| FY2021 | FY2022 | FY2023 | FY2024 | FY2025 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FTSE Russell Score (Published in June of every year) | 2.7 | 3.0 | 3.6 | 3.5 | 3.8 | |
| E | ||||||
| Energy consumption | (kl) | 29,215 | 27,562 | 21,920 | 22,623 | 21,931 |
| Energy intensity | (kl/millions of JPY in sales) | 0.6976 | 0.6362 | 0.4952 | 0.4657 | 0.4565 |
| Greenhouse gas emissions | ||||||
| Direct greenhouse gas emissions Energy sources (1) | (t-CO2) | 26,093 | 25,064 | 18,365 | 19,235 | 17,879 |
| Direct greenhouse gas emissions Non-energy sources (2) | (t-CO2) | Not covered by this report | 17,124 | 16,329 | ||
| Indirect greenhouse gas emissions (3) | (t-CO2) | 23,154 | 20,658 | 17,284 | 12,426 | 1,479 |
| Total (1) + (3) | (t-CO2) | 49,247 | 45,722 | 35,649 | 31,661 | 19,358 |
| Total (1) + (2) + (3) | (t-CO2) | Not covered by this report | 48,785 | 35,687 | ||
| Greenhouse gas emission intensity | (t-CO2/millions of JPY in sales) | 1.1759 | 1.0554 | 0.8054 | 0.6518 | 0.4030 |
| Prevention of air pollution | ||||||
| SOx (sulfur oxide) emissions | (t) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NOx (nitrogen oxide) emissions | (t) | 4.94 | 3.17 | 2.84 | 3.97 | 4.22 |
| Dust emissions | (t) | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.02 |
| Prevention of water pollution | ||||||
| Water usage | (kt) | 10,781 | 10,680 | 9,853 | 9,894 | 9,992 |
| Source: Municipal potable water | (kt) | 128 | 121 | 108 | 113 | 127 |
| Source: Surface water from rivers | (kt) | 10,653 | 10,560 | 9,745 | 9,781 | 9,865 |
| Water discharge volume | (kt) | 10,643 | 10,684 | 9,873 | 9,652 | 9,756 |
| Destination: Rivers | (kt) | 5,869 | 5,965 | 5,530 | 5,100 | 5,095 |
| Destination: Ocean | (kt) | 4,774 | 4,719 | 4,343 | 4,552 | 4,661 |
| COD (chemical oxygen demand) emissions | (t) | 50.8 | 64.2 | 54.6 | 53.1 | 49.8 |
| Industrial waste | ||||||
| Industrial waste volumes | (t) | 2,746 | 3,477 | 2,523 | 3,076 | 2,758 |
| Industrial waste from plastic products | (t) | Started calculating from FY2022 |
126 | 110 | 134 | 126 |
| Industrial waste recycle volume | (t) | 1,615 | 2,190 | 1,503 | 1,741 | 1,786 |
| Industrial waste final disposal volume | (t) | 52 | 85 | 144 | 220 | 204 |
| Hazardous waste generation (release amounts and transfer amounts of PRTR listed substances) | (t) | 131 | 113 | 133 | 175 | 141 |
| Total costs of environmental fines | (yen) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| S | ||||||
| Employees | (persons) | 466 | 471 | 489 | 478 | 477 |
| Employees (consolidated) | (persons) | 834 | 890 | 922 | 942 | 946 |
| Ratio of female manager (consolidated) | (%) | 10.8 | 11.0 | 11.3 | 12.1 | 13.0 |
| Ratio of female employee (consolidated) | (%) | 18.0 | 19.5 | 20.5 | 21.2 | 22.1 |
| Ratio of non-Japanese employees (consolidated) | (%) | 26.0 | 30.6 | 31.6 | 35.2 | 35.5 |
| Ratio of mid-career hires (non-consolidated) | (%) | 34 | 35 | 35 | 35 | 36 |
| Ratio of disability employment (non-consolidated) | (%) | 2.5 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 3.2 | 2.9 |
| Female employees taking childcare leave (non-consolidated) | (persons) | 6 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| Ratio of female employees taking childcare leave (non-consolidated) | (%) | 100 | 100 | 0 | 100 | 66.7 |
| Male employees taking childcare leave (non-consolidated) | (persons) | 9 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 11 |
| Ratio of male employees taking childcare leave (non-consolidated) | (%) | 56.0 | 83.0 | 109.1 | 81.8 | 91.7 |
| Employees taking nursing-care leave (non-consolidated) | (persons) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gender wage gap (non-consolidated) | (%) | Started calculating from FY2022 |
84.8 | 82.9 | 79.0 | 79.7 |
| Average monthly overtime per employee (non-consolidated) | (hours) | 11.6 | 11.3 | 10.0 | 12.0 | 11.3 |
| Ratio of personnel taking paid holidays (non-consolidated) | (%) | 69.0 | 70.8 | 73.7 | 72.0 | 74.1 |
| Ratio of personnel taking refreshment leave (non-consolidated) | (%) | 93.0 | 93.4 | 95.9 | 95.8 | 96.4 |
| Average annual training hours per employee (non-consolidated) | (hours) | 109.0 | 106.6 | 96.2 | 81.1 | 81.8 |
| Education expenses per employee (non-consolidated) | (thousands of JPY) | 61 | 72 | 54 | 54 | 56 |
| Number of employees who have undergone internal training (countrywide) | (persons) | 592 | 599 | 620 | 600 | 607 |
| Number of employees who have undergone safety classes (countrywide) | (persons) | 455 | 458 | 465 | 400 | 381 |
| Voluntary turnover rate (non-consolidated) | (%) | 2.9 | 1.4 | 1.7 | 2.6 | 3.5 |
| Ratio of employees that are contractors or temporary staff | (%) | 3.3 | 2.9 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.7 |
| Number of work-related employee fatalities | (persons) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Number of work-related contractor fatalities | (persons) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lost-time incident rate (Frequency rate) : Employee | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.89 | |
| Lost-time incident rate (Frequency rate) : Subcontracting companies | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
| Number of accidents requiring time off (frequency): average among Japan Chemical Industry Association member companies | 0.41 | 0.43 | 0.47 | 0.47 | –* | |
| Lost-time incident rate (Severity rate) : Employee | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.004 | |
| Lost-time incident rate (Severity rate) : Subcontracting companies | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | |
| Number of accidents requiring time off (severity): average among Japan Chemical Industry Association member companies | 0.010 | 0.070 | 0.036 | 0.005 | –* | |
| G | ||||||
| Ratio of Outside Directors | (%) | 42.9 | 42.9 | 42.9 | 42.9 | 42.9 |
| Number of Board of Directors meetings | 16 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 16 | |
| Number of Nominating & Compensation Committee meetings | 12 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 12 | |
| Number of anticorruption violations | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total amount of political donations | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ratio of Female Executive Officers | (%) | Started calculating from FY2025 |
5.9 | 5.9 | ||
＊FY2025 average data for member companies of the Japan Chemical Industry Association (JCIA) is currently being acquired.
(Unit: Million JPY)
| FY2021 | FY2022 | FY2023 | FY2024 | FY2025 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Invest ment |
Expense | Invest ment |
Expense | Invest ment |
Expense | Invest ment |
Expense | Invest ment |
Expense | |
| Business area cost | 120 | 179 | 125 | 230 | 59 | 185 | 414 | 208 | 343 | 219 |
| (1) Pollution prevention cost | 20 | 43 | 38 | 30 | 14 | 40 | 359 | 50 | 199 | 81 |
| (2) Global environmental conservation cost | 100 | 16 | 87 | 11 | 45 | 7 | 55 | 8 | 144 | 25 |
| (3) Resource circulation cost | — | 120 | — | 189 | — | 138 | — | 150 | — | 113 |
| Upstream/downstream costs | — | 5 | — | 9 | — | 7 | — | 12 | — | 26 |
| Administration cost | — | 2 | — | 4 | — | 5 | — | 3 | — | 5 |
| R&D cost | — | 92 | — | 46 | — | 22 | — | 40 | — | 93 |
| Social activity cost | — | 13 | 4 | 15 | 7 | 13 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 13 |
| Environmental remediation cost | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Other cost | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 203 | — | 3 |
| Total | 120 | 291 | 129 | 304 | 66 | 232 | 415 | 479 | 347 | 359 |
* Based on the “Environmental Accounting Guidelines 2005” of the Ministry of the Environment