OSAKA SODA Group identifies material issues, sets important elements for the four materiality, and then implements concrete measures to implement the Group Mission Statement and Basic Policy on Sustainability.

Providing social value through business

Making social contributions through business activities

In order to contribute to the realization of a sustainable global environment through our corporate activities, we aim to achieve sustainable growth of our group by strengthening existing businesses and establishing a competitive advantage through new product development.

Providing new value demanded by society

We have designated four areas of development where future growth is expected: environment and energy, mobility, information and communications, and health and healthcare, and aim to solve social issues and create new growth opportunities through the development of new global niche-top products.

Strengthening business foundations

Continuously strengthening business foundations

We will strengthen business foundations to provide value to society through creative technologies and innovative products.

Initiative

Measure (KPI)

Strengthening efforts for stable production
  • Reviewing work standards
  • Reflecting on past issues and confirming countermeasure continuity/ effectiveness
  • Operator training using skill maps

Improving product quality
  • Conducting regular training to raise awareness levels for quality assurance
  • Rigorously enforcing change management
  • Surveying suppliers on their CSR, quality management, and other initiatives

Reinforcing technological development capabilities and passing on fundamental technologies
  • Conducting regular technical meetings
  • Taking cost reduction measures
  • Curbing non-conforming products

Strengthening production facility management system
  • Strengthening autonomous maintenance management system
  • Reinforcing scheduled maintenance management system
  • Introducing, operating, entrenching a facilities management system

Promoting DX
  • Promoting visualization and standardizationStandardizing
  • operations, updating ERP, updating infrastructure and networks
  • Improving productivity/R&D speed
  • Increasing operational efficiency through automation/AI

Developing Human Resources

Creating an employee-friendly workspace and development human resources

We will develop a work environment that incorporates the values of a diverse workforce and creates job satisfaction for each and every employee.

Initiative

Measure (KPI)

Reforming corporate culture and organizational culture
  • Instilling the management philosophy system
  • Promoting and executing business reforms

Expanding educational opportunities
  • Clarifying skills by grade
  • Reviewing education and training programs

Promoting women's active engagement

 

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  • Reviewing recruitment activities(ratio of female new graduates hired: 20% or more)　
  • Reviewing personnel and education systems(Increasing the ratio of female managers, including section chiefs by 1.5x by fiscal 2025 [vs. fiscal 2021])

Promoting work-life balance
  • Encouraging use of annual paid leave (target: 70% or more)
  • Encouraging male employees to use the childcare leave system

Strengthening CSR activities

Occupational safety and health / Disaster prevention

We will promote manufacturing that takes into consideration the environment and safety, recognizing the stability of operations and the safety and health of employees as management issues.

Initiative

Measure (KPI)

Eliminating lost worktime injuries by

promoting health and safety activities
  • Organizing, understanding, and upholding work procedures
  • Promoting 5S activities
  • Utilizing information from past issues and incidents
  • Instilling the Safety Guidelines (zero lost worktime accidents)　
  • Implanting safety skill acquisition systems

Promoting mental health care and activities for better physical health

 

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  •  Interviews at high-stress workplaces and activities to improve the workplace environment
  • Mental health training (absences from work due to mental health issues: less than 0.6%)　
  • Recommending reexamination for those who require detailed testing or re-testing　
  • Promoting specific health guidance (checkup findings, re-testing/detailed testing rate: 70% or more)(checkup findings: less than 30%)

Curbing serious accidents
  • Mitigating risks through hazard source identification activities, including KY*, RA, SA, HAZOP
  • Improving security management level　
  • Promoting facility management (zero serious accidents)

Preparing for major natural disasters
  • Upkeep of disaster prevention equipment, goods, and materials　
  • Conducting disaster drills in anticipation of large-scale earthquakes, etc.
  • Reviewing BCP
  • Planned renewals of aging facilities

Chemicals management / Safety and quality

We promote chemical substance management that takes health, safety, and the environment into consideration throughout the entire supply chain of chemical products.

Initiative

Measure (KPI)

Complying with domestic and international chemical regulations
  • Appropriately complying with Japanese chemical laws and regulations such as the Chemical Substances Evaluation Law, the Chemical Substances Management Law, and the Fluorocarbons Recovery and Destruction Law
  • Appropriately complying with EU-REACH and other chemical laws and regulations outside Japan
  • Disseminating information on revisions to chemical laws and regulations　
  • Conducting compliance training

Providing product safety information
  • Preparing and providing product Safety Data Sheets (SDSs) on our corporate website　
  • Providing information on chemical substance content through JAMP chemSHERPA　
  • Supporting customer research requests

Addressing climate change issues

We aim to contribute to the realization of a sustainable society through the promotion of environmental management.

Initiative

Measure (KPI)

Reducing greenhouse gas emissions

 

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  • Introducing high-efficiency equipment
  • Promoting energy conservation activities　
  • Streamlining production processes
  • Promoting the use of green energy (reduce GHG emissions: by 30% in fiscal 2030 [vs. fiscal 2013])

Environmental preservation

We will contribute to the realization of a sustainable global environment by harmonizing business, the environment, and society through environmental conservation activities.

Initiative

Measure (KPI)

Reducing industrial waste landfill rate
  • Increasing recycling rate of ash dust
  • Reducing volume and recycling of brine mud　
  • Promote in-house reuse (final landfill rate: less than 1% in fiscal 2030)