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| 1. Our Fundamental Policy on Environment, Safety and Quality |
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| The Company has set the corporate philosophy as "TechnoAmenity: Providing affluence and comfort to people and society, with our unique technology". Adhering to the philosophy, the Company has defined the four priorities regarding Environment, Safety and Quality, which will bring our business activities into harmony with global environmental preservation and conservation: |
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Acknowledging environmental preservation throughout the entire life cycle of a product, from development to disposal |
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Aiming for zero accidents and disasters and keeping society, including our employees, safe |
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Confirming the safety of chemical materials, intermediates and products, and considering the health of respective people such as our customers, employees of logistics, and our employees, etc. |
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Stably supplying products and associated services that meet customer satisfaction and inspire their trust |
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| 2. RC Promotion Organization |
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| (1) RC Promotion Organization |
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| (2) RC Management System |
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ISO 14001(EMS)
Registration of all operations completed in July 2001. Up grading to improved 2004 standards completed in 2005. |
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ISO 9001(QMS)
Registration of all operations completed. Up grading to improved 2000 standards completed in 2003. |
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| 3. The 5th Medium-Term RC Promotion Basic Plan (FY2006-FY2008) |
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Goals |
| (1) Voluntarily pursuing goals in each of the related areas within the company |
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| Environmental Preservation |
·6% reduction of energy per unit of production on FY2008 (vs.FY2005)
(3% reduction of CO2 emission per unit of production on FY2008 (vs.FY2005))
·Accession to zero emission* and its maintenance
·40% reduction of emission of PRTR* chemical substances (vs.FY2005)
·Establishment of eco-friendly product design system
*Zero emission is defined as less quantity of final off-site landfill than 0.1% of total amount of waste generated. |
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| Process Safety and Disaster Prevention |
| ·Zero disasters ·Zero accidents |
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| Occupational Safety and Health |
·Zero industrial injuries with lost workdays (including contractors)
·Zero industrial injuries without lost workdays (including contractors) |
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| Chemical Safety |
| ·Zero problem on chemical safety (legal or social) |
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| Quality |
| ·Zero serious claims |
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| Communication with Society |
| ·Promotion of dialogue with stake holders and adequate disclosure of the information regarding RC |
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| (2) Group RC activities in domestic and overseas |
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·Attainment of common targets to all NIPPON SHOKUBAI GROUP
<Group common targets> |
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| 1) Environmental preservation |
·Promotion of energy saving activities
·Reduction of emission of PRTR chemical substances
·Reduction of amount of waste generated |
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| 2) Process Safety and Disaster Prevention |
| ·Zero disasters .Zero accidents |
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| 3) Occupational Safety and Health |
| ·50% reduction of industrial injuries with lost workdays (vs.FY2004 - FY2005) |
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| 4) Chemical Safety |
| ·Zero problems on chemical safety (legal or social) |
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| 5) Quality |
| ·Zero serious claims |
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| 6) Communication with Society |
| ·Promotion of dialogue to stakeholders and adequate disclosure of the information |
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| 7) Management System |
| ·Introduction of ISO14001 and risk assessment of OHSAS18001. |
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| 4. RC Performance in FY 2006 |
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| (1) Environmental Preservation |
1) Energy saving
2) Reduction of emission of PRTR* chemical substances
3) Reduction of industrial wastes |
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| (2) Process Safety and Disaster Prevention |
1) Implementation of safety assessment by HAZOP*
2) Reduction of change risk through Management of Changes*
3) Training for emergency
4) Logistic safety using Yellow Card* system and training for transportation emergency |
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| (3) Occupational Safety and Health |
1) Reduction of risk in workspace through Occupational Safety and Health Management System
2) Prevention of injuries caused by unsafe action |
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| (4) Chemical Safety |
1) Safety assessment of new products through Stage Gate System
2) Global Product Stewardship for REACH* and GHS* |
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| (5) Quality |
1) Prevention of quality complaint by improving Quality Management System
2) Disclosing information concerning green procurement to the customers |
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| (6) Communication with Society |
| Regional activities such as conserving local chrysanthemum "Noji-Giku" in danger of extinction, and inviting children to potato digging in Himeji Plant. |
"Noji-Giku" and Himeji Plant |
Potato digging (Himeji Plant) |
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| (7) RC activities of the Company in Japan & overseas |
 | Reduction of environmental emission, labor accident, equipment trouble and quality claim & nonconformity |
| Information sharing for RC activity |
| 1) Affiliated companies in Japan: |
| RC audit and case study workshop about quality carried out by the Group companies |
| ISO 9001 certification (Tokyo Fine Chemical Co., Ltd.) |
| 2) Overseas affiliated companies: |
| ISO 14001 certification (NA Industries, Inc.) |
| RC meeting in Himeji Plant |
RC meeting (Himeji Plant) |
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| PRTR:Pollutant Release and Transfer Register |
| A regulatory system which requires reporting of emission volumes of wastes. Data compiled to the government bodies are disclosed to the public. |
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| HAZOP:Hazard and Operability Studies |
| An execution to estimate the safety of plants. |
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| Management of Changes: |
| Program to ensure that proposed changes to plant operations are evaluated changes are prevented so as to public, and the environmental, etc. |
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| Yellow Card: |
| A card staring the producers to be taken and contact information for transporters, fire squads, and police in the event of an accident during the road transport of chemicals. |
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| REACH:Registration, Evaluation, and Authorization of Chemicals |
| A new EU regulatory framework for the Registration, Evaluation and Authorization of Chemicals aiming to improve the protection of human health and the environment through the better and earlier identification of the properties of chemical substances. |
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| GHS:Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals |
| A system for classification and labeling of chemicals hazard according to the globally harmonized rule. |
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