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Sustainability Data Sheet

About data boundary

For data boundary, 【Consolidated】, 【Group】, 【Non-consolidated】, and 【Group Manufacturing】 are disclosed separately.

【Consolidated】　　 　　　： Consolidated data
【Group】　　　　　　　　 　： NAGASE Group
【Non-consolidated】　　　： NAGASE & CO., LTD.
【Group Manufacturing】　： Companies participating in the Group Manufacturing Cooperation Committee
Companies participating in the Group Manufacturing Cooperation Committee:
NAGASE & CO., LTD., Nagase ChemteX, Nagase Viita, Totaku Kogyo, Fukui Yamada Chemical Industry, Setsunan Kasei, Nagase Filter, Nagase Techno Engineering, Captex, Nagase Beauty Care

Environment

Please click here to view the NAGASE Group's past environmental performance data (non-consolidated, NAGASE & CO., LTD.).

Climate Change

【Group】Greenhouse gas emissions in our business activities

・【Group】Scope 1,2

Item (unit: t-CO2) FY21 FY22
Direct greenhouse gas emissions
Scope 1		 41,577 40,887
Indirect greenhouse gas emissions Scope 2
(Market reference)		 39,757 40,544
Total 81,334 81,431

Published: December 27, 2023

※ This has been internally verified.　Scope 2 is the market standard.

・【Group】Scope 1,2 （Comparison with the base year of the Carbon Neutral Declaration, FY2013）

Item (unit: t-CO2) FY2013 FY21 FY22 FY23
Direct greenhouse gas emissions Scope 1 86,197 30,538 33,132 31,099
Indirect greenhouse gas emissions Scope 2
(Market reference)		 33,105 27,057 25,611
Total 63,643 60,189 56,710
Scope 1 and 2 reduction rate
(compared to 2013)		 - 26% 30% 34%

Published: December 27, 2023

※ NAGASE & CO., LTD., Nagase ChemteX, Nagase Viita,

・Scope 3

Item (unit: t-CO2) FY21 FY22 FY23
Greenhouse gas emissions in the supplychain (Scope 3) Total 2,808,895 3,418,695 4,074,262
Break-down Purchased products and services 2,715,238 3,328,785 3,980,343
Capital goods 30,492 17,489 28,562
Activities related to fuel and energy not included in Scopes 1 and 2 11,513 13,766 13,068
Transportation/distribution (upstream) 42,928 46,606 42,572
Business waste 3,474 3,953 3,706
Business travel 577 257 564
Commuting of employees 716 722 1,186
Leased assets (upstream) - 0 0
Transportation/distribution (downstream) 3,803 6,980 4,127
Processing of sold products - 0 0
Use of sold products - 0 0
Disposal of sold products 61 75 69
Leased assets (downstream)- 93 62 66
Franchise - 0 0
Investment - 0 0

Published: December 27, 2023

The Scope 1, 2, 3 data・Energy consumption ・Water Resource utilization we disclose is third-party guaranteed by SOCOTEC Certification Japan to enhance the reliability of the information.

【Group】Breakdown of greenhouse gas emissions by type (Scope 1)

Item FY21 FY22 FY23
CO2 (unit: t-CO2) 30,538 33,132 31,099
CH4 (unit: t-CO2e) 0 0 0
N2O (unit: t-CO2e) 0 0 0
HFC (unit: t-CO2e) 0 0 0
PFCs (unit: t-CO2e) 0 0 0
SF6 (unit: t-CO2e) 0 0 0

Published: August 17, 2023

【Group】Energy usage

Item FY21 FY22 FY23
unit:MWh 235,382 251,653 246,988

Published: December 27, 2023

【Group】Renewable Energy Generation

Item FY22 FY23
unit:MWh 26 45

Published: August 17, 2023

【Group】Electricity Consumption

Item FY21 FY22 FY23
unit:MWｈ 67,416 71,191 68,466

【Group Manufacturing】Basic unit for production (t-CO2/Converted production volume t)

Item FY21 FY22 FY23
Basic unit (t-CO2/Converted production volume t) 0.570 0.450 0.470

Water Resources

【Group】Use of water resources

Item Classification FY21 FY22 FY23
Total water intake (ML) Water supply and industrial water 1,223 1,199 1,199
Well water 2,412 2,418 2,522
Total 3,635 3,616 3,720
Total water discharge (ML) River 3,215 3,299 3,349
Sea 0 0 0
Sewage 273 189 222
Other 0 0 0
Total 3,488 3,488 3,571
Total consumption (ML) Total 147 129 149

Published: December 27, 2023

【Group Manufacturing】Basic unit of water used in food production (basic unit of clean water for main products (m3/t))

Item FY21 FY22 FY23
Basic unit 9.0 9.0 9.26

Biodiversity

【Non-consolidated】Sustainable palm oil procurement performance data

Item FY21 FY22 FY23
Volume of RSPO-certified palm oil handled（unit:t） 1,327 2,078 2,511
RSPO certified oil ratio (%) 68.2 60.7 53.6

Prevention of Pollution and Resource Circulation

【Non-consolidated】Amount of raw material consumption

Item FY21 FY22 FY23
Amount of copy paper used (unit: sheets) 1,511,750 1,384,250 1,107,750

【Group】Amount of general industrial waste

Item FY21 FY22 FY23
Amount of general industrial waste（t） 8,561 9,064 8,922

Published: December 27, 2023

【Group】Amount of special controlled industrial waste

Item FY21 FY22 FY23
Amount of special controlled industrial waste (t) 4,597 3,951 1,791

Published: December 27, 2023

【Non-consolidated】Waste and recycling rate

Item FY21 FY22 FY23
Amount of waste (t) 118 109.7 112
Amount of recycled waste (t) 97 92.9 94
Recycling rate (%) 82.4 84.7 77

【Group Manufacturing】Amount of raw material consumption

Item FY21 FY22 FY23
Total amount（t) 85,830 100,520 87,256
Chemical（t) 32,694 37,805 29,346
Starch（t) 53,136 62,715 57,910

【Group Manufacturing】VOC (air pollutant) emissions

Item FY21 FY22 FY23
Unit（t） VOC (Volatile Organic Compounds) * 0 0 0

*VOC emissions from facilities that fall under the category of fixed emission sources regulated by the Air Pollution Control Act

【Group】Environment-related fines and penalties

Item FY21 FY22 FY23
Unit (Yen) 0 0 0

Chemicals Management

【Group】Reported quantity of PRTR substances

Item FY21 FY22 FY23
Class I designated chemical substances（t） 365.5 461.5 327
Specific class I designated chemical substances（t） 0 0 0

Social

Labor Practices

【Consolidated】Employees by segment

Item FY21 FY22 FY23
Number of employees (consolidated: persons) Overall 6,940 7,113 7,220
Functional Materials 673 704 617
Advanced Materials & Processing 1,606 1,574 1,448
Electronics & Energy 1,338 1,391 1,473
Mobility & Energy 348 317 333
Life & Healthcare 1,874 2,084 2,235
Other 308 308 216
Company-wide (common) 793 735 898

【Non-consolidated】Gender, age structure and attributes of employees

Item as of March 31, 2021 as of March 31, 2022 as of March 31, 2023
Regular employees (persons) Overall Entire generation 820 805 845
Male 530 506 529
Female 290 299 316
Female ratio 35.37% 37.14％ 37.40%
Foreigners 8 8 8
Non-regular employees (persons) Overall Overall 49 41 45
Male 31 24 25
Female 18 17 20
Fixed term full-time employees Overall 30 22 24
Male 18 12 13
Female 12 10 11
Continued employment after retirement Overall 19 15 16
Male 13 10 10
Female 6 5 6
Temporary staff (persons) 16 22 16
Percentage of temporary staff (%) 2.0 2.53 1.77%
Seconded to other companies (persons) 262 284 264
managers (persons) * Total number of managers 565 570 563
Male 540 544 539
Female 25 26 24
Female manager ratio 4.42% 4.56％ 4.26%

*Managers are those who have subordinates or higher, and those who do not have subordinates but are in the same position.
※Full-time employees exclude employees who have been completely transferred to other companies or whose main assignment is to another company.
※Non-regular employees exclude advisors and executive officers.

【Non-consolidated】Number of new graduates and mid-career hires

Item FY21 FY22 FY23
New graduate hires (persons) Overall 54 26 42
Male 25 14 21
Female 29 12 21
Mid-career hires (persons) Overall 11 29 26
Male 7 23 23
Female 4 6 3

【Non-consolidated】Announcement of mid-career hiring ratio based on the Act on Comprehensively Advancing Labor Measures

Item FY21 FY22 FY23
Ratio of mid-career hires to full-time workers (%) 17 54 35

Published: August 17, 2023

【Non-consolidated】Retention rate after three years of hiring new graduates

ItemRetention rate after three years of hiring
Number of new employees in fiscal year ended March 2021 (%) As of April 2023 87
Number of new employees in fiscal year ended March 2020 (%) As of April 2022 98
Number of new employees in fiscal year ended March 2019 (%) As of April 2021 92

【Non-consolidated】Voluntary turnover of full-time employees

Item FY21 FY22 FY23
Turnover rate for personal reasons (%) * 2.12 2.57 2.97

*Retirees are included, but rehired employees are excluded.
※Number of employees who have left the company divided by the number of employees (including employees who have been completely transferred to other companies and employees whose main assignment is a transfer).

【Non-consolidated】Average years of service

Item FY21 FY22 FY23
Total (years) 14.8 15.1 14.6
Male 15.6 16.1 15.5
Female 13.2 13.3 13.1

【Non-consolidated】Average annual salary

Item FY21 FY22 FY23
Average annual salary (1,000 yen) 9,715 10,294 10,903

【Non-consolidated】Total annual working hours

Item FY21 FY22 FY23
General employees (hours) 1,883 1,885 1,815

【Non-consolidated】Annual paid leave

ItemFY21FY22FY23
Average number of days acquired (days) 10.4 11.9 13.2
Number of employees taking annual paid leave by type (persons) Less than five days 0 0 0
Five to ten days 412 278 216
Ten days or more 342 425 658

※Excluding the following from the number of regular employees (excluding those who are fully transferred or whose main assignment is transferred)
・Excluding employees on leave in FY2021.
・Excludes employees who joined the company on or after April 1, 2021.
・Excludes employees who were completely transferred out or returned to their home offices during the term.

【Non-consolidated】Employment of persons with disabilities

Item FY21 FY22 FY23
Employment rate of persons with disabilities (%) 1.92 1.74 2.39

【Non-consolidated】Childbirth and childcare support system

Item FY21 FY22 FY23
Persons taking maternity leave (persons) 20 13 12
Persons taking childcare leave (persons) Total 30 40 36
Female 20 15 14
Male 10 25 22
(Male, within one week) 5 11 6
Male parental leave utilization rate (%) 20.8 58.1 59.5

Human Resource Development

【Non-consolidated】Participants in human resource development training

Training name FY21 FY22 FY23
Training by rank (person) 428 473 602
Overseas training (persons) 0 0 0
Selective training (persons) 16 89 18
Overseas National Staff Business Leader Development Program (person) 10 21 18

Occupational Health and Safety

【Non-consolidated】Occupational Health and Safety

Company Name Item Target FY21 FY22 FY23
Regular employee Contract employee Regular employee Contract employee Regular employee Contract employee
NAGASE & CO., LTD. Number of work-related accidents (commuting) (cases) Fiscal year ended March 2021
Frequency rate: 1.0 or less
Frequency of work-related accidents: 1.0 or less		 1（0） 0（0） 4（2） 1（0） 0 0
Number of fatal accidents (cases) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Frequency rate 0.670 1.970 0.00
Frequency of work-related accidents 1.220 3.730 0.00
Reference: Comparison with industry average (for wholesale and retail businesses with 100 or more employees): frequency rate 2.27 2.31 0

*Commuting accidents are excluded in the frequency of work-related accidents.
*Comparison with the industry average is based on the 2021 Occupational Accident Survey by the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.

【Group Manufacturing】Occupational Health and Safety

Company Name Item Target FY21 FY22 FY23
Regular employee Contract employee Regular employee Contract employee Regular employee Contract employee
Group Manufacturing Industry Cooperation Committee Lost-workday injuries (excluding commuting accidents) Fiscal year ended March 2021
Number of occupational accidents: zero
Frequency rate: 1.00 or less
Frequency of work-related accidents: 1.00 or less (by the fiscal year ending March 2024)		 3 1 5 0 1 1
Number of fatal accidents (cases) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Frequency rate 0.88 1.26 0.62
Frequency of work-related accidents 1.14 1.35 0.96
Reference: Comparison with industry average (for manufacturing business with 100 or more employees): frequency rate 1.21 1.31 1.31

*Frequency rate: fatalities and injuries per million working hours (number of lost-workday injuries)
*Frequency of work-related accidents: total number of accidents per 100 employees (number of lost-workday and non-workday injuries)
*Comparison with the industry average is based on the 2021 Occupational Accident Survey by the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.

【Group】Training on safety and health

ItemFY21FY22FY23
Regular seminars (chemicals and product management) (persons) 1,107 1,089 675
Safety and health training (persons) 93 54 210

*From the fiscal year ending March 31, 2023, regular seminars will be counted as the total number of participants in seminars on individual themes.

Governance

Compliance

【Group】Total amount of political donations

Item FY21 FY22 FY23
Total amount (Thousand yen) 0 0 0

【Group】Corruption-related fines and charges

Item FY21 FY22 FY23
Total amount (Thousand yen) 0 0 0

Social Contributions

Social Contributions Activities

【Group】Total amount of community support

Item FY21 FY22 FY23
Total amount (Thousand yen) 62,172 173,191 97,506

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