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SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVITIES

Mamoru Suzuki President and Chief Executive Officer July 2009

We Aim to Be A Trusted Global Enterprise, based on Our Corporate Philosophy.

Developing Business Activities based on our Corporate Philosophy.

The TOSHIBA TEC Group is creating new values and contributing to society throughout its operations, while developing business activities, under the principle of making efforts to obtain mutual prosperity with all stakeholders, including customers, employees, society and the environment, by practicing high business ethics.

This is because the Group, developing businesses on a global basis, believes it is essential to gain the trust of all stakeholders in various countries and regions, by responding to their needs and expectations, in order to achieve sustainable growth as a corporate group.

The Group embodied this concept to establish its Corporate Philosophy "Our Five Commitments." All group employees around the world share and practice this concept by acting according to the "TOSHIBA TEC Group Standard Of Conduct" set up based on the corporate philosophy.

Giving Top Priority to Human Life, Safety and Legal Compliance.

To gain the t rus t of soc iet y whi le developing business activities, the TOSHIBA TEC Group must give top priority to thorough compliance with laws, regulations, social customs and ethics.Thus, a risk compliance structure has been established, making the Group employees around the world thoroughly understand and implement the "TOSHIBA TEC Group Standards Of Conduct," as well as fully covering sales, engineering and production while assigning me as CRO*.

In addition, the TOSHIBA TEC Group improves the quality assurance system on a global basis while striving to provide products and services, which customers can use with confidence, in order to discharge the manufacturer's duty to ensure product safety to prevent accidents, which endanger human life and safety, from occurring.

  • * Chief Risk-Compliance Management Officer

Promoting Business Activities as a Global Enterprise.

The TOSHIBA TEC Group always advances its business activities in consideration of being a "global enterprise."

The Group demonstrates two aspects to be a global enterprise. One is to be willing to fulfill the role as an enterprise toward a better natural environment.

The Group has been working on the environmental plan targeted for fiscal 2012, by giving top pr ior i ty to the conservation and protection of the world's natural resources, in order to build a sustainable society throughout every business process and product. The Group actively works on reducing CO2 emissions as well as environmental impacts in every facet of business activities including development, production and distribution, throughout the world.

The other is to be an enterprise, which recognizes and respects differences in culture, history and customs among countries and regions in the world.

A variety of people with individualities coming from different races, genders and ages live on the earth. The Group strives to develop human resources worthy of being called a "Global Enterprise," while respecting diversity and utilizing human resources by focusing on new ideas, which are created when people with different personalities enlighten each other.

In addition, the Group forges ahead with work style innovation to raise awareness of changes in work methods, and always improve the added value of individuals.

The TOSHIBA TEC Group hopes to contribute to the sustainable growth of society from the aforementioned two aspects.

Achieving Accountability to the Stakeholders.

The TOSHIBA TEC Group is supported by a wide var iety of stakeholders, including customers, shareholders/investors, employees, local communities and suppliers. Through communication opportunities, the TOSHIBA TEC Group commits itself to sincere responses, while trying to attend to stakeholders' interests and disclosing things which must be explained to the stakeholders, on a timely basis.

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