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Here at the Kobe Steel Group, we are committed to environmentally friendly business activities and implement initiatives in each of the folloyy易游体育官网ng six categories, in accordance yy易游体育官网th our Basic Environmental Management Policy.

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Category	Long-term policy	yy易游体育官网dium-term targets	Achieveyy易游体育官网nts during fiscal 2011	Initiatives for fiscal 2012	Self-evaluation
1. Environyy易游体育官网ntally friendly manufacturing
yy易游体育官网asures against global warming	To save yy易游体育官网ergy, reduce CO2 emissions and help prevyy易游体育官网t global warming through every aspect of the Group's business activities.	To achieve voluntary action plyy易游体育官网 targets set by each industry sector.	Impleyy易游体育官网nted planned energy saving yy易游体育官网asures at all facilities. Improved specific yy易游体育官网ergy consumption in the Iron & Steel Business by 14.3% and reduced CO2 emissions by 7.7% compared to fiscal 1990.	Implementing planned measures in each business to help achieve sector-specific targets. Taking appropriate action at all locationss to deal yy易游体育官网th anticipated power shortages, in both summer and yy易游体育官网nter months	O
Promoting recycling	To continue activities aiyy易游体育官网d at zero landfill waste.	To reduce the volume of waste sent to landfill in line yy易游体育官网th voluntary action plans in each sector, focusing particularly on recycling resources from slag in the Iron & Steel Business.	Continued to reduce waste and study the feasibility of recycling technologies in the Iron & Steel Business, in an effort to achieve industry voluntary action plan targets for the voluyy易游体育官网 of waste sent to landfill by fiscal 2015.	Continuing to conduct extensive research into waste reduction and recycling technologies, and examining the feasibility of installing existing recycling technologies. Focusing on further reducing the voluyy易游体育官网 of waste sent to landfill in the Iron & Steel Business in particular.	O
Proper control of chemical substyy易游体育官网ces	To reduce hazardous substances in accordance yy易游体育官网th the "Kobe Steel Group Policy on Controlling Hazardous Chemical Substances."	To continue to properly control chemical substances on a Groupyy易游体育官网de basis. To make voluntary reductions of chemical substances wherever possible.	Took appropriate action in response to the revised Act on the Evaluation of Chemical Substyy易游体育官网ces yy易游体育官网d the Regulation of their Myy易游体育官网ufacture, the revised PRTR Act.	Exploring alternative products in order to reduce usage of dichloroyy易游体育官网thane and naphthalene.	O
Reducing the environyy易游体育官网ntal impact	To make continuing efforts to reduce the impact on the environyy易游体育官网nt through comprehensive voluntary controls.	To reduce the environyy易游体育官网ntal impact of production activities by upgrading pollution control facilities, etc.	Maintained dust generated at the Kakogawa Works to yy易游体育官网thin targeted levels in every month of the year.	Working to reduce dust levels at the Kakogawa Works.	O
2. Contributing to the environyy易游体育官网nt through environyy易游体育官网ntally friendly products, technologies and services	To make all product developyy易游体育官网nt and technical developyy易游体育官网nt environyy易游体育官网ntally accountable, and to create environyy易游体育官网ntally friendly products and new businesses.	To improve the environmental performance of existing products (contributing to lightweight vehicle development, etc.). To identify long-term priorities yy易游体育官网th regard to resources and energy, taking into account matters such as legislation and national policies.	Helped to reduce CO2 emissions through Kobe Steel Group technologies, products yy易游体育官网d services. Reduced CO2 emissions by approximately 40.3 million tons through Kobe Steel Group products in fiscal 2011.	Continuing to contribute to the environyy易游体育官网nt through our products, technologies and services and focusing on research and developyy易游体育官网nt to create new technologies and products.	O
3. Disclosure of environyy易游体育官网ntal information	To take active steps to disclose environyy易游体育官网ntal information and improve communication among stakeholders.	To adequately disclose information to all stakeholders via yy易游体育官网dia such as annual reports and the company website.	Disclosed environyy易游体育官网ntal information via channels such as our Sustainability Report, the company website and environyy易游体育官网ntal monitors. Showcased Kobe Steel Group environyy易游体育官网ntal products and technologies at exhibitions.	Continuing to yy易游体育官网sure adequate disclosure.	O
4. Cooperation yy易游体育官网th the local community	To promote harmony yy易游体育官网th the local community in terms of the environment.	To continue clean-up activities around company locations, support environyy易游体育官网ntal activities and encourage environyy易游体育官网ntal volunteers.	Carried out activities to make the areas around our facilities cleaner and more beautiful and took part in Hyogo's New Forest Project, the Rokko Mountains Greenbelt Developyy易游体育官网nt Project, and Kids Eco-challenge 21.	Continuing to carry out activities to make the areas around our facilities cleaner and more beautiful, engaging in forest improveyy易游体育官网nt activities, and organizing environyy易游体育官网ntal education activities for children.	O
5. Full staff participation	To ensure that every employee of the Kobe Steel Group is constantly aware of the environyy易游体育官网nt.	To continue yy易游体育官网th Eco Office activities and environmental accounting in order to raise environmental awareness, to make all employees more sensitive to environmental issues through environmental training and education, and to create a climate in which legal compliance is regarded as second nature.	Raised awaryy易游体育官网ess of legal compliance and improved employees' ability to idyy易游体育官网tify risks via training at all levels. Increased the number of households taking part in our environyy易游体育官网ntal household accounting scheyy易游体育官网, Kobelco Eco-Life Notes, to 4,743 families.	Continuing to raise awareness, educate and improve employees' ability to identify environyy易游体育官网ntal issues, through training at all levels and e-learning.	O
6. Comprehensive risk manageyy易游体育官网nt	To direct ceaseless efforts in a systematic yy易游体育官网d orgyy易游体育官网ized way to reduce risks.	To reduce administrative guidance from government authorities and complaints from local residents to zero. To explore the possibility of environmental management in line yy易游体育官网th domestic practices at overseas locations.	Verified legal compliance at individual locations and group companies via environyy易游体育官网ntal audits and verification surveys, and carried out risk reduction activities. Conducted overseas environyy易游体育官网ntal surveys at three group company sites in Singapore and Malaysia. Unable to completely eliminate governyy易游体育官网nt guidance and complaints from local residents throughout the Kobe Steel Group.	Continuing to maintain groupyy易游体育官网de management systems and establishing mechanisms to ensure legal compliance at all locations, through activities such as environmental audits and verification surveys.