CSRCorporate Social Responsibility

We sincerely comply with rules, including the related laws and regulations and internal rules by being conscious of an employee of Toho Chemical Industry and its affiliated companies while acting as follows with a sense of social responsibility:

1.Offering safe and high quality products

We offer products and technologies “relieving, satisfying, and trusted by” customers, based on the technology and creativity we have developed for many years.

2.Fair competition

We engage in fair, transparent, and free competition and do not perform actions violating the Antitrust Act, such as seeking profits by unfair and undue methods.

3.Moderate entertainment and gifts

We do not offer nor receive extravagant entertainment and gifts. We also do not attempt to bribe public servants.

4.Information management

We adequately manage the confidential and personal information of companies and customers obtained during the course of business in the office, as well as after retirement, and do not use the information for unfair purposes at all. We also do not disclose and leak the information to persons except the persons concerned without permission.

5.Disclosure of company information

We timely perform an adequate information disclosure to shareholders, investors, and customers to have them accurately understand our business conditions.

6.Prevention of insider trading

We do not make illicit transactions in shares using nonpublic information about our company and trading partners obtained during the course of business. We also do not provide third parties with nonpublic information.

7.Efforts for environmental problems

We understand that environmental protection is an important task. Complying with laws and regulations on environmental conservation and ISO 14001, we actively tackle effective utilization of resources, energy-saving, constraint of wastes, recycling, and adequate disposal.

8.Safety of workplaces

We try to prevent industrial accidents by being continuously aware of building a workplace where we can work with appropriate security. We make a report immediately and take the best safety measures when a defect or disorder is identified in the manufacturing equipment and facilities

9.Respect for the human rights

We try to build an environment of easy-to-work-in workplaces with mutual trust and good sense where there is no discrimination, sexual or power harassment, or annoyances.

10.Exhibition of personality, ability, and willingness

We are conscious of building workplaces where characteristics are developed for each employee and his or her ability is exhibited to the maximum.

11.Communication with the local community

We understand that companies cannot evolve without living together with the local community, and we seek to evolve together through communication with the local community.

12.Fighting anti-social forces

We take a firm attitude toward anti-social forces threatening the social order and sound activities of companies and never accede to fraudulent demands.

13.Management at overseas countries and territories where we operate a business

We try to comply with local laws and regulations and understand local customs and culture. We also seek to realize coexistence with local companies in mutual prosperity by promoting personnel exchanges.

In preparing such a code of conduct, the manager, as well as officers and executives, become well aware of their roles, realizing the spirit of the code of conduct and actively set the pace and make all persons concerned aware of the code. If a case violating the code occurred, the manager would internally and externally solve the problem, try to investigate the causes, and prevent a recurrence. Additionally, we internally and externally disclose the information immediately and appropriately as part of corporate accountability while inflicting impartial punishments on the persons concerned, including the manager.