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Realizing the wonderful lives of our employees
Contributing to Society through Our Business Activities "We shine."
⑤ Ensuring product quality and safety
Improving quality and ensuring product safety
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Implementing activities to improve quality and ensure product safety
At MTG, in order to ensure development quality and product safety, we reflect past know-how and risk assessment results in the relevant departments, including development and quality assurance, and implement design reviews and evaluation verification at each step of the planning concept, mass production design, design verification, manufacturing preparation, and mass production.In order to ensure manufacturing quality, we carry out on-site inspections of our manufacturing partners to identify issues and raise the level of quality control, and we alsocollect and analyze defect and complaint information to identify the root causes and prevent recurrences.Finally, we reflect the opinions of the market in our products by feeding back the opinions of our customers, which we receive through inquiries and questionnaires, to our development department and development and manufacturing partners.Through the above measures, we will strive to improve product quality and ensure safety.
⑥ Respect for human rights / Promotion of responsible procurement
Use of human rights-friendly resources
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Promotion of responsible procurement
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Support RSPO activities, promote the use of human rights-friendly resources and responsible procurement
Surfactants, which play an important role as raw materials for cosmetics, are made from palm oil, which is extracted from oil palms. As a result, issues such as the cutting down of rainforests and human rights violations associated with the development of oil palm plantations have come to the fore, and there is a growing demand for sustainable and responsible procurement and consideration for human rights. In response to this, an international organization called the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) was established to prevent further destruction of precious rainforests. The current (as of the fiscal year ending September 2024) estimated amount of palm oil used by our group is approximately 76 tons.In the future, we will register as aRSPO Supply Chain Associate Member （associate member class: annual usage of 500 tons or less）and Green Palm member, and we will continue to procure certified oil using the book-and-claim method* for the amount we use.Through the above activities, we will promote the use of human rights-friendly resources and responsible procurement by increasing the percentage of RSPO palm oil used from the current 0% to 40% by 2027.
※ Book and Claim System: Producers certified by the RSPO are issued with certification credits (certificates) for the certified oil they produce. This system supports certified palm oil producers by allowing them to purchase these certification credits.
⑦ Realizing healthy and fulfilling lives
Supporting the improvement of health in local communities
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Supporting the improvement of health in local communities in cooperation with universities, companies and local governments
We are participating in the “Zutto Genki! Project” in Toyota City, Aichi Prefecture, as a member of a group of businesses led by Chubu Electric Power Co., Inc. We provided the elderly in Toyota City with the ‘SIXPAD Foot Fit Lite’, which uses EMS to train the leg muscles used when walking, and the ‘Suitore’ DVD, which allows you to do full-body exercises while sitting, free of charge for one year, and held measurement sessions once every two months to measure the various physical fitness and health conditions of the participants. The machines and equipment are certified as health and beauty promotion tools and as tools for improving quality of life (QOL). (Some products)After the above initiatives, we plan to work with universities and companies as well as local governments to implement health improvement support for the community and society.
In the future, we will work to increase the number of health promotion events and the number of participants in these events, and to increase the muscle mass of participants.
In the future, we will work to increase the number of health promotion events and the number of participants in these events, and to increase the muscle mass of participants.
⑧ Revitalization of local communities and preservation/inheritance of traditional culture
Donation activities
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Contributing to support for people around the world to lead more vital social lives
As examples of our activities,
in August 2024, we donated the high-performance sterilizing water generator “e-3X” to the Aichi Prefecture Ama City, Ama City Council of Social Welfare, and the Ishikawa Prefecture Suzu City Council of Social Welfare
in September 2023, we donated the high-performance sterilizing water generator “e-3X” to a children's soup kitchen.We will continue to support our business vision of “VITAL LIFE” - the realization of healthy, beautiful and vibrant lives for people around the world - through our donation activities of our own products to meet the needs of recipients, such as social welfare facilities in disaster areas and local communities.
in August 2024, we donated the high-performance sterilizing water generator “e-3X” to the Aichi Prefecture Ama City, Ama City Council of Social Welfare, and the Ishikawa Prefecture Suzu City Council of Social Welfare
in September 2023, we donated the high-performance sterilizing water generator “e-3X” to a children's soup kitchen.We will continue to support our business vision of “VITAL LIFE” - the realization of healthy, beautiful and vibrant lives for people around the world - through our donation activities of our own products to meet the needs of recipients, such as social welfare facilities in disaster areas and local communities.
Utilization of traditional craft techniques
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Promotion of collaboration between “brands and traditional techniques”
We will incorporate product designs and materials that make use of Japan's wonderful traditional technology and traditional industries, and communicate them both domestically and internationally. We will also continue to spin the value of traditional craft technology, and also link this to the development of new customer segments through fusion with brands.As a collaboration between traditional techniques and brands, we have commercialized the “ReFa HEART KYOTO”, which incorporates the “urushi-nuri” (lacquerware) technique that represents Kyoto's traditional industries. This product has been adopted as a gift for those who make a tax payment to their hometown in Kyoto City, and is sold through our own online shop and other channels. In addition, with the cooperation of the Kyoto Municipal Institute of Industrial Technology, we have been able to match up with partners who are working on lacquerware. In addition, the 100% natural boar bristle brush “ReFa BRISTLE OAK” uses brass for the brush stand, and was produced using the casting techniques of Takaoka copperware, which is one of the traditional craft techniques of Takaoka City, Toyama Prefecture. The brush handle is made of natural wood, and the product was developed using woodworking techniques such as cutting and laminating that make the most of the characteristics of the wood. This product is also sold at our online shop and duty-free stores. We collaborate with the artisan skills of traditional Japanese crafts such as lacquerware, casting, woodwork, and mother-of-pearl inlay, and convey the unique beauty of Japan. We will continue to develop products that allow you to experience the “luxury of traditional techniques blending into your daily life”.
Regional revitalization through the Goto camellia project
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Developing industries that utilize the camellia, a local resource of Goto
The group company “Goto no Tsubaki Inc.” is developing businesses that utilize the Goto camellia, which has been native to the Goto Islands in Nagasaki Prefecture since ancient times. In addition to flowers and seeds, which are only harvested once a year, the company is also developing products that use leaves, branches, fruit rinds, and “camellia yeast” extracted from camellia flowers. We are also aiming to create new businesses by researching and studying all aspects of the history and culture of the Goto Islands, and discovering hidden strengths.In the Goto Islands, where depopulation and aging are progressing, we will work to increase employment in Goto City and continuously support the revitalization of the entire archipelago by raising the value of Goto camellias, making them widely known, and working to develop industries that make use of camellias.Using the revitalization of the local economy through the Goto camellia project as a role model, we will continue to explore the potential of various local industries in Japan.
