RELIEF CORPORATION

Company name: Relief Corporation
Established: 1960
Products: Used goods
Contribution to society/award history: December 2006 - Eco Action 21 acquisition
- January 2008: 1SO 4001 acquisition
- February 2008: Received JICA training
- August 2008: Published "Environmental and Social Report 2008"
- September 2009: Published "Environmental and Social Report 2009"
- April 2010: Recipient of the Award for Excellence in the Environmental Report category of the "13th Environmental and Sustainability Report Awards"
- June 2010: Received letter of appreciation from the city of Nishinomiya for the donation of an outdoor information board at Kabutoyama Nature Environment Center
- October 2010: Published "Environmental and Social Report 2010"
- October 2011: Published "CSR Report 2011"
- November 2012: Published "CRS Report 2012"
- March 2013: Recipient of the Honorable Mention Award in the Environmental Report category of the"16th Environmental Communication Awards"
- November 2013: Recipient of the Nishinomiya Applied Prize in the "2013 Nishinomiya City Business Excellence Awards"

About Relief:
We reuse unwanted products.
[Contribution to the local environment]
Moving from a "society of mass production and mass consumption" to a "recycling society".
In the 20th century we have achieved a lifestyle of abundance by "making using discarding". However, this way of life has produced a huge amount of refuse, and energy has become scarce.
Today we have begun to reconsider the trend towards mass production and mass consumption, and instead are taking action to moves towards a "recycling society".
In order to protect our finite resources, we should not discard items that can be used again, but instead pass them on to people who have a use for them, thus reducing the burden on the environment.

Somewhere in the world, the second hand goods we collect are made good use of again

Second hand goods that can be used again - system of reuse
Good quality second hand goods are abundant in Japan but are difficult to distribute domestically
- Unwanted by the owner and their friends, family and acquaintances
- Impossible to sell at second hand stores

Export overseas
The demand for good quality second hand goods overseas is still very strong.
By cooperating with second hand stores in Asia, we are recycling goods in demand overseas.