﬃcult to eliminate by weeding.
Therefore, we plan to plant indigenous species that areendangered in the region such as orange daylilies and coastal
daylilies to cover the ground with them and control the growth ofthe community of hybrid ryegrass. We protect coastal daylilies,
which are sometimes targeted by robbers, by growing them insafe places such as the houses of employees and the premises ofour plans and oﬃces.

An embankment to stop waste liquid
was constructed around the tank

TANAKA NOW
I have worked for EEJA Ltd. for 26 years and had
opportunities to see nature in various parts of the world
while I was stationed in foreign countries including theUnited States (Oregon, New Mexico and California),
Ireland and Israel. In particular, I feel that the naturalenvironment in Japan is wonderful because the ecosystem
decorating the four seasons is vivid in a transitory manner.
EEJA Ltd. received 25 coastal daylilies from NPO Koajiro
Outdoor Activity Organizing Committee in June 2021
and their beautiful orange ﬂowers soon bloomed inAugust. It is the second year for the initiative to protect
coastal daylilies and our ﬂowerbeds are crowded withincreased coastal daylilies. Many of them bloomed again
in July 2022.

Coastal daylilies were
replanted at the siteof EEJA (June 2021)
Orange daylilies bloomed in thehome of an employee (July 2020)

The whole wastewater treatment
equipment was protected with a tent

Coastal daylilies
bloomed (August 2021)

Plants grown in the home were packed and sent to
the NPO by mail (December 2020)

November 2000

Orange daylilies bloomed on site
(June 2021)

The delivered plants were transplanted to theoriginal habitat (December 2020)* Photos of orange daylilies and coastal daylilies grown in the houses of employees areposted at the bottom of Page 01 (company information and contents).

Coastal daylilies
bloomed again
in the second year
(July 2022)

Yasushi Odagiri
SHE Promotion Oﬃce,
EEJA Ltd.

TANAKA CSR REPORT 202215

Community
Involvement

Contribution to Local
Communities and Society
The TANAKA Precious Metals aims to develop activities that can contribute to the local

communities and countries with which we are linked through our business activities so that they
can be more healthy and prosperous. We are developing support activities as corporate eﬀorts,
as well as volunteer activities of the employees, in various places with focus on continuity.

Promotion of Sports

Human Resource Development
Tanaka Kikinzoku Memorial Foundation○Grants for Research on Precious Metals
This grant program has been carried out every year
since ﬁscal 1999 to support research and development
on new technologies to which precious metals cancontribute. We received a total of 137 applications forthis 23rd invitation and provided grants of 16.6 million
yen in total to 23 research projects.
●Gold Award: 2 recipients, 2 million yen each

Selected as a Model Company in Promotionof Sports in Tokyo

Support of and Participation in Sports
for People with Disabilities

TANAKA Holdings Co., Ltd. sponsors various sports
events. We also organize programs that encourage
employees to have interaction with each other andimprove their health through sports activities throughinitiatives such as online spectating of various sports
events instead of watching them in the venues in
response to the spread of COVID-19 infections.
In addition, we became an oﬃcial partner of the JapanesePara-Sports Association (JPSA) in 2012 and haveco-sponsored the Japan Blind Football Association(JBFA) and the Japanese women's blind football teamsince 2017.
In recognition of those activities, TANAKA Holdings wascertiﬁed as a Tokyo Sports Promotion Company by the
Tokyo Municipal Government for seven consecutive
years from ﬁscal 2015 and was also selected as a modelcompany in the promotion of sports in Tokyo for the
fourth time overall.

W e o rga n i z e d o n l i n e s p e c ta ti n g o f c ompet it ionso rga n i z e d b y the Japanese Para-Sports Associationand the Japan Blind Football Association, which areco-sponsored by the TANAKA Precious Metals, during
the COVID-19 pandemic. In addition, a guidebook andspectator items to encourage employees to watch
the games and cheer at home were produced anddistributed to them. Other activities we planned andpromoted to address the COVID-19 pandemic also
included the organization of an online lecture session
for employees to learn the charms of blind football withthe cooperation of the Japan Blind Football Association.
We will continue to conduct activities that can promote
the understanding of sports for people with disabilities
through various opportunities.

Mr. Eigo Matsuzaki
Executive Director ,Japan Blind Football Association

Enhancing development of model-based design and production
technologies for electronic parts containing precious metals
Junior Associate Professor Hiroaki Kubota, Tokai University
Formation of backside power delivery network
using precious metal wires
Associate Professor Fumihiro Inoue, Yokohama National University○Scholarship Program
We launched the program that aims to support academic,
technological and socio-economic development inﬁscal 2018. In ﬁscal 2021, a scholarship was provided
to one student at Tohoku University.
This ﬁscal year, in addition to the scholarship program,
we also organized 100 yen breakfast to help many
students get more energetic.

Co-sponsorship of Robot Contest
for Technical College Students (Kosen-Robocon)
Competition of ideas - Robot Contest of National Collegesof Technology (Kosen-Robocon) is a nationwide event
where young people think outside the box andcreate robots by themselves to experience the joy of
manufacturing and share the importance of generatingideas and the greatness of manufacturing. Technical college
students all over Japan apply various ideas and produce
robots according to the theme for the competition, which
is diﬀerent every year, to win the regional competition,
advance to the national tournament and get good results.
The TANAKA Precious Metals has co-sponsored the
Robocon for technical college students since 2012 tosupport the future engineers of Japan.

◆ 9 days in July 2021: approximately 3,500 meals◆ 21 days in October and November 2021: approximately 8,000 meals

Main Activities
Donation andFund-raising Activities

Mr. Hajime Teranishi
Former member of the Japaneseblind football teamDonation of Welfare Vehicles

We collected educational donations through the purchase of mooncakes to be distributed to employees
and provided the donations to Xiaoyuer Social Welfare Foundation.
TANAKA Electronics Taiwan Co., Ltd.

NT$56,100

Donation andFund-raising Activities

We donated used clothes to Kaohsiung Garden of Hope Social Service Center, a nursing home.

Donation andFund-raising Activities

Our plants and facilities implement various donation and fund-raising activities.

Local Cleaning
Activities

TANAKA Electronics Taiwan Co., Ltd. Technical Center

115 articles

Tanaka Kikinzoku Jewelry K.K., Saga Production Headquarters of Tanaka Denshi Kogyo K.K., Tanaka Electronics Taiwan Co., Ltd.,
Tanaka Electronics (Hangzhou) Co., Ltd., Tanaka Electronics Malaysia Sdn. Bhd. and Tanaka Electronics Singapore Pte. Ltd.

The following plants and facilities implement activities to clean plants, their neighborhood and other areas ina regular manner.
Tomioka Plant, Shonan Plant and Tsukuba Facility of TANAKA Kikinzoku Kogyo K.K.,
Saga Production Headquarters of TANAKA Denshi Kogyo K.K., EEJA Ltd.,TANAKA Electronics Taiwan Co., Ltd. and TANAKA Electronics (Hangzhou) Co., Ltd.

EEJA Ltd. donated three vehicles, which were two generalvehicles and one special vehicle adapted for wheelchairusers, to the Hiratsuka Social Welfare Council and received
a letter of gratitude.
For other activities, see our website: https://www.tanaka.co.jp/about/csr/communication.html
16

TANAKA CSR REPORT 2022

TANAKA CSR REPORT 2022

17

HumanRightsActive Role of Each Employee

Labor Practices

Support for Employees to Achieve a Balance between Child Care and Work

While employees are being diversiﬁed, the creation of a workplace environment where eachof them can fulﬁll their potential is essential for the future of the TANAKA Precious Metals.

We operate various programs to develop a workplace environment where employees can achieve a balance between
child care and work, including those which exceed the legal requirements. We will continue to help employees achievea balance between child care and work from the perspectives of work style reforms and work-life balance.

We are working to improve the workplace environment

from various aspects to ensure that diverse employees can play an active role.

Work Style and Vacation Style Reforms
and Active Roles of Diverse Employees
The TANAKA Precious Metals aims to create a workplaceenvironment where all diverse employees can work
vividly. As part of our commitment to it, we review work
styles and vacation styles for their improvement througha composite approach.

Annual Paid Holidays
We work to comply with the Act on the Arrangement ofRelated Acts to Promote Work Style Reform, which was
enforced in April 2019, across the Group. To have our
employees take ﬁve or more annual paid holidays in ayear was set as a target in ﬁscal 2018 and all oﬃces
achieved it.

In JapanAnnual paid holiday (5 or more days)
utilization rate

2020

2021

100%

100%

Average numberof annual paid holidays taken

14.0 days

12.8 days(Manufacturing units)

14.0 days

12.5 days(Indirect units)

14.0 days

13.6 days

13.40 hours

14.49 hours

Average service years: male

14.5 years

14.4 years

Average service years: female

12.7 years

13.2 years

Nursing care leave

3 person

4 person

Reduced working hours for nursing care

1 person1 person

Average overtime hours

Support for Employees to Achieve a Balance between Nursing Care and Work
We take various initiatives to develop a workplace environment where employees can balance nursing care and work.
1. Systems that exceed the legal requirements

1. Systems that exceed the legal requirements【Special paid holidays for employees whose spouses gave birth】
Employees whose spouses gave birth can take three special paid holidays to spend time for hospitalization,discharge and notiﬁcation.
【Child care leave】
Child care leave can be taken until the child reaches 18 months in principle (or up to 2 years when the criteria are met).
【Reduced working hours for child care】
This program is applicable until April 15 of the year when the child is a ﬁfth-grade elementary school student.
The working hours can be reduced to six hours in principle or ﬁve hours at the request of the employee.
【Sick/injured child care leave】
This leave can be taken until April 15 of the year when the child is a second-grade elementary school student.
2. Encouragement of male employees to take child care leave, etc.
We strive to inform employees of the internal systems related to childcare and create an environment where employees can use them easily
through the distribution of a leaﬂet to the employees whose spouses
gave birth, as well as their superiors, and the distribution of a booklet
in manager training.
The number of male employees who take child care leave has been on
an upward trend since ﬁscal 2016. With 25 male employees taking
child care leave in ﬁscal 2021, which was a record high, the eﬀects
of our eﬀorts are gradually becoming apparent (see Page 29).
We will continue to expand the programs to help employees achievea balance between child care and work.
【Booklet distributed in manager training】【Nursing care leave】
Employees can take nursing care leave for 365 daysfor each member in need of nursing care.
【Reduced working hours for nursing care】
The working hours can be reduced to six hours in principle
or ﬁve hours at the request of the employee.
2. Establishment of consultation services
Consultation services are available in and outside the company to give employees advice about nursing care.
3. Provision of information to employees
To help employees obtain information on nursing care before they face the issue, we distribute a relevant
booklet in age-based training and provide information via the corporate intranet.

TOPICS【For superiors】【For employees whose spouses gave birth】

Acquisition of Kurumin Certiﬁcation(4 Group companies)

Companies of the TANAKA Precious Metals Group have been certiﬁed as childcare
support companies by the Minister of Health, Labor and Welfare.
The certiﬁcation is granted when a company that has developed an action plan
based on the Act on Advancement of Measures to Support Raising Next-Generation
Children achieves the goals set under the plan and satisﬁes certain criteria. We willcontinue to work for the maintenance of the Kurumin Certiﬁcation.
Certiﬁed companies: TANAKA Holdings Co., Ltd., TANAKA Denshi Kogyo K.K., EEJA Ltd.,TANAKA Kikinzoku Jewelry K.K.
TANAKA Kikinzoku Kogyo K.K. is scheduled to acquire the certiﬁcation in 2022.

18

TANAKA CSR REPORT 2022

The leaﬂet for superiors mentions that theyshould encourage employees to use the program at their request.

TANAKA CSR REPORT 2022

19

HumanRightsActive Role of Each Employee
Employment of Persons with Disabilities

Human Resource Development

To enhance the employment of persons with disabilities, weregularly participate in an event for the recruitment of
persons with disabilities. For persons with disabilities whojoin the company, we organize study sessions on major
characteristics of their disabilities and necessary
considerations for them, as well as oﬃce tours, in advanceto minimize their concerns. After they start to work, we haveregular interviews for their retention through coordination
with local support agencies and interested persons in thecompany on an as-needed basis to give them opportunities
to seek advice casually and thereby ensure that they canwork actively with a sense of security for a long time.
In the meantime, we started to appoint staﬀ dedicated tothe employment of persons with disabilities in the second
half of ﬁscal 2020 to strengthen follow-up actions after
the recruitment as well as to achieve and maintain thelegally required percentage.

The TANAKA Precious Metals is cultivating personnel in aplanned manner through systematic training programs,
ranging from new employee training to manager training,
to ensure that the growth of each employee leads to thevitalization of the whole organization. Common training
for all departments includes training provided at the timeof joining the company, as well as training for employees
who have reached the milestone of the age of 35 or 45 tolook back upon their past careers and establish futuretargets for their further growth and success. Since thoseseminars bring Group employees of the same age
together, the participants can develop horizontal ties,
irrespective of whether they were hired as new graduates
or mid-career employees, and also receive stimulationfrom each other.
For technical employees, we organize lectures on thebasics of precious metals,
quality engineering andpatents mainly to have internal lecturers hand down
their skills to the participants. Management training
is provided to managers with diﬀerent curriculums
designed for beginner, intermediate and advanced
classes according to their respective positions. This
training aims to equalize and standardize the skills ofmanagement staﬀ while also cultivating a culture where
those who are in a higher position take the initiative tolearn and thereby activating the organization.

Reemployment of Retired Employees
Based on the Law concerning Stabilization of Employmentof Older Persons, any employee who has reached theretirement age of 62 can continue to work if they wish
to do so. The period of the reemployment contract is
one year in principle and the contract is renewed upon
mutual agreement between the company and theemployee. Employees can be reemployed until theyreach 65 as a general rule.
● Education Program

New employee (1st year)

2nd to 5th year

Mid-level and experienced

Newly appointed
president training

Director andexecutive training

Newly appointed
director and newly
appointed executive
training

Executive staﬀ training(business school)

Management training(advanced)

Quasi-managementstaﬀ training

Management training(intermediate)

35 y. o.

40 y. o.

45 y. o.

50 y. o.

55 y. o.

60 y. o.

"Jump-up 35"
seminar

Refreshment
leave"Vital 45"
seminar

Refreshment
leave"GO-GO (55)"seminar

Refreshment
leave

Career improvement
training for young
employees

Elder training

Follow-up training

Introductory training

Common training
for all departments
Speciﬁc education for technologicaland production departments

20Management training(beginner)

Manager training

Compulsory education period

Retirement age of 62

Labor Practices

Active Role of Women
As a measure to promote diversity, we launched a cross-industrial exchange meeting with participants from multiple
companies in April 2022. In the meeting, female employees from diﬀerent companies exchange opinions on their careersand present a proposal for the realization of diverse workstyles to the top management of their companies in December.
The subject of discussion is how the career they desire can be realized. Participants of diﬀerent ages and life stages talkwith each other about their concerns related to working styles in their workplaces, their ideal careers and othersubjects.
In response to the cross-industrial exchange meeting, an internal seminar group of female TANAKA Precious Metals
employees has also been formed, triggered by the suggestion of a female employee. The members have been recruitedfrom the companies and the seminar is held monthly with the support of many female employees. In the seminar,
participants learn about advanced cases where women play
an active role in society and understand internal systems andtheir current situation to think about what the active role ofwomen means for the TANAKA Precious Metals.
The seminar members are working with enthusiasm. For
example, having become aware of the importance ofdialogues through the exchange of their ideas and opinions,they have dialogues with other employees as well andpresent what they have noticed from them as feedback at aseminar in their companies. Senior female employees also
participate as observers to generate exchanges between
diﬀerent generations. We will continue to encourage women
to play an active role in achieving a better future for the
TANAKA Precious Metals.

TANAKA NOW
I attend an internal seminar for women that is organized to think about “career forms for women to shine” as a measure topromote diversity. I have taken maternity leave and child care leave, as well as nursing care leave, and always thought about
self-fulﬁllment in my career during the use of reduced working hours. I applied for the seminar because, now that working styles
have been diversiﬁed with increases in work from home due to the COVID-19 pandemic, I
thought it is time to promote the establishment of an environment where each employee
can shine more without being bound by conventional common sense.
In the cross-industrial exchange meeting held in April 2022, I shared various issues, suchas the lack of role models and diﬃculty in career design after returning from child careleave, through discussions with various participants of diﬀerent ages and life stages from
diﬀerent organizations. For example, I heard an opinion that the understanding andsupport of workplaces and partners and teleworking, ﬂex and other systems that allow
employees to work ﬂexibly are needed to make the work environment more pleasant for
women. I learned that it is important to not only have necessary systems in the company
but also change the mindset in workplaces, houses and society and develop an
environment where people accept various lifestyles of others.
In the future, I would like to contribute to the establishment of an environment where
diverse individuals can show their abilities to the fullest and work actively through thedevelopment of a work environment where both men and women can work while
maintaining a balance between work and life, career development that is not limited bychildbirth or child rearing and the assignment of duties that is free from genders andKumiko Morimoto
unconscious bias.
Planning Oﬃce,
Sales Management Department
TANAKA Kikinzoku Kogyo K.K.

Engineer cultivation course
Basics of quality
engineering
Basic course on
analysis

2nd year: Introduction to patents
3rd year: Practice on patents, basics of precious metals,
basic education on technology
4th year: Applied patents, basic education on technology
5th year: QC and QE course

・Instruction is given by internal lecturers.
・Patent strategy / professional for commercialization / acquisition of Ph.D. /study abroad, etc.
Monozukuri University

Introductory course, beginner class

TANAKA CSR REPORT 2022

Intermediate class

Skill transmission classdistance learning, e-learning / acquisition of qualiﬁcations

TANAKA CSR REPORT 2022

21

Creation of a Safer
Work Environment
The creation of a workplace environment where employees can work safely with a sense of
security is a challenge that is profound and most important for companies.

The TANAKA Precious Metals strives to ensure the safety and health of employees while focusing
on the development of relationships that facilitate mutual cooperation between them.

Labor Practices

Introduction of Examples of Safety Measures Taken to Address Priority Issues

Example1

Fall

Saga Production Headquarters of
TANAKA Denshi Kogyo K.K., Semiconductor Company

EEJA Ltd., AP Company

Before improvement

Before improvement

After improvement

After improvement

Review of Safety Activities
We promoted various safety activities while setting Give top priority to safety, and establish a secure and cheerful
workplace" as the central policy for ﬁscal 2021.
The deﬁnition of accidents was revised in October 2021. While accidents involving minor injuries not requiring treatment
used to be categorized as serious potential accidents, they are now regarded as accidents as well. As a result, thenumber of accidents in ﬁscal 2021 was 41 and the number in the past was also re-examined. We analyze the causes of
the accidents that have occurred and discuss permanent countermeasures in the meetings of the Safety Managers
Sub-committee, in which safety managers of our plants and facilities participate, to prevent the recurrence of such
accidents.
We have taken safety measures to address priority issues every year since ﬁscal 2017. In addition to prevention of falls,
which is a common challenge, the plants and facilities set their respective challenges to be addressed such as "gettingcaught" and "cut and graze at the beginning of a ﬁscal year and take measures to tackle them. Some examples ofimprovement are presented on the right page.
The number of traﬃc accidents decreased by 9 from the previous ﬁscal year to 62. The number has been around 60
over the past 10 years.
As a measure to promote traﬃc safety, we have supported the installation of a dashboard camera in cars for private use
as well as those for commuting. In ﬁscal 2021, we gave such support to 230 employees.
In addition to measures to prevent accidents, we are committed to the development of an environment where employees
can work with a sense of security. We have deﬁned an operation where employees belonging to the same department
cannot conﬁrm the presence of another employee working for the operation or contact such an employee easily as an
isolated one-man operation. To avoid such an operation, we have introduced a mechanism to detect any fall and identify
the positions of workers and enhanced daily work management and personnel deployment to establish a system where
we can respond to accidents immediately while giving the highest priority to saving human lives.
For the numbers of occupational and traﬃc accidents, see CSR Performance on Page 29.

There was a step on a passage that posed a risk ofleg bruising or falling when a person walked there,
so the step was paved to eliminate it.

Example2

Getting caught

Tomioka Plant of TANAKA Kikinzoku Kogyo K.K.,
AuAg Company

Isehara Plant of TANAKA Kikinzoku Kogyo K.K.,
PGM Company

Before improvement

Before improvement

After improvement

There was a gap into which a hand can be inserted
in the rolling part of a roll, so a cover was attached
to prevent hands from getting caught.

TOPICS

Examples of Safety Training

An internal safety material Safety and Health Rule of
Tanaka (SHRT) summarizes proper ways to use tools
and CSR Tsushin regularly introduces how to use
major tools mentioned in the material.

A stage was installed in an unloading station to enable
the power gate of a truck to be put on the stage andensure that freight can be taken in and out safely.

Example3

After improvement

There was a gap into which a hand can be inserted
in the drive part, so a cover was attached to prevent handsfrom getting caught.

Cut and graze

Hiratsuka Plant of TANAKA Kikinzoku Kogyo K.K.,
AuAg Company

Iwate Plant of TANAKA Kikinzoku Kogyo K.K.,
AuAg Company

Before improvement

Before improvement

After improvement

After improvement

Buﬀer

There was a risk of cutting a hand by hitting it on
the corner when handling materials in the oil receiver,
so a buﬀer was attached.

22

TANAKA CSR REPORT 2022

There was a risk of cutting a hand by hitting it to the partof a shoe locker where the paint had been peeled oﬀ, so
the shoe locker was replaced with a new one with no peeling.

TANAKA CSR REPORT 2022

23

For the Realizationof Healthy Management
Dealing with COVID-19
We have developed rules of conduct for employees toprevent the expansion of COVID-19, which will be revised asneeded according to the social circumstances.
In addition, we have created a ﬂowchart on what should bedone in case an employee or any family member sharing ahouse has a fever or other poor health conditions or has had
contact with an infected person and get infected andnotiﬁed employees of the ﬂowchart.

Main subjects in the rules of conduct○ Measures to prevent droplet infection○ Work from home and staggered working hours○ Attendance rate in headquarters and sales basesin Japan○ Implementation of PCR tests○ Domestic and overseas business trips○ How to conduct meetings and training sessions○ How to organize entertainment of clientsand social gatherings○ Requests for voluntary restraint in the private life

Programs related to COVID-19○ Continuous provision of allowance for the purchaseof hygiene items○ Provision of a special paid holiday at the timeof vaccination○ Provision of a special paid holiday as a measure
for maternity health care
○ Provision of a special paid holiday to respond to
temporary closings of elementary, junior highand high schools○ Application of work from home to those with reduced
working hours for child care

Mental Health
We take the following initiatives for the management of the mental health of employees.

Labor Practices

Events for the Improvement of Health○ Health ChallengeThis program aimed to enhance the awareness ofhealth among employees and encourage them tomake it a habit to have exercises, improve theirdietary life, quit smoking, etc. in their daily life.
The participants selected targets from among items
that they can tackle individually without working too
hard and tried to achieve the targets for two months.
The mechanism has been modiﬁed to allow family
members to participate as well.
○ Quit Smoking Campaign
This campaign was organized to give both smokers
and non-smokers an opportunity to think about the
impact of passive smoking and encourage smokers
to quit smoking. We invited self-produced posters,
senryu poems on quitting smoking and messages tosmokers and exhibited them in the company.

Initiatives for Quitting Smoking●

Employee participation rate

100 （%）

66.4％
50

37.4％

59.3％

67.5％

33.2％
39.1％

0

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

2021

FY

Rate of Smoking by Year(based on the health awareness survey conducted every three years)●

100 （%）

50

0

31.6％

30.2％

27.0％

2013

2016

2019

FY

①Ban on smoking at worksites
All indoor smoking areas have been eliminated and smoking is now allowed only in outdoor smoking areas
during the designated time with measures taken to prevent passive smoking.
②Subsidization of medical costs for outpatient therapy to quit smoking at smoking cessation clinics
We provide subsidies to employees who have quitted smoking through outpatient treatment at smoking
cessation clinics.

Health Awareness Survey of Employees

We conduct the health awareness survey of employees every three years to understand their health awarenessand lifestyle habits and progress in their eﬀorts.
The next survey will be organized in 2022.

Subsidy for Inﬂuenza Vaccination

We provide subsidies to employees and their dependents who have received inﬂuenza vaccination.

○ Development of the internal consultation system with nurses deployed at the health management oﬃce of facilities○ Establishment of external telephone service for health consultations○ implementation of stress checks○ Reinstatement system
We have introduced internal rules to allow the employees who are taking leave to return to work smoothly(reinstatement support program).
○ Provision of mental health training to new employees and year-round employed workers
Training is given to those employees to enable them to recognize stress and learn how to address it at the startof their working life.

Initiatives for the Improvement of Health
The TANAKA Precious Metals has made the Health Declaration and promoted activities to prevent the diseases of
employees and help them maintain and improve their health based on the declaration.

Health Checkup
We continuously maintain the percentage of those undergoing a regular health checkup and secondary test at 100%.
Various cancer screening tests have also been added to the items of the health checkup.

24

TANAKA CSR REPORT 2022

TOPICS

Commended by the Chief of a Labor Standards
Inspection Oﬃce

TANAKA Holdings Co., Ltd. was commended by the Chief of the Chuo Labor Standards
Inspection Oﬃce in recognition of its eﬀorts for safety and health in September 2021.

TOPICS

Renewal of Silver Certiﬁcationas Healthy Companies

We obtained the Silver Certiﬁcation as Healthy
Companies in August 2019 in recognition of ourcontinuous eﬀorts to improve the health of employees
by keeping the percentage of employees undergoinga regular health checkup at 100% and implementing
the health challenge program and the quit smoking
campaign. The certiﬁcation was renewed again in
ﬁscal 2021.
Tanaka Kikinzoku Jewelry K.K. was also certiﬁed in
November 2020.

TOPICS

Recognition under the 2022 Certiﬁed Health& Productivity Management Outstanding
Organizations Recognition Program

The ﬁve TANAKA Precious Metals companies* continued
to be recognized under the 2022 Certiﬁed Health &Productivity Management Outstanding Organizations
Recognition Program (in the large enterprise category).
* 5 TANAKA Precious Metals companies:
TANAKA Holdings Co., Ltd.,TANAKA Kikinzoku Kogyo K.K.,
TANAKA Denshi Kogyo K.K.,
Electroplating Engineers of Japan Ltd.
(EEJA Ltd. from April 2022),
TANAKA Kikinzoku Jewelry K.K.

TANAKA CSR REPORT 2022

25

HumanRightsTo Be an Honest and
Healthy Company
In addition to legal compliance, we continuously promote Group-wide initiatives

to develop business activities that are correct in accordance with social ethics on a global scale.

Corporate Governance
The TANAKA Precious Metals has established a corporate
governance system and speciﬁed basic policy for internal
control to ensure respect for the rights and interests ofall stakeholders and business operations, accounting andother activities in a legitimate and proper manner. Basedon the system and basic policy, the Board of Directors,
Group Management Committee, the Board of Auditors
and Internal Auditing Department play their respectiveroles.
●

Governance Structure Diagram

General Shareholders Meeting
Appointment/
Dismissal

Board ofDirectors

Appointment/
Dismissal

Audit

Board ofAuditors

Appointment/
Dismissal

Coordination

Coordination

Group
Management
Committee

Internal Auditing
Department

Independent
Accounting
Auditor

Coordination

Group companies
Industrial companies/Cross-functional companies

Risk Management Promotion Structure●

The TANAKA Precious Metals has formulated Risk
Management Committee with Representative Director& CEO and Manager of Corporate Sustainability
Communications Division of TANAKA Holdings serving
as the chief executive and the chairperson, respectively.
A meeting of the committee is held twice a year toevaluate risks, check the status of actions for risks,determine crucial risks to be addressed and give
instructions on the actions to be taken for the risks.
For the crucial risks determined in the meeting, therespective committees and departments in charge ofthe individual risks develop plans to address them andtake action according to the plans.

Occupational
accident

Information
leakageNon-complianceHarassment

System failure

Identiﬁcation of about 200 items

Risk Management Committee

Chief executive: Representative Director & CEO
Chairperson: Manager of Corporate Sustainability
Communications Division
Committee members: Division managers

・Implementation of risk assessment
・Determination of crucial risks and provisionof instructions to address them
Implementation of measures andactions according to the plans to address the risks

Respective committees in charge of the individual risksGroup companies / Departments

26

TANAKA CSR REPORT 2022

Activities as an AEO-Certiﬁed Exporter

The TANAKA Precious Metals declares in the TANAKA
Precious Metals Code of Conduct and the TANAKA
Precious Metals Standards of Conduct that we will eliminate
any discriminations on the basis of nationality, race, etc. andwill not use any child labor or forced labor. We also giveinternal education to prevent discrimination, harassment,
etc. and have in place systems to give consultations andreceive reports on non-compliance. The whistleblowers
are strictly protected to ensure that they will not suﬀer adisadvantage. In addition, we have established rules togive consideration to the human rights of migrant workers
including that no registration or commission fee forrecruitment should be collected from the workers and thatthe workers retain their own identiﬁcation certiﬁcates,
passports or work permits, visas, etc.

Certiﬁed as an exporter authorized by the customs
authority (AEO exporter), TANAKA Kikinzoku Kogyo K.K.
has in place compliance systems for the security offreight, transportation, sites, etc., internal audits,management of contractors, communication networks
with custom authorities and within the company andeducation system. We also supply products underreliable security.

Harassment Prevention Training

The business continuity plan is revised on an as-neededbasis in response to natural disasters and various otherrisks. We are now developing manuals to address
volcano eruption risk in addition to storm and ﬂood
damage and COVID-19. We installed live cameras at 10
plants in Japan in ﬁscal 2020 and they now enable us
to check the circumstances in the plants and theirsurrounding areas on a smartphone. We expect that they
will be used to make decisions on whether employees
should come to the oﬃce or not and what actions should
be taken in case of a storm, ﬂood, etc. in the future.

The TANAKA Precious Metals has provided training
to prevent and eliminate harassment since 2014. For
example, we improved the training curriculum to ensurethat it can address various forms of harassment that
could occur in a company in 2019 and invited an expert
to organize a case study seminar for executive staﬀ in
2020.

Potential risks (examples)

Natural disaster

Respect for Human Rights

Business Continuity Planning (BCP)

Risk Management Promotion Structure Diagram

Consumer Issues

Organizational
Governance

Whistleblowing System
In ﬁscal 2021, six reports were received in thewhistleblowing system. We have treated all of thecases appropriately while following our regulations on
the whistleblowing system, protecting the whistleblowers
and maintaining conﬁdentiality.

Promotion of Personal Information Management
The TANAKA Precious Metals manages personal
information, which is classiﬁed into the three categoriesof "individual customers," "corporate customers" and"employees, etc." according to the personal information
management regulations. Especially for the managementof the personal information of individual customers,
we use part of the ISO 27001 (information security
management system) standard.
Furthermore, we hold a meeting of the Personal
Information Management Committee once in six
months to check the management status in each of
the categories, promote continuous improvement andprevent the leakage of personal information.

Security Export Control
Smartphone screen (sample)

Compliance Training
To enhance compliance awareness and prevent dishonest
acts, we continue to provide e-learning courses on subjects
such as the dissemination of the compliance guidebook,the promotion of the use of the whistleblowing system,compliance with the Antimonopoly Law and the
Subcontract Law, prevention of corruption and protectionof personal information.
In response to the situation that work from home has
become a common work practice, we also provide
e-learning on trade secrets to prevent the leakage ofinternal information.

For global companies that deliver products and services
to customers around the world while depending on
international peace and safety, proper export control
based on international cooperation is an essential duty.
TANAKA Kikinzoku Kogyo K.K. has formulated its original
security export control regulations (compliance programor CP) according to Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade
Act and other laws and notiﬁed the Ministry of Economy,
Trade and Industry of them. We carefully control exports
to prevent any of our products or technologies frombeing used for international terrorism or crime ordiverted to nuclear or biochemical weapons, etc. In
addition, we work to seize the trend of the US Export
Administration Regulations (EAR), which are applied
extraterritorially to become eﬀective virtually all over theworld, and other regulations to address them properly.
TANAKA CSR REPORT 2022

27

CSR Performance
Number of employees and managers (in Japan)
Male

No. of employees

No. of managers among them(persons)

3,000

2,734

2,774

837

847

Average age (in Japan)
Male

FemaleMale

FemaleFemale* As of June 1 of the following year

2,000

（69）

（70）

41.9 42.7

42.4 43.5

42.1 43.1

42.6 44.2

Male

89

90

80

77

80

60

60

Female

100

74

75

70

40

（66）

（74）

74

72

858

FemaleNumber of employees who used reduced working hours
for child care
Reduced working hours for child care (persons)

80

50
849

Male

Child care leave (persons)（(y. o.)）

60

2,821

2,772

Number of employees who took child care leave

60
40

30

55

52

56

50

49

40
1,897

1,000

1,927

1,923

1,963

20

0

（450）

2018

（453）

2019

2021

FY

Number of employees by age group
10s to 20s（persons）

2,000

1,500

1,000

30s

1,897

1,927

1,923

149

144

145

377

406

426

550

552

837

500

281

324

0

209

323

2018

190

2019

574

185

287
297

100

2020

28

88

2021

FY

2020

2021

2.43%

3

0

FY

1

2018

2019

2020

2021

4

1

FY

Ratio of employees with disabilities (in Japan)* As of June 1 of the following year

TANAKA Holdings Co., Ltd.
TANAKA Kikinzoku Kogyo K.K.

Reduced working hours for nursing care
（％）

3

2.58%

3

3

2

2.11

2.13

2017

2018

2.00

2.18

2

2.06

1

0

2017

2018

2019

2020

2021

FY

1 1

1 1

1 1

1

1

2017

2018

2019

2020

2021

1

６0

50

100

80

76

４0
２0

25.3

FY

of accidents involving an absence from work of four days or more)（cases）(persons)

83

８0

62.8%

0

Number of occupational accidents
Occupational accidents (the number in parentheses is the number

Reemployment after retirement (in Japan)

1０0

72

67

74

50（2）

126

75

129

2018

2019

2020

2021

FY

0

46（3）

40

39（0） 41（5）

2020

2021

FY

accidents during driving to or from work or personal time)72（71）

80

42（2）

2019

Number of traﬃc accidents
Traﬃc accidents (the number in parentheses is the number of（cases）

60

71（69）
62（61）

57（56）

54（52）

30

60

40

0

141

TANAKA CSR REPORT 2022

3.01

2.58

Ratio of mid-career recruitment

43.7

88

186

50

0

3.60

1

200

100

2019

4

245
501

280
303

2018

(persons)

52

（％）

53.9

FY

25

Number of employees who took nursing care leave and numberof employees who used reduced working hours for nursing care2858(persons)

150

2021

22

16

Nursing care leave

3

Ratio of mid-career recruitment (in Japan)
Number of persons recruited

2020

5

0

440

246

111

4

151

493
275

105

2019

（％）

1,963

38

240
502

2018

60 or older

849

31

216
497

50s

556

847

26

0

Turnover rate
40s

75

10

（492）

2020

79

20

10
（448）

74

30

20

40

20

20

10

0

2017

2018

2019

2020

2021

FY

0

20

2017

2018

2019

2020

2021

FY

0

2017

2018

2019

2020

2021

FY

TANAKA CSR REPORT 2022

29

The
Environment

Human
RightsCSR Performance
CO₂ emissions

CO₂ emissions are calculated with the CO₂ emission factor ofeach electric power supplier in the region where each of theplants and facilities is located for each ﬁscal year.

CSR Management

Industrial waste emissions

6,949

39,56735,00037,82437,911

6,136

6,000

37,69437,4585,080

30,000

4,165

3,714

4,000

25,00020,000

2017

2018

2019

2020

2021

Number of participants in activities to conserve
biodiversity * real number

14 persons（17 persons）

2020

10

20

30

40

2020

2021

FY

Having spent more than 130 years in business since our foundation, we set our basic approach to all corporate activities, including thosefor corporate social responsibility (CSR), in addition to the improvement of quality, productivity and technology, in the Mission Statement.

Corporate Philosophy
and Code of Conduct

The Corporate Philosophy states that we will lead the precious metals industry, implement various business continuity activities including
the conservation of the global environment and work for the creation of a prosperous society based on the basic approach mentioned in
the Mission Statement. For the realization of the Corporate Philosophy, we specify ﬁve basic stances on actions that should be consideredin daily activities as Code of Conduct, along with the Mission Statement.

Code of Conduct andStandards of Conduct

We describe the principles of corporate activities to fulﬁll social responsibility and contribute to the creation of a sustainable society in ourdaily activities in the Code of Conduct and the Standards of Conduct. They have been set in accordance with the seven core subjects of
ISO 26000 and based on respect for internationally recognized standards in addition to compliance with domestic laws. We have alsoestablished a proper management system for compliance with the Standards of Conduct.

TANAKA Precious Metals Code of Conduct

151 persons

2018（474 persons）

98 persons

2019

41 persons（46 persons）
0

2019

FY

22 persons（43 persons）

31 persons

2021

50

Organizational governance
Human rights
Work practices
Environment
Fair business practices
Consumer issues
Community participation and community development（76 persons）
0

20

40

60

80

Most of the events were held online dueto the COVID-19 pandemic

100

120

140

Human rights

1)Do not behave in any way that discriminates on the basis of nationality, race, ethnicity, skin color, sex, age, religion, beliefs, social status, ancestry, property,
existence of physical or mental disabilities or political views.
2)Do not use any child labor or forced labor.
3)Provide an appropriate work environment for young workers.
4)Appropriately manage working hours and payment of wages.
5)Do not mistreat or unjustly coerce someone using your position in work or in sales (i.e., power harassment) through harassment, disdain or words.
6)Do not engage in any speech or conduct related to sex in opposition to the feelings of those around you or the person you are speaking with (i.e., sexual harassment).
7)Do not slander or denigrate any company or individual.

Work practices

1)Prioritize respect for human life, and comply with laws and ordinances related to occupational safety and health.
2)Understand the importance of systematic and continuous activities related to health and safety, and actively take part in driving these activities.
3)Understand the dangers and mental and physical hazards related to your own work, prepare for emergencies and implement training,and strive to take measures for disaster and accident prevention.
4)Respect the right of employees to participate in collective bargaining and rallies.
5)Provide appropriate employee beneﬁts.

Environment

160
Fair businesspractices

Number of the new patents registered in Japan

Union membership rate (in Japan)

（％）

40

45

32

FY2017FY2018FY2019

80

60

57.9

58.6

59.9

60.5

60.2
Consumerissues40

22

28

FY2020

FY2021

20

0

2017

2018

2019

2020

2021

FY

Promote sound business practices with transparency and accountability.
Eliminate all forms of discrimination, whether on the basis of race, nationality, sex, age, social status, position or responsibilities, etc.
Endeavor to do the best work and prioritize safety in a free and open-minded corporate culture.
Promote environmental protection and contribute to the future of this beautiful planet.
Promote sound business activities in the spirit of legal compliance.
Respond to the trust and expectations of customers, and generate excitement for them.
Aim for a well-balanced and prosperous society, and contribute to the revitalization of local communities.

TANAKA Precious Metals Standards of Conduct（381 persons）

2020

2021

2018

The ﬁgure in the parentheses is the total cumulative number.

45 persons（103 persons）

2019

2017

Number of participants in sports for people with disabilities* real number (watching and cheering, volunteer activities)

The ﬁgure in the parentheses is the total cumulative number.
FY

0

FY

Community
participation andcommunity
development

1)Comply with environmental regulations, regional agreements and in-house rules.
2)Promote the thorough control and reduction of chemical substances that may have a harmful impact on the environment.
3)Promote the conservation of energy and resources, and the reduction of CO₂ emissions and waste materials.
4)Promote appropriate management of water resources.
5)Actively work to recycle precious metals.

1)Comply with laws and ordinances to maintain anti-monopoly laws and other fair competition rules, and compete fairly and freely.
2)For gifts of money and goods, business entertainment, donations and political contributions, behave appropriately and comply with laws, ordinances and in-house rules.
3)Do not commit bribery, corruption, extortion or embezzlement.
4)For the import and export of goods and technologies, comply with international treaties, laws, ordinances and in-house rules and follow the appropriate
and necessary procedures.
5)Do not use a dominant position to engage in such behavior as unilaterally changing the terms of business or forcing a purchase.
6)Respect intellectual property rights and do not infringe on them.
7)Have absolutely no dealings with anyone with connections to antisocial groups or armed groups.
8)Contribute to establishing a relationship of mutual cooperation and trust with other businesses.
9)Along with following company rules regarding trade secrets, and controlling and protecting them, do not leak or disclose trade secrets to others or use without permission.
10)Do not behave in any way that is problematic in terms of business ethics, or act or conduct yourself individually in opposition to the proﬁts of the company.
11)Appropriately control company assets (information, products, merchandise, equipment, machinery, consumables, intellectual property,
tangible and intangible assets such as the brand) and do not use these assets illegally or unfairly.
12)Do not conduct insider trading based on nonpublic information acquired through the course of business.
13)Implement a whistleblowing system to help prevent compliance violations and protect whistleblowers against disadvantage.

1)Comply with all laws and ordinances applicable to products, merchandise and services.
2)Do not violate laws and ordinances such as competition laws or those related to labeling.
3)Protect the personal information obtained from customers, business partners, employees and others.
4)In advertisements and other publicity, create labeling based on a substantial and objective foundation; do not engage in false or misleading advertising.
5)Ensure product safety and product quality.
6)Provide information related to the correct methods of use, cautions in use and application, and information related to such features as the functions
and strengths of products, merchandise and services.
7)Along with disclosing business information and increasing the transparency of management, achieve accountability for the company.
8)Undertake honest sales and service activities.
9)Do not make sales with excessive premiums or use deceptive sales methods.
10)In the event that a quality problem that can harm the company's reputation arises, respond appropriately.
11)For enquiries and complaints from the customer, follow in-house rules and guidelines to deal with the situation,
give appropriate feedback and prevent recurrence of the problem.
12)Actively work to reduce material use to a minimum, make use of reclaimed materials and develop products, merchandise and services that save energy.
Provide support for activities contributing to society through such work as academic research, education, environmental protection,
cultural and artistic activities, and local community service, and work to foster harmony and co-exist with local communities.

Established: November 1, 200830

TANAKA CSR REPORT 2022

Community
Involvement

Mission Statement
2,000

0

Fair Operating
Practices

We aim to perform activities to fulﬁll corporate social responsibility (CSR) not as something isolated from daily operations
but as part of our business activities. In addition, the basic approach to all stakeholders mentioned in the Mission
Statement has underpinned our CSR activities consistently since our early days. For example, we have continued therecycling of bullion (see Page 12) as part of our daily activities since our founding, which is symbolized by the slogan "Anybullion is money," and it is a typical initiative to reduce environmental impact. We continuously promote activities toincorporate CSR into our daily business operations through community involvement, which is represented by social
contribution activities (see Pages 16 to 17), as well as activities to conserve biodiversity in the environment (see Page 15)
and other initiatives.

8,000

40,000Consumer Issues

Labor Practices

Approach to CSR（tons/year）（tons/year）

Organizational
Governance

Revised: October 1, 2016

TANAKA CSR REPORT 2022

31

Results of the Questionnaire
on CSR Report

Third-party Assurance

The TANAKA Precious Metals conducts a questionnaire survey of all employees on its CSR Report every year. To prevent
COVID-19 infections, from the previous ﬁscal year, the forms are not collected at each site but employees send their own
forms directly to the secretariat now while an online questionnaire is also used. This ﬁscal year, 17% of the answers weremade through the online questionnaire.
* The answers to the questionnaire partly include those from external customers.

The TANAKA Precious Metals asks Sustainability Accounting Co., Ltd. to conduct third-party assurance to increase thereliability of the CSR performance data presented in the CSR Report. The details are mentioned below.

Assurance procedures are carried out on whether the indicators of CSR performance in ﬁscal 2021 reported on Pages 28
to 30 of CSR Report 2022 were calculated in accordance with the standards speciﬁed by the company.

Results of the Questionnaire on CSR Report 2021
(responses)

2,500

1,947

2,000

1,895

2,114

2. Assurance procedures

2,340

2,288

1,725

1,608

1,581

2020

2021

1,500

The procedures are conducted in accordance with International Standard on Assurance Engagement 3000 (ISAE 3000).
The key procedures include:
・Interviews with the personnel in charge of the company's calculation standards
・Review of the calculation standards
・Cross-checks with the data obtained through sampling and recalculation to determine whether the indicators
were calculated according to the calculation standards

1,000
500
0

2014

2015

2016

Understandability
Easy to understandAverage

51.1%

47.8%

Diﬃcult to understand

2018

1.0%

79.1%

2019

FY

Rich

3. Conclusion
The assurance procedures have identiﬁed nothing indicating that any indicator on important matters was not
calculated in accordance with the calculation standards speciﬁed by the company.

Content

57.2%

Average

Information volume
Appropriate

2017

1. Purpose

42.4%

Insuﬃcient

0.3%

DesignGood

52.4%

Too much

19.9%

AverageToo small

1.1%

Not good

45.7%
1.8%

Opinions and Requests Obtained through the Questionnaire in the Previous Fiscal Year
We receive various opinions and requests through the questionnaire every year. We will continue to improve the CSR
Report by reference to your opinions and requests.
Opinions and requests

32

Improvements

It would be better to use recycled copies of the report for otherpurposes such as a donation.

We donated recycled copies as school supplies and materials
for teaching aids.

It is good that CSR performance is presented clearly.

More data were added.

I want to know more about the achievement of balance between
work and nursing care.

The number of employees who took nursing care leave was added
to CSR performance.

I have become interested in activities to conserve biodiversity.

The number of employees who participated was added to CSR performance.

I want to know more about health activities.

The pages on health activities were enhanced.

The volume is increasing every year/too much

The total number of pages was reduced by four.

TANAKA CSR REPORT 2022

TANAKA CSR REPORT 2022

33