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CSR Procurement Policy

1. Quality Standard
   In providing high-quality products in a manner that is valuable, safe and secure for customers, our procurement activities will place the highest priority on quality and safety in keeping with the Group Quality Policy while also placing an emphasis on cost.
2. Fair Trade
   We give comprehensive consideration to economic rationality, appropriate quality, strict adherence to delivery deadlines, compliance with social norms, care for social issues, environmental concerns and so on, and select suppliers in a fair and transparent fashion.
   Without a valid reason, we don't show favor to or unjustly disadvantage specific business partners.
3. Compliance with Laws and Regulations
   In the course of our procurement activities we respect laws and social norms and not violate them under any circumstances.
   We don't maintain ties of any kind with antisocial forces, and repudiate any and all unreasonable demands.
4. Consideration of Social Issues
   We respect basic human rights, consider occupational health and safety, and endeavor to do business with and procure products and services from suppliers that do not engage in human rights violations such as unfair discrimination, forced labor or child labor.
5. Environmental Considerations
   Based on the Group’s Environmental Policy, we promote initiatives to reduce our environmental impact, and endeavor to do business with and procure products and services from suppliers that contribute to controlling or alleviating environmental issues such as climate change and biodiversity.
6. Cooperating with Suppliers
   In order to give consideration to social issues and the environment throughout the supply chain in the course of procurement, we forge long-term relationships of trust with suppliers and work towards co-existence and co-prosperity.
   We work with suppliers to thoroughly implement proper risk management and prevention, and pursue initiatives to avoid impacting society and company management.

FPCO Group Procurement Guidelines

1. Quality Standard
   The FPCO Group’s suppliers shall implement strict quality control at the stages of raw materials, research and development, production, transport and sales for the purpose of continually improving quality.
2. Fair Trade
   The FPCO Group’s suppliers shall observe laws and implement fair and honest procurement activities with a strong sense of ethics.
3. Compliance with Laws and Regulations
   For the purpose of continuously developing business in a fair and transparent manner, the FPCO Group’s suppliers shall comply with laws, ordinances and international norms at all times and always have sincere attitudes towards customers, business partners, shareholders, subcontractors, governmental institutions and local communities, as well as between employees.
4. Consideration of Social Issues
   4-1　Prohibition of Child Labor and Forced Labor
   The FPCO Group’s suppliers shall not engage anyone in forced labor or allow children who are below the working age stipulated by national or local statutes to work.
   
   4-2　Appropriate Working Hours and Wage Management
   The FPCO Group’s suppliers shall properly manage their employees' working hours, holidays, and leave of absence so that their working hours will not exceed the upper limit set in the local laws and regulations of each country or region. They shall also pay employees at least the statutory minimum wage and shall not unreasonably cut their wages.
   
   4-3　Respect for Human Rights and the Working Environment
   The FPCO Group’s suppliers shall respect all employees’ dignity and rights and shall not engage in any unjustifiable discrimination whatsoever against any of them. They shall also endeavor to provide their employees with an environment that enables them to feel secure, to remain physically and mentally healthy, and to demonstrate their capacity to the fullest degree, in accordance with local laws and regulations of each country or region.
   
   4-4　Respect for Workers’ Right to Unionize and Right to Collective Bargaining
   The FPCO Group’s suppliers shall build favorable relationships with employees through close communication with them.
5. Environmental Considerations
   5-1　Environmental Conservation Activities
   The FPCO Group’s suppliers shall establish environmental management systems for the efficient and effective implementation of environmental activities and continuously conserve the environment.
   
   5-2　Effective use of Resources and Energy
   The FPCO Group’s suppliers shall seek to reduce environmental impacts throughout the product life cycle by undertaking the effective consumption of resources and energy, utilizing renewable energy and cutting CO₂ and GHG emissions in an effort to boost the sustainability of the environment and society.
   
   5-3 Prevention of Environmental Pollution and Waste Reduction
   The FPCO Group’s suppliers shall implement the 3R (reduce, reuse and recycle) initiative with respect to industrial waste to build a recycling society and strive to prevent environmental pollution.
   
   5-4　Preservation of Biodiversity
   Business cannot operate without various benefits from biodiversity throughout the product life cycle. The FPCO Group’s suppliers shall work to reduce the impacts on biodiversity through both business activities and social activities to secure permanent access to its benefits without using them up.
   
   5-5　Management of Use of Water
   The FPCO Group’s suppliers shall make effective use of water, which is indispensable for business activities, and reduce the consumption of water resources. They shall also ensure that their water discharge will have no adverse impact on the environment.
6. Information Management
   The FPCO Group’s suppliers shall be strongly aware of the importance of protecting information assets under their possession or management to properly implement records, reports and others required under laws and ordinances, to store the records and to carry out proper information management that prevents the leakage of their own confidential information as well as that of customers, business partners and other parties.

Human Rights Initiatives in Work Environments

The FP Corporation Group’s Action Charter prohibits all forms of discrimination and harassment. Through efforts to ensure this Action Charter takes root among all Group employees, we promote understanding of human rights issues. We also conduct harassment seminars for all employees and implement initiatives aimed at preventing harassment such as conducting workplace inspections at every site.

Supply Chain Management

FP Corporation pursues initiatives to consider the environment and respect human rights across the entire value chain from the manufacturing of products to their delivery to customers.
When we develop new products ,construct new plants and other facilities, start doing business with new suppliers, we conduct a variety of assessments relating to quality and the environment and human rights.
In the supply chain, publicize the CSR Procurement Policy and FPCO Group Purchasing Guidelines by posting them on the company website and distributing the FP Corporation Report. In addition,we request suppliers to cooperate in disclosing their CO2 emissions to address environmental issues.
Moreover, the FP Corporation Action Charter specifies items relating to the “human rights, labor, the environment and anti-corruption, etc.” We promote efforts to put these ideas into practice in cooperation with all employees.