Talk:Lixil Group

New page for SATO

Hi there, I would like the Wiki editors to consider a separate page for SATO, included here as part of LIXIL. While SATO is part of the LIXIL Group, it is operated as a separate entity. It has a different business model, leadership team, product range and target markets. Like American Standard - which also has its own Wikipedia page - it deserves a separate log of activity. SATO as a social business has improved the lives of over 60m people to date. It has created award-winning products (as voted by Time Magazine, Red Dot, Fast Company) and has recieved countless media reports from reputable and independent editorial publications about its impact. For instance:

1)https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/western/article/2001507313/sato-stool-how-mechanical-air-tight-seals-are-wiping-out-bush-toilets-in-mumias

2) https://businessday.ng/news/article/oyo-partners-unicef-to-eradicate-open-defecation-with-satopan-toilets/

3) https://punchng.com/after-183-years-oyo-villagers-rejoice-as-new-toilets-end-harrowing-open-defecation-tales/

4) https://guardian.ng/news/nigeria/metro/oyo-unicef-to-eliminate-open-defecation-with-satopan-toilets/

5) https://www.edexlive.com/breaking/2019/Aug/17/how-satos-bio-toilets-are-changing-indias-sanitation-scene-7496.html

6) https://businessday.ng/companies/article/sato-indorama-partner-to-improve-sanitation/

7) https://www.environewsnigeria.com/group-donates-60000-affordable-toilets-to-support-nigerias-sanitation-drive/

8)https://www.vanguardngr.com/2023/11/how-lack-of-toilets-puts-nigerian-women-girls-at-risk/

9)https://www.capitalfm.co.ke/news/2022/03/over-50000-children-to-benefit-from-toilet-upgrades-in-24-schools-in-kenya/

It also has several write-ups from UNICEF:

1) https://www.unicef.org/ethiopia/press-releases/japanese-government-hands-over-sato-toilet-pans-worth-us1-million-unicef-benefit

2) https://www.unicef.org/rwanda/stories/sato-more-just-pans-and-taps-story-innovation-and-impact

3) https://www.unicef.org/rwanda/press-releases/unicef-and-lixil-partner-donate-20000-sato-toilets-and-handwashing-taps-child

It has also recieved several mentions in reputable journals, e.g.: 1) https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10886420/

2) https://www.sciencepolicyjournal.org/uploads/5/4/3/4/5434385/burton_tidwell_chipungu_etal_jspg_v16.2.pdf

3)https://jurnal.unpad.ac.id/profesi-humas/article/view/54998

4)https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/eemcs-10-2019-0268/full/html

I would like to know if it is possible to create a new page for SATO - I will then fill out the proper formatting guide or edit (for approval) based on the above. ARHS2021 (talk) 07:54, 16 June 2025 (UTC)