{"id":3314,"date":"2026-09-18T08:00:15","date_gmt":"2026-09-17T23:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/shokubai.mediawars.ne.jp\/ja\/?post_type=sustainability&#038;p=3314"},"modified":"2026-09-18T08:00:15","modified_gmt":"2026-09-17T23:00:15","slug":"management","status":"publish","type":"sustainability","link":"https:\/\/www.shokubai.co.jp\/en\/sustainability\/environment\/management\/","title":{"rendered":"Environmental Management"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-my-gutenberg-my-block00 m_ancNav\"><ul class=\"anc_content\"><li><a href=\"#anc01\" title=\"\">Environmental Protection Policy<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#anc02\" title=\"\">Promotion System<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#anc03\" title=\"\">Targets and Results<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#anc04\" title=\"\">Initiatives<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"anc01\">Environmental Protection Policy<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>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).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"m_voice\">\n<div class=\"m_media s_flipped\">\n<div class=\"body\">\n<p>The Nippon Shokubai Group has set out the following Environmental Protection Policy based on the RC Policy.\n<\/p>\n<ul class=\"m_list\">\n<li>Actively seek to improve energy efficiency, use renewable energy and bio-based raw materials, and engage in other efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.\n<\/li>\n<li>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.\n<\/li>\n<li>Actively seek to develop and provide products and technologies that help reduce environmental impact.\n<\/li>\n<li>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.\n<\/li>\n<li>Actively disclose and communicate information about environmental conservation to further mutual understanding with stakeholders.\n<\/li>\n<!-- \/.m_list --><\/ul>\n<!-- \/.body --><\/div>\n<!-- \/.m_media --><\/div>\n<!-- \/.m_voice --><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shokubai.co.jp\/en\/sustainability\/rc\/initiative\/#anc01\" title=\"\">RC Policy<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"anc02\"><strong>Promotion System<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"\/en\/sustainability\/rc\/initiative\/#anc02\" title=\"RC Promotion System\">RC Promotion System<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"anc03\"><strong>Targets and Results<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-flexible-table-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><th style=\"width:30%\">Item<\/th><th>FY2025\u20132027 targets<\/th><th style=\"width:25%\">FY2025 results<\/th><\/tr><tr><th style=\"width:30%\"><strong>GHG emissions<\/strong><br>(Scope 1+2)<\/th><td style=\"text-align:center\">30% reduction in emissions <br>by FY2030 from base fiscal year <br>as Nippon Shokubai Group total<br>&nbsp;(In Japan) 30% reduction from FY2014 levels<br>&nbsp;(Outside Japan) Reduction by [reduction <br>objects for each company] from [base <br>fiscal year for each company] levels<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center;width:25%\">Decreased by 24.5%<sup>*1<\/sup><\/td><\/tr><tr><th style=\"width:30%\"><strong>Energy saved<\/strong><\/th><td style=\"text-align:center\">7,000 kL (over 3 years)<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center;width:25%\">8,200 kL<\/td><\/tr><tr><th style=\"width:30%\"><strong>Energy consumption intensity<\/strong><\/th><td style=\"text-align:center\">Class A<sup>*2<\/sup> or higher in the Business <br>Classification Evaluation System under <br>the Act on the Rational Use of Energy<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center;width:25%\">Class A expected<\/td><\/tr><tr><th style=\"width:30%\">Fuel consumption intensity <br>for road transport<\/th><td style=\"text-align:center\">An annual reduction of 1% compared to <br>the average intensity of 35.0 L\/1,000 t-km <br>from FY2019 to FY2023<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center;width:25%\">Increased by 2.0%<br> (35.7 L\/1,000 t-km)<\/td><\/tr><tr><th style=\"width:30%\"><strong>Water withdrawal<\/strong><\/th><td style=\"text-align:center\">Less than FY2020 levels (14.6 million m<sup>3<\/sup>)<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center;width:25%\">Achieved (14.1 million m<sup>3<\/sup>)<\/td><\/tr><tr><th style=\"width:30%\"><strong>Quantity of final <\/strong><br><strong>off-site landfill<\/strong><\/th><td style=\"text-align:center\">Maintain zero emissions<sup>*3<\/sup><\/td><td style=\"text-align:center;width:25%\">Achieved zero emissions<\/td><\/tr><tr><th style=\"width:30%\"><strong>Waste plastic emissions<\/strong><\/th><td style=\"text-align:center\">50% reduction in emissions <br>by FY2030 from FY2021 levels<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center;width:25%\">Decreased by 49%<\/td><\/tr><tr><th style=\"width:30%\"><strong>Emissions of substances subject to the PRTR Law*<sup>4<\/sup><\/strong><\/th><td style=\"text-align:center\">8% reduction in emissions <br>from FY2023 levels (83 t\/y or less)<\/td><td style=\"text-align:center;width:25%\">Decreased by 16% (76 t\/y)<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list m_notesNumList s_small\">\n<li>Including a carbon credit offset of 4.5% due to the purchase of carbon offset city gas.<\/li>\n\n\n\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 \u00d7 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<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"anc04\"><strong>Initiatives<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shokubai.co.jp\/en\/sustainability\/environment\/management\/\" title=\"\">Environmental Management<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shokubai.co.jp\/en\/sustainability\/environment\/business-activities\/\" title=\"\">Environmental Impact of Business Activities<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shokubai.co.jp\/en\/sustainability\/environment\/tackling-climate-change\/\" title=\"\">Tackling Climate Change<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shokubai.co.jp\/en\/sustainability\/environment\/logistics\/\" title=\"\">Efforts for Eco-Friendly Logistics<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shokubai.co.jp\/en\/sustainability\/environment\/our-product\/\" title=\"\">Development and Expansion of Environmental Contribution Products<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shokubai.co.jp\/en\/sustainability\/environment\/chemical-substance-control\/\" title=\"\">Chemical Substance Control<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shokubai.co.jp\/en\/sustainability\/environment\/waste-reduction\/\" title=\"\">Resource Circulation \/ Waste Reduction<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shokubai.co.jp\/en\/sustainability\/environment\/air-pollution\/\" title=\"\">Air Pollution Prevention<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shokubai.co.jp\/en\/sustainability\/environment\/water-resource\/\" title=\"\">Water Resource Conservation<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shokubai.co.jp\/en\/sustainability\/environment\/biodiversity\/\" title=\"\">Biodiversity Preservation<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shokubai.co.jp\/en\/sustainability\/environment\/account\/\" title=\"\">Environmental Accounting<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":3118,"menu_order":30,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"cat_sustainability":[347],"class_list":["post-3314","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\/3314"}],"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":23,"href":"https:\/\/www.shokubai.co.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sustainability\/3314\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21451,"href":"https:\/\/www.shokubai.co.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sustainability\/3314\/revisions\/21451"}],"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=3314"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"cat_sustainability","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shokubai.co.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cat_sustainability?post=3314"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}