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Shonan International Marathon

Again in 2023, Azbil Sponsors Race

Azbil Corporation will be a sponsor of the 18th Shonan International Marathon, which will be held on December 3, 2023. Starting with the first running of the race, Azbil has sponsored the event 18 times in a row.

The Shonan International Marathon debuted in March 2007 as Kanagawa Prefecture’s first marathon. About 17,000 runners participated last year, when some 73 runners and 32 volunteers from the azbil Group joined the race. Both veterans and first-timers enjoyed running the ocean-view course.

Azbil aims for better employee health through participation in the Shonan International Marathon. In addition, by means of environmental conservation activities and analysis of the event’s environmental impact, Azbil continuously works toward achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Azbil Works to Make the Race Eco-friendly

At the time of the second Shonan International Marathon in 2008, sponsors and organizations with an interest in the environment launched an “Eco-Friendship” project to foster an environmentally friendly attitude in all the people involved in the race. Azbil plays a leading role in this project by collecting trash at the race site for resource recovery and by hosting various workshops aimed at raising environmental awareness.

Azbil operated an eco-café at the race site for the purpose of educating visitors about the environment. For those who declared their participation in eco-friendly activity, the café offered freeze-dried oshiruko.

Also, as a part of the Eco-Friendship project, azbil Group employees participated in an Eco-Runner/Eco-Sweeper project to increase runners’ environmental awareness. These runners collected trash as they ran.

Azbil is also responsible for analyzing the environmental impact of the Shonan International Marathon, and it helps in various ways to make the race environmentally friendly. For example, Azbil provides carbon offsets by donating its carbon credits to offset the race’s CO2 emissions.

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