Under the direct supervision of our Board of Directors, and via our Sustainable Management Meeting with our president as chair, the Nippon Kayaku Group is promoting sustainability across the entire organization. In principle, the Sustainable Management Meeting agrees to meet once a week to discuss and receive reports upon general matters related to the sustainability of the company, society and the environment. Matters approved by this Meeting are referred to the Board of Directors for further discussion. Operating under this Meeting are four committees on Ethics; Risk Management; Environment, Safety and Quality Management; and Research and Development Management. All committees meet on both a regular and ad hoc basis (when required), and their reports to the Sustainable Management Meeting serve to guarantee transparency and fairness in management. [...] Our Group's Responsible Care Activities are coordinated by the Committee for Environment, Safety and Quality Management, set up as an advisory body to the Sustainable Management Meeting chaired by our President. This Committee is comprised of persons in charge of Responsible Care Activities from each business unit, as well as managers from each section of our General Administration Department, which is unattached to any business units. The Committee's remit is to discuss the status of Responsible Care-based activities as well as any problems arising from them and how to respond, and to deliberate policy proposals for the next financial year and for the resolution of climate-change related matters. The results of its discussions are reported to the Sustainable Management Meeting.