Activities Policy

　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, the NOF Group 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 with a view to winning even greater trust from society.
　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.


Management Policy Regarding Responsible Care
　The NOF Group 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 affiliates, 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.
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The Five Components of Safety
　The NOF Group classifies its RC activities into “Five Core Components” comprising environmental safety, plant safety, product safety, labor safety, and transportation safety. Every year, we set RC activity targets, key issues, and implementation items, which are then applied into specific measures for each works, plant, and Group company. These activities have been implemented since 1994. In addition, “dialogue with society,” including information disclosure and exchanges with local communities, has been added to the Five Core Components as a theme of activities.

Initiatives to Ensure the Five Components of Safety
　The NOF Group is promoting various initiatives related to the five components of safety.

Promotion System

RC promoting organization
　The RC Committee, chaired by the general manager of the Corporate Technical Division (concurrently director and executive operating officer) appointed by the President, comprises business division managers, corporate division managers, and managers of plants and works.
　In order to ensure that decisions on RC activities made by the RC Committee chair are thoroughly disseminated as Group policies in a timely manner, managers and staff in charge are assigned to business divisions, plants, research laboratories, and affiliate companies to ensure concrete rollout of RC targets.

Flowchart of RC activities
　RC activities are being developed by ensuring that the PDCA cycle is followed in an effort to “spiral up” the activities.