Environmental Management

Environmental Protection Policy

This Policy has been approved by the Sustainability Promotion Committee (which is chaired by the President and composed of Inside Directors of the Board, Executive Officers and others appointed by the President).

The Nippon Shokubai Group has set out the following Environmental Protection Policy based on the RC Policy.

  • Actively seek to improve energy efficiency, use renewable energy and bio-based raw materials, and engage in other efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
  • Reduce emissions of waste and chemical substances, and promote resource circulation and the effective use of resources, including water resources, thereby contributing to the realization of a sound material-cycle society.
  • Actively seek to develop and provide products and technologies that help reduce environmental impact.
  • Seek to minimize the negative impacts of business activities and develop products and technologies that contribute to increasing the positive impacts on ecosystems in an effort to preserve and restore biodiversity.
  • Actively disclose and communicate information about environmental conservation to further mutual understanding with stakeholders.

RC Policy

Promotion System

Targets and Results

ItemFY2025–2027 targetsFY2025 results
GHG emissions
(Scope 1+2)		30% reduction in emissions
by FY2030 from base fiscal year
as Nippon Shokubai Group total
 (In Japan) 30% reduction from FY2014 levels
 (Outside Japan) Reduction by [reduction
objects for each company] from [base
fiscal year for each company] levels		Decreased by 24.5%*1
Energy saved7,000 kL (over 3 years)8,200 kL
Energy consumption intensityClass A*2 or higher in the Business
Classification Evaluation System under
the Act on the Rational Use of Energy		Class A expected
Fuel consumption intensity
for road transport		An annual reduction of 1% compared to
the average intensity of 35.0 L/1,000 t-km
from FY2019 to FY2023		Increased by 2.0%
(35.7 L/1,000 t-km)
Water withdrawalLess than FY2020 levels (14.6 million m3)Achieved (14.1 million m3)
Quantity of final
off-site landfill		Maintain zero emissions*3Achieved zero emissions
Waste plastic emissions50% reduction in emissions
by FY2030 from FY2021 levels		Decreased by 49%
Emissions of substances subject to the PRTR Law*48% reduction in emissions
from FY2023 levels (83 t/y or less)		Decreased by 16% (76 t/y)
  1. Including a carbon credit offset of 4.5% due to the purchase of carbon offset city gas.
  2. Class A: If the target of “reducing the five-year average energy consumption intensity or the five-year average electricity demand optimization evaluation intensity by 1% or more per year” has not been achieved, and the intensity has not increased year-on-year for the last two consecutive years, or the five-year average intensity has not increased by 5%.
  3. Zero emissions: Reducing the quantity of waste subject to final disposal at off-site landfills to 0.1% or less of the total amount of waste generated. (quantity of final off-site landfill) ≤ (total amount of waste generated × 0.1%).
  4. PRTR Law: Act on the Assessment of Releases of Specified Chemical Substances in the Environment and the Promotion of Management Improvement.

Initiatives

Nippon Shokubai promotes initiatives to reduce the environmental impact of our business operations, including tackling climate change and reducing waste through our product supply chains.

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