Participation in Initiatives

The SDGs^* are common goals of the international community proposed under the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, which was unanimously adopted by member countries during a United Nations summit meeting held in September 2015. The SDGs consist of 17 goals and 169 targets aimed at creating a sustainable and better world by 2030, and participants have pledged to realize a society that leaves no one behind.

In this voluntary initiative, companies and organizations participate in the creation of a global framework for realizing sustainable growth by demonstrating responsible and creative leadership as good members of society.

Under the Global Compact, companies are required to embrace and support essential values in the fields of human rights, labor, the environment, and anti-corruption, and put their own plans into practice.

In April 2020, the Daicel Group signed the Global Compact, endorsing the initiative’s objective of addressing global issues as responsible corporate citizens.

Furthermore, relevant divisions have been participating in each subcommittee of the Global Compact Network Japan (GCNJ) since FY2022/3 to collect and share information with the purpose of further infusing the Global Compact within the company.

In the chemical industry, each company that handles chemical substances engages in activities for preserving the environment and ensuring health and safety at every stage of operations, from product development and manufacturing to distribution, use, final consumption, recycling, and disposal, and discloses the results of their activities, holding dialogues and communicating with society. These activities are called Responsible Care (RC) activities.

Daicel is a member of the Japan Chemical Industry Association (JCIA). Based on the Basic Policy of JCIA on Environment, Health, and Safety, we carry out RC activities in accordance with the Basic Policies on Responsible Care implemented February 21, 1995 (revised April 5, 2017).

The Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD^*1) was established in 2015 by a global organization, the Financial Stability Board (FSB^*2, at the behest of the G20 to consider how to disclose climate-related information and what actions financial institutions should take. TFCD’s final report, published in June 2017, recommended and encouraged corporations around the world to identify and disclose the impacts of climate change on their finances.

In November 2021, the Daicel Group endorsed these TCFD recommendations. We are also a member of the TCFD Consortium, which consists of companies and financial institutions that support the TCFD recommendations.

The GX League was established by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) as a forum for companies actively engaged with green transformations that aim to realize sustainable growth in society now and in the future. The league is a collaborative effort among companies with similar green initiatives together with the government and academia.

Daicel Corporation joined the GX League in May 2023 with the aim of realizing a carbon neutral society through collaboration between industry, the government, and academia.

JBPA is a private organization that was established in 1989 to promote the use of bioplastics (the common name for biodegradable plastics and biomass plastics), a new material that plays an important role in realizing a recycling-based society, and to establish testing and evaluation systems.

​

This platform was set up with the aim of addressing the emerging concerns regarding marine plastic waste by seeking sustainable use of plastic products, as well as developing, introducing, and popularizing alternative products that will lead to waste reduction. The alliance plans and promotes activities across industries for the business community as a whole, and it seeks sustainable development through materials in a united effort between the public and private sectors.

Daicel Corporation has participated in CLOMA since November 2019.

GSHIP was established under the leadership of Hiroshima Prefecture in response to marine pollution from the runoff of plastic waste, which has become a global problem.

GSHIP has pledged to reduce plastic waste flowing into the Seto Inland Sea to zero by 2050 and promotes a diversity of activities to achieve this goal, including to reduce single-use plastics and developing plastic alternatives, preventing discharge of plastics into the marine environment, and carrying out beach cleanups, publicity and educational activities.

Daicel Corporation has participated in GSHIP since June 2021.

The Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) is an international certification system aimed at the sustainable production and use of palm oil. Large-scale palm oil plantation development is progressing in Southeast Asia, which is becoming a social issue due to the reduction of rainforests and serious impacts on ecosystems. 

As the responsibility of companies using chemical substances derived from palm oil as raw materials, our Group has been a member of the RSPO since August 2018.

WIPO Green is a database and network that was established by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO^*) in 2013 to promote the transfer of environmental technologies. Under this system, intellectual property holders register their environment-related patents and prospective users register their needs, and those that match are free to negotiate with each other about using the patents. In this way, registered patents can gain international recognition and the discovery of effective uses can be expected.

Daicel Corporation has been a partner in WIPO Green since April 15, 2020.

This is an initiative that was announced by Keidanren (Japan Business Federation) in November 2020 to promote active participation in the workplace by a diverse range of people by 2030. “The NEW Growth Strategy” focuses on diversity and inclusion as the key drivers for achieving sustainable growth and upholds the goal of raising the ratio of female executives to 30% or more by 2030.

Daicel Corporation endorsed this initiative on April 5, 2021.

We endorse the structure of the Declaration of Partnership Building, which was established by the Partnership Building Promotion Council for the Future, comprising the Chairman of Keidanren, the Chairman of the Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (JCCI), the President of the Japanese Trade Union Confederation (Rengo), and related ministers, and have posted our declaration on the Declaration of Partnership Building portal site. In this declaration, we declare the co-existence and co-prosperity of the entire supply chain, new cooperation beyond scale and affiliation, and compliance with desirable business practices with subcontractors.

We announced our endorsement on May 19, 2022.