In recent years, within the field of environmental issues, there has been a growing concern regarding biodiversity as well as climate change. Natural capital such as water, air, plants, animals, soil and minerals are supported by biodiversity, and we must avoid a situation in which economic activities promote global warming, the depletion of resources, the destruction of ecosystems, and the extinction of species, thereby eliminating biodiversity. To date, we have worked to prevent the loss of biodiversity through energy conservation in our production activities, to reduce CO2 and pollutant emissions, to promote waste reduction and recycling, and to reduce hazardous substances contained in our products. Further, we have made the decision to promote biodiversity conservation efforts as part of our aim to realize a sustainable society.

Approach and policy

The Company shall, in response to our corporate philosophy and sustainability policy, promote business activities that take biodiversity into account.
We will strive to minimize the impact of our business activities on ecosystems and proactively promote social contribution activities such as environmental conservation and nature protection activities in cooperation with local communities.
In order to strengthen our biodiversity conservation efforts, we formulated the Code of Conduct with Respect to Biodiversity in December 2023, and in January 2024, we endorsed the Keidanren Declaration for Biodiversity and Guideline and took part in the Initiative based on the Declaration of Biodiversity by Keidanren.
We will continue to plan and promote biodiversity conservation activities in cooperation with local communities in order to maintain an environment in which people and all living things on the Earth can coexist.

Code of conduct with respect to biodiversity

1. Ascertain the impact of the Company’s business activities on biodiversity conservation throughout the entire value chain and continuously work on minimizing this impact.

2. Endeavor to raise awareness of biodiversity among all employees through Responsible Care activities.

3. Continue to engage in activities that contribute to society by helping biodiversity conservation in order to be highly valued by society and the residents of local communities.

4. Proactively disclose the above initiatives and deepen communications with stakeholders.

Social Contribution Activities at Each Location

Community clean-up activities

We engage in the city clean-up activities around our offices and clean-up activities along beaches and around dams.
We clean up the area around the Company’s Fukushima No. 1 Plant once a month. This allows users of commercial facilities facing this plant and local residents to use this area comfortably.
Those of us belonging to the Company’s Fukushima No. 2 Plant participate in the Sakura-no-Sato Clean-Up Operation as organized by the Sakura Lake Watershed Cooperative Network (Course around the Miharu Dam).
The Company’s Aichi Plant participates in the Major Waterfront Clean-Up Operation as organized by Campaign of bright society creation in Taketoyo.
The Head Office and R&D Division carry out clean-up activities around the head office premises each month. These activities also serve as an opportunity to interact with local residents.

Forest-conservation activities

Members of the Company’s Tokuyama Plant participate annually in the Machi-to-Mori-to-Mizu Exchange Conference (consisting of forest conservation activities), which has been held in the Shunan District since 1997. Through these activities, we learn about how forests facilitate watershed cultivation and help prevent global warming. We will continue to promote forest-conservation activities as a member of the local community and strive to maintain its ecosystem.