Under the company's policy of "the appropriate relationship between manufacturing technology and our environmental mission," the NPC Group is commited to the protection of the global environment and to ecological business activities on a group-wide scale.

• Proactive development and application of technologies that protect the environment.
• Conservation of non-renewable resourses and energy, particulary fossi fuel, and promotion of recycling to prevent global warming, and reduce waste.
• Compliance with environment-related laws, regulations and other requirements that the Group has agreed to meet, with a focus on the prevention of pollution.
• Establishment of activities aimed at concrete goals and objectives for the improvement of the environment, together with regular reviews and the continuous improvement of its environmental management system

9 March, 2005
NPC Incorporated
President
Yoshiroh Chikaki