YKK Thailand participated in the project ‘Saving the Bangpoo Sea’ in the Tanning Industrial Zone Km. 34 on 1st December 2023. The activity of cleaning up the Bangpoo Sea, saw participation from over 10 companies within the zone. Mr. Issara Bupphawet, president of the Environmental Conservation Network, Samut Prakan Province, led a team from the…
YKK Vietnam’s Ha Nam factory and Ha Noi branch joined forces with customer YIC to sponsor and participate in the YIC Hanam Green Race 2023. The community event aligned with YKK’s Sustainability Vision 2050 and YKK Vietnam’s focus on corporate social responsibility (CSR). Held on November 4, 2023, at the Ha Nam Provincial Cultural Center,…
As part of YKK Lanka’s CSR activities and following to YKK’s Sustainability Vision 2050, YKK Lanka has been collecting PET bottles from neighbouring factories in Seethawake Export and Processing Zone (SEPZ) from the 12 PET bottle collection cages planted by YKK Lanka since 2019. The bottles will be sent for recycling at ECO Spindles every…
On 17 December 2022, YKK Malaysia joined hands with I-Stay Hostel, which houses foreign workers working in YKK Malaysia, for a Gotong Royong activity. Gotong Royong is a traditional concept of community cooperation or mutual assistance. It is a way for people to come together and work towards a common goal, such as cleaning up a…
Mangroves are one of the most important and productive ecosystems on earth, providing a host of invaluable ecosystem goods and services to local people and the wider world. YKK Thailand were among the government official of Samutprakarn Industrial Office collaborates with the consultant from Kasetsart University to create more greenery environment by planting more trees…
World Environment Day is first held in 1974 and celebrated on the 5th of June every year. It is coined by the United Nations (UN) as a campaign to raise awareness and inspire the public to act against environmental concerns including but not limited to marine pollution, global warming, human overpopulation, sustainable consumption and wildlife crime.
Working to address the problem of marine plastic, YKK announces its new NATULON® Ocean Sourced™ collection of zippers made from ocean bound plastic. This premium collection of zippers is made from plastic waste that has been collected within 50 km of the coastline of Sri Lanka. With 80% of all plastic entering the ocean originating…
More than 50% of human activities requires clean water. After the Jakarta Regional Government realized the quality of river water was deteriorating in the late 1980s, the Minister for Population and Environment
World Environment Day is first held in 1974 and celebrated on the 5th of June every year. It is coined by the United Nations (UN) as a campaign to raise awareness and inspire the public to act against environmental concerns including but not limited to marine pollution, global warming, human overpopulation, sustainable consumption and wildlife crime.
YKK Thailand keeps themselves updated of processes or products that can potentially reduce environmental impacts through sustainable use of resources or environmental protection activities.
On 3 May 2018, YKK (Thailand) participated in a Mangrove Forest Planting activity held at Bangpoo Recreational Retreat. Phramongkutklao hospital serves as a military hospital for the Royal Thai Army as well as a teaching hospital for Phramongkutklao College of Medicine, which trains doctors for the Royal Thai Armed Forces and the Royal Thai Army…
The San Juan River is one of the major tributaries of Manila’s main waterway, the Pasig River. Said to be one of Manila’s most polluted river, a report published by Greenpeace Philippines in June 2017 ranked the Pasig River in 8th place among the top 20 polluting rivers in accordance to the Global River Plastic…