1. JSR Group Biodiversity Policies

JSR Group has formed biodiversity policies in FY2012 based on issues identified through conservation activities conducted in the past. We are currently promoting various activities in accordance with these policies.

Policy Formulation Process

Utilizing the JBIB^*1 Business and Biodiversity Interrelationship Map, we have clarified how our business activities depend on and impact biodiversity. We have since established JSR Group Biodiversity Policies on the basis of this clarification.

*1 JBIB: Japan Business Initiative for Biodiversity.

2. Activity Progress Status

We investigate the effects that JSR Group’s business activities have on biodiversity based on our Biodiversity Policies. As a result, we have not found any significant negative impacts on biodiversity from the raw materials we procure or our production sites. Moreover, we have confirmed that no JSR Group production sites in Thailand, Indonesia, and Mexico, which are considered to be particularly highly biodiversity-sensitive regions, are located within protected land areas, protected sea areas, or important biodiversity regions.^*2 JSR Group will respect biodiversity and promote conservation activities to the maximum extent possible.

*2 Survey using the Integrated Biodiversity Assessment Tool (IBAT)

• IBAT-JSR Group Plants

Policy 1 - We prioritize biodiversity conservation in procuring naturally derived raw and processed materials.

1) Investigation to clarify the naturally derived raw materials that may have an impact on biodiversity.

We discovered that there were no items among main raw materials, but there were some such items in some auxiliary raw materials. We conducted an investigation to determine the impact of these materials. We found no impact at this time. We will continue to conduct similar investigations when using raw materials that may have an impact.

2) Sustainable Paper Usage

While not a main raw material, paper is used for copies, publications, envelopes, and packaging material. As such, JSR Group is working toward sustainable paper use and has participated in the Consortium for Sustainable Paper Use, which was established to increase the use of sustainable paper in society, since its establishment in 2013.
We promote activities throughout the Group that prioritize the procurement of company envelopes, copy paper, and other materials made primarily from used paper, or paper with FSC or other forest sustainability certifications in accordance with the JSR Group Paper Procurement Guidelines, which were established in FY2013 to promote forest sustainability.

Policy 2 - We work to make the green spaces of our business establishments biodiversity-friendly.

By FY2014, we were able to improve green spaces at all JSR plants and the Tsukuba Research Laboratories based on the Green Space Improvement Plan that we created with the cooperation of experts as well as using the results of a green space survey conducted in accordance with the JBIB Guidelines for Sustainable Business Sites. Each office is continuing to conduct similar activities independently.

Yokkaichi Plant

Overview of Activities The Yokkaichi Plant is actively using its green spaces as places for communication and environmental education. It holds biodiversity-themed events for employees and their families. It maintains and manages biodiversity spaces at the plant site and company housing. FY2019 Activities Holding of a nature tour for employees’ families led by the curator of a local museum Date: Sunday, November 3 Participants: 45 (16 groups of parents and children) Description: Finding plants and insects living in green spaces using an event card prepared beforehand (Check for all items noted on the card on the day of the event: cast-off cicada skins, red dragonflies, Desmodium paniculatum seeds, acorns, and Sarcandra glabra seeds.) Maintenance and management of biodiversity spaces that were created at the plant site and company housing Expert-led organism survey within biodiversity-friendly green spaces (verification of biodiversity effects) Future Activity Plans Continued acceptance of tours of biodiversity-friendly plant green spaces (stops during plant tours and tours conducted at the workplace level) Holding of a nature tour for employees’ families to be led by the curator of a local museum (Once or twice a year) → Next time in 2021 Maintenance and management of green spaces at the plant site and company housing that have been improved as biodiversity-friendly green spaces Expert-led organism survey within biodiversity-friendly green spaces (planned to be conducted around three times per year) The Yokkaichi Plant creates biodiversity-friendly green spaces and then strives to measure and improve their effects through expert-led organism surveys.

Nature tour for employees’ families led by the curator of a local museum

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Kashima Plant

Overview of Activities Development of the “pond” area to recreate the local ecosystem on the plant’s grounds FY2019 Activities Planting of fruit-bearing trees (e.g., loquat, persimmon, lemon, and Mandarin orange) around the biotope and green buffer zone (May) Improvement of fences and bird netting near the biotope (March) Weeding of invasive plants (lance-leaved coreopsis) (July) Regular conduct of JBIB Land Use Score Card evaluations (March), and confirmation that biodiversity-friendly green spaces are being maintained with a score that is one point higher than FY2019 Future Activity Plans Maintenance of developed biodiversity-friendly green spaces and development of unimproved green spaces

Improved fences and bird netting near the biotope

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Tsukuba Research Laboratories

Overview of Activities The facility establishes a biodiversity promotion area and practices wildlife-friendly green-space management. FY2019 Activities In principle, prohibition of the chemical substances (herbicides) within the area Creation of soil with fallen leaves and branches (consideration for the cycle of matter) Regular monitoring of invasive species Future Activity Plans Establishment of a biodiversity promotion area and wildlife-friendly green-space management

Spot-billed ducks in the pond within the biodiversity promotion area (observed for seven consecutive years)

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Policy 3 - We strive to develop biodiversity-friendly products.

We strive to engage in biodiversity-friendly product development by procuring raw materials and developing products that have little environmental impact.

Policy 4 - We emphasize staff engagement and cooperation with local communities.

We hold various events at our offices as part of our business activities