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E: Environmental data

Climate change-related data collection

Category	Unit	Boundary	Fiscal year 2019	Fiscal year 2020	Fiscal year 2021	Fiscal year 2022	Fiscal year 2023
Energy used (converted into GJ)	1,000 GJ	Japan	4,184	3,827	4,183	4,028	4,447
		PRC	1,056	1,036	1,197	1,066	1,110
		Asia–Pacific region	1,623	1,606	1,835	1,650	1,178
		Sun Chemical	3,784	3,791	3,196	7,767	6,017
		Other	69	118	63	58	48
		Global	10,717	10,379	10,474	14,569	12,800
Energy consumed per unit of production	GJ/tonne	Japan	3.706	3.733	3.656	3.687	4.391
		PRC	5.574	5.698	4.749	4.881	3.914
		Asia–Pacific region	6.81	7.151	7.389	7.331	5.825
		Sun Chemical	4.371	4.705	3.739	7.603	7.557
		Other	133.44	3.03	108.223	110.776	102.07
		Global	4.423	4.559	4.189	5.695	5.577
CO₂ emissions	Tonnes	Japan	232,028	209,018	224,916	208,231	136,412
		PRC	63,000	60,163	70,342	62,457	71,998
		Asia–Pacific region	122,812	123,227	144,107	127,851	83,583
		Sun Chemical	173,146	153,374	147,553	319,946	241,182
		Other	2,107	5,267	2,068	1,958	1,715
		Global	593,093	551,049	588,985	720,444	534,889
CO₂ emissions (Scope 1)	Tonnes	Japan	135,428	118,786	135,612	128,458	112,591
		PRC	14,004	13,098	15,287	14,635	22,896
		Asia–Pacific region	66,199	69,597	88,575	76,127	44,028
		Sun Chemical	53,780	50,283	51,503	121,361	97,600
		Other	1,236	1,299	1,085	1,029	944
		Global	270,647	253,064	292,063	341,610	278,059
CO₂ emissions (Scope 2)	Tonnes	Japan	96,600	90,231	89,304	79,773	23,821
		PRC	48,996	47,065	55,054	47,822	49,102
		Asia–Pacific region	56,613	53,630	55,531	51,725	39,555
		Sun Chemical	119,366	103,091	96,050	198,585	143,582
		Other	871	3,967	982	929	771
		Global	322,446	297,986	296,922	378,834	256,830
CO₂ emissions per unit of production	Kg/tonne	Japan	206	204	197	191	135
		PRC	332	331	279	286	254
		Asia–Pacific region	515	549	580	568	413
		Sun Chemical	200	190	173	313	303
		Other	4,053	135	3,579	3,731	3,616
		Global	245	242	236	282	233

The Colors & Effects pigments business is included in data from fiscal year 2022.
Non-fossil fuels and renewable energy are included in energy from fiscal year 2023.
Owing to rounding, some totals may differ from sums achieved by adding individual figures.

Greenhouse Gas Emissions Across the DIC Group’s Supply Chains in Fiscal Year 2023

Category number	Category	Emissions
1	Purchased goods and services	4,658,043
2	Capital goods	164,043
3	Fuel- and energy-related activities (not included in Scope 1 or 2)	136,579
4	Upstream transportation and distribution	259,542
5	Waste generated in operations	69,692
6	Business travel	2,893
7	Employee commuting	6,825
9	Downstream transportation and distribution	308
10	Processing of sold products	144,565
12	End-of-life treatment of sold products	1,268,613
15	Investments	17,626

Reduction in Global CO₂ Emissions Attributable to the Use of Renewable Energy (Tonnes/%)

Theme	Unit	Fiscal year 2020	Fiscal year 2021	Fiscal year 2022	Fiscal year 2023
Reduction attributable to the use of heat generated using renewable energy (biomass)	t-CO₂	35,578	37,512	39,742	36,192
Reduction attributable to the use of renewable energy (electric power generated on-site)	t-CO₂	18,332	17,418	12,568	6,874
Reduction attributable to the use of electric power generated using renewable energy (biomass)	t-CO₂	7,739	6,542	7,277	1,100
Reduction attributable to the use of solar power	t-CO₂	8,165	8,054	2,320	3,072
Reduction attributable to the use of wind power	t-CO₂	2,025	2,451	2,683	928
Reduction attributable to the use of small hydroelectric power	t-CO₂	403	371	288	1,774
Reduction attributable to the use of (green power)	t-CO₂	0	0	6,009	64,554
Total reduction attributable to the use of renewable energy	t-CO₂	53,909	54,929	58,319	107,620
Total reduction attributable to the use of renewable energy (%)	%	8.9%	8.5%	7.5%	16.7%

Environmental Data Collection

Theme	Item	Unit	Boundary	Third-party verification	Fiscal year 2021	Fiscal year 2022	Fiscal year 2023
Environmental pollution	Emissions of VOCs	Tonnes	Japan	-	239	200	191^*2
	Emissions of PRTR-designated chemical substances (into the air, water and soil)	Tonnes	Japan	-	273	234	204^*2
	Emissions of NOx	Tonnes	Japan	-	186	172	133
	Emissions of SOx	Tonnes	Japan	-	8.8	13.3	5
	COD	Tonnes	Japan	-	940	854	768
Total waste (toxic and nontoxic)	Volume generated	Tonnes	Japan	✔	42,914	41,422	39,790
			Overseas	-	64,101	76,851	68,815
			Global	-	107,015	118,273	108,604
	Volume discharged by production facilities	Tonnes	Japan	✔	30,541	31,627	30,238
			Overseas	-	57,186	70,756	62,373
			Global	-	87,727	102,383	92,611
	Volume recycled	Tonnes	Japan	✔	17,733	16,725	15,506
			Overseas	-	26,856	29,589	25,596
			Global	-	44,589	46,314	41,103
	Waste heat recovered	Tonnes	Japan	✔	20,434	20,849	20,371
			Overseas	-	15,832	12,001	23,691
			Global	-	36,266	32,850	44,062
	Waste heat not recovered (including from incineration)	Tonnes	Japan	✔	4,548	3,675	3,745
			Overseas	-	7,847	18,221	8,009
			Global	-	12,394	21,895	11,754
	Volume disposed of as landfill	Tonnes	Japan	✔	199	173	167
			Overseas	-	14,702	17,041	11,518
			Global	-	14,902	17,214	11,686
	Resource recycling rate	%	Japan	✔	89%	91%	90.2%
			Overseas	-	67%	54%	71.6%
			Global	-	76%	67%	78.4%
Toxic waste (subject to special control)	Volume generated	Tonnes	Japan	✔	7,660	8,268	8,585
			Overseas	-	37,938	47,546	40,375
			Global	-	45,597	55,815	48,960
	Volume discharged by production facilities	Tonnes	Japan	✔	6,136	7,069	7,417
			Overseas	-	31,068	41,495	33,975
			Global	-	37,203	48,564	41,392
	Volume recycled	Tonnes	Japan	✔	2,522	2,945	3,084
			Overseas	-	16,214	18,952	14,372
			Global	-	18,736	21,897	17,456
	Waste heat recovered	Tonnes	Japan	✔	4,212	4,597	4,077
			Overseas	-	15,671	9,935	21,053
			Global	-	19,883	14,532	25,130
	Waste heat not recovered (including from incineration)	Tonnes	Japan	✔	898	707	1,402
			Overseas	-	3,623	15,375	2,980
			Global	-	4,521	16,083	4,382
	Volume disposed of as landfill	Tonnes	Japan	✔	28	19	23
			Overseas	-	2,430	3,283	1,970
			Global	-	2,458	3,303	1,993
Fresh water withdrawn	Surface water	1,000 m³	Japan	✔	8,922	9,789	8,225
			Overseas	-	4,372	19,699	15,372
			Global	-	13,293	29,487	23,597
	Groundwater	1,000 m³	Japan	✔	6,505	6,403	6,210
			Overseas	-	1,840	2,278	1,820
			Global	-	8,345	8,681	8,030
	Rainwater	1,000 m³	Japan	✔	0	0	0
			Overseas	-	191	163	117
			Global	-	191	163	117
Fresh water withdrawn	Wastewater generated by other organizations	1,000 m³	Japan	✔	0	0	0
			Overseas	-	0	0	0
			Global	-	0	0	0
	Tap water/industrial water	1,000 m³	Japan	✔	12,178	11,441	10,997
			Overseas	-	2,153	4,771	4,404
			Global	-	14,331	16,212	15,401
	Others	1,000 m³	Japan	✔	20	19	18
			Overseas	-	77	47	52
			Global	-	96	66	70
	Total	1,000 m³	Japan	✔	27,625	27,651	25,450
			Overseas	-	8,632	26,957	21,765
			Global	-	36,257	54,608	47,215
Wastewater discharged	Rivers	1,000 m³	Japan	-	15,126	15,879	14,164
			Overseas	-	2,204	2,067	1,418
			Global	-	17,330	17,946	15,581
	Oceans	1,000 m³	Japan	-	7,341	6,888	6,565
			Overseas	-	1	0	0
			Global	-	7,342	6,888	6,565
	Wastewater treatment plants	1,000 m³	Japan	-	3,627	3,367	3,156
			Overseas	-	888	750	753
			Global	-	4,515	4,117	3,910
	Below ground	1,000 m³	Japan	-	1	1	1
			Overseas	-	7	7	7
			Global	-	8	8	8
	Third parties	1,000 m³	Japan	-	0	0	0
			Overseas	-	0	0	0
			Global	-	0	0	0
	Others	1,000 m³	Japan	-	0	0	0
			Overseas	-	3,380	22,077	17,305
			Global	-	3,380	22,077	17,305
	Total	1,000 m³	Japan	-	26,094	26,135	23,886
			Overseas	-	6,481	24,901	19,483
			Global	-	32,574	51,036	43,369
Water consumed	Total	1,000 m³	Japan	-	1,531	1,516	1,564
			Overseas	-	2,151	2,056	2,282
			Global	-	3,682	3,572	3,846
ISO 14001	Acquisition of certification	%	Global	-	79%	78%	68%

Target for materials with value + waste
DIC Corporation DIC Graphics Corporation Recycling rate 48.2% (fiscal year 2025)
Recycling rate 63.0% (fiscal year 2025)

Breakdown of Waste Generated by Production Facilities in Japan in Fiscal Year 2023

Type of waste	Volume generated (tonnes)
Cinders	857
Sludge	10,023
Waste oil	9,917
Waste acid	554
Waste alkali	1,624
Waste plastics	4,720
Scrap rubber	0
Scrap metal	2,112
Waste glass, concrete and ceramic	71
Slag	0
Debris	0
Dust	20
Waste paper	0
Wood chips	0
Fiber waste	0
Animal and plant residues	15
Unwanted animal solid matter	0
Livestock excreta	0
Animal carcasses	0
Industrial waste from products containing mercury	2
Total for nontoxic waste (ordinary industrial waste, etc.)	31,204
Toxic waste (specially controlled industrial waste)	8,585
Total waste (toxic and nontoxic)	39,790

Plastic Recycling Rate and Resource Recycling Rate (Waste Recycled into Materials with Value + Waste)

Domestic DIC Group company	Waste			Materials with value + waste
Domestic DIC Group company	Volume discharged (tonnes)	Recycling rate	Resource recycling rate	Volume discharged (tonnes)	Recycling rate	Resource recycling rate
DIC Corporation	2,717	29.9%	98.6%	3,644	47.7%	99.0%
DIC Graphics Corporation	256	61.8%	91.7%	260	62.4%	91.9%
DIC EP Corp.	30	17.7%	93.7%	30	17.7%	93.7%
DIC Color Coatings, Inc.	28	5.0%	100.0%	28	5.0%	100.0%
DIC Kitanihon Polymer Co., Ltd.	29	27.0%	27.0%	29	27.0%	27.0%
DIC Kyushu Polymer Co., Ltd.	14	5.0%	100.0%	14	5.0%	100.0%
DIC Decor, Inc.	163	43.2%	44.2%	188	50.6%	44.2%
DIC Plastics, Inc.	30	45.0%	96.1%	82	80.1%	96.1%
SEIKO PMC CORPORATION	65	56.1%	97.0%	84	66.0%	97.0%
KJ Chemicals Corporation	21	45.6%	97.3%	44	73.6%	97.3%

Target for materials with value + waste
DIC Corporation DIC Graphics Corporation Recycling rate 48.2% (fiscal year 2025)
Recycling rate 63.0% (fiscal year 2025)

Dioxin Concentrations in Waste Gas and Wastewater Emissions from DIC Group Incinerators in Japan

Site	Waste gas		Wastewater
Site	Standard (ng-TEC/m³)	Emissions reported in fiscal year 2022 (ng-TEC/m³)	Standard (pg-TEC/l)	Emissions reported in fiscal year 2022 (pg-TEC/l)
Chiba Plant (DIC)*	5	0.1900	10	0.0360
Chiba Plant (DIC)*	5	0.1900	10	2.7000
Hokuriku Plant (DIC)	5	0.0000	10	0.0027
Hokkaido Plant (DIC Kitanihon Polymer Co., Ltd.)	10	Dormant	NA	–
Tohoku Plant (DIC Kitanihon Polymer Co., Ltd.)	10	0.0030	NA	–
Harima Plant (SEIKO PMC CORPORATION)	10	0.0100	NA	–

S: Social data

Basic Personnel Statistics (DIC)

Average Spending on Education and Training per Employee (DIC)

Fiscal year	2021	2022	2023
Total (Yen)	69,346	96,578	89,436

Diversity KPIs

	DIC	Achievements			Targets
1	Percentage of directors and Audit & Supervisory Board members accounted for by women and/or foreign nationals	January 2024	15.4%	→	January 2026	20.0%
2	Percentage of executive officers accounted for by women and/or foreign nationals		19.0%	→		20.0%
3	Percentage of management positions occupied by women		8.1%	→		8.0%
4	Percentage of new employees accounted for by foreign nationals	Fiscal year 2023	5.0%	→	Fiscal year 2025	5.0%
5	Percentage of new recruits accounted for by women		32.2%	→		Maintain at 30%
6	Percentage of mid-career hires accounted for by women		19.6%	→		30.0%
7	Percentage of male employees using the Childcare Leave Program		33.6%	→		30.0%
8	Percentage of employees using the Leave to Assist with Parenting Program		79.0%	→		90.0%
9	Percentage of total labor force accounted for by individuals with disabilities		2.4%	→		In excess of the legally mandated level
10	Gender pay gap (pay for female employees as a percentage of that for male employees)			→	Figures are only available for fiscal year 2023. KPIs will be set hereafter.
	Regular employees (indefinite-term, full-time)		76.4%
	Non-regular employees (part-time, fixed-term)		52.4%
	All employees		67.1%

Employees in Management Positions and Percentage of Management Positions Occupied by Women by Region

Total number of employees in management positions (global)	3,106 (male: 2,641, female: 464)
Percentage of management positions occupied by women (global)	14.9%

Number of Foreign Nationals Currently Employed at DIC

Sales positions	Technical positions	Department/ division administration	Posted overseas	Production	Total
4	37	6	11	4	62

Number of Female Employees at DIC Sites in Japan

Site	Production group	Utility control group
Chiba Plant	8	2
Hokuriku Plant	0	2
Sakai Plant	4	0
Saitama Plant	6	0
Yokkaichi Plant	2	0
Total	20	4

Percentage of DIC’s Labor Force Accounted for by Individuals with Disabilities

Number of Reemployed Individuals

	Fiscal year 2017	Fiscal year 2018	Fiscal year 2019	Fiscal year 2020	Fiscal year 2021	Fiscal year 2022	Fiscal year 2023
Number of retirees (A)	69	89	96	92	103	150	122
Individuals seeking reemployment	55	74	81	80	87	132	105
Number of individuals reemployed (B)	55	70	77	79	84	128	102
Reemployment rate (B) / (A)	79.7%	78.7%	80.2%	85.9%	81.6%	85.3%	83.6%

Use of the Childcare Leave and Leave to Assist with Parenting Programs

	Fiscal year 2017	Fiscal year 2018	Fiscal year 2019	Fiscal year 2020	Fiscal year 2021	Fiscal year 2022	Fiscal year 2023
Number of employees using the Childcare Leave Program	35 （0）	21 （4）	28 （4）	22 （3）	25 （4）	55 （28）	62 （40）
Number of employees using the Leave to Assist with Parenting Program	77	81	86	84	77	87	94

Note: Figures in parentheses are the number of male employees included in the total number of employees using the Childcare Leave Program.

Average Monthly Overtime Hours Worked and Annual Paid Leave Taken

	Fiscal year 2017	Fiscal year 2018	Fiscal year 2019	Fiscal year 2020	Fiscal year 2021	Fiscal year 2022	Fiscal year 2023
Average monthly overtime hours worked per employee	12.2 hours	12.0hours	10.8hours	10.1hours	12.3hours	12.4hours	11.9hours
Average annual paid leave granted	18.8days	18.6days	18.7days	18.7days	18.9days	18.8days	18.4days
Average annual paid leave used	12.0days	12.5days	13.3days	11.8days	12.1days	13.4days	13.8days
Usage rate for annual paid leave	63.8％	67.2％	70.9％	63.1％	64.0％	71.3％	75.1％

Outline of ESH Audits Implemented in Fiscal Year 2023

Audits Conducted at Subsidiaries’ Sites in Fiscal Year 2023

Key Data

Theme	Item	Unit	Boundary	Third-party verification	Fiscal year 2021	Fiscal year 2022	Fiscal year 2023
Occupational safety and health	TRIR	Persons/million work hours	Japan	✔	3.60	2.23	2.09
			PRC	✔	1.94	0.79	2.06
			Asia–Pacific region	✔	0.90	1.21	1.11
			Americas and Europe	-	5.33	6.33	4.53
			Global^*1	-	3.69	4.00	3.00
	Frequency rate for occupational accidents resulting in workdays lost	Persons/million work hours	Japan	✔	1.31	0.45	0.99
			PRC	✔	1.45	0.53	1.31
			Asia–Pacific region	✔	0.79	0.99	0.99
			Americas and Europe	-	2.70	3.36	2.49
			Global^*1	-	1.89	2.07	1.73
	Fatalities due to occupational accidents	Persons	Japan	✔	0	0	0
			PRC	✔	0	0	0
			Asia–Pacific region	✔	0	0	0
			Americas and Europe	-	0	0	0
			Global^*1	-	0	0	0
	Injuries due to occupational accidents resulting in workdays lost	Persons	Japan	✔	12	4	9
			PRC	✔	6	2	7
			Asia–Pacific region	✔	7	9	9
			Americas and Europe	-	45	70	50
			Global^*1	-	74	89	76
	Injuries due to occupational accidents not resulting in workdays lost	Persons	Japan	✔	21	16	10
			PRC	✔	2	1	4
			Asia–Pacific region	✔	1	2	1
			Americas and Europe	-	44	62	41
			Global^*1	-	71	83	56
Disaster prevention	Process safety accidents	Events	Japan	✔	7	3	7
Disaster prevention	Frequency of process safety accidents	Events / 200,000 work hours	Japan	✔	0.128	0.050	0.124

*1 Global = Japan, PRC, Asia–Pacific region, Americas and Europe, and other regions
*2 As used here (as a period for data collection), fiscal year 2023 refers to the 12-month period from April 1, 2022 to March 31, 2023.

G: Governance data

Meeting Data

Number of and attendance at meetings of the Board of Directors, Nomination Committee and Remuneration Committee in fiscal year 2023
Board of Directors: Number of meetings: 15; attendance: 100%
Nomination Committee: Number of meetings: 4; attendance: 100%
Remuneration Committee: Number of meetings: 3; attendance: 100%

Composition of the Board of Directors

Composition of the Board of Directors

	In-house	Outside	Total	Percentage of outside members
Directors	6	4	10	40.0%
Audit & Supervisory Board members	2	2	4	50.0%
Total	8	6	14	42.9%

Remuneration for Directors and Audit & Supervisory Board Members in Fiscal Year 2023

	Total remuneration (Millions of yen)	Composition of remuneration (Millions of yen)			Number of directors and Audit & Supervisory Board members
	Total remuneration (Millions of yen)	Basic remuneration	Bonuses	Stock compensation	Number of directors and Audit & Supervisory Board members
Directors (excluding outside directors)	290	265	4	21	6
Audit & Supervisory Board members (excluding outside Audit & Supervisory Board members)	60	60	-	-	2
Outside officers	77	77	-	-	7

ESG Data

E: Environmental data

Climate change-related data collection

Greenhouse Gas Emissions Across the DIC Group’s Supply Chains in Fiscal Year 2023

Reduction in Global CO2 Emissions Attributable to the Use of Renewable Energy (Tonnes/%)

Environmental Data Collection

Breakdown of Waste Generated by Production Facilities in Japan in Fiscal Year 2023

Plastic Recycling Rate and Resource Recycling Rate (Waste Recycled into Materials with Value + Waste)

Dioxin Concentrations in Waste Gas and Wastewater Emissions from DIC Group Incinerators in Japan

S: Social data

Basic Personnel Statistics (DIC)

Average Spending on Education and Training per Employee (DIC)

Diversity KPIs

Employees in Management Positions and Percentage of Management Positions Occupied by Women by Region

Number of Foreign Nationals Currently Employed at DIC

Number of Reemployed Individuals

Use of the Childcare Leave and Leave to Assist with Parenting Programs

Average Monthly Overtime Hours Worked and Annual Paid Leave Taken

Key Data

G: Governance data

Meeting Data

Composition of the Board of Directors

Composition of the Board of Directors

Remuneration for Directors and Audit & Supervisory Board Members in Fiscal Year 2023

Reduction in Global CO₂ Emissions Attributable to the Use of Renewable Energy (Tonnes/%)