We work in close cooperation with local communities to contribute to the sustainable development of society. At the same time, we carry out various social contribution activities (support for academic, cultural and sports activities, support for participation in volunteer activities, international contributions, etc.) to build bonds with local communities.
Living in Harmony with Local Communities
Support for People with Disabilities
The company carries out activities to contribute to social welfare, regularly accepting people for work experience from special needs schools and selling sweets and other products made at facilities for disabled people at each plant.
Traffic Safety Activities
As part of our traffic safety awareness activities, we distribute traffic safety textbooks to nearby elementary schools, have security guards watch over children on their way to school, and set up banners calling for traffic safety.
Tire Pressure Check Awareness Campaign
In April 2023, we held a Tire Pressure Check Awareness Campaign at a shopping center in Gifu Prefecture. Over the course of two days, approximately 320 drivers learned about the importance of air pressure management.
Nurturing the Next Generation
Support to Create Places for Children
We are providing ongoing support to citizen groups and other organizations that work to create places for children. In FY2022, we donated a total of 3.1 million yen and various educational equipment.
Sustainability Education for University Students
Some of our employees were invited to lecture on sustainability and technological development initiatives on Gifu Kyoritsu University’s Business Personnel Development course.
Supporting environmental learning at the Gifu Global Environment Institute
Environmental education was provided for local lementary school students and their parents to deepen their understanding of the relationship between cars and carbon neutrality.
The OGAWA Science and Technology Foundation
Established by the late Soichi Ogawa, the company founder, The OGAWA Science and Technology Foundation awards grants to researchers in universities, technical colleges, high schools, and other institutions in Gifu Prefecture each year to contribute to the promotion of science and technology and the development of local industries. In FY2023 the OGAWA Science and Technology Foundation provided 23 research grants totaling 14.19 million yen.
Sports Promotion
Soft Tennis Teams
Ogaki Minamo Softball Club
Ogaki Minamo Softball Club is operated by 11 supporting companies including our company and local governments, and belongs to the JD League of the Japan Women’s Softball League Organization. In addition, our President has been the Chairman of the “Ogaki Minamo Softball Club Support Association” since its establishment, and is making efforts to strengthen and develop the club.
Support for Motor Sports
Dakar Rally
Support for Disaster Prevention and Reconstruction
Cooperation in Disaster Prevention with Local Communities
If a disaster occurs, the company considers things like the provision of its organizational capabilities, materials, equipment and technology, rescue activities by employees, and the opening of company-owned facilities as temporary shelters, and promotes activities to build disaster-resistant areas in cooperation with local communities. In 2021, we signed a disaster prevention agreement with Ogaki City in Gifu Prefecture, where our head office is located, so that local residents of Ogaki City can use the cafeteria at our head office if there is a shortage of disaster evacuation sites.
Support for Disaster Reconstruction
Biodiversity
Pacific Satoyama Woodland
This activity was initially a ten-year plan that started in February 2009 to promote comprehensive satoyama development together with the region, including forest maintenance to protect the region’s safe, secure, and abundant living spaces, and the promotion of forest environmental education using satoyama. We extended the plan for a further ten years to 2029 in March 2019.
“Pacific Satoyama Woodland” is used as a place for forest environmental education and volunteer activities, and provides opportunities for people participating in these activities to learn about the relationship between people and nature, to raise awareness of recycling-oriented society and to deepen their understanding of forest and environmental issues.A total of 3,800 people participated in the projects with 1,665 trees planted to date.
“Pacific Satoyama Woodland” is divided roughly into two areas.
One is the “tree planting area,” where we plant trees such as oak and chestnut, which are deciduous broad-leaved trees that represent Japanese satoyama, and beautiful wild mountain cherry trees that decorate the satoyama, in consideration of the function and landscape of the satoyama.
The other is the “nursery area,” which carries out forest maintenance such as clearing, thinning, weeding and trail maintenance, and maintenance of the forest environmental education field.
Global
Support for Education in Developing Countries
Contribution to local community
Since 2022, Schrader-Bridgeport International, Inc. have been giving origami, a Japanese cultural craft, to children in our home state of Virginia. We created popular Japanese characters from paper and presented about 250 of them to the children so far.
Preservation of Local Cultural Heritage
Donated to the French cultural heritage site Château de Joux restoration project to contribute to the preservation of local cultural heritage. Along with SPF, we donated a total of 20,000 euros (approx. 2.5 million yen).
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