Responsible Care Management

Basic Policy on Responsible Care

Based on the “Kumiai Chemical Group Corporate Philosophy,” we will endeavor to protect the environment and ensure health and safety throughout the life cycle of our chemical products, and continuously work to improve the quality of people's lives and create a sustainable society as we implement Responsible Care with the goal of contributing to its realization.

1. Kumiai’s executives will take the lead in demonstrating leadership and promoting Responsible Care.
2. We will willingly make effort to protect and improve the environment and health and safety throughout the life cycle of our chemical products; from development to disposal.
3. We will promote conservation of resources and energy, and work to reduce and effectively utilize waste.
4. We will protect the environment and the health and safety of people throughout the supply chain.
5. We will disclose the results of our activities and endeavor to engage in dialogue and communication activities with society in order to meet the expectations of stakeholders regarding our efforts for the environment and health and safety.
6. For “Protecting and fostering life and nature,” we will continue making effort to create new value that will lead to the sustainable development of an affluent society.

System for Promoting Responsible Care

The Responsible Care Promotion Committee, which is headed by the President, includes full-time Directors and Executive Officers and department heads, and is operated by the Responsible Care Promotion Section as the secretariat. We are focusing on the following efforts to continuously improve our Responsible Care activities.

1. Creating goals and plans for Responsible Care activities
2. Progress management for Responsible Care action plans
3. Matters related to the Responsible Care Management System
4. Responsible Care internal audit reports and management reviews

Initiatives for Responsible Care

Kumiai is promoting Responsible Care activities as part of sustainability management. In May of 2022, the Responsible Care Promotion Section was newly established.
As a research and development oriented company that mainly manufactures agricultural chemicals, our responsible care activities are for protecting safety, health, and the environment of related people inside and outside Kumiai throughout all processes including production, sales, use by customers, through to disposal.
In November 2022, we joined the Responsible Care Committee of the Japan Chemical Industry Association (JCIA), and in December, we established the Responsible Care Promotion Committee headed by the President. We are sharing information among the seven group companies which handle chemicals in order to improve our activities.