Materiality and the SDGs

For materiality, Ashimori has selected: mainly non-financial items that may affect the sustainability of the company’s business model and
that are common to “important social issues” and “important management issues for the company” and;
items related to the key management issues that form the foundation of the company’s business model.
Important Social Issues
Important Management Issues for Ashimori
MaterialityItems affecting the sustainability of
our business model
Major Related SDGs
  • Climate change
  • Resource depletion, water issues
    • ・Strengthen sustainability
      initiatives
    • ・Develop new products
  • Harmony with
    the environment
  • Safety and security
  • Population decline/aging
    • ・Strengthen quality and production controls
    • ・Increase productivity
    • ・Develop new products
    • ・Restructure systems towards overall optimization
  • Supply of reliable products at appropriate prices
  • Gender equality, respect for diversity
  • Human rights
    • ・Increase metabolism to invigorate the organization
    • ・Leverage diverse human resources
    • ・Propel workstyle reforms
  • Human resource development and workforce diversity
Important Management Issues
for Ashimori
MaterialityItems that form the foundation of
our business model
Major Related SDGs
    • ・Proactively disclose information
    • ・Promote dialogue with, and awareness of investors
    • ・Clarify remuneration systems
    • ・Continuously strengthen information security
    • ・Strengthen internal control
  • Enhancement of
    governance
    • ・Thoroughly comply with laws and regulations
  • Thorough compliance with
    laws, rules, and regulations

Important Social Issues and Our Materiality

❶ Important Social Issues
  • ・Climate change
  • ・Resource depletion, water issues
Important Management Issues for Ashimori
  • ・Strengthen sustainability initiatives
  • ・Develop new products
MaterialityItems affecting the sustainability of our business model
  • Harmony with the environment
Major Related SDGs
❷ Important Social Issues
  • ・Safety and security
  • ・Population decline/aging
Important Management Issues for Ashimori
  • ・Strengthen quality and production controls
  • ・Increase productivity
  • ・Develop new products
  • ・Restructure systems towards overall optimization
MaterialityItems affecting the sustainability of our business model
  • Supply of reliable products at appropriate prices
Major Related SDGs
❸ Important Social Issues
  • ・Gender equality, respect for diversity
  • ・Human rights
Important Management Issues for Ashimori
  • ・Increase metabolism to invigorate the organization
  • ・Leverage diverse human resources
  • ・Propel workstyle reforms
MaterialityItems affecting the sustainability of our business model
  • Human resource development and workforce diversity
Major Related SDGs

Our Important Management Issues and Materiality

❹ Important Management Issues for Ashimori
  • ・Proactively disclose information
  • ・Promote dialogue with, and awareness of, investors
  • ・Clarify remuneration systems
  • ・Continuously strengthen information security
  • ・Strengthen internal control
MaterialityItems affecting the sustainability of our business model
  • Enhancement of governance
Major Related SDGs
❺ Important Management Issues for Ashimori
  • ・Thoroughly comply with laws and regulations
MaterialityItems affecting the sustainability of our business model
  • Thorough compliance with laws, rules, and regulations
Major Related SDGs

Contributing to Society through Sustainable Manufacturing

SDGs and Ashimori Products

Some of our businesses are closely tied to the SDGs in various fields,
such as automotive safety components and the PALTEM pipeline rehabilitation method.
Let’s look at some of these businesses.

Automotive Safety Systems Business

We develop products that solve society’s problems with the aim of totally eliminating traffic accidents.

SDGs and Automotive Safety Components

Seatbelts

Since receiving JIS (Japan Industrial Standards) certification in 1967, we have been actively working on the development of next-generation seatbelts that achieve weight reductions and resource savings via the technologies we have developed.

Airbags

In addition to driver and passenger airbags, side airbags, and curtain airbags, we handle a wide variety of products, including center airbags that react to potential contact between occupants in the event of a side impact collision.

Separation Nets

These are nets that separate occupant spaces from luggage compartments, protecting the occupants by preventing loads from shifting to and entering passenger spaces in the event of sudden braking.

High Performance Products Business

Making the most of our elemental technologies cultivated in the field of textiles, we are contributing to the renovation of lifeline utility services in the fields of safety and renewal.

SDGs in the PALTEM Division

We completed development of the PALTEM pipelining system in 1980 and use the various technologies and construction methods of the system to underpin lifeline utility services. This contributes to the maintenance of safe and secure lifestyles.
PALTEM is a trenchless method used to repair and renew underground pipes such as those for waterworks, sewerage, agricultural water, gas, communications, and electric power. This green construction method reduces burden on the environment.

Hose Lining Method

The hose lining method is the starting point of PALTEM. This is a construction method in which a watertight and airtight seal hose (PAL-liner) made of fibers and synthetic resin is inserted into an existing pipe using air pressure that turns this hose inside out, thus forming a new pipe on the inner surface.

Through other technologies, such as PALTEM SZ, PALTEM Flow-Ring, and PALTEM HL, we help procure safe living spaces and ensure that residents can continue to live in their neighborhoods.

SDGs in the Disaster Prevention Division

We develop products that protect people and their environments from disaster.
We successfully developed fire hoses that shoot water using low pressure. We manufacture and sell these hoses, which offer the same water discharge power as conventional hoses but with less fuel consumption, thus reducing environmental impact.

Low-Pressure-Loss Hoses

These hoses reduce pressure loss at the time of water discharge by up to about 50% and can release water farther, higher, and faster while also consuming less fuel, thus reducing the burden on the environment.

PALJET Emergency Drainage Hoses

PALJET is an easy-to-use, lightweight emergency drainage hose that allows drainage pump vehicles to take prompt action in case of floods or other disasters. This drainage hose is seeing increasingly widespread usage in battling water disasters in the face of climate change.

SDGs in the Industrial Materials Division

Labor-saving system products for truck logistics can easily be used by elderly people and women, creating a more conducive workplace for all. We manufacture and sell everything from fiber construction materials to labor-saving logistics systems.

Air Roll System Labor-saving Cargo Handling Device

This system product reduces cargo handling labor by using an air hose to raise and lower roller conveyors equipped on truck beds to smoothly move cargo. It can easily be used by elderly people and women to lessen their workload.

Palace Sheet Soft Ground Stabilization Method

The Palace Sheet structure is made up of hoses laid out in a grid over sheets. The hoses are filled with a special mortar that hardens, forming a highly rigid lattice frame that disperses the load applied to soft ground. Using Palace Sheet to reinforce the ground is ideal for temporary construction performed on soft ground.