Risks and opportunities

• Cost increases for responding to carbon pricing introduction and policies, laws, and regulations
• Cost increases for process and product temperature management, water stress, and water procurement difficulties from rising temperatures
• Contributions to lower power consumption of semiconductors through miniaturization
• Rising demand for power semiconductors
• Increase in interest in the marine plastics issue
• Expansion of a circular economy
• Tighter emissions regulations in major developed countries
• Further risk reduction by satisfying standards stricter than the regulatory requirements
• Increased risk of global biodiversity loss
• Risk reduction through initiatives that address biodiversity and water resources as a single issue