Mizuno’s wooden baseball bats are made by craftsmen who carefully shave down the wood whilst repeatedly making minute adjustments. But even when a piece of wood seems fine at first glance, as it gets shaved down knots can be found. Knots can cause a bat to break when in use, therefore bats with knots cannot be sold as they are made of noncompliant materials.
It may get harder to enjoy outdoor sports such as running in future due to the rising temperatures caused by global warming.
Mizuno has been engaged in environmental conservation activities for over 30 years in order to protect the global environment where people can enjoy sports, and is aiming to achieve carbon neutrality in 2050 through its business activities.
Mizuno is promoting recycling activities by collecting used apparel and utilizing it as resources.
Mizuno manufactures and sells shoes and apparel for workers in the construction, transportation, and manufacturing industries, utilizing technologies and expertise Mizuno has cultivated through sports equipment development. Apparels are designed to maximize mobility based on ergonomic motion analysis.
Mizuno also develops products for the medical industry, selling apparel for healthcare professionals utilizing environmentally friendly materials.
Mizuno aims to realize carbon neutrality with net-zero greenhouse gas emissions in all group business activities by 2050. In order to achieve this goal, Mizuno is taking initiatives such as utilizing renewable energy and innovations in manufacturing processes. At the same time, Mizuno is strengthening its environmentally-friendly initiatives such as working to reduce waste production, increasing recycling, and reviewing its product packaging materials.
Mizuno is holding the Mizuno Baseball Dream Cup Junior Tournament, a children’s baseball tournament with the principle of “Don’t get angry at failure and everyone helps each other.”
In sports, kids are sometimes subjected to coaching that is too harsh in the interest of improving their ability. In this tournament, however, our hope is to have as many children as possible experience the joy of simply playing baseball.
Mizuno’s wooden baseball bats are made by craftsmen who carefully shave down the wood whilst repeatedly making minute adjustments. But even when a piece of wood seems fine at first glance, as it gets shaved down knots can be found. Knots can cause a bat to break when in use, therefore bats with knots cannot be sold as they are made of noncompliant materials, and were normally disposed of.
Mizuno and Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central) Group had cooperated under the idea of “wanting to support boys and girls who chase their dreams,” and had developed aluminum baseball bats for children using recycled aluminum from Tokaido Shinkansen trains.
In order to further advance this initiative, the two companies cooperated once again and jointly held a baseball class event.
Mizuno’s wooden baseball bats are made by craftsmen who carefully shave down the wood whilst repeatedly making minute adjustments. But even when a piece of wood seems fine at first glance, as it gets shaved down knots can be found. Knots can cause a bat to break when in use, therefore bats with knots cannot be sold as they are made of noncompliant materials, and are normally disposed of.
Mizuno baseball gloves are made from different parts that have been cut out from high-quality leather, with due consideration given to flexibility and durability, and that are then put together by seasoned craftspeople.
One issue arising from this manufacturing process was that, no matter what we tried, large amounts of leather scraps would be left over unused.
Mizuno has been engaged in environmental conservation activities since 1991 and continues to work toward achieving carbon neutrality in 2050. In addition, Mizuno’s environmental conservation activities not only reduce CO2 emissions, but also conserve valuable water resources.
In the conventional apparel production process, various shades of color are created by weaving and dyeing the fabric, but a large amount of water is used in the process of washing away the dye.