Matsuda Sangyo’s business is directly linked to conservation of the Earth’s environment and the building of a circular society, and we recognize that our business itself is a form of social contribution. By promoting communication and cooperation with local communities and local governments, we are working on advancing a socially meaningful business and expanding our social contribution.
Seki City organizes Seki Factory Open Days to provide opportunities for many people, including local citizens, to experience firsthand the advanced technologies and quality products of local businesses in Seki City, and to foster pride and attachment to the city. Matsuda Sangyo supports this initiative and, in response to factory tour requests from the general public and junior high schools in the city for the purpose of learning professional values such as the meaning and value of work, challenges, and purpose in life, conducted a tour of the Seki Factory for 12 first-year junior high school students. During the tour, they observed the treatment processes for used products, including IT devices, and had hands-on experience for dismantling used computers. Through this initiative, they learned about the importance of cherishing limited resources.
The Business Plus Exhibition in SEKI is organized by Seki City, the Seki Chamber of Commerce and Industry, and others, with the aim of revitalizing trade, promoting business partnerships, further enhancing technological capabilities, and expanding sales channels for companies. Matsuda Sangyo set up a company booth at this exhibition as a part of our revitalization efforts with local companies. We also set up a booth at the workshop held concurrently to allow local high school students and local residents to experience dismantling used computers, thereby deepening their understanding of global environmental conservation and circular societies.
The Iruma Manufacturers Association accepts internship requests (work experience inside companies) from senior high schools in the neighboring vicinity. In March 2024, Matsuda Sangyo welcomed five senior high school students as interns. During the period of their internship, they gained an understanding of our corporate philosophy and about the effective use of earth’s resources in the Precious Metals Business Segment.
Matsuda Sangyo’s business activities are also supported by members of the local communities. We ask the NPO “Niji no Sato” Niji no Sato Welfare Workshop and the “Oruri” Continuous Employment Support B Office of the Social Welfare Corporation Habataki-kai, both located in Iruma City, to help extract X-ray films collected from hospitals across the country from their envelopes or bags, and to remove semiconductor substrates for recycling from plastic packaging. In this way, we have built up a cooperative relationship with these facilities that span about 30 years. In 2014, we started cooperating with the Oasis Workshop of NPO “Budo no Kai” in Sayama City, and also started requesting Social Welfare Corporation Habataki-kai to carry out cleaning work within Matsuda Sangyo’s Musashi No. 3 Factory. These efforts contribute to the development of both our Company and the local community.
We have concluded, and are faithfully implementing, the Agreement on the Conservation of Living Environment with Iruma City, Saitama Prefecture based on the Iruma City Ordinance. This Agreement prescribes efforts based on the operational guidelines of “operations that minimize environmental burden,” “operations that contribute to promoting recycling,” and “operations based on cooperation with local residents” for the intermediate treatment of industrial waste carried out at our factories in Iruma City. We have also concluded a pollution prevention agreement with Seki City, Gifu Prefecture, based on the Gifu Prefectural Ordinance, and we are cooperating with Seki City on the conservation of regional environment in accordance with the environmental conservation agreement that we have concluded with the local government of Seki City where our factory is based.
Matsuda Sangyo supports the objectives of the Citizens’ Cleaning Day held on the first Sunday of June every year by Iruma City. Accordingly, we also conduct cleaning activities on a weekday in June every year. On the day, we clean the areas around Musashi Factory, Musashi No. 3 Factory, Iruma Factory, Iruma No. 2 Factory, and the R&D Center, and transport the garbage collected to the Iruma City General Clean Center by garbage collection trucks, in cooperation with the liaison committee of the industrial park. We also clean the area outside the Sayama Business Operation Center in Sayama City, Saitama Prefecture, voluntarily every month, and clean the area around the Seki Factory and Seki No. 2 Factory in Seki City as a part of the City’s voluntary cleaning activity.
Iruma City, along with four neighboring cities, made the “Zero Carbon City” joint declaration in February 2021, and it is implementing initiatives toward achieving decarbonization. It was also selected as an SDGs Future City for FY2022 by the Government of Japan, and is promoting the development of a “well-being city” that strikes a balance between the three aspects of environment, society, and economy. Iruma City is cooperating with diverse entities including citizens, corporations, and government bodies, toward the realization of a “Zero Carbon City.” To build a system for promoting decarbonization-oriented urban development, it established the Iruma City’s Zero-carbon Council in June 2022. Concrete initiatives include making an early start on measures such as promoting the installation of solar panels in public and private facilities in the city. At the same time, it is also boosting efforts to attract and create new local power producer and suppliers with a view to enabling local production and local consumption of energy, which is the consumption of electricity produced in the local region by the local community. Matsuda Sangyo is participating in Iruma City’s decarbonization initiatives through the Iruma Manufacturers Association.
Matsuda Sangyo’s production-related business sites are affiliated with the organizations shown in the table below. Through our involvement in the various projects, such as events managed or organized by various local governments, we are fostering relationships of trust with each local government. In FY2023, we were recommended by the Iruma Manufacturers Association to receive an award as an “Excellent Environmental Conservation Business Site,” presented by the Saitama Prefecture Environmental Conservation Liaison Council . Through the Iruma Manufacturers Association, we are also participating in Iruma City’s decarbonization initiatives toward the realization of a “Zero Carbon City.”
Organizations to which Matsuda Sangyo belongs
Matsuda Sangyo aims to contribute to environmental conservation, supporting the development of the next generation, and the development of regional societies through cooperation with members of the local communities. By cooperating with the local communities, we seek to promote employment and contribute to the growth and stabilization of the economy, address social issues, and create shared value. Going forward, we will continue to participate actively in events in the vicinity of the Kitakyushu Factory, which has commenced full-scale operation, as we strive to contribute to the local community.
