ESG Data

Environment-Related

Unit Scope of aggregation 2019 2020 2021 2022
Environment conservation costs Investment Million yen Group total 7.7 0 21.5 32.0
Energy consumption Total energy consumption Million GJ Group total 0.261 0.232 0.313 0.334
Derived from non-renewable energy sources 0.261 0.232 0.313 0.332
Derived from renewable energy sources - - - 0.002
Energy consumption per unit requirement (Energy consumption÷Net sales) Gj/Million yen Group total 22.8 23.2 22.1 17.0
Water consumption Million tons Daiichi Kasei Co., Ltd., manufacturing process 0.191 0.163 0.227 0.231
GHG emissions
(Scope1、2)
Scope1 t-CO2 Group total 9,664.9 8,698.6 12,104.7 13,124.6
Scope2
(Market-based)
3,069.1 2,663.4 3,264.9 3,173.2
Scope1+Scope2
(Market-based)
12,734.0 11,362.0 15,369.5 16,297.8
GHG emissions
(Scope3)
Category 1: Purchased goods and services t-CO2 Group total 28,378.4 22,763.2 37,272.6 41,004.6
Category 2: Capital goods 763.6 278.9 2,008.6 1,796.1
Category 3: fuel and energy related activities 3,063.5 2,737.1 3,743.8 4,005.5
Category4: Upstream transportation and distribution 5,846.5 4,473.8 9,358.3 13,684.9
Category5: Waste generated in operations 756.4 889.1 1,226.9 1,381.4
Category6: Business travel 38.1 38.1 40.6 42.8
Category7: Employee commuting 101.6 100.2 106.4 109.5
Category9: Downstream transportation and distribution 1,698.5 1,830.8 1,869.2 1,600.6
Scope3 Total 40,646.4 33,111.1 55,626.4 63,625.4
Emissions of PRTR substances
(atmospheric emissions)
t Daiichi Kasei Co., Ltd., manufacturing process 24 55 82 91
Emissions of PRTR substances
(water emissions)
t Daiichi Kasei Co., Ltd., manufacturing process 0 0 0 0
Emissions of PRTR substances
(transferred amount)
t Daiichi Kasei Co., Ltd., manufacturing process 182 143 204 237
Atmospheric emissions of VOCs t Daiichi Kasei Co., Ltd., manufacturing process 28 91 138 151
Waste (Including landfill disposal・recycle) Thousand tons Daiichi Kasei Co., Ltd., manufacturing process 0.759 0.894 1.172 1.314
Hazardous waste Thousand tons Daiichi Kasei Co., Ltd., manufacturing process 0.146 0.196 0.255 0.314
Non-hazardous waste Thousand tons Daiichi Kasei Co., Ltd., manufacturing process 0.613 0.697 0.916 1.000

Society

Unit Scope of aggregation 2019 2020 2021 2022
Number of employees Total Persons Group total 289 285 304 319
Male TBD TBD TBD 240
Female TBD TBD TBD 79
Percentage of women at the unit manager level and above Daiichi Kasei Co., Ltd., 11.3 12.9 12.2 12.5
Percentage of women at the unit manager level and above Managerial positions (manager level and above) Group total N/A N/A 32.9 27.0
Percentage of employees with disabilities Daiichi Kasei Co., Ltd., 0.5 1.1 1.1 1.6
Average years of service Total Years Daiichi Kasei Co., Ltd., N/A 9.6 9.6 10.6
Male N/A 9.1 9.2 10.2
Female N/A 12.9 12.5 14.7
Percentage of annual leave taken Daiichi Kasei Co., Ltd., 37.5 31.3 35.8 42.6
Number of employees taking childcare leave Total Persons Daiichi Kasei Co., Ltd., 1 1 1 1
Male 0 1 0 0
Female 1 0 1 1
Number of employees taking family care leave Persons Daiichi Kasei Co., Ltd., 0 0 0 0
Number of employees hired Persons Group total 61 24 46 46
Education and Training Investment per employee Yen Daiichi Kasei Co., Ltd., 48,650 43,953 51,710 50,795
Hours per employee Hours N/A 12.4 11.5 10.4
Occupational accident frequency rate Number of occurrences of occupational accidents per 1,000,000 hours Daiichi Kasei Co., Ltd., 25.0 11.1 13.4 6.5
Social contribution expenditures Million yen Group total 13.4 6.4 6.7 4.8
R&D expenses Million yen Group total 169.8 117.12 169.9 183.4
R&D expenses to sales ratio Group total 1.5 1.2 1.2 0.9

Governance

Unit Scope of aggregation 2019 2020 2021 2022
Number of directors Persons Ultrafabrics Holdings Co., Ltd., 10 10 9 7
Number of external directors (independent directors) Persons Ultrafabrics Holdings Co., Ltd., 3 3 3 3
Number of female directors Persons Ultrafabrics Holdings Co., Ltd., 1 1 1 1
Percentage of women on the board of directors Ultrafabrics Holdings Co., Ltd., 10 10 11 14
Number of serious violations of laws, regulations and notices Cases Group total 0 0 0 0
Number of internal reporting cases Cases Group total 0 0 3 1