Environment-Related External Rating and Awards (2021)

The Kubota Group was selected for inclusion in the A list of companies—the highest position—in the CDP Water Security 2021 survey on water security conducted by the CDP. It is the third consecutive year that the Group has been selected as an A list company for water security, and the fourth time. In the online event held in January 2022, “CDP 2021 A List Company Awards,” President and Representative Director Yuichi Kitao gave a speech as an outstanding company.
We were also awarded an “A-” rating—the second highest on an 8-point scale—in the CDP Climate Change 2021 survey, a survey on climate change conducted by the CDP.

• Established in the UK in 2000, the CDP is a non-profit organization that works with institutional investors to encourage companies and cities to disclose their strategies and data related to climate change, water, and forests by providing institutional investors with research-based analytical results and environmental performance ratings.

Siam Kubota Corporation Co., Ltd. (Headquarters Plant, Amata City Plant) (SKC) and Siam Kubota Metal Technology Co., Ltd. (SKMT) received the Green Industry Award from the Thai government in 2020 and 2021, respectively, as clean plants that are environmentally considerate. On the five-point evaluation scale (Level 5 being the highest), SKC scored Level 4 for having strongly rooted environmental conservation activities in their corporate culture, while SKMT was awarded Level 3 in recognition of having built an environmental management system and steadily implementing a PDCA cycle.
The award has a three-year certification period, and Kubota Precision Machinery (Thailand) Co., Ltd. has previously received a Level 3 award, and Kubota Engine (Thailand) Co., Ltd. a Level 4 award. They are still currently recognized as Green Industries.

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  Green Industry Award certificate

The Salina Plant of Great Plains Manufacturing, Inc. (US) received a Gold Award from its home city of Salina in November 2021.
The award is presented to companies that properly manage waste water from painting processes and so forth, under an award system established by the Kansas Water Environment Association and Salina City. The Salina Plant was praised for its ongoing initiatives to manage documents related to process wastewater, monitor water quality, educate employees, and appropriately manage wastewater, resulting it the receipt of the Gold Award.

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  Gold Award certificate

The Amata Best Waste Management award held by Amata Facility Service Company of Thailand was inaugurated in 2014. Held every year since then, the award is presented to plants that properly manage their industrial waste. It aims to promote the 3Rs (Reduce-Reuse-Recycle) and conduct appropriate and efficient industrial waste management processes at plants in Chonburi Industrial Estate and Rayong Industrial Estate, Amata City. In 2021, Siam Kubota Corporation Co., Ltd. (Amata City Plant) received the platinum award, (in the three tier evaluation comprised of silver, gold and platinum awards), for the 8th consecutive year since the award was inaugurated.

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  Platinum Award certificate

Kubota Environmental Engineering (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. (KEES) (China) received the “Green Award” at the 13th China Environmental Industry Conference, held in Jiangsu Province in April 2021.
The Green Award is presented to companies that are outstanding leaders in the environmental field. This is the fifth year that KEES has received the award. This time the company received the award as a model company in MBR (membrane separation activation sludge method) and purification tank facilities. KEES has been lauded for the excellence of its products and services, and has previously received the prize as a “model manufacturer of membranes for use in wastewater treatment,” a “leading firm in China in the wastewater treatment facility sector,” and a “model company for water treatment facilities and comprehensive services.”

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  Green Award plaque