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, 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 FY23
(Before internal vertification)
Direct greenhouse gas emissions
Scope 1
41,577 40,887under calculation
Indirect greenhouse gas emissions Scope 2
(Market reference)
39,757 40,544
Total 81,334 81,431

As of June 25, 2024

※ 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
(Before third-party assuarance)
Direct greenhouse gas emissions Scope 1 86,197 33,132 31,099 31,531
Indirect greenhouse gas emissions Scope 2
(Market reference)
27,057 25,611 26,776
Total 60,189 56,710 58,308
Scope 1 and 2 reduction rate
(compared to 2013)
- 30% 34% 32%

As of June 25, 2024

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

※ To ensure the reliability of the above Scope 1,2 information, third-party assurance is obtained annually from Socotec Certification Japan(FY2023 results are also scheduled to be obtained).

・【Group】Scope3

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

As of June 25, 2024

※ To ensure the reliability of the above Scope 3 information, third-party assurance is obtained annually from Socotec Certification Japan(FY2023 results are also scheduled to be obtained).

※ There are no emissions that fall under the categories of "Leased assets (upstream)," "Use of products sold," "Franchises," "Investments," "Other (upstream/downstream)."

※ The category of "Processing of sold products" is not calculated because it is currently difficult to obtain information to calculate emissions at the processing stage for a wide variety of products, although the products we provide are processed in some way at the customer's site.

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

Item FY21 FY22 FY23
CO2 (unit: t-CO2) 33,132 31,099 31,531
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

As of June 25, 2024

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

【Group】Energy usage

Item FY21 FY22 FY23
(Before third-party assuarance)
unit:MWh 251,653 246,988 264,560

As of June 25, 2024

※ To ensure the reliability of the above Energy Usage information, third-party assurance is obtained annually from Socotec Certification Japan(FY2023 results are also scheduled to be obtained).

【Group】Renewable Energy Generation

Item FY21 FY22 FY23
unit:MWh 26 45 46

As of June 25, 2024

【Group】Electricity Consumption

Item FY21 FY22 FY23
unit:MWh 71,191 68,466 66,634

As of June 25, 2024

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

Item FY21 FY22 FY23
Basic unit (t-CO2/Converted production volume t) 0.450 0.470 0.480

As of June 25, 2024

Water Resources

【Group】Use of water resources

Item Classification FY21 FY22 FY23
(Before third-party assuarance)
Total water intake (ML) Water supply and industrial water 1,199 1,199 1,174
Well water 2,418 2,522 2,700
Other 0 0 3
Total 3,617 3,721 3,877
Total water discharge (ML) River 3,299 3,349 3,521
Sea 0 0 0
Sewage 189 222 238
Other 0 0 0
Total 3,488 3,571 3,760
Total consumption (ML) Total 129 149 117

As of June 25, 2024

※ To ensure the reliability of the above Use of water resources information, third-party assurance is obtained annually from Socotec Certification Japan(FY2023 results are also scheduled to be obtained).

【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 9.00 9.26 9.55

As of June 25, 2024

Biodiversity

【Non-consolidated】Sustainable palm oil procurement performance data

Item FY21 FY22 FY23
Volume of RSPO-certified palm oil handled(unit:t) 2,078 2,511 2,483
RSPO certified oil ratio (%) 60.7 53.6 57.9

As of June 25, 2024

Prevention of Pollution and Resource Circulation

【Non-consolidated】Amount of raw material consumption

Item FY21 FY22 FY23
Amount of copy paper used (unit: sheets) 1,384,250 1,107,750 1,080,500

As of June 25, 2024

【Group】Amount of general industrial waste

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

As of June 25, 2024

【Group】Amount of special controlled industrial waste

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

As of June 25, 2024

【Non-consolidated】Waste and recycling rate

Item FY21 FY22 FY23
Amount of waste (t) 110 143 70
Amount of recycled waste (t) 93 107 57
Recycling rate (%) 84.7 75.1 81.3

As of June 25, 2024

【Group Manufacturing】Amount of raw material consumption

Item FY21 FY22 FY23
Total amount(t) 100,520 87,256 88,077
Chemical(t) 37,805 29,346 30,005
Starch(t) 62,715 57,910 58,072

As of June 25, 2024

【Group Manufacturing】VOC (air pollutant) emissions

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

As of June 25, 2024

*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

As of June 25, 2024

Chemicals Management

【Group】Reported quantity of PRTR substances

Item FY21 FY22 FY23
Class I designated chemical substances(t) 462 327 560
Specific class I designated chemical substances(t) 0 0 0

As of June 25, 2024

Social

Labor Practices

【Consolidated】Employees by segment

Item FY21 FY22 FY23
Number of employees (consolidated: persons) Overall 7,113 7,220 7,528
Functional Materials 704 617 912
Advanced Materials & Processing 1,574 1,448 1,179
Electronics & Energy 1,391 1,473 1,511
Mobility & Energy 317 333 339
Life & Healthcare 2,084 2,235 2,408
Other 308 216 328
Company-wide (common) 735 898 851

As of June 25, 2024

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

Item FY21 FY22 FY23
Regular employees (persons) Overall Entire generation 805 845 874
Male 506 529 541
Female 299 316 333
Female ratio 37.1% 37.4% 38.1%
Foreigners 8 8 9
Non-regular employees (persons) Overall Overall 41 45 48
Male 24 25 26
Female 17 20 22
Fixed term full-time employees Overall 22 24 19
Male 12 13 10
Female 10 11 9
Continued employment after retirement Overall 15 16 20
Male 10 10 11
Female 5 6 9
Temporary staff (persons) 22 16 16
Percentage of temporary staff (%) 2.53 1.77 1.68
Seconded to other companies (persons) 284 264 248
managers (persons) * Total number of managers 570 563 563
Male 544 539 535
Female 26 24 28
Female manager ratio 4.56% 4.26% 4.97%

As of June 25, 2024

※All figures are as of the end of the fiscal year.
※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 26 42 48
Male 14 21 28
Female 12 21 20
Mid-career hires (persons) Overall 29 26 25
Male 23 23 16
Female 6 3 9

As of June 25, 2024

【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 (%) 54 35 34

As of June 25, 2024

【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 2022 (%) As of April 2024 85
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

As of June 25, 2024

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

Item FY21 FY22 FY23
Turnover rate for personal reasons (%) * 2.57 2.97 3.61

As of June 25, 2024

※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) 15.1 14.6 15.8
Male (years) 16.1 15.5 16.7
Female (years) 13.3 13.1 13.9

As of June 25, 2024

【Non-consolidated】Average annual salary

Item FY21 FY22 FY23
Average annual salary (1,000 yen) 10,294 10,903 10,951

As of June 25, 2024

【Non-consolidated】Total annual working hours

Item FY21 FY22 FY23
General employees (hours) 1,885 1,815 1,811

As of June 25, 2024

【Non-consolidated】Annual paid leave

Item FY21 FY22 FY23
Average number of days acquired (days) 11.9 13.2 14.6
Number of employees taking annual paid leave by type (persons) Less than five days 0 0 0
Five to ten days 278 216 180
Ten days or more 425 658 743

As of June 25, 2024

※Excluding the following from the number of regular employees (excluding those who are fully transferred or whose main assignment is transferred)
・Employees on leave during the fiscal year
・Employees who joined the company on or after April 2 in the fisical year
・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 (%) 1.74 2.39 2.40

As of June 25, 2024

【Non-consolidated】Childbirth and childcare support system

Item FY21 FY22 FY23
Persons taking maternity leave (persons) 13 12 15
Persons taking childcare leave (persons) Total 40 36 28
Female 15 14 14
Male 25 22 14
(Male, within one week) 11 6 4
Male parental leave utilization rate (%) 58.1 59.5 50.0

As of June 25, 2024

Human Resource Development

【Non-consolidated】Participants in human resource development training

Training name FY21 FY22 FY23
Training by rank (person) 473 602 489
Overseas training (persons) 0 0 16
Selective training (persons) 89 18 74
Overseas National Staff Business Leader Development Program (person) 21 18 47

As of June 25, 2024

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
4(2) 1(0) 0(0) 0(0) 0(0) 0(0)
Number of fatal accidents (cases) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Frequency rate 1.97 0.00 0.00
Frequency of work-related accidents 3.73 0.00 0,00
Reference: Comparison with industry average (for wholesale and retail businesses with 100 or more employees): frequency rate 2.31 1.98 2.43

As of June 25, 2024

*Commuting accidents are excluded in the frequency of work-related accidents.
*Comparison with the industry average is based on the 2023 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)
5 0 1 1 7 0
Number of fatal accidents (cases) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Frequency rate 1.26 0.62 1.91
Frequency of work-related accidents 1.35 0.96 1.45
Reference: Comparison with industry average (for manufacturing business with 100 or more employees): frequency rate 1.31 1.25 1.29

As of June 25, 2024

*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 2023 Occupational Accident Survey by the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.

【Group】Training on safety and health

Item FY21 FY22 FY23
Regular seminars (chemicals and product management) (persons) 1,089 675 677
Safety and health training (persons) 54 210 60

As of June 25, 2024

*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

As of June 25, 2024

【Group】Corruption-related fines and charges

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

As of June 25, 2024

Social Contributions

Social Contributions Activities

【Group】Total amount of community support

Item FY21 FY22 FY23
Total amount (Thousand yen) 173,191 97,506 78,804

As of June 25, 2024