{"id":1821,"date":"2023-02-22T09:25:58","date_gmt":"2023-02-22T00:25:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ctiweb.co.jp\/con\/en\/?p=1821"},"modified":"2023-02-22T09:25:58","modified_gmt":"2023-02-22T00:25:58","slug":"sekisui-chemical-receives-the-silver-award-in-the-environmentally-sustainable-company-category-at-the-fourth-esg-finance-awards-japan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ctiweb.co.jp\/con\/en\/sekisui-chemical-receives-the-silver-award-in-the-environmentally-sustainable-company-category-at-the-fourth-esg-finance-awards-japan","title":{"rendered":"SEKISUI CHEMICAL receives the Silver Award in the Environmentally Sustainable Company category at the fourth ESG Finance Awards Japan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-container-2 wp-block-gallery-1 wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"650\" height=\"547\" src=\"http:\/\/ctiweb.co.jp\/con\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/02\/230220_1en_1-ESG.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1823\" data-link=\"http:\/\/ctiweb.co.jp\/con\/en\/?attachment_id=1823\" class=\"wp-image-1823\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ctiweb.co.jp\/con\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/02\/230220_1en_1-ESG.jpg 650w, https:\/\/ctiweb.co.jp\/con\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/02\/230220_1en_1-ESG-300x252.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"700\" height=\"527\" src=\"http:\/\/ctiweb.co.jp\/con\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/02\/230220_3_1_3sekisui-award.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1822\" data-link=\"http:\/\/ctiweb.co.jp\/con\/en\/?attachment_id=1822\" class=\"wp-image-1822\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ctiweb.co.jp\/con\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/02\/230220_3_1_3sekisui-award.jpg 700w, https:\/\/ctiweb.co.jp\/con\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/02\/230220_3_1_3sekisui-award-300x226.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption>Representative Director and Senior Managing Executive Officer Futoshi Kamiwaki<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1000\" height=\"500\" src=\"http:\/\/ctiweb.co.jp\/con\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/02\/230220_en_2_1sekisui.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1824\" data-link=\"http:\/\/ctiweb.co.jp\/con\/en\/?attachment_id=1824\" class=\"wp-image-1824\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ctiweb.co.jp\/con\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/02\/230220_en_2_1sekisui.png 1000w, https:\/\/ctiweb.co.jp\/con\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/02\/230220_en_2_1sekisui-300x150.png 300w, https:\/\/ctiweb.co.jp\/con\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/02\/230220_en_2_1sekisui-768x384.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><figcaption>Conceptual diagram of SEKISUI CHEMICAL Group's ESG management<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sekisuichemical.com\/\">SEKISUI CHEMICAL CO., LTD.<\/a><\/strong>  received the Silver Award in the Environmentally Sustainable Company category of the 4th \u201cESG Finance Awards Japan\u201d, sponsored by the Ministry of the Environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0The objective of the \u201cESG Finance Awards Japan\u201d is to share with society the progressive initiatives of institutional investors, financial institutions, intermediaries, and companies that have made a positive impact on ESG finance and environmental\/social business, leading to the promotion and expansion of ESG finance.<br>\u00a0\u00a0An \u201cEnvironmentally Sustainable Company\u201d refers to a company that incorporates environment-related opportunities and risks into its management strategy to increase corporate value and produce positive effects on the environment. They are selected based on evaluation criteria such as \u201crisks\/business opportunities\/strategies\u201d, \u201cKPI\u201d, and \u201cgovernance\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This award recognizes SEKISUI CHEMICAL Group's use of the Products to Enhance Sustainability System to create a positive impact on solving environmental and social issues through its products and businesses.<br>\u00a0\u00a0The Products to Enhance Sustainability System was launched in 2006 as the Environment-Contributing Products System, and in 2017, the target of problem solving was expanded not only to the natural environment but also to the social environment. In 2020, criteria necessary for sustainability was introduced so that our products and businesses can continue to solve social issues. In addition, a \u201cpremium frame\u201d was set for products with particularly high social problem-solving capabilities and high profitability, and are developing measures to expand sales of those products by focusing management resources.<br>\u00a0\u00a0Also, this award recognizes the company's management stance of striving for thorough risk management, its originality in visualizing impacts based on the rate of return to natural and social capital, and its transparency in disclosing details of the process to identify materiality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Under the long-tern vision \u201cVision 2030\u201d, SEKISUI CHEMICAL Group has identified its vision statement \u201cInnovation for the Earth\u201d, which incorporates the Group\u2019s commitment to drive continuous innovation as a means of supporting the basis of LIFE and continuing to create peace of mind for the future in order to realize a sustainable society.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4>Reference:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>SEKISUI CHEMICAL Group\u2019s Sustainability<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sekisuichemical.com\/sustainability_report\/\">https:\/\/www.sekisuichemical.com\/sustainability_report\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SEKISUI CHEMICAL CO., LTD. received the Silver Award in the Environmentally Sustainable Company category of the 4th \u201cESG Finance Awards Japan\u201d, sponsored by the Ministry of the Environment. \u00a0\u00a0The objective of the \u201cESG Finance Awards Japan\u201d is to share with society the progressive initiatives of institutional investors, financial institutions, intermediaries, and companies that have made a positive impact on ESG finance and environmental\/social business, leading to the promotion and expansion of ESG finance.\u00a0\u00a0An \u201cEnvironmentally Sustainable Company\u201d refers to a company that incorporates environment-related opportunities and risks into its management strategy to increase corporate value and produce positive effects on the environment. 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