Obtaining Environmental Certifications

To further advance activities with respect to environmental conservation at its facilities, FLY EXPRESS COURIER SERVICE is actively working to obtain certification for ISO 14001, the international standard on environmental management systems, as well as Green Management Certification at each facility.

Obtaining ISO14001 Certifications

In June 1998, FLY EXPRESS COURIER SERVICE obtained ISO 14001 certification for three service locations (since consolidated into two) at the Tokyo Air Service Branch in Baraki (Ichikawa City, Chiba Prefecture). As of March 2011, we have obtained certification for a total of 14 locations around the world.

First certifications, June 24, 1998	Tokyo Air Service Branch: Baraki Export Cargo Center Tokyo Air Service Branch: Baraki Air Cargo Distribution Center
Additional certifications, March 30, 2000	Tokyo Air Service Branch: Narita Airport Logistics Center Nagoya Air Service Branch: Nagoya Distribution Center Osaka Air Service Branch: Nanko Air Cargo Center Fukuoka Air Service Branch: Fukuoka Air Cargo Center
Additional certifications, March 30, 2001	Hiroshima Air Service Branch: Hiroshima Domestic Air Cargo Center Sendai Air Service Branch: Sendai Airport Logistics Center
Additional certifications, March 29, 2002	Nagoya Air Service Branch: Nagoya Air Cargo Cente Takamatsu Air Service Center: Takamatsu Air Cargo Center
New certification, May 31, 2005	Shikoku Branch: Shikoku Heavy Haulage & Construction Branch
New certification, May 10, 2007	NEP Logistics, Inc. (Philippines)
New certification, March 24, 2010	FLY EXPRESS COURIER SERVICE (South China) Co., Ltd.
New certification, March 18, 2011	Osaka Branch: Sharp Osaka Office

Obtaining Green Management Certification

Green Management Certification is a system of certifying and registering businesses that promote environment friendly management (Green Management) and have achieved a certain level. The certifying body for Green Management is the Foundation for Promoting Personal Mobility and Ecological Transportation, which comes under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transportation and Tourism.

The Green Management Certification system began as a basic environmental certification for small-and medium-sized trucking businesses. However, FLY EXPRESS COURIER SERVICE developed this further by instituting initiatives at each approved facility-placing emphasis on environmental performance evaluation followed by certification through third-party screening-after which they are considered to be effective environmental management systems operating at the facility level. Currently, we are focusing our efforts on the certification of mainly trucks and warehouses.

The Kyoto Protocol Target Achievement Plan adopted by the Japanese Cabinet in April 2005 refers to the "dissemination and acceleration of Green Management in transport businesses," while the operation policy of the Revised Energy

Conservation Law which came into force in April 2006 recommends the selection of freight haulers who are considerate of the environment (businesses that have obtained ISO 14001 certification and Green Management Certification).

In the truck division, as of March 2011, 232 FLY EXPRESS COURIER SERVICE facilities and 24 facilities in 12 group companies have obtained certification. In our warehousing division, which was established in July 2005, 33 FLY EXPRESS COURIER SERVICE facilities and one facility in one group company have obtained certification.

Initiatives for Obtaining Green Management Certication

Specific initiatives to obtain Green Management Certification involve recognizing the environmental impacts in the table below regarding vehicles, taking steps to deal with them, and recording the results.

Inspection/repair items with environmental impacts	Specific impacts	Responses
Exhaust gases	Black smoke: needs maintenance.	Routine visual checks for black smoke are important. Regularly use tester to measure black smoke concentration. Immediate inspections (determining causes) and maintenance are important.
Air filter	Poor fuel economy: increases CO₂ Black smoke: needs maintenance	Regular cleaning and changing is important.
Engine oil	Poor fuel economy: increases CO₂	Regular oil changes are important.
Tyre air pressure	Poor fuel economy: increases CO₂ (10% pressure drop worsens fuel economy about 3%)	Routine tyre pressure checking with tyre gauge is important.
Muffler	Improper installation or damage cause noise	Listen for unusual noises.
Air conditioner	Leaking CFC refrigerants, which are greenhouse gases.	Routine checking of effective cooling is important. If air conditioner cools poorly, immediately inspect and repair.

Air pressure measurement using tyre gauge
Air pressure measurement using pen-type tyre gauge
Black smoke check using black smoke chart
Air-conditioner gas status check using sight glass