On October 1, 2003, the Nippon Unipac Holding Group will be introducing a structure to encourage corporate social responsibility (CSR) in management, with an aim of becoming a world leading enterprise.

For this purpose, we will be setting up a new CSR Committee. Chaired by Koshiro Kitaoka as a CSR Director, who is currently Executive Vice-President, the Committee will supervise our entire Group. A CSR Office will be established in Nippon Unipac Holding as a Committee secretariat and a Compliance Office will be set up in Nippon Paper Industries Co., Ltd., a core member of the Group.

 

Primarily at the initiative of Nippon Paper Industries, our Group has introduced an Environmental Charter that emphasizes compatibility with the environment. We have also been proactive in working on the industry's first Zero Discharge Campaign, designed to eliminate waste materials, as well as promoting overseas afforestation and introducing environmental accounting. Our achievements have been annually disclosed in our Environmental Reports. In addition, we have set up codes of conduct to enhance compliance.

 

Today's public is paying increasing attention to corporate activities. Every enterprise should endeavor not only to perform well financially and to minimize its burden on the environment, but also to fulfill a comprehensive set of social responsibilities that encompass morality, fairness, transparency, disclosure and risk management capabilities.

 

With the launch of our new structure, the entire Group will work as one to respond to these social demands by achieving social environmental management that effectively balances the three aspects of economic prosperity, environment and social justice. We will also be committed to sustainable development as an enterprise that broadly supports the industry and the culture, especially through our paper and paperboard business.

 

1. The Basic CSR Policy of Nippon Unipac Holding Group

Our Group has set four criteria that we believe must be met in order to be a world leading enterprise. With the establishment of the CSR promotion system, we declare tangible satisfaction of these criteria as the basic CSR policy of Nippon Unipac Holding Group.

 

2. Nippon Unipac Holding Group's SCR Promotion Structure (from October 1, 2003 onwards)