Basic Commitment of the Toshiba group

We, the Toshiba Group companies, based on our total commitment to people and to the future, are determined to help create a higher quality of life for all people, and to do our part to help ensure that progress continues within the world community.

Commitment to People

We endeavor to serve the needs of all people, especially our customers, shareholders, and employees, by implementing forward-looking corporate strategies while carrying out responsible and responsive business activities. As good corporate citizens, we actively contribute to further the goals of society.

Commitment to the Future

By continually developing innovative technologies centering on the fields of Electronics and Energy, we strive to create products and services that enhance human life, and which lead to a thriving, healthy society. We constantly seek new approaches that help realize the goals of the world community, including ways to improve the global environment.

Singapore - Toshiba Group's environment management promotion system in Asia and Oceania is composed of "Corporate Representative of the Region" and "Group Companies".

Corporate Representative's functions of the Region are "organization of Regional Environmental network with Toshiba group companies", "Confirmation and localization of corporate initiative", "Plan and proposal of environment management promotional policy in the region", "Support Group Companies for planning, doing, checking, action".

Regional environment management meeting is also set up to promote environment policy same as with other regions. Moreover, we promote Toshiba group environment policy at the meeting of the group company's representatives. Manufacturing company environment information exchange meeting that focusing value information exchange for workplace control policy is also set up to promote technical transfer in the region.

TOSHIBA ASIA PACIFIC PTE LTD (TAPL) – Asia & Oceania regional headquarters under the TOSHIBA Japan have the mission to enhance customer trust in our brands in the market and to support the group companies in the region in environmental management, business planning, public relation advertising, power system, industry division, international procurement, innovation promotion and human resource and administration.

In line with the Toshiba Group’s Basic Policy for the Environment, TAPL is committed to conduct all operations with minimal impact on the environment, and to comply with applicable corporate, environmental legislative and regulatory requirements; and to the extent possible, strive to excel towards continual improvement in environmental performance.

In particular, TAPL undertakes to:

• Apply best practices to manage disposal of wastes, all safety and health-related concerns, including the necessary emergency responsiveness;
• Use natural resources efficiently particularly electricity and paper;
• Educate and train company employees for awareness of the relevant environmental issues;
• Set objectives and design programs aimed at continual improvement;
• Communicate this policy to all employees, key suppliers and contractors, and make it available to the public.

Shoji Yoshioka
Managing Director
Toshiba Asia Pacific Pte Ltd
June 29, 2009