March 01,2016

TonenGeneral Sekiyu K.K. (head office: Minato-ku, Tokyo; president and representative director: Jun Mutoh; ''the Company' hereinafter) has been awarded the 'A' rating under the environmental rating scheme of the Development Bank of Japan (president & CEO: Masanori Yanagi; 'DBJ' hereinafter).

The Company's rating was based on the following points (excerpted from a DBJ press release).

  1. 1. Focus not only on environmental performance, but also on process management, including use of the Operations Integrity Management System (OIMS) for systematic implementation of environmental management PDCA in all operations segments.

  2. 2. Development of a system for the group-wide implementation of energy conservation efforts through initiatives such as the designation of energy conservation coordinators at the practical levels of its operations and engineering segments, in addition to the appointment of energy leaders at all of its refineries.

  3. 3. In addition to capital investment for energy efficiency improvement, use of operations management systems to identify environmental impacts of each refining unit as well as the refinery as a whole, and development of specific response measures by assessing deviations from targets to identify areas for improvement.

For more information, please refer to the DBJ press release (in Japanese only).

For more information about OIMS, please click here.

For more information about the Company's energy efficiency improvement initiatives, please click here (1000KB).

[The official language for TonenGeneral Sekiyu's filings with the Tokyo Stock Exchange and Japanese authorities, and for communications with our shareholders, is Japanese. We have posted English versions of some of this information on this website. While these English versions have been prepared in good faith, TonenGeneral Sekiyu does not accept responsibility for the accuracy of the translations, and reference should be made to the original Japanese language materials.]

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