LOTTE Chemical Focuses on Mutual Growth by Improving Environmental Safety Capacities of Partner Companies

■ In the afternoon of the 11th, conducted environmental safety training for personnel of about 100 partner companies and provided

    opportunity for exchanging information... Lectures providing practical help such as the latest environmental law trends using actual examples

■ Continuously engage in various support activities to strengthen environmental safety capacities of partners...

    Provide global trends on regulating chemical substances and guidelines

LOTTE Chemical announced that it held a seminar for enhancing the environmental safety capacities of small and medium business partners.

LOTTE Chemical organized an event for education and information exchange for personnel from about 100 partner companies having trouble with acquiring information, training, etc. on the Chemical Substances Control Act, Act on Registration and Evaluation of Chemical Substances, and individual environmental acts at the LOTTE World Tower in the afternoon of the 11th.

A representative of partner company that participated in the seminar said, “The laws are so complex that we had some difficulties pinpointing its contents,” and added, “LOTTE Chemical identified the educational needs in advance to make the curriculum, which was very helpful.” 

Another participant said, “It was mostly based on practical training, so they could be applied right away on site,” adding, “I would like to pass on the educational contents to other staff who could not attend because of their schedules.” 

For this training session, the needs for environmental safety education of about 2,000 companies were identified from September, and training was carried out on laws related to toxic materials such as the , , and on MSDS (Material Safety Data Sheets). 

LOTTE Chemical plans to continuously operate and expand partner company environmental seminars.