Mitsubishi Chemical Group

Triacetate and diacetate filament

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Low Risk

1. Completion of CanopyStyle Third Party Verification Audits

1.1 Undertaking Annual Audits

1.2 Audits Public and Results Acted On

1.3 Audit Risk Results

2. Contribution to Conservation Legacies

2.1 Public support web/panels

2.2 International conservation

2.3 Influences Decision Makers

2.4 Legislated Protection

2.5 Extra Respon­sibilities

3. Innovation via New Alternative Fibers

3.1 Partnerships

3.2 R&D Investments

3.3 Scaling to Commercial Products

3.4 Targets & Timelines

3.5 10% of pulp is NG

3.6 Contributing to Collective Goal

3.7 Aggressively Increasing Commercial Scale

4. Adoption of Robust Forest Sourcing Policy

4.1 Policy Adoption

4.2 Policy Meets All CanopyStyle Criteria

5. Traceability, Transparency, and Sustainable Sourcing

5.1 Track & Trace System In-Place

5.2 Public Sharing of Supplier List

5.3 Conducts Due Diligence

6. Leaders in Supply Chain Shifts

6.1 Proactive outreach/ Inspires Leadership

6.2 FSC Preference

6.3 Forest Mapper Support

6.4 Using the Dissolving Pulp Mill Classification

7. Associated with High Risk of Sourcing from Ancient & Endangered Forests and other Controversial Sources

7.1 Risk is Known

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Sustainable Chemical Management

PARTICIPATION IN ZDHC: The company is an active participant in ZDHC, where all of their viscose and modal facilities have joined the ZDHC Supplier Platform and have access to the MMCF Module.

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CHEMICAL RECOVERY: All of the company’s MMCF viscose and modal facilities have reached at least the Progressive level in their chemical recovery parameters and limit value, according to Chapter 1: ZDHC MMCF Responsible Fibre Production Guidelines V2.2 (Evaluation will start in 2024)

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WASTEWATER: All of the company’s MMCF viscose and modal facilities have reached at least the Progressive level in their wastewater discharge parameters and limit values, according to Chapter 2: ZDHC MMCF Wastewater Guidelines V2.2 (Evaluation will start in 2024)

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AIR EMISSIONS: All of the company’s viscose and modal facilities have reached at least the Progressive level in their hazardous chemicals’ air emissions parameters and limit values, according to Chapter 3: ZDHC MMCF Air Emissions Guidelines V2.2 (Evaluation will start in 2024)

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Risk of sourcing from Ancient and Endangered Forests

Low risk

After engaging in dialogue with Canopy and adopting, in 2019, its Wood and Pulp Sourcing Policy, the company completed its first CanopyStyle Audit in 2021. The audit found Mitsubishi’s sole supplier of cellulose acetate (Daicel) reported receiving dissolving pulp from a supplier that is at low risk of sourcing from priority Ancient and Endangered Forests and other controversial sources; however, verification was required to fully confirm low risk. This verification has now been completed and is part of Mitsubishi’s updated audit report.

Key Improvements Required

  • Prioritize the integration and sourcing of Next Generation Solution technologies and feedstocks (including recycled textiles and agricultural residues) for future expansion plans and new suppliers.
  • Continue to work with main supplier to use ForestMapper and complementary guidance documents, such as the Dissolving Pulp Mill Classification, to ensure no sources come from Ancient and Endangered Forests.
  • Accelerate the use of Next Generation Fibre Solutions in order to meet or exceed the aspirational targets outlined in the Next Generation Vision for Viscose: 50% by 2030.
  • Work to procure higher volumes of FSC Mix and FSC 100% certified inputs, decreasing reliance on Controlled Wood sources over time.

Areas where the company is showing leadership

Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation has maintained its light green shirt for 2023.

Sourcing:

  • Encouraged its main supplier, Daicel, to also get audited and published these results.

Conservation:

  • Supported the call for implementing protection of at least 30% of the world’s Ancient and Endangered Forests by 2030, in a follow-up letter from MMCF producers to countries that are party to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD).
  • Demonstrated an awareness of the status of Ancient and Endangered Forests in the countries from which they source, and efforts to protect them.

Next Gen Solutions:

  • Shared information with Canopy regarding efforts to explore Next Gen Solutions.

Number of man-made cellulosic fibre and dissolving pulp mills + location and production volumes

Mitsubishi Chemical Corp. owns the Toyama mill in Toyama-shi, Toyama, Japan with production capacity of 3,300 tonnes per year.

Triacetate and diacetate contain non-forest-based materials not assessed by the CanopyStyle Audit, such as acetic acid.

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