As a company regarding environmental conservation activities as one of the most important management challenges, TATSUTA has developed Green Procurement Guidelines in an effort to provide products with lower environmental impacts. These guidelines are designed to reduce our ecological footprint, advance environmental conservation activities, and help create a sustainable recycling-based society. The means to these ends include identifying chemicals contained in the raw materials, parts, subsidiary materials, subcontracted supplies, and other items we purchase from business partners; and prioritizing the purchase of items not containing hazardous chemicals.
In light of the fact that the trade of conflict minerals finances armed groups committing atrocities in countries bordering conflicts, these guidelines also stipulate that we investigate business partners to prevent us from purchasing raw materials, products, and such that contain conflict minerals and their derivatives.