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Based on the Group’s “human-centered automation” concept for helping communities, enriching individual lives and promoting environmental protection, we actively contribute to the welfare of our fellow citizens through environmental protection, education, health and welfare, and community initiatives.

In fiscal 2007, ended March 31, 2008, Yamatake worked to realize safety, comfort and fulfillment in people’s lives and to help create a better global environment under its “human-centered automation” concept for Group companies. We reconfirmed these policies through social contribution activities in the communities where we live and work. We also recognize the need to actively promote social responsibility as a good corporate citizen and will remain actively engaged in pursuits that help the community.


Taking into account our strengths and special characteristics as a company and the needs of society around us, we decided in fiscal 2006 to focus our social contribution efforts into four particular fields: environment, education, health and welfare, and community initiatives.

• Environment: We promote energy-saving and educational activities on environmental matters and instigate clean-up campaigns for beaches and mountains as part of our environmental support initiatives.
• Education: We provide educational opportunities through personal participation in projects, principally in the environmental field for elementary school students, and promote local community activities for youth.
• Health and Welfare: Activities include visits by employees, their families and the Company’s club and volunteer groups to day-service care facilities.
• Community: Activities include support for local sporting events (promoting environmental awareness, collecting and separating garbage, and other pursuits), PC refurbishment and donation and assistance with disaster recovery.

Whereas our activities were run by our social contribution secretarial team, in fiscal 2007 we established the Social Contribution Subcommittee under the administration of the CSR Promotion Committee to establish basic policies for social welfare activities, to set up systems for contribution and to flexibly and systematically design and promote social welfare programs. Our efforts geared toward social contribution are as outlined below.

In the four areas of environment, education for youth, health and welfare, and community initiatives, we have been promoting a number of measures to contribute to society. Here, we introduce some of these activities from fiscal 2007.

Tour of Model Factory for Energy Conservation

A wide range of visitors, ranging from corporate and government personnel in charge of environmental and energy-saving practices to elementary, middle and high school students, visit our factory. During these visits, we showcase our energy-saving initiatives, including those created by the Fujisawa Technology Center. More than 5,500 visitors were welcomed in fiscal 2007.

Participating in Earth Day Tokyo 2007

Yamatake was a participant in Earth Day Tokyo 2007, an event to raise environmental awareness. We lent waste-processing equipment for turning garbage into fertilizer to the event free of charge. We also applied Life Cycle Analysis to assess the event’s environmental impact, as we did in 2006.

Participating in Festivals at Regional Facilities

Yamatake is an active participant in festivals at regional facilities as an officially registered manager for such events. The Company independently plans and exhibits displays on eco-brands, education about good dietary practices, scientific experiments, industrial arts and other features that have proved especially popular with visitors. In addition, we plan and manage independent festivals at such facilities as the Kamatori Community Center in Midori Ward, Chiba City, which holds a music festival.

Supporting Environmental Education for Elementary School Students

The Company has supported environmental training at the Tokiwamatsu Public Elementary School in Shibuya Ward, Tokyo, since fiscal 2004. Our theme in 2007 was “Refuse.” Children took field trips to the Fujisawa Technology Center to study the theme during the year and were given practical lessons about recycling, how not to waste resources and other lessons in how refuse directly affects our lives.

Yamatake’s Original “Eco-Kids Series” Environmental Education Program

Yamatake independently operates an environmental education program at the Social Education Center in Taito Ward, Tokyo, and the Kamatori Community Center in Midori Ward, Chiba City (both are operated by the Company as an officially registered manager). Sessions are held twice in the summer and the autumn by Yamatake in conjunction with student environmental volunteers.

Supporting Environmental Activities at 2008 Shonan International Marathon

Yamatake seeks to raises awareness of environmental issues, such as by being a leading Eco-Friendship supporter at the 2008 Shonan International Marathon. We cooperate with organizers to plan and manage the event’s environmental-related activities, including on-site recycling. Employees participate in providing major assistance to runners, volunteers and spectators cheering the event, and enliven them through the Company’s Team azbil. We once again provided the popular Eco Café in 2008, and the environment-friendly beverages proved immensely popular.

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Eco Café

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