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Contributing to Local Communities as a Corporate Citizen

NOF’s long history of corporate activities has made us fully aware that we are a company that has to coexist with local communities. Corporate social responsibility is much talked about nowadays, and an important condition for the sustainable development of any company is “corporate transparency” underpinned by the disclosure of corporate information.

For these reasons, NOF is committed to enhancing two-way communication between the NOF Group and its stakeholders.

Interaction with Communities and Support for Regional Environmental Activities
NOF believes dialogue between the Group, local communities and society is vital. In fiscal 2004, NOF actively worked to create opportunities for this dialogue, including participating in regional Responsible Care meetings (sponsored by the Japan Responsible Care Council) in Kawasaki and Oita. NOF also supported regionally organized activities such as plant visits by local residents.
Fiscal 2004 Activities
Interactive support: 5 cases
Support of regional activities: 2 cases

Regional Responsible Care meeting attended by Oita Plant personnel

Date	Plant/Works	Type of Activity	Remarks
2003/4/29	Aichi	Supported regional environmental activities	Tree-planting activities, 31 participants
2003/7/27	Aichi	Plant visit by local residents	14 representatives from neighboring areas
2003/8/2	Aichi	Cooperated with regional activities	Supported “Space School”: 2 NOF personnel on executive committee
2003/9/16	Chidori	Regional Responsible Care meeting in Kawasaki	Participated as a member company of the JRCC
2004/2/6	Aichi	Local residents’ social gathering	Attended by 7 heads of neighborhood communities
2004/2/28	Oita	Regional Responsible Care meeting in Oita	Participated as a member company of the JRCC
2004/3/19	Amagasaki	Lectures on environmental issues	1 NOF employee participated with environmental protection group

*	Personnel from the Aichi Works (Taketoyo-cho, Chita-gun, Aichi Prefecture) sat on the executive committee to organize the “Space School,” which provided space scientists to teach elementary and junior high school children.

Plant Tours and Open Plant Days
NOF actively offers study tours of plants, using these opportunities give people a better understanding of the company’s activities. NOF also believes it’s important to enhance communication with local residents by opening up plants to visitors. Looking ahead, we intend to have plants permanently open to visitors, thereby strengthening the trust of local residents.
Fiscal 2004 Activities
Plant study tours: 6 cases
Plant openings: 3 cases

Aichi Works opened to the public for a summer festival

Date	Plant/Works	Type of Activity	Remarks
2003/6/9	Aichi	Plant study tour	Attended by 8 students from Taketoyo Junior High School
2003/7/15	Amagasaki	Plant study tour	Attended by 40 students from Osaka Prefecture University
2003/7/26	Aichi	Summer Festival	Organized with Miyuki Street shopping are
2003/8/5	Amagasaki	Plant study tour	Attended by 40 students from Amagasaki City high schools
2003/11/7	Aichi	Plant opened to public	Invited local residents to Tamafuku Inari Festival
2003/11/7	Oji	Plant study tour	Grade 3 students from Toyokawa Elementary School
2004/1/1	Aichi	Plant opened to public	Invited local residents to Tamafuku Inari
2004/1/22	Aichi	Plant study tour	Attended by 8 students from Taketoyo Junior High School
2004/1/28	Aichi	Plant study tour	Attended by 3 students from Okkawa Junior High School

Enhancing Cooperation on Disaster Prevention and Local Cleanups
To be fully prepared for natural disasters, NOF must form alliances with regional disaster prevention organizations. Whenever the opportunity arises, NOF actively conducts disaster prevention training with these regional organizations and works to improve the company's expertise in this area. The company also vigorously participates in local cleanups and other volunteer activities as a way of boosting morale.
Fiscal 2004 Activities
Disaster prevention activities: 12 cases
Regional cleanup activities: 3 cases

Amagasaki Plant employees take part in a firefighting demonstr

Amagasaki Plant employees clean up a local recreational footpath

Date	Plant/Works	Type of Activity	Remarks
2003/6/23	Amagasaki	Disaster prevention with neighboring companies	Sponsored by High-Pressure Gas Amagasaki Disaster Prevention Association
2003/6/28	Aichi	Regional volunteer activities	Attended by 49 participants in Fuki port & plant cleanups
2003/7/8	Oji	Fire brigade training screening panel	Both the female and male brigades awarded prizes, the female brigade for the second year in a row
2003/7/10	Amagasaki	West Amagasaki fire-brigade training	Sponsored by the west branch of the Amagasaki Disaster Prevention Association
2003/8/1	Chidori	Joint comprehensive disaster prevention training	Joint training with Kawasaki Waterfront Fire Prevention Office
2003/8/1	Aichi	Joint disaster prevention training	Joint firefighting training with Handa fire brigade
2003/10/8	Amagasaki	Amagasaki disaster prevention training	Sponsored by Amagasaki Special Disaster Prevention Association (6 participants)
2003/10/15	Amagasaki	West Amagasaki fire-brigade demonstration	Top prize for extinguisher and vehicle pump firefighting techniques (10 participants)
2003/10/15	Aichi	Fire-brigade techniques competition	Fire-brigade competition (4 participants), individual competition (1 participant)
2003/10/31	Amagasaki	Joint disaster prevention training with neighboring regions	Sponsored by Amagasaki Special Disaster Prevention Association, study tour
2003/11/1	Oita	Regional volunteer activities	Otozugawa cleanup activities (2 participants)
2003/11/12	Amagasaki	Amagasaki fire-brigade demonstration	Participated in extinguisher and vehicle pump firefighting techniques (9 participants)
2003/11/22	Aichi	Regional volunteer activities	Park and railway trackside cleanups (46 participants)
2004/1/10	Amagasaki	Strengthening alliances with neighboring businesses	Organized events with neighboring companies
2004/1/11	Amagasaki	Amagasaki firefighting demonstration	Fire-brigade (4 participants)

NOF received 5 awards for 3 locations in 2003.

Date	Plant/Works	Details
2003/5/27	Tsukuba	Received good plant prize in the 14th JCIA Zero Disaster Plant Awards from the Japan Chemical Industry Association
2003/6/13	Tsukuba	Received award for safe handling of dangerous products from the Ibaraki Association for the Safety of Hazardous Materials
2003/9/20	Amagasaki	Received award for contributing to traffic safety from Amagasaki City
2003/9/22	Amagasaki	Received certificate of appreciation for Red Cross activities from the Japanese Red Cross Society
2003/10/24	Oita	Received award for high-pressure gas security from the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry

Details of NOF's future environmental activities will also be posted on this website.

Main activities in fiscal 2003 (April 2002 ~ March 2003)

Date	Plant/works	Type of Activity	Remarks
2002/4/29	Aichi	Taketoyo Green Festival	Shrub-planting ceremony of 31 Japanese azaleas
2002/5/16	Aichi	Plant study tour by neighboring town officials	32 visitors
2002/5/25, 26	Aichi	Local residents’ plant study tour	5/25: 37 visitors; 5/26: 26 visitors
2002/6/1	Aichi	Regional volunteer activities	71 participants in Ishikawa & Asamizugawa cleanup
2002/7/27	Aichi	Summer Festival	Organized with Miyuki Street shopping area
2002/7/29	Aichi	Plant study tour	4 students from Utsumi Prefectural High School
2002/9/5	Chidori	Chidori disaster prevention training
2002/10/8	Amagasaki	West Amagasaki firefighting demonstration	10 participants from Special Pump Brigade: Outdoor firefighting & vehicle pump techniques
2002/10/15	Aichi	Plant study tour	1 student from Fuki Junior High School
2002/10/23	Amagasaki	Disaster prevention training	5 participants from Special Pump Brigade Organized by Amagasaki Special Disaster Prevention Association
2002/11/4	Aichi	Plant study tour	6 students from Midorigaoka Elementary School
2002/11/13	Amagasaki	Amagasaki firefighting demonstration	8 participants from Special Pump Brigade
2002/11/15	Amagasaki	Plant study tour	40 grade 2 students & 3 teachers from the Nara National College of Technology
	Aichi	Regional volunteer activities	67 participants in cleanups around rivers and plants
2002/12/12	Oji	Plant study tour	54 grade 3 students, teachers & parents from Toyokawa Elementary School
2003/1/1	Aichi	New year’s visit to Tamafuku Inari	Visit by employees & local residents
2003/1/5	Amagasaki	Amagasaki City firefighting demonstration	Fire-brigade
2003/1/23	Aichi	Plant study tour	11 students from Taketoyo Junior High School
2003/2/6	Aichi	Social gathering with neighboring officials	Social gathering with 7 neighboring town heads
2003/3/1	Amagasaki	2nd Hyogo Responsible Care meeting	Sponsored by JRCC
2003/3/3	Amagasaki	Plant study tour	15 students & 3 teachers from Kyoto University
2003/3/6	Oji	Regional disaster prevention training	Joint firefighting training with Toyojima 5-chome residents

Fiscal 2003 Awards

Date	Plant/Works	Award details
2002/7/5	Amagasaki	Award from Hyogo Labor Bureau for marked improvement in workplace safety
2002/7/15	Chidori	Kanagawa Disaster Prevention Office’s 2002 award for high-pressure gas security
2002/10/3	Amagasaki	Certificate of appreciation from Amagasaki Disaster Prevention Association in recognition of full support in running a fire protection association

Main activities in fiscal 2002 (April 2001 ~ March 2002)

Plant/Works	Date	Activity	Remarks
Chidori	2001/7/5	JRCC Kawasaki presentation	Held at Kawasaki City Industrial Promotion Hall; announced Chidori Plant activities
Aichi Works	2001/9/24	Coordinated street monitoring activities	40 participants in Chita Peninsular all-the-family traffic safety club activities
Amagasaki Plant	2001/10/23	Hyogo Prefecture disaster prevention training
Aichi Works	2001/11/19	Plant visit by Taketoyo & Fuki junior high school students
Amagasaki Plant	2001/10/29	West Amagasaki fire-brigade demonstration	Received top prize in vehicle pump section
Amagasaki Plant	2001/11/14	Amagasaki City fire-brigade demonstration	Appeared in vehicle pump section
Aichi Works	2001/12/01	Regional volunteer activities	66 participants in such activities as cutting grass around gymnasium parking lots and picking up empty cans around stations & roads
Oji Plant	2001/12/18	Plant visit by Toyokawa Elementary School students	57 grade 3 elementary school students and 8 teachers & parents
Aichi Works	2001/12/31	New year’s visit to Tamafuku Inari Shrine	Around 350 employees & local residents participated
Aichi Works	2002/1/1	Provided parking lot for Tamanuki Community Center	For around 50 vehicles
Amagasaki Plant	2002/1/6	Amagasaki annual fire-brigade review	Fire-brigade
Chidori Plant	2002/1/11	Participated in Kawasaki City port district’s annual fire-brigade review
Aichi Works	2002/2/7	Social gathering with neighboring community heads	Social gathering with 7 neighboring community heads
Aichi Works	2002/4/29	Taketoyo tree-planting ceremony	Shrub-planting ceremony of 31 Japanese azaleas
Aichi Works	2002/5/16	Plant study tour by neighboring town officials	32 visitors
Aichi Works	2002/5/25E26	Local residents’ plant study tour	5/25: 37 visitors; 5/26: 26 visitors
Aichi Works	2002/6/1	Regional volunteer activities	71 participants in Ishikawa & Asamizukawa cleanup
Aichi Works	2002/7/27	Summer Festival	Organized with Miyuki Street shopping area
Chidori Plant	2002/9/5	Chidori disaster prevention training

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