Mizuno has launched an initiative to realize zero cardboard box exchanges arising from shipping box damage during product delivery. This is implemented for the “Mizuno Healthy Interior” series, a line of training merchandise that doubles up as interior furnishing.
Circular use of plastic resources is needed for realizing a sustainable society.
To that end, Mizuno has started to use a material made from recycled waste plastic film and used PET bottle caps as the packaging for some sports apparel products made in Japan, in collaboration with TBM Co., Ltd. The shift will be steadily promoted from June 2022 and Mizuno intends to achieve a switch to this recycled packaging material for approximately 1.04 million apparel products annually.
Amount of CO2 emitted by Mizuno
97% (as of FY 2020) of Mizuno’s total CO2 emissions fall into the category of Scope 3 (indirect emissions by other companies), of which approximately 80% is related to category 1, “purchased products and services.” *1
From the 2022 season, we will start using GL BARRIER, which protects products from humidity (moisture) and light, in its packaging materials for official game balls for the Nippon Professional Baseball Organization (NPB).
Singapore is known for being one of the more proactive countries in Asia when it comes to tackling environmental issues. In order to preserve the natural environment on its limited area of land, in 2019, Singapore announced its aim to reduce waste by 30% by 2030.
Mizuno Singapore is actively engaged in a shoe-recycling initiative by Sports Singapore, a government agency, and is promoting the effective and efficient use of resources together with its customers and other brands in the sporting goods industry.
Mizuno will switch to shoe boxes made of 100% recycled paper starting in January 2021 as part of its sustainability activities. The switch will be applied to all categories of shoes worldwide, and is expected to reduce CO₂ emissions by 160 tons per year compared to conventional shoe boxes.
Mizuno has launched down jackets made using recycled down from futons*1 and other sources.
*1 Japanese traditional bedding
We considered how to reduce the environmental impact as much as possible when developing a new down jacket for our Lifestyle category of products. At that time, we learned that Maruhachi Mawata Co., Ltd., who produces bedding and other items, recycle the down from their products. This led us to take up the idea in our new product.
Shuttlecocks used in official badminton matches are usually made from natural waterfowl feathers.
The production process for shuttlecocks made using such natural materials requires a large amount of water to wash, sterilize, and bleach the feathers. They also have poor durability; in matches played by grown men, it is necessary to replace the shuttlecocks after several rallies due to the impact of the strikes by the players.
We all need to stay warm at home in the winter.
With everyone spending more time indoors now, we often must put on the heating even if only one person is in the home.
Oil prices are surging and the prices for kerosene, gas and electricity are also expected to rise, which will lead to increased home heating costs.
That makes now the perfect time to try Mizuno’s heat-generating Breath Thermo fiber technology.
Although Australia imports 110 million pairs of shoes annually, which 25 million pairs are sports shoes, it is estimated that only around 1% of them gets recycled.
In an effort to reduce waste and help conserve the environment, Mizuno Australia, along with the other sporting brands, has partnered with the Australian Sporting Goods Association’s (ASGA) recycling program called ASGA “Tread Lightly”.