ESG Data

E: Environmental data S: Social data G: Governance data

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	Fiscal year 2024
Energy consumption	TJ	Japan	4,184	3,827	4183	4,028	4,447	4,004
		PRC	1,056	1,036	1197	1,066	1,110	1,168
		Asia–Pacific region	1,623	1,606	1835	1,650	1,178	1,441
		Sun Chemical	3,784	3,791	3196	7,767	6,017	6,805
		Other	69	118	63	58	48	67
		Global	10,717	10,379	10474	14,569	12,800	13,486
Recycled energy consumption	TJ	Japan	519	687	703	742	1,875	2,123
		PRC	19	19	19	18	16	5
		Asia–Pacific region	59	18	18	33	48	71
		Sun Chemical	54	58	56	50	36	84
		Other	0	0	0	0	0	0
		Global	651	782	796	843	1,975	2,283
Energy consumption per unit of production	GJ/tonne	Japan	3.706	3.733	4	3.687	4.391	4.608
		PRC	5.574	5.698	5	4.881	3.914	5.162
		Asia–Pacific region	6.81	7.151	7	7.331	5.825	6.456
		Sun Chemical	4.371	4.705	4	7.603	7.557	7.54
		Other	133.44	3.03	108	110.776	102.07	313.569
		Global	4.423	4.559	4	5.695	5.577	6.071
CO₂ emissions	Tonnes	Japan	232,028	209,018	224916	208,231	136,412	99,995
		PRC	63,000	60,163	70342	62,457	71,998	73,762
		Asia–Pacific region	122,812	123,227	144107	127,851	83,583	97,153
		Sun Chemical	173,146	153,374	147553	319,946	241,182	277,656
		Other	2,107	5,267	2068	1,958	1,715	1,320
		Global	593,093	551,049	588985	720,444	534,889	549,886
CO₂ emissions (Scope 1)	Tonnes	Japan	135,428	118,786	135612	128,458	112,591	97,445
		PRC	14,004	13,098	15287	14,635	22,896	24,629
		Asia–Pacific region	66,199	69,597	88575	76,127	44,028	49,060
		Sun Chemical	53,780	50,283	51503	121,361	97,600	111,226
		Other	1,236	1,299	1085	1,029	944	495
		Global	270,647	253,064	292063	341,610	278,059	282,856
CO₂ emissions (Scope 2)	Tonnes	Japan	96,600	90,231	89304	79,773	23,821	2,549
		PRC	48,996	47,065	55054	47,822	49,102	49,133
		Asia–Pacific region	56,613	53,630	55531	51,725	39,555	48,094
		Sun Chemical	119,366	103,091	96050	198,585	143,582	166,430
		Other	871	3,967	982	929	771	824
		Global	322,446	297,986	296922	378,834	256,830	267,030
CO₂ emissions per unit of production	kg/tonne	Japan	206	204	197	191	135	115
		PRC	332	331	279	286	254	326
		Asia–Pacific region	515	549	580	568	413	435
		Sun Chemical	200	190	173	313	303	308
		Other	4,053	135	3579	3,731	3,616	6,151
		Global	245	242	236	282	233	248

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 2024 (DIC Group)

Category number	Category	Emissions (t-CO₂)
1	Purchased goods and services	6,428,219
2	Capital goods	161,103
3	Fuel- and energy-related activities (not included in Scope 1 or 2)	146,833
4	Upstream transportation and distribution	301,079
5	Waste generated in operations	111,666
6	Business travel	8,027
7	Employee commuting	42,948
10	Processing of sold products	192,640
12	End-of-life treatment of sold products	1,598,880
15	Investments	80,012

Categories 8, 9, 11, 13, and 14 have been excluded from our Scope 3 calculation, as their impact is considered immaterial and less relevant in the context of our operations.

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

	Unit	2021	2022	2023	2024
Reduction attributable to the use of heat generated using renewable energy (biomass)	t-CO₂	37,512	39,742	36,192	27,996
Reduction attributable to the use of electric power generated using renewable energy (power generated on-site)	t-CO₂	17,418	12,568	6,874	2,855
Reduction attributable to the use of electric power generated using renewable energy (green power)	t-CO₂	0	6,009	64,554	84,637
Total reduction attributable to the use of renewable energy	t-CO₂	54,929	58,319	107,620	115,488
CO₂ emissions by the global DIC Group	t-CO₂	588,985	720,444	534,889	549,886
Total reduction attributable to the use of renewable energy + CO₂ emissions by the global DIC Group	t-CO₂	643,914	778,763	642,509	665,374
Total reduction attributable to the use of renewable energy (%)	%	8.50%	7.50%	16.70%	17.40%
Reduction attributable to the use of electric power generated using renewable energy (biomass)	t-CO₂	6,542	7,277	1,100	0
Reduction attributable to the use of solar power	t-CO₂	8,054	2,320	3,072	2,645
Reduction attributable to the use of wind power	t-CO₂	2,451	2,683	928	0
Reduction attributable to the use of small hydroelectric power	t-CO₂	371	288	1,774	210
Reduction attributable to the use of electric power generated using renewable energy (power generated on-site)	t-CO₂	17,418	12,568	6,874	2,855

Environmental Data Collection

Theme	Item	Unit	Boundary	Third-party verification	Fiscal year 2022	Fiscal year 2023	Fiscal year 2024
Environmental pollution	Emissions of volatile organic compounds (VOCs)	Tonnes	Japan	―	200	191^*2	176
	Emissions of pollutant release and transfer register (PRTR)-designated chemical substances (into air, water and soil)	Tonnes	Japan	―	234	204^*2	179
	NOx	Tonnes	Japan	―	172	133	108
	SOx	Tonnes	Japan	―	13.3	5	1.8
	COD	Tonnes	Japan	―	854	768	636
Chemical oxygen demand (COD)	Volume generated	Tonnes	Japan	✔	41,422	39,790	34101
			Overseas	―	76,851	68,815	79739
			Global	―	118,273	108,604	113840
	Volume discharged by production facilities	Tonnes	Japan	✔	31,627	30,238	27759
			Overseas	―	70,756	62,373	72495
			Global	―	102,383	92,611	100254
	Volume recycled	Tonnes	Japan	✔	16,725	15,506	15261
			Overseas	―	29,589	25,596	25641
			Global	―	46,314	41,103	40902
	Waste heat recovered	Tonnes	Japan	✔	20,849	20,371	13397
			Overseas	―	12,001	23,691	30215
			Global	―	32,850	44,062	43612
	Waste heat not recovered (including from incineration)	Tonnes	Japan	✔	3,675	3,745	5244
			Overseas	―	18,221	8,009	11195
			Global	―	21,895	11,754	16440
	Volume disposed of as landfill	Tonnes	Japan	✔	173	167	199
			Overseas	―	17,041	11,518	12687
			Global	―	17,214	11,686	12886
	Resource recycling rate	%	Japan	✔	91%	90.2%	84%
			Overseas	―	54%	71.6%	70%
			Global	―	67%	78.4%	74.2%
Toxic waste (subject to special control)	Volume generated	Tonnes	Japan	✔	8,268	8,585	7465
			Overseas	―	47,546	40,375	47788
			Global	―	55,815	48,960	55253
	Volume discharged by production facilities	Tonnes	Japan	✔	7,069	7,417	7465
			Overseas	―	41,495	33,975	40650
			Global	―	48,564	41,392	48115
	Volume recycled	Tonnes	Japan	✔	2,945	3,084	2962
			Overseas	―	18,952	14,372	14217
			Global	―	21,897	17,456	17179
	Waste heat recovered	Tonnes	Japan	✔	4,597	4,077	3447
			Overseas	―	9,935	21,053	26875
			Global	―	14,532	25,130	30321
	Waste heat not recovered (including from incineration)	Tonnes	Japan	✔	707	1,402	1024
			Overseas	―	15,375	2,980	4336
			Global	―	16,083	4,382	5360
	Volume disposed of as landfill	Tonnes	Japan	✔	19	23	32
			Overseas	―	3,283	1,970	2360
			Global	―	3,303	1,993	2392
Fresh water withdrawn	Surface water	1,000 m³	Japan	✔	9,789	8,225	26
			Overseas	―	19,699	15,372	16367
			Global	―	29,487	23,597	16393
	Groundwater	1,000 m³	Japan	✔	6,403	6,210	1512
			Overseas	―	2,278	1,820	2507
			Global	―	8,681	8,030	4019
	Rainwater	1,000 m³	Japan	✔	0	0	0
			Overseas	―	163	117	139
			Global	―	163	117	139
	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	✔	11,441	10,997	11526
			Overseas	―	4,771	4,404	4409
			Global	―	16,212	15,401	15935
	Others	1,000 m³	Japan	✔	19	18	20
			Overseas	―	47	52	50
			Global	―	66	70	70
	Total	1,000 m³	Japan	✔	27,651	25,450	13085
			Overseas	―	26,957	21,765	23473
			Global	―	54,608	47,215	36558
Wastewater discharged	Rivers	1,000 m³	Japan	―	15,879	14,164	1493
			Overseas	―	2,067	1,418	1854
			Global	―	17,946	15,581	3347
	Oceans	1,000 m³	Japan	―			6970
			Overseas	―			0
			Global	―			6970
	External wastewater treatment plants (Sewage treatment plants)	1,000 m³	Japan	―	3,367	3,156	3010
			Overseas	―	750	753	520
			Global	―	4,117	3,910	3530
	Below ground	1,000 m³	Japan	―	1	1	1
			Overseas	―	7	7	3
			Global	―	8	8	4
	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	―	22,077	17,305	19926
			Global	―	22,077	17,305	19926
	Total	1,000 m³	Japan	―	26,135	23,886	11473
			Overseas	―	24,901	19,483	22305
			Global	―	51,036	43,369	33778
Fresh water withdrawn (high-risk sites)	Surface water	1,000 m³		―			1759
	Groundwater	1,000 m³		―			172
	Rainwater	1,000 m³		―			135
	Wastewater generated by other organizations	1,000 m³		―			0
	Tap water/industrial water	1,000 m³		―			74
	Others	1,000 m³		―			0
	Total	1,000 m³		―			2139
Wastewater discharged (high-risk sites)	Rivers	1,000 m³		―			1512
	Oceans	1,000 m³		―			0
	External wastewater treatment plants (Sewage treatment facilities)	1,000 m³		―			46
	Below ground	1,000 m³		―			1
	Third parties	1,000 m³		―			0
	Others	1,000 m³		―			96
	Total		Global	―			1655
Water consumed	Total	1,000 m³	Global	―	3,572	3,846	2780
ISO14001	Acquisition of certification	%	Global	―	78	68	67

Global: Japan, PRC, Asia–Pacific region, Americas and Europe, and other regions
As used here, fiscal year refers to the 12-month period from April 1 through March 31. Data presented is for the fiscal years ended March 31, 2022, 2023 and 2024.

Breakdown of Waste Generated by Production Facilities in Japan in Fiscal Year 2024

Type of waste	Volume generated (tonnes)
Cinders	937
Sludge	8,016
Waste oil	6,826
Waste acid	387
Waste alkali	2,252
Waste plastics	1,912
Waste plastics (subject to the Act on the Promotion of Resource Circulation for Plastics)	2,973
Scrap rubber	0
Scrap metal	1,915
Waste glass, concrete and ceramic	47
Slag	0
Debris	0
Dust	26
Waste paper	714
Wood chips	611
Fiber waste	0
Animal and plant residues	19
Unwanted animal solid matter	0
Livestock excreta	0
Animal carcasses	0
Industrial waste from products containing mercury	1
Total for nontoxic waste (ordinary industrial waste, etc.)	7,465
Toxic waste (specially controlled industrial waste)	34,101

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	3,206	31%	92.4%	4,219	47.6%	94.2%
DIC Graphics Corporation	243	59.9%	86.9%	246	60.4%	87.1%
DIC EP Corp.	31	16%	96.9%	31	16%	96.9%
DIC Color Coatings, Inc.	28	5%	100%	28	5%	100%
DIC Kitanihon Polymer Co., Ltd.	33	29%	58.6%	33	29%	58.6%
DIC Kyushu Polymer Co., Ltd.	14	100%	100%	14	100%	100%
DIC Decor, Inc.	158	38.1%	49.1%	232	55.4%	62.9%
DIC Plastics, Inc.	27	59.6%	93.8%	100	89%	98.3%

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

Dioxin Concentrations in Waste Gas and Wastewater Emissions for DIC Group Incinerators in Japan in Fiscal Year 2024

Site	Waste gas			Wastewater
Site	Standard （ng-TEQ/m³)	Emissions reported in fiscal year 2023 (ng-TEQ/m³)	Emissions reported in fiscal year 2024 (ng-TEQ/m³)	Standard (pg-TEQ/ℓ)	Emissions reported in fiscal year 2023 (pg-TEQ/ℓ)	Emissions reported in fiscal year 2024 (pg-TEQ/ℓ)
Chiba Plant (DIC)	5	0.19	0.74	10	0.036	0.021
Chiba Plant (DIC)	5	0.19	0.74	10	2.7	3.5
Hokuriku Plant (DIC)	5	0	0.00000093	10	0.0027	0.00038
Sakai Plant (DIC)	5	0.00000051	0.0000024	NA	–	–
Sakai Plant (DIC Material Inc.)	5	0.00000063	0.00000042	NA	–	–
Hokkaido Plant (DIC Kitanihon Polymer Co., Ltd.)	10	–	–	NA	–	–
Tohoku Plant (DIC Kitanihon Polymer Co., Ltd.)	10	0.0031	0.014	NA	–	–

S: Social data

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

Average Spending on Education and Training per Employee (DIC)

Region	Average time spent on education/training (hours/empcloyee)
Japan (DIC)	9.1
PRC	Up to 13
Asia–Pacific region	19.5

Diversity KPIs

	DIC	Targets (Fiscal year 2025)		Achievements
1	Percentage of directors and Audit & Supervisory Board members accounted for by women and/or foreign nationals	January 2026	20.0%	January 2025	21.4%
2	Percentage of executive officers accounted for by women and/or foreign nationals		20.0%		19.0%
3	Percentage of management positions occupied by women		8.0%		8.6%
4	Percentage of new employees accounted for by foreign nationals	Fiscal year 2025	5.0%	Fiscal year 2024	3.9%
5	Percentage of new recruits accounted for by women		Maintain at 30%		26.3%
6	Percentage of mid-career hires accounted for by women		30.0%		18.3%
7	Percentage of male employees using the Childcare Leave Program		30.0%		55.6%
8	Percentage of employees using the Leave to Assist with Parenting Program		90.0%		82.1%
9	Percentage of total labor force accounted for by individuals with disabilities		In excess of the legally mandated level		2.55%
10	Gender pay gap (pay for female employees as a percentage of that for male employees)	Figures are not currentry available. KPIs will be set hereafter.
	Regular employees (indefinite-term, full-time)				77.5%
	Non-regular employees (part-time, fixed-term)				57.0%
	All employees				68.5%

	DIC	Targets (Fiscal year 2030)
1	Percentage of directors and Audit & Supervisory Board members accounted for by women and/or foreign nationals	January 2031	30％
1	Percentage of directors and Audit & Supervisory Board members accounted for by women		30％
2	Percentage of executive officers accounted for by woman and foreign nationals nationals		30%
2	Percentage of executive officers accounted for by women		5%
3	Percentage of management positions occupied by women		12%
4	Percentage of new employees accounted for by foreign nationals	Fiscal year 2030	5%
5	Percentage of new recruits accounted for by women		30%
6	Percentage of mid-career hires accounted for by women		20%
7	Percentage of male employees using the Childcare Leave Program		100%
8	Percentage of total labor force accounted for by individuals with disabilities		In excess of the legally mandated level
9	Gender pay gap Regular employees (indefinite-term, full-time) Non-regular employees (part-time, fixed-term) All employees		Figures are not currently available. KPIs will be set hereafter.

Number of Foreign Nationals Currently Employed at DIC

Sales positions	Technical positions	Department/ division administration	Posted overseas	Production	Total
4	37	9	15	3	68

Number of Female Employees at DIC Sites in Japan

Site	Production group	Utility control group
Chiba Plant	8	1
Saitama Plant	9	0
Sakai Plant	3	1
Hokuriku Plant	0	2
Yokkaichi Plant	2	0
Total	22	4

Reducing Extreme Overwork and Encouraging Employees to Take Annual Paid Leave

Outline of ESH Audits in Fiscal Year 2024

Japan			Overseas
DIC	DIC Graphics	Other DIC Group companies	Greater China	Asia–Pacific region	Americas and Europe, other
9 sites	2 sites	8 sites	13 sites	0 sites	37 sites
19 sites			50 sites

Key Data

Theme	Item	Unit	Boundary	Third-party verification	Fiscal year 2022	Fiscal year 2023	Fiscal year 2024
Occupational safety and health	Total recordable incident rate (TRIR)	Persons/million work hours	Japan	✔	2.23	2.09	1.93
			PRC	✔	0.79	2.06	0.9
			Asia–Pacific region	✔	1.21	1.11	1.28
			Americas and Europe	✔	6.33	4.53	5.7
			Global^*1	✔	4.00	3.00	3.51
	Frequency rate for occupational accidents resulting in workdays lost	Persons/million work hours	Japan	✔	0.45	0.99	0.36
			PRC	✔	0.53	1.31	0.45
			Asia–Pacific region	✔	0.99	0.99	1.16
			Americas and Europe	✔	3.36	2.49	3.35
			Global^*1	✔	2.07	1.73	2
	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	✔	4	9	3
			PRC	✔	2	7	2
			Asia–Pacific region	✔	9	9	10
			Americas and Europe	✔	70	50	67
			Global^*1	✔	89	76	83
	Injuries due to occupational accidents not resulting in workdays lost	Persons	Japan	✔	16	10	13
			PRC	✔	1	4	2
			Asia–Pacific region	✔	2	1	1
			Americas and Europe	✔	62	41	47
			Global^*1	✔	83	56	63
Disaster prevention	Process safety accidents	Events	Japan	✔	3	7	12
Disaster prevention	Frequency of process safety accidents	Events/200,000 work hours	Japan	✔	0.050	0.124	0.229

Global: Japan, PRC, Asia–Pacific region, Americas and Europe, and other regions

G: Governance data

Meeting Data

Number of and attendance at meetings of the Board of Directors, Nomination Committee, Remuneration Committee and Corporate Value Improvement Committee in fiscal year 2024
Board of Directors: Number of meetings: 14; attendance: 100% at all but one meeting, which was attended by 13 individuals
Nomination Committee: Number of meetings: 5; attendance: 100%
Remuneration Committee: Number of meetings: 4; attendance: 100%
Corporate Value Improvement Committee: Number of meetings: 8; attendance: 100% at all but one meeting, which was attended by 3 individuals

Composition of the Board of Directors

	In-house	Outside	Total	Percentage of outside members
Directors	In-house：5	Outside：4	Total：9	Percentage of outside members：44.4%
Audit & Supervisory Board members	In-house：2	Outside：2	Total：4	Percentage of outside members：50.0%
Total	In-house：7	Outside：6	Total：13	Percentage of outside members：46.2%

Remuneration for Directors and Audit & Supervisory Board Members in Fiscal Year 2024

	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)	448	281	93	74	8
Audit & Supervisory Board members (excluding outside Audit & Supervisory Board members)	60	60	-	-	3
Outside officers	91	91	-	-	7