{"id":2556,"date":"2016-03-01T22:45:22","date_gmt":"2016-03-01T13:45:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8888\/?page_id=2556"},"modified":"2025-09-04T13:59:05","modified_gmt":"2025-09-04T04:59:05","slug":"governance","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.enplas.co.jp\/english\/company\/governance\/","title":{"rendered":"Sustainability at Enplas"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"content-header\">\n<h1 class=\"content-title\">Sustainability at Enplas<\/h1>\n<ul id=\"content-navi\">\n<li class=\"active\"><a href=\"..\/governance\/\">Sustainability at Enplas<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.enplas.co.jp\/english\/tcfd\/\">TCFD<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.enplas.co.jp\/english\/company\/eco\/#eco-policy\">Environmental Policy\uff08E\uff09<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.enplas.co.jp\/english\/environment\/\">Environment\uff08E\uff09<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.enplas.co.jp\/english\/rd\/\">R&amp;D\uff08S\uff09<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.enplas.co.jp\/english\/compliance\/\">Compliance\uff08S\uff09<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.enplas.co.jp\/english\/social\/\">Human Capital\uff08S\uff09<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.enplas.co.jp\/english\/supply_chain\/\">Supply Chain\uff08S\uff09<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.enplas.co.jp\/english\/corporate_governance\/\">Governance\uff08G\uff09<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"content-inner clearfix\">\n<div class=\"hrb\">\n<h2>Overview<\/h2>\n<p>Since our founding, Enplas Corporation has worked with customers around the world to contribute to develop a prosperous society by advancing the development of materials, process engineering, and evaluation technology, and by creating and mass-producing products previously thought impossible. Our Corporate Philosophy represents our business policies, spirit, and ethics of the Enplas Group, articulates our corporate mission to contribute to societal development, and lays out basic principles for corporate governance of the Enplas Group. By providing high value-added products and services that meet the needs of markets worldwide, we have become a global enterprise with operations in 14 countries and regions, with markets outside Japan accounting for 80% of consolidated sales. <br \/>Businesses today face rising stakeholder expectations on information disclosure and business continuity measures, such as environmental, social and governance (ESG) initiatives and actions on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The Enplas Group, under the president&#8217;s leadership, has formulated a long-term vision connecting our core competencies to social issues, and is communicating with employees about the Group&#8217;s ESG initiatives. We are also advancing a project to enhance the overall performance of the Enplas Group in areas ranging from human capital development to the SDGs to next-generation factories.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"arrow-03\" href=\" https:\/\/www.enplas.co.jp\/english\/company\/philosophy\/ \"> Corporate Philosophy (formulated 2023) <\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong> Our Goals (connecting social issues with our core competencies) <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"SDGs\" src=\" https:\/\/www.enplas.co.jp\/en\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/ESG_2021e.jpg \" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"hrb\">\n<h2>Medium- to long-term vision (business portfolio)<\/h2>\n<p>We are always pursuing something new and the success of our business depends on this. We\u2019re planting seeds for future business through sustained research and development carried out within the trusting relationships we have built with customers and other institutions. <br \/>As for our business portfolio, we focus on fields of business we define as essential* due to their role in supporting healthier, more secure ways of living. <br \/>We consider our Semiconductor and Life Science segments as essential businesses that are also enjoying market growth. We direct profits from our Digital Communication and Energy Saving Solution segments toward essential business fields and also shift these segments toward focusing on more essential areas. By transitioning our business portfolio in this way, we aim to achieve sustainable growth without major disruption to our business. <br \/>*Essential: Business fields that enhance quality of life (QOL) for people and the planet.<\/p>\n<h2>Defining our material issues<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Materiality assessment process<\/strong> <br \/>We have identified the issues that the Enplas Group needs to address, and established targets for each of them as well as metrics for measuring progress.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 1: Create list of relevant societal issues<\/strong> <br \/>We created a list of relevant issues that reflect megatrends related to the environment and society, technology trends, and sustainability frameworks such as the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).<\/p>\n<table width=\"100%\" class=\"table-set\" id=\"cominfo\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"background-color: #00008b;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"> Environment<\/span><\/td>\n<td>Global warming <br \/>Water scarcity <br \/> Disruption of ecosystem\/Ocean plastic pollution<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"background-color: #00008b;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"> Society<\/span><\/td>\n<td>Population explosion and societal aging <br \/>Data society\uff08technology shift\uff08Development of Generative AI\uff09\uff09 <br \/>Inequality <br \/>Trade protectionism<br \/>Urbanization<br \/>Intensifying conflicts in various regions <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"background-color: #00008b;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"> Regulatory<\/span><\/td>\n<td>Carbon tax <br \/>Stronger regulations on (gasoline-powered) automobiles <br \/>Stronger regulations protecting personal information and human rights <br \/>Increased export restrictions driven by protectionismts <br \/>Mandatory disclosure of non-financial indicators<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"background-color: #00008b;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"> Human rights<br \/>\n<\/span><\/td>\n<td> Forced labor, child labor <br \/>Human rights violations <br \/> Harassment  <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong>Step 2: Map issues and identify material issues<\/strong> <br \/>From the list of societal issues selected, we identified the most material issues following careful discussion within our Sustainability Committee and in consideration of our Corporate Philosophy, medium-term strategy, and other factors.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 3: Approve material issues<\/strong> <br \/>The Sustainability Committee reported its decisions to the Board of Directors, which then approved them.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Plans for action on material issues<\/strong> <br \/>The Enplas Group has designated &#8220;contributing to essential business fields that enhance QOL for people and the planet&#8221; as our highest-priority issue. We have committed to undertaking the following initiatives to address this issue.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"QOL\" src=\" https:\/\/www.enplas.co.jp\/en\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/QOL202506e-1.png\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"arrow-03\" href=\" https:\/\/www.enplas.co.jp\/english\/tcfd\/\">Climate Initiatives (reporting based on the TCFD recommendations)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"hrb\">\n<h2>Metrics and targets<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Metrics and targets for assessing risks and opportunities<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As indices for measuring progress toward the Group&#8217;s top-priority issue (material issue): \u201ccontributing to essential business fields that enhance QOL for people and the planet,\u201d we have set the \u201cNew product ratio,\u201d CO2 emissions\u201d \u201cresin material wastage rate,\u201d and \u201cCreating an environment for improving organizational capabilities\u201d as well as their mid-term numerical targets, and will monitor progress toward these targets on an annual basis.<\/p>\n<table width=\"100%\" class=\"table-set\" id=\"cominfo\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"background-color: #00008b;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">KPI<\/span><\/th>\n<th style=\"background-color: #00008b;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"> FY2022 results <\/span><\/th>\n<th style=\"background-color: #00008b;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"> FY2023 results <\/span><\/th>\n<th style=\"background-color: #00008b;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"> FY2024 results <\/span><\/th>\n<th style=\"background-color: #00008b;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"> Target for FY2030<\/span><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Percentage of revenue from essential business fields<\/td>\n<td>58%<\/td>\n<td>58%<\/td>\n<td>55%<\/td>\n<td>50% or more<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>CO2 emissions (Scope 1,2\uff09\uff08t-CO2\uff09 <\/td>\n<td>21,236<\/td>\n<td>18,515<\/td>\n<td>16,396<\/td>\n<td>40\uff05 reduction <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Resin material wastage rate: resin material waste \u00f7 resin material input<\/td>\n<td>3.6%<\/td>\n<td>6.0%<\/td>\n<td>3.6%<\/td>\n<td>3.0%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td> Ratio of Female Employees in Management Positions (domestic\uff09<\/td>\n<td>\u2015<\/td>\n<td>\u2015<\/td>\n<td>5.3%<\/td>\n<td>15%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<td> Ratio of non-Japanese in Management Positions at overseas locations <\/td>\n<td>66.3%<\/td>\n<td>64.1\uff05<\/td>\n<td>64.4%<\/td>\n<td>75%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<td> Ratio of Male Employees taking paternity leave (domestic)<\/td>\n<td>17%<\/td>\n<td>13\uff05<\/td>\n<td>100%<\/td>\n<td>100%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"hrb\">\n<h2>Defining and engaging stakeholders<\/h2>\n<p>The Enplas Corporate Governance Policy defines our stakeholders as shareholders, etc.; employees; customers; suppliers; and society. The Enplas Group is a dedicated manufacturer with key operations in manufacturing, processing, and sales of various products made from engineering plastics and their composites. For this reason, we are especially focused on building sustainable relationships with customers, suppliers, and employees.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Shareholder engagement<\/strong> <br \/>The General Meeting of Shareholders is our highest decision-making body. We strive to support shareholders in exercising their rights, such as by providing ample time for proxy voting. <br \/>We carry out Investor Relations activities to ensure that our shareholders understand the state of our business and our approach to management. For institutional investors, we hold an earnings announcement every quarter. <br \/>We practice fair disclosure by actively disclosing IR and other information on our website and elsewhere. Disclosure documents that we deem important, such as summarized financial statements, business reports, shareholder meeting notices, and earnings announcement materials, we also make available as an English translation on our website.<\/p>\n<p><strong> Customer engagement <\/strong> <br \/>We view customer engagement not only as meeting customers\u2019 needs but also as taking proactive steps to solve the problems they face and proposing solutions to improve the functionality of their products.<\/p>\n<p><strong> Supplier engagement <\/strong> <br \/>Suppliers of the Enplas Group consist primarily of manufacturers of engineering plastic materials and partner companies to whom we outsource injection molding of parts. Because many of these partner companies are small and medium-sized enterprises, and also for our own business continuity, it is important that we create win-win relationships with them. This is why, for example, we include next-month cash payment as part of our payment terms.<\/p>\n<p><strong> Employee engagement<\/strong> <br \/>In 1964, the company president began holding monthly birthday parties to connect with individual employees and express appreciation for them in their birthday month. Anniversary parties, held every year with company-wide participation, including company presidents and officers, at locations ranging from Singapore (where we set up operations in 1975) to the US and UK, to Southeast Asia and China, help unite the Group on a global level.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"hrb\">\n<h2>Identifying risks and opportunities<\/h2>\n<p>The Enplas Group is a manufacturer of high-precision, high-performance parts. This makes our business sensitive to changes in product markets, and poses a challenge to setting fixed medium- to long-term business plans. We believe that anticipating changes in the product market and responding to these changes in a timely manner is of primary importance, and for this reason we do not disclose medium-term business plans. For this reason, we do not disclose medium-term business plans. For more information about our climate-related risks and opportunities, please see the <span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\" https:\/\/www.enplas.co.jp\/english\/tcfd\/\">&#8220;Climate Initiatives (reporting based on the TCFD recommendations)&#8221;<\/a><\/span> page. As ocean plastic waste draws increasing attention, we are working to reduce our own levels of engineering plastic waste and exploring ways to adopt bioplastics.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-box-wrap bule-g-bg\">\n<div class=\"article-box aligncenter\">\n<div class=\"more-enplas col-row clearfix\">\n<dl class=\"col3\">\n<dt>Sustainability<\/dt>\n<dd><a class=\"arrow-03\" href=\" https:\/\/www.enplas.co.jp\/english\/company\/governance\/\"> Sustainability at Enplas<\/a><\/dd>\n<dd><a class=\"arrow-03\" href=\" https:\/\/www.enplas.co.jp\/english\/tcfd\/\"> TCFD<\/a><\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<dl class=\"col3\">\n<dt>Environment<\/dt>\n<dd><a class=\"arrow-03\" href=\" https:\/\/www.enplas.co.jp\/english\/company\/eco\/#eco-policy\">Environmental Policy<\/a><\/dd>\n<dd><a class=\"arrow-03\" href=\" https:\/\/www.enplas.co.jp\/english\/environment\/\">Environment<\/a><\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<dl class=\"col3\">\n<dt>Social<\/dt>\n<dd><a class=\"arrow-03\" href=\" https:\/\/www.enplas.co.jp\/english\/rd\/\">R&amp;D<\/a><\/dd>\n<dd><a class=\"arrow-03\" href=\" https:\/\/www.enplas.co.jp\/english\/compliance\/\">Compliance<\/a><\/dd>\n<dd><a class=\"arrow-03\" href=\" https:\/\/www.enplas.co.jp\/english\/social\/\">Human Capital<\/a><\/dd>\n<dd><a class=\"arrow-03\" href=\" https:\/\/www.enplas.co.jp\/english\/supply_chain\/\">Supply Chain<\/a><\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<dl class=\"col3 last\">\n<dt>Governance<\/dt>\n<dd><a class=\"arrow-03\" href=\" https:\/\/www.enplas.co.jp\/english\/corporate_governance\/\">Corporate Governance<\/a><\/dd>\n<dd><a class=\"arrow-03\" href=\" https:\/\/www.enplas.co.jp\/english\/corporate_governance\/#bcp\">Risk Management &amp; BCP<\/a><\/dd>\n<dd><a class=\"arrow-03\" href=\" https:\/\/www.enplas.co.jp\/english\/corporate_governance\/#security\">Security &amp; Intellectual Property<\/a><\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sustainability at Enplas Sustainability at Enplas TCFD Environmental Policy\uff08E\uff09 Environment\uff08E\uff09 R&amp;D\uff08S\uff09 Compl &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.enplas.co.jp\/english\/company\/governance\/\" class=\"more-link\">Learn more <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":11,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2556","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.enplas.co.jp\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2556","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.enplas.co.jp\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.enplas.co.jp\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.enplas.co.jp\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.enplas.co.jp\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2556"}],"version-history":[{"count":26,"href":"https:\/\/www.enplas.co.jp\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2556\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7458,"href":"https:\/\/www.enplas.co.jp\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2556\/revisions\/7458"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.enplas.co.jp\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.enplas.co.jp\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2556"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}