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10Nitto Group Report 2017Meanwhile, in accordance with the basic dividend policy, it has been decided to pay 75 yen per share for the year-end dividend, which remains unchanged from the interim dividend, to make the full-year total 150 yen per share, an increase of 10 yen from the previous year. We plan to pay a full-year dividend of 160 yen per share for the next scal year after taking into account earnings forecasts, capital expenditure plans, and other factors.Since its foundation, the Nitto Group has listened carefully to the demands of society and read the wants of the market to deliver numerous technologies and products based on its four core technologies, which include adhesion and coating, thereby expanding its presence in diverse business elds.As the world is faced with an ever-growing mountain of social issues associated with climate change, demographic shifts, and other transformations in our society, computerization and advancements in other technologies have brought about dramatic changes in living environments. The Nitto Group has accumulated technological assets with which to address such issues and shape the future, and it is our corporate mission to continue delivering new value to the public in order to earn their trust and sustain our growth into the future.Consideration for the EnvironmentIn November 2016, the Paris Agreement under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) went into effect. Hailed as one of the United Nations’ most historic agreements, the Paris Agreement involves all signatory nations to the Convention in anti-global warming countermeasures that aim to keep the average global temperature rise to “well below 2℃” from preindustrial levels.Toward Solving Social IssuesNitto Group’sbusiness activitiesEnvironmental impact reductionResource/energy conservationLarge-volume data communicationBridging of the digital divideSafe transportationEqual employment opportunitiesComplianceInfrastructure developmentSolutions to physician and healthcare shortagesImprovement of hygienic environmentReduction of CO2 and toluene emissions and waste Recycling, reuse Green procurement Diversity promotion Fair labor management Business Conduct GuidelinesCSR-Based Procurement GuidelinesSustainable productsOptical films for information equipmentSemiconductor-related productsWater-/air-proof materials for housingElectric and electronic component-related materialsContract manufacturing of nucleic acidsAnti-corrosion materials for social infrastructureMembrane productsFlexible printed circuit boardsFunctional films for airbagsTransdermal drug delivery patchesMedical and hygienic productsFor transportation equipmentSound control materialsVibration-damping materialsFor transportation equipmentInsulation materialsWaterstop/waterproof materialsHeat-resistant materialsClimate changeResource depletionGlobalizationComputerization and advancement of technologiesDemographic changes (aging, population explosions in emerging countries, urbanization)• Initiatives to solve social issues