CSR Report of Mishima Plant

Massage from the General Manager

The Mishima Plant is located in Mishima City, at the base of Izu Peninsula in the eastern part of Shizuoka Prefecture, and is endowed with abundant water and greenery. The Mishima Plant mainly manufactures tires for passenger cars and tires for light trucks and manufactures racing tires for motor sports.CSR activities represent the basis of corporate activity, and within this plant as well, we conduct ourselves in accordance with the seven core subjects of ISO26000 Certification (namely, “Corporate Governance”, “Human Rights”,

“Labor Practices”, “The Environment”, “Fair Operating Practices”, “Consumer Issues” and “Community Involvement and Development”). Furthermore, concerning CSR issues, we consider the roles and operational specificities of each. This we achieve because “safety,” “environment,” “quality,” “delivery dates and flows”, “costs” and “human asset development” have all been established as important plant policy issues within our operations.We strive to build a relationship of trust with all stakeholders as the core plant of Yokohama Rubber Corporation that aims to be “a company having world-class strengths in technologies for protecting the environment”.

Hitoshi Kobayashi

Mishima Plant PolicyIn aiming to be a plant “where equipment doesn’t stop, and where cost competitiveness is constantly pursued through the leveraging of non-stopping flows,” as a critical measure we will apply ourselves to the issues of SEQDCH (safety and disaster prevention, environment, quality, delivery dates and flows, costs, human asset development), as well as introducing and operating individual management systems with respect to safety, environment and quality.

Organizational Governance

Human rights educationWe distribute “compliance cards” to all employees so as to enlighten and educate them about human rights.We offer employment irrespective of gender, age or disability. We have 39 female employees, 36 elderly employees (aged 60 years old or more) and six disabled employees.

Human Rights

Occupational safety and healthWith recognition that securing safety and health of employees and cooperating employees are the foundations of corporate activities, the plant acquired OSHMS (Occupational Safety and Health Management System) certification in November 2011 as a means to realize a safe, healthy and comfortable workplace. We will strive toward reducing risks, by sorting risks through risk assessment activities and countermeasures for and improvement of sorted risks, based on 3S activities in which all employees participate.

Labor Practices

Corruption preventionWe distribute “compliance cards” to all employees so as to enlighten and educate them about corruption. For managers and staff, we provide seminars by e-learning.

Moreover, four employees obtained childcare leave in 2013. In response to calls from Mishima City, we have established two days each month as “Happy Family Life Days”. By specifying the time at which employees leave work on these days, we continue to introduce measures that take into consideration employees’ work-life balance.

Business activities:

Total site area:

Number of employees:

Location:

Production of tires for passenger cars, race cars and light trucks

112,000m2

919 (as of April 1, 2014)

8-1 Minami-Futsuka-machi, Mishima City, Shizuoka 411-0832, JAPAN

Mishima Plant Operation DivisionTel: +81-55-975-0800Fax: +81-55-976-4322

Contact for consultation and complaints:

Environmental management By following our principle of “Deal fairly with society and value harmony with the environment”, we declared an environmental policy, adopting the environmental management system of ISO14001. In order to reduce environmental loads, we established reducing industrial waste and reducing greenhouse gas emissions as major tasks and actively strive to improve our production process and eliminate energy waste. For other efforts, we established autonomous management targets to respond to legal regulations and operate within the autonomous management targets. For efforts against sensory discomfort such as noise, vibration and odor, we have asked some people living near the plant to participate as environmental monitors and we conduct a report of the status and a hearing from the residents at the time of visits three times a year as part of an effort to lead improvements.Among our efforts at regional communication, we carry out a cleanup of the area around the plant once a week and we have continuously participated in “Service Work to Make Rivers in Mishima Clean,” “Seseragi Route Cleanup Service Work” as well as cleaning and flower-planting activities at “Rakujuen”, a Mishima City public park. For the “YOKOHAMA Forever Forest” project, a company-wide activity, in addition to a planting event at the plant, we continued to donate seedlings to “Numazu Forest Building” promoted by Numazu City following 2010.As a biodiversity protection activity, in FY2012 we commenced a survey that ran from the upper reaches of the Goten River (in our neighborhood) down to the Kano River. In believing that this survey should be utilized in future environmental protection activities, we moved to make it a full-scale biodiversity protection activity from FY2013. In order to improve environmental awareness and to have employees more deeply understand environmental knowledge, staff and supervisors have mainly participated in the Eco Test (Certification Test for Environmental Specialists) sponsored by The Tokyo Chamber of Commerce and Industry since the 2nd test and a total of 64 employees assigned to this plant have been certified.

The Environment

Cleanup volunteers at Rakujuen Public Park.

Environmental data■Reductions in greenhouse gas emissions・Greenhouse gas emissions

■ Effective use of resources/ Waste reduction・Waste output

・Water usage

The plant uses 90% of its total water usage from underground water. The remainder is from city waterworks.

■Measures for Discharge into Water, Air and Soil

・Data related to water contamination

The water used at the plant is discharged into the Goten River after being treated in the plant’s treatment facilities.

Item RegulationVoluntary Standard

Values

FY2013 results

Average Maximum Minimum

PH

BOD concentration (mg/l)

COD concentration (mg/l)

SS concentration (mg/l)

Oil concentration (mg/l)

Regulatory values

★5.8～8.6

15

★120

20

2

6.2～8.2

4 or less

5 or less

8 or less

1 or less

7.7

1.3

1.4

1.3

Less than 1.0

7.9

3.0

2.9

4.0

Less than 1.0

7.3

0.5

0.8

Less than 1.0

Less than 1.0

* Agreement on Environmental Protection with Mishima City; Star marks are according to the Water Pollution Prevention Law. (regulatory value of BOD is the max. concentration)

* Discharge point: Goten River

The Environment

・Air pollutants (NOx, SOx)

Substance NOx SOx

Amount of emission (t / year) 15 -

Facility SubstanceRegulatory

Values

Voluntary Standard

Values

FY2013 results

Average Maximum Minimum

Mishima Plant Cogeneration

NOx (ppm)

Soot and dust (g/m3N)

70

0.05

23

0.001

12.7

Less than0.001

17

Less than0.001

8

Less than0.001

Mishima Plant Boiler

NOx (pm)

Soot and dust (g/m3N)

130

0.1

59

0.0

37

Less than0.001

42

Less than0.001

32

Less than0.001

* According to the Air Pollution Prevention Law and instruction values set by Mishima City.

Status of management of chemical substances (Response to PRTR Law)For chemical substances handled in the plant, including raw materials, extra sub-materials and auxiliary materials, the annual report on the status of management of chemical substances handled at a greater quantity than that provided for in the PRTR Law is made to the national government (prefecture) in June every year after confirming the existence of chemical substances designated as Class 1 by SDS

（Unit:tons/year）

Safety Evaluation:Ⅵ-4 *4

DesignatedNo. Specified chemical substance

Amount to treat

*1Emission

*2Transfer

*3

ToxicityRank

(effect on people)

AnnualConverted Emissions(effect on people)

ToxicityRank

(effect on ecosystem)

AnnualConverted Emissions(effect on

ecosystem)

80 xylene 1.483 1.483 0.000 C 14.830 C 14.830

155 N-(cyclohexylthio)phthalimide 16.940 0.000 0.073 D 0.000 B 0.000

205 1,3-diphenylguanidine 64.080 0.000 0.279 A 0.000 C 0.000

230 N-(1,3-dimethylbutyl)-N'-phenyl-p-phenylenediamine 471.838 0.000 2.038 D 0.000 B 0.000

258 1,3,5,7-tetraazatricyclo[3.3.1.13.7]decane; hexamethylenetetramine 19.680 0.000 0.077 C 0.000 D 0.000

300 toluene 1.199 1.199 0.000 C 11.990 D 1.199

372 N-(tert-butyl)-2-benzothiazolesulfenamide 82.525 0.000 0.357 B 0.000 A 0.000

20 2-aminoethanol 0.174 0.174 0.000 B 17.400 C 1.740

53 ethylbenzene 0.173 0.173 0.000 C 1.730 C 1.730

296 1,2,4-trimethylbenzene 0.326 0.326 0.000 C 3.264 C 3.264

438 methylnaphthalene 0.666 0.003 0.000 A 3.300 C 0.033

Total 659.084 3.359 2.823 - 52.514 - 22.796

*1: Whereby annual handled volumes of the chemical substances subject to the Pollutant Release and Transfer Register (PRTR) exceed designated volumes, such shall be subject to reporting

*2: Emissions Volume = atmosphere + public bodies of water + soil*3: Transfer Volume =waste – public sewerage system*4: Converted emissions volume is calculated by multiplication of the emissions volume by the toxicity ranking For information concerning the standards used in evaluating the degree of impact on safety, please refer to the “Safety

Evaluation Table of Domestic Production Bases”　(http://www.yrc.co.jp/csr/data/pdf/16kokunaikyoten.pdf)

47.4

38.4

39.0

0

0

0.01

0

00

％100

81.10

10

20

30

40

50

80

90

100

39.2 38.5

82.7

81.1

39.0

82.3

39.4

83.0

baseyear

2009 2010 2011 2012

CO2 emissions from energy

CH4 N2O HFC PFC SF6 Indices (base year = 100)

CO2 emissions from non-energy

FY2013 emissions breakdown

* The base year is defined as 1990 except for HFC, PFC and SF6, where the base year is 1995 as per the Kyoto Protocol.* Greenhouse gases (GHG) calculated in accordance with the Calculation and Reporting Manual for Greenhouse Gas

Emissions (Ministry of the Environment, Ministry of the Economy, Trade and Industry). Note that GHG emissions associated with purchased power in FY2009 were calculated using the Table of Emission Coefficients by Power Company (Ministry of the Environment).

* As the closing of accounts period was April to December in FY2011, the calendar year of January to December was calculated by the duplication of data for the period January to March.

2013FY

1,000 t-CO2

0

1,000

2,000

3,000

2011 201220102009

100 100

0.0 0.0

1,436 1,405

100 100

0.0

1,062

0.0

1,285

0.0

1,122

t ％

80

100

100

Waste emissions Landfill waste Recycling rates

2013FY

2010 201120090

500

1,000

1,500

2,000

1,475.6

1,621.1

145.5

1,596.6

1,444.1

152.5

1,583.3

1432.6

150.6

1,000 m3

1,519.0

1367.6

151.4

2012

1,441.0

1319.6

121.1

2013FY

Mains water Deep well water

Relationship with business partnersWe held the 2nd CSR study seminar on April 26 in 2012 with participation of the members of “Seiryukai” organized by cooperating companies.

Fair Operating Practices

Communication with customersTo customers who tour the plant, we introduce our acquisition of the Automotive Industry Quality Management System Standard ISO/TS16949. Furthermore, in response to inquiries received from customers to whom we have delivered products, we make reports to them based on our quick investigation of the relevant matters.

Consumer Issues

Responses to comments and complaints received In March and November of FY2013, we held plant visits for both people and environmental monitors living in the vicinity.

Relationship with local societies・ A total of ninety-two (92) persons participated twice a year in FY2013 in

cleanup service work sponsored by the Mishima District Environmental Preservation Promotion Council.

・ Results of loaning out the plant’s gymnasium totaled 741 cases in FY2013 and it is used by people throughout the region.

・ Cleanup activities around the Plant are carried out once a week.　 (Main gate of Plant => around Mishima Futsukamachi Station and Main

gate of Plant => around the parking lots for employees)

・ Participation in blood drives is at the Plant twice a year and in FY2013, 65 employees participated.

・ In November 2013, we donated 300 seedlings of evergreen broadleaf trees such as Japanese chinquapin, oak and Machilus thunbergii to the planting activities of the “Numazu Forest Building” promoted by Numazu City.

・ We donated free-of-charge some 440 seedlings to events such as the “Mishima City Green Festival,” etc.

・ Some thirteen employees participated as volunteers in loaning out parking lots, manning watering points and traffic control activities during the Izu Marathon, held on February 16, 2013.

・ As a business that cooperates with the fire brigade, eight of our employees are registered with the Mishima City Fire Brigade as special function members. In FY2013, these employees were called out on two occasions when incidents occurred in the region.

Community Involvement and Development

Topics:・ The CSR procurement practices of this company・Human rights (harassment)・ Information control and security

Instructors: The Material Procurement Division (Hiratsuka) and the Compliance Promotion Office

Plant tours and workshopsIn FY2013, we accepted 59 factory tours with a total of 1,105 persons visiting the Mishima Plant. We as regional education support accept factory tours by elementary school students, workplace experience learning by junior high school students and high school student internships, etc.

Guidance to plant tourHolding Days: Day when plant is in operation: from Monday to Friday

(Except for year end and New Year holidays, consecutive holidays in May and August)

Hours: 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.Contact: Mishima Plant, Operation Section TEL: +81-55-975-0800

Numazu Forest

Izu Marathon