In the interest of conserving the global environment and reducing the burdens that we place on it, the Kureha Group makes effective use of raw materials, energy, water, and other resources that we use in our business activities, while reducing and recycling the waste we generate in our activities and actively undertaking proper management of chemical substances, including those that impact the environment. We also make the outcomes of these activities known to the public.

Kureha Group is working on preservation of the global environment and has the following commitments in its Responsible Care Policy.

The Kureha Group has ISO 14001 certification*, the international standard for environmental management systems, at its production sites in Japan and overseas, and operates under this standard. The Group works to protect the global environment and reduce environmental impact by promoting the proper management of, and prevention of emissions of, environmentally hazardous substances, the effective use of limited resources, and the reduction of waste in daily production activities while also promoting awareness on the part of each and every employee. In addition, the Group has a company-wide project, the Carbon Neutrality Project, to oversee and promote its efforts to become carbon neutral by 2050 and its implementation of industrial waste reduction measures to achieve the target of zero emissions.