(C)2010 DOWA Holdings Co., Ltd.

Greeting

DOWA CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility)

Future Article I Contribution to Improving Environments in Asian Countries through Eco-friendly Recycling Business

Future Article II DOWA Recycling Complex

CSR Management

• Relationship with Stakeholder
• CSR Guideline
• Basic Environment Policy
• Management System
• Environmental & Social Goals and their Present Status

CSR Initiatives through Business Activities

• DOWA Electronics Materials
• DOWA Metaltech
• DOWA Thermotech
• DOWA Eco-System

• Social Performance
  • Relationship with Society
  • Working together with Local Communities
  • Relationship with central and local governments and with industry
  • Relationship with Customers
  • Relationship with Employees
  • Feature Summer Environmental Event for Families
  • Developing Human Resources/Employment and Treatment of Employees
  • DOWA's Work/Life Balance
  • Health and Safety/Compliance
  • Comment from Junior Staff
• Environmental Performance
  • Environmental Management
  • Business Activity and Its Related Environmental Load
  • INPUT
  • OUTPUT
  • Our Efforts toward Preventing Global Warming
  • Our Efforts toward Biodiversity
• Economic and Business Management Performance
  • Economic Report & Environmental Accounting
  • External Economic Benefit Evaluation EEBE(R)
• Business Overview
  • Corporate History and Environmental Commitment
  • Questionnaire Results
  • Basic Requirements
  • Third Party's Opinion

GRI Guideline

Editorial Line

GRI Guideline cross-reference

We referred to the "Sustainability Reporting Guideline 2006 (Ver. 3)" of Global Reporting Initiative when we prepared our CSR Report 2010.

Through this cross-reference, appropriate and relevant reports can be identified for each index of the GRI Sustainability Reporting Guideline 2006, based on our analysis. We listed appropriate GC principles together in the cross-reference list being the member corporation of the UN Global Compact.

When indices are also reported in other media than the CSR Report 2010, the name of the media is also listed.

Indicators			GC Principle	WEB
1.Strategy and Analysis
1.1	Statement from the most senior decision-maker of the organization (e.g., CEO, chair, or equivalent senior position) about the relevance of sustainability to the organization and its strategy.			Greeting
1.2	Description of key impacts, risks, and opportunities.
2.Organizational Profile
2.1	Name of the organization.			DOWA CSR
2.2	Primary brands, products, and/or services.			http://www.dowa.co.jp/en/ir/
2.3	Operational structure of the organization, including main divisions, operating companies, subsidiaries, and joint ventures.
2.4	Location of organization's headquarters.
2.5	Number of countries where the organization operates, and names of countries with either major operations or that are specifically relevant to the sustainability issues covered in the report.
2.6	Nature of ownership and legal form.
2.7	Markets served (including geographic breakdown, sectors served, and types of customers/beneficiaries).
2.8	Scale of the reporting organization, including: -Number of employees; -Net sales (for private sector organizations) or net revenues (for public sector organizations); -Total capitalization broken down in terms of debt and equity (for private sector organizations); and-Quantity of products or services provided.
2.9	Significant changes during the reporting period regarding size, structure, or ownership including:-The location of, or changes in operations, including facility openings, closings, and expansions; and-Changes in the share capital structure and other capital formation, maintenance, and alteration operations (for private sector organizations).
2.10	Awards received in the reporting period.			Working together with Local Communities
3.Report Parameters
Report Profile
3.1	Reporting period (e.g., fiscal/calendar year) for information provided.			Editorial Line Basic Requirements
3.2	Date of most recent previous report (if any)
3.3	Reporting cycle (annual, biennial, etc.)
3.4	Contact point for questions regarding the report or its contents.
Report Scope and Boundary
3.5	Process for defining report content, including: -Determining materiality; -Prioritizing topics within the report; and Identifying stakeholders the organization expects to use the report.			Editorial Line Basic Requirements
3.6	Boundary of the report (e.g., countries, divisions, subsidiaries, leased facilities, joint ventures, suppliers). See GRI Boundary Protocol for further guidance.
3.7	State any specific limitations on the scope or boundary of the report.
3.8	Basis for reporting on joint ventures, subsidiaries, leased facilities, outsourced operations, and other entities that can significantly affect comparability from period to period and/or between organizations.
3.9	Data measurement techniques and the bases of calculations, including assumptions and techniques underlying estimations applied to the compilation of the Indicators and other information in the report.			-
3.10	Explanation of the effect of any re-statements of information provided in earlier reports, and the reasons for such re-statement (e.g., mergers/ acquisitions, change of base years/periods, nature of business, measurement methods).
3.11	Significant changes from previous reporting periods in the scope, boundary, or measurement methods applied in the report.			Editorial Line
GRI Content Index
3.12	Table identifying the location of the Standard Disclosures in the report.			This page
Assurance
3.13	Policy and current practice with regard to seeking external assurance for the report. If not included in the assurance report accompanying the sustainability report, explain the scope and basis of any external assurance provided. Also explain the relationship between the reporting organization and the assurance provider(s).			Third Party's Opinion
4. Governance, Commitments, and Engagement
Governance
4.1	Governance structure of the organization, including committees under the highest governance body responsible for specific tasks, such as setting strategy or organizational oversight.			http://www.dowa.co.jp/en/ir/
4.2	Indicate whether the Chair of the highest governance body is also an executive officer (and, if so, their function within the organization's management and the reasons for this arrangement).
4.3	For organizations that have a unitary board structure, state the number of members of the highest governance body that are independent and/or non-executive members.
4.4	Mechanisms for shareholders and employees to provide recommendations or direction to the highest governance body.			Working together with Shareholders and Investors
4.5	Linkage between compensation for members of the highest governance body, senior managers, and executives (including departure arrangements), and the organization's performance (including social and environmental performance).			http://www.dowa.co.jp/en/ir/
4.6	Processes in place for the highest governance body to ensure conflicts of interest are avoided.
4.7	Process for determining the qualifications and expertise of the members of the highest governance body for guiding the organization's strategy on economic, environmental, and social topics.			Environmental Management
4.8	Internally developed statements of mission or values, codes of conduct, and principles relevant to economic, environmental, and social performance and the status of their implementation.			CSR Guideline
4.9	Procedures of the highest governance body for overseeing the organization's identification and management of economic, environmental, and social performance, including relevant risks and opportunities, and adherence or compliance with internationally agreed standards, codes of conduct, and principles.			Environmental Management
4.10	Processes for evaluating the highest governance body's own performance, particularly with respect to economic, environmental, and social performance.			-
Commitments to External Initiatives
4.11	Explanation of whether and how the precautionary approach or principle is addressed by the organization.			Management System
				Compliance
4.12	Externally developed economic, environmental, and social charters, principles, or other initiatives to which the organization subscribes or endorses.			-
4.13	Memberships in associations (such as industry associations) and/or national/international advocacy organizations in which the organization: -Has positions in governance bodies; -Participates in projects or committees; -Provides substantive funding beyond routine membership dues; or Views membership as strategic.			Metal Economics Research Institute, Japan
Stakeholder Engagement
4.14	List of stakeholder groups engaged by the organization.			Editorial Line
4.15	Basis for identification and selection of stakeholders with whom to engage.			-
4.16	Approaches to stakeholder engagement, including frequency of engagement by type and by stakeholder group.
4.17	Key topics and concerns that have been raised through stakeholder engagement, and how the organization has responded to those key topics and concerns, including through its reporting.
5. Performance index
Economic
Management Approach
		Goals and performance		Economic Report http://www.dowa.co.jp/en/ir/
		policy
		Additional Contextual Information
Economic Performance
Core Indicators	EC1.	Direct economic value generated and distributed, including revenues, operating costs, employee compensation, donations and other community investments, retained earnings, and payments to capital providers and governments.		http://www.dowa.co.jp/en/ir/
	EC2.	Financial implications and other risks and opportunities for the organization's activities due to climate change.	GC principles 7,8	Greeting
				Our Efforts toward Preventing Global Warming
	EC3.	Coverage of the organization's defined benefit plan obligations.		-
	EC4.	Significant financial assistance received from government.
Additional Indicators	EC5.	Range of ratios of standard entry level wage compared to local minimum wage at significant locations of operation.	GC principle 6
Market Presence
Core Indicators	EC6.	Policy, practices, and proportion of spending on locally-based suppliers at significant locations of operation.		-
	EC7.	Procedures for local hiring and proportion of senior management hired from the local community at locations of significant operation.	GC principle 6	-
Indirect Economic Impacts
Core Indicators	EC8.	Development and impact of infrastructure investments and services provided primarily for public benefit through commercial, in-kind, or pro bono engagement.		Overseas Office Initiatives
				Relationship with Society
	EC9.	Understanding and describing significant indirect economic impacts, including the extent of impacts.		Environmental Accounting External Economic Benefit Evaluation
Environmental
Management approach
		Goals and Performance	GC principles 7,8,9	CSR Management-Environmental & Social Goals and their Present Status
		Policy		Basic Environment Policy
		Organizational Responsibility		CSR Management
		Training and Awareness		Environmental Education
		Monitoring and Follow-up		Conducting Environmental Audits Internal control activities Compliance
		Additional Contextual Information
Materials
Core Indicators	EN1.	Materials used by weight or volume	GC principle 8	Business Activity and Its Related Environmental Load Energy
	EN2.	Percentage of materials used that are recycled input materials.	GC principles 8,9
Energy
Core Indicators	EN3.	Direct energy consumption by primary energy source.	GC principle 8	Business Activity and Its Related Environmental Load Energy
	EN4.	Indirect energy consumption by primary source.
Additional Indicators	EN5.	Energy saved due to conservation and efficiency improvements.	GC principles 8,9	Energy
	EN6.	Initiatives to provide energy-efficient or renewable energy based products and services, and reductions in energy requirements as a result of these initiatives.		Collection and Disposal of CFC by Destroying It
	EN7.	Initiatives to reduce indirect energy consumption and reductions achieved.		-
Water
Core Indicators	EN8.	Total water withdrawal by source.	GC principles 8	Water Resource
Additional Indicators	EN9.	Water sources significantly affected by withdrawal of water.		-
	EN10.	Percentage and total volume of water recycled and reused.	GC principles 8,9	-
Biodiversity
Core Indicators	EN11	Location and size of land owned, leased, managed in, or adjacent to, protected areas and areas of high biodiversity value outside protected areas.	GC principle 8	-
	EN12.	Description of significant impacts of activities, products, and services on biodiversity in protected areas and areas of high biodiversity value outside protected areas.
Additional Indicators	EN13.	Habitats protected or restored.		Kosaka home town afforestation planting ceremony
	EN14	Strategies, current actions, and future plans for managing impacts on biodiversity.		Our Efforts toward Biodiversity
	EN15	Number of IUCN Red List species and national conservation list species with habitats in areas affected by operations, by level of extinction risk.		-
Emissions, Effluents, and Waste
Core Indicators	EN16	Total direct and indirect greenhouse gas emissions by weight.	GC principle 8	Business Activity and Its Related Environmental Load
				Greenhouse Gases
	EN17	Other relevant indirect greenhouse gas emissions by weight.		-
Additional Indicators	EN18	Initiatives to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and reductions achieved.	GC principles 8,9	Business Activity and Its Related Environmental Load
Core Indicators	EN19	Emissions of ozone-depleting substances by weight.	GC principle 8	-
	EN20	NOx, SOx, and other significant air emissions by type and weight.		Prevention of Air Pollution
	EN21	Total water discharge by quality and destination.		Prevention of Water Pollution
	EN22	Total weight of waste by type and disposal method.		Business Activity and Its Related Environmental Load
				Wastes
	EN23	Total number and volume of significant spills.		-
Additional Indicators	EN24.	Weight of transported, imported, exported, or treated waste deemed hazardous under the terms of the Basel Convention Annex I, II, III, and VIII, and percentage of transported waste shipped internationally.		-
	EN25.	Identity, size, protected status, and biodiversity value of water bodies and related habitats significantly affected by the reporting organization's discharges of water and runoff.
Products and Services
Core Indicators	EN26.	Initiatives to mitigate environmental impacts of products and services, and extent of impact mitigation.	GC principles 8,9	CSR Initiatives through Business Activities Collection and Disposal of CFC by Destroying It
	EN27.	Percentage of products sold and their packaging materials that are reclaimed by category.		-
Compliance
Core Indicators	EN28.	Monetary value of significant fines and total number of non-monetary sanctions for noncompliance with environmental laws and regulations.	GC principle 8	Compliance
Transport
Additional Indicators	EN29.	Significant environmental impacts of transporting products and other goods and materials used for the organization's operations, and transporting members of the workforce.	GC principle 8	-
Overall
Additional Indicators	EN30.	Total environmental protection expenditures and investments by type.	GC principle 8	Environmental Accounting
Social
Labor practices and Decent Work
Management Approach
		Goals and performance	GC principles 3,6	-
		Policy		Developing Human Resource work/life balance
		Organizational Responsibility		Management System
		Training and Awareness		Developing Human Resource
				Health and Safety
		Monitoring and Follow-Up		-
		Additional Contextual Information
Employment
Core Indicators	LA1.	Total workforce by employment type, employment contract, and region.		http://www.dowa.co.jp/en/ir/
	LA2.	Total number and rate of employee turnover by age group, gender, and region.	GC principle 6	-
Additional Indicators	LA3.	Benefits provided to full-time employees that are not provided to temporary or part-time employees, by major operations.
Labor/Management Relations
Core Indicators	LA4.	Percentage of employees covered by collective bargaining agreements.	GC principles 1,3	http://www.dowa.co.jp/en/ir/
	LA5.	Minimum notice period (s) regarding operational changes, including whether it is specified in collective agreements.	GC principle 3	-
Additional Indicators	LA6.	Percentage of total workforce represented in formal joint management worker health and safety committees that help monitor and advise on occupational health and safety programs.
Occupational Health and Safety
Core Indicators	LA7.	Rates of injury, occupational diseases, lost days, and absenteeism, and number of work-related fatalities by region.		Health and Safety
	LA8.	Education, training, counseling, prevention, and risk-control programs in place to assist workforce members, their families, or community members regarding serious diseases.
Additional Indicators	LA9.	Health and safety topics covered in formal agreements with trade unions.		-
Training and Education
Core Indicators	LA10.	Average hours of training per year per employee by employee category.		Developing Human Resource
Additional Indicators	LA11.	Programs for skills management and lifelong learning that support the continued employability of employees and assist them in managing career endings.
	LA12.	Percentage of employees receiving regular performance and career development reviews.		-
Diversity and Equal Opportunity
Core Indicators	LA13.	Composition of governance bodies and breakdown of employees per category according to gender, age group, minority group membership, and other indicators of diversity.	GC principles 1,6	-
	LA14.	Ratio of basic salary of men to women by employee category.
Human Rights
Management Approach
		Goals and performance	GC principles 1,2,4,5,6	-
		Policy		CSR Guideline
		Organizational Responsibility		-
		Training and Awareness
		Monitoring and Follow-Up
		Additional Contextual Information
Investment and Procurement Practices
Core Indicators	HR1.	Percentage and total number of significant investment agreements that include human rights clauses or that have undergone human rights screening.	GC principles 1,2,4,5,6	-
	HR2.	Percentage of significant suppliers and contractors that have undergone screening on human rights and actions taken.
Additional Indicators	HR3.	Total hours of employee training on policies and procedures concerning aspects of human rights that are relevant to operations, including the percentage of employees trained.	GC principles 1,4,5
Non-Discrimination
Core Indicators	HR4.	Total number of incidents of discrimination and actions taken.	GC principles 1,6	-
Freedom of Association and Collective Bargaining
Core Indicators	HR5.	Operations identified in which the right to exercise freedom of association and collective bargaining may be at significant risk, and actions taken to support these rights.	GC principles 1,3	-
Child Labor
Core Indicators	HR6.	Operations identified as having significant risk for incidents of child labor, and measures taken to contribute to the elimination of child labor.	GC principles 1,5	-
Forced and Compulsory Labor
Core Indicators	HR7.	Operations identified as having significant risk for incidents of forced or compulsory labor, and measures to contribute to the elimination of forced or compulsory labor	GC principles 1,4	-
Security Practices
Additional Indicators	HR8.	Percentage of security personnel trained in the organization's policies or procedures concerning aspects of human rights that are relevant to operations.	GC principles 1,2	-
Indigenous Rights
Additional Indicators	HR9.	Total number of incidents of violations involving rights of indigenous people and actions taken.	GC principle 1	-
Society
Management Approach
		Goals and performance	GC principle 10	Environmental & Social Goals and their Present Status
		Policy		CSR Guideline
				Corporate Governance
				Corporate Governance
		Organizational Responsibility
		Training and Awareness		Developing Human Resource
		Monitoring and Follow-Up		Internal control activities Compliance
		Additional Contextual Information		-
Community
Core Indicators	SO1.	Nature, scope, and effectiveness of any programs and practices that assess and manage the impacts of operations on communities, including entering, operating, and exiting.	GC principle 1	-
Corruption
Core Indicators	SO2.	Percentage and total number of business units analyzed for risks related to corruption.	GC principle 10	-
	SO3.	Percentage of employees trained in organization's anti-corruption policies and procedures.
	SO4.	Actions taken in response to incidents of corruption.		-
Public policy
Core Indicators	SO5.	Public policy positions and participation in public policy development and lobbying.	GC principle 10	-
Additional Indicators	SO6.	Total value of financial and in-kind contributions to political parties, politicians, and related institutions by country.		-
Anti-Competitive Behavior
Additional Indicators	SO7.	Total number of legal actions for anticompetitive behavior, anti-trust, and monopoly practices and their outcomes.		-
Compliance
Core Indicators	SO8.	Monetary value of significant fines and total number of non-monetary sanctions for noncompliance with laws and regulations.		Compliance
Product
Management Approach
		Goals and performance		Environmental & Social Goals and their Present Status
		Policy		Relationship with Customers
		Organizational Responsibility		-
		Training and Awareness
		Monitoring and Follow-Up
		Additional Contextual Information
Customer Health and Safety
Core Indicators	PR1.	Life cycle stages in which health and safety impacts of products and services are assessed for improvement, and percentage of significant products and services categories subject to such procedures.		Relationship with Customers
Additional Indicators	PR2.	Total number of incidents of non-compliance with regulations and voluntary codes concerning health and safety impacts of products and services during their life cycle, by type of outcomes.
Product and Service Labeling
Core Indicators	PR3.	Type of product and service information required by procedures, and percentage of significant products and services subject to such information requirements.	GC principle 8	-
Additional Indicators	PR4.	Total number of incidents of non-compliance with regulations and voluntary codes concerning product and service information and labeling, by type of outcomes.
	PR5.	Practices related to customer satisfaction, including results of surveys measuring customer satisfaction.
Marketing Communications
Core Indicators	PR6.	Programs for adherence to laws, standards, and voluntary codes related to marketing communications, including advertising, promotion, and sponsorship.		-
Additional Indicators	PR7.	Total number of incidents of non-compliance with regulations and voluntary codes concerning marketing communications, including advertising, promotion, and sponsorship by type of outcomes.
Customer Privacy
Additional Indicators	PR8.	Total number of substantiated complaints regarding breaches of customer privacy and losses of customer data.		-
Compliance
Core Indicators	PR9.	Monetary value of significant fines for noncompliance with laws and regulations concerning the provision and use of products and services.		Compliance

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