Fundamental Approach

The AGC Group's products are made from natural resources such as silica sand and fluorite. We aim to effectively utilize the Earth's limited resources and enhance resource circulation throughout the product life cycle by deepening our existing 3R initiatives (Reduce, Reuse, Recycle), expanding the use of recycled resources, reducing new resource extraction, and improving resource productivity, including packaging materials. Furthermore, we will expand the provision of products with long lifespans and products designed for the 3Rs, aiming to realize a resource recycling society, thereby achieving both social sustainability and economic growth.

Initiatives for Product Life Cycle and Resource Recycling

Targets for the Effective Utilization of Resources

The AGC Group aims to make effective use of resources throughout the product life cycle in order to realize a resource recycling society. This will help conserve natural capital and mitigate the progression of climate change while preserving limited resources.
　In the production process, AGC is conscious of extending the life of products and designing products that are suitable for the 3Rs, 　and we are promoting initiatives to enhance the reuse of resources in the process and to recycle and reuse products that have been used in the world and reached the end of their lifecycle. 　We are also promoting the introduction and conversion of renewable resources, and have set the introduction of non-fossil-derived materials such as biomass materials as one of our 2025 goals. 　Starting in 2023, we set KPIs for the utilization rate of new extracted resources for our major products—glass products, 　basic chemical products, fluorine-related products, and brick products—and have begun efforts to monitor our actual performance and reduce the dependency on these resources.
　The AGC Group is also working to reduce the amount of waste generated during the manufacturing stage, and as a result, 　we have set a goal of reducing the Group's final landfill ratio to less than 1% by 2025. In recent years, 　we have also started working with our business partners to recycle and reuse used products as resources after they have been sold.
　We are currently discussing the setting of long-term goals for the Group toward 2030.

Participation in Initiatives for the Effective Use of Resources

AGC Corporation is a member of Circular Partners, a partnership established by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry to promote collaboration between industry, government, and academia aimed at realizing a circular economy. AGC also participates as a member of the Clean Ocean Material Alliance (CLOMA), a group of companies working together to solve the problem of plastic waste (microplastic) in our oceans. The AGC Group plans to advance activities to further recycle and reuse plastic materials by collaborating with film manufacturers and other companies, while obtaining information about biomass/recycled plastics, material recycling, and chemical recycling.