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Sumitomo Chemical Newly Designates Eight Products and Technologies as Sumika Sustainable Solutions

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Sumitomo Chemical Newly Designates Eight Products and Technologies as Sumika Sustainable Solutions

Aug. 8, 2025

Sumitomo Chemical has newly designated eight of the Sumitomo Chemical Group’s products and technologies as Sumika Sustainable Solutions. This initiative is one of the Company’s efforts aimed at achieving a sustainable society, and marks its 10th anniversary this year. With this latest addition, the total number of Sumika Sustainable Solutions products and technologies has reached 89. These designated products and technologies generate annual sales revenue of 554.3 billion yen, accounting for 21% of the Group’s total sales revenue.

In this initiative, which was launched in 2016, Sumitomo Chemical has designated products and technologies of the Group that contribute to mitigating and adapting to climate change and reducing environmental impact as Sumika Sustainable Solutions. This designation process includes reviews and assessments by multiple external experts. The Company has set the target of generating annual sales revenue of 1.2 trillion yen from Sumika Sustainable Solutions by fiscal 2030.

The newly designated products include Rapidicil^®, an herbicide suitable for the no-till cultivation of soybeans and corn; Glue Cleaner, a cleaning agent used in the manufacturing process of high-performance, energy-efficient semiconductor memories; and SUMIPEX^® Meguri^®, a chemically recycled acrylic resin. For further information about these products, please see the attachment. Each of these products and technologies are linked to specific Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and are expected to contribute to their respective fields.

In addition, since 2023, Sumitomo Chemical has introduced a new indicator, Science Based Contributions (SBC), to demonstrate more clearly how much its products and technologies contribute to the achievement of carbon neutrality. SBC quantitatively and scientifically calculates and visualizes the amount of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions that have been reduced in society through the use of technologies and final products that have been carefully selected from those designated as Sumika Sustainable Solutions and are expected to reliably reduce GHG emissions. The SBC results for fiscal 2024 showed a reduction of 6.60 million tons in GHG emissions. The Company will utilize SBC as a key performance indicator as it works to enhance climate-related disclosures to stakeholders, and will continue to advance its initiatives toward global carbon neutrality.

Sumitomo Chemical will strive to be an Innovative Solution Provider that solves societal issues by leveraging innovative technologies. The Company remains committed to creating solutions that contribute to the achievement of a sustainable society.

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List of the products and technologies newly designated as Sumika Sustainable Solutions

Solutions	◆: Features ●: Contributions	Contributions to SDGs
Rapidicil^®(Sumitomo Chemical Latin America) Empera^® is one of the products that contains Rapidicil^® as its active ingredient. It is also the world’s first commercialized product containing Rapidicil^®.	◆Herbicide for soybeans and corn, offering faster action and broader weed control with lower application amounts compared to conventional products. ●Optimal for no-till farming, contributing to CO₂ emissions reduction and prevention of soil erosion.
CANA+ Program (Sumitomo Chemical Latin　America)	◆Biorational technology for sugarcane, which combines growth regulation, soil improvement, disease suppression, and other functions. ●Helps enhance bioethanol feedstock yields, thereby contributing to the replacement of fossil fuels and enabling significant GHG emissions reduction.
Biomass-based biodegradable plasticizer (Taoka Chemical Co., Ltd.)	◆Biodegradable plasticizer made from biomass-derived raw materials, featuring excellent anti-bleeding properties and processability through proprietary esterification technology. ●Its use of biomass-based materials as well as its biodegradability contribute to reducing environmental impact.
Glue Cleaner (Dongwoo Fine-Chem Co., Ltd.)	◆Cleaning agent that enables efficient and low-corrosion removal of residual adhesives in the manufacturing of high-bandwidth memories (HBM), semiconductor memories for applications such as artificial intelligence (AI) and high-performance computing (HPC). ●Contributes to the manufacturing of advanced semiconductors and energy saving.
High basicity polyaluminum chloride (Asahi Chemical Co., Ltd.)	◆Water treatment coagulant with higher basicity and significantly improved turbidity control compared to conventional products. ●Enables reduction of chemical dosage and sludge volume and contributes to energy saving and environmental conservation at various water treatment sites.
SD POLYCA^TMRE Series (Sumika Polycarbonate Limited)	◆Environmentally friendly polycarbonate resin that uses post-consumer recycled (PCR) polycarbonate. ●Contributes to reducing CO₂ emissions and waste, compared to virgin polycarbonate, and to promoting resource recycling.
SD POLYCA^TM BM Series (Sumika Polycarbonate Limited)	◆Polycarbonate resin with excellent impact and heat resistance, which is created by compounding waste-derived biomass and polycarbonate. ●Contributes to promoting resource recycling by utilizing waste biomass, and to reducing CO₂ emissions.
SUMIPEX^®Meguri^® Chemical recycled PMMA molding material (Sumitomo Chemical Asia)	◆Recycled PMMA molding material produced by chemically recycling waste PMMA from used products and manufacturing processes, suitable even for high-quality applications such as automobiles and displays. ●Effectively utilizes PMMA waste previously incinerated, contributing to CO₂ emissions reduction and resource recycling.