Sustainability Committee
In December 2021, we established the Sustainability Committee as an organization for overseeing our actions going forward in order to achieve the Unitika Group’s priority issues and the corresponding indexes (KPIs) and target values.
The committee chairman is the Representative Director and President, Chief Executive Officer. The top management of each department, such as officers in charge of each segment, also participate in the discussions as committee members, so that we can move forward with our initiatives at a companywide level.
The details of the discussions at the Sustainability Committee are reported to and approved by the Board of Directors. The committee members oversee all activities, and also take the lead in driving forward initiatives as KPIs managers.
Goal
To achieve the Unitika Group’s priority issues (materiality) and corresponding targets, indexes (KPIs), and target values
Members (8)
President (Committee Chairman), Director (in charge of the Personnel & General Affairs Department and Sustainability Promotion Office), Director (in charge of the Polymers Segment), Director (in charge of the Legal & Compliance Department, Corporate Planning Department, and Procurement & Logistics Department), Executive Officer (in charge of the Performance Materials Segment), General Manager of Technology Management Division, General Manager of Global Business Promotion Division, President of Unitika Trading (in charge of the Fibers & Textiles Segment)
Frequency of meetings
Once a year or more
Contents of discussions
- Adequately assessing the Unitika Group’s priority issues and corresponding indexes (KPIs) and target values
- Managing the progress of KPIs, and drafting measures for promoting KPIs
- Reviewing sustainability-related matters such as the Sustainability Policy
Results of Sustainability Activities
In December 2020, we launched the Sustainable Business Promotion Project and formulated priority issues (materiality) and KPIs in order to fulfill the Group mission set out in the long-term vision of contributing to the SDGs with approaches to the "three types of living." In December 2021, we set up the Sustainability Committee as an organization for overseeing our actions going forward. The Sustainable Business Promotion Project ended with the establishment of the Sustainability Committee, and the matters reviewed by the project were transferred to the Sustainability Committee.
The Sustainability Committee met three times in FY 2022.
At the second Sustainability Committee held in April 2022, we confirmed specific measures aimed at achieving the target values proposed by the KPI managers, and formulated the Sustainability Policy. At the third Sustainability Committee held in July 2022, we confirmed the FY 2021 actual results with regards to the KPIs. We also reviewed some KPIs and target values. At the fourth Sustainability Committee held in January 2023, we added new KPIs and decided to participate in the GX League* as it begins full-scale operation. We also discussed the Sustainability Roadmap.
The fifth Sustainability Committee was held in May 2023. We evaluated KPI progress, and began a review of additional measures for items which were behind schedule.
* The GX (Green Transformation) League is a forum for reforming and innovating economic and social systems.
It consists of a group of corporations that are working for goals such as carbon neutrality,
and are aiming to realize sustainable growth, working in cooperation with government agencies and universities.
It was established based on the GX League Basic Concept, which was announced by the Ministry of Economy,
Trade and Industry (METI) in February 2022.
