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Message from the Chairman

Key Words: “Safety,” “Innovation,”and “Communication”—The chemical industry will contribute to society bycommitting to solve global issues—

Promoting the Creation of
Innovations—Offering solutions to world-scaleissues—
The second key action, “creation of
innovations that contribute to society,”
moves toward the realization of asustainable society through innovation.
The chemical industry has tremendous
potential as a solution provider to solve
the many challenges facing humankind in
the twenty-first century. To achieve thisgoal, it is necessary, to develop innovativetechnologies and design new businessmodels. As an advocate for the
infrastructure required to launchinnovations and move forward, JCIA willcall on the government to adopt
preferential measures and build anenvironment for the promotion of researchand development.
Today, Japan’s population is declining,
so expanding domestic demand will not
be easy. From a global perspective, theenvironment surrounding Japan’s
chemical industry, which relies heavily on
imports for resources, is difficult, and its
cost competitiveness is weak. Under
these circumstances, the only way tosurvive and contribute to a sustainable
society is to provide high added value. I
believe that the Japanese chemicalindustry, which has great potential tosupply beneficial solutions, is capable ofcreating new innovations that will resolve
challenges on a global scale and provide
new values to society.

Sending a Clear Message—For better understanding of thechemical industry—Throughout history, the chemical industry
has supported the development ofsociety. Today, as we are faced withenvironmental problems like climatechange and global challenges in areas
such as food, population, water, energy,
health, and hygiene, that role is becoming
increasingly important. At the same time,
unfortunately, accidents are continuing tooccur in the chemical industry, andimprovements are urgently needed. WhenI was appointed as the new chairman of
the Japan Chemical Industry Association(JCIA), I stated that in order for thechemical industry to overcome thesechallenges and benefit society, the key
actions were “sharing and applying safety
best practices” “creation of innovations
01 JCIA Annual Report 2014

that contribute to society,” and “enhancing
communication with society,”

Efforts to Establish Safety—Most important issue for thechemical industry—
The first key action, “sharing and applying
safety best practices”, is a major issue inthe chemical industry. Undeniably,“security and safety” form the foundationof the chemical industry’s survival.
Therefore, we will ask member companies
to engage in efforts to establish “security
and safety” throughout the industry. At thesame time, we will be even more proactiveby supplying information to nonmember
chemical companies and other industries

and providing them with support andcooperation. In order to establish a highlevel of safety, it is essential for the top
executives of organizations to continue toact with a strong sense of crisis andurgency. The JCIA will aim to raiseawareness through various activities andprovide opportunities for the supply andexchange of information.
Furthermore, we will continue efforts
on promotion and enlightenment formember companies so that Responsible
Care ensuring effective safety,
environmental, and health standards are
put into practice in every process, fromthe manufacture of products to theirdisposal.

The third key action, “enhancing
communication with society,” is an
important point as well. JCIA has been
sending out clear messages in an attempt
to improve society’s understanding of thechemical industry; moving forward, wemust strengthen these efforts,
coordinating with internationalorganizations to heighten communication
around the world in an effort to advanceacknowledgement and support of thechemical industry.
In this regard, the International Councilof Chemical Associations (ICCA★) Boardof Directors meeting and symposium heldin Japan in May this year, the first timeoutside Europe and the United States,
was an excellent opportunity to convey
the efforts of the global chemical industry
to the wider world. In addition, the ICCA
and other related organizations will
display leadership in promoting theindustry’s position and engagement at the
21st Session of the Conference of theParties to the United Nations Framework
Convention on Climate Change (COP21★)

to be held in Paris in 2015. An internationalframework for reducing global
greenhouse gas emissions is expected tobe agreed upon at COP21. Furthermore,as soon as the “sustainability package”
combining technologies and efforts
relating to chemicals management,
Responsible Care, and environmental
safety has been compiled, JCIA will
disseminate this information in Asian
countries in collaboration with local
authorities, companies, and others.
The chemical industry is wide-ranging
and more complex than other industries.
Therefore, we must explain the potential
and contribution of various products, one
by one, and send out a clear message
that the chemical industry is essential tothe development of society.

Fostering of the Highly Motivatedand Passionate Human
Resources Needed by the
Chemical Industry
The Japanese chemical industry has by
far the greatest potential for providing
solutions to the global challenges facing
us today. However, these innovative
solutions cannot be achieved overnight.
The creation of a single innovation is along-term commitment for 20 or 30 years.
However, the most important factor to
successful innovation is humanresources. The development of an
outstanding skilled work force is key toensuring security and safety which I
mentioned at the beginning of thismessage.
What the Japanese chemical industry
needs now are people with aspirations tocompete on the front lines of a global
business world, a bold and challenging
spirit, and a passion to create new things.
For this purpose, JCIA is not only looking
close at home but also taking a long-term
perspective. While helping to train current
employees in the industry, we are also
devoting our efforts to developing the next
generation of workers. So far we havetaken measures at each stage, fromelementary schools to graduate schools,
and we will continue to support careerdevelopment opportunities to foster the“new” leaders of the chemical industry in
the next generation.
Demands on the chemical industry will
only increase with time. We at JCIA will
enhance our efforts in various ways inorder to meet these needs.

01 Message from the Chairman
03 Priority Themes in FY 201404 CLOSE UP 2014
ICCA Board of Directors Meeting,First Held in Japan
07 Social Contributions of the Chemical
Industry
09 Special Topic I
Chemicals Management Initiative
11

Special topic II

The JCIA’s Safety andDisaster-Prevention Efforts

13 Responsible Care (RC)
15 Summary of Activities
17

JCIA’s Activities

Safety and Environment

20 JCIA’s Activities
Technology and Human Resource
23 JCIA’s Activities
Messages to Society
24 Introduction of the New Members
25 Glossary
26 Expectations of JCIA

August 2014
Chairman of the Japan
Chemical Industry Association

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Priority Themes in FY 2014

CLOSE UP 2014

JCIA’s Director General Speaks about Priority Themes in FY 2014

Establishment and Dissemination of
Sustainability Package and Chemistry Day

ICCA Board Meeting Held in Japanfor First Time outside Europe andthe United States

Most Important Issue: Human
Resource Development toward theStrengthening of Safety

In May 2014, the International Council of
Chemical Associations (ICCA) Board meeting
was held in Japan; this was the first time forthe meeting to be held outside Europe and theUnited States. The Board is the ICCA’s
highest decision-making body, and ever since
the ICCA’s founding in 1989, its meetings had
been held on a rotation basis in Europe andthe United States. One reason why it was heldin Japan this time was that the center ofgravity of the world’s production of chemical
products is shifting to Asia. Asia’s share of
production has now exceeded 50%, and thebuilding of relations with Asia has become an
important topic for European and US companies as well. Another reason is that Japan’s
activities in ICCA so far have received very
high appraisal. JCIA has played an active roleand displayed leadership in the ICCA’s
Climate Change and Energy Leadership Group
and, regarding chemicals management as
well, has energetically held capacity-building
workshops in the emerging countries of Asia.
The decision to hold the meeting in Japan
was a manifestation of the ICCA’s appreciation of these activities.
The seminar and symposium held inconjunction with the ICCA Board meetingwere extremely meaningful too. As well as
explanations of the ICCA’s activities, there
were speeches from top executives of leading
global companies in the industry, and it waspossible to publicize the activities of the JCIA
not only to people in the industry but also to
Japanese society as a whole.

At present, JCIA believes that the mostimportant issue is safety. In FY 2013, wecompiled “Safety and Accident Prevention
Guidelines” and “Best Practices of Safety andDisaster Prevention, Industrial Health and
Safety” and made efforts to disseminate
them. On-site capabilities, in other words,
human resource training, will be essential tofurther strengthen the activity for safety. By
on-site human resources, I mean not only thepeople engaged in operations but all people
working at the plant. After it has been built, aplant does not just continue in the same form
for several decades. The products being
manufactured may change, the materials andmethods of operation may change, and theequipment itself may change. At such times,
safety must also be considered. It is whencontinuity is interrupted that problems arelikely to occur. In order to encourage training,
JCIA has produced DVDs that can be easily
understood by anyone and is making efforts
to broadly disseminate safety education. We
will continue to distribute these DVDs not
only to members but to nonmembers as well.
Furthermore, we hold industrial safety
courses for safety managers jointly withother organizations of which members havelarge plants, such as the Japan Petrochemical Industry Association and the Petroleum
Association of Japan.
Each company implements its own
safety measures, but these have a limit. JCIA
intends to provide many opportunities forcompanies to study how to use examples ofpast accidents and to learn about the safety
efforts of other companies.

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From FY 2014, JCIA is taking account of
medium-term priority themes in its businessplans. For a start, in the current fiscal year
we have taken up and are actively promoting
two themes: “deployment of a Sustainability
Package in Asia” and “enhancing thepresence of the chemical industry.”
Aimed at supporting Japanese companies operating in Asia, “deployment of a
Sustainability Package in Asia” is an effort topackage and supply locally the practice ofResponsible Care and support infrastructure
nurtured by JCIA over more than a decade in
the areas of chemicals management andsafety and environmental measures. Since it
is easier for JCIA to build relations withnational governments, industrial circles, andforeign companies, we intend to use theseconnections and expand them together withJapanese companies operating locally.
Deployment has already begun in suchcountries as Thailand, Vietnam, and Indonesia.
The second theme is “enhancing thepresence of the chemical industry.” Thechemical industry has a major role to play inthe building of a sustainable society, but
understanding of the chemical industry bysociety and citizens is not adequate. In orderto foster understanding of the chemicalindustry’s contribution to society, in cooperation with scientific societies and otherorganizations, we have designated October
23 as Chemistry Day and the week including
October 23 as Chemistry Week and are
currently making efforts to promote Chemistry Day and Week. In FY 2014, we areplanning various activities including special
lessons for junior and senior high school
students, chemical experiment shows forchildren, and events at universities utilizing
their open campuses and other facilities. We
hope that young people actively participate inthese events, deepen their interest in chemistry, and become aware of the enormous
potential of the chemical industry.
Director General, JCIA

ICCA Board of Directors Meeting,First Held in JapanOn May 29, 2014, the Board of Directors which is the highest
decision-making organization of the International Council of Chemical
Associations (ICCA) comprising the chemical industry associations
worldwide held its meeting in Tokyo. This was the first time the Board
meeting is held in Asia.
There are many challenging issues in the world, for example,
population growth, food problem, energy issue, global warming, andothers that require a global response beyond national boundaries. The
chemical industry must play a significant role to solve these challenging issues in order to achieve a sustainable society, because thechemical industry provides materials, technologies, and products toevery other industries.

ICCA engages in discussions on the opinions and policies fromthe industries concerned with the global challenging issues and offers
opinions to the policy decision makers. In addition, ICCA promotes thevoluntary initiative toward the thorough implementation of appropriate
management of chemicals and products as well as the development ofstandards. The activities of ICCA are getting more important because
making quick and correct judgments in response to the continuously
changing world situation is required.
On this page, the resolutions made at the ICCA Board of
Directors meeting are introduced and the “Special Seminar by JCIA”
and the “ICCA Symposium” that were held taking advantage of the firstmeeting of the Board in Japan are reported and described.

ICCA Board of Directors Meeting
ICCA Board of Directors Meeting(on May 29, at Palace Hotel Tokyo)■ Resolutions Made at the Meeting
At ICCA Board of Directors meeting, the top executives of the 15 world
leading chemical enterprises gathered on this occasion and adopted therevised version of “The Global Charter of Responsible Care (RC)” (For more
information, refer to page 14). The charter describes the more specificaction strategies so as to make them more understandable for external
stakeholders, and puts emphasis on “the greater contribution to sustainability” through the development and provision of innovative technology, andalso gives directions for the enhancement of international management ofchemicals. It has also been confirmed that the goal is to obtain thesignatures of CEOs of the world’s 150 top-ranking chemical enterprises

deploying business activities worldwide, by the beginning of 2015.
Two position papers related to energy and climate change have also
been adopted. With respect to climate change, the new internationalframework for the reduction of greenhouse gases after 2020 is to be agreed
at the COP 21 (Twenty-first Session of the Conference of Parties to theUnited Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change) to be held inParis at the end of 2015. ICCA will state as many as possible of our opinions
as representing the chemical industry at the local areas in advance to the
COP 21 discussions.
Furthermore, it has been agreed that the “capacity building activities”
for propagating the special knowledge for risk evaluation and proper
management of chemical products and for developing capacity in theemerging countries and advancing countries, will be pursued in cooperation
with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP★).

ICCA (International Council of Chemical Associations)This organization was established by the chemical industry groups of
the U.S., Europe, and Japan in 1989. The number of member
countries and regions is approximately 50 including the chemicalindustry associations of North and South America, Europe, Asia,
Oceania, and the Gulf countries and also including observer countries
such as China, Russia, and India. Its scale becomes apparent fromthe gross sales amount of over 400 trillion yen in 2012. The chemical
product sales of the ICCA member companies account for over 90%of the world total. Over 20 million persons are directly and indirectly
hired worldwide. The ICCA thus contributes to the development ofsustainable society through its engagement in voluntary and otheractivities of which “Responsible Care” is the most representative one.
The organization is comprised of four main leadership groups
which implement and promote strategic initiatives toward the solutionof challenging issues in the respective fields, and engage incommunication, notably offering opinions to policy decision makers.
For more information, refer to ICCA website.
www.icca-chem.org

Energy and Climate Change
ICCA General
Assembly

CEO Group(Global Executive
Strategy Group)

ICCA Board of
Directors
ICCA Steering
Committee

Leader: Yoshimitsu Kobayashi (Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corporation)
Chair: Shigenori Otsuka (Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corporation)

Chemical Policy and Health
Leader: Kurt Bock（BASF）
Co-chair: Martin Kayser（BASF）
Co-chair: Mike Witt（Dow Chemical）

Responsible Care
Leader: Jean-Pierre Clamadieu（Solvay）
Chair: Hans-Jürgen Korte（Solvay）

Communications
Trade Network

Leader: Carlos Fadigas (Braskem)
Co-chair: Françoise Humbert-Todd (Cefic)
Co-chair: Anne Kolton (ACC)

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JCIA Special Seminar

ICCA Symposium

JCIA Special Seminar(on May 28, at Nikkei Hall)

initiative aiming at safety management of chemicals at the main ports in
Kenya and Ghana was introduced.

■ Introducing the Latest Activities of ICCA

● Chemistry Can Contribute Most to theEnergy Saving among All Industries
Finally, the chair of “Energy and Climate Change” LG, Mr.
Shigenori Otsuka took the rostrum and gave a speech on
the “Chemical Industry as A Solution Provider.” Mr.
Otsuka presented how the chemical industry has the
Mr. Otsuka
highest potential for contributing to the energy-saving
among all industries demonstrating that chemical products are used in 96%
of all the products in the world, and that the products and technologies thatare provided by the industry can reduce energy consumption by 47% andgreenhouse gas emissions by 50% by 2050.

At the special seminar held by JCIA, on the theme of “Sustainable Development and Relevant Industrial Actions,” the four chairs and co-chairs for eachof “Energy and Climate Change,” “Chemical Policy and Health,” and“Responsible Care” Leadership Groups (LG) introduced the progress of therespective initiatives and the latest activities. Approximately 400 persons
gathered in the hall, including those from JCIA member corporations andorganizations, authorities, and mass-media. It was a good opportunity toagain recognize the height of interest shown with regard to the activities of
ICCA.
● RC in the Midst of Expansion
First, the chair of “Responsible Care” LG, Dr. Hans
Jürgen Korte, gave a speech. Dr. Korte presented infigures the actual performance of the industry that has
been improved by RC and introduced examples of thevalues and evaluations obtained through the activities foreach of the countries concerned. In addition, he
Dr. Korte
introduced the recent initiatives of technical support andcapacity building in progress in the emerging countries of Asia and Africa,
demonstrating the steady extension of the countries and regions practicing
RC.
● Necessity of Appropriate Chemicals
Management Worldwide
Next, the co-chair of “Chemical Policy and Health” LG,
Dr. Martin Kayser took the rostrum and explained the
Global Product Strategy (GPS ★) which is a major
initiative as RC in the ICCA. Dr. Kayser insisted on theimportance of appropriate management of the chemicals Dr. Kayser
worldwide while introducing some tips for promoting
GPS and referring to the guidance which is deployed in 8
languages. In addition, the BASF plan was also
introduced with respect to risk assessment anddisclosure to the general public.
As the same co-chair of “Chemical Policy and
Dr. Witt
Health” LG, Dr. Michael Witt explained the cooperation by
ICCA with UN organizations. Dr. Witt introduced the building of acollaborative relationship with UNEP in four areas such as human resource
development related to the chemical safety, and construction of chemicals
management system. Especially as a specific example, the progress of an

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ICCA Symposium(on May 29, at Palace Hotel Tokyo)■ Discussions on the Future of Chemical Industry
ICCA Symposium was held on the same day ICCA Board of Directors
meeting was held on the theme of “What Should Chemistry Aim at in 21stCentury?”
Approximately 400 persons gathered at this symposium, including top
managers of JCIA member corporations and organizations, listening to theenthusiastic speech of the presenters on behalf of the “chemical industry.”■ Dr. Ryoji Noyori, President of RIKEN, Sending
Cheers to Chemical Industry[Keynote Lecture]
Dr. Ryoji Noyori, President of RIKEN, a doctor and awinner of the 2001 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, marked astart of the symposium. JCIA asked Dr. Noyori to give alecture titled “Chemistry Shapes Our Future” from theviewpoint of the representative of academia. After
starting his lecture by saying that the opportunity he had
Dr. Noyori
of gaining an interest in chemistry was the starting point
and by alluding to the charm and possibilities of chemistry “which cancreate value from nothing,” Dr. Noyori elaborated, with a sense of giving
encouragement to the chemical industry, on the challenging issues thatJapanese chemical industry has to solve in order to achieve further growthof the industry and on the necessity of wisdom and preparation,
collaboration and interaction across the borders of the various fields.

■ Messages from the World’s Top-level Managers[Panel Discussion]
Next to the Dr. Noyori's lecture, a panel discussion was held by the top-level
managers of the chemical manufacturers of Japan, the U.S., Europe,
Middle-East, Thailand, and India. At the panel discussion, opinions on thechallenging issues upheld by the chemical industry, the role which must be
taken in the future, and on many other matters were proactively exchanged,
thus confirming the importance of cooperation by the chemical industry
worldwide and beyond national boundaries.
● Possibilities of the Chemical Industry
At the beginning of the panel discussion, each of thethree of top managers of Japan, the U.S., and Europe
made speeches and expressed their own thoughts on thepossibilities of chemistry and the role the industry has toassume for the realization of sustainable society.
Dr. Bock: In the future global climate, it is necessary to
Dr. Bockconsider the issues of “population growth andurbanization,” “resources,” and “food” and it is also important to embrace acommitment to solving the problems and to communicate the role andcontribution to society.
Mr. Liveris: Non-conventional-type energy
revolution, for example, shale gas, brings huge profit to
the world economy. It is important to have collaboration
with citizens and governments in addition to innovation
through research and development in order to provide thesolutions by making use of the power of chemistry which
Mr. Liveris
connects to all other fields and industries.
Dr. Kobayashi: The number of the patent applications in the chemicalindustry accounts for 35% of the world total. It is only the chemical industry[Panelist]
Dr. Kurt Bock / Chairman, BASF SE (President of the ICCA)
Mr. Andrew N. Liveris / President, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, The
Dow Chemical Company
Dr. Yoshimitsu Kobayashi / President & Chief Executive Officer, Mitsubishi
Chemical Holdings Corporation (President of the JCIA)
Mr. Mohamed H. Al-Mady / Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer,
SABIC
Dr. Pailin Chuchottaworn / President and Chief Executive Officer, PTT PublicCompany
Dr. Nikhil R. Meswani / Executive Director, Reliance Industries Limited[Moderator]
Professor Hiroyuki Itami / Tokyo University of Science←President & CEO Dr. Pailin, Professor Itami,
President & CEO Dr. Kobayashi, Chairman &CEO Mr. Liveris, METI Minister Mr. Motegi,
Chairman Dr. Bock, President Dr. Noyori, andVice Chairman & CEO Mr. Al-Mady(from the left)that will continue creating technological innovation on a revolutionary scaleand contribute to human society at large in the future.
● Securing Human Resource andCollaboration with Society are the Key
In the panel discussion, Professor Itami as a moderator
presented two questions: “What can be the obstacle tothe implementation of growth strategies for individualcompany?” and “What cooperation can be implemented
Dr. Kobayashi
by the chemical industry beyond national boundaries?”,and then the panelists exchanged their own opinions with taking the national
circumstances of their own into consideration.
With respect to the first question, there were opinions such as“Understanding of the long-term investments made for innovation by the
stakeholders” (by Dr. Bock), “To have dialog with the financial market and tofoster a corporate culture responding to the rejuvenation of humanresources” (by Mr. Liveris), “To secure human resources” (by Dr.
Kobayashi), “Input (raw material) and output (strategy for the product andmarket), and inner (strategy for organization and human resource) balance”(Mr. Al-Mady), “Tenacity in obtaining operating licenses from society andrigid vocational education system) (Dr. Pailin).
With respect to the second question, some opinions were raised suchas: “It will be necessary to focus on the development of human resources ofyounger age and, on chemical education, it will also be necessary to enlarge
the collaboration network all over the supply chain, and it will be necessary
also to attend the government’s policy planning meetings as an important
industry for the nation. Thereafter the panel discussion made it clear againthat it is important to deepen the general public’s understanding and thecollaboration across the border of the fields in order to make innovation, andto promote human resource development and vocational education for the
next generation with global collaboration.
After the panel discussion, Mr. Toshimitsu Motegi, Minister of
Economy, Trade and Industry, took the rostrum as a guest encouraging allpresent to support the innovation of the chemical industry, and ended thesymposium on a high note.
At the social dinner event held after the symposium, eminent persons
from the economic, academic, and governmental spheres such as Mr.
Hiromasa Yonekura, Chairman of the Federation of Economic Organizations,Mr. Sadayuki Sakakibara, Chairman of the Chemical Society of Japan, and
Dr. Akira Suzuki, Dr. Eiichi Negishi, and Dr. Koichi Tanaka, all three being thewinners of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, participated in the dinner party forpromoting international exchange.
*Position titles are given as of the date of holding the event.

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Social Contributions of the Chemical
Industry
As one of the key industries, the chemical industry contributes to society by supplying raw materials,
synthetic materials, and so on to various industries.
Housing, a familiar topic to all of us, is, on this occasion, presented as a specific example of the contribution
made by chemistry.
Chemical products for a Net Zero Energy
Green Building

Many chemical products areused in a net zero energy
green building

Plastic window frames andwarm edge spacers(spacers for double glazing)
Air barriers (house wraps)

Insulated
doors

Using insulation materials
reduces the heat flowing intoand out of house walls, ceilings,
roofs, and floors, mitigating thecooler and heater loads.

Energy saving affordedby cool roof
Air barriers (house wraps)

Resin window sash

High durability, vapor
transmission, water-proof sheet
used between exterior wall andinsulation material prevents dropin durability due to moisture.

Used as a window insulation inorder to reduce heat loss ofcoolers or heaters due to heatflowing into and out of thewindow of the house.

Example of chemical products:
Polyethylene nonwoven fabric,
polyester non‐woven fabric

Example of chemical products:
polyvinyl chloride sash

Air sealing spray form,
caulks and Sealants
Plastic hot water
pipe and pipe
insulation

Plastic waste vents,
intakes and conduit
Radiant floor heating

Caulking materials,
sealing materials

Using plastic piping of and insulationmaterials for piping with a low heat
conductivity reduces heat losses of
the hot water flowing in the hot-watersupply pipe.

Exhibits remarkable functions interms of waterproofness andairtightness by filling gaps orcracks in buildings

Thermal insulating property

With the cooperation of: Japan Paint Manufacturers Association, Vinyl Environmental Council,
DuPont-Asahi Flash Spun Products Co., Ltd., SEKISUI CHEMICAL CO., LTD., and Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.

Value of Shipment (2012)

Number of Employees (2012)

R&D Expenditures (FY 2012)(¥ trillion)(10,000 persons)(¥ trillion) Ranks first in
manufacturing industries

Ranks second in
manufacturing industries

Transportation
machinery

Chemicalindustry inwider sense

Foods

Total
manufacturing

Source: Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry, [Census of Manufactures]

Ranks third in
manufacturing industries

Foods

Transportation
machinery

Chemicalindustry inwider sense

Total
manufacturing

Source: Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry, [Census of Manufactures]Note: The chemical industry in wider sense refers to a combination of thechemical, plastic product, and rubber product industries

Amount of Value (2012)

Capital Investment (FY 2012)(¥ trillion)(¥ trillion)

Ranks second in
manufacturing industries

Chemicalindustry inwider sense

Transportation Information
Total
machinerycommunication manufacturingmachine andequipment

Source: Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, [Science technology
research and survey](1 million tons CO 2 equivalent)■ Three alternatives to Freon: Base year
1995
■ CO 2: Base year FY 1990

Comparison with Emissions
in Base Year

Transportation
machinery

Chemicalindustry inwider sense

Foods

Total
manufacturing

Source: Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry, [Census of Manufactures]Note: Added Value = Production amount—Cost for using raw materials—
Domestic consumption tax—Depreciation cost

Transportation
machinery

Chemicalindustry

Foods

32%
27million tons

Total
manufacturing

CO 2 equivalent
Source: Ministry of Finance, [Financial Statements Statistics of Corporations byIndustry]

1990/1995

Example of chemical products:
silicone type, polyurethane type

Waterproof property
and airtightness

JCIA at a glance
Name:
Established:

Achievement in Reduction ofGreenhouse Gas Emissions throughthe Chemical Industry’s Voluntary
Action Plans

Ranks second in
manufacturing industries

Moisture permeability,
waterproof property,
durability

Piping and insulationmaterials for piping

Example of chemical products:
polyvinyl chloride piping,polyethylene piping

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Example of chemical products:
Infrared reflecting pigments (titanium dioxide and the like),
coating materials with high-reflection rate of sun light for roofs

Thermal insulating
property

Wear-resistantfloor coating

Outline ofChemicalIndustry of Japan(by Graphs)

Applying paint materials or pigments
raises the reflection rate of the roofmaterial resulting in reducing the solar
heat absorbed by the roof and thecooler loads.

Thermal insulating property

Reflective roof coatingsand pigments

Contribution bychemical industry

Reflective roof coatingsand pigments

Example of chemical products:
polystyrene foam, polyurethane foam

Plastic foam insulation inroof and walls

UV-blocking
window films

Insulation materials

2012

Source: Japan Chemical Industry Association

Japan Chemical Industry Association (JCIA)
April 1948—JCIA formed as a voluntary association
June 1991—Incorporated as a legal entity
April 2011—Shifted to a general incorporated association
Mission:As the leading trade association of the Japanese chemical industry, JCIA seeks to promote
the healthy development of the chemical industry through the research and study of
production, distribution and consumption of materials relating to the chemical industry. JCIA
also focuses on the research and study of various issues relating to technology, labor,
environment and chemical safety of the industry, and on planning appropriate measures andactions to the economic prosperity of Japan and the betterment of the national standard of living.
Activities:
1. Research and study on the production, distribution and consumption of chemical products.
2. Research and study on issues concerning technology, labor, environment, chemical safety,
etc., as well as planning and promoting measures and actions.
3. Commendations for outstanding achievement in new technologies and safety records.
4. Collection and dissemination of information, communications and cooperation with relatedorganizations in Japan and overseas.
5. Public outreach and advocacy activities, workshops and seminars.
Committees:
Policy Coordinating Committee
Councilors' Committee
Public Relations Committee
International Activities Committee
Economy and Tax System Committee
Labor Committee
Technical Affairs Committee
Environment and Safety Committee
Chemicals Management Committee
Responsible Care Committee
Fiscal year:
From April 1 to March 31 of the following year
Number of members: 177 companies and 79 organizations (as of July 1, 2014)

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Special Topic I“GPS chemicals portal.”
JCIA rolled out a GPS/JIPS promotion campaign from
November 2013 to April 2014, as a result the number of Safety
Summaries has reached to a record of a total of approximately
350 issues uploaded by Japanese companies so far encouraging
expectations of a further increase in the number of uploads in theChemicals Management
Initiative<Trend of GPS/JIPS safety summary uploaded(as of June 2014)>

Aiming at the Sustainable Development ofChemical Industry through Chemicals
Management at the Global Level

Preparation and publication of“GPS/JIPS Safety Summaries” reflect
corporate attitude towards chemicals
management
Executive Director, JCIA
Ph.D. in pharmacology

Fumiaki Shono
International trend related tochemicals management

Development and promotion of
GPS/JIPS activities

With “World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD★)”
which was held in Johannesburg in 2002 as a turning point,
today’s chemicals management is based on the agreement
aiming that by 2020, chemicals are produced and used in waysthat minimize significant adverse effects on human health and theenvironment, taking into consideration that precautionary
principle using risk assessment and management methods basedon transparent science. A “Strategic Approach to International
Chemicals Management (SAICM★)” has therefore beendeveloped resulting in a clear paradigm shift from hazard-basemanagement focusing only on conventional chemical
substance-specific hazards to a risk-based management basedon scientific methods. Under these trends and moves, both ofgovernment and private sector are developing various measures
and JCIA is conducting various activities to support its members
to solve the challenging issues encountered.

Chemical industry is proactively promoting Responsible Care
(RC) activities and Global Product Strategy (GPS) led by theInternational Council of Chemical Associations (ICCA), to which
JCIA belongs.
GPS is one of the voluntary initiatives to minimize the risk of
the chemical products in the whole supply chain through thedisclosure of information on safety, risks, and management
method to the benefit of the general public as well as to conduct
risk evaluations by corporations for their chemical products andproper risk-based management. The “Risk Assessment
Guidance” has been established and published for the purposeof promoting such voluntary initiatives.
JIPS★ (Japan Initiative of Product Stewardship) is theJapanese version of GPS. It discloses the information to thegeneral public including customers by uploading the informationin the form of “GPS/JIPS Safety Summaries” to ICCA website of<Global progress of chemicals management and its challenge>
1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development Agenda 21(Rio Declaration)
2002 World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD)
・Global goal: By 2020, chemicals will be produced and used in ways that minimize
significant adverse impacts on the environment and human health.
・Development of SAICM (Strategic Approach to International Chemicals
Management)
2006 International Conference on Chemicals Management (ICCM★)
・Adoption of SAICM
To enable chemical substances to be used safely throughout their entire lifecycle
To check the safety of chemical substances by risk assessment on the basis ofscientific evidence
To disclose the safety data and risk evaluation data as much as possible

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Laws and regulations on
chemicals management

Europe: REACH
Japan: Amendment of Chemical Substances Control Law
Amendment of Industrial Safety and Health Law
China, Korea, Taiwan, etc.: Tightening of regulations
The U.S.: Consideration of amendment of TSCA

Activities in the chemicalindustry:

GPS/JIPS
Product Stewardship-based
chemicals management

Industry-cross-sectional
activities

Development of a mid- and long-term vision
Introduction of information communicationnecessary for risk management from 2015

future.
The entire chemical industry is promoting GPS/JPS andaiming the achievement of WSSD 2020 goal through risk
reduction in the whole life cycle from the manufacturing ofchemical products to the disposal of waste.

Upload number

Disclosing the “JCIA BIGDr” website which is thecomprehensive support site for chemical substancerisk assessment
In order to support the GPS/JIPS activities of JCIA’s members,
the comprehensive supporting website of “JCIA BIGDr” has beendeveloped and the initial version was released in August 2013 to
JCIA’s members, giving suggestions for the stronger promotion,for example the collection of the various types of information for
the risk assessment and the method for preparing safetysummaries and others.
In the future, the various functions of BIGDr will be enhanced
for the purpose of providing proper advice and support to users,
and the system will be updated so as to incorporate the views of
the members. Review and discussion will be made with a view toreleasing “JCIA BIGDr” to the public within FY 2014.

Promoting the scheme of “Information
communication” in the supply chain

Upload company number<JCIA BIGDr>
Function-1 Hazard and regulatory information search
Function-2 Browse of safety summaries
Function-3 Automatic preparation tool for safety summary
Function-4 Reference materials
Function-5 Links
Function-6 HelpBIGDr: The Base of Information Gathering, sharing & Dissemination for risk
management of chemical products
BIGDr: an infrastructure system which collects, shares and transmits information forcomprehensive support of company’s chemicals management

Japanese corporations to Asian countries” in May last year, andvarious types of discussions were made on the concept of thecommunication scheme for the chemical substances contained in
products through the supply chain, and their concept has beensummarised. JCIA participated in the project as one of themembers.
JCIA promotes the further activities for aiming the achievementof WSSD 2020 Goal under a government-private partnership.

The “SCRUM project★” (Project of Supply chain Chemical Risk
management and Useful Mechanism discussion) has beenlaunched through the collaborative work with the Joint Article
Management Promotion-consortium (JAMP★) from the viewpoint of“management of chemicals in products” for the purpose of sharing
the chemical risk information with
<Sound risk management throughout the supply chain
cross-sectional industries. Their
activities have been promoted to(information communication)>establish a scheme for sharing risk
Upstream
Midstream
Downstream
information on chemical substances
Raw
Information about
Information about
throughout the supply chain from the
MixtureParts
Finished products
materials
includedincludedmanufacture, use, and discarding of thesubstances
substances
Information
Hazard information
Hazard information
chemical products and to propagate thecommunication
Risk assessment
Risk assessment
scheme. In October 2013, “The draft
resultresultExposure scenario
Exposure
scenarioRiskassessment
Risk
assessment
Risk assessment
guideline for the risk management ofchemical substances in the supply
WorkerWorkerWorkerchain (1st edition) ” has been developed
Environment
Environment
Environment
Risk
Consumer (In-house andConsumer (In-house andConsumer (In-house andand published for the implementation ofassessment
general scenario)
general scenario)
general scenario)
risk management of chemical
Disposal
substances through the supply chain
and for its propagation.
On the other hand, Ministry of
Economy, Trade, and Industry haslaunched the “new project to study
Risk assessment method
Hazard data
Exposure scenario
DB etc.
(ex. ECETOC TRA)
(Physicochemical property, hazard)(Industry, JCIA)
regarding chemical substanceregulations and the deployment of

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Special Topic II

Sharing best practices and expansion of the range ofthe use of them from the viewpoint of “Security
Capability”

JCIA’s Safety andDisaster-Prevention Efforts

JCIA has implemented the award of safety prizes for 37 years,
and summed up precedents of prize awards bestowed for“no-accident and no-disaster in the actual workplace” activities in
the past from the viewpoint of the security capability in the formof a “Best Practices of Safety and Disaster Prevention, Industrial
Health and Safety” which was put forward by the Japan Society
for Safety Engineering (JSSE)(Japan Safety Competency
Center). This summary of best practice precedents is used not
only by the members of JCIA but also at the various work sites.
In addition, JCIA has rolled out the utilization of the bestpractice precedents on a broad front, focusing on the viewpointof enhancing the on-site security capability in conjunction withJSSE.

We need to make further efforts to firmly
establish the activity for keeping security andprevention of industrial accidents
Promotion of utilizing “Safety and
Accident Prevention Guidelines” and“Best Practices of Safety and Disaster
Prevention, Industrial Health and Safety,”and rollout of new measure

Also in this fiscal year, JCIA will roll out activities based on
the basic policy of “Safety enhancement and proactive horizontal
rollout” while the activities that have been carried out until last
fiscal year will be continued.
▶ “Best Practices of Safety and Disaster Prevention,

Industrial Health and Safety”(September, 2013)<Extract from “Best Practices of Safety and Disaster Prevention, Industrial Health and Safety”>

Executive Director, JCIA

Yutaka Haruyama＊

JCIA established the Safety and Accident-Prevention Study Working Group in view ofthe fact that a series of serious accidents had occurred, and compiled guidelines basedon thorough investigations of the accident examples via the cooperation by
deeply-interested industrial groups and experts.

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With a view to the preparation of training and instruction materials,
we established the discussion group and published summaries invideo form (DVD) in July this year and distributed to all member
companies, so that activities can unfold in the various chemicalplant sites.
We have provided these video training and instruction materials
for the educational courses conducted by the Sanyo Association for
Advancement of Science & Technology, a public interest
incorporated association.
Moreover, in order to promote safety education in the chemicalindustry, a course of lectures titled “Industry safety theory” will belaunched in the second half of this year in conjunction with theJapan Petrochemical Industry Association and the Petroleum
Association of Japan, and JCIA will improve member companies’
security capability through the development of human resources inthe top management echelon and managers who have an
understanding of the safety required in the industrial field in the
future, and safety experts with a broad view.
＊＊

In the recent 10 years, the accidents have kept on increasing.
Especially, serious accidents have occurred at chemical plants lastyear and the year before. Based on its understanding that ensuring
security and safety is the paramount issue for the chemical industry,
JCIA has embarked on various efforts.
As a specific effort to prevent recurrence of serious accidents,
JCIA has compiled “Safety and Accident Prevention Guidelines”
and distributed them over 250 member companies andorganizations as part of the implementation of usage diffusion.
Furthermore, we have confirmed its utilization status and haveconducted a follow-up survey from January to March this year inorder to link the utilization status to the progress of security and safety
activities. As a result, we found that approximately 75% of the member
companies that responded to the questionnaire survey thoroughly
understood the objectives of the guidelines and committed
themselves to the observance of safety and accident prevention up to
the top management. We have confirmed the existence of a high levelof awareness among the member companies with regard to safetyand disaster prevention by the above facts.
In the course of this survey, we collected many opinions andrequests from the members as below:○ It is necessary to provide the reference material for theinterpretation of important check item points and the reason of
their settings in order to enhance the utilization of the guidelines.
○ It is preferable to share the information based on the specificutilization examples by other member companies.
○ It is preferable to compile the guidelines in a form that can beutilized as training and job education material from the viewpointof technology transfer and human resource development.
In responding to the requests above, we included specificmeasures in the activity plan this fiscal year (FY 2014) as new
projects and measures.

Creation of new training and vocational educationmaterials and instituting a course of lectures
responding to the opinions and requests stated bymembers

T he course focusing on the establishment of an industry-wide lecturing and discussion
system by inviting persons from the government, academic, and industrial fields as acircle of the enforcement of security education. The course will be utilized as a place ofcommunication and human resource and information exchange. 15 times of courses
will be conducted during the period from October 2014 to February 2015. Target will be
upper management candidates in charge of safety at the member companies of JCIA,the Japan Petrochemical Industry Association and the Petroleum Association of Japan(For maximum of 30 attendants).

＊

Establishment and diffusion of guidelines, andimplementation of follow-up survey▶ Safety and Accident Prevention

Guidelines (First edition)(April, 2013)▶ DVD “Learning from accident examples”(July, 2014)

JCIA Symposium 2014 held on the theme of “Safety and Disaster Prevention”
JCIA held the “JCIA Symposium 2014” in the Keidanrenkaikan Hall on June2, 2014.
The theme of this year was “Safety and Disaster Prevention.” Generalcomments were given to each of the prizes awarded by JCIA (Safety
Award, RC Award, and Technology Award) followed by speeches by theaward winners and special speeches on the theme of safety and disasterprevention, as well as panel discussions were conducted. Two special
speeches were made by Mr. Yoshiyuki Tanaka, the President of DuPont K.K.
and by Mr. Takashi Matsushita, Director, Managing Executive Officer &General Manager of IDEMITSU on the theme of “What does the safety
mean for DuPont?,” and “Safety at IDEMITSU,” respectively, while the panel
discussion on the theme “Safety from the Management Perspective” waschaired by Mr. Masamitsu Tamura, Professor Emeritus of Tokyo University
as the moderator, and two award winners who made special speeches and
Mr. Yutaka Haruyama, Executive Director of JCIA as panelists. In addition,a social gathering was held after the completion of the symposium for the
purpose of deepening communication and exchange.
*Position titles are given as of the date of holding the event.

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Responsible Care (RC)

Revision of Responsible Care Global Charter

What is Responsible Care?
The chemical industry is committed to the safe, responsible, and sustainable
management of chemical substances by all companies handling chemical substances inevery process, from the development, manufacture, distribution, and use of chemical
substances to disposal and recycling after final consumption. Responsible Care means
voluntarily preserving environment, safety, and health, publishing the results of activities,
and engaging in dialogue and communication with society in order to realize thiscommitment.

The guiding principles of Responsible Care
The Responsible Care Global Charter stipulates the guiding principles set by theInternational Council of Chemical Associations (ICCA) for the development of the
Responsible Care Initiative. Member companies conduct activities on the basis of thischarter.
In 2014, the RC Global Charter has been revised to be simpler and as specific action
strategy reflecting the changes of the priority measures since its establishment. Upon
revision of the Charter, CEOs of the member companies are requested to re-sign it inorder to enhance awareness of RC and its worldwide implementation.

▶ Major Points of Revision▶ Schedule1) Specific “action strategy” has beenclearly stated in “theory and concept”
mainly described in the old Charter.
2) Progress on chemicals management
has been integrated.
→ Safety management for chemical
products through science-based
methods and risk assessment.
As a specific method, GPS is
promoted.
In addition, GHS ★ and LRI★ arepositioned as a safety ensuring andinformation providing means regarding
chemical products.
3) Greater contribution to process safety
and the enforcement of security
measures against terrorism andcyber-attacks has been integrated.
4) Contribution of the chemical industry tosustainable development with a view toachieving the goal of WSSD 2020 has
been clearly stated.
5) The message has been simplified foreasier understanding by external
stakeholders (Internationalorganizations, international/domestic
NGOs, and others).

May 2014: To finalize the draft
revised Charter at ICCA Boardof Directors, and to decide
future plans
June 2014 and after: To ask
for CEOs (or presidents) of thecompanies belonging to therespective ICCA member
associations to sign therevised Charter
June 2015: To release therevised Charter as a means
for the chemical industry to
make a contribution to theattainment of the goal set for
2020, and to conduct the
publication event of therevised RC Global Charter inorder to publicize at ICCM-4(in September 2015)▶ Responsible Care Global Charter (2014 revised version)

Implementation of Responsible Care (commitment to better safety, environment, and health)
Together with member companies, the RC Committee makes efforts to achieve thefollowing five goals. It also promotes communication with society by publishing theresults of activities.

Environmental Protection

Process
Safety andDisasterPrevention

We shall protect peoples’ health and nature around the world.

Process Safety and Disaster Prevention
We shall endeavor to prevent industrial accidents and adopt
measures against natural disasters.

Occupational Health and Safety

Occupational
Health and
SafetyEnvironmental
Protection

We shall protect the safety and health of working people.

Chemicalsand Product
SafetyChemicals and Product Safety
We shall clarify the properties and handling procedures ofchemical products and protect the safety, health, and environmentof all handlers, including customers.

Distribution
SafetyDistribution Safety
We shall endeavor to prevent accidents and disasters in distribution.

Communication(Publishing results, dialogue)
Society

Topics of Responsible Care Activities in FY 2013
In FY 2013, JCIA has committed itself, as priority matters, to continual improvement of RC
implementation and the degree of social awareness and to geographical expansion of RC throughthe support to the activities in Asian countries.
・Hosting the members’ exchange meetings: Osaka in July, Fukuoka in September, and Tokyo in
February・Upgrading RC award: Establishment of RC award judging committee. Categorization of RC awards into
RC grand prix award, outstanding award, and award for effort
・Preparation of JCIA’s annual report and reference materials, and hosting the meetings for reporting RC
implementation status (In Tokyo and Osaka in December)
Izumi-kita& Senboku,
in Sakai,Iwakuni
Otake・Supporting the local dialog meetings: in 7 areas (Yamaguchi-nishi, Kawasaki, Sakai&in Ohtake,
Iwakuni,Oita,
Oita,Toyama
Takaoka&inTakaoka,
Toyama,Niigata-kita)
Niigata-kita)・Supporting the individual dialog meetings, organizing risk communication workshops and dialog
meetings with consumers
・Collaboration with RCLG: review of the reporting criteria of process safety incidents (process safety
metrics) for process safety improvement

lectures in JCIA Symposium2014 (June 2014, Tokyo)▶ The 8th Responsible Care Awards
Awards:Members:

Awarded themes:

Responsible Care Grand Prix Award

Nissan Chemical Industries, Ltd.

Preservation of Biodiversity by Utilizing Biotope

Responsible Care Outstanding Award Asahi Glass Co., Ltd.
(Special Recognition Award)
Otsuka Chemical Co., Ltd.

Safety Reinforcement Activity Aiming at Improvement in Effectiveness of Risk Assessment andFostering Human Resources for Safety
Expansion of EHS Education by Establishing Safety Dojo

Responsible Care Outstanding Award Showa Denko Ceramics Co., Ltd.
Sumika Bayer Urethane Co., Ltd.
Kao Customer Marketing Co., Ltd

Work to Make Industrial Waste Landfill to Zero
Disaster Prevention & Labor Safety
Promotion of Direct Environmental Communications Activity

Responsible Care Award for Effort

Co-existence between Community and Corporation through Water
Establishment of a Framework to Decrease Production Loss Utilizing Integration Power throughIntroduction of Material Flow Cost Accounting (MFCA)
Improvement in Managing Plant Drainage
Activity of Disaster Prevention at Nippon Kayaku Asa Plant
Enhancement in Communications with Community centering on RC Community Dialog in Oita Region

JNC Fibers Corporation
Kaneka Corporation
Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
Nippon Kayaku Co., Ltd.
Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd.

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▶ Award winners who made

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FY 2013 Achievements and FY 2014 Activity Plan

Summary of Activities

In accordance with its objectives of realizing the sound development of the chemical industry and thereby
contributing to the prosperity of the Japanese economy and improvement of people’s lives, JCIA promotes
activities focusing on dissemination of the Responsible Care (RC) initiative and the achievement ofgoals stipulated by theme in three activity areas.
Activity

Main implementation items in FY 2013

FY 2014 activity plan

○Implementation of RC award lectures at JCIA Symposium 2013, and establishment of a RC Grand Prix Award,
RC Outstanding Award, and RC Award for Effort for FY 2014
○Supporting of regional dialog meetings and consumer dialog meetings○Preparation of revised proposal for the Global Charter of RC as a task force member in the RC Leadership Group○Continuous improvement of RC activities and promotion of social recognition○Expansion at the base for RC activities by providing support for activities to the Asian countries,
including development of Sustainability Package etc.

Efforts concerning safety and disasterprevention, industrial safety and health,and environmental issues○Explanatory meeting regarding the “Safety and Accident Prevention Guidelines” and propagation (follow-up) activities○Issuance of “Best Practices of Safety and Disaster Prevention, Industrial Health and Safety”○Promotion of safety and accident-prevention measures○Promotion of efforts to address environmental and safety problems

Chemicals management○Collection, analysis, transmission of information on domestic and overseas restriction trends, summary of member
opinions, and giving advice to the administrative authorities○Promotion of the JIPS and SCRUM projects○Development and starting of operation of the risk assessment supporting system, “JCIA BIGDr”○Enhancement of the support for the chemicals management work in members’ business operations○Further enhancement and expansion of voluntary activity in the industry mainly by GPS/JIPS

Efforts on prevention of global warming
and dissemination of cLCA★

○Summarizing of the results achieved in the fiscal year (FY 2012) of “Environment Voluntary Action Plan”○Starting of activities under “Commitment to a Low-carbon Society”○Drawing up of cLCA global guideline and issuance of “ the 3rd edition of the cLCA report”○Commitment to a Low-carbon Society: reporting on the FY 2013 performance results○Dissemination of cLCA

Human resource development,chemical education, and enlightenment○Instituting of the working group for gender equality○Fostering Program of Human Resources in Chemistry: holding of events for Research presentation meeting andintroducing examples of activities by doctor-degree holders, and holding of student-company exchange meetings○Continued implementation of “Dream Chemistry-21” events★ and their enhancement including Chemical-experimentshow for children in summer vacation○Continued implementation of the Chemical Risk Forum as a learning program for the training and vocational education
for personnel engaged in risk management, and examination of reconstruction based on members’ needs○Development of the Fostering Program of Human Resources in Chemistry, holding the seminars fordevelopment of the staff responsible for personnel/labor affairs and response to labor related policy○Continuation and enhancement of the “Dream Chemistry-21” campaign project○Enhancement of the Chemical Risk Forum

New LRI support activity○Adoption and promotion of 20 subjects as challenging issues for research consignment○Implementation of results reporting events, and proactive introduction domestic and overseas○Implimentation and strengthening of the New LRI’s organization and its operation and proper
management of research consignment○Effective communication of research policies and plans, the state of activities, and research results

Public relations activities○First publication of JCIA annual report○Transmission of information to the members on Publication Relation Network etc.
○Press release on JCIA activities○Publicity and Promotion of the “Chemistry Day”
○Transmission of the various types of activities by JCIA domestically and overseas

International activities○Issued proposals from the chemical industry regarding Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) and Free Trade
Agreement (FTA) negotiations○Participation in and support for ICCA activities○Strengthening of relations with related organizations in Asian countries through collaboration and consultation,and providing support○Implementation of seminars and other events related to the challenging trade issues○Efforts to the international trade issues○Supporting Japanese affiliated companies overseas

Tax system lobbying○Putting together the demands related to the FY 2014 tax reform, and making approaches to the administrative authorities○Instituting of economic strategy section meetings○Demands and proposals on tax reform, deregulation, subsidies, etc. in response to moves by theadministrative authorities to develop a growth strategy

Dissemination of
Responsible Care initiative

Results (Objectives)

Safety and Environment

Technology and Human Resource

Messages to Society

Building up
trust from themembers

Improvementof the presenceof the chemicalindustry

Specific activity performance list (From August 2013 to July 2014)
・ICCA Symposium・JCIA Symposium・JCIA Special Seminar (4 times/year)
・JCIA Regular Seminar (6 times/year)[Safety and Environment]
・Safety management lecture forhazardous substance transportation(2 times/year)
・Safety Symposium

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・Fostering Program of Human Resources in Chemistry:
holding of events for Research presentation meetings andintroducing examples of activities by doctor-degree holders,・Dream Chemistry-21 “Children’s science experiment class” (6 times/year)
and holding of student-company exchange meetings
・Chemical-experiment show for children in summer vacation 2013
(in Tokyo and Osaka)
・Chemical-experiment show for children(in Morioka, Kobe, Fukushima)・Eco-products 2013
・Selection of the winners and award ceremony for “Chemistry Grand Prize” ・Kansai area follow-up explanatory meeting for the BIGDr users
・New LRI annual meeting・International Chemistry Olympiad Japan team send-off party
・FY 2013 QSAR seminar on chemicals management
・Plant tour for study groups of science teachers at junior high schools in(2 times/year)
Tokyo・Seminar for science teachers in junior high and high school (3 times/year) ・Chemical Risk Forum (10 times/year)
・GPS/JIPS seminars, workshops, and explanatory meetings(5 times/year)[Technology and Human Resource][Messages to Society]・China chemicals management liaison meeting, the
1st seminar
・Japan reconstruction strategy, —JAPAN is BACK—
explanatory meeting・Risk communication training
・Chemical industry and chemicals management
workshop in Vietnam
・Lectures on propagation related to the standardization(The 3rd time in FY 2013)
・Lecture made by public relations department
・Explanatory meeting for members (4 times/year)

・FY 2014 Explanatory meeting related to a broad
outline of tax reform・Explanatory meeting on the rules and regulations in
the countries/regions of origin
・Anti-dumping lecture (3 times/year)
・International standardization workshop
・Responsible Care-related: activity reporting meeting,consumer dialog meeting (2 times/year, respectively),
membership communication exchange meeting(3 times/year), regional dialog meeting (7 times/year)
・Issuance of Responsible Care News(in February, May, August, and November)・Issuance of “Addressing the Avoided Emissions Challenge”
・Issuance of the 3rd “Life Cycle Analysis of Chemical
Products in Japan and around the World”
・Leaflet “Chemical Industry of Japan 2014” (by Graphs)
・Leaflet “Annual Report 2013”[Capacity building in Asia]
・In Thailand, Vietnam, Singapore, Indonesia: 3 times for each・In Malaysia, Cambodia, Laos: once for each

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JCIA’s Activities

Safety and Environment▶ Industrial Waste Reduction▶ Investment in Safety, Security, and Disaster-Prevention Measures
Safety and disaster-prevention investment amount

Ratio to sales
Ratio to sales (%)＊

Number of facility accidents
per company(FY)
Note: From FY 2009, the number of facility accidents is divided into leakage accidents andexplosion/fire accidents.

Investment amount(¥100 million)

For further details, please refer to Reference Materials on
JCIA’s website.

Number of accidents
Number of leakage accidents
Number of explosion/fire accidents
Number of facility accidents per company

Number of accidents

Based on its understanding that ensuring
security and safety is the paramountissue for the chemical industry,
JCIA has issued the “Safety and Accident
Prevention Guidelines” summing up theaccident prevention measures learned
from recent accidents at chemical plants
and made efforts to explain and diffuse
them to JCIA member companies andparties. In addition, we have conductedfollow-up survey in order to respondspecifically to the requests made by themembers during the execution of thesurvey in an attempt to establish
reference materials for training andvocational education.

▶ Facility Accident Occurrences (Explosion, Fire, Leakage, etc.)

JCIA endeavors to gather and reflect theopinions and demands of member
companies concerning study groups,
collected materials, and moves towardlegislative revisions relating to theenvironment conducted by theadministrative authorities or otherdomestic or international organizations.
Aiming to build a recycle-oriented societythat curbs the consumption of resources
and protects the environment, JCIA
member companies make efforts to
reduce the volume of industrial waste andfinal disposal by reviewing raw materials
and production processes and promoting
retrieval and reuse. JCIA keeps track of
their achievements.

and Disaster Prevention, Industrial Healthand Safety” in FY 2013.

＊that have been awarded safety prizes in
the past were summed up and publishedin the form of a “Best Practices of Safety

For further details, please refer to Reference Materials on JCIA’s website.

▶ Frequency Rate Trends

Frequency rate=

Number of accident victims requiring absence from work
Total working hours (per one million hours)

Manufacturing industry (Ministry of Health, Labor, and Welfare)Chemical industry (Ministry of Health, Labor, and Welfare)
Cooperative companies
Member companies
Frequency rate

With respect to the “Industrial health andsafety,” JCIA understands the status ofinvestigation of the examination items set
forth in the 12th Industrial Accident
Prevention Plan at the Health and Safety
Subcommittee of the Ministry of Health,
Labor and Welfare’s Labor Policy Council
and the trends with regard to regulatory
restrictions, and intends to give support
notification to the respective member
companies of JCIA and to a speedy
response thereto. Moreover, JCIA awards
the prize to companies that haveproduced superior safety results andholds safety symposia every year
focusing mainly on examples announced
by the prize winners. Furthermore, thecontents of the activities of companies

Industrial waste volume
Effective resource utilization ratio▶ Reduction of Chemical

Emissions

JCIA member companies are making
efforts to prevent atmospheric, water, andsoil pollution by improving disposal
technology and conducting positive
capital investment. Significant results
have been achieved in the reduction ofchemical substance emissions, including
the reduction of volatile organic
compound (VOC ★) and PRTR★
substances. JCIA keeps track of theirachievements.
The graphs below show atmospheric,water, and soil emissions, but actually
there were almost no soil emissions in theyears surveyed (less than 0.2% of thetotal).

▶ VOC Emissions▶ Emissions of PRTR Substances▶ Emissions of Voluntarily Surveyed Substances

Emissions (tons/year)

Emissions (tons/year)(The JCIA’ s interim report figures for FY 2013)(The JCIA’ s interim report figures for FY 2013)
Soil
Water
Atmosphere

0.6(The JCIA’ s interim report figures for FY 2013)

Emissions (tons/year)

Soil
Water
Atmosphere

0.48
0.34

0.3
0.0

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012 2013(Year)▶ Award winners who gave lectures at the Safety Symposium (June 2014, Tokyo)(FY)▶ About PRTR (quoted from the website of Ministry of

Economy, Trade and Industry)

Submit information, such as emission
and transportation volumes,
to the state (via the prefecture).

Kao Corporation: Tochigi Plant
Showa Aluminum Can K.K.: Hikone Plant
Showa Denko K.K.: Chichibu Plant
Teijin DuPont Films Japan Limited:
Gifu Plant
Nippon Kayaku Co., Ltd.: Pharmaceutical
Research Laboratories, Research andDevelopment Group

Prefectures＊

Activated sludge treatment facility prevents sea
and river pollution by detoxification of factory
effluents.
For further details, please refer to Reference Materials on
JCIA’s website.

Ministry of Economy,
Trade, and Industry and
Ministry of theEnvironment tally andannounce the submitted
data.

(FY)

Keep track of the volume of chemical substances
emitted into the environment and the volume oftransported waste by business and by substance(462 substances).
Check their own position in terms of emitted andtransported volumes. Can assess and improvetheir chemicals management activities.

Submit trade-secret
information directly
Assessment of management status
Businesses
to the state.
Announces tallied databy chemical substance,
Promotes publicindustry, region, etc.
understanding ofchemical substance
Request disclosure of data ofemissions anda specific facility.
management conditions.
State
PublicDisclosure of data

Data of individual businesses have been available on the website since FY 2008 (quoted from the METI website).

＊

＊

＊

(FY) (100 companies)

0.94
0.82

0.9

First Prize Winners

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Ratio to FY 2000 (%)

1.2▶ FY 2013 JCIA Annual Safety Award Grand Prize and

Safety Effort Award Special Prizes

Disposal volume(1,000 tons/year)(FY) (100 companies)(FY)

Grand PrizeFirst Prize(The JCIA’s interim report figures for FY 2013)
Final landfill disposal volume
Ratio to FY 2000

Effective resource
utilization ratio (%)

Waste volume(1,000 tons/year)▶ Final Disposal Volume

For further details, please refer to Reference Materials on
JCIA’s website.

(FY)▶ Industrial Health and Safety

Resource Utilization Ratio(The JCIA’s interim report figures for FY 2013)＊▶ Safety and Disaster Prevention▶ Industrial Waste Volume and Effective

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JCIA’s Activities▶ Prevention of Global Warming

JCIA’s activities related to chemicals
management are mainly:① Supporting JCIA’s members in thematters of regulations and institution
related to the chemicals management② Rollout of the voluntary activities
related to the chemicals safety③ Promoting research/new technology
evaluation etc. to support the above (1)and (2) as basic activities.
In particular, the following activities arebeing rolled out:
・Investigation, analysis and reporting of
the regulations related to chemicals inJapan and overseas
JCIA has further strengthened the
supports to its members in the matter ofthe regulations which are currently
process of establishment amongespecially Asian countries by collecting
data on and analyzing the trends of therelated regulations and institutions related
to chemicals management in Japan andoverseas and also by providing theinformation to JCIA’s members in a
speedy and precise manner and byproposing policy opinions to the relevant
administrative authorities.

▶ Trends in CO 2 Emissions(The JCIA’s interim report figures for FY 2013)

CO 2 emissions
CO2 emissions (ten-thousands tons per year)

For further details, please refer to Reference Materials on
JCIA’s website.

(Base year)

・Reinforcement of collaboration with the
Asian countries (including in particular
GPS advocacy activities, training on risk
assessment methods given by the
Ministry of Economy, Trade, andIndustry)
GPS risk assessment workshops focusedon the preparation of GPS safetysummary were held in Singapore,
Chinese Taipei, Indonesia and Malaysia
with the collaboration of ICCA Chemical
Policy and Health (CP&H) and RC
Leadership groups. Through these
activities, JCIA has been supporting GPS
advocacy activities of the respective
associations in ASEAN and strengthening
the relationship with the associations in
the respective countries.
JCIA proactively participates in the▶ QSAR seminar (September, 2013)(FY)
338 companies and two associations

Asian Sustainable Chemical Safety Planof the Ministry of Economy, Trade, andIndustry (METI) and dispatches persons
in charge and experts to METI’s risk
assessment method training seminar, andalso supports the Asian chemical
substances risk assessment methods
training seminar held in Tokyo (with theparticipation of officers belonging togovernments and private companies incharge of chemical products in Thailand,
Vietnam, and Indonesia).
For details about the promotion of the GPS/JIPS
activities and the rollout of the supply chain activities(SCRUM project) which are JCIA’s voluntary activities
refer to the “Special Topic I ” of page 10, and for details
about the voluntary research activities related thechemical products (New LRI) and the training of
persons actually engaged in risk management refer to“Technology and Human Resources.”

Energy-saving products utilizing materials
and technologies provided by thechemical industry significantly contributeto the prevention of global warming. JCIA
quantified the contribution of chemical
products to reducing CO2 emissions byapplying the new method of cLCA (carbon
Life Cycle Analysis) and published areport summarizing the cases, titled “Life
Cycle Analysis of Chemical Products inJapan and around the World (third
edition)★.”The Chemical Sector of the World
Business Council for Sustainable
Development (WBCSD ★) and ICCA inalliance have issued "Addressing the
Avoided Emissions Challenge," which is a
global guideline in the cLCA method
based on the “Guidelines for Calculationof the Avoided CO2 Emissions” in theJapanese version, which was issued in
February 2012. We will disseminate thismethod not only in the chemical industry
but also in other industries.

▶ JCIA’s cLCA report, third edition(March 2014)▶ “Addressing the Avoided Emissions Challenge”(October 2013)▶ GPS workshop in Taiwan (June, 2014)▶ Energy and Environmental Policies▶ Total scheme of chemicals management

Regulatory and institutional
support to the member forchemicals management
・Information collection → Analysis→ Provision
・Domestic (Chemical Substances
Control Law) → Policy proposals
・Overseas (REACH in Europe, TSCA
in the U.S. the regulatory
restrictions in Asian countries, etc.)

Promotion ofvoluntary initiatives
for chemical safety
GPS/JIPS etc.
＊

・Investigation and development of risk
assessment technologies (QSAR
seminar)As regards new issues, JCIA
implemented QSAR seminars for its
members in September 2013 and in
March 2014 for the purpose of promoting
the advocacy and utilization of QSAR by
the government and private sector, andhas made efforts to share the technicalinformation for the implementation of
appropriate assessment.

Supports for research/technology assessment

・Long-range Research Initiative on Chemicals (New LRI)・Supports for technology assessment (nanomaterial etc.)＊

A voluntary initiatives of the chemical industry for minimization of the risk of chemicals

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Technology and Human Resource▶ The Chemical Industry’s Contribution and Enlightenment toward Reduction of CO2 Emissions＊▶ Chemicals Management

Freon) amounted to 27 million tons in FY
2012 (see bottom of page 8 for details),
which was a significant achievement
corresponding to 2.1% of the annual
greenhouse gas emissions of 1.3 billion
tons in Japan.
＊

With respect to the “Environment
Voluntary Action Plan” (from FY 1997 to
FY 2012) related to the energy saving,energy consumption reached an averageof 85 for 5 years from FY 2008 to 2012
(the base index is set to 100 in FY 1990),
and the activities have been completed.
The “Commitment to a Low-carbon
Society” activities were launched in FY
2013 and the emission reduction wasdetermined based on the CO2 emission incase of BAU (Business As Usual) as thetarget value, with the base year being FY
2005.
The reduction of greenhouse gas
emissions (CO2 and three alternatives to

For resource-lacking Japan, the securingof energy at affordable prices in a stablemanner is an important issue. The
industrial world, which experienced oil
crises twice in the 1970s, has maderelentless efforts to improve energy
efficiency, and today Japan is known as
an “advanced energy-saving nation.”
Self-help efforts have a limit,
however. In order to achieve sustainableeconomic growth, it is necessary to insist
on the viewpoint of the industry so thatappropriate measures are taken in energy
policy as well.
The new international framework forthe reduction of greenhouse gases after2020 will be agreed at the COP21(Twenty-first Session of the Conference ofParties to the United Nations Framework
Convention on Climate Change) held inParis at the end of 2015.
ICCA of which JCIA is a member,adopted the written opinion statement onenergy and climate change at the Boardof Directors Meeting held in May 2014.

Because the chemicalindustry consumes fossil
resources as a raw
material and as a fuelmaterial, it stresses theimportance of supporting
the development of all
raw material and energy
sources to respond to
demand. It is alsostresses that the mostadvantageous and highly
cost-effective measures
should be pursued for the
reduction of greenhouse gases with theperspicacity of a global vision.

Cooperation: Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.

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▶ Chemical Risk Forummanagement of chemicals. It will also
help to understand the concept ofchemicals management, and will enhance
the spread of methods for the risk
assessment of chemicals.

▶ Chemical Risk Forum▶ Subsidization of <LRI: Long-range Research Initiative>▶ Technology Awards
The JCIA Technology Awards
commend companies that havecontributed to the progress of thechemical industry and the economy
through the development andindustrialization of outstanding
chemical technologies. JCIA calls forapplications from chemical-relatedcompanies and awards Grand Prize,
Special Technology Prize, andEnvironmental Technology Prize forselected excellent achievements.

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congresses and in the industry journals.
Furthermore some results of LRI activities
were introduced to ASEAN countries on
the premise that the results are to berolled out to overseas.

examples of activities by doctor-degree holders

talk directly about employment andrecruitment.
This program also provides
scholarship grants to recommended
students for specialized study subjects inwhich they have done most excellent
work as one of the targets eligible forsupport.

high-level human resources required by thechemical industry.

University doctoral
course students(focus on in-depth
specialization)

Elimination of
mismatch(August 2013, Tokyo)

Fostering Program of Human Resources in Chemistry
Supports the development of human resources with
doctoral degree required by the industry.

“Dream Chemistry-21”
As academic societies (the Chemical Society of Japanand the Society of Chemical Engineers, Japan) andIndustrial societies (the Japan Association for Chemical
Innovation and the Japan Chemical Industry
Association) join together as one, they are claiming theimportance of the usefulness of chemical products andof chemical technology through comprehensive andintegrated deployment of a chemistry image campaign.
The chemical-experiment show for children and the“Chemistry Grand Prix” are examples of these
activities.

▶ The DVD, “Plastic and our life” as a supplemental

material for vocational education for teachers injunior-high and high schools

Grand Prize

SpecialTechnology
Prize

Kaneka Corporation“R&D and Commercialization of PIXEO
BP (material for Flexible Copper-cladly
Laminates: FCCL)”
Shiseido Co., Ltd., Kao Corporation“Development of h-CLAT as
Alternative Method of the Skin
Sensitization Test”

Environmental
Dupont-Mitsui Fluorochemicals Co.,
Technology Prize Ltd“The World’s First Commercializationof Low Environment Burden(Extremely Small Global Warming
Potential and Zero Ozone Layer
Depleting Potential) Fluorinated Fluid”

6. Scholarships▶ Overview of Chemistry Education andEnlightenment

・Promoting understanding of the contribution made to
the society by the chemical industry
・Securing and developing human resource in thechemical field・Promoting innovation in the chemical field and,enhancing international competitivenessGraduateschoolsHigh
schools

・Chemistry Grand Prix
・Supporting the International Chemistry
Olympiad
・Seminar for science teachers
・Online “Interesting History ofChemistry”

Junior highschools

・Supplemental teaching material forteachers
・Leaflet: “Learning chemistry throughexperiments”
・DVD: “Plastic and our life”
・Seminar for science teachers
・“50 questions to interesting chemistry”
on the web▶ Seminar for science teachers(January 2014, Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture)

・Fostering Program of Human
Resources in Chemistry(by Graphs)

Leaflet: “Learning chemistry throughexperiments”

winner of the Grand Prize (May 2014, Tokyo)

4. Support for activation of internships

Universities ・Leaflet “Chemical industry of Japan”

summer vacation (August 2014, Tokyo)▶ Members of Kaneka Corporation,

3. Holding of research presentation
meetings

・Dispatch of instructors▶ Chemical-experiment show for children in▶ FY 2013 (46th) Technology Awards

2. Employment support for
doctoral course graduates

5. Cooperation in curriculum reform(Promotion of “Dream Chemistry-21” , etc.)▶ The 2nd JCIA New LRI annual meeting

1. Publication of activities insupported graduate school majors

Doctoral degree
holders requiredby the industry(special skills +businesspractice ability)★

JCIA brings to the notice of society atlarge the importance of chemistry and of
the chemical industry which significantly
contributes to people’s life and to theeconomy, and promotes a correctunderstanding and brings together
excellent human resources who will be
the bearers of the next generation so as
to assure the further development of thechemical sector, and in order to cultivate
them, it is implementing various
education-supporting activities such as
the “Dream Chemistry-21” campaign
project .

▶ Summary of the program▶ The program’s objective is to foster the▶ Chemical Education and Enlightenment＊

The chemical industries in Japan, theU.S., and Europe are promoting the“Long-term support for research into theeffects of chemical substances on humanhealth and the environment (LRI)” underthe International Council of Chemical
Associations (ICCA).
JCIA started its supporting activities
in 2000, and transformed it into the “NewLRI” in 2011, taking the changes in recent
international trends related to thechemicals management into consideration.
In FY 2013, 3 designated subjects
and 5 applied subjects were newly
adopted, and total 20 subjects are being
operated.
Under LRI, researchers are providing new
insights and developing evaluation
methods based on scientific evidence forthe appropriate evaluation andmanagement of chemical substances.
In August 2013, the 2nd JCIA New
LRI annual meeting which attracted over
200 participants was held, at which JCIA
highlighted problems propounded by ajournalist and outstanding topics related
to hazard testing with iPS cells.
Also, in an effort to raise the level ofrecognition of LRI, introduction of LRI was
actively embarked upon at the related

Fostering Program of Human Resourcesin Chemistry was established in 2010. The
purposes of the program are to express
the needs for human resources with
doctoral degree required by the chemicalindustry and to support the doctoral
course which can implement advanced
curriculum responding to the needs andits students so that they will be engaged
in the future chemical industry. At present,
37 companies participating in the
program support 24 graduate school
majors selected by screening.
As a FY 2013 initiative, “Researchpresentation meetings and introducing
examples of activities by doctoral degree
holders” was held in October toencourage interaction between students
and member companies. In addition, a
student-company exchange meeting washeld in December at which doctoral
course students and company
representatives had the opportunity to▶ Research presentation meetings and introducing＊

For those who were engaged inchemicals management, JCIA conductedin FY 2013 educational program called‘Chemical Risk Forum’ that consisted ofbasic knowledge of chemicals
management and practical methods forrisk assessment of chemicals. It also
included latest regulatory trends forchemicals in Japan, Asia, Europe, and theUnited States of America. JCIA willcontinue to conduct the program
improved to fit the needs of participants.
In addition to this, JCIA will launch a new
introductory program for those who needto learn the fundamentals of risk

▶ Fostering Program of Human Resources in Chemistry

Elementary
schools

・Chemical-experiment show for children
in summer vacation
・Local experiment class・Children’s science experiment class・Playing card on chemistry on the web
・“Eco-Products” exhibition(exhibition in booth)

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Introduction of the New Members

JCIA’s Activities

Messages to Society▶ Establishment of Chemistry▶ Response to Trade

In 2013, the four organizations, namely,
the Chemical Society of Japan, theSociety of Chemical Engineers, Japan, theJapan Association for Chemical
Innovation, and the Japan Chemical
Industry Association, have instituted a
Chemistry Day which falls on October 23,
and a Chemistry Week which falls on the aweek including October 23, starting from
Monday to Sunday, in association with the
Avogadro constant, 6.02×10 23/ mol. Many
countries overseas including the U.S.
celebrate October 23 as Mole Day incommemoration of “mol.” JCIA also has
conducted various types of activities todiffuse and enlighten the public about“Chemistry Day” since this year.

In the present condition in which bilateraland multilateral economic agreements are
signed and negotiated extensively
throughout the world, the Japanesechemical industry has to respond to theinternational trade issues which these
economic agreements are dealing with. In
ongoing collaboration with government,
government ministries and agencies,
industry associations of respective
countries or regions, JCIA has, withregard to trade issues such as EPA/FTA(Economic Partnership Agreement/Free
Trade Agreement), notably TPP ★ andTTIP ★, the rules of origin, andanti-dumping regulations, continued
supporting negotiations between
governments through offering informationand opinions, sharing information closelywith industry associations of othercountries or regions, and transmitting
information to all members of JCIA.
In FY 2013, it should first be noted
that, JCIA presented in July to theGovernment’s Countermeasures
Headquarters its “Opinions on TPP
negotiations” which summed up therequests in the Japanese chemicalindustry in connection with TPP
negotiations.
The statement on supporting thefurther promotion of FTA negotiations
between EU and Japan has been
published by JCIA in alliance with theEuropean Chemical Industry Council(Cefic) in November. Further, JCIA
participated in the “Japan–EU Industry
Dialog” organized by the Keidanren (theFederation of Economic Organizations)and Business Europe (European
Managers’ Federation) and held in March
2014, and together with Cefic strongly
supported the promotion of the Japan-EU
FTA negotiations from the standpoints ofboth the Japanese and European
chemical industries.

Day and Chemistry Week

▶ Demands for Tax Reform
The Japanese chemical industry can be
described as a large industry supporting
the Japanese economy and employment.
Domestically, it ranks second in terms of
the shipment value and third in terms ofthe number of employees (see page 7 fordetails); internationally, it ranks third interms of shipment value after China andthe United States.
Nevertheless, the businessenvironment is harsh. Factors such asenergy costs continuing at a high levelcause a decrease in international
competitiveness of the industry. On behalfof the chemical industry, therefore, JCIA
has submitted tax reform demands to theJapanese government to put the businessenvironment of the Japanese chemicalindustry on an equal footing ★ with that ofother countries.
In FY 2013 JCIA submitted thefollowing demands to the government.
Expansion of tax measures to promote
R&D
Drastic revision of taxes for Climate
Change Mitigation
To relax the requirements for theapplication of the corporate
reorganization taxation system
Exemption in principle of the gasoline
tax and the petroleum and coal tax
levied on materials for manufacturingpetrochemical products
To review the corporate effective tax
rate

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Issues▶ Joint statement on theJapan-EU FTA

We herein introduce the new members admitted to JCIA.
We thank you for letting us know the current status of your activities and your future
expectations towards JCIA.

▶ Information Exchange with

the Chemical Industry of the
Other Countries and Regions

JCIA also conducts industry-levelcommunication activities with othercountries and regions. As an example, the
4th annual meeting was held in November
2013 with the Korea Chemical Industry
Council (KOCIC) at Daejeon, Korea, inorder to exchange information andopinions. In addition, JCIA attends theinternational meetings such as APEC ★,AMEICC ★, in the capacity of representing
the Japanese chemical industry, and isengaging in information exchange andalso in presenting necessary opinions.
▶ The 4th JCIA KOCIC Annual Meeting

Canon Inc.

KOKUYO Co., Ltd.
Aiming the Establishment of Voluntary Management Criteria
From hazard base to risk management▶ Profile▶ Profile

Established in August 1937
Paid-in Capital: 174.7 billion yen (As of the end of December 2013)
Sales amount (not consolidated): 2128.7 billion yen
Number of employees (not consolidated): 26,114

Established in October 1905
Paid-in Capital: 15.8 billion yen (As of the end of December 2013)
Sales amount (consolidated): 288 billion yen
Number of employees (consolidated): 6,399▶ Purpose of becoming a member▶ Purpose of becoming a member

We joined the Association because we need to gather the latest
information items on the overseas regulations (especially in
non-English-speaking countries) applicable to the global rollout ofbusiness, the actual status of operation and the moves and the way of
thinking of the upstream industry (chemicals manufacturers etc.).

We joined JCIA to promote response to inquiries from the consumers
for the stationery and furniture business and the deployment of thevoluntary criteria creation for managing chemical substances includedin the products as well as obtaining of the latest information of theregulatory restrictions domestic and overseas and in-house sharing ofabove information.

▶ Current activity status
We are establishing an ongoing company-wide commitment to mattersrelated to the chemical substance control standards for our products,
promotion of green procurement, and reduction of emission quantities
of chemical substances subject to control. It is very helpful for selling
our products worldwide to obtain the latest information from JCIA byparticipating in the Chemicals Management Committee, Foreign
Legislation WG, and EU Legislation WG.

▶ Current activity status
We have just completed a draft of the in-house standard for the hazard
base according to JCIA knowledge. Therefore, we will initiate the risk
survey of the products. Then, we will discuss the survey results tofinish the management criteria for the purpose of transmitting thecriteria to publication and operation.

▶ Transmission of Information

to the Members of JCIA

For the purpose of informationtransmission to the members of JCIA,
seminars on the rules of origin andanti-dumping regulations, wereconducted for 4 times by inviting experts
from the Ministry of Economy, Trade, andIndustry and the Tokyo Customs. JCIA
will conduct seminars based on theneeds of the members of JCIA, and willcontinue providing information in a more
timely manner through JCIA website.

Canon Inc.
Quality Management Hdqrs.
Quality Standard
Management Center,
Chemical Safety
Regulation Management
Dept.

KOKUYO Co., Ltd.,
Corporate Administrations,
CSR and Environmental
Management

Landscape of the garden office in Shinagawa

Mr. Shinichi Saito,
ManagerMr. Tsuyoshi Takiguchi,
Assistant Manager
Product line

▶ Request and expectations towards JCIA

▶ Request and expectations towards JCIA

The latest information on new regulations provided by JCIA related toEurope and the U.S. as well as to Asian, BRICS and Middle-East
countries etc. are helpful to our drawing up of preliminary measures forour products. In order to have the downstream companies get to know
the way the upstream chemical industry thinks, we welcome themaking of policies which incorporate your interpretations as experts
and your opinions as members with respect to the domestic andoverseas regulations to be laid down in the future. Furthermore, we arewelcoming also activities such as negotiations with publicorganizations which individual companies cannot conduct on our own
and public comments on the problems of the legal and regulatory
system.

We are welcoming the examples of consultations with consumers on
PL (product liability) of the chemical substances and obtaining
information about precedents new regulations both in Japan and in
Asia, so that we can utilize the examples and information for the new
product development and as basic information on the supply chain
including CSR procurement. In addition, it would be very helpful if JCIA
could give instructions on how to utilize chemical substances in theeasily understandable manner for the people like us in fields other thanthe chemical field. Furthermore, we are also looking forward to JCIA
serving as a liaison bridge between downstream companies like us
and upstream companies / public organizations.

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Glossary

Expectations of JCIA

(In the main text, terms are marked with an asterisk on first mention.)Term/abbreviation

Official name

Explanation

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Equal footing

Identical conditions. Or, to equalize the conditions. To equalize infrastructures or conditions, so that the both sides can compete under
the same circumstance when selling products or services.

P23“Chemistry Makes Our Dreams“DreamChemistry-21” Come True” projectproject

Educational program for the next generation run by the Dream Chemistry-21 Committee comprising four organizations in academic andindustrial chemical circles (the Chemical Society of Japan, the Society of Chemical Engineers, Japan, the Japan Association for
Chemical Innovation, and the Japan Chemical Industry Association).
It was launched in 1993 for the purpose of chemical enlightenment and promotion of understanding of the chemical industry’s
contribution to society. The program operates Chemical Experiment Show for children, Weekend Experiment Classroom, and a
Chemistry Grand Prix and also sends representative students to the International Chemistry Olympiad.

P15, P16, P22

The primary economic forum supporting sustainable economic growth and prosperity in the Asia-Pacific region, which stretches from
East Asia and Australia to the Americas of 21 countries and regions.

P23

Equal footing

Dr. Hiroyuki Itami
Dean, Professor of Management, Graduate School of Innovation Studies,
The Tokyo University of Science, and also Professor Emeritus of Hitotsubashi University

APEC

Asia-Pacific Economic
Cooperation

AMEICCASEAN Economic Ministers and To strengthen the economic competency of ASEAN established in 1998, to promote the industrial cooperation in the member countries
METI Economic and Industrial
and regions, and to support the development collaboration for the new member country.
Cooperation Committee

cLCA

carbon Life Cycle Analysis

A calculation, as avoided emissions, of the difference in CO 2 emissions between finished products using chemicals and comparative
products in their respective life cycles, from the extraction of materials to disposal.

P15, P16, P20

COP21

Conference Of Parties

The 21st session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) is expected
to take place in December 2015, in Paris, France. The framework of the measures against climate change and global warming for 2020and later is expected to be agreed in this session.

P02, P04, P20

GHS

Globally Harmonized System ofClassification and Labelling ofChemicals

The globally harmonized system of classification and labelling of chemicals (GHS) was recommended by the UN in July 2003 to provide
standard criteria for classifying chemicals according to their hazards and informing users about their hazards using labelling and Safety
Data Sheet (SDS). It is revised every 2 years.

P14

GPS

Global Product Strategy

The Global Product Strategy (GPS) was developed by the International Council of Chemical Associations (ICCA) as part of its
commitment to the United Nations Strategic Approach to International Chemicals Management program. GPS is part of the international
chemical industry’s voluntary Responsible Care Global Charter. It commits companies to promote the safe use of chemical products andenhance product stewardship throughout the value chain. GPS is a capacity-sharing exercise working towards:• Reducing differences in the safe handling of chemical substances between developing, emerging and industrialized countries.
• Ensuring the correct handling and use of chemicals across the value chain and across geographical boundaries by providing relevant
and reliable information.
• Greater transparency, by helping companies provide stakeholders with information about marketed chemicals in an easily
understandable format: GPS Safety Summary.

P05, P09, P10
P14~P16
P19

ICCA

International Council of
Chemical Associations

An organization representing the world’s chemical industry. As well as Responsible Care, it places importance on activities relating tochemicals safety management through the Global Product Strategy, international discussions on climate change, support for developing
nations, and communication with stakeholders.

P02~P06, P09
P13~P15
P19~P21

ICCM

International Conference on
Chemicals Management

At the first conference held in Dubai in February 2006, the Strategic Approach to International Chemicals Management (SAICM) was
concluded. The third conference (ICCM-3) was held in Nairobi in September 2012. ICCM-4 will be held in September 2015 in Geneva.

P09, P14

JAMP

Joint Article Management
Promotion-consortium

It was set up as a cross-industrial activity promotion entity in September 2006, for the purpose of proper management of chemical
substances contained in articles (parts and final products), and of smooth disclosure and transmission of such information in supply
chains by establishing a specific mechanism.

P10

JIPS

Japan Initiative of ProductStewardship

A Japanese voluntary initiative by the industry based on risk assessment and risk management taking the supply chain into account.
Japanese version of ICCA GPS.

P09, P10, P15
P16, P19

LRI

Long-range Research Initiative

An initiative to give long-range support to research on the impact of chemicals on human health and the environment utilizing funds
provided by LRI member companies. Three chemical organizations (JCIA, American Chemistry Council, and Cefic) manage the initiative
under ICCA.

P14~P16
P19, P21

PRTR

Pollutant Release and Transfer
RegisterA system that (i) requires businesses handling chemical substances potentially hazardous to the environment to estimate the amounts ofchemical substances released and transferred in waste, and to report the data to their local governments, and that (ii) the national
government then compiles data submitted and makes the results public.

P18

SAICM

Strategic Approach toInternational Chemicals
Management

Compiled at the International Conference on Chemicals Management (ICCM-1) in 2006. Further ICCM meetings are scheduled to be heldin 2015 and 2020 for follow-up.

P09

SCRUM
Project

Project of Supply chain
Its purpose is to engage in activities in Japan to establish the framework for common assessment methods and information transmission
Chemical Risk management and that are required to manage chemical substances on a risk base in the entire supply chain for reduction and minimization of the risk of the
Useful Mechanism discussion
chemical substances, and it also contributes to the achievement of the goal of SAICM.

P10, P15, P19

TPP

Trans-Pacific Partnership

Currently, it is conducting negotiations aiming at a high level of liberalization of trade in the 12 countries in the Asia-Pacific region by way
of comprehensive agreements including non-tariff articles and new trade issues.

P23

TTIP

Transatlantic Trade andInvestment Partnership

It is a trade agreement to be negotiated between the European Union and the United States on the subject of commerce and investment
for economic growth and job development.

UNEP

United Nations Environmental
Programme

In response to a proposal made by the UN Conference on the Human Environment, held in Stockholm in June 1972 with “Only One Earth”
as its slogan, UNEP was established on the basis of a UN General Assembly resolution in the same year as an organ to put the
Declaration of the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment and the Action Plan for the Human Environment, adopted at thesame conference, into practice. Its office is in Nairobi.

P04, P05

VOC

Volatile Organic Compounds

The generic chemical name of the organic compound which has volatility and becomes gas-like in the atmosphere. They include a wide
range of substances, such as toluene, xylene, and ethyl acetate.

P18

WBCSD

The World Business Council for
Sustainable Development

The World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) was established in 1991 in response to the Earth Summit held in
1992 with the members working together across sectors, geographical areas and value chains across economic areas. It is now
comprised of approximately 170 international corporations over 35 countries across 20 industrial fields. It works on three major
subjects, economic growth, the balance of the environment, and social advancement.

P20

WSSD

World Summit on Sustainable
Development

The World Summit on Sustainable Development held in Johannesburg, South Africa, in August 2002 was organized mainly by UNESCO inorder to develop a worldwide interest in the challenging issues facing human beings and to promote worldwide activity to solve them. The“Johannesburg Declaration” on Sustainable Development was adopted in the 2002 summit.

P09, P10, P14

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Future in Japan Stakes on the
Innovation in the Chemical Industry
1967 graduated from the Faculty of Commerce of Hitotsubashi University.
1969 finished the doctor course of the Graduate School of Commerce ofHitotsubashi University.
1972 finished the doctoral course of the Graduate School of Business
Administration of Carnegie Mellon University, and was awarded a Ph.D degree.
1973 Full-time instructor of the Faculty of Commerce of Hitotsubashi University.
1977 Associate Professor, Hitotsubashi University, and in 1985 Professor at
Hitotsubashi University.
Meanwhile, concurrently serves as an associate professor in Stanford University.
From 1994 to 1996 Dean of the Faculty of Commerce of Hitotsubashi University.
2000 Professor of the Graduate School of Commerce of Hitotsubashi University.
Held prominent positions in government-affiliated committees such as IT strategy
hdqrs., bio-technology strategy meeting.
From 2008 Remained in the current position, and Professor Emeritus ofHitotsubashi University.

As this annual report introduces, I attended
ICCA Symposium as a moderator, and one of
the most impressive expressions used by Dr.
Pailin, President & CEO of PTT PublicCompany Limited was his saying “The licenseof business operation.” Dr. Pailin said that it isnecessary for a corporation to grow to thelevel of being continuously granted a licensefrom society in the sense of receiving somekind of social approval and permission to
engage in business activities.
It is true that as far as chemistry isconcerned, the pollution issue due to thechemical substances had been a social
problem in the past, and that chemistry may
cause problems in the local community interms of safety, when we focus on thenegative phase of the chemical industry, sothat “The license of business operation” is asignificant challenging issue also for thechemical industry of Japan. On the other hand,
it is encouraging that a message from JCIA
chairman in this annual report points out“Safety” first as a keyword.
How can the chemical industry continue
being granted a license of business operationfrom society? There is only one way for thiswhere the chemical industry is concerned.
They shall keep producing the value-added
content which contributes to the region andnation on a gigantic scale. On this point, thechemical industry of Japan has already been
an industry which creates the nation's largest
value-added amount surpassing theautomotive and electric industries. The
number-one industry in Japan is the chemicalindustry, judged on the basis of the magnitudeof the economic contribution, it makes interms of the value-added content it creates.
The people in the chemical industry should be
proud that their industry is Japan’s
number-one industry despite the sorry factthat Japan is not necessarily blessed with her
natural conditions including superiority offeedstock.
Yet, how can they keep on creating avalue-added content as the number-one
industry in Japan? There is also only one
answer. They shall keep on creating
innovations. They shall keep on providing
continuously the chemical materials andchemical systems that are required by thesociety by honing technology. In turn, society
bestows a vast value-added content upon thechemical industry as a reward for its
innovations. The fact that innovation has been
the second keyword in the message from thechairman in the annual report is indeed hit theright nail on the head.
The innovation-oriented country isJapanese national policy. Thus, Japan’s futurehangs on the innovation her number-one
industry can produce. I hope that, in responseto this challenge, the chemical industry willcontinue creating world-leading innovation
through the complexity of its materials,
chemical products and chemical systems andthat to this end the chemical industry will
engage in close teamwork with the other two
main industries, namely, the automotive andelectric industries, that stand side by side withthe chemical industry. I also hope that thechemical industry will bring forth innovations
which will be contributory to human health.
The expectations towards the chemicalindustry are vast.

■ Editorial policy“JCIA Annual Report” has been issued to
explain to a wide range of stakeholders whatkind of organization JCIA is and what
activities it is engaged in. The 2014 issue
which will be the second one of JCIA annual
reports gives an outline of “ICCA Board of
Directors Meeting” which was first held inJapan under the international initiative inwhich JCIA displaying leadership, and of thesimultaneous held “JCIA Special Seminar” aswell as the “ICCA Symposium.” Also, thecontents of the activities under the“Chemicals Management Initiative” and“JCIA’s Safety and Disaster-Prevention
Efforts” are reported as special featurearticles, and the contents of JCIA annual
activity including RC activity are simply
summarized in the latter part of the annual
report. For more details about these activities,
please visit JCIA’s website. Please also notethat the content of the “Responsible Care
Reports” that we used to publish are now
incorporated in “JCIA Annual Report
Reference Materials.”■ Targeted organizations
Targeted organizations are the Japan
Chemical Industry Association and member
companies and organizations.
■ Languages
This report is issued in two languages,
Japanese and English.
■ Reporting period
August 2013–July 2014 (Some informationfrom outside this period is included.)■ Publication dateNovember 2014
■ Scheduled date of next publication
November 2015
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