Toray Group is pursuing five major tasks to reinforce quality assurance compliance throughout the Group.

1. Reinforcement of structures related to quality assurance systems of the entire Toray Group
   Toray Industries provides guidance to its business sites and group companies around the world regarding the development of quality assurance frameworks and audits the effectiveness of these frameworks and the work done under them. The organizations clarify their vision for quality assurance and design initiatives to close the gap between the vision and actual performance.
2. Development of human resources and creation of workplace culture not allowing any misconduct
   Toray Group started implementing education on compliance in quality assurance during Quality Control month in November in fiscal 2020. Toray Industries provides training materials to its business sites and group companies around the world, while individual departments and companies are responsible for providing education for their employees. (A total of 20,395 employees received training in fiscal 2021.)
3. Review and adjustment of actual contracts with customers regarding quality (assurance)
   In accordance with guidelines for quality assurance agreements, Toray Industries is promoting ongoing efforts to thoroughly inspect and review agreements at its business sites and group companies around the world and is working to optimize contract provisions.
4. Appropriate maintenance and management of measuring devices
   Based on risk assessment sheets for evaluating the necessity of replacement or maintenance of measuring devices, Toray Industries and its group companies around the world create and implement plans to replace the devices appropriately.
5. Improvement of quality data management system to not allow any misconduct
   Toray Industries and its group companies around the world are developing data management systems that minimize human involvement, such as by automating measurement, transfer of measurement data, and issuance of inspection reports.

Toray Industries provides training every year for newly appointed department and section managers at the Company and its group companies in Japan. The training is designed to educate managers about quality assurance compliance and Toray Group’s quality assurance and product safety initiatives. Moreover, since fiscal 2013, all group companies around the world have conducted original quality assurance and product safety training tailored to their operations.

Toray Industries and its group companies implement product safety reviews for all products. In addition to addressing product safety, the reviews examine the adequacy of information provided to customers via, for instance, safety data sheets (SDS), labeling, and instructions. Products are also assessed for impact on the global environment. Special precautions are taken for new products that are highly original, as well as for products for which the safety considerations have changed significantly from previous products. For these products, a Product Safety Review Board comprised of neutral assessors with specialized knowledge is assembled to review the safety of the product. Toray Group also ensures that newly established group companies rapidly establish a framework for product safety and implement product safety reviews.

• 1 At group companies in and outside Japan, this position is held by the president or a director

• 2 (1) An incident occurred in which an electrically heated floor mat manufactured and sold by Toray some time between 1976 and 1983 overheated, causing flooring and other materials to burn. The ensuing recall has been ongoing since 2008, and Toray Industries has once again posted recall notices on our website and in national newspapers. This incident did not result in injury or harm to any persons.
  (2) An accident involving carbon fiber volleyball posts manufactured for non-general consumption and sold by a Toray Group company resulted in a broken arm. The net winder had been attached to a post in order to unwind the net when the aged winder gear, which had been worn down over time, caused the winder handle to spin in reverse, breaking a player's arm. Each customer who had purchased the product was contacted and asked to perform the periodic inspections as described in the instruction manual.

Providing Product Safety Information

Toray Group provides customers with product safety information specifically tailored to the product or service.

1. Customer support lines
   In its efforts to create a convenient environment for customers, Toray Industries makes available toll-free numbers for customers to call and inquire about its mainstay consumer products such as home water purifiers and contact lenses.
2. Safety data sheets (SDS)
   Toray Group designates the duties, management framework, and procedures for SDS on products that are manufactured or sold by the Group, and provides customers with adequate information on the safe handling of Group products. SDS are disclosed online so that they are readily accessible to customers.
3. Product labeling and instructions
   Toray Group creates labels and instruction manuals (including catalogs) and provides them to customers only after clarifying the duties and management framework for product labels and instruction manuals, the procedures from creation to distribution, and other key processes.

Respecting the Eight Basic Consumer Rights

In providing products and services, Toray Group is fundamentally committed to respecting the Eight Basic Consumer Rights and strives to secure safety and quality of its products throughout the Group's business activities.

The Eight Basic Consumer Rights (Excerpted from the Consumers International website)

• The right to satisfaction of basic needs
• The right to safety
• The right to be informed
• The right to choose
• The right to be heard
• The right to redress
• The right to consumer education
• The right to a healthy environment