Occupational Safety and Health Policy
Since its founding, the Company has pursued sustainable growth and fulfilled its corporate social responsibility by actively engaging with stakeholders across the board—from employees, shareholders/investors, and customers to suppliers/contractors, government bodies, and the wider community. Through these relationships, the Company works to build shared awareness of and accountability for occupational safety and health policies and risks, with the collective goal of a sustainable future.
Our Vision
To achieve zero safety incidents, build an optimal healthy workplace, and become a benchmark enterprise in occupational safety and health.
Our Mission
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To instill a people-centered safety culture and build an inherently safe working environment.
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To promote the physical and mental well-being of workers and achieve a healthy work-life balance.
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To communicate and collaborate with stakeholders to jointly reduce occupational safety and health risks in the workplace.
Our Implementation Policy
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To comply with or exceed applicable domestic and international occupational safety and health regulations and standards, and to pursue the continual improvement of the occupational safety and health management system in order to achieve sustainable development goals.
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To monitor global occupational safety and health issues, assess risks and opportunities, and invite internal workers or their representatives to participate and provide input, with the aim of building an excellent working environment.
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To strengthen inherently safe design and implement rigorous occupational safety and health control measures to prevent occupational accidents and promote the safety and health of workers.
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To establish occupational safety and health action plans and priorities to ensure the effective implementation of all protective measures.
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To establish quantitative occupational safety and health objectives and systematically improve overall safety and health performance through key performance indicator (KPI) monitoring.
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To promote comprehensive health management through measures encompassing care and support, health risk management, occupational disease prevention, and health promotion, with the goal of creating a supportive workplace that addresses both physical and mental well-being.
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To proactively engage and collaborate with customers, suppliers, and contractors to jointly improve occupational safety and health performance across the supply chain.
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To provide occupational safety and health education and training to all employees, affiliated companies, associated enterprises, and suppliers/contractors, thereby enhancing safety and health awareness among value chain partners and demonstrating accountability.
This policy is signed by the Chairperson on behalf of the Company. The Board of Directors serves as the highest-level governance body, providing direction and oversight with respect to the achievement of occupational safety-related objectives and the implementation of performance improvement initiatives. The Corporate Environmental, Health, and Safety Department is responsible for driving the overall implementation of this policy. The scope of application covers PharmaEssentia Corporation and its subsidiaries, all operational sites, and workers and value chain business partners under the Company’s supervision, including suppliers/contractors. The applicable domains include R&D, production and operations, products and services, transportation and logistics, and waste management.
Environmental Policy
Since its founding, the Company has been focused on pharmaceutical research and development and the manufacture of active pharmaceutical ingredients. The Company’s primary environmental impacts come from electricity consumption, domestic wastewater treatment, and waste management. Committed to coexistence with the natural world, all Company personnel pledge to observe and implement the following environmental policy, with the aims of achieving pollution prevention and continual improvement, and realizing harmonious development between the Company and the environment.
Our Vision
To advance environmental sustainability and become a benchmark company in environmental protection and energy and resource conservation.
Our Mission
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To establish an environmental management system and set environmental objectives and targets to reduce the environmental impact across the full lifecycle of the Company’s operations. To promote green facilities, manage environmental risks, and advance toward net-zero emissions.
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To pursue optimal efficiency in the use of energy, water, and natural resources, and to actively engage in waste reduction and pollution prevention.
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To communicate and collaborate with stakeholders to reduce lifecycle environmental impacts spanning R&D, raw materials, transportation and logistics, production, packaging, and products and services.
Our Implementation Policy
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To comply with domestic and international environmental and energy/resource efficiency requirements, strictly adhere to applicable laws and regulations, and take environmental issues into consideration, while striving for low energy consumption and low pollution, ensuring that production processes meet environmental protection standards, and promoting sustainable development.
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To continuously monitor international environmental issues and reduce the environmental impact of the Company’s business activities.
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To continuously monitor international environmental issues, establish clear and measurable environmental objectives, and reduce the environmental impact of the Company’s business activities; and to continuously optimize environmental management measures with a view to improving environmental performance.
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To proactively communicate, collaborate, and exchange feedback with stakeholders, and to work jointly with customers and suppliers/contractors to address environmental protection and climate change challenges, transparently disclosing information and raising their awareness of environmental policies and environmental impacts.
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Through the regular organization of environmental education courses, awareness campaigns, and training activities, to enhance the understanding of management, employees, affiliated companies, and suppliers/contractors with regard to environmental protection and the environmental impact of business activities, while strengthening the effectiveness of the Company’s overall environmental management.
This policy is signed by the Chairperson on behalf of the Company. The Board of Directors serves as the highest-level governance body, providing direction and oversight with respect to the achievement of environmental protection objectives and the implementation of performance improvement initiatives. The Corporate Environmental, Health, and Safety Department is responsible for driving the overall implementation of this policy. The scope of application covers PharmaEssentia Corporation and its subsidiaries, all operational sites, and suppliers/contractors and value chain business partners. The applicable domains include R&D, production and operations, products and services, transportation and logistics, and waste management.
