NAGASE Group Sustainability Basic Policy

1. Integrity in Business Activities

1. We shall conduct our corporate activities in compliance with all applicable national and regional laws and regulations, and in keeping with societal norms and common sense.
2. We shall strive to prevent corruption of all kind and maintain healthy and proper relations with our partners and government entities.
3. We shall strive to provide safe, high-quality products and services, and seek to maintain and improve the value to our customers and partners.
4. We shall safeguard the benefit to the consumer through maintaining and promoting fair and free competition.
5. We shall strive toward rigorous management and protection of information about our customers and our company.

2. Positive Relations with Society

1. We respect human rights and do not permit any sort of discriminatory conduct. We absolutely refuse to accept infringements of human rights such as forced labor or child labor.
2. We respect the cultures and practices of national and regional societies, and maintain positive relations with society.
3. We shall strive to ensure health, safety, and appropriate communication with our diverse stakeholders.
4. We shall constantly pay detailed attention to sustainability among our suppliers, and shall work to make corrections should there be any doubt to their sustainability.
5. We shall proactively disclose corporate information as appropriate.

3. Consideration for the Environment

1. We shall comply with national and regional environmental regulations.
2. We shall contribute to the maintenance of the global environment, including limiting climate change and preventing contamination, promoting reduction in the environmental footprint of our business activities through suppression of greenhouse gas emissions and energy consumption.
3. We shall, through environmentally-conscious products and services, provide information to our customers about appropriate product usage, recycling, and disposal methods.
4. We shall contribute broadly to society through environmental conservation activities in various countries and regions.
5. We recognize the importance of biodiversity and shall strive to conserve ecosystems.

Established on February 25, 2021

The NAGASE Group's materiality (important issues)

The NAGASE Group conducted an external environmental analysis at the time of the formulation of ACE 2.0, the mid-term business plan announced in May 2021, and recognized that technological innovation, climate change and resource shortages, demographic changes, and industry restructuring are of paramount importance to both NAGASE and its stakeholders.