Society

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, we are working on advancing a socially meaningful business and expanding our social contribution.

Based on the Agreement on the Conservation of Living Environment that we concluded with Iruma City, Saitama Prefecture, in May 2006, we have faithfully implemented “operations that minimize environmental burden,” “operations that contribute to promoting recycling,” and “operations based on cooperation with local residents” in our industrial waste disposal operations at our factories in Iruma City.

In addition, we have also concluded an environmental agreement with the local government of Seki City, Gifu Prefecture, and we are cooperating with the local community on conserving the local environment.

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 on 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.

Matsuda Sangyo’s business activities are also supported by members of the local communities. We have built practical, cooperative relationships with two continuous employment support offices in Iruma City, and one continuous employment support office in Sayama City. We ask the NPO “Niji no Sato” Niji no Sato Welfare Workshop, located in Iruma City, to help extract X-ray films collected from hospitals across the country from their envelopes or bags, and to remove plastic packaging from semiconductor substrates for recycling. We have cooperated with this facility for about 30 years.

Staff from the NPO have given feedback such as, “Everyone feels that it is a rewarding job which contributes to the world.” We have also been asking the “Oruri” Continuous Employment Support B Office of the Social Welfare Corporation Habataki-kai, also located in Iruma City, to carry out the same work for about 30 years, thus building a cooperative relationship.

In 2014, we started cooperating with the Oasis Workshop of NPO “Budo no Kai” in Sayama City, and have also asked two other offices to help with the same work. Promoting cooperation with the local communities through our business activities leads to the development of both our company and the local society.

Matsuda Sangyo operates a business that is directly linked to the building of a circular society. With a view to spreading awareness on the significance of this, we proactively welcome elementary school students from the local communities for factory tours. Iruma City conducts seminars for elementary school students in the city to help them learn about the mechanism of the economy through visits to companies in the city, and Matsuda Sangyo cooperates with the city on this initiative. The participating children listen enthusiastically to explanations by the employees, while our company also gains a valuable opportunity to contribute to fostering awareness on the building of a circular society through direct explanations about our business to the children.

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.