As a leader in the field of metal surface treatment chemicals, MK Chem & tech is in compliance with relevant environmental laws and international standards to minimize any environmental impacts resulting from product manufacturing, sales and service activities.
In addition, we will strive to minimize the environmental impact by setting the following goals and sharing them with local community activities by disclosing them to all stakeholders.
To achieve this environmental policy,
We make our environmental management system the basis of management and fulfill our social responsibility as an industry leader.
QUALITY
Move customers' heart through shared value
Operate customer-oriented quality management system
Information security
Protect the value of information resources
We prevent leakage and destruction of important information assets. We operate an information security system effectively to maintain business continuity and prevent customer's damage.
Health and safety
Protect the value of human resources
We make “Safety and Health” a top priority management activity and set the following policy to make a clean and healthy workplace through accident free.
Ethics
Corporate social responsibility and trust of stakeholders
MK is committed to strict standards of corporate governance and ethics. Compliance is a non-negotiable part of our business. This commitment to strict standards of corporate governance and ethics is also reflected in MK’s Code of Conduct.
Procurement
Fairness in the supply chain
MK is constantly improving its training and cooperation system with suppliers in order to achieve a win-win result. We also enhance our suppliers' competitiveness through fairness in the supply chain.
Conflict Free Sourcing
What Are Conflict Minerals?
MK Chem & Tech’ Policy for Conflict Minerals
Tantalum, tin, tungsten, and gold are referred to as conflict minerals.2 They are integral to the technology and other things we rely on every day: from laptops, phones, and tablets to cars, airplanes, lighting, and jewelry. Militias and rebel groups in eastern Congo, funded by the sale of these minerals, have killed over 5 million people since 1998.
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is a Central African country with vast mineral wealth, including reserves of cassiterite (tin), columbite-tantalite (tantalum), wolframite (tungsten) and gold. For many years, armed groups have fought to control mines within the DRC and have benefited financially from the proceeds of mineral trade; those armed groups have been cited for committing violent crimes against locals and perpetrating human rights abuses. As a result, these minerals are also known as “conflict minerals1)”.
The metals tantalum, tin, tungsten and gold are used in manufactured goods across many industries, including the aerospace, appliances, automotive, electronics, jewelry, medical and tool & die industries. In an effort to address the humanitarian crisis associated with conflict minerals, the United States (U.S.) enacted legislation requiring that U.S. companies report to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on their use of conflict minerals sourced from the DRC and surrounding region2). Several other governments are considering initiatives to address conflict minerals.
Responsible Sourcing
" The energy solutions of the future must not be built on human rights abuses. "
The extraction process of cobalt and other minerals has been linked to human rights and child labor.
Thus, MK Chem & Tech always follows “OECD Due Diligence Guidance on Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from Conflict-Affected and High-Risk Areas” also focuses on sustainable ethical operation.
MK Chem & Tech has a policy that conflict minerals contained in our products shall not be derived from sources that finance or benefit armed groups in the DRC or adjoining countries.
Our choices can impact the lives of millions. MK is creating a responsible supply chain to ensure minerals that finance violence don’t end up in the devices we use every day. We’re committed to using only conflict-free1 mineral resources, which means greater economic opportunities and safety for miners and their families. Now regular audits and suplier’s evaluations by MK’s supply chain organization, we have gone beyond just out materials to ensure that our 1st & 2nd vendor’s product base will be conflict-free.
Pursuant to this policy, We are doing :
- Encourage suppliers to responsibly source tin, tantalum, tungsten and gold from the DRC and adjoining countries in order to prevent an embargo and associated worsening of economic and humanitarian conditions. In addition, all suppliers to MK must document their efforts to determine the source and provide MK with evidence as to the origin of any tantalum, tin, tungsten and gold in materials to be supplied to MK. In other words, related suppliers must submit the latest version of the CMRT yearly.
- Establish the expectation that our suppliers source from Conflict Free Smelters (CFS) validated through the Conflict Free Smelter Program, or an alternative facility assessment program, where available.
