Basic Approach
The Hodogaya Chemical Group actively promotes sustainability activities based on
the concept of balancing the pursuit of economic value and solutions to social
issues and providing value to all stakeholders to fulfill its responsibility to realize asustainable world and society in the medium- to long-term in line with thePURPOSE (Management Philosophy) and VISION (Target Corporate Image).

2023-2024

Philosophy
Structure

Promotion
Structure

Hodogaya Chemical Group’s Sustainability

External Evaluation

Introduction
In response to the growing social demand to tackle environmental issues,
we recognize that our environmental initiatives are directly linked to oursustainability as the Hodogaya Chemical Group is a business that handles
chemicals. As a chemical manufacturer closely involved in CO2 emissions,
we have continued our efforts to reduce CO2 emissions for many years.
As a result, we have reduced our CO2 emissions to one-tenth of the levelsin the 1990s, mainly by reorganizing our business portfolio.

Responding To Climate Change
・Roadmap for reducing CO2 emissions

Disclosure of Information Related toClimate Change Based on TCFD
As a chemical company, Hodogaya Chemical is resolutely confronting climatechange in accordance with the guidance by the TCFD , while proactively striving
for information disclosure.

Environmental Protection
・ISO14001：2015
Environmental
Management System

・Hodogaya Chemical Group Material Flow

・CO2 Emissions,CO2 Emission Intensity (Japan)

・PRTR (Pollutant Release and Transfer Resister)(t-CO2/million yen of net sales)

Environmentally Friendly Products,Technologies,And Services
・Natural food dyes
・Hydrogen peroxide
・Bio-PTG（Polymer materials)
・Peracetic acid formulation
・ODI（Phosgene derivative)
・Oxygen supply material foragriculture

Collaborative Value Creation WithStakeholders
In addition to its shareholders, investors, customers,
partner companies, personnel,
local communities and society,the Hodogaya Chemical Group considers
the global environment as one of its stakeholders.
We are engaging in a variety of initiatives to promotecollaborative creation of value withall stakeholders, which we recognize is indispensable
for corporate activities based on our management
philosophy as well as contributions to the resolutionof social issues.

FY 2025 management targets
Non-financial targets
CO2 emissions (CO2 emission intensity)Energy intensity
Industrial waste volumes

43,400 tons
(0.868t-CO2/million JPY of net sales)
0.606kl/million JPY of net sales
Same level or less than previous FY

Environmental Data
FY2018FY2019FY2020

FY2021

FY2022

Energy consumption (kl)Energy intensity (kl/millions of yen in sales)
Greenhouse gas emissions

28,1290.7491

27,4400.726527,312
0.662929,2150.6976

27,562
0.6362

Greenhouse gas emissions Scope 1 (t-CO2)
Greenhouse gas emissions Scope 2 (t-CO2)

25,794
24,73750,531

24,99923,827
48,826

24,72923,301
48,03026,09323,15449,24725,064
20,65845,722

1.34581.2927

1.16581.17591.0554

0
4.92
0.08

0
4.72
0.04

0
4.99
0.03

0
4.94
0.02

0
3.17
0.00

Water usage (kt)

10,505

10,334

10,552

10,781

10,680

Water discharge volume (kt)
COD(chemical oxygen demand)emissions (t)Industrial waste

10,162
54.3

9,858
46.3

10,13054.4

10,64350.8

10,68464.2

Industrial waste volumes (t)Industrial waste final disposal volume (t)

2,452
430

2,753
257

3,017
200

2,746
52

3,477
85Scope 1 + Scope 2 (t-CO2)
Greenhouse gas emission intensity(t-CO2/millions of yen in sales)
Prevention of air pollution
SOx (t)NOx (t)Dust emissions (t)Prevention of water pollution

Details can be found on our website. https://www.hodogaya.co.jp/english/