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CSR Report Environment and Safety Division 2012 Tel: +81-3-3283-4828 Fax: +81-3-3283-4840 MITSUBISHI GAS CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC. Mitsibishi Building, 5-2 Marunouchi 2-chome, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-8324, Japan Corporate Communications Division Tel: +81-3-3283-5041 Fax: +81-3-3287-0833 CSR Report Environment and Safety Division 2012 Tel: +81-3-3283-4828 Fax: +81-3-3283-4840 URL http://www.mgc.co.jp/eng/ (English) http://www.mgc.co.jp/chi/ (Chinese) Printed on paper made with wood from forest thinning. “Morino Chonai-Kai” (Forest Neighborhood Association)- Supporting sound forest management. Contents Message from Our President & CEO Message from Our President & CEO 2 About this Report The purpose of the ‘CSR Report 2012’ is to provide Profile of Mitsubishi Gas Chemical (MGC) information related to the various activities carried out Company Overview and Business 3 by Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company, Inc. (MGC) in the area of Responsible Care (RC), the steps it is taking Research and Development Activities 5 to improve corporate ethics and compliance, and to report our relations with our many stakeholders in addition to broadly promoting our (CSR) activities. MGC began producing an environmental report in 2001. In 2007, the report was renamed the RC Report, and it continued to provide details about company activities related to the environment and safety. Starting in 2010, we are changing this report to the CSR Report to reflect our wide-ranging efforts in the area of CSR Management Corporate Social Responsibility. As a result, you will MGC’s Efforts in CSR 9 find that this year’s report provides a much broader selection of information. Corporate Governance 10 We have put great effort into making this report Compliance and Risk Management 11 easy to understand, and look forward to your honest opinion and feedback. FY 2011 was a year in which Japan’s economy was beset management we will make efforts to raise our presence Stakeholders and MGC by several trials. While the MGC Group recovered its within society, as a company deemed truly necessary by Together with Stakeholders 13 Scope of this Report workplaces damaged by the Great East Japan Earthquake our stakeholders. more quickly than expected, from the middle of the year we It is our pleasure to issue our CSR Report again this Organizations included were hit by large-scale natural disasters such as the year. In FY 2011 we continued to respond appropriately to All offices in Japan. In the case of MGC Group flooding in Thailand, as well as global economic anomalies regulations while striving to make improvements that Responsible Care and MGC companies, proper reference will be made where necessary. spurred by the strong yen and the deepening European include improved unit energy consumption, chemical and Environment and Safety Management 17 financial crisis. Due to these factors, we were unable to product safety, and logistical safety, as well as reduced Reporting period Results and Plans for RC Activities 19 meet the target values for the final fiscal year of our MGC emissions of greenhouse gases and wastes. In the areas of April 1, 2011 through March 31, 2012 (includes some Occupational Health and Safety, Process activities after April 2012). Will 2011 medium-term management plan. The current occupational health and safety as well as process safety Safety, and Disaster Prevention 21 However, Responsible Care (RC) activities are included term also holds cause for concern, including the prolonged and disaster prevention, our company as a whole is Environmental Burden of Business Activities 23 from 1 January, 2011 – December 31, 2011 (includes European crisis and economic slowdowns in the US and working to strengthen our on-site capabilities toward the some RC activities in 2012). Environmental Accounting 24 China. goal of zero accidents and zero occupational injuries. These As the outlook clouds for the global economy, our activities and their achievements are detailed in Global Warming Prevention 25 Reference Guidelines Group has launched its new MGC Will 2014 medium-term “Responsible Care (RC) Activities” in this report (p. 17). Chemical Emissions 27 Ministry of the Environment, “Environmental Reporting management plan to move toward the ideal for ourselves We are also making all-out efforts to meet the Waste Reduction 29 Guidelines (2007)” that we envision for 2021, the 50th anniversary since our demands of the era in addressing corporate governance, Air and Water Conservation 30 Ministry of the Environment “Environmental Accounting foundation. We are making no changes to our management compliance, and risk management. In particular, we drew Guidelines 2005” Safety Management of Chemicals and Products 31 concept of “making contributions toward development in upon the lessons of the Great East Japan Earthquake to Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) RC Activities on Site 33 “Sustainability Reporting Guidelines Version 3.0” harmony with society through the creation of a diverse review our BCP (business continuity planning) for MGC Group’s Environmental and Safety Activities 37 range of value based on chemistry,” nor to our Group vision large-scale natural disasters and to boost the effectiveness of “The MGC Group aims to thoroughly realize CSR goals of our plans. 12 Member Companies of the MGC Group Publication Information in all its activities while developing and growing sustainably In this way, we believe that working through the PDCA Environment and Safety Council 38 Date of publication: November 2012 Date of next scheduled publication: October 2013 on the global stage as a highly differentiated, widely cycle to effect continual improvements with respect to each recognized chemicals group operating from a strong of these issues forms the essence of CSR activity. Together platform of proprietary technology.” As a chemical with our stakeholders in Japan and abroad, MGC will Responsible Care manufacturer acting under the principle of sustainable continue making efforts to raise its presence within At every stage of their operations, development, we must always conduct our business international society as a company indispensable to the companies dealing with chemicals must ensure that the environment, activities with consideration given to their impact on future realization of a sustainable society. safety and health are safeguarded. This starts with the development and Disclaimer: This report contains past and present facts, in addition generations. In addition, we recognize that our Group’s We hope that everyone reading this report will gain a manufacturing of chemicals, and goes to information about expectations regarding social conditions, mission and reason for being lie in continually providing deeper understanding of the MGC Group’s CSR activities. all the way through to distribution, use management plans and policies of the company together with and final disposal after consumption. It customers with original and highly functional materials that We welcome your honest opinions and suggestions. also involves publishing the results of anticipated results. These assertions or assumptions are based on those activities, being engaged and the information available at the time of drafting, however unforeseen accurately capture society’s needs. willing to communicate with society. The circumstances may lead to unexpected social conditions or result in Kazuo Sakai chemical industry refers to this conscientious activity as Responsible Care (RC). changes to business activities which are different to those In this way, even as severe changes unfold throughout President expressed here. the world, by holding an unwavering course in our September 2012 1 MITSUBISHI GAS CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC. MITSUBISHI GAS CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC. 2 Profile of Mitsubishi Gas Chemical (MGC): Company Overview and Business To Continue Providing the Technology and Products That Help People Increase Their Quality of Life While Supporting the Sustainable Development of the Global Community. Corporate Information (as of March 31, 2012) Financial highlights (Consolidated) Major Products and Business Lines—Six businesses operated by four companies Company name Net sales / Operating income / Ordinary income Natural Gas Chemicals Company MITSUBISHI GAS CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC. Net sales Operating income Ordinary income (Millions of yen) (Millions of yen) Includes a wide product lineup, spanning from Major products Corporate Logo 500,000 100,000 chemical materials such as methanol, ammonia Methanol, Formalin, Methanol Head office address 400,000 80,000 and their derivatives to CoenzymeQ10 made using synthesis catalyst, Ammonia, Mitsubishi Building, 5-2 Marunouchi 2-chome, 300,000 60,000 Natural Gas biotechnology. Also involved in the exploration and Amine, Polyol, Methyl methacrylate, Dimethyl ether Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-8324, Japan 200,000 40,000 drilling of petroleum and natural gas, as well as Chemicals (DME), Catalase, CoenzymeQ10 100,000 20,000 geothermal development, which is receiving Established January 15, 1918 attention as a clean energy. 0 0 Incorporated April 21, 1951 -100,000 -20,000 Capital ¥41.97 billion (as of the end of March, 2012) 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 (FY) Number of employees Net income / Return on equity (ROE) Aromatic Chemicals Company 2,371 (non-consolidated), 5,216 (consolidated) Net income Return on equity (ROE) Develops aromatic products centered on the Major products (Millions of yen) (%) metaxylene chain, including aromatic aldehydes and Metaxylene, Metaxylenediamine, Number of consolidated subsidiaries 40 50,000 15 aromatic polycarboxylic acids, which are
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