When the United Nations General Assembly adopted in 2015, it also recognized that sports were an effective ¡°.¡± This led to SDGs being promoted at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics and ongoing sustainable developments in the sports industry.

This month, On: Design looks at two major Japanese sporting goods companies that, in addition to corporate initiatives, have launched unique SDG-inspired projects.

, which aims to become carbon neutral by 2050, has developed various environmentally friendly sporting goods, including , its carbon-offset footwear manufactured with recycled and bio-sourced materials. For the past few years, Mizuno has also been working on a new venture that it hopes will attract a wider audience to its sustainability efforts.