Responsible Care Activities

RC activities are being promoted by chemical industry associations in more than 70 countries worldwide.

RC is a voluntary initiative for members of the chemical industry to implement and improve their environmental safety measures. Participating companies pledge to ensure environmental protection, health and safety throughout the life cycle of their chemical products, from development, manufacturing, and distribution, to use, final consumption and disposal.

Since fiscal 2020, we have been participating in meetings of the Responsible Care Committee established by the Japan Chemical Industry Association (JCIA). Our participation involves presentation of activity results and engaging in dialogue with other members, and the aim is to earn the further confidence of society.

Responsible Care Policy (Revised in Jan 2024)

The Company acknowledges that the environment, safety, and health are the most important tasks and will make effort to engage in the following initiatives as our voluntary and continual Responsible Care activities:

We will make efforts to reduce the environmental loads of our products and to conserve the environment throughout their lifecycles from their development to disposal.
Based on the principle of Safety is the highest we will strive to ensure the safety of all persons engaged in our corporate business activities and local communities with the aim for zero accident and zero injuries with upmost efforts in creation of a safe work environment and security management of the facility.
We will check the safety of chemical substances that are handled in raw materials, intermediate products, and finished products, provide information on their appropriate handling, and give consideration to the safety and health of all related persons, including our employees, logistics personnel, and customers.

We will disclose the efforts of our initiatives to the society and endeavor to engage in appropriate communication with our stakeholders.

RC Promotion System

We have established an RC Committee to promote Responsible Care activities as well as safety and environmental protection activities.

Based on the priority points of the Responsible Care Policy, the committee manages execution of the action plans established by each plant for achieving their targets.

Activities in FY2022 were implemented in accordance with the Responsible Care Manual produced in the previous year. RC verification by JCIA is scheduled at the Tsukuba Plant in FY2023.