| FY2020 | FY2021 | FY2022 | FY2023 | FY2024 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FTSE Russell Score (Published in June of every year) | 2.4 | 2.7 | 3.0 | 3.6 | 3.5 | |
| E | ||||||
| Energy consumption | (kl) | 27,312 | 29,215 | 27,562 | 21,920 | 22,623 |
| Energy intensity | (kl/millions of yen in sales) | 0.6629 | 0.6976 | 0.6362 | 0.4952 | 0.4657 |
| Greenhouse gas emissions | ||||||
| Direct greenhouse gas emissions | (t-CO2） | 24,729 | 26,093 | 25,064 | 18,365 | 19,235 |
| Indirect greenhouse gas emissions | (t-CO2） | 23,301 | 23,154 | 20,658 | 17,284 | 12,426 |
| Total | （t-CO2） | 48,030 | 49,247 | 45,722 | 35,649 | 31,661 |
| Greenhouse gas emission intensity | (t-CO2/millions of yen in sales) | 1.1658 | 1.1759 | 1.0554 | 0.8054 | 0.6518 |
| Prevention of air pollution | ||||||
| SOx (sulfur oxide) emissions | (t) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NOx (nitrogen oxide) emissions | (t) | 4.99 | 4.94 | 3.17 | 2.84 | 3.97 |
| Dust emissions | (t) | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Prevention of water pollution | ||||||
| Water usage | (kt) | 10,552 | 10,781 | 10,680 | 9,853 | 9,894 |
| Source: Municipal potable water | (kt) | 116 | 128 | 121 | 108 | 113 |
| Source: Surface water from rivers | (kt) | 10,436 | 10,653 | 10,560 | 9,745 | 9,781 |
| Water discharge volume | (kt) | 10,130 | 10,643 | 10,684 | 9,873 | 9,652 |
| Destination: Rivers | (kt) | 5,753 | 5,869 | 5,965 | 5,530 | 5,100 |
| Destination: Ocean | (kt) | 4,377 | 4,774 | 4,719 | 4,343 | 4,552 |
| COD (chemical oxygen demand) emissions | (t) | 54.4 | 50.8 | 64.2 | 54.6 | 53.1 |
| Industrial waste | ||||||
| Industrial waste volumes | (t) | 3,017 | 2,746 | 3,477 | 2,523 | 3,076 |
| Industrial waste from plastic products | (t) | Started calculating from FY2022 |
126 | 110 | 134 | |
| Industrial waste recycle volume | (t) | 1,736 | 1,615 | 2,190 | 1,503 | 1,741 |
| Industrial waste final disposal volume | (t) | 200 | 52 | 85 | 144 | 220 |
| Hazardous waste generation (release amounts and transfer amounts of PRTR listed substances) | (t) | 133 | 131 | 113 | 133 | 175 |
| Total costs of environmental fines | (yen) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| S | ||||||
| Employees | (persons) | 789 | 834 | 890 | 922 | 942 |
| Percentage of female manager | (%) | 11.2 | 10.8 | 11.0 | 11.3 | 12.1 |
| Percentage of female employee | (%) | 18.6 | 18.0 | 19.5 | 20.5 | 21.2 |
| Percentage of non-Japanese employees | (%) | 23 | 26 | 30.6 | 31.6 | 35.2 |
| Percentage of mid-career hires (Hodogaya only) | (%) | 33 | 34 | 35 | 35 | 35 |
| Percentage of disability employment (Hodogaya only) | (%) | 2.3 | 2.5 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 3.2 |
| Long‑term childcare leave women | (persons) | 1 | 6 | 1 | –※1 | 3 |
| Percentage of usage of long‑term childcare leave women | (%) | 100 | 100 | 100 | –※1 | 100 |
| Long‑term childcare leave men | (persons) | 1 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 9 |
| Percentage of usage of long‑term childcare leave men | (%) | 14 | 56 | 83 | 109.1 | 81.8 |
| Long‑term nursing care leave (consolidated) | (persons) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gender wage gap (Hodogaya only) | (%) | Started calculating from FY2022 |
84.8 | 82.9 | 79.0 | |
| Average monthly overtime per employee | (hours) | 10.3 | 11.6 | 11.3 | 10.0 | 12.0 |
| Usage of paid holidays | (%) | 65 | 69 | 70.8 | 73.7 | 72 |
| Usage of refreshment leave | (%) | 93 | 93 | 93.4 | 95.9 | 95.8 |
| Average annual training hours per employee (Hodogaya only) | (hours) | Started calculating from FY2021 |
109.0 | 106.6 | 96.2 | 81.1 |
| Education expenses per employee (Hodogaya only) | (thousands of yen) | Started calculating from FY2021 |
61 | 72 | 54 | 54 |
| Number of employees who have undergone internal training (countrywide) | (persons) | 588 | 592 | 598 | 620 | 600 |
| Number of employees who have undergone safety classes (countrywide) | (persons) | 451 | 455 | 458 | 465 | 400 |
| Separation rate (calculated using number of regular employees who leave the company during the year and excluding employees who joined the company during the year) | (%) | 1.5 | 3.3 | 1.6 | 1.9 | 3.0 |
| Percentage of employees that are contractors or temporary staff | (%) | 3.6 | 3.3 | 2.9 | 1.2 | 1.3 |
| 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 | 0.92 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
| 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 | 0.28 | 0.41 | 0.43 | 0.47 | –※2 | |
| Lost-time incident rate (Severity rate) : Employee | 0.001 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | |
| 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 | 0.110 | 0.010 | 0.070 | 0.036 | –※2 | |
| G | ||||||
| Percentage of directors who are outside directors | (%) | 42.9 | 42.9 | 42.9 | 42.9 | 42.9 |
| Number of Board of Directors meetings | 16 | 16 | 12 | 13 | 10 | |
| Number of Nominating and Compensation Committee meetings | 7 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 11 | |
| Number of anticorruption violations | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total amount of political donations | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
*1 Regarding the percentage of usage of long‑term childcare leave (female), there were no eligible employees in FY2023.
*2 The FY2024 average data of JCIA member companies is currently under compilation.
(Unit: Million JPY)
| FY2021 | FY2022 | FY2023 | FY2024 | Investment | Expense | Investment | Expense | Investment | Expense | Investment | Expense |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Business area cost | 120 | 179 | 125 | 230 | 59 | 185 | 414 | 208 |
| (1) Pollution prevention cost | 20 | 43 | 38 | 30 | 14 | 40 | 359 | 50 |
| (2) Global environmental conservation cost | 100 | 16 | 87 | 11 | 45 | 7 | 55 | 8 |
| (3) Resource circulation cost | — | 120 | — | 189 | — | 138 | — | 150 |
| Upstream/downstream costs | — | 5 | — | 9 | — | 7 | — | 12 |
| Administration cost | — | 2 | — | 4 | — | 5 | — | 3 |
| R&D cost | — | 92 | — | 46 | — | 22 | — | 40 |
| Social activity cost | — | 13 | 4 | 15 | 7 | 13 | 1 | 13 |
| Environmental remediation cost | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Other cost | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 203 |
| Total | 120 | 291 | 129 | 304 | 66 | 232 | 415 | 479 |
* Based on the “Environmental Accounting Guidelines 2005” of the Ministry of the Environment