Technoble will celebrate its 60th anniversary in September 2021. We would like to take this opportunity to express our sincere gratitude to all of our stakeholders for their support. Since our establishment in 1961, we have been steadily conducting basic dermatological research and developing highly original functional materials, and have continued to propose and provide products that satisfy our customers.
As we celebrate our 60th anniversary, we will strengthen our efforts to contribute to the SDGs. In response to the growing interest in sustainability, we have been providing environmentally friendly products since 2009 through our raw material brands such as i-Organic and Re:Derma & Earth. This year, Re:Derma & Earth has evolved into Re:Derma & Earth Advance and won the Gold Award in the environmental category at the Cosmetic Industry Technology Expo 2021.In addition, Technoble's newest plant, Science Park Kyoto, will switch 15% of its electricity consumption to clean energy sources in August 2021, and will increase this to 25% in November, contributing to lower greenhouse gas emissions and making production more eco-friendly.