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| Asset Classes | Listed equity |
| Impact strategy | Impact Equities and Bonds |
| ISIN code | JP3270000007 |
| Industry group | Capital Goods |
| Aligned with SDGs |
Kurita Water Industries Ltd. manufactures, sells, and maintains water treatment equipment and systems. The Water Treatment Facilities division is engaged in manufacturing and selling of water treatment facilities, ultrapure water supply, soil and groundwater remediation, tool cleaning, water quality analysis and environmental analysis. The Water Treatment Chemicals division manufactures and sells chemicals and other materials that are needed to operate the water treatment facilities. Revenues are from Japan (major part), Asia, North America and he rest of the world. Kurita Water was founded in 1949 as a boiler water treatment company. The company is headquartered in Osaka, Japan.
Investment rationale
Water scarcity is an increasing problem. Access to clean and safe water is important for people, but also for companies.
Through its products and services Kurita contributes to responsible water use in many different areas. The company helps water utilities to provide clean and safe drinking water to the public, and with wastewater treatment and reclamation. Kurita also helps companies in industries that use a lot of water to clean or treat used water so that the same water can be re-used instead of using fresh tap water. Furthermore, the company is active in soil and groundwater remediation to prevent contamination of groundwaters and keep the ecological environment safe.
By offering a wide range of products and services across many different industries Kurita Water has accumulated strong knowledge and experience in water treatment processes and systems.
Alignment with Triodos Transitions:
100% of the company's revenues is aligned with the Resource Transition. The contribution to the Resource Transition comes from 100% of revenues related to the impact objective Sustainable Water & Wastewater Management.