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<!DOCTYPE html> <html lang="en"> <head prefix="og: http://ogp.me/ns#"> <meta charset="utf-8"> <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge"> <title>Responsible Care Activities | Sustainability | Daicel Corporation</title> <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0"> <meta name="format-detection" content="telephone=no"> <meta property="og:type" content="article"> <meta property="og:title" content="Responsible Care Activities | Sustainability | Daicel Corporation"> <meta property="og:url" content="https://www.daicel.com/en/sustainability/responsible/"> <meta property="og:image" content="https://www.daicel.com/en/common_img/symbol/ogp.png"> <meta property="og:site_name" content="Daicel Corporation"> <meta property="og:locale" content="en_US"> <link rel="canonical" href="https://www.daicel.com/en/sustainability/responsible/"> <link rel="shortcut icon" href="/en/common_img/symbol/favicon.ico"> <link rel="apple-touch-icon-precomposed" href="/en/common_img/symbol/apple-touch-icon.png"> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/en/css/common.css"> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/en/css/custom/common_add.css"> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/en/sustainability/css/csr.css"> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/en/sustainability/css/fonts/font-awesome.css"> </head> <body id="rc-index01"> <div id="wrap-header"> </div>  <main class="Main" id="main"> <article id="mainBody" class="MainBody"> <div class="pageHead sustainability"> <div class="jumbotron jumbotron-fluid sustainability-heading"> <div class="heading heading-lv1"> <div class="container csr-row"> <h1><span class="heading__shoulder">Sustainability</span><span class="heading__label">Responsible Care Activities</span></h1> <div id="csr_sitemap" class="csr-sitemap-container"> </div> </div>  </div>  </div>  </div> <div class="pageContents isFluid"> <div class="mainContents"> <div class="container csr-row"> <div class="container-inner"> <section class="column-container"> <ul class="row link-anc-wrap"> <li class="col-md-3"><a href="#anc-1" class="link link-anc btn"><span>Daicel Group’s Responsible Care</span></a></li> <li class="col-md-3"><a href="#anc-2" class="link link-anc btn"><span>Promotion System for Responsible Care</span></a></li> <li class="col-md-3"><a href="#anc-3" class="link link-anc btn"><span>Promotion of Responsible Care Activities</span></a></li> <li class="col-md-3"><a href="#anc-4" class="link link-anc btn"><span>Total Environmental, Health, and Safety Assessment System</span></a></li> <li class="col-md-3"><a href="#anc-5" class="link link-anc btn"><span>Responsible Care Global Charter</span></a></li> <li class="col-md-3"><a href="#anc-7" class="link link-anc btn"><span>Websites of Each Responsible Care Activity</span></a></li> </ul> </section> <div class="column-container"><p>To practice the spirit of Responsible Care (RC), the Daicel Group established the Daicel Group Basic Policies for Responsible Care and is promoting across-the-board RC activities in the Daicel Group to contribute to the sustainable development of society.</p></div> <section class="column-container" id="anc-1"> <div class="heading heading-lv3"> <h2> <span class="heading__label">Daicel Group’s Responsible Care</span> </h2> </div> <p>RC activities are undertaken by businesses that engage in the manufacture or handling of chemicals to preserve the environment and ensure health and safety at every stage of their operations, from product development, manufacture, distribution, and use to disposal. With chemical manufacturers around the world taking part in these efforts on a voluntary basis, the disclosure of results and dialogues with society are also positioned as key RC activities. Recognizing RC activities as one of the important social responsibilities of the Daicel Group, the RC Council, operating directly under Daicel’s president and CEO, commits to promoting the activities.<br>On February 21, 1995, the Daicel Group established its Basic Policies for Responsible Care (RC) based on “The Guiding Principles for the Improvement of Environmental, Health, and Safety Conditions” of the Japan Chemical Industry Association (JCIA) and supplemented the items on the preservation of biodiversity on April 1, 2011. Subsequently, the Policies were updated to the Daicel Group's Basic Policies for Responsible Care on April 5, 2017 in response to the revision of JCIA's guiding principles. The Basic Policies were established and revised with the approval of the President and CEO.</p> <section class="column-detail" id="anc-daisel-rc"> <div class="detail-inner"> <h3 class="heading-detail text-center">Daicel Group’s Basic Policies for Responsible Care</h3> <ol class="list list-order"> <li><span class="list__mark">1</span>In accordance with management policy, we will comply with laws and regulations and strive to safeguard the environment, health, and safety. For this purpose, we share specific implementation plans among all employees and put them into action.</li> <li><span class="list__mark">2</span>We will strive to continually improve environmental, health, and safety performance and the security of facilities as well as processes and technologies throughout the entire chemical lifecycle, from development to disposal, and inform society of the results of such efforts.</li> <li><span class="list__mark">3</span>We will further reduce our consumption of resources and energy and strive to reduce, reuse, and recycle waste.</li> <li><span class="list__mark">4</span>We will protect the environment and people’s health and safety by driving continual improvement in chemical product safety and stewardship throughout the supply chain.</li> <li><span class="list__mark">5</span>We will practice risk-based chemical management throughout the entire chemical lifecycle, from development and production to use, consumption, and disposal and strive to strengthen our chemical management systems by continual improvement.</li> <li><span class="list__mark">6</span>We will influence the employees and the value chain stakeholders to promote the safe management of chemicals within their own operations.</li> <li><span class="list__mark">7</span>We will strengthen our stakeholder relationships by understanding and responding to stakeholders’ concerns and expectations about safer operations and products as well as openly communicating about our performance and products.</li> <li><span class="list__mark">8</span>We will put the Daicel Group’s overall efforts into continually improving initiatives for the environment, health, and safety in order to meet stakeholders’ expectations.</li> <li><span class="list__mark">9</span>We will contribute to the sustainable development of society by developing and providing unique and innovative technologies and other solutions.</li> <li><span class="list__mark">10</span>We will promote biodiversity-friendly activities in order to pass on the wealth of nature to future generations.</li> </ol> <p class="text-right">Revised April 5, 2017</p> </div>  </section> </section> <section class="column-container" id="anc-2"> <div class="heading heading-lv3"> <h2> <span class="heading__label">Promotion System for Responsible Care</span> </h2> </div> <p>In accordance with the Responsible Care Promotion Rules, the Daicel Group is implementing RC activities on the following fronts: occupational health and safety, process safety and disaster prevention, environmental preservation, chemical and product safety, distribution safety, and communication with society. The Daicel Group promotes these activities under the RC Council, which meets on a regular basis.</p> <p>The RC Council is chaired by the officer responsible for the Safety and Quality Assurance Headquarters and is appointed to oversee RC by the President and CEO, who bears ultimate responsibility for RC activities. The council comprises, among others, the representative of the Daicel Workers’ Union Executive Committee and heads of administrative divisions appointed by the chairperson as well as the Responsible Care Center (RC Center) of the Safety and Quality Assurance Headquarters, which serves as the secretariat for the council.</p> <section> <h3 class="heading-chart">Promotion System for Responsible Care</h3> <figure class="figure text-center"> <img src="img/responsible_im01.png?2024" alt="Promotion System for Responsible Care" class="figure__img img-fluid"> </figure> <p>As of April 1, 2023, we have completed corporate reorganization aimed at strengthening our business infrastructure, which prioritizes safety, quality, and compliance.</p> <p>Along with progressively dissolving the Quality Management Division and RC Division of the Assessment Headquarters, we established the Safety and Quality Auditing Division. The Safety and Quality Auditing Division will handle all operations involving auditing and education regarding safety and quality, which includes RC audits.</p> <p>We also created the Safety and Quality Assurance Headquarters. The headquarters consists of the RC Center and the Quality Assurance Center and will manage and carry out all RC, quality assurance, and quality management operations. The officer in charge of the headquarters will serve as the chairperson of the RC Council and the manager of the Total EHS Assessment System and will oversee RC activities and Total EHS Assessment System initiatives.</p> </section> <section> <h3 class="heading-lv3-csr">Roles of the Responsible Care Council</h3> <p>In addition to formulating basic policies, the RC Council receives reports on RC activities from each business site of the Daicel Group at the end of the fiscal year and in turn reports to the Planning Meetings attended by management to propose targets and action plans for the next fiscal year, which are subsequently approved at the Management Meetings. The RC Council reports the status of the initiatives at the Management Meetings and conducts RC audits in accordance with the Rules on Responsible Care Audits.</p> <section> <h4 class="heading-chart">Roles of the Responsible Care Council</h4> <table class="table table-bordered"> <colgroup> <col class="w-30"> <col class="w-70"> </colgroup> <tbody> <tr> <th class="text-center">Roles</th> <th class="text-center">Details</th> </tr> <tr> <td> <ul class="list-csr pl-2w"><li><span class="list__mark">1.</span>Formulation of basic policies and targets</li></ul> </td> <td>Formulate the Basic Policies for Responsible Care and set targets for the entire Group to steadfastly promote RC activities.</td> </tr> <tr> <td> <ul class="list-csr pl-2w"><li><span class="list__mark">2.</span>Development of implementation systems</li></ul> </td> <td>Consider the necessary revisions to implementation systems to ensure effective operation of the CAPD* cycle, including setting targets, formulating implementation plans, and implementing and assessing the results of implementation.</td> </tr> <tr> <td> <ul class="list-csr pl-2w"><li><span class="list__mark">3.</span>Deliberation and drafting of long- and medium-term plans </li></ul> </td> <td>The council determines RC-related issues for the long-term plan and drafts for the RC medium-term plan by deliberating and deciding on important issues related to the entire Group and reviewing proposals submitted by the RC Center.</td> </tr> <tr> <td> <ul class="list-csr pl-2w"><li><span class="list__mark">4.</span>Planning and drafting of annual implementation plans</li></ul> </td> <td>The council deliberates on the RC implementation plan drawn up by the RC Center. After approval, it is deliberated by the Planning Meetings and approved by the Management Meetings.</td> </tr> <tr> <td> <ul class="list-csr pl-2w"><li><span class="list__mark">5.</span>Monitoring and advising on the status of implementation</li></ul> </td> <td>The council provides advice and guidance to the RC Center to effectively promote its activities. The RC Center conducts key issue discussions with the Environment and Safety Divisions, holds Site Safe Environment Managers Meetings, and strives to promote RC activities accurately.</td> </tr> <tr> <td> <ul class="list-csr pl-2w"><li><span class="list__mark">6.</span>Commendation of good deeds and contributions to RC activities</li></ul> </td> <td> <ol class="list list-order_v2"> <li><span class="list__mark">(1)</span>The council commends good deeds and contributions to RC activities, and provide advice and guidance to the RC Center to further raise awareness and energize RC activities.</li> <li><span class="list__mark">(2)</span>The council reviews and commends the activities that are submitted to the RC Center based on the commendation guidelines.</li> </ol> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <ul class="list-csr pl-2w"><li><span class="list__mark">7.</span>Other RC activities</li></ul> </td> <td>The council addresses RC activities deemed necessary in items other than 1. to 6. above.</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p class="table__caption list list-note"><span class="list__mark">*</span>Instead of a Plan, Do, Check, and Act (PDCA) cycle, the most widely known approach to continuous improvement, the Daicel Group has adopted a CAPD improvement cycle to avoid the risk of overlooking crucial facts and realities that often lie hidden in the initial planning stage. </p>  </section>  </section> <section> <h3 class="heading-lv3-csr" id="rc-audit-system">Responsible Care Activity Audits</h3> <p>Audits by the Safety and Quality Auditing Division of the Assessment Headquarters</p> <p><a href="/en/sustainability/governance/?id=anc-5" class="link" data-parts="typography"><span>Corporate Governance</span></a></p>  </section> <section> <h3 class="heading-lv3-csr">Consideration of Priority Responsible Care Issues</h3> <p>The RC Center promotes RC activities by discussing the progress in RC implementation plans, occupational health and safety, as well as process safety and disaster prevention, and the status of initiatives to address environmental concerns at Daicel and each domestic Group-company business site, and actively encouraging problem-solving.<br> In FY2024/3, in addition to the seven domestic business sites of Daicel Corporation, we visited the Fuji Plant of Polyplastics Co., Ltd.; the Iwaki Plant of Dainichi Chemical Co., Ltd.; all business offices of Daicel Logistics Service Co., Ltd.; the Okayama, Nagano, and Aomori plants of DM Novafoam Ltd.; the Isesaki Plant of Daicel Pack Systems Ltd.; Pi-Crystal Inc.; the Kameoka Plant of Daicel Beyond Ltd.; and Daicel Pyrotechnics Ltd., and discussed major issues.</p> <section> <h4 class="heading-chart">CAPD Cycle</h4> <figure class="figure text-center"> <img src="img/responsible_im02.png?2024" alt="CAPD Cycle" class="figure__img img-fluid"> </figure>  </section>  </section>  </section> <section class="column-container" id="anc-3"> <div class="heading heading-lv3" data-parts="typography"> <h2> <span class="heading__label">Promotion of Responsible Care Activities</span> </h2> </div> <section class="mt-0"> <h3 class="heading-lv3-csr">Periodic Exchange Meetings for Supervisors of Environmental and Safety Divisions across the Group</h3> <p>The RC Center and individuals charged with supervising the Environment and Safety Divisions at Daicel’s business sites and the Fuji Plant of Polyplastics Co., Ltd. regularly meet in person and remotely for Safe Environment Managers Meetings. They also hold Group Company Safe Environment Managers Meetings with Dainichi Chemical Co., Ltd., Daicel Logistics Service Co., Ltd., DM Novafoam Ltd., Daicel Pack Systems Ltd., Pi-Crystal Inc., Daicel Beyond Ltd., and Daicel Pyrotechnics Ltd.<br>These meetings were held four times in FY2024/3, and participants exchanged information and discussed RC-related issues, such as occupational health and safety, process safety and disaster prevention, and environmental preservation, as well as the revised Industrial Safety and Health Act and other regulations.</p> </section> <section class="column-topics"> <h3 class="heading-topics"><span><img src="/en/sustainability/img/topics_im01.svg" alt="TOPICS"></span><span>Responsible Care Activity Good Conduct and Contributions Awards</span></h3> <div class="topics-inner"> <p>Each year, the RC Council recognizes good deeds and contributions to RC activities. In FY2024/3, a member of the POM/Energy Group of the Production Department of the Fuji Plant of Polyplastics Co., Ltd. was commended. The recipient identified the source of the slight odor in the plant at an early stage and took countermeasures. In addition, by checking the soundness of other facilities through horizontal deployment, they contributed to the stable operation of the plant.</p> </div>  </section> <section> <h3 class="heading-lv3-csr">Internal Training and Education</h3> <p>So that all Daicel Group employees can understand the importance of RC activities and take action, we provide relevant in-house training and education.</p> <p><a href="/en/sustainability/social/hrd.html#anc-6" class="link"><span>Support for Human Resource Development</span></a></p>  </section>  </section> <section class="column-container" id="anc-4"> <div class="heading heading-lv3" data-parts="typography"> <h2> <span class="heading__label">Total Environmental, Health, and Safety Assessment System</span> </h2> </div> <section class="mt-0"> <h3 class="heading-lv3-csr">Total Environmental, Health, and Safety Assessment System</h3> <p>The Daicel Group operates a Total Environmental, Health, and Safety Assessment System (Total EHS Assessment System) as a means for evaluating risk in its business activities.<br>The Total EHS Assessment System assesses the launching of new products in all business activities, including research and development, production, consumption, and disposal, as well as plans for modifying existing processes and equipment (new plans). Led by the general manager of the Safety and Quality Assurance Headquarters, the Total EHS Assessment System is a mechanism for conducting advance assessments of a diversity of risks across all business activities, covering everything from the environment to health and safety.</p> <section class="column-detail mb-4"> <div class="detail-inner"> <h3 class="heading-detail text-center">Overview of the Total Environmental, Health, and Safety Assessment System</h3> <ol class="list list-order" data-parts="typography"> <li data-parts="typography__elm"><span class="list__mark">1</span>The system evaluates the new plan based on prescribed standards according to the format for eight items: legal compliance, chemical safety, environmental preservation, occupational health and safety, operational safety at facilities, product safety, distribution safety and safety of production outsourcing, and purchasing and sales.</li> <li data-parts="typography__elm"><span class="list__mark">2</span>A new plan indicates all new changes that include the establishment and modification of facilities as well as changes in matters related to manufacturing, etc.</li> <li data-parts="typography__elm"><span class="list__mark">3</span>The system defines two types of assessment: Corporate Total EHS Assessment, which covers new plans that may cause a significant impact on management, and Division Total EHS Assessment, undertaken by each division. After evaluating new plans based on their scale and risk with an overall assessment rank (I and II), the Group determines items subject to assessment, designates individuals to serve as assessment executors and final evaluators in accordance with the overall assessment rank, and records and stores assessment results.</li> <li data-parts="typography__elm"><span class="list__mark">4</span>With regard to the adoption of a new process and/or increased production volumes, we carry out a Technical Assessment and Equipment Design Assessment, underscoring the importance of design specifications for technologies and facilities. After discussing the results of these assessments, a Corporate Total EHS Assessment is undertaken.</li> </ol> </div>  </section> <p>To achieve the aims of our medium-term strategies, with the goals of improving the precision and decision-making speed of new plans formulated throughout the company, we made revisions in FY2023/3, such as expanding the range of business site and SBU responsibilities, narrowing the scope of Corporate Total EHS Assessments for cases that could have a material impact on people’s lives or our business, and establishing Advisory Sessions to better utilize knowledge and technologies throughout the company.<br>In FY2024/3, we utilized the new assessment system to examine each new plan and hold Advisory Sessions. Including assessments of new plans from overseas production sites, the total number of Corporate Total EHS Assessments conducted since the introduction of this system stands at 1,148, and the number of Advisory Sessions has reached 15.<br>All of these assessment results are reviewed, and the assessment system is constantly evaluated to improve the accuracy of future plans.</p> </section> <section> <h3 class="heading-lv3-csr">Product Safety Assessments</h3> <p>For safety system-related products in categories such as pharmaceuticals, foods, cosmetics, healthcare equipment, and automotive products, the Daicel Group is enhancing its product risk assessments of product safety to ensure that it always provides customers with safe and reliable products. In FY2016/3, the Group began conducting Product Crisis Assessments, which identify and monitor product safety-related risks and review response systems for handling crises. Furthermore, in addition to conducting product safety-risk assessments internally, since FY2018/3 the Group has been holding Product Safety Advisory Meetings chaired by outside experts, to conduct assessments from an even more expert perspective.<br>In FY2024/3, there were no major product safety accidents that impacted the bodily health, lives, or property of our customers.</p> <section> <h4 class="heading-chart">Total EHS Assessment Flow</h4> <figure class="figure text-center"><img src="img/responsible_im03.png" class="figure__img img-fluid" alt="Total EHS Assessment Flow"> </figure> </section> <section> <h4 class="heading-chart">Breakdown of Total EHS Assessment System</h4> <figure class="figure text-center"><img src="img/responsible_im04.png" class="figure__img img-fluid" alt="Breakdown of Total EHS Assessment System"> </figure> </section> </section>  </section> <section class="column-container" id="anc-5"> <div class="heading heading-lv3" data-parts="typography"> <h2> <span class="heading__label">Responsible Care Global Charter</span> </h2> </div> <p>The International Council of Chemical Associations (ICCA), an international RC activity organization, put in place the Responsible Care Global Charter in 2005 with the aim of promoting sustainable development within the chemical industry while contributing to society as a whole through RC activities. Since it is in complete agreement with the goals and principles of the charter, Daicel became a signatory in 2008.<br>In order to more specifically detail the issues requiring attention with respect to the management of chemical product safety, improvements in the quality of life through the delivery and use of chemical products, and contributions to sustainable development in an easier to understand manner, the ICCA revised the charter in 2014. That same year, Daicel declared its support of the revised version of the Responsible Care Global Charter and confirmed its participation as an ongoing signatory again.</p> <section> <h3 class="heading-chart">Declaration of Support for the Responsible Care Global Charter</h3> <figure class="figure text-center"><img src="img/responsible_im05.jpg" class="figure__img img-fluid" alt="Declaration of Support for the Responsible Care Global Charter"></figure> </section>  </section> <section class="column-container" id="anc-7"> <div class="heading heading-lv3" data-parts="typography"> <h2> <span class="heading__label">Websites of Each Responsible Care Activity</span> </h2> </div> <section> <h3 class="heading-lv4-csr">Responsible Care Management System</h3> <ul class="list list-link"> <li><a href="/en/sustainability/responsible/" class="link"><span>Responsible Care Activities</span></a></li> </ul> </section> <section> <h3 class="heading-lv4-csr">Environmental Preservation</h3> <ul class="list list-link"> <li><a href="/en/sustainability/environment/" class="link"><span>Environmental Management</span></a></li> <li><a href="/en/sustainability/environment/climate-change.html" class="link"><span>Response to Climate Change</span></a></li> <li><a href="/en/sustainability/environment/tcfd.html" class="link"><span>Information Disclosure in Line with TCFD Recommendations</span></a></li> <li><a href="/en/sustainability/environment/industrial-waste.html" class="link"><span>Reduction and Recycling of Industrial Waste</span></a></li> <li><a href="/en/sustainability/environment/chemical-substances.html" class="link"><span>Emission Management of Chemical Substances</span></a></li> <li><a href="/en/sustainability/environment/water.html" class="link"><span>Water Resource Preservation</span></a></li> <li><a href="/en/sustainability/environment/atmosphere.html" class="link"><span>Environmental Management and Prevention of Air Pollution</span></a></li> <li><a href="/en/sustainability/environment/biodiversity.html" class="link"><span>Preserving Biodiversity</span></a></li> <li><a href="/en/sustainability/library.html?id=anc-3" class="link-esg"><span>ESG Data</span><span>Refer to page 5 "Environmental Accounting."</span></a></li> </ul> </section> <section> <h3 class="heading-lv4-csr">Process Safety and Disaster Prevention</h3> <ul class="list list-link"> <li><a href="/en/sustainability/social/safety-security.html" class="link"><span>Process Safety and Disaster Prevention</span></a></li> </ul> </section> <section> <h3 class="heading-lv4-csr">Occupational Health and Safety</h3> <ul class="list list-link"> <li><a href="/en/sustainability/social/ohs.html" class="link"><span>Occupational Health and Safety</span></a></li> </ul> </section> <section> <h3 class="heading-lv4-csr">Chemical and Product Safety</h3> <ul class="list list-link"> <li><a href="/en/sustainability/social/chemical-safety.html" class="link"><span>Chemical and Product Safety</span></a></li> </ul> </section> <section> <h3 class="heading-lv4-csr">Distribution Safety</h3> <ul class="list list-link"> <li><a href="/en/sustainability/social/logistics-safety.html" class="link"><span>Distribution Safety</span></a></li> </ul> </section> <section> <h3 class="heading-lv4-csr">Communication with Society</h3> <ul class="list list-link"> <li><a href="/en/sustainability/social/community/" class="link"><span>Contribution to Local Communities and Society</span></a></li> </ul> </section>  </section> </div> <aside id="csr_side" class="column-nav"> </aside>  </div>  </div>  </div> </article> </main> <div class="pageGuide"> <nav class="breadcrumb container" aria-label="breadcrumb" data-parts="breadcrumb"> <ol class="main-breadcrumb" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/BreadcrumbList"> <li class="breadcrumb__item home" itemprop="itemListElement" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/ListItem"> <a class="link" itemprop="item" href="/en/"><span itemprop="name">TOP</span></a> <meta itemprop="position" content="1"> </li> <li class="breadcrumb__item" itemprop="itemListElement" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/ListItem"> <a class="link" itemprop="item" href="/en/sustainability/"><span itemprop="name">Sustainability</span></a> <meta itemprop="position" content="2"> </li> <li class="breadcrumb__item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/ListItem"> <span itemprop="item"><span itemprop="name">Responsible Care Activities</span></span> <meta itemprop="position" content="3"> </li> </ol> </nav>  </div> <div id="wrap-footer"> </div>  <script src="/en/js/lib/jquery.js"></script> <script src="/en/sustainability/js/csr.js?2024"></script> <script src="/en/sustainability/js/tpl.js?2024"></script> </body> </html>

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