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Basic฀Policy

Environmental฀Management

Communication

Environmental฀Activities

Contributions฀through฀Technology,฀Products฀and฀Services

Environmental฀Accounting

References

Editorial฀Policy

The฀ JFE฀ Group฀ was฀ formed฀ on฀ September฀ 27,฀ 2002.

This฀ “JFE฀ Environmental฀ Report฀ 2002”฀ is฀ the฀ irst฀publication฀of฀the฀Group.฀The฀performance฀ reporting฀ is฀ based฀ on฀ the฀ environment-related฀ activities฀of฀NKK฀and฀Kawasaki฀Steel฀for฀the฀iscal฀ year฀ended฀฀March฀31,฀2002.

Descriptions฀related฀to฀future฀activities฀are฀based฀ on฀the฀policies฀of฀the฀JFE฀Group.฀In฀future,฀the฀ report฀ will฀ be฀ published฀ annually,฀ summarizing฀ the฀activities฀of฀the฀entire฀JFE฀Group.

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The฀ JFE฀ Group฀ was฀ formed฀ on฀ September฀ 27,฀ 2002฀ to฀ achieve฀ the฀ highest฀ standards฀ of฀ global฀ competitiveness฀ in฀ the฀ areas฀ of฀ steel,฀ engineering,฀ urban฀ development,฀ semiconductors,฀and฀in฀research฀and฀development฀supporting฀ these฀core฀businesses.฀

As฀one฀of฀its฀primary฀activities฀is฀energy-intensive฀steel฀ production,฀JFE฀is฀committed฀to฀managing฀environmental฀ inluence฀ with฀ the฀ utmost฀ care.฀ It฀ applies฀ the฀ highest฀ international฀standards฀in฀dealing฀with฀environmental฀issues฀ related฀to฀air฀and฀water฀quality,฀as฀well฀as฀in฀preventing฀ global฀warming,฀and฀in฀the฀control฀of฀chemical฀substances.฀ In฀doing฀so,฀JFE฀is฀contributing฀to฀the฀creation฀of฀better฀ environment฀with฀its฀steel฀products,฀engineering฀operations,฀ and฀recycling฀activities.฀

With฀the฀establishment฀of฀the฀JFE฀Group,฀environmental฀฀ activities฀will฀remain฀at฀the฀forefront.฀Key฀elements฀of฀our฀ environmental฀philosophy฀are฀as฀follows.

(1)฀฀ Environmental฀issues฀will฀be฀a฀priority฀for฀the฀entire฀ JFE฀Group.

(2)฀฀ Lifecycles฀of฀products฀and฀services฀will฀always฀be฀kept฀ in฀mind.

(3)฀฀ The฀ Group฀ will฀ make฀ direct฀ contributions฀ to฀ the฀ resolution฀of฀environmental฀issues฀through฀its฀business฀ operations.

Our฀ advanced฀ environment-related฀ technologies฀ and฀ know-how,฀ developed฀ over฀ the฀ years,฀ will฀ be฀ employed฀ widely฀ in฀ a฀ comprehensive฀ and฀ synergistic฀ manner฀ in฀ dealing฀ with฀ global฀ environmental฀ issues,฀ resource฀ conservation,฀recycling,฀and฀control฀of฀chemical฀substances.฀

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JFE฀Group฀Outline

The฀JFE฀name฀is฀composed฀of฀the฀letter฀“J”฀for฀Japan,฀“F”฀for฀steel฀(as฀in฀Fe,฀the฀atomic฀symbol฀of฀iron)฀and฀“E”฀for฀engineering.฀The฀ acronym฀can฀also฀be฀thought฀of฀as฀standing฀for฀“Japan฀Future฀Enterprise,฀”฀i.e.,฀a฀futuer-oriented฀Japanese฀business฀group฀centered฀ around฀the฀core฀businesses฀of฀steel฀and฀engineering.฀The฀JFE฀Group฀was฀formed฀through฀the฀consolidation฀of฀NKK฀and฀Kawasaki฀ Steel,฀and฀their฀business฀operations฀will฀be฀reorganized฀into฀ive฀operating฀companies฀in฀April฀2003.

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Furthermore,฀we฀will฀promote฀communication฀with฀society฀ through฀disclosure฀of฀environment-related฀information,฀฀and฀ work฀towards฀building฀a฀future฀society฀in฀harmony฀with฀the฀ environment.฀

The฀JFE฀Group฀will฀continue฀to฀do฀its฀utmost฀full฀potentials฀ of฀฀the฀Group฀to฀achieve฀these฀goals.

To฀demonstrate฀our฀these฀environmental฀commitment,฀the฀฀ JFE฀Group฀complied฀฀“JFE฀Environmental฀Report฀2002”฀in฀ the฀following฀pages.

Thank฀you฀for฀your฀understanding,฀and฀for฀your฀continued฀ support฀ of฀ the฀ environment-related฀ activities฀ of฀ the฀ JFE฀ Group.

Yoichi฀Shimogaichi President,฀JFE฀Holdings,฀Inc. Kanji฀Emoto

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Corporate฀Vision

Environmental฀Philosophy

Environmental฀Policy

Basic฀Policy฀on฀Environmental฀Issues

Basic฀Policy฀on฀

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The฀JFE฀Group฀-฀contributing฀to฀society฀with฀the฀world’s฀most฀

innovative฀technology.

The฀JFE฀Group฀considers฀the฀improvement฀of฀the฀global฀

environment฀to฀be฀of฀utmost฀importance฀for฀management,฀

and฀promotes฀business฀operations฀in฀harmony฀with฀the฀

environment฀to฀create฀a฀prosperous฀society.

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To฀reduce฀environmental฀inl฀uence฀in฀all฀business฀operations.

2 ฀ To฀make฀contributions฀through฀technologies฀and฀products.

3 ฀ To฀make฀contributions฀through฀conservation฀of฀resources฀and฀energy.

4 ฀ To฀promote฀communication฀with฀society.

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Environment-related฀Organization

Environmental฀issues฀are฀principally฀handled฀by฀individual฀works฀in฀JFE฀on฀the฀basis฀of฀the฀Group’s฀environmental฀philosophy.฀ Departments฀in฀charge฀of฀the฀environment฀and฀energy฀in฀each฀works฀deal฀with฀these฀issues฀in฀cooperation฀with฀those฀responsible฀at฀ the฀operating฀company฀level.฀They฀cooperate฀with฀each฀other฀and฀obtain฀current฀information฀on฀the฀trends฀in฀society,฀and฀share฀it฀in฀ the฀Group฀so฀as฀to฀incorporate฀it฀in฀technological฀development฀and฀business฀activities.

Corporate฀Environmental฀Committee

At฀the฀start฀of฀the฀Group,฀JFE฀has฀positioned฀“the฀Environment”฀as฀an฀utmost฀important฀theme฀for฀group฀management.฀The฀ Environmental฀Committee฀is฀chaired฀by฀the฀President฀of฀JFE฀Holdings,฀and฀is฀tasked฀with฀the฀voluntary฀and฀continuous฀resolution฀ of฀environmental฀issues฀to฀improve฀the฀global฀environment.

•฀ Environmental฀communications฀network

฀ Environment-related฀information฀is฀shared฀among฀the฀group฀companies฀through฀the฀use฀of฀electronic฀bulletin฀boards฀and฀other฀ means.

•฀ Supporting฀the฀group฀companies

฀ Support฀is฀provided฀to฀the฀group฀companies฀for฀facilitating฀energy฀conservation฀and฀environmental฀measures฀through฀such฀ means฀as฀introduction฀of฀national฀funding฀and฀advisory฀service฀programs฀for฀supporting฀rational฀use฀and฀conservation฀of฀ energy.

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System฀of฀Environmental฀Management

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JFE฀ will฀ set฀ new฀ objectives฀ based฀ on฀ past฀ performance฀ to฀ make฀ positive฀ contributions฀ to฀

improvement฀in฀the฀global฀environment.

Aims฀of฀the฀JFE฀Group Future฀objectives Activities฀performed฀in฀iscal฀2001

1.฀Environmental฀ management฀and฀ communication

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management -฀ Strengthening฀of฀systems฀and฀raising฀the฀level฀of฀ environmental฀management -฀ Expansion฀of฀green฀procurement฀ in฀the฀entire฀group -฀ Acquisition฀of฀ISO฀14001฀certiication ฀ Nippon฀Kokan฀Koji,฀Kawasaki฀Steel฀Civil฀ Engineering฀&฀Construction,฀Kawasaki฀Steel฀ Container,฀Philippine฀Sinter฀Corp.,฀NKK฀BARS฀&฀ SHAPES -฀ Establishment฀of฀the฀JFE฀Group฀Guideline (2)฀Communication฀with฀ society -฀ Strengthening฀of฀ communication -฀ Information฀disclosure฀by฀environmental฀reports฀ and฀home฀pages -฀ Timely฀information฀furnishing฀by฀in-house฀ magazines -฀ Participation฀in฀trade฀shows฀for฀eco฀products฀ and฀waste฀control -฀ Establishment฀of฀Environment฀&฀Energy฀Liaison฀ Center฀in฀cooperation฀with฀public฀and฀academic฀ sectors (3)฀Promoting฀international฀

cooperation -฀ Contribution฀to฀global฀warming฀prevention฀through฀ Kyoto฀mechanism฀(joint฀ implementation,฀CDM,฀etc.) -฀ Feasibility฀studies฀for฀energy฀conservation฀and฀ environmental฀protection฀in฀China,฀Thailand,฀ Malaysia,฀Brazil,฀etc. (4)฀Environmental฀

accounting -฀ Qualitative฀evaluation฀of฀environmental฀activities -฀ Publication฀of฀environmental฀accounting฀information 2.฀Reduction฀of฀

environmental฀ inluence฀in฀all฀ business฀activities

(1)฀Preventing฀global฀

warming -฀ 4.4%฀reduction฀of฀energy฀consumption฀per฀ton฀of฀steel฀ by฀2010฀(base฀year:฀1995)฀in฀ accordance฀with฀the฀Voluntary฀ Action฀Plan฀by฀Steelmakers -฀ Progressing฀as฀planned (2)฀Promoting฀resource฀ recycling -฀ Increase฀of฀the฀recycling฀rate฀ of฀by-products฀generated฀from฀ production฀processes -฀ Recycling฀of฀wastes฀generated฀ in฀society -฀ Achievement฀of฀the฀recycling฀rate฀of฀99.5%฀in฀ 2001 -฀ Utilization฀of฀waste฀plastics฀of฀980,000฀tons฀as฀BF฀feed -฀ Processing฀of฀520,000฀units฀of฀waste฀appliances (3)฀Protecting฀the฀

environment -฀ Reduction฀of฀the฀use฀of฀PRTR฀substances฀and฀stringent฀control -฀ 80%฀reduction฀of฀benzene฀ emissions฀by฀2003฀(base฀year:฀ 1999) -฀ More฀eficient฀transportation฀of฀ materials฀and฀products -฀ Strengthening฀of฀the฀PRTR฀control฀system฀and฀ establishment฀of฀the฀data฀collection฀system -฀ Achievement฀of฀58%฀reduction฀of฀benzene฀ emissions -฀ Common฀and฀joint฀transportation 3.฀Contribution฀through฀ technologies,฀ products,฀and฀services (1)฀฀R&D฀for฀the฀฀ environment -฀ Development฀of฀revolutionary฀ technologies฀for฀solving฀global฀ environmental฀problems -฀฀Product฀development฀in฀view฀of฀ LCA -฀ Development฀of฀steel฀sheets฀for฀ultra-light฀auto฀ bodies -฀ Development฀of฀road-paving฀technology฀for฀ mitigating฀the฀heat฀island฀effect -฀ Development฀of฀Marine฀Blocks -฀ Development฀of฀Float฀Smelters (2)฀Ecological฀products -฀ Reduction฀of฀social฀

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Development฀of฀Environmental฀Management

JFE฀is฀developing฀environmental฀management฀for฀the฀entire฀group฀

to฀ make฀ maximum฀ use฀ of฀ the฀ characteristics฀ of฀ each฀ operating฀

company฀in฀promoting฀activities฀directed฀towards฀improvement฀of฀

the฀environment.

With฀JFE฀Holdings฀as฀the฀nucleus,฀and฀based฀on฀the฀environmental฀

management฀ systems฀ (EMS)฀ already฀ developed฀ by฀ each฀ works,฀

the฀ JFE฀ Environmental฀ Committee฀ composed฀ by฀ the฀ operating฀

companies,฀ and฀ each฀ operating฀ company’s฀ environmental฀

committee,฀cooperate฀with฀each฀other฀to฀conduct฀management฀on฀

the฀following฀points.

฀ (1)฀฀To฀improve฀the฀performance฀of฀EMS฀of฀the฀group฀companies,฀and฀support฀their฀energy฀

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conservation฀activities.

฀ (2)฀฀To฀share฀environmental฀information.

฀ (3)฀ To฀perform฀mutual฀internal฀auditing.

Voluntary฀and฀Continuous฀Activities฀on฀Environmental฀Issues

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(examples฀in฀steelworks)

Environmental฀policy Environmental฀activity Remark

Environmental฀conservation฀ activities

Reduction฀of฀air฀pollutant฀emissions

Reduction฀of฀wastewater฀load Control฀of฀chemical฀substances

Reduction฀of฀NOx฀emissions

Reduction฀of฀frequency฀of฀dust฀discharge Reduction฀of฀COD฀load

Reduction฀of฀toxic฀substance฀emissions Conservation฀of฀energy฀and฀

resources,฀and฀recycling

Promotion฀of฀conservation฀of฀energy

Promotion฀of฀recycling

Use฀as฀alternative฀materials Promotion฀of฀paperless฀operations

Identiication฀of฀energy฀conserving฀items฀ and฀early฀achievement

Energy฀conserving฀diagnosis BF฀feeding฀of฀waste฀plastics฀ Effective฀use฀of฀sludge฀generated฀by฀ wastewater฀treatment

BF฀feeding฀of฀waste฀plastics Reduction฀of฀copying฀volume Increase฀of฀waste฀paper฀recycling Improvement฀of฀community฀

environment

Enhancement฀of฀environmental฀ awareness

Promotion฀of฀community฀environment฀ conservation฀activities

Contribution฀to฀community’s฀problems฀on฀ wastes

Increase฀and฀maintenance฀of฀planted฀areas Environmental฀education

Public฀road฀cleaning Promotion฀of฀no-car฀day

Promotion฀of฀automobile฀idling฀stop BF฀feeding฀of฀waste฀plastics฀

Increase฀of฀planted฀areas฀in฀each฀works Implementation฀of฀education฀for฀each฀level฀ of฀employees

Deliberation฀on฀the฀global฀ environment

Assistance฀to฀developing฀countries฀on฀ environmental฀technologies฀

Acceptance฀of฀overseas฀trainees

Environmental฀Management฀System฀(EMS)฀:฀฀A฀ management฀ mechanism฀ for฀ minimizing฀ the฀ effects฀ of฀ business฀ activities฀ on฀ the฀ environment฀ by฀ establishing฀ environmental฀ policy,฀ making฀ plans฀ based฀ on฀ this฀ policy,฀ implementing฀the฀plan,฀checking฀the฀progress,฀and฀reviewing฀such฀plans,฀thus฀voluntarily฀ and฀continuously฀make฀improvements.

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Green฀Purchasing

Guidelines฀have฀been฀established฀throughout฀the฀Group฀for฀green฀purchasing฀of฀ components฀and฀raw฀materials฀for฀production฀as฀well฀as฀ofi฀ce฀supplies.

Outline฀of฀the฀guidelines

•฀ To฀fully฀investigate฀the฀required฀amount฀to฀minimize฀volume฀of฀purchases. •฀ To฀consider฀environmental฀inl฀uence฀during฀the฀entire฀life฀cycle฀of฀the฀i฀nal฀

product,฀in฀addition฀to฀price,฀quality,฀and฀delivery฀date.

•฀ To฀request฀suppliers฀to฀give฀environmental฀consideration฀on฀a฀daily฀basis,฀and฀ cooperate฀with฀them.

฀ Examples:฀ Recycled฀oil,฀solvent฀containers,฀packaging฀materials,฀electric฀ ฀ ฀ ฀ vehicles,฀natural฀gas฀vehicles,฀hybrid฀vehicles,฀etc.

Environmental฀Education

JFE฀conducts฀environmental฀education฀at฀every฀level฀of฀employees฀as฀a฀means฀of฀deepening฀their฀understanding฀of฀the฀environment,฀ and฀to฀ensure฀that฀environmental฀consideration฀is฀a฀part฀of฀the฀job฀of฀individual฀employee.฀Environmental฀education฀is฀given฀to฀new฀ employees,฀and฀is฀also฀a฀part฀of฀the฀training฀programs฀required฀for฀promotion฀within฀the฀company.฀This฀education฀includes฀such฀ points฀as฀social฀trends฀related฀to฀environmental฀problems,฀the฀signii฀cance฀of฀the฀environment฀to฀JFE฀and฀measures฀being฀taken,฀ responsibility฀of฀employees,฀and฀the฀importance฀of฀environmental฀management.฀In฀accordance฀with฀the฀annual฀schedule,฀each฀ works฀periodically฀conducts฀environmental฀education฀as฀a฀part฀of฀the฀environmental฀management฀system฀for฀general฀employees,฀ and฀for฀employees฀engaged฀in฀specii฀c฀tasks.

Environment฀Month฀Activities

As฀part฀of฀the฀environmental฀management฀system,฀JFE฀has฀established฀“Environment฀Month”฀in฀June฀of฀each฀year.฀Activities฀during฀ the฀month฀include฀conferences฀with฀environmental฀monitors฀of฀the฀community,฀cleanup฀of฀private฀roads฀in฀the฀works฀and฀public฀ roads,฀group฀study฀by฀personnel฀in฀charge฀of฀environmental฀management฀systems,฀and฀practice฀in฀preparation฀for฀environmental฀ emergency.฀Top฀management฀participates฀in฀these฀activities฀to฀raise฀the฀level฀of฀environmental฀awareness฀of฀all฀employees.฀During฀ Environment฀Month฀this฀year,฀a฀contest฀to฀create฀environment-related฀slogans฀was฀held,฀producing฀453฀responses.฀The฀following฀ were฀selected฀as฀winning฀slogans.

฀ •฀ Let’s฀pursue฀Eco฀Life฀for฀building฀a฀better฀environment฀for฀the฀future.

฀ •฀ The฀Earth฀is฀a฀treasure฀for฀all฀human฀beings฀-฀let’s฀protect฀the฀environment฀for฀pleasant฀living. ฀ •฀ Reconsider฀before฀throwing฀away.฀Resources฀are฀limited:฀wisdom฀unlimited.

฀ •฀ Don’t฀think฀energy฀is฀limitless.฀Let’s฀recycle฀and฀be฀friendly฀to฀the฀Earth.

In฀the฀Ofi฀ce

Conservation฀and฀recycling฀of฀energy฀and฀resources฀are฀being฀promoted฀at฀ all฀of฀the฀JFE’s฀ofi฀ces฀through฀such฀activities฀as฀the฀use฀of฀recycled฀paper,฀ the฀paperless฀ofi฀ce฀operation,฀and฀power฀and฀water฀saving฀as฀a฀means฀of฀ raising฀the฀level฀of฀environmental฀awareness฀among฀employees.฀The฀Global฀ Warming฀ Prevention฀ Plan฀ has฀ been฀ established฀ for฀ NKK’s฀ head฀ ofi฀ce฀ building฀in฀accordance฀with฀the฀Tokyo฀metropolitan฀ordinance,฀aiming฀at฀ achieving฀1%฀reduction฀of฀CO2฀emissions฀during฀the฀period฀of฀2001฀to฀2004฀

by฀the฀measures฀listed฀to฀the฀right.

•฀ Indoor฀temperature฀management฀and฀฀ ฀ dressing฀light฀for฀summer

•฀ Introduction฀of฀energy-efi฀cient฀PCs •฀ Reduction฀of฀the฀amount฀of฀lighting

•฀ Use฀of฀motor฀vehicles฀with฀low฀fuel฀consumption •฀ Separate฀collection฀of฀refuse

•฀ Use฀of฀recycled฀paper

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Environmental฀Auditing

In฀order฀to฀implement฀a฀high-quality฀environmental฀management฀system,฀ it฀is฀important฀to฀understand฀whether฀the฀system฀is฀operating฀appropriately,฀ and฀ whether฀ performance฀ is฀ being฀ continually฀ improved.฀At฀ JFE,฀ in฀ addition฀to฀external฀inspection฀by฀certii฀cation฀authorities,฀employees฀ experienced฀ in฀ environment-related฀ work฀ such฀ as฀ environmental฀ and฀ energy฀management฀participates฀in฀internal฀auditing.฀Also,฀the฀training฀of฀ in-house฀environmental฀inspectors฀is฀being฀promoted.฀Teams฀of฀employees฀ led฀by฀external฀experts฀carry฀out฀internal฀auditing฀in฀JFE฀in฀order฀to฀ensure฀ transparency฀ in฀ inspection.฀ Issues฀ pointed฀ out฀ by฀ internal฀ or฀ external฀ auditing฀are฀used฀as฀a฀basis฀for฀revising฀and฀continuously฀improving฀the฀ system,฀taking฀into฀account฀the฀changes฀in฀the฀surrounding฀conditions.

Status฀of฀the฀JFE฀Environmental฀Management฀System

JFE฀aims฀at฀developing฀a฀comprehensive฀environmental฀management฀system฀based฀on฀its฀environmental฀philosophy.฀As฀such,฀it฀is฀ promoting฀voluntary฀and฀continuous฀environmental฀activities฀by฀each฀company฀in฀the฀JFE฀Group฀based฀on฀ISO฀14001฀certii฀cation.฀ All฀the฀works฀that฀are฀going฀to฀be฀assigned฀to฀the฀operating฀companies฀as฀of฀April฀2003฀have฀already฀obtained฀ISO฀14001฀ certii฀cation.

ISO฀14001฀Certii฀cation

JFE

Keihin฀Works Mizushima฀Works Fukuyama฀Works

Certii฀ed฀in: May฀1997 Oct.฀1997 Mar.฀1998

Chiba฀Works฀(including฀Nishinomiya฀District) Chita฀Works

Engineering฀Division

Certii฀ed฀in: Jul.฀ 1998 Jul.฀ 1999 Dec.฀1999

Afi฀liated฀companies

Kawasaki฀Microelectronics Kawatetsu฀Mining

Kawatetsu฀Transportation฀&฀Technology Kawasaki฀Refractories

ADCHEMCO NK฀KANKYO NKK฀MATERIAL

NKK฀DESIGN฀&฀ENGINEERING Korei฀Kiko

KOKAN฀DRUM

Oct.฀1997 Jul.฀ 1998 Jul.฀ 1998 Apr.฀1999 Jul.฀ 1999 Dec.฀1999 Jan.฀ 2000 Feb.฀2000 Feb.฀2000 Mar.฀2000

NKK฀MARINE฀&฀LOGISTICS

Kawasaki฀Steel฀Metal฀Products฀&฀Engineering Kawasho฀

NKK฀Unics Nippon฀Kokan฀Koji

Kawasaki฀Steel฀Civil฀Engineering฀&฀Construction Philippine฀Sinter฀Corporation

NKK฀Environmental฀Service Kawasaki฀Steel฀Container NKK฀BARS฀&฀SHAPES

Mar.฀2000 Dec.฀2000 Dec.฀2000 Feb.฀2001 Jun.฀2001 Oct.฀2001 Nov.฀2001 Dec.฀2001 Jan.฀ 2002 Mar.฀2002

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Communication฀with฀Society

JFE฀ is฀ concerned฀ to฀ raise฀ the฀ level฀ of฀ environmental฀ awareness฀ among฀ the฀ society฀ through฀

communication.฀Such฀communication฀is฀also฀aimed฀at฀increasing฀the฀awareness฀of฀managers฀

and฀employees฀within฀the฀Group,฀and฀deepening฀the฀mutual฀understanding฀between฀operating฀

divisions.

Coexistence฀with฀Local฀Communities

JFE฀ has฀ agreements฀ for฀ environmental฀ protection฀ with฀ local฀ authorities฀ (prefectures฀and฀cities)฀in฀the฀region฀in฀which฀its฀works฀are฀located฀on฀such฀ points฀as฀the฀air฀and฀water฀quality,฀noise,฀and฀wastes฀discharge.฀These฀agreements฀ are฀sometimes฀in฀accordance฀with฀strict฀national฀legal฀requirements,฀however฀ in฀some฀cases฀they฀focus฀on฀regional฀environmental฀protection฀not฀covered฀by฀ national฀requirements.฀Agreements฀on฀forestation฀with฀local฀authorities฀focus฀on฀ the฀establishment฀of฀planted฀areas฀and฀their฀maintenance฀through฀the฀activities฀ of฀individual฀works฀in฀order฀to฀protect฀regional฀scenery,฀absorb฀CO2,฀and฀ensure฀

environmental฀protection฀in฀terms฀of฀reducing฀soot,฀dust,฀and฀noise.

Opening฀the฀Works฀to฀the฀Public

JFE฀holds฀open-house฀events฀at฀its฀works฀annually฀for฀entertaining฀the฀general฀public฀in฀each฀region.฀Visitor฀centers฀have฀been฀ established฀at฀steelworks฀to฀have฀better฀understanding฀of฀the฀public฀on฀steelworks฀and฀steel฀production.฀Guided฀plant฀tours฀are฀ conducted฀for฀school฀children฀as฀well฀as฀for฀interested฀groups฀within฀the฀surrounding฀communities.฀Recycling฀of฀empty฀cans,฀ and฀voluntary฀cleanup฀activities,฀are฀carried฀out฀by฀the฀employees฀in฀the฀areas฀in฀which฀the฀works฀are฀located.฀Kenaf,฀a฀plant฀with฀ considerable฀environmental฀beneits,฀is฀being฀cultivated฀at฀some฀works฀as฀a฀means฀of฀furthering฀the฀environmental฀awareness฀of฀ individual฀employees.

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Links฀with฀the฀Wider฀Society

Environment-related฀Support฀and฀Assistance

The฀Kawasaki฀Steel฀21st฀Century฀Foundation฀established฀in฀1990฀makes฀social฀contributions฀by฀providing฀inancial฀assistance฀to฀ research฀and฀development,฀and฀works฀towards฀establishing฀harmonious฀relations฀of฀the฀steel฀industry฀with฀society฀and฀culture.฀ The฀Foundation฀is฀also฀providing฀assistance฀to฀the฀development฀of฀materials฀for฀solar฀cells,฀which฀are฀expected฀to฀make฀a฀large฀ contribution฀to฀the฀reduction฀of฀CO2฀emissions฀by฀using฀natural฀energy.

Furthermore,฀it฀has฀prepared฀educational฀resources฀on฀steel฀materials฀in฀Japanese฀and฀English,฀and฀presented฀them฀to฀a฀number฀of฀ universities฀both฀within฀Japan฀and฀overseas฀for฀introducing฀Japanese฀steel฀technologies฀that฀incorporate฀advanced฀environmental฀ and฀energy-conserving฀measures.฀These฀resources฀are฀also฀available฀through฀its฀home฀page.

฀ URL฀:฀http://www.kawasaki-steel-21st-cf.or.jp/

Participation฀in฀the฀Kanagawa฀Riverhead฀Forest฀Partnership

JFE฀considers฀the฀restoration฀of฀healthy฀water฀circulation฀and฀management฀of฀forest฀areas฀to฀be฀of฀ the฀utmost฀importance.฀As฀a฀water฀user,฀it฀has฀become฀a฀member฀of฀the฀Kanagawa฀Riverhead฀Forest฀ Partnership,฀which฀is฀a฀part฀of฀Kanagawa฀Forest฀Conservation฀Program฀for฀Water฀Resource฀Regions฀ initiated฀by฀the฀Government฀of฀Kanagawa฀Prefecture.

Cooperation฀with฀NPO฀in฀Oceanographic฀Survey

JFE,฀together฀with฀NKK฀MARINE฀&฀LOGISTICS฀CORPORATION,฀cooperates฀with฀the฀NPO฀“VOS฀Nippon”฀in฀voluntary฀ oceanographic฀survey฀activities.฀These฀activities฀involve฀the฀installation฀of฀automatic฀surface฀water฀monitoring฀equipment฀aboard฀ the฀ocean฀going฀vessels฀operated฀by฀NKK฀MARINE฀&฀LOGISTICS.฀Data฀is฀collected฀by฀VOS฀Nippon฀each฀time฀a฀vessel฀returns฀ to฀Japan฀from฀a฀voyage฀in฀open฀seas,฀and฀made฀available฀to฀interested฀researchers.

Cooperative฀Research฀Activities฀for฀the฀Environment฀and฀Energy฀by฀Multiple฀Sectors

The฀ Environment฀ &฀ Energy฀ Liaison฀ Center฀ was฀ established฀ in฀ 2001.฀This฀center฀contributes฀towards฀the฀creation฀of฀new฀ideas฀and฀ concepts฀for฀environmental฀business฀activities,฀and฀acts฀as฀a฀core฀ for฀integrating฀private฀sectors,฀public฀authorities,฀academics,฀and฀ local฀organizations฀for฀promoting฀research฀and฀development฀on฀ the฀environment฀and฀energy.฀It฀also฀acts฀as฀a฀transmission฀source฀ of฀relevant฀information.฀It฀currently฀sponsors฀the฀Environment฀and฀ Energy฀Network฀Research฀Committee฀comprised฀of฀the฀businesses฀ operating฀ in฀ the฀ Keihin฀ Coastal฀Area฀ for฀ promoting฀ resource฀ circulation฀among฀different฀types฀of฀industries.

Website฀for฀Environmental฀Information

This฀website฀is฀the฀irst฀in฀the฀industry฀to฀be฀created฀for฀the฀express฀purpose฀of฀providing฀environmental฀solutions฀useful฀to฀ society.฀As฀such,฀it฀provides฀a฀wide฀range฀of฀information฀on฀matters฀related฀to฀the฀environment฀and฀energy,฀and฀is฀designed฀to฀be฀a฀ comprehensive฀source฀for฀information฀in฀these฀ields.

It฀also฀provides฀a฀forum฀for฀bilateral฀communication฀between฀parties฀concerned฀with฀the฀environment฀for฀making฀a฀contribution฀to฀ improvement฀of฀the฀environment.

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Environmental฀issues฀are฀a฀matter฀of฀common฀concern฀for฀every฀country฀in฀the฀world.฀As฀such,฀

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world,฀as฀well฀as฀providing฀technological฀assistance฀and฀operational฀guidance฀to฀ensure฀that฀

technologies฀and฀knowledge฀accumulated฀in฀the฀Group฀are฀used฀for฀environmental฀protection฀

on฀an฀international฀scale.

In฀preparation฀for฀activation฀of฀the฀Kyoto฀Mechanism,฀JFE฀actively฀utilizes฀inancial฀support฀

programs฀such฀as฀those฀provided฀by฀NEDO฀to฀model฀projects฀to฀rationalize฀energy฀use,฀and฀

feasibility฀study฀(FS)฀for฀joint฀implementation฀of฀projects฀to฀reduce฀greenhouse฀gas฀emissions,฀as฀

well฀as฀those฀provided฀by฀JETRO฀to฀basic฀study฀on฀a฀project฀to฀protect฀the฀global฀environment฀or฀

to฀vitalize฀industrial฀plants฀in฀overseas฀countries.

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Primary฀ environmental฀ inluence฀ is฀ waste฀ generation,฀ energy฀ consumption,฀and฀the฀use฀of฀chemical฀substances฀in฀building฀ ships,฀ steel฀ structures,฀ and฀ machinery,฀ as฀ well฀ as฀ the฀ waste฀ generation฀in฀on-site฀construction.

Since฀ISO฀14001฀certiication฀in฀1999,฀the฀EMS฀has฀produced฀ many฀beneits฀through฀a฀variety฀of฀activities฀for฀reducing฀industrial฀ and฀ ofice฀ wastes,฀ and฀ conserving฀ energy฀ consumption,฀ and฀ through฀fabrication฀and฀construction฀conducted฀in฀consideration฀ of฀the฀environment. Environmental฀inluence Achievement฀in฀2001 Wastes Fabrication฀ sector Reduction฀of฀30%฀from฀the฀1998฀ level฀was฀achieved฀through฀wastes฀ suppression,฀and฀separate฀collection฀ and฀recycling. Construction฀ sector The฀inal฀landill฀disposal฀rate฀of฀wastes฀ from฀construction฀sites฀was฀reduced฀ to฀30%฀from฀60%฀in฀1999฀through฀ separate฀collection฀and฀recycling. Energy Fabrication฀ sector Reduction฀of฀1%฀from฀the฀1997฀level฀ was฀achieved฀through฀energy-saving฀ plant฀lighting฀systems฀power฀supply฀cut฀ to฀unused฀machinery,฀energy-saving฀ patrol,฀and฀improved฀operation฀mode฀ of฀compressors.

Urban฀Development

In฀planning฀a฀condominium,฀site฀characteristics฀are฀carefully฀ considered,฀and฀much฀importance฀is฀placed฀on฀harmony฀with฀the฀ surroundings฀in฀terms฀of฀layout,฀structure,฀color,฀and฀outdoor฀ vegetation.฀ Materials฀ and฀ appliances฀ used฀ are฀ selected฀ in฀ consideration฀of฀environmental฀values.

Microelectronics

Since฀ISO฀14001฀certiication฀in฀1997,฀the฀EMS฀at฀the฀Utsunomiya฀ Plant฀has฀produced฀many฀beneits฀through฀reduction฀in฀substances฀ responsible฀for฀environmental฀inluence,฀conservation฀of฀energy฀and฀ resources,฀and฀reduction฀and฀recycling฀of฀wastes.฀Of฀particular฀note฀ was฀the฀waste฀recycling฀rate฀of฀98%฀achieved฀in฀2001. COD฀:฀ Chemical฀Oxygen฀Demand.฀The฀amount฀of฀oxygen฀required฀to฀chemically฀oxidize฀and฀stabilize฀pollutants฀in฀water.฀An฀indicator฀used฀ to฀express฀the฀degree฀of฀water฀pollution. SS฀:฀Suspended฀Substances฀in฀water.฀Also฀refers฀to฀the฀amount฀of฀suspended฀substances. SPM฀:฀ Suspended฀Particulate฀Matter.฀Particulate฀matter฀with฀a฀diameter฀of฀less฀than฀10µm฀(1µm฀=฀1/1,000mm).฀Particles฀of฀this฀size฀remain฀ suspended฀in฀the฀air,฀and฀are฀accumulated฀in฀lungs฀and฀air฀tubes฀when฀inhaled. 2000 2001 Input฀amount฀of฀resources ฀ Coal฀ (million฀tons) ฀ Iron฀ore฀ (million฀tons) ฀ Industrial฀water฀ (million฀tons)

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Global฀warming฀is฀an฀important฀problem฀that฀is฀deeply฀related฀with฀the฀activities฀of฀all฀in฀society,฀

including฀the฀business฀sector.฀Japan฀has฀developed฀measures฀to฀deal฀with฀global฀warming,฀in฀

particular฀the฀Guideline฀of฀Measures฀to฀Prevent฀Global฀Warming,฀and฀ratiied฀the฀Kyoto฀Protocol฀

in฀June฀2002.฀The฀Japanese฀target฀of฀6%฀for฀reduction฀in฀greenhouse฀gases฀as฀speciied฀in฀the฀

Kyoto฀Protocol฀is฀of฀considerable฀severity฀in฀comparison฀to฀that฀of฀the฀EU,฀which฀is฀able฀to฀look฀

forward฀to฀conversion฀to฀new฀energy฀sources฀and฀the฀beneits฀of฀integration฀with฀the฀former฀

Eastern฀Block฀nations.฀In฀resolving฀these฀problems,฀the฀role฀of฀technology฀will฀be฀of฀utmost฀

importance.

JFE฀will฀deal฀with฀the฀problem฀of฀global฀warming,฀employing฀its฀world-top฀level฀expertise฀and฀

potentiality฀in฀technological฀development.

Measures฀Taken฀by฀Industry

Voluntary฀Environmental฀Action฀Plan฀by฀Japan฀Business฀Federation

Japan฀Business฀Federation฀(Nippon฀Keidanren)฀฀established฀the฀Voluntary฀Action฀Plan฀in฀1997.฀The฀plan฀sets฀a฀target฀to฀reduce฀CO2฀

emissions฀in฀the฀industrial฀and฀energy฀conversion฀sectors฀to฀the฀1990฀levels฀by฀the฀year฀2010.฀The฀Federation’s฀follow-up฀for฀the฀ plan฀reports฀that฀progress฀is฀on฀track฀to฀achieve฀the฀target.

Voluntary฀Measures฀by฀the฀Steel฀Industry

The฀Japan฀Iron฀and฀Steel฀Federation฀established฀its฀Voluntary฀Action฀Plan฀Concerning฀the฀Steel฀Industry’s฀Environmental฀ Protection฀in฀December฀1996.฀The฀plan฀sets฀a฀target฀to฀reduce฀energy฀consumption฀by฀10%฀in฀comparison฀to฀the฀1990฀level฀by฀the฀ year฀2010.฀Later,฀a฀further฀1.5%฀reduction฀was฀added฀to฀this฀target฀by฀increasing฀waste฀plastics฀injection฀into฀blast฀furnace,฀subject฀ to฀improvements฀in฀the฀collection฀system.฀In฀order฀to฀reach฀this฀target,฀the฀achievement฀is฀investigated฀annually฀and฀reported฀to฀the฀ government฀council.฀By฀2000,฀efforts฀had฀resulted฀in฀a฀reduction฀of฀6.1%฀in฀energy฀consumption฀in฀comparison฀to฀the฀1990฀level,฀ indicating฀that฀measures฀taken฀by฀each฀steelmaker,฀such฀as฀improvements฀in฀eficiency฀in฀production฀equipment฀and฀improvements฀ in฀operating฀techniques,฀are฀bearing฀fruit.

Guideline฀of฀Measures฀to฀Prevent฀Global฀Warming฀:฀The฀Japanese฀government฀has฀developed฀a฀package฀of฀more฀than฀100฀measures฀ to฀provide฀a฀general฀framework฀for฀practical฀measures฀to฀implement฀a฀6%฀reduction฀in฀the฀emissions฀of฀greenhouse฀gases฀in฀comparison฀ to฀the฀1990฀level.฀The฀basic฀policy฀is฀the฀coexistence฀of฀the฀environment฀and฀the฀economy,฀step-by-step฀approach฀in฀promoting฀the฀ countermeasures,฀uniied฀promotion฀of฀the฀measures฀both฀across฀the฀sectors฀and฀within฀each฀sector,฀and฀international฀cooperation฀in฀ implementing฀measures฀against฀global฀warming.฀This฀guideline฀will฀be฀evaluated฀and฀reviewed฀in฀2004฀and฀2007.

PJ,฀GJ฀:฀J฀(Joules)฀is฀a฀unit฀of฀heat.฀P฀(Peta)฀represents฀1015_{,฀and฀G฀(Giga)฀represents฀10}9_.

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JFE฀Environmental฀Report

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Basic฀Policy

Environmental฀Management

Communication

Environmental฀Activities

Contributions฀through฀Technology,฀Products฀and฀Services

Environmental฀Accounting

References

Contents

Editorial฀Policy

Towards฀the฀Sustainable฀Growth

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Corporate฀Vision

Environmental฀Philosophy

Environmental฀Policy

Basic฀Policy฀on฀Environmental฀Issues

The฀JFE฀Group฀-฀contributing฀to฀society฀with฀the฀world’s฀most฀

innovative฀technology.

The฀JFE฀Group฀considers฀the฀improvement฀of฀the฀global฀

environment฀to฀be฀of฀utmost฀importance฀for฀management,฀

and฀promotes฀business฀operations฀in฀harmony฀with฀the฀

environment฀to฀create฀a฀prosperous฀society.

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To฀reduce฀environmental฀inl฀uence฀in฀all฀business฀operations.

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฀ To฀make฀contributions฀through฀technologies฀and฀products.

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฀ To฀make฀contributions฀through฀conservation฀of฀resources฀and฀energy.

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฀ To฀promote฀communication฀with฀society.

Environment-related฀Organization

Corporate฀Environmental฀Committee

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System฀of฀Environmental฀Management

JFE฀ will฀ set฀ new฀ objectives฀ based฀ on฀ past฀ performance฀ to฀ make฀ positive฀ contributions฀ to฀

improvement฀in฀the฀global฀environment.

Development฀of฀Environmental฀Management

JFE฀is฀developing฀environmental฀management฀for฀the฀entire฀group฀

to฀ make฀ maximum฀ use฀ of฀ the฀ characteristics฀ of฀ each฀ operating฀

company฀in฀promoting฀activities฀directed฀towards฀improvement฀of฀

the฀environment.

With฀JFE฀Holdings฀as฀the฀nucleus,฀and฀based฀on฀the฀environmental฀

management฀ systems฀ (EMS)฀ already฀ developed฀ by฀ each฀ works,฀

the฀ JFE฀ Environmental฀ Committee฀ composed฀ by฀ the฀ operating฀

companies,฀ and฀ each฀ operating฀ company’s฀ environmental฀

committee,฀cooperate฀with฀each฀other฀to฀conduct฀management฀on฀

the฀following฀points.

฀ (1)฀฀To฀improve฀the฀performance฀of฀EMS฀of฀the฀group฀companies,฀and฀support฀their฀energy฀

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฀ (2)฀฀To฀share฀environmental฀information.

฀ (3)฀ To฀perform฀mutual฀internal฀auditing.

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