CSR
Report2023

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 insmartphones, etc., 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.

Code of
Conduct

1. Greet Everyone

TANAKA is accredited as a Good Delivery
Referee for gold and silver by the London
Bullion Market Association (LBMA)*1 andalso appointed as a Good Delivery Refereeby the London Platinum and Palladium
Market (LPPM)*2. Thus, TANAKA is
responsible for assessing the precious metals
melting technologies and analytical skills of
all accredited gold and silver reﬁners.

2. Show your Smile*1 TANAKA is currently one of the ﬁve Good
Delivery Referees accredited by the LBMA
in the world and the only one in Japan.
*2 TANAKA is currently one of the six Good
Delivery Referees accredited by the LPPM
in the world and the only one in Japan.

3. Give Thanks
4. Maintain Safety
5. Challenge Yourself

Editorial Policy

Domestic bases
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TANAKA 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.

Kosaka Plant

October 2023

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●●

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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)●●●

Metalor Technologies International SA

Nippon PGM Europe S.R.O.

LT Metal Co., Ltd.（LT Metal）

Chengdu Guangming Paite Precious Metal Co., Ltd.（GMPT）

Nippon PGM America, Inc.

Contribution to Local Communities

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Scope

Headquarters (Tokyo)

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10 Protection of the Global Environment

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08 Quality and Trust

Nippon PGM Co., Ltd.（PGM）●●

06 Research and Development

18 Active Role of Each Employee

TANAKA Kikinzoku Kogyo K.K.（TKK）●

04 Businesses of TANAKA

Headquarters and plant (Ibaraki)

Overseas bases●

02 Message from the CEO

April 1, 2022 to March 31, 2023
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.

Mitomo Semicon Engineering Co., Ltd. (MSE)

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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)

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 forthe 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.

CONTENTS(Data as of May 31, 2023)

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/

For the Realization of

24 Healthy Management
To Be an Honest and

26 Healthy Company
28 CSR Performance
31 CSR Management

Results of the Questionnaire

32 on the CSR Report

33 Third-party Assurance

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

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Message from the CEO

Powered by the individualityof each employee, we aim
to create a sustainable future
The TANAKA Precious Metals launched TANAKA
Renaissance Plan, which aims to realize a sustainable
society and ultra long-term corporate management
while looking ahead to 2085, the year when thecompany will mark its 200th anniversary, in ﬁscal
2021.
Precious metals are full of potential. The explorationof frontiers such as space, deep sea and humanbodies, or the development of devices and productsthat make people's lives more abundant, is notpossible without precious metals. To unlock theirpotential and create a better future is our
mission as a leading company in the ﬁeld of
precious metals and it is essential to collectthe knowledge of all employees and develop a
corporate culture where innovations can becreated easily to accomplish the mission. With
the recognition that the individuality of each
employee is the driving force of our move to the
future, the TANAKA Precious Metals declared that
it will promote DE&I (Diversity, Equity & Inclusion)
more actively in April 2023. With the newly
established DE&I Promotion Oﬃce playing
a main role, we are promoting the creation ofopportunities for each employee to develop
and demonstrate their abilities, as well as theestablishment of an environment where they canstimulate each other and grow together.
In the TANAKA Renaissance Plan, sustainability isalso one of the important keywords. The plan sets
2085 in the far-oﬀ future as the target year, so it
may be said that the plan itself is an act of seeking
sustainability. While the TANAKA Precious Metals
has explored the recycling of precious metals toestablish a material-cycle business for more than
130 years since its foundation, we recognize that
we have to be a company that will lead the shift toa low-carbon and recycling-oriented society from a

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higher viewpoint and a broader perspective fromnow on. Under the TANAKA Precious Metals
Statement on Carbon Neutrality declared inﬁscal 2022, we are currently accelerating various
activities to protect the global environment at
our plants and facilities so that we can achieve
the target of making our CO₂ emissions net zero in
2050. We will continuously work to solve global
environmental issues and social problems based on
our strength as a company that deals in precious
metals, which are rare resources.
We plan to relocate our headquarters from
Marunouchi to Kayabacho, Nihonbashi, which isthe birthplace of Tanaka Kikinzoku, in April 2024.
The new headquarters will set the concept ofConnecting with people, the city and the future
and promote the development of an environmentthat fosters creative ways of working with an eye
to the future while serving as the cockpit of the
TANAKA Precious Metals, which is sailing into
the distant future of 2085. We will create asustainable future while cultivating a corporate
culture that encourages colleagues to meet,interact, respect diﬀerent values and exchange
opinions freely. From our birthplace, Kayabacho,
Nihonbashi, we will sail toward the frontier of the
future and further weave a history of challenge
and innovation.

Group CEOTANAKA Koichiro

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Businesses of TANAKAThe TANAKA Precious Metals has delivered special values based on precious metals
to the world for more than 130 years since its foundation.
We will continue to try everything we can do with precious metals and develop new ﬁelds.

AssetsWe oﬀer gold and platinum products to diversify and protect assets in an optimal manner.
Bullion and coin

Gold is the only element that never lost its value in the past
six 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 world-class technology and sell only new bullion to
give a sense of security to customers.
We also sell gold and platinum coins as the only importand sales 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.

Industrial products

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.

*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
to purchase gold, platinum and silver in a single accountwith a minimum monthly amount of 3,000 yen. Customers
can steadily purchase precious metals for their security inthe future.

Jewelry
Recycling

Precious metal materials

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

FY2021
Net
sales
Net
incomeEnergy and environment
Catalysts

MedicalTest kits

Technology development
Compounds

Total
assets787,728

FY2022680,036

Year-on-yearchange86.3％

Net sales（100 million yen）
15,00012,0009,000

37,75735,436

93.9％

6,000

9,253

Net income（100 million yen）

14,256400

11,496886,948111.6％

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7,877

6,800

200
100

2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 FY

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The revenue recognition accounting standard andother standards have been applied since ﬁscal 2021.

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396 378

354

8,000

300

3,000

794,617

Total assets（100 million yen）
10,000

6,000

181

5,550

6,357

7,091

7,946

8,869

4,000

119

2,000
2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 FY

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Metalor Technologies International SA is included.

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Research and Development

T O P I C S

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 to a more prosperous society
as well as a beautiful future of the Earth in a steady and continuous manner.

Development of new alloy TK-FS for probe
pins for semiconductor test equipment

Establishment of a new ruthenium ﬁlm
deposition process that contributes toward
miniaturization and improved durabilityof semiconductors

TANAKA Kikinzoku Kogyo K.K. has been manufacturing
and selling a large volume of palladium (Pd) materials
mainly for pogo pin-type probe pins used in test sockets
for ﬁnal testing (post-processing) of semiconductor
packages. The recently announced TK-FS is a material
that can be used in various types of probe pins inaddition to pogo-pin types, such as cantilever andvertical types for wafer testing (pre-processing) probe
cards. This product has three unique attributes: aVickers hardness of at least 500, speciﬁc resistance ofat most 7.0µΩ･cm and durability that can withstand 10
or more times of repeated bending. In the existingproducts of TANAKA Kikinzoku Kogyo K.K, no material
simultaneously achieved these three qualities of highhardness, low speciﬁc resistance and high pliability. This
product succeeded in addressing all requirements,
allowing the same material to be used in various typesof probe pins.

TANAKA Kikinzoku Kogyo K.K. is developing high-purity
precious metal precursors TRuST, with a focus onruthenium, for next-generation semiconductors. While
single-stage ﬁlm deposition using oxygen has been themainstream process for ﬁlm deposition, the company
has succeeded in a two-stage ﬁlm deposition processusing oxygen and hydrogen.
This two-stage ﬁlm deposition process reduces the riskof surface oxidation of the base caused by hydrogenﬁlm deposition and allows high-purity ﬁlm deposition
that maintains ruthenium purity at almost 100% using
oxygen ﬁlm deposition. Furthermore, by forming thebase ﬁrst using hydrogen ﬁlm deposition, the ruthenium
ﬁlm on top of the base created using oxygen ﬁlm
deposition will be smooth and dense, achieving a lower
resistance than before. As semiconductors become
even smaller in scale in the future, demand for thinnerﬁlm deposition with low resistance is also expected forruthenium ﬁlms, and a two-stage ﬁlm deposition allows
this issue to be resolved.

- Allowing the same material to be usedin various types of probe pins -TRuSTSecond stage ﬁlm
deposition: O₂

Launch of the RE Series of recycled precious metal materials,
which uses only 100% recycled materials
The RE Series is composed of gold (Au), platinum (Pt) and other precious metals reﬁned from 100% recycled
precious metals. While TANAKA Kikinzoku Kogyo K.K. has been operating a precious metal recycling businesssince its founding, it has now expanded its RE Series production line to manufacture products that use 100%
recycled precious metal materials. The RE series raw material products provided by TANAKA Kikinzoku Kogyo
K.K. have already been applied to compounds for plating solutions as the ﬁrst step. As the second step, we
will also introduce the materials into the gold bonding wire products manufactured by TANAKA Denshi
Kogyo K.K.

TM

Logo of the RE Series

Bonding wire products

Creation and Protection of Intellectual Property Rights
Being aware that intellectual properties such as patents, devices, designs, trademarks and literary works, as well as
know-how, are important assets for companies, we actively endeavor to develop them. In the research of newtechnology and the development, production and sales 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 inaccordance with the relevant laws of each country. We also provide intellectual property education mainly to staﬀ intechnology departments throughout the year to enhance their awareness of intellectual properties.

First stage ﬁlm
deposition: H₂

TK-FS products

300nm
Image of two-stage ﬁlm deposition using TRuST (upper)
Cross-sectional SEM image of two-stage ﬁlm deposition using TRuST (lower)

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HumanRights

Quality and Trust
Delivery of "good items" to customers is a principle of the TANAKA Precious Metals.
In addition to the quality of products, we also pay attention to human rights, environment,
health and safety, ethics and other CSR issues in the process of producing products.

Fair Operating
Practices

Consumer Issues

Evaluation from Customers
The TANAKA Precious Metals has received awards, etc. from various customers in appreciation for our eﬀorts to support
their production activities.
【FY2022】Major awards given by customers
Company

Establishment of a Quality Management System
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.
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Quality Management System Diagram
Customers

Eﬀects of QMS

SupportCustomerrequirements

Plan

Demand andexpectation of
stakeholders

Act

Leadership

Improvement

Do
Customersatisfaction

Performance
evaluation

Plan

Operation

Products

Check

Customer Satisfaction Survey
The TANAKA Precious Metals has conducted a customer
satisfaction survey since ﬁscal 2016. This survey aims tounderstand the real demands and complaints about
our company among customers for our industrial
product business 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 2022, we received responses from 268
customers and the average score was 75.1 (out of 100).
While the average score was 61.2 when the survey waslaunched in ﬁscal 2016, we have continuously received
a score of 75 or higher in recent years. We will continue
to promote the improvement of various issues tomake our customers more satisﬁed.

External CSR Assessments That Satisfy Customers○ RBA*1 Audit
The TANAKA Precious Metals has formulated the
TANAKA Precious Metals Code of Conduct and
TANAKA Precious Metals Standards of Conduct,
which are in line with the RBA Code of Conduct, tostipulate that each oﬃcer and employee should fulﬁllsocial responsibility for CSR issues including humanrights, environment, health and safety and ethics intheir daily operations.
In ﬁscal 2022, our domestic and overseas factories
were audited by third-party auditors qualiﬁed by RBA
or were audited directly by customers. Through those
audits, our compliance with the RBA Code of Conduct
was evaluated.
○ EcoVadis*2 Certiﬁcation
We underwent a company-wide CSR assessment by
EcoVadis concerning the environment, labor andhuman rights, ethics and sustainable procurement ofmaterials and were awarded a silver rating again in
ﬁscal 2022.
*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
to be followed by companies.
*2 EcoVadis:
EcoVadis is a CSR assessment agency that evaluates more than
90,000 organizations and companies from 200 business sectors and175 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.

AuAg
Company

Chemical &ReﬁningCompany

Semiconductor
CompanyAP
Company

CustomerAward

Reason for the commendation

Relay Business Unit, Electromechanical Control
Business Division, Panasonic Industry Co., Ltd.

Best Supplier Award

Response to the need for delivery due to a rapid increasein production in the customer through the expansionof the facilities and other measures

Fuji Electric Co., Ltd.

Excellence Award in the commendation of suppliers
at the FY2022 Business Policy Brieﬁng Session

Comprehensive cooperation for transactions on QCD

Omron Electronic Components (Shenzhen) Ltd.

Excellent Supplier

Excellent performance in the creation of customer value

Cataler Corporation

Quality Award

Delivery of no defective products and cooperation on
the aspects of safety, supply and technology

NGK SPARK PLUG CO., LTD.

Grand Prize in the precious metals category

Submission of VA proposal exceeding the target
and cooperation in pricing

MEP Enviro Technology Sdn. Bhd.

Best Strategic Partner Award

Gratitude for the long-term best support for recovery

Advanced Semiconductor Engineering, Inc.

ESG Supply Chain Award

Demonstration of outstanding performancein all aspects of sustainable ESG

Kaohsiung City Government

2022 Kaohsiung City Excellent
Japanese Business Commendation

Gratitude for continuous investment in Kaohsiung City

Inﬁneon Technologies

Letter of appreciation

Commendation in a presentation
at Technology Development Forum 2023

Powertech Technology (Suzhou) Ltd.

FY2022 Excellent Supplier Award

Continuous and stable supply of high-quality gold wires
even during the spread of COVID-19

Unimos Microelectronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.

① FY2022 Cooperating Supplier② Letter of appreciation for cooperation during
the COVID-19 lockdown

Gratitude for wide-ranging cooperation (delivery, service) during
the lockdown in ﬁscal 2022

Japan Aviation Electronics Industry, Limited

Best Supplier Award

Commitment to the development of plating solutions to achieve
cost reduction and contribute to the business results of the customer

IBIDEN Philippines, Inc.

Best Supplier Award

Commendation as the best supplier in the overall evaluationof the following items: quality, continuous improvement,delivery time, customer services, the level of accountability

Supply Chain Management○ Commitment to the Responsible Procurement of Minerals
With the establishment of its Responsible Mineral Sourcing Policy*1, the TANAKA Precious Metals promotes theelimination of human rights abuses including child labor, ﬁnancing of terrorists, money laundering, unfair dealings,
involvement in conﬂicts and environmental 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 the certiﬁcation every year after an audit by a designated third-party
agency. When procuring materials for precious metals including recycled materials, we carefully conduct detailed
checks of suppliers as to whether they have any problems or risks concerning CSR issues (the environment, humanrights, society, compliance, ethics, etc.) to ensure responsible sales of precious metal products.
○ 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 ourbusiness and be exposed to high risk.
In ﬁscal 2022, we asked about 160 suppliers to conduct CSR self-assessment and encouraged them to 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 and Information
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 October 2022.
LBMA Responsible Gold Certiﬁcate
LBMA Responsible Silver Certiﬁcate
LPPM Responsible Platinum and Palladium Certiﬁcate*1 https://www.tanaka.co.jp/english/sourcing̲policy/*2 LBMA: London Bullion Market Association*3 LPPM: London Platinum & Palladium Market

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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 in domestic bases by 1%each year to conform to the Act on the Rational Use ofEnergy of Japan. In ﬁscal 2022, our global CO₂ emissions
decreased by 3.5% from the previous ﬁscal year. On theother hand, our per-unit energy consumption grew byapproximately 3.5% (a decrease of 32.5% from the ﬁscal
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.

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 andhigh-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 andsustainable future for the Earth with our own hands.
We will consider tree-planting and activities to preserve forest rejuvenation such as the creation of
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 to consider andimplement speciﬁc measures. The TANAKA Precious Metals will continue to provide value to customers andsociety as a whole through products and solutions that apply the unique characteristics of precious metals.

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

Company-widetargetTANAKA Precious Metals Statement on Carbon Neutrality●

Energy Consumption and Per-unit Energy Consumption by Year (in Japan)
Energy consumption（kL）
25,000Per-unit energy consumption (ratio to the FY2013 level)
（%）
100

100
87.0

78.8

20,00080

15,000

67.5

64.0

57.5

Energy reduction
eﬀect

Plant
Shonan Plant of Tanaka Kikinzoku Kogyo K.K.

1%

20

Tomioka Plant of TANAKA Kikinzoku Kogyo K.K.

3%

0

0

Hiratsuka Plant of Tanaka Kikinzoku Kogyo K.K.

2%

Tsukuba Facility of Tanaka Kikinzoku Kogyo K.K.

4%

2013

20,857

20,6152018

21,183201922,241

2020

21,284

2021

2022

FY

CO₂ Emissions by Year (global)（tons/year）
60,00050,00040,000Japan
50,971
8,065

46,3288,179

45,19945,55348,4978,164

30,00020,00042,90738,15037,75737,71639,89038,61910,000CO₂ Emissions by Facility (in ﬁscal 2022)
Plant
Shonan Plant of Tanaka Kikinzoku Kogyo K.K.

Isehara Plant of Tanaka Kikinzoku Kogyo K.K.

4%

Saga Production Headquarters of TANAKA Denshi Kogyo K.K.

3%

Mitomo Semicon Engineering Co., Ltd.

8%

46,783

8,607

7,837

7,442

Overseas

2013
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
FY
* CO₂ emissions are calculated by applying the CO₂ emission factor of each electric power
supplier in the region where each of the plants and facilities is located to the amountfor each ﬁscal year.
For overseas bases, CO₂ emissions are calculated with the average CO₂ emission factor
in each country or region.

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List of the Plants That Have Introduced Photovoltaic Power Generation

40

19,497

0

10

●

60

* 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.

●

Solar panels installed in Mitomo Semicon Engineering

5,000

10,000●〇 Introduction of Photovoltaic Power Generation
Mitomo Semicon Engineering Co., Ltd. introduced
photovoltaic power generation in ﬁscal 2022. While
the operation started in the middle of the ﬁscal year,
the introduction resulted in an 8% reduction ofannual energy consumption in the whole plant inﬁscal 2022.

T O P I C SMetalor Technologies International SA, a Group
company, has introduced photovoltaic power
generation at its bases in Switzerland, France, theUS, Mexico, China and Hong Kong and reduced
CO₂ emissions in the Metalor Group as a wholeby 13%.

CO₂ emissions(tons)

7,878

Tomioka Plant of TANAKA Kikinzoku Kogyo K.K.

6,288

Sodegaura Plant of Tanaka Kikinzoku Kogyo K.K.

4,694

Ichikawa Plant of Tanaka Kikinzoku Kogyo K.K.

4,023

Hiratsuka Plant of Tanaka Kikinzoku Kogyo K.K.

3,876

Tsukuba Facility of Tanaka Kikinzoku Kogyo K.K.

3,672

Isehara Plant of Tanaka Kikinzoku Kogyo K.K.

2,994

Iwate Plant of Tanaka Kikinzoku Kogyo K.K.

2,453

TANAKA Electronics (Hangzhou) Co., Ltd. (TEC)

2,238

TANAKA Electronics Singapore Pte. Ltd. (TES)

1,699

TANAKA Electronics Malaysia Sdn. Bhd. (TEM)

1,589

Saga Production Headquarters of TANAKA Denshi Kogyo K.K.

1,221

Hsinchu Plant of Taiwan TANAKA Kikinzoku Kogyo Co., Ltd.

1,101

Hukou Plant of Taiwan TANAKA Kikinzoku Kogyo Co., Ltd.

877

TANAKA Electronics Taiwan Co., Ltd. (TET)661

EEJA Ltd.

561

Other

959

Cleuville, France

San Luis Potosí, Mexico

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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

Use LIMEXThe 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 of bullion
attached to uniforms, etc., in addition to bullion in production facilities, are carefully recovered.
In the TANAKA Renaissance Plan, which is a medium-term plan initiated in ﬁscal 2021, we reorganized our activities
in the three ﬁelds of direct materials, indirect
DirectCyclical use of precious metals and improvement of environmental indicatorsmaterials
materials and industrial waste to enhance our
Indirect
Continuous recycling of copies of the CSR Report and considerationmaterialsof recycling of other indirect materials
measures to establish a sound material-cycle
Industrial
society and realize a Circular Economy.
Reduction of industrial waste and promotion of zero emission
waste

Direct Materials●

Recycling of Copies of the CSR Report

Cyclical Use of Precious Metals

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 2022)
External
procurement 209

Suppliers

Recovery andreﬁnement 612

1,174

1,383

（for industrial products,
assets and jewelry）

833

Production
activities

Customers(corporations
and individuals)Zerodisposalby landﬁll

Internal recycling 562

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. In our past eﬀorts, the copies were recycled as coasters
and cups and then distributed to all employees in our previous activities. This time, as the third measure, we recycled thecollected copies to produce trays that will be
used to deliver lunches at nine junior high schoolsin Kamakura, instead of reusing them within thecompany, to make a social contribution more
widely.

Shipped products

Total amount ofRecycled bullion inputs
amountRecycle LIMEX* 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 chips and cansubstitute paper and plastic. Each copy of the TANAKA Precious
Metals CSR Report 2023 saves approximately 15 liters of water.

CSR Report 2021

The collected copies were recycled as trays to deliver
school lunches, which were then donated to
the Kamakura City Board of Education

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)

30,00025,53425,00020,00015,00016,673

26,684600

28,270500

19,558

269

251

400

270

244

10,000

300

209

200

5,000
0

100

2018

2019

2020

2021

2022

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

Cyclical use rate

Amount of bullion procured externally (tons)

FY

0Industrial Waste

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

Recovery and reﬁnement

Cyclical use rate (%)

90.0
80.0

82.2

50.0
40.0
30.0

1,509
269
609

82.9

81.7

84.2

1,465
251
622

1,474

1,547

270

244

617

637

20.0
10.0
0.0

Company-widetargetExternal procurement

2,500
2,000

1,383

1,500

209
612

631

592

587

666

562

2018

2019

2020

2021

2022

Reduction of industrial waste emissions
by 1% each year

3,000

84.9

70.0
60.0

The TANAKA Precious Metals sets a target of reducing industrial waste emissions in domestic bases by 1% each year.
In ﬁscal 2022, we reduced industrial waste emissions by 25% from the previous ﬁscal year as a result of our new initiative
to convert waste liquid into valuable materials. We will promote further measures to ensure that we can control thewaste generated in association with the expansion of our business.

Amount of bullion inputs (tons)

100.0

Reduction of Industrial Waste

FY●

Industrial Waste Emissions by Year (global)（tons/year）
8,000

6,000

500

5,000

0

4,000

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*.

6,446
5,422
4,500

Other 5.8%

518

311

Breakdown of Industrial Waste Emissions in Fiscal 2022 (in Japan)

Overseas

7,470

7,000

1,000

●

Japan

Sodegaura
35.9%

Ichikawa 25.5%

5,598

Wood waste 0.9%
Waste oil 1.8%
Waste
plastics
2.4%

411

342

Other 1.4%

335

By plant

3,000

Sludge4.9%

By item

2,000
1,000
0

4,165

5,080

6,136

6,952

5,187

2018

2019

2020

2021

2022

FY

Shonan 32.9%

Waste acid30.3%

Waste alkali 58.3%* 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.

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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 (in Japan)（m³）

400,000

308,187

300,000

307,802295,464

316,735

308,629200,000

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

0

●

2018

2019

2020

2021

2022

FY

●

Breakdown of Water Consumption in Fiscal 2022

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

Other 5.0%
Isehara 2.9%

CSR Promotion Department

Shonan 32.4%

Tsukuba 5.0%

Central Environmental Committee

By
plant

Hiratsuka 5.6%
Iwate 7.6%

SHE Promotion Oﬃce Manager Council
Environmental Managers Sub-committee

Tomioka 18.6%
Ichikawa 10.4%

Correlation Between Water Use and the Average Amountof Rainfall (example)
Water use in Plant A

Water risk is low

（mm）
400

4,000

300

3,000
200
2,000

List of the Facilities That Have Obtained
ISO 14001 Certiﬁcation

il

Apr

y

Ma

e

Jun

t
r
r
r
r
July ugus embe ctobe embe embe anuary bruary March
A ept
JO Nov DecFeSThe 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 and the periods when water risk is low.

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(Date of acquisition)

TANAKA Kikinzoku Kogyo K.K.
Shonan Plant
Ichikawa Plant
Technical Center
Hiratsuka Plant

October 2000

Iwate Plant

January 2005

May 2002

Isehara Plant

March 2005

May 2002

Tomioka Plant

March 2005

October 2002

Tsukuba Plant

December 2013

May 2010

TANAKA Kikinzoku (Ningbo) Co., Ltd.

January 2019

Saga Production Headquartersof TANAKA Denshi Kogyo K.K.

August 1999

TANAKA Electronics Malaysia Sdn. Bhd.

June 1999

TANAKA Electronics Singapore Pte. Ltd.

December 1999

TANAKA Electronics (Hangzhou) Co., Ltd.

February 2005

TANAKA Electronics Taiwan Co., Ltd.
100

1,000

14

●

Taiwan TANAKA Kikinzoku Kogyo Co., Ltd.

Average amount of rainfall between 1991 and 2020 in City A

Water risk is high
（m³）
5,000

0

Environmental Committee of each plant and facility

Sodegaura 12.4%○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.
●

Group CEOEEJA Ltd.

Environmental Incident Eradication Activities

Prevention of Environmental Pollution

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.

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 transferredto outside the facilities.
We will continue to be committed to the proper
management of chemical substances in businessactivities to prevent environmental pollution.

●

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* PRTR: Pollutant Release and Transfer Register* Deﬁnition of an environmental incident : Non-compliance with laws and regulations,excess of voluntary standard values, complaints from neighbors, minor accidents resolved
within the site, etc.
●

Number of Environmental Incidents(Cases) 64
20

Total Release and Transfer Amounts of PRTR-designatedSubstances (in Japan)

200,000 （kg）

ReleaseAir quality

Transfer

166,075
157,517160,000

120,000

110,878

101,515

Water quality

87,916

Other
80,0001

1●

140,000

3

3

2018

2019

1

0

2020

2021

2
2022

FY

0

438
2018

159
2019

120
2020

11

215

2021

2022

FY

Conservation of Biodiversity
In ﬁscal 2020, we launched an initiative to grow orange
daylilies and coastal daylilies in the houses of the employees
who applied for it, as well as the premises of our plants, andreturn the increased plants to a river bed of Tsurumi Riverin Yokohama, Kanagawa and Koajiro no Mori (Koajiro
Forest) in Miura, Kanagawa, which are original habitatsof the ﬂowers. Now, beautiful ﬂowers of orange daylilies
and coastal daylilies bloom every summer.
<Purpose of this initiative>
Hybrid ryegrass, which is known to cause hay fever, grows in river
beds and parks and is diﬃcult to eliminate by weeding. Therefore, weplan to plant indigenous species that are endangered in the region
such as orange daylilies and coastal daylilies to cover the ground withthem and control the growth of the community of hybrid ryegrass. We
protect coastal daylilies, which are sometimes targeted by robbers, by
growing them in safe places such as the houses of employees and thepremises of our plants and oﬃces.

Orange daylilies
bloomed in
the home ofan employee

In May 2023, we organized an eco-tour for volunteers in
Koajiro Forest for the ﬁrst time in four years. A total of 40
employees and their family members joined the tour andworked for the conservation of coastal daylilies. They
also strolled through the forest and around a tidal ﬂat.
<Purpose of this initiative>
When the Great East Japan Earthquake occurred in March 2011, atsunami also hit Koajiro Bay several times and destroyed almost allof the community of coastal daylilies in Koajiro Forest that lived
along the coast. The remaining 28 coastal daylilies were protectedby Non-Proﬁt Organization Koajiro Outdoor Activity Organizing
Committee, which has worked to restore the community since then.
While this initiative is supported by several companies, the TANAKA
Precious Metals also joined them in ﬁscal 2018.

Forest walk

Courtship dance of an ocypodid crab was watchedon a tidal ﬂatMarch 2013
November 2000
Plants grown in
the home are
packed and sent
to the NPO by mailThe delivered plants aretransplanted to theoriginal habitat

Orange daylilies
bloomed on site

* Photos of orange daylilies and coastal daylilies grown in the houses of employees are posted
at the bottom of Page 01 (company information and contents).

Employees and their families transplanted coastal daylilies

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Contribution to Local
Communities and Society

Community
Involvement

Tanaka Kikinzoku Memorial Foundation

The TANAKA Precious Metals aims to develop activities that can contribute to the local○ 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 159 applications forthis 24th invitation and provided grants of 16.2 million
yen in total to 24 research projects.

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● Gold Award: 2 recipients, 2 million yen each

Certiﬁcation as a Tokyo Sports
Promotion Company

Support of and Participationin Sports for People with Disabilities

TANAKA Holdings Co., Ltd. promotes sports activities toencourage employees to improve their health andactivate internal communication.
In addition, we have been an oﬃcial partner of theJapanese Para-Sports Association (JPSA) since 2012 andhave co-sponsored the Japan Blind Football Association(JBFA) and the Japanese women's blind football teamsince 2017. Through these initiatives, we support sports
for people with disabilities, as well as Para athletes, andpromote the understanding of sports for people withdisabilities.
In recognition of those activities, TANAKA Holdings wascertiﬁed as a Tokyo Sports Promotion Company by the
Tokyo Municipal Government for eight consecutive years
from ﬁscal 2015.

We co-sponsored LIGA.i Blind Soccer Top League 2022
(organized by the Japan Blind Football Association), theﬁrst top league for blind football that was newly
established in 2022, as a category sponsor (awards andceremonies). By contributing to the further developmentof blind football in Japan and around the world, as wellas providing league cups, medals and souvenirs awarded
to teams and players, we supported the organization of
the awards and ceremonies.

Modeling of precious metal extraction and separation
using Moessbauer spectroscopy parametersand computational chemistry

Dr. Masashi Kaneko,
a researcher at the Japan Atomic Energy Agency

Experiments to achieve microstructure control of precious
metal-based high-entropy alloys

Professor Seiji Miura, Hokkaido University

Co-sponsorship of Robot Contest forTechnical 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 and create
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 andadvance to the national tournament.
The TANAKA Precious Metals has co-sponsored the
Robocon for technical college students since 2012 tosupport the future engineers of Japan.

○ Activities to Support Students
FY2018 to FY2021
Granting of scholarships (at Tohoku University)
FY2021
100 yen breakfast
FY2022
Support with 100 yen breakfast, 50 yen melon bread plan
The 61st National Seven Universities Athletic Meet
(Presentation of the winning trophy and pin badgesof the competition)

Kawauchi no Mori Dining

Saitama T.Wings won the title

Custard-ﬁlled melon bread

Pin badge◆ 100 yen breakfast: approximately 19,000 meals in total over 28 days
◆ 50 yen melon bread: approximately 10,000 pieces over 33 days

Main Activities
Sports Promotion
Activities
The winning silver plate was awarded
to Saitama T.Wings, who won the title

Human Resource Development

Medal awardingⓒH.Wanibe/JBFA

Donation andFund-raising Activities

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TANAKA Holdings Co., Ltd.

We donated welfare vehicles to two corporations that operate welfare facilities(a nursing home and an institution for children with disabilities)
EEJA Ltd.

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

On-site Lectures on the Recycling of Precious Metals and Diversity
In collaboration with the Japan Blind Football Association, the TANAKA Precious
Metals visited a junior high school in Tokyo to give lectures on the recycling of
precious metals and diversity. The students learned about the importance of
precious metals and urban mines. A blind football player also gave a lecture to havethem deepen their understanding of diversity
through group work. We received a good review
from the school that the lessons gave valuable
experience, as well as comments from students thatthey enhanced their awareness of the environment
and their understanding of diversity.

We provided pure gold, pure silver and pure bronze medals for the Tokyo Legacy Half Marathon,
which was held for the ﬁrst time in 2022.

Local Cleaning
Activities• TANAKA Holdings Co., Ltd. (Tokyo) • Plants and facilities of TANAKA Kikinzoku Kogyo K.K.
• Saga Production Headquarters of Tanaka Denshi Kogyo K.K. • Hiratsuka Oﬃce of EEJA Ltd.
• Tanaka Kikinzoku Jewelry K.K. • Tanaka Electronics Singapore Pte. Ltd. • Tanaka Electronics Malaysia Sdn. Bhd.
• Tanaka Electronics (Hangzhou) Co., Ltd. • Tanaka Electronics Taiwan Co., Ltd.

The following plants and facilities implement activities to clean plants, their neighborhood and other areas ina regular manner.
• Tomioka Plant of TANAKA Kikinzoku Kogyo K.K. • Isehara Plant of TANAKA Kikinzoku Kogyo K.K.
• Shonan Plant of TANAKA Kikinzoku Kogyo K.K. • Tsukuba Facility (Tsukuba Technical Center) of TANAKA Kikinzoku Kogyo K.K.
• Saga Production Headquarters of Tanaka Denshi Kogyo K.K. • Main Store (Ginza) of Tanaka Kikinzoku Jewelry K.K.
• TANAKA Kikinzoku International (Europe) GmbH • Tanaka Electronics (Hangzhou) Co., Ltd.

For other activities, see our website: https://www.tanaka.co.jp/about/csr/communication.html
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HumanRightsActive Role of Each Employee

Labor Practices

While employees are being diversiﬁed, the creation of a workplace environment where each

Support for Employees to Achieve a Balance between Child Care and Workof them can fulﬁll their potential is essential for the future of the TANAKA Precious Metals.
We are working to improve the workplace environment

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.

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

2021

2022

100 %

100 %

Average numberof annual paid holidays taken

12.8 days

15.0 days(Manufacturing units)12.5 days

14.5 days(Indirect units)13.6 days

15.5 days

Average overtime hours

14.49 hours 12.38 hours

Average service years: male

14.4 years

15.1 years

Average service years: female

13.2 years

13.8 years

Nursing care leave

4 person

4 person

Reduced working hours for nursing care

1 person

2 personSupport 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【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.

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.
【Report on a discussion meeting for working fathers】
2. Encouragement of male employees to take child care leave, etc.
We strive to inform employees of the internal systems related to child careand create an environment where employees can use them easily throughthe distribution of a leaﬂet to the employees whose spouses gave birth,as well as their superiors, and the distribution of a booklet at manager
training sessions.
In addition, we take initiatives to help male workers have a concrete imageof taking child care leave. For example, we hold discussion meetings forworking fathers to listen to the comments of male workers who have taken
child care leave and publish reports on the meetings internally.
The number of male employees who take child care leave has been on an
upward trend since ﬁscal 2016.
With 27 male employees taking child care leave in ﬁscal 2022, which wasa record high, the eﬀects of our eﬀorts are gradually becoming apparent(see Page 29). We will continue to expand the programs to help employees
achieve a balance between child care and work.

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.

T O P I C S

Wage gap between men and women (TANAKA Kikinzoku Kogyo K.K.)

Acquisition of Kurumin Certiﬁcation(* 4 Group companies were certiﬁed in ﬁscal 2022)

Regular workers

79.8%

Non-regular workers

67.7%

All workers

65.5%

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 thegoals set under the plan and satisﬁes certain criteria. We will continue to work for the
maintenance of the Kurumin Certiﬁcation.

• Coverage period: April 1, 2022 through March 31, 2023
• The employees of TANAKA Kikinzoku Kogyo K.K.,
which has no less than 301 permanent workers, in Japan were covered.
• The ratio was calculated by dividing the average annual wage of womenby the average annual wage of men.
• While more than one employee category was set for both regular andnon-regular workers, the salary and treatment assessment standards applied
to each employee category were common to both men and women.

Certiﬁed companies: TANAKA Holdings Co., Ltd., TANAKA Kikinzoku Kogyo K.K., EEJA Ltd., TANAKA Kikinzoku Jewelry K.K.
* TANAKA Kikinzoku Kogyo K.K. was certiﬁed for the ﬁrst time.
TANAKA Denshi Kogyo K.K. works to be certiﬁed in 2025.

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Active Role of Each Employee
Start of the Use of an In-house SNS TUNAGThe TANAKA Precious Metals has launched an in-house SNS TUNAG as a tool to get to know each other and as a place
to disseminate various activities and share the thoughts of those involved.

2. The SNS can also be used on smartphones.
3. With an employee directory in which employees introduce themselvesin a relay system, etc., the SNS will accelerate the creation of a corporate
culture in which employees get to know each other better and recognize
and compliment each other.

Proposals to Management

We held cross-industrial exchange meetings on the theme of active roles of women with participants from multiple
companies, as well as internal seminar meetings for female employees of the TANAKA Precious Metals. The nine-monthactivities have been summarized to make proposals to top management.
Joint proposals to the top management of each company
by its secretariat

4. Drastic improvements
in work styles* Activities in the next term: Exchange
of information between the secretariats,
interaction with other employees,
external public relations

We consider that the individuality of each employee is the origin of value creation and position the promotion of Diversity,
Equity & Inclusion (DE&I) as one of our key management strategies. We have formulated the DE&I Declaration toannounce our company-wide commitment to DE&I. To create innovations for a better future and to enable our employees
to achieve happiness, we will operate based on the following three guidelines.

• Equity
We will provide each employee with opportunities to develop andmaximize their potential.
• Inclusion
We will create a work environment where each employee caninspire each other and grow together.

Cross-industrial Exchange Meetings/Internal Seminars

3. Planned recruitment of women

DE&I Declaration and Establishment of the DE&I Promotion Oﬃce

We will realize an organization where each employee can recognize
and respect the individuality and diﬀerences of each other.

such as in-house activities and promotional materials.

2. Diversiﬁcation of decision-making layers

Labor Practices• Diversity

1. You can post content you want more employees to know about,

1. Strengthening of commitment
to human resource development

Human
Rights

Proposals from the seminar in TANAKA
1. Request for the announcement of the DE&I Declaration
2. Launch of a specialized team (DE&I Promotion Oﬃce)
3. Proposal of TANAKA Kikinzoku Kogyo General Employer
Action Plan (second term) and establishmentof an implementation promotion team
4. Implementation of training on unconscious biases
5. Enhancement of support forachieving a balance andestablishment of contacts
for consultations

TANAKA NOW
In my 30s, I will face various life events while building my career as an engineer. Meanwhile, I heard
about the seminar that gives an opportunity to interact with other companies and consider
and work on the advancement of women in the TANAKA Precious Metals, and I requestd
my participation.
Although I had been worried that my request might be turned down because the activities werecarried out during work hours, both the plant manager and my boss willingly approved of myparticipation. Even while I was working on the seminar, my boss told me that it was also a respected
job, which greatly encouraged me and enabled me to complete the work to make a proposal.
I used to think that plant workers like us more strongly felt the diﬃculty of working due to gender biases in the types of work
allocated to men and women. However, when I was working on the seminar, I was shocked to hear many stories about thediﬃculty of working from various sources, such as people working at the headquarters and women from other companies that I met
at cross-industry exchange meetings, as well as company-wide survey results.
The days when there was no problem with men working and women taking care of the house are gone, and now there are people
who are career-oriented, and others who value work-life balance, regardless of gender. Work and life are no longer binary
oppositions between 0 and 1, but we are living in an age of diversity, where each person makes choices based on their life stage.
In the seminar, I learned that one of the reasons why it is diﬃcult for women to work is unconscious biases, which are stereotyped
assumptions both men and women have unconsciously.
The brain unconsciously has a biased way of thinking, and when it is expressed in words and actions, it reduces the psychologicalsafety of the organization. The bias of “this is how it should be” makes it diﬃcult for the person to live, and hinders organizationalinnovations.
After the seminar, I understood that the brain has biases and I began to try to keep thinking and engaging in dialogue with that
understanding in mind. I will continue to work hard to break out of the shell of my biases and bring about innovations as anengineer in the TANAKA Precious Metals.

While we have already worked to create a comfortable work environment
through the development of systems to support the balance between
work and family, round-table discussions with male employees who havetaken child care leave and internal awareness surveys, we launched the
DE&I Promotion Oﬃce as a department in charge in April 2023.
In ﬁscal 2023, we conducted a caravan for interviews. We collected
direct feedback from our bases, which will be used to develop DE&I
measures unique to the TANAKA Precious Metals. We are also planning
organizational culture reform training to realize DE&I.

Creation of an Organization with Psychological Safety
The DE&I Promotion Oﬃce is working to create an organization withpsychological safety as part of organizational culture reform. We believethat the establishment of an organization where each employee respects
others and can make statements with a sense of security will create
innovations and also lead to employee happiness.
First, we have started a campaign to call the names of others with san
without the job title and draw attention to the incorrect use of honoriﬁcwords in internal emails. We would like to create an environment where
people can stimulate each other and grow (inclusion) by talking to eachother more easily rather than calling each other by their titles. In addition,
we will eliminate excessive formality and make internal communicationsmoother by reviewing internal emails for unnecessary expressions andincorrect honoriﬁcs.
Furthermore, we have introduced business casual attire at theheadquarters to eliminate formality. We leave it up to employees todecide what to wear while their appearance should not make others feel
uncomfortable as a major premise. The DE&I Promotion Oﬃce supports
the correct understanding and penetration of business casual attire.

Tomoko Matsuda, Manufacturing Engineering Section, Tsukuba Facility, TANAKA Kikinzoku Kogyo K.K.

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Creation of a Safer
Work Environment

Labor Practices

Introduction of Examples of Safety Measures Taken to Address Priority Issues

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.

ExampleThe 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.

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 2022. The number of accidents in ﬁscal 2022 was 21, which included 9 accidents
resulting in four or more days of lost work time. The frequency rate, which is the number of casualties per million actual
working hours, and the severity rate, which is the number of workdays lost per million actual working hours, both increased
from previous years.
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 therecurrence of such accidents. While we have taken safety measures to address priority issues every year since ﬁscal 2017,
the plants and facilities set the challenges that they will address individually, such as "getting caught" and "cut and graze,
in addition to prevention of falls, which is a common challenge, and● Frequency Rate by Year (in Japan)
take measures to tackle them.
Frequency rate
The number of traﬃc accidents has been on a downward trend with
1.60
1.43
1.39
49 in ﬁscal 2020, 49 in ﬁscal 2021 and 37 in ﬁscal 2022. While we
1.20
have supported the installation of a dashboard camera in cars, we
also started to support the installation of a collision-reducing brake
0.80
and a rear-view monitor for those commuting by private car as ameasure to promote traﬃc safety.
0.40
Along with measures to prevent accidents, we are also committed to
0.19
the development of an environment where employees can work with
0.00
0.00
0.00
a sense of security. We have deﬁned an operation where employees
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022 FY
belonging to the same department cannot conﬁrm the presence of● Severity Rate by Year (in Japan)
another employee working for the operation or contact such an
Severity rate
employee easily as an isolated one-man operation. To avoid such an
0.05
operation, we have introduced a mechanism to detect any fall and
0.04
0.04
obtain location information of workers and enhanced daily work
management and personnel deployment to establish a system where0.03
we can respond to accidents immediately while giving the highest
priority to saving the lives of employees.
0.02
For the numbers of occupational and traﬃc accidents, see the page
0.01
0.01
0.01
on CSR Performance.
0.00

T O P I C S
The Marin Plant of Metalor Technologies International SA, aGroup company, is promoting improvement activities to ensure
safe operations. A lifting table and vacuum lift have been
installed as shown in the photo. The plant has also expanded
the workplace and taken measures to improve the working
environment including the introduction of multi-functional
workstations with height adjustment.

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2018

0.00

0.00

2019

2020

2021

2022

FY

1

Fall

Tsukuba Facility, PGM Company

Shonan Plant, Chemical & Reﬁning Company

Before improvement

Before improvement

After improvement

There was a risk of falling, so a lifting device wasintroduced to eliminate the need to go up or down stairs
while carrying burdens.

Example2

After improvement

Stone tiles on the entrance ﬂoor were slippery,so translucent non-slip tapes were applied
to prevent slipping.

Getting caught

Tomioka Plant, AuAg Company

Isehara Plant, PGM Company

Before improvement

Before improvement

After improvement

The safety fence had gaps into which hands could
be inserted, so acrylic plates were attached to cover
the gaps and prevent hands from getting caught.

Example3

After improvement

The drive part had a gap into which hands could
be inserted, so a cover was attached to prevent handsfrom getting caught.

Chemical and burn injuries

Hiratsuka Plant, AuAg Company

EEJA Ltd., AP Company

Before improvement

Before improvement

After improvement

There was a risk of scattering chemical solutions if the hand
supporting the syringe slipped to let the bottle fall,
so a dedicated jig was produced to prevent the bottle
from falling to scatter chemical solutions.

After improvement

The water bath, which posed a risk of burn injuries due
to direct contact of a hand with the hot water,
was replaced with beaker mantles to prevent handsfrom directly touching the heated part.

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For the Realizationof Healthy Management

While giving top priority to the health of employees and their families, the TANAKA Precious Metals promotes
the prevention of diseases and the maintenance and improvement of their health.

Labor Practices

Health ChallengeThis program is implemented to improve the daily lifestyle habits of employees, such as their eating habits and exercise
habits, to prevent illness and improve health awareness. Participants selected items to tackle individually and tried to
improve their lifestyle habits for about two months. The health challenge program has been organized since 2016, andthe participation rate in ﬁscal 2022 was a record high of 75.1%.

TANAKA Precious Metals HEALTH STATEMENT●

Initiatives for Quitting Smoking

Employee Participation Rate

100 （%）① Quit Smoking Campaign

Health Initiatives

This campaign was organized in June 2022 to give both smokers
and non-smokers an opportunity to think about the impact ofpassive smoking and encourage smokers to quit smoking. We
invited self-produced posters, senryu poems on quitting smoking
and messages to smokers and exhibited them in the company.

① The TANAKA Group aims to cultivate an organizational culture that prioritizes safety and health,based on the belief that employee health is an important driving force for business.
② The TANAKA Group will improve workplace environments that make work more interesting for employees.
③ The TANAKA Group takes a comprehensive approach to maintain and improve the health of its employees
and their families, to promote a healthy work-life balance and improve productivity, aiming to createa workplace that encourages the participation of its various employees.

Health Checkup

66.4％
50

0

② Establishment of No Smoking Day
We set a no-smoking day every month to give smokers an
opportunity to think about their health and passive smoking andstart quitting smoking.

●All indoor smoking areas have been eliminated and smoking is
now allowed only in outdoor smoking areas with measures taken
to prevent passive smoking during the designated time.

0

We provide subsidies to employees who have quitted smoking
through outpatient treatment at smoking cessation clinics.

We take the following initiatives for the mental health of employees.

75.1％

39.1％

2017

2018

2019

2020

2021

2022

FY

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

50④ Subsidization of medical costs for outpatient therapy
to quit smoking at smoking cessation clinics

Mental Health

67.5％

100 （%）③ Ban on indoor smoking at worksites

We continuously maintain the percentage of those undergoing regular health checkups and secondary tests at 100%.
Various cancer screening tests have also been added to the items of the health checkup. The employees who reach theage of 45 can receive a complete health checkup with their spouses.

33.2％

59.3％

31.6％

30.2％

27.0％

2013

2016

2019

25.9％

2022

FY

○ 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○ Implementation of line care training (for managers) and self-care training (for all employees)○ 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 start of their working life.

T O P I C S

24Renewal of Silver Certiﬁcationas Healthy Companies

Recognition under the 2023 Certiﬁed Health & Productivity
Management Outstanding Organizations Recognition Program

We obtained the Silver Certiﬁcation as
Healthy Companies in August 2019.
Having continued our eﬀorts toimprove the health of employees,
including the maintenance of thepercentage of employees undergoinga regular health checkup at 100% and
the implementation of the healthchallenge program, we obtained thecertiﬁcation again in ﬁscal 2022.

Five Group companies* of the TANAKA
Precious Metals were recognized underthe 2023 Certiﬁed Health & Productivity
Management Outstanding Organizations
Recognition Program (in the large
enterprise category).

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FY2022 “Quit Smoking” Campaign【Tanaka Award】●

Senryu poem contest

やめられないそう思うことをやめてみる○ Reinstatement system
We have introduced internal rules to allow the employees who are taking leave to return to work smoothly(reinstatement support program).

●●

Message contest
友人に聞いた友人の友人の友人の話
その人（Ａさんとします）
が新入社員だったころ、憧れの先輩が喫煙者だったことから、話しかけるきっかけ作りのためにタバコを吸い始め、喫煙所でよく話すようになったそうです。
ただ、その当時は先輩には既に婚約者がいたので残念ながらＡさんの恋は実りませんでした。
その後もタバコはやめずにずるずる吸い続けていたのですが、タバコ嫌いの後輩と付き合う事になった時にキッパリ喫煙をやめたのでした。

●

Poster contest

結局は自分の中で何を優先するかによって、その後の行動が変わるのだと思います。
あなたが一番大事にしたいのは「タバコ」ですか？

* 5 Group companies of the TANAKA Precious Metals:
TANAKA Holdings Co., Ltd., TANAKA Kikinzoku Kogyo K.K., TANAKA Denshi Kogyo K.K., EEJA Ltd. and
TANAKA Kikinzoku Jewelry K.K.

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HumanRightsTo Be an Honest and
Healthy Company
In addition to legal compliance, we 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 a basic
policy for internal control to ensure respect for the rights
and interests of all stakeholders and perform business
operations, accounting and other activities in a legitimate
and proper manner. Based on the system and basic
policy, the Board of Directors, Group Management
Committee, the Board of Auditors and the Internal
Auditing Department play their respective roles.
●

Governance Structure Diagram

General Shareholders Meeting

Board ofDirectors

Appointment/
Dismissal

Audit

Board ofAuditors

Appointment/
Dismissal

Coordination

Coordination

Group
Management
Committee

Internal Auditing
Department

Conceptual Diagram of Risk Assessment

High

Independent
Accounting
Auditor

Coordination

Group companies
Industrial companies/Cross-functional companies

Severity in case the risk is actualizedAppointment/
Dismissal

We have formulated a Risk Management Committee,
in which the Group CEO of TANAKA Holdings and theGroup CSO(Chief Sustainability Oﬃcer) serve as thechief 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 measures according to the plans.
●

Top priority risks

Priority risks

Risks tobe observed

Managedby the Risk Management
Committee

Managed by the department in charge

Risk Management Promotion Structure
●

Low
Low

Likelihood of occurrence

Natural disaster

Occupational
accident

Information
leakageNon-complianceHarassment

System failure

Identiﬁcation of about 200 items

Risk Management Committee
Chief executive: Group CEO
Chairperson: Group CSO(Chief Sustainability Oﬃcer)
Committee members: Division managers

Business Continuity Planning (BCP)
In anticipation of various natural disasters, such as
earthquakes and storm and ﬂood damage, we conduct
regular drills and review the business continuity plans atour bases. In particular, we have installed live cameras at
10 facilities in Japan, which allow us to check the situationfrom a remote location in the event of earthquakes,
sudden changes in weather and other emergencies, touse them for information sharing and initial response.

・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

High

Risk Management Promotion Structure Diagram
Potential risks (examples)

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Consumer Issues

Organizational
Governance

Images on a smartphone (sample)

Compliance Training

Security Export Control

To enhance compliance awareness and prevent dishonest
acts, we disseminate the compliance guidebook. We also
continue to provide e-learning courses on subjects suchas the whistleblowing system, compliance with the
Antimonopoly Law, prevention of corruption, protectionof personal information and trade secrets. In addition, we
provide relevant training to employees stationed abroadand overseas expatriate staﬀ to enhance complianceawareness throughout the TANAKA Precious Metals.

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 from

Respect for Human Rights
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 discrimination on the basis of nationality,
race, etc. and will not use any child labor or forcedlabor. We also give internal education to prevent
discrimination, harassment and other improper acts andhave in place systems to give consultations and receive
reports on non-compliance. The whistleblowers arestrictly protected to ensure that they will not suﬀer any
disadvantage. In addition, we have established rules
to give consideration to the human rights of foreign
national workers including that no registration orcommission fee for recruitment should be collectedfrom the workers and that the workers retain their own
identiﬁcation certiﬁcates, passports or work permits,visas, etc.

being 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.

Activities as an AEO-Certiﬁed Exporter
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 withcustom authorities and within
the company and education
system. We also supply products
under reliable security.

Harassment Prevention Training
The TANAKA Precious Metals has provided training toprevent and eliminate harassment since 2014. In 2022,
we invited a company lawyer to organize a case study
seminar for executive staﬀ.

Whistleblowing System
In ﬁscal 2022, eight reports were received in thewhistleblowing system. We have treated all of thecases properly while following the Whistleblower
Protection Act, as well as our regulations on thewhistleblowing 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 categories of "individual
customers," "corporate customers" and "employees, etc."
according to the personal information management
regulations. Especially for the management of 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 checkthe management status in each of the categories andpromote continuous improvement.
In ﬁscal 2022, three minor cases including the transmissionof emails to wrong recipients occurred but we immediately
took measures to address them. We will continue to work
to prevent the leakage of personal information.

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CSR Performance
We will disclose various indicators related to CSR, regardless of whether they have improved or deteriorated.
The indicators will be reviewed as appropriate in response to global trends and requests from stakeholders.

Number of employees who took child care leave*As of June 1st

Number of employees and managers (in Japan)(persons)

3,000

No. of employees

MaleFemaleNo. of managers among them

Male

Female

2,774

2,853

2,821

2,772

Male

FemaleChild care leave (persons)Average age (in Japan)(y. o.)

Female

Male

74

72

100

74

70

60

2,000

859

858

（69）

42.1 43.1
（68）

（66）

（74）

42.6 44.2

42.4 43.5

43.1 44.5

1,923

1,963

1,994

75

60

40

40

52

56

49

50

45

40
79

30

20
1,927

87

70

30

1,000

80

80

60

849

89

90

50
847

FemaleReduced working hours for child care (persons)

80

Male

Number of employees who used reduced working hours
for child care

75

88

84

2020

2021

20

20

10
10

0

（450）

（453）

（492）

（561）

2019

2020

2021

2022

FY

Number of employees by age group
10s to 20s

30s

40s

50s

1,000

500

2020

2021

2022

FY

16

2019

22

25

2020

25

2021

2022

Number of employees who took nursing care leave and numberof employees who used reduced working hours for nursing care
Nursing care leave

Reduced working hours for nursing care

44(persons)

4

1

0

FY

2019

* As of June 1 of the following year

1,963

1,994

145

151

173

426

440

448

1,923

3

144
406

552

847
502

31
240

493

275
190
111

2019

858

849
38
246

501

280
303

185
100

2020

52
245

186
88

2021

2.13

2

2.55

2.31%

2

2

1

859

1 1

1 1

1

1

2018

2019

2020

2021

2.00

487

254

1

1

276
315

0

181
91

2022

FY

Ratio of mid-career recruitment (in Japan)
Number of persons recruited(new graduates and mid-career employees)

0

2018

2019

2020

2021

2022

FY

2022

FY

Number of occupational accidents

0

2018

2019

150

Ratio of mid-career
recruitment
（％）

43.7

52.8%

６0

50

(persons)

80

４0
２0

（cases）

100

83

８0

25.3

100

1０0

72

67

40

74

50

0

28

126

75

129

106

2019

2020

2021

2022

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058（57）

39（0） 41（5）

2018

2019

49（47） 49（48）60

38（37）

2020

2021

2022

FY

0

37（37）

40

21（9）

20

10

20

FY

42（2）

20

40

FY

(The number in parentheses is the numberof accidents during driving to or from work)

30

0

2022

80

72

60

2021

Traﬃc accidents（cases）

46（3）

2020

Number of traﬃc accidentsof accidents involving an absence from work of four days or more)

Reemployment after retirement (in Japan)(persons)

62.8

2.18

57

287
297

2.85
2.45

2

571

574

556

3

2.30%

3

3

3.11

FY

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

（％）

2.58

4

1,927

3

2022

Ratio of employees with disabilities (in Japan)

Occupational accidents (the number in parentheses is the number

200

1

（％）

323

0

2019

60 or older

2,500

1,500

0

Turnover rate

（persons）

2,000

0

2018

2019

2020

2021

2022

FY

0

2018

2019

2020

2021

2022

FY

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CSR Performance
CO₂ emissions(in Japan)（tons/year）

40,000

Scope 2 (Indirect emissions from the use of electricity, etc.)
Scope 1 (Direct emissions from the combustion of fuels, etc.)

38,15037,75739,89037,716

CSR Management

Industrial waste emissions (in Japan)

38,619

8,000

6,136
5,080

31,04830,89733,011

31,795

4,165

4,000

5,187

3,544

2,396

1,787
3,828

1,735
2,000

10,000

2,429
0

6,462

6,709

6,820

6,879

6,824

2018

2019

2020

2021

2022

0

2018

3,293

2019

3,740

2020

3,408

2021

1,359

2022

FY
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 for each ﬁscal year.

* Calculated according to specially controlled industrial waste speciﬁedin the Waste Disposal Law

Number of participants in activities to conserve
biodiversity * real number

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.

2019

14 persons（17 persons）

2020

41 persons

2021（46 persons）

30 persons

2022

10

20

30

40

50

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.

31 persons（76 persons）
21 persons

Most of the events were held online dueto the COVID-19 pandemic（31 persons）
0

20

40

60

80

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 new patents registered in Japan

Union membership rate (in Japan)

（％）

45

32

22

FY2018FY2019FY2020

80

60

58.6

59.9

60.5

60.2

60.6
Consumerissues40

28

40

FY2021

FY2022

20

0

2018

2019

2020

2021

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

22 persons（43 persons）

2022（36 persons）
0

98 persons

2021

2022

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.

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Community
Involvement

Mission Statement

Organizational governance
Human rights
Work practices
Environment
Fair business practices
Consumer issues
Community participation and community development（381 persons）

2020

Fair Operating
Practices

TANAKA Precious Metals Code of Conduct

FY

2019

Consumer Issues

Approach to CSR

FY

The ﬁgure in the parentheses is the total cumulative number.

45 persons（103 persons）

FY

Labor 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.

6,952
6,000

31,688

Hazardous waste*（tons/year）

30,00020,000Non-hazardous waste

The
Environment

Human
RightsOrganizational
Governance

Revised: October 1, 2016

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Results of the Questionnaire
on CSR Report

Third-party Assurance
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.

The TANAKA Precious Metals conducts a questionnaire survey of all employees on its CSR Report every year. We introduced
an online questionnaire in ﬁscal 2020. This ﬁscal year, 24% of the answers were made through the online questionnaire.
* The answers to the questionnaire partly include those from external customers.

1. Purpose

Results of the Questionnaire on CSR Report 2022

(responses)

2,500

2,114

2,000

2,288

Assurance procedures are carried out on whether the indicators of CSR performance in ﬁscal 2022 reported on Pages 28
to 30 of CSR Report 2023 were calculated in accordance with the standards speciﬁed by the company.

2. Assurance procedures

2,340

1,725

1,608

1,581

1,564

2020

2021

2022

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

2016

2017

2018

Understandability
Easy to understandAverage

48.2%

50.7%

Diﬃcult to understand

1.2%

84.7%

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

51.5%

Average

Information volume
Appropriate

2019

47.9%

Insuﬃcient

0.6%

DesignGood

52.0%

Too much

13.8%

AverageToo small

1.5%

Not good

46.8%
1.2%

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.

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Opinions and requests

Improvements

The contents are not very diﬀerent from the previous reports.

New topics were added and stationary contents are now postedon the website only.

I am interested in environmental activities;
I want to know about speciﬁc environmental activities.

More graphs and ﬁgures were added to describe the activities.

I want to know more about the empowerment of women.

More articles on the topic were added.

Most of the cases in the report are those in Japan.

Cases on Metalor Technologies were added.

I do not understand why CSR performance is featured.

It is mentioned on the page that CSR performance is featured
for information disclosure.

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