{"id":2818,"date":"2026-09-18T08:00:25","date_gmt":"2026-09-17T23:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/shokubai.mediawars.ne.jp\/ja\/?post_type=sustainability&#038;p=2818"},"modified":"2026-09-18T08:00:25","modified_gmt":"2026-09-17T23:00:25","slug":"plan-result","status":"publish","type":"sustainability","link":"https:\/\/www.shokubai.co.jp\/en\/sustainability\/rc\/plan-result\/","title":{"rendered":"RC Basic Plan and Results"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Medium-Term RC Basic Plan 2027<\/strong> (FY2025\u2013FY2027) and FY2025 Results<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Amid changing circumstances surrounding Nippon Shokubai, the Medium-Term RC Basic Plan 2027 has been formulated with the aim of steadily advancing our materiality (material issues) \u2014\u201cPromotion of safe and stable production activities\u201d and \u201cPromotion of initiatives for Environment\u201c\u2014and promoting the \u201cThree transformations\u201d toward the long-term vision \u201cTechnoAmenity for the future,\u201d through more efficient and continuous improvements in each RC field.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-my-gutenberg-my-block00 m_ancNav m_mtMiddle\"><ul class=\"anc_content\"><li><a href=\"#anc01\" title=\"\">Environmental Protection<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#anc02\" title=\"\">Process Safety and Disaster Prevention<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#anc03\" title=\"\">Occupational Safety and Health<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#anc04\" title=\"\">Chemical Safety<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#anc05\" title=\"\">Quality<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#anc06\" title=\"\">Communication with Society<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#anc07\" title=\"\">Expanding RC initiatives to Group Companies (Common Items with Group Companies)<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-flexible-table-block-table is-content-justification-center\" id=\"anc01\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><th colspan=\"2\" style=\"border-right-color:#f0f6f5;font-size:18px\">Environmental Protection<\/th><\/tr><tr><td style=\"text-align:center\"><strong>Objective for FY2025\u2013FY2027<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\"><strong>FY2025 Actual Figures<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"font-size:13px;vertical-align:top\">\u2022 GHG emissions (Scope 1+2): 30% reduction in emissions by FY2030 from base fiscal year as Nippon Shokubai Group toral<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (In Japan) 30% reduction from FY2014 levels<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (Outside Japan) Reduction by [reduction objects for each company] from [base fiscal year for each company] levels<br>\u2022 Energy saved: 7,000 kL (over 3 years, crude oil equivalent)<br>\u2022 Energy consumption intensity: Class A<sup>*1<\/sup> or higher in the Business Classification Evaluation System under the Act on the Rational Use of&nbsp; Energy<br>\u2022 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<br>\u2022 Water withdrawal: Less than FY2020 levels (14.6 million m<sup>3<\/sup>)<br>\u2022 Quantity of final off-site landfill: Maintain zero emissions<sup>*2<\/sup><br>\u2022 Waste plastic emissions: 50% reduction in emissions by FY2030 from FY2021 levels<br>\u2022 Emissions of substances subject to the PRTR Law<sup>*3<\/sup>: 8% reduction in emissions from FY2023 levels (83 t\/y or less)<\/td><td style=\"vertical-align:top;font-size:13px\">\u2022 GHG emissions: Decreased by 24.5%<sup>*4<\/sup><br>&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;<br><br>&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;<br><br>\u2022 Energy saved: 8,200kL<br><br>\u2022 Energy consumption intensity: Class A expected<br>&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;<br>\u2022 Fuel consumption intensity for road transport: Increased by 2.0% (35.7 L\/1,000 t-km)<br>&nbsp;<br>\u2022 Water withdrawal: Achieved (14.1 million m<sup>3<\/sup>)<br><br>\u2022 Quantity of final off-site landfill: Zero emissions achieved<br>\u2022 Waste plastic emissions: Decreased by 49%<br>&nbsp;<br>\u2022 Emissions of substances subject to the PRTR Law: Decreased by 16% (76 t\/y)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td colspan=\"2\" style=\"text-align:center\"><strong>Priority Initiatives<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td colspan=\"2\" style=\"font-size:13px\">1. Promotion of reducing GHG emissions<br>2. Promotion of energy-saving activities and promotion of reducing emissions of waste\/substances subject to the PRTR Law<br>3. Improvement in transportation efficiency<br>4. Enhancement of product carbon footprint data quality<br>5. Promotion of the certification for Environmental Contribution Products<br>6. Appropriate monitoring and response to biodiversity and water risks (includes Group companies both inside and outside Japan)<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"0\" class=\"wp-block-list m_notesNumList s_small\">\n<li>Class A: If the target of &#8220;reducing the five-year average energy consumption intensity or the five-year average electricity demand optimization evaluation intensity by 1% or more per year&#8221; 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%.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>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) \u2264 (total amount of waste generated x 0.1%).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>PRTR Law: Act on the Assessment of Releases of Specified Chemical Substances in the Environment and the Promotion of Management Improvement.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Including a carbon credit offset of 4.5% due to the purchase of carbon-offset city gas.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>\u3000\u3000<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-flexible-table-block-table is-content-justification-center\" id=\"anc02\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><th colspan=\"2\" style=\"border-right-color:#f0f6f5;font-size:18px\">Process Safety and Disaster Prevention<\/th><\/tr><tr><td style=\"text-align:center\"><strong>Objective for FY2025\u2013FY2027<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\"><strong>FY2025 Actual Figures<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"font-size:13px;vertical-align:top\">\u2022 Class 1 process safety accidents<sup>*5<\/sup>: 0<br>\u2022 Class 2 process safety accidents<sup>*6<\/sup>: 0<\/td><td style=\"vertical-align:top;font-size:13px\">\u2022 Class 1 process safety accidents: 0<br>\u2022 Class 2 process safety accidents: 1<\/td><\/tr><tr><td colspan=\"2\" style=\"text-align:center\"><strong>Priority Initiatives<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td colspan=\"2\" style=\"font-size:13px\">1. Safety culture development<br>2. Prevention of process safety events<br>3. Human resource development<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list m_notesNumList s_small s_start8\">\n<li class=\"m_notesNumList s_small s_start5\">Class 1 process safety accident: Severity point is 18 or more according to CCPS\/Japan Petrochemical Industry Association or a fatal accident.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"m_notesNumList s_small s_start6\">Class 2 process safety accident: Severity point is from 1 to 18 according to CCPS\/Japan Petrochemical Industry Association.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>\u3000\u3000<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-flexible-table-block-table is-content-justification-center\" id=\"anc03\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><th colspan=\"2\" style=\"border-right-color:#f0f6f5;font-size:18px\">Occupational Safety and Health<\/th><\/tr><tr><td style=\"text-align:center\"><strong>Objective for FY2025\u2013FY2027<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\"><strong>FY2025 Actual Figures<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"font-size:13px;vertical-align:top\">\u2022 Serious injuries<sup>*7<\/sup>: 0 (including contractors)\u3000<br>\u2022 Injuries with lost workdays<sup>*8<\/sup>: 0 (including contractors)<br>\u2022 Total occupational injury frequency rate<sup>*9<\/sup> \u22641.5 (Group-wide)<\/td><td style=\"vertical-align:top;font-size:13px\">\u2022 Serious injuries: 0 (including contractors)\u3000<br>\u2022 Injuries with lost workdays: 2 (including contractors)<br>\u2022 Total occupational injury frequency rate: 2.2 (including contractors)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td colspan=\"2\" style=\"text-align:center\"><strong>Priority Initiatives<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td colspan=\"2\" style=\"font-size:13px\">1. Safety culture development<br>2. Prevention of injuries<br>3. Strengthening support for safety activities to contractors<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list m_notesNumList s_small s_start10\">\n<li class=\"m_notesNumList s_small s_start7\">Serious injuries: Resulting in injuries with 4 or more lost workdays, or a disability class from 1 to 14. The disability grade can be confirmed in the Workers&#8217; Accident Compensation Insurance Law Enforcement Regulations, Appendix 1, Disability Grade Table.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"m_notesNumList s_small s_start8\">Injury with lost workdays: Injury requiring at least one lost workday for medical treatment.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"m_notesNumList s_small s_start9\">Total occupational injury frequency rate: Number of casualties in occupational injuries (injuries with lost workdays + injuries without lost workdays) per 1 million actual working hours.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>\u3000\u3000<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-flexible-table-block-table is-content-justification-center\" id=\"anc04\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><th colspan=\"2\" style=\"border-right-color:#f0f6f5;font-size:18px\">Chemical Safety<\/th><\/tr><tr><td style=\"text-align:center\"><strong>Objective for FY2025\u2013FY2027<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\"><strong>FY2025 Actual Figures<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"font-size:13px;vertical-align:top\">\u2022 Legal and\/or social problems related to chemical safety<sup>*10<\/sup>: 0<\/td><td style=\"vertical-align:top;font-size:13px\">\u2022 Legal and\/or social problems related to chemical safety: 0<\/td><\/tr><tr><td colspan=\"2\" style=\"text-align:center\"><strong>Priority Initiatives<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td colspan=\"2\" style=\"font-size:13px\">1. Thorough compliance with laws related to chemical substance management<br>2. Reliable and efficient provision of product safety information and relevant laws to the supply chain<br>3. Improving understanding of the hazards of chemical substances and related laws within the company and Group companies<br>4. Adaptation to new frameworks and industry policies regarding chemical substance management<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list m_notesNumList s_small\">\n<li class=\"m_notesNumList s_small s_start10\">Definition of legal and\/or social problems related to chemical safety: Cases where violations of laws and\/or regulations related to chemicals have had a social impact, such as receiving guidance from relevant government agencies or being reported in the mass media.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>\u3000\u3000<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-flexible-table-block-table is-content-justification-center\" id=\"anc05\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><th colspan=\"2\" style=\"border-right-color:#f0f6f5;font-size:18px\">Quality<\/th><\/tr><tr><td style=\"text-align:center\"><strong>Objective for FY2025\u2013FY2027<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\"><strong>FY2025 Actual Figures<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"font-size:13px;vertical-align:top\">\u2022 Serious quality complaints: 0<\/td><td style=\"vertical-align:top;font-size:13px\">\u2022 Serious quality complaints: 0<\/td><\/tr><tr><td colspan=\"2\" style=\"text-align:center\"><strong>Priority Initiatives<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td colspan=\"2\" style=\"font-size:13px\">1. Continuous improvement by effective utilization of the quality management system<br>2. Prevention of quality complaints and troubles<br>3. Thorough quality compliance<br>4. Improvement of efficiency in quality-related operations without losing reliability<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u3000\u3000<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-flexible-table-block-table is-content-justification-center\" id=\"anc06\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><th colspan=\"2\" style=\"border-right-color:#f0f6f5;font-size:18px\">Communication with Society<\/th><\/tr><tr><td style=\"text-align:center\"><strong>Objective for FY2025\u2013FY2027<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\"><strong>FY2025 Actual Figures<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"font-size:13px;vertical-align:top\">\u2022 Appropriate disclosure of information to stakeholders<\/td><td style=\"vertical-align:top;font-size:13px\">\u2022 Conducted dialogue with local communities<br>\u2022 Delivered a presentation at a Safety Promotion Conference organized by the Japan Petrochemical Industry Association (JPCA)<br>\u2022 Disclosed details of RC initiatives on the corporate website<br>\u2022 Revised and published the TCFD Report<br>\u2022 Published the TechnoAmenity Report and ESG Data Sheet<\/td><\/tr><tr><td colspan=\"2\" style=\"text-align:center\"><strong>Priority Initiatives<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td colspan=\"2\">1. Participation in RC community dialogue meetings and various councils, etc.<br>2. Disclosure of information via the corporate website<br>3. Revision of TCFD Report<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u3000\u3000<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-flexible-table-block-table is-content-justification-center\" id=\"anc07\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><th colspan=\"2\" style=\"border-right-color:#f0f6f5;font-size:18px\">Expanding RC initiatives to Group Companies (Common Items with Group Companies)<\/th><\/tr><tr><td style=\"text-align:center\"><strong>Objective for FY2025\u2013FY2027<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"text-align:center\"><strong>FY2025 Actual Figures<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"font-size:13px;vertical-align:top\">1. Environmental protection<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; \u2022 GHG emissions (Scope1+2): 30% reduction in emissions by FY2030<br>from base fiscal year as Nippon Shokubai Group toral<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;(In Japan) 30% reduction from FY2014 levels<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;(Outside Japan) Reduction by [reduction objects for each company] from [base fiscal year for each company] levels<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; \u2022 Reduction of energy consumption intensity<br><br>&nbsp;&nbsp; \u2022 Reduction of the quantity of waste sent to off-site landfill (In Japan)<br>\u3000\u2022 Reduction of the quantity of waste generated (Outside Japan)<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; \u2022 Reduction of emissions of substances subject to the PRTR Law (In Japan)<br>2. Process safety and disaster prevention<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; \u2022 Class 1 process safety accidents: 0<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; \u2022 Class 2 process safety accidents: 0<br>3. Occupational safety and health<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; \u2022 Serious injuries: 0<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; \u2022 Injuries with lost workdays: 0<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; \u2022 Total occupational injury frequency rate \u22641.5 (Group-wide)<br>4. Chemical product safety<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; \u2022 Legal and\/or social problems related to chemical safety: 0<br>5. Quality<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; \u2022 Serious quality complains: 0<br>6. Communication with society<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; \u2022 Maintenance of a dialogue with stakeholders and reasonable information disclosure<\/td><td style=\"vertical-align:top;font-size:13px\">1. Environmental protection<br>&nbsp; &nbsp;\u2022 GHG emissions: Decreased by 24.5%<sup>*4<\/sup><br>&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;<br><br><br>&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; \u2022 Energy consumption intensity: Decreased at 7 out of 12 companies<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; \u2022 Quantity of waste sent to off-site landfill: Decreased by 42.6% YoY<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; \u2022 Quantity of waste generated: Decreased by 9.8% YoY<br><br>&nbsp;&nbsp; \u2022 Emissions of substances subject to the PRTR Law: Decreased by 9.0% YoY<br>2. Process safety and disaster prevention<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; \u2022 Class 1 process safety accidents: 0<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; \u2022 Class 2 process safety accidents: 0<br>3. Occupational safety and health<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; \u2022 Serious injuries: 6<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; \u2022 Injuries with lost workdays: 6<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; \u2022 Total occupational injury frequency rate: 2.8 (Group-wide)<br>4. Chemical product safety<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; \u2022 Legal and\/or social problems related to chemical safety: 0<br>5. Quality<br>&nbsp; &nbsp;\u2022 Serious quality complains: 0<br>6. Communication with society<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; \u2022 Maintenance of a dialogue with stakeholders and reasonable information disclosure<\/td><\/tr><tr><td colspan=\"2\" style=\"text-align:center\"><strong>Priority Initiatives<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td colspan=\"2\" style=\"font-size:13px\">\u30fbGuidance for Group companies, verification through audits, etc.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":2814,"menu_order":21,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"cat_sustainability":[340],"class_list":["post-2818","sustainability","type-sustainability","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","cat_sustainability-rc"],"aioseo_notices":[],"acf":{"memo":"\u5b8c\u4e86\u3000\u4e0a\u7530","is_hide_navi":false},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shokubai.co.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sustainability\/2818"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shokubai.co.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sustainability"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shokubai.co.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/sustainability"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shokubai.co.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"version-history":[{"count":115,"href":"https:\/\/www.shokubai.co.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sustainability\/2818\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20353,"href":"https:\/\/www.shokubai.co.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sustainability\/2818\/revisions\/20353"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shokubai.co.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sustainability\/2814"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shokubai.co.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2818"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"cat_sustainability","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shokubai.co.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cat_sustainability?post=2818"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}