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ChemScore report card 2025
AGC
Total Score
5/100
Ranking
39/40
About the company
AGC Inc. — formerly known as Asahi Glass — is a Japanese company founded in 1907 that specializes in the production and distribution of glass products. AGC is the largest glass company in the world and one of the core Mitsubishi companies. The company operates through three key segments: Glass, Electronics and Chemicals. Its range of products includes various types of glass and glass substrates for LCDs, organic electroluminescence (EL), specialized glass for displays, and related peripheral materials. AGC's chemicals segment specializes in producing and selling vinyl chloride and raw materials for vinyl chloride and caustic soda. The company’s headquarters are located in Tokyo, Japan.
Transparency
4 out of 25 points
Action points
- Start disclosing revenue connected to hazardous chemicals
- Start publishing volumes of hazardous substances that leave the company’s facilities as products or services
- Report on the company’s global hazardous substances portfolio (beyond EU/US) on a substance-by-substance basis
Phase-out of persistent chemicals
0 out of 25 points
Action points
- Start mapping the presence of intentionally or unintentionally present persistent chemicals in the company’s processes and upstream value chain
- Start reporting and/or limit the share of revenue from persistent chemicals considerably
- Stop producing persistent chemicals and set up a timed phase-out plan
Product portfolio
1 out of 25 points
Number of registered hazardous chemicals
21
Number of chemicals on the EU’s Candidate List
2
Number of chemicals on the EU’s Authorisation List and/or POP substances
0
Number of persistent chemicals
13
Product portfolio transparency
30%
Action points
- Reduce the number of hazardous substances the company is using, producing and placing on the market
Safer solutions
0 out of 25 points
Action points
- Either start reporting the company’s share of safer solutions or increase it substantially. As a minimum, REACH candidate list substances must be excluded from such products
- Publicly commit not to develop or market new products containing hazardous substances. As a minimum, REACH candidate list substances must be excluded from such products
- Publicly commit to increasing the share of sales of safer solutions
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Company facts
Founded
1907
Headquarters
Tokyo, Japan
Revenue
13.1 billion USD
ISIN
JP3112000009
Category
Other
