Long-term vision and mission

We are pursuing solutions for social issues and improving our corporate value as a group in line with our Vision and Mission.

Vision

Contributing to a bright future for people and nature

Mission

To continue being a company trusted by all stakeholders

Materiality and KPI

We have identified specific issues (materiality) to focus on to fulfill our Vision and Mission.

 

We identified the points of materiality by first reviewing international standards, such as the GRI Standards, and then selecting possible candidate issues while considering megatrends, social issues, and the requirements and expectations of stakeholders.

 

We then considered them in relation to the strategies of the medium-term management plan and selected the issues that were in accord with the medium- and long-term direction of our business. The Board of Directors approved the following five items as issues of materiality.

 

Furthermore, we have set key performance indicators (KPIs) to manage our materiality.

Materiality

Main initiatives

Related information

1. Advanced coating and latent market development

Invest with a focus on developing advanced coatings
 

  • Develop high-performance coatings for the foundational elements of people’s lives (such as digitalization, infrastructure, medical care, agriculture)
  • Develop coatings that help proliferate and improve the efficiency of renewable energy power generation (such as wind power, hydropower, geothermal power, storage batteries)
  • Develop coatings that help customers reduce greenhouse gas emissions (by supporting non-fossil fuels, recycling equipment)

Solutions

Surface modification technology′s ability to protect the future global environment

Quality management and customer satisfaction

Offer optimal solutions to customers
 

  • Grow from a supplier to a partner
  • Set up projects in priority areas
  • Foster experts in problem-solving

2. Environmental impact reduction measures

Advance decarbonization (carbon neutrality)
 

  • Investigate thermal spraying methods that do not use fossil fuel
  • Reduce power consumption by improving processing methods
  • Use renewable energy

Environmental management

Material balance

Targets and results

Climate change measures

​Waste reduction and environmental conservation​

Measures to reduce waste and protect the environment
 

  • Reduce, recycle, and properly dispose of waste
  • Understand and improve water and air pollution conditions
  • Reduce the use of harmful substances

3. Manufacturing sophistication and quality improvement

Improve manufacturing process sophistication and efficiency
 

  • Promote automation and IoT
  • Begin practical application of new coating formation technology
  • Create smart on-site construction

Quality management and customer satisfaction​

Reinforce the quality control system
 

  • Establish and promote product performance assurance
  • Implement quality controls systems (such as ISO)
  • Construct a Product Qualification Plan

4.Cultivate and activate diverse human resources

Form a medium- and long-term human resource development plan
 

  • Develop human resources and technical training
  • Methodically develop global human resources

Human resource development

Occupational safety and health

Diversity

Create a comfortable work environment
 

  • Fully engage in safety first
  • Promote diversity (value the talents of women, persons with disabilities, mid-career employment)
  • Promote workstyle reform

5. Thorough compliance (acting in accordance with corporate ethics)

Lay the management foundation for a long-surviving company

  • Act in accordance with corporate ethics (social mores, ethics and morals, the environment, local community contribution)
  • Actively promote ESG initiatives
  • Promote engagement with domestic and foreign investors
  • Fully comply with the Corporate Governance Code

Compliance

Corporate governance

Scope of KPIs: TOCALO Co., Ltd. (non-consolidated)

1. Advanced coating and latent market development

Main initiatives

KPI

Definition

Fiscal 2025 goal

Fiscal 2024 achievement

Fiscal 2023 achievement

Fiscal 2022 achievement

Fiscal 2021 achievement

Invest with a focus on developing advanced coatings
 

  • Develop high-performance coatings for the foundational elements of people’s lives (such as digitalization, infrastructure, medical care, agriculture)
  • Develop coatings that help proliferate and improve the efficiency of renewable energy power generation (such as wind power, hydropower, geothermal power, storage batteries)
  • Develop coatings that help customers reduce greenhouse gas emissions (by supporting non-fossil fuels, recycling equipment)

No. of patents owned

(1) Domestic patents

(2) Overseas patents

Total: 280

Total: 274

Total: 257

Total: 262

Total: 251

No. of patent applications

(1) Domestic applications

(2) Overseas applications

(including Patent Cooperation Treaty applications)

Total: 30

Total: 32

Total: 40

Total: 33

Total: 31

Ratio of development spending to sales (consolidated)

(R&D spending + technical development spending) ÷ sales x 100

5%

4.5%

5.0%

4.7%

5.0%

Offer optimal solutions to customers
 

  • Grow from a supplier to a partner
  • Set up projects in priority areas
  • Foster experts in problem-solving

Financial value of orders received in environmental field

(1) Environmental and energy equipment

(2) Repaired and refurbished products

Financial value of orders received for surface treatment processing in the following areas:

(1) Environmental and energy equipment (devices, facilities, and services relating to the prevention of environmental pollution, measures to counter global warming, processing of waste and effective use of resources, and conservation of the natural environment)

(2) Repaired and refurbished products (items suited to reuse and refurbished use)

(1) 2,000 million yen

(2) 8,500 million yen

Total: 10,500 million yen

(1) 2,033 million yen

(2) 7,157 million yen

Total: 9,191 million yen

(1) 1,913 million yen​

(2) 7,229 million yen

Total: 9,143 million yen​

(1) 1,326 million yen​

(2) 6,401 million yen

Total: 7,727 million yen​

(1) 891 million yen​

(2) 6,117 million yen

Total: 7,008 million yen​

Ratio of overseas sales (consolidated)

(1) Sales to foreign companies

(2) Royalties received from overseas

(3) Sales of overseas subsidiaries

Total: 25%

Total: 30.1%

Total: 28.2%

Total: 23.3%

Total: 21.1%

2. Environmental impact reduction measures

Main initiatives

KPI

Definition

Fiscal 2025 goal

Fiscal 2024 achievement

Fiscal 2023 achievement

Fiscal 2022 achievement

Fiscal 2021 achievement

Advance decarbonization (carbon neutrality)
 

  • Investigate thermal spraying methods that do not use fossil fuel
  • Reduce power consumption by improving processing methods
  • Use renewable energy

Greenhouse gas emissions (Scope 1, 2)

Non-consolidated Scope 1 and 2 emissions
(Fiscal 2013 emissions: 14,736 t-CO_{2}

7,900 t-CO_{2}
(Achieved less than 54% of fiscal 2013 emissions)    

7,147 t-CO2

7,819 t-CO2

6,990 t-CO2

17,450 t-CO2

Measures to reduce waste and protect the environment
 

  • Reduce, recycle, and properly dispose of waste
  • Understand and improve water and air pollution conditions
  • Reduce the use of harmful substances

Ratio of waste recycled

Recycled volume ÷ (volume of waste + recycled volume) x 100

40%

62.3%

48.3%

33.1%

30.7%

3. Manufacturing sophistication and quality improvement

Main initiatives

KPI

Definition

Fiscal 2025 goal

Fiscal 2024 achievement

Fiscal 2023 achievement

Fiscal 2022 achievement

Fiscal 2021 achievement

Improve manufacturing process sophistication and efficiency
 

  • Promote automation and IoT
  • Begin practical application of new coating formation technology
  • Create smart on-site construction

Amount of capital investment contributing to improving sophistication and efficiency of manufacturing process

Capital investment for promotion of automation and IoT and practical application of new coating formation technology

400 million yen​​

1,026 million yen​​

298 million yen​​

Reinforce the quality control system
 

  • Establish and promote product performance assurance
  • Implement quality controls systems (such as ISO)
  • Construct a Product Qualification Plan

No. of employees passing QC test

No. of employees passing test (Grade 3 or higher) relating to quality control approved by the Japanese Society for Quality Control (total number)

60 persons

116 persons

91 persons

49 persons

31 persons

No. of employees possessing qualifications as nondestructive inspection engineers

No. of employees possessing qualifications as nondestructive testing engineers approved by the Japanese Society for Non-Destructive Inspection
(1) Penetrant testing
(2) Ultrasonic testing

Total: 25 persons

Total: 25 persons

Total: 20 persons

Total: 18 persons

Total: 15 persons

4. Cultivate and activate diverse human resources

Main initiatives

KPI

Definition

Fiscal 2025 goal

Fiscal 2024 achievement

Fiscal 2023 achievement

Fiscal 2022 achievement

Fiscal 2021 achievement

Form a medium- and long-term human resource development plan

 

  • Develop human resources and technical training
  • Methodically develop global human resources

No. of technology-related external presentations

(1) Presentations to professional societies

(2) Published essays and commentary articles

Total: 25

Total: 20

Total: 21

Total: 28

Total: 18

Number of certified technicians

Number of employees possessing technical qualifications

Number of people possessing the following national qualification (total)

(1) Spraying technician

(2) Machining technician (Grade 2 or higher)

(3) Metal heat treatment technician (Grade 3 or higher)

Total: 240 persons

Total: 241 persons

Total: 231 persons

Total: 226 persons

Total: 178 persons

Educational spending per employee

Annual educational spending ÷ no. of employees at end of term (including temporary employees)

80,000 yen

66,000 yen

75,800 yen

63,200 yen

54,200 yen

Create a comfortable work environment

 

  • Fully engage in safety first
  • Promote diversity (value the talents of women, persons with disabilities, mid-career employment)
  • Promote workstyle reform

Rate of frequency of occupational accidents

No. of deaths and injuries due to occupational accidents ÷ total no. of actual working hours x 1,000,000

Aiming for zero

2.36

(Including temporary employees)

2.06

(Including temporary employees)

1.80

(Not including temporary employees)

0.62

(Not including temporary employees)

Severity rate of occupational accidents

Total no. of working days lost ÷ total no. of actual working hours x 1,000

Aiming for zero

0.031

(Including temporary employees)

0.10

(Including temporary employees)

0.03

(Not including temporary employees)

0.00

(Not including temporary employees)

Ratio of female full-time employees

No. of female full-time employees ÷ total no. of full-time employees x 100

13%

12.5%

12.2%

11.0%

9.5%

Ratio of female managers

No. of female managers ÷ total no. of managers x 100

5%

3.9%

2.1%

2.3%

1.4%

Ratio of men taking childcare leave

No. of men taking childcare leave ÷ no. of men eligible for childcare leave x 100

90%

61.9%

82.8%

68.0%

31.3%

5. Thorough compliance (acting in accordance with corporate ethics)

Main initiatives

KPI

Definition

Fiscal 2025 goal

Fiscal 2024 achievement

Fiscal 2023 achievement

Fiscal 2022 achievement

Fiscal 2021 achievement

Lay the management foundation for a long-surviving company

 

  • Act in accordance with corporate ethics (social mores, ethics and morals, the environment, local community contribution)
  • Actively promote ESG initiatives
  • Promote engagement with domestic and foreign investors
  • Fully comply with the Corporate Governance Code

Ratio of employees receiving compliance training

No. of employees receiving compliance training ÷ no. of eligible employees x 100

100%

100%

(Conducted 3 times)

100%

(Conducted 4 times)

100%

(Conducted 3 times)