Aron Kasei has launched Grinable, a new brand of environmentally friendly elastomers, and will begin selling the T-Bi series of biomass elastomers as a new product. The company plans to start shipping products around mid-July. The product uses renewable plant-derived materials and is expected to prevent global warming and reduce dependence on fossil resources. In addition, although biomass materials have...
Oil seal manufacturer NOK has on June 28 integrated the Environmental Management Office, the ESG Promotion Office, and the Safety and Health Promotion Department of the Operations Division and reorganized them into the Sustainability Promotion Office. NOK established “Our Purpose” and “Our Values” in May, and in the same month formulated the “Medium-Term Management Plan” and “NOK Group Sustainability Basic...
Toyo Tires has begun accepting applications from July 3 through the Japan Philanthropic Association for the Toyo Tire Group Environmental Protection Fund for fiscal 2024, which supports organizations and projects that work for environmental protection and conservation and their activities. The Toyo Tire Group Environmental Protection Fund was established in 1992 to give form to the desire of employees to...
Chemical company Ube, Osaka Metropolitan University, and Nippon Steel have been selected by the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) as part of the “Development of Carbon Recycling and Next-Generation Thermal Power Generation Technology / Promotion Project for Carbon Recycling and Next-Generation Thermal Power Generation / Common Basic Technology Development for Carbon Recycling Technology” to develop a one-step...
Toyoda Gosei held an “Environmental Exhibition” from June 19-23 to share issues related to environmental preservation and case studies of its efforts within the firm. The company has set a goal of zero CO2 emissions by 2050 to achieve a carbon-neutral society. To promote company-wide activities, it has held an environmental exhibition every year since 2016, based on the recognition...
Mitsui Chemicals received the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Award at the 22nd Green Sustainable Chemistry Award (GSC Award) of the Japan Association for Chemical Innovation (JACI) for its “Practical Application of Polyurethanes Using Bio-based C5 Isocyanates and Their Derivatives”. The GSC Award recognizes outstanding achievements that contribute to the promotion of green and sustainable chemistry, and the “Minister...
