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Shin-Etsu Polymer Group Shin-Etsu Polymer Sustainability Report 2009 Top Commitment I n t Greetings r o d Promoting a radical review u c t of our business structure and i o n In June of this year, the government announced that the mid-term such strength, and the Green Activities driven for its realization target of Green House Gas (GHG) emissions in 2020 is a reduction has greatly contributed to the elimination of waste, improvement of of “15% when compared with emissions in 2005 (an 8% reduction efficiency and strengthening of our competitive edge, along with against that in 1990.)” Different from the targets of the EU (13% the Six-Sigma and TPS initiatives. reduction against that in 2005) and the USA (14% reduction against that in 2005), this figure does not include any emissions credit The Green Activities purchased, so it means Japan has turned toward a low carbon society with a target higher than the EU and the USA. We position Green Activities as “an effort to improve productivity At the same time, even in the second year of the first five-year from the viewpoint of the environment,” and ever since its start in commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol, Japan still needs as much fiscal 2000, we have achieved substantial results, driven by global as a 15% emissions reduction to achieve its reduction commitment. environment conservation and improvements in productivity. It is necessary to take GHG emissions reduction as a nation-wide In the Second Mid-term Plan (fiscal 2006-2008) of Green effort, and stringent policies and measures for companies have Activities, we worked with the energy-saving target of a “25