Environmental Safety Action Plan
The Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company (MGC) supports the main ideas of sustainable development and the creation of a recycling-based society set forth in the declaration agreed on by the nations in the world at the Environmental Summit held in Rio de Janeiro in 1992. Accordingly, MGC has been promoting the Responsible Care initiative by participating in the Japan Responsible Care Council (JRCC*) since its inception, becoming a member, and establishing an Integrated Safety Management System.
Responsible Care is the chemical industry’s, including MGC, voluntary activities to harmonize business activities with global environment preservation through ensuring environment, safety and health in all stages of chemical substance life cycles from development, manufacture, distribution, use and final consumption to disposal.
* Operated as the Responsible Care Committee of the Japan Chemical Industry Association since April 2011.
RC Promotion System
MGC promotes Responsible Care on the basis of our Policies on Environment and Safety. We endeavor to make continuous improvements through the PDCA cycle based on RC medium-term plan targets and annual activity targets approved by environment and safety meetings chaired by the President.
RC Audits and Environment and Safety Audits
MGC conducts RC audits at plants and environment and safety audits at Group manufacturing companies to assess the status of progress in action plans and evaluate efforts.
Responsible Care (RC) Medium-term Plan 2023 (2021-2023)
MGC adopted the Responsible Care Medium-term Plan and set Responsible Care Mid-term Targets and is making efforts to achieve those targets in order to promote responsible care.
| Category of Activities | Medium-Term Plan (◆Grow UP 2023 KPI; Other: RC target) |
|---|---|
| Occupational Health and Safety |
Quantitative occupational health and safety targets until 2023 ◆Serious occupational injuries*1: 0 Lost time injuries and non-lost time injuries at MGC: 0 Cooperating company frequency rate: 0.3 or lower; Severity rate: 0.003 or lower |
| Process Safety and Accident Prevention |
Quantitative process safety and accident prevention targets until 2023 ◆Serious accidents*2: 0 ICCA annual score: 0 (for both MGC and cooperating companies) |
| Environmental Conservation |
Qualitative and quantitative environmental conservation targets until 2023* (1) ◆Reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions* by 28% compared to FY 2013 ◆Reduce GHG emissions intensity* by 19.9% compared to FY 2013 ① Continuously reduce emissions by 4,000 t-CO2e/year ② Completely eliminate heavy oil used for in-house power generation and in boilers, etc. (Mizushima Plant, Yokkaichi Plant) ③ Reduce the GHG emissions coefficient for purchased electric power (0.45; Mizushima Plant) ◆④ Introduce 10% renewable energy to purchased electric power (all business sites) (2) Zero emissions of waste ◆*Waste zero emissions rate*3: 0.3% or less (3) Reduce releases of chemical substances subject to the Pollutant Release and Transfer Register system* by 10% compared to 2020 (4) Water resource conservation *Water reuse rate: 95% or higher Identify water risk (domestic manufacturing sites) (5) Biodiversity conservation *“Bookcase for Biodiversity” donation program: Total of 10 instances *Establishment of “actual sites” of biodiversity: 1 installation |
| Chemical and Product Safety |
Quantitative chemical and product safety targets until 2023** (1) Conduct phased safety evaluations in product development (ongoing) **Review new product launches and market development: 100% (percentage of products) (2) Promote risk assessment and risk management of handled products (ongoing) **Product safety training: 100% (percentage of members of the MGC Group Environment and Safety Council) (3) Ensure that applications and registrations are carried out in accordance with the chemical substance management laws and regulations of each country **Chemical substance registrations under the systems for management of chemical substances in each country: 100% (percentage of products) (4) Operation and deployment of automated SDS production system **Preparation and delivery of safety information (SDS): 100% (percentage of products) |
| Safe Transport and Storage of Chemicals |
and distribute results to all relevant workplaces (2)Share information on the safe transport and storage of chemicals with the logistics departments of each group company (3)Closely monitor shipments of chemicals to final destinations and make improvements when necessary |
| Stakeholder Relations |
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| Responsible Care Initiatives and Management |
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- *1 Disability eligible for, or possibly eligible for disability compensation involving lost work accidents, fatal accidents and accidents resulting in permanent inability to work, and those involving four or more lost work days
- *2 Accidents and major workplace accidents which threaten third parties, including localized environmental pollution and accidents affecting local residents
- *3 Final disposal of waste/waste generated
Results and Plans for RC Activities at MGC
MGC assesses plan results and implements the PDCA cycle for application to future plans in order to promote responsible care
PDF : 174KB）This data was reported in prior issues of the CSR Report up to 2016.