Editorial Policy
1. Editing Concept
Where JSR Aims to Go
Under the corporate mission of “Materials Innovation - We create value through materials to enrich society, people and the environment,” JSR Group aims to build and maintain good relations with all of our stakeholders and become a trusted and indispensable corporate citizen. To this end, the Group will contribute to the realization of a sustainable global environment and society by creating value through its corporate activity and based on this corporate mission.
About this Website
Although the Company was delisted on June 25, 2024, we will continue to disseminate information through this website.
JSR Group discloses sustainability KPIs (“KPIs”) on our sustainability website. We chose to do this to help our stakeholders understand the initiatives we are taking to solve sustainability issues and to report on the progress we are making.
Furthermore, we will continue to review our KPIs and targets as needed based on companywide policies, business strategy and world trends.
2. Positioning of Sustainability Site
The sustainability site offers comprehensive non-financial information about JSR Group. The site is provided with the approval of the Sustainability Promotion Committee.
3. Referenced Guidelines
- United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights
- Environmental Accounting Guidelines 2005 / Environmental Reporting Guidelines 2012, Ministry of the Environment
- Environmental Accounting Guidelines for Chemical Companies, Japan Chemical Industry Association (JCIA)
- Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) Standards
4. Reporting Period, Reporting Frequency and Contact Points
- Reporting period
Sustainability website: contains the latest information
Sustainability report (PDF): annual report covering the period from April 1, 2023 to March 31, 2024.
Some sections include activities conducted during other periods - Publication:October 2024
- Contact points:
5. Reporting Boundary
(1) The Entire Report
JSR Group: 65 companies
- JSR:
Head Office, Yokkaichi Plant and laboratories, Tsukuba Research Laboratories/Tsukuba Site, JSR-Keio University Medical and Chemical Innovation Center (JKiC), JSR Bioscience and informatics R&D center (JSR BiRD) - Group Companies:
19 domestic Group companies, 45 overseas Group companies (Current as of March 31, 2023)
(2) Environmental Data
JSR Group: 16 companies
JSR Corporation
Emulsion Technology Co., Ltd.
Japan Coloring Co., Ltd.
JSR Micro Kyushu Co., Ltd.
Techno-UMG Co., Ltd.
JSR Life Sciences Corporation
JSR Logistics & Customer Center Co., Ltd.
Medical & Biological Laboratories Co., Ltd.
UJK Co., Ltd.
JSR ARTON Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
JSR Micro N.V.
JSR Micro, Inc.
JSR Micro Korea Co., Ltd.
EUV Resist Manufacturing & Qualification Center N.V.
JSR Micro (Changshu) Co., Ltd.
KBI Biopharma, Inc.
(Current as of March 31, 2024)
(3) Safety Data
JSR and its Consolidated Subsidiaries
6. Independent Review
Data from JSR and eight of JSR’s domestic consolidated subsidiaries （14 of the locations included in JSR Corporation, JSR Micro Kyushu Co., Ltd., JSR ARTON Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Emulsion Technology, Co., Ltd., Techno-UMG Co., Ltd., JAPAN COLORING CO., LTD., UJK Co., Ltd., MBL Co., Ltd.） received third-party verification (Scope1, 2) for GHG emissions.
7. Major Organizations and Initiatives We Take Part In
- United Nations Global Compact
- Japan Chemical Industry Association (an executive officer of JSR serves as a Director of the association)
- Japan Climate Leaders Partnership (JCLP)
- Semiconductor Climate Consortium (SCC) (joined as a founding member)
- TCFD Consortium
Etc.
8. Definitions of Terms, Notations
- Definitions of business activities, management foundation, corporate activity
- Business activities:Activities that provide products and services
- Management foundation:Activities of units involved in manufacturing and company management
- Corporate activity:Activity that includes both business activities and management foundation
- Definitions of terms
JSR Group: JSR and its Group companies
JSR: JSR Corporation - A note on numerical values
Absolute values and percentages are rounded off. Therefore, the total of individual numbers listed may not exactly equal the total shown.