Reduction in Environmental Impact
Policy and Basic Approach
As an enterprise that uses chemicals in its businesses, the Kansai Paint Group strives to reduce waste and use of harmful chemical substances to minimize environmental impact.
Aiming for a better balance between resource and economic cycles, we are promoting waste reduction activities including stronger monitoring of recycling and reuse rates while also striving to prevent air pollution through monitoring of SOx, NOx, and soot emissions.
Structure & System
The Kansai Paint Group has established the Sustainability Promotion Committee under the Corporate Governance Committee to oversee the improvement of corporate value from a non-financial perspective and make prompt decisions. The Sustainability Strategy Department, a standing organization, revises plans, while the Sustainability Promotion Department collaborates with other departments to execute inventive yet feasible measures. They work together with business units to improve corporate value over the long term. Going forward, we will continue to steadily promote sustainability initiatives within a framework aligned with our new management policies.

Initiatives
- Chemical Substance Management Flow
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As a company committed to reduction of environmental load, we adopt appropriate handling methods and designate prohibited substances whose use is restricted due to the risk, in consideration of the hazards and harmfulness of chemical substances, in order to ensure the safety and health of our customers, Group companies, and employees who handle products and raw materials on-site. We have established a system to ensure proper use of individual raw materials. This includes creating a raw material sample manual in our company format, and checking whether or not prohibited and/or restricted substances are included based on SDS information. Also, we work to create systems in which we conduct risk assessments required by the Industrial Safety and Health Act for safe handling when we start handling new raw materials or change the handling of existing raw materials.