Zeon launches SDGs contribution product certification program

Tokyo, Japan – Zeon Corporation has begun operating the SDGs Contribution Product Certification program. Zeon’s program certifies selected, widely used Zeon products that significantly address social issues related to achieving SDGs and thereby reinforce the company’s sustainability management by focusing on the development, manufacturing, and sales of these products as part of its responsibility to advance society and secure sustainable corporate growth.

One of Zeon’s targets for fiscal 2030 under its Medium-Term Business Plan: STAGE30 is to have 50% of overall sales generated by its
products that contribute to SDGs. As a key step toward meeting that target, the company has determined certification criteria for
these products and certified 39 of them that accounted for 34.8% of sales in fiscal 2023.

The certification process incorporates internal reviews of the degree and scope of a product’s contribution to resolving social issues
and ensuring the sustainability of the business, with decisions ultimately made by the Sustainability Conference, Zeon’s highest
decision-making body for sustainability. The company will annually review this process to expand the number of certified products.

Zeon is committed to resolving global and social issues by providing original technologies, products, and services to achieve its
corporate philosophy of “Contributing to the preservation of the Earth and the prosperity of the human race.”