Environmentally conscious manufacturing centered on natural materials and reusable products

「For the original brand “MARKLESS STYLE,” in fulfilling its responsibility to plan, manufacture and sell products, we strengthened the development of products using sustainable materials that enhance added value, including fair-trade materials, Eco Mark-certified materials, organic cotton, biomass plastics, and recycled and upcycled materials, working to expand environmentally conscious product categories.」

「We continued developing reusable products made from organic cotton, recycled materials, biomass plastics, natural materials, recycled PET and recycled ABS, as well as upcycled products that add value through originality and design to discarded resources and transform them into higher-value products, working to expand environmentally conscious product categories. We also newly developed a reusable shopping bag made from ocean-bound plastic and are strengthening sales following its presentation at trade shows.」

「We also developed a new eco-bag made from ocean-bound plastic and are strengthening sales following its exhibition at trade shows.」

「Our efforts to promote fair trade were recognized, and we received the Excellence Award in the Social Movement category at the inaugural Fair Trade Japan Awards. We also continued participating in the “Fair Trade Million Actions Campaign 2024” and worked to promote fair trade.」

「We continued participating in the “Fair Trade Million Actions Campaign 2024” and worked to promote fair trade. MOTTERU, which is sold through retail channels, received its fourth Good Design Award, the 2023 Good Design Award, and its products were selected for the Ministry of the Environment’s “Choose! 3R Campaign 2023” for the third consecutive year.」

「In addition to continued strong performance by core products such as reusable shopping bags, stationery products made from recycled PET and recycled ABS were widely adopted as promotional items at trade shows and seminars.」

「Our group’s efforts to promote fair trade through its eco-products were recognized, and we received the Excellence Award in the Social Movement category at the inaugural Fair Trade Japan Awards.」

「During the current fiscal year, we strengthened activities to promote fair trade and the provision of fair-trade cotton products by participating in the “Fair Trade Million Actions Campaign 2023.” In addition, we advanced the expansion and provision of upcycled products, which add value through ideas and design to discarded resources and transform them into higher-value products.」

「We advanced the expansion and provision of upcycled products, which add value through ideas and design to discarded resources and transform them into higher-value products. These products have also been well received by customer companies promoting the SDGs, and are increasingly being used as promotional items at trade shows and seminars.」

「For eco-products, we established the key strategy of “Product demand generated by promoting the SDGs” and continued and strengthened the provision of products made from environmentally conscious materials, including organic cotton, recycled materials, biomass plastics and natural materials.」

「Rather than simply developing products made from environmentally conscious or recycled materials, we will strengthen the development and provision of environmentally conscious products toward achieving the SDGs, based on the principles of “not using disposable products” and “reusable,” under the theme “Thinking about the environment through manufacturing.”」

「We strengthened initiatives toward achieving the SDGs by participating in the “Fair Trade Million Actions Campaign 2022” and beginning to handle “products using the J-Credit Scheme (carbon offsets).”」

「To reduce one-way plastic products designated as “specified plastic products” under the Plastic Resource Circulation Promotion Act, which took effect on 1 April, we developed cutlery products made from bamboo fiber and aluminum.」

「Three items from the ethical brand “MOTTERU” received 2021 Good Design Awards, marking the third consecutive year of awards. Recognition of the brand as an ethical brand increased further after the products were selected for the Ministry of the Environment’s “Choose! 3R Campaign 2021.”」

「Under our management philosophy and code of conduct, our group will continue to grow as a company by addressing and taking on challenges related to materiality, while continuing to enhance corporate value and contribute to the realization of a sustainable society.」

「The ethical brand “MOTTERU” gained recognition as an ethical brand as a result of being featured in numerous media outlets since July last year, the Cooler Marche Bag receiving a 2020 Good Design Award, and the launch of products in new categories beyond reusable shopping bags.」

「In addition to the Kururito Daily Bag (Recycled Cotton), an eco-bag made from recycled fabric, we launched products in categories beyond eco-bags, including thermal bottles, clear bottles, the functionality-focused Pokesuku Handkerchief, designed as an essential item during the COVID-19 pandemic, and the ITSUMO Slim Bottle Folding Umbrella, an alternative to disposable vinyl umbrellas. Under the brand principles of “not using disposable products” and “using products repeatedly,” we worked to expand products that contribute to the environment.」

「Recognition of the brand as an ethical brand increased after the “Kururito Cooler Marche Bag” and “Kururito Big Marche Bag” received 2020 Good Design Awards. As a result, retail sales remained strong and substantially exceeded the same period of the previous year. We also expanded our range of products that contribute to the environment under the brand principles of “not using disposable products” and “reusable,” launching new products such as the “Kururito Daily Bag (Recycled Cotton)” made from recycled-material fabric, as well as bottles such as thermal bottles and clear bottles as new categories beyond reusable shopping bags.」

「Our group focuses on developing and selling “eco-products” such as reusable shopping bags, tumblers and thermal bottles. However, rather than simply developing products made from environmentally conscious materials, we will continue developing products based on the principle of “not using disposable products.”」

「As a new business, sales of MOTTERU, our ethical brand business, increased substantially as interest grew in the mandatory charging of plastic shopping bags from July. The Pocket Square Bag, winner of the 2019 Good Design Award, and the Kururito series of compact eco-bags that can be carried in various situations were featured in numerous media outlets.」

「For tumblers and thermal bottles, against the backdrop of the microplastics issue that attracted attention as a cause of marine pollution, we continued strengthening initiatives promoting reusable personal bottles based on our principle of avoiding disposable products.」

「At the ethical brand MOTTERU, the new Pocket Square Bag, launched in January 2020, won the 2019 Good Design Award after its compactness, unlike anything previously seen and similar to a pocket square, was highly praised. For tumblers and thermal bottles, we strengthened initiatives promoting reusable personal bottles that avoid disposable products as a means of addressing plastic bottles, the largest source of marine pollution from plastic waste.」

「We also substantially renewed our original eco-bag brand MOTTERU and began selling compact eco-bags suited to various lifestyles. As the government planned to make plastic shopping bags used at retailers such as supermarkets and convenience stores subject to mandatory charges as early as April 2020, we will continue promoting products that contribute to the environment, centered on eco-bags.」

「As part of our ongoing proposals for products that contribute to the environment, including products that can be used repeatedly for a long time and products derived from nature, eco-bags and tumblers and thermal bottles, the core categories of our original products, continued to perform well.」

「In response to the microplastics issue, which attracted global attention, we focused on proposing products promoted across our group as a means of contributing to the environment, centered on the concepts of reducing waste, using products repeatedly for a long time, and using products derived from nature.」

「With environmentally responsible manufacturing as our basic policy, we are promoting the development of products made from natural materials and reusable products, while working to provide highly designed products aligned with social and customer needs in a timely manner.」

「With environmentally responsible manufacturing as our basic policy, our group is promoting the development of products made from natural materials and reusable products, while working to provide highly designed products aligned with social and customer needs in a timely manner.」

「With environmentally responsible manufacturing as our basic policy, we are promoting the development of products made from natural materials and reusable products.」