Results and Plans for RC Activities○：Achieved
RC Medium-term Plan 2020(2018-2020)

Results of Three Years of Activities (2018–2020)△：Mostly achieved

×：Further efforts required

RC Medium-term Plan 2020 (2018-2020)

Assessment(◆Grow UP 2023 KPI; Other: RC target)

Aim to eliminate occupational injuries at the・As day-to-day safety activities, conducted hazard prediction activities, near-miss

Aim to eliminate occupational injuries at the worksites of MGC and its

worksites of MGC and its partner companies

incident identification activities, the pointing-and-calling occupational safety
method, the 5Ss, workplace patrols, safety patrols led by plant managers, andpartner companies. Visualize the factors that directly and indirectly
affect occupational safety through various evaluation methods andother activities.

build foundations for improvement.

・Implement regular safety activities andensure all personnel are informed of them・Share and utilize information about cases ofoccupational injuries
・Maintain healthy workplace environments
and make improvements when necessary

・Shared accident case studies from Group companies and other companies,
analyzed examples of past accidents, implemented additional countermeasureswhen necessary, and took action to prevent reoccurrences.
・Promoted company-wide introduction of PLM*1 and strengthened intra-plant

Cooperating company frequency rate: 0.3 or lower; Severity rate:

outside seminars and other outside educational programs.
・Endeavored to strengthen communication with partner companies by holding

and Safety◆Serious occupational injuries*2: 0
Lost time injuries and non-lost time injuries at MGC: 0

work-related communications.
・Enhanced and expanded MGC’s internal educational facilities, conductedtraining courses taught by outside instructors, and actively participated in

Occupational
HealthQuantitative occupational health and safety targets until 2023

0.003 or lower△

accident-prevention and other conferences, providing occupational accident
information from other business sites and other companies, mutuallyparticipating as observers in health and safety committee meetings, etc.
・Reviewed site-entry training at partner companies and reinforced prevention ofoccupational injuries by partner companies.
・Made MGC internal educational facilities available to partner companies andsupported the safety measures of partner companies.
・Steadily implemented work environment measures and maintained andimproved worksite environments.

Aim to eliminate accidents in the workplace
・Ensure proper management of equipment andfacilities

Process
Safety andAccident
Prevention

・Share and utilize information about cases ofworkplace accidents
・Improve the ability of employees to ensure
safety and manage workplaces through
MGC’s Bridge-II activities

・Introduced and evaluated state-of-the-art technology, such as advanced control

Aim to eliminate accidents in the workplace. Visualize the factors thatsystems, online abnormality forecasting systems, and plant information

directly and indirectly affect process safety and accident prevention

management systems, at some sites on a trial basis toward the promotion ofsafe and stable operations using the IoT and AI.

through various evaluation methods and build foundations forimprovement.

・Endeavored to improve equipment management by revising equipment
importance ranking, etc.
・Shared accident case studies from Group companies and other companies.
・Analyzed examples of past accidents, implemented additional countermeasureswhen necessary, confirmed operation in other divisions, and took action toprevent reoccurrences by using the Bridge*3 Leader Conference, etc.
・Took measures to eliminate leak accidents, such as reinforcement of external
corrosion countermeasures, equipment maintenance, P&ID management, andregular and nonregular operational management.
・Started process risk assessment using the HAZOP*4 method on all equipment.

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Quantitative process safety and accident prevention targets until△2023◆Serious accidents*5: 0ICCA annual score: 0 (for both MGC and cooperating companies)

Aim to protect the natural environment andcontribute positively to communities throughbusiness activities
・Fully comply with environmental regulatory
requirements
・Work to achieve environmental impact
reduction targets
・Contribute to improving MGC’s credibility andreputation in society with respect toenvironmental conservation【2020 environmental impact reduction
targets】
1.Reduce the total energy intensity to no morethan 89% of the fiscal 1990 level
EnvironmentalConservation

2.Reduce the GHG emissions intensity to no
more than 66% of the fiscal 1990 level (or no
more than 90% of the fiscal 2016 level)
Reduce total GHG emissions (CO 2 equivalent)by at least 320,000 tons compared with thefiscal 1990 level (or by at least 100,000 tons
compared with the fiscal 2016 level)
3.Reduce waste matter disposed of in landfills
to no more than 0.3% of the Group’s total(1) Energy intensity in fiscal 2020 was 98% of the fiscal 2013 level.

Aim to protect the natural environment and contribute to(2) The GHG emissions intensity in fiscal 2020 was 94% of the fiscal 2013 level.

communities through business activities. From those results,
improve MGC's reputation in society.

The absolute value of GHG emissions in fiscal 2020, was 780,000 t-CO2Qualitative and quantitative environmental conservation targets until2023*

equivalent, a reduction of 330,000 t-CO2 equivalent compared to fiscal 2013.
(3) The waste zero emissions rate*6 in fiscal 2020 was 0.51% for the nonconsolidated MGC. The target in the Medium-term Plan 2020 of 0.3% or lower(1) ◆Reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions* by 28% comparedto fiscal 2013
◆Reduce GHG emissions intensity* by 19.9% compared towas not achieved.

fiscal 2013

(4) Emissions of substances subject to the PRTR Act in fiscal 2020 were 277 tons,
an increase of 21% compared to fiscal 2017. The target in the Medium-term
Plan 2020 of cutting emissions by 10% compared to fiscal 2017 was not① Continuously reduce emissions by 4,000 t-CO2e/year② Completely eliminate heavy oil used for in-house power

achieved. The main reason was an increase in production volume of someproducts.

generation and boilers, etc. (Mizushima Plant, YokkaichiPlant)

・ Responded to CDP climate change questionnaires and CDP water security
questionnaires and responded to various surveys including The Nikkei Smart
Work Management Survey and Buna no Mori survey.
・ Disclosed data relating to environmental impacts including water usage,
atmospheric protection, and water environment preservation data on websites.
・ Added and announced for four eco-friendly products manufactured by theMGC Group.
・ Participated in the “Bookcase for Biodiversity,” a donation program
implemented by the Japan Committee for UNDB (United Nations Decade ofBiodiversity) and donated book sets for four facilities.

③ Reduce the GHG emissions coefficient for purchased electric△power (0.45; Mizushima Plant)◆④ Introduce 10% renewable energy to purchased electricpower (all business sites)(2) Zero emissions of waste◆*Waste zero emissions rate*: 0.3% or less(3) Reduce releases of substances subject to the Pollutant Releaseand Transfer Register (PRTR) Act* by 10% compared to 2020
(4) Water resource conservation

waste (by weight)*Water reuse rate: 95% or higher
Identify water risk (domestic manufacturing sites)

4.Reduce releases of substances subject to thePollutant Release and Transfer Register(PRTR) Act by 10% compared with the fiscal(5) Biodiversity conservation*"Bookcase for Biodiversity" donation program: Total of 102017 levelinstances*Establishment of "actual sites" of biodiversity: 1 installation

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Work to consistently maintain safety across theentire lifecycle of chemical products

・Introduced an information search service making it easy to find the latest

・Stay updated on chemical-related safety
information and distribute such information

・Conducted safety testing of new products; prepared and corrected SDS.

when necessary
・Practice risk management of chemical

・Made preparations to comply with the REACH (Registration, Evaluation,products
・Comply with chemical substance management
regulations in each country and international
Chemical andrules and regulations

information on national legal restrictions.

products to protect the safety and health of all handlers and theenvironment.
Quantitative chemical and product safety targets until 2023**(1) Conduct phased safety evaluations in product development(ongoing)

Authorization, and Restriction of Chemicals) regulation of the European Union,
the Act on Registration and Evaluation of Chemicals of Korea (“K-REACH”),**Review new product launches and market development: 100%and other laws and regulations.

(percentage of products)(2) Promote risk assessment and risk management of handled

・Collected information relating to chemical substance restrictions in otherregions and responded to registration systems.

ProductClarify the properties and handling methods of chemicals and〇

Safetyproducts (ongoing)**Product safety training: 100% (percentage of members of theMGC Group Environment and Safety Council)(3) Ensure that applications and registrations are carried out inaccordance with the chemical substance management laws andregulations of each country**Chemical substance registrations under the systems for
management of chemical substances in each country: 100%(percentage of products)(4) Operation and deployment of automated SDS production system**Preparation and delivery of safety information (SDS): 100%(percentage of products)

Aim to eliminate accidents and problems whentransporting and storing chemicals

Safe Transportand Storage ofChemicals

・Regularly analyze problems that occur whentransporting and storing chemicals, anddistribute results to all relevant workplaces

・Collected and analyzed data on transport problems and distributed the results

Aim to eliminate accidents and problems when transporting andto relevant division and transportation companies each month.

storing chemicals.

・Exchanged information on accidents and the shipment of chemicals to finaldestinations with individual Group companies.

(1) Regularly analyze problems that occur when transporting andstoring chemicals and distribute results to all relevant〇

・Share information on the safe transport andstorage of chemicals with the logistics(2) Share information on the safe transport and storage ofchemicals with the logistics departments of each groupdepartments of each group company
・Closely monitor shipments of chemicals tocompany(3) Closely monitor shipments of chemicals to final destinations andfinal destinations and make improvements

make improvements when necessary

when necessary

Implement initiatives for gaining the trust of・Issued Corporate Report 2020.

Aim to develop an improved reputation among stakeholders andstakeholders
Stakeholder
Relations・Proactively disclose information
・Expand opportunities for dialogue withmembers of local communities

workplaces

build trust.
・In addition to publishing environmental and safety reports and making efforts
to disclose information at each business site, made efforts to engage indialogue with stakeholders by holding meetings with self-governing bodies andconducting business site briefings and tours.

3〇In order to promote environmental and safety

・Held council meetings with Group companies to promote environmental andAim to promote environmental and safety activities across the entireactivities through the entire MGC Groupsafety activities and environment management. Furthermore, conductedenvironmental and safety audits of Group companies and confirmed the state

MGC Group.
Reinforce communications within the Group and promote security,

・Reinforce communications within the Groupof environmental and safety activities.

process safety and disaster prevention, and environmental

・Promote environment management as aGroupmanagement.

ResponsibleCareInitiatives andContinuously improve RC management systems

・Each division collaborated from plan formulation to implementation andinternal auditing and operated PDCA management systems relating to RC.

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Make continuous improvements to responsible care management
systems.

Management
・Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the RC audit was conducted as planned
using a web conferencing system. Since this was the first RC audit conducted
online in 2020, observers from other business sites were not permitted toparticipate.

*1 Abbreviation for Plant Log Meister, a communication tool for operations departments that can effectively accumulate messaging information in shift work and utilize the information in conjunction with various types of r elated
information.
*2 Disability eligible for, or possibly eligible for disability compensation involving lost work accidents, fat al accidents, and accidents resulting in permanent inability to work, and those involving four or more lost work days.
*3 Bridge (activity): A bottom-up, work site-driven activity aimed at improving the ability of employees to ensure safety and manage work places*4 Abbreviation of Hazard and Operability Studies. A method of conducting risk assessment on processes.
*5 Accidents and major workplace accidents which threaten third parties, including localized environmental pollution and acciden ts affecting local residents*6 Final disposal of waste/waste generated

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