ESG data

  1. Scope of this report: MEC COMPANY LTD.
  2. Fiscal 2017 is nine months from April 1, 2017 to December 31, 2017, due to a change in the accounting period.

Environment

Environmental accounting

Table Environmental conservation cost

Index Unit FY2017 FY2018 FY2019 FY2020 FY2021 FY2022 FY2023
Cost within business areas_Cost of preventing pollution Million yen 14.74 19.27 25.99 32.39 973.24 40.08 37.02
Cost within business areas_Cost of protecting the global environment Million yen 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Cost within business areas_Resource recycling cost Million yen 18.78 20.86 42.39 39.73 32.74 54.16 46.78
Upstream and downstream costs Million yen 5.71 5.93 5.81 6.28 7.00 7.33 6.53
Management activity cost Million yen 5.51 8.68 7.37 8.17 8.29 6.62 7.85
Research and development cost Million yen 27.35 81.64 67.79 506.06 745.45 64.71 70.43
Cost of social activities Million yen 1.66 1.15 2.14 0.84 1.75 3.67 4.97
Cost of responding to environmental damage Million yen 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Environmental data

INPUT

Index Unit FY2017 FY2018 FY2019 FY2020 FY2021 FY2022 FY2023
Input energy_Electricity kWh 1,923,476 3,001,283 3,003,250 3,297,765 3,615,719 3,665,060 3,681,421
Input energy_City gas km3 6,514 9,872 4,933 4,836 4,926 1,182 1,192
Input energy_Light oil (snowplow) kl 0.085 0.305 0.120 0.150 0.340 1.300 0.300
Input energy_Kerosene (heating of manufacturing sites) kl 0.00 0.17 4.86 6.53 14.86 18.03 11.28
Input energy_Gasoline (company owned car) kl 16.60 18.60 17.58 8.35 4.95 6.92 10.41
The volume of PRTR target t 177.4 420.5 322.3 277.1 323.7 238.1 483.2
Water usage m3 25,316 38,424 38,920 38,212 41,194 40,382 33,804
Electricity consumption per production unit kWh/t 158 172 195 186 160 173 233
Water usage per production unit m3/t 2.08 2.21 2.53 2.15 1.83 1.90 2.14

Production

Index Unit FY2017 FY2018 FY2019 FY2020 FY2021 FY2022 FY2023
Production volume t 12,157 17,407 15,413 17,762 22,559 21,232 15,810

OUTPUT

Index Unit FY2017 FY2018 FY2019 FY2020 FY2021 FY2022 FY2023
Greenhouse Gas*1_CO2 emissions_Scope1 t-CO2 52.6 63.9 63.7 46.3 59.9 66.8 55.5
Greenhouse Gas*1_CO2 emissions_Scope2*2 t-CO2 970.5 1,313.7 1,106.9 1,167.2 1,340.4 1,259.7 1,620.5
Greenhouse Gas*1_CO2 emissions_Scope3 t-CO2 - - - - - 331.4 291.8
　Category 5 t-CO2 - - - - - 175.9 136.0
　Category 6 t-CO2 - - - - - 39.0 39.1
　Category 7 t-CO2 - - - - - 116.5 116.7
Greenhouse Gas*1_CO2 emissions_Scope1+2+3*2 t-CO2 1,023 1,378 1,171 1,214 1,400 1,658 1,968
Water pollutants_COD t 0.52 0.79 0.81 0.81 1.45 1.04 0.77
PRTR discharge (Fiscal Year Summary) t 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Drainage_Total drainage m3 15,152 26,176 26,078 24,737 23,712 22,267 20,373
Industrial waste_Amount of Industrial waste t 204.7 353.5 344.3 365.6 336.4 545.5 423.1
Industrial waste_Amount of recycle*3 t - 160.3 140.6 160.5 137.7 252.4 202.4
Industrial waste_Recycling rate*3 % - 45.35 40.82 43.89 40.93 46.27 47.83
Industrial waste_Recycling rate t - 55.0 52.0 58.3 55.7 94.6 64.3
Industrial waste_Final disposal amount % - 15.55 15.09 15.93 16.55 17.35 15.19
General waste_Amount of General waste t 17.99 21.41 21.25 19.57 22.24 21.40 21.43
Valuable goods_Amount of Valuable goods t 44.72 33.50 2.96 71.99 83.61 70.61 49.35
Amount of CO2 emissions per production unit*2 t-CO2/t 0.084 0.079 0.076 0.068 0.062 0.078 0.124
Amount of drainage per production unit m3/t 1.25 1.50 1.69 1.39 1.05 1.05 1.29
  1. When calculating CO2 emissions from electric power, the adjusted emission factors for each electric power supplier (for calculating the greenhouse gas emissions of specified emitters) for the fiscal year is applied.
  2. Due to a change in the company's Scope 2 coefficient in FY2023, the figures for FY2017 to FY2022 have been revised retrospectively.
  3. Due to a change in the company's definition of recycling in FY2023, the figures for FY2018 to FY2022 have been revised retrospectively.

Contribution to reducing environmental impact

Index Unit FY2017 FY2018 FY2019 FY2020 FY2021 FY2022 FY2023
Solar power generation_Electric-generating capacity (selling electricity) kWh 156,262 195,179 188,781 191,366 187,857 193,117 189,060

Obtained ISO certification (initial certification)

ISO9001:2015 ISO14001:2015
MEC COMPANY LTD.*1 July 1996 September 2000
MEC TAIWAN COMPANY LTD. March 2000 February 2010
MEC FINE CHEMICAL (ZHUHAI) LTD. June 2006 July 2006
MEC CHINA SPECIALTY PRODUCTS (SUZHOU) COMPANY LTD. July 2003 August 2006
MEC EUROPE NV. November 1996 May 2008
MEC SPECIALTY CHEMICAL (THAILAND) CO., LTD. November 2020 November 2020
  1. Amagasaki Headquarters, Higashi-hatsushima Headquarters, Nagaoka Factory and Tokyo Sales Office.

Social, Governance

Human capital

Promotion of diversity

Index Unit FY2017 FY2018 FY2019 FY2020 FY2021 FY2022 FY2023
Employee/fixed-term employees*1 Male Persons 145 160 163 159 165 176 186
Female Persons 58 64 67 68 71 76 77
Number of part-timers (Average of the year) Male Persons 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Female Persons 2 1 1 1 1 1 0
Total Male Persons 145 160 163 159 165 176 186
Female Persons 60 65 68 69 72 77 77
Total Persons 205 225 231 228 237 253 263
Average age Male Years old 41.4 41.1 41.8 42.0 42.3 42.3 42.5
Female Years old 42.7 42.8 42.8 42.5 42.7 43.2 43.5
Average years of service Male Years 12.5 11.9 12.5 12.7 12.6 12.5 12.6
Female Years 13.2 12.4 12.7 12.8 13.1 13.2 13.6
Ratio of full-time to part-time for female employees % 28.5 28.5 29.1 30.0 30.1 30.2 29.3
Ratio of employees by age group 20's % - 17.7 15.4 13.2 13.0 12.9 10.8
30's % - 27.4 28.5 32.1 33.5 32.4 33.8
40's % - 30.4 31.3 29.2 27.6 29.0 27.7
50's % - 20.7 18.7 18.5 18.1 17.6 19.4
Over 60's % - 3.8 6.1 7.0 7.9 8.1 8.3
Average annual salary*2 Gender average Thousand yen - 7,037 6,990 7,227 7,610 7,793 7,453
Male Thousand yen - 7,238 7,209 7,372 7,682 8,086 7,611
Female Thousand yen - 6,361 6,431 6,168 7,070 7,108 6,625
Gender wage gap*3（Female/Male） % - 87.9 89.2 83.7 92.0 87.9 87.0
Foreigner ratio % 1.4 2.1 2.4 2.0 2.0 1.5 2.2
Challenged employees Mandatory number of jobs for challenged people Persons 4 5 5 5 5 6 6
Number of challenged employees Persons 4 4 6 6 5 5 6
Employment rate % 1.8 2.2 2.2 2.2 2.1 2.0 2.9
Number of newly hired employees Male Persons 9 16 10 5 15 18 13
Of which,
mid-career employees		 Persons (3) (13) (7) (3) (13) (17) (12)
Female Persons 1 9 6 6 6 6 6
Of which,
mid-career employees		 Persons (1) (9) (5) (5) (5) (5) (5)
Total Persons 10 25 16 11 21 24 19
Of which, switching to
direct employment		 Persons (0) (8) (2) (1) (0) (4) (1)
Gender ratio of new hires － 74:26 65:35 60:40 45:55 71:29 75:25 68:32
  1. Operating officers and loaned staff not included
  2. Includes bonuses and non-standard wages
  3. Includes operating officers

Leadership

Index Unit FY2017 FY2018 FY2019 FY2020 FY2021 FY2022 FY2023
Managerial staff*1 Male Persons - 37 36 39 37 38 35
Female Persons - 9 9 10 9 13 15
Male to female ratio managerial staff － - 87:13 80:20 80:20 79:21 75:25 70:30
Ratio of managerial staff to all employees % - 20.9 19.9 22.4 20.3 20.2 19.0
Ratio of managerial staff to male employees % - 25.6 22.7 25.8 23.0 21.6 18.8
Ratio of managerial staff to female employees % - 9.2 13.2 14.5 13.9 16.9 19.5
Ratio of managerial staff by age group*2 30's % - 6.6 4.7 9.7 11.5 12.1 7.8
40's % - 30.4 26.0 24.6 20.6 25.0 26.0
50's % - 52.4 59.0 57.5 50.0 44.2 40.8
Over 60's % - 0.0 6.7 31.3 26.3 19.1 18.2
  1. Includes operating officers and senior councilor
  2. Ratio of managerial staff of the target age group

Engagement

Index Unit FY2017 FY2018 FY2019 FY2020 FY2021 FY2022 FY2023
Rate of retention within 3years(new graduates・mid-career recruitment) % - 90.9 100.0 84.2 73.1 73.3 90.9
Rate of retention within 3years（new graduates） % - 100.0 100.0 100.0 66.7 75.0 100.0
Number of employees turn over_Male Persons - 6 3 11 6 4 8
　　Employee turnover rate_Male % - 3.7 1.8 6.9 3.6 2.2 4.0
Number of employees turn over_Female Persons - 5 4 4 3 3 4
　　Employee turnover rate_Female % - 7.6 5.8 5.7 4.1 3.9 5.2
Turnover rate by hierarchy Managerial staff % - 6.4 0.0 2.0 6.3 3.9 2.0
staff % - 4.2 3.5 7.3 2.9 2.3 4.8
Turnover rate by age group 20's % - 2.4 2.6 12.5 3.0 0.0 0.0
30's % - 9.2 4.3 3.8 3.5 3.4 4.3
40's % - 1.4 2.6 1.4 0.0 2.5 1.3
50's % - 2.0 2.2 2.2 4.3 0.0 3.7

Work-life balance

Index Unit FY2017 FY2018 FY2019 FY2020 FY2021 FY2022 FY2023
Number of paid holidays Days 7 11.1 12.5 10.7 10.5 11.4 13.0
Acquisition of paid holidays Gender average % 42.0 64.8 73.7 61.6 59.6 65.7 74.8
Male % 38.3 59.8 69.6 59.6 57.3 62.3 71.6
Female % 50.8 76.9 84.0 66.6 64.8 73.3 82.6
Average monthly overtime hours Total Hours - 16:38 17:14 18:49 18:51 16:19 14:45
Male Hours - 18:52 20:02 21:48 21:28 18:27 16:45
Female Hours - 11:24 10:41 12:16 13:08 11:33 10:13
Managerial staff Hours - 16:28 16:54 17:47 15:55 16:04 14:50
staff Hours - 16:42 17:21 19:18 20:15 16:26 14:43
Employees who have taken maternity /
paternity leave *1		 Persons 2 2 1 2 2 5 1
Employees who have taken baby-care leave*1 Persons 2 1 2 5 4 11 4
　Number of male employees out of who have taken child-rearing leave Persons 0 0 0 3 2 6 4
Percentage of female employees who take child-rearing leave % 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 0.0
　Rate of return to work after child-rearing leave % 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Percentage of male employees who take child-rearing leave % 12.5 0.0 0.0 30.0 25.0 66.7 44.4
Avarage number of days of male employees who have taken child-rearing leave Days 14 0 0 75 41 32 47
Employees who have taken child-rearing leave Persons 18 22 27 24 25 37 45
Employees who have taken leave for nursing sick children*2 Persons 0 2 2 0 0 0 0
Employees who have taken long-term family-care leave Persons 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
Employees who have used the reduced working hour system for family care Persons 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  1. Employees who have taken leave across fiscal years are counted in the numbers of the years when their leaves started.
  2. In addition to this leave, employees can take child-rearing leave (paid special leave: 5 days a year).

Industrial accidents

Index Unit FY2017 FY2018 FY2019 FY2020 FY2021 FY2022 FY2023
Industrial accidents involving lost time injuries Cases 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Industrial accidents involving not lost time injuries Cases - 2 6 5 4 4 0

Social capital

Coexistence with the local community

Index Unit FY2017 FY2018 FY2019 FY2020 FY2021 FY2022 FY2023
Expenditure on social contribution activities Yen 480,000 1,010,000 2,710,000 3,120,000 1,120,000 2,563,000 1,680,000

Governance

Composition of the Board of Directors

Index Unit FY2017 FY2018 FY2019 FY2020 FY2021 FY2022 FY2023
Number of directors Persons 7 7 7 7 7 7 7
　　Directors Male Persons 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Female Persons 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Total Persons 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
　　Outside Directors Male Persons 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
Female Persons 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Total Persons 4 4 4 4 4 4 4

Composition of the Audit and Supervisory Committee

Index Unit FY2017 FY2018 FY2019 FY2020 FY2021 FY2022 FY2023
Number of Audit and Supervisory Committee Member Persons 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
　　Directors Male Persons 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Female Persons 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
　　Outside Directors Male Persons 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Female Persons 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

Number of meetings of the Board of Directors and Audit and Supervisory Committee

Index Unit FY2017 FY2018 FY2019 FY2020 FY2021 FY2022 FY2023
Meetings of the Board of Directors Times 14 17 17 17 17 17 17
Attendance rate % 96.9 100 98.9 91.7 100 100 100
Meetings of the Audit and Supervisory Committee Times 13 17 19 17 17 22 17
Meetings of the Outside Directors*1 Times 2 7
  1. Outside directors meetings have been held since October 2022 for the purpose of communication and information sharing among outside directors.

Number of meetings of other committees

Index Unit FY2017 FY2018 FY2019 FY2020 FY2021 FY2022 FY2023
Internal Control Committee Times 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Risk Management Committee Times 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Compliance Committee Times 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
ESG Committee Times 3 3 4 4 5 4 4

Number of operating officers

Index Unit FY2017 FY2018 FY2019 FY2020 FY2021 FY2022 FY2023
Number of operating officers Total Persons 5 7 6 6 6 5 8
Male Persons 3 4 3 3 3 2 5
Female Persons 2 3 3 3 3 3 3

Term of office

Index Unit  
Term of office for directors Years 1
Term of office for Audit and Supervisory Committee members Years 2

Direct dialogues with shareholders and investors

Index Unit FY2017 FY2018 FY2019 FY2020 FY2021 FY2022 FY2023
General meeting of shareholders*1 Times 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Financial results briefing session*2 Times 4 4 4 3 4 4 4
Small meetings*3 Times 139 158 160 198 212 230 240
  1. No extraordinary general meeting of shareholders was held. Only an ordinary general meeting of shareholders.
  2. In 2020, the Q1 briefing session (May) was cancelled due to COVID-19.
  3. Excludes those for individuals
  2. Sustainability
  3. ESG data