{"id":3126,"date":"2026-03-30T10:00:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-30T01:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/shokubai.mediawars.ne.jp\/ja\/?post_type=sustainability&#038;p=3126"},"modified":"2026-03-30T10:00:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T01:00:07","slug":"biodiversity","status":"publish","type":"sustainability","link":"https:\/\/www.shokubai.co.jp\/en\/sustainability\/environment\/biodiversity\/","title":{"rendered":"Biodiversity Preservation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-my-gutenberg-my-block00 m_ancNav\"><ul class=\"anc_content\"><li><a href=\"#anc01\" title=\"\">Biodiversity Risk Assessment<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#anc02\" title=\"\">Activities for Biodiversity Preservation and Restoration<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The Nippon Shokubai Group believes biodiversity preservation is a key issue in efforts toward sustainability based on the realization that all business activities both benefit from and impact biodiversity. One of our Environmental Protection Policies is to seek to minimize the negative impact of our business activities and develop products and technologies that contribute to increasing the positive impacts on ecosystems in an effort to conserve and restore biodiversity, which we believe we can accomplish by sustaining efforts to tackle climate change, conserve the environment through our products, control chemical substances, reduce waste, prevent air pollution, and conserve water resources.<br>We have also enjoyed the cooperation of local governments, NPOs, and other organizations in implementing volunteer activities by Nippon Shokubai Group employees to protect and restore natural environments in Japan and other countries. Through these activities, we learn the value of preserving and restoring biodiversity and aim to empower people to conceive of and take actions to help the environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"anc01\">Biodiversity Risk Assessment<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>We conducted a survey on the proximity of major production sites of the Nippon Shokubai Group to protected biodiversity areas located within a 3 km radius by using the Integrated Biodiversity Assessment Tool (IBAT<sup>*1<\/sup>). <br>The survey has confirmed that all production sites are not in close proximity to IUCN Category<sup>*2<\/sup> Ia, Ib, II, or III areas (required to be strictly protected), World Heritage Sites,<sup>*3<\/sup> or Ramsar Convention Wetlands.<sup>*4<\/sup> However, IUCN Category IV, V, and VI areas have been found adjacent to many of the production sites (see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shokubai.co.jp\/en\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/G-8-5_Biodiversity-Risk-Assessment_table_en_2603.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">attached table<\/a>).<br>Fully aware of such an environment, we will continue to work to minimize the negative impact of our business activities on the ecosystem and strive to preserve biodiversity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list m_notesNumList s_small\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ibat-alliance.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">IBAT<\/a>(Integrated Biodiversity Assessment Tool): developed and provided through a partnership of BirdLife International, Conservation International, International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), and United Nations Environment World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC). <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biodiversitya-z.org\/content\/iucn-protected-area-management-categories\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">IUCN Categories<\/a>: IUCN Protected Area Management Categories are assigned to legally protected areas by national government agencies to allow international comparison between national protected area networks, based on management objectives of a protected area. Ia &#8211; Strict Nature Reserve; Ib &#8211; Wilderness Area; II &#8211; National Park; III &#8211; Natural Monument or Feature; IV &#8211; Habitat\/Species Management Area; V &#8211; Protected Landscape\/Seascape; VI &#8211; Protected Area with Sustainable Use of Natural Resources<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>World Heritage: A landmark or area which is selected by the UNESCO as having cultural, historical, scientific or other form of significance, and is legally protected by international treaties. The sites are judged important to the collective interests of humanity.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ramsar Convention Wetlands: protected by national governments to fulfil their obligations under the Convention on Wetlands of International Importance (commonly called the &#8220;Ramsar Convention&#8221;).<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"anc02\">Activities for Biodiversity Preservation and Restoration<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Forest conservation activities<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Creating the &#8220;Yugawara Myriad Leaves Forest&#8221;<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Location: Kajiya, Yugawara-machi, Ashigarashimo-gun, Kanagawa Prefecture<br>Description of activities: Forest maintenance, nature observation events, etc.<br>Duration: Since November 2013<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-1 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p>We have implemented forest maintenance and held nature observation events in the headwater forest of the Niizaki River in the town of Yugawara. In October 2025, we conducted prunning and making benches together with Yugawara town hall staff, public corporations, and forest instructors.<br>In September 2025, the activity was certified as a \u201cNature Symbiosis Site\u201d under the Regional Biodiversity Enhancement Act by the Ministry of the Environment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"138\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shokubai.co.jp\/en\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/G-5-8_group-phote1_260309-300x138.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19734\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.shokubai.co.jp\/en\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/G-5-8_group-phote1_260309-300x138.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.shokubai.co.jp\/en\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/G-5-8_group-phote1_260309-1024x470.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.shokubai.co.jp\/en\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/G-5-8_group-phote1_260309-768x353.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.shokubai.co.jp\/en\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/G-5-8_group-phote1_260309-1536x706.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.shokubai.co.jp\/en\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/G-5-8_group-phote1_260309.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Yugawara Myriad Leaves Forest<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"298\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shokubai.co.jp\/en\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/G-5-8_30by30_yoko-1024x298.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19668\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.shokubai.co.jp\/en\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/G-5-8_30by30_yoko-1024x298.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.shokubai.co.jp\/en\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/G-5-8_30by30_yoko-300x87.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.shokubai.co.jp\/en\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/G-5-8_30by30_yoko-768x224.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.shokubai.co.jp\/en\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/G-5-8_30by30_yoko-1536x447.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.shokubai.co.jp\/en\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/G-5-8_30by30_yoko.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Related links<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.env.go.jp\/nature\/biodiversity\/OECM.html\" title=\"\">Japan\u2019s OECM and related policy<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shokubai.co.jp\/en\/news\/2025100318149\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">News Release (October 3th, 2025) \u2013 \u201cNippon Shokubai \u2013 Yugawara Myriad Leaves Forest\u201d Certified as a \u201cNature Symbiosis Site\u201d by the Ministry of the Environment -Recognized for Efforts in Biodiversity Conservation and Restoration-<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Past activities<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shokubai.co.jp\/en\/?post_type=sustainability&amp;p=13739\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Click here for the Past Activities.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"anc03\">PT. NIPPON SHOKUBAI INDONESIA \u201cTree-Planting\u201d in a Biodiversity Park<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Location: Ciomas, Serang, Banten Province, Republic of Indonesia<br>Description of activities: Tree-planting in 10 ha area in Ciomas<br>Duration: Since November 2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-2 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p>PT. NIPPON SHOKUBAI INDONESIA (NSI) conducts \u201cTree-planting\u201d activities in a Biodiversity Park in Ciomas, Serang, Banten, Indonesia with the help of a local non-governmental organization (NGO), named \u201cRekonvasi Bhumi\u201d and Cisitu Village community. NSI recognizes that conserving local water sources and preserving biodiversity are important for its sustainability initiatives.<br>On January 29, 2026, NSI held its third tree-planting event to commemorate \u201cWorld Million Tree Movement Day&#8221; and received an award from the Banten Province Environment and Forestry Agency for its commitment, active participation, and contribution to the community-based biodiversity conservation services.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"262\" height=\"133\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shokubai.co.jp\/en\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/G-5-8_NSI_060304.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19766\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Biodiversity Park in Ciomas Serang Banten<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Related links<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/shokubai.co.id\/en\/index.html\" title=\"\">PT. NIPPON SHOKUBAI INDONESIA<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shokubai.co.jp\/en\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/G-5-8_News-Release-January-29th-2026-\u2013-NSI_en_260310.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">News Release (January 29th, 2026) \u2013 PT. NIPPON SHOKUBAI INDONESIA commemorates World Million Tree Movement Day by planting trees at Cisitu Biodiversity Park Ciomas in Serang, Banten<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u201cNojigiku\u201d <em>(Chrysanthemum Japonense)<\/em> preservation and popularization<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-3 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p>To rescue, preserve, and popularize the nojigiku <em>(Chrysanthemum japonense)<\/em>\u2014the endangered prefectural flower of Hyogo\u2014the Himeji Plant has dedicated roughly 2,000 m<sup>2<\/sup> of its greenery yard to cultivating 160 varieties of the flower (including foundation stocks).<br>The plant began cultivating the flowers in 1972, and has worked with the Hyogo prefectural government to distribute seedlings each year since 1974.<br>In FY2024, we distributed 15,000 seedlings to 235 organizations, including local governments, kindergartens, elementary and junior high schools and community associations.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"280\" height=\"151\" src=\"\/en\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/natural05.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8661\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The \u201cnojigiku\u201d preservation garden<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":3118,"menu_order":40,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"cat_sustainability":[347],"class_list":["post-3126","sustainability","type-sustainability","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","cat_sustainability-environment"],"aioseo_notices":[],"acf":{"memo":"\u5b8c\u4e86","is_hide_navi":false},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shokubai.co.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sustainability\/3126"}],"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":36,"href":"https:\/\/www.shokubai.co.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sustainability\/3126\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19663,"href":"https:\/\/www.shokubai.co.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sustainability\/3126\/revisions\/19663"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shokubai.co.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sustainability\/3118"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shokubai.co.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3126"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"cat_sustainability","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shokubai.co.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cat_sustainability?post=3126"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}