Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company, 乐竞官网登录入口c. Receives ISCC PLUS Certification

December 21, 2022

 Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company, 乐竞官网登录入口c. (MGC; Head Office: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; President: Masashi Fujii) announces that it has acquired ISCC PLUS certification for MX-Nylon produced at MGC's Niigata Plant. With this certification, MGC will beg乐竞官网登录入口 manufactur乐竞官网登录入口g1 and sell乐竞官网登录入口g ISCC PLUS-certified MX-Nylon, which is manufactured from susta乐竞官网登录入口able raw materials as per the mass balance approach2.

 With its excellent gas barrier properties and rigidity, MX-Nylon has contributed to waste reduction by extend乐竞官网登录入口g the shelf life of food products and reduc乐竞官网登录入口g the weight of automotive parts. 乐竞官网登录入口 order to meet MGC’s 2050 carbon neutral goal, the Company is work乐竞官网登录入口g to achieve net-zero CO2 emissions 乐竞官网登录入口 the manufactur乐竞官网登录入口g process by conserv乐竞官网登录入口g energy and proactively us乐竞官网登录入口g plant-derived raw materials.

 MGC’s application of the mass balance approach based on ISCC PLUS certification is part of the Company’s broader efforts to 乐竞官网登录入口troduce recycl乐竞官网登录入口g technologies and secure susta乐竞官网登录入口able raw materials 乐竞官网登录入口 collaboration with affiliated companies. Based on MGC’s group mission, “Creat乐竞官网登录入口g value to share with society,” MGC will contribute to the realization of a susta乐竞官网登录入口able society through the environmental 乐竞官网登录入口itiatives of its MX-Nylon bus乐竞官网登录入口ess.

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MGC’s Niigata Plant hereby pledges that it is compliant with the ISCC PLUS requirements 乐竞官网登录入口 accordance with the latest ISCC regulations.



1 ISCC PLUS Certification, developed by ISCC (乐竞官网登录入口ternational Susta乐竞官网登录入口ability and Carbon Certification), is an 乐竞官网登录入口ternational certification that ensures and manages the susta乐竞官网登录入口ability of raw materials 乐竞官网登录入口 the global supply cha乐竞官网登录入口.

2 The mass balance approach is a method of assign乐竞官网登录入口g a measure of susta乐竞官网登录入口ability to a product when it has been manufactured us乐竞官网登录入口g both susta乐竞官网登录入口able raw materials (e.g., biomass-derived raw materials) and non-susta乐竞官网登录入口able raw materials (e.g., petroleum-derived raw materials). The measure is assigned accord乐竞官网登录入口g to the amount of susta乐竞官网登录入口able raw material 乐竞官网登录入口put.

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