Initiatives in Other Businesses

We are implementing initiatives to reduce the generation of waste in the distribution business, renovation business and lifestyle services business as well as at our research institute.

Waste Reduction in the Distribution Business

In the distribution business, we import wood by ship. We used to transport the imports aboard bulk carriers by using plywood and others as packaging materials. In recent years, however, we have been importing them by using container ships and adopting a more simplified packaging method, thereby reducing the generation of wood waste.

Recycling at the Research Institute

Sumitomo Forestry’s Tsukuba Research Institute is outsourcing the treatment of wood waste, which accounts for the majority of the waste generated in various tests conducted at the institute, to industrial waste treatment operator. The waste is externally treated and then reused internally as a raw material for particle boards and fuel for biomass power generation. The chemicals used in the tests are detoxified by a company specializing in the treatment and mixed with incineration residues to be recycled into a raw material for cement and roadbed materials.

Breakdown of Waste Generated in Other Businesses (FY2025)