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2.1

Name of reporting organisation

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Denso Manufacturing Hungary Ltd.

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Major products and/or services, including brands if appropriate

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Please see the products page

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Operational structure of the organisation

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Please see our organizational chart

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Description of major divisions, operating companies, subsidiaries, and joint ventures

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DMHU is an affiliate of the Denso Group and does not have own subsidiaries or joint ventures.

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Countries in which the organisation’s operations are located

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Székesfehérvár, Hungary

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Nature of ownership; legal form

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The two main shareholders of the company are DENSO Corporation and DENSO International Europe B.V. with a proportion of 70 percent and 30 percent ownership, respectively.

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Nature of markets served

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DMHU operates in the automotive sector and supplies automotive manufacturers with components, especially power train control systems.

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Scale of the reporting organisation

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• number of employees: 2,802
• products produced/services offered (quantity or volume): 12,951,757 kg
• net sales: 240,743,758 EUR
• total capitalisation broken down
  in terms of debt and equity: please see the balance sheet

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List of stakeholders, key attributes of each, and relationship to the reporting organisation

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• DMHU employees
• Our customers – national and international automotive manufacturers
• Our product suppliers – local, national and international automotive suppliers; DMHU subcontractors and service providers
• Our parent company Denso Japan
• DMHU investors
• The community and the inhabitants of Székesfehérvár
• Local authorities
• NGOs
• Educational institutions (universities, elementary and high schools)

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Contact person(s) for the report, including e-mail and web addresses

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Ms. Szilvia Gärtner – environmental engineer
(English, German and Hungarian)
Tel.: +36 22 552 027
Fax: +36 22 552 099
Email: sgartner@denso.hu

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Reporting period (e.g., fiscal/calendar year) for information provided.

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The reporting period contains two time frames. One for the financial data – the fiscal year running from April 2005 to March 2006. The other for the environmental and social data, which derives from the calendar year 2005.

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Date of most recent previous report (if any)

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The last report was published in November 2005 for the reporting period 2003-2004.

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Boundaries of report (countries/regions, products/services, divisions/facilities/joint ventures/subsidiaries) and any specific limitations on the scope

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The reporting boundaries of our 4th sustainability report enclose all our operations and products, our staff and the local community of Székesfehérvár as well as our suppliers and customers.

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Significant changes in size, structure, ownership, or products/services that have occurred since the previous report

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There have not been any significant changes in size, structure, or ownership.

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Basis for reporting on joint ventures, partially owned subsidiaries, leased facilities, outsourced operations, and other situations that can significantly affect comparability from period to period and/or between reporting organisations

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DMHU does not have own subsidiaries or joint ventures.

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Explanation of the nature and effect of any re-statements of information provided in earlier reports, and the reasons for such re-statement (e.g., mergers/ acquisitions, change of base years/periods, nature of business, measurement methods)

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In the report on hand no re-statements of previous given information are done and no changes in the measurement methods occurred.

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Decisions not to apply GRI principles or protocols in the preparation of the report

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In the preparation of this report, we followed the GRI principles. As mentioned before we are referring to the GRI 2002 Guidelines (and there mainly its core performance indicators), and partially to the performance indicators of the GRI G3 Guidelines. For the preparation of the performance indicators, we made use of the GRI technical protocols.

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Criteria/definitions used in any accounting for economic, environmental, and social costs and benefits

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All the financial figures that were used in this report are taken from the DMHU financial report. Regarding the environmental or social figures we have received all the applied costs and benefits from the SHE (Safety, Health and Environment) and the HR departments at DMHU.

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Significant changes from previous years in the measurement methods applied to key economic, environmental, and social information

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There have been no changes in the measurement methods.

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Policies and internal practices to enhance and provide assurance about the accuracy, completeness, and reliability that can be placed on the sustainability report

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The financial figures have been audited and approved externally by the auditing firm Deloitte.. Lloyd’s Register Quality Assurance has audited the accuracy and completeness of the environmental and social figures.

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Policy and current practice with regard to providing independent assurance for the full report

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Our sustainability report was assured by a third party – a non-profit organization namely KÖVET-INEM Hungary.

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Means by which report users can obtain additional information and reports about economic, environmental, and social aspects of the organisation’s activities, including facility-specific information (if available)

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For further information please see 2.10