Environmental Communication

The annual briefing on our social and environmental activities took place at the Hirakata Plant and the Tamaki Plant respectively. The FY2010 briefing was held on October 26 by the Hirakata Plant and on October 29 by the Tamaki Plant, in which we invited representatives of local communities, our suppliers and business partners and government officials, showed them our plant facilities and provided explanations on our effluent purification systems, energy-saving measures and other environmental efforts made by the respective plants.

It was the sixth time that the Hirakata Plant held a briefing, which was attended by as many as 41 guests including the Mayor of Hirakata City. Later, attendees complimented us, saying that they were impressed with KYOCERA Document Solutions' social contributions and environmental commitment as well as the efforts made by the plant and at its project sites, and that they had come to learn the company's responsible attitude as a leading manufacturer in Japan. The Tamaki Plant also had many attendees, totaling 38 persons including the Mayor of Tamaki Town, to whom we explained our environmental efforts.

We will continue to work hard to be a good corporate member of society while making efforts to strengthen relationships with local communicates with ensuring that our business activities are society/environment-friendly.

In FY2010, for the fourth consecutive year, one of our employees became a civic examiner working for the Hirakata School Environmental Management System (S-EMS) program. This time, our representative worked not only as an examiner but also as a lecturer for the examiner training seminar. He lectured on the S-EMS examination method including procedures of document review and on-site investigation,* and also conducted examinations, together with members of the municipal board of education and municipal officials of the Environmental Affairs Section, on a total of 18 elementary and junior high schools to evaluate their environmental conservation activities through document review and on-site investigation.

*The S-EMS examination, which covers 75 public kindergartens and elementary/ junior high schools of Hirakata City, intends to evaluate the schools' environmental conservation activities and confirm continuous implementation and achievements, through investigation by examiner teams consisting of civic representatives and municipal officials.

Hirakata Eco Forum 2011 was held on February 5, 2011 at the Mecenat Hirakata, under the joint sponsorship of the NPO Hirakata Environment Network Council, the municipal government of Hirakata City and the Hirakata Municipal Board of Education. This Forum is held every year to share information on environmental conservation activities of local communities and public school districts in particular, in Hirakata City. Public organizations, environmental groups and companies exhibited their presentations to show their respective environmental efforts.

The Hirakata Plant exhibited our multifunction printer of energy-saving design to show its remarkable performance of substantial reduction in standby power consumption, and also exhibited panels that explained the plant's 3R activities, the introduction of a photovoltaic power generation system, and other activities including a briefing on social and environmental activities and a cleanup campaign for local communities.

In September 2010, 50 employees belonging to the Taipei office of KYOCERA Document Solutions Taiwan participated in the "FY2010 hiking trail cleanup campaign" initiated by the Taipei City Government Bureau of Environmental Protection. In this volunteer activity, conducted as part of their social contributions, the participants cleaned hiking trails of the BaiLu Mountain and KangLe Mountain in Taipei City.

Egret Hills and Kang Le Mountain are located close to downtown Taipei City and are popular among local residents as places for hiking and morning exercises. In recent years, litter dropped by hikers has become more prominent on hiking trails in these hills, and the Bureau has been conducting the cleanup campaign every year since 2008.

KYOCERA Document Solutions Taiwan acquired ISO14001 certification in 2008, and since then, its employees have been increasing their level of interest in environmental issues. Such background together with their desire to do something for the local community made them decide to participate in the cleanup campaign. Starting from 7:00 a.m., participants spent about three hours cleaning about 2 kilometers of the hiking trail.

Surrounding the hiking trail are diverse species of plants including ancient ferns and giant Malayan banyans. The participation in the cleanup campaign provided our employees with the opportunity to feel gratitude for the existence of abundant nature close at hand and recognize the importance of making efforts to protect the natural environment.

It was their second time to voluntarily participate in local social activities, following their participation in 2009 in the "Ecosystems protection campaign for the Jiannan Road hiking trail." Employees of Kyocera Mita Taiwan will continue their volunteer activities to win the trust of local citizens.

In November 2010, employees of Kyocera Mita Hong Kong, its sales company and KYOCERA Document Solutions Asia (which started business operations in September 2010) jointly conducted a cleanup project for a beach of Crooked Island located in the northeastern part of Hong Kong.

Such joint cleanup project was not new to KYOCERA Document Solutions Hong Kong and its sales company, as the two companies already had the chance to work together cleaning beaches and parks in Hong Kong. In FY2010, after having the opportunity to work with employees of KYOCERA Document Solutions Asia at the Mita Centre in Hong Kong, the two companies decided to ask KYOCERA Document Solutions Asia to join their collaboration. As a result, a total of 12 employees of KYOCERA Document Solutions Asia participated in the trilateral collaborative cleanup project, resulting in the participation of 141 persons in total.

On March 1, 2011, 12 employees of KYOCERA Document Solutions Australia and two employees of Kyocera Solar participated in the "Business Cleanup Day" event, a volunteer cleanup project initiated by multiple companies covering the entire landmass of Australia.

KYOCERA Document Solutions Australia has been a regular participant in this program since 2000. During the recent FY2010 activity, which marked their 11th participation, they cleaned Christie Park located close to their office. At the park, not only small-size litter such as empty bottles and cans but also large garbage including auto parts, tires, chairs and pipes were found. Nevertheless, through the hard work of all participants, a beautiful park was restored.