S OC I AL R E P OR T

The TEL Group seeks mutual development with local communities in Japan andoverseas through communication that fosters a relationship of trust.

Our Approach to Corporate Citizenship Activities

according to production drawings and then inspecting

At the TEL Group, one of our tasks is to contribute to thethem. We plan to continue this job-experience program insound development of society, while always adhering tothe future.

social laws and norms. Guided by this outlook, we engage
in a variety of activities in Japan and overseas as a good
corporate citizen. We will continue to build and maintain arelationship of trust with the local communities in which we

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)

do business, while consistently aiming for mutual growth.
Plant Tours (Japan)
Tokyo Electron AT Ltd., Tokyo Electron PS Ltd., Tokyo
Electron Tohoku Ltd. and Tokyo Electron Kyusyu Ltd. invite

Job-experience program participants

their local neighbors to participate in plant tours in theTokyo Electron Kyushu Ltd. (TKL) has been planting trees

company’s operations. We received a great deal of positiveon Mt. Tawara in Aso. During the fourth year of the

feedback from participants, including those who said:

program, 211 people planted 1,000 trees. Elsewhere, in the“Even though I live not too far from the plant, I’ve never had

Kawachi district of Tosu city in Saga prefecture, TKL

an opportunity to tour it. So thank you for providing thisconcluded a Corporate Forestation Activity agreement withchance to see the plant”; or who said: “I see that the inside

Tosu city, and 49 employees and their family membersof the company is very clean and that you are very carefulplanted around 160 trees in the city. Over the next fivein handling your products. Thank you very much foryears, tree planting and undergrowth clearing are planned

enhancing communication with members of the local

for an area covering approximately 5,000 m 2 along thecommunity despite your busy schedule.”

Kawachi Dam in the northern part of Tosu city.
TEL is also planting trees in the U.S. For example, atTokyo Electron U.S. Holdings, Inc., headquartered in Texas,
and at TEL Technology Center, America, LLC, located in theMANAGEMENT REPORT

Tree Planting (Japan and the U.S.)and ensuring that their neighbors are aware of theHIGHLIGHT

hope of boosting communication with local communities

state of New York, employee volunteers are planting trees
at the sites where their offices are located.

EHS REPORTA plant tourJunior High School Students Experience Real Jobs
(at the Sagami Plant, Japan)
Tokyo Electron PS Ltd. has been offering a job-experience

Tree planting in Kyushu

program that gives local junior high school students thechance to see what it is like to work in a semiconductormore about the meaning of work and appreciate its
importance, while considering what occupations are best
suited to them. The program was held twice in FY2009,

Tree planting in the U.S.

SOCIAL REPORT

related business. The program allows the students to learn

with a total of eight students participating. After receiving
instructions on how to use different tools, students
performed various tasks, such as making actual cables

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Cleanup Activities around Yodo River (Osaka, Japan)
The TEL Group’s three business sites in the Kansai region
teamed up to clean up the Yodo River in Osaka City. Thisactivity was organized by the TEL Group jogging club,which trains on the riverbank. A total of 57 employees andtheir families participated. The participants were divided
into three teams, which competed with each other to see
who could collect the most garbage. The TEL Group iscommitted to continuing to make contributions to local
communities through such activities.

HIGHLIGHT

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)S O C I AL R E P OR T

New Employee Training in Kyushu Incorporates
Social Contribution Activities

results.

Activities in the United States
As a part of its outreach activities to contribute to local
communities, Tokyo Electron U.S. Holdings, Inc.
introduced a program that allows employees to spend up to
four hours every six months participating in volunteer
activities during their working hours. More than 60
employees have already taken advantage of the program toengage in activities that include supporting nursing-carefacilities, visiting local elementary schools to assist
children in math and science, and working with local nonprofit organizations.
The company also distributes information via its
intranet and newsletters on a variety of topics, such as carpooling, to encourage employees to take action in theireveryday lives to help the environment. In addition, thecompany is now promoting 4R activities, after adding theaspect of “rebuy” to its former 3R activities (recycle,reduce, reuse), and is encouraging employees to buy andsell unneeded items among themselves. Employees arealso being asked to bring to work recyclable items thatcannot be recycled at home (such as paper, cardboard,cans, glass and plastic bottles, batteries, and mobilephones) so that they can be recycled by the company.

SOCIAL REPORTEHS REPORTMANAGEMENT REPORT

Volunteers clean up
the area around theYodo River

implementing activities centered on the topic of socialwelfare. Activities included visits to child welfare facilities
and nursing homes for senior citizens, and volunteering towork at summer festivals or community blood drives. Manymembers of the community expressed their appreciation
for these volunteer activities, which produced significant

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Recently-hired employees
participate in social
contribution activities as apart of their training.
(Japan)Tokyo Electron Kyushu Ltd. has implemented activities
designed to contribute to local communities as part of its
new employee training.
During training conducted in FY2009, new employees
were divided into six groups, with each group planning andTOKYO ELECTRON Environmental and Social Report 2009

Volunteers help out at anelementary school

Recycling box for mobile phones