Last year we experienced the East Japan Earthquake, a series of huge catastrophes on an unprecedented level here in Japan, yet natural disasters struck globally as well with flooding in Thailand and earthquakes in Turkey. In addition, industry is also being driven by extreme forces as the world heads for a financial turning point as we face financial and banking crises in the US and the EU and an unprecedented increase in the value of the yen.
On October 1, 2011, we started on a history making path with the merger of three companies, Victor Company of Japan, Limited, KENWOOD Corporation, and J&K Car Electronics Corporation to form the JVCKENWOOD Corporation.
At JVCKENWOOD, we consider it our duty to produce results that exceed the expectations of everyone that supports our company by implementing reforms to overcome these difficulties as each and every one of us becomes leaders under our management policies to; “Create excitement and peace of mind as a global manufacturer specializing in electronics and entertainment products,” “Realize profitable growth by concentrating on strong business,” and “Be a company that is trusted throughout society.”
While humanity has developed a high level of technology and civilization to achieve a convenient and comfortable society, in doing so we have destroyed the health of our world’s environment, which we may consider to be a living thing. We must be aware that our lives depend on the diverse blessings of the world’s environment and we must bear the responsibility to continue into the next generation maintaining a healthy and beautiful global ecology by reducing environmental impact caused by large-scale consumption of energy and resources.
This is why we consider the issues of the 21st century to understand the distance and relationship between humans and the global environment.
Following the East Japan Earthquake, we must reconsider our mass-production and mass-consumption lifestyles, and further accelerate our efforts towards a sustainable society.
The JVCKENWOOD Group is helping to achieve a sustainable society by implementing our Eco Promotion Plan 2020 to promote control of chemicals to minimize their effects on ecosystems, environmental designs to conserve resources, and energy saving activities to conserve resources and prevent global warming.
Further, we are satisfying our social responsibilities by making good use of the elemental technologies we have cultivated to date, and creating products that offer excitement and peace of mind, as a global corporate citizen that coexists with the world environment.
Through its social and environmental activities, the JVCKENWOOD Group is aiming to be a company that brings excitement and peace of mind to customers while reducing environmental impact, and listening to everyone’s opinions.
