In 2025, the AGC Group redefined “Look Beyond,”  previously known as its “Group Vision,” as its new “Group Philosophy,” and updated its content to align with the times.Our Shared Values, which we updated to match the times, are Innovation & Operational Excellence, Sustainability for a Blue planet, One Team with Diversity, and Integrity & Trust. In other words, we added Trust to Integrity, which had been part of our values until now.Environment, safety, quality, and compliance are the prerequisites for our business, and we aim to earn the trust of society and customers based on this integrity.To reaffirm our commitment in this regard, we made Integrity & Trust one of Our Shared Values.

Under the medium-term management plan, AGC plus-2026, we have defined three social values that the AGC Group will create through our products and technologies, as we look to deepen our sustainability management: “Blue planet,” “Innovation,” and “Well-being.” Furthermore, we have combined these with “reduce greenhouse gas emissions with regard to limiting our environmental impact,” and “increase employee engagement scores with regard to human capital,” and have set a total of seven KPIs.We intend to closely track our progress in relation to these indicators.

Our long-term management strategy “Vision 2030” states that we strive to help realize a sustainable society and continuously grow and evolve as an excellent company.The AGC Group's products and services are based on materials, meaning they take many years to go from R&D to commercialization. Making a meaningful contribution through materials requires the efforts of multiple generations of people over many years, something that is not possible with short-term management policies.The fact that it takes such a long time means that the people of several generations are involved. Therefore, to contribute to the realization of a sustainable society through materials, it is essential that we have a long-term perspective and develop systems and the personnel to operate these systems over the long term.Our corporate culture is based on three elements: open communication, taking on challenges, and encouraging initiative. With this culture, we aim to ensure high levels of engagement, support the chemical reaction of knowledge, and strengthen on-site capabilities—which will result in higher corporate value—by drawing out the strengths and unique characteristics of our diverse human resources and supporting self-directed learning and growth. The phrase “AGC People: Driving our Growth!” directly expresses this approach.

　

Since I was appointed as the Group CEO, I have always thought that personnel expenses are an investment, not a cost. Through a series of dialogue meetings at domestic and overseas work sites, we have promoted various initiatives to draw out the strengths and individuality of our diverse human resources from a long-term perspective.By proactively utilizing its human resources, the AGC Group will aim to become an excellent company that grows and evolves continuously.We will endeavor to build trust through communication with members of society, as part of the AGC Group's aim to continuously grow and evolve to enable us to be “an everyday essential part of our world.”I would greatly appreciate your continued understanding and support as we proceed.

Since its founding, the AGC Group has continuously provided products that contribute to society as demanded at the time and made people's lives better around the world every day with its unique materials and solutions.The economic value generated through the social value created by producing products that contribute to society has been used as a source of growth and reinvested in research and development, facilities, and human capital, thereby perpetuating a virtuous cycle of value creation and growth.Our sustainability management aims to contribute to the sustainability of society and increase our corporate value.

Setting Sustainability KPIs and Steadily Implementing Measures

Based on the trends in long-term social issues and the characteristics of the AGC Group's businesses, we identified the “major risks” and “major opportunities” for AGC Group. Particularly focusing on “major opportunities,” we introduced three types of social value that the AGC Group aims to create with its products and technologies: “Blue planet” (realization of a sustainable global environment), “Innovation” (creation of an innovative future society), and “Well-being” (contribution to safe and secure living).We aim to create economic value and enhance corporate value through providing these social values.To realize our long-term management strategy, “Vision 2030,” the AGC plus-2026 medium-term management plan sets five KPIs to measure business growth from a sustainability perspective in these three areas, and two KPIs to measure the sustainability of our management base: “GHG (Scope 1 and 2 ) Emissions” and “Employee engagement score,” for a total of seven sustainability KPIs.By reliably monitoring these activities, we are working to deepen our sustainability management.

With regard to GHG emissions reduction, we aim to achieve net zero carbon emissions (Scope 1 and 2) by 2050. One example of the measures we are taking to achieve our goal is the demonstration experiment that we have started with Saint-Gobain, a company headquartered in France, to significantly reduce CO₂ emissions in glass manufacturing.Among other initiatives, we are developing technologies for the use of green energy such as hydrogen and ammonia while studying the introduction of carbon dioxide capture, utilization and storage (CCS/CCUS).In this way, we will contribute to the realization of a sustainable global environment by strengthening collaboration with external organizations, rather than limiting our initiatives to the AGC Group alone. As we strive to embody “AGC People: Driving our Growth!,” we are implementing measures based on large-scale engagement surveys conducted every three years and confirm their effectiveness through annual pulse surveys to pinpoint trends and issues.Each organization is taking proactive measures to create the AGC Group that enhances corporate value by demonstrating the strengths and individuality of its diverse human resources.To add momentum to such endeavors, the management team personally visits work sites and engages in dialogue with the employees.

Toward the Sustainability of Society and of the AGC Group

In 2024, we added a human rights complaint contact desk and strengthened our system for responding quickly and appropriately to feedback from employees and stakeholders.In addition, we are reviewing the governance structure of the entire Group to ensure transparent management.The Environment Response Meeting, established under the Sustainability Committee, concentrates on discussions related to climate change while also addressing other environmental issues as topics for broad discussion.

At the beginning of 2025, the AGC Group renewed “Our Shared Values” within its Group philosophy “Look Beyond” in a form that is more aligned with the times.The AGC Group has clarified its commitment to realizing its Vision by establishing four key values that all group employees share as the foundation for all their actions: Innovation & Operational Excellence, Sustainability for a Blue planet, One Team with Diversity, and Integrity & Trust.

The AGC Group will continue to promote various measures to further deepen its sustainability management and contribute to the realization of a sustainable society.To that end, we kindly request the ongoing understanding and support of our stakeholders.