Social Contributions
Local Communities (Efforts of the Kaneka Group)
Kaneka Group engages in highly open and transparent corporate activities to build strong ties with communities and deepen stakeholder understanding as a good corporate citizen.
With Local Communities and Environmental Initiatives
＜Kaneka＞
Since September 2016, we have sponsored the Japan Century Symphony Orchestra as a corporate supporter.
In addition to regular concerts, the orchestra focuses on community-based activities, such as educational programs to encourage children to become more familiar with music, and outreach concerts at hospitals and special needs schools.
Touch the Orchestra
Playing a handmade trumpet
＜Kaneka, Taiyo Yushi Corporation＞
As a company using palm oil, gained full membership in the RSPO (Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil), a global non-profit organization that aims to promote sustainable palm oil production and use, focusing on the environment and human rights.
Taiyo Yushi Corporation participated as a board company in the Japan Sustainable Palm Oil Network (JaSPON), founded to accelerate the procurement and consumption of sustainable palm oil in the Japanese market.
＜All parent manufacturing sites, Group companies in Japan and overseas＞
- Implemented cleanup activities in the various regions and around plants.
＜Osaka Manufacturing Site＞
- Participated in training for Settsu City firefighters, offered training on pumping, relaying, and spraying water from natural water sources.
＜Kashima Manufacturing Site＞
- Held tours of the mega-solar power generation facilities on plant grounds.
- Controlled traffic at crosswalks along school routes of a neighborhood elementary school.
＜OLED Aomori Co., Ltd.＞
- Provided corporate sponsorship for a community soccer club.
＜Kaneka Africa Liaison Office＞
- Held teaching workshops for local beauticians to raise awareness of the importance of quality and teach how to run a beauty salon.
Workshops
＜Kaneka Sun Spice Corporation＞
- Supported production of newsletters for local disaster prevention and safety associations.
- Donated to Red Feather Community Chest.
＜Kaneka Takasago Service Center Co., Ltd.＞
- Grew vegetables on facility grounds, sold them and donated the proceeds to Takasago City Goodwill Bank. Also provided vegetables for free to children’s cafeterias.
＜Kaneka Tohoku Styrol Co., Ltd.＞
- Co-sponsored local summer festivals.
- Donated to Japan National Council of Social Welfare to promote community welfare.
- Donated to Oirase Town Community Chest Council.
＜Kaneka Hokkaido Styrol Co., Ltd.＞
- Co-sponsored local festivals.
- Donated to Red Feather Community Chest.
＜Kaneka Hoken Center Co., Ltd.＞
- Donated to organizations such as intractable disease treatment support centers and scholarship funds for orphans.
- Co-sponsored local Tenjin Festival.
＜Kaneka (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd.＞
- Participated in engagement sessions to discover local talent and connect talent with industry demand.
- Co-sponsored commemorative ceremony of National University of Malaysia and participated as forum panelist.
- Built partnership with the Pahang Ministry of Environment, participated in and supported programs for regional safety and river conservation.
＜Kaneka Medix Corporation＞
- Provided parking for local events.
＜Showa Kasei Kogyo Co., Ltd.＞
- Sponsored local soccer team. To foster healthy youth development and deepen ties with the local community, employees also participated in team matches as athletes and joined in junior school activities.
＜Taiyo Yushi Corporation＞
- Supported Cosmetics Bank Project, offering free surplus cosmetics to economically disadvantaged people.
- Participated in and co-sponsored events held by Yokohama City and Hiratsuka Ward Office to help bring about a sustainable society.
- Donated Taiyo Yushi products to support local events.
Cosmetics Bank Project
＜HiHua Fiber Co.,Ltd.＞
- Employees donated blood.
- Donated drinking water to volunteers.
Donating drinking water
＜Tokyo Kaneka Foods Manufacturing Corporation＞
- Participated in firefighting drills using water-based fire extinguishers at local fire department headquarters.
Firefighting training
- Placed ads in regional government magazines and helped disseminate government information. Distributed to all households in town.
＜Tochigi Kaneka Corporation＞
- Employees donated blood.
International Contributions
＜Kaneka＞
- As corporate partner, have continued to support the school meal program of the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) since 2013. In Africa, the largest market for Kanekalon synthetic performance fibers, supported school meals, aimed at increasing school registration rates and academic success, and distributed take-home meals aimed at encouraging school attendance in areas where girls’ attendance rate is low.
- Sponsored WFP Charity Essay Contest 2021 hosted by the United Nations WFP. Kaneka and Kaneka Sun Spice Corporation co-sponsored WFP Walk the World in Osaka 2021.
＜Takasago Manufacturing Site, Osaka Manufacturing Site, Shiga Manufacturing Site, Tochigi Kaneka Corporation＞
- Continued to participate in the social contribution activities of Table for Two (TFT) by donating 20 yen for every TFT lunch bought at company cafeterias to school meals for children in developing countries. In fiscal 2021, made a donation of 213,420 yen equivalent to 10,671school meals.
System of TFT
TFT menu (Shiga Manufacturing Site)
Awards and Certifications
＜Takasago Manufacturing Site＞
- Received Takasago City Commendation Award for donations to the city.
＜Osaka Manufacturing Site＞
- Received Excellence Award in Settsu City Green Curtain contest.
＜Kashima Manufacturing Site＞
- Certified as a Sports Supporter Company recognizing proactive efforts to promote employee health through sports.
＜Kaneka Hoken Center Co., Ltd.＞
- Recognized as 2022 Health & Productivity Management Outstanding Organization (Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises Category).
＜Kaneka (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd.＞
- At AIGA 2020 award ceremony co-hosted by Malaysia Productivity Board and Integrated Institute of Integrity Malaysia, received Gold Medal for governance and anti-bribery initiatives and policies.
＜Kaneka Medix Corporation＞
- Kanagawa Office received Director’s Excellence Award in Kanagawa Labor Bureau Health and Safety Awards ceremony.
＜Kaneka Your Health Care Co., Ltd.＞
- Employees received letter of appreciation from police chief for preventing damage from unconventional fraud.
- Recognized as 2022 Health & Productivity Management Outstanding Organization (Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises Category).
＜Sanvic Inc.＞
- Received letter of appreciation from fire chief for taking appropriate life-saving measures for a person in cardiopulmonary arrest.
＜Shinka Shokuhin Co., Ltd.＞
- Received an award for excellent food hygiene facilities from Governor of Akita Prefecture recognizing improvement in food hygiene.
＜Taiyo Yushi Corporation＞
- Received a meritorious service award from Yokohama City Disaster Prevention Association for recognizing the importance of daily fire and disaster prevention and proactive disaster prevention activities.
＜HiHua Fiber Co.,Ltd.＞
- Received an award from All-China Federation of Trade Unions recognizing contributions to the organization.
＜Tokyo Kaneka Foods Manufacturing Corporation＞
- Received accident-free record certificate from Tokorozawa District Labor Standards Association for efforts to prevent industrial accidents for 1.24 million hours from May 24, 2018 to October 15, 2021.
- Maintained Silver Certification for excellence in health management from Tokyo Federation of Health Insurance Societies.
＜Tochigi Kaneka Corporation＞
- Received Accident-Free Organization award from Japan Chemical Industry Association.
