Editorial Policy

The Sustainability site of Nippon Kayaku Group aims to encourage all stakeholders (employees, customers, suppliers, shareholders/investors, and local communities) to have a deep understanding of the Group's initiatives for Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG).
The website focuses on the key sustainability issues identified in FY2022. Making the best use of the characteristics of the website, the Group is working to communicate information comprehensively, including policies, systems, indicators, initiatives and quantifiable data. Topics have been chosen in view of both their importance to society with reference to various guidelines (GRI standards, ISO 26000, etc.) and their importance to the Nippon Kayaku Group.

*Note:The information in this report includes not only past and current data but also future plans and expectations as of the time of the report’s issuance. These include assumptions and judgements based on information available at the time of writing the report. Future activities and performance may differ from the descriptions presented in this report.

Reporting Period

FY2022 (April 1, 2022 through March 31, 2023)
Some of the data is for the period from January 1, 2022 through December 31, 2022.
However, the website includes information about and details of initiatives that are older, in addition to the latest initiatives and activities.

Scope of Reporting

Nippon Kayaku Co., Ltd.

Consolidated Subsidiaries

NIKKA FINE TECHNO CO., LTD.
Nippon Kayaku Korea Co., Ltd.
NIPPON KAYAKU AMERICA, INC.
Euro Nippon Kayaku GmbH
Kouwa Sangyo Co., Ltd.
〇KAYAKU CHEMICAL (WUXI) CO., LTD.
〇KAYAKU Advanced Materials, Inc.
THE GILMORE ROAD PROPERTY, LLC
〇Teikoku Taping System Co., Ltd.
〇WUXI ADVANCED KAYAKU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
Shanghai KAYAKU International Trading Co., Ltd.
NIPPON KAYAKU (THAILAND) CO., LTD.
POLATECHNO CO., LTD.
〇Moxtek, INC.

〇WUXI POLATECHNO OPTICS CO., LTD.
Dejima Tech B.V.
〇Dejima Optical Films B.V.
〇RaySpec Ltd.
〇NIPPONKAYAKU FOOD TECHNO CO., LTD.
Taiwan Nippon Kayaku Co., Ltd.
〇Kayaku Safety Systems Europe a.s.
〇Kayaku Safety Systems (Huzhou) Co., Ltd.
〇Kayaku Safety Systems de Mexico, S.A. de C.V.
〇Kayaku Safety Systems Malaysia Sdn. Bhd.
Kayaku (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
Wako Toshi Kaihatsu Co., Ltd.

Equity-method Affiliate

Cultivecs Inc.
Kayaku Japan Co., Ltd.
Nouryon Japan K.K.
Sanko Chemical Industry Co., Ltd.

*Note: A 〇 mark is put before the business name of the consolidated subsidiaries with manufacturing equipment. There are 20 manufacturing sites including seven Nippon Kayaku Group plants. (As of July 28, 2023)

Release Date

July 28, 2023

Reporting Cycle

Annual (last release: July 2022; next release: July 2024 [plan])

Reference Guidelines

GRI (Global Reporting Initiative) Standards
Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) Standards
ISO26000
Environmental Accounting Guidelines 2005, Ministry of the Environment, Japan
TCFD Recommendations

External Certification

In order to improve the credibility of its environmental performance data for greenhouse gas emissions (Scope 1, 2, and 3), the Nippon Kayaku Group entrusts third-party verification of the data to Sustainability Accounting Co., Ltd. and discloses the verification results. This started from FY2021. For details, please refer to Independent Third-party Assurance Report.

Inquiries

Office Hours

9:00 - 17:30 (JST) on weekdays (excluding the company’s special holidays)

Contact

Sustainability Promotion Department
Corporate Planning Division
Tel: +81-3-6731-5227
Nippon Kayaku Co., Ltd.
1-1, Marunouchi 2-chome, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-0005, Japan
Inquiry form

Related Information

For other stakeholder communication tools, we publish the integrated report.
The Integrated Report 2023 is scheduled to be issued in the fall of 2023.