We disclose non-financial information, mainly our activities in fiscal 2010, ended March 31, 2011, in the Hitachi Group Sustainability Report 2011. Operating and financial information for shareholders and other investors is in the Annual Report 2011. Our Web site provides the latest information on these and other topics.

Hitachi Group Sustainability Report 2011 Digest

Annual Report 2011
The Hitachi Group Sustainability Report 2011 is a combination of the Hitachi Group Corporate Sustainability Report and the Hitachi Group Environmental Sustainability Report, which we published through fiscal 2010. We publish the Hitachi Group Sustainability Report 2011 Digest (24 pages), a summary of policies, areas of special social interest, and reports on key management issues from the larger Hitachi Group Sustainability Report 2011 (149 pages), which is issued as a PDF. (The Japanese and English versions of this digest are scheduled to be released in September and October, respectively.) Our Web site also reports on detailed activity, as well as news releases and other up-to-date information.

Hitachi's CSR Principles: Vision and Policies
Highlights: Spotlighting 2005 through 2010
Diversity management*
Employee safety and health*
Welfare
Supplementary data for Environmental Report*
Period:
The main period covered is fiscal 2010 (April 1, 2010, to March 31, 2011)
Companies:
Hitachi, Ltd. and 913 consolidated subsidiaries (including modified entities to which the equity method of consolidated reporting applies): total 914 companies
Scope of data:
“Environmental Reporting Guidelines” (FY 2007 version), Ministry of the Environment, Japan
“Environmental Reporting Guidelines 2001—With Focus on Stakeholders,” Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, Japan
GRI Sustainability Reporting Guidelines (G3.1), Global Reporting Initiative
This sustainability report is published annually.