For over 40 years since 1974, the Fuji Plant has regularly conducted a meeting for people living in the neighboring area to exchange ideas and opinions in regard to environmental matters. Every year, neighborhood representatives (environmental monitors) are invited to the Fuji Plant to participate in the Environmental Monitoring Meeting held during Environment Month in June. The meeting consists of a presentation of RC (Responsible Care) activities undertaken by the company, an inspection tour of the plant and its environmentally friendly equipment and facilities, and a session for environmental monitors to express their ideas and opinions. The six pillars of RC are disaster prevention, occupational safety and health, environmental protection, communication, chemical and product safety, and logistics safety. The Fuji Plant received the RC Award this year in recognition of outstanding performance particularly in regard to activities to promote communication with neighborhood residents that have been carried out for many years.
Two from General Affairs Department, Kunitomo Yamamoto (department chief), and Norihiko Mochizuki (manager) represented the Fuji Plant at the award ceremony held at a hotel in Tokyo on May 27. Details of the award are given below.
10th JCIA Responsible Care Awards
RC Outstanding Award (certificate of commendation, medal, extra prize of 150,000 yen)
Award made to the General Affairs Department and the Safety and Environment Department at the Fuji Plant of Polyplastics Co., Ltd.
Theme：Ongoing Communication Activity: Maintaining a Relationship of Trust with Neighboring Residents
Awardees：Kunitomo Yamamoto, Norihiko Mochizuki (GA)
Toshihisa Hirayanagi, Akinori Suzuki, Miwaji Mochizuki (SE)
Activity：For over 40 years since 1974, the Fuji Plant has regularly conducted a meeting for people living in the neighboring area to exchange ideas and opinions in regard to safety and environmental matters. This activity was begun before the onset of RC activities in Japan. Every year, neighborhood representatives are invited to the Fuji Plant to hear their frank opinions, which are taken into careful consideration in determining the company's environmental policy and activities moving forward.
The RC Outstanding Award was also given to Daicel Logistics Service Co., Ltd. for "Education for All Employees: Provision of Safe, High-Quality Logistics Services that Satisfy Customers." Congratulations!
*About Responsible Care
Responsible Care is the name for voluntary initiatives undertaken by companies in the chemical industry with the primary objective of protecting the environment and ensuring health and safety throughout the entire process of development, manufacture, physical distribution, use, final consumption, disposal and recycling of chemical substances, and also to disclose these activities to the general public and promote communication with the public by conducting activities that provide opportunities for dialog with companies.
Mr. Naoki Chiba