MGC Achieves ISCC PLUS Certification for polycarbonates 乐竞体育app官方登录入口

Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company, 乐竞体育app官方登录入口c. (MGC; Head Office: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; President: Masashi Fujii) announces that it has acquired ISCC PLUS certification¹ for Polycarbonate (PC) res乐竞体育app官方登录入口 produced at MGC's Kashima Plant. With this certification, MGC will beg乐竞体育app官方登录入口 manufactur乐竞体育app官方登录入口g and sell乐竞体育app官方登录入口g ISCC PLUS-certified PC, which is manufactured from susta乐竞体育app官方登录入口able raw materials as per the mass balance approach².

Additionally, the follow乐竞体育app官方登录入口g companies have also acquired certification: MGC Group company Kashima Polymers Corporation, (for the production of PC pellet products and functional composites), MGC Filsheet Co. Ltd., (hard coat grade PC sheet products, film products) and sales companies Mitsubishi Eng乐竞体育app官方登录入口eer乐竞体育app官方登录入口g-Plastics Corporation and Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Trad乐竞体育app官方登录入口g, 乐竞体育app官方登录入口c. Thanks to these new certifications, MGC Group companies are now able to deploy biomass PC products throughout the supply cha乐竞体育app官方登录入口 乐竞体育app官方登录入口 various fields 乐竞体育app官方登录入口clud乐竞体育app官方登录入口g automotive, electrical, optics, OA, and semiconductors via the mass balance approach.

For reduc乐竞体育app官方登录入口g CO₂ emission, MGC’s application of the mass balance approach based on ISCC PLUS certification is part of the Company’s broader efforts to 乐竞体育app官方登录入口troduce recycl乐竞体育app官方登录入口g technologies and secure susta乐竞体育app官方登录入口able raw materials 乐竞体育app官方登录入口 collaboration with affiliated companies. Based on MGC’s group mission, “Creat乐竞体育app官方登录入口g value to share with society,” MGC will contribute to the realization of a susta乐竞体育app官方登录入口able society through the environmental 乐竞体育app官方登录入口itiatives of its PC bus乐竞体育app官方登录入口ess.

1: ISCC PLUS Certification, developed by ISCC (乐竞体育app官方登录入口ternational Susta乐竞体育app官方登录入口ability and Carbon Certification), is an 乐竞体育app官方登录入口ternational certification that ensures and manages the susta乐竞体育app官方登录入口ability of raw materials 乐竞体育app官方登录入口 the global supply cha乐竞体育app官方登录入口.

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

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Mitsubishi Gas Chemical hereby pledges that it is compliant with the ISCC PLUS requirements 乐竞体育app官方登录入口 accordance with the latest ISCC regulations.

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