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DOWA CSR Report 2014 reports the CSR philosophy and the major business activities of the DOWA group of the year in an easy-to-understand way to all stakeholders.

(1)Areas covered in this report

Target organizations

DOWA Holdings and subsidiaries (both in Japan and other countries) that are included in our consolidated accounting are selected in these reports. Data on some of our efforts are only associated to DOWA Holdings and other major companies of the group.
Our overseas subsidiaries of Kunshan Dowa Thermo Furnace Co., Ltd, JIANGXI DOWA ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT CO., LTD., DOWA ECO-SYSTEM SINGAPORE PTE. LTD was added to the data collected for this report in 2014.

Target areas to report

The report consists of four areas of DOWA's CSR policies: Governance, Safety, Environment, and Society. It covers each of these policies, current implementation status of its major issues and the activities by the above-mentioned organizations.

Target audience

This report is intended for our customers, stockholders, investors, clients, local communities, researchers, students, employees, rating & evaluation agencies, governmental agencies, NGO's, NPO's and all stakeholders of the DOWA group's business activities.

Target period

The report mainly covers activities conducted from April 1, 2013 until March 31, 2014 (Fiscal year (hereinafter referred to as "FY") of 2013), partially including the past background and previous activities to provide more accurate information.

Reference guidelines

• The UN Global Compact (UN GC)
• ISO 26000
• Environmental Reporting Guidelines 2012 by Ministry of the Environment
  (Government of Japan)

(2)Publishing of a web version

This report highlights and reports CSR activities of the DOWA group, focusing on some important points, to provide an overview of those activities in an easy-to-understand way. For more details, visit our website (to be posted in2014).

If errors are found after publication of the CSR report, they will be reported on our website with errata notes.

(3)Basic information

Publication Date	June 2014
Due Publication Date of the Next Report	June 2015
Responsible Department	CSR Department, DOWA Holdings, Co., Ltd.
URL	http://www.dowa.co.jp(in Japanese) http://www.dowa.co.jp/index_e.html(in English)
Contact	CSR Department, DOWA Holdings, Co., Ltd. 22nd Floor, Akihabara UDX Bldg, 4-14-1 Sotokanda, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101-0021 JAPAN Phone : (+81) 3-6847-1104 / Fax : (+81) 3-6847-1277 E-mail address : info_dowa@dowa.co.jp