Basic Policy
We aim to contribute to local communities by taking advantage of our unique corporate characteristics, including our capacity to improve living environments and to offer opportunities for personal development. We take part in and support groups involved in activities of this nature. We also undertake our own community projects across the globe, tailoring them to local cultures and customs, and earning the trust of the international community.
Examples of Activities
In fiscal 2008, we undertook a number of community-based activities.
In the future, we will engage in activities that contribute to the local communities in which we operate. We will adopt a global perspective on the basis of our virtues of "Respect for Humanity" and "Harmony with Nature".
Protecting the global environment
[Launch of IBIDEN's Forest]
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In August 2008, an Agreement on Lively Forest Creation was signed with the Gifu Prefectural Government, the Ibigawa Town Government, and the Ibi Shizen Kankyo Rangers (a nonprofit organization) to embark on a reforestation initiative. |
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This includes tree planting, forest thinning, and improvement cutting. As an effort to protect the global environment, it aims to reconstruct a forest that is sustainable for the long term. |
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[Cleanup Activities in Surrounding Areas of Plants]
We operate cleanup activities in the areas surrounding our plants. All employees took part in the activities that contribute to environmental conservation.
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[Participation in Local Cleanup Activities]
Consisting of the IBIDEN Group's retired employees, the association called IBIDEN Tomonokai conducts annual local cleanup activities, both as an opportunity to meet with local residents and to protect the environment. Many IBIDEN Group employees take active part as volunteers in the activities organized by the public sector, including the Ogaki City Government, and local organizations.
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[Participation in the CO2 Reduction / Light-Down Campaign]
We take part in the CO2 Reduction / Light-Down (i.e. lights-off) Campaign being run by the Ministry of the Environment as a means to stop global warming. During the campaign period, the lights for the rooftop signboard at our Aoyanagi Plant were switched off at certain times.
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[The Cherry Tree Planting Project with IBIDEN Hungary]
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In 2008, IBIDEN Hungary undertook the Cherry Tree Planting Project as part of its activities to protect the environment and as a way to deepen ties with the local community. IBIDEN Hungary planted cherry trees around its premises together with the deputy mayor of the city of Dunavarsany and local primary schoolchildren. |
Fostering the next generation
[The IBIDEN Cup Youth Soccer Tournament]
To foster the next generation through sports, we organize a youth soccer tournament on Sports Day every year.
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[Support for the HIRO Gakuen Academy, a School for Brazilian Expatriates]
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In February 2007, we contributed financial aid to the HIRO Gakuen Academy, a school for Brazilian expatriates located in Ogaki, Gifu Prefecture, and the first of its kind in Japan to be recognized as an educational corporation. The donation covered part of the cost of purchasing textbooks. We will be continuing to offer support to the school. |
[IBIDEN Philippines' Used PC Donation to a State University]
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IBIDEN Philippines plans and executes partnerships with educational institutions in its local province of Batangas as part of its efforts to improve the regional educational environment. In March 2008, the company donated 30 used personal computers to Batangas State University. |
Contributing to social welfare and local communities
[Participation in the Mikoshi Parade in the Jumangoku Festival in Ogaki]
Every year in October, the IBIDEN Group takes part in Kigyo Mikoshi, a portable shrine parade with participants from local businesses, in the Jumangoku Festival that takes place in the city of Ogaki.
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[Support for the Ibigawa Marathon]
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We provide support for the Ibigawa Marathon, a sporting event that takes place in the town of Ibigawa-cho every November. In 2008, we contributed to organization of the event by making the parking facilities for our plant open to the public and by taking part in traffic control operations near the venue and volunteer activities at water supply stations. |
[Donation of Equipment and Fixtures to Welfare Facilities]
The IBIDEN Health Insurance Association has offered to a number of welfare facilities the necessary equipment and fixtures, which they select. In return, wonderful drawings produced by nursery school children have been offered to the Association and displayed in its office.
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[Fund-Raising to Support Rehabilitation from the Sichuan Earthquake and the Myanmar Cyclone Disaster]
On the occasion of our in-house event, fund-raising operations took place in the wake of the earthquake that struck the Chinese province of Sichuan and the Myanmar cyclone disaster. The money raised was donated to the Japanese Red Cross Society for rehabilitation and disaster relief activities in the devastated regions.
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[IBIDEN Hungary's Exchange with Local Primary Schools]
Since its launch in 2004, IBIDEN Hungary has been inviting local primary schoolchildren on factory tours as a means of building better ties with the local community and offering them an opportunity to experience the wonder of manufacturing. The company also accepts invitations to events held at primary schools, as opportunities to exchange with the school's Japanese language club and build friendly relations.
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