MGC’s Responsible
Responsiible Care
ENVIRONMENTAL REPORT2004 edition

Responsible CareR

CONTENTS
Profile of MGC

1

Message from the President

2

Fundamental Policies on Environment and Safety

3

Responsible Care Promotion Systems

4

Environmental Accounting

5

Middle Term Targets & Results of Activities in 2004 andActivity Targets in 2005

6

Responsible Care Audits

8

Operation of Occupational Health and Safety

9Operation of Process Safety and Disaster Prevention

10

Environmentally Friendly Product and Research and Development

12

Safety Management of Product14

Safety Information Service

15

Environmental Loads in Business Operation

16

Efforts for Preventing Global Warming

17

Efforts against Air / Water / Soil Pollution

18

Reduction of PRTR Substances

19

Reduction of Harmful Air Pollutants

20

Reduction of Waste and Waste Management

21

Zero Emission of Waste

22

Environment and Safety at Distribution

23

Communication on the Environment

24

Environment and Safety Activities in Affiliates

26

Environmental Load Data at Main Plants

27

Scope for Report
Review of Organization : Domestic workplaces described in Profile of MGC
Review of Report : We report laying stress on both the environment/safety
activities and the environment performance data in MGC’s
responsible care
Period under Review : Jan. 1, 2004 〜 Dec. 31, 2004
wherein the environment performance data are those obtained
from Apr. 1, 2003 to Mar. 31, 2004.
Publication : Mar. 2005
Schedule of Next Publication : Mar. 2006

Transition of Turnover

Sales Ratio per Products Segment
6.9％

193.8

2001

Profile of MGC
Name MITSUBISHI GAS CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC.

275.7

Address Mitsubishi Building, 5-2, Marunouchi
2-chome, Chiyoda-ku,
37.6％

214.6

2002

Tokyo 100-8324, Japan

312.1
55.5％

Established on : April 20, 1951
Capital

240.6

2003

Chemicals

340.7:￥41.97 billion

Annual Turnover :￥240.6 billion (unconsolidated):￥340.7 billion (consolidated)

Functional Products
Others

0

100

200

Unconsolidated

300

Annual Turnover per Products Segment (consolidated)

400（¥billion）

Chemicals:￥188.9 billion

Functional Products :￥127.9 billion

Consolidated

Others:￥ 23.7 billion

Number of Employees : 2,363 (unconsolidated)
4,537 (consolidated)

Workplaces●Head Office/Branches ●Plants ●Research Laboratories
Niigata Research Laboratory
Corporate Research Laboratory
Osaka Plant
Niigata Plant
Naniwa Plant

Mizushima Plant

Tokyo Research Laboratory

Yokkaichi Plant
Tokyo Plant

Saga Plant
Kashima Plant

Head Office
Nagoya Branch

Osaka Branch

Hiratsuka Research Laboratory

Yamakita Plant

Main Products●NATURAL GASCHEMICALS COMPANY●AROMATICCHEMICALS COMPANY●SPECIALTYCHEMICALS COMPANY●INFORMATION & ADVANCED
MATERIALS COMPANY

Develops business operation on
chemicals such as methanol,ammonia, formalin; organic
chemicals derived from themand biochemical products.

Develops business operation on
m-xylene, p-xylene and o-xylene
prepared by separation andisomerization of mixed xylenes,
aromatic chemicals manufactured
with the original technologies, etc.

Develops business operation on
basic chemicals such as hydrogen
peroxide, hydrazine, hydrosulfite,persulfates and engineering
plastics such as polycarbonate,etc.

Develops business operation ofprocessed high functional/highly
value added products in anticipationof market needs such as BT resin forelectronics industries, oxygen
absorber “AGELESS”, etc.

MethanolFormalin
Ammonia
Methylamine
Methyl methacrylate
Methacrylates
Polyols
Diethylether
Ubidecarenone
ASC Super (catalase)
Hydrogen gas production
equipment from methanol
Various kinds of catalyst

Xylenes
Metaxylylene diamine
1,3-BAC
MX Nylon Resin-MXD6
Metaxylene sulfonic acid
Toluic acidAromatic aldehydes
Trimellitic anhydride
Pyromellitic dianhydride
3,5-xylenol
Isophthalonitrile
Phthalic anhydride

Hydrogen peroxide
Hydrazine hydrate
Sodium percarbonate
Persulfates
Hydrosulfite
Chemicals for electronics industries
Monomer for plastics lens
Polycarbonate resin (Iupilon)
Polyacetal resin (Iupital)
Modifiedpolyphenylene ether (Iupiace)
Polyamide MXD6 (Reny)
Polyamideimide (AI polymer)

Epoxy・Glass BT resin copper
clad laminates
Materials for multi-layer printed
circuit boards
BT resin
LE sheet
AGELESS (Oxygen absorber)
AGELESS・OMAC
Anaero Pack
RP System・RP Agent

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Message from the President
In 2004 some large scale disasters occurred in Japan, while in Indonesia a big earthquake
happened off the coast of the Island of Sumatra at the end of year and unbelievably many
people died because of the huge Tsunami caused by it. I heartily wish all the people in theworld will live their lives in peace and equality without such disasters’ happening not onlyin Japan but also anywhere in the world.
We, Mitsubishi Gas Chemical, have been sympathizing with efforts aimed at theconstruction of societies in which irreplaceable global environments are preserved and all
mankind can live safely, that is, “Sustainable Development” and “Structuring of RecyclingBased Society”. Therefore we participated in the establishment of Japan Responsible CareCouncil (JRCC) in 1995 and joined it at the very beginning. Since then we have always
regarded responsible care as an important part of securing environmental safety and weare continuing to make strenuous efforts to promote this even today. This year we aregoing to celebrate the 10th anniversary of our joining JRCC, and we’d like to make evengreater efforts to promote the more strengthened responsible care activity andfurthermore to obtain the trust from societies.
In our company we call our participation in these efforts “Integrated Safety Management”
whereby we try to secure the environment and safety in all our processes from thedevelopment of products to their abandonment through their manufacture, distribution,
use and final consumption and we have been carrying out this management under the“Integrated Safety Management Rule” enacted in 1995. Last year we entirely revised thisrule and clearly stipulated the contents of the responsible care activity to need to further
implement “Integrated Safety Management” mentioned above. Furthermore, we haverecognized that it is important to secure the compliance of company activities to obtain thetrust from societies we live and work in and last year we put in places a “Compliance
Rule” to supplement the “MGC Corporate Activity Guide” instituted in 1997. This leads tothe establishment of a whole compliance structure including not only ourselves but also
our affiliated companies.
Since we have concretely disclosed our activities for Integrated Safety Management in this“Environmental Report”, it is great honor for us that you will read this Report and give us
your honest opinions together with your understanding for our activities.
March 2005

Representative Director & President

Hideki Odaka

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RC Management System

Fundamental Polices on Environment and Safety
We, Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company, Inc. (MGC), are carrying out the corporate activities on
the basis of the following “Existence Philosophy” and “Management Philosophy”.

Existence Philosophy
MGC shall contribute to the development and harmony of societies through the creation of wide range ofvalues on the basis of chemistry.

Management Philosophy
With a view towards worldwide needs, ourmarketing efforts will focus on identifying
and enlarging the world’s markets.

The management is dedicated toproviding enjoyable workplace, paying
due respect to the will and ability of ouremployees, and is determined to create
energetic workgroups.

With full knowledge ofthe market’s needs, we will
implement creative research anddevelopment to nurture the seeds of ourefforts to realize the best results.

By making efforts to
upgrade technology, preserve theenvironment and promote safety, we
will engage in the manufacture ofbetter quality products.

We are a transparent company, where everyone
shares the same goal and gives his or her best.

In order to implement our existence phylosophy and management philosophy, we have been carrying out Integrated
Safety Management (it means that we secure the environment and safety in overall life cycles from the developmentof products to their abandonment through their manufacture, distribution, use and final consumption).
In order to implement Integrated Safety Management, we make up “Environment and Safety Targets” and“Fundamental Policies” as our common environment and safety policies to the whole company. Each of ourworkplaces has made up the concrete activity plan according to the environment and safety policies and has beensteadily carrying it out.

Fundamental Polices on the Environment and Safety
MGC, as an important member of society, well recognizes our responsibility to contribute to
the society and to secure the environment and safety, and considers to make our corporate
activities harmonize with the protection of global environment under the principle ofsustainable development, and makes efforts to get the more increased trust from societies.

Environmental and Safety Targets :Zero Accident, Zero Occupational Injury and Environmental Preservation

Fundamental Policies :■ Security of health and safety in operations■ Reliable security management of facilities and increase of autonomous security technologies■ Reduction of environmental loads in business activities■ Security of safety in use, handling and disposal of products■ Development of environmentally friendly and safety-oriented products and technologies■ Environmental and safety preservation in raw material and product logistics■ Enhancement of society’s confidence to us■ Support of RC activities in our subsidiaries and affiliates■ Continuous improvement of our RC management system
We shall obey related domestic laws, international rules and others and shall also corporate with related
international organizations, international and domestic administrative organizations, non-governmentalorganizations and etc., if necessary.

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RC Management System

Responsible Care Promotion Systems
RC Promotion Systems

RC Promotion Systems
The highest decision making system on RC activityof MGC is the Environment and Safety Meeting
which is chaired by the President and composed of
all heads of each company and workplace.
In this meeting, they discuss and approve theenvironmental and safety policies, the fundamental
policies, the middle term plans and annual activity
plans. Our plants, research laboratories and head
office make the annual activity plans based on thesepolicies and carry out the concrete activities.
We disclose the contents of RC activities to societies
widely through our RC environmental report and our
web site.

PDCA Cycle

President

Director in
Charge of theEnvironment &SafetyThe Environment& Safety Meeting

RC Audits

Fundamental
Policies(Middle Term Plans)

Head Office
4 Companies

PlantsResearch
Laboratories

Head Office
8 Corporate
Departments

Environment &SafetyDepartment

Environment &SafetyDepartment

Environment &Safety Meeting
Act
Preparation of
Activity Plan
Plan

Continuous
Improvement

RC Audit
Check

Implementation ofAnnual Activity PlanDo
Environmental Report

Website on RC

Communication
with Societies

Energy Saving
Promotion Committee
Waste Treatment
Committee
Product Logistics
Safety Committee

PDCA Cycle for RC Activities
In order to make efforts for the continuous
improvement of RC, we make up the activity planson RC (Plan), do them (Do), audit the results ofactivities and confirm the future subjects (Check),and summarize the result of activities and reflect
them on the next year’s activity plans by the
management (Act).

Acquisition of ISO 14001 Certification
We have already acquired ISO 14001 and ISO 9001 certification at all of our plants and have been working on
improvement of environmental performance and product safety.
(Naniwa Plant and Saga Plant are included in Yokkaichi Plant.)
Certificates of ISO14001

Niigata Plant

Tokyo Plant

Osaka Plant

4

Mizushima Plant

Yamakita Plant

Yokkaichi Plant

Kashima Plant

RC Management System

Environmental Accounting
We have introduced environmental accounting andhave disclosed it since the last fiscal year to carryout our environmental preservation activities
efficiently and enhance transparency of our activities
to society.
In this fiscal year we put management resources into
both investment and expenditure relation with
providing future firm bases of our environment
preservation.
Investment
Though we invested a little over of 50% of the total
amount investment in Pollution Prevention in the last
fiscal year, we increased the investment in Global
Environment Preservation and Resource Recyclingin this fiscal year. This is resulted from the big
investment for the equipments of heat energy
recovery (Global Environment Preservation) andequipments of solvent recycling (Resource
Recycling). The total investment reached to 1.5
times of the one in the last fiscal year.
Expenditure
The total amount of expenditure became almost
equivalent with in the last fiscal year. Though theamount of expenditure in most categories does notshow big change, the amount of expenditure for
R&D increased by 25% (increase of about 300millionyen). This is a result of having concentrated on thedevelopment of new products in relation toenvironment preservation.
Environment Preservation Cost
Unit (Million¥)

Investment

Category

Fiscal 2002 Fiscal 2003
296
202

Within Pollution Preservation
Work- Global Environment Preservation
placesResource Recycling
Up/Downstream

One of the purposes of environmental accounting is toanalyze whether management resources have been
efficiently used for the environmental preservation
activities or not. Therefore, we analyzed the status ofenvironmental accounting in this fiscal year to beassessed the fiscal 2002 in base year.
We calculated the each ratio of expenditure between
this fiscal year and the base year in regarding to somecategories, Pollution Preservation, Global Environment
Preservation, and Resource Recycling (Change ratio ofexpenditure). We also calculated similarly the ratio ofenvironmental load corresponding to the same
categories (Change ratio of environmental load), andthen we compared these ratios.
As for the change ratio of environmental load, it wascalculated to be 92〜96% in every categories. That is,
we can conclude that the environmental loaddecreased compared with in the base year.
Furthermore, we were able to reduce the expenditure toabout 95% of the one in the base year in the categories
of Pollution Prevention and Resource Recycling.
Therefore, these two kinds of decrease mean that wewere able to use these expenditures more efficiently.
But the change ratio of Global Environment Preservation
somewhat increased. We are hereafter going to try toinvest the management resources more efficiently bycomparing these rates from the view point of secularchange.
Change Ratio of Environmental Load and Change Rate of Expenditure(Base Year : Fiscal 2002)(Amount of Production)'03/(Amount of Production)Base Year ＝1.04

Expenditure
Fiscal 2002
1,985

Fiscal 2003
1,898

42

303

1,113

1,148

65

115

1,125

1,085

6

0

125

138

Management Activities

26

10

408

373

R&D

78

137

1,195

1,499

Social Contribution

0

0

10

9

Environmental Damages

0

0

156

147

Total

514

767

6,118

6,298

120
115
110
105
% 100
95
90
85
80

Change Ratio ofEnvironmental
Load(Converted toTotal Production
Amount)Pollution
GlobalPreservation Environment
Preservation

Resouce
Recycling

Change Ratio of
Expenditure

Water
Air Pollution
Contamination Prevention
Prevention

Pollution Preservation

Change Ratio of Environmental Load
Effects
Unit

Fiscal2002

Fiscal2003

424
724
62
41
304
381
62

417
767
56
40
210
464
53

Fiscal2002

Fiscal2003

Increase/
Decrease

517
thou.kr
1,515
kt

510
1,471

-7
-44

Fiscal2002

Fiscal2003

SOx emissiont
NOx emissiontSoot and dust emissiontWater used
mil. m3t
COD emissiontTotal nitrogen emissiontTotal phosphorus emission
Unit

GlobalEnvironment Energy used converted
to crude oil
Preservation
CO2 emission

Unit
Resource
Recycling Waste generation
Final landfill
IncomeSales of fertilizer produced
from selling with wastes, solid fuel fromvaluabledust (RDF),
materials
fuel from liquid waste, etc.

kt
kt

110
0.5

Increase/
Decrease
-7
43
-6
-1
-94
83
-9

Increase/
Decrease
110
0
0.5
0

Unit

Fiscal2002

Fiscal2003

Mil.¥

90

109

Increase/
Decrease
19

Calculated by simply averaging the change ratio on the basis of thebase year, using the environmental load shown in the table about
Effects. The environmental load was calculated by dividing the loadwith amount of total production in each year.
Change Ratio of Environmental Load=(Load/Amount of Total Production)'03÷(Load/Amount of Total
Production)Base Year

Change Ratio of Expenditure
Variation Ratio of Expenditure=(Expenditure)'03÷(Expenditure)Base Year・Summation Period : April 1, 2003〜March 31, 2004
・Our environmental accounting conforms to the Environmental
Accounting Guide-lines 2002 published by the Ministry of theEnvironment.
・Scope of Summation : All our workplaces and all the subsidiaries
and affiliates in our workplaces implementing
environmental activities jointly with us.
・Methods of Summation :Investment amounts : The ratios related to environmental preservation
are pro-rata summated from the approved
budget during the fiscal period.
Expenditure amounts : Expenditure for the environmental
preservation activities. Depreciation
amounts are counted in.
Effects : We summated the amount of money only on the items
that can be clearly expressed by money and described
the other items with their volume units.

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Middle Term Targets & Results of Activities
in 2004 and Activity Targets in 2005
Remarks:
Achievement of targets:
Necessity of more efforts

RC Middle Term Targets(2001 - 2005)

Activity Targets

Occupational Health &SafetyAttainment of zero accident and zero
occupational injury through the year

Introduction of risk assessment of occupationalsafetyProcess Safety &Disaster Prevention

Improvement of autonomous safety
technologies

Acquisition of continual operation cirtfication by
our plants located in the industrial complexes

Grasp of consumption amount of container,
packaging materials, etc.

Environmental
Preservation

Reduction of raw material quantity used

Application of green purchase guidelines

10% reduction of unit energy
consumption (bench mark 1999)

1% reduction of unit energy consumption,compared with the year before

Shift to clean energy

Promotion of the shift to clean energy

20% reduction of substances specified
in PRTR (bench mark 1999)

Reduction of PRTR substances

Appropriate management of substances
Management of ozone layer depletion materials
with environmental loads
Reduction of final landfill by 75% (bench
Reduction of final landfill by 75%
mark 1995)
Promotion of zero emission

Rationalization of wastes management

Preparation of zero emission promotion plan

Offer of the latest MSDS

Chemicals
Products Safety

Distribution Safety

Distribution of MSDS (JIS edition)

Implementation of safety assessment of
Implementation of safety test for new materials
products
Products assessment from theenvironmental point of view Development ofenvironment-friendly products andtechnologies

Setting up of targets for reduction ofenvironmental loads in logistics

Supply of products satisfying customers'
requirement and appropriate purchase of raw
materials
Development of environment-friendly products
and technologies
Grasp of carbon dioxide gas generation inlogistics
Publication of Environmental Report (2003
edition)6

Social Dialogue

Information disclosure withEnvironmental Report, etc. Promotion ofParticipation in activities and events of local
communication with society
communities

RC General

Regularization of information exchange
meeting with subsidiaries and affiliates

Inspection of subsidiaries and affiliates inside
outside Japan for environment safety

2004
Activity Targets in 2005
Results of Activities●Preparation of guideline for risk assessment of occupational safety●Start of activities according to the guideline at workplaces andresearch laboratories●Kashima Plant's acquisition of continual operation certification
based on Industrial Safety and Health Law●Finish of acquisition of continual operation certification by all ourplants located in the industrial complexes●Renewal of Mizushima plant's approval for carrying out inspectionof safety countermeasures

Page

Estimation
Practice of risk assessment of occupational safety
Management of working environment in handling ofchemical substances
Reconsideration of the guide to investigate measuresfor environment and safety on plannning of
establishment and extention of plants

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10
11

Enforcement of autonomous safety management●Finish of grasp of their consumption amount both container andpackaging materials
Reduction of raw material quantity used
●Preparation of guidelines for green purchaseContinuation of reduction of unit energy consumption
by 1%●Achievement of the target of 1% reduction in the overall
Promotion of the shift to clean energy
16●Conversion of fuel to town gas at Tokyo Plant●Reduction of ethylene oxide discharged into the air by the
installation of exceptional facilities●Change to alternate flon, Recovery and decomposition of flonwhen the apparatus provided with it was disused.
●Achievement of the target in the fiscal 2002, Maintenance of thetarget●Preparation of guide for wastes management, Achievement ofcompany's wastes management system

Reduction of discharge of substances specified in
PRTR

17

Appropriate management of ozone layer depletion
materials, dioxins and PCBs

19

Efforts to achieve the targets for zero emission ofwastes

21

18

20

22

Promotion of superior assigee selection for disposal ofwastesPromotion of green purchase (articles for offices, etc.)●Setting up of targets and promotion of zero emission at each
workplace●Distribution of revised one based on the latest information

Promotion of completion and offer of information on
chemicals and products●Sure implementation of safety test for products on the market

Implementation of safety test for new materials●Promotion of research of measures for environment by suppliers,
research of impurities in raw materials●Promotion of our measures for environment

Construction of management system of harmful
materials in products and promotion of its effective use●Efforts of the development of low risk products and technologies inconsideration of health and safety

Continuation of development of environment-friendly
products and technologies●Start to grasp of carbon dioxide gas generation based on the
consumption of fuel by transportation with trucks, etc.

Continuation of grasp of greenhouse effect gas inlogistics
Completeness of carrying yellow card

●Publication of its Japanese and English version and their discloseon Web.

Publication of Environmental Report (2004 edition)

12

Disclose of environmental accounting in the fiscal 2004
●Participation in fairs and festivals in local communities●Reception of trainees for experience and plant visitors●Implementation of cleaning around workplaces

Participation in the exchange meeting with JRCC andactivities in the business world Participation in activities●Implementation of three subsidiaries and affiliates respectively
inside and outside Japan

Promotion of ISO 14001 acquisition Inspection ofsubsidiaries and affiliates inside and outside Japan

13
14
15

23

5
24
25

Events of local communities
26

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RC Management System

Responsible Care Audits
Implementation of Responsible Care Audit
The audits have very important role as the checking function in PDCA cycle. In RC audits, chaired by the director
in charge of the environment and safety, the audited workplaces report the implementation status of RC plans andresults of internal audits, and are checked, and then, are given the subjects to be improved. The subjects are
implemented intentionally by each workplace, and they will report the improvement results in the next audits.
The followings were indicated by RC audits in fiscal 2004 as the subjects to be improved.

Flow Chart of RC Audit

The Entire Company’s Improvement Subjects
1. Penetration of RC Activities
The activities by small groups such as the near accident
suggestions, proposals of items to be improved, etc. are
gradually becoming activated.
To penetrate RC Activities in every day tasks, throughcreating a splendid atmosphere to stimulate and improve
RC activities, and devising the method.

Workplace(Plants・ResearchLaboratories)

Head Office(Business Division,
Raw Materials &Logistics Division)

Self-Checking Based on Check List

2. Promotion of Reduction of CO2 Generation andEnergy Saving
The reduction of carbon dioxide generation has become to
the national problem to be solved by the effectuation ofinternational treaty for the prevention of global warming.
To promote the countermeasures containing energy saving
as a main item, which also results in the improvement of
production cost.

Internal Audit in
Each Workplace

RC Audit

Some of the Improvement Subjects forworkplaces and Head OfficeWorkplaces
1. We appreciate that the long time resting facility was started
up safely by the effort of workplace.
And to check the near trouble parts of facilities from thepoint of view of Preventive Maintenance, supposing longterm safety operation.
2. To use more effectively the RC-Activity-Note in each
workplace (description of forbidden items, rules,transmission of technologies, etc.)
3. To submit more near accident suggestions by thinking out.
4. To prevent troubles through the strengthening of preventive
maintenance.
5. To implement quickly the improvement of recovery ratio ofsolvents specified by PRTR.
6. To strengthen the education of subsidiaries and affiliates
on safety protection
Head Office
1. The management system under the state of emergency isimportant from the view point of group management.
To put in writing these management systems including theliaison system with the stock points and affiliates inemergency, for example, accidents and natural calamities.
2. To sort the developments of products and technologies
and the improvements of processes in relation toenvironment preservation including the results in past, andto make use practically them in business.
Environment & Safety Division
1. To review and improve the current safety assessment
system of facility, taking the opportunity of the accident at
the distillation process of solvent of hydrogen peroxide.

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RC Audit at Workplace

Comments by Director in
ChargeI thought that RC activities
were actively carried out on
the basis of the action
report and internal audit
report at the time of RC
audit this year, while I also Director
pointed out the problems to Managing Executive officer
Dr. Takao Kawaki
be solved.
In addition, I was very sorry for us to have a
lot of accidents this year. I hope that we review
them, reflect them on the next plan together
with RC audit results and surely turn PDCA
cycle round.

Occupational Health and Safety

Operation of Occupational Health and Safety

Occupational Safety Risk Assessment
SafetyAutonomous
Improvement(Equipment
Countermeasures)

Small Group
Activities(Extraction)
Risk Factors

Risk Assessment
Consideration ofCountermeasures(Risk Re-Assessment)

Safety Results
Though we practiced activities under the target “Zero
Accident and Zero Occupational Injury”, there
happened 1 absenteeism and 6 equipment incidents infiscal 2004, which were regrettable results. In order toprevent accidents and occupational injuries, “Safety
Check in Manufacturing Equipment” was carried out ineach workplace under the president’s instruction. With
respect to occupational injury by absenteeism in fiscal
2004, our frequency rate (number of casualties per 1
million labor hours) was 0.28 and severity rate (numberof days lost per 1000 labor hours) was 0.002.
Commendations for Safety
Niigata Research Laboratory has been continuing nooccupational injury for 18 years. It was admired for its
safety activities for many years and was awarded“Safety Effort Prize” by Japan Chemical Industry
Association/Japan Responsible Care Council.
Moreover, Niigata Research Laboratory answered theexternal requests such as a lecture at the meetingsponsored by Chemical Society of Japan, a contribution
to “Journal of Safety Engineering” and preparation ofteaching materials for the teachers of university.

Receiving the prize for efforts to get safety, Safety Synposium(Niigata Research Laboratory)

Transition of Near Accident Suggestions(HIYARI-HATTO Activity)
14,000
Suggestions/yr

Occupational Safety
MGC is aiming at achieving zero accident and zero
occupational injury through autonomous improvement
activities based on our RC activities. In all our
workplaces, we have been promoting integrated safety
activities aiming at employee education and productivity
improvement on the basis of small group activities suchas 5S activities, “HIYARI-HATTO Activity” (near accident
suggestion activities), etc. Increase in “HIYARI-HATTO
Activity” showed the enhancement of sensitivity topotential dangers.
Further, as a step forward activity we have introduced
the occupational safety risk assessment in all our
workplaces, which is a quantitative method to identify
the causes of accidents and injuries, and we keep
working on safety improvement.

12,00010,000
8,000
6,000
4,000
2,000
0
2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

(＊We are now developing the promotion movement forpotential near accident suggestions)

Effective Use of “HIYARI-HATTO Activity” Cases
We analyze the near accident cases in our company,
and both incidents and injuries at inside and outsideof our company and effectively use the results ofanalysis both for the prevention of similar incidents
and injuries, and for carrying out safety measures.
Activities of Occupational Safety Risk Assessment
We quantitatively rank the potential dangers on oursites, and carry out the safety measures. We will
promote to improve our safety consciousness throughthe process of identifying dangerous sources.

Working Environment Management and Environment
Improvement of Working Places
In order to secure good working environment by
removing harmful factors, we have been making efforts
to improve working environment and to maintain good
one through measuring the conditions in working
environment and estimating them. Kashima Plant has
been actively doing activities for environment
improvement of working places and therefore acquired
the approval as the promotion plan for making
comfortable working places from the head of laborbureau at Ibaraki Prefecture.

Tight seal of productpackaging process(Yokkaichi Plant)

Approval of promotion plan for comfortable workplace (Kashima Plant)9Process Safety and Disaster Prevention

Operation of Process Safety and Disaster Prevention
Process Safety and Disaster Prevention
MGC takes up the security of safety as the first priority
target and we are positively making efforts to achieve
zero accident and zero occupational injury through thepromotion of autonomous safety based on RC activities.
Furthermore, we have already constructed the systemfor disaster prevention in case of accident.
Inspection of Process Safety
We carry out RC audits in each workplace every year
and implement audit on process safety and disasterprevention in it. Furthermore, the workplaces acquiring
approved qualification on high pressure gas production
facility and continual operation of boilers and Pressure
Vessel Type 1 have been implementing the inspection ofprocess safety as occasion demands. We strengthened
the audits by head office concerning safety management
system in each workplace through the review ofinspection methods of process safety in this year.
Promotion of Autonomous Process Safety
We are working for the improvement of autonomous
process safety technologies around preservation
technologies of the high pressure gas production
facilities, boilers and Pressure Vessel Type 1. This year
Mizushima Plant renewed qualification of the “Certifiedcompletion and process safety inspector” based on
High Pressure Safety Act for its 5 high pressure gas
production facilities. This approval system permits
implementation of safety inspection by autonomous
management at workplaces, technological andmanagement levels of which are certified as excellent
by the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry.
Moreover Kashima Plant also acquired approval
qualification for continuous operation of boilers andPressure Vessel Type 1. This resulted in the acquisitionof approval qualification of continuous operation by all
our workplaces located in petroleum complexes.

Education System
In order to carry out safety and accident prevention
activities based upon a special technical knowledge,
we are stimulating for employees to obtain official titles,
such as high pressure gas production safety controller,
boiler engineer, nondestructive inspector and equipment
maintenance engineer.
For the safety operation of plants, we are promoting the
educational activities such as the acquirement of basic
technologies on maintenance and instrumentation at thein-house school for maintenance, the acquirement ofoperation technologies using operation backup tools
like operation simulation and so on.
Number of Employees with Main Official Titles

Title

Number Statutory Number

High pressure gas production

987

228

776

30

Energy controller

91

29

Pollution controller

183

33

Dangerous materials controller

1973

170

Poisonous materials controller

142

8Specified industrial waste

24

8

Occupational health controller

76

18

Certified environmental measurer

25

5

ISO 14001 internal auditor

155―

Nondestructive inspector (NDI)

47―

Equipment maintenance engineer

123―

and safety controller
Boiler engineer

disposal controller

Workplaces with Autonomous Safety Approval for High Pressure Gas

WorkplaceNiigata Plant

Time of Approval Number of Facilities
Dec. 2000
6
Sept. 2003

5 addedMizushima Plant Dec. 2004

5 renewal

In-house school for maintenance (Practice inthe course for machinery, Mizushima Plant)

Workplaces with Approval for Boilers and Pressure Vessel Type 1

WorkplaceNiigata Plant

Time of Approval Operation Period
Nov. 2002
2-year continuous operation renewed
Mar. 2003

2-year continuous operation added

Jan. 2004

4-year continuous operation

Dec. 2004

2-year continuous operation added

Mizushima Plant Apr. 2002

10

2-year and 4-year continuous operation renewed

Dec. 2003

2-year and 4-year continuous operation Added

Yokkaichi Plant

Aug. 2002

2-year continuous operation renewed

Kashima Plant

Nov. 2004

2-year continuous operation

Training for operation simulation (Niigata Plant)

Emergency Management
We have established our accident prevention systems
to minimize the damages in cases of accident. Each of
our workplaces has set up its accident prevention
activity rules and determined the system and activity for
emergency. We are also making efforts to prepare andmake perfect the apparatus for process safety andmaterials/ machines for emergency.
Furthermore, Niigata Plant, Mizushima Plant, Yokkaichi
Plant and Kashima Plant, to which the “Petroleum
Complex Accident Prevention Act” is applied, haveentered into “Regional Joint Accident Prevention
Agreement” and structured a mutual aid system in caseof emergency.
Education and Training for Emergency
Every year we prepare the plan for disaster prevention
in every workplace and implement the periodic trainings
for disaster prevention such as fire extinguishing, callingout, reporting, etc. Through these trainings, we havebeen accumulating the education and training toprepare for early stage activities.
In addition to independent trainings by each of ourworkplaces, we have been implementing trainings fordisaster prevention, united with public fire fighters andjoint training for disaster prevention with neighboring
companies.

Training for accident
prevention (Tokyo Plant)

Integrated training for
accident prevention(Niigata Plant)

Training for Accident Prevention in Workplace
Summary of main training
Workplace
Training for fire extinguishing at the early stage
on the assumption that fire breaks out on holiday
Training for accident prevention together with public
Niigata Plant
fire fighters and joint accident prevention group
Mizushima Plant Training for accident prevention together with public
fire fighters and joint accident prevention group
Yokkaichi Plant Training for accident prevention on theassumption of fire broken out with earthquake
Joint training for retiring to a safety place with
Osaka Plant
subsidiaries and affiliates
Yamakita Plant Training for accident prevention on the assumption ofleak of chemicals caused by big scale earthquake
Kashima Plant Training for accident prevention on the assumptionof fire caused by big scale earthquake

Tokyo Plant

Re-check on Safety of Production Facilities
We made the re-check on safety of production
facilities of all workplaces in addition to clearing up
the cause of accidents and disasters happening in
2004 and implementing the countermeasures forthem.

Room of head quarter for plant’s accident
prevention (Mizushima Plant)

Training for saving sufferes by accident (Yamakita Plant)

Countermeasures for Earthquake
Yamakita Plant located at the area where big scale
earthquakes is supposed to happen has been carryingout the countermeasures for them.
We have reviewed the countermeasures for earthquakes
after Hanshin Awaji Big Earthquake and made efforts forthe improvement of our internal Special Rules for
Earthquake Disaster and Accident Prevention and forthe fulfillment of materials and machines necessary for
emergency measures. Mizushima Plant and Naniwa
Plant are located at the area designated by “Special
Measure Act for Promotion of Earthquake Disaster andAccident Countermeasures in the Tonankai and Nankai
District”, enacted newly. We prepared the countermeasureprogram for tsunami in these plants.

Materials and mechanical equipments for
emergency (Kashima Plant)

Pump for fire extinguishing (driven by engine
when power failure happens) (Niigata Plant)11Chemical and Product Safety

Environmentally Friendly Product andResearch and Development
Development for Practical Use of Automobile
Provided with Engine Driven by DME Fuel
MGC is participating in the project for joint research anddevelopment of automobile provided with engine driven
by DME (dimethyl ether) as the fuel, sponsored by
Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation(Combination of the former Japan National Oil Corporationand the former Metal Mining Agency of Japan)
DME does not contain carbon-carbon bonds (C-C)
which results in the evolution of soot, differing from lightoil, so it has the advantage that it does not at all
generate black smoke on its burning. But, on thecontrary to light oil, it has the imperfection that it tends tocause the sintering at sliding section of pumps, valves,etc. in the fuel supply system.
To overcome this imperfection it was necessary todevelop additives to increase lubrication ability of DME
fuel and to partly improve a part of the fuel supply
system of diesel engine truck available in markets. We
are mainly in charge of the development of the mostsuitable additives in this joint project. Last year theservice stations for supplying DME fuel were build in
Niigata City, Tsukuba City, etc. for its practical use. After
getting approval of Land Transportation Administration,
in December the test of long distance run was started
on public roads between Niigata and Tsukuba.
Thus, we promote the development for practical use ofclean energy.

Development of Low Environmental Load
Process for Manufacturing Aromatic Aldehyde
Aromatic aldehydes are useful for raw materials andintermediates in a lot of fields like medicines,
agricultural chemicals, additives for plastics,
perfumes, agents for coloration, electronic industry
materials, etc.
On the contrary to these popular use, it has become
the problem that much amount of wastes containing
chlorine generates at their manufacturing process.
We developed the completely closed manufacturing
process using super strong acid catalysts
developed by our own technologies. This process
made possible low generation volume of waste
containing chlorines compared with the previous
process. We recognize this process for clean and
excellent, and practical manufacturing process.

Imaged photo for perfumery

AIR-G
Truck provided with diesel engine driven with DME

12Development of Purification of Soil and Groundwater
Hydrogen peroxide, one of our products, is a clean
substance, turning only to oxygen and water after
decomposition. Taking advantage of the characteristics,
hydrogen peroxide is now widely noticed for a chemical
purification agent of soil and groundwater contaminatedwith harmful substances like petroleum, solvents
containing chlorine, etc. Although hydrogen peroxide
has so far used for the purification of soil andgroundwater overseas, it has just started to be put topractical use in Japan. Furthermore, since persulfates
are provided with more increased capability foroxidation than hydrogen peroxide, it is expected as thechemical agency for treating substances whose
decomposition is very difficult.
We are going to develop technologies for its practicaluse in cooperation with manufacturers for facilities, who
are provided with various kinds of relating necessary
technologies. Through this development, we are goingto aim at its spreading.

Automatic Humidity Controlled Nitrogen
Generator AIR-GThe fumigation by methyl bromide which is one ofthe ozone layer depletion substances has been
going to be prohibited by the Montreal Protocol in
2005. For the preservation of cultural properties, wehave been proposing environmentally friendly
system for insecticidal treatment and fungus
resistance, using an oxygen absorber and a highgas barrier bag without chemical agents. But thismethod has the imperfection that it is difficult for it tobe applied to objects whose size is larger thancorrugated carton for bulk treatment.
Then we developed the preservation method by the
new system. The system consists of two apparatuses,
high pure nitrogen generator and humidity compensator.
This means that it is designed so as to be able toeasily preserve cultural properties necessary fordelicate handling.
This apparatus system is highly praised as the one
for environmentally friendly and cultural propertyfriendly method for insecticidal treatment not only inJapan but also abroad.

MGC manufactures a lot of raw materials like methanol, hydrogen peroxide, etc. on the basis of original technologies. We
don’t have a lot of products directly offered to general consumers however we are making great efforts to develop products
and technologies provided with increased safety, considering environment preservation and human health and safety.
Products/Technologies Contributing to Environment Preservation
Products/Technologies

Contribution to Environment Preservation

Items＊)
A B C
○ ○
○
○ ○

Methanol, Ammonia, Methylamines, etc Basic raw materials and fine chemicals manufactured with natural gas
Raw materials for car top coat based on acrylates, which contributes to the reduction of fuel cost
Methacrylates
Enzyme produced by microorganisms, working for the decomposition of hydrogen peroxide
ASQ Super (Catalase)and used for the treatment of waste water in the industrial field○
Process for the production of high purity hydrogen gas from methanol and water
MGC-MH Process○ ○Research and development for the application to the fuel for automobile as the clean fuelDimethyl Ether
manufactured with natural gas○ ○Development of clean energy and its application to raw material
Development of Natural Gas Field
Application to the steam for electric power generation
Development of Steam Generated byTerrestrial Heat○
New Production Method for Trimethylol Production technology that recovers and recycles by-product (sodium formate) as raw material ○Propane○ ○ ○A by-product (ammonium sulfate) less production technology with natural gas as the raw
Production Method of Methyl
material and new ACH method
Methacrylate○
Application to multi-layer PET bottle, with merits of with high gas barrier capability, chlorineless,
MX Nylon Resinand low load against environment○
Raw material for PET bottle, which contributes to the reduction of wastes by its recycling
High Purity Terephthalic Acid○
Reduction of solvent by the application to non-solvent epoxy resin (two liquid type) through the
GASKAMIN NE240
utilization of its low viscosity
Application to the capacitor system consists of carbon and aluminum mainly, with merits of long ○ ○ARlife and of harmful materials less○ ○Production Method of Aromatic Aldehydes Reduction of harmful wastes by the process in which super acid catalyst is completely closed○ ○Substitute for bleaching agents containing chlorine, used at the paper pulp production process
Hydrogen Peroxide○
Purgation of contaminated underground water and soil
Persulfates○ ○ ○Achievement of the decomposition of not-easily-decomposable organic materials and drastic
OR-SON (Treatment of Waste Water)
reduction of the generation of sludge○
Agent for separation and treatment of fluorine, which can easily reduce the fluorine content
F-SON (Treatment of Waste Water)
8ppm or less○Agent to prevent the paint mist including solvent from sticking, that makes easier to recover
NEOSOL (Treatment of Waste Water)
dispersed paint in the recycled water in painting booth.
○
NEOPOCK (Treatment of Waste Water) Chemical agent for effective aggregation and separation of water soluble paint, water soluble
polymer, etc. from waste water○
Deodorant agent to solve the problem of bad smell at sewage disposal plant, etc.
DEOPOWER○ ○Water treatment agent for recycled cooling water, that makes the life of equipment long and
Deslime, Contlime
increasing heat efficiency○ ○It is the resin provided with excellent transparency and contributes to the saving of resources
Iupilon (Polycarbonate)through its durability○ ○It is the resin provided with excellent mechanical properties and is used as the substitute of
Iupital (Polyacetal)
metals in various kind of fields.
○
Iupiace (Modified Polyphenylene Ether) It is mainly used for office automation instrument and equipment and it contributes to theenergy saving through its light weight property.
○
It is mainly used for door mirror stay of automobile and it contributes to the energy saving
Reny (Polyamide MXD6)
through its light weight property.
○
It contributes to make office automation instrument and equipment light and small sized on the
AI Polymer (Polyamideimide)basis of its excellent heat resistance.
○
Heat resistant materials for printed circuit board, suitable for lead-free solder
Materials for Environment-FriendlyPrinted Circuit Board○
Reduction of abandonment of expired foods through extention of best term by oxygen absorption
AGELESS○
Reduction of weight as the substitute for canned food, Reduction of energy for logistics
AGELESS・OMAC○
Preservation of cultural assets without using methyl bromide which depletes ozone layer
RP Preservation System○
Extermination of harmful insects for preservation of cultural assets without using methyl bromide
AIR-G
which depletes ozone layer
Transportation technology which makes possible the transportation of fresh fish densely packed. ○Alfish○ ○Increase of preservation of medicines
Pharma Keep○○
Change of industrial waste materials to solidified fuel
RDF○
It is the resin provided with water storage capability and it makes possible maintenance-low
Memory Green Crystal
tree-planting , using rainwater.
Classification of MGC products and technologies contributive to environmental preservation＊） A : Energy Saving/Resource Saving : Contributive to resource saving such as energy saving, reduction of water consumption, reduction of raw
materials, etc. and the reduction of discharge of carbon dioxide
B : Low Load against Environment : Contributive to the removal of harmful materials through the reduction of consumption of chemical materials,
their reduction of discharge and generation, water treatment, exhaust gas treatment.
C : Reduction of Wastes : Contributive to the reduction of waste materials through the prevention of generation of waste materials, their recovery
and their recycle.

13Chemical and Product Safety

Safety Management of ProductFrom Raw Material to ProductIn the case of putting new products into market,
MGC examines on all the processes from the surveyof chemical substances contained in their raw
materials to the safety of new products manufacturing,
their use and their abandonment by customers. Only
new product judged fully safe as MGC brand is
produced on a commercial base.
We analyze and estimate the risks over all processes
in the examination mentioned above. If there is thepossibility of risks, we take countermeasures toremove or reduce them as possible as we can,otherwise we investigate the protection methods forthe risks. For the risks not enough to be avoided by
the above methods, we consider the possibilities of
their appropriate risk control, for example, inclusiveof providing the information of the risks to the users,
etc. We effort to eliminate the risks from all angle.
We put this examination system in practice under the
MGC’s standard “Product Safety Agreement
Standard” determined on the basis of concept onrisk management of products. Our concept on risk
management of product is shown in the figure on theright side.
We also show the flow chart on the process from theexamination to putting products into market in thefollowing figure. As is clear from this figure, MGC’s
products are offered after passing the each safety
check step.

Analysis of Risks●Information of hazard●Method of use●Environment for use●Characteristics ofcustomers●Others

General Idea of Risk
Management of Products
Exclusion of Risks by
Design●Security of safety of productin itself●Exclusion of danger by safe
design and apparatus

Assessment of Risk
●Intensity of accident tobe supposed●Frequency of accident
to be supposed

Information Services toMarket●MSDS●Indication of warning●Information of products

Safety Estimation of
Safety Assessment
Chemical Substance
Carried out in MGC(Hazard Assessment) ●Hazard Assessment
Test for judgment of hazardous
As the items showing
material under the Fire Defense Law
the safety of chemical
Acute toxicity test
Skin primary irritation/corrosion
substances, there are
behavior/skin sensitivity test
estimation on hazard
Pathogenicity test
Mutagenicity test (GLP certified)
like ignitability, explosibility,
toxicity, etc. other than ●Environmental Impacts
Assessment
physical properties like
Biodegradability test (GLP certified)basic ones and estimationof impact on environment.
MGC is provided with the officially certified facility(GLP certified facility) on a part of items for chemical
substances’ safety. We show above the estimation
items for us to be able to do. Concerning the othernecessary assessment, we place an order outside.

Flowchart of Chemical Substances and Products Safety Assessment
Safety Assessment

Policy of
Product
Development

Physical Properties
・Basic properties
・Physical and chemical properties
Hazard Assessment
・Inflammability
・Combustibity
・Explosibility
・Carcinogenicity
・Toxicity, etc.
Assessment of Environmental Safety
・Biodegradability
・Impurity check of raw materials

HazardClassification

Preparation of
Safety Information

United Nation'sclassification

MSDS
Product caution label
Yellow card
(Safety guide)(Product catalogue)etc.

Japanese classification
Survey of applicable law
etc.

Investigation on
Introduction to
the Market
Assessment of risk
management
Judgement on
introduction to themarketProduct Supply
Appropriate managementof production,transportation, storage
Observance of law to be
appliedCollection of customers'
information such as use,
disposal, etc

Information from Customers

Green Purchase
Concerning impurities in our products, we are making
the survey of substances whose employment isprohibited by the Order of RoHS and the survey ofsubstances specified by customers as those having
the impact on environment. We are positively
answering customers’ requirement on green
purchase.

Order of RoHS : Order on limitation of employment of specified
harmful materials contained in electric andelectronic instrument equipment in EU

14

Items for Survey of Raw Materials’ Suppliers Relating
to Green Purchase“Survey on the Contents of Environment-Concerned
Chemical Substances according to Ranks”
・Substances whose production and import are prohibitedby domestic laws
・Object substances to be surveyed by Japan Green
Procurement Survey Standardization Initiative (JGPSSI)・Substances whose MSDS is obliged to be offered bydomestic law“Survey of Response Status to the Environment”
・Offer of environment information
・Status of introduction of environment management system
・Response to environment

Chemical and Product Safety

Safety Information Service

Offer of MSDS
For the safe use of our products we prepare MSDS
on all of our chemical products and supply them toour customers, sales agents and transporters.
We are obliged to offer MSDS on a part of chemical
substances by laws like Occupational Health and
Safety Law, Pollutants Release and Transfer Register(PRTR) and Hazardous Material Control Law.
We prepare MSDS on all of our products containing
those having no legal obligation of offer of MSDS
and offers it.
In addition, we manage MSDS on the intra-net
system for its renewal. So, we are ready to offer thelast one at any time.
MSDS : Material Safety Data Sheet
Documents in which we describe the necessary information for thesafe deal with chemical products.
We describe in it the indispensable information like substance
name, characteristics, hazard level, countermeasures for safety,
countermeasures for emergency, etc.
Yellow Card, Container Yellow Card
Yellow Card is the one colored yellow on which the emergency
measures to be done by transporters, fire fighting, police, etc. andthe section to be informed or reported are printed as the provision
against accidents during transportation of chemical substances.
Container Yellow Card is the simplified edition of usual Yellow
Card, on which only the United Nations number and guideline
number based on “Guideline on Response Measures at an
Emergency” are printed so that the appropriate management ofaccidents can be carried out simply by reporting said number tothe Fire Defense Agency.

Business
Information

Flow Chart for Safety Information Services

Transportation/
storage
Information

Safety information we provide comprises ProductWarning Label attached on transportation, Container
Yellow Card (labeling type) other than MSDS offeredby business departments and sales agents, productcatalogues, safety guidelines. Furthermore, we
distribute Yellow Card for transporters who should
carry it on transportation.

MGC

Distributors/Sellers

Products
Catalogue
MSDS
Safety Guide

Products Catalogue
MSDS
Safety Guide

Yellow Card
Product Caution
Label
Container Yellow
Card

Logistics
Companies

Customers

Yellow Card
Product Caution
Label
Container Yellow
Card

MGC is participating in HPV Initiatives of ICCA
through Japan Chemical Industry Association tooffer more detailed information on safety to societies.
Furthermore, we are also participating andsupporting ICCA’s LRI Initiatives.
ICCA’s HPV Initiatives
MGC is participating in HPV Initiatives, the voluntary
safety assessment activity for existing chemical
substances as ICCA being the parent body for activity.
Japanese enterprises disclosed the participation in theassessment of about 340 substances as cosponsor
companies and 42 substances as lead companies.
We carried out the safety assessment of 3 substances
as a lead company and OECD has completed theexamination on the safety assessment report by us.
We are also participating in the assessment of 25
substances as a cosponsor and are offering funds anddata.
ICCA (International Council for Chemical Associations)International council established by Japan Chemical Industry
Association together with ACC (The American Chemistry Council),
CEFIC (European Council on Chemical Industry Federation),
CCPA (Canadian Chemical Producers Association), etc.
HPV : High Production Volume Chemicals
Existing chemical substances whose annual production volume is
not less than 1000 tons, which OECD were taken up as the targets
for program checking the influence on health and environment

ICCA’s LRI Initiatives
As a member of Japan Chemical Industry
Association, we are participating in the ICCA’s LRIInitiatives. This activity is the one for supporting overa long term the researches of influences on humanbodies and environment by chemical substances. In
concrete, this activity is supporting the researches
by laying down stress on endocrine disrupting
substances, toxicity on nerves, chemical
carcinogenesis, chemical sensitivity, etc.

MSDS

Safety Guide

LRI : Long-range Research Initiatives
One of the activities in ICCA’s Responsible Care Initiatives andlong-range-research Initiatives on the impact of chemical
substances to human health and environment.

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Environmental Preservation

Environmental Loads in Business Operation
MGC takes up “Reduction of Environmental Loads in
Business Activities” as the basic policy and is making
efforts to promote the reduction of consumption volumeof raw materials, energy saving, reduction of emission
volume of substances specified by PRTR law and zero
emission of wastes. We show the status of environmentalloads in fiscal 2003 in the following figure.

Input Items
Energy Consumption :An aggregate amount of fuels (heavy oil, etc.),
purchased steam and purchased electric power
consumed in business operations.
Water Consumption :Total amount of city water, industrial water, etc.
used for business operations

Output Items
CO2 Emission：Volumes of carbon dioxide (CO2) gas emitted associated withbusiness operations
SOx Emission：Volumes of SOx contained in the emitted gas from each
combustion facility
NOx Emission：Volumes of NOx contained in the emitted gas from each
combustion facility
Soot and Dust Emission：Volumes of soot, etc. contained in the emitted gas fromeach combustion facility
Substances Specified by PRTR Law
Emission into the Air：Emission volumes of the specified 45 substances into the air
Drainage：Volumes released to the public water area after re-treatment ofdrainage from business operations
COD Emission：Value obtained multiplying volumes of drainage by COD
concentration in the drainage
Total Nitrogen Emission：Value obtained multiplying volumes of drainage bynitrogen concentration in the drainage
Total Phosphorus Emission：Value obtained multiplying volumes of drainage byphosphorus concentration in the drainage
Substances Specified by PRTR Law
Drainage to the Water Area：Drainage volumes of the specified 45 substances tothe public water area
Outward Emission Waste：Volumes transferred for external treatment of thewastes generated by business operations
Final Landfill Wastes：Of the wastes transferred for external treatment, thelandfill volumes as final disposal

CO2 Emission
1,471 k tons
SOx Emission
417 tons
NOx Emission
767 tons
Soot and Dust Emission
56 tons
Substances specified by PRTR Law
Emission into the air
272 tons

Energy Consumption
510,000 kr(Crude oil conversion)

Business Operations● Tokyo Plant

Shipment of Products
1,251 k tons

● Niigata Plant● Mizushima Plant
Water Consumption
39,951,000 m3● Yokkaichi Plant● Osaka Plant● Yamakita Plant● Kashima Plant● Naniwa Plant

Raw Materials

Outward Emission Waste
14,058 tons

● Saga Plant

Final Landfill Waste
528 tons
Drainage : 12,801,000 m3
COD Emission
210 tons
Total Nitrogen Emission
464 tons
Total Phosphorus Emission 53 tons
Substances Specified by PRTR Law
Drainage to the Water Area 43 tons

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Environmental Preservation

Efforts for Preventing Global Warming
MGC is putting forward the reduction of emission volume of greenhouse gas promoting global warming throughenergy saving initiatives.

750

120

500

80

250

40

0

0
1995

1996

1997

×

Energy Consumption

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

Primary Unit (fiscal 1990=100)

160

Ratio of Energy Consumption(Fiscal 2003)

14.9％

32.5％

Activities for Energy Saving
We have implemented, starting with the introduction ofco-generation for energy saving, optimization ofoperating conditions in manufacturing process, waste
heat recovery, adoption of high efficiency electricmachineries, etc. In addition, we are making best efforts
for rationalization of energy consumption as thedesignated plants for energy management.
In 2003 we determined our target for the reduction ofenergy consumption as shown below and took the
initiatives in energy saving activities.

Target for Fiscal 2003：
1. Improvement of unit energy consumption by 1%
2. Introduction of energy saving instruments andequipments
In fiscal 2003 we achieved crude oil conversion 27,000
krof energy saving in the aggregate of all plants throughthe countermeasures and activities for energy saving.
The production volume increased by 3% compared within the last fiscal year but the total energy consumption
was 510,000 krby crude oil conversion and decreased
by 1% compared with in the last fiscal year. This resulted
in the improvement of unit energy consumption of 4%
compared with in the last fiscal year.
Examples of Countermeasures for Energy Savingand Activity●Increase of energy efficiency by process
improvement●Setting idle a part of the utility generation facilities as
result of utility saving●Installation of energy saving instruments andequipments such as for pre-heating●Improvement of unit energy consumption by the
improvement of production efficiency●Reduction of heat energy by making the operationaltemperature conditions to the best ones
●Saving of electric power for illumination and air
conditioning
In fiscal 2004 we are continuously making efforts forpushing forward the countermeasures for energy saving
like the improvement of co-generation system andactivities relating to them.

Natural Gas
Heavy Oil

5.9％

Coal
Purchased Gas

15.9％
11.7％

11.7％

Purchased Electric
Power
Purchased Steam

7.4％

Unit Energy Consumption (based on sales volumes)

OthersGreenhouse Gas
CO2 generated by fuel consumption accounts for alarge portion of total greenhouse gas. Energy
consumption in fiscal 2003 decreased by 1%
compared with in the last fiscal year, and the total
emission volume of CO2 also decreased by 3%, whichequals to 1,471 thousand tons-CO2.
Emission Volumes of CO2
2,000(k tons-CO2 /yr)

Energy Consumption
3(Crude oil conversion 10 kr/yr)

Energy Consumption and Primary Unit
1,000

1,500
1,000
500
0
1995

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

The emission volume of five kinds of greenhouse gas
except for CO2 in fiscal 2003 was small, compared withthe one of CO2 coming from fuel.
Emission Volumes of Greenhouse Gases(k tons- CO2 conversion)
1,471
CO2
Methane0.3
Dinitrogen Oxide
2.0
Hydrofluorocarbons
4.2
Perfluorocarbons
0
Sulfur Hexafluoride
0

Clean Energy
The ratio of natural gas was large in the volume of ourenergy consumption as in the last fiscal year and wefurthermore pushed forward the conversion of fuel to citygas (natural gas) successively.

Ozone Layer Depleting Substances
We use flon in the enclosed system as refrigerant for freezers
and air-conditioners, which is ozone layer depleting
substance. But we are going to take steps to gradually
substitute flon with substances provided with lower ozone
layer depletion coefficient. In addition, we recover flon anddecompose it, when we stop using machinery andequipment using flon.

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Environmental Preservation

Efforts against Air/Water/Soil Pollution

Measurement ofConcentration of
Air-Pollutants at
Boundary of Plant

Emission Volumes of SOx

Emission Volumes(tons/yr)

1,500
1,000
500
0
1995

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2002

2003

Emission Volumes of NOx
Emission Volumes(tons/yr)

1,500
1,000
500
0
1995

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

Emission Volumes of Soot & Dust
150
Emission Volumes(tons/yr)

Prevention of Air Pollution
MGC is pushing forward with voluntary measures toreduce emission of air pollutant substances such as
sulfur oxides (SOx), nitrogen oxides (NOx), soot anddust. We have so far taken measures to meet therequirement for the reduction of emission volume of SOx
such as the installation of exhaust gas desulfurization
unit, the conversion of fuel to low-sulfur heavy oil and/or
city gas (natural gas), etc. We maintain the volume andconcentration of exhaust gas enough below theregulated values by law and by agreements withmunicipalities.
As regards the total emission volume in fiscal 2003, SOx
showed 2% decrease and soot and dust showed 10%
decrease compared with in the fiscal year before
respectively, on the basis of cutting down the use ofheavy oil. However NOx showed 6% increase.
In some plants, we measure periodically theconcentration of harmful air-pollutant substances at theboundary of the plants, furthermore, confirm the effectsof the reduction, having these data jointly with theneighboring companies.

100
50
0
1995

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2002

2003

Emission Volumes of COD

1,000
500
0
1995

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

Emission Volumes(tons/yr)

1,500
1,000
500
0
1995

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

Emission Volumes of Total Phosphorus
150
100
50
0
1995

18

1996

Emission Volumes of Total Nitrogen

Emission Volumes(tons/yr)

Prevention of Water Pollution
In order to prevent water pollution caused by effluent torivers and waterfront areas, each workplace maintains
drainage treatment equipment for applying neutralizing
treatment, activated sludge process, coagulation
treatment, etc. and monitors drainage water quality.
The regulation values of drainage are provided byconcentration control or total amount control in the laws
or ordinances, and/or the agreements with the regions.
While regulation values vary with each region, each of
our workplace releases its drainage to the public waterarea after making it clear such restricted limits.
We cut down the emission volume of COD and total
phosphorous, 31% and 15% respectively, comparedwith in the fiscal year before. Total nitrogen volume
showed 22% increase, because of production increasein one factory.
Survey of Contamination of Soil and Underground Water
We survey on the status of handling of hazardous
substances during production and using of undergroundwater in the neighborhood of our sites. Pursuant tovoluntary management and in compliance with Soil
Concentration Countermeasures Law and municipalities’
ordinances, we continue to push forward to takemeasures.

Emission Volumes(tons/yr)

1,500

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

Environmental Preservation

Reduction of PRTR Substances
Survey on Emission Volume of PRTR Substances

Total Emission Volumes of JCIA’s PRTR Substances
5,000

100

4,000
3,000
50
2,000
1,000
0

0

Number of MGC’s Substances

Total Emission Volumes(tons/yr)

Survey by Japan Chemical Industry Association(JCIA)
MGC has been taking the initiative in grasping andreducing the emission volume of the listed
substances for PRTR survey by Japan Chemical
Industry Association (JCIA) since 1995. We handled
70 substances among 480 JCIA survey substancesin fiscal 2003. Total emission volume into theair/water/soil amounted to 517 tons in fiscal 2003.
The volume decreased compare with in the fiscal
year before for two straight year. Therefore, we havealready attained the medium target to be achievedby the end of fiscal 2005.

1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003
Emission
VolumesNumber of MGC’s
Substances

Reduction of PRTR Substances
Medium Term Target
20% Reduction of the emission volumes of PRTR
substances by fiscal 2005, compared with those in
fiscal 1999.
Results
Achievement of the above mentioned target in fiscal
2002.

Reporting Data to Government Based on PRTR Law
MGC handled 45 substances among 354 substances
specified by PRTR Law in fiscal 2003. Each
workplace submitted its report to the government.
The total emission volume amounted to 315 tons,
which meant the 40% decrease compared with in thefiscal year before. Emission volume into the air
amounted to 272 tons, the one into water amounted
to 43 tons and there was no emission into soil.
Furthermore, the total volume of waste and transfer
volume into sewerage amounted to 465 tons, whichmeant 13% decrease compared with in the fiscal
year before.
The reported volume of emission and transfer ofsubstances specified by PRTR law is shown below.

Reporting Data to Government Based on PRTR Law(Results in Fiscal 2002) Results in Fiscal 2003
Substances

(43)

45

Emission Volume(522 tons/yr)

315 tons

Transferred Volume(536 tons/yr)

465 tons

PRTR Law Specified Chemical Substances (Actual Results In Fiscal 2003)

Unit : tons

Cabinet Order No

Substances

Air

Waters

Soil

Emission Total

145

Dichloromethane (Methylene Chloride)

171.1

0.0

0.0

171.1

Transfer Total
5.1

63

Xylene

72.2

0.0

0.0

72.2

25.4

283

Hydrogen fluoride & its water-soluble salt

0.3

15.0

0.0

15.3

0.6

42

Ethylene Oxide

10.0

0.0

0.0

10.0

0.0

311

Manganese & its compound

0.0

9.1

0.0

9.1

1.7

304

Boron & its compound

0.1

6.2

0.0

6.3

0.2

227

Toluene

6.2

0.0

0.0

6.2

2.6

253

Hydrazine

0.3

5.7

0.0

6.0

0.0

100

Cobalt & its Compound

0.0

5.5

0.0

5.5

1.8

40

Ethylbenzene

5.0

0.0

0.0

5.0

0.4

310

Formaldehyde

0.7

1.4

0.0

2.1

12.0

224

1,3,5-Trimethylbenzene

1.8

0.0

0.0

1.8

6.7

320

Methylmethacrylate

1.2

0.0

0.0

1.2

6.2

299

Benzene

1.2

0.0

0.0

1.2

0.2

99

Vanadium Pentoxide

0.5

0.0

0.0

0.5

4.8

312

Phthalic Anhydride

0.4

0.0

0.0

0.4

4.3

313

Maleic Anhydride

0.3

0.0

0.0

0.3

0.0

172

N,N-Dimethylformamide

0.2

0.0

0.0

0.2

9.4

54

Epichlorohydrin

0.2

0.0

0.0

0.2

0.0

108

Inorganic Cyanide Compound

0.0

0.1

0.0

0.1

0.0

Other 25 Substances

0.2

0.0

0.0

0.2

383.8

45 Substances Total

271.9

43.0

0.0

314.9

465.3

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Environmental Preservation

Reduction of Harmful Air Pollutants

Gross Emission Volumes of Harmful Air Pollutants
1000
900
800
Emissions (tons/yr)

The chemical industry takes the initiative with avoluntary management plan in reducing emission ofHarmful Air Pollutants, 12 substances.
MGC is operating 6 substances, acetaldehyde,
dichloromethane, ethylene oxide, 1,3-butadiene,
benzene, formaldehyde, of among 12 substances.
We are pushing forward reduction of their emissions
taking the measures of sealing the facilities
hermetically and combustion treatment or
strengthening of recovery and / or elimination withcleaning exhaust gas from producing facilities.
In our second term plan, period of fiscal 1999 to
2003, we had continued to reduce emissions of 5
substances except for 1,3-butadiene which weceased to handle.

700
600
500
400
300
200
100
0
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
forecast

Dichloromethane
500
Emissions (tons/yr)

Countermeasures Carried Out in Fiscal 2003
Benzene：We withdraw benzene from drain by
fractional distillation and recycle it since fiscal 2001.
We carried out the optimization of operation
conditions.
Dichloromethane：Our efforts for reducing theemission volume by strengthening recovery
overcame the increase of manufacturing using
dichloromethane, and also we carried out theremarkable improvement of its unit consumption.
Ethylene Oxide： The hazardous substances
eliminator was newly established, and is operated infiscal 2004.

400
300
200
100
0
1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004
forecast

Emissions (tons/yr)

Benzene
20
15
10
5
0
1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004
forecast

Ethylene Oxide

Dichloromethane
BenzeneEthylene Oxide
Formaldehyde
Acetaldehyde
1,3-Butadiene

171 tons/yr
1.2
10
0.7
0
(Non-handling)

In fiscal 2003, we maintained zero emission of
acetaldehyde and decreased emission of other 4
substances.
Finally, we achieved 34% reduction of total emission
compared with fiscal 1999. We have alreadycompleted our 2nd term terget not to inclease basedon fiscal 1999.

20

20
15
10
5
0
1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004
forecast

Formaldehyde
Emissions (tons/yr)

Discharged Amount of Harmful Air Pollutant
Substances into the Air (Fiscal 2003)

Emissions (tons/yr)

Hazardous Substances Eliminator for Exhaust Gas

20
15
10
5
0
1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004
forecast

Environmental Preservation

Reduction of Waste and Waste Management
MGC recognizes the issue of waste treatment and its
recycle as one of the management subjects. Under
the structure of waste management of MGC, weposition three items written below as integrated
countermeasures for waste.
(1) Promotion of 3R’s of waste (Reduction, Reuse,
Recycle)(2) Management of proper treatment (Observance oflaw, Management of consignees for waste treatment)(3) Final landfill volume being zero (Promotion of zero
emission)
At the committee for countermeasures to waste, we
confirm the reduction targets and actual results of all
workplaces, the present management status of waste
treatment of under takers, making the amendment oflaw known to everyone and exchange information.
Through upper activities, we have been positively
promoting the reduction of waste and its proper
management.
Furthermore, we aim a more wide and tightconnection with the relating companies, cooperative
company located in workplaces, suppliers of raw
materials and distributors.
Volumes of Generation/Emissions of Waste and Its Recycling Rate
Recycling Rate (%)

Volume of Generation, Emission (k tons/yr)

150

70
60

120

50
90

40
30

60

20
30

10
0

0
1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

Recycling Rate

Generation Volume
Emission Volume

Structure of waste Management

President
Director in Charge of theEnvironment & Safety(Department of Waste
Management)

The Environment &Safety Meeting
PlantsEnvironment & Safety
Department

Research
Laboratories

Environment & Safety
Department

Head Office

Administrative &Personnel Center

Branches

Management Group

Waste Treatment
Committee

The waste volume generated by the process is
110k tons in fiscal 2003. We were able to reduce thewaste volume to less than the one in the year beforein spite of the increase of production volume.
The outward emission volume was 14k tons and wewere able to have 20% reduction of it compared withthe last fiscal year as result of the increase of internal
reduction treatment volume (neutralization,
dehydration, incineration) and the decrease of coalcinders, alkaline wastes, etc.
The recycling rate (47% = total recycled volume ÷waste generation volume x 100) decreased
compared with year before (59%), as a result mainlyof changing the by-product, so far recovered
internally as heat, to valuable products, and we aregoing to strengthen initiatives for separation andenlargement of new use for them.

Results of Waste Manageme
ent in Fiscal 2003

Recycled Volume
40.3 k tons

Reduced Volume
55.5 k tons

Recycled Volumme
10.8 k tons

Reduced Volume
2.8 k tons
SimpleIncineration
Volume2.1 k tons

Waste
Generation
Volume109.8 k tons
Outward Emission Volume14.0 k tons
Internal Landfill Volume
0.0 tonFinal Landfill Volume
0.5 k tons

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Environmental Preservation

Zero Emission of Waste
MGC started in fiscal 2003 the initiatives to achieve
zero emission of waste by two-step process together
with the suppression of the outward emission volume
of wastes and the reduction of the simple
incineration not accompanying heat recovery.

Definition of “Zero Emission of Waste”
The 1st Stage Target：
Reduction of the final landfill volume
to 1% or less of the outward waste
emission volume to outside

ActualWorkplaces Results(%)

Zero Emission

The 2nd Stage Target：

Tokyo Plant

0

Completion of the 2nd stage target

Reduction of the final landfill volume
to zeroNiigata Plant

8.2−

Mizushima Plant

10.9

Completion in the fiscal 2006 (forecast)

Yokkaichi Plant

0.8

Completion of the 1st stage target

Osaka Plant

3.1

Completion in the fiscal 2005 (forecast)Naniwa Plant

0

Completion of the 2nd stage target

Yamakita Plant

4.4

Kashima Plant

10.3

In fiscal 2003 MGC reduced the outward emission
waste volume by 20%, while the simple incineration
volume was also reduced by 39%, as a result, thefinal landfill volume was 528 tons same as in the last
fiscal year. By the way the ratio of the final landfill
volume to the outward emission volume came to
3.7%. Sludge and waste plastics accounted for over
80% of the landfill waste. We strengthened
separation of them for recycle use, and then sludge
and waste plastics in final landfill waste became to
60% in fiscal 2003. In fiscal 2004 we are going to
make more reduction of final landfill volume on thebasis of more separation of valuable materials,
enlargement of recycle, construction of vessel for
dissolving waste plastics, etc.
Outward Simple Incineration Volume
fiscal year
2000
2001
2002
2003
0

1000

2000

3000

4000

5000

6000

7000

tons/yrTransition of Final Landfill Volume

Start of the reduction of simple
Incineration
Target fixation of final landfill volume
of zeroA Word from Plant
Mizushima Plant has beenpromoting 3R’s of waste since
the acquisition of ISO 14001 in
2000. The final landfill volume infiscal 2003 was 200 tons out of
the waste generation volume of
30,000 tons. We established thetarget of the final landfill volume
in fiscal 2004 to be 120 tons. We
will have to achieve the final landfill volume of zero infiscal 2006 by the complete recycle of inflammablewaste which is made possible by the start of operationof Waste Gasification and Melting Treatment Process in
Mizushima Eco-Work Co., Ltd.
Mizushima Plant Environment & Safety Department
Masanobu Moriya

Breakdown of Final Landfill Wastes in Fiscal 2003

2,893tons
Others 23％

2,687tons

Sludge 41％

Cinders & Ash/Dust
18％
1,748tons
Waste Plastics
18％

528tons
Target : Achievement of 1st stage target

1990

22

1995

2000

2003

Fiscal 2010

Distribution Safety

Environment and Safety at Distribution
Distribution System over Entire Company
Company・Business Division

Agreement/
Supply Conditions

Communization ofInformation

Delivery

Order

Logistic Center

Customers

Efficiency of Logistics
MGC is making efforts for environmental preservation at
distribution under the cooperation with manufacturersof raw materials, customers of our products andtransportation companies.
We have has been promoting to establish the new
structure for integrated logistics system in which we
centralize the many functions of logistics dispersedly
belonging to every business department and shipping
division in each workplace into “Logistic Center”. This
results in the unified collection of detail information on
freights transported by the combination of great manykinds of transportation method and transportation
distance and it furthermore makes classified division
possible. For example, it can make the integrated
transportation distance shortest and it also can makethe allocation of cars reasonable and it finally results inthe optimization of the amount and distance oftransportation which are the most important factors inlogistics.
In addition, it can make possible the more detailed
grasp of realities and analysis of so far promoted
initiatives such as modal shift, reduction oftransportation times by the increase of loadage for one
time and reduction of transportation volume by highdensity packaging and this results in the furthermore
promotion of the afore-mentioned initiatives
We will contribute to the reduction of energy fortransportation and discharge of carbon dioxide throughthese initiatives.

Blanket Receipt of
Order
Arrangement of
Shipment

Report of
Shipment

Collection of Distribution
Information
Optimization of Distribution
Promotion of Modal Shift
Reduction of Transportation
Frequency
Promotion of Reduction ofDistribution Volume byDense Packaging

Communization ofInformation
Transportation
Company

Shipment
Terminal

Launching Ceremony ofChemical Tanker

Backup System for Logistics Accidents over Wide Area
Each workplace of MGC is provided with machines andequipment for preventing disasters to deal withaccidents on the transportation of products.
Furthermore we have has already constructed the
backup system over wide area, which makes possible
the connection among workplaces at the time of
accidents happening and backup for emergency.
Flow Chart for Connection on Accident’s Happening
Transport
Company(Driver)Request of Backup

Shipping
Workplace

Backup over Wide-Area

Tokyo Plant

Yamakita Plant

Niigata Plant

Kashima Plant

Workplace for
BackupMizushima Plant Saga Plant
Yokkaichi Plant
Naniwa Plant

Head Office
Company

Wagon for Machines & Equipment for
Prevention of Disasters in Niigata Plant

Wide-Area Backup System against
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Social Dialogue

Communication on the Environment
MGC is making an effort to actively disclose company’s information and to contribute societies as a part of
Responsible Care Activities.
Publication of Environmental Report of English
EditionWe have published the Environmental Report since2001 to promote our efforts for environment andsafety.
We have started the publication of English edition ofthis Report since 2003. You could read the Report
both of Japanese and English edition on the Web(http://www.mgc.co.jp).

Participation in Exhibition

ECO-Manufacture2004

Participation to Community Dialogue Meeting on
Responsible Care
The 1st community dialogue meeting on responsible carein northern Niigata area was held in March 2004, andNiigata Plant took part in it.
This community dialogue meeting is consisted of the four
companies (four plants) located at Niigata City,
Shinhatsuda City and Nakajo Town. In spite of the firstmeeting, there were about 130 participants fromresident’s self-government associations, NPO groups,
related administrative authorities, etc. and the panel
discussion, etc. were carried out. Niigata Plant
distributed “Environment/Safety Report” originallypublished by itself since fiscal 2002 edition and make apresentation on our environmental preservation activities.

Environment/Safety Report(Niigata Plant)

24

We together with our subsidiaries and affiliates
participated in ECO-Manufacture 2004 (Trade Show
for Manufacturing Industry Ecological Solutions) held
on November 17-19 in 2004 and exhibited “F-SON®”for the separation and treatment of fluorine in waste
water, “NEOSOL®” and “NEOPOCK®” both for thetreatment of waste water from the process ofpainting, deodorant “DEOPOWER®” for the treatment
of sewage and waste water, “Memory Green
Crystal®” used for tree planting, technologies in DME
fuel useful automobile. (Refer to Page 13“Products/Technologies Contributing to Environment
Preservation”)
Contribution to Society
We volunteered for aid for sufferers fromearthquakes, etc..
●Support for Damages by Earthquake at Chuetsu
District in Niigata
We offered donation and relief goods throughJapan Red Cross for the districts damaged by
Niigata Chuetsu Earthquake.
In addition to the offer mentioned above, we alsooffered 300 sets of our product “Alfish®”, the kit fortransportation of colored carp, to back up the
comeback of cultivators.
●Support for Damages by Earthquake at Offing of
Sumatran Island
We offered donation to the Indonesian
Government, the Government of the Kingdom ofThailand and the Red Cross of Japan for the
backup of reconstruction.

Each workplace is making efforts to establish close rapport with local community through periodical participationin landscaping activities in the plant surrounding area, cooperation with the leadership for traffic safety,
acceptance of workplace visits by local residents and students, opening of our welfare facilities, etc.
Learning Experience for Junior High SchoolStudents
Yamakita Plant carried out the learning experiencefor Yamakita Junior High School students in
November. The object of this learning experience
make students raise their motivation for professional
consciousness consider their way of future life
through the experience in actual workplace.
Yamakita Plant has continuously accepted thislearning since 2001 in response to Junior HighSchool’s request. After the explanation of outlines
and products of Yamakita Plant, and experience ofchemical experiments, they threw eagerly manyquestions to us.

Participation in Events in Local Societies
Niigata Plant took part in the joint training for disasterprevention of Niigata Prefecture and Niigata City
held in June. This year is the 40 th anniversary of
Niigata Earthquake in 1964. As a consequence, thetraining in this year was carried out in large scale to
make the best use of past experiences.

Joint Training for Disaster Prevention of Niigata
Prefecture and Niigata City

Learning Experience for Junior High School Students

Landscaping Activities in the Plant Surrounding
Area
Each workplace has carried out the periodical
cleaning activities in the surrounding areas at settled“Clean Day” on our employee’s own. In Yokkaichi
Plant, as much as about 100 employees attended tothe cleaning of road surrounding the plant.

Yamakita Plant opens refreshment booth every year
at the summer festival held by the neighborhood andcompanies located around hear, and this is carriedout from 10 years before. Through participation ofthis fair, we cultivate amity with residents. The
proceeds obtained by the booth is donated to thesocial welfare council in local society.

Summer Festival

Opening Welfare Facilities
We open the grounds and gymnasiums of our workplaces
for students of junior and senior high schools and residents
in local society.
Niigata Plant opens
the yard for residents
every year at the time
when cherry trees
are in full bloom
and they use it asa place of recreation
and relaxation.
Cleaning of Road Surrounding Plant
Row of Cherry Trees in the Yard

25

Environment and Safety in Affiliates

Environment and Safety Activities
in Affiliates
MGC held twice “Information Exchange Meeting in MGC Group” to promote RC activities and also started theinspection on environment and safety of domestic affiliates which had already been carried out in the overseas
affiliates.
Inspection on Environment and Safety
We carried out the inspection on environment and safety of
three affiliates of inside and outside of Japan respectively as
the director in charge of the environment and safety being theinspection leader.
The procedure of this inspection for affiliate is as follows;qthe
explanation by the environment and safety manager of theaffiliate on the stance of top management, the management
system of health and safety, and the activities for safety andenvironmental preservation,wquestions and answers,eonthe-spot observation,rreview and comment by the inspection
leader on the whole of the inspection.

Information Exchange Meeting
We made great efforts to raise the level of affiliates’
capabilities on environmental preservation andoccupational health and safety, through informationexchange and discussion in the meeting.
We have been pushing forward the acquisition of
ISO 14001 certification for the purpose of effective
operation of environmental management system andone affiliate acquired this certification this year.

Environment/Safety Activities of Each Company

Local Communication(Eco-Line in Kanuma)

Training for Prevention of Disasteron the Assumption of earthquake(Preparation of Sandbag)

JSP Corporation

Japan Circuit Industrial Co., Ltd.

Safety Inspection Patrol of Newly
Installed Facility
Electrotechno Co., Ltd.
Recycle by Apparatus for Classification and Recovery of Wastes
Japan Pionics Co., Ltd.

Making Waste Fluid Harmless by
Incinerator

Fire-Drill (Operation of Fire
Extinguisher)

Japan Hydrazine Co., Inc.

Japan U-PiCA Co., Ltd.

Fire-fighting Exercise

Cleaning around Plant Yard

Eiwa Chemical Ind. Co., Ltd.

Toyo Kagaku Co., Ltd.

Member Company of Information Exchange Meeting
JSP Corporation
Japan Pionics Co., Ltd.
Fudow Co., Ltd.
Electrotechno Co., Ltd.

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Japan U-PiCA Co., Ltd.
A. G. International Chemical Co., Inc.
Eiwa Chemical Ind. Co., Ltd.
Japan Circuit Industrial Co., Ltd.

Japan Hydrazine Co., Inc.
Mizushima Aroma Co., Ltd.
Toyo Kagaku Co., Ltd.

Environmental Load Data at Main Plants■Natural Gas Chemicals Company■

Consumption of Industrial Water m3 10,990,000

Niigata Plant

Discharge of CO2

k tons520

Location : 3500, Matsuhama-cho,

Discharge of NOx

tons

380

Niigata City, Niigata Pref. 950-3121

Discharge of SOx

tons

2

3

7,169,000

Telephone : 025-258-3474

Total Discharge of Waterm

Land Area : 1,200,000m2

Discharge of COD

tons

33

Outward Emission Waste

tons

2,228

Final Landfill Waste

tons

182

Main Products :●Ammonia●Formalin●Methyl Methacrylate

Substance Specified by PRTR

Emission (tons) Transfer (tons)

Ethylene Oxide

10.0000.000

Methyl Methacrylate

1.200

6.200

Vanadium Pentoxide

0.500

4.800

■Aromatic Chemicals Company■

Consumption of Industrial Water m3 12,612,000

Mizushima Plant

Discharge of CO2

k tons622

Location : 3-10, Mizushima

Discharge of NOx

tons

325

Kaigandori, Kurashiki City, Okayama

Discharge of SOx

tons

372

3

11,234,000

Pref. 712-8525

Total Discharge of Waterm

Telephone : 086-446-3822

Discharge of COD

tons

133

Land Area : 540,000 m2

Outward Emission Waste

tons

1,869

Main Products :Final Landfill Waste

tons

204

●Xylenes●Aromatic Aldehydes●Phthalic Anhydride

Substance Specified by PRTR

Emission (tons) Transfer (tons)

Xylene67.01524.000Hydrogen Fluoride & Its Water Soluble Salt

15.3300.000

Ethylbenzene

5.002

0.370

■Specialty Chemicals Company■

Consumption of Industrial Water m3

Kashima Plant

Discharge of CO2

k tons148

Location : 35 Higashi Wada,

Discharge of NOx

tons

4

Kamisu-machi, Kashima-gun,

Discharge of SOx

tons

1

Ibaraki Pref. 314-0102

Total Discharge of Water

m3

1,526,000

Telephone : 0299-96-3121

Discharge of COD

tons

11

Land Area : 332,000 m2

Outward Emission Waste

tons

603

Main Products :Final Landfill Waste

tons

62

1,638,000●Hydrogen Peroxide●Polycarbonate

Substance Specified by PRTR
Dichloromethane
4,4’-Isopropylidene Diphenol

Emission (tons) Transfer (tons)
170.000

0.500

0.000

16.00027

Environmental Load Data at Main Plants■Specialty Chemicals Company■

Consumption of Industrial Water m3

6,888,000

Yokkaichi Plant

Discharge of CO2

k tons152

Location : 4-16, Hinagahigashi

Discharge of NOx

tons

36

2-chome, Yokkaichi City,

Discharge of SOx

tons

35

3

803,000

Mie Pref. 510-0886

Total Discharge of Waterm

Telephone : 0593-45-8800

Discharge of COD

tons

21

Land Area : 185,000 m2

Outward Emission Waste

tons

7,045

Main Products :Final Landfill Waste

tons

55

●Hydrogen Peroxide●Hydrazine Hydrate●Polyacetal

Substance Specified by PRTR

Emission (tons) Transfer (tons)
0.000

Hydrazine

3.200

Boron & Its Compound

2.000

0.000

Formaldehyde

1.670

12.000■Specialty Chemicals Company■

Consumption of Industrial Water m3

Yamakita Plant

Discharge of CO2

k tons13

Location : 950 Kishi, Yamakita-machi,

Discharge of NOx

tons

11

Ashigarakami-gun,

Discharge of SOx

tons

6

3

7,324,000

Kanagawa Pref. 258-0112

Total Discharge of Waterm

7,061,000

Telephone : 0465-75-1111

Discharge of COD

tons

13

Land Area : 63,000 m2

Outward Emission Waste

tons

407

Main Products :Final Landfill Waste

tons

18

●Ultra-pure Hydrogen Peroxide●Persulfates

Substance Specified by PRTR

Emission (tons) Transfer (tons)
0.000

Hydrogen Fluoride & Its Water Soluble Salts

0.590●Chemical Polishing Agents■Specialty Chemicals Company■

Consumption of Industrial Water m3

Osaka Plant

Discharge of CO2

k tons7

Location : 2-12, Kamisu-cho,

Discharge of NOx

tons

0

Toyonaka-city, Osaka 561-0823

Discharge of SOx

tons

0

Telephone : 06-6333-3121

Total Discharge of Waterm3

125,000

Land Area : 30,000 m2

Discharge of COD

tons

0

Main Product :Outward Emission Waste

tons

224

Final Landfill Waste

tons

7

●Polycarbonate Sheet

Substance Specified by PRTR
None

28

125,000

Emission (tons) Transfer (tons)

■Information & Advanced Materials Company■

Tokyo Plant

Consumption of Industrial Water m3

Location : 1-1, Niijuku 6-chome,

Discharge of CO2

k tons17

Katsushika-ku, Tokyo 125-8601

Discharge of NOx

tons

8

Telephone : 03-3627-9411

Discharge of SOx

tons

2

3

258,000

Land Area : 120,000 m2

Total Discharge of Waterm

Main Product :245,000

Discharge of COD

tons

2

●BT Resin

Outward Emission Waste

tons

1,616

●Ageless

Final Landfill Waste

tons

0

Tokyo Plant is promoting tree and flower
planting on the roof of its building.

Substance Specified by PRTR

Emission (tons) Transfer (tons)

N,N-Dimethylformamide

0.231

2.417

Location of Other Plants and Research Laboratories■Natural Gas Chemicals Company■■Specialty Chemicals Company■

Niigata Research Laboratory

Naniwa Plant

Location : 182, Tayuhama Aza-shinwari,

Location : 3-27, Funamachi 1-chome,

Niigata-city, Niigata Pref. 950-3112

Taisho-ku, Osaka-city, Osaka 551-0022

Telephone : 025-259-8211

Telephone : 06-6551-3371

Saga Plant
Location : 681-45, Aza-nawashirosumoba,
Oaza-Kamikumagawa, Fujimachi, Saga-gun,
Saga Pref. 840-0512■Aromatic Chemicals Company■

Telephone : 0952-64-2400

Hiratsuka Research Laboratory
Location : 6-2, Higashiyawata 5-chome,

Tokyo Research Laboratory

Hiratsuka-city, Kanagawa Pref. 254-0016

Location : 1-1, Niijuku 6-chome, Katsushika-ku,

Telephone : 0463-21-8600

Tokyo 125-0051
Telephone : 03-5699-9711

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Environment & Safety Division
MITSUBISHI GAS CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC.
Mitsubishi Bildg., 5-2, Marunouchi 2-chome, Chiyoda-ku,
Tokyo 100-8324
TEL : 03-3283-4828
FAX : 03-3283-4840
http://www.mgc.co.jp

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