What AS ONE can do to fulfill our responsibilities as a corporate citizen.

AS ONE fulfills its responsibilities as a corporate citizen and engages in activities aimed at coexistence with society in order to earn trust.

Dedicated to a Sustainable Society

AS ONE plays an important role in achieving the sustainable development goals (SDGs) by supporting research and development activities in many fields as a supplier of scientific instruments and other equipment.

PPE Volunteer

There was a brief period when Japan faced a shortage of medical PPE. During that period, we gathered some 70 company volunteers who, over the course of several days, made nearly 2,500 sets of basic PPE by hand tobe distributed to medical worksites across the country.

Supporting social contribution organizations using shareholder benefits

If a shareholder chooses to make a donation in place of their shareholders benefits or does not use their shareholders benefits, we donate the amount equivalent to the complimentary item to a social contribution organization.

We use shareholder perks to make contributions to the Hatachi Fund. The Hatachi Fund is a foundation that provides20 years of continuous support to children who were newborn sat the time of the Tohoku Earthquake to ensure they reach their20th birthday. Through September 2022, we received donations totaling 2,418,000 yen from 806 shareholders.

Creating Opportunities for SMEs

Supporting small and midsize companies, key players for economic growth

AS ONE is helping small and midsize companies to grow as it expands the horizon of business opportunities. We use catalogs and the Internet to sell products supplied by roughly 4,200 suppliers internationally. At the same time, we provide about 4,800 dealers in Japan with an opportunity to sell a broad range of products from overseas suppliers.

Streamlining Distribution

Serving as a wholesaler to reduce social costs.
We reduced the number of deliveries to our 4,100 suppliers and 14,000 branches of dealers from a high of 57.4 million to a low of 18,100. As a wholesaler, we are helping reduce delivery costs to society as a whole.

Support for Cell Culture Specialist Certification Program

Promoting cell culture standardization

The Tonomachi Solution Research Laboratory, our lab for contracted research work, provides space, equipment, and materials for Course I of the fundamental cell culturetechnology course. This course is part of the cell culturespecialist certification program run by the Japanese TissueCulture Association, which promotes the standardization ofcell cultures.

Supply Chain Management during COVID-19 Pandemic

Sustaining supply via BCP

As a company with a social mission to support medical and research institutions, we continued our corporate activities during the state of emergency in accordance with our business continuity plan, which included teleworking, while preventing the spread of infection. We are working to expedite the procurement process and securing new purchasing channels in anticipation of the second and third waves of COVID-19 in order to fulfill our responsibility to ensure a continuous supply for health care workers.

For the Future of Health Care

Participating in the launch of the Organization for Advanced Healthcare Innovation

AS ONE participated in the establishment of the Organization for Advanced Healthcare Innovation. It works toward putting into practice the concept of the International Hub for Healthcare Innovation, an Osaka-based facility where medical institutions providing state-of-the-art health care, related R&D ventures, and support organizations will operate under one roof. When opened, it will be the first such facility in Japan.“Nakanoshima Cross” is scheduled to open in summer 2024. Our company plans to move into this liaison office.

Endorsement of the “Let’s Connect, Support Mori Sato Kawa Sea” Project

“Let’s connect and support Morisatokawaumi” means that the entire nation should “keep the forests, villages livers and seas rich and draw out its blessings.”
It is a project by the Ministry of the Environment aiming at more than “creating a society where each person supports the blessings of the forest, river, and sea.” We agree with this.

Science Forest

Protecting greenery for the future

We use proceeds from catalog recycling for forest revitalization projects.Working in cooperation with the non-profit Environmental Relations Research Institute, we planted 450 trees at the “Science Forest” in Osaki city, Miyagi prefecture in 2015. The Science Forest sign at this site includes the names of the primary dealers that helped collect used catalogs.

Supporting Persons with Disabilities

As support for artists with disabilities, we display art from the Pasona Heartful Inc.'s Art Mura in the free space of our headquarters building. The art provides atmosphere in the free space where employees interact and take breaks.