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Sumitomo Rubber Singapore Introduces Risk Assessment Tool for Natural Rubber

Sumitomo Rubber Singapore, a natural rubber procurement company of the Sumitomo Rubber Group, introduced in July an environmental and social risk assessment tool specialized for natural rubber. The tool will accelerate the realization of sustainable procurement of natural rubber. As demand for natural rubber increases due to population growth and the development of a mobility society, the company faces the...

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Sumitomo Riko Joins GPSNR for Sustainable Procurement of Natural Rubber

Sumitomo Riko has joined on July 25 the Global Platform for Sustainable Natural Rubber (GPSNR). This comes as the company believes that it is necessary to endorse and join the GPSNR policy to ensure the traceability and sustainability of the procurement of natural rubber. GPSNR is an international platform established in October 2018 with the participation of tire manufacturers, automakers,...

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Yokohama Rubber Holds Event to Interact With Natural Rubber Suppliers & Form Unified Stance on Issues

Yokohama Rubber and subsidiary Yokohama Rubber Singapore held a Suppliers’ Day event this past May, looking here to interact with natural rubber suppliers and reach a unified stance on various issues as Yokohama Rubber pursues the sustainable procurement of natural rubber. This marks the third time the company has held such an event, with previous Suppliers’ Days having been organized...

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Sumitomo Rubber Establishes Group Policy for Sustainable Procurement of Natural Rubber

Sumitomo Rubber Industries Ltd. (TYO:5110) recently announced that it is participating in the Global Platform for Sustainable Natural Rubber (GPSNR) as a founding member. At the same time, the company revealed that it has formulated its own Sustainable Natural Rubber Policy to use throughout its group – this being aimed at ensuring the sustainability of natural rubber as a resource...

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