FY2012 CSR Website CSR > Site Reports > ZEON Group (Japan) > ZEON Chemicals Yonezawa Co., Ltd.

ZEON Chemicals Yonezawa Co., Ltd. was established as a fine chemical productproduction company in 1996 and began production of aroma chemicals which use
leaf alcohol* as a main ingredient in 1997.
The company also began production of liquid compounds for reaction injection
molding which use dicyclopentadiene as a main ingredient in 1998. It also conducts
consigned research work for the ZEON Corporation's new chemical researchbuilding opened in April 2006.

President Ichiro Igarashi*Leaf alcohol
Green note aroma chemical that uses 2-Buthyne extracted from C5 fractions as a starting material

ZEON Chemicals Yonezawa Co., Ltd.

1. Conducting Safety Competitions
Competitions are held annually to improve on-site safety awareness and prevent
activities from entering a stereotyped routine. This year another 4RKY* Risk
Assessment Competition was held. This competition was conducted from theviewpoint that every abnormality can only be discovered when the normal state of
everything is grasped. As a result, other abnormalities besides those put in place forthe competition were able to be found. ZEON Chemicals Yonezawa will continue toA safety competition

plan and conduct competitions and other such events for safety and environmentalconservation.
*4RKYA risk assessment method whereby employees proactively eliminate risk by discussing and learning from each other about potential risk factors in their work environment and tasks
as well as the circumstance those factors can create. The program consists of four steps, or rounds (R), hence the name 4RKY (KY is for “kiken yochi,” or risk assessment).

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2. Environmental Data
ZEON Chemicals Yonezawa Co., Ltd.
Substances
covered by PRTR
law

FY2007

FY2008FY2009FY2010FY2011

Number of substances

44

4

25

Consumption (tons)

18

17

13

1,231

1,897

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.4

0.5

194

223

59

87

186

8.5

10.0

4.2

0.4

0.4

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14,165

1,450

1,170

489

815

940

623

509

290

455505

Amount emitted (tons)
Amount generated (before volumereduction) (tons)
Industrial waste
Amount sent to landfill (tons)
Water resources (Industrial water + Ground water +3Waterworks) consumption (1,000 m )CO2 emissions (tons)
Energy consumption (crude oil equivalent, kL)

Participation in local cleanup campaign
As part of its contribution activities for local communities, ZEON Chemicals
Yonezawa is participating in local environment beautification activities aroundYonezawa Hachimanpara Core Industrial Park. Trash was picked up and flower
beds were planted around the park in the spring and autumn. In response to theillegal dumping problems of last year, security cameras/warning banners wereinstalled and the illegal dumping of large items (refrigerators, TVs, etc.) was stopped.

A local environment beautification activity

However, household waste unfortunately continued to be thrown out in an illegal

aroundmanner. Nevertheless, a Yonezawa City Hall staff member has voiced that “illegalIndustrial Park

Yonezawa

Hachimanpara

Coredumpings are decreasing every year thanks to the cleanup campaign,” and we realized that this activity was helping
in the efforts to beautify the area. ZEON Chemicals Yonezawa will continue these efforts into the future.

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