At the Tokyo Electron Group, implementing environmental measures in transportation processes is atop priority. We are committed to reducing our environmental impact and promoting the effective useof energy and resources in our transportation activities.
Green Packaging

In April 2006, Japan’s Act Concerning the Rational Use of Energy

Products of the Tokyo Electron Group are precision machines. Because(Energy Saving Act) was revised and regulations on logistics wereof this nature, delivering our products requires special packaging so as

strengthened with the aim of reducing global warming. Accordingly,to maintain their precise and clean condition. We previously wrapped

there are now increasing demands to reduce the environmental

our products two or three times with transparent plastic. But there wasimpact of logistics. In response, the Tokyo Electron Group has beena downside to this packaging method: wrapping was rather difficult andactively reducing the environmental impact caused by the logistics

created unnecessary space between the packaging material and theof its products. For example, we introduced low emission trucks toproducts. To address these problems, our coater/developer department

transport our products

studied and improved our packaging process. In the revised packaging

and started to recycle

process, we cover products to be shipped with a pair of specially orderedunused lumber fromsack-shaped wrapping materials from the top and bottom. This shift has

packaging frames. We

allowed us to overcome the aforementioned shortcomings and reduce

also give top priority to

the use of packaging material by 30%. It also involves fewer activities indriving safety in deliveringhigh places, resulting in a more efficient packaging process that requires

products to customers.

three times fewer man-hours. We intend to make further improvements
to reduce the environmental impact and man-hours.
Recycling lumber from packaging frames

Previous packaging

Environmental Impact of Logistics

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30 million ton-kilos or more a year as specified shippers. They arerequested to reduce the CO2 emissions resulting from transportationof their cargo.

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MANAGEMENT Report

The Revised Energy Saving Act designates shippers who transport

Highlights

Our Approach to Environment-Friendly Logistics

E nvir o n m e n t a l I n i t i a t ive s in Tr a n s p o r t a t i o n

Environmental Initiatives in Transportation

freight transportation below the 30 million ton-kilos threshold as aresult of our efforts to collect cargo weight data more precisely byderiving relevant information from design data. We thus applied to bede-listed as a specified shipper under the Energy Saving Act.

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In fiscal year 2008, TEL’s transportation activities in Japanemitted 4,712 tons of CO2 (non-consolidated). During this fiscal year,
the cross-departmental Office/Logistics Working Team was launched

Active Promotion ofModal Shift

EHS Reportmeasuring the gross weights of about 95% of our major products andunder the Environmental Steering Committee to study future steps
to reduce the environmental impact. Key focuses of this working
team include the promotion of a modal shift* such as increasing

Logistics System Division 1
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the majority of our exports are transported by aircraft in accordance

In fiscal year 2008, we began to use ships rather than trucks to transportwith customer instructions, which generates an estimated 20-foldmore CO2 emissions than domestic land or sea transportation. We

our products. About 150 trucks were replaced by marine transportation

will work to find further ways to increase exports by ship in order tosaved by this modal shift. We will work to make further progress in thisachieve our emission reduction targets.

effort. In parallel, we will work to reduce the environmental impact of*Modal shift: A shift from conventional freight transportation by truck to marine andrail transportation for mass transport

for two routes. An estimated 93 metric tons of CO2 emissions has been

SOCIAL Report

the use of vessels for product transportation in Japan. At present,Kiyoshi Shimizu

packaging material and other related elements.

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