Progress in Sustainability

Fiscal year Details
1995 Responsible Care Committee established
Joined the Japan Responsible Care Council as a founding member
2000 Issued the first Environmental Activities Report
2001 Renamed the Environmental Activities Report the Environmental Report
2005 Renamed the Environmental Report the Environmental & Social Report
2007 Launched the SB School, an in-house training institute
2008 Signed the Responsible Care Global Charter
2010 Began participating as a partner in the Declaration of Biodiversity by Keidanren (Japan Business Federation)
2014 Signed the revised Responsible Care Global Charter
2015 Established the Policy on Responsible Care Activities
Identified material issues
2016 Renamed the Environmental & Social Report the CSR Report
2017 Established the Ikoi no Mori biotope at Shizuoka Plant and opened it to the public
2018 Launched a certification system for SDG-contributing products, technologies, and activities
2019 Issued the first Integrated Report
Established the Sustainability Promotion Committee
2020 Formulated the Environmental Vision for 2050
2021 Expressed agreement with the recommendations of the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TFCD)
Announced our own My Declaration of Human Rights
2022 Expressed agreement with the GX League Basic Concept
Joined the 30by30 Alliance for Biodiversity
Announced the Declaration of Partnership Building
Established the DE&I Promotion Office
2023 Formulated the Sustainability Promotion Policy
Formulated the Human Rights Policy
Joined the GX League
Acquired certification as Nationally Certified Sustainably Managed Natural Site (OECM certification) in the first half of FY2023 from Ministry of the Environment
Established the Sustainability Promotion Department
2024 Signed the United Nations Global Compact
Issued the first Sustainability Report (archived version)
Revised the material issues
2025 Acquired certification from the Science Based Targets (SBT) initiative