Asahi Kasei Group Supplier Guidelines
The Asahi Kasei Group aims to contribute to sustainable society.
Achieving this requires efforts across the entire supply chain. Issues such as humanrights violations and occupational accidents are becoming increasingly serious in thesupply chains of global companies, and we require the understanding and support ofour supplier companies.
Based on this perspective, we have compiled and established the following Supplier
Guidelines regarding issues we seek to address in partnership with our suppliers.
Suppliers are requested to comply with these standards as well as relevant laws,regulations, and social norms.

Human Rights and Labor
1. Prohibition of Compulsory Labor and Child Labor
Suppliers will not engage in any form of slave labor or compulsory labor, including
human trafficking.
Suppliers will not allow children under the minimum age for employment to work,
and will not allow young workers under the age of 18 to work late at night, workovertime, or engage in work that endangers their health or safety.
2. Working Hours based on Laws and Regulation
Suppliers will not make employees work in excess of the working hours stipulated
by laws and regulations.
3. Wages and Benefits based on Laws and Regulations
Suppliers will pay wages and provide benefits to employees in accordance withlaws and regulations.
4. Prohibition of Harassment
Suppliers will prohibit all forms of harassment of employees, including power
harassment and sexual harassment.

5. Eradication of Discrimination and Provision of Equality of Opportunity
Suppliers will prohibit all forms of discrimination based on race, ethnicity,
ancestry, nationality, religion, gender, age, physical characteristics, sexual orientation,ideology, form of employment contract, etc., in the hiring and treatment of employees.
6. Freedom of Association
Suppliers will respect the freedom of association and the right to collective
bargaining and will engage in dialogue and discussions with employees or therepresentatives of employees in good faith.
Safety, Hygiene, and Health
1. Operational Safety and Workplace Safety and Hygiene
Suppliers will strive for operational safety and prevent workplace accidents toensure the safety of their employees and the local community. To this end, suppliers
should verify and understand risks in the working environment, take the necessary
measures, prepare work manuals and other documents, and provide appropriate
education and training.
2. Health
Suppliers will work to create a comfortable working environment and maintainand promote the health of employees.
Environment
1. Measures Against Global Warming
Suppliers will set voluntary quantitative targets for GHG emissions and strive toachieve reductions.
2. Efficient Use of Resources, Energy, and Water
Suppliers will set voluntary quantitative targets for the use of resources, energy,
and water, and strive to achieve reductions.
3. Waste Reduction
Suppliers will set voluntary quantitative targets for waste and strive to achieve
reductions by promoting recycling, etc.

4. Prevention of Air, Water, and Soil Pollution
Suppliers will set voluntary quantitative targets for substances withenvironmental impacts discharged into the air, water, and soil, and strive to achieve
reductions.
5. Biodiversity
Suppliers will work to preserve biodiversity based on an understanding of the
impact of their business activities on the ecosystem.
Ethics
1. Prohibition of Bribery and Maintenance of Sound and Appropriate Business
Relationships
Suppliers are prohibited from giving any improper gifts, entertainment, benefits,
or other economic advantages to public officials or people in equivalent positions, bothin Japan and overseas.
In addition, suppliers will not provide or receive money, goods, or services to orfrom business partners that violate laws and regulations or deviate from sociallyaccepted norms and common sense.
2. Appropriate Accounting and Tax Processes
Suppliers will carry out appropriate accounting and tax processes in accordancewith laws and regulations related to accounting and tax.
3. Information Disclosure and Public Communication
Suppliers will maintain a sound relationship with society by proactively disclosing
information and performing communication. Suppliers will disclose information in afair, impartial, and accurate manner, and as promptly as possible.
4. Protection of Information
Suppliers will strictly manage and properly handle their own confidential
information and the confidential information of their customers and third parties.

5. Respect for Intellectual Property Rights
Suppliers will respect intellectual property rights, including patent rights, utility
model rights, design rights, trademark rights, and copyrights, and will not infringe on
the intellectual property rights of third parties.
6. Fair Business Dealings
Suppliers will comply with laws and regulations for free and fair competition,including anti-trust laws and competition laws.
In addition, when advertising or promoting products, suppliers will confirm theaccuracy of content, and ensure fair representation in accordance with laws andregulations when comparing other companies' products with their own.
7. Whistleblowing System
Suppliers will maintain a program that allows employees to report, without fear ofreprisal, organizational or individual violations of laws, regulations, work rules, orother company policies occurring within the company, as well as any suspectedviolations. The confidentiality of whistleblowers will be strictly maintained andprotected, without fear of reprisal.
8. Responsible Procurement of Minerals
Suppliers will practice responsible procurement of minerals and avoid the use ofminerals used to finance armed groups in conflict zones or involved in promoting orcontributing to human rights abuses or environmental destruction.
9. Privacy
Suppliers will handle the personal information of business partners, customers,and employees properly in accordance with laws and regulations throughout the cycleof collection, use, storage, and disposal.
Management Systems
1. Company Measures
Suppliers will establish a management system to ensure compliance with thesestandards. It will be made clear who is responsible for the management system, andcontinuous improvement will be performed through a Plan-Do-Check-Act cycle.

2. Approach to the Supply Chain
Suppliers will fulfill their corporate social responsibility throughout the supply
chain by not only complying with the matters set forth in these standards but also
requiring their business partners to do so.
Supplementary Provisions
・These Guidelines were established in September 2021.
・These Guidelines apply to the entire Asahi Kasei Group. However, each Group
company may have individual guidelines, policies, etc., to the extent that they do notcontradict the basic spirit of these Guidelines, depending on the specific circumstancesof the industry in which each Group company operates.