This fiscal year, an initiative known as the “My Carbon Reduction Challenge” was held across the entire our Group, including overseas subsidiaries. For this initiative, individual employees declare what they can and should do to help reduce carbon dioxide, share photos after completing their activities, and collectively vote to determine which photos are the best of the best. In Malaysia, some employees declared that they would carpool with each other to get to work. The top five entries were presented with special prizes.

In Farmington Hills (United States), a toy exchange program was organized to collect donations of toys, books, stuffed animals, and other gently used items. The collected items were all donated to a local NPO and then delivered to children in foster care.

In Singapore, we collaborated with Daicel Singapore to conduct a program called “Think Global” to learn about SDGs through card and role-playing games. Participants indicated that they were able to learn about the importance of the economy and environment and of striking the right societal balance through this event.

In Raunheim (Germany), we introduced a bicycle leasing program to promote bicycle commuting for the purpose of reducing CO2 emissions. As there is no need to purchase their own bicycle, employees have found it easy to start commuting by bicycle and many of them have switched from commuting by public transportation or car to commuting by bicycle.

In Seoul (South Korea), we held an event for which six participating employees got to experience making organic soap. This event not only raised awareness among these employees of environmental issues through the use of naturally derived ingredients but also served as an opportunity to deepen interactions by having them work together.

In Kaohsiung, a total of 92 employees and their family members participated in Family Day, which is an event aimed at enhancing employee engagement and promoting health. On the day, participants rode bikes or jogged in order to work up a sweat before enjoying a barbeque to strengthen their bonds.

For the seventh consecutive year, we conducted “Mottainai Initiatives,” a program to collect items that people are no longer using at home and donate them to an NPO. In FY2024, the event was further scaled up with the addition of two new Daicel sites, and a total of 7,603 donated items were collected, exceeding the number donated the previous year.
*Mottainai means “What a waste!” in Japanese