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UNITIKA CSR Report
Message from the President
Work on Reducing Environmental Impact
Reducing Air and Water Pollution
Domestic plants are pursuing measures such as switching from fuel oil to natural gas and the abolition of diesel power generation to reduce emissions of dust, nitrogen oxides (NO×), sulfur oxides (SO×), and carbon dioxide (CO2). Unitika also works to reduce water pollution through the appropriate management of wastewater treatment facilities.
Handling of Chemical Substances
The Unitika Group works to monitor and reduce the use of chemical substances thought to be hazardous to human health as regulated by the Pollutant Release and Transfer Register (PRTR) system.
Emission and Transfer Amounts for
PRTR System-Regulated Substances in Fiscal 2009
| Substance | Atmosphere | Water | Total Amount of Emission |
Transfer Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acetaldehyde | 5 | 1 | 6 | - |
| Asbestos | - | - | - | - |
| Bisphenol A | - | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| ε- Caprolactam | 14 | 0 | 14 | - |
| Dichloropentafluoropropane | 1 | - | 1 | - |
| Dichloromethane(Methylene chloride) | 41 | 0 | 41 | 8 |
| Terephthalic acid | - | - | - | 1 |
| Toluene | 18 | - | 18 | 1 |
| Boron and its compounds | - | 11 | 11 | 3 |
| Poly(oxyethylene) alkyl ether | - | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| Other | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Unitika Domestic Plants & Internal Group Companies Total |
61 | 12 | 73 | 16 |
| Unitika External Group Companies Total | 19 | 4 | 23 | 5 |
Logistics
Unitika undertakes a variety of efforts to reduce the environmental burden associated with the delivery and emission of raw materials, products, waste, and other materials. These efforts include the implementation of modal shifts (i.e. switching transport from road to rail and/or shipping) and streamlining of delivery systems. In fiscal 2009, as a specified consigner (a Japanese legal designation applied to consigners who ship 30 million tons of freight or more per year,) we reported 74.2 million tons of freight and 24,200 tons of CO2 emissions to the government.
Environmental Complaints
Based on Unitika's corporate vision of "being a company that contributes to people's lives and the environment, and that has a positive presence within society," we make utmost efforts to pursue our business and activities in ways that are considerate of the people living around us.
In each case, we looked to find both causes and solutions and communicated these to those in the surrounding communities while taking steps to ensure their non-recurrence. In all such situations we will do our utmost to improve so that we may contribute positively to the living environments of the people living around us.
Further, in fiscal 2009, for domestic plants, internal group companies, and external group companies, there were no incidences of accident or pollution that might have led to environmental problems, nor were there any violations of environmental laws and regulations.
