ESG Data

Environment-Related

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Unit Scope of aggregation 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Environment conservation costs Investment Million yen Group total 21.5 32.0 25.8 1,536.0 0
Energy consumption Total energy consumption Million GJ Group total 0.313 0.334 0.303 0.265 0.294
Derived from non-renewable energy sources 0.313 0.332 0.301 0.262 0.287
Derived from renewable energy sources 0.002 0.002 0.003 0.007
Energy consumption per unit requirement (Energy consumption÷Net sales) Gj/Million yen Group total 22.1 17.0 14.5 13.1 14.3
Water consumption Million tons Daiichi Kasei Co., Ltd., manufacturing process 0.227 0.231 0.219 0.180 0.206
GHG emissions
(Scope1、2)
Scope1 t-CO2 Group total 12,104.7 13,126.2 11,755.5 9,180.1 10,145.6
Scope2
(Market-based)
3,199.9 3,201.3 2,613.3 2,809.5 3,038.7
Scope1+Scope2
(Market-based)
15,304.5 16,327.5 14,368.8 11,989.5 13,184.3
GHG emissions
(Scope3)
Category 1: Purchased goods and services t-CO2 Group total 24,075.1 23,909.7 22,555.6 21,372.7 22,922.1
Category 2: Capital goods 2,008.6 1,796.1 6,470.7 9,196.4 4,428.9
Category 3: fuel and energy related activities 3,743.8 4,006.0 3,616.2 3,128.4 3,458.2
Category4: Upstream transportation and distribution 6,161.8 8,895.4 4,113.2 2,804.6 2,671.5
Category5: Waste generated in operations 1,226.9 1,381.4 1,225.1 1.068.0 1032.6
Category6: Business travel 40.6 42.8 42.6 41.7 43.4
Category7: Employee commuting 106.4 109.5 110.6 112.3 117.3
Category9: Downstream transportation and distribution 1,869.2 1,600.6 775.7 1,449.2 1,247.9
Scope3 Total 39,232.4 41,741.4 38,909.8 39,173.3 35,921.7
Emissions of PRTR substances
(atmospheric emissions)
t Daiichi Kasei Co., Ltd., manufacturing process 82 91 81 65 65
Emissions of PRTR substances
(water emissions)
t Daiichi Kasei Co., Ltd., manufacturing process 0 0 0 0 0
Emissions of PRTR substances
(transferred amount)
t Daiichi Kasei Co., Ltd., manufacturing process 204 237 214 184 184
Atmospheric emissions of VOCs t Daiichi Kasei Co., Ltd., manufacturing process 138 151 132 106 101
Waste (Including landfill disposal・recycle) Thousand tons Daiichi Kasei Co., Ltd., manufacturing process 1.172 1.314 1.160 0.998 0
Hazardous waste Thousand tons Daiichi Kasei Co., Ltd., manufacturing process 0.255 0.314 0.250 0.231 0.205
Non-hazardous waste Thousand tons Daiichi Kasei Co., Ltd., manufacturing process 0.916 1.000 0.910 0.767 0.744

Society

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Unit Scope of aggregation 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Number of employees Total Persons Group total 309 319 328 321 334
Male 228 240 237 227 233
Female 81 79 91 94 101
Percentage of women at the unit manager level and above Daiichi Kasei Co., Ltd., 12.2 12.5 15.1 16.9 17.9
Percentage of women at the unit manager level and above Managerial positions (manager level and above) Group total 26.2 24.8 27.7 29.1 31.5
Percentage of employees with disabilities Daiichi Kasei Co., Ltd., 1.1 1.6 1.0 1.0 1.0
Average years of service Total Years Daiichi Kasei Co., Ltd., 9.6 10.6 10.2 10.5 11.1
Male 9.2 10.2 10 10.4 11.3
Female 12.5 14.7 11.5 10.6 9.9
Percentage of annual leave taken Daiichi Kasei Co., Ltd., 35.8 42.6 44.5 40.6 38.8
Number of employees taking childcare leave Total Persons Daiichi Kasei Co., Ltd., 1 1 0 0 4
Male 0 0 0 0 4
Female 1 1 0 0 0
Number of employees taking family care leave Persons Daiichi Kasei Co., Ltd., 0 0 0 0 0
Number of employees hired Persons Group total 46 46 45 33 29
Education and Training Investment per employee Yen Daiichi Kasei Co., Ltd., 51,710 50,795 37,988 57,480 44,833
Hours per employee Hours 11.5 10.7 11.3 22.3 15.9
Occupational accident frequency rate Number of occurrences of occupational accidents per 1,000,000 hours Daiichi Kasei Co., Ltd., 13.4 6.5 13.1 11.1 5.8
Social contribution expenditures Million yen Group total 6.7 4.8 5.7 7.4
R&D expenses Million yen Group total 159.0 177.1 261.2 337.7 341.2
R&D expenses to sales ratio Group total 1.1 0.9 1.2 1.7 1.7

Governance

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Unit Scope of aggregation 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Number of directors Persons Ultrafabrics Holdings Co., Ltd., 9 7 9 9 9
Number of external directors (independent directors) Persons Ultrafabrics Holdings Co., Ltd., 3 3 3 3 3
Number of female directors Persons Ultrafabrics Holdings Co., Ltd., 1 1 2 2 2
Percentage of women on the board of directors Ultrafabrics Holdings Co., Ltd., 11 14 22 22 22
Number of serious violations of laws, regulations and notices Cases Group total 0 0 0 0 0
Number of internal reporting cases Cases Group total 3 1 1 1 2