Sustainability

ESG Data

Environment
Social
Governance

Zeon Corporation only

*The Himi Futagami Plant and the Tsuruga Plant were added in FY 2021.

		FY 2018	FY 2019	FY 2020	FY 2021	FY 2022
Toxic substances	Butadiene consumption (tons)	289,912	284,390	266,518	246,958	229,642
	Butadiene emissions (tons)	3.4	3.0	2.7	2.8	2.6
	Acrylonitrile consumption (tons)	29,205	28,775	24,319	27,629	21,219
	Acrylonitrile emissions (tons)	4.0	3.0	3.1	3.3	2.9
Substances subject to the PRTR Act	Consumption (tons)	878,072	827,134	817,455	782,415	790,981
Substances subject to the PRTR Act	Emissions (tons)	23.7	23.3	23.4	23.4	18.5
Industrial waste	Amount generated before compacting (tons)	143,129	130,153	140,226	140,146	131,606
	Amount generated after compacting (tons)	15,932	15,115	16,362	18,849	16,515
	Amount sent to landfills (tons)	0.0	3.2	0.1	3.8	1.7
	Industrial waste from plastic products (tons)	-	-	-	1,614	1,488
Atmospheric emissions	CO₂ emissions (tons) Standards on the promotion of energy-saving/global warming countermeasures	545,024	499,222	453,980	526,727	462,156
	CO₂ emissions (tons) Scope1	724,122	682,175	715,338	690,544	701,923
	CO₂ emissions (tons) Scope2	50,954	95,366	98,871	88,448	32,791
	CO₂ emissions (tons) Scope1+2	775,076	777,540	814,209	778,992	734,714
	SO_x emissions (tons)	689	774	579	797	514
	NO_x emissions (tons)	298	270	258	281	225
	Soot emissions (tons)	4	7	4	7	4
	Fluorocarbon leaks (tons-CO₂)	73	107	304	446	311
Water resources	Total water resource consumption (1,000 m³）	18,098	17,741	17,905	17,811	17,961
	Water used from water systems (1,000 m³)	237	251	259	412	438
	Groundwater used (1,000 m³)	0	0	0	0	0
	Industrial water used (1,000 m³)	17,861	17,490	17,646	17,399	17,523
Wastewater	Total wastewater discharge (1,000 m³)	15,399	15,107	15,433	15,258	15,917
	COD emissions (tons)	124	141	121	141	110
	Total phosphorus discharge (tons)	2	2	2	2	2
	Total nitrogen discharge (tons)	160	157	133	131	120
Energy	Total consumption (crude oil equivalent, kL)	211,128	226,122	215,980	244,612	249,016
Energy	Per-unit energy consumption (kL/t-PDR)	0.12	0.14	0.13	0.13	0.14
Production equivalent	(tons)	1,723,677	1,602,286	1,655,367	1,876,274	1,767,586

Zeon Group companies in Japan

(“0” indicates less than 0.5, and “0.0” indicates less than 0.05)

*Optes Inc. was merged into Zeon Corporation in FY 2021.

		FY 2018	FY 2019	FY 2020	FY 2021	FY 2022
Substances subject to the PRTR Act	No. of substances (total)	3.5	3.6	4.2	2.2	2.8
Industrial waste	Amount generated before compacting (tons)	2,746	2,323	2,247	859	957
	Amount sent to landfills (tons)	1.3	2.8	14.3	7.6	2.1
	Industrial waste from plastic products (tons)	-	-	-	142	150
Atmospheric emissions	CO₂ emissions (tons) Standards on the promotion of energy-saving/global warming countermeasures	52,343	50,318	53,681	8,370	7,109
	CO₂ emissions (tons) Scope1	-	-	-	2,147	3,821
	CO₂ emissions (tons) Scope2	-	-	-	6,179	6,904
	CO₂ emissions (tons) Scope1+2	-	-	-	8,326	10,725
Water resources	Water resources (1,000 m³)	328	327	334	215	135
Energy	Energy consumption (crude oil equivalent, kL)	22,949	23,884	26,074	4,162	3,920
Energy	Electricity consumption (1,000 kWh)	82,861	86,744	95,648	11,479	10,929

Status of Certifications for International Environmental Standards

Organization scope (manufacturing divisions, manufacturing companies)	ISO14001
Takaoka Plant	○
Kawasaki Plant	○
Tokuyama Plant	○
Mizushima Plant	○
Himi Futagami Plant	○
Tsuruga Plant	○
Zeon Kasei Co., Ltd. (Head Office divisions including research laboratories)	○
Zeon Polymix Inc.	○
RIMTEC Corporation	○
Zeon Opto Bio Lab Co., Ltd.	○
Tokyo Zairyo Co., Ltd.	○
Zeon Chemicals Yonezawa Co., Ltd.	○
Zeon North Co., Ltd.	○
Zeon Advanced Polymix Co., Ltd.	○
Zeon Chemicals (Thailand) Co., Ltd	○
Zeon Chemicals L.P.	○
Zeon Chemicals Singapore Pte. Ltd.	○
Zeon Polymix (Guangzhou) Co., Ltd.	○
Zeon Kasei (Changshu) Co., Ltd.	○

Status of Certifications for International Quality Standards

Site	ISO9001:2015^*1	ISO13485:2016^*2	IATF16949:2016^*3	FSSC22000v5^*4
Japan
Zeon Corporation	○			○^*6
Zeon Kasei Co., Ltd.	○^*5
Zeon Polymix Inc.	○
Zeon Opto Bio Lab Co., Ltd.	○	○
Tokyo Zairyo Co., Ltd.	○
Tohpe Corporation	○
Zeon Medical Inc.		○
Zeon North Co., Ltd.	○
Zeon Chemicals Yonezawa Co., Ltd.	○			○
Outside Japan
Zeon Chemicals L.P.	○
Zeon Chemicals (Thailand) Co., Ltd.	○
Zeon Advanced Polymix Co., Ltd.	○
Zeon Chemicals Singapore Pte. Ltd.	○
Zeon Europe GmbH	○
Zeon Chemicals Asia Co., Ltd.	○
Zeon Kasei (Changshu) Co., Ltd.			○
Zeon Kasei Mexico S.A. de C.V.	○

*1ISO 9001 is the international standard for achieving ongoing improvements in enhancing customer satisfaction and quality management systems through product and services quality assurance.
*2ISO 13485 is the global standard for quality management systems in the field of medical devices for the purpose of continued manufacture and provision of safe and useful medical devices. The standard has added requirements specific to medical devices while omitting some of the ISO 9001 requirements.
*3IATF 16949 is a standard issued by the International Automotive Task Force (IATF) for the automobile industry sector, and which is intended as a supplement to the requirements of ISO 9001 for automobile manufacturers.
*4FSSC 22000 (Food Safety System Certification 22000) is a standard developed by the Foundation of Food Safety Certification to certify management systems for the production of safe food.
*5The logistical materials division has acquired certification limited to STEC®.
*6Mizushima Plant acquired FSSC 22000 certification for the manufacture of food-grade synthetic aroma chemicals.

Safety

Rate of conducting plant safety evaluations (%)	100
No. of RC audits conducted (times/year)	1
No. of safety incidents	6
No. of lost worktime accidents	4
No. of serious accidents without lost work time	0
Lost work time accident rate	0.36
No. of accidents in logistics	0

Basic Information on Zeon Corporation Employees (non-consolidated; does not include non-permanent employees)

As of March 31, 2023 (excluding those who resigned as of the end of March)
		FY 2021			FY 2022			Notes (FY 2022)
		Men	Women	Total	Men	Women	Total
No. of employees		1,843	274	2,117	2,062	318	2,380
Ratio of female employees (%)		12.9			13.4
No. of new hires	New graduates	78	20	98	86	21	107	Employees that joined the company in April 2023
No. of new hires	Mid-year	79	16	95	195	37	232	Employees that joined the company between April 2022 and March 2023
Ratio of mid-career hires (%)		59			70
Average years of employment (yrs.)		16.2	13.1	15.8	13.6	9.5	13.1
No. of non-Japanese employees		13	15	28	16	16	32
Average age (years)		40.2	37.1	39.8	40.1	36.6	39.7
Number of employees leaving jobs		23	10	33	39	8	47	Number of employees requesting voluntary retirement

Results of Initiatives

As of March 31, 2023
	FY 2021	FY 2022	Notes (FY 2022)
Female manager ratio (%)	5.2	5.7
Paternity leave acquisition ratio (%)	14	51	April 2022 to March 2023
Gender disparity in wages (all workers) (%)	-	74.2
For full-time regular workers (%)	-	78.2
For part-time and contract workers (%)	-	64.6
Ratio of employees with disabilities (%) (Legally required ratio of 2.3%)	2.41	2.58	As of June 2023
Ratio of absences due to injury or illness (absenteeism) (%)	0.56	0.70	Ratio of total persons absent long term for more than 1 month and persons on leave in the total number of employees
Productivity loss ratio (presenteeism) (%)	40.6	40.3	Calculated the average loss ratio for all employees using the WHO-HPQ measure of absolute presenteeism
Ratio of those taking stress checks (%)	96	93
Number of employees taking annual leave/acquisition ratio (%)	54	61	January 2022 to December 2022 (due to annual paid leave being granted as of January 1)
Ratio of employees undergoing routine medical checkups (%)	100	100
Average designated overtime worked (hours)	24.2	21.4	April 2022 to March 2023
Overtime exceeding statutory monthly amount of 45 hours (total number: persons)	449	467	April 2022 to March 2023
Zeon Healthy Behavior Indicator (%)	-	60	Results of regular health checkups conducted between January and June 2022
• Have a BMI within the standard range	-	66	Same as above
• Engage in routine exercise	-	26	Same as above
• Do not smoke	-	76	Same as above
Usage ratio for health support app (%)	36	52
Participation ratio for practical health routines events (Challenge 60) (%)	100	100
Rate of providing specified health guidance (%)	44.3	23.4
Ratio of participation by eligible for mental health seminars (Line Care Training) (%)	76	88

Basic Information on Zeon Group Employees

As of March 31, 2023 (excluding those who resigned as of the end of March), scope is applicable consolidated Group companies in Japan
	FY 2021	FY 2022	Notes (FY 2022)
No. of employees	3,981	4,293
No. of new graduate hires	123	129	Employees that joined the company in April 2023

Management Organization

*As of July 2023
No. of members of the Board of Directors	11
Of which, are outside directors	5
Of which, are women directors	3
No. of members of the Audit & Supervisory Board	5
Of which, are outside auditors	3

Risk Management

*FY 2022
No. of reports received via the Internal Reporting System	4

Internal Audits

No. of departments/companies audited	36

*Zeon Corporation: 16 departments, 10 Zeon Group companies inside Japan, 10 Zeon Group companies outside Japan

Education

		FY 2021	FY 2022
E-learning	Rate of participation in information security education (%)	92.3	96.4
	Rate of participation in sustainability/CSR education (%)	96.7	97.3
	Rate of participation in checks of compliance comprehension (%)	97.9	99.8
Internal lectures	Lectures on laws and regulations^*(number of sessions)	27	34
Internal lectures	Total number of participants (number)	More than 6,000	6,999

*Lectures on the Antimonopoly Act, trade secrets, personal information protection, contract precautions, and other legal and regulatory topics

For more detailed information, see the Corporate Governance Report

Corporate Governance