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Green Procurement Standards
1st1st edition
editionEstablished April 1, 2016

I. Our Approach to Green Procurement Standards
1. Purpose
The purpose of these standards is to contribute to the conservation of the global
environment and the creation of a recycling-oriented society by procuring products with low
environmental impact from suppliers who are actively engaged in environmental
conservation activities and providing them to our customers.

2. Scope of application(1) These standards apply to the following:- Environmental activities of suppliers- Products supplied to the Hoei Group(2) “Products” means purchased parts, products, equipment, etc., subcontracted goods
received through manufacturing consignment, processing consignment, repair
consignment, etc., accessories, packaging, and all other items delivered with products.

3. Procurement standards
The following three items, together with quality, price, delivery time, etc., will be used tomake comprehensive decisions on the selection of suppliers.
(1) Environmental conservation initiatives
Priority will be given to suppliers who are actively engaged in environmental conservation
activities.
(2) Management of chemical substances contained in products
Since chemical substance management throughout the supply chain is required tocomply with regulations on the chemical substances contained in products, priority will begiven to suppliers who implement management of the chemical substances contained intheir products.
(3) Status of chemical substances contained in delivered products
For products delivered to Hoei Denki, in addition to not containing the following (i)Prohibited substances and (ii) Conditionally prohibited substances, we will give priority tosuppliers who are able to report on the content status of (iii) Reportable substances.
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(i) Prohibited substances: Must not be contained in products.
(ii) Conditionally prohibited substances: Must not be contained in products except for
exempted uses as defined by law.
(iii) Reportable substances: Substances whose content in products is to be reported.
Details of target substances and exemptions are in accordance with domestic and foreignlaws and regulations and designations made by Hoei Denki.
- Examples of laws and regulations in Japan:
The Act on the Regulation of Manufacture and Evaluation of Chemical Substances,
Industrial Safety and Health Act, Act on the Protection of the Ozone Layer Throughthe Control of Specified Substances and Other Measures, Act on the Promotion ofEffective Utilization of Resources, etc.
- Examples of laws and regulations outside Japan:
The EU RoHS Directive, EU REACH Regulation, EU POPs Regulation, EU
Packaging Directive, EU ODS Regulation, German Chemicals Prohibition Ordinance,etc.

EU RoHS Directive:
Restriction of the use of hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment
EU REACH Regulation:
Registration, evaluation, authorization, and restriction of chemical substances
EU POPs Regulation:
Elimination and restriction of the production and use of Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs)
EU Packaging Directive:
Regulation of the use of hazardous substances in packaging materials
EU ODS Regulation:
Regulation of the use of Ozone Depleting Substances (ODS)

II. Requests for our suppliers
Upon request from our sales department, please submit documents and data in the prescribed
format by the specified deadline.
<Documents and data>- Certificate showing no content of prohibited substances- Reporting data on chemical substances contained in products- Other survey documents designated by Hoei Denki
Please contact us in advance if there are any changes in manufacturing conditions (materials,production methods, equipment, manufacturing location, etc.).
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