Nissan Chemical Industries, Ltd.
is a member of the Responsible Care Committeeof Japan Chemical Industries Association (JCIA).

CSR Report
2015

Aiming at sustainablegrowth in harmony withenvironment, safety and health

7-1, Kanda Nishiki-cho 3-chome, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101-0054, Japan
Corporate Planning Department TEL 03-3296-8320 FAX 03-3292-6940

URL:http: //www.nissanchem.co.jp

Date of issue: October 2015

Fusion of knowledge

Editing principle of this Report
In 1992, our company started responsible care
activities for securing the environmental friendliness, safety, and health throughout the lifecycleof each chemical. Their contents have beenannounced as the environmental and safety
report since 1999. In 2013, this report was
renewed, and has been issued as a CSR report.
This report is aimed at reporting the policies

CONTENTS
03 ・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・ Message from the President
04 ・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・ Corporate Ethos Structure

and measures of our company and group companies about CSR to stakeholders. With reference
to the guidelines for environmental reports of
the Ministry of the Environment, its contents
follow ISO26000, which is the international
standard regarding the social responsibility of anorganization.
The 2015 issue features the concrete cases of
CSR activities, and the activities of group companies have been added.
In order to keep contributing to the actualization of a sustainable society, we will enhance our
CSR activities and enrich the contents of reporting, so that this report will become a useful toolfor communicating with stakeholders.

Reporting period

preservation rises. In response to the demand, we establish de-facto standard technology and create the most

FY 2014 (April 2014 to March 2015)

advanced materials that contribute to the sustainable development of society. Simultaneously, we oﬀer aﬀordable*The Occupational Accidents data (P15) are from January

and fully functional products that respond to the needs of the global market.

to December 2014.

that will secure stable agricultural products yields and lead to streamlining of agricultural work and saving labor.
Furthermore, we develop pharmaceuticals that are required for healthier and wealthier lives of people.
As the changes of the times accelerate, various social issues are coming to light. By gathering our company s

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Promotion of CSR / Corporate
Governance
10 ・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・ Compliance
11 ・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・ Risk Management
12 ・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・ Information Disclosure
Responsible Care Activities
Promotion of Responsible
Care Activities
17 ・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・ Environmental Performance
19 ・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・ Environmental Load Reduction
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Together with our Stakeholders
Quality Assurance
Relationships with Employees
Communication with theSociety

Corporate Overview
Corporate Overview
Management Strategy
Financial and Non-Financial
Highlights
31 ・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・ Group Company Initiatives
34 ・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・ ISO26000 Core Subjects
Comparison Table
27 ・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・
29 ・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・
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The demand for new technologies and products increases, as the awareness on global environmental

declining farmers in the domestic agricultural industry. Under this circumstance, we try to develop agrochemicals

Special Feature
For Healthy Pets
Global Expansion
Protect Biodiversity
Compass-2030

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The Nissan Chemical Group contributes torealization of sustainable society through ourbusiness activities.

Globally, population is growing and also rapidly aging. There are growing concerns over shortages of food and05 ・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・
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Report coverage
This Report mainly covers the environment and safety
activities as part of the corporate activities of Nissan
Chemical Industries, Ltd.

wisdom as well as integrating external knowledge into our work to solve the issues, we will keep on challenging
the technological innovation.

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Message from the President

Top Message

We hereby release the CSR Report 2015.

Corporate Ethos Structure

The business activities of our corporate group are based on the corporate ethosof contributing to society while maintaining harmony with the environment,
based on excellent technologies, products, and services. Considering that
putting this ethos into practice is our CSR activity, we established a CSR
promotion council for enhancing this activity, and it checks the contents of CSR
activities, design action plans, and so on.

We contribute to the society in harmony with the environment,
based on our excellent technologies, products and services.

We promote responsible care activities while considering that our primary
mission is to secure environmental friendliness, safety, and health throughout the
lifecycle of each product, from development to disposal. We deal with andimprove unveiled problems or potential risks, by specifying a basic policy, setting
and pursuing goals in the ﬁelds of environmental conservation,
disaster prevention,

occupational safety and health,security andCorporateethos

chemical and productsafety, and compliance, and making each section in charge audit theircontents.
For the interaction with local communities, all of our factories voluntarily guide

Basic policies

visitors in the factories, to deepen communities understanding and win theirtrust in our activities for environmental conservation, security, and disasterprevention. Especially, Toyama Factory established a biotope space in adjacentidle land, so that neighbors can relax and learn the importance of biodiversity.

Guidelines for action

Our research institute allows children, who will lead the next generation, to
experience our jobs and give them lectures, to provide them with opportunities

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to realize the toil and pleasure in work, and how interesting science is.
For employees, we concentrate on the improvement of their working
environment, by developing systems for work-life balance, enriching mental
health measures, and enabling a broad range of personnel to exert theirindividual abilities to the maximum degree, so that they can lead healthier, more

Societyaﬄuent lives.
On the other hand, we are strengthening our corporate governance for making
our business administration sound and eﬃcient. We are improving our abilities toEnvironment
SafetyHealthy

Economydesign and implement managerial strategies by adopting the executive oﬃcer
system; are streamlining the managerial decision making process and clarifying
managerial responsibilities by reducing the number of directors and shortening
their tenures; and are strengthening the overseeing function of the board of
directors and securing the soundness and transparency of our businessadministration, by selecting two independent external directors.
Since ﬁscal 2015 is the last year in the 3-year midterm business plan Vista2015 Stage II of our corporate group, we aim to achieve target proﬁt by joining
hands with one another, and are designing the next business plan to be started
in April 2016. With this plan, we will improve our corporate value and contribute

Basic policies
As a corporate group that grows with customers, we reﬁne our brand power
in a good-faith corporate culture and aim to improve our corporate value
through socially meaningful business activities.

to the sustainable growth of society, with the corporate vision of our corporate

Guidelines for actiongroup: corporation that contributes to human survival and development.

(１)We observe the laws in Japan and overseas, and conduct good businessWe will keep proactively fulﬁlling our corporate responsibilities for complying
with law, caring for the environment further, solving social issues, etc. and live up
to the expectations of stakeholders.

activities as a member of the international community.
(２)We appropriately disclose corporate information and secure thetransparency of business administration.
(3)We voluntarily and proactively engage in activities to protect the

NISSAN CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.
President

Kojiro Kinoshita
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(４)We deal with requests from all stakeholders in a sincere manner.
(5)We foster a cheerful and friendly working environment.
(６)We nurture the spirit of challenge with strong ambition.
(７)We cherish an attitude as a good corporate citizen and a working person.

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Special Feature

Our Business and Products

For Healthy Pets

Global Expansion

We invented Fluralaner, the active ingredient of MSD Animal Health's Bravecto® veterinary pharmaceutical

We currently runs its business globally, with approximately 140 staﬀ (26 residing abroad) working in

product. MSD Animal Health is a Merck & Co., Inc.'s global animal health business division.

six countries and areas. Below is an introduction of three companies and their ambitions by employees
working locally for them.

last for three months. Sales already began in the EU indeveloped by MSD, with rapid eﬀectiveness in

April 2014 and in the USA in June 2014, and it is now

eliminating ticks and ﬂeas in dogs, and unlike existingused in over 50 countries worldwide.

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plant was establish in Texas. The head oﬃce then moved to Houston, and currently is mainly
involved in production, sales and development of inorganic colloid products. Products areproducts that usually require monthly doses its eﬀects■

Countries Where Bravecto® Is Sold（NCA was established in New York in 1989, and in 1996 Nissan Chemical's ﬁrst overseas

Special Feature

Bravecto® is a veterinary pharmaceutical productalso exported outside of North America, to Europe and Asia, and in recent years havefocused on expanding sales of high-performance silica sols and developing new products for）the shale industry, with the aim of further expanding the business results.
I am currently a quality assurance manager, with my mission being to ensure that laws andregulations related to quality, the environment, safety and health are followed. To that end I
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am continually improving management systems and procedures. I also work on ensuring GHS
international standards for harmful and dangerous chemicals are followed. I believe thatNCA Pasadena Plant
Quality Assurance Manager

Rebecca Vanderslice

help the company to grow. I also believe that good relations with colleagues in factories andlaboratories in Japan will become more and more important for the Group's global expansion.

NCK was established in April 2001 in Pyeongtaek, Gyeonggi in South Korea, and in 2003
began manufacturing antireﬂective ﬁlms for semiconductors and liquid crystal alignmentﬁlms. Shipping not only to South Korean companies that lead the semiconductor anddisplay market, but also to China, Taiwan, and the USA, NCK functions as an important
performance materials global base for the Nissan Chemical Group.

Responsible Care
Activities

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production that both follows laws and regulations and improves customer satisfaction will

This plant not only implements the ISO9001 and ISO14001 quality and environmental
management systems, it is also making eﬀorts to ensure compliance and fulﬁll social
responsibility as a member of the Nissan Chemical Group, as environmental safety, labor,
I joined in 2001 as manufacturing management staﬀ, and in 2006 became plant chief,
NCK Co., Inc.
Plant Chief
In Japan, MSD's subsidiary Intervet K.K. (IVKK) received permission to sell in May 2015, and began sales in July.
Tick and ﬂea treatment in the Japanese animal medicine is an area that is growing every year, with a market of around

Lee Jeong Min

where I manage all operations in the plant.
As a company that provides advanced electronics materials, NCK ensures thoroughcompliance while working to be a company that contributes to development around the world,
trusted by clients and society. I believe this is the duty of all NCK employees, including myself.

Together with our
Stakeholders

accounting and outsourcing laws are all being strengthened worldwide.

6 billion JPY. When dogs are infested by ticks, in addition to causing skin inﬂammation, anemia, and malnutrition, in
is carried by ticks, making eﬀective elimination of ticks important.

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Corporate Overview

recent years there have been reports of human deaths from SFTS (severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome) which

In 2000, a local oﬃce was established in Taipei, and in order to further expand business
operations Nissan Chemical Taiwan Co., Ltd. was established in October 2010 inside theKaohsiung Science Park of the Southern Taiwan Science Park. Business operations include
sales support and research and development of electronics materials, and related businesses.

Bravecto® is 1) a tasty tablet that can

I joined the company in 1992, and after working as a researcher and in sales within Japan,

2) deal with both ticks and ﬂeas for 3) up to

in 2003 I was placed in Shanghai. After returning in 2013, I was transferred here in August

3 months, eliminating the need for monthly

2013. Currently, I act as the general director locally, handling business operations in general.

administrations by owners. We, together

While working in Shanghai and Taiwan, I have felt that "Resident employees have thewith IVKK, are contributing to improving theopportunity to work on site overseas, so they must work according to the local

health of dogs, which are family members,

methods." Since they use the same language in China and Taiwan, I thought

and further strengthening their bonds withowners through the sales of this tablet.

Bravecto® is a registered trademark of Intervet
International B.V.

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there would not be a major diﬀerence when I transferred to Taiwan, but that
Nissan Chemical Taiwan
General Director

Tadao Miyamoto

was a big mistake. I plan to continue to study the local language and use it asmuch as possible, mixing in Japanese viewpoints while working, and trying tocontribute to the globalization of the company as a whole.

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Special Feature

Our Business and ProductsProtect Biodiversity 〜Nissan Biopark Nishi-hongo〜

Compass-2030

Nissan Biopark Nishi-hongo, with the goal of "Creating a space with waterside and SATOYAMA forest biodiversity, as

For 1 year from September 2013, we held the project titled Compass-2030, in which young employees

an area for plant employees and locals to relax," has had great success from cooperation between the Biopark

envisaged our corporate group in 2030 and proposed strategies to the management.

Support Team, created by former employees of the Company, and the neighboring Hanabatake Management Group.

Currently, the biopark is in its second stage, and concentrates on two activities. One is expanding the SATOYAMA forest,with trees seen in SATOYAMA planted in the southwest of the biopark this year.
The other is developing a space to entice creatures that live in SATOYAMA, suchas ﬁreﬂies. The Hotaru Koi Project involves transplanting freshwater snails thatﬁreﬂies use as prey, in order to bring ﬁreﬂies to the streams of the biopark. In
2014, Heike ﬁreﬂies were spotted, and they have also been gently glowing thisIn addition to ﬁreﬂies, dragonﬂies and birds are also seen more frequently, as a
biodiverse space is made near the waterside. Creating an environment for beetles
and butterﬂies, representatives of SATOYAMA, is the current plan.

Tulip

The project was named by the members, with the hope of serving as a compass for indicating the appropriate
directions of our company.
In Compass-2030, meetings were held regularly, to discuss
the roles of chemical manufacturers for advancing society andsolving social issues while assuming some changes in the world
and Japan. Next, they pondered over what would drive ourcompany to grow and what kinds of business ﬁelds would
allow us to grow, and set the vision of our corporate group for2030. Then, they designed strategies and tactics for ﬁlling the

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year. Now the plan is to also encourage Genji ﬁreﬂies to come.

Eight employees within 10 years of employment voluntarily applied and were selected as the members of the project.
Special Feature

Future of the Biopark

gap between the ideal and current states, and proposed themto the management. In response, the research section
examined the marketability of proposed new materials, andreﬂected them in new research themes.
A round-table talk was held inviting the members, and we listened to their comments about the project.

The expansive ﬂower ﬁeld to the north of the biopark has 13,000 tulip bulbs as
November 2014 with cooperation from locals. After the winter, in late April 2015,
in cooperation with local preschools and elementary schools there were events
to see and pick the tulips which had blossomed (in order to fatten the bulbs). At
the end of May, even more preschools and elementary schools helped to dig up
the bulbs, and everyone brought home bulbs separated by color, which had

I became able to think

By considering not only

about the growth of thetasks at hand, but also

entire company, not only

future things, I was able toour section.

grasp many things.

tripled in number since being planted. With comments about ﬁlling the ﬁeld with

Responsible Care
Activities

the star this year, with approximately 12,000 m². Five types were planted in
We were able to sharethe cutting-edge
technologies andinformation owned byindividual sections.

tulips, these activities will likely become even more active.

I found new potentials thatcan be realized by putting

In ﬁscal 2013, the biopark received the grand prix of the Responsible Care (RC) Awards held by the Japan Chemical Industry

Teamwork is essential for

together organizational

Association. These awards were newly established in 2013, and the biopark is the ﬁrst recipient of the grand prix. At the time ofTogether with our
Stakeholders

Responsible Care Award Grand Prix Ceremony

a competent enterprise.

power.

screening, they highly evaluated the biopark s activities for providing neighboring residents with recreation areas while oﬀering
opportunities to learn biodiversity, based on the collaboration between community and the company. On Monday, November 9, 2014,
Nishi-Hongo. This ceremony was celebrating the receipt of the RC grand prix on May 16 of the same
year, in recognition of the Toyama plant's eﬀorts in creating and maintaining Nissan Biopark

I got reliable peers who

Nishi-hongo. After the speech by the plant chief at the beginning, there were congratulations fromhave goals, the senses of

the chairpersons of the local Hongo Koizumi Region Promotion Association and the Usaka Furusato

crisis and responsibility.

Development Promotion Association. At the memorial tree planting afterwards, four representativesof the Company and local area planted a Japanese yew. It is hoped that this tree will grow into a

It is important to develop
an environment where
ambitious people canchallenge.

Corporate Overview

local residents were also invited to the RC Award Grand Prix Ceremony at Nissan Biopark
I deeply realized that weare to be responsible forthe future of our company
and the advance of oursociety.

symbol of the biopark, warmly watching those who gather in this place.

Conclusion

Our company has systems for developing independent personnel who can voluntarily think and take action. We think

The Toyama plant will continue to engage in communication with local residents through a variety of events, andsections, and exert synergies. Like this project, we make eﬀorts to develop personnel who will lead the future of ouractively work on environmental conservation initiatives such as Nissan Biopark Nishi-hongo. We hope this biopark
will be an oasis for plant workers and local residents.

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company, have inter-departmental discussions, accumulate knowledge and experience, and think about businessadministration.

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Promotion of CSR

Corporate Governance System

In order to strengthen our CSR activities, we established the CSR Promotion Council. The Secretariat of theCouncil is in the Corporate Planning Department. The council conﬁrms what activities are being performed,

The Company's board of directors is composed of 8 (including

General Shareholders Meeting

creates action plans, and reports to the management.

ReportAccounting
AuditorBoard of Directors
MeetingAudit

2 outside directors) directors, and as a rule meetings are held
Board ofAuditors Meeting

Financial Audit
President
and CEO

Committee

Councilmanagement and business operations is made clear.

Report■ Internal Audit
CollaborationManagement
Meeting

Compliance Committee

Human Resources

Department

Quality Assurance Department

Department

checked by the Departments of Accounting, Legal
Internal Audit
Department

Quality AssuranceCommittee
GCP Committee*

Each Divisions &Department

decided by the board of auditors, auditing not only the board

Audit

decided the following basic policies in order to
respond to the expectations of all stakeholders
and strengthen their conﬁdence in us.
１．
To strengthen corporate governancetransparency of management.

We enhance corporate
value and provide
appropriate proﬁt
return.

2.To further focus on appropriate chemical
substance management and reduction inenvironmental load and try to protect
global environment.
３．
To place value on the communication withappropriately.

We create a workplace
where individuals arerespected and they canfully demonstrate theircapacities.

Communities/
Society

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Business
Partners

We establish good andconstructive relationships
through fair andequitable business.

The Company understands corporate governance as

responsibilities and strengthening the auditing function

the system for sound and eﬃcient management toof the management, compliance system, risk

achieve sustainable and long-term proﬁt for ourmanagement and internal control system.
By having directors and executive oﬃcers havethe acceleration of management decision-making,one-year terms, the responsibility for management andclariﬁcation of management and executive operation

business operations is made clear.

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In addition, we have the Compliance Committee instresses compliance, because we believe that complying

place as an organization that maintains and improves

with law, regulations and social norms are the conditions

compliance. The chairperson of the Committee is thefor survival and development of a corporation.Therefore,

Company's president and the members include experts

we created compliance guidelines and vigorously

from outside of the Company.

promote compliance throughout our group companies.

Corporate Governancestakeholders. In order to achieve it, we are working on

The Company Group values the management thatCompliance Promotion System
Outside Lawyer

Compliance Committee
Committee Chair: President
Committee Vice-Chair: Vice President
Secretariat: Legal Section

Head of Environmental Safety/
Quality Assurance Department

Head of Corporate
Planning Department

Corporate Overview

all stakeholders and disclose information

Employees

Compliance
We proactively engage
in social contribution
and regional
interactions.

Corporate
Group

auditing other executive actions.

AuditorHead of Legal Section

The Compliance Committee creates manuals, revises

various legal guidelines, ensuring thorough education on

guidelines, and makes decisions on compliance training,obeying laws.

as well as receiving reports from each department chief,

Together with our
Stakeholders

and secure stability, soundness andShareholders/
Investors

We provide safe,
secureand excellent
products andservices.

of directors, but also attending other important meetings andResponsible Care
Activities

Customers■ Audit by Corporate Auditors

cooperation from stakeholders and carry out auditing plans

The Company deﬁnes the stakeholders as
customers, shareholders/investors, employees,

and Quality Assurance from the experts point of view.

outside auditors) members, and auditors ensure appropriate＊GCP：Good Clinical Practice (Standard for clinical trials of pharmaceutical products）

communities/society, and business partners andMatters, Intellectual Property, and Environment, Safety,

The Company's board of auditors is composed of 4 (including 3

Security Trade
Control Committee

Basic Policies

the Internal Auditing Regulations, fair and independent

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Environmental Safety/

The Company has the Internal Audit Unit, and based oninternal audit is carried out. The business activities are

Responsible Care
Committee

Corporate Planning

regarding management, by setting the terms for directors andexecutive oﬃcers as one year, the responsibility for（Business Execution
System）

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once a month. In addition to making important decisions
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CSR Promotion System■ Board of Directors Meeting

Corporate Governance System

A "Consultation Hotline" was also made for making

section chief, related committees, and subsidiaryinternal reports on employees of the Group, to receive

presidents, periodically auditing the state of compliance,

reports and consultations about compliance. There wasand providing recommendations for improvements when

one report received in ﬁscal 2014, but it was not a major

necessary. The secretariat also holds seminars on

legal infraction.

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Information Disclosure

Consultation Hotline
This is a system for reporting directly to the Compliance Committee, and it is possible to report to an outside
lawyer anonymously.
If non-compliance or possibility of non-compliance is detected, in principle, it should be handled based on the

The Company carries out disclosure according to the Timely Disclosure Rules of the Tokyo Stock Exchange, which theCompany is listed on. Information at company information session and other announcements that the Timely Disclosure
Rules do not apply to are also actively carried out as fairly as possible in order to meet the requests of investors.

standard work procedure, including reporting to supervisor. However, if prompt and eﬀective handling is diﬃcult, theanonymous.Even if the reporter s name is speciﬁed, he/she will not receive any disadvantages by using this system.

Information Disclosure System

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２０１1

２０１2

２０１3

２０１4

For information that the Timely Disclosure Rules apply

0

0

0

2

1

Consultation Hotline Reports (Number)

to, the Tokyo Stock Exchange's timely disclosure

Board of Directors
Meeting

information system (TDnet) is used to makePresident
and CEO

announcements, as well as quickly posting theinformation on the Company's website.

Risk Management

Tokyo Stock Exchange

The Company has established risk management guidelines with basic rules on risk management, in order toprevent the occurrence of various risks facing the Group, and minimize the damage and impact of thoserisks that should occur.
In collaboration with the various Committees including Compliance Committee, they extract and evaluate

Judgement of Necessity of Timely Disclosure

Corporate Planning
Department Head
(Responsible for
HandlingInformation)

Each
Department HeadInformation that may apply tofacts decided or occurred

Subsidiary

IR Brieﬁng Meeting
Once every six-month period, a ﬁnancial results brieﬁng is held for institutional investors, analysts,

the risks, strengthen risk and emergency responses systems, and develop Business Continuity Plan (BCP).

and the media. The brieﬁng is attended by those responsible for various business departments

Risk Management System

there was a tour in August of the Biological Science Laboratory that forms the core of life sciences

and the IR executive, to directly explain the business situation to those in attendance.
Facility tours are also frequently held for corporate investors and analysts. During ﬁscal 2014,

Responsible Care
Activities

risks of non-compliance of their workplace, check the implementation status of countermeasures against

Financial
Department HeadManagement
Meeting
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Financial Results
Information

Special Feature

hotline system can be used to prevent non-compliance or to solve issues at an early stage. The reporting can beresearch, a tour in September of the Toyama plant that manufactures chemical products andperformance materials, a tour in October of the Onoda plant that is the center of agricultural chemical and pharmaceuticalmanufacturing, and in March there was a tour of the Materials Science Laboratory that researches performance materials. By seeing
these locations with their own eyes, it provides participants with a deeper understanding of the Company's manufacturing and research.
Additionally, every year the IR executive carries out a road show visiting overseas investors, and also participates in

Risk Management
MeetingCROdomestic and international conferences held by securities ﬁrms. In ﬁscal 2014, they visited Europe, the USA, and Asia,and the Company was well regarded for its overseas IR eﬀorts.
Compliance Committee
Responsible Care Committee

Risk Management Oﬃce

Quality Assurance Committee
Security Trade Control Committee

Division or Risk
Department Headby releasing news releases, ﬁnancial results information, and brieﬁng materials in both Japanese and English as a rule.
In order to update the website and provide more IR information, the IR information page had a new "Who are we?"section added. This section has easy to understand explanations of the company's unique characteristics such as

Corporate Overview

GCP Committee

The Company aims to provide more rapid and fair information disclosure for both domestic and international investors,

Together with our
Stakeholders

Board of Directors
Meetingﬁnancial data, products, and shareholder returns policy, in the hopes of being more appealing to individual investors.

Risk Manager
ReportDiscussions with Analysts
In addition to rapid, clear, and fair disclosure of information, we also value

Each Department

Oﬃce

Consolidated Subsidiary

discussions with institutional investors and analysts. IR interviews allow
detailed explanations of projects that are not clear in text disclosure, and theopinions from these interviews are then fed back into business management.

composed of CRO, Risk Managers, and the RiskOﬃcer) nominated by the Board of Directors, a Risk

Management Oﬃce. At the meeting, informationand future potential, we always face reporters seriously. Sometimes the opinions we hear

Management Oﬃce has been established, and Risk

concerning risk management of the entire corporate

are rather severe, but we share this information with relevant sections as a valuable voice

Managers have been placed in each section, oﬃce, andgroup is shared through annual plan of risk managementfrom the market. We are also sure to accurately and simply explain product sales,

consolidated subsidiary.

activities, annual review and activity report from eachcompetition, research progress and development of new products during these discussions.

We also carry out risk management meeting that is

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Since this department directly accepts evaluations of the Company's businesses, products,

Under direction of the CRO (Chief Risk Management

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department.

Financial Department IR Manager

Ayumi Nakamuta（photo, left）

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Responsible Care Activities

Nissan Chemical Responsible Care Management System

We make eﬀorts to continuously improve Environment, Safety and Health throughout the life cycle of

To achieve the mid-term goals, a management system has

Department Head, Acquisitions Department Head, allbeen built with PDCA used to manage goals, and it isbusiness department heads, and all oﬃce heads. The

continually improved. In order for all plants, laboratories,

committee meets once a year, with reports on activities

business divisions and subsidiaries to achieve Responsible

over the year at each oﬃce, activities carried out by theCare Mid-term Goals, each oﬃce has set mid-term andcompany as a whole, and decisions on the Responsible

annual goals for their Responsible Care activities. The

Care goals for the next year. The results are reported to

Responsible Care Committee has been established to

the Management Meeting, and after a management review

promote these activities. The Chair of the committee is thethe next years' Responsible Care goals are established.

our products from development to d disposal.

Responsible Care Activities and International Cooperation
Responsible Care is a global initiative to protect theIndustry Association's Responsible Careenvironment, safety, and health (ESH) carried out voluntarily

Committee since its founding, and has

and autonomously by chemical corporations in 58 countries

signed the revised Responsible Careand regions, covering the whole life cycle of chemicals from

Global Charter, indicating its intention totheir development to manufacture, shipping, use, and evencooperate internationally in Responsible

disposal and recycling after ﬁnal consumption. The

Care activities.

Head of the Environment, Safety and Quality Assurance

Special Feature

Promotion of the Responsible Care Activities

All the Company s plants acquired ISO14001 (EMS), an

Department, and committee members include theinternational standard for environment management

Environment, Safety and Quality Assurance oﬃcer,

system, and they have been maintaining and updating the

Production Technology Department, Human Resources

certiﬁcate through the certifying body since then.

Board of Directors Meeting

Responsible Care Committee(RC report, Annual RC Plan development)

Basic Principles concerning Responsible CareP LA NManagement Meeting
Management Review

Responsible Care Committee[Chair: Head of Environment, Safety andQuality Assurance Department]

PlantsLaboratories

Business Divisions

Subsidiaries

Implement inaccordancewith the4 Codes of Responsible Care
AnnualEnvironmental Protection/
RC
Process Safety and Disaster
DO
ACT
Plan
Prevention/Occupational Safety
and Health/Chemicals and
Implementation
Products Safetyof corrective actions
Annual RC results
reportCHECK
Implementation of
RC internal audit

Responsible Care Auditing
Responsible Care auditing involves actually checking if the PDCA cycle is properly cycling and Responsible Care activities（8）To ensure accountability in order to address the expectations of domestic and worldwide stakeholders for thepromotion of the environment, health and safety.

may occur in the areas of environment, safety or health, then they are clearly indicated and improvements promoted.

are being carried out at each oﬃce in an appropriate manner. If there are any problems that have occurred or potentially
Auditing is carried out by the Environment, Safety and Quality Assurance Department, and in ﬁscal 2014 auditing was
carried out 36 times, at 5 plants, 5 laboratories, 6 subsidiaries (10 oﬃces), and 2 overseas subsidiaries.

safety and disaster prevention, occupational safety and health, chemical and product safety, and compliance.
Field
Environmental Protection● Energy consumption amount, improve rate by reducing 1% YOY each year
● PRTR materials, hazardous materials amounts continually reduced

Process Safety andDisaster Prevention● Ensure safety, continue safe operations● Eliminate major plant waste water and gas accidents

Occupational Safety and Health● Achieve zero accidents that lead to lost worktime● Continue zero work accidents caused by breaking rules

Chemicals and Products Safety● Upload GPS/JIPS safety brieﬁng● Respond to chemical product management regulations without delay

Compliance13

Mid-term Goals (FY 2013―2015)

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● Safety culture evaluation to improve process safety● Continue zero environmental accidents● Acquire and share information on legal regulations related to ESH● Maintain compliance and promotion of understanding ESH laws

Message
Corporate Overview

Nissan Chemical has set mid-term goals for Responsible Care activities in the ﬁelds of environmental protection, process

Together with our
Stakeholders（7）To comply laws, regulations and standards, and to promote and meet voluntary initiatives for improving theenvironment, health and safety.

Promotion of Nissan Chemical's Mid-term Responsible Care Goals (FY 2013-2015)

Responsible Care
Activities（1）To continuously improve the environment, safety and health performance over the entire lifecycle fromdevelopment to disposal waste of our products.
（2）To manage our business activities so as to prevent adverse impact on people and environment as well as to take
into account the environment, health and safety during transporting, storing and disposing our products.D12（3）To examine the environment, health and safety aspects from the research and development stage, and todevelop products and technologies with lower impact on the environment, health and safety.
（4）To promote conservation of resource and energy, to minimize waste emissions and to recycle waste eﬀectively.
（5）To address the concerns of government oﬃcials and public regarding the inﬂuence of our products andoperations on the environment, health and safety, while disclosing relevant information and participating in
dialogue to promote proper understanding of the issues.
（6）To ensure risk characterization and risk management based on sound scientiﬁc information in order toreinforce product stewardship.

President and Director[RC Chief Executive]

CSR Management

Company has been a member of the Japan Chemical

Responsible Care was ﬁrst developed in Canada in 1985, thirty years ago as of this year. The Japan Responsible
Care Committee was established within the Japan Chemical Industry Association in
1995, with Nissan Chemical joining the same year, so the Company has been carryingout Responsible Care for the past 20 years. Currently, the term "RC" has become ﬁrmly
established within the company, and the PDCA is functioning smoothly, with continual
improvements made for each code. However, the term "RC" is only known in thechemical industry, and societal awareness of it is still limited. One important goal of RC
is "communication with society." This pamphlet used to be the Environmental and Safety
Report, but in order to have society learn more about the Company's contributions it
was reborn as the CSR Report two years ago. We hope that this pamphlet will be widely
read, so people may learn of the Company's RC activities and contributions to society.
Onoda Plant Environment and Safety Section Hidefumi Toyohara

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Responsible Care Activities

Responsible Care Activities

Occupational Safety and Health

Safety Results

Product Life Cycle Risk Evaluation

Within the Responsible Care management system that

In ﬁscal 2014, at Nissan Chemical 3 lost-work-time

In order to reduce Responsible Care risks related to business activities, preliminary evaluations are carried out primarily

includes all plants, laboratories, business divisions,accidents and 7 non-lost-work-time accidents occurred.

by laboratories or plants at the stages of research and development, industrialization tests, and manufacturing.

subsidiaries and group companies within its scope, it isThis is 2 more lost-work-time accidents than the previous

continually improved by PDCA, in order to prevent workyear. This unfortunate result meant the accident rate andaccidents, promote worker health, and build aseverity rate both worsened. Both accidents werecomfortable work environment in order to improve thecaused due to insuﬃcient risk assessment of hazards insafety and health level of each workplace.

the work process. Further safety activities will be carriedout with the goal of zero accidents, by ensuring thoroughinvestigation into the cause is carried out, withrisk assessment and KY (kiken yochi [hazard prediction])emergency and long-term countermeasures put into

before carrying out work processes.

place and reports made to the Environment, Safety andQuality Assurance Department and Human Resources
Departments as below. The Environment, Safety and■

Lost-work time accidents rates
［%］

2.0

workplaces after protecting the personal information of

1.5

the accident victim, in order to prevent any similar

1.0

accidents from occurring.
■

Example Work Accident Report

Nissan Chemical

Chemical Industries■

Preliminary Evaluation Test Results

1. Meeting laws, regulations,agreements

6. Logistics safety and stability

Stage

Department Responsible
for Evaluation

2012

2013

2014

2. Chemical material safety,
impact on environment

7. Reduction of disposal amountResearch andDevelopment

Laboratory

24

16

31

3. Occupational safety andhealth for workers

8. Quality assurance

Industrialization Test

Plant (Technical)

8

14

2

4. Safety of facilities andfor operations

9. Environmental and safety
aspects for commissioning,purchasing, and sales

Manufacturing

Plant (Manufacturing)

106

110

96

CSR Management

Quality Assurance Department sends this report to all

Main Categories for Evaluation

5. Product safety andenvironmental burden

0.5
0.0

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

Lost-work time accidents rates = (Number of people aﬀected by disasters that requiretime oﬀ from work) ÷ (total working hours) ×1,000,000

Lost-work time severity rates［%］
Nissan Chemical

0.20

Chemical Industries

For research and development of pharmaceuticals, agricultural chemicals,
medical equipment and chemical materials that are valuable to society,various biological evaluations are necessary. In particular, it is diﬃcult toperform this research without carrying out any tests on animals. At the

0.15

Company's Biological Research Laboratory, following laws such as Act on
Welfare and Management of Animals, the principles of the 3Rs (Replacement,

0.10

Reduction, Reﬁnement) are used as a base for a set of standards. The Animal

0.05

Experiment Committee evaluates whether to perform experiments based on
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

Lost-work time severity rates=（Lost days）
÷(total working hours)×1,000

these standards, as well as rating how the tests were performed, in order tocarry out animal testing with appropriate regard for the welfare of animals.

Main Laboratory Bldg.
of Biological Research Laboratories

Process Safety and Disaster Prevention
Activities of the Japan Chemical Industry Association

In ﬁscal 2014, with the goal of ensuring safety, achieving

Responsible Care Committee Member
Interaction WG

Participation in LRI

We actively engage in the interaction projects ofinternational initiative for long-term research into theaccidents, since ﬁscal 2014 safety culture evaluations

member companies, as a member of the "Member

eﬀects of chemical materials on the human body and thehave been carried out in plants, and in ﬁscal 2015 theInteraction Working Group (WG)" set in the Responsible

environment, promoted by the Japan Chemical Industry

initiative started in earnest to cultivate safety culture in

Care Committee.

Association.

thorough manufacturing preliminary evaluations, process
KY, and facility KY resulted in no ﬁres, explosions, orleakages. In order to continue having no major

all plants.

Concretely, this WG holds a meeting for exchanging

Also, at each plant, laboratory and subsidiary,

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The Long-Range Research Initiative (LRI) is an

In order to contribute to these research activities andinformation on the situations of each company's

spread information about environmental safety, theactivities, a study session under the theme ofCompany is a participant in the Research Strategy

Responsible Care issues, a screening meeting for

Promotion Task Force. This task force involves

Responsible Care Awards, etc. Among the WGs of themonitoring selected research themes along with thelocation and terrain of each oﬃce considered, to be

Responsible Care Committee, this WG is said to be theJapan Chemical Industry Association and participating

prepared to respond properly to an emergency orbusiest. We will keep cooperating actively in thecorporate members in order to promote research andaccident.

improvement of the activities in this ﬁeld.

debate and plan future research strategy.

general disaster prevention training, earthquake

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General Disaster Prevention Training for Petrochemical Complexes

Corporate Overview

safe operations, and improving disaster prevention,

reporting training are carried out each year with the

Together with our
Stakeholders

0.00

Considerations for Animal TestingResponsible Care
Activities■

training, ﬁrst-response ﬁre ﬁghting, and emergency

Special Feature

At workplaces where accidents occur, a thoroughThese evaluations are carried out not just for new products being released on the market, but for changing processesof existing products, or changing packaging or containers, in order to improve ESH.

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Responsible Care Activities

Responsible Care Activities

Environmental Performance

Prevention of Global Warming

We calculate the total inputs of energy and resources that are needed for our manufacturing activities andIn accordance with the Act on Promotion of Global

make eﬀorts to understand their environmental load on the air and water.

Warming Countermeasures, we calculate the volume of
CO₂ and other greenhouse gas emissions from all of our

The ﬂowchart shows the entire picture of the

products, production, discharge to atmosphere and theenvironmental burdens produced by Nissan Chemical.

Water resources input

Energy : Fuel, purchased power and purchased steam to be used fo business activities(Fuel and purchased steam are converted into crude oil equivalent value)

Water resources : Tap water, underground water, and industrial
water to be used for business activities

potential is 310 times that of CO₂, it accounts for a large
portion of the emissions ratio.
■

Transition of greenhouse gas emissions [1,000 tons ‒CO₂]
Energy-derived CO2

Emissions to the water area

Emissions to the soil

Substances speciﬁedin the PRTR Act 0.00tons

Waste

Generated waste
volume33,025 tons
Recycled volume
3,134 tons
External ﬁnal
waste volume1,502 tons

Waste
Recycled volume：Volume ofrecycled waste
External ﬁnal waste volume : The
ﬁnal waste volume fulﬁlled bywaste disposable contractor

plants bring tremendous damage to the neighboring
carry out continuous and planned facility investment inorder to secure safe and stable operation.We also
continuously make investment for environmental
consideration and environmental load reduction.
In ﬁscal 2014, as measures to deal with facility aging
and waste water, signiﬁcant investment was carried out
in expanding the activated sludge facilities at the Onoda
plant, in order to improve safety and reduce
environmental burden.

Investment amount for environmental facilities/
safety facilities [1 million yen]

2,000

Investment amount for safety/
disaster prevention measures

Investment amount forenvironmental measures

994

0

36

480
101

2010

2011

681

581

73

104

2012

2013

2013

2014

678
2014

Our Actions for Saving Energy
in the Logistics Site

400

Butsuryu, a subsidiary company. Our energy

300

100
0

use of energy for transportation together with Nissan
231

220

59

53

248

250

237

consumption in crude oil equivalent and energy
consumption rate in FY 2014 were essentially the sameas the previous year although we had many parcel

157
2010

175

2011

49

53

55

transportation and transportation eﬃciency was not very
good. We will continue making eﬀorts to improve energy

140

153

172

2012

2013

2014

consumption rate by promoting modal shift, updating toenergy-saving vehicles and promoting green driving.
■Transition of energy consumption and energy
intensity in the logistics department

8.0

In accordance with the Act on the Rational Use ofEnergy, we consolidate the total energy consumptions

6.0

Energy intensity［kL/1 million ton kilo］
40

Energy consumptiona［Crude oil 1,000kL］
35.4

35.4

35.9

36.5

36.5

30

of all locations and report them together with the energy
consumption rates. In ﬁscal 2014, we managed tocompared to the previous year.
We have a wide range of product matrix from all-purpose
chemical products, agrochemicals, pharmaceuticals, to

588

2012

＊Because the ﬁgure that has close relationship with energy
consumption amount diﬀers depending on business category,
the graph shows the relative changes, taking the level of energy
consumption in FY 2010 as a base of 100.

As a consigner, Nissan Chemical is streamlining theapproximately 2,900 kL in crude oil equivalent as

1,500

500

Dinitrogen oxide

decrease the energy consumption by equivalent to

1,000

91.9

functional products for electronics materials.

4.0

2.0

0.0

Corporate Overview

areas. We not only conduct daily inspection but also

Non energy-derived CO₂

Energy Consumption, Energy Intensity

Investment in Facilities for Environment/Safety
■

2011

94.8

500

200

As shown by cases in recent years, accidents at chemical

2010

96.7

Together with our
Stakeholders

Emissions to the water area
Total nitrogen (T-N), Total phosphorus(T-P), COD : Volume was calculated
by multiplying the water volume
discharged to the public waters
by the concentrations of nitrogen,phosphorus and COD.

96.9

77.4

Responsible Care
Activities

Emissions to the atmosphere
CO2：Amount of CO₂ that was emitted throughbusiness activities
Greenhouse gas other than CO₂：4 types of gasses,
including CH₄, N₂O, HFC and SF₆
NOx, SOx,dust：NOx, SOx, and dust included in theemitted gas from each burning facility

OUTPUT

Discharged water 15,089 ,000m3
COD
359 tons
Total nitrogen (T-N) 2,294 tons
Total phosphorus（T-P） 13 tons
Substances speciﬁedin the PRTR Act
0.40 tons

101.9

81.0

emitted from nitric acid plants. Since its global warming

39,002,000m3

Manufacturing activities (5 plants)

Emissions to the atmosphere

94.2

CSR Management

INPUT

ingested anesthetic), but the majority of the emissions is

Energy input0

A unique characteristic of Nissan Chemical is that

produced as a pharmaceutical product (laughing gas,

98.5

25

emissions almost equal to those of the previous ﬁscal year.

greenhouse gases emitted. Dinitrous monoxide is also2014 Environmental Load Results Flow

CO2
290 ,000tons-CO2
Greenhouse gas other than CO2
172 ,000tons-CO2
NOx
114
tons
SOx
345
tons
Dust
20
tons
Substances speciﬁedin the PRTR Act
1.86
tons

50

dinitrous monoxide (nitrous oxide: N₂O), for overall

dinitrous monoxide accounts for nearly half of the

100.0

Special Featurematerials, energy, water inputted for manufacturing

Energy intensity＊［kL/1 million ton kilo］

75of the previous ﬁscal year, but increased emissions ofaquatic environment, and the output of industrial wastes.

91,878kL(Crude oil equivalent)100

gas emissions of ﬁscal 2014 had less CO₂ emissions thanThe environmental burden ﬂowchart shows theEnergy consumption［Crude oil 1,000kL］

125

and submit our report to the government. The greenhouse

Environmental Load from Manufacturing Activities

Transition of energy consumption and intensity index

150

oﬃces including plants, laboratories and the head oﬃce

Rawmaterials

■

20
5.1

5.0

5.0

5.2

5.2

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

10

0

Since it is diﬃcult to assess the energy consumption
rate based on the simple production amount standard,
we calculate it based on the sales (plants) and ﬂoor area(laboratories, oﬃces). The energy consumption rate isimproving every year, with ﬁscal 2014 achieving an
improvement of approximately 5% over the previous year.

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Responsible Care Activities

Responsible Care Activities

Environmental Load Reduction
Control of Waste Water

Reducing Emission of Substances Speciﬁed in the
Pollutant Release and Transfer Register Act (PRTR)
In ﬁscal 2014, we had 66 substances that are subject toTopicsEach plant complies with the standards speciﬁed by the

notiﬁcation under the Act on Conﬁrmation, etc. of
Release Amounts of Speciﬁc Chemical Substances in thechemical oxygen demand (COD), total nitrogen and total
phosphorus in the waste water.
With the increase in production of ﬂame retardant fromnew uses for it, COD emission levels are increasing. As aresult of reduction measures, total nitrogen emissions
were reduced by 27% compared to ﬁscal 2013. Reduction
measures for COD emissions will be implemented.
■

COD, total phosphorus, total nitrogen emission [ton]COD emission

Total phosphorus emission

Total nitrogen emission

400
3,210
300

4,000

359
3,166

3,100

271

3,123
249

243

221

3,000
2,294

200

2,000

100

0

1,000
25

18

19

11

13

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

organic compounds, which can lead to photochemical oxidants.

levels determined based on agreements with the region areWith measures such as introducing volatile organic compound

also met. By maintaining desulfurization and denitrization

removal devices, since 2006 emissions of 1,2-dichloroethane

equipment, eﬀorts are made to reduce the emissions of air

into the atmosphere have been eliminated. The emissions ofpollutants sulfur oxide (SOx) and nitrous oxide (NOx).

other volatile organic compounds (benzene, formaldehyde) haveSOx emission

also been reduced to one quarter since ﬁscal 1998.
NOx emission

■

452
390

0.80

381

379

Benzene150

0

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Formaldehyde

0.83 0.82

0.60
162

2010

138

2011

136

2012

146

2013

0.40
114

2014

emissions will be signiﬁcantly reduced.
■

Reduction of emissions of substances speciﬁed in PRTR
Emission volume (ton)Name ofsubstance

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

Formaldehyde

2.6

2.4

0.5

0.5

0.4

Normal-hexane

1.5

1.2

1.2

1.4

1.4

Others

0.5

0.7

0.3

0.4

0.5

Total

4.6

4.3

2.0

2.3

2.3

The total emission amount is 2.3 tones: 1.9 tons to the
air and 0.4 tons to the water area. Although this is theMost of our industrial waste is the waste water fromthe manufacturing process. Currently, the waste water isincinerated by the Company. For the solid wastes, we try
to reduce the ﬁnal disposal amount by recycling thegenerated sludge for base course materials and cement.
Compared to the previous year, production increased fororganic ﬁne products and ﬂame retardant due to newuses, so the generated volume increased.
■

Generated volume [1,000 tons]

40
30
20
10

same as the previous ﬁscal year (2.3 tons), we are0■

Breakdown of emissions of substances speciﬁed in PRTR [ton]Atmosphere

Water area

5
4

26.8

26.3

2010

2011

2012

2013

Recycled volume

6

3.5

3.1

1.9
2

2

0

26.3

2.5

2.4

1.6

2010

2011

2012

0.5

1.8

1.9

0.5

0.4
2014

2013

33.0

2014

Recycled volume/Final disposal volume [1,000 tons]

4
2.1

3

1

■

27.4

0

2.3

2.5 2.5

2011

2012

3.1

2.4

2.3

1.5

1.3

2010

Final disposal volume

2013

2014

0.21

0.20
0.00

TopicsNagoya Plant Zero Emissions

345

300

gas, and in ﬁscal 2016 it is expected that normal-hexane

monitor the process until the ﬁnal disposal.

Reducing emission of hazardous air pollutants [ton]

1.00
450

underway to switch materials from naphtha to naturaltransfer amount and destination of the wastes, andCorporate Overview

standards in the "Air Pollution Prevention Act," the regulation

600

that we use as fuel or raw material. Currently, a plan is

the industrial waste manifest to check and control the

Together with our
Stakeholders

Reducing Emissions of Volatile
Organic Compounds (VOC)
Continued eﬀorts are underway to reduce emissions of volatile

Transition of Sox, NOx emission [ton]reaction solvent and the latter is derived from naphtha

ensure disposal is being carried out properly, and use

emission to the soil.

For exhaust gas, in addition to complying with the emission■

formaldehyde and normal- hexane. The former is used ascontractors, we observe the contractor on site andcontinuously working on emission control. There is no0

Control of Exhaust Gas

Management Thereof. The major substances arewastes. When disposal is commissioned to external

Responsible Care
Activities

In addition to complying with the standards speciﬁedby the Water Pollution Prevention Act and "Law
Concerning Special Measures for Conservation of theEnvironment of the Seto Inland Sea," and theregulation levels that are determined based onagreements with the region, activated sludge is used
to reduce COD and total nitrogen in plant waste
water as part of eﬀorts to ensure stable operation of
the plant.
In 2014, with the goal of improving nitriﬁcation anddenitriﬁcation capabilities, the ﬁrst nitriﬁcation-denitriﬁcation
using endogenous respiration process for the Company was
introduced to the existing activated sludge facilities, withconstruction completed in March 2015. This enabled amajor reduction(approximately 80%)of the total nitrogen in
the waste water, and it
continues to function
properly.

strictly implement the appropriate disposal of the

CSR Managementlevels that are determined based on agreements with

We try to reduce discharge of industrial wastes andSpecial Feature

Onoda Plant Activated Sludge

the region. We also monitor the concentration level of19

Environment and Promotion of Improvements to theWater Pollution Prevention Act and the regulation

Reduction of Disposal of Waste

1998

0.17

2011

0.20

0.17

2012

0.26

0.27
0.17

2013

0.17

Since ﬁscal 2008, major eﬀorts were made to separate waste products andimprove recycling rates. As a result of persistent surveys of industrial waste
disposal contractors, it was conﬁrmed that it was possible to recycle even wastethat was considered diﬃcult to recycle, and as of ﬁscal 2013 a 100% recycle
rate was achieved. This has been maintained, and we will continue to makeeﬀorts to reduce environmental burden and protect the global environment.

2014

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Together with our Stakeholders

Together with our Stakeholders

Quality Assurance

Quality Assurance Activities
By applying quality management system such as ISO9001,we

Quality Principle and Quality Objectives

concerning the products (complaints, product liability

regulations and demands from the customers throughout theaccident information, etc.), evaluate them, and take

The Company s quality principle is to provide products

product s life cycle from product development,

corrective actions if necessary, we also have an internal

commercialization, to the use by the customers.

company network.

system and business operation every year.
We will strengthen our responding capability to thethe quality objectives under this quality principle anddiversifying and advancing market and further grown as a

implementing the annual schedule based on the PDCA

corporation that contributes to the society.

cycle, we continuously improve our quality management

PDCA in Quality Assurance

Quality Principle

Quality Assurance Committee(reporting, developmentof annual plan)

P LAN

Quality Objectives(achieving the quality policy)

ACT

Nissan Chemical

Annual report(performance results)
Corrective actions

Laboratory

Technology
transfer

Scale-up
Practical
application

Production of commercial products
Plant

Development of Usage,
Manufacturing method
and Analysis method
Technology transfer

PassedPerformancematerials

Manufacturing

Acceptance ofraw materials

CH ECK

Customersatisfaction

Shipping
Chemicals

Product realization
Manufacturing control● Quality control●

Passed●The products are manufactured in accordance with ISO9001:2008, the international standard of quality management.
Furthermore, the pharmaceuticals are manufactured under the quality assurance system that meets the pharmaceutical
Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP), Standards for Manufacturing Control and Quality Control of Drugs.

Agrochemicals

Pharmaceuticals

At the Committee meetings, activity results, audit results

recognition from our customers for its excellent products

and complaints information and their corrective actions

and services within Japan and overseas.

status of the year for the Company and aﬃliates are reported

We established the Quality Assurance Committee asto the members, and the activity policies, etc. concerning

an organization to promote quality assurance activities,

quality assurance for the next ﬁscal year are discussed.

with the Head of Environment, Safety and Quality

The results are reported to the Management Meeting,and after a management review the quality objectives formembers including the Environment, Safety and Quality

the next ﬁscal year are determined.

Assurance oﬃcer, Production Technology Department,

All plants have ISO9001 certiﬁcation for quality

Acquisitions Department Head, all business department

management systems, and maintain and update theirheads, and all oﬃce heads. The Committee holds regularcertiﬁcation through the certifying body.

Board of Directors Meeting
CEO and President (General director for QM)
Management meeting
Management Review
Quality Assurance Committee(Chairperson: Head of Environment, Safety and Quality Assurance Department)

Business Divisions

TopicsResponse to FDA* Inspections

To be registered in the USA for making bulk pharmaceuticals, in September 2014 the Company's Onoda plantunderwent an overseas inspection by the FDA, with the impressive result of having no issues at all.

Interview

Our motto for quality assurance activities is to achieve the greatest performance with the limited management resources
available. Although there were no clear GMP infractions, our goal was to use resources to solve even minor issues thatmight be pointed out in the FDA inspection. Although there was no list in the preliminary inspection materials, weprepared for it based on our own predictions, and translated procedure manuals as much as we could. As a result, we
had no issues mentioned, and gained conﬁdence at this great result. I reaﬃrmed the importance of carrying out daily
quality assurance activities to ensure that things occur as they should. This was all an asset to us,
and everyone that experienced it further developed, which was the greatest beneﬁt.
In order to continue to contribute to society through the pharmaceutical business, I am
considering writing a text to pass on this experience. Instead of just being satisﬁed with theseresults, we will continually make improvements in order to meet the standards of all countries
that might be applicable in the future.
Onoda Plant Quality Assurance Sections

Subsidiaries

Corporate Overview

Assurance Department as chairperson and committee

Together with our
Stakeholders

meetings once a year.

ISO9001 in each plant and has been receiving high

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Product
development

DO

Quality Management System(QMS)

Laboratories

Business Division(Planning Department)

Activity report
Internal audit

The Company s quality assurance system is based on the

PlantsDemands from
customers

Responsible Care
Activities

Consistent quality assurance from productdevelopment to production and shipment● Quality Management System improvement to respond toadvancing needs of customers and laws and regulations● Corrective and preventive actions of complaints
and quality troubles●

Operation ofqualityassurance

Taking concrete
actions inaccordance withthe planCustomer voices about products (complaints, product liability accident information, etc.),

CSR Management

To provide products and services tomeet the customers satisfaction

Quality Assurance Activities at Each Stage

Special Featureand services to meet customers satisfaction. By setting

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In order to promptly collect voices of the customers

conduct quality assurance activities that respond to laws,

Naoki Fujikura*FDA : The USA's Food and Drug Administration, which carries out registration, screening and manufacturing facility inspections for pharmaceuticals
used in the USA. Its inspections are said to the strictest in the world.

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Together with our Stakeholders

Relationships with Employees
Views
In the Vista 2015 Stage II mid-term business plan, ourstarted to train employees.
Various practices are also being maintained to create

and 'the corporation' from the perspective of 'people'."a comfortable workplace, and as of this year "line care

As part of the "individuals" aspect, recently a

training" was introduce for all management as a mental

study-abroad language program has been introduced for

health measure. With these measures, we would like toglobalization, and strategic OJT programs have been

aim for sustainable growth of "the corporation".

Respect for Diverse Human Resources, Individuality and Views

Our Company has various systems/measures in place for

At the Company, diverse human resources are playing

our employees to achieve highly productive work

active roles in wide range of ﬁelds, regardless of theirperformance and have good work and life balance.

age, gender and nationality.

In addition to maintaining a high usage rate of over

The retention rate is also high, suggesting it is an

70% for annual leave, the majority of employees whoenvironment in which each employee can contribute.

ﬁnish maternity leave take advantage of childcare
leave, with the various programs being usedsuccessfully.
■

Systems, etc. for Work and Life BalanceNames of system

Human Resource System
results/contribution-oriented.
Additionally, our company carries out evaluation

carry out their work using their creativity, while feelingfeedback with the goals of 1) encouraging ambition totheir growth to become the person that eachreach higher targets, 2) cultivating management desire toindependent individual wants to be, throughdevelop human resources, and 3) clarifying development

communication between the employees and theirgoals by enabling individuals to learn their own strengths

supervisors. We try to make a fair HR assessment by

and weaknesses, which is carried out while including amaking it more transparent, more persuasive, and more

long-term perspective.

Our Company believes that the essence of humanvarious human resource development opportunities forresource development is for each employee to try to

the employees who wish tolearn andgrow.

grow through voluntarily self-improvement. We oﬀer

Professional staﬀ, General staﬀ
Content

New employees
self-start

To learn the importance of taking self-driven actions andmake the training as the ﬁrst step to form their own career.

Third year
self-start

To learn the importance of inspiring themselves in order tokeep on challenging with high motivation.

Before promotion
to manager
position

To enhance essential agenda setting/strategy
setting abilities. To recognize the role andresponsibilities as the leader for the next generationand develop action plans to achieve the vision.

Strengthening
on-site capacity

To enhance communication capacity.To shareissues on the site, discuss the solutions andcapture opportunities to solve the issues.

Self-start training

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improvement ideas, or outstanding performance and service that areChildcare leave

If certain requirements are fulﬁlled, the employee can takechildcare leave until the child becomes one and half years oldor until the ﬁrst April 20 after the child reaches one year old.

perspective, we try to increase incentives for research and development

Spouse child birth/Childcare support leave

The male employee whose spouse gave birth is allowed to takeup to 7 leave days (paid) within 8weeks from the child s birth.

Nursing leave

The employee is allowed to take nursing leave to take care of his/her child (children)and spouse up to 20 days per year from the accumulated expired annual leave days.

Short working
hours

The employee is allowed to make their designated working hours shorter, up to 2 hours,
at the unit of 30 minutes, to take care of child (children) until they reach the 4th grade.

Half a day leave

The employee is allowed to take half a day oﬀ as annual leave up to 30 times a year.

Banking Yearly Leave

Up to 40 days worth of yearly leave that is going to expire can be preserved,
and used for reasons such as personal illness or injury or providing nursing care.

Refresh leave

Within 1 year from the time when an employee reaches 50 years old, thecompany provides 10 consecutive days leave (paid) with ﬁnancial support.

Re-employment
refresh leave

Within 1 month before or after an employee reaches 60 years
old, the company provides 3consecutive days leave (paid).

OthersName of training

Content

With the goal of "developing and hiring human resources
Foreign Language that can create new value and expand businesses globally,"
eﬀorts are made to accelerate globalization by sending
Study Abroad
employees to study abroad at foreign language schools.
Evaluator

To learn about the evaluation, basics of HR evaluation, practice of
capacity assessment, and capacity assessment communication.

Coachingskill

To acquire coaching skill called Communication
technology to promote voluntary action.

Work
improvement

To try to clarify scope of work/role and enhancecommunication capacity and motivation control capacity.

Correspondence
education

To provide support tools for individual employee
to have his/her own vision, have career plan andmove up step by step to achieve self-realization.

Strategic
OJT

Aiming at creating an organization that develop people and where people
grow , supervisor and subordinates work on OJT facing each other in an eﬀort
to strengthen capacity to develop human resources and capacity to work.

TopicsMental Health Measure "Line Care Training"Line care involves having those in management who work closelywith people every day to "be aware of and improve workplaceenvironment" and "deal with consultations from workers." At our
Company, training was implemented to have all management
personnel learn basic knowledge about mental health andconsultation skills. During the training, roleplaying was done withhypothetical consultations, and those training experienced theimportance and diﬃculty of trying to be aware of employee's health.

beneﬁcial for our business. Furthermore, from the intellectual property
that would lead to new inventions and higher quality and creativity byproviding rewards to the excellent patent-pending inventions.
NameAward winnerContent

Central Award President & CEO
Business
Head of Division
Division Award Head of Site
Site Award

Awards/rewards are given to theinventions, improvement ideas, oroutstanding performance and services
that are beneﬁcial for our business.

Executive oﬃcer responsible
for Intellectual Property
Department

In order to facilitate improvement of research anddevelopment capacity, excellent inventions are earlyencouraged.

Excellentinvention
award

Labor-management Relationship based on
Straightforward Communication and
Mutual Understanding
As good business partners, Nissan Chemical and Nissan

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Name of training■

Introduced in the head oﬃce and laboratories.

Together with our
Stakeholders■

Flextime

Planned annual The Company recommends the employees to take annual leave of 2 days ascompany-wide planned leave and 3 days as individually planned leave.
leave

Human Resource Development

Every year, we provide awards to the employees for beneﬁcial invention,

Responsible Care
Activities

support the employees so that they can enthusiasticallyContent

Award System

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Our Company s human resource system is designed to*Relevant data available on page 30

Special Feature

mission is to "Enable sustainable growth of 'individuals'

Friendly Working Environment

Chemical Labor Union hold periodic meetings to reportresults and meetings to exchange opinions on labor
conditions such as work-life balance policies, based ongood labor-management relationships built in the past.

Before promotion to manager
position training

Foreign Language Study Abroad Program:This Year's Students and Certiﬁcates ofCompletion

Coaching skill training
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Together with our Stakeholders

Together with our Stakeholders

Communication with the Society

Industry Awards
As an industry award for the Society of Synthetic Organic Chemistry, in ﬁscal 2009 theSocial Welfare Fund Raising

Company established the Nissan Chemical Synthetic Organic New Reaction/Method Award.

As part of local contribution activities, our Group has been conducting Social Welfare Fund Raising activities sincedevelopment of research in various areas of synthetic organic chemistry; andThese industry awards were started by the Society of Synthetic Organic Chemistry

Company donates the matching amount.
These activities are carried out at the individual oﬃce level, at the headoﬃce, plants, or laboratories, or jointly between several. Depending on
need, and then donate the required goods, as part of activities performed
as community members.

new methods. In ﬁscal 2014, Professor Masaya Sawamura of the Hokkaido University
Faculty of Science received the award for his development of a highly active metallic
The Company will contribute to the development of synthetic organic chemistry

Welfare and welfare facilities, in 16 regions.
Since starting in 1997, the total amount of monetary donations has

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through this award.

exceeded 200 million yen.

Employee
Donations

The Nissan Chemical industry award is given to researchers with unique andcomplex catalysts based on a new solid-phase support method.

In FY 2014, we donated to 31 organizations such as Council of Social

Employee
Donationsapplied research.”
excellent results contributing to technology and the industry with new reactions or

the area, they may visit the welfare facility and ﬁnd out what goods they

Company
ProvidesEqual Amountstrengthening academic and industry relations to increase interactions for basic andSpecial Feature

1997. The employees make a certain amount of contribution to the reserve funds from their salary every month, and thein 2008, with the goal of “awarding experienced researchers, encouraging

Support for the Next Generation
Contribute toLocal Welfare

Work Experience for Junior High School Students
For over 10 years, the Biological Research Laboratories have provided apotential workplace and cooperated with the "Social Experience Program: 3
Responsible Care
Activities

Days Challenge" that provides opportunities to 13-year-olds to experience
the joys and diﬃculties of working themselves, seeing members of society

Local Community
Onoda Plant Cherry Blossom Festival
At the Onoda plant, a cherry blossom festival is held in early April every year, with local residents invited. This festival
the area around the plant and children from welfare facilities donated to, making it an opportunity for the wholecommunity to interact.
The festival is held on top of the hill in front of the plant, with a height of approximately 20 meters, and it is also theevacuation site for employees in the case of a major earthquake. During a Tonankai earthquake, tsunami of up to 4

during which they had a variety of work experiences.
Oﬀ-Site Class
The Chemical Research Laboratories have held oﬀ-site classes for chemistry
experiments to support science education in local elementary schools sinceﬁscal 2009.

Together with our
Stakeholders

was started as an opportunity for employees to interact with each other, but has now grown to include residents fromﬁrsthand. In ﬁscal 2014, two students were accepted from January 20 to 22,

In ﬁscal 2014, researchers visited three schools and performed "Fluﬀy
Polymer" experiments with kids to make urethane. We hope these activities
will make science feel more familiar to kids.

meters are anticipated, and a plan is in place to expand the site and the goods for disaster, considering local residents
may also evacuate there.
The cherry blossom festival is a good opportunity to make local residents aware of the location of the evacuation site.

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MessageEnding Oﬀ-Site Classes (Science Projects)
This project has now been going on for six years, with oﬀ-site classes in three schools,
more than before. When demonstrating experiments, the children at every school are
surprised and interested, and I felt glad that we all worked together to prepare.
In order to show the children how interesting science is, I believe we can still
improve how we show experiments and choosing appealing topics.
As of next time, new members will be sharing their knowledge and eﬀorts, and I
hope they will create an even better program.

Materials Science Laboratory Materials Analysis Research Division Yuusuke Maeno

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Corporate Overview

Corporate ProﬁleCorporate Overview

Major Products■ Corporate NameNISSAN CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.

■ Head Oﬃce

7-1, Kanda Nishiki-cho 3-chome, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101-0054, Japan

Performance Materials

ＴＥＬ：
０３-３２９６-８１１１

■

1887

■ Capital stock

18,942 million yen(As of the end of March 2015)

D i s p l a y M a t e r i a l s：SUNEVER® liquid-crystal glassorientation material「RAYALIGN®」
NHC® inorganic coating material

Electronic Materials■

Semiconductor Materials：ARC® (a bottom anti-reﬂective coating material)

Business ﬁelds

ARC® is a registered trademark of Brewer Science, Inc.

Main Uses

Life Sciences

Biologicale v a l u a ti o nliquid-crystal glass, as our core product, we conduct
development and sales of products in response to theAsia.
・ Semiconductor Materials…We provide materials thatP a rti c l e
c o n tro l

Herbicides：ROUNDUP MAXLOAD®, SIRIUS®,
ALTAIR®, etc.
■ Insecticide：STARMITE ®, SANMITE ®, etc.
■

Chemicals for wide range of ﬁelds
including basic chemicals that are
essential to the industry

research and development of new agrochemicals for■

LIVALO® (anti-cholesterol agent)■

LANDEL® (anti-hypertension agent)

Pharmaceuticals

Chemicals

established chemical library, cutting-edge evaluation
function and precise organic synthesis technology, we■High-purity products for semiconductor
cleaning

・ Basic Chemicals…We provide our products to a widechemicals such as ammonia, nitric acid and sulfuric acid aswell as high-purity products for semiconductor cleaning.
・ Fine Chemicals…We manufacture and sell hardening
agent for powder coatings, semiconductor sealing
resin, ﬂame retardant, sterilizing and disinfectant for

Basic Chemicals：Industrial chemicals such as ammonia,
nitric acid and sulfuric acid

Chemicals

long period of time. These days, we receive high

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Fluralaner : active ingredient of veterinary pharmaceuticaland overseas.

range of ﬁelds. Our products are centered on industrial

・ Agrochemicals…We enrich our product lineups through■・ Pharmaceuticals…By making full use of the strategicallyuses of inorganic colloid for various industries over afor optical ﬁlms, and polishing agent for disk boards, etc.

Fungicide：LEIMAY®,ORACLE®, IKARGA®, etc.

agents from other companies, and sell them in Japan

innovative new drugs.

recognition in the ﬁelds of battery, hard coating agent■

major crops across the world and buying out thewill keep challenging research and development of・ Inorganic Colloid…We have been developing new27

Chemicals

to our customers, with a focus on a bottom
materials.

【Hardening】Binder (ceramics, etc.)

Life Science

are essential for semiconductor manufacturing process
anti-reﬂective coating material and multi layer process【Polishing】Abrasive agent (silicon wafers, disk boards, etc.)

Corporate Overview

needs of the display market that is expanding mainly in

ORGANOSILICASOL 【Coating】Coating material (glasses, FPD, etc.)

Together with our
Stakeholders

Performance Materials

・ Display Materials…Placing a polyimide resin for■High performance materials thatare used in the cutting-edge
electronic ﬁeld

Agricultural Chemicals
Agrochemicals andpharmaceuticals that contributeto existence and richer live ofhuman beings

SNOWTEX®

Responsible Care
Activities

P re c i s eo rg a n i c
s y n th e s i s

To take fulladvantageof the coretechnologies

Inorganic Materials■

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Performance Materials

F u n c ti o n a l
p o l y me r
designLife Sciences

Special Feature■ Founded

AdBlue®：(high-grade urea solution)

Chemicals

AdBlue® is a registered trademark of the German Association of the Automotive Industry (VDA).
■

Fine Chemicals：TEPIC® (Special epoxy compound forsealant)
HI-LITE® (sterilizing agent, disinfectant)swimming pools and water puriﬁcation tanks, etc.

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Corporate Overview

Corporate ProﬁleBusiness Strategy

Financial/Non-ﬁnancial highlights

Midterm Business Plan Vista 2015 Stage Ⅱ■

development of new materials that would be the futureplan, Vista 2015 Stage II, in April 2010 and had beencore of our business. Furthermore, we reinforced

making eﬀorts to enhance our true strength as a

research infrastructure and expanded overseas operation

Value-Creating Enterprise dedicated to growth inbase for our future business.
As a continuous eﬀort, we started implementation ofStage I (from FY 2010 to 2012), we successfully gainedStage II (from FY 2013 to 2015) in April 2013. We

certain results including launching of new products in thewill continue working towards the realization of our ideal

performance materials and agrochemicals ﬁelds andform while clarifying our corporate vision.

2,000

1,000

pair of wheels to lead the growth and solidifying the

Performance Materials (electronic, organic, inorganic)andrevenue base of chemical products and our subsidiaries.

agents based on the market needs２）M&A and acquisition of products to expand
businesses

3）Establishment of the research structure to

208

2006

2007

2008

take full advantage of the Company s core

14.6

2011

2012

2013

2014

10.9

４）Introduction of advanced technologies through

12.6

9

２．Promotion of a business structure reform

2006

2007

2008

12.7

11.9

10.4

2010

2011

10.3

open innovation, etc.

13.6

12.9

12.8

12.0

12.7

12.7

■

2013

2014

・Collaboration with Kyushu University (Hypertech® multi-branched

Contents

Female managers

・Cell therapy materials (FCeM® series three-dimensional
incubation medium for cancer cells)

Employment of people with disabilities

FCeM® Series(Sales begun in October 2014)

Laboratory, establishment of Advanced Materials Research

Employees obtaining maternity leave

Division and Next Generation Materials Research Division)

Employees obtaining Child Care Leave

・Maintenance plan for Biological Science Laboratory(completion of Main Research Building, Compound

Shorter working hours to raise children

Library, Artiﬁcial Weather Room)
Average monthly overtime

1) Decision to change Ammonia raw material to natural gas

Annual leave acquisition rate2) Establishment of Overseas Subsidiary (Nissan

Leaving job within 3 years after employment

Materials Research Laboratory
New Research Wing
(Completed in July 2014)

Shanghai Overseas Subsidiary(Operations begun in April 2014)

13.4

13.4

9.5
2009

2012

2015
2015
［Estimates］［Midterm plan goal］

Unit

2011

2012

2013

2014

Male (persons)

1,568

1,550

1,543

1,553

Female (persons)

158

162

164

168

Male (persons)

21

22

34

39

Female (persons)

5

3

7

10

Number of employees (persons)

65

59

66

60

Re-employment rate (%)

78

64

63

66

Rate (%)

9.2

9.5

9.6

9.8

Number of employees (persons)

8

9

9

10

Managers (%)

1.8

2.0

2.0

2.1

Number of employees (persons)

30

32

33

35

Rate (%)

1.96

2.12

2.22

2.35

Number of employees (persons)

4

5

8

9

Male (persons)

0

0

0

1

Female (persons)

3

6

6

6

Male (persons)

0

0

0

0

Female (persons)

2. Promotion of Business Structure Reforms

14.4

2

5

7

9

(Time)

15.8

16.8

18.0

18.8

Acquisition rate (%)

76.9

77.6

76.9

73.4

Number of employees (persons)

1

4

1

1

Rate (%)

1.2

7.5

3.1

3.8

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Corporate Overview

Female staﬀ rate (Full time employee)organic nanoparticles, Nanoﬁber Gel® supramolecular gel)

14.6

Non-ﬁnancial data (non-consolidated)

Re-employment of retired employees

・Entry into veterinary pharmaceuticals ﬁeld (Fluralaner)

ROE

Together with our
Stakeholders

growing overseas market

0
2015
2015
［Estimates］［Midterm plan goal］

11.4

１）Enhancing competitiveness by reducing cost at all plants

New employee

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2010

14.8

11

technologies

1) New Products

29

2009

15.6

13

２）Solidifying and expanding business base for the

300

200

155

14.7

1. Creation of New Products/New Businesses

Chemical Product (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.)222

Operating margin

State of Progress

・Changes to research system (start of Materials Science

195

260

100

Full time employee２）Research

174

198

192

265

253

400

1,800

Responsible Care
Activities

materials, development of new products and new

248

1,637

17

Basic Strategies
１) Launching of new business with highly unique

1,538

1,486

（％）

15

１．Creation of new products and new businesses

1,542

1,490

1,810

1,712

CSR Managementwith growth capacity and stability by setting the ﬁelds of

1,602

Operating income［100 million yen]5000Life Science (agrochemicals, pharmaceuticals) as a

1,692

1,500

Vision of FY 2015
To establish the status as the chemical manufacturer

1,744Operating income

Sales

Special Feature

We began to implement the 6-year midterm business

partnership with customers. In the ﬁrst 3 years during

Financial data (consolidated)

Sales [100 million yen]30

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Corporate ProﬁleGroup Company Initiatives

Nissan Butsuryu Co., Ltd.
Nissan Butsuryu Co., Ltd. handles general logistics for the Nissan
Chemical Group, including packaging at plants, shipping, and productNissei Corporationdelivery, working to ensure and improve the environment, safety andbottle cap recycling activities and giving an original

specialized trading company dealing in a variety of"Environment Quiz" to employees, having them thinkproducts, with a base in chemical products. In recent

about environmental issues.

years, it has been expanding global business andAs initiatives to participate in the local community, inestablishing overseas subsidiaries and oﬃces, particularly

addition to cleaning sidewalks around the head oﬃce

in Asia. With an awareness of the importance ofonce per month, starting this year 10 employees

compliance, internal auditing and internal workshops are

participated in the 2015 Tokyo Marathon as charity

held for relevant laws as initiatives to increase trust.

runners. We will continue to promote activities for

Initiatives to protect the environment include PET

harmony with the environment, and actively participate
in community activities.

logistics quality.
At the Toyama branch where company vehicles are used for atrucking business, and at the Kawasaki Logistics Center, G-Mark

Special Feature

The Nissei Corporation contributes to society as acertiﬁcation (for safe companies) and Green Management certiﬁcation
have been received and maintained, to activities to comply with laws,
to ensure traﬃc safety, and for environmental protection.
Initiatives for the environment and safety at the Kawasaki Logistics
Center were covered in the logistics industry information magazine
Logistics Weekly (Logistics Industry Newspaper Co., Ltd.) in the March

Toyama Branch Garage

16/23, 2015 issue.
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Also, both locations use the specialized tanker truck for AdBlue®
high-grade urea solution used to reduce NOx diesel emissions,■manufactured by Nissan Chemical Industries, Ltd., in order toOverseas Headquarters

contribute to safe transport and reducing environmental burden on
society.
Other locations are also involved in initiatives throughout thecompany as a whole, in collaboration with subcontractors and cargoowners, for idling stops of logistics vehicles and devices, patrols toaccidents.

2-1
6

2
3
1

Overseas Subsidiaries

4（1）
NISSEI CORPORATION ASIA PACIFIC PTE. LTD.（Singapore）（2）
Nissei (Shanghai) International Trading Co., Ltd. (China)

5

（2-1）
Nissei (Shanghai) International Trading Co., Ltd. Beijing Branch

Kawasaki Logistics Center

Nissan Engineering, Ltd.
As the engineering section of the Nissan Chemical Group, Nissan
Engineering, Ltd. designs and builds chemical manufacturing plants.

（4）
NISSEI CORPORATION VIETNAM CO., LTD.（Vietnam）

Employees and subcontractors work together on safety activities with

Overseas Oﬃces

the goal of zero accidents.

Together with our
Stakeholders（3）
Nissei International（Thailand）Company Limited（Thailand）

Responsible Care
Activities

conﬁrm rules are being followed, and risk assessment to prevent[Implementing Risk Assessment]（5）
Jakarta Oﬃce (Indonesia)（6）
India Oﬃce (India)

In order to create a safe work environment where subcontractors
can work without worry when building plants, risk assessment is
implemented at construction sites to ensure safety in the ﬁrst place.
By standardizing work manuals and having all subcontractors suggest
to eradicate disaster risks and continue disaster-free operation.

Topics[Passing on Technical Expertise from Veterans to Rookies]
Through construction projects, eﬀorts are made to pass on

Participated in the Tokyo Marathon 2015 as a charity runner
As my ﬁrst full marathon, the training to prepare was very harsh. I was
nervous and worried before starting, but once I started running I felt
relaxed and ran well. A deciding reason for that was the cheering fromthe sidelines, including from coworkers, was more encouraging than I had
imagined. I would like to thank everyone again. I almost gave up manytimes after 30 km, but thinking of those who hadn't been able to race I
continued running, refusing to let myself give up. As a result, I ﬁnished the
marathon, and was ﬁlled with a sense of accomplishment upon reaching
the goal. It reminded me of how wonderful it is to accomplish something.
I would like to run the marathon again given the opportunity !

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risk factors to implement concrete safety measures, we make eﬀorts

technical expertise in design and safety. For design techniques,veterans inspect designs made by rookies, in order to ensure they
understand how to make designs that ﬁt the requirements of bothclients and laws. For safety techniques, veterans and rookies perform
safety patrols together, teaching safety management tips for working
at heights or when operating cranes, etc. Study groups are also held
for safety laws, in order to pass on veterans' knowledge andexperience in safety measures to rookies.

Environmental Material Sales Division

Naoki Igarashi

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Corporate ProﬁleGroup Company Initiatives

ISO26000 Core Subjects Comparison Table

Nissan Green & Landscape Co., Ltd.

Core Subjects

IssuesNissan Chemical CSR Report 2015

Tree Diagnosis to Prevent Collapse of Roadside Trees
views, provide shade, help reduce heat islands, absorb CO₂, dampen sound,provide a screen, block wind, and help slow ﬁres.

Organizational
GovernanceHowever, trees languish and succumb to a disease as they get older like

6.2

Organizational
Governancehuman beings, increasing the risk that broken branches and fallen trees will
injure people, damage cars, and hinder emergency vehicles for disaster due
to typhoon, heavy snow, or earthquake.
Much like people, it is necessary to perform health checkups on trees on aremoving the tree if necessary. One common reason for trees collapsing isdue to hollowing out from disease causing material decay. The Company has

Human Rights

7 certiﬁed tree doctors who perform detailed diagnosis including visual

6.3

diagnosis and use of a resistograph (a device that inserts a thin needle into
the tree and measures health based on resistance), in order to prevent
accidents.

Diagnosis using resistograph

Labor Practices

6.4

Nihon Hiryo Co., Ltd. is handling from R&D, manufacturing and selling the production such as fertilizer, soil conditioners,
and gardening soil. And the production is contained with using fertilizer including natural humus (wood peat) andeﬀective microorganisms. Products synthesized by humus and microorganisms contribute to environmental-conservation
agriculture which enables stable production of crops, creates a healthy soil and crops and is environmentally-friendly.

Environment

6.5

Fair Business
Practice
Wood Peat

Peat Moss

6.6

Water-Soluble Humus

Trichoderma

Bacillus

Soil Conditioner Using Eﬀective
Microorganisms

Production of AdBlue® (high-grade urea solution), which is vital to operate NOx puriﬁcation units for diesel engines(=urea SCR system), is received license contract from Nissan Chemical Industries, Ltd., and this AdBlue also contribute to®

prevent air pollution.
Both the Shinmachi and Handa plants manufacturing bases actively promote environmental protection activities such as
preventing pollution, reducing industrial waste, and reducing energy consumption.

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6.7

Community
Involvement
andDevelopment

6.8

09

Compliance10

Risk Management

11

Information Disclosure

12

Promotion of Responsible Care Activities

13

Compliance (Consultation Hotline)

11

Issue１： Due Diligence

6.3.3

Issue2： Situation where Human Rights are Threatened

6.3.4

Issue3： Avoidance of Complicity

6.3.5

Issue4： Resolving Grievances

6.3.6

Issue5： Discrimination and Vulnerable Groups

6.3.7

Issue6： Civil and Political Rights

6.3.8

Issue7： Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

6.3.9

Issue8： Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work6.3.10Relationships with Employees (Creating Friendly Working Environment)

24

Issue１： Employment and Employment Relationships

6.4.3

Relationships with Employees (HR System)Relationships with Employees(Respect for Diverse Human Resources, Individuality and Views)

23
24

Issue2： Conditions of Work and Social Protection

6.4.4

Relationships with Employees (Creating Friendly Working Environment)

24

Issue3： Social Dialogue

6.4.5

Relationships with Employees (Labor-Management Relationships
based on Straightforward Dialogue and Mutual Understanding)

24

Issue4： Health and Safety at Work
Issue5： Human Development and Training at Work

6.4.6
6.4.7

Occupational Safety and Health, Process Safety and Disaster Prevention
Relationships with Employees (Human Resource Development)

15
23

Issue１： Anti-Corruption

6.5.3

Environmental Performance
Environmental Load Reduction

17
19

Issue2： Sustainable Resource Use

6.5.4

Environmental Performance

17

Issue3： Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation

6.5.5

Environmental Performance (Prevention of Global Warming)

18

Issue4： Protection of the Environment,
Biodiversity and Restoration of Natural Habitats

6.5.6

Protect Biodiversity
Environmental Load Reduction

07
19

Issue１： Anti-Corruption

6.6.3

Issue2： Responsible Political Involvement

6.6.4

Issue3： Fair Competition

6.6.5

Compliance

10

Issue4： Promoting Social Responsibility in the Value Chain

6.6.6

Issue5： Respect for Property Rights

6.6.7

Issue1： Fair Marketing, Factual and Unbiased
Information and Fair Contractual Practices

6.7.3
6.7.4
6.7.5

Quality Assurance
Description of Quality Assurance Activities

21
22

Issue4： Consumer Service, Support, andComplaint and Dispute Resolution

6.7.6

Description of Quality Assurance Activities

22

Issue5： Consumer Data Protection and Privacy
Issue6： Access to Essential Services
Issue7： Education and Awareness

6.7.7
6.7.8
6.7.9

Issue１： Involvement in Community

6.8.3

Communication with the Society (Local Community)

25

Issue2： Education and Culture

6.8.4

Communication with the Society (Support to the Next Generation)

26

Issue3： Employment Creation and Skills Development)

6.8.5

Communication with the Society (Company Prize)

26

Issue4： Technology Development and Access to Technology

6.8.6

Basic Strategies (Creation of New Products and Business Areas)

29

Issue5： Wealth and Income Creation

6.8.7

Major Products

28

Issue6： Health

6.8.8

Issue7： Social Investment

6.8.9

Communication with the Society (Social Welfare Fund Rising)25

Issue2： Protecting Consumers Health and Safety
Issue3： Sustainable Consumption
ConsumerIssuesCorporate Governance

CSR Report 2015

Corporate Overview

Eﬀective Microorganisms

09

Together with our
Stakeholders

Humus Materials

09

CSR Basic Policies

Responsible Care
Activities

Nihon Hiryo Co., Ltd.

03

Promotion of CSR

CSR Management

regular basis and provide the proper treatment, including pruning or

Top Message

Special Feature

Roadside trees such as cherry, zelkova, platanus or ginkgo trees beautify city

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Nissan Chemical Industries, Ltd.
is a member of the Responsible Care Committeeof Japan Chemical Industries Association (JCIA).

CSR Report
2015

Aiming at sustainablegrowth in harmony withenvironment, safety and health

7-1, Kanda Nishiki-cho 3-chome, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101-0054, Japan
Corporate Planning Department TEL 03-3296-8320 FAX 03-3292-6940

URL:http: //www.nissanchem.co.jp

Date of issue: October 2015