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.

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Scope of This Report

The scope of information tabulated in this report is classified as follows.

Designation	Scope
MGC (Non-consolidated)	Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company, Inc.
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	Non-consolidated MGC, along with domestic and overseas MGC Group companies as noted above

Domestic MGC Group companies whose fiscal 2020 results are included in the scope of reporting (members of the MGC Group Environment and Safety Council^*)

Eiwa Chemical Industry Co., Ltd.
MGC Advance Co.,Ltd.
MGC Ageless Co., Ltd.
MGC Electrotechno Co., Ltd.
MGC Farmix Co.,Ltd.
MGC Filsheet Co., Ltd.
MGC Terminal Company, Inc.
JSP Corporation
Shin Sanso Kagaku Co.
Toyo Kagaku Co., Ltd.
Japan Pionics Co., Ltd.
Japan Finechem Co., Inc.
Japan U-PiCA Co., Ltd.
Fudow Co., Ltd.
Yonezawa Dia Electronics Co., Inc

Overseas MGC Group companies whose 2020 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.
Thai Polyacetal Co., Ltd.
Thai Polycarbonate Co., Ltd.
Suzhou MGC Suhua Peroxide Co., Ltd.

* MGC Group Environment and Safety Council:
MGC Group companies in Japan that manufacture and process chemical substances and resins as raw materials 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	Tabulation Period
MGC (Non-consolidated)	April–following March (listed as fiscal year)
Domestic MGC Group	April– following March (listed 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.

Number of Companies and Locations Tabulated for This Report

The number of companies and locations tabulated for this report is as follows:

Fiscal year^***	MGC (Non-consolidated)		Domestic MGC Group		Overseas MGC Group		Total (MGC Group)
Fiscal year^***	Number of Companies	Number of Locations	Number of Companies	Number of Locations	Number of Companies	Number of Locations	Number of Companies	Number of Locations
2015	1	13	12	53	14	16	27	82
2016	1	13	12	53	14	16	27	82
2017	1	13	13	55	14	16	28	84
2018	1	13	12	53	14	16	27	82
2019	1	14	12	53	14	18	27	85
2020	1	13	13	56	14	18	28	87

*** Overseas MGC Group tabulated by calendar year.

Calculation of estimated amount of added value

What is estimated amount of added value?

Test calculations were conducted on the "intensity of amount of added value" with the aim of understanding changes in added value created by MGC and the MGC Group against the intensity of environmental impacts. The “amount of added value” indicates the amount of value generated through manufacture, services, and similar.
Amount of added value is generally found using the following formulas.
[Deductive method]
Amount of added value = net sales - external purchases figure (material costs, purchased parts costs, freight costs, external processing costs, etc.)
[Additive method]
Amount of added value = ordinary income + personnel costs + rental costs + depreciation and amortization + financial costs + taxes and public dues
As this information includes figures which are not made publicly available, direct calculations are difficult.
Meanwhile, as the ratio of added value per chemical industries company is published in the “Tabulated statistical overview—definite reports (data)” (appendix table 7) in the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry's Basic Survey of Japanese Business Structure and Activities, estimated added value was calculated with reference to this information.
https://www.meti.go.jp/statistics/tyo/kikatu/index.html (in Japanese only)

All chemical industries: ratio of added value per company (%)

Fiscal year	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
Value added ratio	25.6	26.8	26.9	25.9	26.3	-

Calculation of estimated amount of added value

Relational expression of net sales and amount of added value
The estimated amount of added value was calculated from “amount of added value = net sales X value added ratio”

MGC (non-consolidated) / MGC (consolidated)

Fiscal year		2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
Net sales (non-consolidated)	(Billions of yen)	311.1	299.2	364.4	375.1	351.3	344.9
Net sales (consolidated)	(Billions of yen)	593.9	556.5	635.9	649.0	613.3	597.5
Value added ratio (chemical industries)	(%)	25.6	26.8	26.9	25.9	26.3	26.3
Estimated amount of added value (non-consolidated)	(Billions of yen)	79.6	80.2	98.0	97.2	92.4	90.7
Estimated amount of added value (consolidated)	(Billions of yen)	152.0	149.1	171.1	168.1	161.3	156.7

* In the case of fiscal years for which the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry has not released statistics, the value-added ratio of the previous fiscal year is used.