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Employees

	Scope	2018	2019	2020	2021
Number of employees	Global	17,743	17,979	18,051	18,780
Number of employees	Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.^*1	6,670	6,773	6,809	6,899

Region

	Scope		2018	2019	2020	2021
Ratio of region / %	Global	Japan	57.0	57	59	61
		China	6.6	5	5	5
		Asia	9.8	11	11	11
		Europe	17.5	18	17	15
		North, Central, and South America	9.1	9	8	8
		Others	0.0	0	0	0

Gender

	Scope		2018	2019	2020	2021
Male-female ratio / %	Global^*2	Male	─	─	─	81.8
	Global^*2	Female	─	─	─	18.2
	Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.^*1	Male	87.4	87.0	86.9	86.7
	Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.^*1	Female	12.6	13.0	13.1	13.3

Age

	Scope		2018	2019	2020	2021
Average age / age	Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.^*1	Male	41.9	41.8	42.0	42.0
		Female	44.5	44.0	44.0	44.0
		Total	42.2	42.1	42.2	42.2
Composition ratio by age / %	Global^*2	10s (Ages 18 or older)	─	─	─	1.0
		20s	─	─	─	17.7
		30s	─	─	─	24.8
		40s	─	─	─	25.2
		Over 50s	─	─	─	31.3
	Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.^*1	10s (Ages 18 or older)	2.0	1.7	1.5	1.5
		20s	16.7	17.7	17.9	19.1
		30s	18.1	18.4	18.9	18.4
		40s	31.2	28.5	26.4	24.1
		Over 50s	32.1	33.8	35.3	36.9

Nationality

	Scope		2018	2019	2020	2021
Composition ratio by nationality / %	Global^*2	Japan	─	─	─	66.3
		Germany	─	─	─	5.6
		USA	─	─	─	4.3
		China	─	─	─	4.3
		Thailand	─	─	─	4.2
		Mexico	─	─	─	2.3
		Other	─	─	─	13.0
Number of non-Japanese employees	Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.^*1		54	54	53	56

Disabilities

	Scope	2018	2019	2020	2021
Ratio of employees with disabilities / %	Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.^*1	2.4	2.3	2.4	2.5

Management Positions

	Scope		2018	2019	2020	2021
Male-female ratio in all Manager-level or above / %	Global^*2	Male	─	─	─	89
Male-female ratio in all Manager-level or above / %		Female	─	─	─	11
Male-female ratio in Manager of Manager-level / %		Male	─	─	─	95
Male-female ratio in Manager of Manager-level / %		Female	─	─	─	5
Male-female ratio in management staff (supervisor-level) / %	Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.^*1	Male	87	87	87	86
		Female	13	13	13	14
Male-female ratio in management staff (manager-level or above) / %		Male	97	97	96	96
		Female	3	3	4	4
Male-female ratio in management staff (general manager-level or above) / %		Male	99	99	98	98
		Female	1	1	2	2
Number of new management staff (manager-level or above) / %		Male	94	97	86	90
Number of new management staff (manager-level or above) / %		Female	6	3	14	10

Labor union members

	Scope	2018	2019	2020	2021
Ratio of labor union members / %	Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.^*1	54.0	54.5	54.7	54.1

Employee-friendly Working Environment

Service and Turnover

	Scope		2018	2019	2020	2021
Average length of service / years	Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.^*1	Male	18.8	18.8	19.0	18.9
		Female	21.0	20.4	20.4	20.3
		Total	19.1	19.1	19.2	19.1
Employee turnover rate / %	Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.^*1	Male	3.68	3.10	3.07	3.61
		Female	3.29	2.80	3.40	3.26
		Total	3.63	3.06	3.12	3.56
Total number of employee turnover	Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.^*1	Male	218	186	185	219
		Female	28	25	31	30
		Total	246	211	216	249
Voluntary turnover rate / %	Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.^*1	Male	0.86	1.07	1.21	1.24
		Female	1.76	1.23	1.54	1.52
		Total	0.97	1.09	1.25	1.27
Number of voluntary turnover	Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.^*1	Male	51	64	73	75
		Female	15	11	14	14
		Total	66	75	87	89
Ratio of re-employment for retired employees / %	Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.^*1		87.6	85.5	87.1	86.6

Overtime

	Scope		2018	2019	2020	2021
Number of employees whose overtime hours exceeded 80 hours / month	Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.^*1	Non-management staff	22	33	27	26
		Management staff	36	21	22	28
		Total	58 (0.9%)	54 (0.8%)	49 (0.7%)	54 (0.8%)
Average overtime hours / hours/month^-1	Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.^*1		21.1	20.9	20.2	22.0
Average overtime hours (statutory) / hours・month^-1	Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.^*1		1.9	1.1	0.2	0.8

Paid Leave

	Scope		2018	2019	2020	2021
Paid leave usage rate / %	Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.^*1	Non-management staff	83	86	77	84
		Management staff	62	70	60	63
		Total	74	79	70	75
Average number of days used for paid leave	Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.^*1	Total	14.8	15.8	13.9	14.7

Childcare

	Scope		2018	2019	2020	2021
Number of employees taking childcare leave	Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.^*1	Male	89	85	102	129
		Female	13	15	18	20
		Total	102	100	120	149
Childcare leave usage rate / %	Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.^*1	Male	56	48	56	78
		Female	100	100	100	100
		Total	59	52	60	81
Average number of days used for childcare leave	Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.^*1	Male	8.0	13.2	10.3	16.3
Return rate of employees from childcare leave / %	Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.^*1	Male	99	100	100	100
		Female	100	100	100	100
		Total	99	100	100	100
Employee retention rate three years after childcare leave / %	Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.^*1	Male	94	83	99	93
		Female	93	93	94	76
		Total	94	86	98	90
Number of employees using short working hours for childcare	Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.^*1	Male	1	4	5	5
		Female	85	88	85	80
		Total	86	92	90	85

Family Care

	Scope	2018	2019	2020	2021
Number of employees taking paid family care leave	Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.^*1	0	1	0	3
Number of employees using short working hours for family care	Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.^*1	0	1	0	0

Recruitment

	Scope		2018	2019	2020	2021
Total number of employees hired	Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.^*1	Male	333	250	222	322
		Female	46 (12%)	61 (20%)	41 (16%)	46 (13%)
		Regular recruitment	267	245	195	239
		Mid-career recruitment	112	66	68	129
		Total	379	311	263	368

Number of Employees Hired through the Regular Recruitment

	Scope		2018	2019	2020	2021
Career-track administrative positions	Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.^*1	Male	10	14	7	9
		Female	9 (47%)	15 (52%)	7 (50%)	8 (47%)
		Total	19	29	14	17
Career-track technical positions	Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.^*1	Male	73	64	58	50
		Female	14 (16%)	12 (16%)	10 (15%)	11 (18%)
		Total	87	76	68	61
General positions	Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.^*1	Male	153	124	105	119
		Female	8 (5%)	16 (11%)	8 (7%)	6 (5%)
		Total	161	140	113	125

Number of Employees Hired through the Mid-career Recruitment

	Scope		2018	2019	2020	2021
Career-track administrative positions	Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.^*1	Male	41	22	18	48
		Female	8 (16%)	6 (21%)	2 (10%)	5 (9%)
		Total	49	28	20	53
Career-track technical positions	Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.^*1	Male	35	10	14	35
		Female	3 (8%)	1 (9%)	3 (15%)	4 (10%)
		Total	38	11	17	39
General positions	Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.^*1	Male	21	16	20	25
		Female	4 (16%)	11 (41%)	11 (36%)	12 (32%)
		Total	25	27	31	37

Percentage of positions filled internally (Management Position)

	Scope	2018	2019	2020	2021
Percentage of positions filled internally / % (Number of positions filled by existing employees / Total Number of filled positions)	Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.^*1	─	96.0	96.0	89.7

Successor Coverage Rate

	Scope	2018	2019	2020	2021
Successor Coverage Rate / % (The number of successor candidates for strategically critical positions / The number of strategically critical positions.)	Global	213	199	226	233

Human Resources Development

	Scope	2018	2019	2020	2021
Training hours per person / hours	Global	─	─	─	22.3
Training cost per person / thousand yen	Global	─	─	─	47.7
Training hours per person / hours	Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.^*1	34.0	27.0	22.7	26.1
Training cost per person / thousand yen	Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.^*1	270.0	200.0	126.3	128.4

Evaluation

	Scope	2018	2019	2020	2021
Conducting rate of feedback meetings in the previous fiscal year / %	Mitsui Chemicals Labor Union registered members	97	94	93	95
Degree of satisfaction over evaluation feedback / %	Mitsui Chemicals Labor Union registered members	86	91	90	90

Compensation

	Scope			2018	2019	2020	2021
The gender pay gap / % (Percentage of women's pay to man's pay.)	Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.^*1	All Full-time employees	Mean gender pay gap	─	─	─	89.2
			Median gender pay gap	─	─	─	93.2
			Mean bonus gap	─	─	─	83.0
			Median bonus gap	─	─	─	92.0
		Non-Manegiment staff	Mean gender pay gap	─	─	─	107.0
			Median gender pay gap	─	─	─	114.6
			Mean bonus gap	─	─	─	106.4
			Median bonus gap	─	─	─	118.6
		Management staff (under manager- level)	Mean gender pay gap	─	─	─	97.3
			Median gender pay gap	─	─	─	95.4
			Mean bonus gap	─	─	─	94.0
			Median bonus gap	─	─	─	95.5
		Management staff (manager-level or above)	Mean gender pay gap	─	─	─	96.0
			Median gender pay gap	─	─	─	95.5
			Mean bonus gap	─	─	─	95.9
			Median bonus gap	─	─	─	94.4
		Management staff (general manager-level or above)	Mean gender pay gap	─	─	─	95.6
			Median gender pay gap	─	─	─	95.5
			Mean bonus gap	─	─	─	92.9
			Median bonus gap	─	─	─	95.8

Safety and Prevention

	Scope	2018	2019	2020	2021
Number of major accidents / cases	Global	1	0	0	0
Number of abnormal conditions/accidents / cases	Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.	7	8	8	9
	Domestic subsidiaries and affiliates	2	2	3	6
	Overseas subsidiaries and affiliates	0	1	1	1
	Global	9	11	12	16
Number of Work-related fatalities	Groups' employees	0	0	0	0
Number of Work-related fatalities	Contractor's employees	0	0	0	0
Lost-Time Injury Frequency Rate (LTIFR)	Global^*3	0.31	0.48	0.24	0.34
Significant occupational injury frequency	Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.^*4	0.19	0.00	0.10	0.10
	Domestic subsidiaries and affiliates	0.29	0.83	0.40	0.45
	Construction subcontractors	0.51	0.25	0.39	0.58
	Overseas subsidiaries and affiliates	0.51	0.62	0.21	0.00
	Global^*3	0.33	0.31	0.22	0,23^*3

Occupational Health

	Scope	2018	2019	2020	2021
Average rate of lifestyle-related disease (male) / %	Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.^*1	9.7	10.2	10.6	10.0
Frequency of absences from work due to health disorders	Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.^*1	0.78	0.87	0.78	0.76
Frequency of absences from work due to mental health disorders	Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.^*1	0.45	0.56	0.61	0.54
Ratio of smokers / %	Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.^*1	24.2	23.7	22.2	21.2
Harmful substance risk assessment implementation rate / %	Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.	100	100	100	100

Product Stewardship

	Scope	2018	2019	2020	2021
Product risk assessment implementation rate / %	Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.	100	100	100	100
Provision ratio of the latest safety information for all products / %	Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.	100	100	100	100
Number of legal and regulatory violations	Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.	0	0	0	0

Quality of Products and Services

	Scope	2018	2019	2020	2021
Number of PL accidents	Global	0	0	0	0
Number of major quality-related legal and regulatory violations	Global	0	0	0	0

Logistics

	Scope	2018	2019	2020	2021
Number of significant occupational injuries in logistics	Global	2	0	0	0
Number of major accidents in logistics	Global	0	0	0	0
Number of quality issues/ppm	Global	70	60	12	30
Number of legal and regulatory violations	Global	0	0	0	0

Sustainable Procurement

	Scope	2018	2019	2020	2021
Sustainable procurement ratio / %	Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.	44	44	45	61

Social Activities

	Scope	2018	2019	2020	2021
Social contribution expenditure / million yen	Global	214	246	123	184
Number of employees taking community service leave	Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.^*1	123	88	41	54

Visualization of Contributions to the Society

	Scope	2018	2019	2020	2021
Rose Value™ products sales ratio / %	Global	13	16	19	20

*1Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.'s employee

*2The data collected from affiliated companies planning to introduce the Workday system.

*3Includes contractors operating on site and construction subcontractors.

*4Includes contractors operating on site.

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