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Sustainability Data

Target period: For fiscal 2022, the target period is the 12 months from January to December of 2022. (Although the accounting period for fiscal 2022 is the nine months from April to December of 2022, the period for non-financial information is generally the above 12 months to ensure comparability, etc.)

Environment

Addressing Climate Change

    Unit 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
GHG Emissions
(Scope 1)		 Total t-CO2 37,674 40,200 37,028 37,880 38,913
Data Coverage % 80.1 85.9 85.9 92.6 91.1
GHG Emissions
(Scope 2)		 Total *1 t-CO2 147,695 150,378 145,088 153,024 154,892
Data Coverage % 80.1 85.9 85.9 92.6 91.1
GHG Emissions
(Scope 1, 2 total)		 Total *1 t-CO2 185,369 190,579 182,117 190,904 193,806
Data Coverage % 80.1 85.9 85.9 92.6 91.1
GHG Emissions
(Scope 3)		 Cat-01 Raw Materials t-CO2 312,242 313,670 356,805 351,365 406,638
Cat-02 Capital Goods t-CO2 143,234 165,751 128,805 154,343 147,464
Cat-03 Energy Usage t-CO2 9,949 20,162 20,280 21,349 26,859
Cat-04 Logistics (upstream) t-CO2 11,984 11,562 11,046 11,082 11,045
Cat-05 Waste Treatment t-CO2 8,679 6,958 5,767 5,578 5,355
Cat-06 Business Trips t-CO2 1,962 2,120 2,171 3,761 3,277
Cat-07 Employee Commuting t-CO2 5,723 6,006 6,179 11,138 11,322
Cat-08 Lease Asset (upstream) t-CO2 0 0 0 0 0
Cat-09 Logistics (downstream) t-CO2 ー ー ー ー ー
Cat-10 Processing of Products to Be Sold t-CO2 ー ー ー ー ー
Cat-11 Use of Sold Products t-CO2 — 225,549,245 123,029,056 136,614,107 79,946,933
Cat-12 Disposal of Unsold Products t-CO2 ー ー ー ー ー
Cat-13 Lease asset (downstream) t-CO2 ー ー ー ー ー
Cat-14 Franchise t-CO2 Not subject Not subject Not subject Not subject Not subject
Cat-15 Investment t-CO2 2,244 2,060 1,852 2,422 2,873
Total t-CO2 496,016 226,077,535 123,561,961 137,175,145 80,561,766
Data Coverage % 91.5 97.9 96.8 96.5 94.6
CO2 Emission Intensity Results t-CO2/
¥ million		 5.11 4.65 4.99 5.33 4.65
Data Coverage % 80.1 85.9 85.9 92.6 91.1
Energy Consumption Fuel Consumption MWh 194,399 208,620 192,857 195,722 199,304
Electricity Usage MWh 291,271 297,220 291,011 308,872 294,733
Water Chilling/Heating MWh 11,193 6,582 9,307 10,249 9,306
Total MWh 496,863 512,422 493,175 514,843 503,343
Data Coverage % 80.1 85.9 85.9 92.6 91.1
Renewable Energy Consumption Total MWh 336 323 1,223 1,298 14,203
Data Coverage % 80.1 85.9 85.9 92.6 91.1
  1. *1Emissions data for Japan included in Scope 2 is calculated on a market basis.

Environmental Management

    Unit 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
ISO 14001 Certification Status Number of Certifications Acquired 55 56 58 58 57
Acquisition Rate % 80.0 80.1 80.6 79.4 75.2
Serious Violations of Environmental Laws and Regulations *2 Number of Cases 0 0 0 0 0
Data Coverage % 80.0 80.1 80.6 79.4 75.2
  • *2 Cases with fines and penalties of US$10,000 or higher

Water Resources Preservation

    Unit 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Water Consumption Municipal Water Tap Water thousand m3 715 760 725 737 736
Industrial Water thousand m3 622 622 610 618 613
Fresh Water thousand m3 0 0 0 0 0
Ground Water thousand m3 191 176 179 198 181
Total thousand m3 1,527 1,558 1,514 1,554 1,530
Data Coverage % 79.9 80.6 77.1 76.5 80.2
Wastewater Discharge Total thousand m3 468 454 478 460 448
Data Coverage 50.9 51.3 51.6 47.5 43.6

Pollution Prevention and Waste Management

    Unit 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Volume of Waste Disposed Waste Generation t 55,032 64,165 60,866 62,591 58,403
Recycled Volume (Total Amount of Recovered and Reused Waste, etc.) t 31,905 24,860 29,686 25,843 24,431
Amount of Waste Incinerated Followed by Energy Recovery t 3,986 4,048 2,497 2,702 2,506
Amount of Waste Incinerated Not Followed by Energy Recovery t 17 1,904 290 224 386
Final Disposal Volume t 760 8,234 1,235 1,294 1,004
Data Coverage % 83.6 85.6 85.5 84.2 84.5
Volume of Hazardous Waste Disposed Waste Generation t 4,079 303 818 708 693
Amount of Waste Incinerated Followed by Energy Recovery t ー ー 235 222 209
Amount of Waste Incinerated Not Followed by Energy Recovery t ー ー 168 118 46
Data Coverage SHI Group (Japan) SHI Group (Japan)
Volume of Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC) Total t 736 685 690 716 733
Data Coverage % 87.4 87.8 88.6 86.0 87.2
Breakdown of domestic Toluene t 129 122 99 100 91
Xylene t 351 305 267 258 280
Ethylbenzene t 167 155 158 149 154
Volume of NOx Emissions Total t 2.90 3.11 4.11 3.31 4.7
Data Coverage % 49.5 49.1 46.9 45.3 43.8
Volume of SOx Emissions Total t 0.81 0.64 0.50 0.18 0.22
Data Coverage % 49.5 49.1 49.5 46.6 43.8
Discharge into Water COD t 1.7 1.8 1.6 1.5 1.5
T-N t 5.7 6.8 6.6 6.2 5.6
T-P t 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5
Total t 7.8 9.0 8.7 8.1 7.6
Data Coverage % 50.9 51.3 51.6 47.5 43.6

Social

Employee Data

    Unit 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Employees (consolidated) Male Number of employees － － － － 21,260
Female Number of employees － － － － 4,281
Ratio of female % － － － － 16.8
Total Number of employees 22,543 23,635 24,050 24,584 25,541
Employees (SHI) Male Number of employees 2,675 2,719 2,960 2,965 3,350
Female Number of employees 327 349 396 405 499
Ratio % 10.9 11.4 11.8 12.0 13.0
Total Number of employees 3,002 3,068 3,356 3,370 3,849
Managers Male Number of employees 817 835 904 916 3,332
Female Number of employees 13 14 17 22 226
Ratio of female % 1.6 1.6 1.8 2.3 6.4
Total Number of employees 830 849 921 938 3,558
Data Coverage Non-consolidated Consolidated
Assistant Managers Male Number of employees － － － － 1,834
Female Number of employees － － － － 180
Ratio of female % － － － － 8.9
Total Number of employees － － － － 2,014
Data Coverage Non-consolidated Consolidated
Employees by Age Group Under 30 Number of employees 527 523 551 529 4,652
30–39 738 777 889 869 7,154
40–49 757 778 831 839 6,143
50–59 770 777 852 872 5,403
Above 60 210 213 233 261 2,189
Data Coverage Non-consolidated Consolidated
Average Length of Service by Gender Male Years 17 16.8 16.6 16.6 14.4
Female 12 11.9 11.9 12.1 10.5
Total 16.4 16.2 16.1 16.1 14.2
Data Coverage Non-consolidated Japanese consolidated
Employment Ratio of Disabled People Total % 2.32 2.39 2.32 2.36 2.39
Data Coverage Non-consolidated Non-consolidated
Percentage of Employees Covered by Collective Bargaining Agreements Total % 60.3 63.4 64.2 60.4 63.4
Data Coverage Non-consolidated Non-consolidated
Rounds of Collective Bargaining (LaborManagement Consultations) with Labor Unions Total Rounds — — — 106 74
Data Coverage Non-consolidated Non-consolidated
New Graduate Hires Male Number of employees 124 129 139 119 236
Female Number of employees 28 30 22 31 35
Ratio % 18.4 18.9 13.7 20.7 12.9
Total Number of employees 152 159 161 150 271
Data Coverage Non-consolidated Japanese consolidated
Career Hires Male Number of employees 86 97 59 90 299
Female Number of employees 15 11 7 8 40
Ratio of female % 14.9 10.2 10.6 8.2 11.8
Total Number of employees 101 108 66 98 339
Ratio of Mid-career Hires to Full-time Workers % 39.9 40.4 29.1 39.5 55.6
Data Coverage Non-consolidated Japanese consolidated
Total Turnover Rate Male % — — — 2.4 2.7
Female % — — — 4.2 3.1
Total % 2.7 2.5 2.4 2.6 2.7
Data Coverage Non-consolidated Japanese consolidated
Turnover Rate for Personal Reasons Male % — — — 2.1 2.0
Female % — — — 3.0 2.3
Total % 1.7 2.2 1.6 2.2 2.0
Data Coverage Non-consolidated Japanese consolidated
Working Hours Per Year Total Hours 2,029 1,989 1,975 1,987 1,972
Data Coverage Non-consolidated (general employees) Japanese consolidated
Employee Engagement Survey Results *4 Percentage of Highly Engaged Employees % 48 — 49 — 48
Number of responses Number of employees 10,925 — 12,385 — 11,894
Response rate % 94 — 97 — 94
Data Coverage SHI and 30
consolidated
subsidiaries		 — SHI and 30
consolidated
subsidiaries		 — SHI and 30
consolidated
subsidiaries
Percentage of Employees Taking Paid Vacations Total % 74.1 75.9 73.6 68.6 75.3
Data Coverage Non-consolidated (general employees) Japanese consolidated (general employees)
Childcare Leave Utilization Ratio Male 63.1 85.8 71.4 68.9 69.2
Female 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Total 64.6 86.8 75.4 72.0 71.9
Data Coverage Non-consolidated Japanese consolidated
Average Number of Days of Childcare Leave Taken by Male Employees Total Days 12.3 11.4 11.0 33.3 23.1
Data Coverage Non-consolidated Japanese consolidated
Employees Utilizing Shortened Working Hours for Employees with Childcare Needs Male Number of employees — — — — 7
Female Number of employees — — — — 82
Total Number of employees — — — — 89
Data Coverage Non-consolidated Japanese consolidated
Annual Training Hours Per Employee *3 Total Hours — — — 4.2 11.1
Data Coverage — — — Japanese consolidated Japanese consolidated
Annual Training Expenses Per Employee Total Yen — — 49,230 79,228 53,222
Data Coverage — — Non-consolidated Non-consolidated Japanese consolidated
  1. *3Calculated based on key training programs organized by the Human Resources Group (Head Office)
  2. *4Measurement method: Obtain answers to 69 questions in 19 categories, each on a 5-point scale. The five responses were categorized into "Positive," "Neutral," and "Negative," and the percentage of "Positive" responses was calculated.
    Unit 2022
Male-female wage differential *4 Regular employees % 70.6
Non-regular employees % 66.3
All workers % 68.6
Data Coverage Non-consolidated
  1. *5Ratio of females’ wages to males’ wages
  1. 【Explanation】
  2. Regular employees: The male-female wage differential among regular employees in managerial positions is 99.9%, while that among regular employees in non-managerial positions is 80.3%. The fact that the percentage of female employees in managerial positions is 2.7% has a significant impact on the result.
  3. Non-regular employees: The male-female wage differential among non-regular employees who are treated as having managerial positions is 89.3%, while that among non-regular employees who are treated as having non-managerial positions is 99.7%. The fact that the percentage of female employees treated as having managerial positions is 2.5% has a significant impact on the result.

Occupational Health and Safety

    Unit 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Work-Related Fatalities Total Number of employees 0 0 0 0 0
Data Coverage Non-consolidated Consolidated
Occupational Accident Frequency Rate (employees) Frequency rate % 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.4
Data Coverage Non-consolidated Non-consolidated
Occupational Accident Frequency Rate (employees and contract workers) Frequency rate % 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.6 0.5
Data Coverage — Non-consolidated Non-consolidated
Percentage of Companies with ISO 45001 Certification   % 0 0 33.3 50 66.6
Data Coverage — — Domestic Main Offices Domestic Main Works Domestic Main Works
Percentage of Smokers Total % 30.6 27.9 27.7 26.6 23.1
Data Coverage Non-consolidated Non-consolidated

CSR Activities

    Unit 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Social Contribution Expenditures Total ¥ million 82 35 301 33 26
Data Coverage Non-consolidated Non-consolidated

Supply Chain Management

    Unit 2019 2020 2021 2022
Supplier Status by Region (procurement amount ratio) Japan % 69.7 72.7 68.9 62.2
China 10.7 10.9 12.1 12.0
South Korea 2.8 2.5 2.4 2.4
Taiwan 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3
Asia, etc. 5.1 4.7 6.3 8.3
North America and Latin America 6.0 3.5 3.4 6.9
Europe 5.5 5.5 6.6 7.7
Other Areas 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Main Suppliers Number of Tier 1 Suppliers Companies 7,559 7,537 7,481 6,230
Number of Key Tier 1 Suppliers 288 288 409 409
Supplier Survey Number of Surveys Companies 288 288 409 409
Implementation Rate % 3.8 3.8 5.5 6.6
% of Purchasing Division Employees Who Received Sustainable Procurement Training ％ — — — 9.5
Data Coverage — — — SHI and 9 consolidated subsidiaries

Product Safety and Product Quality

  Unit 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
ISO 9001 Certification Acquisition Rate of Major Production and Business Divisions ％ — — — — 93
Number of Serious Legal Violations Related to Product Safety Instances 0 0 0 0 0

Governance

Corporate Governance

    Unit 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Composition of Directors *6 Total Number Number of directors 10 9 10 9 9 11
Executive Directors 8 7 7 6 6 7
Non-executive Directors 2 2 3 3 3 4
External Directors 2 2 3 3 3 4
Female Directors 0 0 0 0 0 1
Non-Japanese Directors 0 0 0 0 0 0
Average Attendance Rate at Board of Directors Meetings Average % 99.3 100 99.2 98.5 96.6 —
Average Tenure of Directors *6 Years 4.3 4.3 4.0 4.7 3.8 3.7
Composition of Corporate Auditors *6 Total Number Number of directors 4 4 4 4 4 4
External Corporate Auditors 2 2 2 2 2 2
Female Corporate Auditors 0 0 0 1 1 1
Non-Japanese Corporate 0 0 0 0 0 0
Average Attendance Rate at Board of Corporate Auditors Meetings Average ％ — — — 100.0 100.0 —
  1. *6Information that was current as of the end of the General Meeting of Shareholders for each year is shown.

Business Ethics

    Unit 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Compliance Education by E-learning Employees Completing Compliance Education Number of employees 12,231 12,838 14,599 14,489 －
Implementation Rate (% of all employees who have completed the program) % 54.3 54.3 60.7 58.9 －
Employees Who Submitted the Compliance Pledge Total Number of employees 2,748 2,745 2,852 3,217 3,217
Submission Rate (% of all employees who submitted the pledge) % 12.2 11.6 11.9 13.1 12.6
Number of Cases Reported to Ethics Hotline Total Instances 83 125 143 156 136
Breakdown Harassment Instances － － 50 71 61
HR and Labor Instances － － 50 38 41
Violations of Company Regulations and Rules Instances － － 17 13 14
Other matters Instances － － 26 34 20
Cases for Which Corrections Were Made Instances — — 59 71 41
Amount of Political Donations Total ¥ million — — 1.5 1.5 1.5
Data Coverage — — Non-consolidated Non-consolidated Non-consolidated