Commendation

The following is a list of major awards Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage Corporation Group won in FY2019. We received high evaluations on our environmental activities in Japan and abroad.

Kaga Toshiba Electronics Co., Ltd. has received the Publicity Award in the Education and Social Activities area of the "13th Ishikawa Eco Design Award 2023". The Ishikawa Eco Design Award recognizes outstanding products, services, educational and social activities from Ishikawa that lead to the realization of a sustainable society, including carbon neutrality (measures to combat global warming), coexistence with nature such as preservation of satoyama and satoumi, resource recycling (3R), and information dissemination and partnership (participation and international efforts) for environmental conservation. The awards are given in recognition of outstanding "products," "services," "education," and "social activities" from Ishikawa that lead to the realization of a sustainable society.

The content of this year's award is "Mysterious Material that Manipulates Electricity!? An environmental visiting lectures for elementary school students using semiconductors. Kaga Toshiba and other Toshiba Device & Storage Group manufacturing sites in Japan have been continuously giving "Environmental visiting lectures" to local elementary schools to raise awareness of environmental issues that have a great impact on people's lives, such as climate change, to the children who will lead the future. Specifically, through the introduction of semiconductors and other technologies that contribute to solving social issues and various initiatives in an easy-to-understand manner, we provide an opportunity for children to learn while having fun, to think about how they can contribute to environmental issues and society as a member of society, and to take action.

Japan Semiconductor Corporation Oita-Operations received the "FY2022 Energy Conservation Grand Prize (Supported by Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry) Energy Conservation Center Chairman's Award" from the Energy Conservation Center, Japan. As a Japanese semiconductor manufacturing company, Japan Semiconductor Cor. has been producing high-performance semiconductors for 50 years, sticking to "Made in Japan" in spite of the rapidly changing competitive environment worldwide. The company assesses the environmental impact of all business processes, including biodiversity, and sets environmental goals related to reducing environmental impact and preventing pollution, and all employees are actively implementing environmental measures. We received the Energy Conservation Center Chairman's Award in the energy conservation case study category for its energy conservation activities by optimizing steam supply within the works.

Theme: Energy-saving activities through optimization of steam supply in the operations
The Oita-Operations manufactures analog semiconductors for in-vehicle use and is a designated Type 1 energy management factory, using 80,241 kiloliters of energy per year in crude oil equivalent. Since electricity accounts for more than 90% of the energy used, energy-saving efforts have been focused on reducing electricity consumption, but this time, energy-saving efforts are being focused on city gas consumption, which is equivalent to 5,689 kiloliters of crude oil per year.

Japan Semiconductor Corporation's Oita Operations received the "Incentive Award" at the 11th Career Education Awards
The Career Education Awards were established by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry in 2010 to encourage, promote and disseminate outstanding educational support initiatives and activities by industry.
Since 2004, Japan Semiconductor Corporation's Oita Operations has been involved in a project to support the formation of career plans by learning from semiconductor manufacturing. The project consists of programs that respond to the growth of children's learning, with semiconductors as the key, and offers programs that support the meaning of work and learning for a wide range of ages, from hands-on classes for elementary school students to internships for high school and university students.

Japan Semiconductor Corporation's Iwate Operations received the “FY2021 Minister of the Environment Award for Achievement in Community Environmental Beautification”
The Ministry of the Environment awards the "Commendations for Contributions in Environmental Conservation," "Commendation for Merits for Community Environmental Conservation," and "Commendation for Merits for Community Environmental Beautification," respectively, to persons or organizations that have made outstanding achievements in environmental conservation, community environmental conservation, and community environmental beautification.
Since 1993, Japan Semiconductor Corporation has conducted an annual volunteer cleanup program at its Iwate Operations (Kitakami City), in which employees, their families, and company employees stationed on the premises clean up city streets and parks. These activities were recognized for their contribution to the beautification of the local environment.

Japan Semiconductor Corporation's Iwate Operations received the "FY2020 Minister of the Environment's Award for Achievement in Promoting a Recycling-based Society"
The "Minister of the Environment's Award for Achievement in Promoting a Recycling-based Society" was established by the Ministry of the Environment in FY2006 to honor individuals, companies, and organizations that have made outstanding achievements in reducing the amount of waste generated (reduce), reusing (reuse), and appropriately promoting recycling (recycle), and to honor their achievements in order to help promote the formation of a recycling-oriented society.
At Japan Semiconductor Corporation's Iwate Operations, initiatives to "reduce the use of chemicals for wastewater treatment," "reduce wastewater treatment sludge," "reduce the use of chemicals for manufacturing," and "educate employees through various environmental activities" are carried out. This award was presented to the company for its significant contribution to the formation of a recycling-oriented society in the region.

Japan Semiconductor Corporation

Japan Semiconductor Corporation has now won awards four years in a row, having previously received the Incentive Award, Excellence Award, and the Minister of Environment Award at the same awards ceremony. As activities to educate employees, we are working to improve employees' environmental awareness through various initiatives such as setting energy-saving months (power facility tours, etc.) and holding idea recipe contests using ingredients that are usually discarded. Also, in collaboration with the Tohoku ESD Forum and Iwate University, and various bodies as represented by environmental education workshops for elementary school students, we are training environment-orientated human resources through contributing to society and communication with people outside the Group.

Excellent Enterprise Award for Environmental Human Resource Development: This award ceremony is sponsored by the Ministry of the Environment and the Environmental Human Resources Development Consortium (*1). Awards are given to companies who excel in their efforts to train in-house human resources who will lead environmental conservation and efforts to bring about a greener society and economy with the goal of achieving corporate management in harmony with the global environment.

Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage Corporation Group

We are promoting biodiversity conservation activities with various stakeholders such as experts, NPOs, NGOs, local residents, and employees at 8 manufacturing bases nationwide, and our efforts based on their continuation and regional characteristics have now been awarded. Based on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), our interest in biodiversity, and a rise in action, we will continue to promote activities that take advantage of the characteristics of each region.