Unitika's work on environmental management has continued uninterrupted for over 30 years, and will continue into the future.

Pollution first became a major issue in Japan in 1973. That year, Unitika created the Environmental Preservation Regulations, making a clear distinction between environmental measures and outward-directed production activities, to enable compliance with regulatory and standards values.
In 1991, we created a new companywide organization called the Environmental Preservation Committee, followed in 1993 by the Unitika Global Environment Charter. That year we began yearly environmental auditing, establishing the basic direction for our environmentally-aware management style that has continued to this day. In 1998, we created the Unitika Charter of Corporate Behavior, a document that sets forth the basic action policy needed to fulfill our Unitika Group mission as a public-spirited corporation. Its first article sets forth our responsibility for environmental and safety awareness.
The Unitika Action Standards created and implemented in April 2001 expanded on the Unitika Action Charter by setting forth specific action standards for Unitika organizations and employees to comply with in the performance of their routine business activities. The Standard of Corporate Behavior represent a clear step toward corporate activities grounded in a mindset of corporate social responsibility (CSR). They cover areas such as the environment, safety, compliance, and coexistence with the public good and stakeholders.

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ISO 14001-Certified Unitika Organizations

Unitika is working on becoming certified under ISO 14001-the international standard for environmentally-aware corporate activities. We have started activities to help our affiliates obtain ISO 14001, and have been conducting environmental audits of each company.