KOKUYO Sustainability
in 3 minutes
Presenting a tomorrow you can't wait for in workstyles and lifestyles.
We are always pitching new ways of working and living
...for greater freedom, greater creativity, greater individuality.
Find out about how we contribute to a more sustainable future.
The future we envisage:
A self-directed, collaborative society
A self-directed, collaborative society is one where self-disciplined individuals
recognize each other and collaborate, thereby creating new value.
This is not about conformity. Instead, everyone shares diverse ideas
and perspectives and positively influences one another, allowing creativity to flourish.
That is the kind of society that can take on plethora of socioenvironmental challenges this world faces.
Toward a self-directed,
collaborative society
To create this self-directed, collaborative society, where socioeconomic issues can continually be addressed,
KOKUYO must increase the overlap between social value and economic value.
We use a logic model to show how our business activities contribute to this goal.
Guided by the evidence from this logic model, we will increase the positive social impacts of our businesses.
Wellbeing for individuals, communities, and the planet
KOKUYO’s Material Issues
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Material issue 1
Pitch ideas for new workstyles
Promote diversity, inclusion, and innovation -
Material issue 2
Transition to a management system that creates social value
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Material issue 3-1
Respond to the climate crisis
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Material issue 3-2
Contribute toward a circular economy
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Material issue 3-3
Facilitating sustainable procurement
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Material issue 3-4
Contribute toward a society that coexists with nature
WELL-
BEING
Pitch ideas for new workstyles
We want our employees to develop their potential and build their career. To support this, we allow employees to try out different workstyles and provide employees with opportunities for learning and dialogue.
WELL-
BEING
Promote diversity, inclusion, and innovation
Our team at HOWS PARK designs products that incorporate the diverse perspectives of HOWS DESIGN, KOKUYO’s inclusive design process.
At least 42 inclusive design
workshops held
HOWS PARK
(2025 result)
HOWS DESIGN process 48.8% of
new product series commercialized through the HOWS DESIGN process
HOWS DESIGN process
(2025 result)
TRANSFOR
MATION
Transition to a management system that creates social value
We want to transform management systems and lead the way to a sustainable future with the support of all employees and businesses.
Topped 46* visionary idea (Mirai Yokoku)
experiments for balancing social value and economic value
(Total for 2022–2025)
TEAMUS
There are many other initiatives we are accelerating. Examples include Mov Kuramae and Manabikata Lab.
91.1%
CLIMATE CRISIS
Respond to the climate crisis
We aim to contribute toward carbon neutrality in collaboration with many partners throughout our supply chains.
our renewable shift to our global operations.
- Japan:
- ・KOKUYO: Mie Plant・Shibayama Plant・Shinagawa Office・New Osaka HQ
- ・KOKUYO Product Shiga
- ・KOKUYO MVP (Tottori Plant)
- China:
- ・KOKUYO Commerce (Shanghai): Shanghai Plant
- India:
- ・KOKUYO Camlin: Patalganga Plant・Tarapur Plant
40.0% reduction from 2022 level
Near-term Targets Validated by SBTi
RECYCLING SOCIETY
Contribute toward a circular economy
Guided by our circular economy policy Sutenai Circle, we engage with customers in creating products and services that support a waste-free world.
Sutenai Circle concept:
(notebook recycling activities for elementary school students in Japan)
(around 93,000 students)*
Loopa / Loopla
(a service for collecting and recycling office materials)
SUSTAINABLE PROCUREMENT
Facilitating sustainable procurement
We inform our suppliers about our belief in co-creation with empathy and engage with them to build mutual understanding and trust.
- No. of target companies
- 1,058
- No. of respondents
- 1,049
- Response rate
- 99.1%
- No. of target companies
- 533
- No. of respondents
- 500
- Response rate
- 90.4%
WITH NATURE
Contribute toward a society that coexists with nature
We aim to safeguard a healthy planet by balancing business activities with natural capital.
A project to foster a circular economy in harmony with the forest environment in the Shimanto River Valley in Kochi Prefecture
Forest area thinned: 100.06 hectares
CO2 absorbed: 3.321t-Co2
(Total for April 2024 to March 2025)
A project to conserve the environment of Lake Biwa in Shiga Prefecture by trimming and utilizing the reeds
Area of reeds trimmed: 0.69 hectares
(2025 result)