The SHI Group has been engaged in environmental activities under the SHI Group Environmental Policy, and has been working to obtain certification at each of its factories in Japan since 1998.
In 2018, we obtained unified certification as the SHI Group to unify environmental management operation rules and improve the efficiency of maintaining certification, and currently we have 43 sites that have received unified certification.All our affiliated companies in Japan that are not included in the unified certification have also acquired certification on an individual basis, and we are making every effort to ensure appropriate environmental management.
Similarly, our major overseas manufacturing factories began acquiring certification in 1998, and as of 2021, 21 sites had acquired certification.
Ratio of certified companies in the entire SHI Group (based on sales): 79.4%
Recognizing environmental activities as part of our business agenda, we will continue to promote group-wide activities in the future.

To enhance the reliability of its environmental impact data, the SHI Group has obtained a third-party assurance from Bureau Veritas. In fiscal 2022, we expanded the Scope 1 and 2 data covered to include overseas data and added Scope 3.

Data covered: The following environmental data for the period from January 1, 2022, to December 31, 2022:
• Energy used by the Group due to business activities at its 31 sites in Japan and 42 overseas sites
• Scope 1 and Scope 2 greenhouse gas emissions (CO2 emissions from energy use)
• Scope 3 greenhouse gas emissions (Category 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 11)^*