Sumitomo Seika Group has established a "basic management policy for safety, environment, and quality" based on the ideas of "contributing to the formation of a sustainable society" and "prioritizing safety over everything else" for promoting our business, and has been proactively engaged in related activities in accordance with the philosophy of responsible care through all business activities.
- To contribute to the development of a sustainable society through ensuring a safety and protecting an environment;
- To ensure zero injuries and zero accidents by building on a foundation focused on safety above all else;
- To supply products and services of the highest quality that earn the confidence and satisfaction of our customers;
- To respond appropriately to the risks surrounding the company; and
- To focus our corporate initiatives on environmental protection and assurance of safety and health by adopting the policies of Responsible Care, a set of voluntary initiatives to ensure a responsible approach throughout the entire product lifecycle from development to final disposal.
- Sumitomo Seika is committed to the following top-priority initiatives.
- To maintain zero injuries and zero accidents from operations, and to ensure the safety of our employees and neighboring communities;
- To ascertain the safety of products, and to avoid exposing our persons concerned to any possible hazard;
- To supply products and services of the highest quality that earn the confidence and satisfaction of our customers;
- To effort reducing the environmental impact at all operational stages, from product development to disposal.
- We are developing policies on Quality, the Environment, and Safety based on long-term and annual plans
- We establish organization and rules for steadily promoting to reexamine the results of previous year's plans, the state of progress and the review of activities;
- Our Responsible Care(Quality, Environment and Safety) Committee is committed to the following issues;
- Assurance of an occupational safety
- Assurance of security and accident prevention
- Reduce of the environmental impact
- Assurance of a chemicals safety and a product quality
- Assurance of safety during transportation
- We have already registered with the revised ISO9001:2000 standard for quality management systems company-wide and acquired registration of the ISO 14001 certification as part of our integrated system encompassing all our Works.
- In Feburary 2009, Befu Works, Himeji Works and Chiba Works acquired OSHMS (Occupational Safety and Health Management System) certification respectively from the Japan Industrial Safety and Health Association (JISHA). Sumitomo Seika has been actively pursuing to maintain and enhance management for safety / health and realization of ideal working conditions for employees.
See CSR Report.
Responsible Care
"Responsible Care" means that the chemical industry is voluntarily ensuring that no negative impact harms the environment, safety, or human health in any process from development, distribution, application, and end-use to final disposal and moreover, the industry is publishing the results of its initiatives and maintaining an open dialog and good communication with residents of regional communities. In Japan, the Japan Responsible Care Council (JRCC) was established in 1995 and we have belonged to it from the beginning of the foundation and actively engaged in the activities.
