FY2024 Materiality and Targets
Materiality
Themes&Elements

No.
1Harmony withthe global
environment

Reducingenvironmental
impactTargets
Reduce greenhouse gas emissions

23

Reduce pollution

4

Realizing a
recycling-orientedsociety

5

Reduce water consumption

6

Recycle waste

7

Utilization of sustainable resources8
TechnologicalInnovation

Contributing tosociety throughour business

9

Reduce CO2 emissions by 25% (VS 2018) before 2030 and achieve carbon-neutral by 2050

Consolidated

NOx emissions: 3,400 t/y or less (base year: 2021)
SOx emissions: 18,600 t/y or less (base year: 2021)
VOC (Volatile Organic Compounds): 280 t/y or less

Consolidated*2

Maintain zero environmental claims against the Company (contamination of air, water, etc.)

Consolidated

Change 30% of product shipping packages to eco-friendly ones by end of 2025

Tokai COBEX(TCX)
3

Reduce water consumption (equal or less than amount used in 2021 (9 million m )Recycle rate of 50% or higher (base year: 2021) *5
Obtain ISCC PLUS authentication in three domestic CB plants by 2024.

Consolidated*3
Consolidated*4
Chita Plant, Ishinomaki Plant, KyushuWakamatsu PlantDevote 90% or more of development expenditures to reducing environmental burden

Domestic group

Devote 80% or more of development expenditures to reducing environmental burden

Tokai Konetsu Kogyo(TKK)

10Make 90% or more of patent applications in areas related to reducing environmental burden

Domestic group

11

Make 70% or more of patent applications in areas related to reducing environmental burden

TKK

Supplying safe and12secured products

Improve product quality

Zero important quality claims

Consolidated

13Reduce CSR risks at suppliers

Review survey questionnaire form for CSR Procurement Survey, based on revision of Group

Consolidated

Conduct human rights due diligence at each company in line with human rights policy of each overseas group company.

Consolidated

Supply chain management

Respect for human
14rights
Contribution tocommunity

15
16

Strengthening
Corporate
Governance

17
18
19

Strengthening
ourmanagement
base

Emphasize research and development

Scope*1

Ensuring
compliance

Human resource
development

Promoting Occupational
Safety and Health20
21

Raise employee awareness of human rights

Actively engage in community contribution activities Enhance disclosure of community contribution activitiesInternal control
Risk management
Maintain ethical standards, regulatory compliance

Consolidated

Continuous improvement and enhancement of internal control
Study information-sharing infrastructure for the entire Company group
Study raw material procurement for stable product supply (geopolitical risk)

Consolidated

Upgrade overseas risk management structure (ongoing)
Commit no serious regulatory violations
Upgrade infrastructure towards establishment of a global compliance structure

Consolidated

22232425

Secure diverse human resources

Increase percentage of female career-track employees from 2.8% in 2021 to 5.6% before 2024Percentage of new female graduates hired for career-track positions: 30% on a non-consolidated basis
Increase number of foreign national career-track employees (against 2021)
Raise percentage of career-track mid-career recruitment before 2024 (against 2021)

TCJTCJ
TCJ
TCJ

26

Effectively implement training

Total training hours planned by head office (New-hire training / specialist training)

Domestic group27

Reduce occupational accidents

Reduce frequency rate of occupational accidents (1.20 or lower)

Consolidated*1 Domestic group: TCJ + major domestic subsidiaries (Tokai Konetsu Kogyo, Tokai Fine Carbon, Tokai Material), but excluding Tokai Konetsu Kogyo for No. 9 and 11.
*2 NOx：TCJ＋seven overseas companies(Tokai ErftCarbon GmbH, Tokai Carbon GE LLC, Tokai Carbon CB Ltd., Cancarb Limited, Thai Tokai Carbon Product Co.,Ltd., Tokai COBEX Polska sp. z o.o., Tokai COBEX Savoie SAS)、
SOx：TCJ＋six overseas companies(Tokai ErftCarbon GmbH, Tokai Carbon GE LLC, Tokai Carbon CB Ltd., Thai Tokai Carbon Product Co.,Ltd., Tokai COBEX Polska sp. z o.o., Tokai COBEX Savoie SAS)、
VOC：TCJ＋four overseas companies(Tokai Carbon GE LLC, Tokai Carbon CB Ltd.,Tokai COBEX Polska sp. z o.o., Tokai COBEX Savoie SAS )*3 TCJ + domestic and overseas companies (Tokai ErftCarbon GmbH, Tokai Carbon GE LLC, Tokai Carbon CB Ltd., Cancarb Limited, Thai Tokai Carbon Product Co.,Ltd., Tokai Fine Carbon, Tokai Carbon Korea, Tokai COBEX Polska sp. z o.o., Tokai COBEX Savoie SAS ）*4 TCJ + domestic and overseas companies（Tokai Konetsu Kogyo, Tokai Fine Carbon, Tokai Material, Tokai ErftCarbon GmbH, Tokai Carbon GE LLC, Tokai Carbon CB Ltd., Cancarb Limited, Thai Tokai Carbon Product Co.,Ltd., Tokai Carbon Korea, Tokai COBEX Polska sp. z o.o., Tokai COBEX Savoie SAS ）*5 Recycle rate (%) = Recycled weight (recycled weight of waste) / Weight of generated waste × 100