Social Contributions Activities Japan[V-Z]

Traffic safety initiatives

Security guards help elementary school children safely cross the street in front of company premises.

Clean-up initiative

Four times a month, 200 employees clean up the area around the factory.

Blood Drive Financial aid for victims of the Niigata-Chuetsu earthquake (in 2007)

PET bottle cap collection drive

Collection boxes were placed at each office for six months, which resulted in the collection of 301,000 caps (equivalent of vaccinations for 375 people). They were donated to the non-profit organization, Ecocap Movement, which in turn provides vaccinations to children in developing countries.

Donation of pocketbooks and calendars

Approximately 1,300 unused pocketbooks and calendars, part of the gifts we received around New Years, were donated to social welfare organizations and kindergartens through the Social Welfare Council of Yokkaichi City.

Kids’ ISO14000 Program

Cooperating to the “Kids’ ISO” program promoted by Mie prefecture to encourage awareness of environmental issues among children. In 2007, four employees acquired an instructor license and visited schools to provide easy to understand classes on environmental problems.

Summer Festival communication with local residents Environment Liaison Committee

The overall conditions and environmental activities of the facility are reported once a year to invited members of the local residents’ association. there was also a tour of the manufacturing building and environmental facility under construction and free discussions.

Plant tours for overseas students

Introduced the cutting-edge technologies and environmental protection activities of the operations to overseas students visiting the Operations.

Clean-up initiative around the factory

Clean-up day held periodically, especially during Environment Month and the 3R (Reduce, Reuse, Recycle) Promotion Month.

Blood Drive

Visits from Sugita Elementary School on their environmental field trips

Every year Grade 5 students tour the lagoon and recycling center and carry out scientific experiments.

Discussion of environmental issues with Kanto Gakuin University Economics Department (in 2007) Summer festival communication with local residents Clean-up

On the first Monday of every month, employees clean up the road from the office to nearby train station during the lunch break.

Blood Drive Providing work experience for junior high school students (in 2008)

Provided two junior high school students with the opportunity to experience the dry wafer process in a clean room environment.

Interactions with local communities in relation to nuclear power and environmental protection measures

Explained to local elementary school teachers and neighborhood apartment residents about public acceptance (PA) of nuclear power and environmental protection initiatives to improve their understanding of the issue, as well as exchanged information with local companies on the issue.
In 2006 as part of CSR Month initiative, local residents, schoolchildren, university students, businesses and individuals from employment organizations for the mentally challenged were invited to the company to hold a dialogue.

Loan of gymnasium facility (in 2006)

The gymnasium was made available for use as a practice area during an international basketball tournament for the children with mental challenges.

Commemorative tree-planting for the completion of a new school building (in 2005)

An elementary school has been using fields of the Complex for their PE classes while the school was under construction. Upon completion of a new school building, the Complex held a tree-planting event. A hand-made commemorative panel was presented to the Complex from the students as a token of gratitude.