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CSR GUIDELINE 5 Perform Risk Management

Promoting the Business Continuity Plan (BCP)

Toray works to maintain a BCP for restoring operations more quickly and more comprehensively in the event of a stoppage due to a large-scale natural disaster or similar event. Specifically, we approach the task of formulating the BCP by assuming the occurrence of a major earthquake and examining operations from the standpoints of (1) Head Office functions (2) information systems, and (3) early resumption of production.

As part of an effort to enhance existing production facilities in order to protect human life and minimize any impact outside the company, since 2002 we have been working to strengthen resistance to an earthquake measuring intensity Lower 6 through a series of countermeasures designed to prevent major damage and collapse. We have also worked where possible to strengthen utility and other buildings that are deemed to play an important role in the BCP so that they can withstand an earthquake measuring an intensity of Upper 6. New projects such as manufacturing facilities for important products have been designed to withstand an earthquake measuring an intensity of Upper 6.

Earthquake proofing has also been undertaken in the Shiga Information Systems Center.

To ensure that the company's head office can continue to function in case of a disaster, a plan has been made for the establishment of an emergency office in Tokyo, including identification of emergency task force personnel and individuals subject to emergency mobilization. In preparation for temporary shutdown of Tokyo head office, we have started compiling a manual for temporary transferring of head quarter function to Osaka head office and other plants.

The Following Head Office BCP Has Been Executed:
1. Emergency response plan for major earthquakes
An emergency response plan for Tokyo head office has been created and was explained at a meeting of the emergency task force personnel in December 2006. Seventy people were selected for the emergency mobilization team (those who will go to work immediately after securing their own safety and that of their family).
2. Preparation of manuals describing important business operations and their continuation
Manuals describing important business operations and their continuation by different personnel in the event of an accident or disaster have been created by the divisions in question, and the content of both has been reviewed by outside specialists.
3. Safety confirmation system
A decision was made in early 2007 to test a system for using text messaging on mobile phones to verify employee safety at worksites in the Tokyo area.

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