Environmental Action Plan and Results

From the 2008 Environmental Action Plan addressed by the Hitachi Cable Group, shown below are targets of key items and their results and evaluation. Also, combined targets up to FY 2011 are displayed.

Action plans for production activities at domestic bases

Environmental conservation in production

Global warming prevention

FY2009 Action Plan Target 7% reduction of CO2 generated from energy (Compared with that of FY1991) 33% reduction of SF6 emissions (Compared with that of FY2004) Result 7.9% reduction 52% reduction Evaluation ○ ○ FY2011 target 7% reduction (Compared to that of FY1991) 35% reduction (Compared to that of FY2004)

Transport energy reduction

FY2009 Action Plan Target 2% reduction in the basic unit of transportation energy, or a crude oil equivalent of transportation amount (tons/kilo) (Compared with that of FY 2007) Result 1.4% increase Evaluation ×*a FY2011 target 4% reduction in basic units of energy transportation of transportation amount (Compared with that of FY2007)

Effective use of resources

FY2009 Action Plan Target Reduction of waste and reusable resources generated by 23.4% (Compared with that of FY 2001) Improve the resources recycling rate*1 by 6% (Compared with that of FY 2006) Result 32% reduction 17% Evaluation ○ ○ FY2011 target 29% reduction (Compared to that of FY2001) 10%

Chemicals management

FY2009 Action Plan Target 13% reduction of VOC air emissions (Compared with that of FY2001) Result 29% reduction Evaluation ○ FY2011 target 33% reduction (Compared to that of FY2001)

Environmental-friendly products

Environmental-friendly products expansion

FY2009 Action Plan Target Increase the registration rate*2 of Hitachi Group environmental-friendly products to 80% or more Result Registration rate 85% Evaluation ○ FY2011 target Registration rate 80%

Green procurement implementation

FY2009 Action Plan Target Increase the Green Procurement rate of stationery and office supplies purchased on the Internet to 82% or more Result 96% Evaluation ○ FY2011 target Purchase rate 90% or more

Environmental management

GREEN21 ver3 improvement

FY2009 Action Plan Target Green Points of 1,024GP Result 1,131GP Evaluation ○ FY2011 target 1,280GP

Environmental education implementation

FY2009 Action Plan Target Increase the participation rate in environmental e-learning to 80% or more Result 85% Evaluation ○ FY2011 target 90%

Environmental communication global citizen activities

FY2009 Action Plan Target Communication through exhibitions, etc. Involvement in social contribution activities in relation to the environment including "open facilities" at Works, community cleaning activities and greening activities. Result Participation in eco-product exhibitions, etc. Implementation of community cleaning activities Participation in various volunteer activities, etc. Evaluation ○ FY2011 target Expansion of social action programs in relation to the environment

*1	Resource recycling ratio is an index commonly used in the Hitachi Group to quantify levels of sophistication of resource recycling by setting weight factors for individual disposal categories of waste recycling, thermal recycling, simple incineration and final disposal and multiplying the disposal amount of each category with the corresponding factor.
*2	Registration rate = Sales of environmental-friendly products / Product category—total sales
*a	Due to many shipments of various antenna products and other volume weight-charged products and worsened transportation efficiency caused by reduced shipment levels during the second half, we could not achieve improvements as planned.

Action plans for production activities at overseas bases

Production activities

Countermeasures against global warming

FY2009 Action Plan Target 3% reduction of CO2 emission per unit of sales (Compared with that of FY2004) Result Number of successful sites: 5/numberof sites subject to the activity:5 Evaluation ○ FY2011 target 5% reduction (Compared with that of FY2004)

Effective use of resources

FY2009 Action Plan Target 20.7% reduction in waste and reusable resources generated (Compared with that of FY2005) 6% reduction of water used (Compared with that of FY2006) Result 30% reduction 13% reduction Evaluation ○ ○ FY2011 target 20.7% reduction (Compared with that of FY2005) 10% reduction (Compared with that of FY2005)

Chemicals management

FY2009 Action Plan Target 6% reduction of VOC air emissions*3 (Compared with that of FY2006) Result Number of successful sites : 0/number of sites subject to the activity : 3 Evaluation ○ FY2011 target 10% reduction (Compared with that of FY2006)

*3	VOC air emission ratio = Emission into air / Amount used