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Input ⇒ Output Data (FY2023)

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Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Energy

GHG

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		Scope	2020	2021	2022	2023
GHG emissions (Scope1) / thousand tons		Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.	3,498	3,595	3,336	3,537
		Domestic subsidiaries and affiliates	64	63	65	117
		Overseas subsidiaries and affiliates	178	154	143	22
		Mitsui Chemicals Group	3,740	3,812	3,545	3,675
GHG emissions (Scope2) / thousand tons		Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.	514	531	470	534
		Domestic subsidiaries and affiliates	150	145	138	146
		Overseas subsidiaries and affiliates	530	384	350	232
		Mitsui Chemicals Group	1,193	1,063	957	912
GHG emissions(Scopes 1 and 2)/ thousand tons		Mitsui Chemicals Group	4,933	4,873	4,502	4,587
GHG emissions (Scope3) / thousand tons		Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.	9,326	11,398	11,691	ー
	01: Purchased goods and services	Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.	2,945	4,603	5,525	ー
	02: Capital goods		128	126	136	ー
	03: Fuel- and energy-related activities (not included in Scope 1 and 2)		249	265	272	ー
	04: Transportation/distribution (upstream)		50	52	65	ー
	05: Waste generated from operations		37	49	43	ー
	06: Business travel		1	1	7	ー
	07: Employee commuting		5	5	4	ー
	08: Leased assets (upstream)		1	1	1	ー
	11: Sold product specifications		2,810	3,329	2,985	ー
	12: Sold product disposals		2,287	2,297	2,034	ー
	15: Investment		812	672	619	ー
GHG emissions intensity per sales revenue / tons・billion yen^-1		Mitsui Chemicals Group	40.7	30.2	24.0	26.2
GHG emissions reduction rate (Scopes 1 and 2)/ % * compared to FY2013		Mitsui Chemicals Group	20	21	27	25

Energy

	Scope	2020	2021	2022	2023
Energy consumption / PJ	Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.	72.9	74.5	69.5	67.8
	Domestic subsidiaries and affiliates	3.8	3.9	3.7	5.3
	Overseas subsidiaries and affiliates	10.4	9.7	9.5	4.8
	Mitsui Chemicals Group	87.1	88.0	82.8	77.8
Non-renewable energy consumption / MWh	Mitsui Chemicals Group	20,985,000	21,659,000	22,984,400	21,497,000
Renewable energy consumption / MWh	Mitsui Chemicals Group	110,000	85,400	96,300	203,000
Energy intensity index (FY2009=100)	Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.	96.6	92.7	97.1	99.8
Five-year annual energy intensity reduction rate / %	Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.	△0.7	△0.2	△0.7	1.0

Industrial Waste

		Scope	2020	2021	2022	2023
Waste generated / thousand tons		Mitsui Chemicals Group	206.1	221.9	213.2	362.6
	Hazardous waste^*1 / thousand tons	Mitsui Chemicals Group	ー	ー	ー	39.5
Waste sent off-site / thousand tons		Mitsui Chemicals Group	149.5	167.7	152.5	162.0
	Hazardous waste^*1 / thousand tons	Mitsui Chemicals Group	ー	ー	ー	30.5

Waste diverted from disposal (Recycling)

		Scope	2020	2021	2022	2023
Total recycling / thousand tons		Mitsui Chemicals Group	ー	ー	ー	142.7
	Hazardous waste^*1 / thousand tons	Mitsui Chemicals Group	ー	ー	ー	17.6
Onsite recycling / thousand tons		Mitsui Chemicals Group	ー	15.5	28.7	23.8
Offsite recycling / thousand tons		Mitsui Chemicals Group	115.6	122.7	111.3	118.9
Recycling rate^*2 / %		Mitsui Chemicals Group	77.3	73.2	73.0	73.4

Waste directed to disposal (Incineration, Landfilling)

			Scope	2020	2021	2022	2023
Total Incineration / thousand tons			Mitsui Chemicals Group	ー	ー	ー	217.9
	with energy recovery / thousand tons			ー	ー	ー	155.2
		Hazardous waste^*1 / thousand tons		ー	ー	ー	12.8
	without energy recovery / thousand tons			ー	ー	ー	62.6
		Hazardous waste^*1 / thousand tons		ー	ー	ー	8.7
Onsite Incineration / thousand tons				ー	38.8	32.0	176.3
	with energy recovery / thousand tons			ー	ー	ー	122.0
	without energy recovery / thousand tons			ー	ー	ー	54.3
Offsite Incineration / thousand tons				ー	44.2	40.6	41.6
	with energy recovery / thousand tons			ー	ー	ー	33.2
	without energy recovery / thousand tons			ー	ー	ー	8.4
Total landfill / thousand tons				0.7	0.7	0.6	1.9
	Hazardous waste / thousand tons			ー	ー	ー	0.3
Onsite landfill / thousand tons				0.4	0.3	0.4	0.4
Offsite landfill / thousand tons				0.3	0.3	0.2	1.5
Landfill Rate for Industrial Waste^*3 / %				0.3	0.3	0.3	0.5

Substances Subject to the PRTR Act

	Scope	2020	2021	2022	2023
Substances subject to the PRTR Act emissions / tons	Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.	808	827	756	779

Air

	Scope	2020	2021	2022	2023
Volatile organic compound (VOC) emissions / tons	Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.	1,537	1,597	1,486	1,443
	Domestic subsidiaries and affiliates	434	467	527	657
	Overseas subsidiaries and affiliates	80	35	41	247
	Mitsui Chemicals Group	2,051	2,099	2,054	2,347
NOx emissions / tons	Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.	2,186	2,253	2,266	2,599
	Domestic subsidiaries and affiliates	107	83	75	95
	Overseas subsidiaries and affiliates	201	200	13	31
	Mitsui Chemicals Group	2,494	2,536	2,353	2,725
SOx emissions / tons	Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.	303	414	471	483
	Domestic subsidiaries and affiliates	43	20	10	17
	Overseas subsidiaries and affiliates	43	16	4	24
	Mitsui Chemicals Group	389	451	485	523
Soot and dust emissions / tons	Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.	93	96	68	46
	Domestic subsidiaries and affiliates	11	8	2	3
	Overseas subsidiaries and affiliates	60	51	36	49
	Mitsui Chemicals Group	164	154	107	98
Emissions of hazardous air pollutants / tons	Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.	43	11	11	12
Fluorocarbons emissions / tons	Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.	5	3	3	3
	Domestic subsidiaries and affiliates	0	0	0	0
	Overseas subsidiaries and affiliates	6	2	1	1
	Mitsui Chemicals Group	11	5	5	4

Water

Efficient Use of Water

		Scope	2020	2021	2022	2023
Total water withdrawal (Surface water, Groundwater, Seawater, Produced water, Third-party water) / million m³		Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.	505.3	481.7	479.3	500.8
		Domestic subsidiaries and affiliates	20.3	14.3	14.4	25.2
		Overseas subsidiaries and affiliates	3.2	3.3	1.5	2.0
		Mitsui Chemicals Group	528.8	499.3	495.1	528.0
	Surface water / million m³	Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
		Domestic subsidiaries and affiliates	1.5	1.8	1.9	1.9
		Overseas subsidiaries and affiliates	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
		Mitsui Chemicals Group	1.5	1.8	1.9	1.9
	Groundwater / million m³	Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.	0.5	0.6	0.6	0.5
		Domestic subsidiaries and affiliates	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.2
		Overseas subsidiaries and affiliates	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
		Mitsui Chemicals Group	1.7	1.8	1.8	1.7
	Seawater / million m³	Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.	422.0	387.6	392.2	413.9
		Domestic subsidiaries and affiliates	8.9	8.4	8.4	16.6
		Overseas subsidiaries and affiliates	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
		Mitsui Chemicals Group	431.0	396.0	400.6	430.5
	Produced water / million m³	Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.	ー	ー	0.0	0.0
		Domestic subsidiaries and affiliates	ー	ー	0.0	0.0
		Overseas subsidiaries and affiliates	ー	ー	0.0	0.0
		Mitsui Chemicals Group	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
	Third-party water / million m³	Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.	82.7	93.4	86.5	86.4
		Domestic subsidiaries and affiliates	8.7	2.9	2.8	5.4
		Overseas subsidiaries and affiliates	3.2	3.3	1.4	2.0
		Mitsui Chemicals Group	94.6	99.7	90.8	93.8
Recycled water / million m³		Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.	1,625.6	1,663.3	1,606.5	1,576.6
		Domestic subsidiaries and affiliates	101.1	99.4	101.6	120.1
		Overseas subsidiaries and affiliates	36.5	36.0	29.7	21.8
		Mitsui Chemicals Group	1,763.3	1,798.7	1,737.9	1,718.5
Water recycling ratio / %		Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.	76.3	77.5	77.0	75.9
		Domestic subsidiaries and affiliates	83.3	87.4	87.6	82.7
		Overseas subsidiaries and affiliates	91.5	91.4	95.3	91.4
		Mitsui Chemicals Group	76.9	78.3	77.8	76.5
Discharge water volume / million m³		Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.	485.5	447.3	448.0	466.7
		Domestic subsidiaries and affiliates	20.1	14.3	14.3	24.2
		Overseas subsidiaries and affiliates	1.1	1.1	0.5	0.6
		Mitsui Chemicals Group	506.7	462.7	462.8	491.5
	Discharge freshwater volume / million m³	Mitsui Chemicals Group	75.7	78.9	62.2	60.7
Water consumption / million m³		Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.	19.8	34.3	31.3	34.1
		Domestic subsidiaries and affiliates	0.2	0.0	0.1	1.0
		Overseas subsidiaries and affiliates	2.1	2.3	1.0	1.4
		Mitsui Chemicals Group	22.1	36.6	32.3	36.5
Freshwater consumption in water-stressed areas / million m³		Mitsui Chemicals Group	0.013	0.014	0.012	0.014

Emissions of Water Pollutants

	Scope	2020	2021	2022	2023
COD, BOD emissions / tons	Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.	836	850	742	723
	Domestic subsidiaries and affiliates	65	50	48	53
	Overseas subsidiaries and affiliates	1,274	1,225	149	204
	Mitsui Chemicals Group	2,176	2,125	939	980
Total nitrogen emissions / tons	Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.	1,072	1,014	891	799
Total phosphorous emissions / tons	Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.	26	23	23	15

Environmental Accounting

	Scope	2020	2021	2022	2023
Environmental preservation costs (Investment) / billion yen	Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.	1.4	1.4	2.6	2.3
Environmental preservation costs (Expenditure) / billion yen		21.7	24.1	25.8	26.8
Economic impact of environmental initiatives / billion yen		1.6	1.1	1.5	1.8

Visualization of Contributions to the Environment

	Scope	2020	2021	2022	2023
Blue Value™ products sales ratio / %	Mitsui Chemicals Group	15	18	22	24

Others

	Scope	2020	2021	2022	2023
Number of environment-related accidents	Mitsui Chemicals Group	0	0	0	0
Number of violations to environmental laws and regulations	Mitsui Chemicals Group	0	0	0	0
Purchased raw materials / thousand tons	Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.	4,398	4,559	3,863	4,168
	Domestic subsidiaries and affiliates	462	414	420	458
	Overseas subsidiaries and affiliates	1,450	1,493	997	1,357
	Mitsui Chemicals Group	6,310	6,367	5,281	5,983
Purchased materials / thousand tons	Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.	38	38	33	33
	Domestic subsidiaries and affiliates	19	9	8	8
	Overseas subsidiaries and affiliates	20	20	302	14
	Mitsui Chemicals Group	77	67	343	55
Products shipped / thousand tons	Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.	4,475	4,561	4,118	3,770
	Domestic subsidiaries and affiliates	498	498	468	495
	Overseas subsidiaries and affiliates	1,462	1,489	1,031	1,276
	Mitsui Chemicals Group	6,435	6,547	5,616	5,542

*1 In Japan, calculated based on the definition of “specially controlled industrial waste” stipulated by Waste Management and Public Cleansing Act; overseas, calculated based on the definition of hazardous waste stipulated by local laws and regulations or the Basel Convention .

*2 Recycling ratio = Offsite recycling/Waste sent off-site

*3 Landfill rate for industrial waste = Landfill/Waste generated