Environmental Activities at Each Site

We invited an outside expert to speak about what biodiversity is and why biodiversity needs to be protected to our officers, department heads, and group leaders (in the form of a Web conference). The lecture served as an opportunity to think about issues that we should address.

The annual number of participants increased by as much as 14% from the previous fiscal year, to 402 (participation rate: 35.8%). The total weight of waste increased to 49.5 kg. In addition, junior high school students were able to participate in the activities through a work experience program.

Since 2022, the Shizuoka Office, has participated in the Kasen Kankyo Adopt Program (lit. river environment adoption program), hosted by the city government of Shizuoka. This program divides neighboring rivers into specific sections, which are “adopted” by participants to support environment beautification and provide information. Under this program, our office carries out cleanup activities twice a year.

At the headquarters, we created opportunities to think about environmental initiatives from different perspectives through activities such as asking people to submit photos of the natural environment around them and providing environmentally friendly lunch menus.

Although June has traditionally been designated as Environment Month, this fiscal year, we extended the period and held environmental events.
At our sites in China, Vietnam, Myanmar, and the United States, we held events including workshops and internal training related to environmental knowledge and waste management, planting activities on premises, and emergency drills, as part of our efforts to raise the environmental awareness of employees. We also cleaned up the area around each factory under the themes of environmental protection and harmonious co-existence with nature, and implemented activities with an awareness of biodiversity.