Biodiversity
Group Policy and Basic Approach
Biodiversity conservation is recognized as a key issue for social sustainability. In our corporate operations such as raw material procurement, research and development, production, and the provision of products and services, we seek to properly assess the impact on natural resources and to promote initiatives that protect the ecological environment, fostering a space where diverse organisms can continue to thrive sustainably. In addition our Materiality, which encompasses enhancing the economy, resource recycling, and decarbonization as part of our climate change mitigation measures, we will also implement appropriate chemical-substance management.
Basic approach to biodiversity
1. Biodiversity is essential to the global environment and to quality of life; we are committed to its conservation.
2.We will pursue coexistence with biodiversity throughout the entire supply chain, not only in operations that have a direct and obvious impact.
3.We will understand the regional and temporal characteristics of biodiversity and apply appropriate, site-specific management measures.
Structure & System
The Kansai Paint Group has established the Sustainability Promotion Committee under the Corporate Governance Committee to oversee the improvement of corporate value from a non-financial perspective and make prompt decisions. The Strategy Department, a standing organization, revises plans and collaborates with each department to implement specific measures. This ensures both innovation and feasibility, working together to enhance long-term corporate value.
Initiatives
- Our relationship to the environment across the supply chain
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It is vital to accurately grasp the relationship (dependencies, impacts) between our business activities and the environment across the supply chain. These relationships go beyond the sites operated by Group companies. They also involve the locations of primary and secondary raw materials suppliers (upstream). GHG emissions and risks of chemical release, in particular, can affect areas in which customer production plants are located as well.
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We’re assessing dependencies and impacts from multiple approaches, including GHG emissions, use of water resources, biodiversity, and control of chemical substances. Our KPI2030 targets include KPIs that can be used to assess the causes and effects associated with GHG emissions and the scale of our relationship to water resources. We will add and revise KPIs as necessary as we proceed with assessments.
