FY2022 Site Reports > Zeon North Co., Ltd.

Zeon North Co., Ltd.
Company Profile
Business Description
Contracting, design, construction, and management of various facilities; sales ofindustrial materials and equipment; purchases and sales of petroleum products;
environmental measurement certifications, work environment measurements,
various analyses
Established in 1972, Zeon North proactively undertakes various types ofengineering work that make effective use of our technology for both the Zeon Groupand external customers, including plant engineering in support of Zeon Group’sbusiness activities.
We established our Kawasaki Plant in 2008, the Mizushima Plant in 2011, and theTokuyama Plant in 2013, and we have been working to expand our provision ofmaintenance work for all of the Zeon Group’s plants. We have striven to expand ourengineering business to meet our customers’ needs, with the construction of Plant
No. 4 at the Yonejima facility (our main facility), followed by additional new plants
such as the No. 5 Plant in 2014, and the No. 6 Plant in 2018.
No. of Employees
As of March 31, 2022: 241 (192 men, 49 women)
Hiring in FY2021: 12 (11 men, 1 woman)Zeon North Plant No. 6(Completed April 2018)

Examples of services

Equipment installation

Building maintenance

Company Policy (Executive Message)In FY2022, we implemented various initiatives in line with the president’s policy
and priority issues. All employees were moving forward as one to achieve steadyprogress in the Zeon Group’s 2030 Vision, which emphasizes becoming “acompany that lives up to societal expectations and the aspirations of employees.”
President’s Policy
Make safety the highest priority! Implement operational reform based on newideas, and strive to become a company that is trusted even more by society, and acompany characterized by healthy, motivated employees.
President
Satoru Umezaki

Priority Issues
1. Aim to realize a further deepening and expansion of safety management systems, to realize the goal of zero accidents
2. Implement measures to enhance quality, including operational quality, and link this to the transmission of our company’sin-house technology and to operational reform.
3. Embody CSR and implement thorough risk management.
4. Expand our educational and training system based on a long-term perspective, and implement thorough talent cultivation
planning.

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Safety Initiatives
PolicyOperating an engineering business, we are particularly focused on building and improving our safety management systemfor construction sites and will upgrade this system.
Specific Initiatives
・Prevent incidents and occupational accidents by reinforcing pre-work KY and worksite patrols
・Practice safety first including cooperating companies
・Implement proposals more actively regarding near-miss accidents
Zeon North Safety Conference
We bring representatives from partner companies together for the purposes ofdeepening cooperation, increasing safety awareness, spreading safety knowledge, andsharing information. We conduct activities together with our partner companies to build
a culture in which all plant workers have a high awareness of safety and safety isalways the top priority.

Zeon North Safety Conference

Environmental Impact Reductions
PolicyBuild an environmental management system and reduce energy and resource
consumption to reduce our environmental impact.
Specific Initiatives
・Zero landfill industrial waste released by business sites
・Expand sales of products that have reduced environmental impact (including highstrength, water-resistant polyurea coating for rooftops)
・Expand working environment testing operations and soil analysis operations

Polyurea coating for rooftops
Eco-Coat

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

Zeon North Co., Ltd.

FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020

FY2021

No. of substances

00000

Consumption (tons)

0.0

0.0

0.0

00

Emissions (tons)

0.0

0.0

0.0

00

1724

13

1413

0.2

0.1

0.0

0.0

0.0

2.3

2.3

1.4

1.5

1.1

320363308359

333

CO2 emissions (tons) Scope 1----104

CO2 emissions (tons) Scope 2----229

Substances subject
to the PRTR Act

Amount generated
before compacting(tons)
Industrial waste
Amount sent to landfills(tons)
Water resource consumption (1,000 m3)(industrial water + groundwater + waterworks)

CO2 emissions (tons)
Standards on the promotion of energy-saving/global warming
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CO2 emissions (tons) Scope 1+2----333

Energy consumption (crude oil equivalent, kL)

133

155

124

164

165

Electricity consumption (1,000 kWh)

458

507

462

480

489

Relationship with Employees
PolicyEnhance corporate fundamentals by strengthening and improving the education and training system.
Specific Initiatives
We opened the ZN Education Center for younger safety staff with the objective ofimproving their technical skills and professional awareness.
・Experienced safety staff serve as instructors and use a curriculum that combines classtime with hands-on practical education

ZN Education Center(Machinery application training)

Relationship with the Local Community
PolicyContribute to revitalizing the regional economy and community
Specific Initiatives
Volunteer cleanups
We invite employees and their families to participate in local coastal cleanup campaigns.
・Himi coastal cleanup “Himi Cleanup Campaign,” June 2022
Fushiki-kokubu coastal cleanup, July 2022
Himi coastal cleanup

Participation in firefighting drill tournament
As a member of the Zeon Takaoka Group, we participate in the annual “Self-Defense
Firefighting Drill Tournament” hosted by the Takaoka City Fire Prevention ManagementCouncil, together with the Takaoka Plant of Zeon Corporation.
・2022 Five time consecutive winner of the “Fire Extinguisher and Indoor Fire Hydrant
Competition”
Winner of the “Fire Extinguisher Firefighting Competition”-3-Self-Defense Firefighting Drill
Tournament