It is the Company's policy to conduct its business in a manner that is compatible with the balanced environmental and economic needs of the communities in which it operates. The Company is committed to continuous efforts to improve environmental performance throughout its operations.

Accordingly, the Company's policy is to:

• comply with all applicable environmental laws and regulations and apply responsible standards where laws and regulations do not exist;
• encourage concern and respect for the environment, emphasize every employee's responsibility in environmental performance, and foster appropriate operating practices and training;
• work with government and industry groups to foster timely development of effective environmental laws and regulations based on sound science and considering risks, costs, and benefits, including effects on energy and product supply;
• manage its business with the goal of preventing incidents and of controlling emissions and wastes to below harmful levels; design, operate, and maintain facilities to this end;
• respond quickly and effectively to incidents resulting from its operations, in cooperation with industry organizations and authorized government agencies;
• conduct and support research to improve understanding of the impact of its business on the environment, to improve methods of environmental protection, and to enhance its capability to make operations and products compatible with the environment;
• communicate with the public on environmental matters and share its experience with others to facilitate improvements in industry performance;
• undertake appropriate reviews and evaluations of its operations to measure progress and to foster compliance with this policy.

“Protect Tomorrow. Today.”
We do not receive the Earth from our parents - we borrow it from our children. Therefore, we must protect tomorrow, today.

In 2005, the ExxonMobil Group, including TonenGeneral, initiated a new program, “Protect Tomorrow. Today.” We have set concrete target figures for reaching a high level of environmental preservation at all our refineries and chemical plants, and formulated a five-year plan to achieve these targets. For example, in reduction of carbon dioxide emissions, we have set the challenging target of improving energy efficiency by 2 percent each year, for a 10-percent improvement in five years. We will steadily monitor this effort in the medium-term environmental plan that we prepare every year based on OIMS , our comprehensive safety, health and environmental management system.

As a result, the energy efficiency of ExxonMobil Japan Group refineries is consistently among the best in the industry, and in 2008 showed an improvement of fifteen percent versus 1990 levels. Furthermore, at Sakai Refinery, a target of a 3.5% reduction in greenhouse gases by 2011 versus 2008 levels on a unit efficiency basis was submitted to and accepted by the Osaka prefecture authorities.

Additional efforts to reduce our environmental impact include atmospheric pollution prevention such as reduction of sulfur oxide (SOx), nitrogen oxide (NOx) and volatile organic compounds (VOC); water pollution prevention such as reduction of chemical oxygen demand (COD); and reduction of industrial waste. We will also continue to participate in programs for development of innovative technologies such as hydrogen technology and carbon dioxide fixation and storage.