The Sumitomo Electric Group has changed the title of its environmental report to "SEI CSR Report" in 2005. The CSR Report covers a wider range of our corporate activities and reports on progress made in the various categories; compliance, environmental preservation, procurement and logistics, safety and quality, employees and human rights, social contribution, and information disclosure. In the CSR Report 2009, we focused on our social contribution through business operations. SEI Group's activities are introduced from the following three aspects:

1. Products
2. Manufacturing
3. Research and development
Interviews with and comments from various people in the Group are also included to help you have a better understanding on our corporate activities. At the end of the report, we published two external evaluations of the independent third-parties on our CSR activities and information disclosure practices. Please have a read through our CSR Report.