CEO Message
Kotaro Harada
Representative Director, CEO
As the world faces various challenges such as climate change, demographic issues, water and food shortages, energy crises, infectious diseases, poverty, and conflicts, initiatives to solve social issues are gaining momentum, including the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that have been adopted by the United Nations and ESG management.
In response to these challenges, we have redefined what Torishima can do and what it exists for, and we call it “Torishima’s Purpose for Society.”
Torishima’s Purpose for Society：
Drawing on Torishima’s strengths and technology, we will contribute to a
sustainable society by connecting lifestyles, lives, and the future.
Since its founding in 1919, Torishima has continued to provide the heart of society, pumps, for more than 100 years to Japan and more than 100 other countries worldwide. Just like the human heart, pumps are not visible from the outside, but they are constantly moving and play an important role in facilities such as water and wastewater facilities, irrigation facilities, stormwater drainage facilities, power plants, and other water and electricity infrastructure that is essential to human life.
Meanwhile, it is estimated that as much as 30% of the energy used in Japan is consumed by pump operations, which highlights the importance of addressing energy saving with pumps to build a carbon-neutral society. Since its founding, Torishima has consistently pursued the manufacture of highly efficient pumps. Since FY2009, the company has continued to promote energy efficiency with pumps under our Go Green with Pumps initiatives.
The global energy market is undergoing a paradigm shift, where thermal power plant fuels are shifting from coal to next-generation energy sources that do not emit CO2. To accelerate this trend, Torishima has begun research and development of new pumps for next-generation energy sources and took part in a demonstration project of ammonia co-firing at a thermal power plant in 2022. Looking even further ahead, we are now working proactively to develop hydrogen pumps.
We believe that in either area, it is people who can solve these issues, so we have set “maximize employees’ energy: human resource development and DE&I” as one of our key management issues (materiality).
As a company that will continue to evolve and become an indispensable part of society, Torishima will strive to achieve sustainable growth in the global market.