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SDGs’ Initiatives

What is “SDGs”?

SDGs

SDGs stand for “Sustainable Development Goals” which were adopted at the United Nations Summit in September 2015.
The SDGs are composed of “17 global goals” and “169 targets (issues to be solved)” to achieve a sustainable and a better society. These goals and targets are being actively pursued worldwide, both in developed and developing countries.

Efforts of Wakou Co., Ltd.

  • SDGs 1: No poverty

    1. No poverty

    [Major strategy]

    • Collection/recycle of bottle caps
    • Cooperating with food bank activities
  • SDGs 2: End hunger

    2. End hunger

    [Major strategy]

    • Collection/recycle of bottle caps
    • Cooperating with food bank activities
  • SDGs 3: Seeks to ensure health and well-being for all

    3. Seeks to ensure health and well-being for all

    [Major strategies]

    • Elimination of overtime work
    • Collection/recycle of bottle caps
  • SDGs 4: Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education for all

    4. Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education for all

    [Major strategies]

    • Thorough education through educational notes for all employees
    • Efforts to work on versatility of employees
  • SDGs 5: Achieve gender equality

    5. Achieve gender equality

    [Major strategies]

    • Personnel system to link up performance and evaluation
    • Thorough education through educational notes for all employees
    • Efforts to work on versatility of employees
  • SDGs 7: Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable, and modern energy for all

    7. Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable, and modern energy for all

    [Major strategies]

    • ISO14001 Environmental management system
    • LED lighting of company buildings
    • Installation of solar panels（Shiga Factory） and demand management（Main factory, Shiga Factory）
  • SDGs 8: Promote sustained, inclusive, and sustainable economic growth

    8. Promote sustained, inclusive, and sustainable economic growth

    [Major strategies]

    • Formulation of business plan and release of information to employees
    • Personnel system to link up performance and evaluation
    • Thorough education through educational notes for all employees
    • Efforts to work on versatility of employees
    • Elimination of overtime work
  • SDGs 10: Reduced inequalities among people and countries

    10. Reduced inequalities among people and countries

    [Major strategies]

    • Employment of people with disabilities
  • SDGs 11: Sustainable cities and communities

    11. Sustainable cities and communities

    [Major strategies]

    • ISO14001 Environmental management system
    • Introduction of hybrid automobiles as company cars
    • Protection and promotion of Kyoto culture through confections
    • Cleaning activities around our factories
  • SDGs 12: Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns

    12. Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns

    [Major strategies]

    • ISO9001 Quality management system
    • ISO14001 Environmental management system
    • ISO22000 Food Safety Management System
    • Raw material first pass yield improvement activities
    • Efforts to promote simple packages
    • Cooperating with food bank activities
  • SDGs 13: Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts

    13. Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts

    [Major strategies]

    • ISO14001 Environmental management system
  • SDGs 14: Advancing the sustainable use and conservation of the oceans

    14. Advancing the sustainable use and conservation of the oceans

    [Major strategies]

    • ISO14001 Environmental management system
    • Collection/recycle of bottle caps
  • SDGs 15: Protect, restore, and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems

    15. Protect, restore, and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems

    [Major strategies]

    • ISO14001 Environmental management system
    • Raw material yield improvement activities
    • Efforts to promote simple packages
    • Cleaning activities around the factories