FY 2017 CSR website Site Reports > Zeon Chemicals Yonezawa Co., Ltd.

Zeon Chemicals Yonezawa Co., Ltd.
Company Profile
Business Description
Manufacture and sale of perfumes and pharmaceutical and agrochemicalintermediates, manufacture and sale of RIM blended solutions
Established in 1996 as a producer of fine chemical products, Zeon Chemicals
Zeon Chemicals Yonezawa Co.,Ltd.

Yonezawa began production of synthetic aroma chemicals in 1997 and reaction
injection molding (RIM) compounds in 1998.

Product image

No. of employees
As of March 31, 2017: 33 (31 men, 2 women)
Hiring in FY 2016: 1 (1 man)
Perfumes madewith syntheticaroma
chemicals

Molded productmade with RIM
compoundCompany Policy (Executive Message)
We provide customers with a stable supply of superior quality products and develop
new products and technologies to meet the challenges of changing market
conditions. Going forward, we will continue to offer products that meet customer
needs.
In addition to implementing Safety First corporate activities, we welcome
participation in events such as chemistry classrooms and the Snow Lantern Festival

President

as ways to give back to the community.

Koichi Miyagi

Safety Initiatives
PolicyWith a commitment to the basics, create stable, safe, and comfortable workplaces.
Specific Initiatives
Increased sensory awareness through hands-on education
Provide a controlled combustion and explosion experience with alkyl aluminum(category 3 hazardous substance), which we use in manufacturing, in cooperation
with the fire department and a chemicals manufacturer.
Hands-on education-1-

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Environmental Impact Reductions
PolicyMaintain record of zero emissions and conduct activities to reduce our environmental impact.
Specific Initiatives
1. Maintain record of zero emissions
・Strictly sort waste materials
・Recycle and reuse resources
・Practice thermal recycling
2. Conserving resources and energy
・Reduce power consumption
3. Environmental data＊”0” indicates less than 0.5 tons, and “0.0” indicates less than 0.005 tons

Zeon Chemicals Yonezawa Co., Ltd.
Substances subject

No. of substances

to the PRTR Act

Consumption (tons)

FY 2012FY 2013

FY 2014

FY 2015

FY 2016

475

3

4

1,773

1,642

1,759

1,567

1,576

0.5

0.5

0.5

0.6

0.6

187

202206182

1800.000.0

0.0

0.0

10

914

1214

1,017

1,151

1,421

1,815

1,716

439

490

591

762

720

Emissions (tons)
Industrial waste

Amount generated
before compacting (tons)
Amount sent to landfills(tons)

Water resource consumption (1,000 m 3)
(industrial water + groundwater + waterworks)

CO2 emissions (tons)
Energy consumption (crude oil equivalent, kL)*Our electricity consumption has increased due to full-scale running of new experiments, resulting in higher CO 2 emissions and energy
consumption in FY 2015.

Relationship with EmployeesPolicy
Vision: Foster a corporate culture that encourages employees to take on challenges and rewards those who do,develop human resources with ambitious goals, and implement improvements and reforms on a routine basis.
Specific Initiatives
1. Training of multi-operators
Systematically rotate personnel assignments to train multi-operators capable of operating all four plants.
2. Naseba-naru Awards (in-house commendations)Naseba-naru Awards are given to employees who have demonstrated results, including implementing-2-FY 2017 CSR website Site Reports > Zeon Chemicals Yonezawa Co., Ltd.

improvements, creating systems, and effecting safety, 5S, and corporate culture reforms. Two employees in FY
2015 and six employees in FY 2016 received the commendation. The meaning of Naseba-naru comes from a quoteby Uesugi Yozan, the head of the Yonezawa domain during the mid-Edo Period, who is remembered for achieving
financial and other reforms of the domain. He famously said, “If you put your mind to it, you can do it ” (Nasebanaru in Japanese).

Relationship with the Local Community
Compliance and other activities to fulfill society’s expectations.
Specific Initiatives
1. Participation in community events
Yamagata Prefecture experiment classrooms
We set up an experiment craft booth at the 2016 Youth Science Festival inYamagata. Together with children, we made air fresheners by adding oursynthetic aroma chemicals to water-absorbent resin containing colored water. A
total of 151 elementary and junior high school students learned about synthetic
aroma chemicals while enjoying the craft activity.
Experiment classrooms

2. Uesugi Snow Lantern Festival
Held every year, the Uesugi Snow Lantern Festival creates a magicalatmosphere symbolizing local residents’ wishes for peace. We participate every
year as a part of our community activities and create two snow lanterns.
Zeon’s completed snow lanterns-3-