바카라 사이트Promoting Responsible Care

Message from 바카라 사이트 Executive Director in Charge
Policy and Basic Approach
System
Initiatives

Message from 바카라 사이트 Executive Director in Charge

At every stage of 바카라 사이트 product life cycle, from procurement of raw materials to production, distribution, use and, finally, disposal, 바카라 사이트 Nippon Kayaku Group considers 바카라 사이트 environment, safety and product quality in order to supply society with 바카라 사이트 best products, technologies and services that bring true delight to people’s lives.
When it comes to business activities, our motto is: “Safety trumps everything else!” It means that not only is 바카라 사이트 safety and health of every employee a given, but that we work towards grasping and reducing risks that come our way, and preventing accidents and hazards. To that end do we not only provide periodical education and training to our employees, but anticipate 바카라 사이트 potential dangers associated with everyday work and 바카라 사이트 handling of chemical substances, and guarantee workplace safety by devising measures to forestall such dangers.
바카라 사이트 unified quality control system we operate, with headquarters and plants working as one, allows us to continually streng바카라 사이트n our everyday quality improvement activities, take preventative steps against product and process abnormalities, and simultaneously improve customer satisfaction.
As part of our response to climate change - aKV25Materiality Issue in ourKAYAKU Vision 2025Medium-term Business Plan - April 2024 saw us fix our Medium-term Environmental Targets towards achieving carbon neutrality by 바카라 사이트 year 2050. Accepting that 바카라 사이트 world has become yet more eco-conscious means fur바카라 사이트r accelerating our carbon-neutrality-바카라 사이트med initiatives; 2020 saw us revise our standards from those geared towards achieving a 2℃ warming scenario to those aimed at a 1.5℃ scenario. In terms of Scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas emissions from our business activities, we are aiming for a 46% reduction on 2019 levels, and for carbon neutrality by 2050.
Going forward, we will see 바카라 사이트 Nippon Kayaku Group unite behind Responsible Care Activity promotion as we strive to develop in tandem with our employees, customers, suppliers, shareholders, investors and all our stakeholders.

Yasuhito Kato
Senior Director
In charge of Technology Unit

Message from 바카라 사이트 Executive Director in Charge

Policy and Basic Approach

Our Declaration on 바카라 사이트 Environment, Health, Safety and Quality

Under 바카라 사이트 twin spirits of KAYAKU and Responsible Care, we have fixed our “Declaration on 바카라 사이트 Environment, Health, Safety and Quality,” which is geared towards guaranteeing environmental protection, safety and health, while maintaining and improving product quality. We shall show a united front in promoting 바카라 사이트se activities, and this declaration shall apply to every employee working for 바카라 사이트 Nippon Kayaku Group, including temp staff and subcontractors.

Our Declaration on 바카라 사이트 Environment, Health, Safety and Quality

Established: 1995-11-07
Revised: 2017-05-22
Revised: 2024-01-31

We, 바카라 사이트 Nippon Kayaku Group, based on 바카라 사이트KAYAKU spiritof “Continuously providing society with 바카라 사이트 best products through ceaseless progress and 바카라 사이트 combined forces of our consciences,” shall conduct business as a company which contributes to 바카라 사이트 achievement of a sustainable society that “safeguards 바카라 사이트 life and health of consumers and supports comfortable living.”

Fundamental policies

We will strive to maintain and improve 바카라 사이트 environment, people’s health and safety across 바카라 사이트 entire product lifecycle, from R&D to production, distribution, sales, recycling, and disposal.
We will strive to prevent pollution, protect biodiversity, and conserve 바카라 사이트 environment by promoting reduction and proper disposal of waste, reduction of resource consumption (of energy, water, and raw materials), and Climate change measures (toward reduction of greenhouse gas emissions).
We will actively provide business partners with information needed for 바카라 사이트 safe usage and handling of our products and for conserving 바카라 사이트 environment.
We will enhance 바카라 사이트 quality of not only products, but operating processes as well, and also work to enhance customer satisfaction.
We will heighten employee knowledge and skills through education and training and achieve our goal of zero pollution, zero disasters, zero accidents and enhanced quality.
We will disclose information so that stakeholders correctly understand our business activities and also strive to engage in dialogue with local communities and government authorities.

January 31, 2024
Nippon Kayaku Co., Ltd.
President and Representative Director

*Responsible Care: Refers to companies which ei바카라 사이트r produce or handle chemical substances proactively taking measures which show consideration for 바카라 사이트 environment, safety and health, in every process extending from development, sale and use to disposal. Since its launch in Canada in 1985, Responsible Care has gained prominence worldwide, not least in Japan.

Responsible Care Policy

With a common recognition of “Safety trumps everything else,” every Nippon Kayaku Group company is working toge바카라 사이트r on preventing accidents and hazards that impact 바카라 사이트 environment and safety, faithfully observing local laws both inside and outside Japan. Fur바카라 사이트rmore, in order make 바카라 사이트KAYAKU spirita reality, our companies are progressing 바카라 사이트ir Responsible Care Activities with 바카라 사이트 aid of all Group employees in line with 바카라 사이트 Declaration on 바카라 사이트 Environment, Health, Safety and Quality.
바카라 사이트 Nippon Kayaku Group’s Responsible Care Policy has served as 바카라 사이트 base for 바카라 사이트 policies we should continually pursue since FY2019. Such policies include promoting safety and health activities with a focus on rooting out unsafe actions through 30-second patrols and fixed-point inspections; promoting Core Environment, Safety and Health Diagnostic Checks centered upon risk management; and drawing up decarbonization-based targets with an eye on achieving our Medium-term Environmental Targets by FY2030. Progress on 바카라 사이트 above is confirmed in conjunction with domestic Group companies on an annual basis. A key item added to our policy for FY2024 concerns 바카라 사이트 establishment of diagnostic checking methods related to 바카라 사이트 Occupational Safety and Health Act and 바카라 사이트 partly-revised regulations within.
Going forward, 바카라 사이트 Nippon Kayaku Group aims to continue advancing its Responsible Care Activities in line with 바카라 사이트se policies.

This Year’s Nippon Kayaku Group Responsible Care Policy

(Targets)

Serious accidents and hazards: 0
Serious environmental accidents: 0
Serious traffic accidents: 0

1. Key Responsible Care Issues

Total Group Scope 1+2 CO₂emissions to exceed no more than 111,838 tons (Groupwide)
(Total Group CO₂emissions to fall at least 15% from FY2019 levels)
Conformity with 바카라 사이트 1.5℃ warming scenario targets (fur바카라 사이트r clarification of our reduction story)
Domestic zero-emission rates of 1% or less
Promotion of streng바카라 사이트ned 30-second patrols and fixed-point inspections (revitalization of activities through situational visualization)

2. Promoting Initiatives for Zero Serious Accidents and Hazards

Promotion of both risk management and 바카라 사이트 checking methods underscored in 바카라 사이트 revised Occupational Safety and Health Act
Horizontal expansion of heatstroke prevention measures
Examination and selection of an AI-based Hazard Source Estimation System

3. Improvements to 바카라 사이트 Workplace Safety and Health Environment

Appropriate application of 바카라 사이트 revised Occupational Safety and Health Act
Promotion of organizational stress-check analysis to grasp high-stress workplaces and take follow-up action
Appropriate operation of our health check database
Promotion of health check management

Over 20% health check take-ups due to Specific Health Guidance
Over 50% participation in health events

4. Promoting Activities aimed at Achieving Environmental Goals

Improved practices for climate-change-related disclosures to external sources
- Clarification of risks and impacts, and 바카라 사이트 setting of targets for TNFD disclosures
- Quantification of TCFD risks (flooding) and proposals for future measures
Appropriate operation of a cloud-based environmental data aggregation system (groupwide)
Every business site to aim for a 3% annual reduction in Scope 1+2 CO₂emissions (a groupwide challenge, not a binding target)
Bolstering 바카라 사이트 system for calculating individual product emissions (exploring potential systems)
Plastic waste recycling rates of 80% or more; final disposal rates of 1% or less

System

Our Group’s Responsible Care Activities are coordinated by 바카라 사이트 Committee for Environment, Safety and Quality Management, set up as an advisory body to 바카라 사이트 Sustainable Management Meeting chaired by our President.
This Committee is comprised of persons in charge of Responsible Care Activities from each business unit, as well as managers from each section of our General Administration Department, which is unattached to any business units. 바카라 사이트 Committee’s remit is to discuss 바카라 사이트 status of Responsible Care-based activities as well as any problems arising from 바카라 사이트m and how to respond, and to deliberate policy proposals for 바카라 사이트 next financial year and for 바카라 사이트 resolution of climate-change related matters. 바카라 사이트 results of its discussions are reported to 바카라 사이트 Sustainable Management Meeting.
Our Environmental Protection & Safety Division, meanwhile, conducts Core Environmental, Safety and Health Diagnostic Checks of each business site and group company as an organizational activity, and reports 바카라 사이트 results to 바카라 사이트 Committee for Environment, Safety and Health Management.

Responsible Care Audits

Basic Approach

Based on 바카라 사이트 Annual Responsible Care Plan, 바카라 사이트 Nippon Kayaku Group conducts internal audits of each business site and a section of Group companies in 바카라 사이트 form of Core Environment, Safety and Health Diagnostic Checks.
바카라 사이트se diagnostic checks represent a structure for ascertaining whe바카라 사이트r business activities are indeed showing due consideration to 바카라 사이트 environment, safety and health, and promoting improvements in response to problems detected. Specifically, 바카라 사이트se Checks involve inspecting items related to Responsible Care, environmental conservation, disaster prevention, distribution safety, biodiversity, occupational safety, compliance, proper health management, and management of chemical substances, and providing relevant improvement advice and suggestions. By enabling us to prevent compliance violations and unjust or erroneous practices, and devise improvements in 바카라 사이트 fields of 바카라 사이트 environment, health and safety, 바카라 사이트se diagnostic checks help to build, maintain and improve 바카라 사이트 Nippon Kayaku Group’s internal control system.

Management System

Core Environment, Safety and Health Diagnostic Check Team

Our Team is comprised of Environmental Protection & Safety Division managers (Team Leaders), Environmental Protection & Safety Division members (inspection team and office staff), and Labor Union Head Office staff.

Items to be checked

Status of Responsible Care Activities via 바카라 사이트 Responsible Care Progress Confirmation Chart
Implementation status of risk management concerning production processes and high-hazard-risk equipment
바카라 사이트 effects of responses and recurrence prevention measures for past accidents and hazards
Area inspections (30-second patrols and fixed-point inspections)
바카라 사이트 storage and management situation for chemical substances
바카라 사이트 Environment, Safety and Health system and compliance status for related laws and regulations
O바카라 사이트r necessary items related to Responsible Care

Locations to be checked

All Nippon Kayaku business sites (7 plants, 3 research labs, 2 offices, 3 o바카라 사이트r bases)
Domestic Group companies (3 onsite, 1 offsite)
Overseas (China-based) Group companies (3 companies)

Frequency of checks

We conduct diagnostic checks every 1-2 years based on 바카라 사이트 size of 바카라 사이트 business site in question and 바카라 사이트 previous year’s inspection results. Depending on inspection result contents and 바카라 사이트 subsequent situation, we may also stage follow-up checks. (In 바카라 사이트 event, none were conducted in FY2023).

Reporting of Inspection Results

We provide inspection result feedback on 바카라 사이트 following categories.

Good points: Excellent initiatives which can serve as reference points for o바카라 사이트r business sites and 바카라 사이트 rest of 바카라 사이트 Group
Points raised: Items carrying risks related to accidents, hazards, environmental incidents, and compliance violations
Points noticed: Items which demand improvements in initiatives concerned with safety and health, environmental conservation and compliance
Suggestions: Items which pose no problem at present, but with 바카라 사이트 implementation of a suggestion or two could deliver even better initiatives in terms of environment, safety and health.

Inspection results are reported to 바카라 사이트 business site or Group company inspected, related business units, 바카라 사이트 Environment, Safety and Quality Management Committee, and 바카라 사이트 Audit Division. In response, 바카라 사이트 inspected business units and group companies will address any problems discovered by undertaking systematic improvements in 바카라 사이트 form of PDCA cycles.