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Environment

Reporting Boundary

Reporting period: FY2025 (January 1, 2025 – December 31, 2025)*
Guidelines: Ministry of the Environment “Environmental Reporting Guidelines FY2018”/ ISO 26000

  • *

    Reporting period for ASTRUM CORPORATION, Pentel Chemical Co., Ltd., Orient Enterprise Co., Ltd., and 22 overseas group companies of ASTRUM CORPORATION: FY2025 (April 1, 2024 – March 31, 2025)

Reportable Organizations

Covered Entities Scope 1 Scope 2 Scope 3
PLUS Corporation Including Maebashi Plant, Yorii Plant, Tokorozawa Plant, and Osaka Plant ● ● ●
Some of the headquarters and plants of consolidated subsidiaries PLUS VIETNAM INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. (Dong Nai Province, Vietnam) ● ● ●
PLUS Stationery Shanghai Co., Ltd. (Shanghai City, China) ● ● ●
SHANTOU PLUS INSTRUMENTS CO., LTD. (Shantou City, China) ● ● ●
Nippon Notebook Corporation Okayama Plant ● ● ●
Nippon Notebook Vietnam Co., Ltd ● ● ●
THE SAILOR PEN CO., LTD. ● ● ●
ASTRUM CORPORATION ● ● ●
Pentel Chemical Corporation ● ●
ORIENT ENTERPRISE Co., Ltd. ● ●
22 overseas group companies of ASTRUM CORPORATION ● ●

Changes in Reporting Scope and Trends in GHG Emissions

The PLUS Group began calculating Scope 1 and Scope 2 GHG emissions in FY2019 for its Stationery business field, covering three PLUS Corporation plants, two domestic manufacturing subsidiaries, and three overseas manufacturing subsidiaries.
In FY2020, the Group expanded its reporting scope to include Scope 3 emissions and the Furniture business field (Maebashi Plant).
In FY2023, in addition to PLUS Corporation, the JOINTEX business field was included in the reporting scope, and calculations of Scope 1, Scope 2, and Scope 3 emissions were completed for those operations.
In FY2024, the reporting scope was further expanded to include the ASTRUM Group, Nippon Notebook Corporation, and THE SAILOR PEN CO., LTD.

Emissions of the PLUS Group*

  • *

    The PLUS Group indicates the target organizations of the above report.

Breakdown of GHG Emissions by Category

Scope Category Scope/Category name Emissions intensity
(t-CO2e)		 Ratio by Scope
(%)		 Scope 3 ratio
(%)
1 - Direct emissions 4,298 0.7 -
2 - Indirect emissions from energy sources 26,073 4.6 -
3 1 Purchased goods and services 377,964 94.7 69.6
2 Capital goods 11,797 2.2
3 Fuel‑ and energy‑related activities not included in Scope 1 and Scope 2 4,160 0.8
4 Upstream transportation and distribution 18,174 3.3
5 Waste generated in operations 859 0.2
6 Business travel 650 0.1
7 Employee commuting 2,157 0.4
8 Upstream leased assets - -
9 Downstream transportation and distribution - -
10 Processing of sold products - -
11 Use of sold products 74,911 13.8
12 End‑of‑life treatment of sold products 51,387 9.5
13 Downstream leased assets 906 0.2
14 Franchises - -
15 Investments - -
Scope 1 and 2 total 30,371 5.3
Scope 3 total 542,964 94.7
Total 573,335 100.0 100.0
  • *

    Scope 2 is based on the market-based approach

Trend in Scope 1 and 2 Emissions

  • In fiscal year 2024, we expanded the reporting boundary by newly including the ASTRUM Group, Nippon Notebook Corporation, and THE SAILOR PEN CO., LTD.
  • In fiscal year 2025, we advanced the transition to renewable energy at our factories in Japan and achieved a 5% reduction in GHG emissions.
  • For fiscal year 2026, we aim to achieve a 14% reduction in GHG emissions, using fiscal year 2024 results as the baseline.
FY2023 FY2024 FY2025 FY2024 FY2026
Results Results Results Comparison Targets
Scope 1 3,347 3,916 4,298 110% 3,800
Scope 2 17,448 28,173 26,073 93% 23,800
Total 20,795 32,089 30,371 95% 27,600

By Organization

Companies Emissions intensity
(t-CO2e)		 Ratio
(%)
PLUS Corporation 321,049 56.0
PLUS VIETNAM INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 4,238 0.7
PLUS Stationery Shanghai Co., Ltd. 44,406 7.7
SHANTOU PLUS INSTRUMENTS CO., LTD. 8,868 1.5
Nippon Notebook Corporation 41,956 7.3
Nippon Notebook Vietnam Co., Ltd. 4,566 0.8
THE SAILOR PEN CO., LTD. 68,765 12.0
The ASTRUM Group 79,485 13.9
Total 573,335
  • *

    The ASTRUM Group, ASTRUM CORPORATION, Pentel Chemical Corporation, ORIENT ENTERPRISE Co., Ltd., 22 overseas group companies of ASTRUM CORPORATION

Environmental performance data

Reporting Facilities

Furniture business field PLUS Corporation Maebashi Plant
Stationery business field PLUS Corporation Yorii Plant, Tokorozawa Plant, and Osaka Plant, PLUS VIETNAM INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD, PLUS Stationery Shanghai Co., Ltd., SHANTOU PLUS INSTRUMENTS CO., LTD., Nippon Notebook Corporation Okayama Plant, Nippon Notebook Vietnam Co., Ltd.

Furniture Business Field Material Balance

Environmental Impact Intensity

This index indicates the scale of each environmental burden versus sales volume. (Environmental Impact Intensity = Respective environmental impact ÷ Sales amount)

GHG emissions intensity (t-CO2/million yen)* 0.37
Water withdrawal intensity (m3/million yen) 8.28
Waste emissions intensity (t /million yen) 0.12
  • *

    Targeting Scope 1 and 2

Stationery Business Field Material Balance

Environmental Impact Intensity

This index indicates the scale of each environmental burden versus sales volume. (Environmental impact intensity = Respective environmental impact ÷ Sales amount)

GHG emissions intensity (t-CO2/million yen)* 0.65
Water withdrawal intensity (m3/million yen) 3.47
Waste emissions intensity (t /million yen) 0.03
  • *

    Targeting Scope 1 and 2

Waste Product Breakdown

Item Furniture business field Stationary business field
Waste emissions (t)*1 Recycling rate (%)*2 Waste emissions (t)*1 Recycling rate (%)*2
Metal 9.5 100.0 59.4 49.8
Plastic 140.9 3.0 2.4 99.7
Paper 4.5 44.0 21.6 98.8
Others 865.0 1.0 590.5 19.4
  • *1

    exclude household waste

  • *2

    include valuable waste

Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC) Emissions

Plant Waste emissions (t)
PLUS Corporation Maebashi Plant 53.3590
PLUS Corporation Yorii Plant 0.0000
PLUS Corporation Tokorozawa Plant 0.2290
PLUS Corporation Osaka Plant 0.2200
PLUS VIETNAM INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. 8.878
PLUS Stationery Shanghai Co., Ltd. 0.0120
SHANTOU PLUS INSTRUMENTS CO., LTD. 1.7760
Nippon Notebook Corporation Okayama Plant 0.0400
Nippon Notebook Vietnam Co., Ltd. 0.0000
Total 64.514

Recycled Content Ratio

Item Furniture business field Stationary business field
Total materials purchased (t)* Recycled materials purchased (t) Recycled Content Ratio (%) Total materials purchased (t)* Recycled materials purchased (t) Recycled Content Ratio (%)
Plastic 88.9 24.8 27.9 9,568.0 926.0 9.7
Paper ー ー ー 5,893.3 3,203.8 54.4
  • *

    The purchase volumes are the masses converted assuming a 100% recycling rate for plastics and 100% compounding ratio for wastepaper pulp. (excl. plastic parts and packaging finished on the purchase)

Chemical substances consumption

Plant Substance name used Volume handled (kg) Release and Transfer (kg)
Emissions to the atmosphere Discharge into public waters Emissions to soil at relevant business sites (plants) Amount of landfill disposal at relevant business sites (plants) Amount transferred to sewer Amount transferred outside of relevant business sites (plants) Subtotal Amount removed by plant treatment equipment (kg) Amount of consumption (kg)
PLUS Corporation Maebashi Plant Zinc compounds (water‑soluble) 1,744.00 0.00 1.80 0.00 0.00 0.00 1,346.00 1,347.80 0.00 396.20
Ethylbenzene 2,882.00 1,892.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 903.00 2,795.00 0.00 87.00
Xylene 2,678.00 1,759.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 829.00 2,588.00 0.00 90.00
Dichloromethane; methylene dichloride 199.00 198.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 1.00 199.00 0.00 0.00
Trimethylbenzene 1,043.00 727.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 19.00 746.00 0.00 297.00
Toluene 382.00 283.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 99.00 382.00 0.00 0.00
Naphthalene 311.00 218.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 218.00 0.00 93.00
Nickel compounds 611.00 0.00 0.60 0.00 0.00 0.00 471.00 471.60 0.00 139.40
Bis(2‑ethylhexyl) phthalate 2.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 2.00
n‑hexane 1,269.00 1,269.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 1,269.00 0.00 0.00
Poly(oxyethylene)alkyl ether
(alkyl C=12-15) 		517.00 0.00 16.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 267.00 283.00 0.00 234.00
Formaldehyde 68.00 48.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 48.00 0.00 20.00
Methylnaphthalene 4,005.00 1.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 1.00 0.00 4,004.00
Ethylene glycol monoethyl ether 4,880.00 3,416.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 607.00 4,023.00 0.00 857.00
Ethylene glycol monomethyl ether 644.00 451.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 451.00 0.00 193.00
Methyl isobutyl ketone 57.00 43.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 14.00 57.00 0.00 0.00
Cyclohexane 896.00 626.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 270.00 896.00 0.00 0.00
Organic tin compounds 100.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 10.00 10.00 0.00 90.00
Manganese and its compounds 8.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 8.00
Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid 90.00 0.00 3.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 31.00 34.00 0.00 56.00
PLUS VIETNAM INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. Ethylenediamine 37.37 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 37.37
Boron compounds 0.07 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.07
Poly (oxyethylene) nonylphenyl ether 16.99 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 16.99
SHANTOU PLUS INSTRUMENTS CO., LTD. Naphthalene 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Ethyleneglycol monobutyl ether (synonym: Butyl cellosolve) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Methylenebis (4,1‑phenylene) diisocyanate 1,001.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 1,001.00
PLUS Corporation Tokorozawa Plant Trimethylbenzene 8.10 8.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 Yes*1
(not individually countable) 		8.00 0.00 less than 8.1
Poly (oxyethylene) nonylphenyl ether 12.18 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 Yes*1
(not individually countable) 		0.00 0.00 less than 12.18
PLUS Corporation Osaka Plant Poly (oxyethylene) nonylphenyl ether 1.74 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 Yes*1
(not individually countable) 		0.00 0.00 less than 1.74
Nippon Notebook Corporation Okayama Plant n-alkylbenzenesulfonic acid and its salts (alkyl C=10-14) 1.60 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 1.60
Poly(oxyethylene) nonylphenyl ether 0.80 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.80
Nippon Notebook Vietnam Co., Ltd. n-alkylbenzenesulfonic acid and its salts (alkyl C=10-14) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Poly (oxyethylene) alkyl ether (alkyl C=12-15) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
  • *

    PLUS group companies strive to decrease the amount of emissions into the environment and check substances designated under the PRTR (Pollutant Release and Transfer Register) Law with annual emission or transfer of more than 1kg.

  • *

    Referred to “Manual for PRTR Release Estimation Methods Version 5.0” by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry and the Ministry of the Environment for calculation.

  • *

    The amount of consumption shows the amount of the substances that are changed to another substance due to reaction, or removed from the plant in, or attached to, products.

  • *1

    Individual aggregation load: Aggregation of individual substance is not possible because it is changed to another substance due to reaction or mixed with another substance.

Society

Advancing Human Capital, Diversity & Inclusion (D&I)

Definitions

Employees: Individuals with a direct employment relationship with the Company (excluding part‑time employees).

Regular Employees: Employees with an indefinite‑term employment contract with the Company, including those who have been converted from fixed‑term contract employees to regular employees.

Non‑Regular Employees: Employees with a direct employment relationship with the Company who are employed under fixed‑term or indefinite‑term non‑regular employment contract.

Workforce Composition

Item Scope Category Unit 2025
Number of employees (by Region) PLUS Group Employees Persons 7,994
Regular employees 6,907
Non‑regular employees 1,087
PLUS Corporation Employees 1,656
Regular employees 1,585
Non‑regular employees 71
Number of employees (by Gender) Male PLUS Corporation Employees Persons 1,015
Regular employees 977
Non‑regular employees 38
Female Employees 641
Regular employees 608
Non‑regular employees 33
Number of employees (by age Group) Under 30 PLUS Corporation Employees Persons 223
Regular employees 216
Non‑regular employees 7
30 to 49 Employees 762
Regular employees 744
Non‑regular employees 18
50 and Over Employees 671
Regular employees 625
Non‑regular employees 46
Average age Male PLUS Corporation Employees Age 46.9
Regular employees 46.4
Non‑regular employees 57.8
Female Employees 41.5
Regular employees 41.1
Non‑regular employees 49.3
Total Employees 44.8
Regular employees 44.4
Non‑regular employees 53.8

Diversity and Inclusion

Item Scope Category Unit 2025
Percentage of female managers PLUS Corporation Regular employees % 15.8
Foreign national employees PLUS Corporation Employees Persons 25
Regular employees 20
Non‑regular employees 5
Employment of persons with disabilities PLUS Corporation Employees Persons43
Difference in wages between male and female employees PLUS Corporation Employees % 78.7
Regular employees 79.1
Non‑regular employees 71.1

Employment and Workforce Indicators

Item Scope Category Unit 2025
Average number of years of continuous service* Male PLUS Corporation Employees Years 13.6
Regular employees 13.5
Non‑regular employees 16.2
Female Employees 9.7
Regular employees 9.8
Non‑regular employees 8.3
Total Employees 12.1
Regular employees 12.1
Non‑regular employees 12.5
Employees' labor union membership rate Male PLUS Corporation Regular employees % 72.3
Female 89.3
  • *

    The average number of years of continuous service is calculated from employees' date of joining PLUS Corporation. For employees who transfer to a Group company and later rejoin PLUS Corporation, years of continuous service are calculated from the date of rejoining.

Work in Life

Item Scope Category Unit 2025*1
Average acquisition rate of paid leave PLUS Corporation Regular employees % 63.1
Acquisition rate of childcare leave Male % 50
Female 100
Retuning‑to‑work after childcare leave Male % 100
Female 95.4
Retention rate after childcare leave*2 Male % 100
Female 94.1
  • *1

    Calculated for the period from April 1, 2025, to March 31, 2026.

  • *2

    Calculated as: (Number of full‑time employees who remain employed one year after returning to work) ÷ (Number of full‑time employees who returned to work by March 31 of the previous fiscal year) × 100 (%)

Health Management

Item Scope Category Unit 2025
Rate of regular health checkup received by employees*1 PLUS Corporation Employees % 100
Rate of comprehensive medical checkup received by employees aged 40 or older*1 71.7
Rate of stress check received by employees 94.4
Work engagement*2 Regular employees
Contract employees 		Score 3.2
  • *1

    Calculated for the period from April 1, 2025, to March 31, 2026.

  • *2

    The score represents the average response of regular and contract employees to the question, “At my work, I feel bursting with energy,” from the Utrecht Work Engagement Scale (UWES; 0‑4 points) included in the Working Well‑being Survey.

Employment

Item Scope Category Unit 2025
Number of new hires New graduates PLUS Corporation Regular employees Persons 27
Mid‑career hires 206
Retention rate of new hires (three years after joining company)*1 % 91.3
Mid‑career hire turnover rate*2 4.4
  • *1

    Retention rate of employees who joined the Company as new graduates on April 1, 2022, measured three years after joining the Company (as of April 1, 2025).

  • *2

    Employee turnover rate as of the end of the fiscal year for employees hired in the previous fiscal year (voluntary resignations among regular employees only).

Career Support

Item Scope Category Unit 2025
Training investment PLUS Corporation Employees Thousands of Yen 18,379
Human rights training participation rate % 59.4
Number of WANNA BE program participants Regular employees
Contract employees 		Persons 55
Number of evaluator training participants Employees Persons 25
Number of transfers through the internal talent mobility program Regular employees Persons 6

Occupational Health and Safety and Labor Practices

Item Scope Category Unit 2025
Average monthly overtime hours* PLUS Corporation Regular employees Hours 20
Number of health and safety committee meetings PLUS Corporation Employees Times 12
  • *

    Calculated for the period from April 1, 2025, to March 31, 2026.

Governance

Corporate governance

Governance Structure

Item Scope Unit 2025
Director PLUS Corporation Persons 10
Auditor PLUS Corporation 2
Executive officers PLUS Corporation 12

Number of Meetings of the Board of Directors and Committees

Item Scope Unit 2025
Board of directors PLUS Corporation Times 22
Corporate council PLUS Corporation 13

Executive Compensation

Item Scope Unit 2025
Director PLUS Corporation Yen 328 million
Auditor PLUS Corporation 27 million

Compliance and Risk Management

Number of Committee Meetings

Item Scope Unit 2025
Compliance committee PLUS Corporation Times Held as needed
Risk Management committee PLUS Corporation 12

Compliance

Item Scope Unit 2025
Harassment‑related whistleblowing reports Response rate PLUS Corporation % 100
Number of training sessions PLUS Corporation Times 6
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