Product Stewardship
Challenge to reduce PRTR substance emissions
JSP Corporation investigates and reports annually to administrative agencies the amounts of substances subject to notification as specified in the PRTR Law* that are released into the environment and the amounts transferred from our business sites to outside entities.
- * PRTR Law: Law on understanding the amount of specified chemical substances released into the environment and promoting improvement of management
Substances with high emission volumes reported under the PRTR Law (FY2023 performance)
| Ordinance-designated number | Name of substance | Emissions (t) | Amount transferred (t) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atmosphere | Water area | Soil | Total | |||
| 128 | Chloromethane | 162.62 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 162.62 | 0.00 |
| 240 | Styrene | 0.78 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.78 | 2.92 |
| 9 | Acrylonitrile | 0.08 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.08 | 0.01 |
| - | Other substances | 0.20 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.20 | 0.91 |
| Total substances subject to the PRTR Law | 163.68 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 163.68 | 3.84 | |
Risk Assessment of Chemical Substances
JSP Corporation has set “1) Steady implementation of chemical substance risk assessment" and "2) Zero leakage and scattering troubles related to raw materials and products" as the RC mid-term targets for FY2024-2026 and is continuing to check chemical substance management measures (implementation systems, SDSs, etc.) in line with changes in legislation, as well as the management systems in place at each business site.
The Kyushu Plant has adopted the JISHA (Japan Industrial Safety and Health Association*) method of chemical risk assessment, which allows us to determine risks in greater detail and with greater ease at the worksite level.
- * JISHA method: It is a qualitative and simple method, which is similar to the control banding method (improved and developed as a WEB system by the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare), but one that can identify the chemical and physical properties of a substance, amount handled, working hours, and working environment, and use a matrix to determine the risk level.
Product Safety Management
- Compliance with the RoHS2 Directive
In order to comply with the RoHS2 Directive in Europe, JSP Corporation regularly conducts non-inclusion surveys of hazardous substances at analytical laboratories with JISQ17025* certification to provide safety information.
* JISQ17025: General requirements for capabilities of testing and calibration laboratories - Providing GHS compliant SDSs (Safety Data Sheets)
JSP Corporation provides safety information by preparing SDS for each product based on the GHS (Global Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals), even for products that are not required by law to have an SDS.