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GRI Standards Reference Table

GRI Standards Reference Table

The Sustainability Data Book 2021 has been prepared in accordance with "Core option" of the Sustainability Reporting Standard of the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI).

Universal Standards

			Corresponding part
NO.	Disclosure	Reporting requirements	The Sustainability	Website and
			Data Book 2021	related reports

GRI102: General Disclosures 2016

Organizational profile

102-1	Name of the	a. Name of the organization.
	organization
102-2	Activities, brands,	a. A description of the organization's activities.
	products, and services	b. Primary brands, products, and services, including an explanation
		of any products or services that are banned in certain markets.
102-3	Location of	a. Location of the organization's headquarters.
	headquarters
102-4	Location of operations	a. Number of countries where the organization operates, and the
		names of countries where it has significant operations and/or
		that are relevant to the topics covered in the report.
102-5	Ownership and legal	a. Nature of ownership and legal form.
	form
102-6	Markets served	a. Markets served, including:
		i. geographic locations where products and services are offered;
		ii. sectors served;
		iii. types of customers and beneficiaries.
102-7	Scale of the	a. Scale of the organization, including:
	organization	i. total number of employees;
		ii. total number of operations;
		iii. net sales (for private sector organizations) or net revenues
		(for public sector organizations);
		iv. total capitalization (for private sector organizations) broken
		down in terms of debt and equity;
		v. quantity of products or services provided.
102-8	Information on	a. Total number of employees by employment contract
	employees and other	(permanent and temporary), by gender.
	workers	b. Total number of employees by employment contract
		(permanent and temporary), by region.
		c. Total number of employees by employment type (full-time and
		part-time), by gender.
		d. Whether a significant portion of the organization's activities are
		performed by workers who are not employees. If applicable,
		a description of the nature and scale of work performed by
		workers who are not employees.
		e. Any significant variations in the numbers reported in Disclosures
		102-8-a,102-8-b, and 102-8-c (such as seasonal variations in the
		tourism or agricultural industries).
		f. An explanation of how the data have been compiled, including
		any assumptions made.
102-9	Supply chain	a. A description of the organization's supply chain, including its
		main elements as they relate to the organization's activities,
		primary brands, products, and services.
102-10	Significant changes to	a. Significant changes to the organization's size, structure, owner-
	the organization and	ship, or supply chain, including:
	its supply chain	i. Changes in the location of, or changes in, operations,
		including facility openings, closings, and expansions;
		ii. Changes in the share capital structure and other capital
		formation, maintenance, and alteration operations (for
		private sector organizations);
		iii. Changes in the location of suppliers, the structure of the
		supply chain, or relationships with suppliers, including
		selection and termination.
102-11	Precautionary	a. Whether and how the organization applies the Precautionary
	Principle or approach	Principle or approach.

Introduction to Sumitomo P.4 Chemical

Human Resources	PP.214-217
Diversity and Inclusion	PP.174-178

Not applicable

For a Sustainable Future		PP.6-51
Risk Management		PP.74-76

Corporate Profile

Business & Products

Each Sector Situation

(Annual Report PP.38-59)

Corporate Profile

Business Locations & Group Companies

Corporate Profile

Corporate Data (Annual

Report PP.96-111)

Business Locations &

Group Companies

Corporate Profile

Each Sector Situation

(Annual Report PP.38-59)

Production Flow Charts

(Investors' Handbook

PP.78-85)

Value Creation Platform (Annual Report PP.60-95)

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						Corresponding part
NO.	Disclosure		Reporting requirements		The Sustainability	Website and
						Data Book 2021	related reports
102-12		External initiatives		a. A list of externally-developed economic, environmental and		Participation in Initiatives	PP.43-46
				social charters, principles, or other initiatives to which the		Eco-First Commitments	PP.93-94
				organization subscribes, or which it endorses.
					Engaging in Human Rights	P.159
						Initiatives
102-13		Membership of		a. A list of the main memberships of industry or other associations,		Participation in Initiatives	PP.43-46
		associations		and national or international advocacy organizations.
Strategy
102-14		Statement from senior		a. A statement from the most senior decision-maker of the		President's Message	PP.7-12
		decision-maker		organization (such as CEO, chair, or equivalent senior position)
				about the relevance of sustainability to the organization and its
				strategy for addressing sustainability.
102-15	Key impacts, risks, and		a. A description of key impacts, risks, and opportunities.		President's Message	PP.7-12
		opportunities				Material Issues to Be	PP.17-22
						Addressed as Management
						Priorities
						Key Performance Indicator	PP.23-32
						(KPI)
						Risk Management	PP.74-76
						Scenario Analysis, Summary	PP.109-110
						Addressing Climate Change	PP.105-116

Ethics and integrity

102-16 Values, principles, standards, and norms of behavior

102-17 Mechanisms for advice and concerns about ethics

a. A description of the organization's values, principles, standards, and norms of behavior.

a. A description of internal and external mechanisms for:

1. seeking advice about ethical and lawful behavior, and organizational integrity;
2. reporting concerns about unethical or unlawful behavior, and organizational integrity.

Corporate Philosophy	PP.13-15
What Sumitomo Chemical	P.16
Group Strives to Be
Compliance	PP.77-84

Governance

102-18 Governance structure

102-19 Delegating authority

102-20Executive-level responsibility for economic, environmental, and social topics

102-21 Consulting stakeholders on economic, environmental, and social topics

102-22 Composition of the highest governance body and its committees

a. Governance structure of the organization, including committees	Current Corporate	PP.54-56
of the highest governance body.	Governance Organization
b. Committees responsible for decision-making on economic,	Sustainability Promotion	P.34
environmental, and social topics.	System
a. Process for delegating authority for economic, environmental,	Sustainability Promotion	P.34
and social topics from the highest governance body to senior	System
executives and other employees.
a. Whether the organization has appointed an executive-level	Sustainability Promotion	P.34
position or positions with responsibility for economic,	System
environmental, and social topics.
b. Whether post holders report directly to the highest governance
body.
a. Processes for consultation between stakeholders and the highest	Sustainability Promotion	P.34
governance body on economic, environmental, and social	System
topics.
b. If consultation is delegated, describe to whom it is delegated
and how the resulting feedback is provided to the highest
governance body.
a. Composition of the highest governance body and its commit-	Current Corporate	PP.54-56	Corporate
tees by:	Governance Organization
	Governance Report
i. executive or non-executive;
ii. independence;
iii. tenure on the governance body;
iv. number of each individual's other significant positions and
commitments, and the nature of the commitments;
v. gender;
vi. membership of under-represented social groups;
vii. competencies relating to economic, environmental, and
social topics;
viii. stakeholder representation.

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			Corresponding part
NO.	Disclosure	Reporting requirements	The Sustainability	Website and
			Data Book 2021	related reports

102-23	Chair of the highest	a. Whether the chair of the highest governance body is also an
	governance body	executive officer in the organization.
		b. If the chair is also an executive officer, describe his or her
		function within the organization's management and the reasons
		for this arrangement.
102-24	Nominating and	a. Nomination and selection processes for the highest governance
	selecting the highest	body and its committees.
	governance body	b. Criteria used for nominating and selecting highest governance
		body members, including whether and how:
		i. stakeholders (including shareholders) are involved;
		ii. diversity is considered;
		iii. independence is considered;
		iv. expertise and experience relating to economic,
		environmental, and social topics are considered.
102-25	Conflicts of interest	a. Processes for the highest governance body to ensure conflicts of
		interest are avoided and managed.
		b. Whether conflicts of interest are disclosed to stakeholders,
		including, as a minimum:
		i. Cross-board membership;
		ii. Cross-shareholding with suppliers and other stakeholders;
		iii. Existence of controlling shareholder;
		iv. Related party disclosures.
102-26	Role of highest	a. Highest governance body's and senior executives' roles in the
	governance body	development, approval, and updating of the organization's
	in setting purpose,	purpose, value or mission statements, strategies, policies, and
	values, and strategy	goals related to economic, environmental, and social topics.
102-27	Collective knowledge	a. Measures taken to develop and enhance the highest
	of highest governance	governance body's collective knowledge of economic,
	body	environmental, and social topics.
102-28	Evaluating the highest	a. Processes for evaluating the highest governance body's
	governance body's	performance with respect to governance of economic, environ-
	performance	mental, and social topics.
		b. Whether such evaluation is independent or not, and its frequency.
		c. Whether such evaluation is a self-assessment.
		d. Actions taken in response to evaluation of the highest
		governance body's performance with respect to governance
		of economic, environmental, and social topics, including, as a
		minimum, changes in membership and organizational practice.
102-29	Identifying and	a. Highest governance body's role in identifying and managing
	managing economic,	economic, environmental, and social topics and their
	environmental, and	impacts, risks, and opportunities - including its role in the
	social impacts	implementation of due diligence processes.
		b. Whether stakeholder consultation is used to support the
		highest governance body's identification and management of
		economic, environmental, and social topics and their impacts,
		risks, and opportunities.
102-30	Effectiveness of	a. Highest governance body's role in reviewing the effectiveness
	risk management	of the organization's risk management processes for economic,
	processes	environmental, and social topics.
102-31	Review of economic,	a. Frequency of the highest governance body's review of
	environmental, and	economic, environmental, and social topics and their impacts,
	social topics	risks, and opportunities.
102-32	Highest governance	a. The highest committee or position that formally reviews and
	body's role in	approves the organization's sustainability report and ensures
	sustainability reporting	that all material topics are covered.
102-33	Communicating	a. Process for communicating critical concerns to the highest
	critical concerns	governance body.

Corporate Governance	P.54
Organization
Current Corporate	PP.54-56
Governance Organization
Corporate Governance	P.54
Organization
Current Corporate	PP.54-56
Governance Organization
Directors & Senior Management	PP.67-70
Expertise and Experience	P.71
of Directors and Corporate
Auditors
Current Corporate	PP.54-56
Governance Organization
Efforts to Substantively	PP.60-63
Strengthen Corporate
Governance
Listed Company with Listed	PP.64-65
Subsidiaries
Cross-Shareholdings	P.66
Sustainability Promotion	P.34
System
Corporate Governance	PP.53-71
Efforts to Substantively	PP.60-63
Strengthen Corporate
Governance
Sustainability Promotion	P.34
System
Efforts to Substantively	PP.60-63
Strengthen Corporate
Governance

Efforts to Substantively	PP.60-63
Strengthen Corporate
Governance
Sustainability Promotion	P.34
System
Risk Management	PP.74-76
Addressing Climate	PP.105-106
Change (Basic Stance,
Management System)
Sustainability Promotion	P.34
System
Risk Management	PP.74-76
Sustainability Promotion	P.34
System
Risk Management	PP.74-76
Addressing Climate	P.106
Change (Management
System)
Sustainability Promotion	P.34
System
Sustainability Promotion	P.34
System
Internal Control	PP.72-73
Risk Management	PP.74-76
Compliance System at the	PP.78-79
Sumitomo Chemical Group

Corporate Governance Report

Corporate Governance Report

Corporate

Governance Report

Consolidated

Financial Statements

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102-34 Nature and total number of critical concerns

102-35 Remuneration policies

102-36 Process for determining remuneration

102-37 Stakeholders' involvement in remuneration

102-38 Annual total compensation ratio

a. Total number and nature of critical concerns that were	Sustainability Promotion	P.34
communicated to the highest governance body.	System
b. Mechanism(s) used to address and resolve critical concerns.	Internal Control	PP.72-73
	Risk Management	PP.74-76
	Compliance	PP.77-84
a. Remuneration policies for the highest governance body and	Executive Nomination and	PP.57-59
senior executives for the following types of remuneration:	Remuneration

1. Fixed pay and variable pay, including performance-based pay, equity-based pay, bonuses, and deferred or vested shares;

ii. Sign-on bonuses or recruitment incentive payments; iii. Termination payments;

iv. Clawbacks;

1. 1. Retirement benefits, including the difference between benefit schemes and contribution rates for the highest governance body, senior executives, and all other employees.
2. How performance criteria in the remuneration policies relate to the highest governance body's and senior executives' objectives for economic, environmental, and social topics.

a. Process for determining remuneration.		Executive Nomination and	PP.57-59
b. Whether remuneration consultants are involved in determining		Remuneration
remuneration and whether they are independent of management.
c. Any other relationships that the remuneration consultants have
with the organization.
a. How stakeholders' views are sought and taken into account		Executive Nomination and	PP.57-59
regarding remuneration.		Remuneration
b. If applicable, the results of votes on remuneration policies and
proposals.
a. Ratio of the annual total compensation for the organization's		-	-
highest-paid individual in each country of significant operations
to the median annual total compensation for all employees
(excluding the highest-paid individual) in the same country.

102-39	Percentage increase	a. Ratio of the percentage increase in annual total compensation	-	-
	in annual total	for the organization's highest-paid individual in each country
	compensation ratio	of significant operations to the median percentage increase
		in annual total compensation for all employees (excluding the
		highest-paid individual) in the same country.

Stakeholder engagement

102-40	List of stakeholder	a. A list of stakeholder groups engaged by the organization.	Communication with	PP.47-48
	groups		Stakeholders
			Digest of Expert Opinion	PP.31-32
			and Advice
102-41	Collective bargaining	a. Percentage of total employees covered by collective bargaining	Communication with	P.169
	agreements	agreements.	Employees
102-42	Identifying and	a. The basis for identifying and selecting stakeholders with whom	Communication with	PP.47-48
	selecting stakeholders	to engage.	Stakeholders
102-43	Approach to	a. The organization's approach to stakeholder engagement,	Communication with	PP.47-48
	stakeholder	including frequency of engagement by type and by stakeholder	Stakeholders
	engagement	group, and an indication of whether any of the engagement was
		undertaken specifically as part of the report preparation process.
102-44	Key topics and	a. Key topics and concerns that have been raised through	Sustainability Promotion	P.34
	concerns raised	stakeholder engagement, including:	System
		i. how the organization has responded to those key topics and	Digest of Expert Opinion	PP.31-32
		concerns, including through its reporting;	and Advice
		ii. the stakeholder groups that raised each of the key topics
		and concerns.

TOPIC : Engagement with Investors on the Topic of Listed Companies with Listed Subsidiaries (Annual Report P89)

Dialogue with Shareholders and Investors (Annual Report P95)

Dialogue with Shareholders and Investors (Annual Report P95)

TOPIC : Engagement with Investors on the Topic of Listed Companies with Listed Subsidiaries (Annual Report P89)

Dialogue with Shareholders and Investors (Annual Report P95)

TOPIC : Engagement with Investors on the Topic of Listed Companies with Listed Subsidiaries (Annual Report P89)

Dialogue with Shareholders and Investors (Annual Report P95)

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			Corresponding part
NO.	Disclosure	Reporting requirements	The Sustainability	Website and
			Data Book 2021	related reports
Reporting practice
102-45	Entities included in	a. A list of all entities included in the organization's consolidated			Consolidated
	the consolidated	financial statements or equivalent documents.
			Financial Statements
	financial statements
	b. Whether any entity included in the organization's consolidated
		financial statements or equivalent documents is not covered by
		the report.
102-46	Defining report	a. An explanation of the process for defining the report content	Editorial Policy	P.2
	content and topic	and the topic Boundaries.	Report Profile	P.3
	Boundaries	b. An explanation of how the organization has implemented the
		Reporting Principles for defining report content.
102-47	List of material topics	a. A list of the material topics identified in the process for defining	Material Issues to Be	PP.17-22
		report content.	Addressed as Management
			Priorities
			Key Performance Indicator	P.23
			(KPI)
102-48	Restatements of	a. The effect of any restatements of information given in previous	Water Usage (Sumitomo	P.120
	information	reports, and the reasons for such restatements.	Chemical Group)
			FY2018-2020	P.128
			Environmental Performance
			(Sumitomo Chemical and
			Group Companies in Japan)
102-49	Changes in reporting	a. Significant changes from previous reporting periods in the list of	Not applicable	-
		material topics and topic Boundaries.
102-50	Reporting period	a. Reporting period for the information provided.	Report Profile	P.3
102-51	Date of most recent	a. If applicable, the date of the most recent previous report.	Report Profile	P.3
	report
102-52	Reporting cycle	a. Reporting cycle.	Report Profile	P.3
102-53	Contact point for	a. The contact point for questions regarding the report or its			Contact
	questions regarding	contents.
	the report
102-54	Claims of reporting in	a. The claim made by the organization, if it has prepared a report in	Report Profile	P.3
	accordance with the	accordance with the GRI Standards, either:
	GRI Standards	i. 'This report has been prepared in accordance with the GRI
		Standards: Core option';
		ii. 'This report has been prepared in accordance with the GRI	GRI Standards Reference	"Core option"
		Standards: Comprehensive option'.	Table
102-55	GRI content index	a. The GRI content index, which specifies each of the GRI Standards	GRI Standards Reference	PP.229-249
		used and lists all disclosures included in the report.	Table
		b. For each disclosure, the content index shall include:
		i. the number of the disclosure (for disclosures covered by the
		GRI Standards);
		ii. the page number (s) or URL (s) where the information can
		be found, either within the report or in other published
		materials;
		iii. if applicable, and where permitted, the reason(s) for omission
		when a required disclosure cannot be made.
102-56	External assurance	a. A description of the organization's policy and current practice	Editorial Policy	P.2
		with regard to seeking external assurance for the report.
		b. If the report has been externally assured:	Independent Assurance	P.228
		i. A reference to the external assurance report, statements,	Report
		or opinions. If not included in the assurance report
		accompanying the sustainability report, a description of
		what has and what has not been assured and on what basis,
		including the assurance standards used, the level of assurance
		obtained, and any limitations of the assurance process;
		ii. The relationship between the organization and the
		assurance provider;
		iii. Whether and how the highest governance body or senior
		executives are involved in seeking external assurance for the
		organization's sustainability report.

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