Environmental Policy
At Kirishima Shuzo, we strive to uphold a management policy “we build a company that is rooted in the community and grows alongside it”. We are dedicated to actively using local resources with care via sustainable efforts to give back to the area by recycling shochu lees and sweet potato scraps generated during manufacturing process and by reforesting our water resource areas to help protect the environment.
Environmental Policy
We are in the business of enjoying nature’s blessings of water and sweet potatoes. We believe that harmony with nature and not wasting this blessing, as well as coexistence with the local community, will lead to a sustainable society.
Environmental issues are of the utmost importance to our management. Under the concept for sustainable shochu production called “KIRISHIMA SATSUMAIMO CYCLE ~Turning Sweet Potatoes into Energy.~”, we definite this environmental policy and fulfill our responsibility of passing on nature’s abundance to the next generation.
- We will comply with related laws, regulations, and any agreements that we have entered into.
- We will strive to resource circulation with reuse, recycling, and resource conservation including effective use of shochu lees, and to reduce greenhouse gas emissions with taking into product lifecycles into account.
- We will work to prevent environmental pollution, conserve groundwater, and contribute to local forest conservation.
- We will proactively share information about our environmental activities and communicate them to the public.
- We will improve our performance via continuous betterment to our environmental management system and Kirishima Environmental Actions 2030.
April 1, 2023
KIRISHIMA HOLDINGS CO., LTD. and KIRISHIMA SHUZO CO., LTD.
President and CEO Yoriyuki Enatsu
Scope of ISO14001:2015 (JIS Q 14001:2015)
Related Offices and Factories
- KIRISHIMA HOLDINGS CO., LTD.: Shimokawa Higashi 4-28-1, Miyakonojo City, Miyazaki Prefecture
- KIRISHIMA SHUZO CO., LTD. Headquarters Factory: Shimokawa Higashi 4-28-1, Miyakonojo City, Miyazaki Prefecture
- KIRISHIMA SHUZO CO., LTD. Shibita Factory: 5480 Shibitacho, Miyakonojo City, Miyazaki Prefecture
- Sales branches (Tokyo Branch / Osaka Branch / Fukuoka Branch / Miyazaki Branch) are not applicable.
Registered Activities
- The manufacturing and sale of shochu, alcoholic beverages (beer and others), and food products
- The manufacturing and sale of shochu lees as feed and fertilizer
- The operation of restaurants, hall rentals, and museum facilities
- The generation and sale of electric power
- Industrial waste disposal
Environmental Management System Organizational Chart
Kirishima Environmental Actions 2030
Kirishima Shuzo drafted “Kirishima Environmental Actions 2030,” an action plan for our operations up to fiscal year 2030 designed to realize the concept for sustainable shochu production outlined in “KIRISHIMA SATSUMAIMO CYCLE ~Turning Sweet Potatoes into Energy~”.
We make efforts on two axes, climate change measures and nature conservation, with a focus on achieving net-zero CO2 emissions from our factories and offices to virtually zero by the 2030 fiscal year.
We will take environmental initiatives in accordance with Kirishima Environmental Actions 2030.
