Responsible Care Activities
ISK undertakes Responsible Care (RC) activities aimed at environmental, health, and safety assurance. In particular, our activities encompass chemical product and distribution safety specific to the chemical industry, as well as environmental protection, process safety and disaster prevention, and occupational health and safety, along with dialog with society, common to many different industries.
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What Is Responsible Care?
Companies that handle chemicals voluntarily undertake Responsible Care activities to provide environmental, health, and safety assurance covering everything from chemical substance development to production, distribution, usage, final consumption, disposal, and recycling. The results of these activities are shared and discussed with stakeholders. Responsible Care originated in Canada in 1985 and has subsequently spread to companies around the world.
Investment in Environmental Measures and Safety and Disaster Prevention Measures
Most investment is allocated to the Yokkaichi Plant. The graph below shows the trends of investment in environmental measures and investment in safety and disaster prevention. We have traditionally invested intensively to replace aging equipment, prepare for earthquakes and other natural disasters, boost occupational safety, and improve working environments. In fiscal 2024, however, a larger portion of our investment was allocated to facility renovations for pollution countermeasures (atmosphere).
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Responsible Care Achievements in Fiscal 2024 (Summary)
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Ninth Responsible Care Yokkaichi Regional Dialogue Forum
“Striving to Ensure a Safe and Secure Plant ‒ Occupational Safety and Health and Disaster Prevention”
Q＆A session at the regional dialogue forumThe Eighth Regional Dialogue Forum, held two years prior to that, was a small-scale event with only 100 participants due to the impact of COVID-19. However, this time, approximately 150 local residents, government officials and business representatives participated. In addition to the main forum featuring presentations by government officials and businesses, an open forum for discussion was also held to foster greater interaction and communication with the local community.
During the government’s presentation period, the Yokkaichi City Fire Department provided information on regional cooperation efforts among local government agencies which transcend municipal and prefectural boundaries. Two member companies also gave presentations on the topics of disaster prevention and occupational safety and health. As in the previous forum, Professor Yoshihito Takeda from Hokkaido University facilitated an interactive discussion and exchange of ideas between the participants and local residents, with ample time for questions and comments.