| FY2019 | FY2020 | FY2021 | FY2022 | FY2023 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FTSE Russell Score (Published in June of every year) | 2.3 | 2.4 | 2.7 | 3.0 | 3.6 | |
| E | ||||||
| Energy consumption | (kl) | 27,440 | 27,312 | 29,215 | 27,562 | 21,920 |
| Energy intensity | (kl/millions of yen in sales) | 0.7265 | 0.6629 | 0.6976 | 0.6362 | 0.4952 |
| Greenhouse gas emissions | ||||||
| Greenhouse gas emissions Scope 1 | (t-CO2） | 24,999 | 24,729 | 26,093 | 25,064 | 18,365 |
| Greenhouse gas emissions Scope 2 | (t-CO2） | 23,827 | 23,301 | 23,154 | 20,658 | 17,284 |
| SCOPE1 + SCOPE2 | (t-CO2） | 48,826 | 48,030 | 49,247 | 45,722 | 35,649 |
| Greenhouse gas emission intensity | (t-CO2/millions of yen in sales) | 1.2927 | 1.1658 | 1.1759 | 1.0554 | 0.8054 |
| Prevention of air pollution | ||||||
| SOx (sulfur oxide) emissions | (t) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NOx (nitrogen oxide) emissions | (t) | 4.72 | 4.99 | 4.94 | 3.17 | 2.84 |
| Dust emissions | (t) | 0.04 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Prevention of water pollution | ||||||
| Water usage | (kt) | 10,334 | 10,552 | 10,781 | 10,680 | 9,853 |
| Source: Municipal potable water | (kt) | 90 | 116 | 128 | 121 | 108 |
| Source: Surface water from rivers | (kt) | 10,245 | 10,436 | 10,653 | 10,560 | 9,745 |
| Water discharge volume | (kt) | 9,858 | 10,130 | 10,643 | 10,684 | 9,873 |
| Destination: Rivers | (kt) | 5,486 | 5,753 | 5,869 | 5,965 | 5,530 |
| Destination: Ocean | (kt) | 4,372 | 4,377 | 4,774 | 4,719 | 4,343 |
| COD (chemical oxygen demand) emissions | (t) | 46.3 | 54.4 | 50.8 | 64.2 | 54.6 |
| Industrial waste | ||||||
| Industrial waste volumes | (t) | 2,753 | 3,017 | 2,746 | 3,477 | 2,523 |
| Industrial waste from plastic products | (t) | Started calculating from FY2022 | 126 | 110 | ||
| Industrial waste recycle volume | (t) | 1,090 | 1,736 | 1,615 | 2,190 | 1,503 |
| Industrial waste final disposal volume | (t) | 257 | 200 | 52 | 85 | 144 |
| Hazardous waste generation (release amounts and transfer amounts of PRTR listed substances) | (t) | 136 | 133 | 131 | 113 | 133 |
| Total costs of environmental fines | (yen) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| S | ||||||
| Employees | (persons) | 739 | 789 | 834 | 890 | 922 |
| Percentage of female manager | (%) | 10.8 | 11.2 | 10.8 | 11.0 | 11.3 |
| Percentage of female employee | (%) | 18.4 | 18.6 | 18.0 | 19.5 | 20.5 |
| Percentage of non-Japanese employees | (%) | 21 | 23 | 26 | 30.6 | 31.6 |
| Percentage of mid-career hires (Hodogaya only) | (%) | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 35 |
| Percentage of disability employment (Hodogaya only) | (%) | 1.9 | 2.3 | 2.5 | 2.6 | 2.6 |
| Long‑term childcare leave women | (persons) | 3 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| Percentage of usage of long‑term childcare leave women | (%) | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | –*1 |
| Long‑term childcare leave men | (persons) | 4 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 12 |
| Percentage of usage of long‑term childcare leave men | (%) | 24 | 14 | 56 | 83 | 109.1 |
| 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 | ||
| Average monthly overtime per employee | (hours) | 12.0 | 10.3 | 11.6 | 11.3 | 10.0 |
| Usage of paid holidays | (%) | 68 | 65 | 69 | 70.8 | 73.7 |
| Usage of refreshment leave | (%) | 94 | 93 | 93 | 93.4 | 95.9 |
| Average annual training hours per employee (Hodogaya only) | (hours) | Started calculating from FY2021 | 109.0 | 106.6 | 96.2 | |
| Education expenses per employee (Hodogaya only) | (thousands of yen) | Started calculating from FY2021 | 61 | 72 | 54 | |
| Number of employees who have undergone internal training (countrywide) | (persons) | 573 | 588 | 592 | 598 | 620 |
| Number of employees who have undergone safety classes (countrywide) | (persons) | 438 | 451 | 455 | 458 | 465 |
| 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) | (%) | 3.2 | 1.5 | 3.3 | 1.6 | 1.9 |
| Percentage of employees that are contractors or temporary staff | (%) | 2.3 | 3.6 | 3.3 | 2.9 | 1.2 |
| 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 | 0.92 | 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 | 0.42 | 0.28 | 0.41 | 0.43 | –*2 | |
| Lost-time incident rate (Severity rate) : Employee | 0.000 | 0.001 | 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 | 0.010 | 0.110 | 0.010 | 0.070 | –*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 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 12 | 13 | |
| Number of Nominating and Compensation Committee meetings | — | 7 | 10 | 12 | 14 | |
| Number of anticorruption violations | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total amount of political donations | (yen) | 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 We are acquiring the FY2023 data on the average among Japan Chemical Industry Association member companies.
(Unit: Million JPY)
| FY2021 | FY2022 | FY2023 | Investment | Expense | Investment | Expense | Investment | Expense |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Business area cost | 120 | 179 | 125 | 230 | 59 | 185 |
| (1) Pollution prevention cost | 20 | 43 | 38 | 30 | 14 | 40 |
| (2) Global environmental conservation cost | 100 | 16 | 87 | 11 | 45 | 7 |
| (3) Resource circulation cost | — | 120 | — | 189 | — | 138 |
| Upstream/downstream costs | — | 5 | — | 9 | — | 7 |
| Administration cost | — | 2 | — | 4 | — | 5 |
| R&D cost | — | 92 | — | 46 | — | 22 |
| Social activity cost | — | 13 | 4 | 15 | 7 | 13 |
| Environmental remediation cost | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Total | 120 | 291 | 129 | 304 | 66 | 232 |
* Based on the “Environmental Accounting Guidelines 2005” of the Ministry of the Environment