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Editorial Policy

The aim of this Sustainability Website is to ensure that all our stakeholders (employees, customers, suppliers, shareholders, investors and local communities) have a thorough understanding of the Nippon Kayaku Group’s ESG (Environment, Social and Governance) initiatives. The information published here chiefly pertains to the Important Sustainability Issues we identified in FY 2022. We are making the most of the website’s features to publish comprehensive information on our policies, organizational structure, performance indicators, initiatives and numerical data. We also report on various guidelines (such as GRI and ISO26000 standards) depending on how important we deem them to be with respect to our group and society at large.

Reporting Period

FY 2023 (Apr 1st 2023 to Mar 31st 2024)
A section of the data within pertains to the period Jan 1st 2023 to Dec 31st 2023.
Certain reports on activities and initiatives may also include information from before and/or after the above periods (when providing the latest information).

Report Focus

Nippon Kayaku Co., Ltd.

Consolidated Subsidiary Companies

  • 〇 Kayaku Safety Systems Europe
  • 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.
  • NIPPON KAYAKU AMERICA, INC.
  • 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.
  • NIKKA FINE TECHNO CO., LTD
  • Nippon Kayaku Korea Co., Ltd
  • Euro Nippon Kayaku GmbH
  • Kowa Sangyo Co., Ltd
  • 〇 KAYAKU CHEMICAL (WUXI) CO., LTD
  • 〇 KAYAKU Advanced Materials Inc.
  • 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
  • 〇 NIPPON KAYAKU FOOD TECHNO CO., LTD
  • Taiwan Nippon Kayaku Co., Ltd
  • Kayaku (Shanghai) Co., Ltd
  • Wako Toshi Kaihatsu Co., Ltd.
  • *Consolidated subsidiaries with manufacturing facilities have been listed with a 〇 beside their name. Including 7 Nippon Kayaku plants, we have 20 manufacturing facilities in total (as of July 26th 2024).

Publication date

Jul 26th 2024

Reporting Cycle

1 year (Previous issue: Jul 2023; Next issue: Jul 2025)

Guidelines consulted

GRI (Global Reporting Initiatives) Standards
SASB (Sustainability Accounting Standards Board) Standards
ISO26000
Ministry of the Environment, Japan (Environmental Accounting Guidelines: 2005 Edition)
TCFD (Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures) recommendations

Third-Party Inspections

Since 2021, the Nippon Kayaku Group has sought to increase the reliability of its environmental performance data on greenhouse gas emission levels (Scope 1, Scope 2 and Scope 3). To that end, it has commissioned third-party inspection reports from Sustainability Accounting Co., Ltd. and subsequently published the results. From 2023, the inspection report covers levels of energy consumption, water use, and waste alongside greenhouse gas emissions.
For further details, please see the section on Independent Third-Party Inspection Reports.

Media for Information Disclosure

In addition to via this website, sustainability information is disclosed through the following publications.

Publication Format Released
Sustainability Report PDF October
Integrated Report PDF December
Corporate Governance Report PDF June
Securities Report PDF
(Japanese Only)		 June

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Office Hours

Weekdays: 0900 to 1730 (closed on Saturdays, Sundays, public holidays and company holidays)

Contact Information

Sustainability Promotion Department
Corporate Planning Division
Nippon Kayaku Co., Ltd
1-1 Marunouchi 2-chome, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo
ZIP code: 100-0005
03-6731-5227

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Forward-Looking Statements

This website not only contains facts about the past and present, but also predictions, forecasts, targets and plans related to the future. All such references to the future are based on the information available at the time of publication. Naturally, due to a variety of factors, our forecasts may differ substantially from actual future business results. We therefore kindly remind website users to exercise their own judgment when utilizing the information within.

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