Introduction

The Asahi Kasei Group issued our first Environment Report in 1991, and we began issuing a CSR Report in 2006 with content expanded to include social responsibilities. Through these reports, we have further enriched communication with our stakeholders and continually worked to fulfill our accountability.
In line with a trend mainly in Europe to combine financial and non-financial information in a single integrated report, in 2014 we issued an Asahi Kasei Report replacing our Annual Report and CSR Report. At the same time, since then we disclose information on the details of our CSR activities using this website.
Since fiscal 2019, we have termed this report the "Sustainability Report" both on our website and in its downloadable form. In the report, we present the Group's approach to sustainability and contributions to achieving a sustainable society through our business activities, in accordance with the concept "Care for People, Care for Earth." The framework for our activities is organized into Environment (E), Society (S), and Governance (G), and comprehensive information is provided on policies, systems, activities, numerical data, etc.
For your reference, we also have a table indexing our content with the assessment categories of ESG rating agencies.

Reporting period

The primary focus is fiscal 2022 (April 2022 – March 2023). Some information pertains to the period subsequent to this.

Scope

Information herein pertains to Asahi Kasei Corp. and consolidated subsidiaries as of March 31, 2023, unless otherwise noted.
Data with differing scopes or coverage is presented in footnotes.
The report on ESH & QA activities applies to Japanese and overseas Group companies that are implementing the same activities. Use the link below to access activity reports and a list of implementing business sites.

Inquiries

Please contact us via the website or telephone if you have an inquiry in relation to our sustainability initiatives.
To submit an inquiry through the website, please use the following form:

Guidelines consulted

We reference the following guidelines and framework when disclosing information related to sustainability.

  • GRI Sustainability Reporting Standards (GRI Standards)
  • Ministry of the Environment "Environmental Reporting Guidelines (2018)"
  • SASB (Sustainability Accounting Standards Board) Standards
  • International Organization for Standardization "ISO 26000"

Publication

Published October 2023 in Japanese
Next scheduled publication: October 2024
Previous publication: October 2022