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SDGs Initiatives
SDGs are common global goals that aim to realize a sustainable and better society where "no one is left behind".
SDGs were set out in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, agreed by all member states at the UN summit in 2015, and consist of 17 goals and 169 targets.
Vessel Group's SDGs Declaration
We declare that our goal is to contribute to the realization of a society full of smiles by meeting and solving problems around the world, and to create a sustainable society through our business.
January 5, 2024
VESSEL Co., Inc.
Yuichi Taguchi, President and Representative Director
We support the Sustainable Development Goals.
Vessel Group's
Three Initiatives
Three Initiatives
1Carbon-Neutral
We reduce greenhouse gas emissions and work to prevent a climate crisis caused by global warming.
We reduce greenhouse gas emissions and work to prevent a climate crisis caused by global warming.
- Ensure heating and cooling management (28℃ in summer / 20℃ in winter)
- Switch to LED lighting
- Turn off the light during breaks
- Participate in DHL Go Green Plus project.
- Switch to energy-saving equipment (air conditioners, vending machines, etc.).
- Review work procedures (reduction of nitrogen gas usage..etc).
- Switch contracts to non-fossil electricity.
- Use electric forklifts (Reduction of fossil fuel consumption)
- Reduce stretch film usage
Initiatives Achievements
Posted target temperatures for air conditioners and controlled it thoroughly.
Turned off lights during lunch breaks to reduce electricity consumption.
The introduction of a demand control system promotes energy conservation by properly managing the temperature settings of air conditioning systems.
Power consumption was reduced by sequentially switching to LED lighting in offices, factories, warehouses, and other locations.
2Working Environment
We promote a diverse workforce in terms of age, gender, race and religion,
and is committed to human rights and equal employment opportunities.
We promote a diverse workforce in terms of age, gender, race and religion, and is committed to human rights and equal employment opportunities.
- Provide comfortable working environment after retirement
- Promote employee health.
- Recruite diverse workforce
- Create an environment where both men and women can take childcare leave
- Encourage paid leave usage
- Promote women's activities.
- Expand employee growth assistance programs (support for certification acquisition, participation in training course, etc.).
- Host technical interns and provide technical training
Initiatives Achievements
Promotion of qualified women to leadership positions.
Enable women to have an active role in setting up and adjusting machines.
Recruitment of foreign employees.
Multilingual signs are presented that are easy for foreign employees to understand.
Create an environment where seniors can have an active role, such as veteran employees passing on their skills to younger employees.
3Global Environmental Initiatives
We improve workflow through DX (digital transformation), promote paperless operations,
and actively use web conferencing and other green methods.
We improve workflow through DX (digital transformation), promote paperless operations, and actively use web conferencing and other green methods.
- Encourage internal paperless operations through the use of IT
- Take a proactive approach to Web conferencing
- Facilitate digital data distribution
- Switch to biomass ink sequentially
- Switch to FSC-certified paper for product boxes sequentially
- Switch to web browsing of instruction manuals to reduce paper consumption.
- Reduce waste by regrinding and reusing chips and drills
- Reuse resin left over from 3D printers
- Reduce packaging materials by reusing used cardboard (use of reusable stickers).
- Collect and recycle waste materials such as chips, drills, stretch film, cardboard, etc.
- Reduce the amount of plastic by eliminating plastic bags for product packaging
Initiatives Achievements
Reduced packaging materials by reusing used plastic bags
Switch to plant-derived biomass ink for printing on product mounting paper.
Limit the specifications of organic solvents and install an exhaust system, and notify the manager.
Waste such as cardboard, waste oil, plastic, aluminum, iron, empty cans, scrap metal and used cutting knives are carefully separated and collected by recycling companies.
Gates from plastic molds are crushed and reused to reduce plastic waste.
Reuse the backing paper or use the sticker release paper as memo paper.
4Other Initiatives
We aim to be a company that grows with each group company and as a member of the community.
Forthermore, we value our relationships with the local community on a daily basis in preparation for disasters.
We aim to be a company that grows with each group company and as a member of the community. Forthermore, we value our relationships with the local community on a daily basis in preparation for disasters.
- Offer internships to local schools.
- Conduct community cleanup activities
- Conduct traffic safety activities
- Participate in the Children Activities for 110 (Police Emergency Telephone Number)
- Stockpile emergency supplies.
- Conduct AED training
- Post hazard maps of the surrounding area
- Develop Disaster Prevention Manual.
- Participation in the Ecocap movement for donations to developing countries
Initiatives Achievements
Provided training to middle school teachers on tool knowledge and use.
Held AED training sessions for emergency use.
Posted a disaster prevention map of the surrounding area and confirmed evacuation sites in advance.
Stockpiling emergency food supplies to keep employees safe in the event of a disaster.
Conducting training sessions along with the installation of AEDs to protect the lives of valuable employees.
Collecting plastic bottle caps through the Ecocap Movement to promote medical aid to developing countries.
Hosting of local elementary school students for factory tours as part of their community service learning.
Accepting internships from local high schools.
Contributing to the community by cleaning up outside the company.
Installation of water servers to prevent heat stroke.
Annual Report
SDGs Progress Report
