Respect for Human Rights
In April 2019, the Nissan Chemical Group formulated the Nissan Chemical Group Human Rights Policy with advice of outside experts and approved at the Board of Directors, in accordance with the principles on fundamental rights listed in theInternational Bill of Human Rights, the ILO Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work and other international norms on human rights.

Activities
Revision of the Nissan Chemical Group Human Rights Policy
As social changes, stakeholdersʼ awareness of human rights isbecoming more diverse and complex. Therefore, based on theopinions of outside experts and ESG rating agencies, we revised
this policy in January 2023 in order to clarify the Groupʼs humanrights initiatives.

The Nissan Chemical Group supports international standards including the International Bill of Human Rights,
the ILO Declaration on Fundamental Principles andRights at Work, the United Nations Global Compact, theUnited Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, and any other relevant standards for humanrights. This Nissan Chemical Group Human Rights Policy(this “Policy”) has been established to promote efforts
aimed at respecting human rights of all relevant stakeholders including employees.
This policy complements the Nissan ChemicalGroupʼs position with respect to compliance and respectfor human rights.

Educational Activity/Awareness-raising Activity
With the aim of education and awareness-raising about humanrights policy and promoting understanding for the purpose ofpracticing respect for human rights, we conducted awareness-raising activities. In FY2020, we conducted group-type training for the Directors and managers, and since FY2021, we haveconducted e-learning for all employees.

1. Scope of the application
This Policy shall apply to all officers and employees
working for the Nissan Chemical Group. And the Nissan Chemical Group will also continuously encouragebusiness partners and suppliers to support and respect this Policy.

Investigation of Human Rights Risk

Human Rights Risk Assessment■ Based on the UNEP FI (United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative)
Human Rights Guidance Tool and other guidances on various human rights, aswell as our existing internal information such as risk assessment, we investigatedhuman rights risks that could arise in our business activities, and identified which
stages of our value chain could occur and what impact they could have on anyone.

■ We assessed the “impacts on human rights” and “relations with the Group” foreach identified risk. “Impacts on human rights” was assessed based on “impact(severity)” and “probability” based on the UN Guiding Principles on Business andHuman Rights (UNGP). “Relations with the Group” was evaluated based on theconcept of the “Arc of Human Rights Priorities” of the Danish Institute for HumanRights.

Identification of Risks to be PrioritizedDialogue with Stakeholders Including Experts■ According to the human rights risk map, we identified risks which we need toprioritize. The result was discussed by the CSR Committee (current SustainabilityPromotion Committee) and resolved at the Board of Directors.

■ Based on the risk assessment results, we had dialogues with stakeholders
including experts.
■ In keeping with the opinions and advices, we conducted a reassessment of humanrights risks and created the human rights risk map.

●Risks to be prioritized
Risks to beprioritized

Access toRemedy

Group could beaffectedMajor human rights risks

All Stakeholders

Lack of appropriate action whenhuman rights violations occur

Status of Efforts● E stablishment of whistle-blowing hotline (consultation hotline) foroverseas affiliates● R aising awareness of the whistle-blowing hotline on the intranet,compliance training, posters, etc.

[Human Rights Training]
For Directors and managers
● Importanceof human rights due diligence (conducted inFY2020)
e-learning training● NissanChemical Group Human Rights Policy● Elementaryknowledge of business and human rights

2. Respect for Human Rights
3. No Infringement of Human Rights● R egular health checkups● S tress check test

● P romotion of appropriate work hours

Employee
Health andSafety

Employees ofthe GroupDanger, harsh working environment(related to overall occupational
health and safety, including mentalillness), fire and explosion● P rior risk assessment for R&D, manufacturing and sales● P rior assessment for manufacture● D rills for comprehensive disaster prevention/earthquake disasterprevention/initial fire fighting/communication notification● Trainings for harassment prevention/compliance/occupationalsafety and health/safety and disaster prevention● R aising awareness through the safety meeting, occupational safety

4. Employment and Labor“Prohibition of Forced Labor and Child Labor”, “Good Labor-Management Relations”, “Proper Working Hours”,“Fair and Equitable Remuneration”, “Elimination of Discrimination”, “Occupational Health and Safety”

newspapers and others

Human Rights Due Diligence Initiatives
Our group is working to establish a system of human rights due
diligence to identify and mitigate negative impacts on humanrights. With the cooperation of outside experts, we identified andassessed risks that could have a negative impact on humanrights through our business activities in major businesses andtheir value chains (risk mapping). We also exchanged opinionswith stakeholders on the results, reflected them in the results ofthe evaluation, and identified the risks which we need to prioritize for the Group.
For the priority risks identified, we survey the status of efforts to address each risk through an in-house questionnaire.
We plan to continue to strengthen measures with reflecting theopinions of stakeholders, and regularly review our human rights
risk assessment and priority risks.

5. Remediation
In the event that the Nissan Chemical Group causes
or contributes to an adverse impact on human rights
in the course of its business activities, it will provide
remedy and make efforts to correct such impact
through appropriate means.

System
Our group has established the Sustainability Promotion Committee, whose secretariat office is Sustainability Promotion Group
under Sustainability Promotion & IR Department, as an organization to promote the activities for human rights. The committee isheld twice a year. The long- and mid-term plan and annual plan
related to activities for human rights issues, evaluation of results of activities, and issues to be improved and examinedbased on the evaluation etc. are approved at the Board of Directors after discussion at the committee.

● R C audits● P rior risk assessment for R&D, manufacturing and sales

Community
Health andSafety

Local Communities

Damage to local communities andhealth due to fires, explosions,chemical leaks and pesticide
spraying● D rills for comprehensive disaster prevention/earthquake disasterprevention/initial fire fighting/communication notification● Training for compliance/occupational safety and health/safety anddisaster prevention● R C audits● P rior risk assessment for R&D, manufacturing and sales

ProductSafety

Customers

Sales of unsafe products, includingmisuse● S afety test of products● C ompliance with chemical substance● C linical trials (healthcare products)● D istribution of safety data sheet

Responsible
MarketingCustomers

Interference with consumer choice
due to lack of adequate productinformation, inadequate explanationof health risks, and inadequate
response to unexpected productrelated crises● P rior risk assessment for R&D, manufacturing and sales● S afety test of products● C ompliance with chemical substance● C linical trials (healthcare products)● D istribution of safety data sheet● A ppropriate application description

Health andSafety in the
Supply Chain

Suppliers

Danger, harsh working environment(related to overall occupational
health and safety, including mentalillness), fire and explosion● A ssessment by questionnaire* on Sustainability for supplierChild Laborin the SupplyChainSuppliers

Labor of children under legal
working age/under 15 years old,placement in hazardous work, harshworking environment● A ssessment by questionnaire* on Sustainability for supplier

Conflict
Minerals

Local Communities

Procurement and use of raw materials
containing conflict minerals● R esponsible mineral procurement**Sustainability questionnaire and Responsible Mineral Procurement: https://www.nissanchem.co.jp/eng/csr_info/communication/supply.html

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