Sustainability

Overtime

Strive to identify causes of overtime and reduce overtime through operational efficiency improvements
Target: 10 hours or less
Result: 16.6 hours

Rate of taking annual paid leave

Create an environment that is conducive to taking leave for the improvement of work-life balance
Target: 80.0%
Result: 80.7%

Child labor, forced labor, human trafficking

Fulfil our corporate responsibility to respect human rights and strictly prohibit any actions that constitute or have the potential to constitute human rights violations
Target: Maintain record of zero cases
Result: 0 cases

Rate of new recruit training attendance

Continue external training of new recruits to equip them with the correct manners as members of society and to create the foundation for them to flourish as employees of Kusumoto Chemicals
Target: Maintain 100% attendance
Result: 100%

Strive to improve workplace safety through risk management and the provision of training opportunities aimed at the prevention of occupational accidents

Number of fatal accidents

Target: 0
Result: 0

Number of lost-time injuries

Target: 0
Result: 0

Number of fires and explosions

Target: 0
Result: 0 cases

Do not discriminate based on gender, respect and leverage individual abilities and personalities, and actively promote the recruitment of women

Percentage of women in top management

Target: At least 15% by 2030
Result: 12% (percentage of women in management positions of team leader and above, excluding officers)

Percentage of female employees

Target: At least 30% by 2030
Result: 20%

Percentage of women in executive council

Target: At least 15% by 2030
Result: 10%

Actively promote the recruitment of people from social minorities and vulnerable groups and create supportive environments for them to facilitate their participation in society and professional independence

Percentage of minorities in upper management and employees from socially vulnerable groups

Target: 1%
Result: 0%

Percentage of workers from social minorities and vulnerable groups

We support the employment of people with disabilities at Toyosu Farm, an indoor farm operated by S-Pool Plus.
Target: 2.80%
Result: 1.13%

Under the slogan of “What we Can Do for the Earth,” we are working on new technological innovation aimed at environmental protection.

Chemicals Division

We are developing an environmentally friendly biomass plastic that contains oyster shells.

Additive Division

BAL series of additives made from plant-based ingredients with high bio-base content and active components

Wetting and dispersing agent, BAL-D Series: Uses a plant-based structure to control pigment aggregation.
Viscosity modifier, BAL-T Series: Adsorbs onto the surface of pigments and fillers, providing strong thickening and thixotropic effects.

Dry powders containing cellulose nanofiber

We are developing powders that contain cellulose nanofiber, a biomass material, which we anticipate will have applications in various fields.

ETAC Division

As a countermeasure to global warming, we were the first in the industry to switch to a low GWP refrigerant (R-448A) for our mainstay products.
Further, we have adopted R-469A, an alternative to R-23, for ultra-low temperature constant temperature (constant humidity) chambers．

International Business Division

We handle various imported products that contribute to carbon neutrality.

TOLSA

Sepiolite, a naturally occurring mineral-based inorganic additive

chitec

UV absorbers and antioxidants

Tetra

100% bio-based alicyclic epoxy monomer