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Sapporo Plastic Recycle Co., Ltd.
- Volunteer snow removal at homes of the elderly
We take part in snow removal activities at the homes of elderly citizens in collaboration with Toshiba Hokkaido Branch.- Clean-up
Toshiba Security Guard Corporation
- PET bottle cap collection drive
- We collect plastic bottle caps to raise and contribute funds to the initiative advocated by Yokohama city to improve the global environment and deliver vaccines to children in need around the world.
- Collection of used cards
- We collect used prepaid cards, admission tickets, and other such tickets and donate them to the Kawasaki Community Support Center.
- Clean-up along streets around Toshiba Yokohama Complex (2005-)
- In cooperation with cleanup activities organized by the employees of Toshiba Yokohama Complex, we engage in a litter cleanup on two weekends a month, and keep a watchful eye out for illegal dumping of rubbish during daily patrols around the perimeter of our facilities.
- Clean-up along streets around Toshiba Fuchu Complex
- We support the cleanup activities implemented by Toshiba Group employees at Toshiba Fuchu Complex by supplying cleaning tools and retrieving and weighing the rubbish that is collected. We also patrol the perimeter of our facilities twice a day with a watchful eye for illegal dumping of rubbish.
- Blood drives
Toshiba Semiconductor Service & Support Co., Ltd.
- Year-end Aid Campaign
- We sell packets of tissues to its employees and donates the proceeds to charity.
- Tama River Clean-up Campaign and clean-ups around the west exit of Kawasaki Station
Toshiba Service & Engineering Co., Ltd.
Home electronics disassembly workshops- For details see “Electronics Disassembly Workshops” in the Science Education section.
- Workplace experience for junior high school students
- Since 2005, we have hosted junior high students for workplace experience. Students learn an overview of our company and basic electronics and get to assemble and disassemble DVD players.
- Collection drive
PET bottle caps are donated to the non-profit Ecocap Movement, and pull-tabs are donated to an Osaka barbers association that promotes wheelchair donations. Funds collected from employees are donated to an Osaka association for the bereaved of traffic accident victims.- Clean-up
- Blood drives
Shibafu Engineering Co., LTD.
- Donations to the Red Feather Community Chest and the Green Fund
- Clean-up
- Blood drives
Shibaura Mechatronics Corporation
- Clean-up around our company (2008)
- Our Yokohama and Sagamino Offices cleaned neighborhood roads and parks and collected more than 350 kg of rubbish.
- Summer festival (Yokohama & Sagamino Offices)
- To promote interaction with the local community, we held a summer festival and invited our employees' families and local residents to browse the various booths, take part in a bon dance, and enjoy performances given by a local children's jazz band and a bon dance association.
Shibaura Plant Corporation
- Campaign against cigarette littering and smoking on the street (2008-)
Our employees cooperated in a campaign against cigarette littering and smoking on the street hosted by Atsugi city and called on passersby for their cooperation in promoting greater awareness of beautification.- Volunteer activities during Environment Month
- As one of our local contribution activities, we organize a litter clean-up once a year and pick up cigarette butts, plastic bottles and other such rubbish littering areas around nearby bus stops.
- Sagami River clean-up campaign
We participated in a campaign to collect rubbish illegally dumped in the dry riverbed of Sagami River.
Toshiba Shikoku Branch
- Computer classes for the intellectually disabled (2010)
We provided six instructors from among our employees to teach computer classes for people with intellectual disabilities. Four classes were held in our first year of participation.- Shikoku Ladybug Marathon (2010)
In support of people with disabilities entered in the Shikoku Ladybug Marathon held in Takamatsu City, a group of 12 employees volunteered their help in regulating traffic along the course and in guiding and cheering on the runners.- Yashima Clean Campaign (2009-)
A group of 32 Toshiba Group employees and their families joined some 1,700 other local residents in collecting illegally dumped rubbish near the “Nagasaki no Hana (nose of Nagasaki)” area on Yashima Plateau in Setonaikai National Park.- Main street clean-up campaign in Takamatsu city (2008-)
- We participate in a litter clean-up along the symbolic main street of Takamatsu city in the spirit of “beautifying our own city by ourselves.”
- Takamatsu Airport clean-up campaign (2008-)
A group of 40 Toshiba Group employees and their families joined 2,000 other local residents and helped collect illegally dumped rubbish along roads near Takamatsu Airport.- Blood drives
- We make an active contribution to blood drives held in the Kagawa Sanyu Building.
Toshiba Shomei Precision Corporation
- Provision of plastic rubbish bags and participation in the Kawaguchi Cleanup Campaign
- We provided 10,000 environmentally friendly plastic bags made of rice to the annual clean-up event held in the local community to reduce the generation of dioxins when burnt, and also participated in the clean-up.
- Co-sponsorship of Kawaguchi Festival
- Blood drives
- Our Niigata and Fukushima Offices hold blood drives regularly.
- Clean-up around our Fukushima Office
- The 150 employees of our Fukushima Office have used their lunch break to clean and pick up litter from around their office since 1997.
- Work experience program (2007)
- We implemented a work experience program for students from Higashi Ojiya Junior High School and provided hands-on experience in actual inspection activities in our workplace.
Toshiba Shutoken Branch
- Participation in Niigata Festival
We participate in the annual Niigata Festival, an event that highlights the summer season in Niigata.- Blood drives
- Employees from our branch offices make an active effort to visit nearby blood drive rooms to give blood. As many as 60 employees cooperate on each occasion.
- Nagano Toshiba Group clean-up activities (2006-)
- Twice a year, in May and October, employees of Toshiba Group companies in Nagano participate in a litter clean-up around Zenkoji Temple.
- Autumn clean-up campaign in Toyanogata Lagoon (2007-)
To protect the natural environment and the waterfowl habitat in Toyanogata Lagoon, 64 employees of Toshiba Group companies in Niigata, wearing matching jackets sporting the Toshiba logo, took part in a clean-up campaign along with residents and companies from the local community.
Toshiba Social Automotion Systems Co., Ltd.
- Student plant tours
- We have given plant tours to approximately 100 local junior high and high school students since 1994.
- Collection drives
- We collected 130 unused calendars in addition to used stamps and prepaid cards, and donated them to volunteer organizations. We also collected 40,840 plastic bottle caps (102.1 kg) and donated them to volunteer organizations dedicated to providing vaccines to children in developing countries.
- Blood drives
- Since its establishment, our Akita Office has been inviting a mobile blood drive unit to its office twice yearly. Approximately 30 employees give blood every year.
- Clean-up activities
- Our employees actively participate in a twice-annual campaign to clean areas around our facilities and remove weeds from along Ajisai (hydrangea) Road.
SOKKIA Company, Limited
- Academic support
- We have provided training facilities, materials and equipment in support of practical civil works and survey training in universities. In fiscal 2010, we contributed to training about 130 students in three universities.
Toshiba Solutions Corporation
Community Environmental Forum
Discussing local environmental issues with the community has been the goal of a forum series hosted by this Group companies including Toshiba Solutions. Lectures to date have included "Message from the Forest," by naturalist C.W. Nicol (2006); "Changing Japan, Starting with Mount Fuji," by alpinist Ken Noguchi (2007); "Marine Environmental Change through the Viewfinder," by underwater photographer Ikuo Nakamura (2008); “Message from the Nature-Learning from the Wildlife” by animal photographer Manabu Miyazaki; and “Consider about Global Environment Issues trough the Weather Surrounding Us” by weatherperson Tadayuki Iwatani (2010). Some 500 people attend the city-sponsored event each year, which also provides an opportunity to introduce environmental measures taken by the Toshiba Solutions Group.- Co-sponsorship of a programming contest for nationwide technical colleges
- We co-sponsor a programming contest to foster the next generation of leaders in the IT industry. In the most recent contest, we invited the participation of Chinese students to promote internationalization of the event, and also provided a tour of Toshiba Headquarters and the Toshiba Science Museum after the contest.
- Contribution of charity goods to children in Africa
To aid the 59 villages in Sub-Saharan Africa and the Democratic Republic of Congo that are designated the poorest regions in the world by the United Nations and the World Bank, we called on our employees to contribute clothes, bags, rice and other such charity goods and donated them to people in those regions through Motherland Academy International, using shipping costs also collected from our employees. Additionally, our Kansai Branch Office sent a box of soap and stuffed animals to the Republic of Mali, using funds raised by its employees.- Participation in Fuchu Environment Festa
We participated in the event by giving environmental quizzes to children and otherwise creating an opportunity for visitors to think about environmental initiatives they can incorporate into their daily lives.- Co-sponsorship of Okunitama Shrine Festival
- Collection drives for used stamps and unsent postcards
- We collect used stamps and unsent postcards and donate them to social welfare organizations in our community.
- Sending New Year greeting cards to elderly citizens who live alone (2008-)
- Under the initiative of the Minato Volunteer Center, we send handwritten New Year greeting cards to elderly citizens who live alone, in hopes of using love and happiness to dispel any loneliness they may feel in the New Year.
- Donating crayons to children in Afghanistan
- We saved up the points we earned from purchasing printer toners and exchanged them for crayons, which we then donated to JOICFP (Japanese Organization for International Cooperation in Family Planning), an organization that promotes the “Crayons to Afghanistan” project.
- Promotion of the use of personal chopsticks and collection of used disposable chopsticks
- As part of our initiatives to help conserve the environment, we encourage our employees to use personal chopsticks for lunch, as well as collect used disposable chopsticks for reuse in recycled paper.
- Co-sponsorship and participation in the Furusato (hometown) Clean-up Campaign (2008-)
- We co-sponsor a nationwide clean-up event promoted by Mainichi Shimbun and the NPO Fujisan Club. In 2009, we became a member of the planning committee, and in fiscal 2010, a total of 360 employees from Toshiba Group companies took part in cleaning the Arakawa Nakadote riverbank and areas around our plant.
- Offering public use of our facilities to the local community
- Offering the use of our premises to local elementary schools for outdoor learning
- Lights-out campaign
- We launched this annual lights-out campaign in 2003 to promote awareness of CO2 reduction by turning off signboards during the campaign.
- Donation to the Red Feather Community Chest
- Donation to the Green Fund
- Donation to the Japanese Red Cross Overseas Relief Fund
- Blood drives
- At the Fuchu Solutions Center, we invite a mobile blood drive unit to the facility every spring, and close to 100 employees cooperate in giving blood on each occasion.
- Blood drives
- At the Fuchu Engineering Center, we receive a mobile blood drive unit to the facility every summer and winter, and close to 100 employees cooperate in giving blood on each occasion.
- Installation of an emergency water tank
- We have installed an emergency water tank on our premises for use by the fire department in the event a fire occurs in our company or the neighborhood.
- Clean-up
- At the Fuchu Engineering Center, we implement a litter clean-up along roads to the nearest station every June.
- Participation in traffic safety campaigns
Toshiba South-Shutoken Branch
- Promoting the donation of plastic bottle caps
- We collect plastic bottle caps and donate them to Re Lifestyle, an NPO working to provide polio vaccines to developing countries.
- Blood drives
Toshiba System Technology Corporation
- PET bottle collection drive
- In addition to collecting plastic bottle caps to help conserve the environment and to promote recycling efforts, we contribute the earnings from their sales to initiatives for delivering vaccines to children in need around the world.
- Monthly clean-up around Toshiba Fuchu-minami C Building
- Collection drive for unsent postcards
- Employee fundraising for donation to the Green Fund
- Employee fundraising for donation to the Red Feather Community Chest
- Donation of PCs for reuse (2010)
- We donated seven idle PCs to welfare organizations and citizen's groups.
- Donation and installation of fire alarms (2008)
- Our previous president and employees raised a total of 424,500 yen to purchase and donate 110 fire alarm devices to homes of elderly citizens through the Fuchu municipal government, and employee volunteers helped install them.
TD Business Support Corporation
- Blood drives
T.D. P Inc.
- Participation in clean-up, blood drives and festivals hosted by Toshiba Fukaya Complex.
TEC Appliance
- Collection drive for used stamps, prepaid cards, PET bottle caps, etc.
Toshiba TEC Corporation
Social initiative fund with employee installment contributions
The “Toshiba TEC Social Contributions Fund” uses installment contributions employees make from their pay. The company matches these contributions and donates the total.
In 2007, a total of 1 million yen was given to social welfare facilities in 10 prefectures and another 1 million yen to the “International Skills Festival for All, Japan 2007.” In 2009, we gave 500,000 yen each to social welfare facilities in Ohito, Mishima and Osaki (places where Toshiba TEC has offices), 1 million yen to the Central Community Chest of Japan, 1.5 million yen to the Saitama Red Cross Blood Center, 500,000 yen to Save the Children Japan to celebrate its 60th anniversary, and 500,000 yen to the Keidanren Nature Conservation Fund.- Promotion of Pink Ribbon Campaign
- We have participated in the Pink Ribbon Campaign since 2009 along with the rest of the Toshiba Group. Twenty-three employees and family members at a walk during Pink Ribbon Month reminded people along the route about the need for breast cancer exams. Pink Ribbon paper cups, the purchase of which includes a donation, are used to serve beverages to visitors and have resulted in 20,400 yen in donations to the Japan Cancer Society.
- Science show visits
We visited elementary schools in Tokyo to provide environmental education classes in collaboration with Toshiba Science Museum and Toshiba TEC Solution Service. The experience-oriented classes by the GEMS Program helped children to learn by thinking for themselves and to have a better understanding of environmental issues.- Plant tours
We have given plant tours to 340 local elementary school, junior and senior high school students on school trips, and government officials. The tours were requested by groups wishing to know more about the people and production processes at our local plant.- Installation of “Heartful Vending Machines”
Vending machines that collect donations were installed, and the 241,052 yen collected was put to use in social welfare initiatives through a Tokyo community chest fund.- Summer evening festivals
These summer festivals are held in each area as a way to interact with local communities. Each year these are big events with plenty of programs for families to enjoy together.
Mishima Operations summer evening festival
Hadano Factory summer evening festival
Ohito Operations summer evening festival- Donation of uniforms (2010)
- We donated the uniforms of 1,200 female employees to the non-profit Japan Relief Clothing Center and Wakachiai Project, an NGO for international cooperation. These were put to use for refugees and disaster victims around the world.
- Hands-on exhibit of self-checkout system (2010)
We exhibited a self-checkout system in a summer vacation event at Sainokuni Kurashi Plaza in Saitama Prefecture. Many children and families got to experience shopping with such systems.- Donation of digital multi-function printers to international aid agency (2008)
- Clean-up
- An internal volunteer group began activities in 1992. It conducts clean-up of roads around business centers, nearby rivers, around facilities for persons with mental and physical disabilities, etc.
- Blood drives
- Blood drives are held once a year at main office and Ohito and Mishima Operations. Received award in 2004 from Health, Labour and Welfare Minister for more than 20 years of activities.
- Participation in Agenda Day 2008
- At request of Kanagawa Prefecture, exhibited at Agenda Day in Yokohama. Our exhibition consisted of panels on “E-blue: reduce paper waste by using erasable ink” and “Environment-conscious shopping (food mileage, consumption of local products, and not using plastic shopping bags).”
- “Little Dam in the Forest” project (2007-2009)
Endorsing Mishima City's plan for clean water and forests, we cooperated with their project to build a dam in the forests of the Hakone Mountains.
Toshiba TEC Solution Service
Courses at special-needs school
In order to provide an opportunity of learning to mentally handicapped children, our employees voluntarily teach at local special-needs schools. This project has become so popular since it started in 2009 that school teachers are now working aggressively on hands-on type learning, e.g., they hold a study class by developing what we taught to children, and they attend the instructor training seminar sponsored by Toshiba.- Voluntary instructor at “Open College Tokyo” (2010)
We dispatched voluntary instructors to an open college managed in the collaboration of universities, special needs schools, developmental disorder support centers, etc. and implemented such programs as "scientific crime detection" to provide an opportunity to experience and learn about science. Our activity was highly evaluated and received the “Judge's Special Award” of the First Career Education Award (Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry).- Support for implementing Kids' ISO environmental education program beyond company, and conducting it internally
- Since 2004, a total of 147 children of employees have undertaken to save energy at home, with eight earning an International Certificate for their projects. Additionally, five employees who are certified instructors have evaluated and given advice to 888 elementary school students and the company is providing funding for workbooks at their schools. We have also begun bringing courses to elementary schools where Kids' ISO has been implemented.
In 2008 we even sent a specialized instructor to Kuwait. In fiscal 2009, two children of employees earned the International Certificate as well as the company President's commendation for their outstanding environmental management skills. Additionally, employees have served as instructors to support the “Kids' ISO for School” program, which two local elementary schools are running to improve the environment in the school and its entire region. - Courses to go
We support a Saitama City project to strengthen math and science education. Employees and retirees living in the city act as volunteer teachers giving courses at two city elementary schools.- Video meeting between elementary schools (2009)
- Two elementary schools, one in Aomori and one in Tokyo, were connected through the Internet using Toshiba infrastructure. The students had a 90-minute video meeting and enjoyed interacting with their counterparts in a remote city.
- Cooperation with environmental event
- We donated giveaway items for environmental events held in Tokyo and the cities of Yokohama, Chiba, Utsunomiya and Kitakyushu. The flower pots and work gloves we donated were made from recycled uniforms. We also hosted booths and provided operational support for these events.
- Participation in “eco-driving contest” at all branch offices
- PET bottle cap collection drive
- Hokkaido area social initiatives (2009)
- Kansai area social initiatives (2009)
- Blood drives
TEC Information Systems Corporation
- Support for Kids' ISO environmental education program
This program helps children take the lead in reducing energy use at home. Employees with an instructor's license help students at elementary schools by evaluating and giving advice on their energy-saving plans. The company also provides funds for workbooks at school.- Internships for technical college and university students
- PET bottle cap collection drive
- Repeating a fiscal 2007 event, in fiscal 2008 we collected 84.4 kg of bottle caps to donate vaccines for children around the world.
TEC Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
- Waterway clean-up (2009)
- To preserve the appearance of the area, we cleaned the waterways running across the premises of the Nitta factory.
Toshiba TELI Corporation
- TELI Festival and interaction with community
In 2010, we invited local residents to the 35th edition of this event intended to deepen ties with the community.- Tour of head office factory
- Green Fund
- We are cooperating with forest maintenance and planting initiatives of a Tokyo council promoting plant cover, and donating 5,000 yen annually.
- PET bottle cap collection drive
- We endorse and collect caps for the non-profit Re Lifestyle's drive to donate vaccines for children of the world by collecting PET bottle caps.
- Support for charity concert by Masaaki Band, whose members all have visual disabilities in addition to other disabilities
- Clean-up around company
- Starting in 2000, we have cleaned up walkways, bus stops and more around the company once a month.
- Blood drives
- About 100 people take part each winter.
TER Corporation
- EXPO Eco-Money (2009)
- Two employees donated 150 points of Eco-Money (earned by using the subway) for planting trees.
- Company tour and hands-on learning for elementary school students (2008)
Five elementary school students (including children of employees) and their guardians took tours of Toshiba TEC's Ohito Operations and experienced working there.- Clean-up (2007-)
Employees clean up the area around the Repair Center in Saitama and the Kansai Complex.
TERM Corporation
Providing work for vocational aid center
Since 1999, the Mie Business Center has contracted work out to three vocational aid centers for people with physical or mental disabilities. Jobs include removing paper from coiled copper wire and aluminum rolls. Additionally, once a week we host visitors from these facilities to give them factory training, during which all 22 employees from plant manager on down help teach individuals how to do jobs like taking apart PCs. In 2005 we earned a special commendation from the mayor of Yokkaichi City.
In 2008 we held an event in which we all enjoyed New Year's foods together.
We hosted similar events at four vocational aid centers in 2009, with 60 employees participating and having interacting with persons with disabilities.- Tour of recycling facilities
Each year we host about 6,000 visitors, from elementary school students to adults and including some non-Japanese persons. We show our home appliance recycling facilities and endeavor continuously to raise interest in global environmental problems.- Plant tour and meeting event for local residents
Once a year, we invite representatives of local communities to show them new and expanded facilities and emergency drills while explaining our business operations.- Spring and summer festivals for interaction with the community
- Green tract maintenance around Irifune Operations
- Beautification and clean-up around plant
- Held twice a year, about 200 people participate each time.
TL Logistics Service Corporation
- Green Fund
Toshiba Tohoku Branch
- Contribution of bazaar items to Sendai Tsudoi-no-Ie (2008-)
- Items collected from employees were provided to local social welfare center Sendai Tsudoi-no-Ie to be sold at their bazaar. Proceeds were used to support community life of people with disabilities.
- 134-yen donations at Tohoku region Toshiba Group companies (2009)
- 133-yen donations at Tohoku region Toshiba Group companies (2008)
- Contributions of 133 yen, corresponding to the number of years since Toshiba's founding, were taken at 33 Toshiba companies in the Tohoku region and used to donate 42-inch LCD TVs to an elder care facility in Onagawa Town and a cultural center in Ishinomaki City.
- 132-yen donations at Tohoku region Toshiba Group companies (2007)
- Contributions of 132 yen, corresponding to the number of years since Toshiba's founding, were taken at 30 Toshiba companies in the Tohoku region and used to donate a 42-inch LCD TV and DVD/VTR recorder to a community support center for people with disabilities in Ishinomaki City.
- 131-yen donations at Tohoku region Toshiba Group companies (2006)
- Contributions of 131 yen, corresponding to the number of years since Toshiba's founding, were taken at 20 Toshiba companies in the Tohoku region and used to donate a 37-inch LCD TV and DVD/VTR recorder to a children's center in Ishinomaki City.
- PET bottle cap collection drive
- We have collected PET bottle caps and donated them to the non-profit Re Lifestyle to be used to purchase vaccines for children in developing countries. We held three collection drives in 2010, bringing in a total of 19,300 caps, equivalent to nine vaccine vials.
Toshiba Tokki Denshi Co., Ltd.
- NHK year-end charity event
- Each year, tens of thousands of yen are raised from employees and donated.
- PET bottle cap collection drive
- We put up a box in the office to accept PET bottle caps, which are used to sponsor polio vaccine for children around the world.
Toshiba Tourist
- Clean-up
Tokyo Electronic Systems Corporation
- Blood drives
Topcon Corporation
- Support for Special Olympics (loan of optometry equipment)
- Since 2004, we have supported “Opening Eyes,” a program that provides eye exams for mentally challenged athletes taking part in Special Olympics. We have loaned out optometry and eyeglass processing equipment free of charge.
- Offering field for local neighborhood council
- We give the local neighborhood council access to our field for evacuation drills, AED demonstrations and local festivals.
- Plant tours, workplace experiences and internships
We have provided hands-on workplace learning, internships and plant tours for students from elementary school to university level. Hands-on workplace learning includes doing assembly and boxing up goods, jobs that help students better understand work and society.- Topcon Green Christmas (2008-)
We have held events for local residents to enjoy a decorative lighting display powered by green energy on the premises. Children enjoy the Christmas night by taking pictures and playing a quiz with an employee dressed up as Santa Claus.- Christmas events (-2007)
Events were held on premises so that local people could enjoy a decorative lighting display. During the Christmas night festivities, everyone counted down the seconds until the lights were turned on, and children had their photos taken with an employee dressed as Santa.- Blood drives
- Cooperation with Itabashi Environmental Workshop
- We help in all stages from planning to event-day management at this event, where, together with local people, we can study global environmental problems.
- Support for recovery from Sichuan Earthquake in China (2008)
Group company employees raised funds, while the company donated devices for collecting aftershock data, etc., and dispatched workers.
Topcon Yamagata
- Workplace experiences and plant tours
- We host local junior and senior high school and university students for workplace experiences, internships and plant tours.
Tosei Electric Corporation
- Internships for senior high school students
- We host work experience internships for two second-year students from Shizuoka prefectural high schools. For three days they experience assembly and other factory tasks.
- Hosting of summer evening festival to foster interaction with community
- Clean-up
- Blood drives
- A total of 54 employees have donated 19,600 ml of blood at drives held twice a year.
Toshiba Trading Inc.
- Collection drive
- We collect telephone cards, stamps and prepaid cards for donation.
Toshiba Transport Engineering Inc.
- Participation in clean-up hosted by Toshiba Fuchu Complex and in fundraising
T.T. Business Services, Co., Ltd.
- PET bottle cap collection drive
- This event begun in July 2007 at the invitation of Toshiba TEC.
- Installation of “Heartful Vending Machines”
