Promotion system
Promotion system
Management policy regarding RC
For a chemical company to live together with society as one of its vitally important members, it has to seek harmony with social environment and natural environment, and be recognized, appreciated and accepted by society. With this fundamental awareness in mind, NOF has set forth its Management Policy Regarding Responsible Care as a set of norms to be faithfully observed by every officer and employee of the Group companies with a view to winning even greater trust from society.
Management Policy Regarding Responsible Care
NOF is dedicated to protecting the safety and health of customers, the public and employees, as well as the environment, ecosystems and resources. For this purpose, based on the principles of Responsible Care, NOF, its group companies, and all executives and employees observe the following management policies on safety concerning the five areas of environment, products, plants, transportation, and labor.
(1) Retain an awareness concerning safety issues involving the social and natural
environments.
(2) Conduct activities based on appropriate self-management along with close collaboration
with other business units.
(3) Conduct highly reliable safety checks and adhere to all laws and regulations.
(4) Everyone must work to minimize the impact of products on the environment, safety and
health. This covers every aspect of products, from their development and manufacture
through retail, use and disposal.
(Amended September 2001)
Furthermore, NOF became a signatory of the Responsible Care Global Charter, proposed by the International Council of Chemical Associations in 2014, and declared its support of the Charter and its commitment to practice RC activities both in Japan and overseas.
The Five Components of Safety
The NOF Group classifies its RC activities into "Five Core Components" including 1) environmental safety, 2) labor safety, 3) plant safety, 4) product safety and 5) transportation safety, and according to this classification each works sets priority items, which are practiced in specific activities. Since 2003, "dialogue with society" has been added to the Five Core Components as a theme of activities.
RC promoting organization
The RC Committee, chaired by the general manager of the Corporate Technical Division (concurrently director and executive operating officer), has 14 other members (business division managers, corporate division managers, and managers of works).
The RC Committee, whose decisions are immediately made thoroughly known as the policy of the NOF Group, has an executive function as a body to which authority is delegated by the President. A general RC manager is appointed to each business division, and an RC manager to each plant or research laboratory, to ensure concrete representation of environmental targets.
Flowchart of RC activities
RC activities are conducted by keeping the cycle of CAPDo (Check-Act-Plan-Do) turning without interruption.
If any item needs improvements, the progress is assessed at the time of the next auditing, a half year afterwards, and completion is checked.