Amita Holdings Co., Ltd.
A Japanese sustainability pioneer and holding company providing 100% recycling, environmental certification, circular-economy and regional revitalization services.
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Overview
Amita Holdings Co., Ltd. (アミタホールディングス株式会社) is a Japanese holding company for the Amita Group, a pioneer in the sustainability and circular-economy field. The group traces its origins to April 1977, when Sumieito Kosan Co., Ltd. was established in Himeji, Hyogo Prefecture. In 1979 the company made its first proposal and use of waste as an alternative raw material for natural resources, and in 1986 it began manufacturing resources from metal-containing waste. The company was renamed Sumieito Co., Ltd. in 1989, then Amita Co., Ltd. in 2000, and the holding company Amita Holdings was established in January 2010. It has been listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Growth Market (formerly Osaka Securities Exchange Hercules) since June 2006, with securities code 2195. The group's mission is to design a sustainable future in which natural capital and human-relationship capital increase as society develops. Its articles of incorporation state that it will conduct only businesses that contribute to increasing natural capital and human-relationship capital, and it practices stakeholder management grounded in public-interest capitalism. Its core competence is described as the information-compilation know-how to "turn uncertainty into certainty," which it applies to circular social-design businesses that use everything without waste. Amita provides multiple businesses based on this core competence: 100% recycling services for highly uncertain generated materials (waste), environmental certification auditing services that visualize the invisible traceability of forest and marine resources, cloud services for environmental management operations, and sustainable community development. Its main operating companies include Amita Co., Ltd. (transition-strategy support for sustainable corporate management and regional operation), Amita Circular Co., Ltd. (circular-material business, manufacturing and supplying circular resources that substitute for natural resources from industrial waste, using proprietary blending technology to recycle more than 4,000 types of industrial waste), AMITA CIRCULAR DESIGN SDN. BHD. (overseas business headquarters in Malaysia), AMIDAO Co., Ltd. (web3-related token-economy design and zero-emission/carbon-neutral support), Codo Advisory Co., Ltd. (a joint venture with MCP Japan Holdings for decarbonization transition strategy), and Circular Links Co., Ltd. (a joint venture with SMFL Mirai Partners for waste-management systems and BPO services). The company is headquartered in Kyoto, with a Tokyo office in Chiyoda. As of December 31, 2025, its capital was 483,560,300 yen and it had 259 consolidated employees. Its representative directors include Chairman and CVO Eisuke Kumano and President and CIOO Takahide Suetsugu. Amita joined the United Nations Global Compact in June 2002 as the fourth Japanese company to do so, and has been involved in initiatives such as the Japan Circular Economy Partnership (J-CEP) launched in October 2021 and the Ecosystem Social Association (ESA) in April 2024. The company also operates distinctive employee systems such as a 32-hour work week and the AMITIME leave-saving system.
History
Amita Holdings traces its history to April 1977, when Sumieito Kosan Co., Ltd. was established in Himeji, Hyogo Prefecture. In 1979, the company made its first proposal and use of waste as an alternative raw material for natural resources, an early step in what would become its core recycling business. In 1986, it began manufacturing resources from metal-containing waste. The company opened a Tokyo sales office in 1987 and changed its name to Sumieito Co., Ltd. in April 1989. In July 1992, it completed the Himeji Plant, a recycling facility for industrial waste in Himeji, and launched the environmental information magazine WIEDER. In June 1994, it established Nichika Sumieito Co., Ltd. as a 50% joint venture with the Hitachi Chemical Group, and in May 1995 completed the joint venture's head office plant in Chikusei, Ibaraki (now the Ibaraki Circular Resource Manufacturing Plant). In September 1995, the company formulated its corporate mission. In December 1996, it obtained a patent (No. 2594418) for 'Suramix', which recycles industrial waste as alternative fuel. In 1997, the second Himeji Circular Resource Manufacturing Plant was completed. In September 1999, it began FSC forest certification services. In April 2000, Sumieito Co., Ltd. changed its name to Amita Co., Ltd. In October 2001, its 'AMITA Business Activities' won a Good Design Award, and in November 2001 it moved its head office to Tokyo. In June 2002, it became the fourth Japanese company to join the United Nations Global Compact. In 2002, it supported the establishment of the environmental education facility 'Kaze no Gakko Kyoto'. In July 2003, Amita Co., Ltd. was commissioned by NEDO for a demonstration research project. In 2004, it opened the West Japan Sales Office and began full-scale corporate risk consulting services. In July 2005, it opened the Sustainable Economy Research Institute and in August 2005 opened the Kyotango Circular Resource Manufacturing Plant (closed at the end of May 2018). In June 2006, Amita Co., Ltd. listed on the Osaka Securities Exchange Hercules Market (now the Tokyo Stock Exchange Growth Market). In September 2006, it began MSC certification services. In 2007, it started a forest dairy business (Forest no Bokujo), which was transferred in 2011. In 2008, it launched the CSR/environmental information site 'Oshiete! Amita-san'. In February 2009, it established Amita Sustainable Economy Research Institute Co., Ltd., Amita Eco-Brain Co., Ltd., and Tobimushi Co., Ltd. In 2009, it began offering the waste management support system 'e-Waste Management' (now Smart Management). In January 2010, Amita Holdings Co., Ltd. was established as a holding company. In April 2010, Amita Environmental Certification Research Institute Co., Ltd. was established, and Amita Co., Ltd. opened the Kawasaki Circular Resource Manufacturing Plant (closed in December 2022). In April 2011, Amita Co., Ltd. absorbed Amita Eco-Brain Co., Ltd. In July 2011, the Amita Group Tohoku Office opened in Sendai, Miyagi (closed in December 2018), and the group provided earthquake disaster response recycling programs. In March 2012, Amita Holdings opened the Minamisanriku Office. In December 2013, group companies moved their head offices from Sanbancho, Chiyoda to Kudankita, Chiyoda. In January 2014, Amita Co., Ltd. opened the Kyoto Office and the Head Office Sales Office (Tokyo); in March 2014, it opened the Minamisanriku Office; and in December 2014, it opened the Niigata Branch. In March 2015, Amita Holdings and Amita Sustainable Economy Research Institute moved their registered head offices from Tokyo to Kyoto. In July 2015, Amita Co., Ltd. established AMITA ENVIRONMENTAL STRATEGIC SUPPORT (MALAYSIA) SDN. BHD. (AESS). In October 2021, the company helped launch the Japan Circular Economy Partnership (J-CEP), a new business co-creation partnership for circular economy promotion involving residents, government, and universities; by August 2024 it had 66 member companies. In April 2024, it participated as a founding company of the Ecosystem Social Association (ESA), which promotes public-private co-creation under the concepts of 'circulation' and 'coexistence'. The group has continued to expand its overseas operations, including AMITA CIRCULAR DESIGN SDN. BHD. in Malaysia and PT Amita Tamaris Lestari and PT Amita Prakarsa Hijau in Indonesia. As of December 31, 2025, the company had capital of 483,560,300 yen and 259 consolidated employees.
- 2024
Participated as founding company of Ecosystem Social Association (ESA).
- 2021
Helped launch Japan Circular Economy Partnership (J-CEP).
- 2015
Moved registered head offices from Tokyo to Kyoto; established AESS in Malaysia.
- 2012
Amita Holdings opened Minamisanriku Office.
- 2011
Amita Co., Ltd. absorbed Amita Eco-Brain; opened Tohoku Office; provided earthquake disaster response recycling programs.
- 2010
Established Amita Holdings Co., Ltd. as holding company; established Amita Environmental Certification Research Institute.
- 2009
Established Amita Sustainable Economy Research Institute, Amita Eco-Brain, and Tobimushi; began e-Waste Management system.
- 2006
Listed on Osaka Securities Exchange Hercules Market; began MSC certification services.
- 2005
Opened Sustainable Economy Research Institute and Kyotango Circular Resource Manufacturing Plant.
- 2002
Joined UN Global Compact as fourth Japanese company.
Products and positioning
A pioneer in Japan's sustainability field, positioning itself as a 'future design company' that creates platforms and solutions for sustainable corporate management and regional operation, based on the core competence of turning uncertainty into certainty.
100% recycling service
Recycles highly uncertain generated materials (waste) into circular resources that substitute for natural resources.
Circular materials
Manufactured from industrial waste using proprietary blending technology; over 4,000 types of industrial waste recycled.
FSC forest certification service
Environmental certification auditing that visualizes traceability of forest resources.
MSC fisheries certification service
Environmental certification auditing that visualizes traceability of marine resources.
Smart Management
Cloud-based waste management support system (formerly e-Waste Management).
Sustainable regional development support
Support for circular community design and local social business creation.
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