ESG Performance Data
Environment
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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 | ||
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GHG emissions (Scope1) / thousand tons | Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. | 3,498 | 3,595 | 3,336 | 3,543 | |
Domestic subsidiaries and affiliates | 64 | 63 | 65 | 119 | ||
Overseas subsidiaries and affiliates | 178 | 154 | 143 | 22 | ||
Mitsui Chemicals Group | 3,740 | 3,812 | 3,545 | 3,684 | ||
GHG emissions (Scope2) / thousand tons | Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. | 514 | 531 | 470 | 534 | |
Domestic subsidiaries and affiliates | 150 | 145 | 138 | 145 | ||
Overseas subsidiaries and affiliates | 530 | 384 | 350 | 232 | ||
Mitsui Chemicals Group | 1,193 | 1,063 | 957 | 911 | ||
GHG emissions(Scopes 1 and 2)/ thousand tons | Mitsui Chemicals Group | 4,933 | 4,873 | 4,502 | 4,595 | |
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 unit of sales / tons・billion yen-1 | Mitsui Chemicals Group | 407 | 302 | 240 | 263 | |
GHG emissions reduction rate (Scopes 1 and 2)/ % * compared to FY2013 | Mitsui Chemicals Group | 20 | 21 | 27 | 25 |
Energy
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Scope | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | |
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Energy consumption / PJ | Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. | 72.9 | 74.5 | 69.5 | 67.9 |
Domestic subsidiaries and affiliates | 3.8 | 3.9 | 3.7 | 5.2 | |
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
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Scope | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | ||
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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)
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Scope | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | ||
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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)
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Scope | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | |||
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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 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 1.5 | |||
Landfill Rate for Industrial Waste*3 / % | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.5 |
Substances Subject to the PRTR Act
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Scope | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | |
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Substances subject to the PRTR Act emissions / tons | Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. | 808 | 827 | 756 | 779 |
Air
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Scope | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | |
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Volatile organic compound (VOC) emissions / tons | Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. | 1,537 | 1,597 | 1,473 | 1,420 |
Domestic subsidiaries and affiliates | 434 | 467 | 527 | 646 | |
Overseas subsidiaries and affiliates | 80 | 35 | 41 | 247 | |
Mitsui Chemicals Group | 2,051 | 2,099 | 2,040 | 2,313 | |
NOx emissions / tons | Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. | 2,186 | 2,253 | 2,266 | 2,430 |
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 | 2,556 | |
SOx emissions / tons | Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. | 303 | 414 | 471 | 479 |
Domestic subsidiaries and affiliates | 43 | 20 | 10 | 17 | |
Overseas subsidiaries and affiliates | 43 | 16 | 4 | 24 | |
Mitsui Chemicals Group | 389 | 451 | 485 | 520 | |
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
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Scope | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | ||
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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 | 16.7 | ||
Overseas subsidiaries and affiliates | 3.2 | 3.3 | 1.5 | 2.0 | ||
Mitsui Chemicals Group | 528.8 | 499.3 | 495.1 | 519.5 | ||
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 | 8.7 | ||
Overseas subsidiaries and affiliates | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||
Mitsui Chemicals Group | 431.0 | 396.0 | 400.6 | 422.6 | ||
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 | 4.9 | ||
Overseas subsidiaries and affiliates | 3.2 | 3.3 | 1.5 | 2.0 | ||
Mitsui Chemicals Group | 94.6 | 99.7 | 90.8 | 93.3 | ||
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 | 87.8 | ||
Overseas subsidiaries and affiliates | 91.5 | 91.4 | 95.3 | 91.5 | ||
Mitsui Chemicals Group | 76.9 | 78.3 | 77.8 | 76.8 | ||
Discharge water volume / million m3 | Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. | 485.5 | 459.5 | 448.0 | 466.6 | |
Domestic subsidiaries and affiliates | 20.1 | 20.0 | 14.3 | 16.0 | ||
Overseas subsidiaries and affiliates | 1.1 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 0.6 | ||
Mitsui Chemicals Group | 506.7 | 474.9 | 462.8 | 483.2 | ||
Discharge freshwater volume / million m3 | Mitsui Chemicals Group | 75.7 | 78.9 | 62.2 | 60.6 | |
Water consumption / million m3 | Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. | 19.8 | 22.2 | 31.3 | 34.1 | |
Domestic subsidiaries and affiliates | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.7 | ||
Overseas subsidiaries and affiliates | 2.1 | 2.3 | 1.0 | 1.4 | ||
Mitsui Chemicals Group | 22.1 | 24.4 | 32.3 | 36.3 | ||
Freshwater consumption in water-stressed areas / million m3 | Mitsui Chemicals Group | 0.013 | 0.014 | 0.012 | 0.014 |
Emissions of Water Pollutants
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Scope | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | |
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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 | 199 | |
Mitsui Chemicals Group | 2,176 | 2,125 | 939 | 975 | |
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
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Scope | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | |
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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 | |
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Blue Value™ products sales ratio / % | Mitsui Chemicals Group | 15 | 18 | 22 | 24 |
Others
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Scope | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | |
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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 | 398 | |
Mitsui Chemicals Group | 77 | 67 | 343 | 439 | |
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