The Kurita Group established the Kurita Water and Environment Foundation with a view to contributing to the creation of rich water environments and better local environments via the promotion of science and technology. Through this Foundation, we provide subsidies for surveys, research projects, and international exchange programs in the scientific field concerning water and the environment. In fiscal 2009, the Foundation selected 50 research projects from among 412 applications and granted subsidies to the selected applicants. In addition, through Japan Society on Water Environment, we give awards to young researchers to encourage their research activities. In fiscal 2009, 12 graduate students received the awards.

Subsidy granting ceremony held for fiscal 2009

In order to contribute to the improvement of the local environment, all Kurita Group’s sites are proactively engaged in local cleanup activities.
For example, the Kurita Global Technology Center, which is located in Nogi-machi, Shimotsuga-gun, Tochigi Prefecture, conducted an activity to clean up the surrounding town. More than 50 employees and their families participated in the activity, picking up trash alongside the road over five kilometers from JR Nogi Station to the Center.
Kuritaz Co., Ltd. cooperates with local citizens for the protection of the environment. The company is committed to keeping its premises and the surrounding areas clean and proactively participates in cleanup activities and other events organized by local groups.
Kuritec Service Co., Ltd. has obtained ISO 14001 certification for all its sites. The company deems cleanup activities as an important means to protect the rich natural environment surrounding the sites, and all the sites annually conduct local cleanup activities.

Cleanup activity by employees of Kuritec Service