1. Global Alpine

CSR / Environment

CSR Plan / Assessment

CSR Mid-Term Plan

In Fiscal 2007, Alpine defined the issues that it faces concerning CSR and prioritized them, so that each program may be implemented steadily with the PDCA cycle being perpetuated.
Listed below are the main mid-term priority programs, results of these initiatives in Fiscal 2008, and plans for Fiscal 2009.

CSR Management

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Category High Priority
Mid-Term
Items
FY2008 Major Results FY2009 Main
Plans
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Target Results

Corporate governance

Establishment of internal control system relating to financial report

Production of internal control report (completion of compliance with J-SOX in its first year of implementation)

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Achieved initial targets through improvement of nonconformities.

Promote activities toward work rationalization

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Compliance / risk management

Improvement of employees' information security mindset

Implementation of e-learning

Implementation of information protection (encryption)

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Began implementation in Japan.

Implemented PC encryption and promoting data encryption.

Overseas implementation of e-learning

Improve security of confidential data (use of data encryption)

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For the Global Environment

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Category High Priority
Mid-Term
Items
FY2008 Major Results FY2009 Main
Plans
Pages
Numbers
Target Results

Environmentally friendly business site

Reduction of CO2 emissions from business sites (in Japan)

3% Reduction from 2007

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4% Reduction from 2007

14% Reduction from 2007

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Reduction of total waste (in Japan)

15% Reduction from 2007

9% Reduction from 2007

15% Reduction from 2006

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Environmentally conscious logistics

Reduction of CO2 emissions from distribution operations (in Japan)

3% Reduction from 2007

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25% Reduction from 2007

10% Reduction from 2008

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Together with Society

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Category High Priority
Mid-Term
Items
FY2008 Major Results FY2009 Main
Plans
Pages
Numbers
Target Results

As a member of the local community

Cultivation of next-generation personnel in the region

Implementation of hands-on learning

Company open house

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Held “Children's class for making speakers from recycled materials” twice.

Held company open house for employees' families and local residents.

Continuous holding of events related to cultivation of next-generation personnel

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Together with customers

Expansion of contacts with customers and improvement of customer service quality

Provision of problem-solving information to customers through website

Improvement of HP/FAQ corner

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Annual incoming rate: 66%

First-time reply rate: 87%

Erroneous reply rate: 1.6%

Full-scale provision of problem-solving tools to customers

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Together with shareholders / investors

Enhancement of IR information for individual shareholders and activation of shareholders general meeting

Enhancement of individual IR for institutional investors

Easy-to-understand business reports and information disclosure

Improvement of English-language information documents (brief financial report, notice to convene, explanatory information) and implementation of proactive IR

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Used video clips in business result report, improved supplementary information, and renewed information on web pages for investors.

Improved individual IR for institutional investors (visits to offices) and increased frequency.

Fair disclosure of IR information to individual and institutional investors

Implement measures for increasing individual shareholders

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Together with business partners

Efforts for improving supply chain environment

Acquisition of ISO14001 certification by all affiliated overseas manufacturers

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Achieved acquisition of ISO14001 certification by all affiliated overseas manufacturers.

Examine review of self-evaluation sheets for environmental management companies

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Together with employees

Enhancement of employee satisfaction through restructuring of work styles

Implementation of 360-degree survey on management-level employees

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Implemented for management-level employees (survey target employees: 670).

Solved issues at workplaces based on survey results.

Establish personnel vision

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