RC Promotion System

RC Audits

The Mitsui Chemicals Group is committed to improving the standard of its responsible care (RC) activities by consistently practicing the PDCA cycle. We conduct annual RC audits at our domestic manufacturing sites, research centers and worldwide subsidiaries and affiliates, in order to objectively evaluate the effective implementation of RC activities and provide guidance. Our environmental, safety, occupational health, and quality activities are audited by managers and dedicated members of staff from our Responsible Care Division, Quality Assurance Division and Human Resources Division, focusing on the achievement of priority objectives set out in our annual plans and progress dealing with items singled out for improvement in the previous year's audit.

Worldwide subsidiaries and affiliates eligible for RC support are jointly evaluated by our Responsible Care Division and Quality Assurance Division and the relevant business division at the company itself, using Environmental, Safety and Health Management Checklists. Relevant documents and workplaces are also checked, in order to ascertain the current status of RC activities and provide guidance. This enables us to improve RC activities from the perspective of the group as a whole. We make every effort to carry out audits as effectively as possible, and determine the frequency of audits and key criteria carefully, taking into account the level of environmental, safety and health management at each subsidiary or affiliate, the frequency of occupational accidents and the type of operations carried out at each works.

In fiscal 2011, we conducted RC audits at six works, branch factories and research centers, and at 37 worldwide subsidiaries and affiliates (44 sites). In addition to improving the standard of RC activities, these audits also confirmed that there were no major legal violations.

Legal Compliance Audits at Manufacturing Sites

We are committed to legal compliance as one our top groupwide priorities, and require all officers and employees to comply fully with applicable laws and regulations at all times, in accordance with the Mitsui Chemicals Group Action Guidelines.
In order to fully ensure legal compliance, we have set up dedicated audit departments at each of our works, in the form of either a Safety Audit Department or an Audit Group (Safety & Environment Department). The relevant departments conduct audits in relation to key legislation applicable to the works, including the High Pressure Gas Safety Act, the Fire Service Act, and the Poisonous and Deleterious Substances Control Act. The same departments also conduct inspection management audits for the purpose of high pressure gas certification, reflecting our commitment to voluntary safety measures.

The Responsible Care Division at Mitsui Chemicals Head Office has its own dedicated Audit Group, which conducts the following groupwide RC audits.

  1. Legal compliance audits at domestic manufacturing sites and research centers, examining seven laws, including the High Pressure Gas Safety Act, the Fire Service Act, the Poisonous and Deleterious Substances Control Act, Industrial Safety and Health Act, the Water Pollution Control Act and the Air Pollution Control Act
  2. Audits relating to Accredited Safety Inspections and Accredited Completion Inspections at domestic manufacturing sites and other facilities accredited under the High Pressure Gas Safety Act
  3. Audits examining progress with RC activities at domestic manufacturing sites, research centers and worldwide subsidiaries and affiliates

Audit results for fiscal 2011 were as follows.

  1. We conducted legal compliance audits at our domestic manufacturing sites (6 works, 1 branch factory) and research centers once at each site, and confirmed that there were no violations of key legislation.
  2. We conducted inspection management audits for the purpose of high pressure gas certification at four works (once or twice at each site) and confirmed that there were no violations of the High Pressure Gas Safety Act or any other issues with inspections.
  3. . We conducted environmental safety audits at our domestic manufacturing sites (6 works, 1 branch factory), research centers and 37 worldwide subsidiaries and affiliates (44 sites), and quality audits at six domestic manufacturing sites, 16 business divisions and 23 worldwide subsidiaries and affiliates (25 sites), and made every effort to improve the standard of RC activities.

Having introduced legal compliance audits relating to chemical safety management in fiscal 2010, we conducted audits at 16 business divisions, three branches, eight research departments and eight domestic affiliates (10 sites) in fiscal 2011, and confirmed that there were no violations of key legislation.

International certifications and fiscal 2011 RC audits at subsidiaries and affiliates

Country Company International certifications FY2011 RC audit
■ Onsite audit
□ Document audit only
ISO
9001		 ISO
14001		 OHSAS
18001		 Others Environment/
Safety		 Quality
Japan Shimonoseki Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. ○ ○ －   ■ ■
Hokkaido Mitsui Chemicals Co.,Ltd. ○ － －   ■ ■
Mitsui Chemicals Tohcello, Inc. (Head Office) － － －      
Mitsui Chemicals Tohcello, Inc. (Koga Factory) ○ ○ －   □  
Mitsui Chemicals Tohcello, Inc. (Ibaraki Factory) ○ ○ －   □  
Mitsui Chemicals Tohcello, Inc. (Hamamatsu Factory) ○ ○ －   ■  
Mitsui Chemicals Tohcello, Inc. (Katsuta Factory) ○ ○ －   ■  
Mitsui Chemicals Tohcello, Inc. (Anjo Factory) ○ ○ －   □  
Japan Composite Co., Ltd. ○ ○ －   ■ ■
Saxin Corporation ○ ○ ○   ■  
Mitsui Chemicals Industrial Products, Ltd. (Saitama Office) ○ ○ －   □ ■
Mitsui Chemicals Industrial Products, Ltd. (Ohtake Office) ○ ○ ○      
Tohoku Polymer Co., Ltd. － － －   ■  
Sun Alloys Co., Ltd. ○ － －   ■  
Tohoku Uloid Industry Co., Ltd. － － －   □  
Sunrex Industry Co., Ltd. ○ ○ －   ■ ■
Prime Polymer Co., Ltd. (Head Office) － － －     ■
MC Industries, Ltd. (Shimizu Factory) ○ ○ ○   ■ ■
MC Industries, Ltd. (Kaibara Factory) ○ ○ －   □  
Mitsui Fine Chemicals, Inc. － － －      
Sun Medical Co., Ltd. ○ － － ISO13485 □  
Toyo Beauty Supply Corporation － － － ISO13485 □  
Yamamoto Chemicals, Inc. ○ ○ －   ■ ■
Nippon Aluminum Alkyls, Ltd. ○ ○ ○     ■
Mitsui Chemicals Agro, Inc. (Head Office) － － －     ■
Mitsui Chemicals Agro, Inc. (Funaoka Factory) ○ － －   ■ ■
Mitsui Chemicals Agro, Inc. (Shinshiro Factory) ○ － －   □ ■
Utsunomiya Chemical Industry Co., Ltd. (Utsunomiya Works) ○ － －   □ ■
Utsunomiya Chemical Industry Co., Ltd. (Tosu Factory) ○ － －   ■ ■
Nishioki Utility, Ltd. ○ ○ ○      
United States Anderson Development
Company		 ○ ○ ○   □  
Esco Company, LLC ○ SOCMA
Chem
Stewards		 SOCMA
Chem
Stewards		   ■  
Advanced Composites, Inc. Ohio ○ ○ ○   □  
Advanced Composites, Inc.
Tennessee		 ○ ○ ○   ■  
SDC Technologies, Inc. － － －   □  
Image Polymers Company, LLC － － －      
Mitsui Chemicals America, Inc. － － －      
Mexico Advanced Composites
Mexicana, S.A.de C.V.		 ○ ○ Planned TS16949 ■  
Europe Sun Alloys Europe GmbH ○ － －     ■
Mitsui Chemicals Europe GmbH － － －     ■
Indonesia P.T. Cosmo Polyurethane
Indonesia		 ○ ○ Planned   □  
P.T. Petnesia Resindo ○ ○ ○   □  
P.T. Amoco Mitsui PTA
Indonesia		 ○ ○ ○   □  
Thailand Thai Mitsui Specialty
Chemicals CO., LTD.		 ○ ○ ○   □ ■
Mitsui Hygiene Materials
(Thailand) Co., Ltd.		 ○ ○ ○   ■ ■
Siam Mitsui PTA CO., LTD. ○ ○ ○   □ ■
Thai Pet Resin Co., LTD. ○ ○ Planned   □ ■
Grand Siam Composites CO., LTD. ○ ○ ○ TS16949 ■ ■
Malaysia Cosmo Scientex (M) Sdn. Bhd. ○ ○ ○   ■ ■
Singapore Mitsui Elastomers
Singapore PTE. LTD.		 ○ ○ ○   ■ ■
Mitsui Phenols
Singapore PTE. LTD.		 ○ ○ ○   ■ ■
India Mitsui Prime Advanced
Composites India PVT. Ltd.		 ○ Planned Planned   ■ ■
China Tianjin Cosmo Polyurethane Co., Ltd. ○ ○ Planned   ■  
Zhang Jia Gang Free Trade Zone Mitsui Linkupon Advanced Material, Inc. ○ ○ － TS16949 ■  
Mitsui Advanced Composites (Zhongshan) Co., LTD. ○ ○ －   □