ESG Promotion
Promoting Responsible Care
Promoting Responsible Care
Responsible Care (RC) refers to voluntary actions undertaken by companies handling chemical products to ensure environmental, health, and safety throughout the entire process, from the development of chemical products to their manufacture, distribution, use and disposal. Participating companies disclose these results and communicate with society to build trust.
Kaneka Group has established Basic Policies for Responsible Care and safety, as well as internal regulations related to RC, and is actively engaged in RC activities.
Kaneka operates based on an RC promotion system to ensure progress in the six RC areas (environmental conservation, process safety and disaster prevention, occupational safety and health, chemicals and product safety, distribution safety, and communication with the public).
Kaneka has been actively promoting this approach since 1995 as a founding member of the Responsible Care Committee of the Japan Chemical Industry Association (JCIA) (formerly the Japan Responsible Care Council).
In September 2008, we signed the Declaration of Support for the Responsible Care Global Charter and announced our commitment to promoting Responsible Care activities worldwide. The Charter was revised at the board meeting of the International Council of Chemical Associations (ICCA) in May 2014. In response to this revision, we signed the updated Responsible Care Global Charter again in October 2014 to continue actively promoting our Responsible Care activities.
Signed the Responsible Care Global Charter revised in 2014
Basic Policies for Responsible Care
In keeping with our corporate philosophy, we at the Kaneka strive to ensure the conservation of resources and reduce environmental impact throughout the entire product lifecycle, while working to help realize the sustainable development and prosperity of society.
Basic Policies for Responsible Care
- Protect the natural ecosystem and reduce environmental impact
Focusing on the impact of corporate activities on the global environment and the ecosystem, we endeavor to reduce environmental impact and promote resource conservation and energy saving throughout the lifecycle of products. - Offer safe products and information
We endeavor to offer products that are safe to distribute and use, and to provide adequate information on the products such as instructions on how to use and handle products correctly. - Develop products and technologies in consideration of the environment and safety
Upon the development of new products, we give consideration to the environment and safety throughout the lifecycle of the products to the greatest extent possible, and endeavor to develop products and technologies with low environmental impact. - Reduce waste and promote the recycling of plastics
We reduce waste associated with manufacturing and its processes. We actively develop technologies for the adequate disposal or recycling of plastic waste concerning our products in cooperation with relevant industries, and endeavor to dispose of and recycle waste in a proper manner. - Enhance process safety, disaster‒prevention, and occupational safety and health
Safety and disaster prevention constitute the foundations of the local community’s trust, and occupational safety and health are issues that need to be fulfilled by chemical companies. We persistently strive to make improvements in these areas. - Win public confidence
From the management to every employee, all our members shall act in compliance with laws, regulations, standards, etc. relating to environment and safety both at home and abroad. Our approach to Responsible Care as such shall be publicized accurately to the public, in hope of rightfully gaining public recognition and confidence.
Responsible Care Activities
We carry out a range of Responsible Care activities to further promote measures that can be taken by the chemical industry to protect human health and safety and preserve the environment. Kaneka operates based on an RC promotion system to ensure progress in the six RC areas (environmental conservation, process safety and disaster prevention, occupational safety and health, chemicals and product safety, distribution safety, and communication with the public).
