For our customers and business partners
Chemical substance management
Chemical substance management
The safe handling of chemicals is also an important foundation that supports our business. We are strengthening the management of product-related laws and regulations, including chemical management, and promoting centralized information management to establish a management system that appropriately responds to related laws and regulations for all products.
Compliance with global chemical laws and regulations
The Strategic Approach to International Chemicals Management
(SAICM), proposed at the World Summit on Sustainable
Development (WSSD), Johannesburg Summit, in 2002, aimed at
minimizing the adverse effects of chemical production and use
on human health and the environment by 2020. Based on this
philosophy, chemical substance management regulations have
become stricter and more common in countries worldwide, and
new laws and regulations have been established and revised. As
for the future, discussions on the post-SAICM (post-2020
framework) have begun, and further strengthening of chemical
substance management regulations is inevitable to achieve the
next international goal.
To respond to the trends of laws
and regulations worldwide, we are working together with NAGASE
Group companies in Japan and overseas. We will continue
developing and promoting a system to collect information on
the latest trends and comply with the most recent and most
reliable laws and regulations.
Chemical management system
We use our database and safety data sheet (SDS) creation system to effectively manage ingredients, safety information, including information on hazards and harmfulness, and legal regulations for all chemical products we handle in our specialized departments. The Company shares this information to respond appropriately to customer inquiries about chemical substances and domestic and international laws and regulations, such as the Chemical Substances Control Act and EU-REACH regulations. In addition, it is also used to transmit information through the supply chain.
Transmission of safety information and information on chemical substances in products
To ensure the safe handling of our products, we provide the necessary information on product safety and related laws and regulations to our customers and logistics-related personnel through safety data sheets (SDSs), labels, yellow cards, etc. In addition, in response to regulations on chemical substances contained in products, as typified by the EU's RoHS Directive and SVHC, we provide information using chemSHERPA and JAMA sheets and respond to various surveys to meet customer needs.