sustainability

Toyota Gosei to Sell Outdoor Pouch Made from Recycled Airbag Fabric and Seatbelt Scraps

Toyota Gosei has collaborated with KNOT, a bouldering gym located in Nagoya’s Endoji shopping district near Nagoya Station, to launch an outdoor pouch made from hard-to-recycle airbag fabric and seatbelt scraps. The pouch is designed to hold small items such as bouldering chalk, mobile batteries, or makeup supplies, making it suitable as a bag-in-bag accessory. The silicone-coated airbag fabric offers...

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Dow Completes Expansion of Childcare for Medically Dependent Children Project

Dow announced the completion of its Medical Care Child Nursery Expansion project, conducted through donations to Florence, a Japanese organization addressing social issues in child and parenting support. The project, which ran for about a year, ended in May. Advances in neonatal medicine have led to a growing number of “medically complex children” who require daily medical care, such as...

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Sumitomo Rubber Addresses Presenteeism and Absenteeism: Health Management

Sumitomo Rubber is advancing its health management strategy with a core policy of enhancing three dimensions of health: physical, mental, and social well-being. The company aims to create a work environment where employees can fully demonstrate their abilities and find joy in their work. A key focus for the company is addressing presenteeism and absenteeism. Presenteeism refers to situations where...

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Sumitomo Rubber Presents DE&I Initiatives at Public Symposium 2025

Sumitomo Rubber in June participated as a special member in the “Public Symposium 2025” organized by the Kyoto University Communication Design and DE&I (Diversity, Equity & Inclusion) Consortium. The event took place at the International Exchange Hall of Kyoto University’s Centennial Clock Tower Memorial Hall. During the poster session, Sumitomo Rubber introduced its initiatives under the theme of “How to...

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Bridgestone Launches Full-Scale Tire-to-Tire Recycling

Bridgestone has recently unveiled its latest initiatives for advancing tire-to-tire recycling. The company publicly introduced its precision pyrolysis demonstration unit, a core technology in its chemical recycling efforts, for the first time. Recovered materials such as recycled carbon black and pyrolysis oil were also showcased. Bridgestone outlined its resource circulation vision toward 2050 and detailed its roadmap to achieve it....

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Nitto Kako Launches Pilot Project for Recycled Rubber Mats

Nitto Kako has launched a demonstration project to develop a new parallel production scheme for two types of recycled rubber mats made from used tires. Through this initiative, the company aims to establish a stable manufacturing and sales system for these mats—texture mats and solid mats—and contribute to the creation of a circular resource market in the future. In Japan,...

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