Sustainability
Sustainability Policy
“Through our business, we will foster the advancement of medical care and the health and happiness of people, thereby contributing to the prosperity of society.” With this as our corporate motto, we will establish, implement, and maintain the following policies in order to protect the safety and security of medical care and pass to the next generation a sustainable society filled with health and happiness.
1. We will formulate a medium-to-long-term business plan, under which we will grow existing businesses and embrace new challenges in order to foster the resolution of medical issues and the advancement of medical care.
2. We will work to resolve environmental and social issues by developing and manufacturing safe, high-quality products and services and supplying them in a stable manner into the future.
3. As a company listed on the Prime Market of the Tokyo Stock Exchange, we will strive to maintain a high level of governance, engage in highly transparent management practices, promote constructive dialogue with stakeholders, and sustainably increase corporate value.
Junichi Hoki, President and CEO
Hogy Medical Co., Ltd.
April 8, 2022
The Eco Project: Restoring Rice Paddies in Abandoned Fields
In 2009, HOGY Medical started an initiative to restore rice paddies in abandoned fields. In cooperation with Asaza Fund, a non-profit organization in Ibaraki Prefecture (where the HOGY Medical Tsukuba Plant is located), and with Ushiku City Hall, the Company has been restoring rice paddies in the Yatsuda marsh areas.
Together with neighboring Satoyama, Yatsuda has played an important role in water purification as a headwater for the Ushiku marsh. Today, many wildlife species, such as killifish and frogs, are living there, but because the area is surrounded by low mountains, many of the fields are left fallow due the high cost of cultivating them and the policy of reducing acreage. HOGY Medical thus decided to start a project called "Asaza Project," which aims to borrow from the city government 1.7 hectares of an abandoned field adjacent to the Company's Tsukuba Plant in Ushiku City, in order to raise organic rice and thus to help restore the rice paddies there to their original state.
The Asaza Fund, a non-profit organization, is providing guidance for installing water ditches and growing rice. A total of more than 2,500 employees and their families have participated in the work up to the present day. In addition to aiming to regenerate and conserve the ecosystem, the Company intends to raise the environmental awareness of its employees through agricultural experiences such as rice planting and harvesting, as well as to promote interaction with locals.