Social Contribution Activities (Japan)

We’re committed to contributing to local societies by cleaning around the plants, participating in local activities, and supporting school education wherever possible.
We’re especially committed to ecosystem conservation activities such as extermination of invasive plants.

Cleaning Around Plants

Each of our offices periodically cleans around the plants.

  • Cleaning around (SDJ) Nabari Factory

    Cleaning around (SDJ) Headquarters

    • (SDJ): Sankyo Diamond Industrial Co., Ltd.

Education Support

At Sawa Plant, we accept educational visits and hands-on learning of "monozukuri" (craftsmanship) so that the students of local elementary, junior high, and high schools can understand how products are produced and experience operations. In fiscal year 2020, we welcomed three factory visitors from one company,and one student from one school for a hands-on learning.

  • Visit at Sawa Plant

    High school student experiencing machine work

Cleaning Activity in Local Communities

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Every year before and after the sea bathing season, local governments host beach cleaning activities so that tourists and visitors can enjoy clean beaches.
Employees of our group companies participate in a "beach cleaning campaign" in Hitachinaka, Ibaraki and a "Kujukuri beach cleaning service" in Shirako-machi, Chiba.

  • Activities in fiscal year 2020 were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

  • Isozaki beach in Hitachinaka, Ibaraki

    Shirako beach in Chiba

Interaction with Local Communities

The Koki Holdings Group participates in "Hitachinaka Industrial Exchange Fair," which is annually held in Hitachinaka, Ibaraki, and is the largest trade fair in the North Kanto region. We display panels to introduce our representative environment-friendly products and environmental efforts, and actively interact with local people.

  • Activities in fiscal year 2020 were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

【FY2019 Hitachinaka Industrial Exchange Fair】(November 2 and 3)

  • Panel that introduces our environmental activities

    Koki Holdings product exhibition booth

Koki Holdings is a company member of the association aiming to improve the environment of Hitachinaka. Once a year, the association hosts an environmental symposium where elementary and junior high schools, organizations and offices present their environmental activities, and entertain visitors. We support and participate in the symposium, and display panels that introduce our environmental activities and interact with visitors.

  • Activities in fiscal year 2020 were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

  • Presentation of activities

    Panel that introduces our environmental activities

Participation by Koki Manufacturing & Service Co., Ltd. Shirako Logistics Center in a Tulip Event

(MSJ) Shirako participated in the Tulip Plaza Project hosted by Shirako-machi, Chiba, in November 2019, where they planted tulip bulbs. Unfortunately, the Shirako Tulip Festival, which was scheduled to be held at the following blooming season in spring (April 2020), was cancelled due to COVID-19. Nevertheless, we’re committed to continuing to participate actively in such opportunities to improve communication with the local community.

  • Proposed planting pattern
    (based on tulips in bloom)

    Planting by employees

    Their planted flower beds in bloom

  • (MSJ): Koki Manufacturing & Service Co., Ltd.

Control of Invasive Nonnative Species (Lanceleaf Tickseed)

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In the City of Hitachinaka, there are many areas where lanceleaf tickseeds, an invasive species, grow.Invasive species are species which have been introduced to areas outside their original habitats and threaten biodiversity as identified by the government. It is prohibited to grow, store, import, transport or raise them.
We’ve participated in the extermination activity campaign of lanceleaf tickseeds hosted by the association aiming to improve the environment of Hitachinaka since fiscal year 2017. We will participate in extermination activities of invasive species wherever possible.

  • Extermination activity

    Exterminated lanceleaf tickseeds

Social Contribution Activities (Outside Japan)

Fourth Volunteer Activity at Fujian Hikoki Co., Ltd. (HKF)

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Fujian Hikoki Co., Ltd. (China) holds a volunteer activity every year. In December 2018, 20 employees held a cloth donation activity.
About 230 clothing items were collected in cooperation with charitable individuals in Fujian, and sent to economically poor regions in China.

  • (HKF) employees participating in the volunteer activity

    (HKF) employees participating in the volunteer activity

    Donated clothes

    Donated clothes

Seedling Planting by Hikoki Power Tools India Private Ltd. (HKI)

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On June 29, 2016, all 53 employees at Hikoki Power Tools India Private Ltd. (HKI) participated in an activity of planting seedlings held in Bangalore in the south India.
They planted 200 seedlings, and installed iron fences to protect them.
The seedlings planted were selected among native species in consideration for local biodiversity.

  • Tree planting

    Tree planting

    (HKI) employees participating in the planting activity

    (HKI) employees participating in the planting activity