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
Cost within business areas_Cost of preventing pollution Million yen 14.74 19.27 25.99 32.39 973.24
Cost within business areas_Cost of protecting the global environment Million yen 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
Upstream and downstream costs Million yen 5.71 5.93 5.81 6.28 7.00
Management activity cost Million yen 5.51 8.68 7.37 8.17 8.29
Research and development cost Million yen 27.35 81.64 67.79 506.06 745.45
Cost of social activities Million yen 1.66 1.15 2.14 0.84 1.75
Cost of responding to environmental damage Million yen 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Environmental data

INPUT
Index Unit FY2017 FY2018 FY2019 FY2020 FY2021
Input energy_Electricity kWh 1,923,476 3,001,283 3,003,250 3,297,765 3,615,719
Input energy_City gas km3 6,514 9,872 4,933 4,836 4,926
Input energy_Light oil (snowplow) kl 0.085 0.305 0.120 0.150 0.340
Input energy_Kerosene (heating of manufacturing sites) kl 0.00 0.17 4.86 6.53 14.86
Input energy_Gasoline (company owned car) kl 16,598 18,597 17,577 8,350 4,954
The volume of PRTR target t 177.4 420.5 322.3 277.1 323.7
Water usage m3 25,316 38,424 38,920 38,212 41,194
Electricity consumption per production unit kWh/t 158 172 195 186 160
Water usage per production unit m3/t 2.08 2.21 2.53 2.15 1.83
Production
Index Unit FY2017 FY2018 FY2019 FY2020 FY2021
Production volume t 12,157 17,407 15,413 17,762 22,559
OUTPUT
Index Unit FY2017 FY2018 FY2019 FY2020 FY2021
Greenhouse Gas*_CO2 emissions_Scope1 t-CO2 52.6 63.9 63.7 46.3 59.9
Greenhouse Gas*_CO2 emissions_Scope2 t-CO2 970.5 1,313.7 1,106.9 1,166.6 1,285.2
Greenhouse Gas*_CO2 emissions_Scope3 t-CO2 - - - - -
Greenhouse Gas*_CO2 emissions_Scope1+2+3 t-CO2 1,023 1,378 1,171 1,213 1,345
Water pollutants_COD t 0.52 0.79 0.81 0.81 1.45
PRTR discharge (Fiscal Year Summary) t 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Drainage_Total drainage m3 15,152 26,176 26,078 24,737 24,969
Industrial waste_Amount of Industrial waste t 204.7 353.5 344.3 365.6 336.4
Industrial waste_Amount of recycle t - 298.6 292.4 307.4 280.8
Industrial waste_Recycling rate % - 84.4 84.9 84.1 83.5
Industrial waste_Recycling rate t - 55.0 52.0 58.3 55.7
Industrial waste_Final disposal amount % - 15.55 15.09 15.93 16.55
General waste_Amount of General waste t 17.99 21.41 21.25 19.57 22.24
Valuable goods_Amount of Valuable goods t 44.72 33.50 2.96 71.99 83.61
Amount of CO2 emissions per production unit t-CO2/t 0.084 0.079 0.076 0.068 0.060
Amount of drainage per production unit m3/t 1.25 1.50 1.69 1.39 1.11
  • 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.

Contribution to reducing environmental impact

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

Obtained ISO certification (initial certification)

ISO9001:2015 ISO14001:2015
MEC COMPANY LTD.* 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
  • Amagasaki Headquarters, Higashi-hatsushima R&D Center, Nagaoka Factory and Tokyo Sales Office.

Social, Governance

Human capital

Creating a rewarding workplace
Index Unit FY2017 FY2018 FY2019 FY2020 FY2021
Number of paid holidays Days 7 11 12 11 11
Acquisition of paid holidays % 42.0 64.8 73.7 61.6 59.6
Average monthly overtime hours Hours About 19 About 16 About 17 About 19 About 19
Promotion of diversity
Index Unit FY2017 FY2018 FY2019 FY2020 FY2021
Employee/fixed-term employees_Male*1 Persons 145 160 163 159 165
Employee/fixed-term employees_Female*1 Persons 58 64 67 68 71
Number of part-timers_Male (Average of the year) Persons 0 0 0 0 0
Number of part-timers_Female (Average of the year) Persons 2 1 1 1 1
Total_Male Persons 145 160 163 159 165
Total_Female Persons 60 65 68 69 72
Total Persons 205 225 231 228 237
Average age_Male Years old 41.4 41.1 41.8 42.0 42.3
Average age_Female Years old 42.7 42.8 42.8 42.5 42.7
Average years of service_Male Years 12.5 11.9 12.5 12.7 12.6
Average years of service_Female Years 13.2 12.4 12.7 12.8 13.1
Ratio of full-time to part-time for female employees % 28.5 28.5 29.1 30.0 30.1
Average annual salary*2 Thousand yen 6,972 7,037 6,990 7,227 7,610
Managerial staff_Male*3 Persons 33 37 36 39 37
Managerial staff_Female*3 Persons 8 9 9 10 9
Number of newly hired employees_Male Persons 9 16 10 5 15
　Of which, mid-career employees Persons (3) (13) (7) (3) (13)
Number of newly hired employees_Female Persons 1 9 6 6 6
　Of which, mid-career employees Persons (1) (9) (5) (5) (5)
Number of newly hired employees_Total Persons 10 25 16 11 21
　Of which, switching to direct employment Persons (0) (8) (2) (1) (0)
Mandatory number of jobs for challenged people Persons 4 5 5 5 5
Number of challenged employees Persons 4 4 6 6 5
Number of employees turn over_Male Persons 1 6 2 9 5
Employee turnover rate_Male % 0.6 3.7 1.2 5.6 3.0
Number of employees turn over_Female Persons 1 5 4 4 3
Employee turnover rate_Female % 1.6 7.6 5.8 5.7 4.1
  1. Operating officers and loaned staff not included
  2. Includes bonuses and non-standard wages
  3. Includes operating officers
Work-life balance
Index Unit FY2017 FY2018 FY2019 FY2020 FY2021
Employees who have taken maternity / paternity leave *1 Persons 2 2 1 2 2
Employees who have taken baby-care leave *1 Persons 2 1 2 2 4
Employees who have taken child-rearing leave Persons 18 22 27 24 25
Employees who have taken leave for nursing sick children *2 Persons 0 2 2 0 0
Employees who have taken long-term family-care leave Persons 0 0 2 0 0
Employees who have used the reduced working hour system for family care Persons 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
Industrial accidents involving lost time injuries Cases 0 0 0 0 0

Social capital

Coexistence with the local community
Index Unit FY2017 FY2018 FY2019 FY2020 FY2021
Expenditure on social contribution activities Yen 480,000 1,010,000 2,710,000 3,120,000 1,120,000

Governance

Composition of the Board of Directors
Index Unit FY2017 FY2018 FY2019 FY2020 FY2021
Directors_Male Persons 2 2 2 2 2
Directors_Female Persons 1 1 1 1 1
Outside Directors_Male Persons 3 3 3 3 3
Outside Directors_Female Persons 1 1 1 1 1
Composition of the Audit and Supervisory Committee
Index Unit FY2017 FY2018 FY2019 FY2020 FY2021
Directors_Male Persons 0 0 0 0 0
Directors_Female Persons 0 0 0 0 0
Outside Directors_Male Persons 2 2 2 2 2
Outside Directors_Female Persons 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
Number of meetings of the Board of Directors Times 14 17 17 17 17
Number of meetings of the Audit and Supervisory Committee Times 13 17 19 17 17
Number of meetings of other committees
Index Unit FY2017 FY2018 FY2019 FY2020 FY2021
Internal Control Committee Times 2 2 2 2 2
Risk Management Committee Times 2 2 2 2 2
Compliance Committee Times 2 2 2 2 2
ESG Committee Times 3 3 4 4 5
Number of operating officers
Index Unit FY2017 FY2018 FY2019 FY2020 FY2021
Number of operating officers Persons 4 4 6 6 6
Direct dialogues with shareholders and investors
Index Unit FY2017 FY2018 FY2019 FY2020 FY2021
General meeting of shareholders*1 Times 1 1 1 1 1
Financial results briefing session*2 Times 4 4 4 3 4
Small meetings*3 Times 139 158 160 198 212
  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
Term of office
Index Unit  
Term of office for directors Years 1
Term of office for Audit and Supervisory Committee members Years 2
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