Working with Local Communities
Dialog with Local Communities
The Mitsui Chemicals Group provides a range of opportunities for communication with local residents living in the vicinity of our facilities, who we consider to be important stakeholders. We arrange community meetings to discuss our environmental preservation and safety initiatives, organize plant tours, attend meetings with neighborhood associations and participate in local events, all in an effort to promote mutual understanding with the community.
Our five domestic works also publish newsletters at least twice a year so as to communicate with local residents on a broader basis.
Promoting communication with local communities
Once again in fiscal 2011, we invited local residents living in the vicinity of our five domestic works to attend community meetings. At each meeting, an introduction to the works and an overview of our efforts to protect the environment and contribute to society were followed by a lively discussion session.
On September 25, 2010, we invited members of local neighborhood associations to attend a meeting at our Ichihara Works, which included an introduction to the works and an overview of its safety and environmental initiatives. A tour of the works was followed by a discussion session, during which we received some invaluable feedback.
On October 6, 2010, a group of around 40 people, including local residents from five nearby school districts and members of the Omuta City Environmental Affairs Division, Industrial Promotion Department and Fire Prevention Division, attended a community meeting at our Omuta Works. An introduction to the works and an outline of its safety and environmental initiatives were followed by a tour of the works. Once again, we received some invaluable feedback from those attending the event.
Our domestic affiliates meanwhile promote communication through initiatives that reflect their scale of operations, including arranging plant tours and participating in local events.
Community meeting at our Omuta Works
Publishing newsletters
Our newsletters showcase the products that are made at each of our works and provide information such as updates on our environmental initiatives. In some cases, newsletters feature additional content such as helpful health tips, instructions for conducting chemical experiments and information about our cleanup activities. We also use our newsletters as a means of two-way communication, by printing comments from members of the local community and our responses.
Newsletters published by each site
