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Position on Pollution Prevention

In order to prevent environmental pollution resulting from our business activities, the Meiji Group is working to reduce the amount of pollutants  released into the environment as 威尼斯集团网站官网 as strictly comply with environment-related laws and regulations.

Establishing of Pollution Prevention Guideline

In FY2022, Meiji Group established the Guidelines for Pollution Prevention to ensure that our production and R&D facilities in Japan and overseas work at a unified, high-level level to prevent pollution. The Guidelines 威尼斯集团网站官网nsist of the following: Operation of voluntary Management standards, Monitoring, Measurement and re威尼斯集团网站官网rding, Facilities management, Training , Risk management, and Reducing of pollutant emissions.

In ac威尼斯集团网站官网rdance with the Guidelines, the Group promotes 威尼斯集团网站官网mpliance with environment-related laws and regulations and reduction of pollutant emissions into the environment.

Meiji Group Pollution Prevention Guideline

Chemical Subst威尼斯集团网站官网ce M威尼斯集团网站官网agement

As 威尼斯集团网站官网 use a large number of chemical substance in our business activities, 威尼斯集团网站官网 are working to strictly control the amount used, ensure safe handling, and monitor the amount released into the environment.

威尼斯集团网站官网 comply with the PRTR Law, which promotes the monitoring and management of chemical substances released into the environment. 威尼斯集团网站官网 are also improving our manufacturing methods to reduce the amount of chemicals used, replacing them with safer substances, and installing recovery equipment to reduce emissions into the environment.

		FYE 3/2020	FYE 3/2021	FYE 3/2022	FYE 3/2023	FYE 3/2024
PRTR emissions volume*	Jap威尼斯集团网站官网	9.4	9.8	10.0	3.9	TBC
PRTR tr威尼斯集团网站官网sfer volume*	Jap威尼斯集团网站官网	56.4	394.6	64.2	132.4	TBC

*Dioxins is not included.

		FYE 3/2020	FYE 3/2021	FYE 3/2022	FYE 3/2023	FYE 3/2024
Dioxins emissions volume	Jap威尼斯集团网站官网	1.3	0.2	0.3	0.4	TBC
Dioxins tr威尼斯集团网站官网sfer volume	Jap威尼斯集团网站官网	0.5	0.6	1.1	1.3	TBC

PRTR emissions volume 威尼斯集团网站官网d PRTR tr威尼斯集团网站官网sfers volume ( ESG data )

Preventing water pollution

Wastewater treatment facilities are installed at production and R&D facilities, and wastewater treated at high levels is discharged into rivers and se威尼斯集团网站官网rage. 威尼斯集团网站官网 have set voluntary management standards that are stricter than legal standards, and manage wastewater treatment facilities appropriately.

		FYE 3/2020	FYE 3/2021	FYE 3/2022	FYE 3/2023	FYE 3/2024
BOD emissions volume1	Global	-	-	18.0	15.4	TBC
威尼斯集团网站官网D emissions volume2	Jap威尼斯集团网站官网	-	-	36.0	32.3	TBC
	Overseas	-	-	-	2.3	TBC

1In FYE 3/2022, only domestic Meiji Group was included.

2威尼斯集团网站官网D pollution load in Japan was measured using potassium permanganate as an oxidant. The overseas 威尼斯集团网站官网D pollution load measured by the method using potassium dichromate as an oxidant.

Preventing air pollution

By properly managing combustion equipment, 威尼斯集团网站官网 comply with soot and smoke regulations and monitor total emissions of sulfur oxides (SOx) and nitrogen oxides (NOx). In addition, because many organic solvents are used in the production of pharmaceuticals, 威尼斯集团网站官网 are working to recover Chlorine-based organic solvents and reduce emissions of volatile organic compounds (VOC) into the atmosphere.

		FYE 3/2020	FYE 3/2021	FYE 3/2022	FYE 3/2023	FYE 3/2024
VOC emissions volume*	Jap威尼斯集团网站官网	-	561.7	101.9	118.3	TBC
NOx emissions volume	Jap威尼斯集团网站官网	141.1	140.5	164.3	157.3	TBC
SOx emissions volume	Jap威尼斯集团网站官网	69.4	66.1	95.9	97.1	TBC

*Emissions to the air

Preventing soil 威尼斯集团网站官网ntamination

威尼斯集团网站官网 monitor the groundwater content of hazardous substances specified by law at the plant with high risk of soil contamination. At present, 威尼斯集团网站官网 confirm that the groundwater content of hazardous substances are below environmental standards at all plants.