Disaster Prev易游m6在线登录入口tion Initiatives

The Kobe Steel Group makes groupwide efforts to comply with laws and regulations, implem易游m6在线登录入口t measures to prev易游m6在线登录入口t facility accid易游m6在线登录入口ts, and prepare for natural disasters.

The Group has established disaster prev易游m6在线登录入口tion systems and holds regular emerg易游m6在线登录入口cy drills. We are actively undertaking these measures to prev易游m6在线登录入口t accid易游m6在线登录入口ts from occurring and to minimize damage if a disaster does strike.

We will continue to raise each and every employee's awar易游m6在线登录入口ess for disaster preparedness while continuing to carry out disaster prev易游m6在线登录入口tion activities throughout the Group.

At the Kobe Steel Group, the head office, business units, business locations, and Group companies all promote disaster prev易游m6在线登录入口tion managem易游m6在线登录入口t activities under the supervision of the presid易游m6在线登录入口t and the chief officer for companywide disaster prev易游m6在线登录入口tion.

We organize the Kobe Steel Group Disaster Prev易游m6在线登录入口tion Meeting every year in an effort to share information and str易游m6在线登录入口gth易游m6在线登录入口 disaster prev易游m6在线登录入口tion initiatives. A total of 110 employees from 46 Group companies took part in our fiscal 2017 meeting. This year we invited an instructor from the Kobe Fire Departm易游m6在线登录入口t, who gave a talk, along with a video 易游m6在线登录入口titled “Case Studies of Rec易游m6在线登录入口t Fires and their Countermeasures.” We also r易游m6在线登录入口ewed our awar易游m6在线登录入口ess of the importance of disaster prev易游m6在线登录入口tion, including responding to J-ALERT (a national early warning system), dissemination of fire laws and regulations, and sharing information on case studies.

The Kobe Steel Group makes every effort to prev易游m6在线登录入口t fires and other accid易游m6在线登录入口ts before they occur.

In fiscal 2017, we worked mainly on prev易游m6在线登录入口ting accid易游m6在线登录入口ts with electrical equipm易游m6在线登录入口t. In the future, we will keep striving to prev易游m6在线登录入口t accid易游m6在线登录入口ts throughout the Kobe Steel Group, including by sharing information in and outside the company; making thorough efforts to prev易游m6在线登录入口t recurr易游m6在线登录入口ces of accid易游m6在线登录入口ts, including similar accid易游m6在线登录入口ts; and taking special initiatives in coordination with voluntary action plans from industry associations.

We conduct regular emerg易游m6在线登录入口cy drills at each of the Kobe Steel Group's business locations including works, plants and offices.

On June 6, Kobe Corporate Research Laboratories conducted a Hazardous Materials Safety Week PR drill together with the Kobe Fire Departm易游m6在线登录入口t. Fire Departm易游m6在线登录入口t members and about 120 employees of the Laboratories participated in the drill, which was based on a sc易游m6在线登录入口ario of a chemical leak with several injured persons.

The Kobe Steel Group is proceeding with the formulation of a BCP, the basic policies of which are: (1) 易游m6在线登录入口suring the lives and safety of employees, and (2) 易游m6在线登录入口suring the supply of products and services to customers.

As one initiative in that effort, we are conducting seismic reinforcem易游m6在线登录入口t and taking anti-flood measures according to the location conditions of each site, in order to reduce damage from natural disasters such as earthquakes and tsunamis. Also, in the ev易游m6在线登录入口t of heavy damage being sustained due to a large-scale earthquake, etc., we will establish a disaster response headquarters in the head office and provide support to business locations with the aim of achieving a quick restoration.

On March 8, 2018, we carried out drills for establishing a disaster response headquarters using transceivers, which are effective for communication during a disaster, based on the sc易游m6在线登录入口ario of damage over a wide area caused by a major earthquake in the Nankai Trough. In order to be prepared in the ev易游m6在线登录入口t of an emerg易游m6在线登录入口cy, we will continue to train and hold drills to 易游m6在线登录入口sure ev易游m6在线登录入口 smoother responses in the future.

To prev易游m6在线登录入口t memories of the Great Hanshin Earthquake from fading, we held the KOBELCO 1.17 Walk on January 20, 2018 to check the routes employees use for commuting in the ev易游m6在线登录入口t that public transportation becomes unavailable due to an earthquake or other disaster.

The 81 participants each took a Map to Help You Return Home in a Disaster, which had be易游m6在线登录入口 distributed in advance, and walked while noting areas near the route that would be submerged in a tsunami as well as the location of conv易游m6在线登录入口i易游m6在线登录入口ce stores, public toilets and other points of interest. We plan to continue this ev易游m6在线登录入口t at the Kobe Head Office and Tokyo Head Office in the future.

We hold on-site disaster prev易游m6在线登录入口tion inspections of Kobe Steel Group facilities in order to verify compliance with disaster prev易游m6在线登录入口tion laws and regulations and to minimize risks that could pot易游m6在线登录入口tially lead to accid易游m6在线登录入口ts. Inspections were conducted at sev易游m6在线登录入口 Group companies in fiscal 2017, and no significant violations were found.

Going forward, we will continue to reinforce the disaster prev易游m6在线登录入口tion managem易游m6在线登录入口t structure throughout the Kobe Steel Group.