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Wide-Ranging Measures toPromote Further Development of
the Chemical Industry
Although Japan’s economy was affected by major natural disasters in
2018, it maintained a gradual recovery trend due to strong demand.
However, the global situation deteriorated as trade friction between
the US and China worsened and various geopolitical risks increased,
and it was a year when the chemical industry needed to carefully
monitor changes in the business environment.
Against this backdrop, the Japan Chemical Industry Association(JCIA) shifted to a new organizational structure in May 2018 andengaged in activities addressing three key points: enhancing thesafety of operations and products, contributing to new value creationand the building of a sustainable society, and reinforcing public
communication.

Strengthening Operational and Product Safety
Operational security and disaster prevention are the most crucial
issues for the chemical industry. JCIA continued and enhanced
initiatives including research on accident case studies andconsideration of revisions of security and accident prevention
guidelines, while adopting the forward-looking perspective that efforts
to ensure safety generate new value.
To improve product safety, we kept a close watch on the latest
domestic and international regulatory trends, shared necessary
information with our members as required, and gathered members’
views for submission to government and other relevant bodies. In
order to promote the Japan Initiative of Product Stewardship (JIPS), a
voluntary chemical industry program that aims to minimize chemical
product risk, we encouraged use of the JCIA BIGDr risk assessment
support portal and conducted seminars to provide more informationon this tool.

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Helping to Create New Value and Build
Sustainable Societies
To spur new value creation, through the JCIA Technology Awards
we encouraged the development of innovative and outstanding
technologies and products. To build a sound base for generating newvalue, JCIA also submitted opinions on trade issues and international
harmonization of chemical product management regulations in theaim of creating a level playing field in the international businessenvironment.
With a view to building a sustainable society, in September 2018
JCIA co-launched the Japan Initiative for Marine Environment (JaIME)to address the problem of ocean plastic waste, which is drawing
worldwide attention. One of the policies guiding JaIME activities iscontributing to problem-solving by amassing scientific knowledge,
and in May 2019 JaIME published the results of “LCA（Life Cycle
Assessment）on the reduction effect of environmental load by energy
recovery of plastic packaging waste”.
As well as the ocean plastic waste issue, global warming is a matterof serious concern around the world, and since fiscal 2013 JCIA
has set goals within the framework of Keidanren’s Commitment
to a Low Carbon Society and strived to reduce CO 2 emissions.
Since recent results achieved goals ahead of the original schedule,
we started revising the targets and set new goals in March 2019.
The new goals include absolute quantitative targets in addition toprevious goals set on a “business as usual” (BAU) comparison basis,
and we aim to achieve both the goals based on BAU comparison
and absolute quantitative targets. These goals will contribute toachievement of Japan’s absolute quantitative reduction targets under
the Paris Agreement, and are a major shift in the sense of clearly
demonstrating the chemical industry’s stance on global warming.
In fiscal 2018 we established a new SDGs Working Group, and as
well as supporting JCIA members companies’ efforts to achieve
SDGs, we promoted broader stakeholder understanding of chemicalindustry contributions to SDGs.

Enhancing Public Communications
JCIA regards public communication as an important part of
Responsible Care (RC) activities conducted by the chemical industry.
In fiscal 2018 we held local RC dialogue forums in seven regions. We
actively used external experts as facilitators, which resulted in lively
exchanges of opinion with local residents.
To enhance the presence of the chemical industry and accurately
communicate its tremendous importance and potential, we published
our Annual Report and proactively publicized chemical industry
initiatives and achievements through our Dream Chemistry 21
campaign activities.
Guided by the three points outlined above, this year JCIA will again
take a wide range of measures and make every effort to promote
the further development of the chemical industry. Thank you for yourcontinued support.

Japan Chemical Industry Association

CONTENTS

01

Chairman’s message

03
05

About the Japan Chemical Industry
Association
For a sustainable society

11

Three JCIA Awards

12

Toward SDGs in 2030

13

RC Committee

15

Environment and Safety Committee

17

Chemicals Management Committee

19

Technical Affairs Committee

21

International Activities Committee

22

Economy and Tax System Committee

23

Labor Committee
Public Relations Committee

24

Introduction of Chemical Products
PL Consulting Center
Information Distribution

25

Glossary

Chairman
JCIA ANNUAL REPORT 2019 02

About the Japan Chemical
Industry Association
Government
bodiesand relatedorganizations

Academic
associations

Coope

The Japan Chemical Industry Association (JCIA)
engages in various activities with the aim ofcontributing to the sustainable development of
human society. It does this by providing value to
its members and the public, while at the same time
monitoring changes in the environment surrounding
the Japanese chemical industry and working
with government bodies, related organizations,academic associations, and the International
Council of Chemical Associations (ICCA).

Environment/
Health/Safety

rationJCIA

Cooperation

Gathering informationand creating value

rationInternational
Council of
Chemical
Associations(ICCA)

Technology andhuman resources

Coope

JCIA at a glance
NameJapan Chemical Industry Association (JCIA)
Established
April 1948 : JCIA formed as a voluntary association
June 1991 : Shifted to an incorporated association as a legal entity
April 2011 : Shifted to a general incorporated association
Mission
JCIA seeks to promote the healthy development of the chemicalindustry through the research and study of the production,
distribution and consumption of materials relating to the chemicalindustry. JCIA also focuses on the research and study of various
issues relating to the technology, labor, environment and chemicalsafety of the industry, and on planning appropriate measures andactions for the economic prosperity of Japan and the betterment of
the national standard of living.

Organizational Chart of JCIA
Board ofDirectors

Communication

Industry(members
and othercompanies)

Citizens

JC

Activities
1.	R esearch and study on the production, distribution andconsumption of chemical products.
2.	Research and study on issues concerning technology, labor,
the environment, chemical safety, etc., as well as planning andpromoting measures and actions.
3.	Commendations for outstanding achievement in new technologies
and safety records.
4.	Collection and dissemination of information, communication andcooperation with related organizations in Japan and overseas.
5.	Public outreach and advocacy activities, workshops and seminars.
6.	Other operations in addition to the above that are necessary toachieve JCIA’s mission.
Fiscal Year
From April 1 to March 31 of the following year

PolicyCoordinating
Committee

Affiliated Organizations
Chemical Products PL Consulting Center
Dangerous Goods by Air Information OfficeDream Chemistry 21 Committee

Auditors

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General Assembly

The Japan Chemical Industry Association(JCIA) is organized into the General Assembly,
the Board of Directors, Auditors, the Policy
Coordinating Committee, the Board of
Councilors, business-specific committees andthe Secretariat. The General Assembly, which iscomposed of all JCIA member companies andorganizations, is the supreme decision-making
body. The Assembly resolves important issues
related to JCIA management, as well as thebusiness plan, budget and financial statements.
The Board of Directors consists of the Directors
and Executive Directors elected from among themember companies and resolves issues related
to JCIA business and activities.

Providing value

Acetic Acid Liaison Group

PolicyCoordinating
Subcommittee
Security Information
Management
Subcommittee
SDGs
Subcommittee

Methanol/Formalin Liaison GroupCouncil of Human Resources Fostering
Program in Chemistry

Board ofCouncilors

Board members of the Japan Chemical Industry Association (as of July 1, 2019)
Chairman (Representative Director)

Tsutomu Tannowa

Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. President & CEO

Vice Chairman (Representative Director)

Kohei Morikawa

Showa Denko K.K. Representative Director,President

Vice Chairman (Representative Director)

Hideki Kobori

Asahi Kasei Corp. President & Representative Director, Presidential Executive Officer

Vice Chairman (Representative Director)

Masanobu Suzuki

Nippon Kayaku Co., Ltd. Advisor

Vice Chairman (Representative Director)

Teiji Koge

Sekisui Chemical Co., Ltd. President & Representative Director

Director

Masato Izumihara

Ube Industries, Ltd. President & Representative Director

Director

Kazuhiko Ishimura

AGC Inc. Director Chairman

Director

Michitaka Sawada

Kao Corporation Representative Director, President & CEO

Director

Mamoru Kadokura

Kaneka Corporation Representative Director, President

Director

Keiichi Iwata

Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited Representative Director and President

Director

Misao Fudaba

Daicel Corporation Chairman of board of directors

Director

Shinsuke Yoshitaka

Denka Company Limited Chairman, Board of Directors

Director

Toshinori Yamamoto

TOSOH CORPORATION Representative Director, President

Director

Hiroshi Yokota

Tokuyama Corporation Representative Director, President and Executive Officer

Director

Akiharu Kobayashi

NOF CORPORATION Executive Chairman

Director

Yujiro Goto

NIPPON SHOKUBAI CO., LTD. Member of the Board, President

Director

Kenji Sukeno

Director

Masashi Fujii

FUJIFILM Holdings Corporation President and Chief Operating Officer andRepresentative Director
MITSUBISHI GAS CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC. Representative Director,President

Director

Hitoshi Ochi

Director General

Hiroshi Watanabe

Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corporation. Representative Corporate Executive
Officer, President and Chief Executive Officer
The Japan Chemical Industry Association

Executive Director

Akihiro Ichimura

The Japan Chemical Industry Association

Executive Director

Shigeki Nagamatsu

The Japan Chemical Industry Association

Executive Director

Hideaki Makino

The Japan Chemical Industry Association

Executive Director

Shinoi Sakata

The Japan Chemical Industry Association

Auditors

Yoshiyuki Nakanishi

DIC Corporation Chairman of the Board of Directors

Auditors

Mikishi Takamura

TOAGOSEI CO., LTD. President and Representative Director

CIA
Committees

Organizational Chart of JCIA Secretariat
General Affairs Department

Public Relations Committee

Public Relations Department

Labor Committee
Technical Affairs Committee
Environment and Safety Committee
Chemicals Management Committee
Responsible Care Committee

Director General

Economy and Tax System Committee

Executive Directors

International Activities Committee

International Affairs Department
Department of Business/Economic
Information

Labor Department
Technical Affairs Department
Environment and Safety Department
Chemicals Management Department
Responsible Care Department

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SUSTAINABILITY
The concept of “sustainable development” has been widely recognized in society since the
Rio Summit United Nations Conference held in 1992, and in 2015, 17 SDGs were adopted by
the United Nations as concrete milestones for 2030; many companies in the industrial world
are addressing them.
The chemical industry has provided materials with various functions for all industries
to support industry-wide innovation, and the created products have contributed to
improvement of life in every field of our livelihoods.
On the other hand, we feel responsible for problems of pollution and environmental
contamination caused by manufacturing in the past; in response, we are tackling theenvironmental and safety problems sincerely, and we have ensured environment, health,and safety in every step from producing chemical products to consuming and disposingof them, have disclosed the contents to all stakeholders including communities andconsumers, and have conducted Responsible Care activity for communication as a core
activity to fulfill corporate social responsibility (CSR) since 1995.
In addition, in order to control the burden on the global environment, we are utilizing
renewable energy and promoting energy savings, resource savings, and establishment ofcarbon cycle to play an important role to realize a sustainable society as a solution provider
to create a new world.

Chemical Industry’s VISION on Global Warming Countermeasure
The chemical industry is a unique industrial sector, which consumes fossil resources as an energy source in the production
process, and at the same time, uses fossil resources as raw materials, and manufactured products contribute to reduction
in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions at the stage of use. As the chemical industry has created energy-efficient products invarious fields, it can be said that it is in a position of a solution provider against global warming. However, as we use fossil
resources as a fuel and a raw material on a global scale, reduction of fossil resources consumption is required as a longterm GHG reduction strategy, and we are strongly expected to carry out specific activity toward the reduction. To meet the
expectation, the Japan Chemical Industry Association consulted on measures to realize the establishment of a sustainable
society by providing solutions for global warming issues while looking ahead to a long-term reduction target in the Paris
Agreement, and wrote up them as “Chemical Industry’s VISION on Global Warming Countermeasures”, which it announced
in May, 2017.
In this VISION, as a state of mid-21st century society, chemical products will still be used and become important products
to support a lot of industries and living, while for the carbon source, activities toward a carbon cycle society will be
progressing and the consumption of fossil resources as an energy source will be largely reduced. The pillars to realize thissituation are (i) Establishment of carbon-circulation, (ii) Process and energy innovation, (iii) Selection of environmentally
focused business model and establishment of social infrastructure to allow the business model, and various
technologies and measures to solve are listed. (Refer to the following URL.)
For this realization, through collective efforts of the chemical industry, it is necessary to tackle program formulation
toward technology development based on collaboration between government, industry, and academia, and to establish
a cooperation system beyond industry to make a social innovation in the whole value chains, and we have already madeproposals in various situations for this realization.
In June, 2019, Japan’s “Long-term Strategy under the Paris Agreement” was announced at the G20 summit. We willcontinuously strive to realize a sustainable and rich society based on this VISION.

https://www.nikkakyo.org/whatsnew_en/7620
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For a sustainable society
Inauguration of Japan Initiative of Marine Environment (JaIME)

In order to deliberate, plan, conduct, and promote measures as Japan’s chemical industry including the plastic industry inview of the spirit of “Responsible Care” regarding the marine plastic problem which is being recognized as a political andglobal environmental issue, 22 companies centering on the Directors of the JCIA inaugurated “Japan Initiative of Marine
Environment” (hereinafter called JaIME) on September 7, 2018.
Currently, 47 companies and organizations as members and three organizations as supporting members (as of March
31, 2019) have joined JaIME where the five organizations, the Japan Chemical Industry Association, the Japan Plastics
Industry Federation, the Plastic Waste Management Institute, the Japan Petrochemical Industry Association, and the Vinyl
Environmental Council, manage the joint secretariat. The bylaws specify that the Chairman of JaIME shall be the Chairmanof the Japan Chemical Industry Association, and JaIME held up (i) collect and analyze information and promote
information sharing, (ii) take appropriate and timely actions to the domestic and global movements, (iii) engage inoutreach to Asia, (iv) accumulate scientific knowledge and evidences as projects to tackle, and has started the activities.

Validity verification of energy recovery
Institute, and assigned academic experts as Chairpersons
and Vice-Chairperson of the working group to conduct
assessment and evaluation scientifically and objectively.
We completed the final report* in March, 2019, and willtransmit the achievement both domestically andinternationally in the future.

In order to scientifically verify the validity of energy
recovery as activity of the accumulation of scientificknowledge, we evaluated the environmental load (energy
resources consumption, CO2 emissions) reduction effectfor container and packaging plastic recycling methods(material recycle, chemical recycle) and energy recovery
methods by the Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) method. We
set up a working group in the Plastic Waste Management*https://www.nikkakyo.org/news-e3-page

Planning of training seminar for approaching Asia
In Japan, the Plastic Waste Management Instituteaggregates and creates the flowchart of plastic products,
plastic waste and resource recovery (below) on an annual
basis by establishing a wide cooperative relationship withconcerned parties. In order to grasp the current status ofplastic waste as an activity for approaching Asia, we areplanning a training seminar to introduce knowledge andknow-how about the method of creating the flowchart to
ASEAN countries.

Flowchart of plastic products, plastic waste and resource recovery 2017

Flowchart of plastic products, plastic waste and resource recovery
Resin production, resin processing, and marketing of products[Unit; kt (thousand tons)]

Discharge

一般社団法人 プラスチック循環利用協会[Unit; kt (thousand tons)]
Disposal and recovery

1
Resin
production

Domestic waste

Sum of waste

Mechanical recycling

Mechanicalrecycling

Liquefaction, gasification,
blast furnace

2,110

670

11,020

2

Resin
樹脂輸出量
export406
4,060

Domestic
国内樹脂製品
plastic products
消費量
consumption
1,012
万t
10,1204
Domestic
Plastic
国内樹脂投入量
input
978万t

9,780

Use

Post-use
使用済製品
products
排出量discharge

290

Incineration with heatutilization facility

4%Incineration without power
generation or heat utilization facility

Densified-refuse derived
fuel / cement material
and fuel

Utilized plastic
waste

18%

86%

400

220

Product
export
製品輸出量
830
万t

3

製品輸入量
Product
import
万t
2,000

廃プラ
Total
plastic
waste
discharge
総排出量Liquid resin, etc.

903
万t
9,030

970

540

1,670

Landfilling

170

57
万t
570

Mechanical recycling

5
Production
生産・加工and
Processing
ロス量
waste
75
万t
750

Non-useReclaimed
products

620

Production
生産・加工and
Processing
ロス排出量
waste
discharge
75
万t
750

産業系廃棄物
Industrial
waste

485
万t
4,850

1,440

Liquefaction, gasification,
blast furnace

2,870
32%

Incineration withheat utilization
facility

700

130

8%

Densified-refuse derived fuel /cement material and fuel1,380

Incineration withpower generation

850

Incineration with heatutilization facility

Incineration without
power generation orheat utilization facility

480

Incineration without power
generation or heat utilization facility

220

Landfilling

360

Plastic Waste Management Institute / PWMI Newsletter No.48 「Plastic Products, Plastic Waste and Resource Recovery (2017)」

https://www.pwmi.or.jp/ei/index.htm

7,750

Incineration withpower generation

Industrial waste

Resin processing
加工
ス量
waste

17
万t
170

Incineration withpower generation

Liquefaction,
gasification,
blast furnace

2,020

Resin
import
樹脂輸入量
輸入量
樹脂輸入量
2,920

Resin production
生産
生産ロス量
ス量
waste

23%

270

Densified-refuse derived fuel /cement material and fuelDomestic
一般系廃棄物
waste
418
万t
4,180

828
万t
8,280

6

760
8%

Landfilling520

Non-utilized
plastic waste

1,280
14%

6%

3

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SUSTAINABILITY
Although the chemical industry plays an important role in the developmentof society, it is very important to develop human resources to sustain
advancement continuously.
JCIA strives to promote the understanding of the chemical industry fromsociety through educational campaigns for “chemistry” to children who willbear the next generation, a course on the theory of the chemical industry
in universities, and support activities for postgraduate courses, and at thesame time, JCIA is carrying out activities to secure human resources whowill enter the field of chemistry.
We also provide opportunities for developing human resources that support
the chemical industry such as process safety and prevention of labor
accidents and research institutes, and management of chemical substances,through seminars and training workshops for member companies tocontribute to realizing a sustainable society.
Fostering Program of Human Resources in Chemistry(university, postgraduate course)
The Japan Chemical Industry Association is supporting postgraduate

Fostering Program of Human Resources in Chemistrycourses responding to the needs of human resources sought by the

Common vision of the high-level humanresources required by the chemical industry

chemical industry as a “Fostering Program of Human Resources in

Symposium

Chemistry” to develop the young human resources that will form afoundation of the chemical industry. In fiscal 2018, we supported 20
majors, and offered scholarships to 28 doctoral students. We introduced
cases of doctoral students who found employment (in October), and held
student-company exchange meetings (at Tokyo and Osaka in January) tosupport job hunting for doctoral students. In addition, in order to increase

Councilof HumanResources
Fostering
Program in
ChemistrySupport chemical industry
education at universities

Theory of the Chemical Industry Course/Career Education

Career support

Students & Enterprises Exchange Meeting/Research Workshop

Scholarships

the students’ interest in the chemical industry, “Course on the Theory of
the Chemical Industry” by lectures from member companies is held at
Kobe University, Osaka City University, and Tohoku University.

Dream Chemistry 21 Project
JCIA would like children to be more interested in chemistry by showing
them the magnificence and fun of chemistry through a campaign project
held by the “Dream Chemistry 21” committee as a member of an affiliatedbody. We hold “Chemical-Experiment Show for Children” and “Children’s
Science Experiment Class,” which are experience-based events whereexperiment and manual arts are conducted for elementary school students,
and also hold “Chemical Grand Prix” as a national convention to compete
in chemical proficiency for junior high school and high school students aswell as send students out to “International Chemistry Olympiad.”

Chemical Risk ForumThe Japan Chemical Industry Association has run “Chemical Risk Forum”
as a training course for workers to conduct risk assessment of chemical
substances since 2008. The training consists of lectures for learning thebasics of risk assessment, tool education required for risk assessment,
and the movement of laws and regulations in Japan and overseas,
and 84 companies took part in it in fiscal 2018. In order to improvethe convenience of attendance, we looked for participants throughlive streaming as well as for in-person attendance at forum venue, andstreamed the forum online ten times in fiscal 2018. The live streaming
was well received, and tens of participants have audited online theInternet every time, so this system has contributed to the improvementof members’ convenience. In addition, we held the Chemical Risk Forum(introduction part) for PR of next year’s seminar at Tokyo and distributed iton the web as well.

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Majors thatwill receive
supportStudents
Chemical personnel network

Information exchange with students who received
support and completed their majors

Human Resources Development of JCIA

2

Industrial Safety Course
We started the Tokyo Industrial Safety Course in cooperation with
the Petroleum Association of Japan and the Japan Petrochemical
Industry Association for fostering leaders who will promote safety
in each company of the petroleum and chemistry industry, andopened the fifth course in fiscal 2018, which graduated 29 students.
A university professor (chief of the course), a section chief in chargeof administration, and department managers and former managers
from companies were invited as instructors, and we have created thecourse such that safety is discussed and leads to actual practice. In
2018, we invited Dr. Atsumi Miyake, professor, Yokohama National

University, as chief of the course, and asked him renovate thecontents of the lectures and operate it to raise the level further. The
number of the students who have completed the Industry Safety
Course is over 150, so the expectation of the wide cooperation withthe leaders carrying on the spirit of the Industry Safety Course willgrow. In addition, we keep support the Yokkaichi Safety Course andthe Okayama Safety Course, and expect that these activities will leadto the prevention of serious process safety incidents along with theenhancement of further security awareness and creation of safety
culture.

Tokyo Industry Safety Course completion ceremony in 2018

■ Various lectures and seminars for human resources development of JCIA
Lecture or seminar

PurposeInterval

Security Export Control seminar

Introductory education regarding the export of products and manufacturing technology based on
the Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Control Law

Twice a year
(Tokyo, Osaka)

Step-up training for the leadersof production worksites ofchemical plants

Consider fostering and skill improvement for front-line supervisor of production worksites, process
safety, industrial health and safety, and risk assessment.

Four times a year

Guideline, Issue of best practicecollection

Improvement of safety activity by sharing of JCIA’s tasks regarding process safety, and industrial
health and safety

Irregular

Safety management lectureclass on dangerous substancestransportation

Education to the sector engaged in dangerous substance transportation and prevalence of thelatest information

Twice a year
(Tokyo, Osaka)

QSAR seminar

Trend of QSAR which predicts biological activities such as toxicities from chemical structures ofchemicals

Twice a year

Chemical risk forum (* Livecourse is available.)

Education of workers of chemical substance management based on the risk. (A series of 10
educational seminars per year)

From May to February
next year(Total of 10 times a year)

Chemical risk forum(introduction part) (* Live course
is available.)

Free seminar to explain necessary knowledge regarding chemicals management for newly assigned
Once a year
chemicals management personnel for a half day

International trade issue seminar

Explanation of anti-dumping system, rule of origin, report on Compliance by Major Trading Partners
with Trade Agreement, EPA/FTA

Once or twice a year

Industrial safety course

Development of management layer and managers who can understand the future safety of thepetroleum and chemistry industry, and develop specialists for safety with wider vision. (A series of
16 lectures per year)

From October to February
next year (Total of 16
times a year)

Information security seminar

A seminar to introduce information related to IT security

Once or twice a year

HR and labor affairs staff
development seminar

Development of the next-generation leaders of human resources and labor affairs. (A series of eightseminars, held biennially)

From May to February
next year (Total of eighttimes every other year)

Promotional lecture on theimportance of standardization

To understand and promote the importance of standardization through lectures of different themes
each year

Once a year

Risk assessment seminar (useof BIGDr.Worker)

Acquisition of the risk assessment method including composites utilizing BIGDr.Worker

Once or twice a year

Risk communication training

Improvement of communication skills in the dialogue meeting for members of the RC Committee

Once a year

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SUSTAINABILITY
JCIA is conducting various activities for development of the chemical industry such as human resource development
for safe operation of chemical plants and is holding seminars to train workers of chemicals management. The activities
are not limited in Japan, but we join ICCA on behalf of Japan’s chemical industry and actively contribute to activities
toward a sustainable society as a member of international society, such as human resource development for theadvancement of the chemical industry mainly in the East Asia and Southeast Asian regions, participating in the program
to show the know-how of international chemicals management, and participating in the Chemical Dialogue of APEC
and AMEICC Working Group on Chemical Industry.

Activities of ICCA (International Council of Chemical Association)
ICCA was established by the chemical industry associations of the United States, Canada, Europe, and Japan in 1989. Currently, the chemicalindustry associations of North and South America, Europe, Asia, Oceania, and Middle East Gulf countries join as full members. The total number ofmember countries and regions is approximately 50, including Associate Members such as China and India and Observer Members such as Russia.
The organization of ICCA comprises four main Leadership Groups which implement strategic efforts and engage in policy recommendation in eachfield. For more information, refer to the ICCA website. https://www.icca-chem.org/

Activities of the ICCA Energy and Climate Change LG (E&CC LG)
E&CC LG positively transmits the role and outcomes of the chemical industry as a
Solution Provider for global energy problems and climate change issues and acts to beable to acquire the understanding of international society. In 2018, E&CC LG transmitted
the “ICCA Statement on Climate Policy,” and held an innovation workshop in Japan where
opinions were exchanged with downstream industry, the government, research institutes,
and NGOs involved with the contribution of innovative creation of the chemical industry
for a low carbon society. E&CC LG member participated in the official side event hosted
by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry in COP24 as a panelist, which were theactivities toward a sustainable society by responding to climate change.

Activities of ICCA Chemical Policy and Health LG (CP&H LG)
JCIA has participated in the CP&H LG meetings held twice a year and the relevant task
force meetings, and offered opinions about the continuation of ICCA GPS Chemical Portal
and introduced Japan’s efforts against plastic problems. Regarding capacity building, JCIA
participated in the instruction course held by the Vietnam RC committee in September,and gave a presentation about RC, security, handling of chemicals, and transportation
safety. At the transportation safety WS held in the Philippines in November, JCIA gave apresentation about chemicals management and chemicals transportation.

ICCA Organization Chart
ICCA General Assembly
ICCA Board of
Directors

CEO Group(Global Executive
Strategy Group)

ICCA Steering
Committee
Energy and Climate Change
Leader: Tsutomu Tannowa (Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.)
Chair: Nobuyuki Kawashima (Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.)
Vice Chair: Robert A. Cooper (Shell)

Chemical Policy and Health
Leader: Jim Fitterling (Dow Chemical)
Co-Chair (Europe): Martin Kayser (BASF)
Co-Chair (USA): Mike Witt (Dow Chemical)

Responsible CareⓇ

Activities of ICCA Responsible Care LG (RCLG)
Regular RCLG Conference in autumn was held in Rotorua, New Zealand for three days
from November 28, and the Association of Europe reported the status of RC maturity
model development, and the Association of China reported the status of RC activity
progress. From the afternoon of thesecond day, the joint conference with
the CP&H LG was held to discuss theactions after SAICM2020 and measuresagainst marine plastics.

Leader: Karen McKee (ExxonMobil Chemical)
Chair: Baudouin Kelecom (ExxonMobil Chemical)
Vice-Chair: Sohei Morita (Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.)

Communications
Co-Chair (USA): Anne Kolton (ACC)
Co-Chair (Europe): Irene van Luijken (Cefic)

Trade Policy Network

ICCA LRI International Workshop
The workshop was jointly held by the International Council of Chemical Associations, Health Canada, and the United States Environmental Protection
Agency in Ottawa on June 20 and 21, 2018. About 120 participants discussed the New Approach Methods (NAMs) based on the risk including
sharing of the latest development movement, utilization by self-management in the companies, and the possibility of use in the regulatory andadministrative authorities. Two oral presentations were given from Japan to introduce Japan’s activities.

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Activities as a member of international society
APRO Conference

Committee on Trade and Investment of APEC. The regulatory

The main purpose of APRO where Japan acts as the chair is toauthority and representatives of the industry participate in thehold the Asia Pacific RC Conference (APRCC) every two years toenergize RC activities in the region. In FY 2018, the conference
was held in Manila in July, with participation of 14 people from 11
countries. It was decided
that the 16th APRCC tobe held in Seoul, South
Korea on November 7
and 8 in 2019 underthe main theme of“The next challenge for
Responsible Care.”Chemical Dialogue, whose purpose is to find the solutions against
the tasks faced by the chemical industry in the Asia-Pacificregion. APEC expands and supports regulatory cooperation andmutual recognition in the region to promote trade, and strives topromote the understanding that the chemical industry provides
innovative solutions for sustainable economic, environmental,
and social development. In addition, in order to improve thestewardship and safe use of chemical products, it also functions
as a meeting to promote effective cooperation between industry
and the government. JCIA actively provided opinions and madea proposal also in Chemical Dialogue as a representative of theJapanese chemical industry.

3

ASEAN Regulatory Cooperation Project
ASEAN Regulatory Cooperation Project targets countries
participating in the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC),
promotes activities focusing on chemicals management of riskbase as a project under the influence of ICCA GRC, and has agoal of applying a “global policy of regulatory cooperation” of
ICCA to improve regulations of chemicals in this region. This
project is led by the association in Singapore, and JCIA as well as
ACC participated as an organization member of the committee.
The workshop of the ASEAN regulatory cooperation project(ARCP) was held in the Philippines in July and in Vietnam in
September. Relevant government and companies from 10 ASEAN
countries gathered to discuss the possible field of concreteconsistency about two
Virtual Working Groups(GHS and Chemical
Inventory) toward thepromotion of regulatory
cooperation, and held aseminar regarding risk
assessment.

JCIA Activity Report of United Nations Environment
Assembly (UNEA)
UNEA is a decision-making body of the United Nations
Environment Programme (UNEP) and an international conference
held every two years. The representatives of each government
such as Ministers of the Environment from 160 countries
participated in the fourth General Assembly and representativesof the relevant international organizations and NGOs also
participated. ICCA including JCIA committed UNEA4 to promote
the voluntary efforts of the industry against marine debris, anddevelop and expand solutions including reuse, collection, andrecycling of plastic.

JCIA Activity Report of APECAPEC is a framework for economic cooperation by 21 economies
in the Asia-Pacific region, and carries out activities such as
liberalization of trade and investment, business facilitation, securityof human beings, and economic and technical cooperation forsustainable growth and prosperity in Asia-Pacific region. JCIA
participates in Chemical Dialogue, one of the subforums in the

Source: APEC website

JCIA Activity Report of AMEICCAMEICC is a subordinate organization of AEM-METI that
implements specific economic and industrial cooperation within
the ASEAN region. JCIA actively participated in the activities of
AMEICC, and in the Working Group on Chemical Industry (Laos)
in July, in order to utilize AJCSD effectively, JCIA requested eachcountry for support,
and discussed about
WS of each country
regarding to futurechemicals management
and industrial safety totransmit request fromthe Japanese chemicalindustry’s point of view.

Participation in OECD Meeting
JCIA participates in various meetings held in the Organization for
Economic Co-operation and Development (the Joint Meeting of
the Chemicals Committee and the Working Party on Chemicals,
Pesticides and Biotechnology, Working Party on Hazard
Assessment, Working Party on Exposure Assessment, Working
Party on Manufactured Nanomaterials, and Extended Advisory
Group on Molecular Screening and Toxicogenomics) as a memberof the Business at OECD (BIAC), the advisory committee ofbusiness and industry to the OECD, to collect useful information
for members, transmit it to members, and express opinions frommembers.

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Three JCIA Awards
The 43rd JCIA Safety Award
The process safety and the prevention of labor accidents are
the most important issues facing JCIA Environment and Safety
Committee. These awards are conferred on chemical plants thathave achieved high-level safety records and are implementing
excellent safety initiatives, which serve as models for the industry.
Their achievements are publicized and discussed in the safety
symposium so that these initiatives are shared and utilized by othermember companies.
Award

Award Winner

JCIA Annual Safety Award Grand PrizeShowa Denko K.K., Oyama Plant

JCIA Annual Safety AwardFirst Prize(Special: Small andmedium-sized businessestablishments)

Asahi Kasei Metals LTD. Tomobe Plant

JCIA Annual Safety AwardFirst Prize(Special: Research institutes)

Mitsui Chemicals Agro, Inc., Agrochemicals Research Center (Yasu area)

Safety AwardGrand PrizeShowa Denko K.K.
Oyama Plant

Showa Denko K.K. Oyama Plant Director, Kenji GoshonaThank you very much for the Safety Award Grand Prize. We think that each
employee’s daily activities led to this prestigious award. Showa Denko aims
at achieving no accident and no industrial injury, and based on the basic
policy to set safety before everything, we are tackling various safety activities.
The Oyama Plant implements “eradication of potential risk by designing

Showa Fine Ceramics Co., Ltd.
Mitsui Chemicals Tohcello, Inc., Anjo WorksJNC Corporation, Yokohama Research Center

inherently safe facilities,” and advances ingenious activities to become action
oriented safety activities in the “Making people with high safety awareness.”
This award encourages us to further enhance the activities more to maintainno industrial injury. Keep safe.

The 51st JCIA Technology Award
JCIA Technology Awards recognize companies that havecontributed to the progress of the chemical industry and economic
society through the development and industrialization of excellent
chemical technologies. JCIA awards the Grand Prize, the Special
Technology Prize, and the Environmental Technology Prize, andadmires their excellent achievement.
In the 51st awards, there was no applicable achievement for theEnvironmental Technology Prize.

Grand Prize
KanekaCorporation

Kaneka Corporation, Executive Officer, E&I Technology
Solutions Vehicle, General Manager, Riichi Nishimura
It is a great honor for us to receive the Grand Prize for the JCIA Technology
Award. With witnessing firsthand the increase in interest of global

AwardGrand Prize
Special Technology
PrizeAward WinnerAwarded Theme

Kaneka Corporation

Research and development and industrialization of“Kane Ace MX

Kureha Corporation

Establishment of manufacturing technology for highmolecular weight polyglycolic acid and developmentof new market

environment, the evolution of mobility, and dramatic technical innovationin the information-communication field, we are glad that Kane Ace MX
receives a high evaluation in these fields. We will strive to contribute to thepeople’s comfortable lives through providing resin modifiers for a wide range
of applications such as structural adhesives for automobiles and aircrafts,
composites, adhesives for blades of wind power generators, electronicmaterials, architecture, and civil engineering.

The 13th JCIA Responsible Care (RC) Award
These awards, which are conferred on individuals or groups thathave contributed to promoting RC activities, are aimed at further
motivating and energizing the people involved in RC activities.
Award
RC Grand Prix
Award

Award Winner

The disaster prevention activity byintroduction of process safety assessment
technology

Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company, Inc.
Manufacturing Section-1, Manufacturing

Prevention measures against external
corrosion of plants

Responsible Care Department, Energy &Climate Change

Our new challenge for the sustainable lowcarbon society

JSR Corporation, Chiba Plant

RC OutstandingAward

RC Award for
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Tokuyama Sekisui Co., Ltd.
Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
Ibaraki Plant, Environment and Safety
department

Building activities of safety culture at JSR
Chiba Plant
Nature conservation activities in Tokuyama
Sekisui Co., Ltd.
Improvement for dangerous forecasting andsettlement of basic operation

Efforts of community contribution activities byenvironmental conservation and utilization of
biotope at Shizuoka plant
Environmental protection and climate change
Nissan Chemical Corporation, Toyama Plant strategy in Toyama Plant of Nissan Chemical
Corporation
Sumitomo Bakelite Co., Ltd.
Shizuoka Plant, Biotope Committee

Kao Corporation
SCM Division

Awarded Theme

Kao Corporation, SCM Division

RC Jury’s Special Department-1, Niigata Plant
Award
Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd.

RC GrandPrix Award

Kao Corporation, SCM Division, Technology Development
Center, Fundamental Engineering, Junya Hamamura
It is a great honor to receive the RC Grand Prix Award. We have collected
and analyzed fire and explosion accidents inside and outside the company toprevent similar accidents before they occur. The evaluation of these disasterprevention enhanced activities makes persons concerned who have been
making a lot of efforts feel great encouraged. We will keep our efforts bycontinuing safe and stable operation to live up to this award, and publicize
the information actively to contribute to the safety improvement of the wholechemical industry.

S

SDGS

Toward SDGs in 2030

JCIA set up the SDGs Subcommittee that 35 companies join under the Policy Coordinating Committee at the
beginning of FY 2018, and started to support the members’ efforts toward SDGs achievement. In addition, theSDGs-Working Group, of which 19 companies are members, is advancing voluntary activities. In order to promote
an understanding of the chemical industry, JCIA will open a website, release case examples of SDGs of member
companies to the public, share information with chemical related parties and administrative authorities, and transmit
information actively to stakeholders to contribute to the development of the chemical industry in Asia based on theactivities of the SDGs Subcommittee.

1. About SDGs Subcommittee andStudy session●List of Study sessions in FY2018

SDGs Subcommittee advances activities of two
types, liaison meetings and study sessions to share
information. In the study session where member
companies other than Subcommittee members
can participate (see table on the right), we invite
external intellectuals as instructors to share thesocial movement regarding SDGs and provide useful
information for awareness and practice. The material
for study session can be downloaded from thewebsite* dedicated to SDGs.

July 6Date

September 7

December 7

March 8Contents
Explanation of corporate manager investigation report
regarding SDGs
Explanation of SDGs roadmap issued by WBCSD chemical
sectorExplanation of SDGs case examples issued by Japan
Business Federation
Trip report of high-level political forum regarding
sustainable development at United Nations
Trip report of high-level political forum regarding
sustainable development at United Nations

Speaker
Mitsuhashi, Chief Executive Officer,
PwC Sustainability LLC
Nishi, Partner, ERM Japan, Ltd.
Nagasawa, Deputy Director, Japan
Business Federation
Imabayashi, Deputy Manager, Japan
Science and Technology Agency
Takasaki, Manager, Sumitomo
Chemical Co., Ltd.

About SDGs promotion toward regional revitalization

Endo, Counsellor, Cabinet Office,
Government of Japan

Contribution to food waste from the perspective of
packaging material

Yabe, Deputy Director, Ministry ofAgriculture, Forestry and Fisheries ofJapan

Explanation of Environment Social Governance Guidance

Nakano, Deputy Director, Ministry of
Economy, Trade and Industry

2. About SDGs-WG
In the SDGs-WG, many members continue the group discussion
about “in-house pervasion” as a theme, which is a task to disseminate
SDGs in-house. Based on the four sub-themes of “Employee
education,” “Information disclosure,” “Advanced case examples,” and“Reflection to management,” they actively tackle activities such as theway of employee education, hearing of advanced companies, andquestionnaire investigation about corporate behavior toward SDGs
promotion to write up useful tools for in-house pervasion of member
companies. The accomplishments of the WG will be compiled as areport in June, 2019 and utilized.

Group discussion in SDGs-WG

3. Open a website and release case examples
In December, 2018, we opened a website* dedicated to SDGs, started“The vision of the chemical industry toward sustainable development”
determined in May, 2017, and released “Activity Report” of SDGs
Subcommittee and SDGs contribution case examples of member
companies as “SDGs case examples.” “SDGs case examples,” where
20 case examples will be released by the end of FY 2019, werecreated by interviewing persons in charge while focusing on a wide
variety of members’ products, services, and project activities such as

health, nursing care, medicine, social infrastructure, and contribution
to food, energy resource, and environment problems, which are highly
likely to contribute to SDGs and lead to business success.

* The English version of the website designated for SDGs
is now under construction.

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Activity Report: Responsible Care (RC)
MESSAGEContinuous improvement and enhancement of public recognition of
RC activities
Based on “contribution to the realization of a sustainable society,” we will work for continuous
improvement and further enhancement of public recognition of RC activities, and develop
positive and open activities toward improvement of the presence of the chemical industry. In
Japan, we will proceed with better activities that reflect the opinions of members in responseto the environmental change surrounding the chemical industry. In foreign countries, we will
support RC activities of local business establishments of member companies, and particularly
in Asia, we will strive to expand the base of RC activities by not only supporting each national
association, but also encouraging Japanese subsidiaries to participate in RC activities.
Committee Chairman,

F OCUS
Value Communication and Further Progress RC Activities
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Shigeru Ueyama [Managing Executive Officer, Kao Corporation]

Risk Communication Trainings
In RC activities, we value communication activities with various stakeholders. As one of the activities, 15 domestic
districts where plants of RC Committee members are concentrated regularly hold regional dialogue meetings where
they communicate with residents in the plants’ neighborhoods. In the regional dialogue meetings, it is important todeepen mutual understanding by explaining the efforts of RC activities conducted by member companies to residents
and listening to the residents’ questions and opinions. The
RC Committee holds risk communication training to improve
communication ability for a better mutual understanding. Annual
training for two days is held in the Tokyo and the Osaka area
alternately; in FY 2018 it was held in Osaka. In the training,participants learn the purpose of communication and its related
skills first, and they discuss an assumed theme in a group andcreate an explanatory material that is intelligible to the residents.
In the last phase of the training, they perform a simulated
dialogue, and the instructor gives comments and advice about whether they gave intelligible explanations and proper
responses to the opinions. By repeating these procedures the participants learn the communication skills, and they canutilize them at the actual regional dialogue.
Risk communication training provides an opportunity for member companies to develop human resources to deepen

the mutual understanding between companies and residents and enhance the relationship of trust.

RC Member Relations Events and Study Sessions
The RC Committee holds the member relations events to share the best practices of various RC activities that eachcompany is tackling, and also holds study sessions to introduce new perspectives, standards, and technologies into
RC activities. In FY 2018, the member relations events was held in three areas, Osaka, Kita Kyushu, and Yokohama,and information exchange was conducted in the section meetings consisting of eight to ten members about thetheme such as “environment preservation, process safety and disaster prevention, industrial health and safety, logistics
safety, chemicals and products safety, and dialogue with society.” At the member relations events in Kita Kyushu andYokohama, we observed “experience-based training facilities” each company owns as one of the best examples ofpractice sharing. At the study session, we visited the Maritime Disaster Prevention Center (MDPC) under the theme of“improvement of accidents and disaster response capability.” In the morning, we observed firefighting training using
actual fire, and again learned “daily preparation is important”
to prevent spread of damage when an accident or a disasteroccurs. In the afternoon, we took a lecture about “international
standard of a crisis and a disaster response method,” andlearned about the aspect of the incident command system (ICS)and ISO 22320.
In order to advance the discussion and study in the member

relations events and study sessions efficiently in a short time, we
carry out preliminary learning and pre-questionnaire.

Firefighting training at MDPC

Responsible
Responsible Care
Care Committee
Committee

Committee [Responsible Care Department]
Activity Outline
Responsible Care Committee

Dialogue WG

Steering Group

Activity Report WG
Member Relations WG

RC Awards Selection Council

Overseas Support WG

Note: WG/Working GroupWe h o l d a c o n s u m e r
dialogue meeting every
year in order to deepen
mutual understanding
with representatives ofconsumer groups andbuild the relationship oftrust. In FY 2018, the meetings were held at the plants of
RC members in Shiga and Kanagawa, and we observed the
RC activities at the plants and exchanged opinions aboutmarine plastic problems and consulting examples regarding
products from consumers.

Each company of the chemical industry is engaged“Responsible Care (RC) Activity” to secure “environment,
health, and safety” voluntarily and announces the resultsin the CSR report and/or the combined report to obtainsociety’s understanding and trust in the company’s chemical
products and business activities. JCIA verifies these RC
activities or the CSR/combined report to improve thequality of the activities, ensure the accuracy, and improve
the reliability. These verification activities started in 2002,
and through theend of FY 2018 a
cumulative total of
218 companies havebeen evaluated.

Public Relations Committee

TOPIC 3 RC Consumer Dialogues

TOPIC 5 RC Verification Activities

Labor Committee

We hold a free-for-all RC
activity report meeting
every year to let the publicwidely know the details of
RC activities. In FY 2018,
we changed the meetingstyle slightly, and in Tokyo, held the meeting along with RC
Award lectures in June, and in Osaka, along with a member
relations event in July, so that a lot of people participated. In
addition, we invited Prof. Inaba of Kogakuin University as alecturer to speak about “‘Happiness equality principle’ in LCA.”

Economy and Tax System
Committee

1. Support of local subsidiaries of member companies
We held lecture presentation and workshops co-hosted withJapanese chambers of commerce in Thailand and Indonesia
in FY2018 so as in the previous year. The activities included
lecture presentation and workshops focusing on process& occupational safety and chemical management, lecture
presentation from the Ministry of Economy, Trade andIndustry and the local embassy, and reports of RC activities
of local companies. We would like to extend an opportunity
to introduce this overseas support activities in Malaysia as
our next step.
2. Participation of AMEICC activities
As an activity of the AMEICC Working Group on Chemical
Industry, which is based on a request from METI, there is an
improvement initiative of occupational safety, process safety,
and environmental preservation of the ASEAN chemicalindustry. We participated in the activity, and were in chargeof planning, implementation, and evaluation of “JapanASEAN chemical industry core human resources training”
for participants from eight countries of ASEAN. In addition,
we held a supplemental lecture presentation in Laos andCambodia.

International Activities
Committee

In FY 2018, RC regional dialogue meetings were held inseven areas, Yokkaichi, Okayama, Eastern Yamaguchi,
Chiba, Hyogo, Kashima, and Aichi, with 70 to 190
participants, comprising residents living in the vicinity ofchemical plants as well as local government staff, educators,
and businesspeople from the area. Residents have agreat interest in measures for earthquake and Tsunami,
influence of the leakage of chemicals and its measures, andcommunication systems
when these accidents
happen, and raised manyq u e s t i o n s a n d re l a t e dopinions.

Technical Affairs Committee

TOPIC 4 Overseas Support Activities

Chemicals Management
Committee

RC Verification Center

TOPIC 1 RC Regional Dialogue

TOPIC 2 RC Activity Report Meeting

Environment and Safety
Committee

The purposes of the RC Committee aresupporting member’s RC activities, raisingsociety’s trust in our members and thechemical industry, and contributing to thesustainable development of the chemicalindustry and society. To this end, theCommittee focuses its efforts on supportingthe continuation of RC activities andtackling the task of the activation and the
expansion of the range of the activities.

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Activity Report: Environment and Safety
MESSAGE

Securing safety is the top priority for the chemical industry
Based on the ”Principles of JCIA regarding the Environment, Health and Safety” the Environment
and Safety Committee has in-depth perspective of “Effort of securing safety creates new value,”and is working on various tasks regarding “environment, health, and safety” in the chemicalindustry to establish the future activity basis for fulfilling social duties of companies. We will grasp
the latest movement in Japan and overseas, communicate information to members, and respond
appropriately through the reflection of the standpoint and opinions of the chemical industry towardadministrative authorities and the development of voluntary activities to contribute to society.

Minoru Suetsugu

Committee Chairman /[Lead Executive Officer and Chief ofHeadquarters of Manufacturing General Headquarters, Asahi Kasei Corporation]

F OCUS
Making Safety a Top Priority to Workers and Regional Residents
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Effort of “Process safety ”“Process safety” is the most important task of JCIA along with “prevention of labor accidents.” We deepen educational
activities for the prevention of process safety incidents utilizing DVDs for education and the Safety and Accident
Prevention Guideline based on “About the promotion of measures for the prevention of disasters in petrochemicalcomplexes (request)” issued by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry. In addition, we actively participate in the
Public-Private Council for Safety Measures in the Manufacturing Industry, which strengthens the safety measures acrossthe manufacturing industry, and work on the new prevention of process safety incidents through cooperation with otherparties and associations and providing educational material to contribute to the realization of a sustainable society.

Effort of “Prevention of Labor Accidents ”
Prevention of Labor Accidents of the second year of the 13th industrial accident prevention plan accounts for a large
portion in review meetings and Public-Private Council for Safety Measures in the Manufacturing Industry among
administrative authorities during recent years, and discussion and exchange of opinions are carried out energetically,
with a focus on the reduction and prevention of “fall” accidents, which are a task, and “caught in/between” accidents,
which happen mainly in the manufacturing industry. Specifically, activities such as technical standard review of work on
scaffolds and development of a standard method of risk assessment are progressing. JCIA also participated in these
activities positively, and offered opinions. In addition, JCIA writes up the results of frequency rate and severity rate, whichindicate the status of accident prevention of member companies every year. Under the recognition that improving theresults of safety index of member companies including subcontracting companies as a cooperative collective is a taskof sustainable management as a company, we will improve the efficacy of activities.

Effort of “Environmental Preservation”
We actively support and promote various activities toward environmental load reduction such as a reduction ofenvironmental risk like chemical release and the promotion of effective use of waste for the environmental preservation in
the chemical industry. As a voluntary activity regarding VOCs emissions reduction by the Ministry of Economy, Trade andIndustry, JCIA uniquely sets the substances for investigation in addition to notified substances in the Pollutant Release
and Transfer Register Law, and sums up emission amount and announces it publicly. In addition, according to the
Voluntary Action Plan for Establishing a Sound Material-Cycle Society by the Japan Business Federation, we investigate
and announce the status of effective use of resources of waste by member companies to promote the voluntary effortsof the chemical industry.
■Frequency Rate

■Severity Rate

Frequency Rate［－］Severity Rate［－］Manufacturingindustry

Chemicalindustry

Subcontracting
companiesof membercompanies of JCIA

Membercompaniesof JCIA

Manufacturingindustry
Subcontracting
companies of member
companies of JCIA
Chemical industry
Membercompanies of JCIA

Responsible Care Committee

Committee [Environment and Safety Department]
Activity Outline

Environment and
Safety Committee

Steering Group

Safety Award Council
Environment Subcommittee
Security and Disaster
Prevention Subcommittee
Occupational Health and
Safety Subcommittee

Security Incident
Prevention Study WG

Note: WG/Working GroupAir Pollution, and Soil Contamination

For study of tightening of regulations of the Ministry of theEnvironment (water, air, soil, etc.), we exchanged opinions withmajor industrial associations and members, and offered opinionsof the chemical industry to administrative authorities.

[Major themes and results examined continuously]
Whole Effluent Toxicity (WET) testing using living
thingsThis testing was compiled as a voluntary non-binding effort (guidance).

Air Pollution:

Measures against PM2.5 and photochemical
oxidants

We do not use a numerical target but keep the current condition fromdeteriorating until the generating mechanism is clarified.

Actions for revision of the Soil Contamination
Countermeasures Act (revision of governmental
and ministerial ordinances) and the guideline

With enforcement of the Act on April 1, we offered full dissemination
to land owners and clear notification of changed portions of theguideline.

Others:Actions for revision of the Pollutant Release andTransfer Register Law (designated substances
selection method)

Exposure index was changed from products import volume to notified
emission amount (actual result).

Development

TOPIC 3 Activities of Occupational Health and
Safety Subcommittee

The Occupational Health and Safety Subcommittee grasps
the movement of significant law revisions regarding fall
prevention equipment and revision of the Labor Standards
Act and Industrial Health and Safety Act regarding diseasecaused by chemicals, lets members know about the action bycommunicating information, collects opinions and requests ofindustry, and offers the opinions to the administrative authorities

TOPIC 5 Lecture for Dangerous SubstanceTransportation

We held “Safety
management lecture fordangerous substancetransportation” in Tokyo
and Osaka in November,
2018 as well. Recently,
consignors are called
to responsibility morethan before due torevision of the Commercial Code, so we invited experts fromthe administrative authorities and related parties as instructors
to explain in detail the international rules to learn, as well as theaerial, maritime and onshore knowledge and information. We willcontinue to hold these lectures in the future as an opportunity
for acquiring knowledge of new information and regulations.

Public Relations Committee

Utilizing educational material for human resource development
regarding process safety (guideline, Japanese version/English
version DVD), and using manufacturing site leader training,
external human resource development courses, and seminars,
we conducted the spread and pervasion activities in 2018as well. We also continuously support education such asdispatching instructors and providing educational material tothe human resource development courses held by the Sanyo
Association for Advancement of Science & Technology and the
Chiba Industry Advance Center.

With the Petroleum Association of Japan and the Japan
Petrochemical Industry Association, on October 25, 2018 we
co-hosted a “lecture for preventing tsunami disaster” associatedwith “World Tsunami Awareness Day, November 5” resolvedin the United Nations. Two lectures of “Damage of dangerous
facilities by a large-scale earthquake and its disaster prevention/
reduction” (academic expert) and “Efforts of disaster preventionin Kawasaki” (local government) were very helpful to threeassociation members regarding information such as the idea of
disaster prevention/reduction and examples of the efforts.

Labor Committee

TOPIC 2 Safety Education and Human Resource

TOPIC 4 Lecture for Preventing Tsunami Disasters

Economy and Tax System
Committee

Soil
Contamination:

International Activities
Committee

Water quality:

to support the activities of labor accidents reduction. Most
recently, we strive to share and communicate the information
about the revision of Labor Standards Act regarding chemical
management and health disorder prevention. Under the increaseof accident frequency and severity in the fact-finding survey
collecting the data of the member’s industrial accidents, weare introducing case examples of serious accidents for actions
toward accident prevention. For the risk evaluation of chemicals,
we strive to grasp the progress of dermal exposure, and whenconcrete progress and substances for evaluation are clarified,
we explain and inform them at occasional subcommittee
meetings and through the safety environment network to
support member companies.

Technical Affairs Committee

TOPIC 1 R esponses to Regulations for Water Quality,

Chemicals Management
Committee

Dangerous
Substances
Transportation WG

Environment
Environment andand Safety
SafetyCommittee
Committee

We grasp the latest movement in Japan and overseas
for various tasks regarding “process safety, environment,o c c u p a t i o n a l s a f e t y ” i n t h e c h e m i c a l i n d u s t r y, a n dcommunicate the information to members. In the Working
Group, we compile warning examples for recurrence
prevention using accident cases that have occurred in themember companies. In addition, the Safety Award Council
honors business establishments of member companies thathave achieved excellent results for safety, and announces
the activities that are the basis of improving the results tocontribute to raising the level as a whole.

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Activity Report: Chemicals Management
MESSAGE

Toward the Establishment of More Efficient Chemicals Management as a Business Strategy
Under the basic policy of strengthening the support of the chemical management business in project
activities and further spread and expansion of voluntary contribution by industry, we develop various
activities such as transmitting information related to chemical management to members and actions
for the revision of related laws and regulations in Japan and overseas. Especially, regarding actions
for laws and regulations, we actively participate in various committees and review meetings of thegovernment in our position of a representative of the chemical industry, and are working on issuing
the guideline and Q&A for business operators as well as offering opinions to appropriate authorities. In
addition, we are aiming for the establishment and spread of more efficient and elaborate risk evaluation
technology, and will strive to strengthen further support activities.

Teijiro Nishitani

Committee Chairman /[Managing Executive Officer, Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation]

F OCUS

The Movement of Domestic Laws and Regulations and Actions

Aiming for the Response to Laws and Regulations andImprovement and Spread of Evaluation Technology

The “Act on the Evaluation of Chemical Substances and Regulation of Their Manufacture, etc.” (the Chemical
Substance Control Law), the revision of which was promulgated in 2017, entered into force in April, 2019. In
2018, JCIA offered opinions centering on the evaluation exception system where the administrative authorities
were examining the details of the operation. In addition, in the risk assessment of existing chemical substances,
we cooperated with related associations and member companies handling the related substances, advanced theelaborate risk assessment and the examination of emission-reduction measures, and carried out efforts toward
more rational risk management as an industry.
To meet the revised Chemical Substance Control Law enforced in 2019, we are advancing the revision work for“Chemical Substance Control Law Q&A Notification Guidebook for Workers” compiled by JCIA.

Response to the Laws and Regulations of Overseas Chemicals
We grasped the latest movement of chemical management regulation in each foreign country, transmitted
information to members, and collected opinions of member companies to offer them to the administrative
authorities. Especially, the chemical management regulation in South Korea was largely revised last year, so we
cooperated with local Japanese-affiliated companies, and as a Japanese industry, we offered our opinions andsuggestions to Korean administrative authorities. In Europe, as the deadline to register the existing chemical
substances with REACH came, we collected and transmitted information to check the following new directional
movement, and to cope with the Brexit issue, we offered opinions from the industry through the government tocontinue the business. In China and Taiwan, as they needed opinions regarding enactment and amendment of
the law, we collected opinions from member companies and provided them for the administrative authorities ineach country and region.

The Movement of GHS and Actions
In order to reflect the contents of the 6th revised edition of United
Nations document GHS (Globally Harmonized System of Classificationand Labelling of Chemicals) to JIS Z7252 and Z7253, JCIA, as asecretariat, organized the JIS Drafting Committee, and created revised
drafts in FY 2017. In FY 2018, we held “Presentation meeting for therevision movement of JIS Z 7252 and JIS Z 7253 based on GHS
United Nations documents” to explain the contents of the revised drafts
and the implementation
schedule, in Tokyo, Osaka,
and Nagoya, with theattendance of many people.
The revised JIS was madeknown to the public in May,
2019, and “GHS guideline
The guidance for labelingand compiling a safety data
sheet” compiled by JCIA
was also revised.
United Nations subcommittee of experts on the GHS on its
thirty-fifth session (Switzerland)

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“GHS guideline The guidance for labeling and compiling asafety data sheet”

Chemicals Management
Committee

Responsible Care Committee

Committee [Chemicals Management Department]

Steering GroupLRI Steering Committee Committee

Activity Outline

As voluntary activities of the chemical industry, in order toimprove the chemical management level in the whole value
chain through the utilization promotion of the risk assessment
support portal site “JCIA BIGDr” and the risk assessment toolchemical risk forums, risk assessment seminars, etc.

TOPIC 2Complete JIPS Consortium Activities in FY2018
As part of GPS/JIPS WG activities, in FY 2018, eight companies
about the three substances of Acetaldehyde, Bisphenol A(2-hydoroxypropyl) ether, and Glyceryl stearate and published it
on JCIA’s BIGDr website.

GHS-WG

Europe Study T

User Support WG
New Issues Tackling WG
Risk Assessment Technology WG

Administrative Technology SG

GPS/JIPS WG

OECD SG
Note: WG/Working Group
SG/Subgroup
T/TeamTOPIC 4

Response to Supply Chain of Chemicals
In order to promote proper chemical substance management in
the supply chain, we provided various forms of support from thestandpoint of the chemical industry for an information sharing
scheme of chemicals contained in products “chemSHERPA,”
the substances list GADSL prepared and maintained by GASG,
which is composed of representatives of automobile, automotive
parts, and chemical manufacturers in Japan, the United States,
and Europe, and international standard TC111 (environmental
standards for electrical and electronic equipment) promoted byelectric and electronics industry organizations such as JEITA.

TOPIC 5JCIA LRIIn FY 2018, JCIA LRI adopted new research projects from thedevelopment and evaluation of new risk assessment methods orsystem, research on the effects of chemicals on children, elderly
people and those with gene disorders, and research regarding
microplastics.

TOPIC 3In the JCIA LRI Annual Meeting in FY2018, the accomplishments
and progress of the research were reported, and theIn the third JIPS award given this year, the Grand Prize was won

environmental influence assessment of microplastics and efforts

symposium was marked by enthusiastic argument on themes ofof LRI.

Corporation. Yuki Gosei Kogyo Co., Ltd., Nippon NyukazaiAward winners in FY 2018 of the Japanese Society of Toxicology

Co., Ltd., and Fujifilm Wako Pure Chemical Corporation, which

LRI Award and the Japanese Society for Alternatives to Animal

published safety summaries for the first time, won the Incentive

Experiments LRI Award, which are given to researchers who

Prize.

produce brilliant achievements, were Dr. Tsuyoshi Nakanishi,
now professor), and Dr. Yuji Komizu, associate professor, Sojo
University, respectively.

From the left: Mr. Hayashi from Kao Corporation, Chairman Mr. Nishitani

Public Relations Committee

associate professor, Gifu Pharmaceutical University (at the time,

Labor Committee

GPS/JIPS Activities (JIPS Award) 2018 JIPS Award
by Kao Corporation, and Excellence Award was won by Tosoh

Economy and Tax System
Committee

formed a consortium to create “Draft of Safety Summaries”

The Americas and Others Study T

International Activities
Committee“BIGDr.Worker,” we conducted dissemination activities throughSoutheast Asia Study TTechnical Affairs Committee

Information Transmission and Risk Assessment ofChemicals

Overseas Laws WG
Amendment of the Chemical
Substance Control Law WG (Inactive)

Chemicals
Chemicals Management
Management
Committee
Committee

TOPIC 1

East Asia Study T

Environment and Safety
Committee

The committee cultivates close ties with relevant
authorities, including administrative authorities, inorder to collect, analyze, and communicate necessary
and useful information to members about domestic
and overseas regulatory trends regarding chemical
management, and collects opinions and requestsof members to submit them to the administrative
authorities. As voluntary activities in the industry, theCommittee is promoting GPS/JIPS, tackling new issues,and supporting research and technology evaluations
related to risk assessment methods of chemicals.

Domestic Laws WG

JCIA LRI Annual Meeting

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Activity Report: Technical Affairs
MESSAGE

Efforts of climate change measures
Under “the Commitment to a Low Carbon Society” in which many of the JCIA member companies
and associations participate, new reduction targets for 2030 could be set. In addition to the
traditional BAU target, new targets set a high-level goal by managing absolute amount of real
reduction, which shows a chemical industry’s substantive effort of climate change measures.
Through the activities of the Technical Affairs Committee, we will work toward achieving the newtargets by promote further communication among member companies and associations.
Committee Chairman /F OCUSTo Realize Low Carbon Society, Try Hard to Achieve a Higher Target
19 JCIA ANNUAL REPORT 2019

Tadashi Hiraoka [Executive Officer, AGC Inc.]The Result of the Commitment to a Low Carbon Society in FY 2017 and New
Target Setting for FY 2030
■Transition of CO2 emission

JCIA started efforts to reduce CO 2
emission at the time of the Keidanren
Voluntary Action Plan on the Environment
under Keidanren, and has continued theefforts since 2013 as “the Commitment toa Low Carbon Society.” In the Commitment
to a Low Carbon Society follow-up survey
in FY 2018, CO2 reduction of 5.73 million
tons was achieved compared to the CO2
reduction target of 2 million tons by FY
2030 (on the basis of FY 2005), which
resulted in significantly greater reductions
than anticipated for three years in a row
since 2015. In response to this result,in January, 2018 we established theIndustry Target Review Task Force in theCommitment to a Low Carbon Society
WG, and at JCIA Board of Director in
March, 2019 the governing body decided
a new target for FY 2030. We set FY 2013as a base year according to the Plan for
Global Warming Countermeasures, andas new targets, we decided on 6.5 million
tons reduction of a BAU and 6.79 million
tons reduction as an absolute amounttarget. Moreover, we aim to achieve twotargets at the same time. If the production
volume increases under management only
by BAU ratio index, the absolute amountof CO2 emission can increase even if the
BAU target is achieved. Therefore, anabsolute amount index is necessary inorder to apply a brake to CO2 emissions.
In addition, if the production volume varies
under the management only by absoluteamount index, we cannot simply explain
the efforts for reduction as an industry, so
the BAU index is necessary. Introducing
these two management indexes makes
the target higher than the target using
only BAU index, and it is a big change inthe way that the efforts of the chemicalindustry are shown in a plain way.

CO2 emissions (ten thousand tons)
7000
6800

Number of participated parties:337 companies, 2 associations

6,854

6600
6400
6200
Absolute value
reduction

6000

New target 6.79
million tons

5800

5,684

5600
5400

2005

Base FY

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

2030
(FY)

■ CO2 emission reduction target and result
Former reduction target(on the basis of FY 2005)▲ 2 million tons by FY2030

on BAU comparison basis

Result in
FY 2015

Result in
FY 2016

Result in
FY 2017▲ 2.73 million tons ▲ 3.5 million tons ▲ 5.73 million tons

New reduction target(on the basis of FY 2013)▲ 6.5 million tons by FY2030

on BAU comparison basis■ Transition of PFCs, SF6, and NF3 emitted from manufacturing process
Emission amount (ten thousand tons - CO2e)■ PFCs emissions ■ SF6 emissions ■ NF3 emissions

500
400
300
200
100
0 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
(FY)

Three Gases Substituted for CFC Achieved theTarget for FY2030.
In the emission reduction activities at manufacturing of PFCs, SF6
and NF3 of global warming gas, NF3 intensity was reduced by 89%
per emission rate to production compared to that of FY 1995,
which achieved 85% of the reduction target for FY 2030. PFCs andSF6 achieved the target for FY 2030 (90% reduction) in 2010 and2009, respectively, and have been kept at 90% or more since then.
Therefore, all three gases achieved the target for FY 2030.

Technical Affaires
Committee

Global Warming Long-Term Strategy
Study WG
Energy Measures Task ForceActivity Outline

Steering Group

Keidanren’s Commitment to a Low
Carbon Society WG

Technology Awards Selection Council
LCA WG
Chemical Standardization WG
CI Material Field Study WG

Meeting to Exchange Opinions with
International Energy Agency (IEA)
IEA and JCIA member companies and associations helda meeting to exchange opinions about “The Future of
Petrochemicals” published by IEA in October, 2018. The amount

Activities of Connected Industries Material
Field Study WG
In the round-table conference with the Minister of Economy,
Trade and Industry in May, 2018, the Chairman of JCIA reported
to the Minster that JCIA will pursue the following three tasks
based on the report of Material Field Study WG: (i) establishmentof a shared platform of unutilized resources and technology;(ii) establishment of a common data platform for material data
structuring; and (iii) development of human resources fosteringcourse by information science × chemistry. Based on this,we cooperated with related parties, and advanced the study
toward realization. UMI (Universal Materials Incubator Co.,
Ltd.) became a parent organization for (i), and we will look forparticipant companies in the platform in cooperation with UMI
from FY 2019. (ii) is placed in the Technology Development
Project of NEDO, and we will tackle tool development centeringon the industry. (iii) will be held by Japan Association for
Chemical Innovation (JACI) from FY2019, and JCIA will work on
continuously and proactively.

Public Relations Committee

TOPIC 3

TOPIC 4

Labor Committee

We participated in the creation of the GVC concept book of
Keidanren, compiling cLCA case examples of the industry, andthree high-impact cases by global assessment in the cLCA
case examples that JCIA had compiled, (i) Desalination plant by
RO membrane method, (ii) Hall element and hall IC (magnetic
sensor of inverter air conditioner), (iii) Material for aircraft (carbon
fiber composite material) were published in the book. In a trial
calculation by the flow-base method when these products
which are expected to be manufactured for a year in 2020 areused until the end of their lives, the CO2 emission reduction
amount will reach 387 million tons. This concept book was
widely introduced to the world from Keidanren at COP24 (Poland
Katowice).

Economy and Tax System
Committee

TOPIC 2 Prevalence Activities of cLCA

opinions was very beneficial.
International Activities
Committee

The JCIA Technology Awards were established in 1968 asa system to honor the creation of innovative and excellent
chemical technology and products contributing to thedevelopment of the whole society and improvement of theenvironment. In FY 2018, the awards marked their 50th
anniversary, and in the chemical forum memorializing “Chemistry
Day/Chemistry Week” (Hosted by The Chemical Daily Co., Ltd.),
a lecture about the social contribution of chemical technology
was given by the former JCIA Technology Awards Selection
Council Chairman, and two companies from the successive
Technology Award winners gave lectures about their awardwinning results. In addition, we recommend the winners to
The Ichimura Prize in Industry (Ichimura Foundation for New
Technology) every year, and the 50th Technology AwardGrand Prize winner was awarded the 51th Ichimura Prize for
Outstanding Achievement and the Special Technology Prizewinner was awarded The Ichimura Prize for DistinguishedAchievement.

Technical
Technical Affairs
Affairs Committee
Committee

50th Anniversary of JCIA Technology Awardsof chemical products will continue to increase worldwide in the
future, as a result, the amount of fossil fuel used as raw material
will increase. Therefore, we responded to the suggestions of
IEA of the necessity of measures such as the advancementof investment to the development of sustainable chemicals
production route and the improvement of the management ofwaste plastics and recycling rate, and the meeting to exchange

Chemicals Management
Committee

Note: WG / Working Group

TOPIC 1

Environment and Safety
Committee

Global Warming Countermeasures
WG2 (CFC substitutes)

We are actively participating in the Keidanren’s Commitment
to a Low Carbon Society and activities concerning global
warming and energy policies at home and abroad, and aretackling various tasks. In addition, we are participating in the
promotion activities of science technology by JCIA Technology
Awards, the prevalence activities of cLCA products, and theactivities of the ICCA Energy and Climate Change LeadershipGroup, and are carrying out the activities to emphasize thatthe chemical industry is a solution provider against global
warming.

Responsible Care Committee

Committee [Technical Affairs Department]

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Activity Report: International Activities Committee[International Affairs Department]

MESSAGE

Gathering Information on Trade Issues and Dealing with Unfair Trade
After enforcement of TPP11 and Japan-EU EPA, while Japan is currently advancing
negotiations of expanding regional economic partnership like RCEP and so on, we encounter(a) the movement triggered by a handful countries to jostle conventional fair and solid tradesystem and (b) the movement to set, against the backdrop of Sustainable Development
Goals (SDGs), new international objective which could affect chemical industry as well.
Through collecting information, communicating with our membership and coordinating withgovernment, we will promote remedying unfair trade and reflecting the message of chemicalcompanies. In addition, through various channels including ICCA activities, interaction
with business associations of China and South Korea etc., we will carry out the activities
contributing to realize a sustainable society and development of chemical industry.

Takashi Shigemori

Committee Chairman /[Director & Senior Managing Executive Officer, Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd.]

Activity Outline
This Committee deals with our Association’s international affairs including grasping chemicalindustry related trade issues, transmission of information and reinforcement of relationships
with overseas chemical-related organizations. Specifically, aiming to materialize the opinionsof domestic chemical industry, our activities include but not limited to (a) advocating to theauthorities about such issues as Rule of Origin and redress of unfair trading, (b) information
sharing with our membership, (c) fortifying the relationships with the chemical industriesof China and South Korea etc. by chemical dialogue and so forth and (d) participation inadministration of the International Council of Chemical Association (ICCA).

International Activities
Committee

Steering GroupF OCUS
The 4th Japan-China Chemical Industry Conference

TOPIC The 9th Japan-South Korea Annual Meeting

In 2018, the 40th anniversary of the Japan-China Peace andFriendship Treaty, the 4th Japan-China Chemical Industry
Conference was co-hosted by the China Petroleum andChemical Industry Federation (CPCIF) and JCIA / JPCA
in Chengdu in September. In addition to the Japanesechemical industry related people, including Mr. Tannowa,
Chairman of JCIA and Mr. Morikawa, Chairman of JPCA,
Mr. Li, Chairman of CPCIF and people being engaged inchemical industry in China participated in the Conference,
and approximately 100 people in total exchanged opinions
actively. At the General Assembly on the first day, the current
status of the chemical industry in Japan and China, technicalinnovation of the chemical industry and Responsible Care
activities were introduced. In the subcommittee meetingsof the following day, global warming issues relevant tochemical industry and their countermeasures were sharedthrough Japan-China alternate presentations about (a)Japan and China respective countries’ measures against
Climate Change and (b) individual company’s action for the
reduction of CO2 emission.

In November 2018, the 9th Japan-South Korea annual
meeting was held. Because this meeting was held in Tokyo,
our membership also participated as observers, and opinion
exchange and discussion were made about Chemicals
Management, Responsible Care, and Climate Change
as main topic. In addition, given recent rising awareness,plastic waste issues and SDGs activities were also picked
up. For Chemical Management, presentation and opinion
exchange were made regarding not only the latest progressof Chemical Management regulation in Japan and South
Korea but also individual practical issues on Chemicals
Management in South Korea. In view of (a) large export
trade to South Korea by Japanese chemical companiesand (b) quite a few Japanese chemical companies have
set up affiliates in South Korea, we intend, throughintercommunication and opinion exchange during thismeeting, to deepen the relationship with the Korea Chemical
Industry Council (KOCIC) and to make such relationship toserve the development of both countries’ chemical industry.

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Responsible Care Committee

Activity Report: Economy and Tax System Committee[Department of Business/Economic Information]

MESSAGE

Environment and Safety
Committee

Aiming at Increasing International Competitiveness and Further
Growth of Chemical Industry

Committee Chairman /Chemicals Management
Committee

While the chemical industry maintains good business results by stable demand bothin Japan and abroad, uncertainty surrounding economic conditions is increasing suchas prolonged trade war between the United States and China, and increasing natural
disasters. Globalization of company activities requires regulation reform and tax system
reform in response to demands of the times such as speed-up of FTA and EPA agreements,
intensification of Export Control Regulations and international taxation, and action forenvironmental issues compatible with economic growth. For further growth of the chemicalindustry in Japan, we are working to offer opinions on various restrictions and systems
including tax systems, and transmitting useful information for business operation.

Shuji Furuta [Executive Officer, DIC Corporation]

Activity Outline
Economy and Tax
System Committee

Tax Administration
Subcommittee

Security Export
Control Investigative
Subcommittee

International
International Activities
Activities
Committee
Committee

F OCUSTOPIC 2 JCIA Indexes Disclosed to the Public
As indexes of representing the “Now” of the chemical industry,
we were disclosed JCIA Indexes to members, but in responseto requests from mass media and analysts, contents wereadded and disclosed it to the public on our website. In addition
to the existing three indexes, we posted the graphs and theexcel data of shipment indexes by fields of major chemical
products for factor analysis. Please refer to the monthly
materials posted on our website with comments.

Field

TOPIC 1 Security Export Control seminar
The Security Export
Control Investigative
Subcommittee cooperates
with a department incharge in the Ministryof Economy, Trade andI n d u s t r y, a n d h o l d s
seminars regarding theimportance of security export control, the point of voluntaryYear-toIndex Month-tomonth year

Total of major
products

101.4

2.5

Plastic

98.0

2.4

0.7

Plasticizer

102.4

3.4

▲4.9

Synthetic fiber
raw materials
Synthetic
rubber

87.6

1.1

▲6.5

103.4

▲0.7

▲1.3

Paint

105.8

4.9

3.3

EO

107.6

2.5

▲8.4

Synthetic dye

108.0

5.4

5.2

Chemicalfertilizer

110.6

14.6

▲3.2

Inorganics

111.5

2.6

1.3

Public Relations Committee

Shipment indexes of major chemicals(9 fields, 33 items)

Shipping Index of Main Chemicals
Shipping Index by Fields : 3-months average index (2015 = 100)

0.2

Plastic
Synthetic rubber
Chemical fertilizer

Plasticizer
Paint
EO (Surfactant )Labor Committee

While the limit of the temporary measures of the researchdevelopment tax system will expire this fiscal year, the following
four items were set as important requirements centering on
the further expansion of relevant tax systems important for thechemical industry. (i) Preservation and relaxation of researchdevelopment tax system, (ii) Coordination of tax systems
for promoting capital investment, (iii) Fundamental review ofglobal warming taxes, and (iv) Exception of taxes on materials
for petrochemical products provided by the main provisionsof the act of gasoline tax and petroleum and coal tax
Request activities cooperating with other industrial associations
were carried out, and as a result, the limit of the temporary
measures of the research development tax system was
extended and it was revised to the system where increasing
incentive produces a stronger effect. We will continue torequest policy support for promoting research development
and capital investment as a basis of value creation.

export control system maintenance, and penal regulations.
The meeting includes contents centering on the basic
important items, and utilized as part of an instruction courseby companies related to the export control business. The
meetings were held in Tokyo and Osaka for the first time in two
years in FY 2018, earning a good reputation.

EconomyEconomy andand Tax
Tax System
SystemCommittee
Committee

FY 2019 Activities for Requesting a Revision
to Tax System

Technical Affairs Committee

Toward the development of Japanese economy and for the purpose of realizing active
economic conditions, various efforts are being implemented towards deregulation, revision of
the tax system, and other regulatory actions. Under these circumstances, we are working toconsolidate and share information on the economy and tax systems to lead to suggestions
and requests for policy change for the future growth of the chemical industry. Especially fortax systems, we are strengthening and promoting activities while cooperating with otherindustries. We also respond to current topics regarding economics and management as
necessary.

Synthetic fiber raw
materials

Synthetic dye, Pigment
Inorganics

https://www.nikkakyo.org/content_en/nikkakyo_index* The English version is published as data.
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Activity Report: Labor Committee [Labor Department]
MESSAGE

Human Resources Fostering Support to Member Companies and Continuous
Promotion of Appropriate Information Provision
In FY 2018, we held a fostering seminar for human resources and labor affair staff (every two years), andcontinuously held instruction courses for production site leaders of chemical plants five times. In addition,
we hold a presentation meeting for Revision Bill Related to Work Style Reform, and continuously collect andtransmit various labor information such as wages, salary, and bonuses. We will move ahead on providing
member companies with useful information and supporting human resources development.
Committee Chairman /Keiichi Kamiguchi [Director & Corporate Officer, Showa Denko KK]

Activity Outline
We provide members with information such as “human resources development,” “response to measures andregulations related to labor,” and statistics of “survey of labor conditions,” and implement activities based on
appropriate relational maintenance with labor unions.

F OCUS

Labor Committee

Steering GroupHR Issue WG

Note: WG / Working Group

Human Resources and Labor Affairs Staff development seminar
With the aim of “Fostering leaders of human resources and labor affairs divisions who will be
responsible for the next generation of the chemical industry,” we have held eight seminars
since May 2018. The core human resources staff members from 12 member companies
participated in the seminar to learn the basis of “The function of human resources and laboraffairs in management” and had discussion, and in the last session, they summarized thereports of “How I propose the management strategy for human resources” and took them totheir companies. We are looking forward to the participants’ actions.

Activity Report: Public Relations Committee[Public Relation Department]

MESSAGEFor the sustainable development of the Chemical Industry
In order for the chemical industry that contributes to our lives and economy, Improving social recognitionof the chemical industry is important for securing the human resources who will be responsible for the
next generation and achieving the sustainable development of the chemical industry. We will strive
to improve further presence of chemistry and the chemical industry by cooperating with members,
academia, and the media, along with mutual understanding.
Committee Chairman /Hideo Tamada [Managing Executive Officer, Ube Industries, Ltd.]

Activity Outline
We communicate information of various activities of JCIA such as chemicals management and responsible
care to society, and tell the value and attractiveness of chemistry to youth through the project of “Dream
Chemistry 21” to improve the presence of the chemical industry.

F OCUS

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Public Relations
Committee

Chemistry Day
Promotion WG

Note: WG / Working Group

Toward New Public Relations Activities
Since 2014, JCIA has promoted the social recognition of “Chemistry Day” and “Chemistry Week” established by four associations,
The Chemical Society of Japan, The Society of Chemical Engineers, Japan, The Japan Association for Chemical Innovation, and
JCIA. In 2018, with the aim of further improvement of the presence of the chemical industry, we conducted questionnaire survey tothe companies and associations participating in the Public Relations Committee regarding the expectation to the Public Relationsof JCIA, and PR committee decided to set an opportunity to ask the media on their expectation or needs to the PR of JCIA for
improving the recognition of the chemical industry from society. We would like to meet the expectations of all members throughthese activities.

The activity of this Center is delivered to everyone as amonthly report “Activity Note.” “Activity Note” includes thecontents and answers of all consulting, “Chemicals PL
Report” related to product liability and product safety, “PayAttention” to prevent accidents by chemical products, and“Topics,” bits of knowledge related to chemistry. “Activity
Note” is opened to the public on the website of this Center.

Chemicals Management
Committee

The latest information including the issue of“Activity Note” is provided in a newsletter by e-mail.
Please subscribe by e-mail to PL@jcia-net.or.jp

Environment and Safety
Committee

When the Product Liability (PL) Act was promulgated in
1994, the Chemical Products PL Consulting Center was
established as an independent organization in the Japan
Chemical Industry Association from the need to form thedispute handling system and not relying upon lawsuits
using professional knowledge in each product field. Thiscenter handles consultations related to chemical products
made by business operation to general consumers allover Japan, in addition to general consumers from a
Professional perspective. Furthermore, it emphasizes
on awareness-raising activities through the provision of
information, lectures, and publication of pamphlets for theprevention of accidents caused by chemical products.

Responsible Care Committee

Introduction of Chemical Products PL Consulting Center

Chemical Products PL Consulting Center
Technical Affairs Committee

Consulting through telephone

Weekday 9:30 - 16:00
Number of consultations: 233 cases(Results in FY2018)

Activity Note(Monthly report)

Consulting
statusChemicals
PL Report

Newsletter
distribution
Pay Attention

ColumnInternational Activities
Committee

Activity report meeting(Venue: Tokyo / Osaka)
Dispatching lecturers
Providing enlightening
material

Ankan-Net(Safety and Environment Net)RC net“RC Net” in which member companies of Responsible Care
Committee are registered delivers information of RC-related
events such as Responsible Care activities report meeting, andfor member relations events and study meetings for members
provide the holding schedule and recruits participants.
Contact: RC Department

Chemical Management Net
We provide the latest information about the movement of
the regulations and laws at home and overseas regarding
chemicals management, and deliver the holding schedule ofseminars provided by JCIA to the member companies andassociations registered in the Chemicals Management Net.
Contact: Chemicals Management Department

PR NetPublicPublic Relations
Relations Committee
Committee

We deliver information that requires publicity such as noticeand communication from each ministry and agency, guidelines
regarding environmental safety, and regulatory information tomember companies and associations registered in the AnkanNet (Safety and Environment Net). (Up to two addresses percompany/association)
Contact: Environment and Safety Department

We provide the information about seminars of relevant
associations regarding chemical standardization, andmovements at home and overseas, as well as distribute theholding schedule of seminars provided by JCIA to the member
companies and associations registered in the ChemicalStandardization Information Net.
Contact: Technical Affairs Department

Labor
Labor Committee
Committee

JCIA distributes the following mail magazines for member
companies and associations that wish to receive them.
Please contact the relevant office for a new delivery request.

Chemical Standardization
Information Net

Economy and Tax System
Committee

Information Distribution@ Services Provided by JCIA

We distribute the holding information of the activity reportmeetings, seminars, and Children’s Science Experiment Classof JCIA regularly, and distribute the guide and implementation
reports of event activities such as experiment show to those
who belong to member companies or associations that wish
to receive them (mainly persons in charge of general affairs or
public relations).
Contact: Public Relations Department

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Glossary
ACC

American Chemistry Council

AEC

ASEAN Economic Community

AEM-METI

Japan-ASEAN Economic Ministers meet to discuss economic cooperation and coordination between
ASEAN Economic Ministers and METI
（Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry） Japan and ASEAN.

AMEICCASEAN Economic Ministers and
METI Economic and Industrial
Cooperation CommitteeAI

artificial intelligence

AJCSD

The ASEAN – Japan Chemical Safety
Database

The ASEAN-Japan Chemical Safety Database. Based on the agreement of ASEAN Economic
Ministers and METI Economic and Industrial Cooperation Committee (AMEICC) Working Group on
Chemical Industry (WG-CI), this is a database established by Japan and each ASEAN country.

APEC

Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation

Framework for economic cooperation by 21 economies in the Asia-Pacific region.

APRCC

Asia Pacific Responsible Care
Conference

Asia Pacific Responsible Care Conference. International Meeting held with the aim of transmissionof information and commoditizing of RC activities in each country toward sustainable developmentof the chemical industry in the Asia-Pacific region. Meeting held by APRO. It was held every year
from 1995 to 2000 and has been held every two years since 2001.

ARCP

ASEAN Regulatory Cooperation Project

APRO

Asia Pacific Responsible Care Organization

Established in 2003 as an organization for supporting APRCC. Currently Japan is the chair.

BAU

Business as usual

CO2 emissions which are given by multiplying CO2 amount per production volume in the base year
by production volume in the target year.

BIAC

The Business and Industry Advisory
Committee to the OECD

Business and Industry Advisory Committee. Private Economic advisory committee to the OECD.
It consists of private economic organizations in affiliate countries of OECD.

BIGDr

The Base of Information Gathering,
sharing & Dissemination for risk
management of chemical products

Total information system that comprehensively supports and promotes GPS/JIPS activities.

BIGDr.
WorkerThe Base of Information Gathering, sharing& Dissemination for risk management ofchemical products.Worker

Evaluation tool software developed by JCIA to support risk evaluations of chemical substances.
Capable of estimating exposure concentration in work environment and performing risk evaluations
with a simple operation.

CB

Capacity Building

Construction of organizational ability of developing country side required for industrial development.

Cefic

European Chemical Industry Council

chem
SHERPA

Chemical information SHaring andExchange under Reporting Partnershipin supply chain

Information transmission scheme of chemical substances contained in products

CI

Connected Industries

Industrial society where new added-value is created by various types of connection among persons,materials, technology, organizations, etc.

cLCA

carbon- Life Cycle Analysis

Evaluation of emission from the whole life cycle by summing CO2 emitted from each process of raw
material extraction, manufacturing, distribution, use and disposal.

COP24

The 24th session of the Conference of
the Parties

United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change The 24th session of the Conferenceof the Parties, which was held in Paris, France from November 30 to December 11 in 2015. Paris
Agreement that is a framework of world climate change and measures against global warmingfrom 2020 was agreed upon. COP25 will be held in Chile in November 2019.

CP&H LG

Chemical Policy and Health LeadershipGroup

An organization within ICCA.

CPCIF

China Petroleum and Chemical
Industry Federation

Renamed from CPCIA in 2010.

E&CC LG

Energy and Climate Change
Leadership GroupAn organization within the ICCA.

EPA

Economic Partnership Agreement

GADSL

Global Automotive Declarable
Substance List

List of substances already restricted or planned to be restricted worldwide by countries andpublished by the GASG with the possibility of being contained in automotive products.

GASG

Global Automotive Stakeholders Group

Organization constructed and established by representatives of automotive, automotive parts,and chemicals manufacturers in Japan, Europe, and United States for the purpose of continuously
exchanging and sharing information through the supply chain of the global automotive industry inorder to achieve reductions in the environmental load through the life cycle of automotive.

GESG

Global Executive Strategy Group

It consists of about 10 people as ICCA’s directors of Japan, the United States, and Europe is its
main members. It advance a strategic direction and advice regarding priority concerns of ICCA.

GHG

Green House Gas

GHS

Globally Harmonized System ofclassification and labelling ofchemicals

Globally harmonized system concerning classification and labeling of chemicals. System forclassifying chemicals by type and degree of hazard according to globally unified rules with labelingto make the information understandable at a glanceand provide a safety data sheet. Issued from UN in 2003.

GPS

Global Product Strategy

Voluntary approaches for performing risk evaluations of chemical products by each company in orderthat each company minimizes the risk of chemicals through the whole supply chain by implementing
appropriate management based on the risk and disclosing the information on safety andrisk to general society including customers.

ICCA

International Council of Chemical
Associations

International Council of Chemical Associations

ICCA GRC

International Council of Chemical
Associations Global Regulatory
Cooperation

Organization within the ICCA CP&H LG that promotes the introduction of efficient and reasonable
management systems by creating moreconsistent requirement items for regulatory authorities and the industrial field while satisfying thehigh criteria for human health and environmental safety based on a global policy for regulatory
cooperation approved by the ICCA in 2015.

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One of three pillars that supports “ASEAN Community” together with “ASEAN Policy and Security
Community(APSC)” and “ASEAN Society and Culture Community(ASCC).” Intended to make 10
ASEAN member countries (Indonesia, Cambodia, Singapore, Thailand, The Philippines, Brunei,
Vietnam, Malaysia, Myanmar and Laos) one economic sphere.

Japan-ASEAN Economic and Industrial Cooperation Committee. Substructure of Japan-ASEAN
Economic Ministers meeting.

ICTA

International Chemical Trading Association

IEA

International Energy Agency

International Energy Agency. The secretariat is in Paris.

IoTInternet of Things

This is a concept of information communication technology enabling automatic recognition,
automatic control, and remote measurement by providing various objects existing in the world witha communication function by connecting to the Internet and performing mutual communication, notonly information and communication equipment such as computers.

JaIMEJapan Initiative of Marine Enviroment

Japan Initiative of Marin Environment. Conference for marine plastic problems

JEITA

Japan Electronics and Information
Technology Industries Association

JIPS

Japan Initiative of Product Stewardship

KOCIC

Korea Chemical Industry Council

LRI

Long-range Research Initiative

LRI is long-term activities to support research into effects of chemical substances on human healthand the environment based on the funds invested by LRI member companies. Operated by threeassociations in Japan, the US, and Europe under ICCA.

OECD

Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development

Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development

PS

Product Stewardship

Based on the concept that stakeholders of the whole life cycle of products, namely manufacturers,
retailers, users, and disposal agents, are responsible for reducing the environmental influence of products.

RC

Responsible Care

Activities wherein each company handling chemical substances voluntarily secures the environment,
safety, and health in all processes of development of chemical substances, manufacturing,
distribution, use, final consumption, disposal, and recycling and then discloses the outcome ofactivities and communicates with society.

RCEP

Regional Comprehensive Economic
Partnership

Wide-regional free trade agreement by a group of nations RCEP mainly consisting of ASEAN (16countries composed of Indonesia, Singapore, Thailand, Philippines, Malaysia,
Brunei, Vietnam, Myanmar, Laos, Cambodia, Japan, China, Korea, India, Australia, and New Zealand)

RCLG

Responsible Care Leadership GroupAn organization within ICCA.

REACH

Registration, Evaluation, Authorization
and Restriction of Chemicals

Rules concerning the registration, evaluation, authorization, and restriction of chemicals

SDGs

Sustainable Development Goals

Seventeen goals until 2030 concerning poverty, starvation, energy, climate SDGs change, industry
and innovation as agendas of 2030 for sustainable development were adopted by the UN in
November 2015. Successor of Millennium Development Goals.

TPP

Trans-Pacific Partnership or Transarticles but also liberalization of services and investments and establishes 21st century type rules
Pacific Strategic Economic Partnership for intellectual property, financial services, electronic commerce, and the discipline of national
Agreement
enterprises in the Asia-Pacific region.

TPP11

Trans-Pacific Partnership or TransPacific Strategic Economic Partnership
Agreement

In February 2016, 12 countries signed the TPP Agreement, but in January 2017, the United States
declared its withdrawal, so this agreement was basically agreed at the TPP Ministerial Meeting
held in Vietnam in November 2017. In March 2018, Ministers from 11 countries signed it, and it
became effective in December.

TSCA

Toxic Substances Control Act

Hazardous substance restriction act. A US law on the restriction of manufacturing hazardous
chemical substances. Established in 1976. Intended to restrict the unreasonable risk of chemical
substances against human health and the environment. Under this act, a person who newly
manufactures or imports chemical substances must notify the EPA (Environmental Protection
Agency). The EPA reviews and can impose necessary conditions (including prohibitions).

UNEA

United Nations Environment Assembly

United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA). Decision-making body of UNEP “United Nations
Environment Programme.” UNEA 4 means the 4th United Nations Environment Assembly.

UNEP

United Nations Environmental
Programme

Established in 1972 based on the UN General Assembly as an organization for implementing the
Human Environment Declaration and Environment International Action Plan adopted by the UN
Human Environment Conference based on the proposal by that Conference that was held with catchphrase of “Irreplaceable Earth” in Stockholm in June 1972. Secretariat in Nairobi.

VOC

Volatile Organic Compounds

Generic name of volatile organic compounds as gases in the atmosphere. Various substances suchas toluene, xylene, and ethyl acetate are considered VOCs.

WBCSD

World Business Council for Sustainable Earth Summit in 1992. Currently, it is composed of 170 international companies from more than 35
countries bridging 20 industrial sectors. It continues activities about three pillars of economic growth,
Development

WET

Whole Effluent Toxicity

WG

Working Group

Working group organized for promoting investigations and planning of particular problems.

Inventory Reset

Rule for deciding priority after investigating whether each chemical substance accommodated in the
TSCA inventory is active or inactive in US markets before a risk evaluation is implemented by the US
Environment Protection Agency.

Risk evaluation considering the supply chain and voluntary approaches by the industrial field on thebasis of risk management.

Indicates the economic cooperation agreement that promotes not only customs duties forConference organized by businesspersons who gathered from 33 countries in 1991 to prepare theecological balance, and social progress.

Inventory
Reset

Wastewater control technique using all wastewater toxicity evaluations (utilizing biological response).

Editorial Policy“JCIA Annual Report” is published to widely publicize the activities of JCIA to stakeholders including members. We aim
at creating an easily understandable report by summarizing into one page cross-sectional activities of JCIA such asactivities as members of international society and human resources development activities. In addition, “JCIA Annual
Report Material Version,” which introduces various data and efforts regarding the activities of JCIA, will be published in
the fall.

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