MGC Achieves ISCC PLUS Certification for Meta-xylene and MXDA

  Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company, Inc. (MGC; Head Office: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; President: Masashi Fujii) announces that it has acquired ISCC PLUS certification¹ for Meta-xylene and Meta-xylenediamine (MXDA) produced at MGC's Mizushima Plant. With this certification, MGC would be able to start manufacturing and selling ISCC PLUS-certified Meta-xylene and MXDA, which is manufactured from sustainable raw materials based on the mass balance approach².

  Meta-xylene is used as a raw material for agrochemicals and a number of MGC’s products, including MXDA and purified isophthalic acid. MXDA is a raw material for coatings and adhesives—due to its excellent corrosion and chemical resistance—as well as for Nylon-MXD6, which is known for its excellent gas barrier properties. Meanwhile, purified isophthalic acid is used as a secondary raw material for the modification of polyester.
  MGC is considering receiving the supply of sustainable raw materials based on the mass balance approach from ENEOS Corporation³ (ENEOS).

　Based on the Group's mission of “Creating value to share with society”, MGC will continue to contribute to the realization of a sustainable society through the environmental initiatives of its Meta-xylene business.

1:  ISCC PLUS Certification, developed by ISCC (International Sustainability and Carbon Certification), is an international certification that ensures and manages the sustainability of raw materials in the global supply chain.

2:  The mass balance approach is a method of assigning a measure of sustainability to a product when it has been manufactured using both sustainable raw materials (e.g., biomass-derived raw materials) and non-sustainable raw materials (e.g., petroleum-derived raw materials). The measure is assigned according to the amount of sustainable raw material input.

3:  MGC and ENEOS manufacture paraxylene at their joint venture, Mizushima Paraxylene Co., in which ENEOS has a 51% stake and MGC has 49%.

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MGC’s Mizushima Plant hereby pledges that it is compliant with the ISCC PLUS requirements in accordance with the latest ISCC regulations. 

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