CSR Report
Data Book: October 1, 2019-March 31, 2020

About the Nihon Nohyaku Group

Contents

About the Nihon Nohyaku Group �����������������������

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Financial and Non-Financial Highlights������������������������������������� 03

The Nihon Nohyaku Group (hereinafter referred to as the Nichino Group*) has outlined the Basic
Principles of the Nichino Group as basic management principles shared by all executives andemployees, and which serve as the foundation for all our business activities.

About the Nihon Nohyaku GroupCSR ReportData Book: October 1, 2019-March 31, 2020

*The Nichino Group refers to the consolidated Group companies, the non-consolidated subsidiaries accounted for by the equity method and the non-consolidated Group
companies listed in page 14.

The Basic Principles of the Nihon Nohyaku Group

Responsible Care Activities Supporting Sustainable Development �������

The Foundation for Supporting
Responsible Care Activities��������� 05

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Logistics Safety, Product Stewardship(Chemical Materials & Products Safety) �� 11● We contribute to society by ensuring a safe and steady food supply and improving the quality of life for all.
● We fulfill market needs by creating superior values with innovative technologies.
● We commit to being a trustworthy company for all stakeholders through our fair and vigorous business activities.

Based on this Basic Principles, we have established the Nichino Group Action Charter that is applied toall executives and employees.

RC Mid-Term Targets and Activity Results/Plans
1) About the Nichino Group RC Mid-Term Targets(FY2016-2020) Activity Results and Evaluation

Communication with Society �������� 112) About New RC Mid-Term Targets(April 2020-March 2025)
3) Main Activities for FY2020 (the 122nd Fiscal Year)

Occupational Safety & Health, Process
Safety & Disaster Prevention�������� 08

Information and Topics of Each Facility � 12

Company Overview and List of
The Nihon Nohyaku Group Companies �� 14

Environmental Protection ���������� 09
1 Input of Resources and Energy and Output of
Products and Environmental Load for the 121st
fiscal year.
2 Environmental Impact
3 Environmental Accounting

The Nihon Nohyaku Group Action Charter
1. We improve the quality of life for all by providing safe and effective products and services that satisfy our customers.
2. 	We conduct fair and transparent business operations, respecting social ethics and complying with relatedlaws, regulations and the spirit thereof.
3. We contribute to the realization of a sustainable society, considering the global environment.
4. We actively communicate and contribute to our communities as a good corporate citizen.
5. We properly manage corporate information and disclose it in a timely and appropriate manner.
6. 	We recognize the importance of personal data, intellectual property and other information, and safeguard
it under proper protection and management.
7. 	We ensure a safe and comfortable work environment for our employees, always respecting human rights
and the diversity found among people and cultures.
8. We entirely exclude involvement with antisocial forces and organizations, and resolutely refuse unreasonable requests.
9. 	We respond to globalization of business activities by adhering to international rules and local laws. We conduct activities withrespect for the cultures and customs of local societies, and contribute to the development of each country and region.
10. We promote the sound and sustainable development of the Nichino Group to ensure our social contribution.

4 Green Purchasing and Green Procurement
5 Efforts towards Creating a Low-Carbon Society:
Promoting Locavore
About CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility)
CSR is the general term for activities focused on achieving sustainable development for the company and society based on thephilosophy that the responsibility of a corporation is not simply to adhere to the law and pursue profits for the company, but also to fulfill
responsibilities to society based on an ethical code.
Based on the above Basic Principles, the Nichino Group is pushing forward the establishment of a CSR promotion system.

The Nichino Group also applies “Chemical Innovator for Crop & Life” as acorporate statement that further solidifies the principles of our Basic
Principles and Action Charter. Through this statement, we challenge
ourselves to ensure a safe and steady food supply and to improve thequality of life for all through technical innovation.
About Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

Editorial Policy
This CSR Report summarizes The Nihon Nohyaku Group activities using the following as references: Environmental Reporting
Guidelines (2018) by the Japanese Ministry of the Environment, Environmental Accounting Guidelines (2003) by the Japan Chemical
Industry Association (JCIA), and JIS Z 26000: 2012 Guidance on Social Responsibility by the Japanese Standards Association, etc.

[Scope of applicability] Unless otherwise noted, performance data is from Nihon Nohyaku Co., Ltd. and Nichino Service Co., Ltd.
[Data aggregation period] Unless otherwise noted, the 121st fiscal year (October 2019 to March 2020, denoted in this text simply as “fiscal
year [FY]”). Capital, numbers of employees, net sales, etc., displayed in this text are as of the end of March 2020.

[Issue] October 2020 (Next: Planned for September 2020)* Pursuant to the Partial Amendment to the Articles of Incorporation approved at the 120th Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders held on December
20, 2019, Nihon Nohyaku has changed its fiscal year end from September 30 to March 31, effective from the 121st fiscal year.

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The Summit on the Sustainable Development Goals held at theUnited Nations Headquarters from September 25 to 27, 2015.
Leaders from over 150 member nations participated and thesummit resulted in the creation of the 2030 Agenda for
Sustainable Development Goals. This Agenda outlines
recommendations and goals as an action plan for people, theearth, and prosperity. These goals are a continuation of theMillennium Development Goals (MDGs). The SDGs consist of
the 17 goals indicated in the symbolized by the logos on theright and 169 targets.

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About the Nihon Nohyaku Group

Financial and Non-Financial Highlights
Non-financial Information＊1

Sales

Ordinary income

Profit attributable to owners of parent(million yen)(million yen)(million yen)

60,033 61,213

63,260Rate of female employees

Rate of female managers(Nihon Nohyaku Co., Ltd)

(Nihon Nohyaku Co., Ltd)

（%）

（%）

(days)(Nihon Nohyaku Co., Ltd)

19.4

19.3

20.2

21.3

Paid leave days used*2

About the Nihon Nohyaku Group

Financial Information (consolidated)

21.3
6.9

50,641

7.2

7.1

7.4

10.40

11.26

11.49

10.83

5.6
35,674*
2,984

1,717

1,477*

1,035
2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

2016

2017

2018

2019

5.99

2,507 2,684

4,004*

2016

2020

2017

2018

2019

2020

Other chemical
products

Overseas agrochemical sales

35.9%

50.4%

(Asia

Sales

12,791

15.5% )

(Americas(Decreased

Overseas agrochemical sales

17,989

35.3% YoY)

(Decreased(million yen)

(Other regions

0.9% )

Garden andgreenification
construction, realestate leasing,agrochemical
residue analysis, etc.

49.3% YoY)

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2018

2019

2020

(Decreased

2018

7,821

2020

2019

6

2017

Number of patent applications filed

7

103

5,197

98

41

2020

2016

2018

2019

2020

R&D expenses(million yen)

29
2019

2018

(Number) ■■Patent applications filed in Japan■■Patent applications filed overseas＊4

5,014

4,690

4,452

74
81

2,144

56

18

17

17

2017

2018

2019

Charitable donations

Number of employees(thousand yen)（人） ■■Nihon Nohyaku Co., Ltd■■The Nichino Group (consolidated)

12,9502017

2017(Group consolidated)

20
10
10
2020

12,250

6,068

11,150 11,200

1,457 1,461

1,443 1,472

1,451

700

438

419

414

395

381

2020

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

3,814*

2016

2016(Nihon Nohyaku Co., Ltd)

3

2018

2020

14

(Nihon Nohyaku Co., Ltd)35,506

2019

2018

86

2016

17,989*

2017

2017

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

Female employee maternity leave usage rate was 100%

37.1% YoY)

5,549

2016

70

2

million yen

21,446201613

43.9% YoY)

(million yen)

33,807

14

0

6,217

2017

2020

18

17

Other chemical products

3,814

million yen

32,303

19,578 19,601 20,089 19,764

2016

2019

1,078million yen

Sales(million yen)

12,791*2018(persons) ■■Number of male employees eligible for paternity leave●●Number of male employees taking paternity leave

10.7% 3.0%

28.5% ) (Europe 5.5% )Sales

million yen

2017(Nihon Nohyaku Co., Ltd)

Other

(Increased

Domestic agrochemical sales

2016

Number of male employees taking paternity leave*3

Status by business division
Domestic agrochemical sales■ Financial and Non-Financial Highlights

3,864 3,597 3,651

2019

2020

*Nihon Nohyaku has changed its fiscal year end from September 30 to March 31. As a result, FY2020 is a transition period that covers the six month from October 1, 2019
to March 31, 2020.

2016

2017

2018

2019

＊1 Figures for FY2020 are those for the period from October
1, 2019 to March 31, 2020 due to the change of fiscal
year end.
＊2 Applies to regular full-time and temporary full-time
employees, and does not include contract employees.
＊3 Includes persons employed at that time who have sinceretired. Applies to full-time employees, and does notinclude contract employees.
＊4 Number of PCT international applications filed (by transfer
country) + Paris route or Number of standard applications
filed

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Responsible Care Activities Supporting Sustainable Development

RC encompasses voluntary activities wherein each company handling chemical substances secures “theenvironment, safety and health” and publishes the results of its activities, maintaining a dialogue andcommunication with society regarding all its processes, ranging from R&D through manufacturing, sales, logistics,
use, and final consumption, to the disposal and recycling of the chemical substances. We have six fields of
implementation for Responsible Care, namely “RC codes”, consists of “Environmental
Protection”, “Occupational Safety and Health”, “Process Safety & Disaster Prevention”,“Logistics Safety”, “Product Stewardship (Chemical Materials and Product Safety)” and“Communication with Society” in Japan, we work to improve activities through thecontinued implementation of the PDCA (Plan→Do→Check→Act) cycle.
This is an initiative that the global chemical industry is integrally promoting to safely
manage chemicals over their life cycles through its activities, such that products cancontribute to improving the quality of life and sustainable development.

RC Mid-Term Targets and Activity Results/Plans
1) About the Nichino Group RC Mid-Term Targets (FY2016-2020*) Activity Results and Evaluation
RC Activities

GeneralRC Mid-Term Targets

Results

1. Maintain and expand Quality, Environment, and 1. Implemented ISO9001, ISO14001 and OHSAS18001.
Occupational Safety & Health Management(Nichino Service)
Systems
Put the Quality Management Panel and the Poisonous Material
Management Panel under the control of the Production Division.
2. Enrichment and expansion of RC activities
3. Education of RC to overseas sites, introduction 2. Concluded an RC Promotion Agreement with AgriMartof RC methods into plants which has not
Conducted a survey on Group companies’ operations in terms of SDGs
introduced ISO management system yet
Conducted educational activities for Group companies in Japan to raise
their awareness of CSR and SDGs.
3. Exchanged information with Indian subsidiaries and explain RC to overseas
subsidiaries.

1. Reduction of 1% or more per year of energy
consumption unit*2 and reduction of CO2
emissions by promoting energy saving
2. Participation in Fun to Share*3 activities of theJapanese Ministry of the Environment (JME)
3. Maintain and expand zero emissions*4
4. Green purchasing rate of 95% or higher for
Environmental office consumables and designated productsProtection 5. Strengthening, maintain and expand green
procurement standards for raw materials andingredients
6. Continuing initiatives for a low-carbon society(plan based on status of nuclear plants andgovernment policy)

1. Efficiency of energy consumption unit (compared with March 2019)
Nihon Nohyaku +3.4%, Nichino Service -4.0%
Continued to evaluate the efficiency of energy consumption unit at Nichino
Ryokka, Nihon EcoTech and AgriMart.
CO2 emissions (compared with 2013. The government aimed for a 26%
reduction.)
Nihon Nohyaku -0.8%, Nichino Service -34.5%
2. Completed registration for all the domestic Group companies. The NichinoGroup searched the declarations of the companies registered in the Fun to
Share website, but found no example activity that could be introduced.
3. The three Nichino Service plants maintained zero emissions.
4. Green purchasing rate reached at 99.8% (121st fiscal year).
5. Set a new standard of green procurement as 97% (121st fiscal year).
6. Submitted annual reports to the Japan Federation of Economic
Organizations once a year via the Japan Chemical Industry Association.

1. Traffic accidents: 74 cases at domestic Nichino Group companies (23Occupational 1. Achieving zero traffic accident during work/
accidents in 2016, 16 accidents in 2017, 11 accidents in 2018, 17
Safety & Health, commuting, and maintaining zero accident causing
lost worktime
accidents in 2019 and 7 accidents in the 121 fiscal year)
Process Safety & 2. Maintaining zero serious accident on the
5 accidents with workdays lost and 27 accidents without workdays lost
Disasterproduction equipment
2. Maintained zero serious accidents (1 Minor accident*5)
Prevention 3. Visualization of risk assessment methods
3. Shared visualization methods.

Logistics
Safety05

1. Continuing zero serious logistics accident(scattering/spillage)
2. Enhancement of logistics conference withlogistics companies

1. Maintained zero serious accidents
2. Held logistics conferences with responsible departments of Nihon Nohyaku
and Nichino Service.

Evaluation＊1

RC Mid-Term Targets

Results

Evaluation＊1

1. Develop environmental and safety-conscious 1. Continued to develop new products that are safe and environmentally
products and field testing, consideringfriendly.
environment preservation and worker safety
Documented new standards for agrochemical development in the overseas
Product
market.
Stewardship 2. Centralized management of safety information
on chemical substances and appropriate
Conducted small-scale field test audits once a year.
(Chemical
provision to domestic and overseas
2. Promoted GHS*6 implementation on SDS*7.
Materials &subsidiaries
Introduced and started operation of the automated SDS creation system.
Product 3. Improvement of product quality and thorough 3. Continued management based on ISO9001 (Nichino Service)
Safety)management
Started operation of a new processing flow for complaints.
Launched the Production Technology & Quality Liaison Committee.
Conducted quality audits of subcontractors.
1. Creation of RC reports (in Japanese andEnglish) on level with CSR reports andreceiving third-party validation
Communicating 2. Establishment of comfortable environment
around business sites interacting andwith Society
cooperating with the local communities
3. Participation in and promotion of activities for
towards VISION 2025 of Japan Crop
Protection Association (JCPA)*8

Responsible Care Activities Supporting Sustainable Development

What is Responsible Care (RC)?

RC Activities

1. Issued RC Report 2017, CSR Report 2018, CSR Report 2019 and CSR
Report 2020 (Japanese versions and English versions).
Received inspection of the Japan Chemical Industry Association for CSR
Report 2018.
2. Continued interaction at each offices with local governments, etc.
3. Explained contributions and proper usage of agrochemicals.

＊1 Internal evaluation of actual results:
Achieved
Partially not achieved
Not achieved＊2 An index showing the efficiency of energy consumption that divides annual energy consumption by figures related to business (for example production amount, officesurface area, sales volume, etc.). A lower energy consumption unit indicates better energy consumption efficiency.
＊3 National public movement to address global warming promoted by JME.
＊4 The final landfill amount of waste shall be 1% or less of the volume generated.
＊5 An accident that caused no body injury but required some expenses for restoration.
＊6 Safety Data Sheet＊7 Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals＊8 The future vision and activities guidelines established by the Japan Crop Protection Association in 2014*
FY2020 covers the period ended March 2020 (121st fiscal year) due to the change of fiscal year end.

■ The Foundation for Supporting Responsible Care Activities

The Foundation for Supporting Responsible Care Activities

2) About New RC Mid-Term Targets (April 2020-March 2025)*
Responsible Care Code

Mid-Term Targets

General1. Promote RC activities keeping in mind the contribution of technological innovation on food, the environment, society,and SDGs and the importance of CSR.
2. Expand the domestic subsidiary activity codes and start RC at overseas subsidiaries.

Occupational Safety &Health, Process Safety &Disaster Prevention

1. Achieve zero accident during work/commuting
2. Maintain zero serious accident on facilities
3. Ensure implementation of risk assessment

Environmental Protection

1. Promote energy conservation and CO2 emission reductions• Energy conservation
	 Reduce the 5-year average energy consumption unit by at least 1% (for specified Nichino Group companies anddesignated plants and research center defined under Act on the Rational Use of Energy in Japan)	 Promote consumption optimization (unspecified company)• CO2 emissions (continue participation to an initiatives “The Commitment to a Low Carbon Society” by Japan
Business Federation)
	 Aim to achieve year-on-year reductions, a 4.9% reduction compared to 2013 for the entire Group by 2025, andzero emissions by 2050.
2. Zero environmental accidents
3. Reduce waste, achieve zero emissions, and work on the plastic resource recycling strategy.
(Continue green purchasing and green procurement)

Logistics Safety

1. Achieve zero scattering and spillage accidents during logistics operations.
2. Continue to hold logistics conferences with logistics companies.
3. Maintain and advance modal shift.

Product Stewardship(Chemical Materials &Product Safety)

1. Promote product development and field testing taking into consideration the environment, health, and safety.
2. Conduct global centralized management of safety information on chemical substances and share it within theGroup.
3. Improve product quality and conduct thorough management.

Communication withSociety

1. Maintain good relationships with the government, industry groups, and the local communities.
2. Participate in the creation of CSR reports that take into consideration the SDGs and receive third-party verification
as appropriate.

*Formulated at the 35th meeting of the RC Promotion Committee.

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Responsible Care Activities Supporting Sustainable Development

The Foundation for Supporting Responsible Care Activities
3） Main Activities for FY2020 (the 122nd Fiscal Year)
1. Establish a CSR promotion system and formulate CSR policies.
2. Promote activities in accordance with the new RC mid-term targets keeping in mind the new fiscal year.

1. Continue to conduct education and training to increase safety and risk awareness to achieve zero occupational
accidents and zero traffics accidents while commuting.
Occupational Safety &2. Conduct regular maintenance and inspections as well as training to keep zero serious accidents at production
Health, Process Safety &facilities.
Disaster Prevention
3. Conduct systematic risk assessments, SOP education and near misses and risk finding and safety indications at
workplaces.
1. Promote energy conservation (Goal: reduction of energy consumption unit from the previous year and reduce the5-year average by 1% or more), continue studying a calculation method for refining the consumption unit, continue
the consumption efficiency evaluation in accordance with the situation, and continue activities to reduce CO2

Environmental Protection

emissions.
2. Maintain a green purchasing rate of 95% or higher and improve the green procurement rate.
3. Promote 3Rs and reduce waste by maintaining and expanding zero emissions.
4. Continue activities to achieve a low-carbon society (Locavore*)

Logistics Safety

Product Stewardship(Chemical Materials &Product Safety)

Communication withSociety

1. Conduct training to maintain zero serious accidents in logistics (scattering and spillage).
2. Continue to hold regular logistics conferences with transport and warehouse companies.
3. Continue to provide yellow cards and white cards and strengthen collaboration to prevent problems.
4. Continue to promote modal shift.
1. Continue efforts to avoid using NPE and reducing PRTR inert ingredients in new products. Substitute 50% NPE
substances in existing products.
2. Continue appropriate management of chemical substances and conduct the necessary education and training.
3. Conduct risk assessments and continue measures to prevent accidents due to chemical substances.
4. Promote SDS information sharing within the Nichino Group.
Start full operation of the automated SDS creation system.
5. Continue to provide information on new regulations of chemical substances.
1. Continue to participate in community activities, collaborate with local communities and improve the environmental
conditions around facilities.
2. Expand activities to overseas subsidiaries by providing RC information, etc.
3. Promote exchange with stakeholders through issuance of CSR reports and provide information on the website.
4. Continue activities toward the JCPA VISION 2025.

※ A composite word with the term “Local” and the term “-vore (meaning an animal that eats something)” meaning “people who eat local food”. It indicates an activity that
leads to a reduction of CO2 when combined with “local consumption of local products” and expanded consumption of “domestic agricultural and marine products”.

Responsible Care Activities Supporting Sustainable Development

GeneralMajor topics

1） Number of accidents with and without workdays lost
FY2019Company namethe 121st fiscal year

Accidents with
Workdays Lost

Accidents without
Workdays Lost

Accidents with
Workdays Lost

Accidents without
Workdays Lost

Nihon Nohyaku

0

5

0

1※

Nichino Service

1

1

1

0

Nichino Ryokka

0

0

0

0

Nihon EcoTech

0

0

0

0

AgriMart

0

0

0

0

*An accident during commuting.

2） S everity rate of accidents with workdays lost and incident rate of accidents without workdays lost

■ Occupational Safety & Health, Process Safety & Disaster Prevention

Responsible Care CodeOccupational Safety & Health,
Process Safety & Disaster Prevention

the 121st fiscal year
Severity rate of accidents withworkdays lost*1

0.0022

Incident rate of accidents without
workdays lost*2

0.023*1 Severity rate of accidents with workdays lost = Total work days lost /Total actual working hours (per 1,000 hrs)
*2 Incident rate of accidents without workdays lost = Number of the victims of accidents without workdays lost/ Total actual working hours (per 1,000,000 hrs)3） Expenses for Safety & Health (Unit: million yen)
Vaccination and mental health related

0.8

（90％）

Industrial physician

7.2（168％）

Medical examinations

6.7（103％）

Figures in round brackets indicate comparisons with those for the same period of the previous year.

4） Record of Zero Occupational Accidents
Record of Zero Occupational Accidents (as of March 31, 2020)
Total No. ofDays

Total Hours(1,000 hours)

Research Center

3,533

2,728

Osaka Office＊

1,339

515

Fukushima Plant

2,255

1,668

Kashima Plant

2,479

931

391

167

Site
Nihon Nohyaku

Nichino Service

Saga Plant＊ Includes figures for the Osaka Storage / Delivery Group of Nichino Service
Saga Plant.

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Responsible Care Activities Supporting Sustainable Development

Environmental Protection3） P RTR Law*1 Applicable Hazardous Substance Released*2 and Transferred Amount*3(Aggregation period: April 2019 to March 2020)

Released and transferred amount: Top 10 substances by amount＊1 The figures in round brackets indicatecomparisons with the same period of theprevious year in percentage terms.
The figure in square brackets indicatesthe percentage for the same period of theprevious year. The aggregation period for
PRTR substances is from April 2019 toMarch 2020.
＊2 Purchased electricity calculated as crude
oil equivalent.
＊3 Amount of heavy oil, light oil, kerosene,
gasoline, city gas, LP gas, and purchased steam are expressed in crude oil
equivalent.
＊4 Total sum of tap water, well water, andindustrial water for Research Center,
Osaka Office, and Nichino Service
Plants.
＊5 Product amount = (technical grade production amount) + (formulation production amount) - (technical grade amountused for formulation production)＊6 Used emission factors were referred to
the Act on Promotion of Global WarmingCountermeasures.
＊7	The amount consigned to the Japan Containers and Packaging Recycling Association, which is yet to be confirmed, is notpresented. (It is expected to be confirmed around January 2021.)

2

OUTPUT
Products＊5

Raw material

5,709t（82％）＊19,449t（103％）

Atmospheric emissions
Dust
NOx
SOx
CO2＊6

Packaging material
1,600t（91％）
Production
生産Energy (crude oil equivalent )0.0t（68％）
1.1t（23％）
0.6t（79％）
4,801t（99％）

Waste water3
Volume91,000m（83％）
COD2t（91％）

Waste

Electrics＊2 1,791㎘（101％）
Fuel etc.＊3 922㎘
（97％）

Amount2,506t（116％）
Rate of recycling13%【46％】Final landfill 2,013t（132％）
PRTR Substances

3
Water＊4 114,000m（81％）

Released
0.2t（120％）
Transferred42.1t（129％）
Transported by
Logistics

Use/Disposal

Railway
104t（137％）
Ship
1,267t（115％）
Truck 14,542t（95％）
Recycling The figures remain
to be finalized＊7

Environmental Impact

1） Efficiency of Energy Consumption
FY2019（April 2019 to March 2020）

the 121st fiscal year
Energy Consumption(year-on-year change)

Efficiency of Energy
Consumption※

Energy Consumption(year-on-year change)

Efficiency of Energy
Consumption※

Nihon Nohyaku

968.0kℓ（96.2％）

103.4％

2,111.0kℓ（100.4％）104.3％

Nichino Service

1,745.9kℓ（99.7％）

96.0％

3,244.8kℓ（101.5％）85.5％Company name*Comparisons with the same period of the previous year.

Company namethe 121st fiscal year※※
FY2019（April 2019 to March 2020）

Nihon Nohyaku

704.2t（99.5％）

3,294.9t（88.8％）

Nichino Service

1,386.7t（92.5％）

5,391.9t（95.1％）*The figures in round brackets indicate comparisons with the same period of the previous year.

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（kg）

Substance name

66.0
25.0
15.6
13.0
11.1
10.0
6.2
4.5
2.7
2.0
6.7
162.8

n - Hexane
Triethylamine
Xylene
1,2-Dichloroethane
Ethylbenzene
Buprofezin＊4
Isoprothiolane＊4
Hydrazine
Flutolanil＊4
Benzyl chloride
Other
Total

9

11

10

49

Transferred amount
Substance name（t）

Chlorobenzene
Xylenen - Hexane
Ethylbenzene
Oxine-copper＊4
Carbaryl*4
Flutolanil＊4
Phenmedipham＊4
Poly (oxyethylene) = alkyl ether(Number of carbon atoms in the alkyl
group are limited to 15 from 12)
Propargite*4
Other
Total

27.1
3.1
2.9
2.4
1.8
1.0
0.8
0.5
0.4
0.3
1.9
42.1

＊1 PRTR is an abbreviation of Pollutant Release and Transfer Register, defined under the Act on Confirmation, etc., of Release Amounts of Specific Chemical Substances into the Environment and Promotion of Improvements to the Management Thereof.
＊2 Release to atmosphere, public waters, soil, and landfill.
＊3 The amount of substances including those transferred to sewer works and for which disposal was consigned to a waste disposal contractor (excluding the amount shipped as commercial
products).
＊4 Active ingredients of Agrochemicals

3 Environmental Accounting
1） Environmental Protection Costs
Environmental Protection Costs (Unit: million yen) ＊2
Classification(1) Pollution prevention

1. Costs(2) Global environmental
within businessprotectionarea(3) Resource recycling

Details of major initiatives

Investments Expenses＊1

Prevention of air pollution, water pollutant, bad odor

2

25（+3）

Prevent global warming by energy conservation

5（+4）

13（+11）

Industrial waste, general waste disposal

11

82（+10）2. Upstream/Downstream

Cost of switching to environmental conservation type raw materials

0（-1）

1

3. Management activity

Research Center, office neighborhood greenification, environmental load monitoring0

4. R&D costs

R&D for products contributing to environment protection

52（+21）

5. Social activity costs

Donations/support for organizations involved in environmental protection

0

6. Environment damage response costs

Pollutant recovery costs

0
70（+24）

Total

0
239
0
0
361（+24）*1 Expense amounts: Maintenance and management expenses for facilities used for environmental measures as well as personnel and other expenses related to otherenvironmental measures (including depreciation).
*2 ( ) indicates change from previous fiscal year, no figures indicated if unchanged.

2） Environmental Protection Effect: Improvement Achieved through Investments and Expenditures for Environmental Protection
Effectitem2） CO2 Emissions

Rank
Current Y Previous Y
1
2
2
1
3
3
4
4
5
6
6
18
7
10
8
8

Responsible Care Activities Supporting Sustainable Development

INPUT

The following shows the amountsof raw materials, energy and waterused in our business activities,
along with the matters discharged
in the process of production /products consumption and disposal.

Released amount■ Environmental Protection

1 Input of Resources and Energy and Output of Products and Environmental Load for the 121st fiscal year.

Rank
Current Y Previous Y
1
1
2
2
3
3
4
4
5
5
6
6
7
7
8
8
9
9
10
10

YoY Changechange
(%)
Dust
（t）
-0.0
-32
Air/water
NOx
（t）
-3.5
-77
Pollution
pollutantprevention
SOx
（t）
-0.2
-21
emissions
COD
（t）
-0.1
-9
2
CO
（t）
-68
-1
Greenhouse effect gas
GlobalEnergy (crude oil equivalent)（㎘）-13-0emissionsenvironmental
Energy/water usage3）
protection
Water（1,000m
-27
-19
rates
Details

Resource
Waste
recycling

Item (unit)

Amount（t）
Final landfill amount （t）

+342
+489

+16
+32

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Responsible Care Activities Supporting Sustainable Development

Environmental Protection

4 Green Purchasing and Green Procurement

Information and Topics of Each Facility

99.8％

Green purchasing rate

Number of employees for Research Center and each plant includes non-full-time employees.

※
97％（+1pt）

Green procurement rate

*The figure in round brackets indicate the change from the same period the previous year.

Research Center

5 Efforts towards Creating a Low-Carbon Society:

General Manager: Tetsuyoshi Nishimatsu(appointed in June 2020)

Promoting Locavore

As part of “Locavore”, its original social contribution
activity, the Nichino Group holds a contest in the winter(December through February) to see who makes a one
pot dish (nabe) most often. By focusing on one pot dishcuisine, which contributes to consumption of agriculturaland marine produce with a high rate of domestic selfsufficiency, the contest is aimed at reducing CO2
emissions related to food transport through reducing
food mileage (the distance food is transported) bypromoting what can be done at home.

Contest for number of times of one pot dishParticipants

900
750
600
450
300

8.4
341

Average number of times of cooking

9.1

350

9.6
394

9.3
366

Modal shift rate
CO2 emissions associated with logistics

428

8.8
484

8.8

10
8

413

6
4
2

0

0

FY2014 FY2015 FY2016 FY2017 FY2018 FY2019 FY2020

Items

EnergyAtmosphericemissions

Waste
Waste water※
FY2019（April 2019 to March 2020）

15,913,000t・km（96％）

11,956,000t・km
（96％）

9％
（+2pt)

7％（+1pt）

1,057t（105％)

Content (unit)

Crude oil equivalent（kℓ）

First half of
FY2019the 121st fiscal year

902.8

895.7

Water

（1,000m3）

8.8

11.4

SOx

（t）

0.4

0.3

NOx

（t）

0.0

0.0

Dust

（t）

0.0

0.0

CO2

（t）

1,596.6

1,584.9

Amount

（t）

34

38

Final landfill

（t）

30

35

Volume （1,000m3）

6.6

6.7

（t）

0.0

0.0

COD

Osaka Office

Promotion of Modal Shift
Transport amount

8.7

150

Logistics Safety, Product Stewardship(Chemical Materials & Products Safety)
the 121st fiscal year※

12

Address:
345, Oyamada-cho,
Kawachinagano-shi, Osaka
Number of employees:
240Land area:
approx. 71,000 m²
Floor surface area:
approx. 16,000 m²

Research Center environmental data

2,030t（96％）

Figures in round brackets indicate comparisons with those for the same period of the previous year.

General Manager: Hirohisa Yano
(appointed in June 2020)
Address: 2-30, Tsukuda 5-Chome,
Nishiyodogawa-ku, Osaka
Number of employees:
15 (including the members belonging to thedepartments of Nihon Nohyaku and Nichino
Service stationed at the office.)
Land area: approx. 30,000 m²
Floor surface area: approx. 9,000 m²

Osaka Office environmental data＊1
Items

EnergyAtmosphericemissions

Waste
Waste water＊2

Communication with Society

Content (unit)

First half of
FY2019the 121st fiscal year

Crude oil equivalent（kℓ）

23.3

21.3

Water

（1,000m3）

0.8

0.4

SOx

（t）

0

0

NOx

（t）

0

0

Dust

（t）

0

0

CO2

（t）

6.1

35.1

Amount

（t）

557.2

53.7

Final landfill

（t）

419.9

1.1

Volume （1,000m3）

0

0

（t）

0

0

COD

*1 Includes volume used by the departments of Nihon Nohyaku and Nichino
Service stationed at the office.
*2 All the wastewater from the Osaka Office was treated as industrial waste.

Acceptance of visitors for factory tours and laboratory tours
Number of visitors※
751（-43％）

Figures in round brackets indicate comparisons with those for the same period of the previous year.

1112Company Overview and List of The Nihon Nohyaku Group Companies
Nichino Service Co., Ltd. Kashima Plant
General Manager: Shigeyuki Sakao
Address:
19, Sunayama,
Kamisu-shi, Ibaraki
Number of employees:
46
Land area:
approx. 45,000 m²

Nichino Service Kashima Plant environmental data＊1
First half of
FY2019

Items

Content (unit)

Products

Technical grades / bulk powder（t）

864

1,028

Crude oil equivalent （kℓ）

1,462.8

982.7

Water

（1,000m3）

121.1

91.9

SOx

（t）

0.1

—＊2

Atmospheric NOxemissions
Dust

（t）

3.7

—

（t）

0.0

—＊2

CO2

（t）

1,462.8

1241.1

Amount（t）1,054.5

1,970.5

Final landfill（t）

1,020.3

1,908.0（1,000m3）

97.4

78.2

（t）

1.6

1.4

Energy

Waste
Waste water

VolumeCOD

the 121st fiscal year

Nichino Service Co., Ltd. Fukushima Plant

Address:
286, Hiraishitakada 4-Chome,
Nihonmatsu-shi, Fukushima

Nichino Service Fukushima Plant environmental data
Items

the 121st fiscal year

（t）

3,406

2,824

301.4

288.9

Water

（1,000m3）

4.6

4.0

SOx

（t）

0.6

0.5

Atmospheric NOxemissions
Dust

（t）

0.1

0.1

（t）

0.0

0.0

CO2

（t）

652.4

527.1

Amount

（t）

252.7

291.9

Final landfill

（t）

52.8

68.8

（1,000m3）

3.5

3.4

（t）

0.0

0.0

EnergyLand area:
approx. 119,000 m²

First half of
FY2019Crude oil equivalent （kℓ）

Products

Number of employees:
99

Content (unit)

Waste
Waste water

Agrochemicals

VolumeCOD

Nichino Service Co., Ltd. Saga Plant
General Manager: Toru Oouchi(appointed in June 2020)
Address: 180-1, Aza Nihonsugi, Oaza Tsutsumi,
Kamimine-cho, Miyaki-gun, Saga
Number of employees:9 0 (excluding the members of
the Osaka Storage/Delivery
Group)
Land area: approx. 84,000 m²

Nichino Service Saga Plant environmental data
Items

First half of
FY2019the 121st fiscal year

（t）

2.3

2.3

Crude oil equivalent （kℓ）

545.3

478.8

Water

（1,000m3）

5.9

6.2

SOx

（t）

0.1

0.1

Atmospheric NOxemissions
Dust

（t）

0.4

0.6

（t）

0.0

0.0

CO2

（t）

1,030.2

901.3

Amount

（t）

265.6

151.4

Products
Energy

Waste
Waste water

13

Content (unit)

Agrochemicals

COD

24
30

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●
12

❺
●

14

❽
●

❹
●
❻
● 13 18

26
19

11 17
21 22

25
29

15

28
23
27

❶
●
❾
● 10 16 20

Nihon Nohyaku Co., Ltd.

as of March 31, 2020

Head Office19-8 Kyobashi 1-Chome, Chuo-ku, Tokyo
address
104-8386
FoundedNovember 17, 1928
Capital14,939 million yen
Number of employees 1,451(consolidated)
Main business
Manufacturing, import, export, and sales ofagrochemicals, pharmaceuticals, quasi drugs,
veterinary products, wood preservative
agents, agricultural materials, and more

Head office andbranches

Research
Facilities
Manufacturing
plant (contracted)

Head office,Tokyo Branch (Chuo-ku, Tokyo)
Sapporo Branch (Sapporo-shi, Hokkaido)
Sendai Branch (Sendai-shi, Miyagi)
Osaka Branch, Tokai-Hokuriku Sales Office (Osaka-shi, Osaka)
Fukuoka Branch (Fukuoka-shi, Fukuoka)
Osaka Office (Osaka-shi, Osaka)
Research Center (Kawachinagano-shi, Osaka)
Naganuma Nursery (Yubari-gun, Hokkaido)
Nichino Service Co., Ltd.
( Fukushima Plant / Kashima Plant / Saga Plant)

Consolidated Group Companies
Nichino Ryokka Co., Ltd.
Nichino Service Co., Ltd.
Fukushima Plant
Kashima Plant
Kawachinagano Center
Saga Plant
Nichino America, Inc.
Nihon Ecotech Co., Ltd.
Fukushima Analysis Center
Osaka Analysis Center
Taiwan Nihon Nohyaku Co., Ltd.
AgriMart Corporation
Nichino India Pvt. Ltd.
Nichino Chemical India Pvt. Ltd.
Sipcam Nichino Brasil S.A.
Nichino Europe Co., Ltd.

Sales of chemicals/pesticides for golf courses, home & garden, and greenification, sales Chuo-ku, Tokyoof turf and turf-related materials, planning and construction of gardens and amenity areas
Manufacturing and sales of agrochemicals, contracted manufacturing,Chuo-ku, Tokyo
storage, and transport of agrochemicals, cultivation and management of
Nihonmatsu-shi, Fukushima
fields, real estate management
Kamisu-shi, Ibaraki
Kawachinagano-shi, Osaka
Miyaki-gun, Saga
Agrochemical sales, promotion, development, and registration in the USA
U.S.A. / Wilmington
Agrochemical residue analysis, chemical substance safety testing, andChuo-ku, Tokyo
related activities
Nihonmatsu-shi, Fukushima
Kawachinagano-shi, Osaka
Agrochemical sales and promotion in Taiwan
Taiwan/Taipei
Sales of termite control agents/devices, pest control agents/devices
Chuo-ku, Tokyo
Agrochemical sales, manufacturing, development, promotion, import and export in India India / Hyderabad
Agrochemical sales and manufacturing in India
India / Hyderabad
Agrochemical sales and manufacturing in Brazil
Brazil / Uberaba
Agrochemical sales, promotion, development, and registration in Europe
UK / Cambridge

Non-consolidated Subsidiaries Accounted for by the Equity Method
25 Nichino Vietnam Co., Ltd.

Agrochemical sales, development, promotion, import and export in Vietnam

Vietnam / Ho Chi Minh

Agrochemical sales and promotion in China
Agrochemical development and registration in Brazil
Agrochemical sales, development, promotion, import and export in the Andes and Central America

China/ Shanghai
Brazil / Sao PauloColombia / Bogota

Non-consolidated Companies
26 Nichino Shanghai Co., Ltd.
27 Nichino do Brasil Agroquímicos Ltda.
28 Nihon Nohyaku Andica S.A.S.

Affiliated Companies Accounted for by the Equity Method

（t）

0

0

（1,000m3）

2.3

2.3

29 Agricultural Chemicals（Malaysia）Sdn.Bhd.

（t）

0.0

0.0

30 Sipcam Europe S.p.A.

Final landfillVolume

❷
●❼
●

＊2

*1 Includes volume used by the departments of Nihon Nohyaku stationed at the plant.
*2 Not measured in the fiscal year under review.

General Manager: Hideki Utaka(appointed in June 2020)

Nihon Nohyaku Co., Ltd.
Group companies(consolidated)● Non-consolidated Subsidiaries
Accounted for by the Equity Method
Group companies(non-consolidated)Affiliated companies accounted
for by the equity method

Agrochemical sales and manufacturing in Malaysia
Agrochemical sales and manufacturing in Europe

Malaysia / Penang
Italy / Milan
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Head Office19-8, Kyobashi 1-Chome(Kyobashi OM Bldg.),
Chuo-ku, Tokyo 104-8386

TEL+81-3-6361-1400

Websitehttps://www.nichino.co.jp/en/

We practice Green Purchasing.
Nihon Nohyaku received a
Development Bank of Japanloan based on the DBJ
Environmentally Rated Loan
Program, and has been rated
as “a company with advanced
environmental initiatives”.