Sustainability - Promotion of Environmental Communication
The Meiden Group engages in dialogue with all our stakeholders to improve reliability in our environmental activities and contribute to achieving a sustainable society. We also proactively disclose transparent information about our environmental policies, initiatives, and results.
The Meiden Group creates ongoing relationships of trust in order to remain a company that is needed by society.
We release unambiguous information concerning our environmental conservation activities and the state of our environmental impact through our website and in reports. We utilize the opinions and needs expressed by our stakeholders to fulfill the Meiden Group’s environmental activities and environmental training.
Meidensha has participated as a partner business in WIPO GREEN since March 2022. The international platform is operated by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) of the United Nations to promote the use and diffusion of environmental technologies.
We have also registered certain of our environmental technologies and related patents in the WIPO GREEN database. These include an ecotank-type vacuum circuit breaker that does not use greenhouse gases, a ceramic flat-sheet membrane for water treatment devices that contributes to the effective use of water resources, and a charging and discharging device for battery testing that improves accuracy and efficiency in battery research and evaluation.
We will continue to register Meidensha’s environmental technologies and disseminate them widely around the world through WIPO GREEN. This will give more people the opportunity to use them and help achieve a sustainable society by, for example, decarbonizing society and adapting to climate change.
[About WIPO GREEN]
Established by WIPO in 2013, WIPO GREEN is an online platform that promotes the transfer of environmental technologies by connecting providers of such technologies with those who wish to use them. The platform maintains a registry of environmental technologies and needs for such technologies around the world.
[WIPO GREEN Partners]
WIPO GREEN Partners are members of the WIPO GREEN Advisory Board that work with WIPO to guide the activities of the WIPO GREEN platform. They include public and private organizations who support, advise, and otherwise work on behalf of WIPO GREEN.
Ota Works in Ohta City, Gunma Prefecture, one of Meidensha’s major production hubs, received the METI’s Minster’s Award under the 2024 National Award for Greenery Factory program (Factory Greening Award Program).
About the National Award for Greenery Factory program
Sponsored by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) and the Japan Greenery Research and Development Center, the program commends factories that have made significant improvements to the environment inside and outside their sites with the aim of promoting the greening of factories. Awards are given in stages based on advances in green initiatives, starting with the Japan Greenery Research and Development Center’s Chairperson's Award, followed by the Director-General's Award of a Regional Bureau of Economy, Trade and Industry, and culminating in the METI Minister’s Award.
In recognition of the efforts listed below, Ota Works received the Development Center’s Chairperson's Award in FY2010 and then the Director-General's Award of the Kanto Bureau of Economy, Trade and Industry in FY2013 before receiving the most prestigious award.
As a member of the local community, Meidensha is committed to reducing the environmental impact associated with our business activities. At the same time, we take measures to ensure the safety and health of our employees, thereby creating a pleasant working environment.
