JCIA

Annual report

2020

Japan Chemical Industry Association

Top Message

Providing solutions to social problems
in an effort to build a truly sustainable society
My name is MORIKAWA Kohei, Chairman of the Japan Chemical
Industry Association since May 2020. I am honored to be leading
the organization as we look to make important progress.
With split, conflict, climate change, food crises, and a host of othersocial issues already creating a cloud of uncertainty on a global
scale, 2020 has seen new waves of confusion further complicate
the situation as the COVID-19 pandemic continues its protracted
spread and leaves the world economy exposed to the possibilityof unprecedented devastation. I think, in many ways, these trying
times have shown the world just how vital the chemical industry’s
various products and technologies are in enabling healthy,
comfortable, and convenient ways of life. For us to maintain ourhealthy growth in the long term and keep providing stable suppliesof the products society depends on, we will need to focus on being
safer and greener (more environmentally friendly) on three levels—
the manufacturing process, during use (the products themselves),
and post-use (recycling)—through efforts that earn the trust of thewider community.
We believe that making good on that commitment will not only
propel the chemical industry forward but also help establish a moresustainable society. We have thus outlined several core themes foreach level.

1

Safer and greener during
the manufacturing process

The existence of the chemical industry hinges on its efforts to ensure
the safety of chemical manufacturing—keeping production facilities
as safe and secure as possible—and continuing to minimize theenvironmental load of its manufacturing operations. These areas willremain key focal points moving forward.
To help ensure safety, we will continue to fortify frameworks forgleaning and sharing valuable lessons and best practices from
accident information. We will also offer drive efforts like smart safety
to help businesses cope with aging equipment, losses of experienced
veterans in the workforce, and other conditions.
Our efforts to minimize the industry’s environmental burden,
meanwhile, will involve promoting technical innovation to help cut
greenhouse-gas emissions in business activities and formulatingother components of plans to establish a low-carbon society. All of
those initiatives will fall in line with efforts to reach new CO2-reduction
targets for 2030 as part of the campaign against climate change—anissue that affects the entire globe.

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Safer and greener during use:
The products themselves

One of the keys to making chemical products themselves safer andgreener is managing risk with an even stronger focus on communication
with the supply chain, with chemical management at the center. Anotherimportant piece of the effort will be our continuing commitment topromoting responsible care through measures to improve occupationalsafety and health, enhance distribution safety, and dialogue with society.
The churning, rapid progress of globalization has brought a variety of
new challenges to light—and addressing the issues requires global
coordination. The Japanese chemical industry will thus work to forge
stronger cross-border ties by taking an active role in international
conferences, such as the ICCA, and engaging with industry groups
abroad. We will continue to emphasize the effectiveness and social valueof chemical products, underlining the chemical industry’s identity as aprovider of solutions to social issues.

3

Safer and greener post-use: Recycling

The realization of a recycling-oriented society through closer attention
to the safety and environmental friendless of chemical products after
use requires concerted action across the entire social spectrum,
encompassing a diverse range of stakeholders. To make an evenstronger push toward meaningful improvements, we will work to bolster
the activities of the Japan Initiative for Marine Environment (JaIME) anddrive efforts forward.
Waste plastic is another issue that demands serious attention.
There are three approaches to dealing with the problem: mechanicalrecycling, chemical recycling, and energy recovery. In the coming
years, the growing importance of minimizing atmospheric CO2
emissions will create a stronger need to make effective use of waste
plastic as a resource. Chemical recycling is important from a social
perspective, too, as it enables the reuse of chemical materials without
any degradation in quality levels. Getting to the point where chemical
recycling is a practical solution, however, will involve clearing numerous
technical and institutional hurdles. We want to be proactive in meeting
those challenges and paving the way for chemical recycling, which we
see as an important, crucial component for the creation of a circular
economy. To make that happen and give the approach a broader
reach, we will work to develop the requisite technologies and promote
real-world applications.
The international community is coping with COVID-19, and progress
toward a truly sustainable society is gaining momentum. The chemicalindustry, I believe, can and should play a key role in bringing that ideal
to fruition.
Embracing the industry’s potential as both a source of pride and acall to action, I look forward to communicating the chemical industry’ssocial value, highlighting its capacity for innovation, and leading
the Japan Chemical Industry Association forward. On behalf of theorganization, I thank you for your support.

Japan Chemical Industry Association
Chairman

CONTENTS
01

Chairman’s message

03

About the Japan Chemical Industry
Association

05

For a sustainable society
Report on SAICM Activities

09

Activities as a Member of
the International Society

11

RC Committee

13

Environment and Safety Committee

15

Chemicals Management Committee

17

Technical Affairs Committee

19International Activities Committee

20

Economy and Tax System Committee

21

Labor Committee

22

Public Relations Committee

23

JCIA Development of Talent

25

Three JCIA Awards

26

Introduction of Chemical Products
PL Consulting Center
Information Distribution

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The Japan Chemical Industry Association (JCIA)
engages in various activities with the aim ofcontributing to the sustainable development of humansociety. It does this by providing value to its members
and the public, while at the same time monitoringchanges in the environment surrounding the Japanesechemical industry and working with government bodies,
related organizations, academic associations, and theInternational Council of Chemical Associations (ICCA).

About the Japan Chemical
Industry Association

Government
bodiesand relatedorganizations

Academic
associations

Coope

Environment/
Health/Safety

rationJCIA

Cooperation

Providing value

Gathering informationand creating value

rationInternational
Council of
Chemical
Associations(ICCA)

Coope

Communication

Industry(members
and othercompanies)

Citizens

Technology andhuman resources

JCIA at a glance
NameJapan Chemical Industry Association (JCIA)
Established
April 1948 : JCIA formed as a voluntary association
June 1991 : Shifted to an incorporated association as a legal entity
April 2011 : Shifted to a general incorporated association
Mission
JCIA seeks to promote the healthy development of the chemicalindustry through the research and study of the production,
distribution and consumption of materials relating to the chemicalindustry. JCIA also focuses on the research and study of various
issues relating to the technology, labor, environment and chemicalsafety of the industry, and on planning appropriate measures andactions for the economic prosperity of Japan and the betterment of
the national standard of living.

Activities
1. Research and study on the production, distribution andconsumption of chemical products.
2. Research and study on issues concerning technology, labor,
the environment, chemical safety, etc., as well as planning andpromoting measures and actions.
3. Commendations for outstanding achievement in new technologies
and safety records.
4. Collection and dissemination of information, communication andcooperation with related organizations in Japan and overseas.
5. Public outreach and advocacy activities, workshops and seminars.
6. Other operations in addition to the above that are necessary toachieve JCIA’s mission.
Fiscal Year
From April 1 to March 31 of the following year

Organizational Chart of JCIA
Board ofDirectors

PolicyCoordinating
Committee

Affiliated Organizations
Chemical Products PL Consulting Center
Dangerous Goods by Air Information OfficeDream Chemistry 21 Committee

Auditors

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General Assembly

The Japan Chemical Industry Association(JCIA) is organized into the General Assembly,
the Board of Directors, Auditors, the Policy
Coordinating Committee, the Board of
Councilors, business-specific committees andthe Secretariat. The General Assembly, which iscomposed of all JCIA member companies andorganizations, is the supreme decision-making
body. The Assembly resolves important issues
related to JCIA management, as well as thebusiness plan, budget and financial statements.
The Board of Directors consists of the Directors
and Executive Directors elected from among themember companies and resolves issues related
to JCIA business and activities.

Acetic Acid Liaison Group

PolicyCoordinating
Subcommittee
Security Information
Management
Subcommittee
SDGs
Subcommittee

Methanol/Formalin Liaison GroupCouncil of Human Resources Fostering
Program in Chemistry

Board ofCouncilors

Board members of the Japan Chemical Industry Association (as of July 1, 2020)
Chairman (Representative Director)

MORIKAWA Kohei

Showa Denko K.K. Representative Director, President

Vice Chairman (Representative Director)

OCHI Hitoshi

Vice Chairman (Representative Director)

IZUMIHARA Masato

Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corporation. Representative Corporate Executive Officer,
President and Chief Executive Officer
Ube Industries, Ltd. President & CEO, Representative Director

Vice Chairman (Representative Director)

INO Kaoru

DIC Corporation Representative Director, President and CEO

Vice Chairman (Representative Director)

OGAWA Yoshimi

Daicel Corporation Representative Director, President & CEO

Director

KOBORI Hideki

Director

SHIMAMURA Takuya

Asahi Kasei Corporation President & Representative Director,
Presidential Executive Officer
AGC Inc. Representative Director, President & CEO

Director

SAWADA Michitaka

Kao Corporation Representative Director, President & CEO

Director

TANAKA Minoru

KANEKA CORPORATION Representative Director, Presiden

Director

KAWAHASHI Nobuo

JSR Corporation Representative Director, President and COO

Director

IWATA Keiichi

Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited Representative Director and President

Director

KOGE Teiji

Sekisui Chemical Co., Ltd. Chairman of the Board and Representative Director

Director

TAKAMURA Mikishi

TOAGOSEI CO., LTD President and Representative Director

Director

YOKOTA Hiroshi

Tokuyama Corporation Representative Director, President and Executive Officer

Director

MIYAJI Takeo

NOF CORPORATION President and Chief Executive Officer

Director

WAKUMOTO Atsuhiro Nippon Kayaku Co., Ltd. Representative Director, President

Director

GOTO Yujiro

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

Director

SUKENO Kenji

FUJIFILM Holdings Corporation President and Chief Operating Officer

Director

HASHIMOTO Osamu

Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.

Director

FUJII Masashi

MITSUBISHI GAS CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC.

Director General

WATANABE Hiroshi

The Japan Chemical Industry Association

Executive Director

SHIBUYA Masao

The Japan Chemical Industry Association

Executive Director

NAGAMATSU Shigeki The Japan Chemical Industry Association

Executive Director

MAKINO Hideaki

The Japan Chemical Industry Association

Executive Director

SAKATA Shinoi

The Japan Chemical Industry Association

Auditors

YAMAMOTO Manabu Denka Company Limited Representative Director, President

Auditors

YAMAMOTO Toshinori Tosoh Corporation Representative Director, President

Committees

General Affairs Department
Public Relations Department

Environment and Safety Committee
Chemicals Management Committee
Responsible Care Committee

Director General

Technical Affairs Committee

Executive Directors

International Activities Committee

Labor Committee

Representative Director, President

Organizational Chart of JCIA Secretariat

Public Relations Committee

Economy and Tax System Committee

President & CEO

International Affairs Department
Department of Business/Economic
Information

Labor Department
Technical Affairs Department
Environment and Safety Department
Chemicals Management Department
Responsible Care Department

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Toward a Sustainable Society
Tackling SAICM Activities
The concept of sustainable development was widely recognized by society thanks
to the Rio Summit in 1992 and the Strategic Approach to International Chemicals
Management (SAICM) was adopted by the International Conference on Chemicals
Management in 2006 as an action plan to realize sustainable development. The
goal of SAICM is to ensure that, by the year 2020, chemicals will be produced andused in ways that minimize significant adverse impacts on the environment andhuman health. Moreover, information related to risk reduction based on chemicalrisk evaluations, preventative approaches, and harmful chemicals is gathered andprovided, and it defines the promotion of maintenance of chemical management
systems. At JCIA, we are promoting domestic SAICM activities through thedevelopment of various measures, such as our Responsible Care efforts, to achievea sustainable society.

■ History of Chemicals Management
International Initiatives

1992

United Nations Conference on Environment andDevelopment (UNCED) @ Rio de Janeiro (Rio
Declaration)
Agenda 21, a human action plan for the realization ofa sustainable development, was adopted

2000

United Nations Millennium Declaration at theUN, Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)
were adopted

2002

World Summit on Sustainable Development(WSSD) goals for 2020 agreed upon

Government of Japan andForeign Government Initiatives

JCIA and ICCA Initiatives(Private Sector Initiatives)

2003

The Chemical Substances Control Law (Act on the
Evaluation of Chemical Substances and Regulation of
Their Manufacture, etc.) amended to include considerationof the impact to flora and fauna in the environment

2005

Start of the Japan Challenge Program

ICCA formulated RC Global Charter

Chemical management in accordance withSAICM liste d a s a me a sure in the T hird
Fundamental Environment Plan

ICCA: Fo r mul ate d G PS a s a strate g y topromote a detailed PS

2006

The SAICM Roadmap was adopted at the firstsession of the International Conference on
Chemicals Management (ICCM-1)

2007
2009

REACH enacted
Second session of the International Conferenceon Chemicals Management (ICCM-2)

2011
2012

The Chemical Substance Control Law
amended to include the introduction of riskbased chemical management

JCIA created a Japanese version of the GPS
and decided to promote JIPS

The pollutant release and transfer register(PRTR) system revised and fully enacted
Third session of the International Conference on
Chemicals Management (ICCM-3)

Government of Japan formulated SAICM
Implementation Plan

2013

JCIA released JCIA BIGDr to members

2014

ICCA revised the RC Global Charter

2015

Fourth session of the International Conferenceon Chemicals Management (ICCM-4)

Government of Japan released progress statusof the SAICM Implementation Plan

The UN adopted SDGs
(Goals for 2030) Successor to MDGs

2016

U S G o v e r n m e n t a m e n d e d t h e To x i c
Substances Control Act (TSCA) (prioritization ofrisk assessment of substances)

JCIA formulated Principles of JCIA regarding
the Environment, Health and Safety 2016
JCIA established the JIPS Award

The Chemical Substance Control Law amended (Introductionof environmental emissions management of new chemicals
produced in small/low amounts)

JCIA fo r mu l ate d V is io n of th e C h e m ic a l
Industry for Sustainable Development

2018

REACH existing chemicals 1 ton/year or less
Registration deadline (Acceptance of registrationof all existing chemicals closed)

JaIME established with 50 companies; JCIA
and five other organizations acting as thesecretariat

2019

T h e 2 017 a m e n d m e n t o f t h e C h e m i c a l
Substance Control Law fully enacted

2020

Government of Japan released progress result
report of the SAICM Implementation Plan

2017

2021

Fifth session of the International Conference on
Chemicals Management (ICCM-5) to be held

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Report on SAICM Activities
What is SAICM?
SAICM is an acronym for Strategic Approach to International Chemicals Management.
At the Johannesburg Summit in 2002, the objective of “producing and using chemicals in ways that minimize significant adverse impacts on the environmentand human health by the year 2020” was enacted and adopted at the International Conference on Chemicals Management in 2006 to achieve this goal.

RC Report
In the chemical industry, each member company handlingchemical substances engages in voluntary activities aimed atpreserving the environment, safety, and health, publishing theresults of activities, and engaging in dialogue and communication
with society in all processes of such substances, ranging fromthe development, manufacture, distribution, and use of chemical
substances to disposal and recycling after final consumption.
These activities are collectively called Responsible Care, or RC
for short.
In 2005, the ICCA enacted the RC Global Charter as a policy
to develop RC activities and in 2014, further revised the RC
Global Charter to define more specific action strategies suchas leveraging the leadership of the top managers at companies
in the industry. At the time of this revision, the 56 JCIA member
companies (as of the end of 2015) that have business concerns
across the world agreed with the gist and signed on to therevisions to the RC Global Charter. Moreover, Principles of
JCIA regarding the Environment, Health and Safety 2016 wasenacted as a revised policy in accordance with the gist of therevised RC Global Charter. This policy requires more specificaction on appropriate management, process safety, andsecurity of chemical substances through GPS/SAICM initiatives,and points related to approaches to business par tners,
information dissemination to stakeholders, and contribution tosustainable development of society were also reflected. The
JCIA RC committee in collaboration with member companies
are promoting efforts with the goal of achieving the five RC
implementation items and release the results to proactively
communicate with society. As part of this initiative, RC Regional
Dialogue Meetings continue to be held with residents livingin the vicinity of plants as well as businesspeople in 15 areas
throughout Japan to talk about risks.

■Implementation Items for Responsible Care
Environmental Protection
Protect the health of people andnature around the world

Process Safety and Disaster Prevention
Endeavour to prevent industrial accidents
and adopt measures against natural disasters

Process Safety andDisaster Prevention
Occupational Healthand Safety
Environmental
Protection

Occupational Health and Safety
Protect the safety and health of working people

Chemicals and Product Safety
Clarify the properties and handling proceduresof chemical products and protect the safety,
health and environment of all handlers,
including customers

Distribution
SafetyChemicals andProduct Safety

Communication(Dialogue and Publishing of Results)

Distribution Safety
Endeavor to prevent accidents anddisasters in distribution

SocietyLRIThe Long-Range Research Initiative (LRI) is one of the ICCA’s
voluntary activities that is a long-term initiative, which is being
promoted in cooperation with the chemical industry associationsin Japan, United states, and Europe (JCIA, American ChemistryCouncil (ACC), and European Chemical Industry Council (Cefic)),
and has the following three goals: (1) Spread chemical knowledge
about chemicals as they relate to health and the environment,(2) promote the improvement of capabilities to safely manage
chemicals through development of screening techniques and new
testing methods, and (3) support the determination of public policy
based on scientific data.
JCIA has been promoting this activity in Japan since the year 2000
and started running it as a new LRI in 2012 through review of
specific research policies, formulation of themes, and management
organizations. In November 2012 (first term), contract research ofa total of 14 tasks began in five fields, and a total of 11 tasks havebeen adopted as of March 2019 (7th term). In this time, a total of
106 contract research endeavors had been implemented. Results of
the research tasks have been published as papers and 36 papers
have been published to date. Furthermore, evaluation tools (SWEEs,
AIST-MeRAM, and ChemTHEATRE) created through support of
the JCIA LRI have been released publicly and “Skin sensitization
prediction approach that uses novel Lys and Cys derivatives (ADRA)”
that was supported by the JCIA LRI was published in OECD Test
Guidelines Test No. 442C in June 2019.

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Toward a Sustainable Society

Chemicals Management Report① GSS creation and publication on JCIA BIGDr
JCIA is promoting JIPS, which is a Japanese version of GPS
promoted by ICCA, as a voluntary initiative in the chemical industry.
GPS/JIPS aims to minimize the risk from chemicals across thewhole supply chain by each company voluntarily performing a risk
evaluation of their own chemical products and properly managing
them on a risk basis as well as releasing information about productsafety, risk, and management methods to the general public. JCIA
supports gathering of information and risk assessments in orderto support GPS/JIPS and perform risk evaluations and also has
developed and maintains a total support website called “JCIABIGDr” related to ways to create a GPS/JIPS Safety Summary(GSS). GSS, which is a result of the initiative, is a document inwhich the GPS/JIPS review result (risk evaluation results, etc.)
related to chemicals produced or sold by a company is gathered
into an easy-to-read format. The GSS created by JCIA member
companies is published on JCIA BIGDr and as of March 2020,
there are 558 documents.

② Chemicals management activities in the supply chain
In order to promote sound management of chemicals in the
supply chain, JCIA supported the construction of an appropriate
management platform for the domestic and international
dissemination of the information sharing scheme for chemicals in
products called “chemSHERPA” which is managed and operated
by the Joint Article Management Promotion-consortium (JAMP).
Moreover, JCIA responded to the maintenance of the substancelist GADSL created and maintained by the Global Automotive
Stakeholder Group (GASG) that consists of the representatives
from Japanese, US, and European automobile, parts, and chemical
manufacturers from the standpoint of the chemical industry.
Additionally, JCIA co-sponsored the GASG steering committee held
in November in Tokyo with the Japan Automobile Manufacturers
Association, was involved in the management of the conference,
and also introduced the topics about chemical regulations in Japan.
Furthermore JCIA participated in the domestic committee and

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working group for the international standard TC111 (environmental
standard for electrical and electronic equipment) promoted by theelectrical and electronic industries such as JEITA, and cooperated
to create and maintain international standards.

Report on SAICM Activities
Response to Marine Plastic Problems
Held an outreach to Asia training seminar

related to waste management in Japan was also explained.

The Japan Initiative for Marine Environment (JaIME) held the“Outreach to Asia Training Seminar (Program to Improve
Management of Plastic Waste)” on February 12 to 18, 2020 at
the Tokyo Kenshu Center of Association for Overseas TechnicalCooperation and Sustainable Partnerships (AOTS) targetinggovernments, plastic manufacturers, retailers, waste disposers,
and policy experts from ASEAN countries. A total of 29 people
coming from Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, Philippines, Myanmar,
Vietnam, and Singapore to participate. Japanese findings andexperiences about building cooperative relationships between
related parties and statistical methods to ascertain the amount ofplastic waste were introduced at the seminar and a legal system

Tours of a final waste disposal site (landfill), waste-to-energy
incineration plant, and recycle plants were also given. On the final
day, participants from each country presented reports with policy
proposals for their countries and shared the current issues they
are facing and future action plans.

Creation of an educational DVD
An educational DVD was created for middle school students inorder to convey the fact that “Plastic is a valuable asset createdfrom precious resources, and has the potential to contribute to asustainable society if used responsibly” to future generations. The
goal is to use it at schools as middle school science material inaccordance with new educational guidelines.

Organization and dissemination of information, andresponding to domestic trends
JaIME compiles and analyzes various information and reports
related to marine plastics, and disseminates the appropriate
information to members in addition to utilizing them in JaIME
discussions and activities. Moreover, JaIME discusses policy tosolve domestic issues and offer our opinions on behalf of theindustry.

SDGs
Overview of Initiatives
JCIA has been looking into how the chemical industry can contribute to SDGs since January 2017and published the Vision of the Chemical Industry for Sustainable Development in May. In orderto support the various initiatives for SDGs that our members have been tackling since 2018, weestablished the SDGs Subcommittee. Additionally, we are also collaborating with the governmentand chemical associations to disseminate information externally.

Progress Status and Results of Initiatives
JCIA introduced activity case studies for each of the 17 SDGs. For instance, for SDG 12, “Responsible consumption and production,”
we have taken up the following four points: “Associate widely with Responsible Care,” “SAICM and GPS initiatives help with chemicals
management in the product lifecycle,” “Functional materials and technologies help with resource-saving processes that have a small
environmental footprint,” and “Promote the reduction of waste materials through reuse of waste and recycle technologies.”
We established the SDGs Subcommittee on June 2018 to share casestudies and exchange information with members, hold group work andopinion exchange sessions with the theme of in-house dissemination,
which is a challenge for many companies, and held study sessions lead bygovernment officials and external experts.
We created a website dedicated to the SDGs (https://www.
nikkakyo.org/sdgs), which went live in December 2018, andpublished our vision, SDGs case studies, and other information.
In the SDGs case studies, we list business activities related to food, resources,
energy and environment in the fields of healthcare, nursing care, medicine,social infrastructure, and others that our members are involved in, and publish
other information to show stakeholders that the chemical industry is contributing
broadly to achieving the SDGs.

Vision of the Chemical Industry for Sustainable Development(formulated by the JCIA in May 2017)

Strengths of the Japanese Chemical Industry
Innovative technologies
and products

Ability to solve environmental
and other problems(Innovation)(Solution)

Leverage strengths to evolve
From a reactive industry to a proactive industry
Responsibility to contribution

Vision 1 Create innovation with the power of chemistry to contribute to a soundand comfortable lifestyle
Vision 2 Support initiatives to combat global environmental and safety issues
Vision 3 Accelerate the contribution of the chemical industry through dialogue
with stakeholders

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Activities as a Member of the International Society
JCIA has conducted various support activities for development of the chemical industry such as human resource
development for safe operation of chemical plants and has held seminars to train practitioners of chemicals
management. The activities are not limited to Japan, but JCIA has joined ICCA on behalf of the Japanese chemicalindustry and has actively contributed to activities toward a sustainable society as a member of the internationalsociety, such as human resource development for the advancement of the chemical industry mainly in the East
Asia and Southeast Asian regions, participating in the programs to show the know-how of international chemicals
management, and participating in the Chemical Dialogue of APEC and AMEICC Working Group on Chemical Industry.
International Council of Chemical Associations (ICCA) Activities
ICCA was established in 1989 by the chemical industry associations of the United States, Japan, Europe, and Canada.
Currently, the chemical industry associations of North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Oceania, and Middle
East Gulf countries have joined as Full Members. The total number of member countries and regions is approximately
50, including Associate Members such as China and India. The organization of ICCA consists of four core LeadershipGroups which implement activities such as strategic initiatives and policy recommendations to overcome challenges ineach field. ICCA also launched Plastics Leadership Group in 2019 and the Group has started its activities. Please see
the official website for more information on activities of ICCA.
https://www.icca-chem.org/

ICCA Energy and Climate Change Leadership Group (E&CC LG) Activities
The chemical industry is aggressively demonstrating the role as a solution provider andpresenting the outcomes by tackling the challenges of world energy and climate change
to garner understanding from international society. In 2019, the ICCA issued a report*¹
about the contribution to a low carbon society through innovation in the chemicalindustry, which was introduced at COP 25 and a battery seminar*² jointly sponsoredby the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences (IVA) and the Japan Society
for the Promotion of Science (JSPS). For an overview of other ICCA E&CC LG activities,
please access see the QR code*³ and get the information from ICCA website.
Note: The QR codes below to provide get the detail information for notes *1 to 3.

1

2

3

ICCA Organization Chart
ICCA General Assembly

ICCA Board of
Directors

CEO Group(Global Executive
Strategy Group)

ICCA Steering
Committee

Energy and Climate Change

ICCA Chemical Policy and Health LG (CP&H LG) Activities
JCIA participated in CP&H LG meeting held in Helsinki last October, related task
force and web conference. JCIA introduced an overview of activities in Japanfocused on the issue of plastic waste, and expressed their opinion that the energy
recovery is one of the effective methods to handle plastic waste at the meeting.
JCIA also introduced GHS initiatives in Japan with particular regard to the JIS
revision related to GHS implemented in FY2019.

ICCA Responsible Care LG (RCLG) Activities
The spring meeting was held in Buenos Aires at which a statement related to RC,
sustainability, and the circular economy was introduced. Revision of the content
on the ICCA web-page was also considered. Additionally, at the fall meeting heldin Seoul, the RC Charter for the associations worldwide was signed as the 2020
activity plan and there was a discussion of the review of operating methods tomore effectively appeal to external parties about the capacity building activities of
ICCA for developing associations.

CEO Sponsor MORIKAWA Kohei (Showa Denko)
Chair YAGISHITA Masamichi (Showa Denko)
Vice-Chair Ignacio Hernandez Bonnett (Shell)

Chemical Policy and Health
CEO Sponsor Jim Fitterling (Dow Chemical)
Co-Chair (Europe) Martin Kayser (BASF)
Co-Chair (USA) Chris Wallace (ExxonMobil Chemical)

Responsible CareⓇ
CEO Sponsor Karen McKee (ExxonMobil Chemical)
Chair Baudouin Kelecom (ExxonMobil Chemical)
Vice-Chair INAMI Hidenori (Mitsubishi Chemical)

Communications

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

Trade policy Network

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APEC Activities (Chemical Dialogue)

A joint workshop of the International Council of Chemical

APEC is an economic cooperation forum with 21 member

Associations (ICCA) and the European

economies from the Asia-Pacific region that conducts activities

Commission’s Joint Research Center was held at Stresa, Italy

related to free trade and investment, business facilitation, security

on June 19 and 20, 2019. About 50 people were in attendance
to discuss the topic of development and application of New
Approach Methods (NAMs) for risk evaluation and managementof complex chemical compounds (particularly use examples of
NAMs for the purpose of supporting decision making in regulatory
agencies and product management), consideration of uncertainty
in the risk evaluation of complex chemical compounds, andinitiatives to improve risk evaluation of complex chemicalcompounds. There were two presentations from Japan as wellof people, economic and technological cooperation, and so on
for sustainable growth and prosperity of the Asia-Pacific region.
JCIA participates in Chemical Dialogue, which is a sub-forum of
the APEC Committee on Trade and Investment. The Chemical
Dialogue is a forum with the goal of finding solutions to problems
facing the chemical industr y in the Asia-Pacific region for
representatives of regulatory agencies and the industrial sector. It
is a place that enables effective cooperation between the industry
and governments to improve the safe use and stewardship ofchemical products, and promotes understanding of the role of thechemical industry as an innovative solution provider to sustainably
develop the economy, environment, and society through tradeby supporting and expanding regulatory cooperation and mutual
recognition in the region. JCIA actively provided opinions andsuggestions as a representative of the Japanese chemicalindustry at the Chemical Dialogue.

that introduced Japanese initiatives.

16th Asia Pacific Responsible Care Conference (APRCC)
APRO is an organization comprised of 15 chemical industry
associations from the Asia-Pacific region that promotes RC
activities in the same region. The biennial APRCC of member
nations was held on November 7 and 8, 2019 in Seoul, South
Korea. The main theme
was “The next challenge
for Responsible Care”
and there were fivesessions including
process safety with 245
par ticipa nts f rom allover the world.

ICCA ASEAN Regulatory Cooperation Project (ARCP)
Activities
ASEAN Regulator y Cooperation Project targets countries
participating in the ASEAN Economic Community, promotes
activities focusing on risk-based chemicals management under
the influence of ICCA’s “global policy of regulatory cooperation” toimprove chemicals regulations in this region. This project is led by
the Singaporean association and JCIA participates as a member ofthe organization committee with both ACC and Cefic. A workshop
and a seminar were held in Vietnam in September. Applicable parties
in the public and private sectors from the 10 ASEAN countries
gathered together to discuss the two virtual working groups (GHS
and Chemical Inventory) for promoting regulatory cooperation in area
where there is a possibility of concrete harmony, and held a seminaron risk assessment.

AMEICC Activities (Japan/ASEAN Economic andIndustrial Cooperation Committee)
AMEICC is a subordinate organization of ASEAN Economic
Ministers and METI (Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry),
Japan Consultations (AEM-METI) that undertakes concrete
economic and industrial cooperation in the ASEAN region.
JCIA proactively participates in AMEICC efforts, requested thecooperation to effectively use of AJCSD (ASEAN-Japan chemicalsafety database) and discussed on the WS related to chemical
management in the future in each country at the Working Group(Indonesia) in July.

Participation in OECD Conferences
JCIA attended conferences (Joint Meeting of the Chemicals
Committee and Working Party on Chemicals, Pesticides andBiotechnology, Working Party on Hazard Assessment, Working
Party on Exposure Assessment, Working Party on Manufactured
Nanomaterials, and Extended Advisory Group on Molecular
Screening and Toxicogenomics) held by the Organisation for
Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) as a memberof BIAC, which is an advisory body to the OECD for the private
sector. We have gathered useful information and inform it to JCIA
members as well as expressed their opinions.

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Activity Report: Responsible Care (RC) Committee[Responsible Care Department]

MESSAGE

Contributing to the continuous improvement of RC activities
and the realization of a sustainable society
Based on “contribution to the realization of a sustainable society,” we will work forcontinuous improvement of our RC activities and implement positive and open activities
in order to further enhance the public recognition of our RC activities and the presenceof the chemical industry. In Japan, we will proceed with better activities that reflect theopinions of members in response to the changes in the environment surrounding thechemical industry. In foreign countries, we will continue to support the RC activities
of local business establishments of member companies, and particularly in Asia, wewill strive to expand the base of RC activities by not only supporting each national
association, but also encouraging Japanese subsidiaries to participate in RC activities.
Committee Chairman,

Activity Outline

The purposes of the RC Committee are to support
member’s RC activities, further improve thesociety’s trust in our members and the chemicalindustry, and contribute to the sustainable
development of the chemical industry and society.
To this end, the Committee focuses its efforts
on supporting the continuation of RC activities
and tackling the task of the activation and the
expansion of the range of the activities.

FUKUDA Nobuo [Representative Director of the Board,
Managing Executive Officer, Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation]

Responsible Care Committee

Dialogue WG

Steering Group

Activity Report WG
Member Relations WG

RC Awards Selection Council

Overseas Support WG
RC Verification Center

Note: WG/Working GroupFOC USRC Member Relations Study Sessions

efforts are taking place at the RC member companies, it is quite

The RC Committee holds study sessions every year to actively

difficult to achieve “zero accidents and disasters.” While it isintroduce new perspectives, standards, technologies, andimportant to deal with complex, large-scale, or aging facilities inconcepts into RC activities. In FY 2019, study sessions wereorder to prevent these accidents and disasters, it is also critical

held in Osaka (October) and Tokyo (November). In Osaka,

to establish the values and behaviors that “place top priority on

we discussed the topic of “cultivating young personnel” as asafety, or in other words, “develop a safety culture.”

challenge common to all group companies. This topic has been

In light of this, we had Professor TAKANO Kenichi from Graduate

discussed on several occasions at member relations events to

School of Systems Design and Management (SDM), Keioshare the best practices adopted at each company. This time,

University to talk about “what safety culture is” and “how weto take in new findings, we decided to “learn about cultivating

can create a safety culture” based on his diagnostic experience

young employees from other industries” and invited Professor

at offices of more than 100 companies, including some specific

NISHIO Kumiko from Kyoto Women’s University for a lecture

examples. The participants then discussed “how we can reinforce

and discussion on the “cultivation of maiko (apprentice geisha)safety culture at work sites.”in Kyoto geisha districts” where traditional skills have been
passed on for more than 350 years. In Tokyo, we took up the“establishment of safety culture” as our topic. While a variety of

Signing the RC Charterof national association
Responsible Care (RC) is a global,
voluntary initiative practiced in morethan 60 countries around the globe.
Chemical producers who havebusiness worldwide represent theircompliance with the inter national
principles of Responsible Care bysigning and operating in accordancewith the Responsible Care Global Charter. The Global Charter
that garnered signatures from 580 enterprises worldwide plays

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Responsible Care worldwide, promote the safe management of

the Fifth Session of the International Conference on Chemicals

chemicals within the member companies as well as their business

Management (ICCM5) is scheduled to be held in July 2021 inpartners in their value chain in accordance with the country’s RC

Germany to discuss international chemicals management for the

program, and improve living standards and quality of life throughthe active protection of communities and the environment as welltoward this conference, the Responsible Care Leadership Groupas the contribution presented for attaining the UN’s SDGs. The(RCLG) of the International Council of Chemical Associations

national association’s RC Charter is signed by both the head of(ICCA) formulated localized versions of the Global Charter andthe association and Director-General, and JCIA has also signed

a total of 63 RCLG member associations signed this Charter. In

this version of the RC Charter.

the Global Charter, each association must actively strengthen

TOPIC 1 RC Regional Dialogue

We hold a consumer dialogue meeting every year in order todeepen our mutual understanding with representatives of consumer
groups and build the relationship of trust. In FY 2019, the meetings

TOPIC 5 RC Verification Activities
Responsible Care is the foundation of the activities of chemical
manufacturers. Each firm abides by this foundation, incorporates
SDGs and ESG elements into their corporate activities for longterm, sustainable growth, and publicly discloses the results in
integrated reports or sustainability reports. JCIA verifies thesereports from the perspective of RC for the purpose of enhancing
the quality and reliability of these reports. During FY 2019, 10 RC
member companies accepted the review for verification, and as
a result, we have reached a cumulative total of 228 completed
verifications since the start of verification in 2002.

Public Relations Committee

TOPIC 3 RC Consumer Dialogues

2. Support for human resource development in the chemicalindustry in Japan and ASEAN
In response to the request for cooperation from the Ministry of
Economy, Trade and Industry of Japan based on the FY 2019 Plan via
the Association for Overseas Technical Cooperation and Sustainable
Partnerships (AOTS), the AMEICC Working Group on Chemical
Industry visited five ASEAN member countries and offered a twoday workshop on labor safety and disaster-preventive maintenancetargeting line managers at manufacturing plants.

Labor Committee

RC Activity Report Meetings were
held at the Tsukishima Social
Education Hall in Tokyo on June
13, 2019 and at Kanden Hall inOsaka on July 23. The Tokyo RC
Activity Report Meeting combined
the RC Award Lecture and the Osaka RC Activity Report Meetingcombined a member relations event, with 115 participants and 64
participants, respectively. As an external lecturer, we welcomed
Dr. KUSUKAMI from East Japan Railway for a lecture on the topic of“understanding human factors in safety.”

1. Support activities inThailandWe visited SCG-Chemicals’
training center (OETC),
which has a safety sensory
training facility, with 40
participants and received
hands-on experience ofthe sensory training. With the Japanese Chamber of Commercein Bangkok, we co-organized a workshop for local employees
involved with RC (in English and Thai) and a lecture session witha focus on local corporation managers (in Japanese), where we
received an outstanding and much larger number of participants
than the previous year.

Economy and Tax System
Committee

RC Activity Report
Meeting

Overseas Support Activities

International Activities
Committee

TOPIC 2

TOPIC 4

Technical Affairs Committee

In FY 2019, RC regional
dialogue meetings were held infour areas, Western Yamaguchi,
Kawasaki, Sakai-Senboku,
Iwakuni-Otake
with 60 to 110 participants,
comprising residents living in
the vicinity of chemical plants
as well as local government
staff, and businesspeople from the area. Residents in all fourareas have a great interest in the impact of and measures in placefor earthquakes and tsunamis, fires and explosions, and raised
many questions and exchanged opinions. The regional dialogue
meetings were not held in Oita, Toyama-Takaoka, and Northern
Niigata during this fiscal year due to COVID-19.

were held at the plants and laboratories of RC members in Shigaand Ibaraki, and we observed the RC activities at the plants andlaboratories as well as introduced and exchanged opinions about
the trend of actions taken for marine plastic problems and theexamples of measures for reducing plastic waste.

Chemicals Management
Committee

TOP IC S

Environment and Safety
Committee

future. To strongly promote the chemical industry’s RC activities

Responsible
Responsible Care
Care Committee
Committee

the role of unifying the chemical industry with RC. Additionally,

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Activity Report: Environment and Safety Committee[Environment and Safety Department]

MESSAGE

Safety and environmental considerations duringchemical product manufacturing are a top-priority issue

Based on the “Principles of JCIA regarding the Environment, Health and Safety” theEnvironment and Safety Committee holds the considered view that “Efforts securingsafety and conserving the environment create new value,” and is working on various tasks
to enable companies to continue their sound growth upon establishing a foundation for
activities grounded in their communities. We will identify the trends in Japan and overseas,
share the issues with members in order to enable collective responses, as well as provide
opinions and collaboration with administrative authorities and relevant organizations.
We will also contribute to the development of a sustainable society through chemical
manufacturing by promoting the development of the members’ voluntary activities.
Committee Chairman,

SUETSUGU Minoru[Lead Executive Officer and Executive Officer for Manufacturing, Asahi Kasei Corporation]

Steering Group

Safety Award Council
Environment Subcommittee
Security and Disaster
Prevention Subcommittee

Security Incident
Prevention Study WG

Occupational Health and
Safety Subcommittee

Dangerous Substances
Transportation WG

Note: WG/Working Group

度数率の推移Safety-Related Accident Prevention Efforts■ Incident Rates of Labor Accidents“Safety-Related Accident Prevention” is one of the most important tasksof JCIA. Based on “About the promotion of measures for the preventionof disasters in petrochemical complexes (request)” issued by the Ministryof Economy, Trade and Industry, we are deepening educational activities
for the prevention of safety-related accidents by utilizing DVDs foreducation and issuing the “Safety-Related Accident Prevention Guidelines(reprint 2)” to make use of actual examples of incidents at member
companies in addition to the “Safety-Related Accident Prevention
Guidelines.” In addition, we actively participate in the Public-Private
Council for Safety Measures in the Manufacturing Industry and work on
the new prevention of safety-related accidents through cooperation withother organizations and providing educational materials to contribute to
the realization of a sustainable society through chemical manufacturing.

1.4
1.4

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1.0
1.0

0.8
0.8
0.6
0.6

0.4
0.4

0.2
0.2

■ Severity Rate of Labor Accidents
0.40
0.40

JCIA member
companies
Partners of JCIA
member companies

2019

2017

2015

2013

2009

2007

2005

2003

強度率の推移

2001

1999

1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019
1997

0.0
0.0

Manufacturing
Chemicalindustry

0.35
0.35
0.30
0.30
0.25
0.25

0.20
0.15
0.10
0.05

2019

2017

2015

2013

2009

2007

2005

2003

1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019
2001

0.00
0.00

1999

At the core of JCIA’s labor accident prevention efforts are the cooperative
efforts to promote the administrative authorities’ 13th five-year industrial
accident prevention plan and the sharing of the latest, important
information among member companies. The former involves the active
participation in organizational activities of the Public-Private Council for
Safety Measures in the Manufacturing Industry, etc. and the provisionof labor safety information. Recently, we consolidated the members’
opinions and reflected them in the development of a standard methodof risk assessment. The latter involves active collection of labor policy
information from the administrative authorities and the summarizationand provision of member companies’ opinions. For the safe handling andmanagement of chemical substances, we offer opinions about trends ofstricter regulations on the prevention of exposure to asbestos and newreviews regarding chemicals management.

Manufacturing
Chemicalindustry

1.2
1.2

1997

Labor Accident Prevention Efforts

JCIA member
companies
Partners of JCIA
member companies

2011

FOC US

Environment and
Safety Committee

2011

Activity Outline

The three subcommittees of the Environment and Safety Committee identify the trends
in Japan and overseas and share issues with members while also offering opinions of thechemical industry to the administrative authorities and relevant organizations. Our safety
activities consist of the working group’s publication of a compilation of lessons learned forthe prevention of recurrence based on actual examples of incidents, safetycommendations, industrial safety seminars co-organized by relevant organizations, andparticipation in public-private council meetings. As our environmental preservation activity,
we promote proper compliance with environmental laws and regulations
along with voluntary activities related to VOC emissions and waste recycling.

TOP IC S
The Environment Subcommittee exchanges opinions about the revision inenvironmental laws from the perspectives of rationality and effectiveness, andshares information on new requirements and changes. We also provide thecollected opinions to administrative authorities and relevant organizations.

[Major environmental laws and outline of their suggested
amendment and revisions]

An answer has been given regarding details about theenvironmental measures for chemical substances, andsuggestions of target substances were presented at the joint
meeting of the three ministries (METI, MOE, and MHLW) for therevision of PRTR Act target substances.

Act on Rational Use andProper Management of
Fluorocarbons

A direct penalty has been introduced for a failure of deliveryof fluorocarbons by a person undertaking the disposal ofClass I specified products, and the issuance of a fluorocarbon
recovery certificate to waste disposal and recycling businesses
has been mandated.

Waste Management and Public
Cleansing Act and Act on Special
Measures concerning Promotion of
Proper Treatment of PCB Wastes

The waste classification for combustible PCB waste has
been revised, and waste containing more than 0.5% PCB
but within 10% PCB will be classified in low-PCB content
waste.

Soil Contamination
Countermeasures Act

Standards for soil contamination regarding cadmium and its
compounds and trichloroethylene were revised and answered.

TOPIC 2 Safety Education and Human Resource
Development

Subcommittee

The Occupational Health and Safety Subcommittee investigates the
movement around revisions in laws related to labor safety and health,and through information provision based on such investigations,p r i m a r i l y s h a re s i n f o r m a t i o n w i t h m e m b e r c o m p a n i e s a n dcommunicates the members’ opinions to the administrative authorities.
Recently, as a member of the chemical industry, we have participatedin the revision of special health check items, regulations on specified
chemical substances regarding manganese compounds, and work
environment measurement regulations, and currently in the revision ofregulations on the handling of chemical substances. We are actively
engaged in activities including providing information to members,

Public Relations Committee

TOPIC 3 Activities of Occupational Health and Safety

With the Petroleum Association of Japan and the Japan Petrochemical
Industry Association, on October 28, 2019 we co-hosted a lecture on
preventing tsunami disaster associated with “World Tsunami AwarenessDay, November 5” resolved in the United Nations. Lectures on “Situation
and responses during and subsequent to the 2018 Hokkaido Eastern
Iburi earthquake” (members) and “Disaster preparedness efforts in
Chiba Prefecture” (administrative authority) were given to communicate
physical and psychological preparedness for tsunami and other natural
disasters in an easily-to-understand manner for members of all threeorganizations.

Labor Committee

Utilizing educational material for human resource development
regarding safety-related accident prevention (guideline, Japaneseversion/English version DVD), and using manufacturing site leader
training, external human resource development courses, and seminars,
we conducted the spread and dissemination activities in FY 2019 as
well. We also continuously support education such as dispatching
instructors and providing educational material to the human resource
development courses held by the Sanyo Association for Advancementof Science & Technology and the Chiba Industry Advancement Center.

TOPIC 5 Lecture on Preventing Tsunami Disasters

Economy and Tax System
Committee

Act on Confirmation, etc. of Release
Amounts of Specific Chemical
Substances in the Environment andPromotion of Improvements to theManagement Thereof (PRTR Act)We started the Tokyo Industrial Safety Course in cooperation with
the Petroleum Association of Japan and the Japan Petrochemical
Industry Association to foster leaders who will promote safety in theirrespective companies in the petroleum and chemistry industries, andopened the sixth course in FY 2019, which graduated 28 students.
We renovated the contents of the lectures based on changes inthe social environment and worked on this program as a course
for discussing safety and practicing safety activities. We invited auniversity professor as chief, administrative officers, and people
from companies as lecturers to create a program that offers a Q&A
session with lecturers and allows participants to learn specialized
knowledge through student discussions on issues to reinforce theirpractical skills. The number of the students who have completed theIndustry Safety Course is about 180, and the Course is now a vehicle
for sharing information and exchanging opinions about safety acrossthe boundaries of companies.

International Activities
Committee

An answer has been given regarding details about the preventionof asbestos dispersal, and a bill for the partial amendment of the
Air Pollution Control Act has been submitted to the 2020 ordinary
Diet session. Currently, technical matters are under review.

TOPIC 4 Industrial Safety Course

Technical Affairs Committee

Air Pollution
Control Act

organizing members’ opinions, and offering opinions to administrative
authorities. By collecting recommendations from member companies
that are practicing excellent labor safety activities, we also support theawarding of the Excellent Safety Manager Minister of Health, Labor andWelfare and the Green Cross Award by administrative authorities.

Chemicals Management
Committee

TOPIC 1 Responses to the Revision of Environmental Laws

Environment andEnvironment
and Safety
SafetyCommittee
Committee

To reduce the environmental risks posed by chemical substances,
we actively promote voluntary activities and publication of results forresource circulation through reducing environmental load by reducing
the emissions of chemicals independently specified by JCIA in addition
to the substances that need notification under the Law for PRTR and

Promotion of Chemical Management, reducing landfill waste, andpromoting effective use of resources. As part of our efforts to ensurecompliance with environmental laws, we collect and organize the latest
information on law revisions and reflect the requirements in the member
companies’ activities without fail while holding monthly environment
committee meetings to offer the opinions of the chemical industry to theadministrative authorities.

Responsible Care Committee

Environmental Preservation Efforts

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Activity Report: Chemicals Management Committee[Chemicals Management Department]

MESSAGE

Toward the Establishment of More Efficient Chemicals
Management as a Business Strategy.
The basic policies are to strengthen support for chemicals management inbusiness activities and to further spread and expand voluntary contributions fromthe industry. We are doing a variety of activities, such as dispatch of information
related to chemical management and compliance to the revision of related laws
and regulations in Japan and overseas. Regarding legal compliance in Japan, JCIA
actively participates in various governmental committees and working groups
on behalf of the chemical industry, and offers opinions to relevant authorities.
JCIA also aims to establish and disseminate more efficient and sophisticated risk
assessment technologies.
Committee Chairman,

MIYOSHI Yoshihiro[Managing Executive Officer, Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd.]

Activity Outline

The Committee have established close relationships
with relevant organizations, including administrative
authorities, in order to communicate necessary and useful
information to members about domestic and overseas
regulatory trends regarding chemical management, andcollects opinions and requests of members to submit
them to the administrative authorities. As voluntary
activities in the industry, the Committee is promoting
GPS/JIPS and tackling new issues.

Steering Group

Chemicals Management Committee
LRI Steering Committee
Domestic Laws WG
Overseas Laws WG
Amendment of the Chemical Substance Control Law WG (Inactive)
GHS-WG
User Support WG
New Issues Tackling WG
Risk Assessment Technology WG
GPS/JIPS WG

East Asia Study T
Southeast Asia Study T
The Americas and Others Study T
Europe Study T

Administrative Technology SG
OECD SG
Note: WG/Working Group

SG/Subgroup

T/Team

FOC US
Compliance with Domestic Chemicals law
and our activities
The revision of the “Act on the Evaluation of Chemical
Substances and Regulation of Their Manufacture, etc.” (theChemical Substances Control Law: CSCL) was promulgatedin 2017 and came into complete force in FY 2019. For
this revision, JCIA collected the opinions of the member
companies related to the operation of the act and submitted
them to the administrative authorities. Our working group isalso advancing the revision work for “Chemical Substances
Control Law Q&A Notification Guidebook for Personnel incharge of law-related duties” compiled by JCIA in cooperation
with the authorities. We are also continuing with our efforts inrational risk management for the risk assessment of existingchemical substances and the dialogues with the authorities
regarding future law revisions.
We also released information on the "Perfluorooctanoic acid(PFOA) and its salts and PFOA-related substances,” whichwere deemed appropriate to be specified as class I specified
chemical substance in July last year, and supported ourmembers. The “Act on Confirmation, etc. of Release Amountsof Specific Chemical Substances in the Environment andPromotion of Improvements to the Management Thereof”(PRTR Act) is expected to undergo ordinance revision thisfiscal year, and we supported the members’ submission of
their opinions to administrative authorities from the review

15 JCIA ANNUAL REPORT 2020stage for the selection of criteria for substances to be
regulated and the candidate substances in three-ministry
joint meetings. We quickly collected information on the trendsof chemicals regulations, including the Industrial Safety and
Health Act, the Poisonous and Deleterious Substances Control
Act, the Act on Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices, and the
Narcotics and Psychotropics Control Act, and provided themembers with information.

Compliance with Overseas Chemicals
laws and Regulations
We identified and collected the latest chemical management
regulation trends in each foreign country, transmitted information
to members, and collected the opinions of member companies
to offer them to the administrative authorities. As an example,
we addressed the issues related to the law revisions in Asian
countries (China, Taiwan, India, Philippines, and Vietnam), polymer
registration in South Korea and Europe, and the burden of TSCA
risk assessment costs in the U.S. In cases where the impact is
not limited to Japanese companies, we are working with local
industry associations (ACC, Cefic, SCIC, etc.) to create position
papers to support regulatory advocacy, and we are appealing
to local authorities through these local industry associations.
In addition, we are exchanging information and opinions with
the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry and request theirinvolvement when necessary.

period for the SDS provision and labeling based on the pre-revised
JIS is until May 24, 2022, three years after the announcement of
the revised JIS. A list of errata was announced for JIS Z7253:2019
on January 15, 2020. The “GHS Compliance Guidelines” compiled
by JCIA were revised along with JIS Z7252 and JIS Z7253, andthe revisions were issued by the Japanese Standards Association
on June 12. However, we started working on the issuance ofan expanded edition for the JIS revision and to respond to themembers’ opinions provided after the initial issuance.

Environment and Safety
Committee

The national standard for the United Nations document GHS(Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling ofChemicals), JIS Z7252:2019 (Classification of Chemicals Basedon GHS), and JIS Z7253:2019 (Communication of Hazard
Classification Information of Chemicals Based on GHS), which
JCIA has been involved in the drafting of the revisions since FY
2017, were announced on May 25, 2019. The contents are inaccordance with the 6th revision of the UN GHS. The transitional

Responsible Care Committee

The Trend of GHS and Actions

TOP IC S
The JIPS Award is commendation given by JCIA for achievements in
JIPS activities. In the fourth JIPS award given this year, the Grand Prize
was won by Kao Corporation, and Excellence Award was won by
Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd., reported at a Chemicals Management
Committee meeting held on March 13, 2020.

Economy and Tax System
Committee

Excellence Award:
Sumitomo ChemicalCo., Ltd., Mr. MOTONAGA

Labor Committee

TOPIC 2 Change in GSS Publication Method

TOPIC 3 LRI (LRI Award, Adoption of New Challenges,
Utilization of Research Findings, and LRI Annual
Meeting)
The LRI is an initiative started by the ICCA as global voluntary activities
and is promoted in cooperation with the chemical industry associationsin Japan, United states, and Europe. In FY 2019, JCIA LRI adopted six

TOPIC 4 Response to Risk Management Issues(New Topic)
Annexes of REACH, an EU regulation on the registration, evaluation,
certification, and restriction of chemicals, were updated; we are now
required to assess risks for substances with nanoforms starting January
2020. Substances with nanoforms need assessment from a perspective
different from common chemical risk assessment, and in particular
must be properly grouped according to properties in order to avoid
a great increase in the number of tasks. To address this concern, the
new technical working group launched a nanoform EU regulation study
group to understand the risk assessment requirements for nanoform
substances as per the EU REACH annex revisions and extract questions
and tasks.

Public Relations Committee

JCIA has continued to support the creation of the GPS/JIPS Safety
Summary (GSS). Previously, the created GSS was published on the
ICCA GPS Chemicals Portal (“ICCA Portal”) and the links were publishedon JCIA BIGDr, but ICCA closed the ICCA Portal in September 2019and decided to delegate GSS-related activities to the association ineach country. In Japan, GSS is useful as a communication tool. The
creation of GSS is still promoted as a voluntary JCIA activity and directly
published on JCIA BIGDr.

International Activities
Committee

Grand Prize: Kao Corporation, Mr. HAYASHI, Ms.
KAMEYAMA, and Mr. YAMANE from the left

Technical Affairs Committee

new research projects from the development and evaluation of new risk
assessment methods or system, research on the effects of chemicals onchildren, elderly people and those with gene disorders, and issues needingurgent action. The findings from LRI research are introduced at regularannual meetings. In FY 2019, we had approximately 161 participants at themeeting held at the Tokyo Shoken Building in Tokyo on August 30.
In addition to the results reports of completed research, the progressof ongoing research was introduced during the poster session. In the
symposium held at the same time, a heated discussion was held on the
topic of “regulatory science in Reiwa.” JCIA commends researchers who
produced excellent achievements by awarding the JCIA LRI Awards. Awardwinners in FY 2019 of the 5th Japanese Society of Toxicology LRI Awardand the 4th Japanese Society for Alternatives to Animal Experiments LRIAward were Professor KOTAKE Yaichiro of Hiroshima University’s Graduate
School of Biomedical and Health Sciences and Professor SOZU Takashiof the Department of Information and Computer Technology, Faculty ofEngineering, Tokyo University of Science, respectively.

Chemicals Management
Management
ChemicalsCommittee
Committee

TOPIC 1 2019 JIPS Award

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Activity Report: Technical Affairs Committee[Technical Affairs Department]

MESSAGE

Efforts of climate change measures and recycling society
Under “the Commitment to a Low Carbon Society” in which many of the JCIA
member companies and associations participate, we set new goals for FY 2030,
including the significant reduction in GHG emissions. We have also declared ourparticipation in the Challenge Zero initiative led by Japan Federation of Economic
Organizations (Keidanren) to advance our ceaseless efforts. Aiming to realize a
recycling society, we also set up a working group focusing on chemical recycling,which is where the chemical industry can contribute. As the Technical Affairs
Committee, we will strive toward achieving these goals by further deepening
communication among member companies.
Committee Chairman,

TSUNASHIMA Hiroshi[Managing Executive Officer, Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.]

Activity Outline

We are actively participating in the Commitment to a Low Carbon
Society and activities concerning global warming and a recycling
society in Japan as well as abroad, and are tackling various tasks.
In addition, we are playing a key role in the prevalence activities
in the area of cLCA products and the activities of the ICCA
Energy and Climate Change Leadership Group, and promoting
technology through the JCIA Technology Awards to emphasizethat the chemical industry is a solution provider in the fightagainst global warming.

Technical Affaires Committee

Global Warming Long-Term Strategy Study WG

Steering Group

Keidanren’s Commitment to a Low Carbon Society WG

Waste Plastics CR WG
Global Warming Countermeasures WG2 (CFC substitutes)
Energy Measures Task ForceLCA WGCI Material Field Study WG
Technology Awards Selection Council
Note: WG/Working Group

Chemical Standardization WG

FOC USThe Result of the Commitment to a Low
Carbon Society in FY 2018 and the Progress
toward New FY 2030 Target Achievement
JCIA started efforts to reduce CO2 emission at the time of the
Voluntary Action Plan on the Environment under Keidanren, andhas continued the efforts since 2013 as “the Commitment to a Low
Carbon Society.” With the successful continuous attainment of theinitial target, the governing body decided on a new target for FY 2030
(FY 2013 set as the base year) in March 2019 with a higher reduction
goal and with the addition of an absolute amount target in addition to
the conventional BAU ratio index. If the production volume increases
under management only by BAU index, the absolute amount of CO2
emissions can increase even if the BAU target is achieved. Therefore,
an absolute amount index is necessary in order to apply a brake to
CO2 emissions. In addition, if the production volume varies under the
management only by absolute amount index, we cannot simply explain
the efforts for reduction as an industry, and therefore the BAU index
is necessary. Introducing these two management indexes makes a
big change in the way that the efforts of the chemical industry are
shown in a plain way. In the Commitment to a Low Carbon Society
follow-up survey in FY 2019 (FY 2018 performance), we attained a
reduction of 3.09 million tons (final target: 6.5 million tons) using the
BAU index and 5.03 million tons (final target 6.79 million tons) using theabsolute amount index, showing steady progress toward achieving thechallenging goals. Additionally, we changed the survey form system toimprove the accuracy of investigation data starting this fiscal year andto create a framework that further encourages participating companies
to take voluntary action. We are working on communicating this new
approach to all the members.

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■ Transition of BAU-based CO2 emission reduction amount( ten-thousand tons-CO 2 )FY 2030 target: 650
Reported value as of previous year ’s
target formulation (408)Progress: 48%(Fiscal year )▼ CO2 emission reduction amount( ten-thousand tons-CO 2 )CO2 emissions ▼( ten-thousand tons-CO 2 )FY 2030 target: 679

Progress: 74%(Fiscal year )2018achievement

2020
target

PFCs

97%

96%

or higher

SF₆

99%

99%

or higher

NF₃

89%

97%

or higher

Emission amount ( ten thousand tons - CO 2 e)

■ PFCs emissions

500■ SF 6 emissions■ NF 3 emissions

Total

90%
60%

90%

or higher90%

or higher85%

or higher

Total emission
amount of all 3 gases( ten thousand tons - CO 2 e)

600

400
300
300

Technical
Technical Affairs
Affairs Committee
Committee

500

400

Chemicals Management
Committee■ Transition of PFCs, SF6, and NF3 emitted from manufacturing process

90%

2030
targetEnvironment and Safety
Committee

In the emission reduction activities concerned with the manufacturing
of PFCs, SF6 and NF3, gasses all shown to have a global warming
effect, NF3 intensity was reduced by 97% in terms of per emission
rate to production when compared to that of FY 1995, which meansthat the industry has achieved 85% of the reduction target for FY
2030 for two consecutive years. PFCs and SF6 achieved the target
for FY 2030 (90% reduction) in 2010 and 2009, respectively, andhave been kept at 90% or better since then. The reduction in NF₃
progressed significantly, and therefore all three gases have now seen
an over-90% reduction in emissions.

2017
achievement

Responsible Care Committee

Three Gases Substituted for CFC Achieved
the Target for FY 2030

200

100

0

100

1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

International Activities
Committee

200

0(Fiscal year )TOPIC 1 51st JCIA Technology Award Special

Technology Prize Winner Receives the Ichimura
Prize in Industry

In February 2012, JCIA formulated guidelines for calculating thecontribution to CO 2 emission reduction. In October 2013, JCIA
cooperated with ICCA and WBCSD to issue practical global guidelines
for evaluating and reporting the contribution to GHG emission reduction.
In March 2014, we issued a compilation of cases in compliance with theglobal guidelines, but the evaluation was based on the contribution as of
FY 2020. Therefore, for more than half of all the cases, we are planningto publish the calculated values in FY 2020 and update the contribution
calculation evaluation target year to FY 2030.

Public Relations Committee

TOPIC 2 Prevalence Activities of cLCA

Chemicals Recycling WG

Under the Technical Affairs Committee, JCIA launched a working groupfor reviewing “what the chemical industry should do for chemical recyclingof waste plastics” (Waste Plastics CR-WG) with the participation of ninecompanies, five organizations, and two government agencies in November
2019 and started activities in coordination with relevant industries. While
the production and use of plastics is expected to increase
Along with global economic growth, currently we are seeing marine
pollution by waste plastics as an urgent global challenge. Therefore, inorder to contribute to thoroughgoing waste management, combating
global warming, and the establishment of a recycling society, we areadvancing the activities to establish the techniques, demonstrations, andsocial systems for the chemical recycling of waste plastics
from the perspectives of “building a system where the chemical industry
can fully play the role as a solution provider” and “developing a society
where the social added value of recycled plastics is recognized.”
Recovering waste plastics (resource recycling) is also expected tocontribute to a certain degree of diversifying materials and reducing
overseas dependency, both of which are issues affecting the Japanesechemical industry.

Labor Committee

Every year, JCIA recommends winners of the JCIA Technology Awards
for the Ichimura Prize in Industry, sponsored by the Ichimura Foundation
for New Technology. In FY 2019, under the recommendation of JCIA,
Kureha Corporation’s “Manufacturing technology development and newmarket exploitation of high-molecular-weight polyglycolide” won the
52nd Ichimura Prize in Industry for Distinguished Achievement. We willcontinue to contribute to the development of the Japanese economy
and society through the commendation of innovative and excellent
technologies and products.

TOPIC 3 Activities of Waste Plastics andEconomy and Tax System
Committee

TOP IC SJCIA ANNUAL REPORT 2020 18

Activity Report: International Activities Committee[International Affairs Department]

MESSAGE

Gathering Information on Trade Issues and Dealing with Unfair Trade
After the enforcement of TPP11 and Japan-EU EPA, while further expansion of regional
economic partnerships like RCEP are expected to follow Japan-U.S. Trade Agreement,
we are seeing Brexit, U.S.-China trade friction, WTO reform, and other unsettling moves
that can upset the trade order. In such trying times, we will promote reflecting the opinionsof the chemical industry in cooperation with the government with regard to economic
partnership agreements, corrections of unfair trade policies and measures, trade remedies,and requests for tariff reform. In addition, through various channels including ICCA activities
and interaction with the business associations of China and South Korea etc., we will carryout the activities that contribute to realize a sustainable society and the development of thechemical industry.
Committee Chairman,

ASADA Koji [Executive Officer, DIC Corporation]

Activity Outline

The Committee deals with our Association’s international affairs, including grasping thetrade issues related to the chemical industry, providing information to member companies,
approaching authorities to reflect the opinions of the domestic chemical industry,
strengthening the relationships with the chemical industries of China and South Korea andother overseas chemical-related organizations through dialogues, and participating in theadministration of the International Council of Chemical Association (ICCA).

FOC US
The 5th Japan-China Chemical Industry
Conference
On July 9 and 10, 2019, the 5th Japan-China Chemical Industry
Conference with the China Petroleum and Chemical Industry
Federation (CPCIF) was co-hosted by JCIA /JPCA in Tokyo. We
welcomed a total of 150 participants, including Mr. Tannowa, Chairmanof JCIA, and Mr. Morikawa, Chairman of JPCA, and people related to
the Japanese chemical industry, as well as Mr. Li, Chairman of CPCIF,
and people engaged in the chemical industry in China, for an active
opinion exchange. At the General Assembly, the current status of
the chemical industry in Japan and China, as well as efforts to tackle
marine plastic problem, were shared. In the subcommittee meetings,
after sharing Responsible Care efforts in Japan and China, theJapanese side explained the current situation of plastic recycling anda material flow diagram on marine plastic waste and the innovations
by Japanese companies regarding plastic waste. The Chinese side
introduced solutions to the plastic waste problem practiced in China.
In the afternoon of July 10, a Japan-China chemical industry policy
dialogue was held between METI and the Ministry of Industry andInformation Technology in China, in which member companies of JCIA
also participated for information exchange.

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International Activities
Committee

Steering GroupTOPIC
The 10th Japan-South Korea Annual Meeting
In February 2020, the 10th Japan-South Korea annual meeting(JCIA-Korea Chemical Industry Council) was held in South Korea.
The participants exchanged opinions and discussed the latest
trends in chemicals management and the activities related toclimate change and energy in Japan and South Korea. South
Korean participants gave presentations on the Act on Registration,
Evaluation, etc. of Chemicals (K-REACH) and the current state of
the Korea Emission Trading Scheme (K-ETS) for GHG reduction.
The Japanese participants gave presentations on the amendmentof the Chemical Substances Control Law and the response to
Korean regulations, Japanese efforts regarding marine plastic
problem, and JCIA-LRI research aid activities. The participants
shared opinions during the sessions. We also gave a presentation
about the climate change policies of the Japanese government,chemical industry’s vision on global warming countermeasures,
JCIA’s commitment to a low carbon society, and cLCA (carbon-Life
Cycle Analysis) of chemical products in Japan, and exchanged
opinions. Through intercommunication during this meeting,
we intend to deepen the relationship with the Korea Chemical
Industry Council (KOCIC) and to create a relationship that canserve the development of both countries’ chemical industry.

MESSAGE[Department of Business/Economic Information]

Committee Chairman,

KASUYA Toshiro [Executive Officer, AGC Inc.]

FY 2020 Activities for Requesting a Revision
to the Tax System
This fiscal year, in the light of the foreseeable economic situation, we
set the following five items as important requirements centering on
policy support that promotes capital investment and R&D without being

Security Export
Control Investigative
Subcommittee

TOPIC 2 English Version JCIA Indexes Disclosed
to the Public

As indexes of representing the current standing of the chemicalindustry, we have disclosed JCIA Indexes to members. Now, we
created an English version for overseas entities and published it on our
English website. Monthly releases of spreadsheet data of shipment
indexes by major chemical product, demand industry production
indexes, and shipment indexes by area of major chemical products
are posted on the website along with comments.

for promoting capital investment; (ii) Preservation and relaxation of
the R&D tax system; (iii) Reduction of the burden of clerical affairs
for working style reform; (iv) Fundamental review of global warming
taxes; and (v) Exclusion of gasoline tax and petroleum and coal tax.

Economy andand Tax
EconomyTax System
SystemCommittee
Committee

impacted by corporate performance: (i) Establishment of tax systems

Tax Administration
Subcommittee

International Activities
International
Activities
Committee
Committee

F OC US

Economy and Tax
System Committee
Technical Affairs Committee

Activity Outline

With the aim to further develop the Japanese economy and for the purpose of realizing active
economic circulation, various efforts are being made towards deregulation, revision of the tax
system, and other regulatory actions. Under these circumstances, we are working to consolidate
and share information on the economy and tax systems that can lead to suggestions andrequests for policy change that can further the future growth of the chemical industry. We also
respond to current topics regarding economics and management as necessary.

Chemicals Management
Committee

The chemical industry has been greatly impacted by the prolonging U.S.-China trade war, natural
disasters, and the spread of COVID-19 in terms of corporate performance. The calamities havealso brought to light the issues in the Japanese economy, specifically, the supply chains being
dependent on certain regions and the delay in digitalization. Globalization of company activities
requires regulation reform and tax system reform in response to the demands of the times
such as an intensification of Export Control Regulations and international taxation, and action
for environmental issues compatible with economic growth. For further growth of the chemicalindustry in Japan, we are working to offer opinions on various restrictions and systems including
tax systems, and transmitting useful information for business operation.

Environment and Safety
Committee

Aiming for New Growth in the Chemical Industry Amid the Rapidlychanging Social Climate

Responsible Care Committee

Activity Report: Economy and Tax System Committee

As a result, the consumption tax filing period was extended to alleviate
the burden of clerical affairs and the group aggregation system andLabor Committee

electronic versions of forms were introduced. We will continue to request
policy support for promoting R&D and capital investment as one of thefoundational elements of value creation.

TOPIC STOPIC 1 Security Export Control seminar
The Security Export Control Investigative Subcommittee cooperates witha department in charge in the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry
and holds seminars regarding the importance of security export control,
the key points in voluntary export control system maintenance, and penal
regulations. The seminar covers fundamental core topics and is utilized aspart of an instruction courseby companies engaged inexport control business. The
seminar sessions were heldin Tokyo and Osaka again in
FY 2019 and received good
feedback.

TOPIC 3 Response to Global Current Affairs
We provided opinions to Japanese and overseas administrative
authorities from the perspective of sound development of the global
chemical industry in terms of potential tightening of import controls
triggered by the U.S.-China trade war, the national security issue
between Japan and South Korea deriving from the exclusion from the“white list,” and EU taxonomy, TCFD, and other movements in thefinancial and capital markets to guide funds for sustainable growth.

Public Relations Committee

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Activity Report: Labor Committee[Labor Department]

MESSAGEContinuous Promotion of Human Resources Fostering Support toMember Companies
In FY 2019, we set up a working group for personnel issues and discussed the theme of “humanresources strategy for the chemical industry in 2030 and on.” For human resource development,
we continue providing leadership training for chemical plant production site leaders andare planning a “Human Resources & Labor Affairs staff development seminar” for FY 2020
intended to cultivate HR leaders. We are also continuously collecting and communicating labor
information such as wages and bonuses. We will move ahead on providing member companies
with useful information and supporting human resources development.
Committee Chairman,

MATSUI Akio

[Executive Officer, Senior Vice President,Human Capital Development, Kao Corporation]

Activity Outline

We provide human resources & labor affairs staff development seminars,
production site leadership training, and HR working group-driven humanresources development otherwise not possible by member companies on
their own, as well as offer opinions to the government regarding labor-related
measures and law revisions through the Keidanren. We also periodically exchange
information with labor union organizations to maintain good relationships.

FOC US

Labor Committee

Steering GroupHR Issue WG

Note: WG/Working Group

with a focus on the individuals and the visualization of HR
information by utilizing HR technology” for the purpose of

HR Working Group Activities Report
Meeting

creating an “innovation-oriented” organization that JapaneseStarting September 2019, 15 young HR employees fromthe JCIA website in the member section.

chemical manufacturers’ HR departments should aim for. If you
are interested, you can find the full details of the proposals on

different member companies deliberated on the topic of “HRstrategy of chemical firms in 2030 and on” during HR WG
activities and reported to the Labor Committee at the end ofJanuary 2020. The HR WG themes of FY 2019 was selectedwith the intention of “creating an opportunity for young, futurebearing HR staff to hold unrestrained, candid discussions on
HR strategies for the entire industry from the perspective of
the need to secure personnel for the entire industry for 2025
and later years, when the labor population will noticeably
shrink due to the aging society and low birthrate.” Activities
were conducted in two
group s, e a ch or ga ni zing a
proposal after a total of 18
meetings including general
assemblies and subcommittee
meetings: Group 1 organized aproposal on HR strategies forrecruitment and subsequentde v elopmen t a nd Group 2
organized a proposal on HR
strategies upon introducing AI(including HR technologies).
In preparing the proposals, the groups interviewed andexchanged opinions with the Material Industry Division of
METI, Human Resources Policy Office of METI, and People
Analytics & HR Technology Association. In particular, Group 1
deepened discussions on “mechanisms to improve employees’
motivation” while Group 2 proposed “an HR management

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TOPIC
Leadership Training for Chemical Plant Production
Site Leaders
The leadership training for chemical plant production sitel e a d e r s i s J C I A’s c r o s s organizational training
program that started in FY
2016 to (i) cultivate leaders at
production sites of chemicalplants (especially for disasterp re v e n t i v e m a i n t e n a n c e , l a b o r s a f e t y, a n d c h e m i c a l s
management) and (ii) support SMEs that are experiencing
difficulty educating employees in-house only. The program
has been provided a total of 16 times between 2016 and2019 to 312 companies with 612 participants. It has beenwell-received as providing the participants with a valuable
experience of opinion exchange with field leaders of othercompanies.
FY 2019 Training Sessions (Date & No. of participants)■1st session (Tokyo) Jun. 4 19 companies 43 participants■2nd session (Tokyo) Jul. 8 21 companies 28 participants■3rd session (Osaka) Sept. 24 20 companies 39 participants■4th session (Osaka) Oct. 23 18 companies 27 participants
For FY 2020, we are considering to hold “lecturer-dispatchingtype” training sessions not only in Tokyo and Osaka but inother regions.

[Public Relation Department]

MESSAGE

Committee Chairman,

TAMADA Hideo[Managing Executive Officer, Ube Industries, Ltd.]F OC US

Public Relations
Committee

Chemistry Day
Promotion WG

Note: WG/Working Group

TOPICS

We hold a professional “Science Experiment Lab” every year for
1st graders to 4th graders under the guidance of school teachers
for the purpose of having children experience the wonder ofscience and deepen their understanding of science throughthinking about why things happen, and therefore encouraging themto take an interest in chemistry and chemical products. In 2019,about 400 elementary school students participated in the event,
held twice a day five times during the year at the Science Museum.
We h o p e t h a t m o rechildren de v elop a ninterest in chemistry
through obser vationand experiments, andgro w up t o b e a b l epersonnel for the next
generation.

Engineers Japan, and the Japan Association for Chemicaland hold a “Summer Kids’ Chemistry Experiment Show” every
year to cultivate an interest in and understanding of chemistry inchildren, who bear the future. The 27th show in 2019 was held at
the Science Museum in August, garnering about 7,200 visitors. In
2013, the four organizations established October 23 as “ChemistryDay” and the week including October 23 as “Chemistry Week.”
The “Chemistry Day Kids’ Chemistry Experiment Show” is held
as an attempt to increase contact points between the generalpublic and the chemical industry. The Dream Chemistry 21
Committee widely called out to firms and organizations involved
with chemistry to participate in the exhibition, and in 2019, theevent was held at Kobe International Exhibition Hall with about
3,200 visitors. The Committee conducts other activities for theheld during the Chemistry Week.

TOPIC 2 Introduction of Japanese Chemical

Industry and JCIA

Every year we publish “Chemical Industry of Japan in Graphs,”
which explains the statistics of Japanese chemical industry in aneasy-to-understand manner using numerical data and graphs.
This publication is well received by both members and externalo r g a ni z a t io n s. A ddi t io n a ll y, w e publis h a“JCIA Annual Report” every year to foster theunderstanding of JCIA’s activities. We also
release an e-mail newsletter called “JCIA PR
Network” once or twice a month primarily to
inform the general affairs and public relationss t a ff o f member c omp a nie s o f s emina r s,
events, and reports organized by JCIA.

PublicPublic Relations
Relations Committee
Committee

promotion of “Chemistry Day” through supporting various events

Labor
Labor Committee
Committee

JCIA, the Chemical Society of Japan, the Society of Chemical

What? Why? Science Experiment Lab

Economy and Tax System
Committee

TOPIC 1

International Activities
Committee“Kids’ Chemistry Experiment Show”
Hands-on Class
Innovation founded the Dream Chemistry 21 Committee in 1993

Technical Affairs Committee

Activity Outline

We communicate information on environmental, health, and safety
efforts conducted by the Japanese chemical industry to society
and the various activities of JCIA. We are also working on further
improving the presence of the chemical industry by efforts such as
the “Dream Chemistry 21” project to communicate the value andattractiveness of chemistry to youth who will lead the next generation.

Chemicals Management
Committee

While the chemical industry is contributing significantly to the improvement of people’s lives
and economic development, it is also important to expand the social awareness of thebenefits of chemical industry in order to secure able people for the next generation and fora continued sound and sustainable development. We will strive to improve further presenceof chemistry and the chemical industry by cooperating with members, academia, and the
media, as well as promoting social understanding through information release and holding
events.

Environment and Safety
Committee

For the Sound Development of the Chemical Industry

Responsible Care Committee

Activity Report: Public Relations Committee

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JCIA Development of Human Resources

The chemical industry plays an important role in the developmentof society. The cultivation of Human Resources is critical for thecontinued development of the industry. JCIA has undertaken its
efforts to ensure and develop Human Resources that takes the roadto the chemical industry through evangelizing chemistry to the next
generation, providing courses on the chemical industry and offering
grants to doctorate candidates at universities. Additionally, we
support the development of talent that will become the bedrock of thechemical industry and contribute to the realization of a sustainable
society by holding seminars and training sessions for member
companies about the required disaster-preventive maintenance,
occupational health and safet y, and chemical management atfactories and research institutions.

Chemistry Personnel Cultivation Program (University

Dream Chemistry 21 Business (Educational Activity for

and Post-graduate Schools)

Primary, Middle, and High School Students)

JCIA supports aggressive post-graduate students, who majors
in chemistry to enhance their talent with doctorates required by
the chemical industry in the form of the Chemistry Personnel
Cultivation Program. In FY2019, JCIA supported 19 majors byproviding scholarships to 28 doctoral candidates. Moreover, JCIA
held a workshop to present their research study by the supported
students (in October) and held seminars by participating JCIA
member companies to present the companies’ activities tothe students (in January in Tokyo and Osaka) and to support
interaction between supported majors and the participatingcompanies for their job searching in the industry. And to increase
the interest of students in the chemical industry, chemical industry
courses were given by experts in the industry at Kobe University,
Osaka City University, and Tohoku University.

The Dream Chemistry 21 Committee, which consists of the JCIA,
the Chemical Society of Japan, the Society of Chemical Engineers
Japan, and the Japan Association for Chemical Innovation, runs
events for all age groups in order to convey the wonderment ofchemistry to children and increase their interest in chemistry.
We hold a “Kids’ Chemistry Experiment Show” hands-on classand “What? Why? Science Experiment Lab” in which primaryschool children can run experiments and build things, and an allJapan competition called “Chemistry Grand Prix” where middle
and high school students pit their chemistry skills against eachother. In 2019, 3,983 students competed in the Chemistry Grand
Prix. Students representing Japan at the International Chemistry
Olympiad, where high school students from 80 countries worldwide
compete in chemistry disciplines, are mostly chosen from thestudents who perform the best at the Chemistry Grand Prix.

Chemistry Personnel Cultivation Program

Companies participatingin the program

Offer scholarships

Universities

Promote interaction between
universities and companies

Supported majors/
students

Chemicalindustry

Support job searching
Supportchemical industry education
Secretariat Japan Chemical Industry

Association

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Chemical Risk Forum and Risk Assessment Seminar

As commercial law was also amended and the responsibility of the

JCIA has been running a Chemical Risk Forum since 2008

shipper is becoming ever more greater, experts from government

as a development class for practitioners that perform risk
evaluations of chemicals. Lectures are given to learn aboutbasic risk evaluation, education of tools required to perform risk
evaluations, and training in domestic and international regulatory
trends. In FY2019, 73 companies participated. In order to improve
convenience for participants of seminar, in addition to in-personclasses as in FY2018, we invited them to attend Webinars. A totalof 10 Webinars were held. The Webinars proved to be a hit withseveral dozen people attending via the internet. The Webinars will
be even more useful in FY2020.
We also held a “Risk Assessment Seminar to Handle theAmended Industrial Safety and Health Law” in Tok yo andOsaka. For the purpose of ef ficiency, we held the Tok yoseminar in conjunction with the 4th Chemical Risk Forum andthe Osaka seminar with related industry groups (a total of 49
people attended). We also held a Risk Assessment Seminar in
conjunction with the 6th Chemical Risk Forum as a seminar toteach a more practical risk assessment technique, which includes
a method to evaluate the risk of mixture of chemicals.

authorities and related groups explained in detail knowledge andinformation about international rules, airfreight, sea freight, landfreight, methods to test dangerous goods, and so forth. In 2020,
there have been serious accidents overseas while dangerous goods
were in transit and even in Japan the number of overland accidents
involving fires and leaks has not decreased. We plan to continue thisclass moving forward to convey information and regulations related
to the transportation of dangerous goods.

Dangerous Goods Transportation Class
We again held the annual Safety Management Class for Dangerous
Goods Transportation in November FY2019 in Tokyo and Osaka.

■ List of Classes and Seminars by JCIA to Develop TalentClass/Seminar

PurposeFrequency

Security Export Control seminar

Introduction to export of products and manufacturing technologies based on theForeign Exchange Act.

Twice a year
(Tokyo and Osaka)

Improvement Training for Chemical
Plant Production Site Leaders

Develop and improve the skills of front-line supervisors, and consider disaster-preventive
maintenance, occupational health and safety, and risk assessment at production sites.

Three times a year

Issue and Spread Guidelines andBest Practice Guide

Develop leaders and experts involved in disaster-preventive maintenance andoccupational health and safety.

Not set

Safety Management Class forTransporting Dangerous Goods

Develop experts in divisions involved in transportation of dangerous goods.

Twice a year
(Tokyo and Osaka)

Chemical Risk Forum(includes webinar)

Cultivate practitioners who manage chemicals based on risk (a series of educationalseminars held 10 times a year)

June to March the following
year (total of 10 times a year)

Issues in International Commerce
Seminar

Explain the anti-dumping system, rules of origin, unfair trade practices report, EPA/
FTA, and so on.

Once to twice a year

Industrial Safety Course

Develop managers who can understand future safety in the oil and chemical industries,and safety experts who have a broad purview (16-part lecture series).

October to February the following
year (total of 16 times a year)

Information Security Seminar

Introduce information related to IT security.

Once a year

Human Resources & Labor Affairs
Staff Development Seminar

Cultivate leaders in the HR and labor affairs divisions who are responsible for the next
generation of workers (a series of seven seminars held every second year).

May to February the following year
(total of seven times every other year)

Lecture on the Importance ofStandardization

Teach and spread the importance of standardization through lectures that have a
different theme every year.

Once a year

Risk Assessment Seminar(using BIGDr.Worker)

Learn about how to perform risk evaluation that includes compound materials using
BIGDr.Worker.

Twice a year

Risk Communications Training

Improve communication skills of company lecturers involved in regional dialogue.

Once a year

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Three JCIA Awards
The 44th JCIA Safety Award
These awards are conferred on chemical plants that have achieved highlevel safety records through disaster-preventive maintenance and labor
accident prevention activities and are implementing excellent safety
initiatives (best practices), which serve as models for the industry. The
winners’ safety activities are publicized as best practices to be actively
utilized by other member companies. From the perspective of continued
disaster prevention, a safety symposium is held to discuss the key points
in safety activities for sharing the information with member companies.
Award
JCIA Annual Safety
Award Grand PrizeAward WinnerShowa Denko K.K. Oita Complex
KUREHA CORPORATION Head Office Annex

JCIA Annual Safety
Award First Prize

DIC Graphics Corporation, Kyushu Production Section

JCIA
AnnualSafety AwardGrand PrizeShowa Denko
K.K.
Oita Complex

NAGAI Taichi, Oita Complex Representative Corporate Officer Showa Denko K.K.
Thank you very much for the honorable Safety Award Grand Prize. At
Oita Complex, we see the policy of “safety over everything in the aimof no accidents or disasters” as top priority. Each and every employee
takes responsible action. “Thoroughly taking ordinary precautions” andworking together with many partners, we promote safety activities,

JCIA Annual Special
Safety Award First Prize(Research institutes)

Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. Sodegaura Center

facility maintenance, training and education, and health management.

JCIA Annual Special
Safety Award First Prize(SME establishments)

Lion Chemical Co., Ltd., Fine Chemical division

improve activities that foster our safety culture and strive to prevent

Taking this award as encouragement, we will continue and further
accidents and disasters. GO・A・N・ZE・N・NI （＝Let’s be safe.）

The 52nd JCIA Technology Award
JCIA Technology Awards recognize companies that have contributed
to the progress of the chemical industry and economic society
through the development and industrialization of excellent chemical
technologies in order to promote chemical technologies. JCIA awards
the Grand Prize, the Special Technology Prize, and the Environmental
Technology Prize, and values their excellent achievement.
AwardGrand PrizeAward WinnerAwarded Theme

Sumitomo ChemicalCo., Ltd.

Development and industrializationof propylene oxide process using
cumene as a low-environmental load,
byproduct-free manufacturing process

Grand Prize
Sumitomo
Chemical Co.,Ltd.
Petrochemicals
Research
Laboratory

IWANAGA Kiyoshi, Petrochemicals Research Laboratory Fellow,
Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd.
I feel very honored to receive the Grand Prize. We have establishedthe propylene oxide process using cumene as an eco-friendly, energysaving, byproduct-free industrial technique, aiming to contribute to global

SpecialKuraray Co., Ltd.
Technology Prize

Development and industrialization ofplastic scintillation fiber

production through licensing. We are really grateful that this point was

Asahi Kasei
Environmental
Construction
Technology Prize
Materials Corporation

Development of NEOMA® Foam and
NEOMA ZEUS® high-performanceplastic foam insulation material

that contribute to a sustainable society, drawing on the diverse technologies

recognized. We will continue to strive toward creating solution techniquesthat a general chemical manufacturer has.

The 14th JCIA Responsible Care (RC) Award
These awards, which are conferred on individuals or groups that havecontributed to promoting RC activities, are aimed at further motivatingand energizing the people involved in RC activities.
Award
RC GrandPrix Award
RC Jury’s
SpecialAward

RC
OutstandingAward

RC Awardfor Effort

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Award WinnerAwarded Theme

Daikin Industries, Ltd.,
Yodogawa Plant

Promoting machine safety with theparticipation of all employees, focusing
on the contrivance and people

Kowa Sangyo Co., Ltd.
(Nippon Kayaku Group)

The activities to build a Safety
culture in Kowa Sangyo Co., Ltd.

JSR Corporation,
Kashima Plant

Promotion of pipe outer surface
corrosion countermeasure project

Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd.,
Misawa Works

Promotion of Sumitomo
Chemical’s sustainability throughRC activities at Misawa Works

Sekisui Chemical Co., Ltd.
Manufacturing Infrastructure
Enhancement Center, Safety &Environment Group

Development of humanresources to take the initiative insafety activities

Toray Industries, Inc.

Promotion of fire prevention
projects

Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.,
Nagoya Works

Activities for reducing environmental
impact at Mitsui Chemicals Nagoya Plant

Asahi Kasei Pharma Corporation
Pharmaceuticals Production & Technology
Center, Fuji Pharmaceuticals Plant

Measures against odors fromprocess waste

Osaka Soda Co., Ltd.,
Amagasaki Plant

Initiatives for Security and disaster prevention
and occupational health and safety

RC Grand Prix
Award
Daikin Industries,
Ltd., Yodogawa
Plant

Daikin Industries, Ltd.
TONOO Mitsuru, Yodogawa Plant, Chemical Division, EHS Department
Thank you very much for the RC Grand Prix Award. We have promoted
risk assessment with the participation of all employees to ensure machinesafety. The equipment designers and on-site management acquired safetyassessor qualifications and incorporated machine safety in equipment
design and developed a system that reflects the operators’ opinions in the
PDCA cycle. Taking this award as encouragement, we will further improve
our activities to “develop site-rooted systems and people” and create safe
equipment and a safe and workable workplace.

Introduction of Chemical Products PL Consulting Center
When the Product Liability Act wasenacted in 1994, the Chemical Products
PL Consulting Center was established
as an independent organization within
JCIA due to the need to create an outof-court dispute settlement system thatdraws on specialized knowledge ofeach product field. With an expert view,
the Center responds to a wide rangeof consultations regarding chemical
products that are sought from not only
consumers, but also from businesses
and Consumer Affairs Centers
nationwide. The Center also puts efforts
into the provision of information that canhelp prevent chemical product accidents
as well as educational activities such as
booklet publications and on-demand
lectures. The Center provides two typesof on-demand lectures: one called “Forthe Prevention of Accidents Caused by
Chemical Products” intended for general
consumers and another called “Product
Liability (PL) Act and Product Safety”

intended for businesses. The details of
the lecture are catered according to therequest of the client wherever possible.
The Center’s activities are publicized on
the website in the “Activity Note” monthly

reports. The Activity Note includes
the details of all consultations and the
responses thereto, and other related
information such as Chemical Product
PL Reports, Special Notes, and Topics.

The Center provides the latest information, including the publication of the
Activity Note, in newsletters. To subscribe, send an e-mail to: PL@jcia-net.or.jp
Chemical Products PL Consulting Center
Phone consultations:Weekday 9:30 - 16:00
Number of inquiries received: 273(FY 2019)

Activity Note(Monthly report)

Consultation Chemical Productinfo
PL Reports Special Notes

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

Ankan-Net(Safety and Environment Net)We deliver information that requires publicity such as noticeand communication from each ministry and agency, guidelines
regarding environmental safety, and regulatory information tomember companies and associations registered in the AnkanNet (Safety and Environment Net). (Up to two addresses percompany/association)
Contact: Environment and Safety Department

RC net“RC Net” in which member companies of Responsible Care
Committee are registered delivers information of RC-related
events such as Responsible Care activities report meeting, andfor member relations events and study meetings for members
provide the holding schedule and recruits participants.
Contact: Responsible Care Department

Newsletter
distribution
Columnhttps://www.nikkakyo.org/plcenter/

Chemical Standardization
Information Net
We provide the information about seminars of relevant
associations regarding chemical standardization, and movements
at home and overseas, as well as distribute the holding scheduleof seminars provided by JCIA to the member companies
and associations registered in the Chemical Standardization
Information Net.Information is released twice a month, and thecurrent number of subscribers is approximately 100.
Contact: Technical Affairs Department

Chemical Management Net
We provide the latest information about the movement of
the regulations and laws at home and overseas regarding
chemicals management, and deliver the holding schedule ofseminars provided by JCIA to the member companies andassociations registered in the Chemicals Management Net.
Contact: Chemicals Management Department

PR NetWe distribute the holding information of the activity reportmeetings, seminars, and Children’s Science Experiment Classof JCIA regularly, and distribute the guide and implementation
reports of event activities such as experiment show to those
who belong to member companies or associations that wish
to receive them (mainly persons in charge of general affairs or
public relations).
Contact: Public Relations Department

Editor’s Policy

The JCIA Annual Report is issued for the purpose of communicating the activities of JCIA to members as well as stakeholders atlarge. In addition to the reports from committees, we aimed to create an easy-to-understand report that organizes the various

eﬀorts by JCIA aimed at realizing a sustainable society according to subject. The JCIA Annual Report Reference Materials,
which compiles all the available data concerning JCIAʼs activities, will be released this autumn.

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only tiny amounts of volatile organic
compounds into the atmosphere.

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Term/abbreviation

Official name

Explanation

ACC

American Chemistry Council

AEC

ASEAN Economic Community

One of three pillars that supports “ASEAN Community” together with “ASEAN Policy and Security
Community(APSC)” and “ASEAN Society and Culture Community(ASCC).” Intended to make 10
ASEAN member countries (Indonesia, Cambodia, Singapore, Thailand, The Philippines, Brunei,
Vietnam, Malaysia, Myanmar and Laos) one economic sphere.

AEM-METIASEAN Economic Ministers and METI
（Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry）

Japan-ASEAN Economic Ministers meet to discuss economic cooperation and coordination between
Japan and ASEAN.

AMEICCASEAN Economic Ministers and METI
Economic and Industrial Cooperation
Committee

Japan-ASEAN Economic and Industrial Cooperation Committee. Substructure of Japan-ASEAN
Economic Ministers meeting.

AIST-MeRAM

National Institute of Advanced
Industrial Science and Technology-Multi-Purpose ecological Risk
Assessment and Management Tool

AIST’s multi-purpose ecological risk assessment and management tool. Software for managing theecological risk assessment of chemical substances.

AJCSD

The ASEAN-Japan Chemical Safety
Database

Database established by Japan and each ASEAN country based on the agreement of ASEAN
Economic Ministers and METI Economic and Industrial Cooperation Committee (AMEICC) Working
Group on Chemical Industry (WG-CI).

AOTS

The Association for Overseas
Technical Cooperation and Sustainable
Partnerships

An organization for human resources development in developing countries to promote technicalcooperation through training, expert dispatch and other programs.

APEC

Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation

Framework for economic cooperation by 21 economies in the Asia-Pacific region.

APRCC

Asia Pacific Responsible Care
Conference

Asia Pacific Responsible Care Conference. International Meeting held with the aim of transmission of
information and commoditizing of RC activities in each country toward sustainable development of
the chemical industry in the Asia-Pacific region. Meeting held by APRO.

ARCP

ASEAN Regulatory Cooperation Project

APRO

Asia Pacific Responsible Care Organization

Established in 2003 as an organization for supporting APRCC. Currently Japan is the chair.

ASEAN

Association of South-East Asian
Nations

A regional cooperative organization comprising ten countries in Southeast Asia for economy, society,politics, security, and culture. The headquarters is located in Jakarta, Indonesia.

BAU

Business as usual

CO2 emissions which are given by multiplying CO2 amount per production volume in the base year
by production volume in the target year.

BIAC

Business at OECD
（The Business and Industry Advisory
Committee to the OECD）

Business and Industry Advisory Committee. Private Economic advisory committee to the OECD.
It consists of private economic organizations in affiliate countries of OECD.

BIGDr

The Base of Information Gathering,
sharing & Dissemination for risk
management of chemical products

Total information system that comprehensively supports and promotes GPS/JIPS activities.

Cefic

European Chemical Industry Council

chem
SHERPA

Chemical information Sharing andExchange under Reporting Partnershipin supply chain

Information transmission scheme of chemicals in products

chem
THEATRE

Chemicals in the THEATRE［Tractableand Heuristic E-Archive for Traceability
and Responsible-care Engagement］

A platform developed by NAKAYAMA Kei PhD et al. of Ehime University Center for Marine
Environmental Studies for amassing and visualizing environmental pollutant monitoring data.

cLCA

carbon - Life Cycle Analysis

Carbon footprint and life cycle assessment. The CO2 emissions during the life cycle (material sampling,
manufacturing, distribution, use, and disposal) of final product using chemical products and that of final
product using comparative products are compared, and that difference is considered as emissions that
increase when those chemical products were not used and calculated as net contribution to avoided
emissions.

COP25

The 25th session of the Conference of
the Parties

The UN Climate Change Conference COP 25 held in Madrid, Spain from December 2 throughDecember 15, 2019.

CP&H LG

Chemical Policy and Health LeadershipGroup

An organization within ICCA.

CPCIF

China Petroleum and Chemical Industry
Federation

E&CC LG

Energy and Climate Change Leadership
Group

EPA

Economic Partnership Agreement

An organization within the ICCA.

ESG

ESG refers to Environment, Social, and Corporate Governance. These are three core factors inmeasuring whether a company can sustainably develop.

EU taxonomy

Principles and standards that set forth economic activities that contribute to the EU sustainability policy
for the purpose of helping the navigation of funds to be used for economic activities that substantiallyalleviate climate change.

GADSL

Global Automotive Declarable
Substance List

List of substances already restricted or planned to be restricted worldwide by countries and publishedby the GASG with the possibility of being contained in automotive products.

GASG

Global Automotive Stakeholders Group

Organization constructed and established by representatives of automotive, automotive parts,and chemicals manufacturers in Japan, Europe, and United States for the purpose of continuously
exchanging and sharing information through the supply chain of the global automotive industry in orderto achieve reductions in the environmental load through the life cycle of automotive.

GHG

Green House Gas

GHS

Globally Harmonized System ofclassification and labelling of chemicals

Globally harmonized system concerning classification and labeling of chemicals. System for classifying
chemicals by type and degree of hazard according to globally unified rules with labeling to make theinformation understandable at a glance and provide a safety data sheet. Issued from UN in 2003.

Term/abbreviation

Official name

Explanation

GPS

Global Product Strategy

Voluntary approaches for performing risk evaluations of chemical products by each company in orderthat each company minimizes the risk of chemicals through the whole supply chain by implementing
appropriate management based on the risk and disclosing the information on safety andrisk to general society including customers.

GSS

GPS Safety Summary

Safety summary document

ICCA

International Council of Chemical
Associations

ICCA GRC

International Council of Chemical
Associations Global Regulatory
Cooperation

Organization within the ICCA CP&H LG that promotes the introduction of efficient and reasonable
management systems by creating more consistent requirement items for regulatory authorities and theindustrial field while satisfying the high criteria for human health and environmental safety based on a
global policy for regulatory cooperation approved by the ICCA in 2015.

ICCM

International Conference on Chemicals
Management

International conference on the management of chemical substances.

JaIME

Japan Initiative of Marine Enviroment

Japan Initiative of Marin Environment. Conference for marine plastic problems

JAMP

Joint Article Management Promotionconsortium

A consortium for promoting article management that appropriately manage information on chemical
substances contained in an article (parts and finished products) and promotes a system for conveying
the information throughout the supply chain.

JEITA

Japan Electronics and Information
Technology Industries Association

JIPS

Japan Initiative of Product Stewardship

KOCIC

Korea Chemical Industry Council

LRI

Long-range Research Initiative

Voluntary activities that support studies on the impact of chemical substances on human healthand environment over a long period of time based on funds invested by LRI member companies.
The initiative is driven by the cooperation of three chemical associations from Japan, the U.S., andEuropean countries (JCIA, ACC and Cefic).

NF3

Nitrogen trifluoride

Nitrogen trifluoride is a type of greenhouse gas.

OECD

Organization for Economic Co-operation
and Development

Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development

PFCS

Perfluorocarbons

Perfluorocarbons such as CF4 and C 2 F6 .

PRTRPollutant Release and Transfer Register

A system for notifying the release and transfer of chemical substances. It is a system for collecting,aggregating, and publicizing data on a diverse range of hazardous chemical substances being released tothe environment or transferred off-site as waste, bringing together information about which chemicals arebeing released, where, how much, and by whom.

PS

Product Stewardship

Product stewardship is product management based on the concept of all parties involved with any part of a
product’s life cycle, namely, the manufacturer, retailer, user, and disposer, taking responsibility in reducing the
product’s environmental impact.

RC

Responsible Care

Activities wherein each company handling chemical substances voluntarily secures the environment,
safety, and health in all processes of development of chemical substances, manufacturing, distribution,use, final consumption, disposal, and recycling and then discloses the outcome of activities andcommunicates with society.

RCEP

Regional Comprehensive Economic
Partnership

Wide-regional free trade agreement by a group of nations RCEP mainly consisting of ASEAN (16countries composed of Indonesia, Singapore, Thailand, Philippines, Malaysia,
Brunei, Vietnam, Myanmar, Laos, Cambodia, Japan, China, Korea, India, Australia, and New Zealand)

RCLG

Responsible Care Leadership GroupAn organization within ICCA.

REACH

Registration, Evaluation, Authorization
and Restriction of Chemicals

Rules concerning the registration, evaluation, authorization, and restriction of chemicals

SAICM

Strategic Approach to International
Chemicals Management

It was enacted and adopted at the International Conference on Chemicals Management in 2006 toachieve this goal.

SDGs

Sustainable Development Goals

Seventeen goals until 2030 concerning poverty, starvation, energy, climate SDGs change, industry andinnovation as agendas of 2030 for sustainable development were adopted by the UN in
November 2015. Successor of Millennium Development Goals.

SDS

Safety Data Sheet

Safety data sheet for chemical substances that includes information on the safety of the target chemical
substance. It has been conventionally called the “MSDS” in Japan.

SF6

sulfur hexafluoride

Sulfur hexafluoride is a type of greenhouse gas.

SWEEs

Integrated Score-based Workplace
Exposure Estimation system

Exposure assessment tool developed by Professor TOKAI of Osaka University Graduate School ofEngineering for the estimation of exposure in the work environment.

TCFD

Task Force on Climate-related Financial
Disclosures

In response to a G20 request, this task force was established by the Financial Stability Board (FSB) for
disclosure of climate-related information and to review how to take action as financial institutions.

TPP

Trans-Pacific Partnership or TransPacific Strategic Economic Partnership
Agreement

Indicates the economic cooperation agreement that promotes not only customs duties for articles but
also liberalization of services and investments and establishes 21st century type rules for intellectual
property, financial services, electronic commerce, and the discipline of national enterprises in the AsiaPacific region.

TPP11

Trans-Pacific Partnership or TransPacific Strategic Economic Partnership
Agreement

In February 2016, 12 countries signed the TPP Agreement, but in January 2017, the United States
declared its withdrawal, so this agreement was basically agreed at the TPP Ministerial Meeting heldin Vietnam in November 2017. In March 2018, Ministers from 11 countries signed it, and it became
effective in December.

TSCA

Toxic Substances Control Act

Hazardous substance restriction act. A US law on the restriction of manufacturing hazardous chemical
substances. Established in 1976. Intended to restrict the unreasonable risk of chemical substances
against human health and the environment. Under this act, a person who newly manufactures orimports chemical substances must notify the EPA (Environmental Protection Agency). The EPA reviews
and can impose necessary conditions (including prohibitions).

WBCSD

World Business Council for Sustainable
Development

Conference organized by businesspersons who gathered from 33 countries in 1991 to prepare theEarth Summit in 1992. Currently, it is composed of 170 international companies from more than 35
countries bridging 20 industrial sectors. It continues activities about three pillars of economic growth,
ecological balance, and social progress.

WS

Workshop

A workshop is a hands-on, interactive group learning method where participants do not unilaterally
listen to the lecturer, but rather join discussions and take part in experiences.

WG

Working Group

Working group organized for promoting investigations and planning of particular problems.

WSSD2020

World Summit on Sustainable
Development

An international goal agreed at the World Summit on Sustainable Development held in Johannesburg in
2002, which aims “to achieve, by 2020, that chemicals are used and produced in ways that lead to theminimization of significant adverse effects on human health and the environment.”

Risk evaluation considering the supply chain and voluntary approaches by the industrial field on the basisof risk management.