Toward Harmony with Nature

Given that our business is manufacturing products, we do so thanks to the blessings of nature such as materials and water; if our business leaves nature destroyed, the construction of a sustainable society will become impossible.
We contribute to regional society in the following ways.

Biodiversity Initiatives

Corporate Foresting Movement

Given that our business produces CO2 emissions, it is part of our corporate social responsibility to protect the forests which absorb CO2. Hanamaki Plant (TOHOKU NITTO KOGYO CORPORATION at the time) signed a convention in 2012 with Iwate Prefecture and Hanamaki City on corporation-led forest maintenance activities, conserving five hectares of municipally owned forest on Mt. Koshio in Hanamaki City.
Koshiozan, which also appears in Miyazawa Kenji's tanka poem "The Hill," is the site of frequent events and plays host to many visitors yearly. We regularly mow the grass and tend the plants at this location, also a place to relax for many residents, in order to conserve the environment.

Removing Non-native Species

We are supported by the blessing (biosystem service) of the natural environment. However, rapid extinctions are threatening this environment, caused in some cases by the invasion of non-native species. In particular, the lance-leaved coreopsis is tough enough to drive out native Japanese flora, listed as a "designated invasive alien species" in the Act on the Prevention of Adverse Ecological Impacts Caused by Designated Invasive Alien Species.
At Headquarters, the move toward a green "park-factory" involves being careful to prevent the lance-leaved coreopsis from taking root and removing other non-native species.

Participation in regional cleaning activities

In advance of Expo 2005 Aichi, with its theme of the environment, Nagakute City has been holding cleaning activities ("Ai-N Clean") since 2003, in order to "keep our visitors comfortable."
The activities now cover the entire city, with some 600 participants from citizens and organizations in December 2024. Eleven headquarters staff participated for the Ichigahora district.
Through consistent participation, we continue to expand the regional circle and contribute to making the city a better place to live.

Participation in "Operation Clean"

Every year, staff from our Hanamaki Plant participate in the "Operation Clean" held by Hanamaki City, Iwate Prefecture.
In FY2024, almost twenty Hanamaki Plant staff took part, covering a wide area mainly around the plant, including commuting routes and sidewalks.
We plan to continue working to keep regional areas clean and beautiful.

Participation in tree-felling work

Toward the basic philosophy of "creating a sustainable water circulation society" in Shizuoka Prefecture, groundwater conservation measures are being taken in order to achieve stable use and conservation of groundwater.
As a user of groundwater, our Iwata Plant is a part of the Chuen Regional Groundwater Response Council and cooperates with various environmental conservation activities.
In FY2024, we felled trees within the lake at Okegayanuma, known as a "dragonflies' paradise," in Iwata City, Shizuoka Prefecture.