Environment
Climate change and other global-scale environmental issues have gained much attention in recent years.
The MGC Group recognizes that not only do its business activities place a burden on the environment, but that environmental problems have a significant impact on its business activities, and is engaged in a variety of initiatives to address them.
- Environment Information at Glance
- Environmental Management
- Response to Climate Change
(Disclosure Based on the TCFD Recommendations) - Greenhouse Gas Emission Reduction
- Water Resource Conservation
- Waste Reduction and Resource Recycling
- Chemical Emission Reduction
- Pollution Prevention
- Biodiversity Conservation
- Our Approach to Plastic Resource Circulation
Download past environmental reports
- Environmental Report (Fiscal 2022 Results)(
PDF:3.10MB) - Environmental Report (Fiscal 2021 Results)(PDF:1.97MB)
- Environmental Report (Fiscal 2020 Results)(PDF:2.14MB)
- Environmental Report (Fiscal 2019 Results)(PDF:1.7MB)
- Environmental Report (Fiscal 2018 Results)(PDF:2.2MB)
- Environmental Report (Fiscal 2017 Results)(PDF:2.7MB)
Scope of This Report
The scope of information tabulated in this report is classified as follows.
| Designation | Scope (energy usage, GHG emissions) |
Scope (other than items to the left) |
|---|---|---|
| MGC (Non-consolidated) | Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company, Inc. | Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company, Inc. |
| Consolidated subsidiaries | Main companies engaged primarily in manufacturing among consolidated subsidiaries | - |
| Domestic MGC Group | - | Those domestic subsidiaries which are members of the MGC Group Environment and Safety Council* |
| Overseas MGC Group | - | Those key overseas subsidiaries which are primarily involved in manufacturing |
| MGC Group | MGC (non-consolidated) and consolidated subsidiaries | Non-consolidated MGC, along with domestic and overseas MGC Group companies as noted above |
Domestic MGC Group companies whose fiscal 2023 results are included in the scope of reporting (members of the MGC Group Environment and Safety Council*)
- Eiwa Chemical Industry Co., Ltd.
- Fudow Co., Ltd.
- Japan Finechem Co., Inc.
- Japan U-PiCA Co., Ltd.
- JSP Corporation
- MGC Advance Co.,Ltd.
- MGC Ageless Co., Ltd.
- MGC Electrotechno Co., Ltd.
- MGC Farmix Co.,Ltd.
- MGC Filsheet Co., Ltd.
- MGC Terminal Company, Inc.
- MGC Woodchem Corporation
- Shin Sanso Kagaku Co.
- TOHO EARTHTECH,INC.
- Toyo Kagaku Co., Ltd.
- Yonezawa Dia Electronics Co., Inc
Overseas MGC Group companies whose 2023 results are included in the scope:
- AGELESS (Thailand) Co., Ltd.
- Brunei Methanol Co. Sdn. Bhd.
- Korea Engineering Plastics Co., Ltd.
- MGC Advanced Polymers, Inc.
- MGC Electrotechno (Thailand) Co., Ltd.
- MGC Pure Chemicals America, Inc.
- MGC Pure Chemicals Singapore Pte. Ltd.
- MGC Pure Chemicals Taiwan, Inc.
- Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Engineering-Plastics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
- PT Peroksida Indonesia Pratama
- SamYoung Pure Chemicals Co., Ltd.
- TAIXING MGC LINGSU Co., Ltd.
- Thai Polyacetal Co., Ltd.
- Thai Polycarbonate Co., Ltd.
*MGC Group Environment and Safety Council:
MGC Group companies in Japan that manufacture and process chemical substances and resins as raw materials, those that engage in the business of transporting or storing chemical substances, and MCG undertake environmental and safety activities in accordance with Responsible Care through the MGC Group Environment and Safety Council.
The Council holds the MGC Group Environment and Safety Council Meeting twice each year to raise the levels of environmental and safety measures by developing annual plans for the environmental and safety activities of each company, conducting PDCA on the results, and reporting on and exchanging information concerning the status of accidents and disaster and other topics.
Tabulation Period for this Report
The tabulation periods for this report are as follows.
| Designation | Scope (energy usage, GHG emissions) |
Scope (other than items to the left) |
|---|---|---|
| MGC (Non-consolidated) | April – Following March (expressed as fiscal year) |
April–following March (expressed as fiscal year) |
| Consolidated subsidiaries | For Japan, April to the following March; for overseas, January to December | - |
| Domestic MGC Group | - | April– following March (expressed as fiscal year) |
| Overseas MGC Group | - | January – December** |
** In the stacked bar chart, figures tabulated by calendar year are accumulated directly on the fiscal year graph.