Apart from Filter Media manufacturing and Filter Rehabilitation Work, we are also looking at environmental issues and education. We want as many people as possible to learn about "water" and "filtration." And we strive to make people aware of our planet's precious natural resources.
Disaster Recovery Activities
We conduct disaster recovery activities in areas in which the water supply has been disrupted by disasters such as heavy rains and earthquakes.
The president himself takes the lead in the disaster-stricken area, saying, "You never know what will happen at the disaster site, and if I, who have the final decision-making authority, go to the site as soon as possible, I will be able to make on-the-spot decisions and provide water supply support in a short period of time." The happiness of the people after the resumption of the water supply is our motivation.
Extra-Curricular Program at Elementary Schools
I suppose some of you may have had the experience of visiting a water purification plant when you were in fourth grade of elementary school. But even looking at the filter basin from above, only a pool-like memory remains. We want the students to experience the filtration mechanism and the process by which dirty water is purified cleanly, passing through the sand layer. With this in mind, Nihon Genryo holds an extra-curricular program during summer vacation every year. We teach the importance of water by giving the students the opportunity to experience water purification through the same process as the water treatment facilities.
Contributing to the Reduction of Greenhouse Gases
The "Low CO₂ Kawasaki Brand" is given to products that contribute to the reduction of carbon dioxide promoted by Kawasaki City. Four products, “SIPHON TANK”, “Mobile SIPHON TANK”, “SIPHON K3 System”, and “0.6 Interceptor”, have been certified as products that contribute to CO₂ reduction throughout their life cycles. Preventing global warming and reducing greenhouse gases on a global scale is also our mission as a “manufacturing company.
The SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals) are universal goals for realizing a sustainable and better world “leaving no one behind”, adopted at the United Nations Summit in 2015.
NIHON GENRYO's Basic Policy
Since the 1960s, long before the MDGs or SDGs were adopted, Nihon Genryo Co., Ltd. has advocated “rehabilitation work” for reusing filter sand in water purification plants across Japan. It is now adopted as a general maintenance method.
In addition, we have developed technologies and devices semi-permanently eliminating the need for filter media replacement and proposed to use these devices as a “new form of waterworks” to realize resilient water supply infrastructures.
In various aspects, our business already fits the goals of the SDGs.
Nevertheless, even after 2030, the year set for achievement of the SDGs, our business and goals will remain the same.
Nihon Genryo will continue our activities for “delivering this beautiful water of life not only to us but also to future generations”.
Goals corresponding to NIHON GENRYO’s business
Goal 3 [Health]
Ensure health and well-being for all people
Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all, at all ages
Through supply of safe and secure water, we contribute to the management of waterborne infections.
Goal 6 [Water and Sanitation]
Safe water and toilets around the world
Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all
All businesses of Nihon Genryo ultimately lead to the supply of safe water.
Goal 7 [Energy]
Energy for all, and cleanly
Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable, and modern energy for all
Through our energy-efficient products such as our non-electric source filtration device, we contribute to the improvement of energy efficiency.
Goal 9 [Infrastructure, Industry and Innovation]
Build foundations for industries and technology innovation
Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization, and foster innovation
Sand used as the raw material of filter media is a limited natural resource. Nihon Genryo promotes the establishment of water supply infrastructure utilizing technologies and products that reuse sand.
Goal 10 [Inequality]
Eliminate inequality among people and countries
Reduce inequality within and among countries
Through ODA-based support to developing countries, we promote financial inflow to those countries.
Goal 11 [Sustainable Cities]
Make cities which people can continue to live in
Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable
“New form of waterworks” proposed by Nihon Genryo enable establishment of sustainable, inclusive, safe, and resilient cities.
Goal 12 [Sustainable Consumption and Production]
Responsibility for production, responsibility for using
Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns
Through rehabilitation works, Siphon washing technology and products including Siphon Series, we contribute to the reuse of natural resources such as sand and gravel, which lead to prevention and reduction of waste.
Goal 13 [Climate Change]
Practical measures to combat climate change
Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts
Through our past activities of disaster recovery and development of products for disaster recovery, we have contributed to resilience to climate-related disasters and natural disasters inside and outside Japan.
Goal 17 [Means of Implementation］
Achieve the goals with partnerships
Strengthen the means of implementation and revitalize the global partnership for sustainable development
Through technology transfer of rehabilitation works and delivery of products equipped with Siphon washing technology, we are spreading environmentally friendly technologies to developing countries.
Since May 2022, NIHON GENRYO has been registered as a Kanagawa SDGs Partnaer.
