ROHM Apollo Yukuhashi Plant received the Japan Greenery Research and Development Center Chairperson's Award at National Award for Greenery Factory

Release time：2025-03-24
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　　ROHM Apollo Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Fukuoka Prefecture, hereafter ROHM Apollo) Yukuhashi Plant received “the Japan Greenery Research and Development Center Chairperson's Award“ in the 2024 Factory Greening Award Program (commonly called the National Green Factory Award) sponsored by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, and at the award ceremony held on January 22, Yukuhashi Plant was awarded the certificate of commendation.

ROHM Apollo Yukuhashi Plant received the Japan Greenery Research and Development Center Chairperson's Award at National Award for Greenery Factory

　　Toshiyuki Hashimoto, General Manager, LSI Engineering Department, ROHM Apollo Yukuhashi Plant(left)

　　Masatoshi Kaku, Chairperson, Japan Greenery Research and Development Center(right)

　　The Awards Program has been organized annually since 1982, sponsored by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry and operated by the Japan Greenery Research and Development Center, with the aim of further promoting factory greening. The Awards program recognizes factories, organizations, and individuals for their outstanding achievements in promoting factory greening and improving the environment inside and outside their factories.

　　Yukuhashi Plant has been focusing on the creation of a “greenery factory” that takes the ecosystem into consideration and was recognized for the maintenance of cherry blossom trees along the road on the plant premises and the completion of a vast green space and a multipurpose ground on the site in 2023. This is the first time that a plant which is based on Yukuhashi City has received this award.

　　In ROHM Group, The ROHM Head Office and Plant received the “Japan Greenery Research and Development Center Chairperson's Award” in 2021 and “Kinki Bureau of Economy, Trade and Industry Director General's Award” in 2022.

　　ROHM Group formulated “Environmental Vision 2050” in April 2021. Based on its three themes - “Climate change," "Resource recycling," and "Coexistence with nature", we aim to achieve Net Zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 and conduct business activities in harmony with the natural cycle to protect biodiversity. Based on our company mission of "contribute to the advancement and progress of culture" and our Environmental Vision, we will continue to work to conserve the environment and biodiversity toward the realization of a sustainable society while promoting sound cooperation with society by contributing to the local environment and appropriately disclosing environmental information.


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