Materiality
Reduction of hazardous chemical substances
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- Management and Sustainability Strategy
- Materiality (priority issues)
- Materiality (priority issues)
- Materiality Identification Process
- Identified Materiality
- Contributing to the multi-dimensional values of sports
- Contributing to the resolution of social issue
- Responsible procurement with due respect for human rights
- Responsibility for global environmental issues throughout the product lifecycle
- Responsible business practices
- Responsibility for Safe and High-Quality Products
- Value Creation through Sports
- Value Creation through Sports
- Policies and Systems
- Materiality：Physical and mental health through sports
- Materiality：Developing communities based on sports
- Materiality：Equality and diversity through sports
- Materiality：Extension of healthy life expectancy through the maintenance of motor function
- Materiality：Improving physical fitness and athletic abilities of children
- Materiality：Contributing to the SDGs by applying Mizuno's technologies
- Disclosures in accordance with the TCFD recommendations
- Environment
- Social
- Social
- Respect for Human Rights (Policies and Systems)
- Materiality：Supply Chain Management
- Translations of the Mizuno Code of Conduct for Suppliers
- Product Safety and Quality (Policies and Systems)
- Materiality：Ensuring of the safety and quality of products
- Materiality：Communication related to products
- Materiality：Engagement with Customers
- Enhancement of Human Capital Value
- Work Life Management
- Occupational Safety and Health
- Health Promotion Initiatives
- Promoting and respecting diversity
- Development and Nurturing of Talent
- Governance
- ESG Data
- Regarding the report
Basic Concepts
Mizuno puts effort into reducing its use of chemical substances that could be harmful to the human body and ecosystem, and it also puts effort into finding substitutes to replace such chemical substances. Mizuno’s offices conduct risk assessments into chemical substances according to categories, based on their hazardousness and harmfulness, and put effort into finding substitutes with lower risks.
In FY 2022, there were no major cases of leakage of hazardous chemical substances from Mizuno’s manufacturing factories. In addition to Mizuno’s manufacturing bases, Mizuno’s offices and stores also performed risk assessments of chemical substances used to repair products.
＊ Mizuno has a system for managing hazardous chemical substances to ensure that it offers safe and proper quality products. To find out more about the system, please visit Mizuno’s Responsibility for Safe and High-quality Products website.
Reducing organic solvent (toluene) emissions
As a measure to reduce the adverse effect that toluene could have on the health of its employees, Mizuno puts effort into reducing toluene emissions by replacing currently used adhesives containing toluene at shoe manufacturing sites with water soluble adhesives.
Storing PCB
The Law Concerning Special Measures against PCB Waste requires business operators who store PCB waste to annually report the condition under which PCB waste is being stored and to dispose of PCB waste by the end of March 2027.
At Senotech, one transformer with low PCB content is being stored. Therefore, the company submits an annual report in June to the local municipalities on the storage and disposal status of the polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) waste.
Future issues to be addressed
- Mizuno is committed to using materials that do not contain hazardous chemical substances, starting from the design stage of the manufacturing process.
- Mizuno’s ultimate goal is to switch to paints and adhesives that do not contain organic solvents. If an immediate switch is not possible, Mizuno will transition to ones that contain solvents with lower levels of hazard.