In March 2022, we, the Sanyo Chemical Group announced our long-term management policy, WakuWaku Explosion 2030, which envisions a future where the Company achieves growth by contributing to social sustainability. This will see us commit to making "Sanyo contributions" in three areas: the Environment, People and Quality of Life and Diversity.
”WakuWaku” is a Japanese word that means positive, bright, up-lifting feeling inspired by inner motivations and/or own wills.
Sanyo Contributions
Supporting the Environment
We aim to contribute to carbon neutrality by utilizing our “Surfactant-based interface control technology” and providing products that only a chemical company can offer. In addition to focusing on expanding sales of competitive Environmental Performance Chemicals and developing new businesses, we have also managed to reduce the CO2 emissions from our own facilities by roughly half in FY2024 compared to FY2013. In the future, we plan to consolidate and streamline facilities across our Group and transition to the latest equipment, which will enable us to further reduce energy consumption and CO2 emissions in the medium to long term.
Supporting People and Quality of Life
It is said that we live in a time when many will live to be 100. While that may be true, it is a problem that healthy life expectancy is often many years short of this. We develop new products that are mainly for medical and pharmaceutical applications, in addition to agricultural materials. One such product, our newly developed functional protein Silk-Elastin, is slated to soon begin being supplied to medical facilities. As it shows excellent promise for wound treatment, we expect it will help extend healthy life expectancy.
Supporting Diversity
To support our two businesses that contribute to improving the environment and quality of life, we believe we need the power that diversity generates. We understand that the power generated by a diverse group of people, regardless of gender, nationality, age, or disability, is essential for the future growth of the Sanyo Chemical Group.
Actions to Take Now for Sustainable Growth
Safe and secure factories
We are currently planning to consolidate and replace production equipment across our Group with the latest equipment. Our aim is to improve production efficiency and create factories where everyone can work safely and securely. In addition, since operations-related efforts are also essential to ensure safe factories, we have been inviting professors specializing in safety from Okayama University since FY2023 to provide training to production department employees. At the same time, the Safety Education Center is engaged in training plant leaders.
Digital transformation
Ahead of our equipment consolidation, we are also engaging in digital transformation (DX). We are now reviewing all internal business processes and introducing digital transformation (DX) as part of the strategy described in our New Medium-Term Management Plan 2025, and it is encouraging to see the younger generation already using AI in a variety of areas of their works.
To Our Stakeholders
We currently provide a variety of opportunities for communication with stakeholders, including dialogue with institutional investors, surveys of individual shareholders, research laboratory tours, and interviews with local residents. Currently, these matters are reported to the Board of Directors or the Management Council as they arise, but in addition to these ad hoc reports, we plan to provide summaries to the Board of Directors on an annual basis and disclose them to our stakeholders.
By achieving sustainable growth, we will return profits and products to our employees, shareholders, and other stakeholders, and put our Company Mission, "Establish a better society through our corporate activities," into practice.
We appreciate your understanding and cooperation in these efforts, and would be grateful if you could share your feedback you may have with us.
September, 2025
Representative Director, President, and CEO
