As indicated by our name, the Air Water Group’s core businesses are deeply reliant on air and water. We fully appreciate these precious natural resources as we use them to develop new business potential. Our business approach is to make available to society the technologies developed from these resources, then return those resources back to nature, facing difficult issues related to the global environment and society in the process. The Air Water Group possesses advanced technological capabilities and expert knowledge and skills based on a diverse corporate culture and history. We have developed a unique business model that aims for consistent growth in a wide range of business fields, starting with a business network rooted in local communities and products and services that have earned a high market share.
Modern society faces a range of vital issues that need to be dealt with seriously. These include a stagnant economy in Japan due to population decline, rising needs for medical care and nursing care with super-aging coming to the fore, public concerns over food safety with fraudulent food products being promoted to unsuspecting consumers, energy issues due to nuclear accidents and competition for resources, not to mention environmental issues of climate change due to global warming. We aim to contribute to the resolution of these societal issues through our business activities. Based on our stated corporate purpose—meeting society’s needs with nature’s blessings—we plan to utilize our full range of management resources to continue creating value and establish global environment systems that will help in achieving community-based circularity and wellness (healthy lifestyles) to facilitate health, especially in an aging society.
As our management environment con tinues to change at dizzying speeds, to ensure we can achieve sustainable growth and continue togenerate value for society, we are working to improve our medium- to long-term corporate value based on our Sustainability Vision for 2050.
We have defined the seven key challenges essential to achieving this vision as Pillars to Success (Materialities), and we are analyzing the risks they might bring and the opportunities they might provide in our diverse business activities.
