Mitsui Chemicals Group ESG Report 2018（PDF：6.7MB）
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Mitsui Chemicals Group "ESG Report 2018" Contents Top Page ………………………………………………………………… 1 Message from the President ………………………………………… 3 Special Feature: Place ESG at the Core of Management ……… 9 Sustainability in the Mitsui Chemicals Group ……………………14 Sustainability Management …………………………………………15 Management System ………………………………………………15 Support Initiatives …………………………………………………19 The 2025 Long-term Business Plan Environmental and Social Targets ………………………………… 21 Key Issues (Materiality) …………………………………………… 27 Process for Identifying Key Issues …………………………… 27 Key Issues and Initiatives ……………………………………… 29 Blue Value™ / Rose Value™ ……………………………………… 39 Visualization of Contributions to the Environment and Society ……………………………………… 39 Environmental Contribution Value, Blue Value™ …………… 42 QOL Improvement Contribution Value, Rose Value™ ……… 48 Blue Value™ / Rose Value™ Products ………………………… 50 Corporate Governance ……………………………………………… 55 Risk and Compliance ……………………………………………… 56 Management System …………………………………………… 56 Risk Prevention Measures ……………………………………… 60 Compliance ……………………………………………………… 62 Bribery Prevention ……………………………………………… 68 Responsible Care …………………………………………………… 70 Responsible Care Policy and Management …………………… 72 Management System …………………………………………… 72 Participating in Industry Association Responsible Care Activities …………………………………… 79 Responsible Care Audits ……………………………………… 80 Roll Out to Subsidiaries and Affiliates ………………………… 85 Safety and Prevention ……………………………………………… 87 Management System …………………………………………… 87 Initiatives to Prevent Major Accidents ………………………… 89 Fundamental Safety Initiatives ………………………………… 92 Major Accidents and Work-related Occupational Injuries … 95 Safety and Prevention Training ………………………………… 98 Safety and Prevention Drills …………………………………… 104 Environmental Protection ………………………………………… 107 Management System …………………………………………… 107 Climate Change ………………………………………………… 110 Industrial Waste ………………………………………………… 115 Substances Subject to the PRTR Act ………………………… 118 Air ………………………………………………………………… 120 Water ……………………………………………………………… 122 Biodiversity ……………………………………………………… 125 Environmental Accounting ……………………………………… 129 INPUT ⇒ OUTPUT ……………………………………………… 131 Environmental Compliance ……………………………………… 136 Product Stewardship ……………………………………………… 137 Management System …………………………………………… 137 Strengthening the Management System …………………… 141 Product Stewardship Initiatives ………………………………… 143 Quality of Products and Services ………………………………… 147 Management System …………………………………………… 147 Quality Improvement Initiatives ……………………………… 150 Logistics……………………………………………………………… 151 Management System …………………………………………… 151 Transporting Products Safely …………………………………… 153 Initiatives to Reduce Environmental Impact in Logistics …… 156 Occupational Health ……………………………………………… 158 Management System …………………………………………… 158 Occupational Health Initiatives ………………………………… 160 Engagement with Society ………………………………………… 164 Respect for Human Rights ………………………………………… 165 Human Rights Policy …………………………………………… 165 Initiatives Aimed at Raising Human Rights Awareness …… 167 Sustainable Procurement ………………………………………… 169 Management System …………………………………………… 169 Supplier Sustainability Evaluation and Improvement Support …………………………………………… 172 Participating in Sustainable Procurement-related Initiatives ………………………………… 187 Human Resources Management ………………………………… 190 Management System …………………………………………… 190 Human Resources Development ……………………………… 194 Evaluation/Compensation ……………………………………… 198 Employee-friendly Working Environment …………………… 199 Diversity …………………………………………………………… 204 Social Activities …………………………………………………… 209 Management System …………………………………………… 209 Laboratory Classes on the Wonders of Chemistry ………… 210 Nurturing Future Generations ………………………………… 214 Environment Communication …………………………………… 216 International Exchanges and Cooperation …………………… 218 Support for Employees' Participation in Social Activities … 220 Disaster Relief …………………………………………………… 222 Working in Harmony with Local Communities ……………… 225 Survey Index by Objective ………………………………………… 228 ESG Performance Data …………………………………………… 229 Environment ……………………………………………………… 229 Society …………………………………………………………… 236 Governance ……………………………………………………… 242 Guideline Cross-reference Tables ………………………………… 244 GRI Content Index / ISO 26000 Cross-reference Table …… 244 The 10 principles of the UN Global Compact Cross-reference Table …………………………………………… 257 External Assessments …………………………………………… 258 Editorial Policy ……………………………………………………… 260 Sustainability Sustainability News RSS See All 2018.09.25 Mitsui Chemicals Provides Third Round of Do Green™ Support Activities for Rural Communities in India 2018.09.14 Mitsui Chemicals included on the Dow Jones Sustainability Index 2018.04.19 AGRICULTURE INDUSTRY UNITES TO DELIVER A PIPELINE OF INNOVATIVE VECTOR CONTROL TOOLS TO HELP ERADICATE MALARIA BY 2040 1 2 Message from the President Progress under the Long-term Business Plan Achieved Record-high Earnings as Signs of a Change in Employees’ Awareness Begin to Emerge In recent years, conditions surrounding the corporate sector have evolved at an increasingly fast pace. In moving forward, we recognize the important need to set specific targets and a long-term vision while flexibly adapting to change in order to secure sustainable growth and respond appropriately to prevailing conditions. To date, the Mitsui Chemicals Group has continued to promote triple bottom line management, which focuses on balancing economic, environmental, and social concerns. In an effort to evolve even further, we put in place a long- term business plan, which takes the Group through to 2025, and are engaging in a host of new activities. Fiscal 2017 was an important year in carrying out the Group’s Long-term Business Plan. In similar fashion to the previous fiscal year, we again achieved record-high profit, and on this basis alone I am confident that we have taken a successful first step. Under the Long-term Business Plan, we have set the challenging operating income target of ¥200 billion. From the environmental and social perspectives, we have identified 13 goals that cover a wide range of endeavors. These targets include reducing GHG emissions, ensuring safety, and increasing the percentage of female managers. As we work toward achieving these goals, signs of a change in employees’ mindsets are beginning to emerge. I can sense a genuine evolution within the Group as a whole. 3 Review of the Group’s Three Growth Business Domains Achieved Operating Income in Excess of Plans by Expanding Sales of Major Products Anticipating an upswing in global demand, Mitsui Chemicals has positioned efforts to establish a stable supply system as an important management issue in the Mobility domain. We have decided to set up a European base for polypropylene (PP) compounds, a mainstay business, and continue to consider on an ongoing basis the options of expanding facilities or establishing new bases for other existing products where increased production is required. In addition, we acquired ARRK Corporation, a company that boasts unique technologies across such wide-ranging fields as the design, experimental production, and analysis of automobiles. We are also strengthening our ability to provide solutions that address social needs, which include the growing trend toward electric vehicles together with lighter-weight components and parts as well as the creation of comfortable spaces. In the Health Care domain, our performance has been mixed. On the one hand, we have witnessed steady growth in vision care materials, where we hold a top share in the global market, and such products as the highly functional nonwoven fabrics used in soft premium disposable diapers that offer outstanding comfort. On the other hand, we recognize the urgent challenge and need to address stagnant earnings and persistent harsh conditions in the dental materials field. Currently, our ICROS™ TAPE, a protective tape used for semiconductor manufacturing and a mainstay earnings pillar, is exhibiting robust results in the Food & Packaging domain. Taking into consideration the strong performance of this product, we are promoting the construction of a new production base in Taiwan. In the agrochemicals field, where we work to support various endeavors including efforts to increase food production, we are partnering with leading agrochemical producers in Europe and the U.S. to promote the development of new insecticides and fungicides. We are looking to bring to the market a string of products around 2020 as the next step toward further growth. Next Generation and Basic Materials Businesses We Will Create Next Generation Businesses That Look to the Future While Further Reinforcing the Basic Materials Business Looking 10 and 20 years into the future, we have positioned the Next Generation Business at the heart of efforts to create new solutions geared toward further growth. Signs that the PV plant diagnosis business, which draws on the Group’s 20-odd year track record of providing encapsulant materials used in solar panels, is contributing to results are beginning to emerge. At the same time, we are working to commercialize our rapid diagnostic system for bacterial identification to help in the treatment of sepsis, an infectious disease with a high mortality rate as well as our iCAST™ advanced cultivation system, which controls the use of water and fertilizer, to help address shortages in the supply of food with a sense of urgency. Both systems are attracting increased demand from society. In addition to open innovation as a