FY 2020 CSR website Site Reports > Zeon North Co., Ltd.

Zeon North Co., Ltd.
Company Profile
Business Description
Contracting, design, construction, and management of various facilities; sales ofindustrial materials and equipment; purchases and sales of petroleum products;
environmental measurement certifications, work environment measurements,
various analyses
Established in 1972, Zeon North’s main business is plant engineering to support
Zeon Group’s business activities. We also leverage our expertise in construction
projects for other companies.
In July 2003, Zeon North merged with the affiliate Daisan Kosan Co., Ltd. and theZeon Corporation subsidiary Zeon Takaoka Analysis Center Co., Ltd. We opened
Kawasaki Plant (Kanagawa Prefecture) in 2008, Mizushima Plant (OkayamaPrefecture) in 2011, and Tokuyama Plant (Yamaguchi Prefecture) in 2013, and arefocusing on developing our engineering business from expansion of these locations.

Zeon North Plant No. 5(Completed Jan. 2016)
Examples of services

Equipment installation

No. of Employees
As of March 31, 2020: 247 (199 men, 48 women)
Hiring in FY 2019: 18 (16 men, 2 women)
Building maintenance

Company Policy (Executive Message)
FY 2020 has started. The future remains uncertain as a result of the COVID-19
crisis, but it is certain that there will be a substantial impact. We believe that themost important things are to be sensitive to the circumstances, secure a solid
footing, and steadily do what needs to be done.
The president’s policies and priority issues for FY 2020 are as follows. Worktogether to address issues and strive to be a company that is trusted even more.
1. FY 2020 policies and priority issues
Make safety the highest priority, take on new challenges, and strive to be aPresident
company that is trusted even more
Satoru Umezaki
2. Priority issues(1) Thoroughly implement safety management systems and achieve zero accidents.
・Steadily carry out the Environmental Safety Action Plan as the basis for all action.
・Undertake safety activities by clarifying the underlying purpose, not simply achieving numerical targets.
・Collaborate with cooperating companies to raise safety awareness and safety levels.
(2) Take on the challenge of raising business quality and achieve annual targets and issues.
・Proceed deliberately with pre-order activities, DR of major projects, progress management, and so on.
・Identify target markets and fields, implement PDCA, and achieve business targets.
・In business divisions in particular, take action with an awareness of the company’s strengths and distinguishing
characteristics.
(3) Implement comprehensive risk management.
・Manage progress of the risk list on a regular basis to avoid or mitigate risks in each department.
・Always make sure that measures to prevent re-occurrence are in place and well established.
(4) Enhance educational systems and steadily carry out educational plans.
・Review educational systems and plans from a medium- to long-term perspective and continuously enhance abilities.
・Comprehensively manage progress of medium- to long-term plans and short-term plans and steadily carry them out.
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Safety Initiatives
PolicyOperating an engineering business, we are particularly focused on building and improving our safety management systemfor construction sites and will upgrade this system.
Specific Initiatives
・Prevent incidents and occupational accidents by reinforcing pre-work KY and worksite patrols
・Practice safety first including cooperating companies
・Implement proposals more actively regarding near-miss accidents

Zeon North Safety Conference (held each May)We bring representatives from partner companies together for the purposes ofdeepening cooperation, increasing safety awareness, spreading safety knowledge, andsharing information. We conduct activities together with our partner companies to build
a culture in which all plant workers have a high awareness of safety and safety isalways the top priority.

Zeon North Safety Conference

Environmental Impact Reductions
PolicyBuild an environmental management system and reduce energy and resource
consumption to reduce our environmental impact.
Specific Initiatives
・Zero landfill industrial waste released by business sites
・Expand sales of products that have reduced environmental impact (Eco-Coatpolyurea coating for rooftops)
Polyurea coating for rooftops
Eco-Coat

Environmental Data
* “0” indicates less than 0.5 tons, and “0.0” indicates less than 0.05 tons

Zeon North Co., Ltd.

FY 2015

FY 2016

FY 2017

FY 2018

FY 2019

No. of substances

00000

Consumption (tons)

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Emissions (tons)

0.00.00.0

0.0

0.0

14

19

1724

13

2.5

0.5

0.2

0.1

0.0

1.5

1.6

2.3

2.3

1.4

CO2 emissions (tons)

159

273

320

363

308

Energy consumption (crude oil equivalent, kL)

103

119

133

155

124

Electricity consumption (1,000 kWh)

366

426

458

507

462

Substances subject
to the PRTR Act

Amount generated
before compacting(tons)
Industrial waste
Amount sent to landfills(tons)
Water resource consumption (1,000 m 3)
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Relationship with Employees
PolicyEnhance corporate fundamentals by strengthening and improving the education and training system.
Specific Initiatives
We opened the ZN Education Center for younger safety staff with the objective ofimproving their technical skills and professional awareness.
・Experienced safety staff serve as instructors and use a curriculum that combines classtime with hands-on practical education
・In FY 2019, basic machinery training was conducted for 3 persons, applied machinery
training for 4 persons, and electrical instrument training for 2 persons.
ZN Education Center(Machinery application training)

Relationship with the Local Community
PolicyContribute to revitalizing the regional economy and community
Specific Initiatives
Volunteer cleanups
We invite employees and their families to participate in local coastal cleanup campaigns.
・Himi coastal cleanup (approximately 41 persons participated)
・Kokubu shoreline cleanup (approximately 45 persons participated)

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