Social Contribution Activities

Management Approach

As a company that engages in a broad range of businesses domestically and overseas, the Kawasaki Group believes that as a member of communities, we have a responsibility for making active contributions to the communities in which we operate. Additionally, in the context of the SDGs adopted by the UN in 2015, expectations for corporations are high with respect to realizing sustainable societies. Based on the Kawasaki Group Social Contribution Activities Policy, we are committed to pushing forward with our social contribution activities that leverage our human resources, technologies, and capital and are highly synergistic with our business activities.

The Kawasaki Group implements social contribution activities in various fields based on the Group Mission, “Kawasaki, working as one for the good of the planet.” We take advantage of our strengths and the capabilities of our employees for such activities. The key areas of our social contribution activities are as below.

1. The Kawasaki Group, as a corporate citizen, constructs good relationships with local communities and contributes to their development.
2. The Kawasaki Group supports the next generation who lead the future technology.
3. The Kawasaki Group preserves the environment and achieves sustainable society.

The Kawasaki Group

Key Areas in Our Social Contribution Activities

We carry out activities to support sports, arts, and cultural events as well as community exchange, mostly in regions where we have offices or works. Our aim through these activities is to contribute to the sustenance and development of local communities along with improving our presence in these communities.

As a company that specializes in technological development and its widespread application, employees of the Kawasaki develop science education programs and hold handicraft and experiment courses for elementary and junior high school students. In addition, the Miraihon^* project to develop the next generation of human resources has been launched for high school students by Kawasaki employee volunteers. By carrying out these activities on a continuous and regular basis, we both contribute to building children's interest as well as to improvements in employee communication skills and motivation.

* "Mirai" in Miraihon means "future" in Japanese.

The Kawasaki Group continues to carry out “corporate forestation activities” in both Tokyo and in Hyogo Prefecture to preserve the natural environment of traditional satoyama woodlands, while also publicly announcing the amount of CO₂ absorbed through these activities each year. We have additionally commenced initiatives toward registration of Nationally Certified Sustainably Managed Natural Sites* and are furthering activities that will facilitate the maintenance and restoration of biodiversity, such as establishing biotopes within our business premises and in surrounding areas. We have undertaken these initiatives and activities toward achieving Nature Positive by 2030, the global goal for biodiversity conservation. The Kawasaki Group will continue to strive to realize a society that coexists with nature, while promoting environmentally conscious management.

* Nationally Certified Sustainably Managed Natural Sites: Areas which the Government of Japan certifies as promoting biodiversity conservation through private-sector and other initiatives.

We quantify the performance of main activities in the key areas of our social contribution activities as KPI to make further improvements to the effectiveness of these activities.

Facilitating Employee Participation in Social Contribution Activities

In April 2024, Kawasaki Heavy Industries adopted a disaster volunteer leave system to allow employees to take up to ten days of special leave to participate in volunteer activities in response to natural disasters, thereby supporting employee participation in social contribution activities. We additionally offer the Kawasaki Volunteer Network, an internal organization, to further support employee participation in a wider range of volunteer activities, including those relating to natural disasters. In order to enable employees to join in volunteer activities to benefit the region and society in general, this organization strives for collaboration with local governments, social welfare councils, and other organizations.