Study of the index which evaluates Integrated Management of Chemicals

The analysis of the survey for company activity in 2004

Abstract

These days, Integrated Management of Chemicals gets position as Social Responsibility, and voluntary action is becoming much more important for every sectors of society. In this context, we have developed and validated the index which can evaluate advancement of integrated management of chemicals, for the purpose of society's improvement in this field. The Index consists of Science-axis, Capacity-axis and Performance-axis. In this paper, we report the first survey for various types of companies by this index. The survey was done from June to August in 2004. The content of the survey is company activity concerning hazard of chemicals. From analysis of the survey, the differences in activity between company as supplier of chemicals and company as user of chemicals are found. Also, some issues for improvement of integrated management of chemicals are found.