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Sustainability Report 2012 to Help Us Make the Next Report Even Better JX Nippon Mining & Metals Corporation Sustainabilit Please feel free to give us your frank opinions about Sustainability Report 2012 to help us make the next report even better. We welcome any suggestions for improving this report. y Report 2012 Send your reviews on this report to: Public Relations & CSR Department, JX Nippon Mining & Metals Corporation 6-3, Otemachi 2-chome, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-8164, Japan E-mail: [email protected] Fax: +81-(0)3-5299-7343 Printed in Japan Sustainability Report 2012 Independent Assurance Report Independent Assurance Report To the President and Chief Executive Officer of JX Nippon Mining & Metals Corporation Purpose and Scope We were engaged by JX Nippon Mining & Metals Corporation (the “Company”) to provide limited assurance on its Sustainability Report 2012 (the “Report”) for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2012. The purpose of our assurance engagement was to express our conclusion, based on our assurance procedures, on whether: the environmental, social and economic performance indicators marked with (the “Indicators”) for the period from April 1, 2011 to March 31, 2012 included in the Report are prepared, in all material respects, in accordance with the Company’s reporting criteria; the Company’s self-declaration on the Global Reporting Initiative (the “GRI”) application level (A+) conforms to the application level criteria stipulated by the GRI; the Company’s policies are aligned to the International Council on Mining and Metals (the “ICMM”)’s 10 Sustainable Development (“SD”) Principles and the applicable mandatory requirements set out in ICMM position statements as described on page 91; the Company has identified and prioritized its material issues as described on page 15; and the Company has approached and managed its material issues as described on page 16. The content of the Report is the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to carry out a limited assurance engagement and to express our conclusion based on the work performed. Criteria The Company applies its own reporting criteria as described in the Report. These are derived, among others, from the Sustainability Reporting Guidelines version 3.0 of the GRI. We used these criteria to evaluate the Indicators. For the GRI application level, we used the criteria stipulated by the GRI. In promoting innovation in the productivity of Procedures Performed We conducted our engagement in accordance with ‘International Standard on Assurance Engagements (ISAE) 3000, Assurance Engagements other than Audits or Reviews of Historical Financial Information’ issued by the International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board, and the ‘Practical Guidelines of Sustainability resources and materials, we are committed to Information Assurance’ of the Japanese Association of Assurance Organizations for Sustainability Information (the “J-SUS”). The limited assurance engagement on the Report consisted of making inquiries, primarily of persons responsible for the preparation of information presented in the Report, and applying analytical and other procedures. The level of assurance provided is thus not as high as that provided by a reasonable assurance assisting the sustainable development of society. engagement. Our assurance procedures included: Interviews with the Company’s responsible personnel to obtain an understanding of its policy for the preparation of the Report. With respect to the Indicators, To Our Readers Reviews of the Company’s reporting criteria. Editorial Policy Boundary of the Report Inquiries about the design of the systems and methods used to collect and process the Indicators. The JX Nippon Mining & Metals Group (“the Group”) is committed to The Report covers JX Nippon Mining & Metals Corporation (“the Com- Analytical reviews of the Indicators. fulfilling its corporate social responsibility (CSR). In every facet of our pany”) as well as its 53 major domestic and overseas affiliated companies Examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the generation, aggregation and reporting of the Indicators in conformity with the Company’s reporting criteria, and also a recalculation of the Indicators. business activities, we are therefore dedicated to assisting the sustain- as of April 1, 2012. Further, the reporting boundaries of respective indica- Visit to a domestic site selected on the basis of a risk analysis. able development of society. tors are as follows. Evaluating the overall statement in which the Indicators are expressed. We issue a sustainability report each year in order to disclose appropri- Boundaries of the Data Domestic Overseas Total Evaluating the Company’s self-declared GRI application level against the application level criteria. ate corporate information to a broad range of our stakeholders, including *1 Economic Data 13 12 25 An assessment of the alignment of the Company’s policies to the ICMM’s 10 SD Principles and the applicable mandatory requirements set out in ICMM customers, suppliers, shareholders and investors, industry-government- Environmental Data 12*2 4*3 16 position statements through documentation reviews and interviews. academia groups, local communities, employees and other interested Social Data*4 38 15 53 Interviews and documentation reviews of the Company’s process of identifying and prioritizing its material issues. parties. As an important communication tool, this Report is designed to Interviews and documentation reviews of the Company’s approach to and management of its material issues. *1. This represents the number of reporting companies covered in the “Economic Effects on Stake- enhance stakeholders’ understanding of our CSR activities. holders” section of the Economic Activities Report. In addition to consolidated subsidiaries (not Our Sustainability Report 2012 has been prepared in accordance with including companies that do not conduct business activities), the nonconsolidated subsidiary Conclusion Nikko Fuji Electronics Dongguan Co., Ltd., is included. Based on the procedures performed, as described above, nothing has come to our attention that causes us to believe that: the Sustainability Reporting Guidelines 2006 of the Global Reporting *2. Included are operating sites that engage in production activities and which the Company con- the Indicators in the Report are not prepared, in all material respects, in accordance with the Company’s reporting criteria as described in the Report; Initiative (GRI) and the GRI Mining and Metals Sector Supplement, as trols directly and companies that have relatively substantial environmental impacts, specifically companies that operate factories classified as a Type 1 or Type 2 Designated Energy Management the Company’s self-declaration on the GRI application level does not conform to the application level criteria stipulated by the GRI; required by the 10 sustainable development principles of the Interna- Factory or companies for which reporting is required under the laws and regulations pertaining the Company’s policies are not aligned to the ICMM’s 10 SD Principles and the applicable mandatory requirements set out in ICMM position statements as tional Council on Mining and Metals (ICMM) and the ICMM's Assurance to the Pollutant Release and Transfer Register (PRTR). *3. The four companies included are Changzhou Jinyuan Copper Co., Ltd., Nippon Mining & Metals described on page 91; Procedures. Taking into consideration our Code of Conduct, this Report (Suzhou) Co., Ltd., JX Nippon Mining & Metals Philippines, Inc., and Gould Electronics GmbH. the Company has not identified and prioritized its material issues as described on page 15; and details our activities from the perspectives of management as well as *4. This represents the number of reporting companies covered in the “Involvement with Our Em- the Company has not approached and managed its material issues as described on page 16. ployees” section of the Company’s Social Activities Report. economic, environmental and social pursuits. Publication Date We have no conflict of interest relationships with the Company that are specified in the Code of Ethics of J-SUS. We conducted our engagement with Reference Materials Reference November 2012 (Publication date of previous report: November 2011) a team with expertise in environmental and social aspects as well as assurance engagements. Reporting Period The indicators that are externally assured are marked with “ ”. In principle, this Report covers our business activities for the period from April 2011 to March 2012 (fiscal 2011). In order to ensure comprehensive KPMG AZSA Sustainability Co., Ltd. disclosure, however, certain information regarding important events that For a more detailed explanation of the underlined text throughout this Report, please refer to the Tokyo, Japan glossary on pages 97 to 100. occurred prior to and/or after this period have been included. November 7, 2012 1 JX Nippon Mining & Metals Corporation Sustainability Report 2012 JX Nippon Mining & Metals Corporation Sustainability Report 2012 106 Contents Message from the Management 3 About JX Nippon Mining & Metals Corporation 5 JX Group Mission Statement/Code of Conduct/Employees’ Roundtable Meeting—JX Nippon Mining & Metals’ Business Activities and CSR CSR Activities of the JX Nippon Mining & Metals Group 11 CSR Action Policy 11 Communication with Stakeholders 12 CSR Activity Report 13 Material Issues of the JX Nippon Mining & Metals Group 15 1 Developing Environment-Friendly Technologies Toward the Sustainable Development of Society 2 Implementing
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