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Message from the President
Aboutthis report
REPORTING PERIODThis corporate sustainability report covers
the period from April 1, 2019 to March 31, 2021.

GRI STANDARDSThe report has been prepared in accordancewith the core option of the Global Reporting
Initiative (GRI) standards.

ASSURANCE

We did not pursue assurance for this report.
However, much of the data and practices
detailed in this report are tracked inmanagement systems that have been certified
by independent third parties.

NOTE ABOUT JSR MICROThis report covers the activity of JSR Micro NV,
which has its headquarters in Leuven, Belgium
and is a subsidiary of JSR Corporation. Whenthe report mentions JSR Micro, it is referringto the operations of JSR Micro NV only. JSR,in contrast, may refer to a broader selectionof companies in the JSR group, including JSR
Micro NV.

WE WELCOME YOUR FEEDBACK!
Please refer any questions or suggestions
concerning this report to our CSR
coordinator.
Contact: Katleen Gorissen
E-mail: CSR@jsrmicro.beContents
Contents

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About this report1

Message from the President

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JSR Micro, enabling in high-tech and healthcare 3
Caring for the well-being of our employees

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Making mobility more comfortable
and sustainable

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Ensuring employees’ health and safety

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Excelling in quality

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Based on continuous innovation		

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Product stewardship and compliance

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Business continuity and risk management

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Managing and lowering
our environmental impact

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Responsible supply chain management

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Validated by the Responsible
Business Alliance (RBA)

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2021 GRI content index

25This fourth edition of our CSR reportaims to shine a positive light onwhat has been a challenging andcomplicated time.
Halfway through the reporting
period, we were confronted with thestart of the COVID-19 pandemic that,within a few months quickly spiraled
into a global health crisis. Prior
to this pandemic, however, geopolitical tensions were on the rise,
migration crises were worsening,
and the impacts of climate change
had become unequivocally clear.
Still, we want to bring an optimistic
message. Keeping our employees
safe and healthy was our highest
priority and we managed to prevent
an outbreak. Having sites on threecontinents proved to be an asset
when geo-political tensions rose.
The redundancy that we built into
our operations kicked in when thefirst wave of the pandemic started,and our lean organization allowed
us to quickly expand our production
capacity while further reducing ourenvironmental impact.

During the pandemic, the needfor IT material rose sharply
with the accelerated switch toteleworking. Our customers inthe semiconductor business saw
the demand largely exceeding
their capacity. The chips that they
are producing are the enablers
for this evolution that will have amajor impact on our lives and on
the environment. Our activities
in the life sciences domain were
not impacted either by theabove-mentioned crises, on thecontrary. It became increasingly
clear that affordable medicationand healthy competition, with apush for cost and efficiency are
essential.
The JSR group as a whole hadalready shown a great deal ofresilience and preparedness forthe future. Adding to that we now
adopted an updated five pillar
strategy with sustainability at thecore, linking everything together.
The drivers for the coming decade
are in place and we can alreadysee the effects rippling throughthe organization.

Our stakeholders have increasingly
advocated for a move towards
sustainability and care for theenvironment and, with this report, we
aim to demonstrate our evolution inthat direction. Besides reporting, we
also issue this work to receive youropen feedback as well as your guidanceon what are for you the most important
aspects for the coming years.

Sincerely,

Bart Denturck

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JSR Micro, enabling in
high-tech and healthcare
At JSR Micro we are innovative materials specialists whose chemicals enable
our customers’ manufacturing processes in the semiconductor, life sciences,and battery industries. The hallmark of our products is quality, and we areconstantly working to raise the bar for distinction within these industries.
Headquartered in Leuven, Belgium, we deliver our products to customers
primarily in the EMEA region. And, together with our satellite in Singapore
and our close collaboration with our sister JSR companies in the UnitedStates and Japan, we have the whole globe covered.

Chip industry

A new generation of the latest lithography tools—extreme ultraviolet (EUV)
lithography scanners—have come onto the market during the reporting
period. JSR Micro is producing several matching photoresists for thistechnology and, in 2020, we scaled up their production considerably. We willcontinue to keep pace with the demand for these products.
The photolithography process is one of the first steps of microchip production.
During this phase, the silicon base material is covered with a photosensitive
layer—the photoresist—that is produced by JSR Micro. The chip’s layout isthen projected onto this photosensitive layer and the fine lines and structuresof the chip are defined onto the surface. The purer the photoresist solution,
the higher the yield will be for the chip producer.

Life Sciences

Our goal for our Life Sciences products is to enable faster and more efficient
processes for the discovery and production of antibody drugs. Ultimately,
this should lead to the development of sophisticated medical therapies
that are more affordable and universally accessible. Our main product,
Amsphere™ A3, helps to efficiently separate valuable therapeutic antibodies
from a biological mixture. It does so with a great efficiency and is currently
being tested by numerous companies who are ready to incorporate its
uses into their processes. Amsphere™ A3 is a product set to improve oursociety’s healthcare as well as one on which to build JSR Micro’s future.

Better batteries

In support of the transition to ubiquitous electrification, JSR Micro has
introduced aqueous binders for the fabrication of battery cells. JSR’s binders
offer significant improvements in safety, performance, and manufacturingcosts compared to traditional binders. Most importantly, they are waterbased. This allows for cheaper, more environmentally-friendly battery
production.

Thriving despite the pandemic

The world was hit by the COVID pandemic during the second half of the reporting period. Throughout this tumultuous
time, JSR Micro maintained its commitment to continue supplying its customers with an uninterrupted flow of products
while simultaneously keeping our employees safe and healthy. Though demand for our EUV photoresist doubled during
this challenging period, we were able to scale up production to the satisfaction of our customers.
In this report, we detail the measures we took to ensure employee safety and business continuity.

A strong and caring corporate culture

JSR Micro has been able to uphold its warm corporate culture throughout this period of substantial production andemployee growth. Our team’s shared values— care, continuous learning, customer orientation, honesty, quality,
teamwork —help to create both the internal energy and customer experience of JSR Micro. They are also crucial
benchmark qualities when searching for the right people to join our teams.

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Caring for the well-beingof our employees

Left to right:
Johan Desimpelaere,
Paul Buysse, Xavier Buch,
Takanori Matsuzawa,
Kurt Adams, Bart Denturck,
Johan Vercammen,
Kenji Nakajima

Governance and ethics

JSR Micro strives to be a welcoming and caring company for its employees and we have established measures andprocedures to ensure that this remained the case throughout our recent period of steep growth. Our efforts proved
invaluable, as we were well-positioned to cope with the main challenge during the reporting period: the COVID pandemic.
Although its profound impact was experienced during the second half, there is no denying that it overshadowed theentire reporting period.

JSR Micro is a wholly-owned subsidiary of JSR Corporation and ourdaily operations are run by an eight-person executive committee.
The Board of Directors, with members from JSR Micro and JSR Corporation,
oversees the performance, long-term decisions, and strategy development forthe company.

Our key concern has been to prevent COVID outbreaks within our community. Naturally we wanted to prevent illness forour employees and their families, but because we were delivering products that were crucial to our customers’ businesses,
we also wanted to forestall any production and quality challenges. We are pleased to report that we succeeded on bothcounts: we had no COVID outbreaks or transmissions at JSR Micro and no disruptions to our operations.

All of the company processes are captured in certified management systems
that focus on continuously improving performance: ISO 9001 for quality
management, ISO 14001 for managing environmental aspects, and ISO 45001
for occupational health and safety.

Because teleworking already had an established precedent before the pandemic, JSR Micro employees
were well equipped to switch to the home office before it was officially mandated. It was required thateveryone who could work from home do so—a change that was ultimately relevant for 65% of ouremployees. We have continued to strictly employ this rule, even during periods when the government allowed moreleniency. Our employees’ well-being was also a priority for us and, to facilitate their transition, all home-workers wereencouraged to apply for any needed ergonomic equipment. Additionally, we checked in with them through regularcommunications, we organized training workshops for managers to help their staff manage the new way of working,and offered access to MindLab, an online tool with well- being programs, questionnaires, relevant sources, and tips tohelp contend with mental challenges.

JSR Micro adheres to the JSR Group Principles of Corporate Ethics as a baseline
for our ethical choices, internally as well as with respect to our stakeholders.
The JSR Group is also a signatory and supporter of the United Nations Global
Compact.

Managing Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)

Caring for all our stakeholders has always been central to JSR Micro’s
operations. The success of our customers and suppliers, the well-being of ouremployees and their communities, and the health of our environment andplanet all matter to us. We believe these are all interwoven and we aspire topromoting these components as universally valuable. Many of our practices
are described in this report. Also included are the successful results of the RBA
certification and audits carried out by an external party.

Our stakeholders’ main interests

We queried our stakeholders extensively when writing our first CSR reports to
identify their priority topics and we feel confident that these have remained
the same today as then. Our customers value quality and business continuity
above all, which is in turn what we expect from our suppliers and partners.
Well-being, mental health (particularly in light of the pandemic), and improved
transportation options were key concerns for our employees. And now morethan ever, JSR Corporation, our owner and parent company, is gearing its
strategy towards sustainability and care for the environment and planet. The
latter is also a main concern for our local community, the government and ourcollaborative EU agencies. Our stakeholders value a healthy and responsible
supply chain and a sustained emphasis on innovation is a crucial component
in determining our future success.

Working from home

Working on-site

Approximately 35% of our employees are directly involved with production
and were needed on-site throughout the pandemic. They often
work fairly close together and, as a crucial production site, JSR Microsought and was granted an exemption from the rule of keeping a 1.5
meters (6 feet) distance as long as we compensated with othermeasures. Understandably, some of our people were worried.
We sat down with our employees, EHS (Environment, Healthand Safety) staff, and our company doctor to determine how we
could ensure on-site safety. Changes were made to operation
processes and each modification was assessed by EHS and ourcompany doctor before it was implemented. Following the initialsafety meetings, we have installed weekly meetings to follow-up
and refine the measures.

Well-being

JSR Micro undertook the first company-wide inquiry into well-being in 2019.
With those results, we held a workshop for each department that culminated in specific action plans.
Departments were working on implementing these plans when the COVID pandemic hit, but we werealready primed to respond to our employees’ needs in a very real and systematic way. This manifested primarily insitting down together more frequently, listening, and taking specific and necessary measures to improve employee
health and well-being. We fully acknowledge that some of our employees have had a hard time working in isolation
despite our measures, and we will do our best to offer further individualized support. Once the pandemic ends, we will
incorporate these lessons learned within the original action plans.

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The future and challenges

In many ways, the COVID pandemic has accelerated the trend to a new,individualized way of working that allows for a more
efficient and healthy work-life balance. Goingforward, for example, salespeople will likely meet
online more and travel less. Office staff will choose
between their home office or company offices
depending on their types of work, and we will
maintain our increased focus on ergonomics for
operational staff. We plan to start implementing
the concepts of Activity-Based Working in
the coming period, including office building
renovations that are based on this principle.

Introducing new employees

JSR Micro has seen a steep increase in
new hires in the past few years and wehave established a number of practices
to welcome everyone onboard. New
employees are assigned a mentor
who introduces them to their colleagues and to practical aspects of theorganization. There are also formal introduction training programs tolearn about company-wide quality and health and safety measures. New
hires have an informal meeting with the executives and are given more
personalized training and development plans by their managers.

Japanese culture workshop

JSR Micro’s parent company is Japaneseand at any time ten colleagues or more fromJapan may be working at our offices. So,
most of our employees have opportunities
to learn about the Japanese way of life andworking. Our Japanese colleagues also get
confronted with our Western customs. To improve that contact and to haveeveryone benefit from that diversity, we run nuanced workshops that seek
to inspire and cultivate a deeper understanding of each other’s culture.

Jan Hechtermans: For a multiculturalcompany to be successful it is essential thatpeople literally and figuratively speak andread the same language. This holds for what is said
explicitly, but even more for what is expressed between
the lines. This training, which includes a deeper look
into Japanese culture and history, is invaluable indeveloping that understanding.

Our Southeast Asian office in Singapore

JSR Micro has a branch office in Singapore, located within the offices of our local
distributor, that is staffed by two colleagues who maintain relationships withsemiconductor customers in Southeast Asia. Andy and Niall are responsible
for sales, technical support and quality issues, as well as with maintaining
compliance.

Like their colleagues in Belgium, Andy and Niall have been working mainly
from home since the start of the pandemic in abidance with JSR Micro andSingapore policies. Meetings with customers have been held online. Because thissatellite is thousands of miles away, the support of the home office is crucial to its success and ourcolleagues attest that their connection with Leuven improved during the second half of the reporting
period. With all meetings online, they are now routinely included in gatherings, even the informal
ones. This new inter-connectedness has undoubtedly boosted their morale, but they still look forward
to a visit to Leuven and its beer and chocolate.

Our personnel club – connecting, caring, relaxing

JSR Micro has an active group of employees called The Personnel Club that organizes casual get-togethers
and fundraising events throughout the year. Their goal is to encourage all employees to get to know eachother outside of the work context. Although the club was able to organize a string of successful events during
the first half of the reporting period, in-person activities were unfortunately paused during 2020 because of
the pandemic.

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Some 2019 highlights:

As in previous years we participated in ‘De Warmste Week’, a charity event inwhich people throughout Flanders raise funds for a wide range of charitablecauses. Instead of having just one event, we decided to organize four: a BBQ,
a pancake festival, a delicious lunch, and a bacon and eggs breakfast. In total
we raised €2,465 that was donated in full to De Eglantier, an organizationthat provides day care and support for children and young people with
developmental, behavioral, and mental delays.
In July 2019, three JSR Micro teams (and their loyal supporters) participatedin a beach volleyball competition in the historic center of Leuven. The
day shone with a festive atmosphere, formidable and dedicated players,and enthusiastic support from the sidelines. Although we didn’t win thetournament, one of our teams made it to the semi-finals and, even more
importantly, we had a great time!
To close the year, we organized a benefit dance event for ‘Rode Neuzendag’,a yearly campaign to support vitality and mental health throughout theworld. The 2019 focus was to fund projects that strengthen the resilienceof young people.
Because we could not meet in person in 2020, The Personnel Club organized
an online quiz. Needless to say, we can’t wait to start organizing live events
again.

A culture of care for our employees
Company
growth
Employees (total headcount)% female

2017

2018

2019

2020

160

179

195

202

39%

39%

36%

35%

Contract
type

2019

2020

Total HC

195

202

Part-time employees

18%

18%

Employees working outside the Leuven facility

4%4%Temporary employees (FTE)

6

10Age (HC)

New hiresand turnovers
New hire rate in 2019 17%
New hire rate in 2020 11%

Turnover rate in 20199%

Turnover rate in 2020

7%

Nationality (HC)
2019

2020

Average hours of
training per year
per employee

41

48

in 2019

in 2020

2019

2020

Belgian

119

64

122

63

Under 30

28

14

25

10

European (Belgium excl.)

3

3

8

6

30-50

70

45

73

44

Asian

1

3

0

2

Over 50

26

12

33

17

American

1

0

1

0

African

0

1

0

0

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Making mobility
more comfortable
and sustainable

Saving commute CO2: I Kyoto

I Kyoto is a yearly tradition at JSR Micro. During the spring and summer months, we track
all kilometers that employees commute either by using sustainable transport—
bike, public transport, or carpooling—or by teleworking.
In 2019, 97 participants commuted 69,041 sustainable kilometers, saving
9,631 kg CO2. In 2020, 155 employees collected 369,989 sustainablekilometers, thereby preventing an impressive 61,081kg CO2 from entering
the atmosphere.

Mobility is a major concern for our employees. Road traffic increases
every year and, therefore, so do the travel times between work and home.
Not only are current employees affected, but increased travel times also
reduce our recruiting radius. JSR Micro shares these concerns and we havestarted looking for greener methods to help simplify and reduce employees’commutes. Besides that, we are committed to lowering our collective
environmental footprint and these are the measures we have undertaken
during this reporting period—for today and tomorrow.

The 2019 participants were all celebrated with an extensive breakfast and,additionally, those who had participated ten days or more, were presented
with air plants. We are still looking for ways to celebrate the 2020 participants.

Promoting bikes

To support the goal of having fewer cars on the road, JSR
Micro offers a bicycle to everyone who cycles to work regularly.
The company covers the full lease for three years, and the employee has theoption to purchase the bike after that period for a small fee. Naturally, e-bikes
may be charged at the offices.

New car policy

In 2020, we restricted our company car policy to include only
vehicles that are either fully electric or are hybrid plug-ins
that have a maximum emission of 50g CO2/km. Our long term goal is forour company car fleet to be 100% electric. To this end, our parking lot isequipped with vehicle charging stations, providing green electricity, and wehave a company-owned electric car that employees can share for businesspurposes.

Home office

Carpooling

Public transportation

Bicycle / by foot22
26

Promoting public transport

33

JSR Micro employees who commute by bus or train are offered asignificant travel reimbursement.

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23
29
37

The pandemic: working from home

As the second half of this reporting period was during the COVID
pandemic, most of our employees were working from home.
Our sales associates, among others, conducted their meetings
online instead of traveling to face-to-face client meetings. Both of thesechanges have had a significant positive impact on our mobility footprint
during this time.

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50
71
80
97
2018

97
2020

Going forward: a new balance

The COVID pandemic not only disrupted our routines in the
short term but will have lasting effects on our working lives
going forward. We will certainly need to continue balancing home vs. office
work and online vs. face-to-face meetings. As a result, much of the gain in our
mobility footprint during the pandemic will prove to be long-lasting.

377.961 KM

98
155

70.000 KM

80.000 KM

378.000 KM

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Ensuring employees’
health and safety
Because of the nature of JSR Micro’s operations, some of our employees
work with industrial equipment and potentially hazardous materials. Other
employees spend significant amounts of time sitting at their computers. In
both categories, it is of prime importance that they are presented with theskills, knowledge, and support that are necessary to do their work safely andin good health.
Central to this effort is JSR Micro’s Environment, Health and Safety (EHS)
department. EHS provides training, carries out inspection rounds, performs
safety assessments for products and processes, analyzes safety risks, andorganizes awareness campaigns. These are all managed through our ISO
45001 certified management system for Occupational Health & Safety.

EHS steps up during the COVID pandemic
EHS efforts were increased during the second half of thereporting period with the onset of the COVID pandemic.
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Committee for prevention and protection at work

All Belgian companies with 50 or more employees are required to form
a committee for injury prevention and protection at work. JSR Micro’s
committee members are elected every four years and include both managers
and employees.
The committee meets each month to discuss health and safety issues at JSR
Micro and conduct safety inspection rounds. As part of these, employees
will review departments other than their own, ensuring that they can assess
safety and propose preventive measures with fresh eyes.
From May 2021 onwards, employees will be able to reach out to two trainedcolleagues who will serve as trusted spokespersons for matters of harassment
or safety in the workplace. We previously hired an external service for these
services.

Bart Vanherp: During the pandemic, we have made a
conscious choice to put the health of our employees
first. We followed developments very closely
and implemented measures earlier, and in somecases more strictly, than what was recommended.
Although they weren’t always comfortable, having
these measures in place helped give our people asense of safety. To date, and as result of thesemeasures, we have not had any COVID outbreaks
at JSR Micro.

•

We worked closely with a medical doctor to establish
the necessary measures for preventing any potential
outbreak, and subsequent spread of the diseasein our teams. Frequently, our precautions weremore stringent than the official guidelines. We alsochose to maintain these measures for longer thanrecommended.
All employees who could work from home had to doso. They were given a package to set up their homeoffice, taking into account which tools were needed
to maintain ergonomic working conditions.
JSR Micro reorganized safety procedures for on-site
employees who were responsible for production
processes. In consultation with a medical doctor, allpotential physical contact points were examined andadapted where needed. Ongoing weekly meetings
with these employees have helped to ensure that
potential issues are discussed and resolved.
This period was mentally taxing for many employees
and we have prioritized mental healthcare. This wasachieved through regular communication, informal
online meetings, as well as access to MindLab,an online tool with questionnaires, contacts, andhelpful suggestions for coping with mental andsocial challenges.

Sodium hydroxide loop

Some of our production processes use sodium hydroxide(NaOH), which may be harmful in higher concentrations
or if spilled. To mitigate these hazards, we have built aclosed-loop system that transports NaOH safely throughour facilities.

100% of employees are represented in
the Committee for Prevention and Protection.
100% of the products JSR Micro works
with are assessed for health and safety.

JSR Micro is ISO 45001:2018 certified. ISO 45001 is an ISO standard for management systems ofoccupational health and safety.

Looking forward

Remaining attuned to the mental and physical health of our employees
is a key focal point for JSR Micro. We are planning modifications
that will improve ergonomic working conditions in the production
processes, to help avoid the potential strain that repetitive handling oflarger volumes can cause.

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Excelling in quality

Worldwide collaboration succesful

Last year, the implementation of EUV photolithography at our
semiconductor customers accelerated significantly. Both the team at
our Yokkaichi plant in Japan and the team in Belgium put a lot of extra
effort in rolling out the necessary capacity. This was done in a sample
of great team work across our sites and in close collaboration with ourcustomers. The latter often praised the approach but also internally,
our Officer and General Manager, Electronic Materials Division Mr
Takahashi gave the teams an award for this accomplishment.

Quality is the hallmark of our semiconductor and life sciences products.
We know that the slightest change in purity per example has a direct impact on
our customers’ product quality and yield. We refuse, therefore, to compromise
on our high standards for quality and we work consistently to raise the bar forour products.

Quality and Corporate Social Responsibility

Our certified quality management system helps us to guarantee consistentproduct quality. It also helps us run continuous, data-driven improvement
cycles that result in a more efficient use of energy and resources. In this way,
our quality system is also central to our CSR efforts, enabling responsible andefficient production.

ISO 9001 as a foundation

JSR Micro manages the quality of its operations and products
using the ISO 9001:2015 standard. Further, our customers
in both the semiconductor and the life sciences domains
implement additional standards and requirements thatare pertinent to their businesses. To ensure that we meet these, our quality
management system also includes elements of the IATF standard, which is
the quality standard for the automotive industry. Additionally, and whereapplicable, we incorporate features from Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP),
the guidelines for the pharmaceutical production industry.

Mathieu Vanden Bulcke: Our products

that

are used in the fabrication of today’s
most powerful chips. The qualitythat we deliver is crucial for the yieldof our customers’ chip production.
It is essential to be able to delivera dependably consistentproduct, one where the onlychange can be an improvement
is validated by the customer.

Customer recognition

In the end, it is our customers who determine whether we havesucceeded in our mission to deliver quality products and services andso we are proud to report that Infineon honored us with their Best of
the best Supplier Award in 2019.

For the future

JSR Micro is working towards integration of its digital platforms. Automated batch reports, for example, would be
able to assemble, and then distribute, all of the quality parameters used for a given production batch. A Laboratory
Information Management System (LIMS) could then stream data from production batches to our quality management
system, thereby eliminating tedious and error-prone manual work.

Tracking the number of complaints

One way to consistently improve product quality is through tracking and following up on customer feedback andcomplaints. By investing in precautionary methods, we work to keep the number of complaints as low as possible.
We attribute the rise in the number of complaints at the end of the previous reporting period to the significant growthin the number of projects and the volumes of shipped products.

Evolution number of complaints* Change in indicator for Quality: The previous
indicator, Cost of Quality, was only covering
Semi business. It was a complicated indicator
to calculate and it did not easily lead toopportunities for improvement.
2017

2018

2019

2020

Maureen Moerenhout: Our Life Sciences products are meant toimprove the yield of drug research and manufacturing. To that goal, thesematerials must be produced according to the pharmaceuticalindustry’s strictest manufacturing standards. Only with this levelof vigilance will it be possible for our customers to produce drugs
that are effective and safe.

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Based oncontinuous innovation
We constantly strive to improve our products in collaboration with ourcustomers’ R&D efforts. By generating methods to maintain and improve
our already high quality standards and by developing new, commerciallyrelevant products, we can guarantee the continued success of JSR Micro.
Our efforts are guided by our parent company JSR Corporation’s mission
statement:“We create value through materials to enrich society,people, and the environment.”

Progress on business development
100%
80%
60%

At the heart of chip R&D

Close to the JSR Micro EU headquarters is imec, one the world’s premier R&D
centers in semiconductor technology. Imec has a 300mm cleanroom where all
the major tool suppliers have set up their advanced equipment to refine nextgeneration processes in a vendor-neutral hub.
With imec, we have set up a joint venture: EUV RMQC (EUV Resist Manufacturing and Qualification
Center). This allows us to perform product quality control of our products on the exact samelithography machines that will be used by our customers. If the customer needs to make 22nm lines,
we can test the quality of 22nm lines that are made with our resist. Given the capital expenditure andenvironment needed to buy and set up these tools, this is a unique opportunity that gives us a realadvantage in terms of R&D and quality control.
Additionally, we are working with imec to create an ecosystem for theindustry to jointly address the process challenges for the next generationof high-NA lithography tools to come into production in five years. Luc Van
den hove, CEO of imec, on the collaboration: “Our R&D together with JSR
has been instrumental in bringing the number of defects in EUV lithography down to an acceptablelevel. This way, they helped to enable this long-awaited breakthrough in chip production. We are now
gearing up to work on yet another breakthrough, the high-NA lithography. And again, JSR is poised toplay an important role.”

40%
20%

Life Sciences0%2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020

Xavier Buch: Our photoresists are essential materials
in the manufacture of chips used in medical
ventilators and so it was vitally important that
we be able to maintain production to continue
supplying our products. Even during the peak of
the pandemic we were able to keep pace with thisdemand, and we can proudly say that we
played a role in battling COVID-19 and keeping
people alive.
Chip industry

Following Moore’s Law—that the number of transistors on a microprocessor
chip will double every two years—the chip industry is constantly developing
more powerful chips. As production nears the limits of what is physicallypossible, however, the innovation and R&D efforts that are required to keep
up the pace are formidable. Encouragingly, a breakthrough generation of
EUV lithography tools has come online during the reporting period. JSR
Micro has developed, and is now supplying, matching photoresists and willcontinue working to improve their quality and reduce the number of defects
on the chips themselves. Additionally, we are already looking to the next
generations of photoresists while working to further improve our traditional
i-line, ArF and KRF resists.

Our main product, Amsphere™ A3, aids in the efficient separation of valuable therapeutic
antibodies from a biological mixture, potentially helping to produce more affordable drugs.
Further, we have successfully packaged Amsphere™ A3 in a modular cassette with assorted
chemicals to enable pharmaceutical processes that are even faster and use fewer chemicals.

Better batteries

Binders, which form a small fraction of the weight of today’s Lithium-ion batteries, are essential in the fabrication ofbattery cells. JSR’s binders offer significant improvements in safety, performance, and manufacturing cost compared
to traditional binders. Most importantly, they are water-based, thus allowing for a cheaper, more environmentallyfriendly battery production.

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Product stewardshipand compliance
Our baseline goal at JSR Micro is that all products that we source andmanufacture adhere to established regulations and that they are producedwith methods that respect the environment. We achieve this by complying
with the European regulations and also by employing a proactive andprecautionary approach. We take pride in meeting our high standards,
knowing that these principles are essential to our credibility with customers
and regulators.

Compliance – our license to operate

REACH (Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals)
is an EU regulation that mandates the world’s most stringent chemicals
manufacturing legislation. JSR Micro is committed to compliance—we reportall of our products, materials, and suppliers and, when needed, undertake
additional research and data collection. Our database and our guidance arehighly valued within the larger JSR group.

A proactive stance – protecting our customers

Our customers depend on our products and we know that, once our materials
are incorporated within their manufacturing processes, they cannot
be replaced without great cost. Therefore, we exclude ingredients thatmight become an issue in the future (even if they are permitted by current
regulations). We also take into account our customers’ lists of unacceptable
ingredients, adjusting our formulations when possible.

Precaution – an obligation towards our stakeholders

Because of the specialized nature of our products, we are often one of only
a few companies that source or use specific materials. In these cases, there
may not be enough test data available for a thorough assessment. With
precaution as our guide, our toxicologists will do a structural analysis of thematerial—incorporating computer models where possible—by matching it
to similar materials for which there is more information. These results thenform the basis for our toxicological advice.

Going forward

The EU Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability, an ambitious first step towards
a zero-pollution and toxin-free environment, was announced as part of
the European Green Deal in October 2020. JSR Micro fully embraces thisimportant goal and pledges active participation in future discussions.

One instance of non-compliance

It was discovered during a routine inspection that the supplier for a raw material ingredient had beenchanged. The previous source of this material was European and was, therefore, registered in Europe.
The new supplier was non-European and the material needed to be registered. This supplier change had
been approved in our quality system but was not communicated to the regulatory affairs departmentthat is responsible for registrations. Importing the material from the new source constituted a noncompliance with REACH regulations. In addressing this oversight to regulators, we pleaded that we had
acted in good faith, had subsequently verified that no other similar cases had occurred, and that we
had modified our management system to prevent similar future lapses. The administration accepted
our plea.

One administrative non-compliance during the reporting period, which was resolved
resulting again in 100% compliance with:
Chemical regulation | Environmental regulation | Labeling requirements

Business continuity and risk
management
JSR Micro operates in a complex global environment,
one that may be easily disrupted by political decisions,accidents, or natural disasters. This was brought homein this reporting period by several black swan upheavals,
none of which was more disruptive than the COVID
pandemic that started at the beginning of 2020. This
unexpected turn of events constituted a real-life testof the business continuity and recovery plan we had inplace. A test, we are thrilled to convey, that we passedwith flying colors.

Local risk management

Effective Business Continuity Planning (BCP) seeks to
identify business’ potential risks and eliminate these or, if
not possible mitigate the resulting consequences. At JSR
Micro, we do a yearly in-depth evaluation that takes into
account potential risks as fire, explosion, terrorist attack,pandemic, or extreme weather event and many other.
Based on our yearly analysis, we can take precautionary
measures and plan for business continuity.

Global coordination of BCP

JSR is a global company and BCP is a shared effort
between our sites in the US, Asia, and Europe. Basedon risk analyses, the company’s composite sites havedeveloped various scenarios which are regularly tested
in drills and whose results are then used to optimize thefuture BCP schemes.

Xavier Buch:
Many of our customers
have had supplierissues during the
COVID pandemic. Our
products form a small,but often essential, linkin their production chain. It
was necessary, therefore, that we be able toeffectively manage supply continuity. Throughthe way we managed the pandemic,
we proved to be a reliable partner forour customers.

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Managing andlowering ourenvironmental impact

Creating a biodiversity garden

The garden in front of our offices had previously been
monocultural and it suffered from the recent hot, drysummers. At the beginning of this year we redesigned
the garden to include a wide variety of plants, increasing
biodiversity and building resiliency against climatechange. The layout is such that we will have blooming
plants year-round.

At JSR Micro, we are aware that our high-quality production comes at anenvironmental cost. And, because maintaining a small ecological footprint is
one of our business tenets, we are continually looking for opportunities to help
us achieve that goal through consistent monitoring and truthful data. This is all
managed in our Environmental Management System (EMS), which accounts for
JSR Micro’s energy and water use, greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and waste
products. Our EMS is ISO 14001:2015 certified.

Building a plant for water treatment and reuse

Our production processes, particularly the Life Sciences lines, use large quantities
of water. Currently, the resulting wastewater is collected and transported offsite
for processing. In an effort to reduce redundancy, we will soon begin constructionof an on-site wastewater processing facility. Not only will this effort serve toshorten the wastewater processing cycle and reduce our transport footprint, but
it will also allow us to reuse up to 70% of the wastewater. This is an important
step in water conservation and our becoming self-sufficient in this regard will
benefit both the environment and our business.

ton in111 metric2019

ton in129 metric
2020

Incineration & Recovery Recycling
81% 81%

2019201919% 19%20192019

81% 81%2020202019% 19%20202020

2963
2959

metric ton in2019
metric ton in
2020

Recycling

Incineration

2% 2%20192019

2% 2%20202020

Recovery

1% 1%

2019
2019

97%97%

1% 1%20202020

97%97%

20192019
20202020

Energy use

Recovering heat from tools

Previously, we prepared and sold a highly diluted product to one of our
European customers. The side effect was that we were transporting millionsof liters of water over long distances. We worked with that company to help
them install their own dilution facility. As a result, we are now shipping thema concentrated product, resulting in reduced pollution, GHG emissions andtransport needs and costs.

Total

Total

We have established an extensive energy monitoring system which will allow
us to see how much electricity, gas, and water are used at each phase of ouroperations. In the future, we will use the data to develop an intelligent energy
management system to make our use of energy even more efficient. Additionally,
we are sourcing all our electricity from sustainable sources since January 2021
and we are now running our operations on 100% renewable electricity.

Reduce GHG emissions in transportation

Non-hazardous waste

Hazardous waste

Monitoring energy and sourcing green electricity

We replaced our outdated air compressors with new state-of-the-art equipment
that, in addition to using electricity more efficiently, have the added benefit
of being able to recover the heat generated during operation. We have beenredirecting this heat to control the temperature of the warehouses since
September 2020. Once we replace one of our two main cooling units, we will
be able to redirect the recovered energy to heat water in our buildings, thus
reducing our need for natural gas.

Environmental performanceElectricity

Lowering footprint per produced gallon

During this reporting period, and likely into the next, wehave started scaling up our production of EUV resists.
While this increase will eventually result in more energyefficient chips, it currently produces growth in our
eco-footprint. Going forward, our goal is to continue
developing the innovations that will serve to keep the
per-liter-impact on products as low as possible.

Giving equipment and materials a 2 lifend

In our effort to obtain the highest possible production
quality, we must regularly upgrade our analyticalequipment. We realize, however, that while thisequipment may be obsolete for our purposes, it is often
still useful in other capacities. In 2021 we were able togive a second life to a valuable tool by donating it to auniversity where it will be used in a lab as an exercise
and practice tool for students. Similarly, we are looking
at methods for recovering used, but still relatively pure,solvents. This will entail separating the various waste
solvents, identifying which can be reused, and working
with our suppliers to develop a new schedule for their
future use.

Gas

in
24,119 GJ
2019in
27,181 GJ
2019in
23,638 GJ
2020

in
24,875 GJ
2020

GHG EMISSIONS
Scope 1in metric ton CO2

Scope 2in metric ton CO2

in

1,388 2019

0

in
2019

1,544 in2020

2,626

in
2020

Water consumption
m in
26,0 K2019
3

K m in23,2 2020
3

Water reusein19,3 %2019

in19,4 %2020

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Responsible supply
chain management
We believe in doing business with respect for people and the environment
and we ask the same of our suppliers. Our key supplier network includes
producers and distributors of raw materials, equipment, packaging materials,
logistics, waste treatment, and providers of interim labor. A portion of ourraw materials is sourced from our corporate parent in Japan. Our material
suppliers mostly operate in high-tech business environments and follow
their strict sector regulations. Their compliance greatly reduces the risk forviolations against labor laws and human ethics and helps to maintain respect
for the environment. Additionally, we ask that our key suppliers sign the
Responsible Business Alliance (RBA) Code of Conduct, a guideline for topics
such as ethics, labor, health and safety, and the environment.

RBA Compliance assessment

In the last reporting period, we requested that our key suppliers complete aquestionnaire about the RBA Code of Conduct. Their overwhelming response
demonstrated their commitment to CSR and, as a next step, we plan to review
the results together to find further opportunities for improvement.

Supplier audit

We audit our material suppliers every three years. While quality is the main
focus of our questions, as it directly impacts our products, we also investigate
safety and environmental risks.

Supply chain and risk management

Although the COVID pandemic significantly disrupted global supply chains,
we managed to keep our production lines running. Looking forward, we
continue to use our expertise to mitigate risk by adding flexibility, removing
bottlenecks, and maintaining sufficient inventories.

Supply chain performance
88 percent of critical suppliers have signed the RBA code of conduct
or have shared their own codes of conduct.
14 audits were performed during the reporting period.

Validated by the Responsible
Business Alliance (RBA)JSR Micro was audited according to the RBA Validated Assessment
Program (RBA VAP) during the reporting period. After the initial audit,
and our subsequent corrective actions, we obtained a Gold recognition.

Recognition that

JSR Micro, N.V.
Researchpark Haasrode 1019 Technologielaan 8, Leuven, , B-3001
Belgium

Completed the RBA Validated Audit Process Remotely without any priority findings
earning a score of 196.4/200
Validated Audit Report: VAR-20210302-BE-01B02-1
Audit date: March 2, 2021
Certificate issue date: March 18, 2021
Expiration date: February 26, 2022
Robert F. LedererCEO, RBAThe Responsible Business Alliance (RBA) is the world’s largest industry
coalition dedicated to corporate social responsibility in global supply
chains. Its members are leading companies, mainly in the electronics
domain. They have all signed the RBA Code of Conduct and urge their
suppliers to do the same. This way, responsible business practices
trickle down through the whole supplier network.

The RBA Code of Conduct is a set of social, environmental, and ethical industry standards. These reference international
norms and standards including the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, ILO International Labor Standards, OECD
Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises, and ISO and SA standards. While the Code of Conduct originated with theelectronics industry in mind, it is applicable to many other industries.
Apr 2, 2021, 12:10 PM

The initial 2020 audit indicated that JSR Micro already largely adhered to the required responsible practices. Some of
the findings showed, for example, that our labor management is well governed by Belgian regulations, but RBA requires
these to be explicitly mentioned in company policies. We have since corrected these and other findings.

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2021 GRI
Content Index

General disclosures
GRI
Standard

General disclosures

Disclosure #Disclosure description

Page number
and/or URL(s)Direct answer / Reason for omission

102-10Significant changes tothe organization and its
supply chain

JSR Micro,
enabling
in high-tech andhealthcare, page 3

During the reporting period, EUV lithography came into
commercial use within the semiconductor processing.
Our production of EUV resist soared and continues
to do so, as did our sourcing of the required raw
materials.

102-11

Precautionary principle

Product
stewardship andcompliance,
page 19
Governance andethics + Managing
Corporate Social
Responsibility(CSR), page 5

GRI
Standard

Disclosure #Disclosure description

GRI 102:
GeneralDisclosures 2016

102-1

Name of the organization Message from the
President,
page 2

JSR Micro N.V.

102-12External initiatives

102-2

Activities, brands,
products, and services

https://www.jsrmicro.be/electronic-materials
https://www.jsrmicro.be/life-sciences
https://www.jsrmicro.be/emerging-technologies

102-13

Membership ofassociations

102-14

Statement from seniordecision-maker

Message from the
President, page 2

102-16

Values, principles,standards, and norms of
behavior

Governance andethics, page 5
JSR Micro,
enabling
in high-tech andhealthcare, page 3

JSR Micro is following the JSR Group Principles ofCorporate Ethics. https://www.jsrmicro.be/about-jsr/
corporate-social-responsibility/corporate-codeconduct. In addition, we have six core company values,
which are communicated during onboarding, training
and regular updates.

102-18Governance structure

Governance andethics, page 5

The Executive Committee was expanded from 6 to 8
members during the reporting period.

102-40

List of stakeholder
groups

Our stakeholders’main interests,
page 5

Employees, customers, business partners, industry
associations, government agencies, neighbors,
suppliers, shareholders.

102-41

Collective bargaining
agreements

Caring for thewell-being of ouremployees, page 6

100% of employees are covered by collective
bargaining agreements

102-42

Identifying and selecting
stakeholders

Our stakeholders’main interests,
page 5Interactions with stakeholders are an integral part ofdaily business operations. We engage proactively andcontinuously with stakeholders who critically influence
our success: employees, customers, business partners,
industry associations, and government agencies. In
addition, we are always responsive to the requests that
we receive from stakeholder groups with which wehave less frequent contact, like neighbors and NGOs.

Page number
and/or URL(s)JSR Micro,
enabling
in high-tech andhealthcare, page 3
Based oncontinuous
innovation,
page 17

Direct answer / Reason for omission

102-3

Location of headquarters

JSR Micro N.V.
Researchpark HaasrodeTechnologielaan 8
B-3001 Leuven
Belgium

102-4

Location of operations

Leuven, Belgium

102-5

Nature of ownership andlegal form

Privately held corporation.

102-6

Markets served

102-7

102-8

102-9

Scale of the organization

Information on
employees and otherworkers

Supply chain

JSR Micro,
enabling
in high-tech andhealthcare, page 3

JSR Micro’s product are sold worldwide. We focus
on the semiconductor, healthcare, and battery
sectors. Our main customers are semiconductor(chip) manufacturers, healthcare and pharmaceuticalcompanies, biopharma companies, universities,
battery manufacturers and battery R&D

Caring for thewell-being of ouremployees, page 6

Total workforce is the head count excluding contractors
and expats.
Partial disclosure. Financial and production
information has been omitted because it isconfidential. Our parent company JSR Corporation
publishes an annual report that includes JSR Micro’s
performance: http://www.jsr.co.jp/jsr_e/ir/annual_csr_
report.shtml .

Caring for thewell-being of ouremployees, page 6

The data were compiled in our payroll system.
In principle, the organization’s activities are performedby JSR Micro’s permanent employees.
If we do occasionally have temporary employees,
they have either interim contracts or are job students.
During the summer holiday, we employ students tofill in for permanent employees, using temporary
contracts.

Responsible
supply chain
management,
page 23

102-43

Approach to stakeholder
engagement102-44

Key topics and concerns
raised102-45

Entities included in the
consolidated financial
statements

102-46

Defining report content
and topic Boundaries

JSR Micro has obtained the following external
certifications: ISO9001:2015, ISO14001:2015,
ISO45001:2018. JSR Micro completed the RBA Validated
Audit Process remotely with no priority findings
Essenscia (Belgian Federation of the chemical and life
sciences industry)
Agoria (Federation of technological industry)
VOKA (Chambers of Commerce and Industry)Etion (Engaged businesses)

Our stakeholders’main interests,
page 5
JSR Micro N.V.

Our stakeholders’main interests,
page 5The boundary for all aspects of CSR, except for
supply chain management, is JSR Micro N.V. This iswhere most of our impacts occur, and where we havemost control to influence impacts. The supply chain
falls outside of our boundaries though we do try to
influence CSR behavior through our supplier relations.

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General disclosures
GRI
Standard

Disclosure #Disclosure description

Page number
and/or URL(s)102-47

List of material topics

Our stakeholders’main interests,
page 5

Direct answer / Reason for omission

Restatements of
informationnone

102-49Changes in reporting

The previous indicator for quality (cost of quality) was
replaced by the number of customer complaints. The
cost of quality only referred to the semiconductor partof our business and proved difficult to use for process
improvement.

102-50

Reporting period

April 1, 2019, to March 31, 2021

102-51

Date of most recent
reportAugust 2019102-52

Reporting cycle

Every two years

102-53

Contact point forquestions regarding thereportKatleen Gorissen
Email: CSR@jsrmicro.be

Claims of reporting inaccordance with the GRI
Standards

About this report,
page 1

102-55

GRI content index

2021 GRI content
index, page 25-30

102-56External assurance

JSR Micro has no policy that requires it to seek external
assurance for this report and has not sought suchassurance.

Quality
GRI 103:
Management
Approach
2016

103-1
103-2
103-3

Companyspecificindicator

Numberof customer

Management approachto material topic

GRI
Standard

Disclosure #Disclosure description

Excelling inquality, page 15
JSR Micro,
enabling
in high-tech andhealthcare, page 3

See disclosure 102-46 for an explanation of how the
topic boundaries are determined.

Excelling inquality, page 15

The previous indicator for quality (cost of quality) was
replaced by the number of customer complaints. The
cost of quality only referred to the semiconductor
segment of our business and proved difficult to use forprocess improvement.

Based oncontinuous
innovation,
page 17
JSR Micro,
enabling
in high-tech andhealthcare, page 3

See disclosure 102-46 for an explanation of how the
topic boundaries are determined.

GRI 103:
Management
Approach
2016

Companyspecificindicator

103-1
103-2
103-3

Progressonbusinessdevelopment

Management approachto material topic

Based oncontinuous
innovation,
page 17

Direct answer / Reason for omission

Ensuring
employees’ healthand safety,
page 13
JSR Micro,
enabling
in high-tech andhealthcare, page 3

See disclosure 102-46 for an explanation of how the
topic boundaries are determined.

103-1
103-2
103-3

Management approachto material topic

GRI 403:403-1
occupational
health andsafety 2018

Occupational healthand safety management
systemEnsuring a good
health and safety,
page 13a.
i. It is a requirement of the SEVESO III legislation for
JSR Micro to have a health and safety management
system.
ii. The certified ISO45001:2018 standard is used to
implement the management system.
b. All workers, workplaces and activities are covered by
the management system.

416-1
GRI 416:
customerhealth andsafety 2016

Assessment of the healthand safety impacts ofproduct and service
categories

Ensuring
employees’ healthand safety,
page 13
Product
Stewardship andcompliance,
page 19

100% of JSR Micro products are assessed for healthand safety impact. We work to lower the health andsafety impact wherever possible.

GRI 417:marketingandlabeling
2016

Requirements for
product and service
information and labeling

Ensuring
employees’ healthand safety,
page 13
Product
Stewardship andcompliance,
page 19

All significant products and services include
information on sourcing of components, content andits environmental impact and safe use.

Business
continuity andrisk management,
page 20
JSR Micro,
enabling
in high-tech andhealthcare, page 3

See disclosure 102-46 for a general explanation of how
the topic boundaries are determined.

Management policy and oversight: ISO9001:2015

417-1

Management policy and oversight: ISO45001:2018

BCP and risk
GRI 103:
Management
Approach
2016

103-1
103-2
103-3

Companyspecificindicator

Annualrisk
review

Management approachto material topic

Innovation
GRI 103:
Management
Approach
2016

Page number
and/or URL(s)Health and Safety

102-48102-54General disclosures

Business
continuity andrisk management,
page 20

Employee Engagement
GRI 103:
Management Approach 2016

103-1
103-2
103-3

Management approachto material topic

Caring for thewell-being of ouremployees, page 6
JSR Micro,
enabling
in high-tech andhealthcare, page 3

GRI 401:
Employment 2016

401-1

New hires and turnover

Caring for thewell-being of ouremployees, page 6

See disclosure 102-46 for an explanation of how the
topic boundaries are determined.

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General disclosures
GRI
Standard

Disclosure #Disclosure description

Page number
and/or URL(s)GRI 404:
Training
and
Education
2016

404-1

Average hours of training
per year per employee

Caring for thewell-being of ouremployees, page 6

Performance and careerdevelopment reviews

Caring for thewell-being of ouremployees, page 6

404-3

Direct answer / Reason for omission

103-1
103-2
103-3

Management approachto material topic

GRI 303:
Water
2016

306-2

306-3

Waste by type anddisposal method

Managing andlowering ourenvironmental
impact, page 21
JSR Micro,
enabling
in high-tech andhealthcare, page 3

See disclosure 102-46 for an explanation of how the
topic boundaries are determined.

Managing andlowering ourenvironmental
impact, page 21

The waste disposal method was determined in cooperation with the waste contractor and following legal
requirements.
Recovery: waste is incinerated with recovery of energy

Significant spills

Management policy and oversight: ISO14001:2015

There were no significant spills during the reporting
period.

Emissions
GRI
305(2016):
Emissions

305-1

305-2

Direct (Scope 1) GHG
emissions

Energy indirect (Scope 2)
GHG emissions

Managing andlowering ourenvironmental
impact, page 21

Managing andlowering ourenvironmental
impact, page 21

Conversion factors from Indea, consultants in energy
management.
Greenhouse gas emissions include gas, electricity and
HFCs. Other emissions were not included because
we did not track them during the reporting period.
However, the use of gas and electricity account formost of our GHG emissions.
Conversion factors from Indea, consultants in energy
management.
Greenhouse gas emissions include gas electricity and
HFCs. Other emissions were not included because
we did not track them during the reporting period.
However, we are convinced that gas and electricity use
account for most of our GHG emissions.

EnergyGRI 302(2016):
Energy302-1

Energy consumption
within the organization

Managing andlowering ourenvironmental
impact, page 21

Disclosure #Disclosure description

Page number
and/or URL(s)Direct answer / Reason for omission

303-1

Water withdrawal bysourceManaging andlowering ourenvironmental
impact, page 21

All water withdrawn is third-party freshwater from ourmunicipality.
All water is withdrawn from an area with water stress,
as Belgium is indicated as a water stressed area:
https://www.eea.europa.eu/data-and-maps/figures/water-stress-in-europe-2000-and-2030

Compliance

Waste
GRI 306(2016):
Effluentsand Waste

GRI
Standard

Water

Environment
GRI 103:
Management
Approach
2016

General disclosures

Data (kWh consumption) was retrieved from theinvoices.
Energy use reported include gas and electricity. Other
emissions were not included because they were nottracked during the reporting period. However, we areconvinced that gas and electricity use account for mostof our GHG emissions.

GRI 103:
Management
Approach
2016

103-1
103-2
103-3

Management approachto material topic

Product
stewardship andcompliance,
page 19
JSR Micro,
enabling
in high-tech andhealthcare, page 3

See disclosure 102-46 for an explanation of how the
topic boundaries are determined.

GRI 307:
Environmental
Compliance
2016

307-1

Non-compliance withenvironmental laws andregulations

Product
stewardship andcompliance,
page 19

During the reporting period, there was one noncompliance penalty (see page #). There were no otherbreaches of regulations.

GRI 416:
Customer
Healthand Safety
2016

416-2

Incidents of noncompliance concerning
the health and safety
impacts of products andservices

Product
stewardship andcompliance,
page 19

During the reporting period, JSR Micro experienced
no regulatory or non-regulatory health and safetycompliance issues for any of our products.

GRI 417:
MarketingandLabeling
2016

417-2

Incidents of noncompliance concerning
the health and safety
impacts of products andservices

Product
stewardship andcompliance,
page 19

During the reporting period, there were no chemicallabel or SDS noncompliance violations.

Responsible
supply chain
management,
page 23
JSR Micro,
enabling
in high-tech andhealthcare, page 3

See disclosure 102-46 for an explanation of how the
topic boundaries are determined.

Supply Chain Management
GRI 103:
Management
Approach
2016

103-1
103-2
103-3

Companyspecificindicator% of key
suppliersthat
havesignedthe RBA
code ofconduct,or havesharedtheirown
code ofconduct

Management approachto material topic

Responsible
supply chain
management,
page 23

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Questions or suggestions about this CSR report?
Contact: CSR@jsrmicro.be

JSR Micro NV Researchpark Haasrode 1019, Technologielaan 8, B-3001 Leuven (Belgium)+32 (0)16 832 832 - jsrmicro@jsrmicro.be - www.jsrmicro.be