FY 2019 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 of industrial
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 forother companies.
In July 2003, Zeon North merged with the affiliate Daisan Kosan Co., Ltd. and the Zeon
Corporation subsidiary Zeon Takaoka Analysis Center Co., Ltd. We opened Kawasaki
Plant (Kanagawa Prefecture) in 2008, Mizushima Plant (Okayama Prefecture) in 2011,
and Tokuyama Plant (Yamaguchi Prefecture) in 2013, and are focusing on developing ourengineering 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, 2019: 229 (186 men, 43 women)
Hiring in FY 2018: 19 (17 men, 2 women)
Building maintenance

Company Policy (Executive Message)
FY2019 is the third year of implementation of Phase III of the SZ-20 medium-termbusiness plan. To ensure the realization of the plan’s FY 2020 tactics, it will be necessary
for steady progress to be made this fiscal year on all issues, and we must proceed with asense that the objectives must be obtained in advance. All Zeon North employees areworking together to carry out policies and to use priority issues based on trust anddialogue.
1. SZ-20 Enterprise Blueprint
Thoroughly implement CSR, ensure safety first, and contribute to society through theengineering, trading, and environmental analysis businesses
2. FY 2019 policies and priority issues
Achieve FY 2019 objectives to realize the Enterprise Blueprint for 2020 byPresident
Muneki Sawa
demonstrating harmony and team capabilities
3. Priority issues:(1) Achieve annual targets by reinforcing sales capabilities
・Improve personal skills and strengthen relationships with customers to ascertain the true needs of customers
・Develop contacts with key persons at customers to anticipate customer changes and signs(2) Implement comprehensive risk management
・Do not be pessimistic or reactive regarding risks are seen as negative, but rather, take progressive action to prevent
reoccurrence・Consider potential risks and take action to prevent them from occurring(3) Improve safety management structures and eliminate occupational accidents
・Eliminate presumptions and ideas of what is likely to be, , conduct patrols and pre-work KY (hazard detection) based onsangen shugi, and adopt foolproof methods to address unsafe conditions in timely manner in order to ensure safety withour cooperating companies.
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・Improve manufacturing, products, and services through process management
・Practice systematic action to conduct cost management and conduct business operations(5) Steadily implement educational plans
・Importance of education remains unchanged at all times. Engage in communications with the front lines of worksites
despite differences in sites and methods.
To steadily carry out the above issues, we will expand on the strengths of each business unit and overcome weaknesses bystep, striving to become a company that is trusted and relied upon by the community and society and is needed more thanany other company. To this end, we will create company conditions that allow all employees to work in good health and witha sense of purpose and reward.

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 of deepening
cooperation, increasing safety awareness, spreading safety knowledge, and sharing
information. We conduct activities together with our partner companies to build a culture inwhich all plant workers have a high awareness of safety and safety is always 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-Coat polyurea
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.
Substances subject tothe PRTR Act

FY 2014

FY 2015

FY 2016

FY 2017

FY 2018

No. of substances

00000

Consumption (tons)

0.00.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Emissions (tons)

0.00.00.0

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Amount generated before
compacting (tons)

17

14

191724

Amount sent to landfills (tons)

4.2

2.5

0.5

0.2

0.1

2.0

1.5

1.6

2.3

2.3

CO2 emissions (tons)

161

159

273

320

363

Energy consumption (crude oil equivalent, kL)

92

103

119

133

155

Electricity consumption (1,000 kWh)

384

366

426

458

507

Industrial waste

3

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

Relationship with Employees
PolicyEnhance corporate fundamentals by strengthening and improving the education andtraining system.
Specific Initiatives
We opened the ZN Education Center for younger safety staff with the objective of improving
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 2018, basic machinery training was conducted for 4 persons, applied machinery
training for 4 persons, and electrical instrument training for 4 persons.

ZN Education Center(Machinery application training)

Relationship with the Local CommunityPolicy
Contribute 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 39 persons participated)
・Kokubu shoreline cleanup (approximately 44 persons participated)-3-

Himi coastal cleanup