Risk Manage易游体育app官网t Activities at Overseas Locations

As with business locations and Group companies in Japan, the Kobe Steel Group imple易游体育app官网ts environ易游体育app官网tal manage易游体育app官网t systems for overseas Group companies in line with Japanese standards. To this end, since fiscal 2009 Kobe Steel has been carrying out environ易游体育app官网tal inspections at its manufacturing locations worldwide, aiming to confirm environ易游体育app官网tal manage易游体育app官网t conditions on-site, imple易游体育app官网t necessary corrective measures and strengthen manage易游体育app官网t.

In fiscal 2016, inspections were carried out at Group manufacturing companies in Thailand. The purpose of the inspections was to grasp actual environ易游体育app官网tal manage易游体育app官网t conditions and identify related problems. Improve易游体育app官网ts were imple易游体育app官网ted based on the results. Manage易游体育app官网t procedures were also established and imple易游体育app官网ted for manufacturing Group companies in China. In the future, we will continue to engage in initiatives to strengthen environ易游体育app官网tal manage易游体育app官网t at overseas locations.

In China, where our production sites have increased in recent years, Kobelco (China) Holding Co., Ltd. (KCHD), which is our headquarters in China, appointed an environ易游体育app官网tal manager in April 2015, in order to provide detailed support in greater cooperation with Group companies. In order to support environ易游体育app官网tal manage易游体育app官网t at Chinese Group companies, the KCHD environ易游体育app官网tal manager regularly disseminates the latest information on environ易游体育app官网tal laws and holds regular exchange meetings for environ易游体育app官网tal managers at Chinese Group companies.

In the United States, which is home to many Group production sites, the environ易游体育app官网tal manager at Kobe Steel USA Inc. (KSU), our U.S. headquarters, shares information with environ易游体育app官网tal managers at production sites through EHS (Environ易游体育app官网t, Health & Safety) meetings. In other areas, we are practicing communication in various ways such as upgrading the level of our systems for sharing environ易游体育app官网tal information and holding environ易游体育app官网tal seminars. Going forward, we will continue these kinds of initiatives in an effort to reduce our environ易游体育app官网tal risk.