We at Susumu have developed products to continuously be a “company that always contributes to society.” Underlying this concept, ever since our foundation, it has been our aim to enrich people’s lives by solving social issues. Recently our products have been used in a logistics system to deliver COVID-19 vaccine under low-temperature conditions all over the world.
Currently, how to bring about a “sustainable society” is being debated around the world, and various issues have been identified. We at Susumu will tackle such issues toward enabling a sustainable society by focusing on “human capital” and the “environment.” As part of our efforts in the area of “human capital,” we accept technical trainees and interns on an ongoing basis and provide our employees with opportunities to learn about SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals by UN). We believe these efforts will help reduce waste by improving our production yield, contribute to energy savings, and strengthen charitable fundraising.
In addition, we are fortunate to have a production site surrounded by a beautiful natural “environment.” In our new building in Obama City, Fukui Prefecture, we plan to install a hydrogen fuel cell system in addition to solar panels. Also, by achieving our environmental goal of reducing power consumption, we will play a part in preserving nature and partnering with local communities to realize and pass on a carbon-neutral society to the next generation.
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Company pays Group Long Term Disability insurance
Promotion of fund-raising activities
Promotion of purchasing fair trade products
Paying subsidies for immunization , Providing
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Acceptance of technical intern trainees , Intern acceptance
Assistance in employee qualification acquisition , Assistance for correspondence education
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Raising female hiring ratio and ratio of female executives,Raising rate of male childcare leave
Assistance in employee qualification acquisition , Assistance for correspondence education
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Wastewater monitoring in factories , Thorough management of waste and chemicals
Community cleanup activities
Reduction of plastics, paper resources, cans by in-house promotion of reusable drink bottles
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Installation of solar panels and hydrogen fuel cell systems
Development and production of high-quality/high-reliability/resource-saving products
Setting environmental targets (power conservation, ratio of renewable energy, reduction of defect rate)
Energy conservation activities
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Automation of production lines/IOT
Certification for a company with “good standing”
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Development and production of high-quality/high-reliability/resource-saving products
Acceptance of technical intern trainees
Promoting collaboration with industry, academia, and government
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Education on the Group's Code of Conduct
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Community cleanup activities , Providing community job opportunities
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Setting environmental targets (power conservation, ratio of renewable energy, reduction of defect rate)
Monitoring of environmentally hazardous substances and regulatory compliance
Promoting paperless policy throughout the company
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Addressing conflict minerals
Compliance in fair trade
Enforcement of Group Code of Conduct
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Collaboration with local government regarding disaster prevention
Prioritizing suppliers hiring people with disabilities in placing orders
Implementing SDGs education within the company and local schools
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Itoigawa is so famous for its coast line. it’s called the town of the sea. I am extremely glad to see many people coming to Itoigawa for jade hunting. However,… we find so much garbage and litter washed ashore on this beautiful coast. Especially plastics do not decompose and remain forever. Marine creatures most likely eat them. Susumu is determined to protect the environment by aiming at “doing what we can do now.” It was dark and cloudy with a little rain when we gathered, but once we started cleaning the beach, the sun appeared. We were able to clean under beautiful skies.
To educate the next generation that will bear responsibility for the future, we conducted an informational session on SDGs for junior high school students in Obama City, where our production site is located. We visited Class 1 of the eighth grade and taught around thirty-five students about diversity.
For the first time anywhere in the world, a “Hydro-QBIC” system has been installed in our new facility at Obama. “Hydro-QBIC” is a clean energy power generation system that combines solar power generation with hydrogen generation and can also store power.
Electricity generated by solar power is fully used to operate the plant on regular days, but on holidays and long vacations, power consumption is reduced, and thus excess power is generated. The system uses this excess electricity to electrolyze pure water into hydrogen and oxygen. Generated oxygen is released to the atmosphere, and hydrogen is stored by being adsorbed onto an alloy inside hydrogen storage equipment. Hydrogen is a gas under natural conditions, but by being adsorbed onto the alloy, it transforms to a solid state. As a result, solid hydrogen can be stored in a volume equivalent to just 1/1000 that of gaseous hydrogen. When generating power, the system heats the inside of the tank to detach hydrogen from the alloy. Then this separated hydrogen is sent to a fuel cell where it generates electricity by reacting with oxygen.
When all tanks are full, the system can store approximately 675 kWh of electricity. This amount is equivalent to 50 days of power consumption by an ordinary family of four persons. In the event of the Obama plant being used as an evacuation site during a disaster, this system will allow us to provide local evacuees with a continuous supply of the electricity essential for daily life and information acquisition. We anticipate that this will help us to provide a better environment as shelter than other sites.
Susumu products were used in devices such as data loggers (data storage devices) employed in transporting the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine. Such use facilitated the delivery of vaccine to countries all around the world, and in this way, we contributed to society.
Certificate of Appreciation from Pfizer
We are exploring ways to enhance charitable fund-raising activities within our company.
