Activities

The Toyobo Group's Initiatives Focused on CSR Activities

The CSR Committee has established the CSR Charter, by revising the preamble of the existing Toyobo Group Corporate Action Guideline from a CSR standpoint and combining it with the Guideline.

CSR Promotion Structure

Corporate Governance

Basic Principles	Fiscal 2009 (including items carried over into Fiscal 2010)
Basic Principles	Initiative Theme	Main Implementation (Plan) Items	Specific Implementation (Plan) Items, Periods, Progress Conditions, Etc.
Strive to achieve continuous increases in enterprise value	Foster an institutional culture which emphasizes internal controls	Implement internal controls education activities on an ongoing basis	In addition to incorporating internal controls instruction into sales education, prepared and distributed an Internal Controls Deficiencies Improvement Manual covering common omissions, etc.

Compliance

Basic Principles	Fiscal 2009 (including items carried over into Fiscal 2010)
Basic Principles	Initiative Theme	Main Implementation (Plan) Items	Specific Implementation (Plan) Items, Periods, Progress Conditions, Etc.
Follow rules in accordance with our corporate philosophy Junri-Sokuyu ("Adhering to Reason Leads to Prosperity").	Draft action guidelines and thoroughly inform all personnel	Publish and distribute the Toyobo Group Compliance Manual	Published and distributed the manual to all employees in Oct. 2009
	Teach compliance awareness	Group readings of the Toyobo Group Compliance Manual (all employees)	Group readings conducted at each workplace, with oaths taken to observe the manual contents
	Improve the compliance structure	Operate compliance consultation line	Received five reports during FY2009 and responded quickly to every one of them
	Compliance in the operation of information systems	Upgrade the management of group management information, and respond to the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS)	The system is scheduled to be built in FY2012
	Compliance in the operation of information systems	Introduce and build up the Toyobo Group enterprise cloud	The enterprise cloud construction began from FY2009, with services successively provided within the Toyobo Group
	Compliance in procurement activities	CSR procurement (green procurement) activities and green purchasing activities	Began monitoring suppliers from Sept. 2009; working on continuous improvements
	Compliance in distribution activities	Implement education inside and outside the company, and expand individual guidance	Conducted three sessions in FY2009, to be continued in FY2010; education on improving the energy efficiency in logistics is provided during sales personnel trainings.
	Compliance in environmental preservation activities	Survey and respond to overseas regulatory trends	Continuing in FY2010

Social Aspects

Communications

Basic Principles	Fiscal 2009 (including items carried over into Fiscal 2010)
Basic Principles	Initiative Theme	Main Implementation (Plan) Items	Specific Implementation (Plan) Items, Periods, Progress Conditions, Etc.
Implement timely and appropriate information disclosure considering fairness and equity, and pursue active communications	Corporate communications	Hold meetings explaining performance to institutional investors and the mass media, and arrange individual media coverage	Continuing in FY2010 following efforts in FY2009
	Corporate communications	Publish quarterly financial reports and explanatory materials, Annual Security Reports, quarterly Preliminary Financial Results, Business Reports, Annual Reports, CSR Reports, etc.	Published six issues of the Toyobo Group magazine, four quarterly Security Reports and quarterly Preliminary Financial Results, two Business Reports, one CSR report and one Annual Report
	Crisis communications	Implement crisis communications training sessions	Held three training sessions in FY2009 and plan to hold three training sessions in FY2010 as well
	Appropriate brand management	Revise the CI (Corporate Identity) manual, and thoroughly inform all personnel and group companies	Currently revising the CI Manual to prevent damage to Toyobo brands
	Sharing and accumulating information and management policies	Strengthen ties between the PR Division and the IR Division	Implementing personnel exchange and information sharing among divisions
		Hold committee meetings across the organization	Holding regular meetings of the IR Liaison Committee, the Web Management Committee, etc.

Safety

Basic Principles	Fiscal 2009 (including items carried over into Fiscal 2010)
Basic Principles	Initiative Theme	Main Implementation (Plan) Items	Specific Implementation (Plan) Items, Periods, Progress Conditions, Etc.
Pursue safety in all aspects of corporate operations	Secure industrial safety	Conduct risk assessment of new equipment in accordance with Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare guidance	Continuing in FY2010 following efforts in FY2009
	Secure industrial safety	Conduct line top initiated activities	Continuing line top initiated safety activities
	Strengthen chemical substances safety management	Introduce the chemical substances management system	Began full-scale introduction from June 2010
	Improve security and disaster prevention	Prepare firefighting plan in the event of a major earthquake	Revised firefighting plan, and appointed disaster prevention manager

Quality

Basic Principles	Fiscal 2009 (including items carried over into Fiscal 2010)
Basic Principles	Initiative Theme	Main Implementation (Plan) Items	Specific Implementation (Plan) Items, Periods, Progress Conditions, Etc.
Provide high quality products and services	Arrange product safety activities framework	Hold meetings of the Product Liability / Quality Assurance Committee, and the Promotion Committee, implement product safety inspections	Continuing in FY2010 following efforts in FY2009
	Arrange product safety activities framework	Improve the overseas group company product safety promotion system	To be implemented during FY2011
	Improve the quality assurance promotion system	Improve the domestic and overseas group company quality assurance system	Improvements to be implemented overseas during FY2011
	Arrange quality management activities framework	Develop quality assurance assessment of Toyobo Group companies	Continuing in FY2010 following efforts in FY2009
	Establish quality assurance	Introduce information system for the appropriate management of chemical substances data	System began operating from June 2010
	QA system response to changes in the external environment	Improve overseas information monitoring system	System is being expanded
	Expand observance of the CSR Procurement Guidelines	Conduct quality audits and questionnaire surveys of suppliers and customers	Efforts continuing, while expanding the number of companies surveyed

Labor and Human Rights

Basic Principles	Fiscal 2009 (including items carried over into Fiscal 2010)
Basic Principles	Initiative Theme	Main Implementation (Plan) Items	Specific Implementation (Plan) Items, Periods, Progress Conditions, Etc.
Value the creation of an employee-friendly workplace environment	Thorough legal compliance in personnel and labor relations systems	Compliance with the Labor Standards Act and the revised Child Care and Family Care Leave Act	Work Regulations revised at the end of June 2010
	Promote appropriate working hours management	Operation and establishment of working hours management system	Initiated at the head office from January 2010, expansion to workplaces being considered
	Boost awareness of giving consideration to human rights	Greater awareness through education at each business establishment and training by rank	Continuing in FY2010 following efforts in FY2009
	Maintain labor-management relations	Sound administration of the labor-management consultation system	Continuing in FY2010 following efforts in FY2009
	Efforts to optimize overall human resources administration	Prepare "Type of Personnel Sought by the Toyobo Group;" notify and educate employees	Notified all employees in April 2010, with continuing education efforts from now on
	Examine and promote policies to improve communications	Supplement with in-house training facilities and workplace education	Continuing in FY2010 following efforts in FY2009
	Consideration of diversity	Advance the promotion of capable employees, with no sex discrimination	Continuing in FY2010 following efforts in FY2009
	Measures for the aging society with a declining birthrate; consideration of work-life balance	Make preparations toward securing certification under Article 13 of the Act on Advancement of Measures to Support Raising Next-Generation Children	Received certification for use of the Kurumin child-raising support logo in May 2010
	Examine and establish designated health examinations and health guidance	Promote health examinations and guidance at the business establishment level	Continuing in FY2010 following efforts in FY2009
	Countermeasures to address mental health problems	Advance countermeasure plans at the business establishment level and networking
	Continuously reduce health risks	Prepare and respond to the H1N1 virus

Social Contribution Activities

Basic Principles	Fiscal 2009 (including items carried over into Fiscal 2010)
Basic Principles	Initiative Theme	Main Implementation (Plan) Items	Specific Implementation (Plan) Items, Periods, Progress Conditions, Etc.
Develop social contribution activities building up rich relations with local communities toward creating a sound, sustainable society	Contribute to global warming countermeasures	Maintenance of a forest in Miyazaki	Continuing in FY2010 following efforts in FY2009
	Support employee participation in volunteer activities	Support for beautification activities nearby Toyobo business establishments, and for Toyobo Future Forest volunteer activities
	Participation in community activities	Participation in traditional events and district activities nearby Toyobo business establishments
	Promote utilization of port facilities located near business establishments	Shift import and export cargoes to the Port of Tsuruga and Yokkaichi	Reduced transportation energy consumption by using the Port of Tsuruga and Yokkaichi

Global Environment

Environment

Basic Principles	Fiscal 2009 (including items carried over into Fiscal 2010)
Basic Principles	Initiative Theme	Main Implementation (Plan) Items	Specific Implementation (Plan) Items, Periods, Progress Conditions, Etc.
CO₂Contribute to society through technologies that are gentle to people and the Earth, work to preserve the global environment, and leave behind a comfortable and rich environment for future generations	Reduce CO₂ emissions	Energy conservation activities, shift to low CO₂ emissions energies	Continuing in FY2010 following efforts in FY2009
	Reduce industrial waste	Promote zero emissions activities	Continuing in FY2010, with revised target-setting
	Reduce hazardous substances emissions	Dioxane response, PRTR, VOC, air pollution, wastewater	Continuing in FY2010 following efforts in FY2009
	Expand eco products	Promote CSR procurement and green procurement
	Disclose environmental information	Expand number of eco reviews
	Disclose environmental information	Disclose environmental accounting, etc.
	Arrange environmental activities framework	Improve environmental management system
	Arrange environmental activities framework	Promote environmental education to Toyobo Group employees	Promoted Eco-Shine Club activities; held environmental seminars, etc.
	Help maintain biodiversity	Clarify biodiversity initiative policies	Added biodiversity items to the Toyobo Group's Fundamental Policy on the Global Environment
	Promote green logistics in compliance with the revised Energy Conservation Act	Actively advance joint logistics with other companies, work to improve transport efficiencies and reduce CO₂ emissions	Initiated joint logistics with three companies from FY2009

CSR Structure

Toyobo established a CSR Committee, chaired by the president, in March 2008. This committee formulated the Toyobo Group CSR Charter to outline the fundamental CSR policy for the Group, and seeks to understand and oversee in an integrated way activities toward all stakeholders(including customers, shareholders and investors, business partners, local communities, employees and the global environment).

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