Societal Contribution andEnvironmental Education■ Societal Contribution
To preserve, maintain, and improve the global environment, businesses, government, and local
communities must work together to conduct activities in close communication with each other. At
the TEL Group, we actively participate in environmental preservation activities conducted bycustomers and local communities, in accordance with our Principles of Environmental Preservation.
Below is a listing of the some of the activities our plants have done to contribute to their localcommunities.

■ Examples of Notable Activities

Yamanashi plant• Cooperates with and conducts Japanese Red Cross blood drives(1987: received commendation from Governor of Yamanashi Prefecture; 1991: received acertification of appreciation from the Minister of Health and Welfare)• Co-sponsors the Takedanosato Fireworks Festival• Makes annual donations to a local newspaper’s welfare and culture foundation. Donations arecollected in collection boxes provided in the plant’s premises• Contributes to the Red Feather Community Fund
• Allows plant parking lots to be used for events held by Nirasaki City
• Offers summer internships for local junior high school students• Conducts plant tours for local students• Collects and donates used postage stamps and new year’s towels• Contribution to construction costs of the Kofu Chamber of Commerce and Industry Hall
• Installed blinking intersection rivets on roads from the plant to intersections with major thoroughfares• Donates to and otherwise supports local organizations (e.g., volunteer fire department)• Conducts traffic safety activities under the auspices of the Nirasaki Police Department, including
selection of Traffic Etiquette Ladies• Contributes to costs of erecting mercury-vapor lamp posts along major prefectural highways• Contributes to ward expenses for nearby municipalities• Conducts beautification activities on and around the plant grounds• Provides instructors for Yamanashi Prefecture’s Technical Challenge School
Gives elementary and junior high school students throughout the prefecture the opportunity to experience
the wonder and to appreciate the importance of manufacturing.

• Co-sponsors and participates in the Shingenko Festival
Around 40 employees attended

Scene from the Shingenko Festival

Tohoku plant• Co-sponsors the Esashi Summer Festival• Co-sponsors the Mizusawa Fireworks Festival• Cooperates with and conducts Japanese Red Cross blood drives• Organized the Young Drivers Club made up of employees under 25 years old
The plant formed the Young Drivers Club at the request of the Esashi Police Department, with the aim ofpreventing traffic accidents among young drivers under the age of 25. Five representatives attended Esashi
City’s “Challenge 100” driving safety seminar and received commendations for remaining “accident-free.”• Stations personnel at the plant’s two entrances during morning rush hour to remind employees todrive safely in conjunction with Traffic Safety Week in spring and fall
• Encourages employees to contribute to a Year-end charity Fund Campaign and to the Red Feather
Community Fund Campaign for donation• Collects and donates used postage stamps• Offers plant internships for national college of technology students and technical high school students• Participates in clean-up campaigns in the industrial park as a member of the Esashi Industrial Park
Occupant Committee
Every May and October, plant employees participate in a clean-up campaign sponsored by the Esashi
Industrial Park Occupant Committee. The campaign involves picking up trash along the roads inside theindustrial park, as well as other beautification activities.

• Co-sponsors and participates in the Esashi Folk Music Festival
130 people participated.

Clean-up campaign

Scene from the Esashi
Folk Music FestivalSagami plant• Contributes to the Kanagawa Community FundAssociation• Cooperates with and conducts Japanese Red Cross blooddrives• Co-sponsors and contributes to the Lake Tsukui Cherry
Blossom Festival• Contributes to Kawajiri Hachiman Shrine• Contributes to the Kanagawa Green
Trust Foundation’s Greenery Fund
• Offers internships to local junior highschool students• Received prize for efforts from theGovernment of Kanagawa Prefecture
for recycling promotional activities

Work study program
for local juniorhigh school students

Commendation for promotionof recycling activities

Ozu plant• Offers plant internships to local high school students
The plant offers internships to local commercial high school students, who spend a week in variousdepartments.

• Participates in Ozu town intercorporate sports festival• Helps remove snow from nearby roads during winter• Co-sponsors the Azalea Festival and Jizo Festival• Participates in 180 Day Driving Safety Contest
The contest is sponsored by the Ozu Police Department for local companies. Employees participates thecontest in teams of five. The object is for teams to go 180 days with no traffic accidents or violation.

• Participates in the annual Ozu town Environmental Beautification Campaign
Plant employees pick up trash on and around the plant grounds at certain times and days during June
(Environment Month).

Beautification activities

Certificate of appreciationfrom the Japanese
Red Cross Society• Cooperates with Japanese Red Cross Society blood drives
The plant was commended for its many years of cooperation.

Saga plant• Conducts cleaning and lawn mowing in nearby public parks• Promotes a campaign to discourage drivers from leaving their engines running while stopped as one
measure to prevent global warming• Cooperates with and conducts Japanese Red Cross Society blood drives• Donated computers to the Tosu Library• Collects and donates used postage stamps andtelephone cards• Participates in the Tosu City Trash
Reduction/Recycling Business and Eco OfficeCommendation Program
In February 1998, the Saga plant was awarded acertificate by Tosu City in recognition of the plant’s
previous efforts to address environmental issues. Theplant has been and will be inspected and recertified at
two-year intervals.

Eco Officecommendation

Eco OfficecertificatesKumamoto plant, Koshi plant• Conducts beautification activities on and around the plant grounds
During June (Environment Month) and October (Hygiene Month), plant employees clean up the plantgrounds and its environs, led by members of the Safety and Hygiene Committee and Safety PromotionCommittee.

Employees involved in beautification activities■ Environmental Education
At the TEL Group, we conduct environmental education
for all grades of employees, including newly hired ones. In
our advanced education program, we educate executives,managers and internal auditors, cultivating specialized
knowledge. We also conduct special training in routine
operations and management for employees involved withsignificant environmental aspects. We strive to increase
their knowledge and emergency preparedness.

Environmental
Education Hierarchy

Advanced education
Special training
General education
Education for new employees■ Other Education Activities
We also publish environmental information on the TEL Intranet Web site, including updates on
the latest environmental trends and the status of our environmental initiatives. We are thus
striving to share information within the TEL Group and further educate employees.

Environmental homepage
on TEL Intranet