October 1, 2004

Epson Group Environmental Philosophy
The Epson Group will integrate environmental 
considerations into its corporate activities
and actively strive to meet high conservation standards
in fulfilling its responsibilities as a good corporate citizen.

Environmental Policy
In an effort to "integrate environmental considerations into its corporate activities" in line with the Epson Group Environmental Philosophy, Sanyo Epson Imaging Devices Corporation will harness the collective strength of its employees in actively striving to create and provide environmentally conscious products and to improve all processes to reduce the burden on the environment.

1. We will build an environmental management system that can be used continuously to reduce the burden on the environment and will annually upgrade our efforts through the Plan-Do-Check-Act cycle. 

We will respect laws, local ordinances, customer requests, and industry guidelines and will strive to prevent environmental pollution before it occurs.

We will set environmental goals and targets in accordance with this policy and will implement and act upon any revisions to the policy.

2. We will fulfill our responsibilities to local communities and the international community by implementing the following activities throughout the company:

A. Creating display devices and display-equipped products that have a low environmental impact
B. Striving to save energy and reduce emissions of greenhouse gases to prevent global warming
C. Using chemicals, glass, paper, and other limited resources effectively and reducing the amount used
D. Recycling waste, with the ultimate goal of achieving zero-emission plants
E. Raising the environmental performance of related plants by transferring expertise on environmental activities

3. We will notify all employees of this Environmental Policy in document form and will release it both internally and externally.

Teruo Tabata, President
Sanyo Epson Imaging Devices Corporation

Attachment 2. The ISO14000 Series

ISO14000-series certifications set international standards for the scope of application and implementation methods of environmental management systems introduced by organizations. Having begun deliberations in 1993, the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) decided on five final proposals relating to environmental management and auditing in July 1995, and the ISO14001 (Environmental Management Systems—Specification with Guidance for Use) and ISO14004 (Environmental Management Systems—General Guidelines on Principles, Systems, and Supporting Techniques) formally came into effect in September 1996. 

The ISO established five specialist subcommittees to address themes relating to environmental management, such as environmental labels, life cycle assessment (LCA), and performance evaluation. This series of standards is collectively known as the ISO14000 series. The latest edition of ISO14001 standards was published in 2004.

ISO14001 covers the following areas:

1. Formulation of policies based on level of environmental impact of a company and legal regulations, and setting of concrete goals and targets
2. Production of environmental management plans
3. Organization and assignment and education/training of necessary personnel
4. Implementation and maintenance of environmental management plans
5. Auditing of environmental management systems
6. Review of management systems by managers

A further objective is to ensure "continual improvement" of the management systems by addressing problems based on the results of the review in (6) above and returning to (1) to formulate new policies.

Auditing for ISO14001 certification is designed to verify whether an environmental management system satisfies the requirements listed in (1) to (6).

Composition of ISO14000 Series Standards

Standards That Came into Effect in October 1996:

ISO14010: Guidelines for Environmental Auditing - General Principles
ISO14011: Guidelines for Environmental Auditing - Audit Procedures - Auditing of Environmental Management Systems
ISO14012: Guidelines for Environmental Auditing - Qualification Criteria for Environmental Auditors