Editorial Policy

Toray Group issues an annual corporate social responsibility (CSR) report in order to communicate its CSR initiatives to stakeholders.
The latest report, the content of which is available here in web format, focuses primarily on the Group’s efforts in fiscal 2020 based on the Toray Group CSR Guidelines, which spell out the overarching policy governing the Group’s CSR initiatives. The information provided here on this website is also available for download in a PDF report format at the CSR report download page.

Period Covered by this Report

This report covers fiscal 2021, the period from April 1, 2021 to March 31, 2022. Contents may include efforts underway after this period.

Scope of this Report

Environmental Data

Covers Toray Industries, Inc. and the following 89 manufacturing subsidiaries (90 companies in all).

Notes:

1. For group companies newly covered under the scope of environmental data, results are published using performance data for fiscal years since joining Toray Group.
2. Environmental data used in this report concerning greenhouse gas emissions, energy consumption, industrial waste, water use, wastewater, air emissions (SOx, NOx, dust, and VOC), and chemical oxygen demand (COD) by Toray Industries has been verified by a third party, LRQA Limited.

Safety Data

Covers Toray Industries, Inc. and 51 group companies in Japan and 91group companies outside of Japan, including the major manufacturers listed in environmental data above and non-manufacturing companies such as Toray International, Inc., Toray Systems Center, Inc., and Toray Industries (America), Inc. (143 companies in all)

Note: The occupational frequency rates at Toray Industries and its group companies in and outside Japan and the occupational frequency rate for subcontractors working at Toray Industries have been verified by a third party, LRQA Limited.

Social Data

Covers Toray Industries, Inc. and its consolidated subsidiaries (64 companies in Japan, 131companies outside of Japan), but scope of reporting may differ for some items.

Economic Data

Covers Toray Industries, Inc. and its 290 consolidated companies (291 companies in all).

Disclaimer

This report contains forward-looking statements in addition to historical and current facts. These forward-looking statements are assertions or assumptions that were prepared on the basis of available information at the time of publication. Actual future social conditions and results of business activities may differ from any forecasts contained in this report, as a result of changing circumstances.

Reference Guidelines

• GRI Standards
  
  • Note: The comparative table referencing the GRI Standards is available at the Toray website.
• Responsible Care Code issued by the Responsible Care Council of the Japan Chemical Industry Association
• Sustainable Accounting Standards Board (SASB): Chemicals Sustainability Standard, 2018
  
  • Note: The comparative table referencing this standard is available at the Toray website.
• Environmental Accounting Guidelines 2005 issued by the Ministry of the Environment, Japan
• ISO 26000:2010 (Guidance on social responsibility)
  
  • Note: The comparative table referencing ISO 26000:2010 is available at the Toray website.

Issued
September 2022 (Next issue scheduled for August 2023. Previous report issued in September 2021.)