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 that involved observing the treatment processes for used products, including IT devices, as well as hands-on experience of dismantling used computers. Through this initiative, the participants learned about the importance of cherishing limited resources.
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.
Matsuda Sangyo participated in Saitama Stadium Autumn Festival 2024, held at Saitama Stadium 2002 in September 2024, as a partner company for the recycling experience event organized by Saitama Prefecture. The event showcased our initiative, promoted in collaboration with Saitama Prefecture, of recovering rare metals contained in lithium-ion batteries that have been used and discarded by households. We also displayed materials obtained through the actual recycling process (black mass, mixed metals). Many visitors took part, and the event was well-received as a valuable opportunity to learn about the proper disposal method for batteries. Going forward, we will continue to collaborate with governmental organizations and businesses to foster a society that values resources.
In October 2024, we conducted a blood donation drive on the premises of the Company’s Musashi No. 3 Factory. Continuing from the previous year, this initiative was carried out in response to a request for cooperation from the Japanese Red Cross Saitama Blood Center. On the day, 26 employees participated in the blood donation, contributing to the local community. Blood donation is an important activity that helps to supplement blood shortages in medical settings, and Matsuda Sangyo is actively engaged in such initiatives as part of our social activities. We will continue to cooperate with similar requests in the future as we keep up our support for the local community and the frontlines of medical practice.
The newly established Kitakyushu Factory has been certified as a leading decarbonization company under the Kitakyushu City Decarbonized Electricity Certification System promoted by Kitakyushu City. This certification is awarded in recognition of the factory’s decarbonization initiatives, such as the expanded adoption of 100% renewable energy.
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.
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.
