Environmental Management

Environmental Protection Policy

This Policy has been approved by the TechnoAmenity Promotion Committee (which is chaired by the President and composed of inside Members 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 the recycling and the effective use of resources including water resources to contribute 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.

Promotion System

RC Promotion System

Targets and Results

Item	FY2022-FY2024 targets	FY2023 results
Energy saved	6,000 kL (over 3 years)	6,703 kL*¹ 15,017 kL (FY2022-FY2023)
Energy consumption intensity	5% reduction from FY2019 levels	Increased 15.3%¹²
GHG emissions for FY2030	30% or greater reduction from FY2014 levels (including Group companies in Japan)	Decreased 15.2%¹³
Fuel consumption intensity for road transport	4% reduction from FY2020 levels	Increased 1.7%
Modal shifts	Promotion	Promotion ongoing
Water use intensity	reduction to at least FY2020 levels	Increased 9.1% from FY2020 levels
Zero emissions*⁴	Zero emissions maintained	Zero emissions maintained
Emissions of substances subject to the PRTR Law*⁵	99 t/yr or lesser	90.1 t/yr

*1 Each coefficient has been revised due to acts (Act on the Rational Use of Energy, Act on Promotion of Global Warming Countermeasures, and Act on Rational Use and Appropriate Management of Fluorocarbons) amended in FY2023.
*2 Due to the amended Act on the Rational Use of Energy, waste oil used as fuel is treated as energy, but calculations exclude waste oil for comparison with the base year.
*3 Including a carbon credit offset of 7.3% due to the purchase of carbon-neutral city gas
*4 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
*5 PRTR Law: Act on the Assessment of Releases of Specified Chemical Substances in the Environment and the Promotion of Management Improvement
*6 Due to amendment of the PRTR Law, this objective was re-set.

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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