We collaborate with local government agencies, educational and research institutions, and other organizations to promote science, technology, education, culture, and welfare in local communities. In addition, by voluntarily and continuously promoting various activities such as donating to universities, medical institutions, NPOs and other organizations, and helping with efforts involving crime prevention and traffic safety, we make contributions to communities and society.
Local Communities
Sanyo Chemical Group has adopted the following as one of its material issues (materialities)
Material issues (materialities) on strengthening of foundations
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| Classification | Material issues (materialities) |
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Society Support diversity by creating a society where everyone can shine by their personality |
Create innovations by supporting value creation in industry, culture, and education |
Contributions to Kyoto
Our company actively contributes to Kyoto based on our belief that, as a chemical company that has grown up in Kyoto, we want to contribute to promoting greater activity in the city by leveraging what we do best.
As part of our contribution to Kyoto's traditional industries, in FY2024 we collaborated with the Kyoto Municipal Institute of Industrial Technology and Culture to study ways to accelerate the hardening of lacquer coatings.
Through the Sanyo Chemical Foundation for Social Contribution, we also make donations to cultural revitalization projects and community support initiatives in Kyoto.
On-site Chemistry Classes
In each region where our facilities are located, young employees from our research laboratories and factories serve as teachers, giving on-site chemistry classes at elementary schools for the purpose of fostering the next generation. In FY2024, we conducted lessons at a total of 10 schools in the Kyoto area (Head Office/Research Laboratory, Katsura Research Laboratory) and the areas surrounding the Nagoya and Kashima factories.
On-site Chemistry Classes Held in FY2024
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| District | Number of schools | Date conducted | School & event name | Target grade （year） |
Participants （people） |
Participants total （people） |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kyoto area | 5 | November 21,2024 | Kameoka City Shoutoku Elementary School | 6 | 57 | 276 |
| December 6,2024 | Kyoto City Higashiyama Izumi Elementary and Junior High School |
6 | 79 | |||
| January 10,2025 | Uji City Kitaogura Elementary School | 5 | 32 | |||
| January 15,2025 | Kyoto City Shoho Elementary School | 5 | 57 | |||
| January 22,2025 | Kyoto City Daiyon Kinrin elementary school | 5 | 51 | |||
| Nagoya Factory | 2 | December 3,2024 | Tokai City Nawa Elementary School | 5 | 133 | 211 |
| December 13,2024 February 13,2025 |
Tokai City Ryokuyo Elementary School | 5 | 78 | |||
| Kashima Factory | 3 | October 11,2024 | Kamisu City Suda Elementary School | 5 | 37 | 171*2 |
| November 16,2024 | Workshop Collection in Cali Fes Kamisu | Elementary and Junior High School Students | 50*1 | |||
| November 12,2024 | Kamisu City Ikisu Elementary School | 5 | 84 |
- Estimated event participants
- Includes estimated event participants
Activities in Thailand
Sanyo Kasei (Thailand) Ltd. has continuously provided scholarships to nearby elementary schools. The Company has also actively engaged in efforts to improve the lives of local communities, which include donating solar streetlights to eight areas of a community health park in Rayong Province, Thailand, and giving gifts to children from low-income households on Children's Day.
Donation of scholarships to nearby elementary schools
Donation of solar streetlights
Social Contributions
The Sanyo Chemical Group proactively engages in social contribution activities based on its social contribution policy to solve social issues according to the actual conditions of each country and local communities.
≫ Social Contribution Policy
≫ Sanyo Chemical Foundation for Social Contribution (Japanese only)
Sanyo Chemical Forestry
We have been conducting the Sanyo Chemical Forestry in Wazuka Town, Soraku District Kyoto Prefecture since FY2009 (the 60th anniversary of our founding) as a part of the Kyoto Model Forest Initiative. Conducted by Kyoto Prefecture, the initiative seeks to protect and nurture Kyoto's forests together with Kyoto citizens who have been benefited from the forest's bounties. These activities to protect the local environment have been continuously supported by the Sanyo Chemical Foundation for Social Contribution established in 2019.
New employee training
28th Forestry Activity
≫ Sanyo Chemical Foundation for Social Contribution | Sanyo Chemical Forestry (Japanese only)
≫ ESG Data > Social > Social contributions | Sanyo Chemical Forestry
Terraced Rice Field Preservation
San Chemical Co., Ltd. has been contributing to environmental conservation through rice farming in Futagotanada, Chiba Prefecture. The Company plants rice at around the end of April, cuts grass every month, and harvests the rice from the end of August through early September. The harvested rice is distributed to the employees who worked the fields, as well as donated to a local children's cafeteria. Field work was conducted on 11 occasions in FY2024, with 77 participants harvesting 280 kg of rice (90 kg of which was donated to a local children’s cafeteria) from 400 m² of rice fields.
Donations
Through the Sanyo Chemical Foundation for Social Contribution, Sanyo Chemical makes donations according to its social contribution policy. Some donations are made based on requests by Sanyo Chemical's businesses, while others are donations that Sanyo Chemical itself wishes to make.
Donations
(Unit: million yen)
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| FY2020 | FY2021 | FY2022 | FY2023 | FY2024 | ||
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| Total social contribution expenditures | 24.2 | 36.4 | 34.9 | 30.1 | 25.6 | |
| Donations by item |
1. Support for academic promotion centered on chemistry | 14.8 | 27.0 | 14.1 | 13.6 | 11.6 |
| 2. Support for human resource development | 3.1 | 0.3 | 2.3 | 3.3 | 3.9 | |
| 3. Support for the preservation of art and culture, etc. mainly in Kyoto | 0.5 | 1.0 | 4.1 | 4.0 | 4.0 | |
| 4. Support for and collaboration on environmental conservation activities | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 2.2 | |
| 5. Support for and collaboration on social contribution activities wherever possible according to local social needs in each country and region | 4.2 | 6.5 | 13.0 | 7.6 | 3.9 | |
- Expenditures by Sanyo Chemical Foundation for Social Contribution
Support for Paralym Art
We support the independence of artists with disabilities as an official partner of Paralym Art, which is operated by the Shougaisha Jiritsu Suishin Kikou Association. Paralym Art is an activity that promotes the social participation and economic independence of people with disabilities through artistic expression.
Receipt of CSR Award
Sanyo Kasei (Thailand) Ltd. has received the CSR-DIW Continuous Award for 10 consecutive years since 2015 as an organization that actively engages in social responsibility initiatives, adheres to ethical business practices, and actively contributes to the welfare of society and the environment.
CSR-DIW Continuous Award