Hirose Electric : Sustainability Report 2021

Editorial Policy

Hirose Electric and its group companies are undertaking CSR activities to implement their policy of promoting environmental protection and compliance. This report has been compiled to present information about these activities in a way that is easy for our stakeholders to understand. It is also posted on our website to make it accessible to many people both in Japan and abroad.

Period covered by this report

From April 1, 2020 to March 31, 2021

Companies covered by this report

Hirose Electric Co., Ltd.

Tohoku Hirose Electric Co., Ltd. (Miyako Plant) Koriyama Hirose Electric Co., Ltd. (Koriyama Plant) Ichinoseki Hirose Electric Co., Ltd. (Ichinoseki Plant)

The activities of some of our overseas production sites are also covered in this report. As of Sustainability Report 2015, CO2 emissions by overseas sites and our business partners, both within and outside of Japan are presented.

Date of publication

September 2021

This report refers to the following guidelines

Ministry of the Environment:

Environmental Reporting Guidelines (Fiscal Year

2018 Version);

GRI Sustainability Reporting Guidelines (Version 4).

Notations

For simplicity, the following names have sometimes been abbreviated as follows: Tohoku Hirose Electric Co., Ltd. is referred to as the"Miyako Plant," Koriyama Hirose Electric Co., Ltd. as the"Koriyama Plant,"and Ichinoseki Hirose Electric Co., Ltd. as the "Ichinoseki Plant."

Disclaimer

This report includes not only past factual information but also plans and forecasts that were formulated at the time of publication. These data or statements were considered reasonable at the time of writing based on the currently available information, and thus the outcomes of our future activities may differ from what is described in this report.

C O N T E N T S

1. Message from the Top
2. Company Profile Company Profile Business Summary
3. Promotion of CSR Activities CSR of the Hirose Electric Group

Results of Fiscal Year 2020 and Targets for Fiscal Year 2021

1. Basic Environmental Policy Basic Environmental Policy
2. Contributions of connectors to environmental protection Detachability of connectors
   Application fields of connectors
3. Environmental Management

Environmental Management Structure ISO14001 Certifications

Setting environmental targets linked to SDGs Compliance with Laws and Regulations Environmental Audit

Environmental Education

Environmental Impacts due to Business Activities Environmental Objectives and Level of Achievement

19 Activities to Reduce Environmental Impacts Reduction of Energy Consumption Reduction of Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction of Water Usage

Reduction of Paper Usage Reduction of Waste and Recycling Activities for recycling sold products

Reduction of Environmental Impacts through Green ICT Reduction of Environmental Impacts on Living Environment

Preparedness for Emergencies

Biodiversity Conservation

27 Communication

Social Action Programs

Communication with Stakeholders

29 Activities at Group Sites to Reduce Environmental Impacts

Activities of Domestic Plant to Reduce Environmental Impacts

Activities of Overseas Sites to Reduce Environmental Impacts

1. History of Social and Environmental Activities History of Social and Environmental Activities
2. Third-partyOpinion
3. Response to the Third-party Opinion

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Message from the Top

We are undertaking CSR and environmental activities through bringing together the knowledge and wisdom of many people.

Kazunori Ishii

President and

Representative Director

Ever since it began to develop industry-leading connectors with its own technologies, Hirose Electric has established a position that has earned it trust and recognition as a specialized manufacturer of connectors. On a personal note, and on behalf of the entire company, I would like to express our deep gratitude to our customers and business partners. Without their ongoing support, we would not be where we are today.

Hirose Electric and its group companies adhere to a guiding philosophy of being a small company that brings together the knowledge and wisdom of many people, i.e., "a small company connecting wisdom."This concept encapsulates our wish to creating innovative products by open-mindedly garnering advice from the outside world and linking the wealth of information offered by external sources with the knowledge and insight that we have accumulated internally, together with our aim of placing high value on close-knit, agile and efficient communication, which is only possible in a small company, and to be an enterprise that is constantly seeking to make quantum advances.

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and

Our slogan, "An Electronics Company that Connects Wisdom," expresses our desire to maintain a high quality management structure in an efficiently run organization by constantly looking at our own company on a small scale, humbly seeking out the insight from those outside the organization, and connecting the vast amount of wisdom and knowledge we have accumulated.

Our approach to CSR is also based on this philosophy. We are committed to fulfilling our social responsibility for the development of a global society through the honest and humble efforts of each and every employee to fulfill his or her role.

Publication of Sustainability Report 2021

Hirose Electric and its group companies have produced the Sustainability Report 2021 in order to present our CSR and environmental activities to stakeholders and the general public in a clear and straightforward manner. We would appreciate it if you would read this report and give us your frank opinions so that we can continue to improve our activities in these areas.

Environmental Activities

The Group has been promoting CSR as part of its corporate policy by reviewing its existing activities such as environmental protection and compliance within the framework of "Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)". At the root of all of these activities is our corporate philosophy. The Group's approach to CSR is rooted in two fundamental principles: "Linking Wisdom" and "The Small Idea".

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Company Profile

Company Profile

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(100 million yen)					(％)		infrastructure equipment
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900						30	mobile equipment
							Operating profit	20％	31％
600						20	Sales
300						10		Vehicle and	Smartphones
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Promotion of CSR Activities

CSR of the Hirose Electric Group

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Participation in the UN Global Compact

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