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Kaneka Integrated Report 2019 Kaneka Integrated Reportkaneka 2019 Kaneka Integrated Report 2019 Kaneka Integrated Report 2019 Kaneka Integrated Report Sustainable Solutions for an Evolving World. 1-12-32, Akasaka, Minato-ku, Tokyo 107-6028, Japan Tel: +81-3-5574-8000 Fax: +81-3-5574-8121 2-3-18, Nakanoshima, Kita-ku, Osaka 530-8288, Japan Tel: +81-6-6226-5050 Fax: +81-6-6226-5037 This product is made of FSC TM-certified and other controlled material. Environment-friendly vegetable oil ink is used for printing. From the Editorial Team CONTENTS Kaneka Integrated Report 2019, covering both financial and non-financial information, has been issued to enhance the understanding of our stakeholders regarding the Kaneka Group’s Ⅰ Management Philosophy value creation in the medium to long term. 1. Management Philosophy Structure KANEKA thinks It is created based on the New Medium-term Management Plan as of May 15, 2019. For product registered trademarks and other trademarks, please Ⅱ Top Message refer to our website. 1. Top Message https://www.kaneka.co.jp/en/esg/report/trademarks “Wellness First”. Ⅲ Management Strategies Organizations Covered in This Report 1. Management System This report covers Kaneka Corporation and its consolidated subsidiaries both in Japan and other countries. The data on 2. ESG Management Responsible Care activities encompass the parent and all 61 3. Value Creation Process Group production subsidiaries. In this report, “Kaneka” refers specifically to Kaneka Corporation. 4. R&B Strategies “Kaneka Group” encompasses Kaneka Corporation and Group 5. Global Strategies companies (its consolidated subsidiaries). References to “Group Kaneka brings the environment to its ideal state, company/companies” do not include Kaneka Corporation. 6. Human Resource Strategies Special Feature develops its business in a “wellness-first” direction, Notes Regarding Future Prospects Ⅳ Statements in this report regarding performance forecasts and Special Feature 1: other future prospects are based on currently available New large-scale businesses energizes people, adds vibrancy to business, information and certain assumptions that we consider reasonable, Biodegradable Polymer PHBH and Kaneka Corporation does not guarantee their achievement. Actual results may differ greatly due to various factors. Special Feature 2: and helps build a happier society. Leading-edge businesses Probiotics Business To make the world more wellness-first. Ⅴ Business Foundation 1. List of Directors Kaneka takes an innovative approach to science, 2. Corporate Governance 3. Business Risks and Uncertainties and seeks to fulfill people’s dreams by offering 4. Compliance 5. Intellectual Property 6. ESG Promotion a wide variety of solutions. 7. Environment 8. Safety / Quality Ⅵ Appendices 1. Consolidated Financial Statements 2. Financial and Nonfinancial Highlights 3. Corporate Profile / Global Network 1 Kaneka Integrated Report 2019 Kaneka Integrated Report 2019 2 Management Management Special Business Top Message Appendices Philosophy Strategies Feature Foundation Management Philosophy Management Philosophy Structure “Declaration of Kaneka United” As good citizens, we look towards With people and technology growing together into Toward an Even More Impressive the same future as all stakeholders creative fusion, we will break fresh ground for the future and Productive Future and tie in to explore New Values. We are also committed Hold in your hands the future you have always dreamed of. from the same viewpoint. to challenge the environmental issues of our planet and We are a highly perceptive and collaborative value-creating contribute to upgrading the quality of life. group or, as we like to say, a “Dreamology Company.*” We want to look at the future from the same perspective as our customers. The future that Kaneka visualizes is one that connects us with our customers. * “Dreamology” is an expression coined from ‘dream’ and Customers ‘ology’ (science). Our “Dreamology Company” is a “highly perceptive and collaborative value-creating group.” We provide quality prod- ucts, services and value aimed at creating a sound 1 Five “ties” society, ensure product safety, and disclose Corporate 1. Tie to the future Society information to those who The Environment Philosophy As a research and development company brimming with purchase our products as creative energy and passion, we will create future-oriented Our business is rooted well as potential customers. We make efforts to reduce businesses that leap beyond current market needs and back in local communities, environmental burden in them up with new product development, thus protecting the promoting social contri- raw material procurement, 2 global environment and contributing to the quality of life. Kaneka Group’s butions and community manufacturing and trans- 2. Tie to the world ESG Activities engagement. We also portation processes. We Corporate Ideals contribute to creating a also fulfill social respon- We are determined to become a truly global enterprise with well (sound) community sibilities by developing diverse human resources working together on a global scale. Our presence will be felt in markets around the world, includ- and society, ensuring safe cutting-edge materials and ing newly emerging ones. Working to resolve operation of plants and unique technologies to disclosure of information. enhance the wellness of 3. Tie with value social issues to keep the global environment. We are proud of our unity and identity as the Kaneka Group Kaneka and will take on the challenges of value creation and business the world well 3 innovation through close collaboration. Shareholders and Group 4. Tie for innovation Providing Valuable Investors Vendors We will never cease to pursue innovation, fusing wisdom We offer appropriate returns We conduct fair trans- ESG Charter from both internal and external sources without getting Solutions and disclose timely informa- actions with suppliers caught up in organizational compartmentalization and con- tion to those who recognize and contractors focusing ventional ways of doing things. our corporate stance and on compliance and build 5. Tie with people Pursuing Social brand value and who own mutually beneficial and well (sound) relationships We in the Kaneka Group believe that the wellspring of corporate our shares, so that we can Responsibility of trust with them, offer- growth resides in human resources and will continue to seek increase overall trust in the Employees ing equal opportunities to innovation as we cultivate and nurture our valued employees. Group seeking to ensure a Bearing in mind Kaneka do business. company culture and a society Group employees and characterized by wellness. their family members, we offer a workplace environ- Putting the Corporate Philosophy Into Practice ment of wellness — job satisfaction, appropriate 1. We offer solutions characterized by value to global markets and contribute to the evolution of lifestyles and the treatment and remuner- environment through innovative chemistry. ation, and safe working ❶ We bring innovation to lifestyles and the environment by harnessing the unlimited potential of chemical materials to help communities achieve environments — and sustainability. (Earthology Chemical Solution) respect their diversity. ❷ By adopting a unified approach to food and medicine that is defined by a focus on chemistry, we provide innovative solutions that empower people to live healthier lives. (Active Human Life Solution) 2. We fulfill our social responsibility by empowering individual employees to put our corporate philosophy into practice through serious, forward-looking effort. ❶ We actively contribute to our communities by cultivating understanding of the cultures and customs of the countries and regions where we do business and by pursuing corporate activities that are deeply rooted in those communities. ❷ We operate our businesses in a fair and impartial manner based on the principles of free competition and legal compliance. ❸ We’re committed to communicating with shareholders and other stakeholders and to making information about our operations available in a timely and appropriate manner. ❹ We strive to foster an organizational culture that respects the personalities and uniqueness of all employees so that they can enjoy good health, feel motivated, and make the most of their abilities. ❺ Reflecting a commitment to make safety the top priority in our operations, we work to create safe and healthy workplaces, ensure product safety, and protect and preserve the environment. In 2018, Kaneka Group established the ESG Charter, aiming to evolve its ESG management. 3 Kaneka Integrated Report 2019 Kaneka Integrated Report 2019 4 Management Management Special Business Top Message Appendices Philosophy Strategies Feature Foundation Top Message The New Economy Is Here ! Awareness of the times We’ve defined our purpose (meaning of We will materialize discontinuous growth by existence) as “to solve social issues and realize Through the technological innovation such as a sustainable society by providing innovative digital transformation (DX) and “data-ism,” our materials as solutions through the break-through accelerating portfolio transformation society and business environment are being technology and global network.” transformed at speed that exceeds what most Based on our key strength: “highly com- people have imagined. Looking at the dramatic petitive technological and global development changes in a short period of time, we feel as capabilities to create innovative products if the future society in the
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