Social & Environmental Report 2006

Group Social & Environmental Report 2006

CONTENTS

Editorial policy

Contents / Editorial Policy

01

Message from the President

02

Corporate Proﬁle03

This FDK Group Social and Environmental Report aims at
disclosing activities to realize the sustainable society of the FDKgroup, to various stakeholders including investors, customers,
regional societies, local governments and so on.
To create this report that is easy to understand, we used manygraphs, charts, and so on, referring to the "Sustainability Reporting

Management and Organizational StructureManagement Policy and Corporate Governance

Guidelines 2002" by the GRI, the "Environmental Report Guideline

05(FY 2003 edition)" by the Ministry of the Environment, etc.
This 2006 edition covers the extended environmental information
especially on overseas manufacturing subsidiaries.
This report aims at promoting interactive communications

Social Activities Report
Relations with Stakeholders

08

Social Contributing Activity

11

between the FDK group and you. It is scheduled to issue every
year to make our best eﬀort to explain you our environmental
activities clearly.
We welcome your feedback. Please send us your comments by
fax or letter using an enclosed questionnaire.

Environmental Protection Activities Report
Highlights of FY 2005

12

Business Operations and Environmental Burdens

13

Environmental Accounting

14

Basic Policy for Environment andEnvironmental Action Plan

15

Promotion of Environmental Management

17

Promotion of Green Procurement

18

Production of Environmental Measures on Products 19
Measures for Global Warming Prevention

23

Promotion of Green Factories

25

Environmental Solution Activity

29

Site Report

33

History of Environmental Activities

40

From the editor
From "Environmental Report" to"Social and Environmental Report"
In this issue, the title of the report is renewed as "FDK Group
Social and Environmental Report". The report includes some social
issues in addition to the environmental protection activities thatthe previous versions covered.

01

Scope of the Report
Reporting period:
Fiscal year 2005 (April 1, 2005 - March 31, 2006)
Please note, some descriptions in this report partiallycontained some past activities and some plan of ﬁscal year
2006.
Organizations covered:
All three plants in FDK CORPORATION and 13 major
subsidiaries.
FDK CORPORATION : Kosai Plant, Sanyo Plant, andIwaki Plant ･･･ 3 Plants
M ajor subsidiaries : (Six subsidiaries in Japan)
FDK ENERGY CO., LTD.,
FDK MECHATRONICS CO., LTD.,FDK ENGINEERING CO., LTD.,
FDK LIFETEC CORPORATION,
FUJIDENKA RESEARCH AND
ANALYSIS CENTER CO., LTD.,
and FDK ECOTEC CO., LTD.
(Seven subsidiaries in Overseas)
FUCHI ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.，PT FDK INDONESIA，
FDK LANKA (PVT) LTD.，XIAMEN FDK CORPORATION，
SHANGHAI FDK CORPORATION，
SUZHOU FDK CO., LTD.，
FDK (THAILAND) CO., LTD.
Scope of collation:
The scope of the performance data including the global
warming prevention, waste reduction and chemical
substance elimination was from FDK CORPORATION and
its major domestic subsidiaries. The numerical data on
overseas manufacturing bases were partially described in"Site Report".

Social & Environmental Report 2006

Message from the President

During the 20th Century, economic activities were expanded to every corner of the world at a breakneck
speed. However, this process exposed a variety of social issues, such as the depletion of resources, thedestruction of the environment and widening gaps between haves and have-nots. In order to reverse such
trends, demands on global society have in recent years been made to change direction towards a sustainable
society, in order to recapture a natural environment, and in order to bring back a society that is both healthy
and generous in spirit. In order to achieve such a sustainable society, it is incumbent on all companies,
regardless of nationality and size, to unite their eﬀorts, and to walk together in a single direction.
Deeply conscious that corporate activities are closely associated with the fortunes of society, and with thesurrounding global environment, the FDK Group aims at achieving a sustainable society in which a sensible
balance can be maintained between the development of business and environmental preservation. Against
such a background, the FDK Group is not only promoting a reduction in environmental loads generated in thecourse of its business activities, but also proactively contributing to an enhancement of the environment
through the business activities of each constituent member of the Group including measures relating toenvironmental assessment, analysis and consulting, as well as to recycling business activities.
This Social and Environmental Report has been prepared to describe the philosophy and global activitiesof the FDK Group towards the realization of a sustainable society. This year, an explanation is being oﬀered
in rather more detail than in Reports previously published, about the relationship of the FDK Group withsociety. In the conduct of business throughout the world, as well as complying with the Laws and Regulationsof countries where the FDK Group conducts business as a good corporate citizen, the FDK Group aims at
contributing to the development of each country by means of respecting the culture and customs prevailing ineach country, while at the same time maintaining the highest degree of ethics.
It will give us all considerable satisfaction if this Report helps to raise the level of understanding of people
on the philosophy and business activities of our Group. We would, moreover, at any time welcome any frankcomments and opinions you may have on our attempts to raise the quality of our social and environmental
activities.
Finally, we would much appreciate your continued support and assistance to the FDK Group in futureyears.

Toshiharu Sugimoto
President & CEO
FDK Corporation

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Corporate ProﬁleCompany Name : FDK Corporation[Consolidated Subsidiaries: 15 (Domestic: 4, Overseas:11); Equity Method Investee: 1 (Overseas); Non-consolidated Subsidiaries 4 (Domestic:3 , Overseas 1)]

Head Oﬃce: 5-36-11, Shimbashi, Minato-Ku, Tokyo

President & CEO : Toshiharu Sugimoto
Foundation: February 1, 1950

Capital: 22,756 million yen

Sales: 118,109 million yen (consolidated sales in FY 2005)

Kosai Plant

57,984 million yen (non-consolidated sales in FY 2005)
Electronics device business: 94,339 million yen (79.9%)
Battery business: 23,715 million yen (20.1%)(Incl. overseas sales of 69,776 million yen or 59.1% of the total consolidated sales)
Employees: Consolidated: 13,784

Non-consolidated: 1,389※ The above corporate proﬁle indicates the data as of the end of March 2006.

Consolidated subsidiaries
Production companies

Sales companies

FDK Mechatronics Co., Ltd.

FDK America Inc. (USA)FDK Lifetec Corporation

Japan

Overseas

FDK Energy Co., Ltd.
FDK Engineering Co., Ltd.

FDK Singapore PTE. Ltd. (Singapore)
FDK Hong Kong Ltd. (China)
FDK Electronics GmbH (Germany)

PT FDK Indonesia (Indonesia)
Fuchi Electronics Co., Ltd. (Taiwan)
Xiamen FDK Corporation (China)
Overseas

Shanghai FDK Corporation (China)
Suzhou FDK Co., Ltd. (China)
FDK (Thailand) Co., Ltd. (Thailand)
FDK Lanka (PVT) Ltd. (Sri Lanka)

Consolidated sales

Number of employees in consolidated basis Breakdown of Sales by Division in FY 2005

(Million yen)

(Employees)

140,000
120,000
100,000

118,10913,784
11,700102,668 100,441

100,613

11,097 11,094

11,708Batteries
20%

10,00086,25880,00015,00060,000Components
20%

5,000

40,00020,0000

03

2001

2002 2003 2004

2005

(FY)

0

2001

2002 2003 2004

2005

(FY)

Modulesystems
60%

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Major Product Lines: FDK mainly manufactures and sells materials and parts for electronics-related products,
batteries and their applied products.

Business Category

Major Products

Modular
Systems

Timing control board
for LCD

LCD backlightinverter module

Standard non-isolated
point-of-load DC-DC converters

Electronic
Business

LCD backlight inverter transformer Multilayer products

Multilayer chip power inductors

Components

Battery
Business

Piezoelectric products

GPS antennas

Stepper motors

Alkaline batteries

Lithium batteries (Coin-shape)

LED flashlights

Batteries

The surrounding illustrations indicate some examples of products in which the FDK products are used.

04Management and Organizational StructureManagement Direction and Corporate Governance
The FDK Group will contribute to further advancement of electronics industries by developing and providing electronic
products and batteries, and will perform social responsibilities, in order to be a trusted, good corporate citizen.

FDK Group Management Direction
The FDK Group makes it its mission to realize abundant electronic society by developing and providing electronic parts and batteries ofquality that satisﬁes customers. For this purpose, the FDK Group provides high quality products of high utility value to the customers allover the world by fully utilizing our own material, circuit and high density packaging technologies nourished for years and by integrating
the eﬀorts and enthusiasm of all employees in the Group. Aiming at being recognized as a key device supplier of highly advanced electronic
products, the FDK Group will endeavor to contribute to the development of technologies and environmental protection. In addition, the
FDK Group will further enhance its corporate value through timely and accurately responding to changes of its business environment andan eﬀective utilization of its corporate resources by promoting production innovation activities to build a ﬁrm and stable managementfoundation, as well as managing the company in compliance with the relevant laws and regulations.

Corporate Governance
The FDK Group aims at speedy and accurate decision-making as well as highly transparent and eﬃcient corporate management, throughwhich it will strengthen its corporate governance.

Our Basic Attitudes toward
Corporate Governance

Measures for Ensuring
Corporate Governance

The FDK Group believes that well-established corporate governance will enhance the healthiness and the fairness and transparency of a company and increase the value of our shareholders.
Standing on the idea, the FDK Group s organizational structure isrevised as necessary to improve the quality of the organization andto implement necessary measures and policies. In addition, theGroup is committed proactively to disclosing its corporate information to ensure transparent and socially just corporate management.
For example, its corporate information is disclosed in a timely
manner, and its ﬁnancial statements are available on the Internet.

Corporate Governance Structure
Shareholders Meeting
Appointment
andDismissal
Board ofAuditors

Appointment
andDismissal
Board ofDirectors
President &CEO

Corporate
Auditing Dept.
Management
Council
Operating
Officers

05

Appointment
andDismissal
Accounting
Auditors

The FDK Group separates management administration functions
and business operation functions. Since June 2002, an operatingoﬃcer system has been put into eﬀect. Currently the Group sboard of directors consists of four directors including one externalboard member. The small-in-size board of directors ensures aprompt decision making process. The board of directors meetingis held once a month where important corporate management
matters are decided and operations of business are monitored andsupervised. There are 3 director and operating oﬃcers and 9
operating oﬃcers in oﬃce.
The Management Council is convened once a month to decide on
business matters. As decisions on important business mattersrequire a resolution at the meeting of board of directors, theCouncil is in principle held one week before the meeting of boardof directors to facilitate its process.
There are 4 corporate auditors, and 2 out of them are outside
corporate auditors stipulated in Article 2, Paragraph 16 of thecorporate law. The corporate auditors attend the meeting of boardof directors, Management Council and other committees held fromtime to time. In addition to it, their role includes business reporthearings from directors. All of these eﬀectively ensure theconduct of business in compliance to corporate governance byclosely monitoring the business activities of the directors. The
auditor s meeting is held every 3 months in principle, where each
auditor makes a report on how he/she monitors the business of the
FDK Group.
The eﬀectiveness and eﬃciency of their auditing activities are
ensured by maintaining close communication among accounting
auditors, corporate auditors and Corporate Auditing Dept. throughexchanging information and opinions among them from time totime.

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Compliance●Management andOrganizational Structure

In order to fulﬁll its social accountability as a company, the FDK Group designated the FDK Group Corporate Conduct Guidelines in
October 2000 to show its policy to comply with the relevant laws and regulations. Since then, the FDK Group has been conducting its
business by abiding by it to gain trust of consumers and suppliers. The guideline is distributed to all employees including directors, and isdisplayed at all workplaces to remind our employees of the importance of observing laws and regulations as well as maintaining
FDK Group Corporate Conduct Guidelines
good corporate ethics.
1. Customer Satisfaction
Every time a law or a regulation are modiﬁed or newly established,
We supply safe and high quality products and services
an in-house explanatory meeting is held to keep our employees
informed of the latest legal information and to ensure that they act
for the needs of customers.
in compliance to the laws and regulations. The information is also
2. Environmental Consciousness
distributed on our intranet as well.
We promote resource saving, energy saving and makeAs a part of the activities, an explanatory meeting was held inan ongoing eﬀort to protect the global environment.
May, October and December of FY2005 to update the legal
3.
Contribute to Society
information on personal data protection, export control and subcon●●

Social performance

We, as a good corporate citizen, actively contribute tosociety.

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We respect the culture and customs of every country
in the world with the global perspective and contribute to the development of the region.

4. Fair Trade●

We have sensible course of business behavior, and conduct fair and free competition.

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We communicate widely with the society and disclose
our corporate information justly and timely.

5. Compliance with Law●

We act with sense of ethics and comply with laws andsocial codes.

Environmental Protection
Activity Reporttractor trading, respectively.
In FY2006, the FDK Group will establish an internal control
system to prevent any cases of compliance violation from happening and further ensure compliance in operating activities.
For this purpose, Basic policy for internal control was approvedby the board of directors in May this year. The policy describes
establishment of a system complying with Issue No.6, Paragraph 4of Article 362 of the corporate law and Article 100 of the enforcement regulation of corporate law, and improvement of a system toensure appropriate business conduct of a corporation. Based on
the policy, the FDK Group further reinforces its corporate governance and compliance.
FDK possesses personal data of users and customers obtained
mainly in a form of customer information and others throughconsultation from users of our batteries. Please refer to 'Information Security and Protection of Personal Data' on P9.

Site Report

Environmental Management and Environmental Protection Activities
In order to pass the irreplaceable global environment to the next generation, the FDK Group thrives to preserve the environment under
the corporate philosophy of FDK Group Loves Nature for the Future of the Earth Recognizing deeply that a corporate activity is closely
related to the entire environment of our planet as well as to the activities of the local community, the FDK endeavors to co-exist with thesociety and to be a company widely-trusted by the society.
The FDK Group sets the following items as priority issues in conducting business activities including development, design and manufacturing of various electronic parts, dry batteries and machines.
(1) To promote development of eco-friendly products(2) To facilitate reduction and recycling of wastes(3) To encourage energy-saving activities(4) To control chemical substances appropriately(5) To promote green procurement(6) To contribute to the environmental protection of the society and the local community06

Management and Organizational StructureManagement Direction and Corporate GovernanceRisk Management
The FDK Group strengthens its risk management by comprehending possible business risks and implementing risk alleviation measures.

Risk Management System

Actions against Natural Disasters

The FDK Group listed its business risks and determined thecorresponding section. Members are currently working forcompiling a Risk management manual and an Disaster responsemanual. FDK s Kosai Plant is located in Tokai Region where
Tokai earthquake would occur at any time. In order to ensure
the plant continuing our production activity and rehabilitatingfrom damages smoothly, a business continuity plan (BCP) iscurrently under formation.
In addition, the FDK prepares for any unexpected emergencies
that may occur in and out of Japan. In order to minimize
damages, a Risk Management Oﬃce by the president will beestablished where damage information is collected and analyzed
to decide measures immediately.

Safety Confirmation System
Receiving
e-mails Information
on disasterconditions

Safetyconfirmation

Employees

Transmit
Information e-mails
that a person
is injured/safe,
etc.

Report on
safety/injuries

System server

The FDK Group is also prepared for unforeseeable natural
disasters including Tokai and Tonankai earthquakes that could
happen in the future. These are the biggest potential threat toits conduct of business in Japan. The FDK Group revised its risk
management organization to quickly respond to such natural
disasters including those could happen in overseas.
The revised risk management organization includes a close
communication network among FDK Group companies andreinforces the function of the Risk Management Oﬃce to ensurethat necessary measures are taken in the case of emergency.
Kosai Plant is situated in the era where Tokai earthquake could
happen at any time. As such, the plant concluded a disastercooperation agreement with Kosai City so that any emergency
can be promptly communicated to the
local community should it happen, andrehabilitation and other necessary
measures can be taken in cooperation
with the local citizens. In emergency
Get the wholesituations, the plant s ﬁre brigade isinformation.
dispatched to the disaster area for ﬁreﬁghting, ﬁrst-aid and rescue purposes.
In addition to this, the plant plans totest a safety conﬁrmation system
Earthquake
using a mobile phone as early as
countermeasure
headquarters
possible.

Protection of Intellectual Properties
In order to secure a unique and unshakable position in the industry, the FDK Group is committed to creating and protecting intellectual
properties. Actually, Intellectual Property Dept. plans and proposes a company-wide intellectual property strategy which is then operated
and controlled across divisions. A regular in-house workshop trains engineers to provide the latest information on intellectual properties.
Any infringement of patents owned by a third party could cause tremendous losses and damages to the company. The FDK Group iscommitted to implementing various measures to prevent patent infringement from occurring and to protect our own patents as time totime.

Diagram of Management System for Intellectual Property
Chairman of patent promotion committee (Director in charge of Patent)
Patent Promotion Committee

Technology R&D
Department

Project, Group, Section

07

Manager, Intellectual
Property Dept.

Patent Promotion Committee Members (Department Managers)
Patent Promotion Sub-Committee
Project, Group, Section

Patent Promotion Sub-Committee
Project, Group, Section

Secretariat

Project, Group, Section

Intellectual
Property Dept.

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Social performanceWith the Society

In order to perform its due social accountability as a corporate citizen, the FDK Group is committed to establishing aclose relationship of trust with its shareholders, customers and other stakeholders, and thrives to bring a sustainable andabundant society come true while achieving development of the company and society as a whole.

Communication with Shareholders and Investors
The FDK Group values on the relationship of trust with its shareholders and investors. For this purpose, it will disclose corporate
information in a timely, legal and appropriate manner to enhance transparency of corporate management. By doing so, the FDK Group
tries to augment its corporate value and obtain high evaluation from the society.

Information Disclosure

Relationship with Customers

Environmental Protection
Activity Report

Recognizing that accurate and timely disclosure of corporate
information to shareholders, investors and securities analysts isthe basics for keeping the security market in strong condition,
the FDK Group is committed to disclosing information inaccordance to the timely information disclosure rule of the Tokyo
Stock Exchange Market and to issue it in both English andJapanese versions as a rule to facilitate information provision to
stakeholders in overseas.

The FDK Group is committed to disseminating its corporate
information to the investors and the society through various IR
activities such as accepting interviews from various institutional
investors, securities analysts and mass media, making a visit tooverseas investors, utilizing the company s website, issuing a
news release to mass media.
For our shareholders and investors, an interim ﬁnancial statement
and a business report are sent out after mid-term and year-end
ﬁnancial settlements. The statement and report are uploaded
promptly on the company s website. By doing so, a fair information disclosure is ensured to our shareholders and investors.
In our website, business performances, the latest information on
business performance and products, a ﬁnancial settlement ﬂash
report, a business report and other information are disclosed andaccessible by public.
The FDK Group will enhance its IR activities taking into consideration various comments, inquiries and opinions given to us
through our website, by phone and by fax, as well as otherﬁndings obtained through conducting interviews.

Social performance

The FDK Group set up Corporate Communication Oﬃce in April
2001 to improve the quality of information provided to its shareholders and investors. In addition to the conventional disclosure of information at the right time, the oﬃce aims at facilitate
understanding of the FDK Group by its shareholders andinvestors through issuing a news bulletin in order to promptly,
comprehensively and accurately disclose corporate information tothem. The information disclosed by the news bulletin may include
product development, establishment of oﬃces and other relevant
information. By disclosing relevant corporate information, theoﬃce works for enhancing the company s corporate values.

Communicating with Shareholders
and Investors

Management andOrganizational Structure

Establishment of Corporate
Communication OfficeSite Report

Under the belief of customer satisfaction ﬁrst, the FDK Group is committed to manufacturing products that can comply with the requirements of customers. Utilizing the technology nourished for more than 50 years of FDK s history, combined by electronic materials suchas ferrites and ceramics FDK excels at as well as the latest technologies, the FDK Group continues to respond to the requirements ofcustomers.

Communication with Customers
In order to strengthen two-way communication with customers
all over the world, a website has been in operation since 2003.
The website is open to customers for making product-speciﬁc
inquiries and provides simple and easy-to-understand productinformation.
A customer center is also open to customers who inquire about
Fujitsu batteries, which are consumer products, to deepen therelationship of trust with our customers. The opinions andcomments received by the center are accumulated and fed backto future product development processes for improvement inorder to provide better products and services to our customers.

Fujitsu Battery Customer Center System
Customers
Response

Inquiries(comments, questions, complaints, etc.)

Customer Center
Investigation results

Information provision/Request for investigation

Sales functions
Quality control divisions
Technology divisions
Manufacturing divisions
Collection, analysis, utilizationand improvement of information
Enhanced quality and services
08Social performanceWith the Society

Securing of Product Quality and Safety
In order to respond to the requirements of our customers, the
FDK Group values on product quality in the manufacturing
activities. Quality and safety of products manufactured by the
FDK Group are assured by Quality Assurance Div. in cooperation with each department and site, in order to meet the levelthat customers require. As a part of the quality and safetyassurance activities, quality management system is set up andoperated at each site to maintain and improve the product quality at each phase from research, designing, manufacturing, distribution and to sales and service. All of the sites of the FDKGroup are certiﬁed as ISO9 0 0 0 (international management
system) compliant.
More precisely, all FDK Group sites are instructed to observe thefollowings.
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To reﬂect quality requirements of customers
To secure safety of products
To comply with relevant laws and regulations
To prevent occurrence and recurrence of quality problems

Among them, the safety of products is proactively addressed byestablishing the FDK Product Safety Charter. Should a quality
problem happen in our products and services provided to ourcustomers, or should the occurrence of a problem is expected,
the information will be promptly communicated to all the departments and sections and conﬁrmed and examined at the Management Council to minimize the damage.
The history of quality problems are appropriately reﬂected to theassessment and conﬁrmation items in product design stages toprevent a recurrence of them. These activities are appropriately
put into practice in the quality management system.

Product Safety Promotion Chart
FDK Group

Product Safety Promotion Committee

・・・・
Each Division

Product Safety Implementation Committee

As to the designated chemical substances, the control and management of them are addressed in the company s quality management system in cooperation with the Committee for ProductsContaining Hazardous Chemical Substances.

Information Security and Protectionof Personal Data

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The FDK Group promotes appropriate use of information andprevention of information leakage by establishing 6 in-house rules
such as Information Management Rules established in December 1999 and Information Management Rules for Personal DataManagement established in February 2003.
We also establish Policy for Protection of Personal Data that
describes how personal information is protected and publish it on
the website. In order to ensure appropriate operation of theseregulations and policies, an Information Management Handbook
is distributed to all employees to raise awareness of the importance of protecting personal information.
In FY2005, the FDK Group updated the personal informationrelated regulations to meet the requirement of the Act on theProtection of Personal Information enforced on April 1, 2005. Inorder to prevent leakage of information from PCs, all PCs are
password-protected, and a software to encode data stored in the
hardware is installed in the PCs to be taken out of the company.

Information Management Regulation System
FDK Group Corporate Conduct Guidelines
Company rules
Information Management Rules
Information Management Rules
for Personal Data Management
Confidentiality Third-Party Confidential-related rules Information Rules
Confidential information
management rules

Information
management
handbook

Information System Security Rules
System-related rules PC/Network Utilization Rules

Fair Trade Practices
The FDK Group practices fair, impartial and free procurement
activities in accordance with the relevant laws and places ourbusiness partners as partners for enhancing corporate values
with each other as well as for co-existence and co-prosperity. All
procurement activities of the FDK Group are done in accordancewith the procurement management rules in order to execute theclear criteria and procedure of all procurement activities.

Cooperation with Business Partners in Procurement

The FDK Group addresses reduction of hazardous chemical substances used in its products and development of green products.
These should require cooperation of our business partners. For
this purpose, the FDK Group is strengthening cooperation withthe business partners in green procurement and supply chain
management activities to fulﬁll the social accountability.

Green Procurement

In order to provide eco-friendly products, the FDK Group will
promote green procurement of raw materials, parts and packaging materials used for the products. Please refer to P18 for thedetails of the environmental managing system on the side ofbusiness partners.

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Basic Attitudes for Procurement

With our Employees

Management andOrganizational Structure(1) To ensure providing safe and quality products under the principle of co-existence and co-prosperity with the business partners(2) To thoroughly understand the basic environmental protection policy stipulated in the FDK Environmental Charter and to procure
items that contribute to the reduction of environmental burdens(3) To select business partners using fair criteria to promote fair and lawful procurement activities(4) To thoroughly understand and follow procurement-related laws and regulations and to conduct businesses respecting the laws andregulations as well as social norms

Personnel System

Education and Training System
The FDK Group provides various education and training systems
to employees such as orientations to the new recruits, mass training sessions to each layer of employees and skill and specialized
trainings for the acquisition of technical knowledge and skills. In
2001, an e-Learning system was introduced for the employees tostudy at their convenience, and has been in operation on thecompany s intranet. The e-Learning includes basic course suchas product knowledge, language and basic PC handling. The
FDK Group also opens correspondence education courses, whereapprox. 130 courses including business skills, languages, liberal
cultures, hobbies, health and other broad study areas. The correspondence education courses are half-a-year courses open to theemployees and their family members.

The FDK Group promotes various activities so that all employees
can work healthfully and safely. As to the safety, the Central
Health and Safety Committee is held with the participation of
the representatives of the company and the labor union where
policies relating to the safety and health of the company as awhole are decided, disaster preventions, conﬁrmations of conditions of disasters, if happened, and measures against the disasters
are implemented. The safety and health at the level of each oﬃce
are ensured by conducting a safety and health patrols, holding
Health and Safety Committees in accordance with the company
policies.

Pregnancy, Child Care and Nursing Needs

Site Report

Sustainable Improvement,
Sense of Achievement of Better Tomorrow,Self-Conﬁdence, Pride and Joy of Life to All

Safety and Health Management

Environmental Protection
Activity Report

One of the basic philosophies of the FDK Group is to establish a
corporate climate where each employee is proactively involved inworking. The basic concept in the company s personnel system
includes to respect people who values on creativity and innovation and who dare to challenge everything enthusiastically andto proactively get involved in raising business performances of
the company to connect them to the growth and happiness of thecompany and its employees.
In FY2000, the FDK Group updated the personnel evaluation
system, job class system and other basic personnel management
systems. Since then, the company has proactively promoted thefollowing activities: to encourage all employees to take part in therealization of the management target autonomously and independently; to align vectors of all employees to the policies andtargets of the organization; to conduct fair personnel evaluationand treatment that are acceptable to all employees.

Social performance

The FDK Group develops skilled workers that can support the management of the company as the main actors of its corporate activities.
It also aims at establishing safe workplaces free of any disasters for the health of employees and becoming a company that can enjoy
trust of the public.

The FDK Group provides its employees with various assistances
including annual paid holiday, paid leave accumulation system,
maternity leave and shorter working hours, nursing leave andshorter working hours, so that they can make family and working
compatible. The accumulative paid holidays can be taken for longtime leave due to illness and other reasons.
The employees can also take special holidays to take part involuntary activities as a part of contribution to the society.

Mental Health
Health Management Oﬃce is responsible for regular medical
check-ups and providing health maintenance and promotion
guidance for the employees. An industrial physician is stationed
in the health consultations to grasp and understand the healthconditions of employees. Should an employee be found as having
health problems, the industrial physician, the Personnel Department and management are in cooperation with each other to takeappropriate measures for the employee.

10Social performance
Social Contributing Activity
As a global citizen, the FDK Group is committed to social contribution activities and enhancing communication with thelocal communities, in a hope for sustainable protection of the beautiful global environment.

The 3rd Volunteer Activity ofWell Digging in Cambodia

Recyclable Wastes Collection
Volunteer Activities

The 3rd volunteer activity of well digging in Cambodia washeld from January 28 to February 4, 2006 sponsored by the
Shizuoka district council of Japanese Electrical Electronic & Information Unions. There are sporadic distributions of villages
outside of major cities in Cambodia where sanitary conditions arefar from satisfactory. Insuch villages there is aserious problem of shortage in potable water.
From FDK, one employee
participated as a leader ofthe voluntary group anddug two wells.

FDK oﬃces in Kosai Region in Shizuoka Prefecture, Sanyo in
Yamaguchi Prefecture, Iwaki in Fukushima Prefecture and allbranches and sub-oﬃces related to sales nationwide collect aluminum pull-tabs, used stamps, used prepaid cards, and foreign coins to routinely donate them to social welfare councils
and voluntary organizationsof the respective region.
This year total 60 kg ofaluminum pull-tabs were
donated.

Well installation in Cambodia

The Lake Hamana Cleaning Operation
The Lake Hamana Cleaning Operation is held in the region
surrounding Lake Hamana in Shizuoka Prefecture on the ﬁrst
Sunday of June every year. This event is hosted by a civiliangroup named Lake Hamana Puriﬁcation Group aiming at handing over Lake Hamana with abundant ﬁshery resources to thenext generation in pure and beautiful conditions. FDK participates in this event jointlywith the labor union.
Though the Operation wascancelled in 2004 due tothe bad weather, in 2005,
total 58 people in the
Kosai and Hosoe regions
took part in the event andcleaned the lake.
At the shore of Enshu Nada Sea(Kosai Region)

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At Kosai City Social Welfare Council

FDK Private Exhibition in Summer,
2005
The event was held on August 30, 2005 at the Plaza Hall of
Kasumigaseki Building and attracted a lot of visitors there. Not
only new products and technology information, but also our environmental activities such as environmental protection, environmental solution businesses and other activities undertaken
were shown and explained.

FDK Private Exhibition in Summer,
2005

Japanese Archipelago
Cleaning Campaign

Oﬃcial Sponsorship ofKawasaki Frontale

The annual event is held in early September every year sponsored by Japan Electrical Electronic & Information Union. In
2005, it was held on September 3 in Sanyo Region of Yamaguchi
Prefecture hosted by Yamaguchi Sanyo Onoda Region Local
Council and people took part in the cleaning activities around thePort of Habu in Sanyo Onoda City. From FDK, 23 employees
participated. On the sameday, similar event washeld in Kosai Region sponsored by Shizuoka Kosai
Region Council of Japan
Electrical Electronic &Information Union and theparticipants including 15
from FDK cleaned the
Shirasuka Beach in Kosai People working for cleaning the Port ofCity.
Habu area in Sanyo Onoda City

Kawasaki is hometown to the Kawasaki Frontale soccer team,which joined Japan s professional J-League in 1999. The team has
been contributing to the development of professional soccer,
training young local athletes and encouraging sporting culture.
The FDK Group supports the activities of Kawasaki Frontale.

ⓒKAWASAKI FRONTALE 2006

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Environmental Activity Flash Report for FY2005
Super Green Product Born

Launch of Route Delivery System ofphysical distribution throughout Japan

Zero Emission of Wastes* Achieved
throughout the Year

Shift of Incinerated and Landfilled Wastes
Volume（ton）

5,000
4,000
3,000
2,000

0

2891
2445
1914
1225

997

545

For the past decade, no labor-related disasters have beenreported in Fuchi Electronics. In addition, Taichung and
Taoyuan plants of the company
were certiﬁed under the OHSAS
18001 (Labor Safety and HealthManagement System) in FY2005.
Recognized of such successfulrecords, Fuchi Electronics won
the Award from the Industrial
Development Bureau, Ministry of
Economic Aﬀairs for setting up amodel of labor safety and health in
the plants. (See P36)

Site Report

1,000

4185
4054
3849
3841
3846

Fuchi Electronics Won
a Safety-and-Health Model Award

Environmental Protection
Activity Report

Zero emission of waste at domestic production sites was achievedat the end of FY2004. Following FY2004, Zero Waste Emission
Guideline was continuously applied in FY2005 and zero emissionof wastes throughout the year was successfully achieved for theﬁrst time. (See P26)

Social performance

MIPF2520D Series

The FDK Group has made eﬀorts to shift from the conventional
one-way delivery system to a route delivery system to deliver orpick up products and materials from business partners to FDK,
and then from FDK to customers by making the rounds of multiple sites. This can reduce lead-time of delivering products tocustomers and the volume of work-in-process items. In addition,
the total distance of travel can be reduced and hence the volumeof CO2 emission canbe minimized as well.
In FY2005, the routedelivery systemstarted in all of major
FDK sites nationwide
so that the system
can cover all andevery route to andfrom FDK and business partners/
customers in Japan.
Nationwide Development of(See P24)
Route Delivery System

Management andOrganizational Structure

The FDK Group has been taking actions aiming at providing
Super Green Products by the end of 2006. The Super Green
Products are a category of green products incorporating suchenvironmental elements as energy saving, 3R* (Reduce, Reuse,
Recycle) design and removal of hazardous substances. Amongthem, the Super Green Products are expected to be the top
runners of the green products in terms of the ﬁrst of its kind in
the world, the smallest in the world, the ﬁrst of its kind inJapan, the ﬁrst of its kind in the industry, the smallest inJapan and the smallest in the industry. The eﬀorts of the FDK Group
have been fruitful in producing supersmall layered power inductor
MIPF2520D series. This is the smallest of its kind in the industry by reducing about 40% of volume compared tothe conventional products. (See P19)695
093 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 (FY)

Plaque of Safety-and-HealthModel Award

Newly established Taichung Plant of Fuchi Electronics
Co., Ltd. Certified as ISO14001* Compliant
Taichung Plant of Fuchi Electronics Co., Ltd., established in China
in April 2005 was successfully certiﬁed as an ISO14001 (2004 version) compliant plant inJuly 2005 together with
its Taoyuan Plant. This
marks that the environmental management
system was set up at allof the FDK Group s production sites in and out ofJapan in 2005. (See P17)
Taichung Plant of Fuchi Electronics Co., Ltd.

* 3R stands for Reduce (emission of waste), Reuse (as marketable productor parts) and Recycle (as raw material or heat energy).
* Zero emission of wastes means a continuous and persistent eﬀort toeliminate emission of industrial wastes and chemical substances to theenvironment.
* ISO 14001 is the international standard for management of environment
requiring establishment of an environmental management system andcontinuous improvement of environmental activities.

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Operating Activities and Environmental Burdens
The FDK Group continues its eﬀorts in understanding and reducing environmental burdens generated by its operating
activities throughout the lifecycle of products.

We recognize that our business activities including R&D, design, production and sales generate environmental burdens by using resources
such as parts and materials and consuming scarce resources including energies and water. We, therefore, will continue decreasing of suchenvironmental burdens generated through the life cycle of products from using, transporting and disposing of them, by grasping how
much burdens we are imposing to the environment.

Design/Development
Design/Development StageStage

The FDK Group manufactures eco-friendly products through compliance with all the
relevant laws and applicable standards, design reviews and product environmental
assessments. Through the processes, emissions of hazardous substances are avoided
and energy- and resource-saving, as well as recyclability of product designs are checked.

Procurement
Procurement StageStage

All procurements by the FDK Group are done after checking that the parts andmaterials to be procured are eco-friendly. Equal considerations are made to reduceenergy for transporting these parts and materials.

IN

EnergyChemical substances

Water

Electricity purchased 44,376 MWh Handled volume 4,494 tons Used volume1,097,794 m3

311 ㎘
31 tons
Natural gas and city gas 320 km3
Heavy oil and kerosene
LPG and LNG

Calculation methods:• Chemical substances: Volume of PRTR Law target chemicals
handled by plants/sites• Energy: Electricity, gas, oil, etc, consumed by plants/sites• Water : Volume used by plants/sites

Manufacturing
Manufacturing Stage
Stage
Zero emission is pursued by minimizing the use of resources for materials,
energy and water consumption (energy-saving activities) and eliminating
disposal of rubbishes by landfill and simple incineration. An effort is being madeto reduce emission of chemical substances to the environment.
Gases discharged

OUT

CO2
SOx
NOx

Chemical substances

Wastes

20,397 tons Emission volume 3.3 tons Landﬁll and simple
incineration
0 tons0.1 tons Calculation methods:
0.8 tons • Chemical substances : Volume of PRTR Law target chemicals handled byplants/sites• Atmospheric release : Volume of carbon dioxide discharged is calculated by thevolume of energy consumed by plants/sites: Volume of sulfur oxides and nitrogen oxides is calculatedby the concentration of each substances discharged fromthe boiler outlets at the plants/sites

Distribution/Sales
Distribution/Sales Stages
StagesConsumption of energy for transportation and delivery of products is reduced tominimize discharging exhaust gas to the environment.

Use
Use Stage
Stage

Energy-saving and long-life products are sought.
Wide range of battery types allows users to select appropriate ones depending upon
usage, by which the life of batteries can be extended.

Collection/Reuse/Recycling
Collection/Reuse/Recycling Stages
StagesUsed products are collected back for effective utilization of resources.
Collection, reuse, recycle
Collected volume
Resource reuse andrecycling rate

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981 tons
94.4 ％

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Environmental Accounting
Costs and eﬀects of environmental protection measures are grasped, shared and used for identifying potential problems.

In order to grasp the cost and eﬀect of the environmental protection activities in a quantitative manner, FDK Group has introduced anenvironmental accounting system and has been disclosing the data to the public since 2001. We aim at associating the data to our environmental management system and promoting more eﬃcient environmental activities.

Environmental Accounting Result in
FY 2005(Unit: million yen)Accounting Period
April 1, 2005 to March 31, 2006
Scope of Data Collation
Plants of FDK Corporation in Japan

Costs in Environmental
business protection costs
operations Costs of resources
recycling＊RoHS stands for Restriction of the use of certain Hazardous Substance inelectrical and electric equipment.

34

Management costs

Management-related environmental protection costs including
personnel expenses for environmental promotion activities andcosts associated with acquiring and maintaining ISO14001
certiﬁcation, measuring the environmental burden, greeniﬁcation
programs, environmental reporting and environmental publicity

101

R&D andsolutions business costs

Environmental protection costs for R&D activities and costs ofenvironmental solutions business activities (Green
Product/environmental technology design and development costs,
environmental solutions business costs, others)

51

Social activities costs

Environmental protection costs stemming from participation insocial activities, such as participation in organizations concernedwith environmental protection

0

Costs

Upstream/downstream costs

Environmental restoration Costs of environmental restoration operations (eliminating soil andgroundwater contamination, environmental compensation, etc.)
costs

0

Total

369

Effects

Pollutionobserve(*1),environmental laws and regulations as well as contribution by
Effects prevention eﬀects environmental protection activities to value added in manufacturing(*2)
onCost savings from reductions in electricity, oil and 101 gas
business Environmental
consumption
operations protection eﬀects
Resource recycling eﬀects Cost savings from reduction and eﬀective use of waste

27
107
78

Upstream/downstream effects Sales value of recycled and reused productsManagement effects
R&D/solutions business
effects
Environmental restoration
effects

19

Eﬃciency enhancement through ISO14001 system implementation, eﬀects of employee training, corporate image enhancementfrom environment-related publicity

144

Contribution to sales made by Green Products, other Ecofriendly
products and the environmental solutions business41

Savings of compensation payments to residents for groundwaterand soil contamination (*3)

0

Total

416

＊1
＊2

Value of avoidance of operating losses: (Added value)/(Days of operation)×(Estimated days lost)
Value contributed by environmental protection activities:(Added value)×(Ongoing operating costs of all environmental protection facilities)/(Total cost generated)＊3 Value of avoidance of compensation payments to residents: Estimated savings assuming that risks
were able to be averted.

Site Report

Due to the reduced ongoing operation costs of all environmental
protection facilities, the ratio of monetary contributions for environmental protection activities to the added-values obtained fromproduction activities (or putative eﬀects) decreased.
On the other hand, increased use of ECO-DB, a database on substances placing burden on the environment, lifted up the eﬀect of
reducing man-hours for tabulation. Due to the increase in contribution by selling eco-friendly products, the putative eﬀects wereraised. As a result, the overall economic eﬀects of our environmental protection activities came to 416 million yen, or 2% up
over the previous year.

74

Costs of lowering the environmental burden imposed upstream
and downstream by manufacturing and service activities (costs
incurred for recycling/reuse of waste products and packaging,Green Procurement, etc.)

Environmental Protection
Activity Report

Economic Eﬀects

54

Costs incurred for waste reduction and disposal, as well as forwater conservation, rainwater usage and other measures aimed
at eﬃcient resources usage

Savings from avoidance of operating losses stemming from failure to

Environmental CostThanks to the successful reduction of wastes, the cost for disposing and treating them were reduced. At the same time, pollution
prevention activities, once outsourced, was switched to in-house
activities, by which, ongoing operation costs of all environmental
protection facilities were successfully reduced. The completion of
the depreciation periods for environmental protection facilities set
up in the past enabled us to save the amount of depreciations.
On the other hand, there were some increase of labor costs
regarding developing eco-friendly products and green procurement for complying with RoHS*. After taking all of them in consideration, the amount of environment-related cost incurred in
FY2005 was 369 million yen, down by 1% over the previous year.

55

Costs of energy-saving measures, as well as costs of global
warming reduction measures

Social performance

Environmental Accounting in FY2005

Results

Pollution
Costs incurred to prevent air pollution and water contamination
prevention costs (fees for water treatment facilities) and other activities(incl. FDK Engineering Co., Ltd. and FDK Energy Co., Ltd.)Calculation Standards for Environmental Protection Costs
・Method of depreciation cost collation
Calculated using the straight-line method for a use life of
ﬁve years.
・Rules for apportioning mixed costs
Only the portion related to environmental protection iscounted.
・Labor cost
Labor costs incurred in the scope of data collation are
included in the environmental accounting.
Calculation Standards for Eﬀects of Environmental Protection Measures
・Scope of economic eﬀect
It includes actual and estimated eﬀects on environmental
protection activities.
・Accounting period for calculating investment eﬀects
Accounting period of actual eﬀects is set to ﬁve years sameas the depreciation period.

Scope

Items

Management andOrganizational Structure

Basic Data for Environmental Accounting
in FY 2005

As of FY 2004, FDK Group calculated its environmental accounting separately from that of Fujitsu
Corporation. However, the calculation is made in accordance with Fujitsu Group s Environmental
Accounting Guideline 2003, in order to maintain the data consistency.

Cost

Unit: million yen

Eﬀects

Unit: million yen

Investment in FY 2005

3

Substantial effects

204

Past investment

63

Putative effects

212

Cost

303

Total for effects

416

Total for Expenditure369

Depreciation

Substantial effects include profits generated by saving public utility consumption and selling of recyclable
wastes.
Putative effects mean profits assumed as economically effective under a certain definition.
(Environmental protection effects against the added values obtained from our production activities)

Shift of costs and eﬀects(million yen)

1000
800
600

Costs

Effects

917
650

588
506

486 521400

372 406

369 416

2004

2005

200
0

2001

2002

2003

(FY)

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Operating Activities and Environmental Burdens
We established the "FDK Group Environmental Policy", and we are promoting environmental protection activities basedon the Environmental action plan ,through out the entire FDK Group.

FDK Group Environmental Policy
FDK Group considers it necessary to address environmental protection as a part of its corporate activities. This includes prevention of
global warming, reduction of wastes and thorough control over hazardous chemical substances, all of which should be implemented not
only based on laws and regulations of central and regional governments of Japan, but also based on the wider global perspectives. This
must be a shared idea among other companies toward the sublime proposition of realizing the sustainable society. In addition to its own
activities, FDK Group is decided to promote environmental protection in cooperation with Fujitsu Ltd. and adapt an environmental policy,
a fundamental for environmental activities of Fujitsu Ltd. The FDK Environmental Policy is the essence of the group s environmental
activities, aiming at promoting robust environmental protection activities through a synergy eﬀect of voluntary reduction of environmental burdens and cooperative actions with Fujitsu Ltd.

Philosophy

Principles

The FDK Group recognizes that environmental protection is avitally important business issue. By utilizing our technologicalexpertise in the IT industry and our creative talents, we seek tocontribute to the promotion of sustainable development. In
addition, while observing all environmental regulations in ourbusiness operations, we are actively pursuing environmental
protection activities on our own initiative. Through our individualand collective actions, we will continuously strive to safeguard arich natural environment for future generations.

SloganFDK Group Loves Nature for the Future of the Earth

1 We strive to reduce the environmental impact of our products
throughout the product life cycle.

2 We a re c o m mit te d to c o n s e r vin g e n e rg y a n d n at u ral
resources, and practice a 3R approach (Reduce, Reuse,
Recycle) to create best-of-breed eco-friendly products.
3 We seek to reduce risks to human health and the environment from the use of harmful chemical substances or waste.
4 Through our IT products and solutions, we help customers
reduce the environmental impact of their activities andimprove environmental eﬃciency.
5 We disclose environment-related information on our businessactivities, products and services, and we utilize the resulting
feedback to critique ourselves in order to further improve ourenvironmental programs.
6 We encourage our employees to work to improve the environment, bearing in mind the impact of their business activities
and their civic responsibilities.
Environmental Management Cycle

Organizational Structure

15

Important issues such as policies on environmental
activities are discussed in the Environmental Committee. The resolutions made by the committee willthen be implemented after approval by the Management Council. Detailed action plans including
policies and measures are decided at the Plant
Environmental Management Committee establishedat the environmental management system levelbased on ISO14001.
The plans are implemented by repeating the cycle of
PDCA (Plan, Do, Check and Action) for continuous
improvement to achieve spiral up.
Hazardous chemical substances contained in products are managed at the Committee for ProductsContaining Hazardous Chemical Substances, a
newly established internal organization in October
2004, to eliminate use of hazardous substances andappropriate control of them. (See page 22 for further
information.)

Plan

Do

Environmental
Target/Objectives
and Action Plan

Environmental
Protection
Activitiesl
S piraBoard of Directors

President & CEO

Management
Council

ActionImprovement
andCorrection

up
Check

Monitoring andConﬁrmation of
Actions andResults

Environmental Committee
Decision to important issues
such as FDK policies

FDK Group Environmental
Management Committee

Implementation of the FDK policies,
plans and promotes measures

Group Company Environmental
Management Committee
Committee for ProductsContaining Hazardous
Chemical Substances
Environmental Organization

Secretariat(Environmental Technology Center)
Overall control on the Group senvironmental protection activities

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Environmental Action Plan

Achievements of the Third Environmental Action Plan (FY 2004 − 2006)
Items

Action Plan

Progress (as of the end of FY 2005)

As of FY2004, 22 suppliers including those newly
started business transactions with the FDK Groupestablished the environmental management system.
The ﬁgure was jumped to 88 in FY2005. Amongthem total 20 suppliers introduced FDKEMS.
(See page 18 for further information.)

Provision of Super-Green Products by the end of FY 2006
・ Super Green Products are the advanced form of green products
incorporating such properties as energy saving, 3R (Reduce,
Reuse, Recycle)-based design, and elimination of hazardous chemical substances. They are forerunners having the world s 1st
world s smallest nation s ﬁrst industry s ﬁrst nation s
smallest and industry s smallest characteristics, which areintended to be released by the end of FY 2006.

Total 31 themes have been extracted as the target
for developing Super Green Products. Among them,small-size chip inductor MIPF2520D Series wasrecognized as the ﬁrst super green product for the
FDK Group. The mass-production started in February 2006.
(See page 19 for further information.)

To eliminate use of hazardous substances designated by Fujitsu Group
in manufacturing products by the end of FY 2005, except for those designated by RoHS whose elimination target is the end of December
2004
・ Use of hazardous substances listed in 31 categories of Fujitsu Group s
list will be totally eliminated by the end of FY 2005.
・ For products shipped to Europe and covered under the RoHS Directive,
use of mercury, hexavalent chromium compounds, PBB and PBDE will
be totally eliminated by the end of December 2004.

Use of prohibited chemical substances out of thehazardous substances designated by the FujitsuGroup was totally eliminated. As to the substances
to be totally eliminated, those designated by RoHS
were successfully eliminated from all products
directed to Europe to which the customers required
us to use substitution substances in lieu of them.
However, some products not required so by thecustomers due to quality concerns were delivered
with such substances designated by RoHS.
(See page 22 for further information.)

Energy consumption and emission of CO 2 reduced at the end of FY
2006 by 15% of those in FY 2000
・ The scope of these reductions includes FDK s plants and oﬃces inJapan.

As to energy consumption, the volume of CO 2 emission was successfully reduced by 62% of the actual
emission made in FY2 0 0 0 . (5 3 , 9 9 8 ton- CO 2 in
FY2000 was reduced to 20,397 ton-CO 2 in FY2005.)(See page 23 for further information.)Contribution to the reduction of greenhouse gas emission
・ Reduction of CO 2 emission is promoted through improvement of logistics, recycled use of products and packaging materials, and development and purchase of energy-saving products.

Revision of delivery truck route to shorten the travel
distance of a truck and use of returnable containers(TP trays) to enhance the truck loading eﬃciency
were addressed.
(See page 24 for further information.)

Discharge of chemical substances under the Pollutant Release andTransfer Register (PRTR) reduced at the end of FY 2006 by 15% of
those discharged in FY 2001
・ The scope of the reductions includes FDK plants and oﬃces in Japan.

The emission of the designated chemical substances
was successfully reduced by 41% of those actuallyemitted in FY2001, but was an increase by 87% overthe previous ﬁscal year. (5.5 ton in FY2001 → 3.3
ton in FY2005)(See page 25 for further information.)

Generation of wastes reduced at the end of FY 2006 by 3% of thosegenerated in FY 2003
・ The scope of reductions includes FDK plants and oﬃces in Japan.
・ Zero emission of wastes will be achieved by the end of FY 2004 ahead of
the target shown in the Second Environmental Action Plan by 1 year.

Generation of waste was reduced by 24% over that in
FY 2003. (2,081 ton in FY 2003 → 1,590 ton in FY 2005)
The zero emission of wastes achieved in the end of
FY2004 was continued in FY2005 as well.
(See page 26 for further information.)Green
procurement

Environmentallycompatible
products

Measures against
global warming

Promotion ofgreen factory

Since FY 2005 is the middle of the Third Environmental Action Plan (FY 2004-2006), we do not evaluate the degree of achivement. Only the activity results are reported here.

Site Report

Promotion of EMS to suppliers・ To encourage business partners in Japan with no EMS to intro duce it.
・ The scope of EMS include those certiﬁed by a third party certiﬁcationorganization such as ISO14001, EMAS, Eco-Action 21, Eco-Stage,local
environmental management system equivalent to them, Fujitsu Group
Environmental Management System (FJEMS), FDK Group Environmental Management System (equivalent to FJEMS), and other EMS
systems unique to each business partner approved by FDK.

management

Environmental Protection
Activity Report

After examining various types of EMS, Eco-Stage
System was chosen as the most appropriate
system for FDK s Head Oﬃce and Sales Oﬃces.
A declaration to kick-oﬀ installation of the system
was made both by the Head Oﬃce and Sales
Oﬃces and it is currently in the investigation
stage of the current conditions at each site.
(See page 17 for further information.)

Social performance

To establish own frameworks of environmental management in all theGroup s aﬃliates and subsidiaries, which are based on the environmental management system (EMS), by the end of FY 2005
Reinforcement of・EMS to be introduced in the entire corporate structure of FDK in Japanenvironmental
including its head oﬃce and sales oﬃces.

Management andOrganizational Structure

In order to set detailed target for put the Environmental Policy into practice, the FDK Group revises its Environmental Action Plan
once in three years. The FY 2005 is in the middle of the Third Environmental Action Plan (FY 2004 ‒ 2006) . Some of the plan has
been achieved in the form of providing Super Green Products and reduction of energy consumption and CO2 emission. The FDK Groupwill further pay its entire eﬀorts to achieve the plan fully for the remaining periods of the plan.

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Reinforcement of Environmental Management

Recognizing that proactive commitment to environment in addition to the eﬀorts of environmental protection and observing relevant laws and regulations should be included in the management of a company, the FDK Group is determined tofurther promote its environmental management.

Establishment of the Framework of Environmental Management basedon the Environmental Management System (EMS)The FDK Group is committed to introducing the Environmental Management System as the foundation of its eﬀorts of environmental
management. The system has been introduced and established to its production sites. In the future, all the FDK Group entities including non-production sites will be placed under the scope of it.

Targets of the Third Environmental Action Plan
To establish own frameworks of environmental management in all the Group s aﬃliates and subsidiaries, which are based on
the environmental management system (EMS), by the end of FY 2005
・ EMS to be introduced in the entire corporate structure of FDK in Japan including its head oﬃce and sales oﬃces.

All production sites of the FDK Group are now certiﬁed as
ISO14001 (2004 version) (international standard of environmental
management) compliant including Taichung Plant of Fuchi Electronics Co., Ltd., opened in April 2005. The FDK Group is determined to direct its eﬀorts from now onward for reducing environmental loads generated in all of its plants, including implementation of global warming prevention measures and reductionof wastes, provision of eco-friendly products and other environmental protection activities outside of the FDK Group s plants.

ISO Certiﬁcation at FDK Group Production Sites
Kosai Plant

Japan

EMS at Production Sites

Iwaki Plant
Date of acquisition
January, 1998
Date of renewal
July, 2004
Scope of certiﬁcation FDK CORPORATION: Iwaki Plant, FDK LIFETEC CORPORATION: Iwaki branch oﬃce
●Development, design and manufacturing of electronic parts
relating to telecommunication equipment

Overseas (Consolidated subsidiary)

EMS at Non-Production Sites
In FY2005, we worked for preparation of introducing the Eco
Stage* which we determined it as most ﬁt for introducing theenvironmenta l ma nagement system to our domest ic nonproduction sites in FY2 0 0 4. More precisely, a preliminary
inspection was made to each non-production site for introducing
the system and a kick-oﬀ declaration by the Secretariat. The
EMS will start from the FDKEMS, our own environmental management system that is more familiar to us than the Eco Stage,
with adding required control items. Then the level will be
gradually enhanced to EMS. In the coming years, the FDKGroup is determined to carry out environmental protection
activities by integrating the entire eﬀorts through introduction of
EMS to its non-production sites.

Date of acquisition
October, 1998
Date of renewal
October, 2004
Scope of certiﬁcation FDK CORPORATION: Kosai Plant, Sanyo Plant
FDK ENERGY CO., LTD., FDK ENGINEERING CO., LTD.,
FDK MECHATRONICS CO., LTD., FDK LIFETEC CORPORATION, FUJIDENKA RESEARCH AND ANALYSISCENTER CO., LTD., and FDK ECOTEC CO., LTD.
●Development and design of various electronic parts, batteries,
and machines, and environmental businesses

Subsidiaries

Country

Date of Acquisition

XIAMEN FDK CORPORATION

China

January 1999

FUCHI ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
(Taoyuan plant)

TaiwanFebruary 2000

FUCHI ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
(Taichung plant)

TaiwanJuly 2005

SHANGHAI FDK CORPORATION

China

December 2000

FDK LANKA (PVT) LTD.

Sri Lanka February 2003

PT FDK INDONESIA

Indonesia June 2003

FDK (THAILAND) CO., LTD.

ThailandJune 2003

SUZHOU FDK CO., LTD.

China

December 2004

FDK ENGINEERING CO., LTD.
Iwaki Plant

Lake Hamanako

Environmental Education and Training
The environmental education and training at all production sitesof the FDK Group consist of two: general education to all employees including global environmental issues, and professional education at each site to each person in charge of waste management
and separation, internal audit, emergency response measures andother ﬁelds of specialty.
In FY2005, an education session was given to all employees andtheir families on how to reduce carbon dioxide at all the FDK
sites in Japan. This was done in connection with the Team
Minus 6% Campaign for preventing global warming.
＊Eco Stage is an environmental management assessment and support
system directed to SMEs provided by Eco Stage Institute to support
establishing their environmental management system and its operation,
through which their corporate management can be improved as well.

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Kosai Plant Hamamatsu

FDK ECOTEC CO., LTD.

FDK ENERGY CO., LTD.

Sanyo Plant
SUZHOU FDK CO., LTD.
SHANGHAI FDK CORPORATIONXIAMEN FDK CORPORATIONFUCHI ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
(Taoyuan plant)

FUCHI ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. (Taichung plant)
Newly established
ＦＤＫ(THAILAND)CO.,LTD.

ＦＤＫ LANKA(PVT)LTDPT ＦＤＫ INDONESIA※FDK TATUNG (THAILAND) CO., LTD., which was shown in the map until last year, is notincluded above, since the site has ﬁnished the production activity in FY2005.

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Promotion of Green Procurement

In order to provide eco-friendly products to our customers, the FDK Group promotes green procurement of raw materials,
parts and packaging materials.

Promotion of Establishing Environmental Management System inBusiness Partners

Targets of the Third Environmental Action Plan

Procedures and Actions

Outline of Green Procurement

Eco-Stage 3 to 5
Requirements covered those required by ISO14001

certiﬁcation with Eco-Action 21 available)
LevelⅣ (Mutual
ISO14001, Eco-Action 21, Eco-Stage 2,
KES Step 2 and Michinoku EMS

Requirements under ISO14001 to be simpliﬁed.

LevelⅢ (Mutual certiﬁcation with Eco-Action 21 not available)
Eco-Stage 1 and KES Step 1
Basic requirements of PDCA under

LevelⅡ ISO14001

FJEMS and FDKEMS Step 2
Minimum requirement for basic PDCA

LevelⅠ for environmental improvement
FDKEMS Step 1

EMS certiﬁed by a third party certiﬁcation organization

The Second Environmental Action Plan

The Third Environmental Action Plan

Requirements exceeded those required by ISO14001＋

Raw materials and parts free of hazardous chemical
substances designated by the FDK Group

Green Procurement
In FY2005, a series of green procurement explanation meetings
was held following to the previous year to communicate our business partners with the idea and process of our green procurement to ask their cooperation to it. As a result, 88 business partners established their environmental management system.
Among them, two business partners introduced
the FDKEMS. We willcontinue our eﬀorts toestablish the environmental management system
to our business partners
a nd supp or t e st abl is h ment of FDKEMS.

Site Report

Requirement

Establishment and operation of ISO14001 orother environmental management systems
Environmental Protection
Activity Report

EMS Requirement Level

Green Procurement by the FDK Group=In the third Environmental Action Plan, the scope of requiring
setup of the environmental management system was expanded
to distributors (trade companies) as well as to manufacturing
companies. This is due to the belief that trade companies should
know the importance of the environmental management systembecause they purchase items from manufacturing companies andare in a position to provide instruction and guidance to their
manufacturing companies. For suppliers which feel it diﬃcult toestablish the environmental management system, a simple management system, FDKEMS is provided to them for observationin two stages. The FDKEMS contains basic requirements of
ISO14001. For users of FDKEMS, the FDK Group requires them
to upgrade it in the future to an environmental management
system certiﬁed by a third party certiﬁcation entity.
Procurement of raw materials and parts that are free from hazardous chemical substances designated by the FDK Group is
promoted in a procedure shown in Approaches to Totally Eliminate Hazardous Substances in Products. See P22 for the details.

LevelⅤ

Social performance

Promotion of EMS to suppliers・ To encourage suppliers in Japan with no EMS to introduce it.
・ The scope of EMS include those certiﬁed by a third party certiﬁcation organization such as ISO14001, EMAS, Eco-Action 21,
Eco-Stage, local environmental management system equivalent to them, Fujitsu Group Environmental Management System(FJEMS), FDK Group Environmental Management System (equivalent to FJEMS), and other EMS systems unique to each supplier approved by FDK.

Management andOrganizational Structure

Believing that, in order to produce eco-friendly products, the materials used for them should be eco-friendly as well, the material function of the FDK Group promotes green procurement. In this process, the following two conditions are set in selecting suppliers andproducts to purchase: (i) the business partner has established and is operating environmental management system such as ISO14001, (ii)no hazardous chemicals designated by the FDK Group are contained in raw materials and parts. Items satisfying both of the two conditions are taken as a priority to purchase by the FDK Group.

Explanation Meeting to Business
Partners (Kosai Plant)

Green Procurement of Office Supplies
Though it is not included in the Third Environmental Action
Plan, the FDK Group is committed to procuring green oﬃce supplies with an Eco-Mark that certiﬁes that the product considers
energy-saving, recyclability, resource-saving, elimination of hazardousness and easiness for disposal.
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Production of Environmental Measures on Products
The FDK Group is committed to oﬀering eco-friendly and energy-saving products free of hazardous chemical substances
through the entire life cycle of them from development and design stages to disposal of them.

Oﬀering Super-Green Products with the Top Environmental Elements
In the Third Environmental Action Plan, the FDK Group is involved in development and provision of super-green products with top environmental elements, one step forward of the conventional green products.

Targets of the Third Environmental Action Plan
Provision of Super-Green Products by the end of FY 2006
・ Super Green Products are the advanced form of green products incorporating such properties as energy saving, 3R (Reduce,
Reuse, Recycle)-based design, and elimination of hazardous chemical substances. They are forerunners having the world s ﬁrst ,world s smallest , nation s ﬁrst , industry s ﬁrst , nation s smallest and industry s smallest characteristics, which are intended
to be released by the end of FY 2006.

Super-Green Products
In FY2005, the FDK Group was committed to producing supergreen products by extracting 11 themes. As a result, the ﬁrst
super-green product was born: ultra small multilayer power
inductor, MIPF 2520D Series. The inductor is the top runnerproduct in the world with its size reduced by 40% in volume
compared to the conventional eco-friendly products of similar
type. The FDK Group will continue its eﬀorts so that more
super-green products can be delivered to our customers.

Quality Assessment Simulation for
Lead-Free Solder using CAE*As lead-free solder doesn t contain lead, one of the hazardous
substances, its physical properties are diﬀerent from conventionalsolders. Due to this reason, it is essential to select appropriatematerials and design and manufacture parts in a way suitable forusing lead-free solders. Believing that disclosure of physical properties of the lead-free solders and analyze them are the best
way to realize using lead-free solders, the FDK Group develops
and uses a unique simulation technology. The technology incorporates the unique know-how of the FDK Group nourishedthrough manufacturing and the latest study results.

Applications:
The ultra small multilayer power inductor isused as a part of a DC-DC
converter used in mobile
phones, digital cameras
a n d ot h e r e l e c t r o n i c
products.
MIPF2520D Series,
the first super-green productA result of temperature cycle analysis
of a chip using lead-free solders(Mises Stress Analysis)

Eco-Friendly Product Assessment Category(Large Category)Positioning of Super-Green ProductsSuper-Green Products(Products with top runner eco-friendliness rating)Green Products(Products with enhanced environmental consideration)

Eco-Friendly Products

Products■ Hazardousness (including hazardous chemical substances)■ Resource-saving and recycle-oriented design■ Reusability as resources■ Easiness for decomposition■ Energy-saving■ Easiness for disposal by disassembly
Packaging Materials■ Resource-saving and recycle-oriented design■ Reusability■ Using materials
Others■ Disclosure of information■ Eco‒friendliness＊CAE (Computer Aided Engineering): A computer system that supports design and development process of industrial products

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Major Eco-Friendly Products Developed in FY2005
Ultra Small Multilayer Power Inductor MIPF2016D Series
Application

Features

Social performance

As an ultra small multilayer power inductor applying multi-layer technology and an improved
version of the MIPF2520D Series, the MIPF2016D Series is smaller by 40% in volume compared to their predecessors while keeping the same performance. The small in size is applicable as electronic parts of the third generation mobile phones that incorporate advanced functions of one segment broadcasting and GPS.

Voice from the Developer
A revised internal structure is embedded in the inductor using the CAE
technology and know-how nourished sofar. In addition, the balance of magnetic paths is optimized. Due to them,
the requirements for small-in-size andmaintenanceof higheﬃciency are
realized at
the same time.

Management andOrganizational StructureCore parts for a converter circuit of small-sized electronic parts
used for mobile phones, etc.

Eco-Friendliness

Due to the small-in-size by 40% in volume compared to their predecessor inductors, theMIPF2520D Series contribute to small-in-size and light-in-weight mobile phones. No leadcontaining solders are used or required in manufacturing and mounting them.

Daisuke Matsubayashi
Advanced Technology Lab.
Technology R&D Div.

Ultra Small Multilayer Chip Low Pass Filter AMF1005L Series
Application

Various high frequency module and other circuits of a mobile phone
to eliminate high frequency noises

In addition to optimization of multi-layer pattern using computer simulation, the products aredeveloped using dielectric material technology, low temperature sintering technology andmulti-layer printing technology. The products are the world-smallest low pass ﬁlter of
1.0mm×0.5mm×0.3mm.

Eco-Friendliness

Satoshi Higuchi
Project R Dept.
Technology R&D Division.

Site ReportFree of lead, the products are in compliance with EU s RoHS Directive. While maintaining
the features, the products are smaller in volume by 80% than the conventional products. The
chip size is the smallest of its kind in the world. Due to these features, volume of raw materials, power consumption and wastes are also minimized.

Environmental Protection
Activity ReportFeatures

Voice from the Developer
Computer simulation is utilized indesigning to minimize the environmental loads and to avoid manufacturing ofmock-ups unnecessarily. The products
will respond to space-saving and energysaving requirements.

Non-Insulation Type DC-DC Converter Model 8AApplication

Power supply to various electronic components such as servers

FeaturesThis is a DC-DC converter that can set the output voltage at any voltage from 0.75V to 5.5V.
After the revision of a circuit design, higher conversion eﬃciency has been realized in the
product. Optimization of implementation design has enabled releasing and discharging heatquite eﬃciently. Due to this, high output properties are realized under the operation temperature of 85℃. This product is the same size as Model 5A, one class below Model 8A, it can
output the current of up to 8A, and is applicable to a large current usage without a need ofchanging mounting area and shape of pins at the site of customers.

Eco-Friendliness
Due to its high conversion eﬃciency, the power consumption can be reduced by approx. 3%
compared to the conventional products. The size of this product is smaller by approx. 30%
over the conventional products. It is also in compliance with EU s RoHS Directive enforced inJuly 2006.

Voice from the Developer
I n t he development of a st a nda rd
DC-DC converter, there was a requirement of maintaining the same board
area as other conventional converter,
while achieving higher conversion
eﬃciency. We repeated a number oft r i a l s a n d e r r o r s t o a c h i eve t h erequ irements . At t he sa me t i me ,manufacturing easiness was one of thescopes in developing the product. We
have been
paying eﬀorts
to make ourdevelopment
as a model ofdeveloping
other standard
products.
Masahiro Yamabe
MS-FIRE Project
Module System Div.

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Production of Environmental Measures on Products

True Random Number (Physical Random Number) Generation IC RPG100B
Application

Generation of random number and encryption of information for network security, e- commerce, identiﬁcation,lottery, game, simulation, graphics, wireless LAN, computer and mobile devices

Features

With a random number generation circuit and an ampliﬁer embedded in the main
body, the product is used to generate true random number utilizing thermal noise
emitted inside the semiconductor. High quality random numbers that can highly withstand external noises can be generated by diﬀerential operation of two independentcircuits of thermal noise source for generating random numbers. Though the producthas a serial bit random number output and parallel bit random number veriﬁcation
circuit, the size is very small, 5mm×5mm.

Eco-FriendlinessCompared to the conventional ICs of RPG100, the performance is the same, but the size
is smaller by 69% in terms of actual implementation space. This can save the space ofboth inside and outside of the device in which the IC is mounted. Of course, the productcomplies with EU s RoHS Directive.

Voice from the Developer
The RPG100 can output unforeseeable uniform
random numbers at a high speed and withstandﬂuctuation of power supply and temperature,external noise and other environmental factors.
I believe the product will be one of the key
parts for security systems that will respond to ahigher security requirements expected in the
future, and amusement devices. An encryption
module using the RPG
100 is under development in cooperation
with other universities
such as Tsukuba
University.
Hiroyasu Yamamoto
Technology Development Dept.
Module System Div.

GPS Antenna DA-1S22N Series
Application

Antenna for a GPS receiver of small-size electronic devices
such as mobile phones and PDAs

FeaturesThough its small-in-size and use of highly dielectric materials, the product realizes
very high accuracy utilizing an adjustment technology using laser trimming.

Eco-FriendlinessCompared to a GPS antenna for ordinary automobile navigation system, the product issmaller in volume by 40%. No lead is used.

Voice from the Developer
Generally speaking, in order to make a smaller
antenna, some functions should be sacriﬁced. Inorder to keep the functional loss at a minimum,
an adjustment technology was developed using
laser trimming torealize various functions of an antenna
kept at h igh speed
highly accurate. Oureﬀorts have resulted
in development of ahighly functional
Mitsuru Satoantenna at an aﬀord- Technology Development Dept. 2
able price.
CelamicComponent Div.

Alkaline Batteries G, D and R. Series
Application

Devices requiring high output power such as digital cameras and PDAs, electric lights and clocks and other wider
applications.
Three types of batteries are available for optimized applications.

Features

The G series are for wide range of applications that requires high performance, while
the D series are the best for digital equipment requiring large volume of current. The
R series are regular type alkaline batteries for remote controllers and electric lights.

Eco-Friendliness

All of the three types are the modiﬁed version of the previous types in terms of the
shape of anode zinc particles and chemical composition of battery electrolyte toenhance the eﬃciency. Our internal test revealed that the life of the batteries areextended by approx. 30% for G series, approx. 40% for D series and approx. 10% for R
series compared to their conventional batteries. Hence, the resources can be eﬀectively utilized.
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Voice from the Developer
The digital alkaline battery D series is a highrate dry battery which performance is greaterby approx. 40% over the conventional batteries
when it is used to a device requiring a large
current such as digital cameras . Its discharging performance is among the highest in theworld.
Besides the improved shape of a node zincparticles and cathode materials, optimized
chemical compositionof battery electrolyte isachieved. As a result,a large current pulse
discha rg ing performance has been raised
and hence, it is best
suit for use in digital
Hidenori Tsuzuki
equipment.
Technical Dept.
FDK Energy Co., Ltd.

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Approaches to Totally Eliminate Hazardous Substances in Products

Targets of the Third Environmental Action Plan
To eliminate use of hazardous substances designated by Fujitsu Group in manufacturing products by the end of FY 2005,
except for those designated by RoHS whose elimination target is the end of December 2004
・ Use of hazardous substances listed in 31 categories of Fujitsu Group s list will be totally eliminated by the end of FY 2005.
・ For products shipped to Europe and covered under the RoHS Directive, use of mercury, hexavalent chromium compounds, PBB
and PBDE will be totally eliminated by the end of December 2004.

As a result of our activities, all chemical substances prohibitedamong the designated hazardous chemical substances by Fujitsu
were successfully eliminated from our products. As to thechemical substances required to be totally eliminated under the
RoHS Directives, they were totally eliminated from all products
shipped to Europe including those that substitutions wererequested by the customers, except for some, for which substitutions were not available due to the reasons of reliability assurance.
For the items which substitutions were not available, we willfurther examine how to do so and take necessary measures for
it. As to the materials such as plating materials, which inclusionof chemical substances prohibited by the RoHS Directive issuspected, we will measure them in-house to conﬁrm no such
substances are included in any of them.

Control Process for Banned Substances
Demands ofthe Market

Trend of World Standard

Customer Controlling Standard

Environmental Protection
Activity Report

FDK Controlling Standard
FDK s
Response

Securing
Information securing

Business
partners

Provision of
the Information of Chemical
Substances Used

Controlling
Prevention from chemical
substance mixing or polluting

Site Report

In conducting our research on chemical substances contained in
procured items, the scope of hazardous substances was reduced
from 1403 to 518 in line with the industrial trend. The reason
for the reduction is to accelerate the speed and increasing theaccuracy of the research activities to reduce workloads relating
to them. The activities were accompanied by collection of documents including a declaration of non-use of hazardous substances
to understand which substances are included in each procured
item. Items found as containing hazardous substances as aresult of our research were shifted to those don t contain them.
For the items that the business partner didn t reply to our survey
sheet or others which inclusion of hazardous chemical substanceswere highly likely, we inspected them by ourselves using an
X-ray ﬂuorescent spectrometer.
As to our in-process control, with a view of any products as
defective in terms of the quality assurance system (ISO9001), if
they contain hazardous chemical substances, a product quality
control system was established and has been in operation.
At the same time, FDK
Product RoHS Directive
Compliance Information
is uploaded on our web page so that both our customers and employees canunderstand the conditions
by making an access to it.

How to Control Hazardous Chemical
Substances

Social performance

Hazardous Substances Elimination
Activity and Result

Management andOrganizational Structure

In order to strengthen its eﬀorts in totally eliminating use of hazardous substances in manufacturing products, the FDK Group set up
Committee for Products Containing Hazardous Chemical Substances in October 2004, and continue its activities toward realizing it.
The activity includes compliance to EU s RoHS Directives, requiring submission of a hazardous chemical substances non-use certiﬁcate
from our suppliers, and establishment of supplier control system.

Assurance
Assuring that the productdoes not containchemical substances

Establishment of a mechanism to control
and assure with Quality Control System
Establishment of a controlling system equivalent to FDK s

Hazardous Substances Designated by Fujitsu Group
Banned Substances: Substances prohibited for use in products (27)
Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs)
Polychlorinated naphthalenes(with 3 or more chlorine atoms)●Asbestoses●CFCs●Speciﬁed halons
Ozone●Carbon tetrachloride
depleting●1,1,1-Trichloroethane
substances●Bromochloromethane

Specified amines(Those which contact to skin directly and for a long time only)●Azo dyes and azo pigments that generate
specified amines(Those which contact to skin directly and for a long time only)●Chlordanes●DDT●Aldrin●Endrin●Methyl bromide●Dieldrin●HBFCs●Hexachlorobenzene●Polybrominated biphenyls (PBBs)●N,N'-ditolyl-p-phenylenediamine,●Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs)
N-tolyl-N'-xylyl-p-phenylenediamine●Short-chained chlorinated paraﬃns
and N,N'-dixylyl-p-phenylenediamine●2,4,6-tri-tert-butylphenol(carbon chain length 10-13)●Bis (tri-n-butyltin) oxide (TBTO)●Toxaphene●Tributyl tins (TBTs), Triphenyl tins (TPTs)●Mirex●●●An X-ray fluorescent spectrometer
introduced in Kosai Plant

Substances to be totally abolished: Substances banned for use in products (4)FDK Product RoHS Directive Compliance Information webpage

Cadmium and its compounds
Hexavalent chromium compounds

●

●

●

Lead and its compounds
Mercury and its compounds●

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Global Warming Prevention Measures
The FDK Group is committed to various activities for prevention of global warming including energy-saving measures,development of energy-saving products, improvement of logistics and promotion of recycled use.

Energy-Saving Measures
In order to prevent global warming while protecting limited energy resources, it is essential to reduce the volume of energy used. The
FDK Group is committed to reducing use of energy mainly by introduction of energy-saving system such as a co-generation system andby improving operation and control of existing facilities and equipment.

Targets of the Third Environmental Action Plan
Energy consumption and emission of CO 2 reduced at the end of FY 2006 by 15% of those in FY 2000
・ The scope of these reductions includes FDK s plants and oﬃces in Japan.

Energy-Saving Activities

Major Energy-Saving Activities in FY2005■ An energy-saving type air compressor introduced to Kosai

In FY2005, the FDK Group continued its energy-saving activities
including modiﬁcation of control and operating method of facilities and equipment. In addition to it was a measure against air
compressors, monitoring of system capacities, and an analysis
and measures against the balance of energy demands amongbuildings. As a result, the volume of carbon dioxide discharged
came to 20,397 ton, a reduction of 3% over the previous FY andby 62% against the reduction target in our Third Environmental
Action Plan of 15% against the level of carbon dioxide emission
volume in 2000. This means the target in the Plan was cleared
more than the satisfactory level. The major contributors of thissuccessful achievement of the target is our continued energysaving activities combined by a shift of production of ferrites that
consume a lot of energy by sintering furnaces to that of electronic modules, along with our business structural reform processes.
All of domestic oﬃces and plants of the FDK Group have alreadyachieved as of now the target of the Kyoto Protocol, to reduce
discharge volume of greenhouse-eﬀect gasses by 6% over that in1990. However, the FDK Group will further take eﬀorts in
reducing carbon dioxide emission through improvement of facilities and their control and operation methods, and reduction of
air-conditioning charges.
No greenhouse-eﬀect gases other than carbon dioxide are emitted from any plants and oﬃces of the FDK Group.

Plant■ Excessive compressors stopped at Iwaki Plant due to a revi-sion of air supply distribution volume to each building■ Economized use of air compressor at FDK Energy Co., Ltd.

due to pressure loss prevention measures inside the compressed air pipes■ Reduced power consumption by changing from an air compressor to a roots blower at Kosei Plant■ Excessive facilities stopped by an appropriate distribution ofcooling capacities of the cooling tower at Iwaki Plant■ Introduction of inverter ﬂuorescent lights at Iwaki Plant

Introduction of an energy-saving
type compressor (Kosai Plant)

Transition of CO2 Emission
ＣＯ２ Emission（ｔ−ＣＯ２）（ＣＯEmission ）２

Emission（ＣＯ）
factor２

ＣＯ２ Emission factor（ｔ−ＣＯ２/100 million yen）

80,000120

60
40

20,000

20
93
93

23

Bunker A: 4%80

40,000CO2Emission

City gas: 4%100

60,0000Energy Type

94

95
94

96
95

97
96

98
97

99

00

01

02

03

04

0
05 (FY)

98

99

00

01

02

03

04

Electricity: 92%

05

59,666 66,120 65,984 59,662 58,065 54,261 56,024 53,998 36,153 35,015 31,634 20,499 20,397

Breakdown of CO2 Emission
Volume: 20,397 ton

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CO2 Reduction Activities through Improvement of Logistics
The FDK Group s CO 2 reduction activities cover procurements of parts and raw materials and transportation, use, disposal and recycleof products.

CO2 Reduction using Route
Delivery System

Business
PartnerBusiness
Partner

A returnable container (TP Tray)
Business
Partner

Customer

Individual Transportation System

Business
Partner

CustomerBusiness
Partner

CustomerRoute Delivery System

Application of route delivery system nationwide

CO2 Reduction by Demolishing Osuga Plant
The former Osuga Plant building was demolished from October
to December 2005. In the dismantling process, wastes generated from the dismantling works were recycled as much as possible in accordance to the Law Concerning Recycling of Materials from Construction Work (or Construction Waste Recycling
Law). Wherever possible, wastes were directed for recycled use
in the site. Concrete wastes, the largest waste in volume, werecrushed using a crusher and reused as crushed stones for groundleveling. This eliminated use of damp trucks for carrying out
concrete wastes ofapprox. 1,350 ton fromthe site and transporting recycled crushedstones into the site.
The carbon dioxideand energy reduced
and saved was equivalent to 300 damp
trucks.

Site Report

CustomerBusiness
Partner

Environmental Protection
Activity Report

Delivery Routes

The FDK Group promotes use of returnable containers (TP Tray)for recycled use of packaging and packing materials, and application of Kanban System* that produces necessary items just intime as they are needed, by using the returnable container.
As to packaging andpacking materia ls ,loading eﬃciency of atruck will be enhancedby their resource- andspace-saving designs to
reduce discharge ofcarbon dioxide duringtruck transportation.

Social performance

The FDK Group has made eﬀorts to shift from the conventional
individual transportation system to a route delivery system in Kosai
Plant and Iwaki Plant to deliver or pick up products and materials frombusiness partners to FDK, and then from FDK to customers by making
the rounds of multiple sites. This can reduce lead-time of delivering
products to customers and the volume of work-in-process items. In
addition, the total distance of travel can be reduced and hence thevolume of CO 2 emission can be minimized as well. In FY2005, theroute delivery system started in all of major FDK sites nationwide suchas FDK Energy Co., Ltd. and Sanyo Plant of FDK Corporation, so thatthe system can cover all and every route to and from FDK and business partners/customers in Japan.

Improvement of Loading Efficiency for
Truck Transportation and Recycled Useof Packaging and Packing Materials

Management andOrganizational Structure

Targets of the Third Environmental Action Plan
Contribution to the reduction of greenhouse gas emission
・ Reduction of CO 2 emission is promoted through improvement of logistics, recycled use of products and packaging materials, anddevelopment and purchase of energy-saving products.

Demolishing works of the former Osuga Plant＊Kanban System: In the Toyota Production System, a communication tool called Kanban is used realizing a later process takes what is needed from an earlier
process in a course of just-in-time production.

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Promotion of Green Factories
The FDK Group pursues green factories where protection of the environment is well considered including reduction ofwastes and chemical substances, prevention of contamination to air, water and soil, and avoiding noises and vibrations.

Reduction of Discharging Chemical Substances
The FDK Group sets out and operates Chemical Substances Handling Regulation to restrict emission of chemical substances from its
plants in order to reduce environmental load. It also controls chemical substances appropriately. At the level of plants, types andvolumes of chemicals used or discharged to air and watersheds as well as the amount of chemicals contained in wastes that are disposed
outside of each plant are measured. Through such activities, the FDK Group as a whole is committed to achieving its environmental
targets continuously. At the same time, the accuracy of the measurement and substitution to items that don t contain hazardous chemicals are pursued.

Targets of the Third Environmental Action Plan
Discharge of chemical substances under the Pollutant Release and Transfer Register (PRTR) reduced at the end of FY 2006
by 15% of those discharged in FY 2001
・ The scope of the reductions includes FDK plants and oﬃces in Japan.

Reduction of PRTR-Controlled
Substance Emission

PRTR Tabulation Result for FY2005

In FY2005, the chemical discharged from the domestic plants of
F DK was toluene on ly, a mou nt i ng to 3 . 2 6 ton wh ich wasincreased by 87% over the previous ﬁscal year. In terms of thetarget of the Third Environmental Action Plan, it was a reduction by 41% over the actual volume of the chemical released in
FY2001 i.e. 5.5 ton.
The major reason for the increase is the growth of module products. Besides the manufacturing of the products, toluene is used
as ﬂushing solution of products, jigs and facilities. A part of thetoluene used in the plants is released to air in a form of vapor.
The FDK Group will continue its eﬀorts in searching for substituting agents and conﬁrming the performance of them in orderto gradually shift from toluene.
The PRTR Law requires notiﬁcation to the authority of designated chemical substances handled 1 ton or more a year. The
FDK Group controls those handled 0.1 ton or above.

In FY2005, the volume of poly (oxyethylene) octylphenyl ether
used for t he yea r ca me to more t ha n t hat i n F Y2 0 0 4 forstrengthening ﬂushing of battery cans. During the same year,
use of nickel increased due to the expanded production of multilayer products.

Shift of Toluene Emission
（ton）

14
12

11.6

10
8
5.5

6

6.7
3.6

4
2
0

2000

2001

2002

2003

Total Chemical Substances Handled in FDK Group Plants in Japan (100kg or more)

25

3.3
1.7

Discharged

2004

2005

(FY)

Unit: ton(FY2005)

Volume of transfer

Chemical substances

Handling
volumeTo theDischarged Contained Consumption
volumeTo the air watershed to sewerage in wastes
Recycled

Manganese and its compounds

4,473.52

0.00

0.00

30.22

0.00

4,443.30

0.00

Toluene

5.69

3.26

0.00

2.43

0.00

0.00

0.00

Lead and its compounds

5.66

0.00

0.00

1.36

0.00

3.95

0.35

Bisphenol A epoxy resin

5.53

0.00

0.00

0.01

0.00

5.52

0.00

Poly (oxyethylene) octylphenyl ether

0.97

0.00

0.00

0.97

0.00

0.00

0.00

Boron and its compounds

0.96

0.00

0.00

0.001

0.00

0.96

0.00

Silver and its water soluble compounds

0.80

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.36

0.44

Nickel compound

0.51

0.00

0.00

0.03

0.00

0.48

0.00

Di-n-butyl phthalate

0.45

0.00

0.00

0.02

0.00

0.43

0.00

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Zero Emission of Wastes (Measures to Waste Reduction)

Targets of the Third Environmental Action Plan
Generation of wastes reduced at the end of FY 2006 by 3% of those generated in FY 2003
・ The scope of reductions includes FDK plants and oﬃces in Japan.
・ Zero emission of wastes will be achieved by the end of FY 2004 ahead of the target shown in the "Second Environmental Action
Plan by 1 year.

Recycling of Various Wastes

Social performance

Waste Reduction Activities

Management andOrganizational Structure

The FDK Group is committed to restrict generation of wastes through 3R (Reduce, Reuse, Recycle). Wastes generated from the plants
are separated and recycled in order to reduce loads to the global environment. FDK Ecotec Co., Ltd., one of the group companies,
collects information-related devices such as PCs and separates waste plastic, glass and metal from them for recycled use of them,through which it is committed to a business for formation of the recycling-based society. (See page 31)■ Sludge: Raw materials for cements and road bed materials

In FY20 05, the FDK Group continued its activities of using
returnable carton in lieu of packaging materials and promoted
recycled use of raw materials in processes and plastic vessels in
the oﬃce. Due to these activities, the waste generated was successfully retained to 1,590 ton, down by 12% over the previous
ﬁscal year.

■ Waste plastics: Raw materials for plastics and fuels of blast
furnaces■ Waste acids and alkalis: Neutralizing agents■ Waste oils: Oils and combustion improvers■ Waste paper: Paper, buﬀer materials and thermal recycle

Achievement of Zero Emission■ Metal slag: Raw materials for steel■ Plant residues (food wastes): Fertilizers

Zero Emission of Wastes in FDK GroupDeﬁnition:
Zero emission is deﬁned as utilizing all wastes generated in thegroup eﬀectively to eliminate disposal of them by incinerationand landﬁll.

Site Report

The target of zero emission was successfully achieved in
FY2004. The zero emission activities were continued in FY2005
as well in accordance to the Zero Emission Guideline. Thanks
to these eﬀorts, wastes disposed by landﬁll were totally eliminated throughout FY2005, for the ﬁrst time. Major activities
included recycled use of sludge into road bed and cement materials, separation of plastic wastes more strictly for reuse purposes,
reusing of shredded papers for packaging materials, and magazines and newspapers recycled as raw materials for paper.

Environmental Protection
Activity Reportpurposes

Wastes:Sludge, waste acids, waste alkali, waste plastics, waste oil, metalslag, glass, ceramics, dusts, waste wood chips, waste paper,
waste textile, animal and plant residues (food wastes) and sludge
in septic tanks

Volume of Wastes and Recycling Ratio
Volume ofWastes（ton）

Disposal by
Recycled asincineration or landﬁll raw materials

Recycling ratio

Recycling
ratio
（％）

5,000

100

4,000

80

3,000

60

2,000

40

1,000

20

0

0

Wastes by Type
Others 14%

Waste oils 16%

Waste textiles 9%
Waste woods 13%
Sludge 9%
Metal slag 13%'93 '94 '95 '96 '97 '98 '99 '00 '01 '02 '03 '04 '05(FY)

Waste paper 13%
Waste plastics 13%
Breakdown of Recycled Wastes (1,590 tons)

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Promotion of Green Factories

Environmental Protection Measures to Plants
In order to prevent soil, underground water and air pollutions, the FDK Group is involved in various environmental protection activities.
Environmental limits are voluntarily set for eﬄuents, vibration and noise which are stricter than those set by the authorities, and themeasurement data are periodically notiﬁed to the authority.

Soils and Underground Water

Emergency Drills

The FDK Group conducted a series of investigations for soil andunderground water contamination in 1998 and 1999 to investigate how they are contaminated by volatile organic compounds.
The results at the four plants of Washizu, Sanyo, Hosoe andOsuga where soil and underground contaminations were found in
the investigations in October 1999, were voluntarily disclosed tothe public and works for removing contaminations are going on.

Due to an existing risk of Tokai earthquake, Kosai Plant in
Shizuoka Prefecture conducts an earthquake and disaster prevention drill every year. In addition to an evacuation drill, a
rescue drill and a ﬁre extinguishing drill, the emergency drill
assumes occurrence of environmental pollutions out of the plantpremises. In FY2005, an emergency response drill was held
under the assumption of an oil leakage from the compressor

In 2002, Hosoe Plant was totally puriﬁed.
In 2004, the former Osuga Plant site was reinvestigated to checkthe condition of the soil in accordance to the Soil Contamination
Countermeasures Law, and the healthiness of the soil was conﬁrmed. For other plants, we will continue purifying soil andunderground water using an air stripping method, while checking the eﬀects regularly.

room.

Washizu Plant
Volume of contaminants
Major contaminants in underground water before
starting purification

Current volume ofcontaminants inunderground water

A drill for prevention of oil leakage
from the compressor

Environmental limit

Tetrachloroethylene 1.5 mg/L (Oct. 1999) 0.5 mg/L (June 2005)

0.01 mg/L

Storage and Control of PCB

Soil Puriﬁcation at Washizu Plant (tetrachloroethylene)
Concentration (mg/L)

1.8
1.6
1.4
1.2
1.0
0.8
0.6
0.4
0.2
0

The volume of storage of PCB in FY2005 was notiﬁed to eachgovernor of the prefecture according to the Law Concerning Special Measures Against PCB Waste. At the FDK Group, PCB areappropriately stored and controlled by accurately recording thevolume to a ledger. In the future, they are controlled andtreated appropriately as designated.

Total Volume of PCB Retained by the FDK Group in Japan
1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005 (FY)

Item

Volume (pcs)

Capacitor

5

Environmental limit

Transformer

1

０．
０3㎎／Ｌ

Fluorescent light stabilizer

22

Sanyo Plant
Volume of contaminants
Major contaminants in underground water before
starting purification

Trichloroethylene

Current volume ofcontaminants inunderground water

8.1 mg/L (Oct. 1999) ０．
１1㎎／Ｌ(Oct. 2005)

Soil Puriﬁcation at Sanyo Plant (trichloroethylene)
Concentration (mg/L)

9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0

27

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005 (FY)

Storage of PCB at Iwaki Plant

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Asbestos

Prevention of Discharging Dioxins
All existing incinerators in FDK s domestic plants have been not
in use since 2001 to prevent generation of dioxins.

Compliance

Social performance

In FY2005, no cases of non-compliance to environment-related
laws and environmental accidents were reported in the FDKGroup.

Management andOrganizational Structure

After the case of health damages caused by asbestos was covered by the mass media on June 30, 2005, the FDK Group investigated the condition of asbestos use in all of its plants in Japanand conﬁrmed that asbestos were used at none of them.
As to the building demolition works of the former Osuga Plant
from October to December 2005, though no asbestos were foundsprayed at the building, asbestos were found to its building materials such as slates. The FDK Group instructed the workers totake necessary measures
to prevent asbestos dusts
f rom sc at ter i ng a nd toprotect the health of workers there.

Demolition works of the former
Osuga Plant No.2
Environmental Protection
Activity Report

Effluent Analysis Result
FDK s Kosai Plant is situated near Lake Hamana. Eﬄuentsfrom the plant are strictly controlled than water quality criteria
of Lake Hamana.

Kosai Plant (Plant that has been specially designated in accordance with antipollution laws)
Chemical substances

Unit

Voluntary limit

Actual value(Japan)(FDK)(max.)PH (Hydrogen- ion concentration)−

5.8〜8.6

6.0〜8.4

7.6〜7.9

COD (Chemical Oxygen Demand)

mg/l

160

15

9.9

BOD (Biochemical Oxygen Demand)

mg/l

160

15

11

SS (Suspended Solids)

mg/l

200

20

1.3

N-hexane extract

mg/l

5

3

＜0.5

Copper

mg/l

3

0.5

＜0.05

Zinc

mg/l

5

0.5

0.05

Soluble iron

mg/l

10

3

＜0.3

Soluble manganese

mg/l

10

3

＜0.1

Nitrogen

mg/l

120

40

17

Total phosphorous

mg/l

16

5

3.7

Nickel

mg/l

−

0.5

＜0.05

Lead

mg/l

0.1

0.05

＜0.01

Boron and its compound

mg/l

10

5

＜0.1

Ammonia, ammonium compound, nitrites and nitric compound

mg/l

100

100

9.0

The following substances were found as significantly below the voluntary standards and official detection limits: benzene, fluorine, arsenic, trichloroethylene,
tetrachloroethylene, 1-1-1-trichloroethane, total mercury, carbon tetrachloride and cadmium.

Site Report

Control limit

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Environmental Solution Activities
The FDK Group is committed to environmental solution businesses such as environmental analysis and investigations aswell as promotion of recycled use of resources.

Business Activities of Fujidenka Researchand Analysis Center Co., Ltd.
The company has been involved in total environmental analysis and research business for more than 30
successful years. Utilizing the analysis technology and environmental research technologies nourished
for a long time of periods, the company contributes to environmental preservation for companies andthe local area. Cooperating with other diversified research institutes and local governments, it isinvolved in planning and proposal of various solution businesses, as well as environmental service businesses including environmental
educations and consultations. It also advances to the world after obtaining the ISO17025 certification.

Investigation of Hazardous Substances
Relating to Green Procurement
In order to manufacture eco-friendly products in compliance to
EU s RoHS and ELV Directives, it is essential that parts and raw
materials procured for products shouldn t contain hazardous
substances. For this purpose, a system should be established sothat hazardous substances contained in various metallic andceramic products are correctly and speedily analyzed. Fujidenka
contributes to the requirements for green procurement by setting
up such a system.

Examples of Items
Investigated by the Company
Plastics
Lead
Electric wire
Printed circuit boards Mercury
Cases
Cadmium
Metallic products
Ceramics
Hexavallent
Labelschromium
Cardboard boxes
Packaging materials
PBB
Tapes
Stapler pins
PBDE

Example of Analysis Flow
Specimen
Pretreatment
Analysis
X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy
ICP analysis
Atomic absorption spectrometry

Measurement of Formaldehyde andScattering of VOCs
A case of sick house syndrome has been one of the social problems, recently. It is said that the syndrome is caused by chemical substances discharged from construction materials, furnitureand home electric appliances. Fujidenka provides a service ofmeasuring sick house syndrome substances discharged fromsuch materials and items using a chamber method as well as
those existing in houses and offices.

Examples of Contaminants Existing in a Building
CompoundTypical origin

Formaldehyde

Plywood, adhesive agents for wall paper and picture

Acetaldehyde

Adhesive agents and antiseptic materials(substances originated from alcohol decomposition ‒ cause of a hangover)ToluenePaints and adhesive agents for construction use

XylenePaints and adhesive agents for construction use

Ethyl benzene

Adhesive agents and paints

Di-n-butyl phthalate Paints, pigments, adhesive agents and antiseptic materials

Examples of Measurement

Analyzing instruments

VOC measurement ina house and an office

ICP analyzing instruments

Measurement of VOCs emitted
from large-sized equipment(home electric appliances and PCs)

X-ray fluorescence spectrometer

Measurement of Asbestos

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Fujidenka conducts asbestos measurement as an entity of work
environment measurement. After a partial amendment of Air
Pollution Control Law in March 2006, it is mandatorily required
to confirm existence of asbestos and notify to the authorities forstarting demolishing of a building that use of asbestos are
suspected. At the same time, much stricter regulatory criteria is
now applied to the demolishing works. In order to respond to
the requirement of the amended Air Pollution Control Law, the
FDK Group will strengthen asbestos analyzing instruments andmeasure and analyze asbestos contained in construction materials and air.

Measurement of VOCs emitted from small-sized equipment(electronic parts, printed circuit boards and materials)

A microscope for asbestos investigation

A microscopic picture of amosite

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Environmental Investigation and Consultation

After enforcement of Soil Contamination Countermeasures Law
in February 2 0 03 , soil investigation has been ma ndatorily
required in abolishing designated facilities in which hazardous
substances were handled. The needs for soil contamination
investigation have been on the rise for such occasions as land
appraisal for real estate transactions. Fujidenka provides (i)initial documentary investigation, (ii) on-site investigation (overall
and detailed) and (iii) assessment and purification measures
based on the investigation on soil and underground water contamination by volatile organic compounds, heavy metals andagricultural chemicals.

Fujidenka provides environmental investigation and measurement services of plants, facilities and the local environment inorder to respond to the diversified needs of environmental investigation, such as water quality. The services provided by
Fujidenka include consultation, environmental protection equipment design, construction and maintenance.

Contamination Investigation and Measures (Outlines)

Phase I
(Documentary Investigation)
Possibility of contamination is investigated from the history of the land use.

Air quality analysis

Air circulation investigation ofsludge, waste acid suspension
particles, nitroxide, sulfur oxides,
hazardous contaminants, volatileorganic compounds and dioxins
and effluent gas measurement

●

●

●

●

●
●
●

Soil gas sampling
Surface investigation forheavy metals, etc.
Surface investigation for
agricultural chemicals, etc.
Boring exploration
Underground water investigation
Simulation analysis

Soil gas analysis

●
●
●
●
●
●

Soil vapor extraction (SVE)
Air stripping
Biological decomposition
Iron powder reduction
Reaction-type water retaining wall
Removal by digging
OthersMeasurement of noise and vibration level and frequency
analysis as well as simulation of road transportation, construction works and factories

Design, construction and maintenance work of environmental
protection facilities

Environmental assessment for
construction of garbage incineration facilities, waste disposal
plants and various plants
Boring exploration

Noise and vibration measurement
at the boundary of a construction site
Business lines:
Environmental analysis and measurement, Environmental assessment

Phase III (Puriﬁcation Measures)●

Noise and vibration investigation

Environmental assessment

Measures against Contamination
Soils and underground water is purified using the best possible methods
based on the investigation results.

Concentration analysis of designated malodorous substancessuch as ammonia and hydrogen sulfide, and odor index concentration survey

Site Report●

Malodorous substance analysis

Environmental protection facility design, construction and maintenancePhase II(Overall and Detailed Investigations)
Conditions of soil contamination areinvestigated.

Water quality survey of Lake Hamana

Environmental Protection
Activity Report

Investigation by air photos
Land History Investigation
a. Old maps and air photos
b. Collection of land registry bookc. Interviews
Investigation of the Peripheral Areasa. Underground water contaminationb. Investigation of geographyaround the area, etc.
Sampling of soil gasesc. Investigation of the historyof use of the peripheral area

Effluents from factories, sewages, river water, lake water, sea
water, underground water and their bottom sediments

Social performance

Contamination Investigation

Water quality analysis

Management andOrganizational Structure

Comprehensive Investigation and Measures forSoil and Underground Water Contaminations(Analysis of air, water, noise, vibration, odor and soil contamination level, and measurement of work environment)

Removal by digging

Investigation and removal of soil and underground water contaminants
Material analysis and reliability tests, calibration of measuring devices
Measurement of sick house causing substances and VOC emission measurement
Environmental protection facility design, construction and maintenanceFujidenka Research and Analysis Center Co., Ltd.

Purification system installation works

Foundation:
January 24, 1976
Capital:20 million yen (wholly-owned by FDK corporation)
President & CEO: Takeo Maeda
Head Office:2281, Washizu, Kosai City, Shizuoka Prefecture
Tel.053--576-0841 Fax.053-576-5258
Employees:
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Environmental Solution Activities

Business Activities of FDK Ecotec Co., Ltd.
Incorporated in 1997, FDK Ecotec Co., Ltd. is committed to recycling of PCs and other informationrelated devices to contribute to the realization of recycle-oriented society. In 2002, the company
obtained the certiﬁcation of ISO14001 ahead of other companies in the industry, and since then, it has
been proactively involved in environmental protection and prevention of depleting resources to bring thesociety come true. Since FY2003, FDK Ecotec has been continuing zero emission in handling oﬃce automation equipment.

As a core site of Fujitsu Recycle Center
FDK Ecotec handles used PC and other information-related
equipment generated from 13 prefectures in Tokai, Hokuriku andKinki regions as the Chubu Recycle Center of Fujitsu Recycle
Center (FRS). It accepts collection of waste devices through the

Flow of Reuse and Recycle
After collection of used devices, FDK Ecotec manually decompose and separate materials to a level that can be recycled andreused.

Ecotec Direct Route, and provides an integrated services to customers from collection to disposal of units.

Fujitsu Recycling System
Example: A cathode-ray tube display

IT equipments

Logistics companies

a nationwide transportation network providing
low cost transportation services

Fujitsu Recycle Center
disassembly and dismantlingby hand/reuse of parts

Reuse

Fujitsu Recycle Center deals with disassemblyand dismantling of the following devices andproducts under a strict control of leakage andillegal use of data contained in them.

FRS handles recycling of information communication equipment regardlessof manufacturers. Disposal of ﬁxed assets are also handled.

Flow of Disposal from Acceptance of Request
for Collection①FRS Route②Ecotec Direct Route

Customer

Customer

Fujitsu Corporation

FDK Ecotec Co., Ltd.

Collection of units byan affiliatedtransportation company

Collection of units by
FDK Ecotec Co., Ltd.

FDK Ecotec

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Hard disk
MemoryFloppy disk drive
Compact disk drive
OthersRecycleIC for printed
circuit board

Waste
metals

Waste
parts

CRT fordisplays

Waste
plastics

Manuals

Collection of
precious
metalsCollectionof ferrous
and non-ferrous
metalsCrushing
High-temperature
melting treatment
Metal collection
system

CRT
recyclingsystemRecyclingsystemfor blast
furnace

Paper
recyclingsystemRecycled into
precious metals

Recycled intobare metals

Recycled intobare metals

Recycled
into CRT

Reused as analternate fuelfor blast furnace

Reused as
paper andcardboard sheet

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Measures to Prevent Leakage ofInformation

Promotion of Recycling
Eﬀorts for Increasing Recycling Ratio
Disassembling of a used parts to just a level of parts composed ofmore than one materials is not suﬃcient for recycling of materials. Such parts are separated to a level of plastic, metal andother single materials in the company sothat they can be reused for other products. Plastics, in particular, are decomposed to a level of vinyl chloride andpolyurethane resin for reuse purposes.
Wa ste pla st ic s a re cr ushed usi ng a
crusher.

Management andOrganizational Structure
Social performance

A plastic crusher

Expansion of the Scope of Recyclable Products
FDK Ecotec accepts used ﬂuorescent lights which are crushed
using a special crusher. A melting machine is used for recycling
foam polystyrene. The company
plans to introduce a magnet tapedestruction machine so that it
c a n accept mag net t ap e s forrecycling.

A fluorescent light crusher

CD destruction system

Environmental Protection
Activity Report

After collecting PCs and recording media, the data contained inthem are all deleted safely according to the guideline on deletionof data on hard disks of personal computers before disposal andtransfer by Japan Electronics and Information Technology Indust r ies As so ciat ion ( J E I TA) i n
order to prevent leakage if conﬁdential information of companies
and individuals. Special deletion
software developed by Fujitsu
Corporation is used for deletingdata. The software complies withvarious deletion standards applied
HDD data deletion system
by Department of Defense andNational Security Agency in theU.S.
Besides this, data destruction kit
for compact disks and physicaldestruction system for hard disks
developed by the company areused as well. The company also
HDD destruction systemprovides data destruction servicesof tapes, IC cards, semiconductor
memories and other storage media.
A data destruction certiﬁcate isissued on demand.

Volume of Collection and Recycling Ratio
Licenses●

Collection volume

Recycling ratio

Recycling ratio
（％）

3,000

100

2,500
2,000
90

1,500
1,000

Collection and transportation of industrial wastes:
License No. 2100053003 (Gifu Prefecture)●

The range of collection and transportation:
All areas of the following prefectures: Gifu, Aichi, Mie, Shizuoka
and Shiga●

Intermediate treatment of industrial wastes:
License No. 2120053003 (Gifu Prefecture)●

Collection
volume (ton)Types of industrial wastes authorized to treat:
Waste plastics, metal chips, waste glass and ceramics, concrete chips(excluding those generated by new construction or refurbishment of buildings)

FDK Ecotec Co., Ltd.
Foundation:

March 10, 1997

Capital:30 million yen (wholly-owned by FDK corporation)

President & CEO: Masanori Nakazawa
Address:

Headquarters: 2281, Washizu, Kosai City, Sizuoka Prefecture
Gifu Office: 478, Tsuchikura, Hirata-Cho, Kaizu City, Gifu Prefecture

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0Site Report

FDK Ecotec has committed to enlarging its service area andtypes of device handled by it to increase the volume of collecting
waste devices. In FY2005, the company collected 981 ton ofwaste devices and the recycling ratio was 94.4%. Compared tothe previous year, the number of waste devices rema inedunchanged, however, in terms of weight, due to the miniaturization of each system and lowered unit prices, the collection
volume was decreased by approx. 30%.

'97

'98

'99

'00

'01

'02

'03

'04

Tel.0584-66-0322 Fax.0584-66-4791

80

'05
(FY)

Employee:2332

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This chapter shows the outline and environmental protection activities of manufacturing plants of FDK Group.

■ Kosai Plant
Started operation in June 1963
Address
Tel2281, Washizu, Kosai City, Shizuoka Prefecture 431-0495

Employees

556

Site area

45,878㎡

053-576-2151

Production items DC-DC converter, microwave components, power inductors, HF multi-layer chips and toners

Situated on the western part of Shizuoka Prefecture, Kosai Plant is a center of research, development and administration of the FDK Group. In
the vicinity of the plant are beautiful Lake
Hamana and Enshunada Beach, famous for egglaying of sea turtles. The plant is surrounded bybeautiful nature. The environment-related activity of the plant includes setting up and proposalof the FDK Group Environmental Policy andAction Plan, designation of rules for the FDKGroup as a whole and promotion of actions. In
other words, Kosai Plant is the leading entity ofother plants to put various activities into practice.
1. The plant has been involved in developing
products free of hazardous substances inorder to comply with EU s RoHS Directive,
and other rules. More recently, it is committed to developing super-green products whichhave top-environmental characteristics.
2. The plant planned and disseminated measuresand action plans for reduction of carbon dioxide emission and wastes into the Group companies.

3. In order to comply with ISO14001 (2004 version),the plant hosted in-house seminars to update theinformation and explain points to note to theemployees. At the same time, the plant disseminates education and awareness regarding environmental protection and amendment of rules, laws
and regulations through its intranet.
The plant is determined
to integrate the efforts ofall employees for global
environmental protection
activities, aiming at realizing the sustainable
society.
Masaji Tamakoshi
Environmental Technology Section
Environmental Technology Center

Activity Data

FY 2005

WastesVolume of wastes Volume of wastes Recycling ratio
generated (t)recycled (t)
(%)

268

268

100

Energy Consumption
Electricity
Purchased (MWh)City Gas(Km3)

CO2 eq.
（t-CO2)

320

9,131

19,889CO
emission(t-CO2)

ＣＯ emission
ＣＯ２ Emission Factor（ＣＯ２／production）

2

２

10,000ＣＯ２Emission
Factor

2.0

8,000

1.5

6,000

1.0

4,000

0.5

2,000
0
Fire Fighting Drill(Earthquake Disaster Prevention Drill)

Cleaning Campaign
around the Plant

0.0
2002 2003 2004 2005 (FY)
ＣＯ２ emission■ Sanyo Plant
Started operation in January 1970
Address
Tel5-Ku, Honmachi, Sanyo-Onoda City, Yamaguchi Prefecture, 757-8585

Employees

150

Site area

152,449㎡

0836-72-1311

Production items Inverter modules and piezoceramic parts

Sanyo Plant is situated in Asa , north of
Sanyo Onoda City in Yamaguchi Prefecture.
Asa is famous at the old tale of Asa-noNetaro which is said to be an origin of theold tale of Sannen-Netaro that is foundevery corner of Japan. The plant is now inthe process of making a shift from a ferrite
mass production factory to an electronicparts mass production factory, using its skillof material development and application
technologies.
The environment-related activities of thisplant include:
1. Promotion of environmental measures to
products:(1) Compliance to EUs RoHS Directive(2) Facilitating control on products
containing chemical substances
2. Prevention of global warming: Reductionof CO 2 generation
3. Promotion of green factory:(1) Reduction of waste generation(2) Continuing zero emission.
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As to the reduction of waste generation, theplant will strengthen the activity based on efficient use of resources and production using
minimum required volume of resources as thetwo major targets.
In the future, the plant will use the cycle of
PDCA and integrate the efforts of the entire
workers toward environmental protection
activities for people ,local community andthe Earth.
Hideki Yamanaka
Sanyo Plant Administration Section
Environmental Technology Center

Activity Data

FY 2005

WastesVolume of wastes Volume of wastes Recycling ratio
generated (t)recycled (t)
(%)

100

100

100

Energy Consumption
Electricity
Purchased (MWh)CO2 eq.
（t-CO2)

3,731

1,571

CO2
emission(t-CO2)

10,000ＣＯ２ emission
ＣＯ２ Emission Factor（ＣＯ２／production）

8,000

1.0

4,000

0.5

2,000
0
Cleaning Campaign
around the Plant

2.0
1.5

6,000

Cherry blossom trees
around Sanyo Plant

ＣＯ２
Emission
Factor0.0
2002 2003 2004 2005 (FY)
ＣＯ２ emission※Note: The CO2 emission factors in the above graphs are calculated based on the achievement of FY 2002 as 1.

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■ Iwaki Plant
Started operation in April 2002 (by merging former Iwaki Electronics which was established in December 1966.)
Address
Tel

1, Kamanomae, Joban-kamiyunagaya-machi, Iwaki City, Fukushima Prefecture 972-8322

Employees

426

Site area

107,008㎡

0246-43-4161

in production volume after switching to energysaving type air conditioners to its production
line and employment of highly efficient lighting equipment.
3. Minimization of Wastes
From the onset of mass production of inverter
modules, the plant has been using returnablecontainers to transport parts frombusiness partners to
the plant. This has
contributed to reduce
generation of cardboard box wastes.
Takeshi Shio
Iwaki Plant Administration Section
Environmental Technology Center

Activity Data

FY 2005

WastesVolume of wastes Volume of wastes Recycling ratio
generated (t)recycled (t)
(%)

180

180

100

Energy Consumption
Electricity Bunker A Kerosene
Purchased
(Kℓ)
(Kℓ)
(MWh)

10,128187

COemission(t-CO2)LPG CO2 eq.
(t) （t-CO2)

9

31 4,899

ＣＯ emission
ＣＯ２ Emission Factor（ＣＯ２／production）

2

２

10,000ＣＯ２Emission
Factor

2.0

8,000

1.5

6,000

1.0

4,000

0.5

2,000

Cherry blossom trees at
the gate of the plant

In-house environmental
education

0.0
2002 2003 2004 2005 (FY)
ＣＯ２ emission■ FDK Engineering Co., Ltd.
Started operation in September 1990 (by separation of machinery business function of FDK; Former Hosoe Plant started operation in November 1963)

Employees

64281, Hirooka, Hosoe-Cho, Hamamatsu City, Shizuoka Prefecture 431-1302

Site area

15,957㎡

Address
Tel053-522-5280
Design, manufacture and sales of various manufacturing facilities

As a manufacturer of production facilities
for companies, FDK Engineering Co., Ltd.
delivers more than 90% of its products to
auto makers. Many of them are occupied
by production facilities for improving fuelefficiency or reliability. Its customers arehighly environmental-conscious. The company s activities are mainly consisting of
the followings:1. Eco-friendly design of facilities
To miniaturize the facility to save materials and power consumption as much as
possible
2. Reduction of greenhouse-effect gasses
To reduce power consumption
3. Zero emission
Bus i ne s s pa r t ner s a re reque st e d t odeliver products without packages. If thisis not possible, they are requested to takethe packages back to them after delivering products. All drawings are shredded

for recycled use after they are used.
The company is actively involved in friendship
activities with the local community.
a. Cleaning campaigns in cooperation with local
residents (once a year)
b. Participation to the Himesama Dochu event(Every year four
employees or so areparticipated in theevent.)

Keigo Yamaoka
Equipment Development Dept.

Activity Data

Site Report

Business lines

Environmental Protection
Activity Report0Social performance

Situated to the southwest corner of Fukushima Prefecture and faced with the Pacific
Ocean to the east, Iwaki Plant is blessedwith mild climate throughout the year. It
never snows in the area. As a mass production plant of inverter modules and VCOs,
the plant proactively promotes environmental management activities.
1. Development of Eco-Friendly Products
The plant conducts environmental assessment to all products at their design andpla n n i ng st age , based on t he F DK sscheme for controlling products containing chemical substances. They are delivered to customers after implementing theassessment and verification. Possibilitiesof halogen free production are examinedin the plant for responding to the future
requirements, and research and development relating to it are conducted.
2. Energy-Saving Measures
The plant successfully minimized increaseof energy consumption due to increase

Management andOrganizational Structure

Production items Hybrid modules, VCOs and timing controller board

FY 2005

WastesVolume of wastes Volume of wastes Recycling ratio
generated (t)recycled (t)
(%)

9

9

100

Energy Consumption
Electricity
Purchased (MWh)CO2 eq.
（t-CO2)609
CO2emission(t-CO2)300

256

ＣＯ２ emission
ＣＯ２ Emission Factor（ＣＯ２／production）

ＣＯ２
Emission
Factor

2.0
1.5

200

1.0
100
0
People working for
adjustment of a facility

Cleaning campaign
around the plant

0.5
0.02002 2003 2004 2005 (FY)
ＣＯ２ emission

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Site Report■ FDK Energy Co., Ltd.
Started operation in August 2002 (by separating battery function of FDK. The former Washizu Plant started its operation in February 1950.)
Address
Tel
Business lines

614, Washizu, Kosai City, Shizuoka Prefecture 431-0431

Employees

167

Site area

39,395㎡

053-576-2111
Manufacturing and sales of alkaline batteries and lithium batteries

Situated in Kosei City along the west bank of thebeautiful Lake Hamana, FDK Energy Co., Ltd. issurrounded with nature and is a center of technical development and manufacturing of alkali
batteries and lithium batteries.
The company was involved in mainly reducing
energy consumption and wastes as its environmental activities throughout FY2005 while inthe circumstances of increasing production
volume year by year. For the former, packaging
processes were integrated to one place under its
production innovation activities and energy
consumption was successfully reduced. Though
the increase of production came to 6% , theincrease of energy consumption was retained tojust 2%. For the latter, residual sludge was
successfully reduced thanks to an improved
performance of biological treatment facility.
Decreased in-process defect ratio contributed toreduced waste batteries. In FY2005, the volume
of waste was reduced by 32 ton over the target.
As to its efforts for eco-friendly products, aninspection and confirmation was made to eachsupplier of raw materials in order to respond to therequirements of FDK Group s criteria for controlling
products containing chemical substances.
In FY2006, Digital Alkali Battery D-Series will be
released in addition to the conventional Wide Range
Alkali Battery G-Series. The D-Series batteries aredeveloped for digital equipment use and the power islarger by 40% than theconventional G-Series
batteries. This has
enabled increased
replacement cycle ofbatteries and resourcesaving can be promoted
further.
Yoshinori Sakata
Safety & Environment
Promotion Dept.

Activity Data

FY 2005

WastesVolume of wastes Volume of wastes Recycling ratio
generated (t)recycled (t)
(%)

653

653

Electricity
Purchased (MWh)Bunker A(Kℓ)

CO2 eq.
（t-CO2)

115

4,490

9,900
CO
emission(t-CO2)

ＣＯ emission
ＣＯ２ Emission Factor（ＣＯ２／production）

2

２

6,000
5,000

2.0

1.0

3,000
2,000

0.5

1,000
0

ＣＯ２
Emission
Factor1.5

4,000

Trees in front of the main gate

100

Energy Consumption

0.0
2002 2003 2004 2005 (FY)
ＣＯ２ emission

ISO14001 signage■ FDK Mechatronics Co., Ltd.
Started operation in November 1989
Address
Tel
Business lines

2281, Washizu, Kosai City, Shizuoka Prefecture 431-0431

49

Site area

Included in Kosai Plant

053-575-3011
Manufacturing and sales of stepper motors

FDK Mechatronics designs and manufactures stepper motors, doing businesses tomake a plant a mass production plant andpromoting and controlling motor businesses
in general.
Its environmental management activities
mainly include eco-friendly product design
and actions for preventing global warming.
1. Product Environmental Measures
In order to totally eliminate hazardous
substa nces desig nated by the FujitsuGroup, act ions have been directed toswitch to parts that don t contain lead andhexavalent chromium, two substances
typically used for manufacturing motors.
As a result, as of the end of March 2006,
t hese two chemica l subst a nces weretotally eliminated from all parts designated by customers.
2. Prevention of Global Warming
In order to reduce energy consumption
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Employees

and CO 2 emission, volume of inventory assets
was reduced to save storage space and minimize dead stocks. In the process, energy
saving was sought from manufacturing tocontrol.
As a result , as of t heend of March 2006, theinventory assets in theworld was successfully
reduced by approx. 10%
over the previous quarter.
Hideki Nibe
Engineering Support Dept.

Lead-free line of FDK Tatung(Thailand) Co., Ltd.

Regular meeting for products
containing chemical substances

Activity Data

Volumes of waste, energy consumption and CO 2 emission
a re included in t he data of
Kosai Plant.

Social & Environmental Report 2006

■ FDK Lifetec Corporation
Started operation in May 1971
Address
Tel

Employees

63

Site area

Included in Kosai Plant

053-576-3121
Sales of foods, maintenance of gardens, assembly and processing of electric communication equipment, printing of business card, etc.,
operation and management of canteens, cafeterias and kiosks, food dispensing services, nonlife insurance and life insurance agent

unique method and provided as Run-Run Sabo
series.
In the future, the company will thrive itself tocontribute to healthier life of people and to the society as a provider of health, welfare, environmental
management and culture. At the same time, it will
also integrate the effortsof the entire company toimprove welfare of
employees of the FDKGroup.

Activity Data
D at a r e l at i n g t o r e du c t i o n ofwastes, energy consumption and
CO 2 emission in the head office,Sanyo Branch Office and Iwaki
Branch are included in those forK o s a i P l a nt , S a nyo P l a nt a nd
Iwaki Plant respectively.

Tetsuta Aono
Business Promotion Dept.

Recycle box

Environmental Protection
Activity Report

Leftover food processor

Run-Run Sabo Series■ Fuchi Electronics Co., Ltd.〈Taiwan〉
Started operation in January 1981
AddressTel

No. 355, Section 2, Nankan Road, Rutsu Shan, Tao Yuan, Taiwan

Employees

1,046

Site area

3,235㎡+886-3-322-2124
Manufacturing and sales of hybrid module and inverter unit

Started operation in 1981, Fuchi Electronics
successfully obtained an ISO14001 certificationin January 1990 and continues its efforts formaintenance and improvement of the environmental management system. Under the condition of growing demand from its customers forgreen products for preserving the global environment, the company has been involved in development and production of lead-free green products since 1991. In 1992, it established a green
product supply system with business partners
and has been working for obtaining customer
satisfactions by continuously improving andstrictly implementing the system. Fuchi Electronics will continue its efforts for further
improving the system operations.
In FY2005, CO 2 emission was increased due toan increase in production volume, compared to
FY2004, however, the efforts for improving its
production processes were successful in reducing basic unit of it . Fuchi Electronics willcontinue its efforts for business innovation

while trying to reduce energy consumption andwastes. Fuchi s philosophy of To adore the natureis the foundation of the company for sustainable
development. Fuchi Electronics believes that consideration to the nature and to respond to the demandof the society are the basics for development of thecompany.
We w i l l c ont i nue ou r
efforts in providing products that respond to thecha nge of t he societ yand protecting the global
environment as a corporate and global citizen.
Lin Wen Hua
Quality Assurance Dept.

Activity Data

FY 2005

WastesVolume of wastes Volume of wastes Recycling ratio
generated (t)recycled (t)
(%)

409

164

40

Energy Consumption
Electricity
Purchased (MWh)CO2 eq.
（t-CO2)

6,114

4,218

CO2
emission(t-CO2)ＣＯ２ emission
ＣＯ２ Emission Factor（ＣＯ２／production）

4,000

2.0

1.0

2,000

Safety and healthmodel award

ＣＯ２
Emission
Factor

1.5

3,000

Emergency drill

Site Report

Business lines

Social performance

Established in May 1971 as an outsourcing company of welfare function of Fuji Denki Kagaku,
the former company of FDK Corporation, FDK
Lifetec has expanded its business to sales of
products developed for internal use. It has three
offices, Sanyo Branch Office and Iwaki Branchin addition to the head office in Kosai City.
Its environmental protection activity includes
environmental management system operations
complying with ISO14001 as one of the plant of
FDK Corporation. More precisely it is involved
in recycling of leftover food generated by its
canteen into fertilizer using a leftover foodprocessing machine and carbon dioxide reduction activities by reducing power consumption, in
addition to raising awareness of the employees
for socia l cont r ibut ion a nd env iron ment a limprovement. As there has been observed agrowing demand of Japanese tea due to thegrowing health trend of people, tea leaves producedin Shizuoka Prefecture are powderized using aManagement andOrganizational Structure

Business lines

2281, Washizu, Kosai City, Shizuoka Prefecture 431-0431

1,000

0.5

0

0.0
2002 2003 2004 2005 (FY)
ＣＯ２ emission36

Site Report■ PT FDK Indonesia〈Indonesia〉
Started operation in August 1989
Address
Tel
Business lines

Kawasan Industri MM2100, Blok MM-1 Jatiwangi Cikarang Barat, Bekasi 17520 Jawa Barat , Indonesia

Employees

955

Site area

40,000㎡+62-21-89982111
Manufacturing and sales of alkaline batteries and lithium batteries

After obtaining a certification of ISO14001 (1996version) in June 2003, PT FDK Indonesia completed upgrading the certification to ISO14001(2004 version) in April 2006. The company isthriving for various environmental protection
activities to reduce loads that impact on theenvironment.
The activities include elimination of hazardous
chemical substances, waste water treatment,
energy-saving (mainly electricity consumption),
reduction and separation of wastes, monitoringand measurement of waste gasses released to air
and tree planting activities. As to the reductionof power consumption and waste, reduction
targets are set in it environmental management
plan which is promoted under a regular monitoring. In FY20 05, the increased production oflithium batteries caused an increase of CO 2
emission. Wastes are collected by a consigned
waste processing company for uplifting the recycling ratio. On the other hand, effluents aretreated by a waste treatment facility installed in

the company and monitored and measured every
month. The result of the measurements is reported
to other companies in the same industrial complex as
well as the Indonesian Government periodically. For
new recruits, environmental management system
educations are provided.
T he c o mpa ny i s det ermined to continue observing environmenta l laws
and regulations as well as
requirements to reduce
environmenta l loads by
integrating the efforts ofthe entire employees.
Djatmlko Tanuwidjojo
Personnel & GA Dept.

Activity Data

FY 2005

WastesVolume of wastes Volume of wastes Recycling ratio
generated (t)recycled (t)
(%)

407

＊

＊

Energy Consumption
Electricity Bunker A Kerosene Light oil CO2 eq.
Purchased(Kℓ)(Kℓ)(Kℓ) （t-CO2)(MWh)10,56520

8

148 4,915※Recycling of resources outsourced to resource recycling companies
is not included as the relevant data was not available.
CO2 emission was calculated using the coeﬃcient used in Japan.

CO2emission(t-CO2)ＣＯ２ emission
ＣＯ２ Emission Factor（ＣＯ２／production）

5,000
4,000

2.0
1.5

3,000

1.0

2,000

0.5

1,000
0
Fire drill

ＣＯ２
Emission
Factor0.0
2002 2003 2004 2005 (FY)

Eﬄuent and sludge
treatment facility

ＣＯ２ emission■ FDK Lanka (PVT) Ltd.〈Sri Lanka〉
Started operation in November 1990
Address
Tel
Business lines

Ring Road 3, Phase II E.P.Z. Katunayake, Sri Lanka

2,461

Site area

50,000㎡+94-11-225-3492
Manufacturing and sales of optical devices, magnet heads for FDD and rotary transformers

Started operation in 1990, FDK Lanka (PVT)Ltd. successfully obtained a certification of
ISO14 0 01 (199 6 version) in 2 0 03, which was
upgraded to ISO14001 (2004 version) in February 2006. The company sets the following items
as its environmental targets from FY2005 to
FY2008 and tries to achieve them within the
periods.
1. To reduce emission of carbon dioxide per unitof production machine by 15%
2 . To reduce wastes generated per u nit ofproduction machine by 5%
3. To reduce consumption of chemical substances
per unit of production machine by 30%
4. To reduce noise level at the boundary of thefactory
Its energy saving activities in FY2005 included
use of a highly efficient power stabilizer, redesigning of process layouts to reduce use of air
conditioners and lighting equipment. As towaste, the volume of it has been significantly
reduced due to its garbage reduction activities
taken place in the past 3 years. So the company
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Employees

made its activity one step forward to exploring reuseof garbage and reduction of inputting raw material
volume. In order to curtail consumption of hazardous chemical substances, the company is working forcomplying with EU s RoHS Directive.
Under the slogan of FDKGroup Loves the Nature for
the Future of the Earth, weare committed to continue
our environmental protection activities for handing
over beautiful Sri Lanka to
the next generation and forthe prosperity of FDK
Lanka.
U.C. Mallikarachichi
FINANCIAL Dept.

Activity Data

FY 2005

WastesVolume of wastes Volume of wastes Recycling ratio
generated (t)recycled (t)
(%)

455

214

Energy Consumption
Electricity
Purchased
(MWh)

LPG
(t)

11,023109

CO2emission(t-CO2)6,000

Light oil CO2 eq.
(Kℓ)（t-CO2)146

ＣＯ２ emission
ＣＯ２ Emission Factor（ＣＯ２／production）

5,000

2,000

2.0

0.5

1,000
0

ＣＯ２
Emission
Factor1.0

3,000

Noise prevention of
power generators

3,445

1.5

4,000

Ferrite sludge waste water
treatment system47

0.02002 2003 2004 2005 (FY)
ＣＯ２ emission

Social & Environmental Report 2006

■ Xiamen FDK Corporation〈China〉
Started operation in March 1994
Address
Tel

Employees

1,753

Site area

26,538㎡+86-592-603-0576
Manufacturing and sales of switching power supplies, transformers, hybrid modules, stepper motors and VCOs

5. Social contribution activity: Every year voluntary
activities are held at least once with the participationof employees. This year, guidance on traffic rules
and strengthening the sense of protecting environment was given.
6. Awards: Since FY2001, the company has been given
the award of garden company award from Xiamen
City every year. This year, the company won anaward from the greenery committee of Huli
for its efforts of green
planting activities.
Xiamen FDK is determined
to continue its activities
based on its environmental
policy with the integrated
efforts of all the employHuang Huangees.
Department Manager
of Adminstration Div.

Activity Data

FY 2005

WastesVolume of wastes Volume of wastes Recycling ratio
generated (t)recycled (t)
(%)

681

467

69

Energy Consumption
Electricity
Purchased (MWh)CO2 eq.
（t-CO2)

7,536

7,069

CO
emission(t-CO2)

ＣＯ emission
ＣＯ２ Emission Factor（ＣＯ２／production）

2

２

12,00010,000
6,000

0.5
0.0
2002 2003 2004 2005 (FY)
ＣＯ２ emission■ Shanghai FDK Corporation〈China〉
Started operation in August 1995
Address
Tel

Employees

3,683

Site area

60,309㎡+86-21-5774-2028
Manufacturing and sales of hybrid modules and coil devices

Established in 1995 in Songjiang Industrial Zone
in Shanghai, Shanghai FDK Corporation manufactures electronic parts. After successfulacquisition of a certification of ISO14 0 01 in
December 2000, it upgraded the certification to
ISO140 01 (20 04 version) in September 20 05.
The activities of the company during FY2005
includes of the followings.
1. Environmental management education to theemployees wa s st reng t hened . For new
recruits, especially, the environmental protection education was included in their general
education to raise their understanding of theimportance of it.
2. As to energy saving, energy reduction plans
were commu nicated to a ll employees by
displaying it on the company bulletin board
and other means. At the same time, each
employee was encouraged to set and implement his/her own themes. As a result, theenergy consumption reduction target was
successfully achieved. Due to a shift of ferrite
production to Nangjing FDK in October 2004,
CO 2 emission volume from the company wassignificantly reduced.
3. As a part of its green planting activities, maintenance and growing of trees were done regularly inthe plant premises.
4. Recycled use of packaging materials was promoted
which was successful in reducing the volume ofwastes.
5. In order to further strengthen green procurement,a green partnershipwas concluded withthe business partners.
Shanghai FDK is determined to integrate theefforts of the entire company to promote environmental improvement
Shi Hua
General Administration Dept.
activities.

Activity Data

FY 2005

WastesVolume of wastes Volume of wastes Recycling ratio
generated (t)recycled (t)
(%)

124

＊

4,430
CO2
emission(t-CO2)

15,000Light oil(Kℓ)

CO2 eq.
（t-CO2)60

4,372

ＣＯ２ emission
ＣＯ２ Emission Factor（ＣＯ２／production）

12,000

2.0

1.0
0.5

3,000
0

ＣＯ２
Emission
Factor1.5

6,000

Environmental education＊

Energy Consumption
Electricity
Purchased (MWh)9,000Green planting activities

Site Report

Business lines

499 Dong Qu Road, Songjiang Industrial Zone, Shanghai, China

Environmental Protection
Activity Report

2,000Green activity award fromthe greenery committee of Huli

2.0

1.0

4,000

Voluntary activities

ＣＯ２
Emission
Factor

1.5

8,000

0

Social performance

After its successful acquisition of a certificate of
ISO14001 in January 1999, Xiamen FDK completed
the second round of renewal examination in March
2005. During the period, under the environmental
policy of to observe laws a nd reg ulations, toreduce environmental loads through pursuing green
production and to continue improving environment, the entire employees have been committed
to reducing environmental loads. In FY2005, thecompany was committed to the following activities.
1. Energy-saving: Power consumption volume was
successfully reduced by 10.7% over the previous
year.
2. Wastes: The volume of wastes was successfully
reduced by 29% over the previous year.
3. Hazardous chemical substances: In order to eliminate use of hazardous chemical substances inmanufacturing products, a control manual wasformed and used. In order to share the examination data among all employees, the company iscurrently working for making a database.
4. Environmental education: A booklet on ISO14001
was given to all new recruits to provide basic
knowledge on it. For existing employees, various
environmental educations were provided toenhance their knowledge on it. The company
designates every April a month of reinforcing
our environmental activity. This year, various
environment-related events were held.

Management andOrganizational Structure

Business lines

No. 16, Malong Road, Huli District, Xiamen, Fujian, China

0.02002 2003 2004 2005 (FY)
ＣＯ２ emission38

Site Report■ Suzhou FDK Co., Ltd.〈China〉
Started operation in June 2001
Address
Tel
Business lines

43 Building Fengqiao Industrial Park 158-88 Huashan Road, Suzhou New District Jiangsu, China

Employees

1,559

Site area

12,500㎡+86-512-66619392
Manufacturing and sales of hybrid modules

Suzhou FDK started the activities of theenvironmental management system ISO
14001 in the beginning of 2004 and successfully obtained its certification in December
the same year. This is due to the efforts ofthe entire employees, the company believes.
In FY2005, the company was committed to
the following activities.
1. Environmental education was provided toall employees to raise awareness of theenvironmental protection.
2 . Energ y savi ng ta rgets were set a ndaddressed enthusiastically.
3. Separation of wastes was strictly pro moted to raise the recycling ratio.
4. Hazardous substances were strictly separated and controlled.
5. Measures were taken to reduce noises.
6. Education and evacuation drills on safety
and fire prevention were provided.
7. Hazardous substances control system wasestablished and operated.
In FY2 0 0 5, due to an increased production
volume, CO2 emission was significantly increased.
In FY2006, the company will address reductionof energy consumption and improvement and
upg radi ng of ha za rdous substa nce cont rol
system as the priority
issues.

Activity Data

Volume of wastes Volume of wastes Recycling ratio
generated (t)recycled (t)
(%)

325

110

34

Energy Consumption
Electricity
Purchased (MWh)CO2 eq.
（t-CO2)

6,417

6,020

CO
emission(t-CO2)

ＣＯ emission
ＣＯ２ Emission Factor（ＣＯ２／production）

2

Zou Qian
ISO Section
Quality Control Dept.

FY 2005

Wastes

２

6,000
5,000

1.0

3,000
2,000

0.5

1,000

Fire ﬁghting drill

2.0
1.5

4,000

0

ＣＯ２
Emission
Factor0.0
2002 2003 2004 2005 (FY)
ＣＯ２ emission

Fire brigade members■ FDK (Thailand) Co., Ltd.〈Thailand〉
Started operation in December 2001
Address
Tel
Business lines

60/118 Navanakorn Industrial Estate Zone 3] Moo 19, Phaholyothin Road, Tambon Klongnung, Amphur Klongluang,Pathumthani 12120, Thailand

553

Site area

25,180㎡+66-2529-4930
Manufacturing and sales of stepper motors

FDK Tatung (Thailand) Ltd. manufactures stepper
motors for office automation equipment and automobiles. The company celebrates the 5th anniversary
in December 2006 and has been in business for 17
years including the history of its former company,
Fujitsu Thailand. The followings are the environmental policy of FDK Tatung (Thailand).
1. We shall observe rules, laws and regulations onenvironment of the Kingdom of Thailand and of
our business partners.
2. We shall continue improvement of the environmental management system, prevent pollutions
due to our corporate activities , a nd reduce
impacts on water, soil and air by effectively
utilizing wastes.
3. We shall commit ourselves in maximum use ofresources and promotion of energy conservation
as well as energy saving.
4 . We sha ll ra ise understa nding of t he ent ire
employees on environmental protection.
The company successfully acquired a certificationof ISO14001 (1996 version) in June 2003, and completed upgrading of it to ISO14001 (2004 version) in
June 2006. It further continues its efforts for environmental improvement of the Kingdom of Thailand. The priority environmental action items for
FY2005 were reduction of wastes by uplifting therecycling ratio and compliance to environment-

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Employees

related laws and regulations such as EU s RoHS Directive. Thorough separation of garbage contributed us toachieve waste reduction by 25%. As to the RoHS compliance, a series of efforts were directed to set up internal rules and regulations, guidance to business partners
and identification and strict control of inventories by thetime the Directive was officially applied in July 2006.
FDK Tatung (Thailand) is committed to improving theenvironment continuously
by integrating the entire
efforts of the employees,
and will make a leap forward
for a success while keeping harmonious existencewith the environment.
Peerawit Tapabud
SM & PARTS ENG Dept.

Environmental chemicals
seminar to business partners

Garbage separation

Activity Data

FY 2005

WastesVolume of wastes Volume of wastes Recycling ratio
generated (t)recycled (t)
(%)

399

370

93

Energy Consumption
Electricity
Purchased (MWh)

4,571
CO2
emission(t-CO2)

6,000

LPG
(t)

CO2 eq.
（t-CO2)8
ＣＯ２ emission
ＣＯ２ Emission Factor（ＣＯ２／production）

4,585
ＣＯ２
Emission
Factor

3.0

5,000

2.5

4,000

2.0

3,000

1.5

2,000

1.0

1,000

0.5

0

0.0
2002 2003 2004 2005 (FY)
ＣＯ２ emission

Social & Environmental Report 2006

History of Environmental Activities (ﬁscal year)
1992■ Established the environmental protection preservation division.
■ Introduced mercury-free manganese dry batteries.

1993■ Promoted Environmental Education for new employees.
■ Eliminated to use mercury in all layer-built batteries.
■ Eliminated to use designated chloroﬂuorocarbons(Excluded Iwaki Electronics Co., Ltd. ).

1994■ Established "Environmental Charter".
■ Promoted Environmental Education for mid-careers.

1995■ Established environmental protection regulations for the FDK group.
■ Developed Environmental Action Plan.
■ Established FDK Environmental Protection Committee.
■ Fully eliminated to use designated CFCs in all plants.
■ Fully eliminated to use of trichloroethane.

1996■ Established the Environmental Protection Standard Committee.
■ Established the Environmental Protection Standard.

1997■ Launched activities to acquire ISO14001 certiﬁcation.
■ Issued the ﬁrst issue of environmental news.
■ Recruited and selected on the FDK environmental slogan.
■ Established the environmental protection system for ISO14001.

1998■ Acquired ISO14001 certiﬁcations at ﬁve domestic plants.
■ Renamed the environmental protection preservation division as the environmental management division.
■ Acquired ISO14001 certiﬁcation in Xiamen FDK Corporation as a ﬁrst plant in overseas.

1999■ Acquired ISO14001 certiﬁcations at additional three plants.
■ Announced the result of soil contamination state investigation.
■ Executed countermeasures on soil contamination.

2000■ Established the Environmental Action Plan for the second term.
■ Joined "Environmental Management Survey" conducted by Nihon Keizai Shimbun Inc.
■ Received Fujitsu Environmental Contribution Prize.
■ Introduced a cogeneration system at Kosai plant.
■ Changed uniforms to reproductions using recycled fabrics from PET bottles.

2001■ Issued the Environmental Report 2001.
■ Ranked 115th in "Environmental Management Survey" conducted by Nihon Keizai Shimbun Inc.
■ Participated in the environmental activities organized by JIFPRO(Japan International Forestry Promotion and Corporation Center).
■ Started operation of PRTR chemical management system.
■ Established in-house reuse systems of OA equipment.

2002■ Established the "FDK Environmental Policy".
■ Issued the Environmental Report 2002.
■ Acquired ISO14001 certiﬁcation in two overseas plants and one domestic plant.
■ Renamed the environmental management division as the quality and environment technology center.
■ Ranked 208th in "Environmental Management Survey" conducted by Nihon Keizai Shimbun Inc.
■ Expanded in-house reuse systems of OA equipment.
■ Promoted various company-wide campaigns.
Energy conservation campaign
Environmental enlightenment campaign
Reduction campaign for copy numbers
Eco driving and idling stop campaign

2003■ Established the Environmental Action Plan for the third term.
■ Posted environmental educational posters of the FDK group drawn by corporate members and their families.
■ Issued the Environmental Report 2003.
■ Ranked 141st in "Environmental Management Survey " conducted by Nihon Keizai Shimbun Inc.
■ Introduced the database system(ECO-DB) of the FDK group on the environmental burden of chemical substances.
■ Received Fujitsu Environmental Contribution Prize.

2004■ Renamed the quality and environment technology center as the environment technology center.
■ Established the Contained Chemical Substances Management Committee.
■ Issued the Environmental Report 2004.
■ Ranked 124th in "Environmental Management Survey" conducted by Nihon Keizai Shimbun Inc.
■ Awarded the prize for the excellent energy management factory (electric section) in FY2004 by the Chubu Bureau of Economy, Trade and Industry, METI.
■ Acquired ISO14001 certiﬁcation in all FDK Group plants.
■ Achieved zero waste emissions in all domestic plants.

2005■ Acquired ISO 14001 certiﬁcation at Taichong Plant (estabilished in April 2005) of Fuchi Electronics Co., Ltd.
■ Issued Environmental Report 2005.
■ Ranked 205th in the "Environmental Management Survey" conducted by Nihon Keizai Shimbun Inc.
■ Approved Small-size chip inductor "MIPF 2520DSeries" certiﬁcated as a Super-Green Product for the ﬁrst time at FDK.

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Date of Issue : October 2006
Issuer : Environment Technology Center，
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