{"id":3322,"date":"2026-09-18T08:00:10","date_gmt":"2026-09-17T23:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/shokubai.mediawars.ne.jp\/ja\/?post_type=sustainability&#038;p=3322"},"modified":"2026-09-18T08:00:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-17T23:00:10","slug":"chemical-substance-control","status":"publish","type":"sustainability","link":"https:\/\/www.shokubai.co.jp\/en\/sustainability\/environment\/chemical-substance-control\/","title":{"rendered":"Chemical Substance Control"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-my-gutenberg-my-block00 m_ancNav\"><ul class=\"anc_content\"><li><a href=\"#anc01\" title=\"\">Reducing Chemical Substance Emissions<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#anc02\" title=\"\">Group Data<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"anc01\">Reducing Chemical Substance Emissions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Since FY1995, we have participated in the voluntary PRTR<sup>*<\/sup> survey conducted by the Japan Chemical Industry Association (JCIA) in an effort to reduce emissions of chemical substances into the environment.<br>Although the revised PRTR Law came into effect in April 2023 and significantly increased the number of substances subject to the Law, the Medium-term RC Basic Plan 2027 sets a new target for emissions of PRTR-regulated substances at 83 t\/y or less, which is lower than the target in the previous plan.<br>Our emissions were 75.9 t\/y in FY2025, achieving the target. We will continue working toward systematic reductions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list m_notesList s_small\">\n<li>PRTR (Pollutant Release and Transfer Register): A system under which business operators report releases of chemical substances to air, water, and soil and transfers in waste to government authorities, which compile and publish the data. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:18px;font-style:normal;font-weight:600\">FY2025 Releases of Substances Subject to the PRTR Law (Top 10; Nippon Shokubai Co., Ltd., non-consolidated)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-flexible-table-block-table\"><figcaption style=\"text-align:right\">(tons)<\/figcaption><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><th>Cabinet Order No.<\/th><th style=\"width:200px;text-align:center\">Name of PRTR substance<\/th><th>Releases to air<\/th><th>Releases to water<\/th><th>Total releases<\/th><th>Transfers<\/th><\/tr><tr><th style=\"width:100px;text-align:center\">405<\/th><th style=\"width:200px;text-align:center\">Boron compounds<\/th><td style=\"text-align:right\">0.0<\/td><td style=\"text-align:right\">24.4<\/td><td style=\"text-align:right\">24.4<\/td><td style=\"text-align:right\">0.2<\/td><\/tr><tr><th style=\"text-align:center\"><strong>629<\/strong><\/th><th style=\"text-align:center\">Cyclohexane<\/th><td style=\"text-align:right\">12.6<\/td><td style=\"text-align:right\">0.0<\/td><td style=\"text-align:right\">12.6<\/td><td style=\"text-align:right\">0.0<\/td><\/tr><tr><th style=\"width:100px;text-align:center\">321<\/th><th style=\"width:200px;text-align:center\">Vanadium compounds<\/th><td style=\"text-align:right\">0.0<\/td><td style=\"text-align:right\">9.1<\/td><td style=\"text-align:right\">9.1<\/td><td style=\"text-align:right\">0.0<\/td><\/tr><tr><th style=\"width:100px;text-align:center\">4<\/th><th style=\"width:200px;text-align:center\">Acrylic acid and its water-soluble salts<\/th><td style=\"text-align:right\">4.6<\/td><td style=\"text-align:right\">0.0<\/td><td style=\"text-align:right\">4.6<\/td><td style=\"text-align:right\">0.0<\/td><\/tr><tr><th style=\"text-align:center\"><strong>12<\/strong><\/th><th style=\"text-align:center\">Acetaldehyde<\/th><td style=\"text-align:right\">3.7<\/td><td style=\"text-align:right\">0.0<\/td><td style=\"text-align:right\">3.7<\/td><td style=\"text-align:right\">0.0<\/td><\/tr><tr><th style=\"text-align:center\">80<\/th><th style=\"text-align:center\">Xylene<\/th><td style=\"text-align:right\">2.9<\/td><td style=\"text-align:right\">0.0<\/td><td style=\"text-align:right\">2.9<\/td><td style=\"text-align:right\">0.0<\/td><\/tr><tr><th style=\"text-align:center\"><strong>300<\/strong><\/th><th style=\"text-align:center\">Toluene<\/th><td style=\"text-align:right\">2.8<\/td><td style=\"text-align:right\">0.0<\/td><td style=\"text-align:right\">2.8<\/td><td style=\"text-align:right\">1.2<\/td><\/tr><tr><th style=\"text-align:center\"><strong>56<\/strong><\/th><th style=\"text-align:center\">Ethylene oxide<\/th><td style=\"text-align:right\">2.7<\/td><td style=\"text-align:right\">0.0<\/td><td style=\"text-align:right\">2.7<\/td><td style=\"text-align:right\">0.0<\/td><\/tr><tr><th style=\"text-align:center\">20<\/th><th style=\"text-align:center\">2-Aminoethanol<\/th><td style=\"text-align:right\">0.0<\/td><td style=\"text-align:right\">2.5<\/td><td style=\"text-align:right\">2.5<\/td><td style=\"text-align:right\">0.0<\/td><\/tr><tr><th style=\"text-align:center\">731<\/th><th style=\"text-align:center\"><strong>Heptane<\/strong><\/th><td style=\"text-align:right\">2.4<\/td><td style=\"text-align:right\">0.0<\/td><td style=\"text-align:right\">2.4<\/td><td style=\"text-align:right\">0.0<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"anc02\">Group Data<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:18px;font-style:normal;font-weight:600\">Trends in Emissions of PRTR Substances<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image 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