Employees collaborated with the Food Bank Singapore, a charity organization that provides food assistance to nursing homes and children’s homes, and they personally delivered 50 bags of assorted groceries to local families in need. Approximately 80% of our Singapore employees participated in these activities.

In Querétaro (Mexico), every employee participated in the collection of approximately 5,400 PET bottle caps for six months. These caps will be donated to a charitable organization, which will then recycle the caps into furniture and home goods. The proceeds were donated to support children fighting cancer.

In Seoul (South Korea), employees participated in a vegan soap making workshop, using only environmentally friendly, plant-based ingredients. Through this experience, employees deepened their understanding of the negative impacts that chemicals found in typical soaps on the market have on the environment. They also used the vegan soap they made.

In Hong Kong, 12 employees participated in the Fair Trade Coffee Game, a social contribution event held by a non-profit organization. Through lectures and group work, using the example of how coffee progresses from production to sale, they deepened their understanding and knowledge of fair trade.

We have carried out “Mottainai Initiatives” for five consecutive years, collecting items that are no longer being used at home and donating them to non-profit organizations. Until now, Polyplastics offices and plants in Tokyo, Fuji, Nagoya, and Osaka handled these initiatives, but starting FY2022, employees from Daicel also joined in, and we were able to collect 2.5 times more items for donation that in the previous fiscal year.

• *Mottainai means “What a waste!” in Japanese.