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Interview with the President

We Strive to Be a Company that Is Capable ofContributing to People and the Global Environment

Based around the Pillars of Technological Development andthe Cultivation of Human Resources

Environmental Principles
Central Glass will help create a truly prosperous society through the production of goods and services
by giving consideration to the global environment, health, and safety at all times.

Doing everything in the interests of humanity andthe global environment.

Action Guidelines
１ We will give consideration to the protection of the global environment and people s health and safety on a group-wide scale in all
activities spanning from R&D to production and sales.

２ We will build frameworks and systems that promote environmentally-conscious corporate activities and strive to make continual
improvements.

３ We will make eﬀorts to develop products and production technologies that are friendly to the global environment.
４ We will strive to build a recycling-based society by eﬀectively using the earth s resources and by recycling waste.
５ We will observe laws and regulations relating to the environment, health and safety, and make eﬀorts in communicating with citizens.
６ As an employee of the company, each and every one of us will strive to contribute to society with a focus on the local community.

Ｑ１

Ｑ2

We take environmental measures in the manufacturing processes for our

We are working to set in place a variety of programs concerning

products, while also focusing on developing products that have been

support for rearing the next generation, such as our maternity andgiven functions that reduce their environmental impact.

childcare leave programs, while also making our existing programs

We have developed our businesses based around the three keywords ofmore ﬂexible in the aim of improving the working environment for

the environment and energy, life science, and a comfortable lifestyle.

women. We support women in giving birth and raising children

Examples for this include our lithium-ion battery electrolytes in thethrough systems such as shortened working hours during childcare,environment and energy sector; agrochemicals and active ingredients

while also recommending that our male employees take advantage

and intermediates for pharmaceuticals in the life science sector; andof this as well. These eﬀorts are amassing positive results.

ﬂuorine-related products for electronic materials in the comfortable

What is more, in order to further accelerate our advances into

lifestyle sector. Moreover, we also oﬀer products related to the two

global markets, which we have been vigorously pursuing in recent

themes of the environment and energy and comfortable lifestyle, such as

years, we have been enhancing our study abroad program while

ouralso setting up an overseas occupational training program to

What sorts of initiatives are being carriedout in response to the global environment?

Eco-Glassthat boosts the heating and cooling eﬃciency ofWhat are your thoughts on humanresource use and development?

buildings and reduces energy consumption.

establish a system for learning about things such as the business

What is more, we are working to eﬀectively use valuable resources in ourcustoms in certain countries through overseas training in said

manufacturing processes, such as by constructing systems that arecountries. We also hold administrative meetings for overseas

capable of recycling and utilizing ﬂuorite, which is the raw material foraﬃliates in which our top executives of overseas subsidiaries

ﬂuorine.

come together to increase the number of occasions for sharing
information with overseas.
In addition, we revised our re-employment system in 2012 to allow
motivated employees to continue working on-site until the age of
65 in an eﬀort to have them pass down their skills and knowledge,
such as by giving instruction to the next generation.

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Interview with the President

Ｑ3

Tell us about your growth strategies
for the future.

Ｑ4

It seems as if you are also focusing
on global expansion, is that true?

In May 2014 we formulated a new ﬁve-year plan that will last until

When you look at its shrinking population and changing industrial

FY2018. We also incorporated a strategy of focusing on growth

structure, you cannot help but say that it would be diﬃcult to expand

businesses based around the three keywords I mentioned at theJapan s domestic manufacturing industry. Thus far we have been

beginning of this interview into this medium-term management plan.

proactively trying to advance into overseas markets, and we will

We are also aiming to expand our Future Fund as a corporate R&D

make further eﬀorts to move forward. We currently have overseas

structure that will contribute to enlarging our business foundation ten

manufacturing bases located in the United States, the United Kingdom,years down the road, while also expanding into new growing

Germany, Taiwan, and China, and in May 2014 we established a joint

business sectors. What is more, in addition to conventional productventure company to manufacture lithium-ion battery electrolytes inand technology development we are also focusing our eﬀorts on theSouth Korea. The key points behind our advances into overseas markets

development of production technologies.

are our technical prowess and ability to develop new products. Every

Furthermore, it will develop highly original environmentally responsive

one of our employees will come together in working to maintain ourmaterials that combine our specialized technologies related to glass

world-class level of quality.

and inorganic materials with chemical technologies related toUnder our slogan of Achieve new growth by strengthening our businessorganic ﬂuoride-related materials as well as rolling out New-STEP,

foundations and original technologies, which serves as the basic policy

program which explores new domains by developing new functionalof our new medium-term management plan, we intend to join forcesmaterials. These eﬀorts have gradually begun achieving results as theacross the company as a whole to take up the challenge of attaining

products for electronic materials which are developed througheven greater growth.

collaboration between our Chemical Research Center and Glass
Research Center have entered the stage of mass production.
Shuichi Sarasawa
Representative Director, President & CEO
Central Glass Co., Ltd.

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Responsible Care ReportSocial & Environmental Report 2014

Editorial Policy
We in the Central Glass Group have published this report with the objective of engaging ina dialog with all of our stakeholders by reporting on our social and environmental activities.
In preparing this report our goal was to make it easy to read and understand in order tothoroughly inform readers of our activities.

Also, we referred to the Environmental Reporting Guidelines 2012 of the Ministry of theEnvironment, the Responsible Care (RC) Code of the Japan Responsible Care Council(JRCC), and ISO 26000 to prepare it.

April 2013 to March 2014
Report period
Scope of the report Central Glass Group(The scope of data was only gathered from the plants and research institutes ofCentral Glass Co., Ltd. along with some of its subsidiaries. The scope for overseas
companies was from January to December 2013)
October 2014
Published
Environmental Safety Dept., Central Glass Co., Ltd.
Inquiries
Kowa-Hitotsubashi Bldg., 7-1 Kanda-Nishikicho 3-chome, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo Japan
TEL: +81-3-3259-7359 FAX: +81-3-3259-7394 http://www.cgco.co.jp/

Business Outline■ Corporate Outline (as of March 31, 2014)

Trends in sales and current earnings (consolidated)

Company NameCentral Glass Co., Ltd.

(Unit: million yen) ■Sales (left axis)
200,000

Established

October 10, 1936

150,000

Number of Employees

1,545 (5,347 consolidated)

Paid-In Capital¥18,168 million

Listed Stock ExchangeTokyo Stock Exchange

173,543

167,479

100,000

6,967■Current earnings (right axis)
20,000191,581

15,00011,7159,143

10,0005,000

50,000
0

2011

2013

2012

(FY)

Trends in the number of employees■ List of Workplaces
Head Oﬃce

Kowa-Hitotsubashi Bldg., 7-1

5,000

Kanda-Nishikicho 3-chome, Chiyoda-ku,

4,000Tokyo Japan
Chemical Research

5-17, 2-chome, Nakadai Kawagoe, Saitama

Centers5253 Ooaza Okiube, Ube City, Yamaguchi

Glass Research Center

1510 Okuchi-cho, Matsusaka City, Mie

Ube Plant

5253 Ooaza, Okiube, Ube City, Yamaguchi

Matsusaka Plant

1521-2 Okuchi-cho, Matsusaka City, Mie

Matsusaka Plant

6 Minami-machi, Chikkou, Sakai-ku, Sakai

Sakai Mfg. Site

City, Osaka

Kawasaki Plant
Shanghai Rep. Oﬃce

4

(Unit: people)
6,000

10-2 Ukishima-cho, Kawasaki-ku, Kawasaki
City, Kanagawa
2201 Yan An Road (West), Shanghai■Non-consolidated

4,920■ Consolidated

5,347

5,009

3,000
2,000

1,604

1,542

1,545

1,000
0

2011

2012

2013

(FY)

FY2013 sales by segment (consolidated)

Glass business
104.8 billion yen

55%

Total

191.6

billion yen

Chemicals business86.8 billion yen

45%0What Is Responsible Care (RC)?
Most chemical companies voluntarily work tosecure the environment, safety, and healththroughout every process, from the development
stage for chemical substances through to their
manufacture, distribution, use, ﬁnal consumption,and lastly their disposal. Those companies thenpublicize the results of these activities so as toengage themselves in dialog and communication
with society. These activities are referred to as
responsible care.

Interview with the President

Responsible Care®

About the Cover Design / Glass Apple
The cover illustration represents an image inwhich the bottommost of the four layers is thestage with Central Glass Group s plants andresearch institutes, which are underpinning thesociety where the streets, cities, and various
industries are in harmony with lush nature on topof them. The glass apple on the top right serves
as a symbol of the knowledge and technologythat the Central Glass Group has amassed thus
far, and has been used on the cover of this reportsince the FY2004 edition.

CONTENTS
P2

Editorial Policy

P4

Business Outline

P4

Special Feature 1 (Glass)

P6

Special Feature 2 (Chemicals)

P8

Our Products

P10

Corporate Governance and Compliance

P12

Targets and Progress

P13

Environment & Safety Management

P14

Environment

P18

SafetyP21

Society

P23

Employees

P26

Activities at Factory

P28■ Business Division/Segment/Major Products
Business Division
Glass
Business

Architectural glass
Automotive glass
Display glass
Basic chemicals

Chemicals
Business

Fine chemicals
Fertilizers
Glass ﬁbers

Major Products
Float glass, ﬁgured glass, wired glass, heat reﬂective glass, fabricated glass (tempered glass, ﬁre-resistanttempered glass, laminated glass, insulating glass units, crime-prevention glass), mirrors, anti-fog mirrors, decorated
glass, photovoltaic (PV) glass
IR-cut glass, UV-cut glass, glass antennas, privacy glass, module glass, acoustic glass, glass with conductive
heating defogger print, and other various safety glasses
Thin ﬂat glass for LCDs, chemical tempered glass, powder glass and glass paste
Soda ash, calcium chloride, polyaluminum chloride, gypsum, hydroﬂuoric acid, ﬂuorocarbon products
Active ingredients & intermediates for pharmaceuticals/agrochemicals, Fluorinated organic/inorganic compounds,
High purity gases, Electronic materials, Electrolytes for lithium-ion batteries, Fluorinated organic/inorganic reagents
NPK compound fertilizer, NK compound fertilizer, coated fertilizer, organic chemicals fertilizer, fertilizer materials,
microbiological plant-protection agents/materials
Glass ﬁber, glass wool

■ Subsidiaries and Aﬃliates
31 Domestic companies
Central Glass Hokkaido Co., Ltd.
Central Glass Tohoku Co., Ltd.
Central Glass Tokyo Co., Ltd.
Central Glass Engineering Co., Ltd.
Tosho Central Co., Ltd.
Niigata Yoshino Gypsum Co., Ltd.
Central Chemical Co., Ltd.
Central Saint-Gobain Co., Ltd.
Central Glass Module Co., Ltd.
Central Glass Chubu Co., Ltd.
Bishu Silica Sand Co., Ltd.

Japan Tempered & Laminated Glass Co., Ltd.
Central Insulation Co., Ltd.
Central Glass Fiber Co., Ltd.
Mie Glass Industry Co., Ltd.
Tokai Processing Center Co., Ltd.
(currently Central Glass Plant Services Co., Ltd.)
Sowa Transportation and Warehouse Co., Ltd.
Central Glass Kansai Co., Ltd.
Kagi Shoten Co., Ltd.
Takada Co., Ltd.
Ube Trading Co., Ltd.

Central Engineering Co., Ltd.
Ube Delivery Co., Ltd.
Central Service Co., Ltd.
Ube Analytical Center Co., Ltd.
Fuji Shipping Co., Ltd.
Ube Yoshino Gypsum Co., Ltd.
Ube Ammonia Industries Co., Ltd.
Central Glass Kyushu Co., Ltd.
Central Saint-Gobain Investment Co., Ltd.
Sun Green Co., Ltd.

Apollo Scientiﬁc Limited (UK)Thai Central Chemical Public Co., Ltd. (Thailand)
Japan Vietnam Fertilizer Company (Vietnam)
Yue Sheng Industrial Co., Ltd. (Taiwan)
Taiwan Central Glass Co., Ltd. (Taiwan)
Central Glass (Zhangjiagang) Co., Ltd. (China)
Giga Gas & Electronic Materials Company (Taiwan)
Giga Gas & Electronic Materials Trading (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. (China)

Zhejiang Central Glass Chemspec Company Ltd. (China)
Central Glass Trading (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. (China)Saint-Gobain Central Sekurit (Qingdao) Co., Ltd. (China)
Central Glass Company India Private Limited (India)
Central Glass Korea Co., Ltd. (South Korea)

21 Companies Overseas
Northwestern Industries, Inc. (US)Central Glass International, Inc. (US)Central Glass America Inc. (US)Carlex Glass Company, LLC (US)Carlex Glass America, LLC (US)
SynQuest Laboratories, Inc. (US)Central Glass Europe Limited (UK)Central Glass Germany GmbH (Germany)

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Special Feature 1

Achieving safer,more secure, and more livable societies.
We at Central Glass help to achieve aﬄuent societies by providing our customer companies with highvalue-added glass products. Furthermore, we also aspire to achieve societies that are safer and more secure bymeans of developing glass products that have the functions required by said societies.

Encasing radioactive waste in glass

Glass designed for disposing of radioactive waste

Iron Phosphate Glass

Disposing of Radioactive Waste

Requirements for the Glass

When it comes to the radioactive waste generated from

Since glass does not have set ingredients nor adopt a set

places like nuclear power plants and reprocessing facilities,

structure like with crystals various diﬀerent ingredients canthere are many diﬀerent types of waste which depend on

be ensconced within it as compared to with otherfactors like their source and level of radioactivity. This

materials. In other words, solidifying radioactive waste inradioactive waste is solidiﬁed in materials such as plastic,

glass means that the radioactive waste is not simply mixedasphalt, mortar, or cement according to their respective

in with the glass, but that it can be incorporated andcharacteristics and then disposed of. In particular, given its

integrated into the structure of the glass as one of its

characteristics, glass is used around the world for theconstituent ingredients. What this means is that radioactive

disposal of the highly radioactive liquid waste that ismaterials can be safely encased in the glass, such that evenseparated oﬀ during the reprocessing of spent fuel from

if a solid body of the glass were to break, the radioactive

power generation, and countries like France have alreadymaterials would not be released. Requirements for glass

made progress with disposing of this through glass

used for this disposal via solidiﬁcation include: (1) being

solidiﬁcation at an industrial scale. And in recent years

capable of being ﬁlled with large quantities of radioactive

glass solidiﬁcation, which is safer and oﬀers a larger ratio ofwaste, (2) being stable in both a chemical and thermal

volume reduction, has been proposed even for low-level

sense, and (3) oﬀering radiation resistance. Borosilicate

radioactive waste.

glass and iron phosphate glass have been proposed as
disposal glass that meets these requirements.

Radioactive Waste Disposal GlassCentral Glass Initiatives

Borosilicate glass has been internationally recognized as aSince FY2011 we have been studying iron phosphate glass

type of glass for disposing of highly radioactive liquid

as a glass for disposing of the sludge and other low-level

waste. It oﬀers outstanding resistance to thermal shocks

radioactive waste generated from the treatment process forand chemical durability, which makes it suitable forthe reservoir water at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power

long-term stable storage. For this reason, glass

Station together with the Japan Atomic Energy Agency andsolidiﬁcation is already being used to dispose of the liquid

Ehime University. As a result, we have learned that it can bewaste at an industrial scale in France and other countries,

ﬁlled with large quantities of sludge components and also

and research geared towards its practical implementationoﬀers outstanding chemical durability.

in Japan is also moving forward. Conversely, given that

There are still numerous challenges when it comes tovarious diﬀerent elements are contained within radioactive

stabilizing radioactive waste through glass solidiﬁcation andwaste, it has been discovered that there are someother technologies, but we will carry on with this researchelements that are resistant to dissolving within borosilicate

into the future. We thereby intend to fulﬁll our corporate

glass.

social responsibility as a company that has enjoyed the
beneﬁts of nuclear power by contributing to thedevelopment of technologies and materials for safely
treating and disposing of radioactive waste.

6■ Illustration for the disposal of radioactive waste

The glass is safe, because
Radioactive
waste

Glass

even if it breaks the radioactive
materials are not released!

Melted glass

Iron phosphate glass

What Is Iron Phosphate Glass?
The term glass is associated with transparent glass,the back of automobiles.

such as windowpane glass. This is a characteristic that is

As its name implies, iron phosphate glass is a type of glass

obtained from the fact that glass is shapeless andwith the main ingredients of iron (Fe2O3) and phosphate

amorphous, and that it does not have a grain boundary(P 2 O 5 ). Phosphate glass has the advantages that it canthat scatters visible light rays like those of solid crystalline

contain large quantities of components and can also be

substances. Furthermore, glass does not conform to a

manufactured at low temperatures, but it had therestrictive structure or have limited structural components

drawbacks of having high hygroscopicity and poor

the way crystals do, and so therefore various diﬀerent

chemical durability. Therefore, iron phosphate glass

components can be incorporated within it. For example,

overcomes these drawbacks by incorporating Fe2O3 withinby adding in coloring components you can manufacture

itself. Since Fe2O3 also has properties as a coloring agent,colored transparent glass such as privacy glass windows iniron phosphate glass has a black appearance.

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Special Feature 2

Achieving more eﬀective
use of precious resources.
Fluorine compounds are used for a wide variety of purposes throughout society and industry, and are therefore
deeply intertwined in our everyday lives.

Based around our ﬂuorination technologies, we in the Central Glass Group oﬀer high-purity, high-performanceﬂuorine compounds in a wide range of ﬁelds, including medical products and agricultural chemicals, theelectronics sector, and the lithium-ion batteries equipped on electric vehicles and hybrid cars.

Fluorite Recovery and Reuse

For recycling scarce resources and reducing waste■ Fluorite‒ The mineral that is the raw material for fluorine compounds ‒Anhydrous hydroﬂuoric acid (HF) is the most important raw
material in ﬂuorine compounds. In the ﬂuorine chemicalindustry, ﬂuorite, which contains the calcium ﬂuoride(CaF 2 ) as its main component, is used as the ﬂuorine
resource to obtain HF through the reaction between
ﬂuorite and sulfuric acid.

Fluorite■ Amount of fluorite mined (2013)■ Central Glass fluorine chemical business‒ Putting the raw material of fluorite to a variety of uses ‒South Africa
3％
Mongolia
5％

Other
18％

Establishing

Mexico18％

6.7million tons
in total

recycling technology
for ﬂuorite
China
64％

Active ingredientsand their
intermediates forpharmaceuticals
Fluorocarbon

Source: U.S. Geological Survey
Website: http://www.usgs.gov/

Fluorite is the raw material for Fluoride compounds. As it

Activeingredients for
agrochemicals

Fluorite

Lithium-ion
batteryelectrolytes↓
Anhydroushydroﬂuoric acid

Liquid crystal
materials

shows in the above graph, the amount mined in 2013
came to 6.7 million tons worldwide, with China accounting
for 4.3 million tons (64%) of this. It is a mineral that isdisproportionally distributed in certain regions. Japandepends on imports from China for most of the quantity it
uses, and as such the stable procurement of ﬂuorite is an
important issue for the Japanese ﬂuorine chemical industry,including Central Glass.

8

Photoresist
materials

Gases formanufacturing
semiconductors

Fluorite Recovery and Reuse
Fluorine compounds are used for a variety of
purposes in settings that are familiar to us in our
everyday lives. Their main ingredient of ﬂuorite is a
scarce resource that we are dependent on importsfor. Therefore, we have developed a recycling
technology for collecting ﬂuorine in the form of
ﬂuorite from the wastewater containing hydroﬂuoric
acid emitted during our manufacturing processes,
thereby achieving the eﬀective use of this resource aswell as waste reductions. We will introduce thetechnology for recovering ﬂuorite that we haveestablished below.

Recovery equipment■ Hydroﬂuoric acid recovery process

Our hydrofluoric acid recovery process

Hydroﬂuoric acid recovery reaction formula
HF + Ca source = CaF2 (ﬂuorite)

Ca source

Waste liquid frommanufacturing processes(1) Reaction process

Fine chemical
manufacturing process

HF manufacturing
process(2) Cleaning /separating process(3) Recovered ﬂuorite

Mixed with natural ﬂuorite andused as a raw material for HF(1) Reaction process
Fluorite is synthesized by reacting the wastewater containing

Natural ﬂuoritehydroﬂuoric acid emitted during manufacturing processes withcalcium preparation (Ca source)(2) Cleaning / separating process
The ﬂuorite obtained from the reaction process is cleaned andrecovered ﬂuorite that has the same quality as natural ﬂuorite
is obtained via a separator(3) Recovered ﬂuorite
The recovered ﬂuorite obtained from the cleaning andseparating process is used in place of natural ﬂuorite as theRecovered ﬂuorite

raw material for HF

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Ｏｕｒ Products

Social & Environmental Report 2014

Central Glass Group products are used in various ways in order to enrich people s daily lives.
Central Glass Group supplies products related to the ﬁelds of glass andchemicals. Although the products of Central Glass may not be visible to thegeneral consuming public, they support many aspects of a comfortable daily
life, as well as a well-functioning society and industry. We provide raw materials
for glass products used for buildings/residences and automotive glass
products, as well as raw materials for industrial products, materials supporting
industrial production processes, fertilizers for agricultural produce, and medical
drugs. Central Glass keeps on pursuing possibilities for the manufacturing andtechnologies in which we excel, and will be pursuing challenging new ﬁelds inthe future as well in order to develop and provide environmentally-friendly
products and products that take people s health and safety into consideration.

3 Anti-freezing agent

used in the production of
2 Gases
PCs and mobile phonesfor
1 Glass
touch panels

Glass
1 Glass for touch panels
E x tremely thin glass used forsensor substrates and gl ass
covers for touch panels.
4 Photovoltaic (PV) glass
Our high transmission ﬁgured
glass is used for crystalline silicont ype sol ar cell s , etc ., thereby
improving their eﬃciency.
5 Construction/housing glass
Glass types that contribute toenergy saving and comfort indoors,such as eco-glass, crime-prevention
glass, and soundproof glass.

10

Chemicals
7 Lead-free mirrors
Anti-fog mirrors(Manufactured
by Mie Glass Industry Co., Ltd.)
Our lead -free mirrors areenvironmentally friendly, as theback coating contains no harmful
lead components. Our anti-fog
mirror suppresses blurring due toa special func tional coating
applied on the mirror surface.
12 Automotive glass
Our automotive glass is used forwindshields, side, and rear windows
in automobiles.

2 Gases used to produce PCs
and mobile phones
Our ZEM -SCREEN is used asa n e n v i ro n m e n t a l l y f ri e n d l y
non-ﬂammable cover gas used
when manufacturing magnesium
casting alloys.

3 Anti-freezing agent
Calcium chloride is used as ananti -freezing agent for roads
in winter.
6 Powder detergent
Our soda ash is used as an alkalimaterial in powder detergents.
9 Moisture absorption agent
C a l ci u m c h l o ri d e i s u s e d a s
the raw materials for moistureabsorption agents.

agricultural
13 Environmentally-conscious
products/microbial control agentsHOSPITAL
Active ingredients forand
14 pharmaceuticals
their intermediates

4 Photovoltaic (PV) glass
9 agent

Moisture absorption

5 Architectural glass
Lead-free mirrors
Powder
6 detergent 7 Anti-fog mirrors

materials
8 Resin-reinforced(bath tubs, etc.)

insulating material
11 Automotive sound
12 Automotive glass

battery
10 Lithium-ion
electrolyte

Fine chemicals

Fertilizer

Glass fiber

10 Lithium-ion battery electrolytes
O u r ele c troly tes a re use d fo r
l it h i u m - i o n b at te ri es us e d top ower ele c tric vehicles (EVs)and hybrid cars.

13 Environmentally-conscious agricultural products/
microbial control agents「Coated fertilizer Cera-coat®R」「Microbial control agents」(Manufactured and sold
Supporting higher levels of safety forby Central Chemical Co., Ltd.)
humans, animals, and produce,
This is a coated fertilizer withthese agents can be used until
adjustable fertilizer eﬀects that
before harvest. Essentially, they are
was developed around the threeenvironmentally sound microbialconcepts of oﬀering ideal fertilizer
agrochemicals suitable for organic
eﬀects, power savings and low
and low-chemical farming, because
cost, and being environmentally
their application is not counted as
friendly. Its powerful fertilizer
the use of agrochemical spraying.
eﬀects make it possible to reduce
the amount used.

8 Resin-reinforced materials(bath tubs, etc.)(Manufactured
by Central Glass Fiber Co., Ltd.)
Glass ﬁber is widely used insuch diverse applications asﬁber-reinforced plastic for bathtubs, housing, automobiles, ships,
and electronics products.

14 Active ingredients forpharmaceuticals and theirintermediates
We supply ac tive ingredient s
a n d i n te r m e d i a te s fo r s u c hpharmaceuticals as anesthetics
and ulcer treatment drugs byutilizing ﬂuorine chemicals ando t h e r te c h n o l o g i e s t h a t w ehave accumulated in-house.

11 Automotive sound insulating
material(Manufactured
by Central Glass Fiber Co., Ltd.)
Glass wool is a noncombustible,
ﬁre-resistant material used asheat- and sound- insulating material
for automobiles, rail cars, etc.

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Corporate Governance and Compliance
Social & Environmental Report 2014

The basic concept behind the corporate governance*¹ ofindependence from antisocial forces; intellectual property

Central Glass Group is to continually increase therights; regulations on insider trading; environmental

transparency and fairness of our overall management inconservation; the workplace environment; the protection andorder to enlarge corporate value, further increase proﬁts, andmanagement of information; and respect for human rights.

make eﬀorts to establish an eﬃcient and reasonable

Each item in the manual is reviewed and revised at regularorganizational structure that can readily respond to changes

intervals in accordance with the revisions of applicable laws

in the management environment. See the ﬁgure below for ourand regulations and trends of social conditions. To

speciﬁc corporate governance system.

supplement this manual, we improve the information by

In order to absolutely prevent corporate misconduct, it isintroducing the website of a law book publisher, so as toessential to raise our awareness of compliance,*² in addition

allow self-examination of questions and problems associatedto upgrading and reinforcing our corporate governancewith corporate governance and compliance. Central Glassframework. To fulﬁll this purpose, Central Glass Group

Group also established and started operating a Whistle

established the Central Glass Group s Code of Conduct as

Blowing System so that all employees can obtain guidance

the internal code for conducting faithful business activities

and consult on issues and questions concerning compliancewith stakeholders such as business partners, concerned

so as to solve them before they become serious.

organizations, customers, consumers, and employees. Every

The eﬀective use of these systems, together with regular

employee carries a card displaying this Code of Conduct toeducation through internal training seminars, helps eachconstantly enhance awareness of compliance. The top

employee gain a deeper understanding of relevant laws andexecutives also strive to set a good example through theirregulations and take appropriate action when conducting

actions.

business. Through these activities, Central Glass Group aims

We also created a Compliance Manual to serve as a guideat enhancing both awareness and compliance.

on dictating social norms and corporate ethics, and are using＊1 Corporate governance: The way a corporation should be governed＊2 Compliance refers not only to the observance of laws and regulations in
a limited sense, but also includes the observance of a wide range of social
norms when conducting business activities.

it to meet social demands. This manual covers a wide range
of ﬁelds including, among others: anti-monopoly law;

Organization Chart for Corporate Governance
Shareholders Meeting
Appoint

Appoint

Appoint

Coordinate

Coordinate

Board of Directors
Representative Directors
Directors

Board ofCorporate
Auditors

Outside Director

Audit▼ Supervise
Directors

Full-time Auditors
Outside Auditors

Accounting Audit

Accounting
Auditor▼ Supervise
Coordinate

Audit

Audit
Department

Management Committee
President & CEO

Accounting Audit

Senior Executive Managing Oﬃcer
Executive Managing Oﬃcer

Audit

▼
Executive Oﬃcer▼
Each Business BaseAﬃliated Companies

Coordinate

Deliberation / Investigation / Guidance / Education●Compliance Promotion Committee●Environment Safety Promotion Committee●Anti-Monopoly Law Observance Promotion Committee●Product Safety Committee●Security Trade Control Committee●Financial Reporting Risk Assessment Committee, etc.

Central Glass Group's Code of Conduct

12●Safety & Health Committee

Targets and ProgressSocial & Environmental Report 2014

Mid-Term Targets and Accomplishments in FY2013
Item…Accomplished

Mid-Term Targets

Establishment &maintenance ofenvironmental
management
systemRenewal and maintenanceof certiﬁcation
at main workplaces

Ube Plant, Kawasaki Plant, andMatsusaka Plant (including the Sakai
Manufacturing Site) maintained ISO
14001 certiﬁcation.

Renewal, maintenance, andacquirement of certiﬁcation at
main workplaces.

Renewal, maintenance, andacquirement of new certiﬁcation
at aﬃliates
Enhancement of self-management
at non-certiﬁed aﬃliates

Conducted self-audits based on anenvironmental safety self-checklist at 24
aﬃliates.

Renewal, maintenance, andacquirement of certiﬁcation ataﬃliates.

FY2013 Results

Ratings…Additional measures required

Major Issues

Environment&
safetymanagement

Environmental
eﬀortsProgress:

FY2014 Plans

Prevention of
global warming(energy andresource
conservation)〈FY2020 target〉
Reduction of CO₂ emissions
by 15% from FY 2005.

CO2 emissions came to 675,000 tons,
down 28% from FY2005.

Continue working on reducing CO2
emissions by a target of 15% by
FY2020 from 2005.

Reduction ofwaste〈FY2020 target〉
Reduction of ﬁnal landﬁll
disposal volume by 65% from
FY2000.

Final landﬁll disposal volume of waste at our
main plants was down 56% from FY2000
Increased the amount of polluted mud
recycled into cement at our Ube Plant.

Continue working on reducing theﬁnal landﬁll disposal volume by atarget of 65% by FY2015 from
FY2000.
Examine new technologies for
reducing waste.

Implementation of appropriate
management of chemical
substances

Compliance with the Act on the Evaluationof Chemical Substances, Act on
Conﬁrmation, etc. of Release Amounts ofSpeciﬁc Chemical Substances in theEnvironment and Promotion of
Improvements to the Management Thereof,
and Industrial Safety and Health Act, andprovision of information to the concerned
parties (requiring various submissions).
Sequentially improved SDS.

Continued compliance with laws &regulations and revise our SDS.

Promotion of alternatives to or
detoxiﬁcation of environmental
impact substances•Asbestos•PCBs•Other environmental impact
substances

Removed and treated non-scattering
asbestos containing materials frommanufacturing facilities when upgrades
are made.
Completion of ﬁnal disposal ofhigh-concentration PCB machinery by
three aﬃliates within the JESCO Toyota
region.

Continued removal of asbestos used
at workplaces when upgrades are
made.
Continued strict management ofmachinery containing PCBs, andtheir disposal according to local
administrative guidance.

〈Promotion of Green Procurement〉
Implementation of audits
on chemical substances
Prompt provisionof information to customers

Conﬁrmation of chemical substancemanagement (compliance with laws)
and customer response status throughan environmental safety self-checklist ineach Group company, including
aﬃliates, based on the Green
Procurement Guidelines.

Eﬀorts to reduce the environmental
impact of products by enhancing
management of our database of
information and to provide reliableand prompt information to ourcustomers.

Conducting voluntary safety
audits on high-pressure gas
by management
Enhancement of preventative
measures against disasters

Periodic Inspections carried out by
administrations at our Ube, Kawasaki,
and Matsusaka Plants, and Sakai
Manufacturing Site. Conductedvoluntary safety audits on high-pressuregas.

Continue to comply with laws, andto pass on safety techniques andknow-how.
Eﬀorts for establishing equipment
safety measures.

No injuries causing lost work
hours (try various timely
measures)

The frequency rates of accidents that
required lost working hours worsened in
2013. They were 0.58 at our company
and 1.02 at cooperating companies. Thiswas below average in the industry for ourcooperating companies.
Various accident prevention campaigns
were carried out at Central Glass Group
companies in Japan.

Implementation of proactive
measures against accidents basedon the analytical results of annual
reports on Group-wide occupational
accidents.

Continued to maintain OHSAS18001
certiﬁcation at our Ube Plant. Continued
eﬀorts for a risk management system for
occupational safety and disasterprevention in our Kawasaki andMatsusaka Plants.

Continuation of initiatives and eﬀorts
to spread its implementation atother aﬃliates.

Chemical
substance safety

SafetyeﬀortsAccident
prevention

Occupationalsafety and healthEnhance risk management for
occupational safety and health

Pages

P.14

P.14

P.18

P.20

P.21

P.21

P.21

P.22

P.22

P.22

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Central Glass Group undertakes voluntary management activities aimed at making improvements by taking into consideration
ensuring the environment, safety, and health and environmental protection over the total life cycle of our products, from the R&D
stages through to the procurement of raw materials, production, distribution, use, and disposal. We pay meticulous attention inorder to maintain, manage, and guarantee the quality of the products that we deliver to our customers, and have set in placestructures for their production, transportation, and supply.
We promote management that is responsive to the social demands of every one of our stakeholders as we aspire to be acompany that is truly beneﬁcial and contributes to society.

Environment, Safety, and Quality Management Promotion Systems
The various supervisory departments listed below form the corewhen it comes to promoting the environment, safety, and quality
management systems at Central Glass. They coordinate with otherrelated departments in order to follow up on the various activities
at our head oﬃce, plants, research centers, and aﬃliate companies.
Environmental safety aspects…Environment Safety Department
Product safety aspects…Quality Assurance Department
Education / human resource building aspects…Personnel Department
Occupational safety and health aspects…Personnel Department,
Environment Safety Department
Social demands…Corporate Administration Department

As indicated in the ﬁgure on
the right, our Environment
Safety Promotion Committee
f o rms th e c o re o f o u r
responsible care activities,
while our Environment Safety
Department serves as thesecretariat for this. They
support and promote activities
related to environmental andsafety matters carried out by
each of our departments.

■ Environment andsafety management
promotion system
Management Committee
Environment Safety
Promotion Committee
Environment
Safety Department

Head Oﬃce

ResearchCenters

Plants

Aﬃliate companies
Each RC-related committee

Environmental and Safety Audits
Central Glass carries out environmental and safety audits every
year focusing on our workplaces and domestic aﬃliate companies.
In FY2013, onsite audits were carried out at 16 of our workplaces,
and we also instituted site visits, documentation checks, andhearings on matters of concern and important issues. Not only do
we check to conﬁrm compliance for environmental aspects andconduct risk assessments for safety, but also perform detailed
checks from a CSR perspective on things such as the state of ourbuildings and equipment, waste disposal, and responses during
emergencies in the aim of conﬁrming whether or not our
workplaces are being managed appropriately. This contributes toimproving our initiatives at each of our workplaces.
We continuously conduct documentation audits to make sure that
there are no defects for environmental and safety aspects with avoluntary audit-style checklist that is carried out every year, evenfor those workplaces that are not targeted for onsite audits.

■ Acquisition Status for the Environmental Management System (EMS) and Other Certiﬁcations
Our plants and aﬃliate companies
Ube Plant

Kawasaki Plant

Matsusaka Plant (including Sakai Manufacturing Site)

Environmental Management System

Quality Management System

○
○
○

○
○
○

ISO 14001, etc.

Central Glass Tokyo Co., Ltd. ‒ Urayasu Plant○

Central Glass Engineering Co., Ltd.

Central Chemical Co., Ltd. ‒ Ube Plant○

Japan Tempered & Laminated Glass Co., Ltd.

○*

Central Glass Module Co., Ltd.

Central Glass Fiber Co., Ltd. ‒Matsusaka Plant / Kasugai Plant
Mie Glass Industry Co., Ltd. ‒ Matsusaka Plant / Oishi Plant
Tokai Processing Center Co., Ltd.
(currently Central Glass Plant Services Co., Ltd.)

○

1

○

○

○（Matsusaka Plant）○○

Carlex Glass Company, LLC (US)

○
○
○
○

Apollo Scientiﬁc Limited (UK)Yue Sheng Industrial Co., Ltd. (Taiwan)

Taiwan Central Glass Co., Ltd. (Taiwan)

Giga Gas & Electronic Materials Company (Taiwan)○：Certiﬁcation acquired*1 Eco-Action 21○○（Matsusaka Plant）○（Sakai Oﬃce）

Carlex Glass America, LLC (US)14○

Central Glass Kansai Co., Ltd. ‒ Sakai Oﬃce / Shikoku Oﬃce
Central Service Co., Ltd.

ISO 9001, etc.

○
○
○
○
○
○
○
○

Environmental and safety onsite audit（Bishu Silica Sand Co., Ltd.）

Education and Training for Environmental and Safety Aspects
Under the recognition that all of our employees are talented
individuals and treasures to the company, each of the workplaces in
the Central Glass Group focuses their eﬀorts on education and training.
Education and training are indispensable for deepening theunderstanding of every one of our employees on CSR and theenvironment as members of society, as well as for acting in a
responsible manner or minimizing damage when disasters occur. We
oﬀer education and training at each workplace in a timely manner bychoosing themes that are suited to the implementation period andtargeted employees with the goal of raising their awareness of suchenvironmental, safety, and other issues.

In FY2013 we carried out disaster drills and provided education
related to the environment and safety at many of our workplaces on
several occasions.
One of these was our education at Central Engineering (education on
the regulations for managing the chemical substances in products), in
which all 187 of the employees participated. This served as an
excellent opportunity for them to realize the importance of chemical
substance management.
A partial list of the education and training related to the environmentand other issues that were oﬀered at our head oﬃce, research centers,
plants, and aﬃliate companies in FY2013 is shown in the table below.

■ Examples of environmental education and training held in FY2013
Workplace

Overview of education and training

Targeted persons

Time held

Number of attendees

Chemical Research Center

Emergency report training

Center staﬀ

September 201385 people

Chemical Research Center (Ube)SDS / Yellow Card, MSDSplus guidanceCenter staﬀ

June 201361 people

Glass Research Center

Awareness-raising education for safe work (viewed a safety video) Center staﬀ

Ube Plant

The Fifth Ube Plant Safety and Health Convention

Employees of the Ube Plant and aﬃliate companies participated August 2013

220 people

Matsusaka Plant

CPR & AED course

Operational departments, safety leaders, personnel in charge April 201394 people

February 201415 people

Matsusaka Plant ‒ Sakai Manufacturing Site Night-time contact and report training

Sakai Manufacturing Site employees

June 201355 people

Kawasaki Plant

Comprehensive earthquake disaster drills (ﬁres and leaks)

All employees and all cooperating workplaces

October 2013110 people

Central Engineering

Education on the regulations for managing the chemical substances in products All employees

June 2013

187 people

Environmental Accounting
We undertake environmental accounting in order to assess
the environmental costs related to our environmental
preservation initiatives for the air, water, soil, and disposal ofwaste. We have expanded the range we tally this for from the
FY2013 report, and have included data for major aﬃliatecompanies carrying out manufacturing in Japan (12 companies).
The amount invested has increased relative to the previous
ﬁscal year on account of the hydroﬂuoric acid recovery

equipment built at our Ube Plant and the costs of energy
conservation measures at our Matsusaka Plant.
In terms of cost-performance, our costs for pollution
prevention measures for the air and water were increased.
For the future, we, along with our aﬃliate companies, will
promote environmental preservation measures with capital
investments and environmental preservation costs.

■ Environmental Preservation Costs（Unit: million yen）

Major initiatives

Category（1）Business area costs
Pollution prevention costs

Preventing the pollution of the air, water, soil, etc.

Global environmental preservation costs

Preventing global warming and measures to conserve energy, etc.

Resource recycling costs

Waste disposal and recycling treatment, etc.

（2）Upstream/downstream costs

Collection, recycling, and appropriate disposal of products, etc.

（3）Cost of management activities

Maintaining the EMS, environmental monitoring, andenvironmental education costs, etc.

（4）Cost of R&D activities

R&D of products involved in environmental preservation（5）Cost of social activities

Improving the environment, contributing to local communities, etc.

（6）Cost of dealing with environmental damage

Restoring the environment, compensation forenvironmental preservation, etc.

FY2012
Investment
Costs
460
3,612
211
1,979
41
78
208
1,555
0
0
118

291

9
0
587

0

Total

FY2013
Investment
Costs
871
3,930
301
2,112
204
88
366
1,730
0
0
2

236

523
4

8
0

494
2

0

0

4,430

881

4,662

0

■ FY2013 Performance for Environmental Preservation Results ‒ Environmental Impact Index
Business area results
Greenhouse gas
Environmental impact substances

Environmental impact
CO2 equivalent
Atmospheric pollution (SOx, NOx, ash dust)
Water pollution (COD, total phosphorous, total nitrogen)

FY2012 emissions

FY2013 emissions

Change（%）

786,000
4,321
76

782,000
3,827
84

+0
−11
+11

（tons）（tons）

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Quality Initiatives
Central Glass Group carries out quality control activities thatplace customer satisfaction ﬁrst in order to provide products
and services that are beloved by our customers, and that they
can use with peace of mind. Not only do we comply with laws
and regulations, but we also accurately determine ourcustomers requirements and reﬂect these in our products andservices.
At our workplaces we strive to make continuous improvements
in order to attain the quality objectives established pursuant

to our quality policy. We check and assess the conformity withthe requirements as well as the validity of our Quality
Management System (QMS), manufacturing processes, andproducts through quality audits and reviews, while tying this
into activities to improve upon them.
In every one of our business ﬁelds, we oﬀer high quality
products and services that our customers can use with peaceof mind, while also striving to make continuous improvements.

Quality Management and Quality Control Examination (QC/QM Exam)Central Glass has encouraged employees to take QC/QM
Exams across the entire company since FY2008 as aninit iat ive to ac qu ir e k now l edg e r el at ed t o b a s i cmanagement and improvement activities for quality.
These are introduced on a regular basis via our internal
newsletter, and we have begun initiatives in the sales

d i v i s i o n s a l o n g wi th th e q u a l i ty , ma n u f a ct ur ing,
technology, and research divisions of each workplace.
Taking QC/QM Exams boosts our employees awarenessof quality, while the knowledge and techniques acquired
are used for quality activities and are useful for promoting
excellent manufacturing.

The 31st Company-Wide QC Circle Rally
We held the 31st Company-Wide QC Circle Rally at
our head oﬃce in November 2013.
President Sarasawa gave an opening address, where
he stated that Central Glass foundation is in its
manufacturing sites. He went on to say that, In ordert o co mpe te with ov er s ea s com pani es t hat c a n
produce goods with cheap labor costs, our company
will have to come together as a whole to cut costs
using our considerable wisdom, ingenuity, andcohesiveness. I am very much looking forward to
everyone s presentations today.
The number of circles that took part in this rally wasnine in total, including ﬁve circles from aﬃliatecompanies and four from our plant s manufacturing
divisions.

The speeches on proposals for various diﬀerent
improvements and measures to cut costs from eachcircle, as well as the question and answer session
with judges and the attendees, made for an active
presentation session.
Following the presentations, Executive Oﬃcer Iwasaki
gave an overview by saying, On the whole I thought
the contents of the speeches and presentations were
outstanding. As this is the 31st such rally, I believethat our experiences accumulated through pastrallies have resulted in this great performance. After
this, he oﬀered comments to each circle. As a resultof the judging, three of the circles were awarded with thegold prize while six were given the silver prize.

Awards Ceremony

The 31st Company-Wide QC Circle Rally

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The Flow of Substances at Central Glass Group
Central Glass Group quantitatively tracks the environmental impact of manufacturing processes in order to identify
environmental issues and implement measures for making improvements in constantly striving to reduce the burden
on the environment.
A huge amount of heat energy is needed to melt raw materials in the glass business, so its central issue is for measures to prevent
global warming. The development of environmentally friendly products and reducing waste are the central issues of thechemicals business, and sustained eﬀorts are being made for energy saving activities and to establish recycling systems.

INPUT

OUTPUT

Total amount of material inputs
874,000 tons
Central Glass
759,000 tons

Domestic affiliate companies

Raw materials
procurement(suppliers)

115,000 tons

Central Glass
11.708 million ㎥

Domestic affiliate companies

Manufacturing

Water supply, industrial water, groundwater, etc.

9,596 TJ*

Central Glass
9,506TJ

Domestic affiliate companies

90TJ

Logistics
Central Glass
Group

*

・Central Glass:Three plants, one manufacturing site,
three research centers, and head oﬃce

Domestic affiliate companies

91,000 t-CO2

Emissions of substances that damage
the atmosphere

3,827 tons

Central Glass
3,642 tons

Domestic affiliate companies

186 tons

SOx, NOx, ash dust

TJ (terajoules) is a unit for energy (joules).
One terajoule is equal to one trillion joules.

About the reporting range

782,000 t-CO2

From energy sources, non-energy sources, and transport

1.15 million ㎥

Amount of net energy inputs

Emissions of greenhouse gases
Central Glass
692,000 t-CO2

Raw materials, processed goods, molded goods,
secondary materials, etc.

Amount of water resource inputs
12.858 million ㎥

Atmosphere

Water
Net amount of discharged water
9.791 million ㎥
Central Glass
9.123 million ㎥

Domestic affiliate companies

668,000 ㎥

Emissions of substances that affectwater quality

84 tons

Sales(clients)

Central Glass
83 tons

Domestic affiliate companies

1 ton

COD, total phosphorous, total nitrogen

Waste

・Domestic aﬃliate companies:

Net emissions of waste

12 major manufacturing companies

84,000 tons

Consumption(end users)

Central Glass
61,000 tons

Domestic affiliate companies

23,000 tons

Final amount of waste disposed

33,000 tons

Central Glass
30,000 tons

Domestic affiliate companies

3,000 tons

Recycling rate for waste

58%

Central Glass
51%

Domestic affiliate companies

77%

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Central Glass, along with all of our aﬃliated companies, will strive to realize a rich society through measures that ensure
the protection of the global environment and the health and safety of people in all of our activities ranging from the R&D
stages to the purchasing of raw materials, manufacturing, distribution, use, disposal, and all other stages in the life cycle ofour products.

Our Eﬀorts to Prevent Global Warming
Central Glass Group strives to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases emitted into the atmosphere through the manufacturing andshipper s transportation of goods in order to prevent global warming.
◆Central Glass Plants

Central Glass emissions of greenhouse gasses

Central Glass has set and is working towards the target of
reducing the greenhouse gases given oﬀ from the use of fuel,mid-term initiative to prevent global warming.
For FY2013 we reduced this by 28% compared to 2005
levels.Furthermore, we also calculate the greenhouse gas
emissions from transportation by means of trucks, ships,
railroads, and so on in relation to the domestic transportationof products.

1,000

Even though our greenhouse gas emissions from transportation
continue to rationalize the energy we use for transportation.

Baseline

940

646

693

675

80

675

60

400

40

200

18.9

20
18.1

18.2

16.5

16.9

2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 (FY)

2005

0

＊Emissions from shipper s transportation are shown via the line graph on the right vertical axis.

Central Glass Groups emissions of greenhouse gasses

With respect to our emissions of greenhouse gasses (including(Unit:1,000 tons)

1,400

those at our domestic and overseas aﬃliate companies), duesites the greenhouse gas emissions for the Central GlassGroup are on an upward trajectory.
No. of companies in Japan and overseas for which greenhouse gasses were tabulated2010 and before

2011

2012 and after

19 companies

20 companies

21 companies

Moving forward, we will continue to reduce emissions ofgreenhouse gasses in order to prevent global warming.

Emissions of greenhouse gasses

to the increase in the number of our overseas manufacturing

In order to calculate greenhouse gas emissions from purchased power at our overseas workplaces
we used the emission coeﬃcients of each country from the IEA CO2 Emissions from Fuel Combustion.

■Central Glass ■Domestic aﬃliates ■Overseas aﬃliates

1,200
1,000
800

810

790

2009

2010

in shipper s transportation. While we have not attained these targets
at present, each of our workplaces continues to undertake activities
to conserve energy in order to achieve these targets.
Major activities to rationalize energy
Major rationalization activities

Energy use

Activities to conserve energy that include installing energy-saving equipment
and modifying the operating conditions for the equipment, etc.

Shipper stransportation

Initiative that aims to improve our loading ratio through the simulation systems onboard
our trucks Initiative to improve railroad and ship transportation over truck transportation

2011

2012

1,012

200
0

2013

(FY)

Rationalization of energy use
Year-on-Year usage of energy basic units

purchased power, steam and so forth, as well as the energy involved

982

400

Pursuant to the Act on the Rational Use of Energy, Central Glass hastargets to strive for rationalizing the use of energy such as fuel,

988

600

◆Activities to Rationalize Energy

18

645

600

◆Central Glass Group

Item

100

28%
reduction

800

0rose relative to the previous ﬁscal year, hereafter we will120

Emissions of greenhousegasses fromshipper s transportation

15% relative to 2005 levels by 2020, with this serving as a

1,200

Emissions of greenhouse gasses

purchased power, and raw materials for manufacturing by■Ube ■Kawasaki ■Matsusaka ■Sakai■3 research centers+head oﬃce ■Shipper (Unit:1,000 tons)(Unit:1,000 tons)●Energy use ●Shipper s transportation

120%
110%

Target

100%
90%
80%

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

(FY)

Reducing Environmental Impact Substances
When it comes to Central Glass manufacturing sites, our plants are operated in compliance with emissions standards for theatmosphere and water quality such as the Air Pollution Control Act, Water Pollution Control Act, and municipal government
ordinances. Reducing environmental impact substances is an important challenge out of consideration for the global environmentand human health and safety, and so for the future we will continue to undertake appropriate management for this.
◆Countermeasures Against Substances that Damage the Atmosphere◆Countermeasures Against Substances that Aﬀect Water Quality

Of the substances that damage the atmosphere, trends in ourOf the substances that aﬀect water quality, trends in our emissions

emissions of sulfur oxide (SOx), nitrogen oxide (NOx), andof chemical oxygen demand (COD), total phosphorous, andash dust are shown below. The variations in our emissions

total nitrogen are shown below.

are largely due to our production output. In order to curb

Our plants undertake management in order to curb emissions

emissions of these substances, our plants have been installingof these environmental impact substances and comply withabatement equipment and undertaking management toemissions standards.

ensure that they fall well under environmental standards.

(Unit: tons)

SOx emissions

2,500■Domestic aﬃliates

1,847

2,000
1,500

(Unit: tons)■Central Glass

1,361 1,317

1,526

1,553

100

60
40

500

20
2009

2010

(Unit: tons)

3,000

2012

0

2013 (FY)■Central Glass

2009

44

2010

39

2011

31

2012

36

2013 (FY)

Total phosphorous emissions

4■Central Glass■Domestic aﬃliates■Domestic aﬃliates

2,869 2,846

3

2,422 2,419 2,256

2,500

38

(Unit: tons)

NOx emissions

4,000
3,500

2011

■Central Glass■Domestic aﬃliates

80

1,000

0

Chemical oxygen demand (COD)

2

2,000
1,500

1.2

1.2

1.2

2009

2010

2011

1

1,000

1.1

1.3

500
0

2009

(Unit: tons)

2010

2011

2012

(Unit: tons)

Ash dust emissions

100

80
60

54

65

■Central Glass

80■Domestic aﬃliates

70
60

58

55

50
46

40

2012

2013 (FY)

Total nitrogen emissions■Central Glass■Domestic aﬃliates

52

51

2009

2010

45

44

46

2011

2012

2013 (FY)

40
30
20

20
0

0

2013 (FY)

10
2009

2010

2011

2012

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Initiatives to Reduce Industrial Waste
Central Glass soundly complies with the Wastes Disposal and Public Cleansing Act and other relevant laws when it comes to the sortingand storage of waste as a waste emitter, as well as the consignment, monitoring, and manifest management for proper disposal byindustrial waste disposers, along with our Group companies both in Japan and overseas.
◆Central Glass Plants
Central Glass plants have held up promoting reductions
and recycling of industrial waste as an important task forour responsible care activities since 1995, and we havebeen working to reduce waste across all of our workplaces.
The amount of waste (ﬁnal amount disposed) in FY2013
came to approximately 30,000 tons, for a 56% reduction
compared to FY2000 levels. We have laid out the goal of
reducing this by 65% compared to FY2000 levels by
FY2015, and have been making eﬀorts to achieve this target.
By way of initiatives for recycling resources, for our
chemicals business we began the full-scale operation of atreatment facility that recycles the sludge waste generated

Final amount of industrial waste disposed (Central Glass plants)(Unit:1,000 tons)

80
70
60
50
40

36.3

30

32.4

32.8

2010

2011

30.9

29.7

2012

2013

20

from our plants into the raw materials for cement in 2009.

10

We are currently aiming to further increase the amount0

treated in this manner, and are presently implementing

67.5

2000

2009

(FY)

initiatives that would allow us to treat 10,000 tons eachyear. For our glass business, as things currently stand nearly
100% of the enormous volume of cullet generated at ourplants is reused as raw materials.
◆Central Glass Group
Each one of Central Glass Group s major domestic aﬃliatecompanies carries out its own original reduction measures,
and as a result on the whole our major domestic aﬃliate

Final amount of industrial waste disposed (Central Glass Group)(Unit:1,000 tons) ■Central Glass plants ■Major domestic aﬃliate companies

80companies have roughly halved their amount of waste (ﬁnal70

amount disposed) in recent years relative to FY2000 levels.

60

But over the last several years, we have been reaching the50

limits on how much this can be reduced.
We began tabulating our overseas aﬃliate companies

40.4

40

starting in FY2013. Eﬀorts to reduce waste are carried out by

30

each individual company, and in particular our glass plants

20

deployed overseas have been working to reuse a nearly 100%10

proportion of their glass, just like for our domestic plants.

74.2

0

2000

2009

35.9

37.1

34.9

33.4

2010

2011

2012

2013

(FY)

Green Procurement
Central Glass and our domestic aﬃliate companies enacted
Green Procurement Guidelines in 2006, and have begun giving
priority to purchasing products and services from suppliers
that strive to reduce their environmental impact. In March 2014,
we revised the Central Glass Group s Green Procurement
Guidelines given the fact that cases in which judgments could20

not easily be made in a business sense arose, as did variance in the
judgment criteria. In April 2014 we also clariﬁed the judgment
criteria and narrowed down the targeted items in order toallow for new green procurement eﬀorts. We are forging ahead
with such eﬀorts so that green procurement will be deployedthroughout the Central Glass Group in a phased manner.

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Central Glass Group recognizes safety of chemical substances, security and disaster prevention, and occupational safety and health as
the most important challenges in our corporate activities and promotes initiatives for each of these.

Safety of Chemical Substances
The regulations on chemical substances in countries around the world have grown more sophisticated with a view towards achieving the goal from theaccord of the 2002 World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg of Aiming to achieve, by 2020, the use and production of chemicals
in ways that lead to the minimization of signiﬁcant adverse eﬀects on human health and the environment, with these including Europe s REACH regulations
and Japan s revised Act on the Evaluation of Chemical Substances and Regulation of Their Manufacture, etc. Furthermore, in recent years revisions to laws on
chemical substances have been pushed forward in Asian countries, and so we must continue to comply with these in the proper manner. Against thisbackground, Central Glass Group is working to ensure safety through a variety of diﬀerent initiatives at every stage in which chemical substances are handled.

◆Management of Chemical Substances◆Handling PCB Waste

Central Glass has been surveying, aggregating, and reporting PRTR*1

Central Glass and our domestic aﬃliate companies rigorously store

data voluntarily since 1995, prior to the enactment of the Chemical

and manage waste condensers and other equipment that contain

Substances Management Act*2 (2000), in an eﬀort to reduce emissions

PCBs (polychlorinated biphenyls) in compliance with the PCB Specialof chemical substances into the environment. The number of substances

Measures Law.The legally mandated disposal of the corresponding

subject to notiﬁcation in FY2013 at Central Glass and its domestic aﬃliate

PCB waste is promoted at Japan Environmental Safety Corporationcompanies decreased by four substances compared with the previous(JESCO) facilities in each district. In FY2013 three of our aﬃliate companies

ﬁscal year to 64 substances. What is more, we comply with laws andin the Tokai District completed the disposal of their PCB waste.

regulations such as the Occupational Safety and Health Act, theAt the same time, we also undertake the appropriate management of

Poisonous and Deleterious Substances Control Act, and the High

what could be termed low-concentration PCB devices, which havePressure Gas Safety Act. Our aﬃliate companies in both Japan and overseas

been conﬁrmed as having PCB intermixed in them.

work to get a grasp of local laws and the chemical substances they handle in◆Initiatives for Green Procurementan eﬀort to promote the management of chemical substances from a
global perspective.
We will continue working to properly manage chemical substances.
＊1 PRTR: Pollutant Release and Transfer Register＊2 Chemical Substances Management Act: Act on Conﬁrmation, etc. of Release Amounts of Speciﬁc
Chemical Substances in the Environment and Promotion of Improvements to the Management Thereof◆SDS

Central Glass is promoting the following initiatives across the entire
company in order to proactively advance green procurement. Greenprocurement gives priority to procuring raw materials and materials
that have less of an impact on the environment when obtaining such goods.
Nowadays, as a result of moves like the enactment of Europe s REACH
regulations and the revised Act on the Evaluation of Chemical Substances

Central Glass and our domestic aﬃliate companies strive to provide

and Regulation of Their Manufacture, etc., thoroughly ensuring theinformation through SDSs*1 that conform to GHS*2 for chemical

management of chemical substances throughout the entire supply chain

substances for which such provisions are not necessarily legallyand sharing information related to the chemical substances contained

mandated, such as for chemical substances in the development phase.

in products have grown increasingly important. Through these initiatives

When handling chemical substances and the like, measures necessary

we will promote the reliable management of chemical substances andfor risk abatement can be taken based on the information listed in theaccommodate requests for the public disclosure of information.

SDSs, which is conducive to protecting safety and the environment.
What is more, SDSs are uploaded to our internal databases topromote the sharing of safety information across the entire company.
＊1 SDS: Safety Data Sheet. These are data sheets that list information related to the hazardousnessof chemical substances and the like as well as information concerning the environment.
＊2 GHS: The Globally Harmonized System of Classiﬁcation and Labeling of Chemicals◆Handling Asbestos
Parts containing non-scattering asbestos have been used in some ofthe production facilities at Central Glass and our domestic aﬃliatecompanies in equipment such as the heat insulating material andpacking for pipes. Therefore, we undertake appropriate management
by identifying the target locations for said parts and removing them insequence when the facilities are upgraded. Moving forward, we willcontinue to comply with laws and ordinances and promote
appropriate measures for this.

◆Select environmentally conscious raw materials from the R&D
through to the trial manufacturing stages◆Manage raw materials based on the Green Procurement Guidelines
and the Environmental Impact Substances Management Guidelines――Conﬁrm the environmental management systems of our suppliers――Conﬁrm whether or not substances that we have voluntarily
chosen to restrict are contained within the raw materials
we purchase◆Prevent the intermixing of environmental impact substances throughappropriate process management◆Product management (management of packaging materials andconﬁrmation that targeted chemical substances are not contained
within products)◆Share information between the concerned parties through thecreation and use of a Green Procurement Database◆Provide education for the persons in charge of the relevant
departments

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Security and Disaster Prevention
Since most major plants of Central Glass are located in areas designatedof business continuity plans (BCPs) in each division in the event that an

according to the Act on the Prevention of Disaster in Petroleum Industrial

earthquake or similar disaster were to occur. BCPs are action plans for not only

Complexes and Other Petroleum Facilities, each plant has established aﬁrst responses such as securing employee safety and preventing secondary

full-scale security and disaster prevention system under the guidancedisasters, but also for continuing on with important businesses or restoringof the authorities concerned with the environment, security, andthem in as short a time as possible.

disaster prevention in aiming to completely eliminate facility disasters.

We will continue with such activities on into the future with safety as

We make eﬀorts to preemptively prevent accidents and disasters throughour highest priority.

eﬀorts like activities at each plant that are based on the Security and
Accident Prevention Guidelines compiled by the Japan Chemical Industry
Association (JCIA) and the passing down of know-how to our young employees.
We carry out drills at our plants and workplaces that simulate various
diﬀerent disasters and abnormal conditions in the aim of raising our level ofdisaster preparedness, with this including our employees and the employeesof each plant s contractors.

Fire drill(Kawasaki Plant)

What is more, we are sequentially moving forward with the formulation

Occupational Safety and Health
Our belief that ensuring a workplace in which our employees canwork safely without injury is the foundation of all our businessactivities. Therefore, we at Central Glass promote occupationalsafety and health activities at all of our workplaces, including at ourdomestic aﬃliate companies.
For 2013, we have carried on with activities based around the mainstay<2013 Policies on Safety and Health‒Priority Implementation Items>
1.Improve and raise awareness of safety (foster sensitivity towards risks throughpersonal experiences, etc.)
2.Set in place basic operation manuals and ensure thorough compliance with them (thework of operating equipment in particular should be executed according to manuals)
3.Overhaul equipment and eliminate unsafe conditions and equipment
4.Establish a system for occupational safety and health management (risk assessments)of our Policies on Safety and Health, which include items such as raise

5.Enhance safety promotion activities and strengthen safety and health education and training

awareness of safety and set in place work manuals and ensure thorough6.Prevent traﬃc accidents during everyday driving as well as commutes

compliance with them.

In addition, we called attention to safetymeasures by holding the Summertime Industrial Accident Prevention
Campaign, as well as by issuing a white paper on Occupational Accidents
and awarded Safe Operation Awards in 2013 to further motivateawareness of occupational safety. However, the frequency rate ofaccidents that required lost working hours in 2013 worsened
compared to 2012 both at Central Glass and our cooperating companies,
with the end results for this at our cooperating companies* inparticular exceeding standards for the manufacturing business.
A characteristic of the industrial accidents at Central Glass is thatmany of them are similar. We feel that it is important to make steadyeﬀorts to prevent accidents, such as by continuing to learn from pastcases of accidents and taking measures to raise risk awareness.
We will continue to make eﬀorts to reduce the occurrence ofaccidents, including through such initiatives, into the future.
＊

Cooperating companies: Aﬃliate companies and cooperating contra

7.Promote health care, the maintenance of health, and mental health care
8.Strictly comply with no-smoking rules in workplaces (encourage separate smoking
areas and urge employees to quit smoking)
9. Comply with the reporting system for when accidents occur

Frequency rate of accident that require lost working hours
Central Glass(Frequency rate)

2.0

Manufacturing business (average)

Cooperating companies

All businesses (average)

1.5
1.0
0.5
0.0

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013 (Year)

Frequency rate of accidents that require lost working hours= (Number of deaths or injuries by accident / Total work hours) x 1,000,000(The frequency rate of accidents that require lost working hours per one million working
hours)

Logistics Safety

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Central Glass and its domestic aﬃliate companies implement

For the transportation of chemical substances such as toxic materials

periodical training and education not only for their employees but

by road, we prepared emergency contact cards (Yellow Cards) in line

also employees in the workplaces to which they consign transporting.

with our Logistics Safety Guidelines, and mandate drivers of the relevantThis is done to prevent accidents when transporting chemical substances

vehicles carry the cards. On the cards, the measures to be taken to

and to minimize the damage if accidents occur. For example, at our Ube

minimize damage and details to be reported are clariﬁed, so that the

Plant when drivers are appointed to transport things like high-pressuretransporter or ﬁreﬁghters or police oﬃcers can respond appropriately

gasses, the transportation managers educate them. Furthermore, ourand promptly, should an accident occur during transportation by road.

domestic aﬃliate companies that handle logistics for chemicals

The details listed on these cards are periodically revised by theprovide education via SDS at monthly safety meetings and the like.

relevant departments.

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The support of and harmony with members of the local community are absolutely essential for companies continued
existence. Central Glass will continue to build even better relations with every one of its stakeholders, starting withmembers of local communities and customers, while also growing and improving together with society towards realizing
a sustainable society.

Taking Part in the Regional Dialogue Workshop in the Ube District
The three chemical companies located in the Ube District holdan industrial complex. Afterwards, the participants were divided

a regional dialogue workshop every year. This year marked theinto three groups to discuss the theme Expectations for Local

11th workshop, which was held on January 25, 2014 at theChemical Companies, on which they exchanged opinions. Each

Ube City Cultural Hall, and 56 people from the administration,group engaged in spirited debate on the subject with speciﬁc

local NGOs, and local citizens participated.

opinions being exchanged on issues like security and the environment,

First, the three participating companies gave presentations on

and the local government provided information, thus making

outlines of their plants and their environmental initiatives, thethis dialogue workshop a very productive one. In order to hear

JCIA explained chemical industry initiatives that aim fortheir opinions and to assure them that we are operating in thesustainable development, and oﬃcials from Ube City explained

safest and most secure manner possible, we intend to continue

how they would inform the citizens in the event of a disaster at

our communications with the people in our communities.

Meeting to exchange opinions

Presentation by Central Glass

Junior Science Classes
The Summer Vacation Junior Science Class is held every year

surprise while their parents kept a close eye on them, and many

under the auspices of the Summer Vacation Junior Scienceparents marveling at the experiments themselves were seen

Class Executive Committee and jointly hosted by the Yamaguchi

throughout the venue.

Industrial Promotion Foundation in cooperation with universities,

We hope to be able to continue playing an active role in hosting

technical colleges, corporate research institutes, and more. It isthese classes in the future to provide opportunities for moreheld in the hope of showing children with inﬁnite potential forchildren to learn how exciting science can be and grow up withthe future how interesting and fun science can be. In 2013, it

an interest and curiosity in science.

was held in 17 venues in Yamaguchi Prefecture in collaboration
with 15 related organizations between July 25 and August 26.
Central Glass wholeheartedly agrees with the premise, and on
August 6 we held a class in the Chemical Research Center (Ube)in which 20 elementary and junior high school students fromUbe City and other cities in Yamaguchi Prefecture participated.
Under the theme of Let s experience the wonders of heat andlight,

young researchers played the role of instructors andprepared numerous hands-on experiments using household
items. It was structured so that all of the children could
personally experience and enjoy science by having them
form small groups. During the class, the children engaged
enthusiastically in the experiments and sometimes gasped in

Conducting experiments
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Beach Clean-Up Volunteer Activities
The Ube Branch of Central Glass Labor Union engages in athey share close ties with the community. During the cleanup,variety of volunteer activities to contribute to the local

employees enjoy communicating with local residents. By

community. As one of such activities, every year in November ittaking part in this initiative, the participants share a variety of

takes part in the volunteer clean-up of Nishikiwa Beach, which

experiences with their colleagues such as a sense of achievementis sponsored by the Ube District Council of Workers Welfare, withor fulﬁllment from seeing the huge pile of garbage that they2013 marking the fourth time it has taken part in this activity.

gathered themselves.

Garbage that drifts ashore, driftwood, and other debris areThis is an activity that has been incorporated into the policy of the laborscattered across the entire beach, therefore a large number

union, and we plan to continue our active involvement in this.

of people is required to completely clear this oﬀ. For thisreason, not only members of the Council including our labor
union but also local people, who all have the same goal, carryout the clean-up activities. Though the work only lasts a shortperiod of time, since everyone sets to work with a single
mentality in the eﬀort, the beach is beautiﬁed to the pointthat it is transformed beyond recognition.
As a separate goal of this initiative, it is meaningful in terms offostering the recognition in our company employees that

Clean-up activities

Daishi Tobu Rokuchokai
Since our Kawasaki Plant is located in an exclusive industrial

extremely meaningful session.

zone, it does not have many opportunities to hear the

The Kawasaki Plant will proactively take part in this in theopinions of the local residents. But an exchange session with

future because the session allows it to directly hear thea nearby neighborhood association (the Six-Town Council for

opinions of the local residents as it strives for greater

Eastern Daishi), which is hosted by the Ukishima Joint

communication with them.

Disaster Prevention Board, of which the plant is a member, isheld twice yearly (summer/winter), which oﬀers it a rareoccasion for communicating with the local residents.
The annual summer exchange session was held on a roofed
pleasure boat, where attendees could oﬀer various opinions
and ask questions of the companies in attendance as they
circled Yokohama s Minatomirai Region, thus making for an

Exchange session on a roofed pleasure boat

Campaign to Send Used Clothing to Thailand and Laos
The Central Glass Labor Union engages in a variety ofThrough this initiative each and every one of the participants

volunteer activities to contribute to local communities. In

recognized that there are people who are in need of aid, andFY2013, it collected clothing that is no longer used by families

that they must not lose sight of a mentality of valuing things.

and carried out the Campaign to Send Used Clothing to Thailand

The labor union s volunteer and charity activities are considered

and Laos. When the participants were sorting the clothes,to occupy an important position for contributing to society,some gym suites with owner s names written in them were

and we will continue working on these with the understanding

discovered. Picturing images of the local children in Thailand

and cooperation of all of our employees in the future.

and Laos dressed in them brought warm feelings to the participants.
On the whole, the Central Glass Labor Union collected a totalof 28 boxes worth of clothes, including 22 large cardboard
boxes and six medium ones, which were delivered to local
sites in the countries through the Commission for the
Solidarity with the Asian Underprivileged (CAS). At the sametime, we also cooperated in raising money for the shipping,and provided cooperation worth 33,400 yen for the 28 boxes.

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Large quantities of the collected clothes

Central Glass International Architectural Design Competition
Central Glass has been sponsoring competitions for architecturalCompetition in 2014 is A City Symbol Loved by Residents. We

design ideas since 1966. Since the 10th competition in 1975, itlive in a time in which we need to pursue economic eﬃciency

became an international competition as theCentral Glassand rationality while simultaneously preserving the natural

International Architectural Design Competition to invite entries

environment and protecting historical and traditional culture. Asfrom overseas. The theme of the 48th competition in 2013 was

a company that promotes architectural culture, we believe that

Bringing the Urban Environment into Architecture. There were

it is highly meaningful for us to provide occasions to consider a

312 entries in total, 205 entries from Japan and 107 fromdesirable society and environment through this competition.

overseas (refer to the back cover for the First Place Prize design).

Central Glass takes great pride in our continuing eﬀorts to

The theme of the 49th International Architectural Design

sponsor this competition for many years.
Chief Judge：Riken Yamamoto(Riken Yamamoto&Field Shop)J u d g e s：Kiyoshi Sakurai(Sakurai Architects Studio‒ETHNOS)Taro Ashihara(Taro Ashihara Architects)
Teruo Kobayashi(Obayashi Corporation)
Hiroshi Naito(Naito Architect & Associates)
Kengo Kuma
(Kengo Kuma & Associates)
Coordinator：Shozo Baba

(Architectural critic)(Titles omitted, listed in random order)Award ceremony after the ﬁnal screening (First Place Prize)

Major Cooperation and Aid Activities
Sept.2013

2 million yen was donated by Central Glass to the NPO People s HOPE Japanto fund surgeries for heart diseases (ongoing support)(The following activities were carried out by our labor union)

July.2013

Campaign to aid atomic bomb survivors: 132,154 yen
At the request of RENGO Local of Yamaguchi, donated to Yuda-en, a support center for atomic bomb survivors
in Yamaguchi Prefecture

Sept.2013

Campaign for the heavy rainfall disaster in Yamaguchi and Shimane: 110,366 yen
At the request of RENGO Local of Yamaguchi

Sept.2013

Ecocap movement (provided to collectors): 78,000 caps
When converted to the costs for purchasing polio vaccines, this is enough for about 100 people; donated to an NPO

O c t.2013

Roadway Clean-up Volunteers for the Ube Plant Festival: 60 participants
Sponsored by the Ube Branch of the Central Glass Labor Union

D e c.2013

Year End Welfare Campaign by Ube District Committee, the Chubu Regional Council, RENGO Local of Yamaguchi:
100,000 yen
Donated to the Shinsei-kai Ube Kurumi-en, a social welfare corporation in Ube City via the Ube District Committee

D e c.2013

RENGO Ai Campaign by the Japanese Federation of Energy and Chemistry Workers Unions (JEC): 278,184 yen

D e c.2013

Donated 50,000 yen as activity expenses to the NPO Mirai eno Kizuna
Donated as expenses for an exchange session with junior high school students in Fukushima Prefecture from thevolunteer charity fundSocial & Environmental Report 201425

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Making Things Is about Developing Human Resources
Central Glass perceives developing human resources as being the foundation for our corporate development, and we strive
to create an environment in which each one of our employees can demonstrate their capabilities and abilities to the utmost
extent possible. We encourage voluntary capacity development through oﬀering an educational system that supports
employees in improving their skills as well as adopting Career Assessment for the Next! (CAN!), a personnel assessment
system that performs multifaceted assessments of employees ability to accomplish tasks, their competencies, management
by objectives, and more. We also institute a variety of health management and mental health care measures for all our
employees to support them in maintaining both their physical and mental health. In addition, we promote initiatives to support
childbirth and childrearing for our employees to achieve a well-rounded work-life balance.

Initiatives to Support the Development of the Next Generations
In Japan, where birthrates are falling rapidly, it is absolutely ■ List of schemes to support the development of the next generation
essential that environments for rearing the children who will leadCentral Glass has introduced systems for shortened and staggered
working hours during childcare in order to support employees in

Nursing care leave for children
Shortened working hours during childcare
Women

the next generations be set in place across society as a whole.

6 weeks

as a means of supporting the rearing of the next generation. For
the future, we will continue endeavoring to create a work

promoting the creation of a corporate culture in which every
employee can work in an active and positive manner.

Childcare leave

8 weeks

1 year later

3 years later

Leave for childbirth (3 days)
Menwork and rearing children by valuing their opinions, while alsoChildcare leave
Maternity leave

Expected date of birthgiving birth to and raising children across the company as a wholeenvironment that allows employees to strike a balance between

Staggered working hours during childcare

Prior toelementary
schoolenrollment

End ofelementary
schoolChildcare leave
Childcare leave
Staggered working hours during childcare
Shortened working hours during childcare
Nursing care leave for children

Comment from a User of the System for Shortened Working Hours During Childcare
I have a two-year old son, and I am currently using the system for shortened working hours duringchildcare to shorten my work time by one hour (30 minutes each in the morning and evening).
Since I was reinstated at the same workplace, my essential duties are the same as they were
before taking maternity and childcare leave, but my awareness of how I work has changed
enormously. Since my working time is limited, I make eﬀorts to forge ahead with my tasks byperforming meticulous scheduling, making eﬀorts to advance my work along as eﬃciently as
possible, and concentrating until I m at a good stopping point. In using the system, I have received
the cordial understanding of my boss and the other people around me in the workplace, whohave made considerations and oﬀered support in a variety of ways when it comes to my duties. I
am also receiving cooperation from my family in this, and I intend to continue working in the future
by valuing the time spent with my child.

Information & Computer
Systems Department

Emi Hada

Language Education

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It is essential that we improve the language proﬁciency ofcommunication abilities in English. We have also adopted

our employees amidst the accelerating tides of

the TOEIC IP test across the entire company as an

globalization. Central Glass provides support to its

indicator to measure English proﬁciency. We have set theemployees to enhance their language education and allow

target score at 600 points or higher, especially forthem to develop into human resources who are capable ofemployees who are under 35 years old, with everyone

responding to this globalization. In learning English, many

working hard to exceed the target score. In addition toof our employees take a learning program that uses

English, we also oﬀer language programs suited to working

Internet phone calls in the aim of improving theirneeds, such as Chinese, German, and Korean.

Comment from a Participant in the English Learning Program
I am currently taking my company s English learning program that uses Internet phone calls. The teacher
is a Canadian and I have one 50-minute session every week. Since I can take the lessons in a way thatsuits my schedule, I can continue to work on this with ease. The content of the lessons includes
discussions on set themes and correcting the writing assignments that I submit prior to each class.
While one lesson a week is not much, in each lesson the teacher gives me reading, listening, and writing
assignments on the topics we touched on in the lesson, which I work on independently. Moreover, since
the teacher points out areas where I tend to make mistakes in the post-lesson feedback and I am working
to improve my knowledge and skills in such areas, I feel that I m able to learn English eﬃciently.
In my work, there are numerous opportunities to use English, such as when creating drafts ofinternational contracts, translating the research reports and press releases of aﬃliate companies into
English, and when providing English interpretation at international conferences. So I would like toInternational Business
Department

Satoshi Kiriyama

continue further improving my English through this program.

Overseas Occupational Training Program and Study Abroad Programs
We introduced our overseas occupational training program

specialists with advanced expertise and knowledge. Our MBA

starting in 2011 to foster human resources who are

study abroad program is designed to foster candidates forcapable of smoothly promoting our operations overseas.

high-level managerial positions, who will be responsible

With this system, trainees receive occupational training at

for the future development of Central Glass. Our MOT study

one of our overseas aﬃliate companies for a ﬁxed period of

abroad program istime, where they learn things such as knowledge related todesigned to foster

actual manufacturing sites, the business customs,

human resources who

communication skills, and culture of the country.

are well versed in bothWith our short-term language study abroad program, we

technology anddispatch employees who require a high level of foreign

management, andlanguage proﬁciency to carry out their duties to language

who are capable ofschools in other countries for about three to six months. We

promoting strategic

also dispatch several people every year to study for MBA andresearch and technical

MOT degrees in Japan and overseas in order to foster

development.

Training at Carlex Glass America

Comment from an Attendee of an MOT Course
For two years from April 2012 to March 2014, I attended the Part-Time Evening MBA Program(General Management) at the Waseda Business School. In this program, lectures are held on
weekday nights and Saturday daytimes, with the ﬁrst year consisting primarily of classes in generalsubjects related to business management in the form of lectures, case discussions, and group
work. In the second year, I was placed in a seminar specializing in Management of Technology(MOT), where I conducted specialized research under the guidance of my professor. Through myseminar activities, I learned about methods for drafting technical strategies through scenario
planning, strategic decision making, technical assessment methods, and innovation methods.
Waseda Business School is not a professional graduate school for MOT, and since the attendees
came from a variety of diﬀerent occupations, age ranges, genders, and nationalities, it provided mewith the invaluable opportunity to build wide-ranging personal networks. I would like to share andGlass Business Planning &Development Department

Yasutaka Tsuda

utilize the experiences I acquired from taking this program at Central Glass.

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Activities at FactorySocial & Environmental Report 2014

Ube Plant■ Plant Overview■ Regional Activities

Address

5253 Ooaza Okiube, Ube City, Yamaguchi

Number of employees

506 (as of March 31, 2014)

Major items produced

Soda ash, fertilizer,
ﬂuorine-related products,
other chemicals
Acquired ISO 14001 certiﬁcation (December 2000)
Acquired ISO 9001 certiﬁcation (December 1997)
Acquired OHSAS 18001 certiﬁcation (April 2011)- Clean-up activities for city and prefectural roads on the plant s simultaneous
5S days (once a month)- Clean-up activities for Tokiwa Park (once a year)- Clean-up activities for Lake Ono (once a year)- Activities to protect and raise grasslands at Akiyoshidai (once a year)- Clean-up activities for Ube-Higashi Port (once a year)- Forest improvement activities to protect water (once a year)- Road clean-up activities using sweepers (every day)

The Ube Plant started producing soda ash and caustic soda in 1936, and expanded its operations into
chemical fertilizer and inorganic chemical products. At present, it also produces active ingredients forpharmaceuticals and high purity ﬂuoride gas, and is working to expand into ﬁne chemicals as well.
Since 2010, the plant has begun producing lithium-ion battery electrolytes for electric vehicles and soforth, and has been working to produce environmentally friendly products. In addition, the plant s green
spaces have been furnished with rows of cherry blossom trees for their landscaping, and in the spring the
local residents enjoy nature in harmony with the ﬁgures of beautiful cherry blossoms. Moving forward, it
will continue striving to be a safe and open plant that members of the local community can look on withpeace of mind.

General Manager of theUbe Plant

Nobuyuki Tokunaga■ ＰＲＴＲ(Unit: kg/year)

Ordinance
designation No.
16
33
41
53
80
81
186
232
243
277
281
296
300
349
374
400
411
438

物質名称
Substance
name2,2 -Azodiisobutyronitrile
Asbestos
3 -Isopropoxy-2-triﬂuoromethylbenzanilide (also known as Flutolanil)
Ethylbenzene
XyleneQuinoline
Dichloromethane (also known as methylene chloride)
N,N-Dimethylformamide
Dioxins(Unit: mg-TEQ/year)
Triethylamine
Trichloroethylene
1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene
ToluenePhenolHydrogen ﬂuoride and its water-soluble salts
BenzeneFormaldehyde
Methylnaphthalene

Atmosphericemissions
0
0
0
1,800
2,700
0
4,800
19
0.065
0
1200
99
2,200
100
670
4,400
0
39

Discharge into water

Discharge into soil

移動量
Quantitytransferred0
13,000003
0
17,000
8
0
1400
0
0
7,500
0
9,900
0
0
0

0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0

0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.0049
0
0
0
0
180
0
0
0
0

The quantities emitted, discharged, or transferred are listed for those materials for which more than 1,000 kg is handled every year (except for dioxins)■ Data on the Ube Plant
CO₂ emissions(Unit: 1,000 tons)

500
400
300

305 293 300 282 284

Emissions of sulfur oxide (SOx)(Unit: tons)

1,000

80

800

60

600

40

100

20
2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 （FY）

0

30

26

34
15

12

50
40
30

28

34.3

2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 （FY）

30.6 30.7 29.0
27.8

(Unit: tons)

50
40
30

27

400
0

50
40

365 375 327 318

30
2902009 2010 2011 2012 2013 （FY）

(Unit: tons)

29

23

28

1.0

10

10

0.5

0

0

0

2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 （FY）

14

18

12

14

13

0.5

0.6

0.7

0.7

0.9

2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 （FY）

Emissions of total nitrogen(Unit: tons)

40

1.5

20

0

50

2.0

33

20
10

Emissions of total phosphorous

20

2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 （FY）

(Unit: tons)

200

Final amount of industrial waste disposed Chemical oxygen demand (COD)(Unit: 1,000 tons)(Unit: tons)

100

200
0

Emissions of nitrogen oxide (NOx) Emissions of ash dust

41

41

35

36

37

30
20
10

2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 （FY）

02009 2010 2011 2012 2013 （FY）

Kawasaki Plant■ Plant Overview■ Regional Activities

Address

10-2 Ukishima-cho, Kawasaki-ku, Kawasaki City, Kanagawa

Number of employees

189 (as of March 31, 2014)

Major items produced

Inorganic chemicals, organic chemicals
Acquired ISO 14001 certiﬁcation (May 2007)
Acquired ISO 9001 certiﬁcation (July 2001)- Roku Cho Kai (periodic get-togethers with nearby residents in Tono
Town, Daishi District, etc.)- Periodic clean-up activities for the roads around the plant- Periodic information exchange sessions concerning the environment andsafety with neighboring plants in the industrial complex- Holds local environmental improvement activities related toenvironmental security through the Research Society for Environmental
Protection Technology in Kawasaki Industrial Complex- Participates in joint disaster drills with neighboring oﬃces in Ukishima District

The Kawasaki Plant has recently made the switch from the electrolytic soda business to the ﬁne chemicalbusiness. Currently its ﬂagship products include HFC-245fa (a CFC alternative), for which it has the sole
production process in the world, as well as pharmaceutical intermediates, cleaning gas forsemiconductors, photoresist materials, and more. It consists of a system for stably supplying ﬁne chemical
products over a broad range.
Moreover, it has also started full-scale production of environmentally friendly products, such as 1233E, a
CFC alternative with a low global warming coeﬃcient, and the next-generation product of lithium-ion
battery electrolytes.
While its products have changed with the times, the Kawasaki Plant s forethought for the environmentand safe operations have remained the same throughout every era, and the entire plant will continue
working with all its energy to achieve perfect marks for this.

General Manager of the
Kawasaki Plant

Yukinari Hashimoto■ ＰＲＴＲ(Unit: kg/year)

Ordinance
designation No.
81
94
149
213
243
262
280
281
374
392

物質名称
Substance
nameQuinoline
Chloroethylene (also known as vinyl chloride)
TetrachloromethaneN,N-dimethylacetamide
Dioxins(Unit: mg-TEQ/year)
Tetrachloroethylene
1,1,2-trichloroethane
Trichloroethylene
Hydrogen ﬂuoride and its water-soluble salts
n-hexane

Atmosphericemissions
0.04
3,000
590
22
0.027
0.11
1
0
0
0.54

Discharge into water

Discharge into soil

移動量
Quantitytransferred0032,00062,000
0
3,500
6,300
1,200
9,000
8,300

0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0

0
38
0.3
0
0.31
0
3.6
0.1
0
0

The quantities emitted, discharged, or transferred are listed for those materials for which more than 1,000 kg is handled every year (except for dioxins)■ Data on the Kawasaki Plant
CO₂ emissions(Unit: 1,000 tons)(Unit: tons)

500

1,000

400

800

300

600

0

The puriﬁcation and treatment ofgroundwater originating from a leak of
ethylene dichloride (in 1982) isstill ongoing today.

400

200
100

17

19

20

21

24

2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 （FY）

200
0

0.1

2.7

2.0

1.1

7.7

2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 （FY）

Final amount of industrial waste disposed Chemical oxygen demand (COD)(Unit: 1,000 tons)(Unit: tons)

10

5

2

1.6

1.5

1.8

1.6

1.6

1

2

0

0

2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 （FY）

(Unit: tons)

3.2

3.1

2.6

2.7

2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 （FY）

0.5
0(Unit: tons)

8
6

1.0
2.8

Emissions of total nitrogen
10

1.5

6
4

Emissions of total phosphorous
2.0

8

4
3

With regard to emissions of sulfur oxide (SOx) andash dust, since these were emitted in extremely small
quantities, graphs for them were not included.

Emissions of nitrogen oxide (NOx)

0.2

0.2

0.2

0.1

0.2

2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 （FY）

4
2
0

2.9

2.7

2.1

2.4

2.8

2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 （FY）

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Matsusaka Plant■ Plant Overview
Address■ Regional Activities

1521-2 Okuchi-cho, Matsusaka City, Mie

Number of employees

Plant : 151 (as of March 31, 2014)

Major items produced

Architectural and residential ﬂat glass
Architectural and residential wire-reinforced and wired glass
Safety glass for automobiles, functional glass for electronic equipment
Acquired ISO 14001 certiﬁcation (April 2000)
Acquired ISO 9001 certiﬁcation (November 2003)
Acquired ISO/TS 16949 certiﬁcation (June 2004)- Participates in Kids ISO 14001 Program activities in Mie Prefecture- Participates in the Clean-up Activities for Debris that has Drifted Ashore
on Toshijima Island, Toba City by the Industrial Waste Countermeasures
Promotion Council of Mie Prefecture- Exhibits Eco-Glass at the Matsusaka Environmental Fair by the Matsusaka
City Environmental Partnership Committee- Voluntary close up the coastal levee for high tide water during such as typhoons- Opens the grounds to youth sports associations and others free of charge- Opens company-owned land for use as a temporary parking area to aneighborhood council free of charge- Invites people from the neighborhood to the summer festival- Participates in the Matsunase Beach Volunteer Clean-Up Activities of the
Matsusaka Taki District Workers Welfare Council (Matsusaka Branch of
the Labor Union)- Eco-cap movement (Matsusaka Branch of the Labor Union)

Our Matsusaka Plant manufactures polished plate glass via Duplex equipment that is the only one in theworld to adopt a consecutive double-sided polishing method, as well as ﬂat glass like highly permeable
photovoltaic cover glass and processed glass for automobiles and industrial uses.
Since this plant consumes an enormous amount of energy and resources, it has conventionally beenenthusiastic about carrying out environmental conservation activities.
Especially for end plate glass, almost the full amount of this is reused, which contributes to reducing
energy and waste.
As for saving energy and power, the plant promotes initiatives such as reducing losses with a focus on
standby power and so on, adopting power saving machinery in conjunction with large-scale renovations,and improving its operating techniques. This is done in conjunction with its eﬀorts to cut down on CO2.
As for waste, some of this is converted into valuables (products) to reduce landﬁll disposal, which
represents its ﬁnal disposal. As a result of this, it has continued to achieve zero emissions since 2004.
Under the motto of The Matsusaka Plant: gazing towards the future through glass and doing everythingfor people and the global environment, every one of the employees aims for growth through continual
improvements. As such, the plant will continue to work in the future to contribute to the local communityand be a plant that is extremely safe and abounds with smiling faces without losing gratitude.

General Manager of the
Matsusaka Plant

Shigeyuki Aoki

■ ＰＲＴＲ(Unit: kg/year)

Ordinance
Atmospheric
物質名称
Substance
nameDischarge into water
designation No.
emissions
31
10
Antimony and its compounds
5
80
0
120
Xylene296
0140
1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene
40500Boron compounds
438
016
Methylnaphthalene
The quantities emitted, discharged, or transferred are listed for those materials for which more than 1,000 kg is handled every year

Discharge into soil

移動量
Quantitytransferred
0
0
0
0
0

0
0
0
0
0

■ Data on the Matsusaka Plant
CO₂ emissions

Emissions of sulfur oxide (SOx)

Emissions of nitrogen oxide (NOx) Emissions of ash dust

500

3,000

3,000

400

2,500

2,500

(Unit: 1,000 tons)

300

221 219(Unit: tons)

256 254 246

200
100
0

2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 （FY）

2,000
1,500

1,291 1,247

1,462

1,752

1,415

500

500

0

0

2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 （FY）

10

4

8

3

6

2
1
0

30

4
0.3

0.2

0.2

0.2

0.2

2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 （FY）

(Unit: tons)

50

1,921 1,827

1,500
1,000

(Unit: tons)

5

2,000

1,000

Final amount of industrial waste disposed Chemical oxygen demand (COD)(Unit: 1,000 tons)(Unit: tons)

1,463 1,521

40
1,397

3.8

3.4

3.9

2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 （FY）

Emissions of total phosphorous(Unit: tons)

0.5

0

0

2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 （FY）

16

18

18

0

2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 （FY）

Emissions of total nitrogen(Unit: tons)

10

8
6

1.0

2

27

10

2.0

3.1

30

20

1.5
3.2

30

0.2

0.2

0.2

0.2

0.2

2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 （FY）

4.2

4.4

4.9

5.0

4.6

4
2
0

2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 （FY）

Matsusaka Plant ‒ Sakai Manufacturing Site
■ Plant Overview■ Regional Activities

Address

6 Minami-machi, Chikkou, Sakai-ku, Sakai City, Osaka

Number of employees

Plant : 49 (as of March 31, 2014)

Major items produced

Architectural and residential ﬂat glass,ﬂat glass for electronic equipment,architectural frosted glass
Acquired ISO 14001 certiﬁcation (December 1999)
Acquired ISO 9001 certiﬁcation (February 1999)- Works together with a ﬂea market and donates the proceeds to social
welfare activities- Accommodates the dispatch of personnel for rescue, ﬁreﬁghting, relief,and similar activities during large-scale disasters as a plant thatcooperates with Sakai City over ﬁreﬁghting- Participates in comprehensive disaster drills in the Sakai / Senboku
Coastal District- Supports a project for the safety of sailing ships and environmental
conservation in Sakai Senboku Port by the Osaka Prefectural Seikoukai- Participates in conservation activities for the Nanbukyuryo green spaces
sponsored by Sakai City

Conservation activities for the Nanbukyuryo green spaces sponsored by Sakai CityThe Sakai Manufacturing Site is located in the center of the Coastal Industrial Zone of Sakai City, Osaka, where it
has continued producing ﬂat glass since 1959 as the original birthplace of Central Glass ﬂat glass division. In 1982
it changed its manufacturing method over to the ﬂoat process and began producing high-grade ﬂat glass.
In 2007 it completed the second round of cold repair work (overall repairs from melting furnaces to its
manufacturing lines). As part of this it carried out improvement work to cut CO2 emissions by 3%, and resumed
production in April 2008. In August 2009, it performed improvement work on its ﬂoat baths, and began producing
thin ﬂat glass for electronics that were used in smartphones and other portable terminals.
Furthermore, in May 2012 it ﬁnished installing spattering equipment, which can deposit a thin metallic membraneon glass surfaces, and so began producing Eco-Glass that can cut the cost of heating and cooling buildings.
General Manager of the
In addition, it continues to examine initiatives to recycle glass packing materials in order to cut waste.
Sakai Manufacturing Site,
Moving forward, it will continue to address environmentally friendly manufacturing.
Matsusaka Plant

Tatsuo Kikuchi■ ＰＲＴＲ(Unit: kg/year)

Ordinance
designation No.
80
296
438

Atmosphericemissions
70
81
7

物質名称
Substance
nameDischarge into water

Discharge into soil

移動量
Quantitytransferred
0
0
0

0
0
0

0
Xylene0
1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene
0Methylnaphthalene
The quantities emitted, discharged, or transferred are listed for those materials for which more than 1,000 kg is handled every year

■ Data on the Sakai Manufacturing Site
CO₂ emissions

Emissions of sulfur oxide (SOx)(Unit: 1,000 tons)(Unit: tons)

Emissions of nitrogen oxide (NOx) Emissions of ash dust(Unit: tons)(Unit: tons)

100

1,000

400

80

800

300

60

600

40

400

20

200

10

0

0

500

200
100
0

99

110 113 113 115

2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 （FY）

0

3.0

3.9

2.5

2.7

2.7

2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 （FY）

Final amount of industrial waste disposed Chemical oxygen demand (COD)(Unit: 1,000 tons)(Unit: tons)

5

8

3

6

2

4

1
0

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.1

2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 （FY）

2
0532 525 484

404602009 2010 2011 2012 2013 （FY）

Emissions of total phosphorous(Unit: tons)

2.0

1.8

1.7

2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 （FY）

0.5
0

2.8

3.8

3.1

4.4

2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 （FY）

Emissions of total nitrogen(Unit: tons)

8
6

1.0
1.7

1.6

10

1.5
2.1

30
20

2.0

10

4

494

50

4
0.1

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.1

2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 （FY）

2
0

2.8

2.1

1.8

1.4

1.6

2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 （FY）

Social & Environmental Report 201431

48th Central GlassInternational Architectural Design Competition
Theme: Bringing the Urban Environment into ArchitectureFirst Place Winners: Ken Akatsuka and Gaku Inoue (Japan)
Architecture featuring outstanding
design contributes to improving theurban environment. There are a variety
of diﬀerent approaches to how it
contributes to this, and how it
accommodates the urban environment
and the results of this will varydepending on what sort of standpoint is
adopted.
Bringing the Urban Environment into
Architecture is not meant to merely
suggest that architectural designs should
be more exposed to the environment in
the physical sense. The expectation isthat the public will be drawn to sucharchitecture by means of imbuing itwith cultural appeal. Not only that, butideally it will also engage the urban
environment by means of adding value
through its architectural design,consideration for the local community,
the use of clean energy, and disaster
preparedness with respect to thesurrounding environment. Moreover,architects must pursue the idea to thepoint of considering what sorts of social
systems will be ideal for promoting sucharchitecture.
What sort of role should architecture
play within the urban environment? Thistime, we solicited proposals for ways ofthinking about this in terms of speciﬁcdesigns through the theme of bringing
the urban environment to architecture.
(A related article appears on Page 25)