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Management

Management Philosophy
MissionMitsui Bussan Chemicals Co., Ltd. makes it a rule that all members and staﬀs to be modest and fair as a member of theMitsui & Co., Ltd. Group, and comply with the laws, and achieves the maximum satisfaction with the society throughgood business activities in compliance with the trust of the customers and partners.

VisionWe set ourselves to serve the regional and international society in co-existence with the environment, and maximize the satisfactionof our customers, partners, shareholders and employee equally as our ultimate goal.

Value■ Aspire to set high standards and to contribute to society, with a mind to sympathize with the environment and people.
■ Value curiosity and the resolution to challenge and creation.
■ Aim to promote talent that can "do the right thing properly and joyfully" through work and experience in the oﬃce.
■ Back to the basic, provide sustainable service to our customers and partners and value our relationship with such customers and partners.

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Environment

Environmental Policy
Guiding Principles 1

Guiding Principles 2

Mitsui Bussan Chemicals has the mind that sympathizes withthe environment and each individual and holds a highmanagement priority in active engagement to environmental
issues.

Mitsui Bussan Chemicals takes maximum eﬀorts in achieving“Sustainable Growth” that aims at harmony of economy andthe environment.

For such eﬀorts, Mitsui Bussan Chemicals bears responsibility to global warming issues, the preservation of the environment andprevention of pollution through the following activities/guide lines:‒ construction of appropriate system of risk management.
‒ regular evaluation and continuous improvement of such systems.
‒ promote eco-friendly products/technology.

■ Action Guidelines
1）Observance of related various
regulations2）Eﬃcient use of resource andenergy3）Responsibility/Concern to theenvironment: rendering of service,handling of existing and new business.

All domestic and foreign
environmental regulations/laws andany company agreements are observed
throughout our business activities.

Reduce the environmental burden by
reducing energy and resource
consumption, reducing waste, andrecycling throughout our businessactivity not only limited to the oﬃce.

With the understanding of ourcustomers/partners, evaluate the environmental
impact taking into consideration of thetechnically and economically possible limit, pay
full attention to the environment.

Green campaign

Mitsui Bussan Chemicals promotes education about the global
environment through oﬃce greening by raising trees and plants, andsupports activities protecting Japanʼ s forests by using domestic
thinned wood for plant pot covers. In addition, the Company
contributes to preservation of a sustainable global environment,such as prevention of global warming.

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Introduction of electricity derived
from renewable energy sources

Since the end of May 2022, all electricity used by the Mitsui Bussan
Chemicals Co., Ltd. head oﬃce building in Tokyo (JA Building) has
been sourced from RE100-compliant renewable energy. This meansthat the electricity used by our Tokyo head oﬃce is supplied fromRE100-compliant (zero-carbon) renewable energy. In addition,
under the greenhouse-gas emissions calculation, reporting, andpublishing system established by the Act on Promotion of GlobalWarming Countermeasures ("Global Warming Act") of Japan, theemissions coeﬃcient of the head oﬃce building in Tokyo (JABuilding), adjusted for greenhouse-gas emissions, is zero.

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SocietySocial contribution activities
Eco-cap campaign

Fund-raising activities for guide dogs

Mitsui Bussan Chemicals cooperates with medical support

The number of guide dogs is far less than the number of people

activities, such as sending vaccines to children in developing
countries by collecting PET caps and donating their proceeds toan NPO. Also, the Company supports eﬀorts for recycling

who need guide dogs, and it costs a lot of money to foster
guide dogs. Mitsui Bussan Chemicals installs donation boxes forfostering guide dogs through donations to the Japan Guide Dog

resources and reducing CO2 through cap recycling.

Association and supports activities to improve the capabilities

Assistance for overseas medical activities

Donation of foods for stockpilingof the visually impaired to participate in society.

Mitsui Bussan Chemicals collects used stamps attached to

Mitsui Bussan Chemicals donates food for stockpiling. The

postal items delivered to the Company to support medical

Company conducts activities to enhance social welfare andcooperation activities, such as the provision of supplies toserve as a bridge for regional contribution by distributing foodoverseas areas suﬀering from poor health and medical care,and drinks for stockpiling to welfare facilities and needy

mainly in Asia and Africa, and dispatching of people engaged

persons through Second Harvest Japan as well as to children,in health and medical care services through donations to a

the ﬂagbearers of the future, through local junior chambers.

public interest incorporated association.

Support activities for disaster-stricken areas

To areas stricken by the Kumamoto Earthquake that occurredin April 2016, Mitsui Bussan Chemicals donated water for
stockpiling through Kumamoto City (66 boxes containing six 2L
PET bottles of water in each box, or 792L in total). We extend
our heartfelt sympathies to those aﬀected by the earthquake
and pray for a speedy recovery throughout the aﬀected area.

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Basic CSR Policy
Basic CSR Policy 1
We will continually strive to improve our corporate value by engaging in conscientious activities giving fullconsideration to the social signiﬁcance of Mitsui Bussan Chemicalsʼ presence and a strong awareness of our ties
with the environment.

Basic CSR Policy 2
We will raise the awareness of each employee with regard
to CSR and solidify our management base for practicing
CSR through fully reinforcing internal control. We will also
make eﬀorts towards actively contributing to society.

Basic CSR Policy 3
We will fulﬁll our accountability with respect to CSR andcontinually work to improve our CSR activities.

■ Consideration for Environment and Safety
Consideration for Environment and Safety■ We will devote our corporate activity to the environmentand safety with “a mind that sympathizes with theenvironment and each individual” .
■ We will try to reduce and recycle waste, also, we will try toconserve energy and natural resources.

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Fair and Transparent Corporate Ethics■ We emphasize sound and fair corporate ethics, throughcorporate activities trusted and supported from our stakeholders.
■ We consider communication with society important, andactively disclose information to facilitate mutualunderstanding.

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Sustainable Supply Chain Policy
Policy 1
Mitsui Bussan Chemicals Co., LTDʼ s mission is, to comply with the laws, and achieve the maximum satisfaction withthe society through good business activities in compliance with the trust of the customers and partners. Toward therealization of this goal, we will strive to gain, through all of our business activities, an understanding of issues
associated with the supply chains in which weʼ re involved.
Furthermore, based on various perspectives of stakeholders who may be aﬀected by these issues, Mitsui Bussan
Chemicals Co., LTD will value dialogue with relevant parties, while working to ﬁnd solutions to these issues by allmembers and staﬀs.
In this way, Mitsui Bussan Chemicals Co., LTD. will do its utmost to achieve sustainable development.

Policy 2
Mitsui Bussan Chemicals Co., LTD. will require its business associates, including suppliers, to understand and implement thefollowing principles, and will strive to create sustainable supply chains in cooperation with them:
1. We will ensure compliance with applicable laws and regulations of relevant countries, fair transactions in accordance withinternational rules and practice, and corruption prevention.
2. We will strive not to infringe on human rights in our business activities, nor to contribute to human rights infringements byothers through our business relationships, including supply chains.
3. We will not to tolerate forced labor or any forms of modern slavery, including bonded labor or human traﬃcking.
4. We will not to tolerate child labor and to comply with the minimum working age stipulated by the law, and will not to hire
individuals that are under the age of 18 for roles requiring hazardous work.
5. We will prohibit any form of discrimination in employment.
6. We will not to tolerate any form of harassment, irrespective of whether it is physical or mental harassment.
7. We will respect the rights of employees to associate freely and bargain collectively in our labor-management relations.
8. We will properly manage employeesʼ working hours, holidays, leaves of absence, and wages in accordance with applicablelaws and regulations.
9. We will secure the health and safety of employees in the work environment.
10. We will conduct human rights impact assessments, covering issues such as prevention of pollution and water stress, forprevention of adverse impacts on the safety and health of local communities. To implement necessary measures in linewith international standards to avoid risks and mitigate negative impacts.
11. We will reduce the burden on the environment through the eﬃcient utilization of resources, energy, and water, as well as
the thorough reduction, reuse, and recycling of waste, including harmful substances, and its proper disposal. To give theutmost consideration to the environment to the extent technologically and economically feasible by exercising anappropriate degree of inﬂuence and evaluating the impact on the environment, not only in the prevention of pollution, butalso on such issues as climate change and the conservation of biological diversity.
12. We will ensure safety and security of products and services.
13. We will properly disclose information related to the above principles in a timely manner.

Policy 3
Where it is identiﬁed that in violation of this policy, Mitsui Bussan Chemicals Co., LTDʼs business activities have caused adverse
human rights impact or contributed to it through its business transactions including its supply chains, we will work to remediatesuch impacts through appropriate processes.

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Governance
Privacy Policy
Mitsui Bussan Chemicals Co., Ltd. (MBC) recognizes that the protection of personal information is an important social
responsibility and has established the following personal information protection guidelines for handling, controlling,and maintaining personal information.

Personal Information Protection Guidelines
1．Acquiring, use, and provision of personal information
When acquiring, using and providing personal information, we recognize the importance of protecting personal information and deal
with all such information in an appropriate manner.
2．Implementation of safety measures
MBC maintains an optimum system for stringently controlling personal information, and by building logical safety control measures, wehave developed thorough preventative and corrective policies against the illegal access to personal information, as well as the loss,
destruction, falsiﬁcation, and leakage of personal information.
3．Implementation of continuous improvement
MBC has established a compliance program for the protection of personal information, and while implementing and maintaining theprogram, we make regular reviews of the program as part of our eﬀorts for continuous improvement.
4．Compliance with laws and regulations
When handling personal information, MBC complies with all laws and other regulations regarding the protection of personalinformation, as well as all guidelines the government makes.

Consultation service for personal information
Mitsui Bussan Chemicals Co., Ltd. Service representative for matters concerning personal information
Service representative for personal information protection & management
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JA Building 11F, 3-1, Otemachi 1-Chome,Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-6811, Japan

Information Security Policy
1. Approach toward Information Security
MBC recognizes the importance of information security, and shall implement appropriate management of information assets, while
striving to continuously improve such management.
2. Compliance with Regulations
MBC shall comply with regulations, established standards, and other codes related to information security, and shall work towards theestablishment and maintenance of compliant and suitable information security.
3. Protection of Information Assets
MBC shall implement appropriate management for ensuring the conﬁdentiality, integrity and availability of information assets, and work
to protect its information assets from all possible threats.
4. Response to Accidents
While working to prevent the occurrence of any accidents related to information security, in the unlikely event of an accident, MBC shallpromptly take appropriate response measures including preventative steps against the reoccurrence of such an accident.

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