Sustainability

The preservation of Earth and the prosperity of the human race are embodied in ZEON’s corporate philosophy, and the aspiration to realize a sustainable Earth (geo) and a safe and comfortable life (eon) is branded in the company name. As a chemical manufacturer, the achievement of carbon neutrality by 2050 is a vital issue for ZEON. In order to achieve it, the company has formulated a masterplan for carbon neutrality. Launched in 2021, one pillar of the medium-term business plan strategy (Stage 30) is to promote a transformation of manufacturing (monozukuri) to realize carbon neutrality and a circular economy.

Find out more about ZEON’s sustainability concept, masterplan, pathways and reports at https://www.zeon.co.jp/en/csr/concept/

Five gears that drive Zeon (materiality)

We organized the Five gears that drive Zeon (materiality) to show the path the company should follow in the future clarifying the relationships among five years. The diagram indicated the Five gears that drive Zeon as a center core to unite our effort to realise our corporate philosophy consistently even in the rapidly changing business environment.

What the diagram shows:

  • The bottom of the vertical axis represents the individual, in other words, micro level, and as we go up, our view widens as the vertical axis approaches the society and macro level. The leftmost point on the horizontal axis denotes driving force, and as we go to the right, we come close to what Zeon Group wants to achieve. The diagram indicates that we start from the level of familiar story as shown in the lower left of the diagram and that as we go to the upper right, our view further widens while we move toward longer-term issues in the timeline.
  • The five gears in the diagram show that as power is conveyed from the lower left to the upper right, what Zeon Group wants to achieve, in other words, its corporate philosophy, is realized.
  • Dialogue and communication are important to keep each of the gears rotating smoothly, and this is shown as a lubricant.
  • Keeping the five gears rotating leads to solving two major issues for the entire globe behind Zeon’s materiality: achievement of carbon neutrality and coexistence of nature and humankind, including the conservation of biodiversity.

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