Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Co Inc

The President of MGC participates in JH2A as a board member, and the general manager of the Production Technology Division participates in the subcommittee. They collect and share information and policy proposals with the Sustainability Promotion Department, the Environmental Safety and Quality Assurance Division, the Corporate Planning Division, relevant business divisions and departments. If the information and policy proposals would have any impacts on MGC's climate change initiatives or climate related transition plan, the Sustainability Promotion Committee will share them and discuss measures. The Sustainability Promotion Committee is chaired and convened by the general manager of the CSR & IR Division. The members comprise persons designated by the chairperson and the corporate heads of: the Corporate Planning Division, the Administration & Personnel Division, the Finance & Accounting Division, the Information Systems Division, the Research & Development Division, the Intellectual Infrastructure Center, the Purchasing & Logistics Division, the Environmental Safety & Quality Assurance Division, the Production Technology Division, the Internal Audit Division, and the Business Administrative Division. The Sustainability Promotion Committee submits the measures to the Sustainability Promotion Council to deliberate if necessary. [...] The Sustainability Promotion Council, chaired by the President and composed of the board of directors (incl. outside directors), audit & supervisory board members (incl. outside members), and executive officers, decides climate related measures and other sustainability promotion matters on the MGC Group's response to the materiality such as climate change, water, forests, biodiversity, and waste, as well as for determining our basic policies and mid-/long-term goals and promoting environmental measures. Important matters to be deliberated at the Sustainability Promotion Council is resolved by the Board of Directors. We have established a sustainability governance that is consistent with our climate initiatives and climate related transition plan.

Describe the process(es) your organization has in place to ensure that your engagement activities are consistent with your overall climate change strategy[…]MGC is as a board member of the Japan Chemical Industry Association (JCIA) which is an industry association of chemical companies in Japan.
Climate change measures have been deliberated globally and, concrete actions to reduce GHG emissions are strongly called for. Chemistry is a field that can convert various substances, some of which may be harmful to the environment and people, into useful substances. The chemical industry can manifest the potential of chemistry and should play a central role in the innovation to solve global issues.
Accordingly, in 2017 the Technical Affairs Committee of JCIA had launched the Working Group for Review of Long-Term Strategy on Global Warming (the WG) with the participation of its member organizations and experts. The purpose of the WG is to provide "Chemical Industry's Vision on Global Warming Countermeasures† in 2050 and beyond, and to propose the long-term strategy for the chemical industry to build a sustainable society.
In 2021, in response to the Japanese government's declaration on realizing "Carbon Neutrality by 2050" JCIA examined what the chemical industry could contribute and published "the Chemical Industry's Stance on Carbon Neutrality." It is a position paper that identifies the mechanisms of GHG emissions in the chemical industry and explains JCIA's concept of GHG emission reduction efforts in production and contribution to GHG reduction through products and services. It is also a request to the government for the completion of innovation and social implementation.
JCIA is working to solve the climate change, and MGC and JCIA share the consensus on climate change.
MGC's president is JCIA's board member and has influence over the JCIA's climate change policy such as GHG reduction targets, carbon pricing, emissions trading and other scheme design or target values. We also dispatch MGC's managers of the Production Technology Division, and the Environmental Safety & Quality Assurance Division as members of JCIA's the Environment and Safety Committee, the Responsible Care Committee, and the Technical Affairs Committee. In MGC, the Production Technology Division, and the Environmental Safety & Quality Assurance Division attend to JCIA's general meetings, committees, and briefings, and take the lead in sharing JCIA's strategies and in making sure there is no conflict with MGC's own strategies.

Describe the process(es) your organization has in place to ensure that your external engagement activities are consistent with your climate commitments and/or climate transition plan?[…]MGC participates in the Japan Hydrogen Association (JH2A) as a board member (22 board members, 163 general members, 20 supporting members, and 63 special members).

Does your organization have a public commitment or position statement to conduct your engagement activities in line with the goals of the Paris Agreement?[…]Yes