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Editorial Policy

The Shin-Etsu Group started issuing the "Environmental Report" in 2000. In 2004, the report was renamed the "Environmental and Social Report" after expanding its contents to include corporate social responsibility in general, and in 2016, the report was retitled the "CSR Report" and has been issued without interruption. Furthermore, the Group has renamed "CSR Report" to "Sustainability Report" starting in 2019 since we have begun integrating SDGs into business management, expanding the scope of our business activities to realize a sustainable society. The Report also serves as a report on our Responsible Care programs1.

Referenced Guidelines

GRI Standards
Ministry of the Environment "Environmental Reporting Guidelines 2018"
Ministry of the Environment "Environmental Accounting Guidelines 2005 Edition" Global Compact Ten Principles
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights

GRI Standards Content Index

Period Covered by the Report
(indicated where otherwise)

Japan: April 1, 2022 to March 31, 2023
Overseas: January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2022

Issue information

Issued: June 2023(Previous issue: June 2022)
Next issue: scheduled for June 2024

Organizations Covered by the Report

The scope of the reporting organization was changed from Shin-Etsu Chemical and its 99* consolidated companies. Where otherwise, this is indicated in a separate note.

  1. *1 company decreased, 1 company increased from the end of FY2021.

Membership

Keidanren (Japan Business Federation)
Japan Chemical Industry Association
Vinyl Environmental Council
Plastic Waste Management Institute
The International Friendship Exchange Council
The Japan Committee for UNICEF
Global Compact Network Japan
SDGs Promise Japan, etc.

  1. 1 Responsible Care programs
    A campaign encouraging enterprises that handle chemical substances to voluntarily ensure protection of the environment, health and safety in all processes, from the development of chemical substances through manufacture, distribution and utilization to final consumption, disposal or recycling, to publish the results of their activity, and to engage in dialogue and communication with society.
  2. 2 For a report on the Shin-Etsu Polymer Group, see "Shin-Etsu Polymer Sustainability Report 2023"
    (to be published at the end of September 2023).

Responsible Care