Community Involvement and Development Local Community Activities at Fujikura Plant in Japan Head Office and Other Sites in the Fukagawa District Cooperation in Local Cinema Festival As one of our CSR activities supporting progress and development of local culture for FY2016, the Fujikura group cooperated in the Koto Cinema Festival. This was the 10th Koto Cinema Festival, and was held for three days starting on January 7th of 2017 at the Koto Ward Furuishiba Culture Center near our main office. This cinema festival is intended to nurture new culture, and is planned and executed with the combined efforts of citizen groups and local government on the theme "Let's make Fukagawa a movie town." The town lives up to the example of locally born movie director, Yasujiro Ozu. Participation in the Local Community's Furuishiba Children's Festival Fujikura participated in the local Furuishiba Children's Festival, held on July 2nd of 2016, and hosted an event to go see the kingfishers in the "Fujikura Kiba Millennium Woods" bio-garden. 20 elementary students and their parents saw the Millennium Woods' kingfishers. Weekly Dispatch of Information about the Millennium Woods On the Fujikura-Kiba Millennium Woods website established as part of the CSR website of Fujikura Ltd., we post a weekly journal to introduce seasonal changes observed in the bio-garden with brief comments and photos. Website (Japanese only) http://www.forest1000.fujikura.jp/nikki/index.html Annual Blood Donation Activities As in the previous fiscal year, we cooperated in the blood donation activity conducted by the Japan Red Cross Society with the participation of 86 employees in the Fukagawa district, where the head office is located. Cooperation with Local Community Fire Fighting Events On March 4th of 2017, the Fire Plaza in Fukagawa 2017 event was held at Fukagawa Gatharia as part of the Spring Disaster Prevention Exercises. Fujikura assisted with preparation and other needs. Many local residents participated in varied events like riding on a ladder truck, experiencing a simulated earthquake,, and evacuation practice in a smoke-filled space. The event also hosted powerful performances of high-elevation rescue and emergency evacuation fire-fighting techniques, full discharges of water tanks, and more. Experience potato digging in Bio-Garden "Fujikura Kiba Millennium Woods Our company invited about 30 kindergarten children and their guardians to the Biotope "Fujikura-Kiba Millennium Woods" for a potato digging event. The children were able to learn about the wonder of “living things” as well as the role of the “Millennium Woods” Biotope. FUKAGAWA GATHARIA Concludes Reassurance Agreement with Municipality FUKAGAWA GATHARIA was created as part of redevelopment project of Fujikura's former Fukagawa plant and has now become an office and shopping complex that attracts many people. FUKAGAWA GATHARIA has concluded a reassurance agreement with Koto Ward on the use of GATHARIA's facility as a temporary evacuation shelter in case of a flood due to Tsunami or other causes. Fukagawa Gatharia Community Investments The Fukagawa Gatharia was born from redevelopment of Fujikura's former Fukagawa plant. Completed in 2010, the facility is intended as "a place where people gather" that will fuse and develop rich bayside culture of Fukagawa-era Koto with hopes for the waterfront's future. Six years after the Fukagawa Gatharia's completion, Fujikura (Real Estate Co.) invests in the local community every year through a number of events and activities intended to stimulate activity. These are conducted in addition to investment in the form of ongoing maintenance of the "6 rest spaces" inside the Fukagawa Gatharia on behalf of numerous office workers within the facility and community members nearby. A summary of those investments is listed below. [Summary of Fukagawa Gatharia Community Investments] FY2016 Community investment value 96,570,000 yen Greenery promotion maintenance management 100 million yen Maintenance cost of bio-garden "Fujikura Kiba Millennium Woods" 10,520,000 yen Domestic Workplaces Sakura Plant's CSR Activities -Exhibit at Sakura Manufacturing Fest 2016 The Sakura plant exhibited at the Sakura Manufacturing Fest 2016 for two days on May 14th and 15th of 2016. The Sakura Manufacturing Fest hosts many events like the Industry Exhibits introducing various products and techniques of workers in Sakura city with easy-to-understand panels, samples, and demonstrations; as well as the Agriculture, Business, and Service Industry Exhibition and Sale which offers products from industrial artists, city restaurants, and boutiques. The Sakura plant held an explanation of techniques and development used in products like optical fiber, superconductors, heat pipes, solar batteries, and fiber lasers. People from children to adults enjoyed the event. -Local Environment Maintenance In May and October of 2016, the Sakura plant called on members of the Sakura Industrial Park Liaison Council - which the plant acts as head office for - and cleaned areas from the train station to the industrial park with the participation of 160 people from 40 companies. -Opening of the Exciting Children's Field Trip The Sakura plant again held a summer vacation field trip tour of the workplace for children of employees on August 26th of 2016. The aim of the field trip is to increase interest in science by letting children see, touch, and experience research and development, and to let the children see how important the manufacturing skills in the plant are to society. This time, in response to the children's requests, we also let them visit the employee cafeteria. The children really enjoyed seeing their fathers and mothers working. Suzuka Plant's CSR Activities -Anti-Disaster Activities at the Suzuka Plant On October 6th of 2016 at the Suzuka plant, we implemented anti-disaster training for a hypothetical large earthquake. Practice was held for all working employees on plant grounds to confirm evacuation routes from the first to the third evacuation sites and to test communication in the case of emergency. There was also training from the volunteer fire brigade on treatment of wounded and fire extinguisher operation, as well as actual operation training in the use of external fire hydrants. After the training, we received a review from the local fire chief and our goal is to hold varied anti-disaster training to prepare ourselves for the occurrence of unforeseen disasters as well as to learn the basic knowledge for emergency situations. Also, on March 31st of 2017, we implemented CPX (Command Post eXercise) training according to the workplace BCP. We examined whether the workplace emergency management headquarters' systems were effective with the goal of checking the proficiency of assembly in an emergency, headquarters set up, and the accumulation, arrangement and consolidation of information. The training was to determine how well communications handled changing information between action and preparations teams and headquarters, including both directions to teams and damage reports to headquarters. The problems that were identified in this training were dealt with and improved upon, and will be used in training for unforeseen situations in the future. The Numazu Plant's CSR Activities -Senbonhama Coast Cleaning On June 10, 2016, we cleaned the Numazu city Senbonohama coast by Fujikura, Meidensha and Ricoh. This activity drains the water discharged from each facility to the Shinnaka river, and since it reaches the final Senbonhama coast, we conduct cleanup throughout the year in conjunction with the environmental month. We were able to recover the plastic products, wood scraps, bottles and cans scattered on the coast this year. -Acceptance of Plant Tours As part of Shizuoka University's learning curriculum, we took a tour of the Numazu plants at the request of the university so that the students can deepen their understanding of actual work and workplaces for research and studies. We have accepted a total of 60 visitors, we divided into 3 groups and carried out tours within the works, asked questions in the question and answer session, and got a meaningful plant tour. Ishioka Plant's CSR Activities -Fukushima Bus Tour Conducted At the Ishioka plants, bus tours are conducted at industrial parks with offices. This year 's manager company is our company, I made the destination of this bus tour Iwaki city Fukushima prefecture. This is what we realized, thanks to the understanding and understanding of our group's "Let's go to Fukushima!" Campaign to all industrial parks. -Support Work of the Disabled by Purchasing Bread The Ishioka works provides a place for intellectually challenged students to sell breads made by them at a bread making facility operated by “Heartful Village” which is a local disabled support facility. The bread is sold twice a week during lunch time at the employee cafeteria. Next>>
