ISO14001

1. Became the first religious organization to obtain ISO14001

2. Ongoing effort for 18 years across all 66 locations

2024 “Environmental Performance Report” (PDF)

3. Certification obtained at three overseas Missionary Headquarters

In our Movement Policy for the fiscal year 2000, we decided to introduce an environmental management system (EMS) following the “ISO 14001” standard. On October 11, 2000, we established the “Seicho-No-Ie Environmental Policy.” Based on this policy, two of Seicho-No-Ie’s facilities – its headquarters and Main Temple – began efforts to implement the EMS. On July 19, 2001, Seicho-No-Ie became the first religious organization in the world to receive certification for integrating its religious activities with environmental efforts.

Religious Juridical Person “Seicho-No-Ie” Propagation and Environmental Policy

List of years in which ISO14001
certifications were obtained

Year	Total locations	Locations
2001	2	International Headquarters, Seicho-No-Ie Main Temple
2002	10	Spiritual Training Center Headquarters (Tokyo, Chofu city), Uji Temple (Kyoto, Uji city) Missionary Areas: Kushiro, Ishikawa, Shizuoka, Aichi, Shiga, Hyogo, Ehime, Kumamoto
2003	6	Kawaguchiko Spiritual Training Center (Yamanashi, Kawaguchiko) Missionary Areas: Aomori, Ryotan, Nara, Kouchi, Miyazaki
2004	13	Missionary Areas: Otaru, Muroran, Miyagi, Ibaraki, Gunma, Tokyo 1, Niigata, Gifu, Mie, Okayama, Tottori, Fukuoka, Oita
2005	8	Missionary Areas: Sapporo, Kyushu, Sorachi, Chiba, Kyoto, Osaka, Saga, Nagasaki
2006	14	Missionary Areas: Obihiro, Akita, Yamagata, Fukushima, Tochigi, Kanagawa, Tokyo 2, Nagaoka, Wakayama, Shimane, Yamaguchi, Kagawa, Tokushima, Sasebo
2007	13	Nippon Kyobunsha Co. Ltd., Zaidan-Hojin, Sekai Seiten Fukyu Kyokai Missionary Areas: Hakodate, Kitami, Iwate, Saitama, Yamanashi, Nagano, Toyama, Fukui, Hiroshima, Kagoshima, Okinawa

Initiatives at overseas offices
– Missionary Headquarters
from three countries are certified

Among the overseas offices, the US Missionary Headquarters, Brazil Missionary Headquarters, and Republic of China Missionary Headquarters had been working since 2007 to obtain ISO14001 certification. Then, in December 2009, November 2010, and August 2011, Brazil Missionary Headquarters, United States Missionary Headquarters, and Republic of China Missionary Headquarters received their ISO certification, respectively.