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Daicel | Sustainability Performance

https://www.daicel.com/en/

Manufactures chemicals, plastics, and functional materials used in automotive, electronics, and healthcare sectors.

1919

Japan

10,001+ employees

Chemicals

$1B - 10B in revenue

$100M - 500M in profitability

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Sustainability Ranking & Industry Benchmark

#1890
Overall
#98
in Japan
#41
in Chemicals

Sustainability Maturity

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Industry Rank

107 out of 403

Overview
Environmental
Carbon emissionsEnergy consumptionWaste ManagementWater ManagementAir & land impactNature and biodiversityClimate risk
Social
Diversity and InclusionPay GapsHealth and SafetyExternalities
Governance
TargetsSDG ImpactESG scores and Exclusions
Financial Data
Business performanceCapital & innovationAnalyst projections

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Waste generated

162.0K tonnes, 2024
Laggard

Female employees

32% 2024
Aligned

Externalities

306.5M $, 2025
Aligned

Market cap

353.0B $, 2026▼5.7% YoY

Revenue

586.5B $, 2025▼4.8% YoY

R&D intensity

4.23% 2025

Renewable energy

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Industry rank: Beyond Top 100


Total energy consumption
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Industry rank: Beyond Top 100

Total energy

Share of renewable energy

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Intensity


Greenhouse gas intensity (Scope 1, 2, 3)(tCO₂e /$M)
Energy consumption (direct) intensity (MWh /$M)
Water consumption intensity (m³ /$M)
Waste generation intensity (tonnes /$M)
Industry Benchmark

785.8

B/M 1.2K

2.1K

B/M 544.4

2.0K

B/M 1.6K

41.3

B/M 11.0


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Female employees

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Share of female employees (%)

25
50
75
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Waste

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162.0K2024

Total waste generated (tonnes)

Total waste
Recovered & recycled
Not-recovered & not-recycled
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Controversy level


Very Low
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Severe
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  • Daicel Corporation, Japanese specialty chemicals/airbag inflators (Takata legacy supplier), has faced multiple international class actions over the historic 20152018 sustained Takata airbag inflator recall affecting multiple US auto OEM customer sites (Daicel inflator supplied Takata) affecting Japanese institutional shareholders, plus periodic Japanese FSA enforcement scrutiny affecting Japanese institutional shareholders amid Asian specialty chemicals market normalization.
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Carbon emissions breakdown

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Climate risk

OverallAcuteChronic
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135 assets assessed
ScenarioComing soon
64High
$6.1Testimated revenue at risk
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Biodiversity loss in km²

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Biodiversity loss in terms of the equivalent land affected (km²e)

Total biodiversity loss (km²e)
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Biodiversity loss in CO2e

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Total biodiversity loss as CO2e tonnes

Total biodiversity loss (CO2e tonnes)
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Potential species loss

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Biodiversity impact

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Waste management

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Water management

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Air pollution

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Land use

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Diversity & inclusion

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Pay gap breakdown

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Health & safety

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Externalities

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Market cap

353.0B $, 2026▼5.7% YoY

Revenue

586.5B $, FY2025▼4.8% YoY

EBITDA

61.0B $, FY2025▼9.1% YoY

Operating margin

10% Industry: 5▲7.5% YoY

P/E ratio

7.7 Industry: 21▼7.7% YoY

Revenue & EBITDA

$586.5BFY2025 revenue

Total Annual
Revenue & EBITDA
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Annual revenue
EBITDA
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Margin trends


Margin as % of revenue

Gross margin
Operating margin
Net margin

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Free cashflow

21.1B 2025▼64.3% YoY

Capex

72.3B 2025▼4.3% YoY

Debt/equity ratio

0.8 Industry: 1▼NaN% YoY

R&D intensity

4.2%FY2025

R&D as % of revenue

Return on invested capital (ROIC)
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Return on invested capital

8.0%FY2026

Return on invested capital (ROIC)
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Analyst revenue estimates & actuals


Analyst consensus vs actuals
($ B)

Actual revenue
Consensus estimates
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538.0

▼ 1.9%

2023

558.1

▼ 1.2%

2024

586.5

▼ 1.5%

2025

633.2

2028

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Environmental policy coverage

Carbon reduction policy

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Human rights policy

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Recycling policy

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Workplace health & safety policy

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23%
Independent Directors

6 out of 26 incl. management

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Overall score

84

Environment

90

Social

99

Governance

63

Exclusion screening

Adult content

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Alcoholic

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Animal testing

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Firearms

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Tobacco

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Gambling

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Nuclear

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SDG impact

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SDG impact (historical)

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Reporting

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