JCIA Annual Report

2018

The Japan Chemical Industry Association

Top Message

Harnessing the Limitless Potentialof Chemistry and Building
a Stronger Presence for
the Chemical Industry

The world currently faces dramatic changes. As social
infrastructure evolves in conjunction with tremendous
developments in the Internet of Things, artificial
intelligence, and e-commerce, sectors such as theautomotive industry are said to be entering a once-ina-century period of upheaval. At the same time, ahost of issues threatens efforts to create sustainable
societies, including global warming, environmental
problems such as marine debris and microplastics—
which have become hot topics recently, particularly inEurope—resource and energy issues, food problems,and poverty.
I firmly believe that the chemical industry has limitlesspotential to contribute to the creation of sustainable
societies by resolving such issues. To harness such

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potential and play our part in building a stronger
presence for the chemical industry, the Japan
Chemical Industry Association (JCIA) will engage inthe following activities:

1. Strengthening Operational and Product
SafetyBased on the responsible care (RC) ethic, chemicalindustry is required to consider the environment,
health, and safety throughout the entire product life
cycle, from development and manufacture ofchemicals to their use, consumption, recycling, anddisposal. Ensuring operational safety and security inparticular is a key issue. Unfortunately, serious
accidents have continued to occur in recent years,
and continuous efforts should be required. Based on
the Principles of JCIA regarding the Environment,
Health and Safety, we will continuously ensure theforward-looking perspective that efforts to securesafety create new value, and implement various
initiatives to this end.
Our efforts to secure product safety will continue toencourage and instil risk-based chemical
management aimed at sustainable development.

2. Helping to Create New Value and Build
Sustainable Societies

The chemical industry has provided new value tovarious sectors and supported their growth throughinnovative materials and technologies. We believe
that, in addition to supporting the growth of a wide
range of industries by creating new value, we have a
mission to contribute to the creation of sustainable
societies.
To create new value, we will encourage thedevelopment of outstanding and innovative science,technology, and products through the development oftechnologies contributing to low-carbon societies andthe carbon cycle, and by continuing to offer JCIA
Technology Award. To build a sound platform forcreating new value, we will also continue to offer
opinions to relevant government authorities and otherinterested bodies regarding trade issues such as
tariffs and anti-dumping measures and international
consistency in regulations relating to chemical
management, in the aim of ensuring equal footing in
the international business environment.
To contribute to the creation of sustainable societies,
I believe that the key point is using RC activities as aplatform to specifically address the sustainable
development goals adopted by the United Nations.
We will communicate the chemical industry’s role as aprovider of solutions to issues facing society bycompiling case studies to publicize and raise thepresence of efforts being made by our member
companies.
Marine debris and microplastics have become a huge

topic in recent years, and we recognize that there ismuch speculation around these issues given thevagueness of the facts, such as actual volumes. We
are currently preparing to establish an initiative by fivegroups including JCIA that will determine policies foraddressing them, and communicate Japan’s position
and ideas to the International Council of Chemical
Associations and other relevant bodies.

3. Enhancing Public Communications
I regard public communications as an important partof RC activities. In building a stronger presence for thechemical industry, I also believe it is vital to promotesound understanding of the industry’s importance andtremendous potential to as many people as possible.
We will continue to take every opportunity to enhance
public communications.
Specifically, we will continue to publicize chemicalindustry efforts and results through the activities of the
dialogue working group under our Responsible Care
Committee, which promotes dialogue with local
communities and citizens, publication of JCIA Annual
Report, Dream Chemistry 21 campaign activities, andother initiatives.
We face challenges that sometimes conflict with one
another, namely creating sustainable societies while
fulfilling essential human desires for greater
convenience and comfort. Reconciling these issues is
no easy matter. It requires wisdom and innovation invarious forms, but also presents a chance todemonstrate the limitless potential of chemistry. Theseissues cannot be resolved without the power ofchemistry.
As chairman, I will lead JCIA to maximize the limitlesspotential of the chemical industry. Thank you for yourcontinued support.

The Japan Chemical Industry Association
Chairman

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About the Japan Chemical Industry Association
The Japan Chemical Industry Association(JCIA) engages in various activities withthe aim of contributing 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 chemicalindustry and working with government
bodies, related organizations, academic
associations, and the International
Council of Chemical Associations (ICCA).

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Technology andhuman resources▎JCIA at a glance
Name
The Japan 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.

Activities
1.	R esearch and study on the production, distribution andconsumption of chemical products.
2.	Research and study on issues concerning technology, labor, theenvironment, 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

▎Organizational Chart of JCIA

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PolicyCoordinating
Committee

Board ofDirectors
Affiliated Organizations

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 and theSecretariat. The General Assembly,
which is composed of all JCIA
member companies and organizations,is the supreme decision-making body.
The Assembly resolves important
issues related to JCIA management,
as well as the business plan, budget
and financial statements. The Board of
Directors consists of the Directors andExecutive Directors elected fromamong the member companies andresolves issues related to JCIA
business and activities.

Chemical Products PL Consulting Center
Dangerous Goods by Air Information Office

Policy Coordinating
Subcommittee
Security Information
Management
Subcommittee

Dream Chemistry 21 Committee

SDGs Subcommittee
Acetic Acid Liaison Group
Methanol/Formalin Liaison Group

Auditors

Council of Human Resources Fostering
Program in Chemistry

Board ofCouncilors

▎Board members of the Japan Chemical Industry Association (as of July 1, 2018)
Chairman (Representative Director)

Tsutomu Tannowa

Vice Chairman (Representative Director) Kohei Morikawa(Mitsui Chemicals, Inc., President & CEO)(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., President, Representative Director)

Vice Chairman (Representative Director) Teiji Koge

(Sekisui Chemical Co., Ltd., President & Representative Director)

Director

Yuzuru Yamamoto(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

Masakazu Tokura(Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited, Representative Director & President)

Director

Misao Fudaba(Daicel Corporation, Representative Director,President & CEO)

Director

Shinsuke Yoshitaka(Denka Company Limited, Representative Director, 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 Chairmant)

Director

Yujiro Goto

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

Director

Kenji Sukeno(FUJIFILM Holdings Corporation, President and Chief Operating Officer and Representative Director)

Director

Toshikiyo Kurai(MITSUBISHI GAS CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC.,President and Chief Executive Officer)

Director

Hitoshi Ochi

(Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corporation, Representative Corporate Executive Officer, President and CEO)

Director General

Hiroshi Watanabe

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 Director)

Auditors

Mikishi Takamura(TOAGOSEI CO., LTD., President and Representative Director)▎Organizational Chart of JCIA Secretariat
Committees

General Affairs Department

Public Relations Committee

Public Relations Department

International Activities Committee

International Affairs Department

Technical Affairs Committee

Executive Directors

Labor Committee

Director General

Economy and Tax System Committee

Department of Business/Economic
Information
Labor Department
Technical Affairs Department

Environment and Safety Committee

Environment and Safety Department

Chemicals Management Committee

Chemicals Management Department

Responsible Care Committee

Responsible Care Department

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Establishment of the Vision of the
Chemical Industry for Sustainable Development
The Japan Chemical Industry Association (JCIA) set up

Furthermore, in March 2018, JCIA organized the SDGs

a Task Force in January 2017 to discuss the contribution

Working Group under the General Operation Committee ofto sustainable development goals (SDGs) adopted by

the Board of Directors in order to start activities in earnest

the UN in 2015 and established visions of the chemicalfrom July 2018. The SDGs Working Group will hold seminars

industry toward SDGs. In May 2017, JCIA publicized theand publicize case examples (successively publicized fromvisions and simultaneously revealed the basic idea that the

October through the website) for the purpose of supportingchemical industry provides a wide variety of materials withthe member companies for the achievement of SDGs. In

different functions as a leader in the achievement of SDGs.

addition, JCIA will support to disseminate SDGs to Asian

Additionally, it should believe in the infinite possibility andChemical Industries and actively promote the contribution ofcontinue its challenge toward innovation, which will ultimately

the chemical industry through the useful information sharing

lead to SDGs.

with stakeholders.

Chemical Industry’s Visions for Sustainable Development
Strengths of Japanese Chemical Industry
Innovation through technologies and products

Solution for safety and environment

Further Evolution
From “Reactive” to “Proactive”From “Responsibility” to “Contribution”

VISION 1 We CREATE INNOVATION through the power of chemistry and contribute to healthy and abundantlife of people❶ Take the initiative in innovation, as solution provider, for realization of sustainable society through materials and substancesin cooperation with the entire value chain.
❷ Working more closely with stakeholders leading innovation such as government or universities, aim at creating yet-to-berealized breakthrough innovation as well as that leads to evolution of entire society (ex. Super Smart Society).
❸ Not just continuously improving our production processes, aim at achievement of ultimate energy and resource saving andzero emission processes.

VISION 2

We SUPPORT WORLDWIDE INITIATIVES for solving environmental and safety issues❶ Building on the experience of Japanese chemical industry, support environment and safety related activities in production
through supporting overseas subsidiaries of Japanese companies and overseas chemical industry associations.
❷ Disseminate Responsible Care® concept to emerging countries.
❸ Communicate information on proper use and risks of chemicals worldwide so that chemical products are properly usedand contribute to abundant life of people.

VISION 3

We PROMOTE CONTRIBUTION of chemical industry through DIALOGUE with STAKEHOLDERS❶ Communicate precise risk information of chemicals to entire value chain to share proper use of them.
❷ Share the value of sustainability conscious products such as environmental protection and waste reduction with stakeholders
and reflect it to product development.
❸ Promote investment to environment, society and governance by obtaining understandings of investors, through dialogue,
about contribution of chemical industry to sustainable development and its unlimited future potential.

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Three JCIA Awards
The 42nd JCIA Safety Awards
The prevention of labor accidents is one of the most important issues
facing JCIA Environment and Safety Committee. These awards areconferred on chemical facilities that have achieved high-level safety
records and are implementing excellent safety initiatives that serve
as models for the industry in order to publicize those facilities. Theirachievements are announced in the safety symposium and at
The National Industrial Safety and Health Conference as the bestpractices of JCIA member companies.
AwardsMembers

JCIA Annual Safety
Award Grand Prize

Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd., OHE WORKS (including Sumika AssemblyTechno)JCIA Annual Safety
Award First PrizeShowa Denko HD Yamagata Co., Ltd., Main Office Plant

JCIA Annual Safety
Award Special
PrizeJapan Elastomer Co., Ltd., Oita Plant
Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd., Tsukuba District InstituteNippon Steel & Sumikin Chemical Co., Ltd., General Institute (Kisarazu District)

The 50th Annual JCIA Technology Awards
JCIA Technology Awards recognize companies that have contributed
to the progress of the chemical industry and the economy through thedevelopment and industrialization of outstanding chemical technologies.
JCIA awards the Grand Prize, the Special Technology Prize, and theEnvironmental Technology Prize for selected excellent achievements.
AwardsMembers

Awarded Themes

Grand Prize

Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma
Corporation

Diabetes therapeutic agent Canagliflozin born by
inversion idea

SpecialTechnology
Prize

Toray Industries Inc.

Development of photosensitive electric-conductive
paste for touch panel

Environmental
Technology
Prize

Tosoh Corporation

Development of heavy metal treatment agent TX55 for wastewater

The 12th JCIA Responsible Care® (RC) Awards
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.
AwardsRC GrandPrix Award

RC Jury’s
SpecialAward

RC
Outstanding
Award

Members

JCIA Annual
Safety AwardGrand Prize
Sumitomo Chemical Co.,Ltd.
OHE WORKS(Including SUMIKA
Assembly Techno)

General manager: Mr. Nobuyuki Kobayashi

Thank you very much for the JCIA Annual Safety Award Grand Prize. The basic
concept of our company is as follows: We give top priority to safety. The OHE
WORKS has promoted the safety approach in consideration of plant features
and the local environment under this concept. We consider it very important
to integrate the intentions of all employees, continuously make efforts toward
the target, and create a good cultural climate in order to advance forward with
our safety activities. We will approach the task so that we can continue to haveno accidents and no disasters by taking this award as a good opportunity to
implement our concepts. Your kind opinions and advice will be appreciated.
Be safe!

Grand Prize
Mitsubishi Tanabe
Pharma Corporation

Executive Director Drug Development Division Manager: Mr. Hiroaki Ueno

It is a great honor for us to receive the Grand Prize for the Annual JCIA
Technology Awards. We are very proud that the type 2 diabetes therapeutic
agent for eliminating excessive sugar from of body, Canagliflozin, was highly
evaluated and where R&D was promoted with an unrivaled idea at that time,
which resulted in the successful commercialization as the first in the world.
We will hereafter strive to further devote ourselves to the creation of innovative
medicines in order to contribute to the development of the Japanese chemicalindustry and the health of people throughout the world.

RC Grand PrixAward
Kao Corporation SCM
DivisionAwarded Themes

Kao Corporation SCM Division

Environmental load reduction activities in
Kao Production Plant

Asahi Kasei Corporation Moriyama Works

Biological diversity preservation activities
aiming symbiosis with local community

Kureha Corporation
Manufacturing & Technology Division
Iwaki Factory

Continual communication with local
community through“CSR Local Dialogue Meeting” andcommunication paper “Nishiki”

Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd. Ehime Works

A proposal from frontline employees for
effective and efficient chemical risk
assessment

Group of Nippon Kayaku Co., Ltd.
CET (Clean.Eco.Technology) Project Team

Improvement of wastewater treatment
technology and training of engineers
through launching companywide
wastewater treatment project

Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.
Logistics Division
Safety & Quality Department

Responsible Care activity on logistics
safety and quality in Mitsui Chemicals-with our wish of Safety-

Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
Voluntary Management Promotion Project
Team of "Mitsubishi Chemical Special
Controlled Substances"

Voluntary management improvement toprevent theft and misuse of chemicals

Engineering Develop Center Basic Technology Group: Mr. Yongzhan Chen

It is a great honor to receive the RC Grand Prix Award and we will work evenharder. We have reported RC activities for 40 years since the oil shock of the
1970s to nowadays as we focused on saving energy and reducing waste. We
consider the activities of our senior staff and the current approaches as highly
evaluated. Although the CO2 reduction activities and environmental measures
do not have an immediate effect, we understand that climate change issurely a negative symptom of human activities, and we will make efforts tocontinuously promote good manufacturing activities, which will be capable ofcontributing to a reduction in the environmental load through life cycles on thebasis of safe and stable operation using the good opportunity of this award.

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Activities of JCIA : FY 2017
The following summarizes the main activities of JCIA in FY 2017.
We operate both in Japan and overseas.

● Summer vacation, Chemical-experiment shows for children/Tokyo

Metropolitan/■PR Dept. P20● The 1st in 2017 The promotional lecture on the importance of● ICCA Steering Committee Meeting/standardization /■Tech. Dept.

Belgium (Brussel)/ ■Int’l Affairs Dept.

● The instruction course for the leaders of production worksites /Tokyo

Metropolitan/■Labor Dept.
● Publication of JCIA Annual Report 2017/■PR Dept. P20● Publication of LRI Annual Report 2017 published/■Chem. Mgt. Dept.
● LRI Annual meeting/Tokyo Metropolitan/■Chem. Mgt. Dept. P15● Publication of Responsible Care News Summer Edition /■RC Dept.
● North America Trade Seminar/Tokyo Metropolitan/■Int’l Affairs Dept.

● PSM (process safety metric) course/Tokyo Metropolitan/■RC Dept. P10● ICCA Board of Directors Meeting/USA (Colorado Springs)/■Int’l Affairs Dept. P23● The 1st Risk Assessment Seminar on the revised Industrial Safety

and Health Act / Tokyo Metropolitan/■Chem. Mgt. Dept. P13● The 2nd Chemical Risk Forum/Tokyo Metropolitan/■Chem. Mgt. Dept.

● The 2nd Risk Assessment Seminar on the revised Industrial Safety

and Health Act /Osaka Prefecture/■Chem. Mgt. Dept. P13● The instruction course for the leaders of production worksites /Tokyo Metropolitan/■Labor Dept.
● JCIA Symposium 2017 (The Three JCIA Awards lecture) /Tokyo

Metropolitan/■ Industry Dept. ■RC Dept. ■Env’t & Safety Dept.
■Tech. Dept.

Summer vacation, Chemical
experiment shows for children

2017

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Apr.

6

May

7

Jun.

● Singapore Chemical Meeting/ Singapore/■Int’l Affairs Dept.
● Thailand Chemical Meeting/Thailand (Bangkok)/■Int’l Affairs Dept.
● The 1st Chemical Risk Forum /Tokyo Metropolitan/■Chem. Mgt. Dept.
● Publication of Responsible Care News Spring Edition /■RC Dept.
● “Ideal State of Chemical Industry Providing Solution to Global
Warming problem” developed/■Tech. Dept. P18● The Three JCIA Awards Ceremony/Tokyo Metropolitan/■Env’t & Safety Dept. ■RC Dept. ■Tech. Dept. P6● The 1st Children’s science experiment class/Tokyo Metropolitan/■PR Dept. P20

Jul.

8

Aug.

9

Sep.

● Sendoff party for the Japanese delegates to the International Chemistry

Olympiad in Thailand /Tokyo Metropolitan/■PR Dept.
● GPS/JIPS Seminar (Basic Part) /Tokyo Metropolitan■Chem. Mgt. Dept.
● The Japanese Society of Toxicology (JSOT), LRI award, Award ceremony/

Kanagawa Prefecture/■Chem. Mgt. Dept. P15● The 3rd Chemical Risk Forum/Tokyo Metropolitan/■Chem. Mgt. Dept.
● The 2nd Children’s Science Experiment Class /Tokyo Metropolitan/■PR Dept. P20● The 3rd Risk Assessment Seminar on the revised Industrial Safety and

Health Act /Tokyo Metropolitan/■Chem. Mgt. Dept. P13● Interaction and study meetings co-hosted for RC members /Osaka

Prefecture/■RC Dept. P10● RC Lecture Meeting co-hosted by Japanese chamber of commerce,

Bangkok (to local companies and management)/Thailand (Bangkok)/■RC Dept. P09● RC Workshop co-hosted by Japanese chamber of commerce,Bangkok.
(to local companies and employees)/Thailand (Bangkok)/ ■RC Dept. P09● Council of Human Resources Fostering Program in chemistry,symposium
2017/Tokyo Metropolitan/ ■Labor Dept.

The Three JCIA Awards Ceremony● Workshop on usage of BIGDr. worker/Tokyo Metropolitan/■Chem. Mgt. Dept.

P13● Risk Communication workshop/Chiba Prefecture/■RC Dept.
● The 4th Chemical Risk Forum/Tokyo Metropolitan/■Chem. Mgt. Dept.
● The instruction course for the leaders of production worksites /Tokyo

Metropolitan/■Labor Dept.

● E&CC LG meeting/Germany (Essen)/ ■Tech. Dept. P23● The 3rd Children’s science experiment class /Tokyo Metropolitan/■PR Dept. P20● Chemical Grand Prix 2017 awards Ceremony/Tokyo Metropolitan/■PR Dept.
● Publication of FY2018 Requesting a Revision on Tax system/

Chemical Grand Prix Award Ceremony■ Industry Dept. P16● Top Meeting Concerning Public-private council for safety measures in the

manufacturing industry /Tokyo Metropolitan/■Env’t & Safety Dept.

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● Publication of JCIA Annual Report Reference Materials (Japanese Version) /■RC Dept.
● Industrial safety course: sessions 1 to 4/Tokyo Metropolitan/■Env’t & Safety Dept. P12● The 4th Risk Assessment Seminar on the revised Industrial Safety and Health Act/
Osaka Prefecture/■Chem. Mgt. Dept. P13● Fostering Program of Human Resources in chemistry,Industry-academia
exchange meeting 2017/ Tokyo Metropolitan/ ■Labor Dept. P22● The 3rd Japan China Chemical Industry Conference/Tokyo Metropolitan/■Int’l Affairs Dept. P19● Interaction and study meetings for RC members/Aichi Prefecture/■RC Dept. P10● The 5th Chemical Risk Forum /Tokyo Metropolitan/■Chem. Mgt. Dept.
● JCIA Seminar/Tokyo Metropolitan/■General Affairs Dept.
● Chemistry Day, Chemical-experiment show for Children /Osaka Prefecture/■PR Dept. P20● E&CC LG Adaptation Workshop/Austria (Vienna)/■Tech. Dept.
● ICCA General Assembly, Board of Directors Meeting, and Steeing Committee
Meeting /Austria (Vienna)/ ■Int’l Affairs Dept. P23● ASEAN Regulatory Cooperation The 3rd Workshop/Singapore/■Chem. Mgt. Dept. P24● Asian Pacific Responsible Care Organization (APRO) Conference/Singapore/■RC Dept. P24● Asian Pacific Responsible Care Conference (APRCC) /Singapore/■RC Dept. P24● Lecture for preventing damage from Tunami/Tokyo Metropolitan/■Env’t & Safety Dept. P12● Publication of ICCA:Greenhouse gas emission reductions enabled by products
from the chemical industry (Ecofys report) disclosed/■Tech. Dept.

● Publication of JCIA Annual Report Reference Materials (English Version)(only Web Version)/ ■RC Dept.

● Communication with consumers for RC/Osaka Prefecture/■RC Dept. P10● ASEAN Chemical Substance Training /Tokyo Metropolitan/■RC Dept.

■Chem. Mgt. Dept.

● Industrial safety course: sessions 9 to 11 (including special lecture)/Tokyo

Metropolitan/■Env’t & Safety Dept. P12● The 8th Annual meeting of Korea and Japan./Korea (Seoul)/■Int’l Affairs Dept.

P19● RC Activity Report Meeting/Tokyo Metropolitan/■RC Dept. P10● ICCA Capacity Building/Vietnam (Hanoi) ■Chem. Mgt. Dept. P23● The 7th Chemical Risk Forum/Tokyo Metropolitan/■Chem. Mgt. Dept.
● Publication of video tape introducing concept and activities of cLCA/■Tech. Dept.

● RC Activity Report Meeting /Osaka Prefecture/■RC Dept. P10● Publication of Responsible Care News Autumn and Winter Version/■RC Dept.
● Publication of ICCA: cLCA 17 Case studies summaries (in English)/■Tech. Dept.
● ICCA: cLCA 17 Case studies Technical reports (in English)/■Tech. Dept.

● RC Lecture Meeting co-hosted by Jakarta Japan Club (for local

companies and management)/Indonesia (Jakarta)/■RC Dept. P09● RC Workshop co-hosted by Jakarta Japan Club (for local companies andemployees)/Indonesia (Jakarta)/ ■RC Dept. P09● E&CC LG meeting/Canada (Calgary)/ ■Tech. Dept. P23● CP&H LG meeting/USA (New Orleans)/ ■Chem. Mgt. Dept. P23● Industrial Safety Course Completion Ceremony /Tokyo Metropolitan/■Env’t & Safety Dept. P12● The 10th Chemical Risk Forum /Tokyo Metropolitan/■Chem. Mgt. Dept.
● The 6th Children’s science experiment class /Tokyo Metropolitan/

Lecture for protection
against tsunami
disasters■PR Dept. P20● Seminar for the revised Chemical Substances Control Law/Tokyo

Metropolitan/■Chem. Mgt. Dept. P14

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Oct.

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Nov.

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2018

Dec.

● QSAR/in silico Seminar for Chemicals Management (Basic Part) /Tokyo Metropolitan/■Chem. Mgt. Dept.
● RCLG meeting (Responsible Care Leadership Group)/Singapore/■RC Dept. P24● CP&H LG Conference/India (New Delhi)/ ■Chem. Mgt. Dept. P23● ICCA Joint Capacity Building TF Meeting/India (New Delhi)/■Chem. Mgt. Dept.
● Industrial safety course: sessions 5 to 8/Tokyo Metropolitan/■Env’t & Safety Dept. P12● The 6th Chemical Risk Forum/Tokyo Metropolitan/■Chem. Mgt. Dept.
● RC Local Dialog meeting/ Yamaguchi Prefecture/ ■RC Dept. P10● Lecture for dengerous substances transportation/Tokyo
Metropolitan/■Env’t & Safety Dept. P12● Interaction and study meetings for RC members /Tokyo
Metropolitan/■RC Dept.
● ICCA-CB (capacity building)/Vietnam (Danang)/■RC Dept. P23● Lecture for dengerous substances transportation/Osaka Prefecture/■Env’t & Safety Dept. P12● Anti Damping Seminar/Tokyo Metropolitan/■Int’l Affairs Dept.
● The 5th Risk Assessment Seminar on the revised Industrial Safety
and Health Act /Tokyo Metropolitan/■Chem. Mgt. Dept. P13● The Japanese Society for Alternatives to Animal Experiments LRI
award ceremony /Tokyo Metropolitan/■Chem. Mgt. Dept. P15● The 4th Children’s science experiment class /Tokyo Metropolitan/■PR Dept. P20● Communication with consumers for RC/Kanagawa Prefecture/■RC Dept. P10● Information Security Lecture Meeting /Tokyo Metropolitan/■Informatization Section P21● Public-private council for safety measures in the manufacturing
Industry Special Session (Ube Industries, Ltd.)/Hyogo Prefecture/■Env’t & Safety Dept.

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Jan.

2

3

Feb.

Mar.

● QIndustrial safety course: sessions 12 to 14/Tokyo

Metropolitan/■Env’t & Safety Dept. P12● The 8th Chemical Risk Forum/Tokyo

Metropolitan/■Chem. Mgt. Dept.
● The 5th Children’s science experiment class /Tokyo

Metropolitan/■PR Dept. P20● Fostering Program of Human Resources inchemistry Student-company exchange meeting/Tokyo Metropolitan/■Labor Dept. P22● JCIA Seminar/Osaka Prefecture/■General Affairs Dept.
● RC Local Dialog meeting/Kanagawa Prefecture/■RC Dept. P10● Process Safety Metric and Process Safety
Workshop/Taiwan (Taipei)/■RC Dept. P10
The 9th Chemical Risk Forum● Fostering Program of Human Resources in chemistry Student-company

exchange meeting/Osaka Prefecture■Labor Dept. P22● Publication of "Chemical Industry of Japan in Graphs 2017" /■PR Dept. P20● RC Local Dialog meeting /Osaka Prefecture/■RC Dept. P10● JIPS Award Ceremony /Tokyo Metropolitan/■Chem. Mgt. Dept. P15● Industrial safety course: session 15/Tokyo Metropolitan/■Env’t & Safety Dept.

P12● The 9th Chemical Risk Forum/Tokyo Metropolitan/Chem. Mgt. Dept.
● The 1st Risk Assessment Seminar on the revised Industrial Safety and Health

Act [Sequel] /Tokyo Metropolitan/■Chem. Mgt. Dept. P13● RC Local Dialog meeting/Toyama Prefecture/■RC Dept. P10● Interaction and study meetings for RC members/Chiba Prefecture/■RC Dept. P10● RC Local Dialog meeting/Yamaguchi Prefecture/■RC Dept. P10● RC Local Dialog meeting/Oita Prefecture/■RC Dept. P10● AMEICC WG-CI Core Human Resource seminar (Industrial Safety) /Tokyo

Metropolitan/■RC Dept. ■Env’t & Safety Dept. P24● The instruction course for the leaders of production worksites /Tokyo

RCLG Conference

Metropolitan/■Labor Dept.

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Activity Report : Responsible Care (RC)
MessageContinuous improvement and enhancement of public recognition of RC activities
Based on the idea of contributing to the realization of a sustainable society, we work to enhance
the presence of the chemical industry as an active entity open to the public. Domestically, we willproceed with the continuous improvement of RC activities in response to the opinions of members
and the changing environment surrounding the chemical industry. Globally, we will support the
RC activities of local business branches of member companies and work to expand RC activities
by promoting participation in local RC associations, as well as providing assistance under the
ICCA-RCLG policy, particularly throughout Asia.
Committee Chairman

FOCUS

Shigeru Ueyama [Managing Executive Officer, Kao Corporation]

Setup of Overseas
Support Working Group

Master Plan of Overseas Support Working
Group
According to the FY 2017 business plan, the Responsible
Care Committee set up the new Overseas Support Working
Group (WG) for the purpose of supporting responsible care
activities by member companies’ overseas subsidiaries in
ASEAN countries. The newly developed Overseas Support
WG Master Plan clearly specifies the medium-term direction of
the activities for securing the environment, health, and safety
by supporting the establishment of a responsible care systemin overseas subsidiaries and encouraging those subsidiaries
to join local chemical industry associations.

Support Activities by RC Workshop in 2017
Specifically, WG co-hosted lectures and workshops (RC-WS)
in Thailand and Indonesia with the respective local JapaneseChambers of commerce in FY 2017. RC-WS won favorable
recognition of the sessions held under the Responsible Care
Integrated Program (RCIP), which had three years ofexperience in such activities, as very meaningful for
activating and improving the responsible care activities ofoverseas subsidiaries.

Lectures and Workshops in Thailand andIndonesia
1. Thailand
A lecture discussing the global trend in the chemical industry
targeting the management layer of overseas subsidiaries and

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JCIA Annual Report 2018a workshop mainly on RC for local employees engaged in
manufacturing on-site and those in charge of environmental
safety were co-hosted by JCIA and the Japanese Chamberof Commerce,Bangkok. The lecture had more than fifty
participants who showed great interest in the laws andregulations of Thailand related directly to their chemicalbusiness and who asked many questions. The hosts received
many favorable comments from the participants about thelecture, including one that they looked forward to the next
lecture.
The workshop, which washeld for local employees,
also had more than fifty
participants. Though 70%
were in charge ofenvironmental safety andmanufacturing sites,
among the rest 30% wereparticipants from the customer for chemical companies. We
reaffirmed the importance of product stewardship (PS) is also
recognized in Thailand. In the group discussion, participants
exchanged opinions very earnestly, which demonstrated theirawareness of RC.

2. Indonesia
In Indonesia, as was the case of Thailand, a lecture andworkshop targeting the management layer of overseas
subsidiaries and local employees were co-hosted by JCIA
and the Jakarta Japan Club. The participants took the lectureon the laws and regulations governing chemical products
given by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry ofJapan and shared information on the RC activities ofIndonesia-based subsidiaries of Japanese companies. In
addition, Responsible Care
Indonesia presented their
RC activities in Indonesia.
Many of the par ticipants

appreciated this opportunityand said that they looked
forward to the next session.

Responsible
Committee
Responsible Care
Care Committee

Committee [Responsible Care Department]
Activity Outline
Responsible Care Committee

Dialogue WG

Steering Committee

Activity report WG

Environment and Safety
Committee

RC Awards
Selection Council

Member Relations WG
Overseas Support WG

Chemicals Management
Committee

The purposes of the Responsible Care
Committee are supporting member's RC
activities, raising the trust in our members
and the chemical industry by society, andcontribute to the sustainable development of
the chemical industry. To this end, theCommittee focuses its efforts on supportingthe continuation of RC activities for promotionand expansion of the industry.

RC Verification Center
Note: WG (Working Group)

Topic 4 Reporting Simulation Based on ICCA

In FY 2017, we held Responsible Care Local Dialog Meetingsin six areas such as Western Yamaguchi, Kawasaki, Sakai/
Senboku, Toyama/Takaoka, Iwakuni/Otake, and Oita. Ninety to
210 people par ticipated inthese meetings, and they
showed particular interest in
anti-disaster activities andsystems against earthquakes,
tsunami, explosions, fires, andother disasters.

Following FY 2016, the second session of the reporting
simulation based on the process safety metrics (PSM) was
held in FY 2017, and we received reports from 58 member
companies. Because it will be obligatory for ICCA-member
chemical industry associations to report data based on PSM
during and after FY 2019, we will promote the spread of PSM,
which will commonly apply to ICCA members across Asia
where JCIA is engaged, as well as JCIA-member companies.

Topic 2 Responsible Care Activity Report

Topic 5 Interaction and Study Meetings for RC

We hold open report meetings every year for the purpose of
informing the public of the details of RC activities. In FY 2017,
the meetings were held in Tokyo and Osaka in December andfeatured a lecture by Mr. Mukaidono (professor emeritus at
Meiji University) entitled “Recommendation to Review Safety
Fundamentally,” followed by presentations of the RC activity
reports and SDGs from three member
companies. We hope that the reports
and the meetings gave participants
good opportunities to become awareof the companies’ efforts toward
safety once again.

In order to share the best practices based on successful
cases in regard to the eight basic requirements for RC, study
meetings for interaction among RC members were held inOsaka, Nagoya, and Chiba in FY 2017, where members
earnestly discussed timely themes, security and disasterprevention, industrial health and safety, and human resource
development. These meetings, where participants from manymember companies gather to learn of different approaches byother companies, serve as a good opportunity for informationexchange about RC activities.

Meetings

RC Verification Activities
Security Information
Management Subcommittee

Topic 6

Labor Committee

We held consumer dialogs every year in order to deepen
mutual understanding with consumer groups. In FY 2017, themeetings were held in Tokyo and Osaka to exchange opinions
about the companies’ efforts for
RC activities and SDGs, which
offered important opportunities forcommunication and building atrust relationship.

Members

Public Relations Committee

RC Consumer Dialogs

International Activities
Committee

Topic 3

Process Safety Metric(PSM)

Technical Affairs Committee

Meetings

Economy and Tax System
Committee

Topic 1 Responsible Care (RC) Local Dialog

JCIA verifies the RC activities of member companies that arecontinuously engaged in improving the quality of RC activities.
Companies that undergo the verification process can boost
public understanding and the reliability of their products andbusiness operations by announcing the results. The verification
activities, which started in 2002, consist of examinations ofreports on overall company operations and examinations ofeach activity with regard to the six RC codes. As of the end of
FY 2017, we verified a total of 207 companies.

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Activity Report : Environment and Safety
Message
Securing safety is the top priority of the chemical industry
The Environment and Safety Committee regards the prevention of process safety incidents（PSI）and
work-related accidents as prioritized themes, and supports the further safety activities of each member
companies. We issued the reprint of version one of, “Safety and Accident Prevention Guidelines” booklet
with the purpose of preventing the recurrence of recent serious chemical plant accidents. Using
educational DVDs based on the guidelines, we hold seminars and study sessions to support theprevention of process safety incidents（PSI）and work-related accidents. We further contribute to ensuringsafety by sharing information with other industries and providing information about the chemical industry
to Public-Private Council for Industrial Security Measures of which JCIA is a member.

Mutsuo Narita [Senior Executive Officer, Asahi Kasei Corporation]

Approach for Prevention of Process Safety Incidents（PSI）and
Prevention of Work-related Accidents

FOCUS

Activities for Prevention of Process Safety
Incidents

Activities for Prevention of Work-related
Accidents
Centering on the system of Verification of Accident Free Operationand the Safety Award Council, we have continued to encourage
best practices of the chemical industry in JCIA and haves u p p o r t e d t h e t r a n s m i s s i o n o f s k i l l s , h u m a n re s o u rc e
development, and safety culture development by sharing withmember companies through the Safe Symposium. As a result, wemanaged to maintain low levels in both the frequency and severity
rates of work-related accidents compared to other industries.
However, most recently, we witnessed worrisome signs of aceasing to fall in the frequency rate and a rising of the severity
rate. We will enhance our support for the Prosess Safety Incidents（PSI）and work-related accidents in the chemical industry by
developing measures to prevent work-related accidents more
effectively so that the activities of member companies andsubcontracting companies will be able to fulfill their purposes.

We promote activities as an industry organization indicatedin the “Three-ministry Liaison Conference on Disaster
Prevention Measures for Facilities such as Petrochemical
Complexes.” In addition, we provide the “Safety and
Accident Prevention Guidelines” booklet and educationalDVDs with examples of disastrous accidents as educational
tools to the job site education of member companies andhuman resource development education by the government
for the purpose of raising the awareness of safety and theprevention of accidents. Furthermore, we promote theactivities of working groups that study the challenges
regarding appropriate measures for safety and accident
prevention using IoT and its specific use for the chemicalindustry.

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Manufacturingindustry

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0.6

0.2

0.1

Chemicalindustry

0.4

0.1

Manufacturingindustry

0.2

Membercompaniesof JCIA

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2010

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Responsible Care Committee

Committee [Environment and Safety Department]
Activity outline

We supported member companies in addressing legal
requirements by providing information about the change in theDangerous Substances
Transportation WG
Notes: WG/Working Groupmodel of protective equipment for fall prevention and dust
masks associated on the amendment to the Industrial Safety
and Health Act, as well as infor mation shared by the
Occupational Health and Safety Subcommittee, which
confirmed the progress of assessments by the Ministry of
Health, Labour and Welfare regarding percutaneous exposure
to chemical substance by workers, which is expected to beamended in future. For the purpose of improving the frequency
and severity rates, we provided information about recurrence
prevention measures implemented for similar accidents asfound in our 42-year survey of actual occupational health andsafety so that we can support the activities of member
companies to reduce accidents.

Topic 4 Lecture for preventing damage fromTsunamiNovember 5 was designated by the United Nations as World
Tsunami Awareness Day; consequently, we co-hosted a lecture
on preventing damage from tsunamis on October 31, 2017, with
the Petroleum Association of Japan and the Japan
Petrochemical Industry Association. The presentation by anacademic expert titled “Disaster Prevention Measures ofCompanies and Mental Care in Times of Major Disasters”
regarding the size and aftermath of a Nankai Trough earthquake
and the evacuation drills as the base of measures and theimportance of safety confirmation and the talk by a company
titled “Actions Taken at Lawsons in Large-scale Disasters” about
Lawson’s BCP activities in the Great East Japan and Kumamoto
earthquakes were very informative.

Topic 5 Lecture for dangerous substancetransportation

Security Information
Management Subcommittee

accidents

Occupational Health and
Safety Subcommittee

Labor Committee

Topic 3 Actions for reduction of occupational

Security Incident
Prevention Study WG

Public Relations Committee

Considering the regulations of the Ministry of the Environment forwater quality, air pollution, and soil contamination, we haveexchanged opinions with people from major industrial organizations,and we have summarized member opinions through theEnvironment Subcommittee and positively made industry-based
proposals to administrative authorities.
[Main Themes]
Water quality Measures for Whole Effluent Toxicity (WET) testing.
Air pollution Mitigation of mercury emissions to the air, Measuresagainst particulate matter (PM 2.5) and photochemical oxidants.
Soil contamination Preparation for amendment of the Soil Contamination
Countermeasures Act (amendment of government and ministerial
ordinances).

Security and Disaster
Prevention Subcommittee

International Activities
Committee

Air Pollution, and Soil Contamination

Environment Subcommittee

Technical Affairs Committee

Topic 2 Responses to Regulations for Water Quality,

Safety Award Council

Economy and Tax System
Committee

For four years through FY 2017, a total of more than 120
participants completed Industrial Safety Course, which we cohosted with the Petroleum Association of Japan and the Japan
Petrochemical Industry Association for the purpose ofdeveloping leaders who can promote safety in the petroleum
and chemistry industries. Through discussions among industry,
government, and academia, and their cooperation in providing
lecturers, we are committed to the course as one that can leadto practical implementation. In 2017, we incorporated into thecourse the Safety and Accident Prevention Guidelines booklet
and the accompanying educational DVDs, in which JCIA has
invested its efforts, to raise the awareness of safety and develop
a culture of safety, which
would lead to the preventionof serious Prosess Safety
Incidents（PSI）.

Management Board

Chemicals Management
Committee

Topic 1 Industrial safety course

Environment and
Safety Committee

Environment and Safety
Committee

The committee grasp both the domestic and internationalsituations regarding process safety and disaster prevention,
as well as environmental and occupational safety in thechemical industry, and provide information to member
companies. We also collect and summarize opinions fornational policy from the industry and offer suggestions to
the gover nment. The Safety Award Council honors
companies that have achieved excellent results for safety
and announce the efforts for their good performances inorder to raise the awareness of safety within the chemicalindustry as a whole.

Lectures on safety management during dangerous substancetransportation were held in Tokyo and Osaka in November 2017.
Recently, the requirements of management responsible fordangerous substance transportation by shippers haveincreased, so we invited experts from the public administration
and related organizations to discuss in detail the knowledge andinformation on international rules, laws, and regulations for air,maritime, and ground transportation. We will continue to sponsor
these lectures to properly address any new information on rules
and regulations.
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Activity Report : Chemicals Management
Message
Efforts for Firm Establishment of Chemicals Management as a Business Strategy
Under the basic policy of strengthening support for chemical management and the further
promotion and expansion of contribution activities voluntarily conducted by the chemical industry,
various activities are deployed to disseminate information on chemical management to members
and respond to amendments to all related laws and regulations. From now on, we will strive tofurther strengthen support activities by proactively popularizing the risk assessment tool inparticular to support risk assessment by midstream and downstream business operators.

Teijiro Nishitani [Managing Executive Officer, Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation]

FOCUS

Popularization and Promotion of Risk-Based
Chemical Management

The concept of risk-based chemical management proposedby the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) isreflected in the legal restraints of various nations around theworld, the voluntary chemical management also efforts byindustries play an essential role in promoting proper
management. In Japan, management to protect workers, theenvironment, and consumers across the entire supply chain is
promoted under the framework of the GPS/JIPS modified fromthe Global Product Strategy (GPS) of the International Councilof Chemical Associations (ICCA) to conform to the conditionsof Japan.

Development of Chemical Risk Assessment
Supporting Tool BIGDr.Worker
In compliance with the revised Industrial Safety and Health Act
of 2016, which obliges all business operators handlingchemical substances to conduct exposure risk assessment forworkers, the Information Disclosure WG under the GPS/JIPS
Promoting Section Group developed the risk assessment tool
BIGDr.Worker for midstream and downstream business
operators to estimate exposure concentration of working
environments and for risk assessments with simple operation.
Regarding the use of this tool, in addition to lectures (9 times
in total) sponsored by JCIA, we visited the associations of allindustries and conducted briefing sessions (19 organizations),
and gave lectures (7 times in total) in seminars organized bydifferent organizations. In response to the revision of the law,
we actively popularize activities and provide support tobusinesses operators that conduct risk assessment forworkers using chemical substances of all industry.

Promotion Activities through Chemical Risk
Assessment Seminars across Japan
In response to the enforcement of this law, JCIA provided risk
assessment seminars for practitioners who are in charge ofevaluating risks carried out by business operators throughout
the supply chains, with the aim of supporting the training of
human resources for voluntar y chemical substancemanagement.
In the seminars (3 times in Tokyo, 2 in Osaka), the participantsacquired the knowledge necessary for risk assessment andthe risk assessment method, and there were totally 231
participants from a variety
of sectors including
midstream anddownstream businesses
operators (non-member
ratio 70% or more). Morethan one year has passed
since the enforcement,[Products flow and information flow]
Information on application and usage of chemical products

Upstreamenterprises

Midstream
enterprises

Downstream
enterprises

Creation/Release

GPS/JIPS Safety Summaries

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Responsible Care Committee

Committee [Chemicals Management Department]
Activity Outline

Chemicals Management Committee
Steering Group
Chemical Regulation Section Group

Domestic Laws WG

Environment and Safety
Committee

Amendment of the Chemical
Substance Control Law WG
Overseas Laws WG
European Regulations WG
GHS-WG
Chemical Products WG

Risk Management Section GroupNew Issues Tackling WG
Risk Assessment Technology WG

LRI Steering Committee
GPS/JIPS Promoting Section Group

Chemicals
Chemicals Management
Management
Committee
Committee

The committee cultivates close ties with regulatory authorities
and other administrative bodies in order to actively gather,analyze, and communicate information pertaining to domestic
and overseas regulatory trends in chemicals management thatmembers require and find helpful. In addition, we gather member
opinions and requests for submission to the regulatory
authorities. As part of the independent initiatives in the industry,the committee is proactively promoting GPS/JIPS activities,
tackling new issues, and supporting research and technology
evaluations related to chemical risk assessment methods.

Information Disclosure WG
Evaluation Technology WG
Popularization and Promotion WG
Progress Management WG

Note) WG/ Working Group

Economy and Tax System
Committee

Topic 1
Efforts on Amended CSCL

Technical Affairs Committee
International Activities
Committee

and we can see that many businesses operators are working
to train personnel for risk assessments using chemical
substances. Through these efforts, JCIA provides a place forhuman resource development for all businesses operators,
regardless of whether they are members or non-members, andcontributes to the promotion of risk assessment of exposure
for workers throughout the supply chain.

To widely disseminate the Amended CSCL promulgated inJune 2017 and then prepare and respond to its enforcementin 2018 without delay, we invited a lecturer from the Chemical
Safety Office of METI and held a briefing session on the
Amended CSCL on March 30, 2018. Approximately 100
persons attended for a lively question-and-answer session as
the members have showed great interest in the Amended
CSCL.

Restart JIPS Consortium Activities

Information for safety management

Response to Regulations of Oversea
Chemical Laws
We grasped the latest trends in the chemical management
regulations in each country, disseminated relevant information
to members, gathered opinions from member companies, andoffered opinions to the authorities. In recent years, it has been
important to call attention to the inventory reset of the Toxic
Substances Control Act (TSCA) in the United States and to
grasp the trend for the revision of chemical management
regulations that are being considered for review in Asian
countries and regions including China, Korea, Taiwan, andThailand. By cooperating with the Japanese government, local
Japanese affiliates, and local industrial associations, weunderstood the regulatory trends and the management status
at local sites and offered the necessary opinions andproposals to the administrative authorities of each country asJapanese industrial society JCIA.
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Security Information
Management Subcommittee

Disposal/ Recycler

Topic 2

Labor Committee

Consumers

Public Relations Committee

The Popularization and Promotion WG under the GPS/JIPS
Promoting Section Group restarted JIPS consortium activities
with the aim of strengthening the GPS/JIPS activities ofmember companies. There are three target substances—acetaldehyde, bisphenol A (2-hydroxypropyl) ether, andglyceryl stearate—and eight companies participated. We aim
to release the common Draft of Safety Summaries tocompanies participating in each consortium by the end of
2018. Through these efforts, we support the promotion of JIPS
activities of member companies by sharing the expertise ofcompiling Safety Summaries.

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AwardTopic 3 Chemicals Management in Supply
Chain

With the goal of promoting the proper management ofchemicals in the supply chain, JCIA provided operational
support for disseminating domestically and internationally the
chemSHERPA (an information sharing scheme of chemicals
contained in products) recommended by the Japanese
government. Also, from a stand point of a chemical industry
society, JCIA dealt with in the maintenance and managementof the GADSL substances list prepared and maintained by
GASG, which is composed of representatives of automobile,
automotive parts, and chemical manufacturers in Japan, theUnited States, and Europe. Furthermore, JCIA participated int h e d o m e s t i c c o m m i t t e e a n d w o r k i n g g ro u p f o r t h einternational standard TC111 (environmental standards forelectrical and electronic equipment) promoted by the electricand electronics industry, such as the Japan Electronics andInformation Technology Industries Association (JEITA), andcooperated in the creation and maintenance of international
standards.

▎JCIA LRI Award
JCIA LRI Award is to commend researchers withoutstanding research achievements on the impact ofchemical substances on human health andenvironment. The winner of the third JapaneseSociety of Toxicology（JSOT）LRI Award of 2017
was Dr. Koichi Yoshinari, professor, School of
Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Shizuoka.
The winner of the second Japanese Society for
Alternatives to Animal Experiments (JSAAE) LRIAward was Dr. Hiroaki Todo, associate professor,
Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Josai
University. Award ceremonies were held at theannual meeting of respective academic conference.

Topic 4 JCIA LRI (Long-range Research
Initiative) Annual Meeting

JCIA LRI is long-term activities to support research into
effects of chemical substances on human health and theenvironment.JCIA holds LRI annual meeting every year. The
Meeting was held at the Tokyo Shoken kaikan on August 25,
2017, with about 170 participants. At the Meeting, after thelectures by the winners of LRI Award, expectations andproblems on toxicity prediction methodology were discussed
in the symposium. In theposter session, a lively
question-and-answer
session was conducted
about the progress reportsof research projects
supported by JCIA LRI.

Topic 5 Amendment of JIS in Conformity with
GHS and Trends of Poisonous andDeleterious Substances Control Act/PRTR Law

JCIA, as the secretariat, organized the JIS Drafting
Committee and reflected the United Nations, the 6th editionof the Globally Harmonized System of Classification andLabelling of chemicals (GHS) in the revisions of JIS Z 7252
and Z 7253. Also, regarding the Poisonous and Deleterious
Substances Control Act, JCIA gathered member companies’
opinions for improvement and made proposals on operation
methods to regulatory authorities. Furthermore, regarding
the PRTR Law, we participated in the advisory council on
revision of the PRTR Law held by METI, offered opinions
and made proposals on the criteria for selecting designatedsubstances as chemical industry society.

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Left: Professor Yoshinari
Right: Mr. Ishii, former Managing
Director of JCIA

Associate Professor Todo

▎2017 JIPS Award
The second JIPS Award for this year, the Grand
Prize, was won by Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd.,and the Excellence Award was won by Kao
Corporation. After the awards ceremony held by the
Chemicals Management Committee on February 13,
2018, Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd., offered alecture on the GPS/ JIPS activities systematicallyundertaken by the company.

From the left: Ms. Yamada, Mr. Murata from Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd.,
Former Committee Chairman Mr. Ueda

Responsible
レス
ポンシブルCare・ケアCommittee
委員会

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

Environment and Safety
Committee

Investments and Efforts Contributing to System Development for Futureof the Chemical Industry

Chemicals
Chemicals Management
Management
Committee
Committee

While the chemical industry has a good business environment supported by stable growth both athome and abroad, there is a growing need for a wide range of investments and system development
for the future, including productivity improvement, environmental responsiveness on a global basis,
preparation for Society 5.0. In this context, we are working to offer opinions on the various
restrictions and systems, including tax systems, and sharing useful information about business
management, while understanding the “Now” of the chemical industry, for proper response from aperspective of a global trend and realization of equal footing in the global business environment.

Hiroyuki Ninomiya, Committee Chairman [Executive Officer, DIC Corporation]

EconomyEconomy and Tax
Tax System
SystemCommittee
Committee

Activity Outline
Toward the development of the economy of Japan and for the purpose of realizing active economic circulation, regulatory
actions of the relaxation of regulations and amendments to tax systems are being implemented. Under these circumstances,
we are working to consolidate and share information on the economy and tax systems leading to specific government policies
for the further growth of the chemical industry. Especially for tax
Tax Administration Subcommittee
Economy and Tax
systems, we are strengthening and promoting activities while
System Committee
Security Trade Control Investigative
cooperating with other industries.

The Handbook on Export Goods Control has been preparedby the Security Trade Control Investigative Subcommittee andposted on the website exclusively for members. When read

Disclosed for Members

As indexes of representing the “Now” of the chemical industry,
we developed JCIA Indexes by independently compilingreleased relevant data. They are divided into three indexed asfollows:(i) Major Chemical Products Shipment Index (trends ofchemical products)(ii) Key Industries Production Index (states of customer
industries)(iii) Major Chemical Companies Quarterly Sales Index(business results of chemical companies)
The indexes are disclosed
on a monthly basis, together
with remarks, on the website
exclusively for members.
Login the website andaccess the indexes via thefollowing URL.

Security Information
Management Subcommittee

Goods Control

Topic 2 Development of JCIA Indexes

Labor Committee

Topic 1 Compilation of Handbook on Export

Public Relations Committee

During this fiscal year, while there is no common theme foundacross the industries, we have regarded the following fiveitems as priority requests with a focus on capital investmentthat is important for the chemical industry:(i) Coordination of tax systems for promoting capital
investment for productivity improvement(ii) Coordination of tax systems for promoting investment in
human resources(iii) Enhanced competitiveness of business enterprises
through a substantial tax reduction(iv) Fundamental review of global warming taxes(v) Exception of taxes on materials for petrochemical
products provided by the main provisions of the acts ofgasoline tax and petroleum and coal tax
As a result, the revision mainly focused on pay raises andinvestments in IoT. We will continue to request support forcapital investment and research and development as
fundamental to solutions.

with the Handbook on
Service Transactions for
Security Export Control ascompiled in 2015, thishandbook is useful for thebusiness activities ofmember companies.

International Activities
Committee

FOCUS

FY 2018 Activities for
Requesting a Revisionon Tax System

Technical Affairs Committee

Subcommittee

https://www.nikkakyo.org/kaiin/
committee/topics/files/5630

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Message
Development of Chemical Industry and Contributions to Measures against Global Warming
Toward the achievement of the Japan’s GHG reduction goal (reduction by 26% from the FY 2013 level
by FY 2030) under the Paris Agreement and the development and implementation of a long-term
strategy for further reductions of 80% by 2050, the administration and various industries are beginningto make efforts. While the chemical industry needs to tackle the GHG reduction in its own manufacturing
processes, it has the potential to contribute to measures to address global warming in a variety of fields
by leveraging its products and technologies. In order to balance economic development and therealization of a carbon cycling society, we will endeavor to play the role of a solution provider.

Tadashi Hiraoka, Committee Chairman[Executive Officer, AGC Inc.]

FOCUS

Keidanren’s Commitment to a Low Carbon Society

Discussion on review of CO2 reduction goal
In response to this result, we decided to review the goal for FY
2030 and establish the Industry Goal Review Task Force in theCommitment to a Low Carbon Society WG in January 2018. Now
we are involved in discussions. The governing body is planningto set a new goal by the end of FY 2018, and we will pursue the
new goal from FY 2019.

JCIA started to address CO 2 reduction from the era of the
Keidanren Voluntary Action Plan on the Environment and has
continued those efforts since 2013 as Keidanren’s Commitment
to a Low Carbon Society based on the following 4 pillars:● Reduction within enterprise activities in Japan (BAU
comparison basis reduction of CO2),● Low Carbon Products: Reduction in other business segments
such as servicing, etc.,● Overseas contribution to reduction,● Development/introduction of innovative technologies.
In the Keidanren’s Commitment to a Low Carbon Society followup survey in FY 2016, CO2 reduction of 3.68 million tons wasachieved while the CO 2 reduction goal was a reduction of 2
million tons by FY 2030 (from the FY 2005 level), which resulted
in significantly greater reductions than anticipated for two years
in a row since 2015.

CO2 reduction efforts on a global scale
For the implementation of the long-term strategy we drafted lastyear, we are determined to discuss the technologies andsystems that are expected to reduce CO2 and the efforts toward
such implementation in cooperation with the national governmentand concerned bodies. We are discussing issues fromheightened viewpoints and a broader perspective, such as ourcontribution to the CO2 reduction during product manufacturing
and the whole product life cycle and CO2 reduction in Japan, as
well as in the world, by endeavoring to contribute to CO 2
emission reduction on a global scale.

▎CO2 emission reduction goal and result
Reduction goal
2 million tons by
FY 2030 on BAU
comparison basis

ResultFY 2014
FY 2015
FY 20160.96 million tons
2.78 million tons
3.68 million tons
on BAU comparison on BAU comparison on BAU comparison
basis
basis
basis

▎Transition of PFCs, SF6, and NF3 emitted frommanufacturing processes▎Transition of CO2 emission
CO2 Emissions
CO2(xEmissions
10,000 ton/year)(x 10,000 ton/year)Number of Participated Parties: 339 Companies, 2 Associations

Emission AmountEmission(x 10,000
Amounttons(x 10,000CO2e) tons CO2e)
PFC Emissions
PFC Emissions
NF3 Emissions
SF6 Emissions
NF3 Emissions
SF6 Emissions

7,500

7,500

500

500

7,000 6,840
7,000 6,840

400

400

300

300

6,500

6,500

6,000

6,000

5,500

5,500

0

0

2005

5,931 5,931

2005
2009

(Base FY) (Base FY)

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2011

2011
2012

2012
2013

2013
2014

2014
2015

2015
2016
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Activity Report

Global Warming Countermeasures WG2 (CFC substitutes)
Technical Awards Selection Council
LCA WGWG Chemical Standardization WG
CI Material Field Study WG
Note) WG: Working Group

Topic 3 Measures of global warming long-term
strategy

As a long-term strategy for the chemical industry to address global
warming, we established the Sub Working Group for Realizing What
the Chemical Industry Should be, and discussed the establishment of
the carbon cycle (CCU), which is one of the CO2 reduction measures,by narrowing down the issues. We are discussing the issues that thechemical industry should address. For example, in discussions of lowcarbon technologies and carbon cycling by means of hydrogen andenergy management, we referred to the issue of CO2 supply source
and the issue of procurement of inexpensive low-carbon electric
power and hydrogen that will be necessary for implementation of theenergy-saving technologies in the future.

Technical
Committee
Technical Affairs
Affairs Committee
International Activities
Committee

Every year JCIA nominates an achievement for the Annual
JCIA Technology Awards for the Ichimura Prize in Industry of
the Ichimura Foundation for New Technology (former New
Technology Development Foundation). In FY 2017, as
nominated by JCIA, the “Development of Highly-functional
Reverse Osmosis Membrane” by Toray won the Outstanding
Achievement Prize and “Development of Slurry Rheology
Modifying Agent” by Kao won the Contribution Prize. We willcontinuously contribute to the economic and social
advancement of Japan by recognizing of innovative andexcellent science, technologies, and products.

Keidanren’s Commitment to a Low Carbon Society WG

Economy and Tax System
Committee

Awards Grand Prize and Special
Technology Prize awarded for the
Ichimura Prize in Industry.

Management
Board

Energy Measures Task Force

Chemicals Management
Committee

Topic 1 The 49th Annual JCIA Technology

Technical Affairs
Committee

Environment and Safety
Committee

JCIA is proactively participating in Keidanren’s Commitment to a Low
Carbon Society and in activities concerning global warming andenergy policies at home and abroad, as well as tackling different
issues along with the administration and other bodies. With JCIA
Technology Awards for promotion of chemical technologies marking its
50th anniversary in FY 2017, JCIA continues its activities to further
improve the technical capabilities of the chemical industry andcontribute to the society. Furthermore, JCIA also collects information
on standardization, intellectual property, and the protection of business
confidentiality and then provides information to members.

Global Warming Long-Term Strategy Study WG

Topic 4 Establishment of Connected Industries
participation in Global Value ChainContribution Workshop

As part of the CI efforts of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry,
we established this WG for the purpose of strengthening thecompetitiveness of the chemical industry through the use of data,
which is a new management resource. We mainly discussed four
issues to address: 1) creation of new business domain, 2) further
strengthening of material development capabilities, 3) conversion to
next-generation production systems, and 4) fostering and securing of
human resources, and then drafted the following six measures:(1) Models and issues of (base) data coordination and relevantmeasures(2) Fostering and securing of human resources who can handle (base)data science(3) Integration and sharing of business style and information in single
supply chain(4) Construction of CO2 emission amount DB that can be developed
to LCA(5) Reduction of development cost and shortening of development
period through coordination of unutilized technology data
(6) Construction of advanced production systems (within company,
through regional coordination)
The discussion report summarizing these issues can be viewed via
the following URL:https://www.nikkakyo.org/news/page/6881

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Labor Committee

JCIA is promoting efforts to evaluate and quantitatively identify thecontribution of chemical products to reductions of greenhousegas emissions by final products using the cLCA method. For thisfiscal year, the revised version was issued of the global guidelinesthat had been jointly published by the chemical sectors of ICCA
and WBCSD in 2013. The guidelines contain 17 case examples,
including a case with Japanese product, and LCA-WG published
its Japanese edition. JCIA also joined the Global Value ChainContribution Workshop hosted by the Ministry of Economy, Tradea n d I n d u s t r y, i n t r o d u c e d t h e
progressive efforts made by JCIA, andprovided cooperation in developmentof versatile guidelines that allow
industries to quantify the amount of
CO2 reduction they contributed to andcan be used as a reference material for
explanation to people outside theindustries.

(CI) Material Field Discussion WG

Public Relations Committee

Topic 2 Promotion of cLCA activities and18

Activity Report : International Activities Committee[International Affairs Department]

Message
Information Collection on Trade Issues and Actions for Unfair Trading
While there is a movement toward protectionism in some countries, Japan is pressing forward with work on
the early entry into force of TPP11 and Japan-EU EPA, as well as negotiations for enhancement of regional
economic partnerships, including the RCEP. Under these circumstances, we will promote activities forthe correction of unfair trading and the reflection of chemical companies’ intentions in trade negotiations
through continued information collection and cooperation with the government. In addition, we will continue
the use of the ICCA activities and opportunities for interaction with industry associations in China, Korea,
and other countries in order to realize sustainable society and development of the chemical industry.

Takashi Shigemori, Committee Chairman, [Managing Executive Officer, Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited]
Activity Outline
This committee handles with our association’s such international affairs as (a) gathering and delivering information of chemicalindustry related trading issues and (b) reinforcement of relationships with overseas chemical organizations. The specific activities
include, (a) advocating toward the authorities about Rule of Origin, amendment of anti-dumping rules and so on, to aim at having
the opinions of domestic chemical industry reflected, (b) information sharing with our membership companies, (c) strengthening tie
with the chemical industry in China, Korea and other countries through chemical industry convention, and (d) participation in activityof the International Council of Chemical Associations (ICCA).
International Activities
Committee

FOCUS

Management Board

The 3rd China/Japan
Chemical Industry
Conference

In October 2017, the 3rd China/Japan Chemical Industry
Conference was co-hosted by CPCIF and JCIA/JPCA in Tokyo.
About 90 people in total participated from both countries,
including Mr. Ishitobi, chairman of JCIA and Mr. Tannowa,
chairman of JPCA from Japan, as well as Mr. Fu, vicechairman of CPCIF from China as a top leading the Chinesedelegation, and an active exchange of opinions took place.
During the general assembly on the first day, introductions
were made on the current statuses of the chemical industry in
China and Japan, efforts to combat climate change, activities
for Responsible Care, and trading issues regarding chemicals
between China and Japan. In the subcommittee meetings on
the second day, in order to share environmental issues on thechemical industry, presentations were made by both China
and Japan regarding (a) the efforts to address environmental
problems of water discharge and VOC, (b) chemical
substance management, and (c) problems of marine plastic
pollution. Both thecountries appreciatedthe conference andconcurred to continueinteraction
throughthis event.

Second left: Mr. Fu, Vice Chairman of CPCIF

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Topic 1
The 8th Annual Meeting of
Korea and JapanIn December 2017, the 8th Annual meeting of Korea
and Japan was held in Seoul. Likewise in the past, an
exchange of opinions and discussions were held on thethemes of chemical management, Responsible Care, andclimate change. For chemical management, opinions
and presentations were exchanged between Korea andJapan regarding not only the latest situation of regulations
but also practical issues specific to each country on
chemical management, including concerns about the
EU Reach and amended TSCA. Considering (a) huge
shipment of chemical products from Japan to Korea, (b)lots of Japanese companies have a presence in Korea, we
JCIA is paying close attention to the trend of regulations
on chemical management in Korea, including K-REACH
and intends to deepen mutual relationship with Korea
Chemical Industry Council (KOCIC) through interactionand exchange opinions in Annual meeting, and wishes toutilize the tie forthe developmentof the chemicalindustry in bothcountries.

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Activity Report : Public Relations Committee[Public Relations Department]

Environment and Safety
Committee

Message
Providing Opportunities to Encounter Chemistry for Children as the Next
Generation

Chemicals Management
Committee

In order to promote social awareness of chemistry and the chemical industry that contribute tosociety and economy and to develop the chemical field further, it is important to attract and foster
talented people who will lead the next generation. We will work to promote understanding of
the usefulness of chemicals and the chemical industry, as well as the contribution to society incollaboration with academia and the media. Furthermore, we would like to provide opportunities toencounter chemistry for children as the next generation through the activities implemented for the
spread of chemistry Day in collaboration with our members.

Masayuki Fujii, Committee Chairman [Executive Officer, Ube Industries, Ltd.]

Economy and Tax System
Committee

A c tivity Outline
The Public Relations Committee shares information with society on the efforts made by the chemical industry in Japan regarding theenvironment, health, safety, and the fostering of human resources, as well as the activities of JCIA. Furthermore, it works to further enhance thepresence of the chemical industry through the activities for sharing the value and attractiveness of chemistry to youth through an enterpriseof Dream Chemistry 21 under cooperation with related associations and various activities toward the spread of October 23, Chemicals Day.

Note) WG: Working Group

Topic 2 Children’s Science Experiment
Class“The Children’s Science Experiment Class” is a full-fledged classtargeting schoolchildren in the first to fourth grades. Two classes aday, six days a year, are held at the Science Museum on Saturday
afternoon instructed by teachers from the Chemical Society ofJapan. A total of 450 elementary school pupils participated inthose classes. We hope that more children will become interested
in chemistry by finding and exploring the mysteries of chemistry
through observations and experiments and will grow up as bearersof the next generation.

Labor Committee
Security Information
Management Subcommittee

低画質

We publish the Chemical Industry of Japanin Graphs, which describes the chemicalindustry in Japan using numbers and graphs
for easy understanding, which gained afavorable reputation both internally andexternally, including member companies
and associations. In addition, we have also
published the “JCIA Annual Report” tointroduce JCIA activities.

PublicCommittee
広Relations
報委員会“The Summer Vacation Chemical-Experiment Show for Children”
marked its 25th session this year with 5,500 visitors. This show
was started by Dream Chemistry 21 Committee, which wasestablished by four industrial and academic organizations (theJapan Chemical Industry Association, the Chemical Society ofJapan, the Chemical Industry Council and the Japan Associationof Chemical Innovation) in 1993 as part of their efforts for further
understanding and awareness of chemistry among children as
bearers of the future. These four organizations also established“Chemistry Day as October 23” in 2013 and called on companies
and associations related to chemicals to begin “the Chemistry
Day chemical-experiment show for children” by providing broader
opportunities to familiarize citizens with chemistry based on“Chemistry Day/Chemicals Week.” This year, as many as 6,000
people attended this show while a typhoon was approaching.
We are confident that the activities of “Chemistry Day/Chemicals
Week” become successfully gaining momentum year by year.

Introduction of the Chemical
Industry in Japan and JCIA

International Activities

Chemical-ExperimentShow for Children

Topic 1

国際活動委員会
Committee

FOCUS

Chemicals Day
Promotion WG

Technical Affairs Committee

Public Relations
Committee

Topic 3 Renewal of JCIA Website
JCIA has renewed its website to a portal site, in which information
is categorized for easy use so that JCIA’s activities and thecurrent circumstances surrounding the chemical industry areeasily available to the public at large.

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Activity Report : Labor Committee[Labor Department]
MessagePursuing Human Resource(HR) Development for Member Companies
In FY 2017, we discussed the Environmental Development for Flexible Workstyle regarding workstylereform, one of the HR management issues of high interest to member companies, with a working
group and held a report session. The instruction course for the leaders of production worksites in
the chemical factories has been held as well as last year. We will move ahead on providing member
companies with useful information and support for HR development.

Keiichi Kamiguchi, Committee Chairman [Director & Corporate Officer, Showa Denko KK]
Activity Report
The committee is engaged in various workshops
and seminars for HR / labor affair staff, HR Issue
WG and offering opinions to government on laborrelated programs / law amendments in cooperation
with Keidanren and other business associations.
In addition, the committee is working to holdperiodic information exchanges with labor union
organizations to maintain the proper relationship.

Labor Committee

Management Board
HR Issue WG
Note) WG: Working Group

FOCUS

Reporting Session on
Activities of HR Issue WG

Since September 2017, the HR Issue WG has discussed the needs andconcept of the Environmental Development for Flexible Workstyle fromthe perspective of the growth target of the chemical industry. Following
the report made to the Labor Committee in February 2018, the session
for reporting to member companies, as well as a lecture by the Ministryof Health, Labour and Welfare and Suntory Holdings Limited, was heldin April. We received a lot of feedback from the participants in chargeof HR management of member companies, such as “The explanations
on the issues in the chemical industry
and an approach of using telework wereeasy to understand” and “The keys for
management were very helpful.” We
hope that suggestions from the WG
will be useful in the HR policies of themember companies.

Activity Report : Security Information Management
Subcommittee [General Affairs Department]
Activity Report
The Security Information Management Subcommittee
shares security information on cyberattacks withmember companies and associations that haveindividually contracted into a non-disclosureagreement with the Information-technology
Promotion Agency, Japan (IPA) for prompt action
against any cyberattacks.

Security Information
Management Subcommittee

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Security information
liaison meeting

FOCUS“Speed” is essential for
Information security

New attack techniques are developed one after another in the information
security world. We have to collect latest information and knowledge at alltime for protecting system from the attacks. JCIA not only provides the latest
information unilaterally but also receives information on the latest actualattack cases from member companies and associations that participate in
the subcommittee. JCIA then provides the results of analyzing the attackers
and their methods, as well as information on methods for protection, as
quickly as possible in order to help member companies and associations
with security measures. In addition, we are working on the spread of
information security through holding lecture meetings.

Responsible Care Committee

ColumnFostering Program of Human
Resources in Chemistry

Students

Chemical personnel network
Information exchange with students who received
support and completed their majors▼▼▼

Image of Human Resources Required● ‌Human resources with a wide range of fundamental academic
capabilities in addition to deep expertise in the specific fields● ‌Human resources with an excellent ability to set one’s own tasks
and management ability to create hypotheses and execute them● ‌Human resources with excellent leadership and communication
abilities● ‌Human resources with a global sense

receive support gave research presentations, 3 young researchers
who obtained doctorates and who were employed by chemicalcompanies introduced cases of doctors working in the industry, andan opinion exchange meeting was held where company personnel
and students participated in mutual question and answer sessions.
In addition, in January and February of 2018, student-company
exchange meetings were organized for students in the doctoral
course that will receive support in Tokyo and Osaka. The meetingin Tokyo was attended by 25 companies and 61 students from 12
majors, and the session in Osaka was attended by 23 companies
and 39 students from 12
majors. The purpose of themeetings was to provide
information useful for career
design, and the meetings
were intensive opportunities
for exchanges between
universities and companies.

Labor
Committee
労働委
員会

Topic 3
Selection of Majors that will Receive
Support/Scholarships

情報セキュリティ
対応部会
Management
Subcommittee

The 8th screening for majors that will receive support was
conducted and support for 5 majors was determined. (As of
April 2018, 20 majors in 12 graduate courses are receiving
support.) Majors receive support by making especially excellent
efforts to foster human resources, and a scholarship of 200,000
yen per month is awarded to each student nominated by the
major for three years. In FY 2017, scholarships were awarded
to 29 students in 15 majors from 12 graduate courses.

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Security Information

On October 16, the Human Resources Exchange Forum in
Chemistry 2017 was held in JCIA. 8 students from majors that will

Scholarships

Public Relations Committee

Support for job-hunting(Research presentation meeting/Studentcompany exchange meeting)Majors thatwill receive
support

Career support
Students & Enterprises Exchange Meeting/Research Workshop

International Activities
Committee

Topic 2

Theory of the Chemical Industry Course/Career Education

Technical Affairs Committee

We began a course of the “Theory of the Chemical industry” at
Kobe University and Osaka Municipal University by dispatchinglecturers from JCIA member companies to universities in 2017
for the purpose of supporting chemical industry education in
universities. This course consists of general theory with an overview
of the past to the future of the chemical industry and specific theoryof the circumstances and approaches to product and technology
development of each company. The program is attended by many
graduate school students majoring in chemistry with great interest.
In addition, on November 14, the special lecture (Generalities I
through III) of Study of the Chemical Industry was given at Tohoku
University. We will actively
develop this course with the
purpose of helping students
understand the history of thechemical industry, its contribution
to society, and the expectations
and roles hereafter.

Council of
Human
Resources
Fostering
Program in
Chemistry

Economy and Tax System
Committee

Chemical Industry Education

Symposium

Support chemical industry
education at universities

Chemicals Management
Committee

Topic 1

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

Environment and Safety
Committee

The Fostering Program of Human Resources in Chemistry wasestablished in October 2010, responding to the recommendation
made by the Chemical Vision Study Group set up by the
Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry in 2009. This programsupports doctoral courses and their students responding to
the needs of human resources demanded by the chemicalindustry for developing the young human resources that will
form the foundation for enhanced international competitivenessin the chemical industry in Japan and the prosperity of theindustry. The Council of Human Resources Fostering Program in
Chemistry, with 36 member companies of JCIA favorable to thisconcept, contacts companies, supports job-hunting and award
scholarships for doctoral students in chemistry.
Our new efforts include supporting chemical industrial educationand organizing symposiums, and we look to further enhancementof programs through familiarization to many graduate students
and the exchange of opinions.

Fostering Program of Human Resources in Chemistry22NEWS [Activities as a member of international society]
Activities of ICCA (International Council of Chemical Associations)

What is the International Council of Chemical
Associations (ICCA)?
ICCA was established by the chemical industry associationsof the United States, Canada, Europe and Japan in 1989.
Currently, the chemical industry associations of North andSouth America, Europe, Asia, Oceania and Middle East
Gulf countries join as Full Members. The number of total
member countries and regions is approximately 50 including
Associate Members such as China and India and Observer
Members such as Russia, etc. ICCA has contributed to thesustainable development of the society through promotionof the chemical industry’s voluntary activities represented by
Responsible Care. The organization of ICCA comprises fourmain Leadership Groups which implement strategic efforts
and engage in communication such as advocacy. At the
ICCA Board of Directors meetings, global issues common to
the chemical industry are discussed. Members of the ICCA
Board of Directors are CEOs of chemical companies, who arenominated by ICCA member associations. Promotion of RC in
China, India and Russia, contribution of the chemical industry
to global warming, support for chemicals management indeveloping countries in cooperation with UNEP, contributionof the chemical industry to SDGs, measures for marine plastic
problem, etc. were discussed at the ICCA Board of Directors
meetings in 2017. Based on the policy decided by the ICCA
Board of Directors meetings, each Leadership Group proceedswith its activities.
For more information, refer to the ICCA website.
https://www.icca-chem.org

ICCA Organization Chart
ICCA General Assembly

ICCA Boardof Directors

CEO Group(Global Executive
Strategy Group)

ICCA Steering
Chair
Energy and Climate Change

Leader: Mr. Tsutomu Tannowa(Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.)
Chair: Nobuyuki Kawashima(Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.)
Vice Chair: Mr. Seth Roberts (Dow Chemical)

Chemical Policy and Health

Leader: Mr. Jim Fitterling (Dow Chemical)
Co-Chair (Europe): Mr. Martin Kayser (BASF)
Co-Chair (USA): Mr. Mike Witt (Dow Chemical)

Responsible Care®

Leader: Mr. John Verity (ExxonMobil Chemical)
Chair: Mr. Baudouin Kelecom(ExxonMobil Chemical)
Vice Chair: Mr. Sohei Morita(Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.)

Communications

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

Trade Policy Network

Activities of the ICCA E&CC LG

JCIA, as the chair country of the 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 be able to acquire the understanding ofinternational society. Specifically, JCIA act focusing on thecontribution to the construction of a sustainable society
through the promotion of the cLCA, creation of innovativetechnology toward the a realization of low carbon society in
2050, and a study of measure planning against disasters due
to climate change.

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Activities of ICCA CP&H LG

JCIA participated in the CP&H LG meetings held twice a year
and the relevant task force meetings, and positively offered its
opinions especially on activities in ASEAN, etc. In addition, as
Capacity Building activities, we invited lecturers from major
member companies of JCIA to Vietnam and held seminars
on Product Stewardship, GPS, risk assessment and how tomake SDS of mixtures. JCIA made efforts to develop capacity
in local companies in Vietnam.

Activities of ICCA RCLG

Regular RCLG Conference in autumn was held fortwo days, in November 2 (Thu) and 3 (Fri), in Singapore
continuously from APRCC. The main agenda items were
(1) Promotion of RC activities in developing countries incooperation with ICTA, (2) circumstance of supporting
RC activities in priority regions (China, India and Africa),(3) preparation situation of report of ICCA Process Safety
Metric (PSM), and (4) report of RC activities status in each
Asian countries. As the conference was held for the firsttime in four years in Asian region, many Asian countries
positively reported their activities. Indonesia originally had aplan to sponsor the conference but was obliged to change
as the host country due to the sudden increase in theactivity of a volcano; the country reported the summary ofactivities over the past 20 years. In addition, China, which
produces approximately 40% of chemical products in theworld, become an associate member while enhancing the
RC activity system during the next three years for the RC
promotion to be a regular member by 2020. Further, Cefic
representing Europe reported that they would revise RC
Management Framework (RCMF) unchanged since 2005
in order to revitalize RC activities to aim to provide clear
policy.

ICCA ASEAN Regulatory Cooperation Project

ASEAN Regulator y Cooperation Project（ ARCP）
targets countries participating in ASEAN Economic
Community（AEC）, promotes activities focusing on
chemicals management of risk base as a project under the
influence of ICCA GRC, and has a goal of applying a global
policy of regulatory cooperation of ICCA to chemicals
regulation being improved in this region. This project is led
by the association in Singapore and participated in by JCIA
with ACC as an organization member of the committee.
Efforts in UNEAThe UN Environment Assembly is a decision-making organof the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
and sponsors an international conference once every two
years. The second General Assembly was participated in bygovernmental environmental ministers from 170 countries
and by representatives of the relevant internationalorganizations and NGOs. ICCA, including JCIA committed
to UNEA3 to promote RC focusing on reductions ofemissions in order to continuously improve the proper
global implementation of chemicals management and to
reduce the amount of waste generated by facilities and thecontaminants emitted into the atmosphere, water, and soil
according to the RC Pollution Prevention Code.

Activities of APRCC and APRO

What is APRO Asia Pacific Responsible Care
Conference?
APRO was established to promote RC activities in Asiaand the Pacific regions. The chairman came from JCIA,
which is one of main members of ICCA, and APRO is
an organization of 15 Chemical Industry Associations
from these regions. Its main activities are to hold the Asia
Pacific RC Conference in one of the member countries
once every two years and energize RC activities in thehost and surrounding countries. In FY 2017, APRCC washeld in Singapore. JCIA gave a presentation on chemicals
management and acted as the chairperson in anothersession as its successful contribution.

Efforts in APEC

Chemical Dialogue
APEC is a framework for economic cooperation by 21
economies in the Asian Pacific region and works toliberalize trade and investment, smooth business between
economies, promote the security of human beings, andencourage economic and technical cooperation towardsustainable growth and prosperity in the Asian Pacificregion. JCIA participates in Chemical Dialogue, one of
sub-fora in the trade and investment committee of APEC.
Chemical Dialogue performs information exchange on thevarious issues facing the chemical industry (environmental
problems; security, disaster prevention, and labor safety;
chemicals safety; RC activities; statistical summaries,
analysis, prediction; and standardization of chemicals
management systems; technical transfer; promotionof intraregional trade; and energy consumption). JCIA
positively submitted opinions and advocated also in
Chemical Dialogue as a representative of Japanesechemical industry.
Efforts in AMEICC

ASEAN Economic Ministers and Minister of Economy,
Trade and Industry of Japan Consultations - Economic
and Industrial Cooperation Committee (AMEICC) is a
substructure of ASEAN Economic Ministers-Ministry of
Economy, Trade and Industry (AEM-METI) and implements
specific economic and industrial cooperation within the
ASEAN region. JCIA proactively participated in the activities
of AMEICC, positively submitted opinions and proposals
concerning the lifting of restrictions and improvementof operations with regard to chemicals management
as a representative of Japanese chemical industry, andparticipated in human resources fostering program forprocess safety as lecturers.

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Introduction of Chemical Products PL Consulting Center
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 operators and consumer centers allover Japan, in addition to general consumers from a
Professional perspective. Furthermore, it emphasizes

Activity report meeting

External activities(held in Tokyo and Osaka)

on awareness-raising activities through the provision of
information, lectures, and publication of pamphlets for theprevention of accidents caused by chemical products.
Nowadays, consumers obtain information via the Internet.
This Center focuses on sharing information through thewebsite. The website was updated in April 2018 to provide
abundant information. The activity status of this center isdisclosed on the website as monthly Activity Note reports.
Furthermore, past consulting cases can be retrieved andviewed. Please actively make use of the information.

Dispatching lecturers

Chemical Products PL Consulting Center
Consulting through telephone
Weekday 9:30 ‒ 16:00
Newsletter distribution
Activity Note(Monthly report)

Chemicals
PL NotePay attention

ColumnThe latest information isprovided in the newsletterby e-mail.
Please subscribe by e-mail to
PL@jcia-net.or.jp

Enlightening pamphlets

Information put on the website

Various seminars and lectures of JCIA
Explanatory meetings for the introducing activities of JCIA, and seminars and lectures to foster human resources are available.
Name of seminar or lecture

25Intervals

PurposeJCIA introduction meeting

Once or twice a year

Risk communication training

Once a year

Improve communication skills in the dialog meeting (for members of the RC committee).

Safety management workshop on
dangerous substances transportation

Twice a year

Introduce laws and regulations relevant to dangerous substance transportation and introduce revised laws
and regulations.

Industrial safety course

15 times a year

Foster human resources who understand and lead enterprises. A series of 15 lectures per year.

Chemical risk forum (Introduction
part)

Once a year

Introduce an outline of the necessary knowledge concerning chemicals management to newly assigned
chemicals management personnel for a half day in the afternoon free of charge.

Chemical risk forum

10 times a year

Lecture the basic knowledge necessary for chemicals management and risk evaluation methods to personnel
in charge of chemicals management as a series of 10 educational seminars per year.

Risk Assessment Seminar for therevised Industrial Safety and HealthAct

5 times a year

Explain risk evaluation methods for chemicals necessary for implementing risk evaluation of chemical
substances under the revised Industrial Safety and Health Act.

Workshop on usage of BIGDr.Worker

Twice a year

Explain how to use the BIGDr.Worker tool to support risk evaluations of the throughout supply chain, including
midstream and downstream, using individual personal computers.

QSAR seminarOnce a year

Introduce an outline of toxicity prediction techniques, such as QSAR, to newly assigned chemicals
management personnel.

Chemicals management seminar(GPS/JIPS Practice part)Once a year

Introduce trends of chemicals management, methods for risk evaluations, and utilization of BIGDr. tomembers.

GPS/JIPS seminarOnce a year

Introduce basic knowledge of GPS/JIPS to JCIA members who were newly assigned to the JIPS in eachmember company.

Promotional lecture on the importanceof standardization

Once a year

Provide lectures on a variety of different themes each year to promote an understanding of the importance ofstandardization.

Seminars for HR/labor affair staff

8 times per every
2 years

Provide seminars to foster next generation leaders of HR/labor affair staff in the chemical industry as a seriesof 8 seminars per year.

Information security seminarOnce or twice a year

Introduce information related to IT and security.

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Provide a broad introduction to the activities of JCIA to members and non-members.

Information Distribution Services Provided by JCIA
JCIA distributes the following mail magazines for member companies/associations who wish to receive them.
Please contact the relevant office for a new delivery request.

Ankan - Net (Safety
and Environment Net)

ChemicalManagement Net

Infor mation on notices,
communications andguidelines regarding
environmental safety andrestriction information fromthe ministries that require
publicity are delivered tomember companies andassociations registered in
the Ankan - Net (Safety andEnvironment Net).(Up to two
addresses per company/
association)

The latest information
regarding trends indomestic/overseas
laws and regulations forchemicals management andinformation on the scheduleof seminars provided by
JCIA are delivered in theChemical Management Net
to member companies andassociations registered in
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