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Message from the President

Basic Environmental Policy

Unitika named 1993 an Environmental first year, when we enacted the Unitika Global Environment Charter, consisting of our pledge, basic philosophy and action guidelines. Since then, we have complied with this Charter to ensure that our corporate management methods are environmentally aware, working on a range of environmental activities.

Unitika Global Environment Charter

The growth and development of mankind is rapidly altering our planet's air, water and soil, threatening both the global biosphere and our own future, since both must depend on a finite ecosystem. As a corporation with more than a century of business activities contributing to the public good, we are highly aware of the demanding conditions now facing the global environment. The Charter is the declaration of our intention to focus more attention on protecting and helping the environment, making appropriate environmental action the core of our business activities.

Basic Philosophy

Better living through technology, driven by corporate activities that help humans and nature coexist.

Action Guidelines

1 Continual awareness of the global environment The Unitika Group always considers the effects of our corporate activities on the global environment, following a rigorous set of management procedures during product manufacture to prevent harm to it.
2 Contributing through technology development We aggressively research and develop technologies to protect and help the global environment.
3 Using resources and
energy efficiently
We promote efficient use of resources and energy, and recycle limited resources.
4 Carrying out PR and educational activities We organize a large number of PR activities that provide information on protecting and helping the global environment, and promote a wide range of educational events.
5 Drawing on the complete range of Unitika Group competencies Following the mandates of the Charter, we draw on our complete range of competencies to protect and help the global environment.

Topics

1st Unitika Squid Fishing Festival
Participants clean up port
The 1st Unitika Squid Fishing Festival was held on Sunday, October 18, 2009, in Arita, a fishing port in Kushimoto, Wakayama Prefecture. The festival featured a lure fishing competition and was well attended by local anglers who competed for the best catch.
After the competition, all the participants joined together to clean up the port to help maintain the local environment for all anglers.

*More details regarding the event are available from the website below:
Unitika Fishing Land website
http://www.unitika.co.jp/fishing/
(in Japanese only)