Policy

Otsuka Environmental Declaration

Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. hereby declares that as company committed to the betterment of human life we will conduct business activities with proper regard for our impact on the global environment and local community, and that we will take practical and positive steps to address environmental issues.

Environmental Philosophy

Being based on our corporate philosophy "Otsuka-people creating new products for better health worldwide" we commit ourselves, as a responsible corporate citizen that regards global environment as of vital concern, to actively address environmental issues through our business activities aiming to contribute to health of people of the whole world over as well as to the preservation of global environment keeping progressive postures in our deed.

Principles of Health, Safety and Environmental Preservation

1. Health, safety and environmental preservation programs of workplace
   We provide our employees with positive and effective workplace programs for health, safety and environmental preservation as befits Otsuka's fundamentals to recover, maintain and promote health of people of the world.
2. Preservation of environment surrounding corporate activities to protect health and safety
   Otsuka with global operations gives a first priority to preservation of environment that surrounds its corporate activities to protect health and safety of the comrade as well as the people of society.
3. Decision making based on anticipated risks and impacts
   We implement planning and decision making based on anticipation of risks and impacts with regard to health, safety and environmental preservation at every stage throughout the lifecycle of a product, beginning with product development and followed by production, storage, transportation, sales and waste disposal.
4. Communication of information and education/training
   We make necessary information available for our employees to accomplish their duties　effectively with responsibility to health/safety and environmental preservation. Operational procedures and the like should be established in writing based on which to carry on education and training.
5. Compliance of legislation and voluntary regulations
   We comply with safety and environment related legislation relevant to the location of our business activities. In addition, considering technical and economical factors, we are to work tirelessly to formulate and implement higher standard of voluntary regulations.
6. Promotion of energy saving activities
   We conduct further resource and energy saving activities in order to save limited natural resources and contribute to environmental preservation.

Establishment of risk management system

We prepare appropriate risk management procedures and draw up risk management plans to establish and implement risk management system against emergency accidents and the state of emergency.

ISO 14001 Certification

All the 6 production sites of Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.(OPC) obtained ISO 14001 certification during the years 2000 and 2003. The companies of consolidated accounting also have positioned ISO 14001 certification as the basic tool of environmental management to promote continuous improvement in addressing environmental issues. As of the end of March, 2007 13 sites in Japan and 2 overseas sites of the companies have obtained ISO 14001 certification.

ISO 14001 Sites of OPC (Dates of Certification are under the Factory Name)

• 
  Saga Factory
  (Feb. 2000)
• 
  Tokushima Itano Factory
  (Mar. 2000)
• 
  Tokushima Wajiki Factory
  (Mar. 2001)
• 
  Tokushima Factory
  (Nov. 2001)
• 
  Second Tokushima Factory
  (Nov. 2001)
• 
  Takasaki Factory
  (Oct. 2003)

Environmental Objectives and Results

Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.’s environmental objectives, results and achievements of the year 2006 are summarized below:

Main activities

Efforts in global warming mitigation and resource/energy conservation

Energy Consumption

The total energy (converted in joules) consumed through business activities of Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd in FY 2006 amounted to 969,012GJ and 67% of which was purchased electricity. Energy saving activities included operational improvement of air conditioning and cooling equipments at research facilities as well as production sites and highly efficient equipments were adopted at various sites.

CO₂ Emission Volume and Emission per Unit of Sales (in 6 OPC sites)

CO₂ emission per unit of sales in our business activities in FY 2006 showed 12.4 ton/hundred million of sales (reduced by 18.1% from 1990 level) and failed to achieve our annual target. And the total volume of CO₂ emission increased by 7.2% from the previous year due to the commencement of newly equipped production lines.

Control of Chemical Substances

Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. is focusing particularly on organochlorine solvents in our continuous efforts to reduce emissions of harmful chemical substances. In FY 2006 the total emission volume of organochlorine solvents amounted to 2,012kg (reduced by 38.9% from FY 1990 levels). However, the figure was below our annual target of Reduction by 50% from FY 2000 levels due to partial improperness of recovery equipment system. We are to improve recovery equipment system and at the same time reinforce management structure in order to increase recovery ratio.

Reduction of Waste Disposal

In FY 2006, the total volume of waste substances from the business activities of six OPC factories in Japan was 4,927 tons which exceeds that of the previous year by 84% due to the commencement of operation of newly equipped production lines. Of the total volume only 138 tons (reduced by 45% from the previous year) of waste was brought to landfills which represents 91.6% of reduction from FY 1996.

Product and Technology Development

This section represents selections of the activities performed by Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. in the fiscal year 2006.