Environmental Activity Information
Message from the director in charge
Now is the time to think and act to protect our future.
We will intensify our activities on all fronts.
The Japanese government’s Sixth Basic Environmental Plan, released in May 2024, positions the period up to 2030 as a “critical decade” for resolving the three challenges that the earth now faces: climate change, biodiversity loss, and pollution. I, too, have been feeling the climate changes in my daily life, such as the recent heat wave that stretched on all summer long and the frequent torrential rains. I believe that the next few years will be the turning point to determine if we can protect the earth as we know it.
To overcome this major challenge, we must urgently make social changes as described in the Basic Environmental Plan. To achieve this, we, as companies that burden the environment by using a large amount of resources and energy, must take the initiative to change ourselves. Therefore, Tokai Rika has revised its environmental policy in order to clarify our aims for 2030 and beyond. The emphasis of this policy is “creating a holistically circular society” that “all employees think and act with the future of the earth in mind” in order to achieve. Considering what each of us can contribute, we will promote carbon neutrality, a circular economy, and nature positive initiatives on all fronts in cooperation with our customers, suppliers, and local communities. We have also embarked on initiatives in new areas to enrich the environment not only for ourselves but for society as a whole by pursuing environmental technologies, such as the development of low-CO2 resin materials and invasive alien species control agents.
With the conviction that we can change the future if we think and act now, we are amping up our efforts to realize a sustainable society under the slogan “TRy for the future.”
General Manager of the Production Engineering Center
Environmental slogan
Long-term environmental goals
We have set a target to reduce CO2 emissions to virtually zero by 2050, and have formulated the “Carbon-neutral Strategy 2030” as a milestone. We are promoting activities throughout the entire lifecycle centered on four strategies: products, production, procurement, and logistics.
Received the “Environmental Promotion Excellence Award” from Toyota Motor Corporation for three years in a row
Tokai Rika received the “Environmental Promotion Excellence Award” for the third year in a row for its efforts to achieve carbon neutrality at the fastest pace in the industry.
In the area of production technology, the company was highly evaluated for its in-mold coating technology, which reduces electricity consumption by integrating the molding, coating, and drying processes of plastic components inside a mold using an injection molding machine, for the first time in Japan for small parts. In addition, the development of BAMBOO+, a low-CO2 composite resin material with high bamboo fiber content, as an endeavor into a new field, was praised as contributing not only to carbon neutrality but also to regional revitalization.
7th Environmental Action Plan (2021 to 2025)
To contribute to the realization of a sustainable society, we are promoting initiatives based on the three pillars of Carbon Neutrality, Circular Economy, and Nature Positive.
The goals for each year are set by working backward from the goals for 2025, the final year of the 7th Plan. We are proceeding with our activities in a planned manner to achieve our ultimate goal.
