Unitika : Report 2021 Integrated Report

Unitika Report 2021

Integrated Report

C o n n e c t i n g p e o p l e ' s l i v e s a n d t e c h n o l o g y

Our Philosophy

Contributing to society

by connecting people's

lives and technology

Basic Management Policies

As a corporate group, we are committed to our philosophy of "contributing to society by connecting people's lives and technology," and to become an essential corporation for society that contributes to people's lives and the environment.

While advancing our basic management policies of "strengthening infrastructure as a functional material manufacturer" and "strengthening our corporate character

and capital stock," we maintain our firm belief that contributing to society not only increases our corporate value, but also meets the expectations of our stakeholders.

Notes on the Integrated Report

Safe

and secure living

From 2021, the Unitika Group will integrate the usual Fact Book and Unitika CSR Report, and issue a Unitika Report that summarizes the financial information and non-financial information in a single book. With this report, we are aiming to further deepen the understanding of our company by a wide range of stakeholders, including shareholders and investors.

Organizations covered in the report: In principle, this report covers the activities of Unitika, Ltd. and the Unitika Group companies, both in Japan and overseas.

Period covered in the report: April 1, 2020 to March 31, 2021 (includes some information from April 1, 2021 onwards)

Issue: October 2021 (Next scheduled issue: October 2022)

Important notes concerning forecasts: The contents of this report are based on the information currently available to the Company, and on certain assumptions the Company determines to be reasonable; the contents are not intended to be a promise by the Company that they will be achieved. The actual results, etc., may differ considerably due to various factors.

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Contents

Introduction

1 Our Philosophy/Contents

• Financial and Non-Financial Highlights

Convenient

and

comfortable living

Living in

coexistence with the environment

Value Creation Strategy	ESG	Financial and
				Corporate Information
5	Message from the President	17	Promotion of Sustainability	45	10-year Financial
9	Value Creation Process	19	Environment		Summary
11	Medium-Term Management Plan	31	Society	47	Company Overview
14	Business Overview	39	Governance

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Financial and Non-Financial Highlights

Financial Highlights

Net sales	Year-on-year
	−9,160 million yen
(100 million yen)

1,262.2	1,283.9	1,291.0	1,103.8
	1,195.4

					( year )
2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	Fiscal
Ordinary profit		Year-on-year
		+2,230 million yen

(100 million yen)

104.8	99.7
	70.9	53.8
		31.5

					( year )
2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	Fiscal

Net assets/Capital adequacy ratio

Net assets (100 million yen) Capital adequacy ratio (%)

452.6				411.9
	407.3	413.5	389.3
19.7	18.4	19.0	18.3	20.7

					( year )
2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	Fiscal

Operating profit	Year-on-year
	+550 million yen
(100 million yen)

125.4
116.6
81.4	60.2
54.7

					( year )
2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	Fiscal
Profit attributable	Year-on-year
to owners of parent	+6,020 million yen

(100 million yen)	80.8
73.9
	52.3	38.6
		-21.6

					( year )
2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	Fiscal

Interest-bearing liabilities

(100 million yen)

1,093.3	1,052.5	1,026.0		968.0
	996.0

					( year )
2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	Fiscal

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Introduction	Value Creation	ESG	Financial and
	Strategy		Corporate Information

Cash Flow (CF)

Operating CF		Investment CF		Free CF
(100 million yen)		(100 million yen)		(100 million yen)

181.1				148.7
139.5
	97.4	89.9	98.0	87.0
	65.1
		25.4
	－32.3		－3.9
－41.6			−61.7
	－64.4
			－101.9

						2020	( year )
2016	2017	2018	2019	Fiscal
Capital investment/Depreciation
(Property, plant and equipment)
	Capital investment		Depreciation
	(100 million yen)		(100 million yen)

				93.2
			60.7		73.9
				45.2
48.342.9	41.3	44.5	44.8	47.7

					( year )
2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	Fiscal

R&D expenditures

(100 million yen)		36.4
34.7	36.2
32.7
31.4

2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	( year )
Fiscal

Non-Financial Highlights

CO2 emissions	−23%
from energy generation
	relative to FY 2013 level

（t）	Production sites	Group companies
351
	47	306	295	292	282	35 269
		39
		40	37
							27
	304	267	255	255			242
			247
2013		2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	Fiscal
							( year )

to logistics	−26%
	CO2 emissions related
		relative to FY 2013 level
（t）

27.0		26.3
	24.2
			20.7	19.5
			21.1
						(	year )
2013	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	Fiscal

Employees taking childcare leave

(People)	Male		Female
	19
	4	17		17
			4	6
				12
	15				2	8
		13			3
			11
				10
						5

					( year )
2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	Fiscal

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