Sumitomo Chemical Group Statement
against Modern Slavery and HumanTrafficking
1. About the Statement
This statement is made pursuant to Part 6, Section 54 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 (the UnitedKingdom), the Modern Slavery Act 2018 (Australia), the U.S. California Transparency in Supply
Chains Act of 2010 and the Canadian Fighting Against Forced Labor and Child Labour in Supply
Chain Act with consideration for the requirements of the other laws and regulations in relation tomodern slavery, human trafficking, forced labor, child labor and respect human rights and constitutes
the slavery and human trafficking statement for Sumitomo Chemical (“SCC”) group of companies inscope for purposes of such Acts (“SCC Group”) for the financial year ending March 2024. The
statement is approved by the board of directors of SCC.

2. Our Business
SCC Group, comprising of 170 subsidiaries, operates businesses worldwide, including the United
Kingdom and Australia, in five sectors – essential chemicals & plastics, energy & functional materials,
IT-related chemicals, health & crop sciences, and pharmaceuticals – and provides products worldwide
that support a wide variety of industries and help people’s daily lives1.

3. Our Supply Chain
As SCC Group’s supply chains span and cover worldwide, wherever it engages in business, SCC
Group considers that an appropriate management of the supply chains is vital for operating its
sustainable business.

4. Our Philosophy and Initiatives against Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking
A. Our Philosophy
With the Sumitomo Spirit as its cornerstone, SCC Group has steadily forged ahead for more than
one hundred years. Sumitomo Chemical’s Corporate Philosophy is based on Sumitomo’sBusiness Principles and is composed of the Business Philosophy, which integrates thecompany’s business principles, mission and values; the Corporate Slogan and Statement, which
outlines the commitment and pride to be shared in common by directors, officers and employees;
and the Sumitomo Chemical Charter for Business Conduct, which lays out the code of behavior
serving as the basis for the Company’s compliance system.

B. Initiatives to Ensure Compliance by SCC Group and its Supply ChainsTo ensure compliance with applicable laws, regulations and ethical standards against modern
slavery and human trafficking in SCC Group’s operation or its supply chains, SCC Group has
been vigorously carrying out the following initiatives.
(a) Policy
SCC Group has in place in each of the companies a code of conduct, which sets forth arequirement that all directors, officers and employees must respect human rights of others
and comply with applicable laws, regulations and ethical standards.
In April 2019, SCC Group has established the “Sumitomo Chemical Group Human Rights
Policy” based on the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the International Labor
Organization Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work, the Ten Principlesof the United Nations Global Compact and the United Nations Guiding Principles onBusiness and Human Rights, that includes the prohibition of forced labor and child labor.
（b）Risk Assessment and Due Diligence
SCC Group has been undertaking a human rights due diligence, assessing and rectifying thehuman rights violation risk within its business activities in accordance with the Guiding
Principles on Business and Human Rights with the aim of ensuring respect for human rights
through business activities. In the due diligence, human rights risk evaluations for SCC
Group companies were conducted by external specialists in FY 2019, and in FY 2020, SCC
Group conducted detailed surveys (written and on-site) for Group companies which wereconsidered to have relatively high risk in human rights risk evaluations. In FY 2021, SCC
Group conducted follow-up surveys to the detailed surveys after investigating the facts andbackground circumstances for the issues found. As a result, it was confirmed that themeasures required by the laws and regulations in each country were being taken by Group
companies where SCC Group conducted detailed surveys, and SCC Group did not detectany major risk that violate requirements by the international standards, such as theInternational Labor Organization’s Core Labor Standards. In FY 2022, because it is importantto regularly conduct risk evaluations in response to changes in social circumstances, SCC
Group added various indices published by the international organizations and implemented(the second round of) human rights risk evaluations for SCC Group companies including
evaluation of our business activities that potentially procure and use high-risk raw materials
such as conflict minerals from the perspective of supply chain risk evaluation. In FY 2023,
SCC Group conducted detailed surveys, including on-site and written survey based onquestionnaires, together with external specialists, of Group companies that were consideredhigh priority based on human rights risk evaluations, taking into consideration the country
where they operate, type of business and other factors.
(c) Supply Chain Management
It is SCC Group’s policy to procure supplies such as raw materials and packaging materials
from suppliers that operate their business in a socially responsible manner, including
operating their business free from modern slavery or human trafficking. SCC Group has
been encouraging the existing suppliers and future candidates to enhance their efforts on
Sustainability activities through various initiatives.
As part of these initiatives, SCC Group has set a procurement standard under which SCC
Group will preferentially procure from suppliers who are most active in Sustainability

activities. This policy is set out in the Group Business Standard of Procurement, which
provides guidelines for procurement operating activities for SCC Group companies in Japanand overseas. Also, SCC Group has compiled four categories in the Sumitomo ChemicalGroup Supplier Code of Conduct. The second category of this Code of Conduct expressly
prohibits forced labor and child labor. This Code of Conduct address further issues such as“Respecting human rights, preventing complicity in human rights abuses,” “Regulatingworking hours,” “Provision of a living wages”. This Code of Conduct establishes theoverarching guidelines encompassing our commitment to combating modern slavery andhuman trafficking.
Furthermore, SCC has formulated the Sumitomo Chemical Group Supply-Chain Sustainable
Procurement Check Sheets to enable suppliers to demonstrate their consistency with ourSustainability policies. SCC monitors the implementation of Sustainability measures by all
new suppliers and by current suppliers of raw materials, especially those who locate outside
Japan, via the Sustainable Procurement Check Sheets.
With these initiatives, since FY 2021, SCC has sequentially conducted human rights duediligence process against its main suppliers by way of "Human Rights Questionnaire" inorder to assess and rectify the risk of human rights abuse by suppliers. If, as the result of thishuman rights due-diligence process, it is determined that the suppliers' business activities
may be causing or contributing to adverse human rights impact, we will engage with suchsuppliers, and rectify and remediate such impact through appropriate measures.
Every year, SCC monitors around 10 to 20 new suppliers and around 30 to 40 current
suppliers in cooperation with each group companies. For suppliers who need to follow-up on
problems revealed by the monitoring (this monitoring process is not an independent andunannounced audit), SCC Group provides feedbacks, including focused requests for
improvement and providing guidance and training. By seeking to raise awareness andcooperate in ensuring responsible procurement, SCC Group aims to prosper alongside oursuppliers.
Recognizing the principles set out in the Sumitomo Chemical Group Human Rights Policy,
SCC Group formulated Sumitomo Chemical Group Policy for Responsible Procurement ofMinerals/Raw Materials, and defined and identified the raw materials that involve a high riskof having a negative impact on human rights including modern slavery, human traffic, forced
labour and child labour (including but not limited to Tentorium, Tin, Gold, Tungsten, Cobalt,Mica, Graphite, Pulps etc.) as high-risk raw materials. With respect to the identified high-risk
raw materials, in accordance with the essence of the standards set out in the OECD Due
Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from Conflict-Affected andHigh-Risk Areas, SCC Group has been undertaking the activities such as establishment ofmanagement system, identification and assessment of risks in the supply chain. etc., in orderto recognize and address the adverse impact against human rights, which may beassociated with mining, extracting, refining, manufacturing, trading, handling and/orimporting/exporting of them.
SCC developed our standard contractual terms to incorporate a human rights clause that
requires to promise and certify to comply with laws and regulations in respect ofmanagement of human rights risk including prohibition of modern slavery, human trafficking,forced labor and child labor, and is sequentially implementing the standard contractual terms

into the contracts with suppliers. Furthermore, SCC is encouraging each SCC Group
company to use the standard contractual terms.
(d) Compliance Education and Training
All companies of SCC Group have been devoting earnest efforts to ensure strict compliancewith applicable laws, regulations and ethical standards on modern slavery and humantrafficking, and periodically providing their officers and employees with educational training
sessions by utilizing both face to face seminars and e-learnings. In this FY, SCC Group
promoted understanding of human rights issues in the business activities and conductedtraining to explain the importance of respecting human rights.
(e) Speak-up System
SCC Group places high importance on building an internal system, in order to capture at an
early-stage sign of compliance violation, including any concern of SCC Group’s businesshaving been involved in modern slavery or human trafficking, and to make those issues
detected are removed promptly and appropriate measures are taken swiftly. SCC Group has
adopted a dual-channel Speak-Up System equipped with an internal Speak-Up hotline andan external Speak-Up hotline, which accept reports not only from a headquarter of Sumitomo
Chemical Company, but also, all Group companies as long as relevant laws of theirrespective countries permit it. Under the System, any director, officer or employee can reportany violation or suspected violation of compliance to his or her company’s compliancecommittee or other similar governing committee via either its internal hotline, or an external
hotline. External hotline is usually operated by an outside lawyer appointed by the company.
Suppliers in our supply chains or anyone having any involvement in the company’s businessactivities can also report their concerns. SCC Group, all combined, receive approximately
190 cases of speak-up reporting in total.

C. Corporate Social Responsibility Initiatives
To resolve serious global issues such as modern slavery and human trafficking, SCC Group
believes that it is important to collaborate with international institutions along with promoting its
own sustainability initiatives against modern slavery and human trafficking. For that reason, since2005, SCC Group has been participating in the UN Global Compact, an initiative that seeks toadvance universal principles (the “Ten Principles”) on human rights, labor, environment and anticorruption. Also, in light of the contributions made and its firm commitment, SCC Group has laterjoined the UN Global Compact LEAD, an exclusive group of sustainability leaders from across allregions and sectors that represent the cutting edge of the UN Global Compact, when it waslaunched in 2011. Through these initiatives, SCC Group will contribute to the sustainable
development of society, and also help achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
that are to be resolved across the globe by 2030, which includes taking immediate and effective
measures to eradicate forced labor and end modern slavery and human trafficking as one of thegoals.

5. Looking Ahead
SCC Group believes that the promotion of respect for human rights and ensuring compliance withapplicable laws, regulations and ethical standards, including those relevant to modern slavery andhuman trafficking, is vital for operating its business in a sustainable manner. As such, SCC Group willcontinue its initiatives as described above, to identify and address any issues associated with modern
slavery and human trafficking throughout its global operations and supply chains.

6. Process of Consultation
SCC Group’s overall human rights program including modern slavery and human trafficking initiatives
are developed and implemented group-wide under the leadership of the Human Rights Promotion
Committee, which reports to the Board of Directors. Through the committee, a cross-functional team
together with the respective internal business units representing each business sectors works closely
together to integrate group level measures of accountability for promoting respect for human rights
including prohibition of modern slavery, forced labor and child labor and to embed our initiatives andsupporting processes across SCC Group.

In accordance with the requirements of the Canadian Fighting Against Forced Labor and Child Labourin Supply Chain Act, and in particular section 11 thereof, I attest that I have reviewed the information
contained in the report for Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited, Sumika Agrotech Co.,Ltd., Sumika
Chemical Analysis Service, Ltd., Sumitomo Chemical America, Inc.、Sumitomo Chemical Advanced
Technologies LLC, Sumika Polymers North America LLC, Valent U.S.A. LLC, Valent Canada Inc.,
Valent Biosciences LLC, Pace International, LLC、McLaughlin Gormley King Company, Sumitomo
Chemical Asia Pte, Ltd., Botanical Resources Australia Pty Ltd. for the purposes of the CanadianFighting Against Forced Labour and Child Labour in Supply Chains Act.
Based on my knowledge, and having exercised reasonable diligence, I attest that the information inthe report is true, accurate and complete in all material respects for the purposes of the CanadianFighting Against Forced Labor and Child Labour in Supply Chain Act, for the reporting year listedabove.
1st April 2024

Keiichi Iwata
Representative Director & President, Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited