Environmental Protection Activities Report
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 aircompressors, 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 ofair-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 ）２Emission（ＣＯ）factor２ＣＯ２ Emission factor（ｔ−ＣＯ２/100 million yen）

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Bunker A: 4%80

40,000CO2Emission

City gas: 4%100

60,000

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Electricity: 92%0559,666 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

Social & Environmental Report 2006

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)
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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 Octoberto 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 usein 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 damptrucks.

Site Report

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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 toreduce 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 PlanContribution 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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