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22 Nitto Denko Group Report 2013 Environmental Conservation Activities Protecting our valuable Earth and passing it onto future generations In order for a corporation and a society to continue sustainable development, the Nitto Denko Group believes that as a member of society, we have a responsibility to conduct management in harmony with the global environment. The Nitto Denko Group has been implementing environmental conservation activities according to an independent goal since the 1960’s. We established our “Corporate Environmental Policy” in 1996 and our “Environmental Management Index” in 2004, showing and evaluating our concept of environmental management. Since then, we have been promoting environmental management globally. In order to protect the valuable Earth where we live, and pass it onto future generations, the Nitto Denko Group continues to implement environmentally-friendly business activities under our Corporate Vision of “Creation of New Value”. Promotion of Environmental Management Our Concept of Environmental Management In conformity with our corporate vision and our Corporate Environmental Policy, we implement environmental management through two approaches: a “reduction of environmental load associated with our business activity”; and the “development of business conducive to environmental conservation”. Doubling our Environmental Efficiency – Environmental Management Index By establishing an “Environmental Management Index” (Environmental Impact Value-added Productivity), we aim to double our environmental efficiency between fiscal 2005 and 2015. The Environmental Impact Value-added Productivity is an index which indicates the environmental Organization for Environmental Management In order to promote business activities under our corporate vision and Corporate Environmental Policy, we have established an expert team, whose head is a representative director, promoting environmental conservation activities globally. 1. We will develop an internal environmental management system that promotes effective environmental preservation. 2. With a proper understanding of the environmental impact of our operations, we will develop internal environmental objectives and targets as far as is technically and economically practicable; moreover, we will pursue these objectives and targets in an organized manner to ensure the continual improvement of our environmental preservation efforts. 3. Our technical and product development will focus on the reduction of environmental load. 4. We will continue our efforts to conserve resources and energy, reduce industrial waste, and promote recycling in all aspects of our operations. 5. As part of our dedication to reducing the load on the environment, we will develop alternative technologies intended to reduce consumption of the sources of environmental pollution as well as to control emissions of environmental pollutants to the greatest extent feasible. 6. We will comply fully with environmental laws, regulations and agreements, and will impose our own environmental criteria as required in the interests of environmental preservation. 7. We will make sure that our employees receive environmental training and information so that all understand the significance of our Corporate Environmental Policy, have increased awareness of the importance of environmental preservation, and act on our Corporate Environmental Policy. 8. We will conduct periodic environmental audits in order to monitor the effectiveness of our environmental management strategy and identify areas requiring improvement. 9. As part of our social contribution, we will publicize proprietary technologies and information that are likely to benefit the environment. Our Policy on the Environment – The Nitto Denko Group’s Corporate Environmental Policy CEO Environmental expert team Environment and Safety Committee Global environmental strategy Head: Board Member and Senior Executive Vice President Improvement of global total safety Occupational safety Occupational health Traffic safety Environmental conservation Fire protection and prevention Planning Development of environmental technology

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Environmental Conservation Activities

Protecting our valuable Earth and passing it onto future generations

Inorderforacorporationandasocietytocontinuesustainabledevelopment,theNittoDenkoGroupbelievesthatasamemberofsociety,wehavearesponsibilitytoconductmanagementinharmonywiththeglobalenvironment.TheNittoDenkoGrouphasbeenimplementingenvironmentalconservationactivitiesaccordingtoanindependentgoalsincethe1960’s.Weestablishedour“CorporateEnvironmentalPolicy”in1996andour“EnvironmentalManagementIndex”in2004,

showingandevaluatingourconceptofenvironmentalmanagement.Sincethen,wehavebeenpromotingenvironmentalmanagementglobally.

InordertoprotectthevaluableEarthwherewelive,andpassitontofuturegenerations,theNittoDenkoGroupcontinuestoimplementenvironmentally-friendlybusinessactivitiesunderourCorporateVisionof“CreationofNewValue”.

Promotion of Environmental Management

Our Concept of Environmental Management

InconformitywithourcorporatevisionandourCorporateEnvironmentalPolicy,weimplementenvironmentalmanagementthroughtwoapproaches:a“reductionofenvironmentalloadassociatedwithourbusinessactivity”;andthe“developmentofbusinessconducivetoenvironmentalconservation”.

Doubling our Environmental Efficiency – Environmental Management Index

Byestablishingan“EnvironmentalManagementIndex”(EnvironmentalImpactValue-addedProductivity),weaimtodoubleourenvironmentalefficiencybetweenfiscal2005and2015.TheEnvironmentalImpactValue-addedProductivityisanindexwhichindicatestheenvironmental

Organization for Environmental Management

InordertopromotebusinessactivitiesunderourcorporatevisionandCorporateEnvironmentalPolicy,wehaveestablishedanexpertteam,whoseheadisarepresentativedirector,promotingenvironmentalconservationactivitiesglobally.

1.Wewilldevelopaninternalenvironmentalmanagementsystemthatpromoteseffectiveenvironmentalpreservation.

2.Withaproperunderstandingoftheenvironmentalimpactofouroperations,wewilldevelopinternalenvironmentalobjectivesandtargetsasfarasistechnicallyandeconomicallypracticable;moreover,wewillpursuetheseobjectivesandtargetsinanorganizedmannertoensurethecontinualimprovementofourenvironmentalpreservationefforts.

3.Ourtechnicalandproductdevelopmentwillfocusonthereductionofenvironmentalload.

4.Wewillcontinueoureffortstoconserveresourcesandenergy,reduceindustrialwaste,andpromoterecyclinginallaspectsofouroperations.

5.Aspartofourdedicationtoreducingtheloadontheenvironment,wewilldevelopalternativetechnologiesintendedtoreduceconsumptionofthesourcesofenvironmentalpollutionaswellastocontrolemissionsofenvironmentalpollutantstothegreatestextentfeasible.

6.Wewillcomplyfullywithenvironmentallaws,regulationsandagreements,andwillimposeourownenvironmentalcriteriaasrequiredintheinterestsofenvironmentalpreservation.

7.WewillmakesurethatouremployeesreceiveenvironmentaltrainingandinformationsothatallunderstandthesignificanceofourCorporateEnvironmentalPolicy,haveincreasedawarenessoftheimportanceofenvironmentalpreservation,andactonourCorporateEnvironmentalPolicy.

8.Wewillconductperiodicenvironmentalauditsinordertomonitortheeffectivenessofourenvironmentalmanagementstrategyandidentifyareasrequiringimprovement.

9.Aspartofoursocialcontribution,wewillpublicizeproprietarytechnologiesandinformationthatarelikelytobenefittheenvironment.

Our Policy on the Environment – The Nitto Denko Group’s Corporate Environmental Policy

CEO

Environmental expert teamEnvironment and Safety Committee

Global environmental strategy

Head: Board Member and Senior Executive Vice President

Improvement of global total safety

Occupational safety

Occupational health

Traffic safety

Environmental conservation

Fire protection and prevention

Planning

Development ofenvironmental technology

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FY 2005 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012AddedValue(millionyen) 318,098 328,264 298,890 332,153 300,365 332,860EnvironmentalImpact(ton-El) 876,846 815,973 814,210 826,178 822,979 845,349

Productivity 0.363 0.402 0.367 0.402 0.365 0.394RelativeIndex 100 111 101 111 101 109

Raw materials purchased(Excluding solvents) Raw materials

181,857 ton

230,474 ton

Water4,492,199 ton

Effluent water4,333,073 ton

Air emissions441,315 ton

Waste disposal51,221 ton

Products142,360ton

Energy5,829,463 GJ

Purchased solvents 42,978 tonMaterials from material recycling 5,639 ton

Materials from material recycling 18,012 ton

Plastics* 5,639 tonSolvents 12,374 ton

Waste incinerated (Recycled energy) 47,364 ton (1,922,382 GJ)Waste incinerated* 6,045 tonSolvents incinerated 41,259 ton

Purchased electricity

(of which 3,905,400 GJ purchased)

1,277,219 GJ

Other energy 2,628,181 GJRecycled energy 1,922,382 GJIn-house power generation 1,681 GJ

Externallyrecycled waste 50,937 ton

11,684 ton

Landfill 284 ton

CO2 440,342 ton

Organic solvents 973 ton

Public water area 2,739,864 ton

Sewerage system 244,344 ton

Tap water & Industrial water 2,155,494 ton

Groundwater 2,195,677 tonRecycled water 141,028 ton

Energyrecycling

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* In-house recycling of industrial waste: Industrial waste is recycled into plastic or incinerated to produce energy.

loadfromcorporateactivityvis-a-vistheaddedvaluecreatedfromthatactivity.Itisobtainedbydividingtheaddedvalue*1createdfromcorporateactivitybyEnvironmentalImpact*2entailedinthecreationoftheaddedvalue.

Environmental Impact Value-added Productivity in fiscal 2012

0.394 million yen/ton-El Index*3: 109

Infiscal2012,theEnvironmentalImpactValue-addedProductivityIndexroseslightlyonthepreviousfiscalyear.ThatwasbecauseEnvironmentalImpactremainedmostlyunchangedwhileAddedValuerose.However,inordertoachieveourgoalsforfiscal2015,morereductionsofEnvironmentalImpactandanincreaseoftheAddedValuewillbenecessary.Togetherwewillmakeconcertedeffortsgloballytotacklesuchproblems.

*1 Addedvalue=sales–(materialcosts+outsideorderexpenses+energycosts)

*2 AuniqueunitutilizedbytheNittoDenkoGroup,indicatingEnvironmentalImpact(quantityofCO2equivalentemissions),intowhichweconvertenergypurchased,industrialwastegenerated,solventpurchasedandthelikethroughtheuseofacoefficient.(unit:ton-El).

*3 IndexshowsvariationinEnvironmentalImpactValue-addedProductivitybysettingtheindexat100asoffiscal2005

Environmental Impact of Our Business Activities – Material Flow of Business Activities (non-consolidated)

Environmental Impact Value-added Productivity (Environmental impact and Relative index) (consolidated)

Environmental Impact Value-added Productivity (consolidated)

Raw materials

CO2 emissions Solvent emissions

Water discharge Industrial waste

R&D expenses

Capitalinvestment

Recycling

Energy

Water

Corporate governance Management

Products

New technologyIntellectual

property

Businessactivity

Sales

OperatingIncome

Dividends

Socialcontributions

Humanresources

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Environmental Conservation Activities

Our Approach to Climate Change

Our Policy on Climate Change

AlmosthalfofCO2emissionsgeneratedbytheconsumptionofenergyintheworldarecausedbyindustry.Therefore,areductioninCO2emissionsisasignificantissuefortheNittoDenkoGroup.InconformitywithourEnvironmentalPolicy:“Wewillcontinueoureffortstoconserveresourcesandenergy,reduceindustrialwaste,andpromoterecyclinginallaspectsofouroperations”,weareimplementingreductionsinCO2emissions.

CO2 Emissions (Scopes 1+2)

Total CO2 emissions in fiscal 2012:

707,776 CO2-metric tons (consolidated)

TotalCO2emissionsinfiscal2012increasedoverthepreviousfiscalyear.Ontheotherhand,ourunitCO2emissions(CO2emissionsper1millionyenofproductionoutput)decreasedto899CO2-kg/millionyen.TotalCO2emissionsincreasedmainlybecausetheamountofenergyused,whichaccountsfor71%ofCO2emissions,didnotdecline,whiletheCO2emissionfactorsforelectricitypurchasedatproductionbasesinJapandeteriorated,asaresultofthehaltinoperationsofdomesticnuclearpowerplants.

Inthefuture,wewillimplementthedevelopmentofproductsandprocesseswhichareenergy-efficientatthetimeofmanufacture.

Visualization of CO2 Emissions throughout the Entire Supply Chain (Scope 3)

Wearetryingtograspwhatkindofinfluencetheentiresupplychainhasonclimatechange.Infiscal2012,wecalculatedCO2emissionsgeneratedfromthetransportationofourproductstoourcustomers.

Inordertograspthesituationacrossentiresupplychains,wewillestablishamethodforcalculatingotherobjects.

Japan 66%

Taiwan 8%

China 10%

South Korea 8%

Belgium 4%

Malaysia 2%U.S. 1%Vietnam 1%

Electricityand fuel:

71%

Incineration ofsolvent vapors:

27%

Incineration of industrial waste:

2%

CO2 Emissions in Fiscal 2012:

707,776CO2-metric tons

CO2 Emissions in Fiscal 2012:

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*Scopes1,2and3describedonthispageshowtherangeofestimatescoveredbythe‘GreenhouseGasProtocol’.

Total and Unit CO2 Emissions (Scopes 1+2) (consolidated)

CO2 Emissions by Source (consolidated)

CO2 Emissions by Country (consolidated)

Total amount of greenhouse gas emissions in fiscal 2012 (Scopes 1, 2 and 3) (non-consolidated): 449,039 t-CO2

Purchased electricity147,132 t-CO2 293,210 t-CO2

8,697 t-CO2

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TransportatitonOur customers

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The method of calculation is now under consideration.

TheNittoDenkoGroupreleasesinformationonclimatechangethroughtheCarbonDisclosureProject.

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Management of Water Resources

Amount of water consumption in fiscal 2012:

4,784,542 metric tons (domestic bases)

Largeamountsofwaterareusedintheproductionofpolarizingfilmsandflexibleprintedcircuitboards.Wetackletheeffectiveutilizationofwaterresourcesbyutilizingourmembraneproductsandrecyclingdrainagewater.Asmuchwaterisnecessaryintheproductionprocess,wedonotmanufactureourproductsinareasthatsufferfromphysicalandeconomicwaterscarcity(whereusageratesofwaterresourcesexceed75%).

Indischargingwaterusedintheproductionprocess,weadequatelyprocessandthendrainitbeforeitisreleasedintotheenvironment.

Effective Utilization of Fossil Fuels

Amount of energy from fossil fuels used in fiscal 2012:

5,752,818 GJ (consolidated)

Formanufacturerslikeus,theexhaustionoffossilfuelsusedasrawmaterialsorenergyisaseriousproblem.Withtheaimofsustainabledevelopment,weputeffortintotheeffectiveutilizationofmaterialsandenergybymeansofsavingenergyandreducingwaste.Inaddition,wepromotetheintroductionofrawmaterialsfromnon-fossilfuelsandrenewableenergy.

Management of Waste

Unit generation of waste in fiscal 2012:

154kg/million yen (consolidated)

WastewithintheNittoDenkoGroupismainlylogrolledgesoftapeandoffcutsoffilmgeneratedfromthecuttingprocess.WeadequatelydealwithwastewithintheGroupinconformitywiththeNittoDenkoGroup’s“RegulationsforWasteManagement”.Furthermore,werecycleasmuchwastegeneratedaspossible.

Management of Organic Solvents

Amount of solvent emissions in fiscal 2012:

1,330 metric tons (consolidated)

Inordertominimizeairpollutiongeneratedfromorganicsolvents,weinstallincinerationequipmentusedforsolventgasesorsolventrecoveryunits,oneveryproductionlineasneeded.Furthermore,weareaggressivelyengagedinreducingthequantityoforganicsolventsused.Theamountofsolventemissionshasbeendecliningyearafteryear.

Water Consumption (including water recycled at domestic bases)

Total and Unit Energy Purchased (from fossil fuels) (consolidated)

Total and Unit Generation of Industrial Waste (consolidated)

Total and Unit Solvent Emissions (consolidated)

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Environmental Conservation Activities

Providing Sustainable Products

Asabusinesscontributingtoenvironmentalconservation,westrivetodevelopandsupplysustainableproducts.

Sustainable Products

ProductscontributingtoenvironmentalconservationarereferredtoassustainableproductsintheNittoDenkoGroup.Bygivingthemauniquedefinition,evaluatingproductsaccordingtothetwocriteriaof“Beingusefulforsolvingglobalenvironmentalproblems”and“Effectivelyutilizingresourcesthroughthelife-cycleofproducts”andmeasuringtheircontributiontoenvironmentalconservation,

Subcategoryname No. Definition

A. Low Environmental Impact Products

A-1

Productsthatdonotcontainanyprohibitedsubstancesspecifiedbycustomerrequest,legalregulations,orintheGroupRegulationsonVoluntaryManagementofChemicals,orproductswhosecontentofsubstancesspecifiedforreductionbycustomerrequest,legalregulations,orintheGroupRegulationsonVoluntaryManagementofChemicalshavebeenreduced.

A-2

Productsthatnotonlyhavelowerenvironmentalimpact(e.g.,energyconsumption,industrialwastereduction)duringanyprocessfromcollectionofrawmaterialstotheGroupprocesses(manufacturing,disposal,andlogistics),butalsohavealowertotalenvironmentalimpactfromcollectionofrawmaterialstoGroupproductionprocesses,incomparisonwithotherGroupproductsorcompetingproducts.

B. Positive Environmental Impact Products

B-1 Productsthatnotonlyhavealowerenvironmentalimpactduringanycustomerprocessfromusetodisposal,butalsoalowertotalenvironmentalimpactfromusetodisposalbythecustomer,incomparisonwithotherGroupproducts,competingproducts,orconventionaltechnologies.

B-2

Productsthathelpresolveglobalenvironmentalissues.Thissubcategoryalsoappliestoproductswhosetotalenvironmentalimpactgeneratedovertheirlifecycle,fromcollectionofrawmaterialstomanufactureanddisposal,hasapositiveeffectontheglobalenvironmentaccordingtotheLifeCycleAssessment*oranotherassessmentmethod.

weclassifyourproductsas“LowEnvironmentalImpactProducts”or“PositiveEnvironmentalImpactProducts”.

Definition of Sustainable Products

Infiscal2012,wereviewedthedefinitionsforandthenamesofthetwosubcategories.Weclassifysustainableproductsaccordingtothedefinitionsinthetablebelow.

The Number of Products Qualifying as Sustainable

Infiscal2012,2,050productsqualifiedasLowEnvironmentalImpactProductsand20asPositiveEnvironmentalImpactProducts.

Life Cycle Assessment*1

Global Environmental Problems2

Life-cycle assessment

Industrialwaste

Production of raw materials

A-1 Low Environmental Impact Products B-1 Positive Environmental Impact Products

A-2 Low Environmental Impact Products B-2 Positive Environmental Impact Products

•Production•Business activities

Energy

IndustrialwasteEnergy

IndustrialwasteEnergy

IndustrialwasteEnergy Energy Energy

CO2

Promoting positive effectsContributing to recovery of the environment and solving environmental problems

Suppressing negative effects

Reducing use of environmentally harmful materials

Materials manufacturers

Industrial wasteProcessing Consumers

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Biodiversity Conservation

Inordertocontributetowardsasustainablesociety,NittoDenkohasbeeninvolvedinbiodiversityconservationactivitiesasadrivingpartnerof“DeclarationofBiodiversitybyNipponKeidanren”since1997.

Inconformitywiththebasicstandpointofthisdeclaration,weapproachbusinessactivitieswithdueconsiderationtobiodiversity.

Supporting UNEP Activities

TheNittoDenkoGroupcooperateswithUnitedNationsEnvironmentProgramme(UNEP)inplayinganactiveroletorealizeasustainablesocietyandhasbeenasupportingcompanysincefiscal2010.WesupportthepublicationanddistributionoftheJapaneseversionofOur Planet and TUNZA,whichareofficialUNEPmagazines.

Highlights of Environmental Conservation Activities in Fiscal 2012

Sharing Policy and Cases of Environmental Conservation Activities across the Whole Group

TheNittoDenkoGrouphasheldanEnvironmentGlobalConferenceonceeverythreeyearssince2003,asanopportunitytoexchangeopinionsonapproachestowardenvironmentalconservationacrossthewholeGroup.Thefiscal2012conferencewasheldinJapan.

Approximately200participantsfrom50basestalkedwithoneanotheraboutworldtrendsintheenvironment,ourposition,ouridealsandourgoalsinenvironmentalconservationactivities.Wewilladopttheissuescoveredattheconferenceintoouractionpolicyandsteadilyengagethem.

E-BOX Receives Award in World Packaging Organization Contest

Environmentally-friendlypackagingmaterialE-BOXreceivedaWorldStarAwardandaSustainabilityAwardin2012attheWorldStarAwards,hostedbytheWorldPackagingOrganization.

E-BOXwonapprovalforreducingCO2emissionsby57%comparedtotraditionalpackagingandraisingloadefficiencyintransportation.

Employees Practice Energy Conservation at Home, Cutting 40 ton of CO2

Wehavebeenimplementinga“GreenDesignAction”sincefiscal2009inordertoimproveemployees’awarenessoftheenvironment.

Infiscal2012,employeespracticedenergysavingintheirownbackyard,suchasintheirhomesandreducedCO2emissionsby40ton.

Wehaveintroducedtheconceptof‘life-cycleassessment’toassesssustainableproducts.Life-cycleassessmentisatechniquetoassessenvironmentalimpactsassociatedwithallthestagesofaproduct’slifefromrawmaterialextractionthroughmanufacture,use,disposalandtransportation.

Life-cycleassessmentconsistsoffourstages.Thefirststagebeginswithaclearstatementofthegoalandscopeofthestudy.Thesecondstageisaninventoryanalysis,thethirdisanimpactassessmentandthefourthisinterpretation.Infiscal2012,weconductedananalysisofCO2emissionsfortwoproducts.

Infiscal2013,wewillproceedwithananalysisofourproductsotherthanCO2emissionstoquantitativelyassesswhatimpactourproductshaveonsociety.

* Life Cycle Assessment