As its employees maintain a keen awareness toward social challenges, Mitsui Chemicals provides support for them to remain human resources that voluntarily take it upon themselves to contribute to society.
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Social Activities
Support for Employees’ Participation in Social Activities
One-Coin Club
We set up the One-Coin Club in November 2007. Employees who join the club choose an amount to be deducted from their salaries or bonuses, which is used to fund donations to organizations involved in social activities. The One-Coin Club Management Committee, formed by volunteer members, specifies the priority areas for support, chooses social service organizations, and reviews and selects donation beneficiaries in accordance with the provisions of the Committee’s management rules.
Priority Areas of Support
- Activities aimed at nurturing future generations/saving lives and protecting the livelihoods of children
- Activities aimed at supporting people with disabilities/contributing to patients with intractable diseases
- Activities that contribute to medical/maintenance disaster response systems
- Activities that protect the global environment
Criteria for Choosing Social Service Organizations
- The content of the organization’s activities corresponds to the content of the Group’s Social Activities Policy.
- The organization is a third-party beneficiary that is not a Group employee or related party.
- The organization’s activity details and financial condition are disclosed, so it is a highly transparent organization.
- The organization has promised that it will report the results of its activities to the Club after receiving support from the Club.
- The organization has no connection with specific religion, academic society, or political activity.
As of October 2023, the Club had 714 members, who between them contributed approximately ¥5.5 million to the fund in fiscal 2023.
In FY2023, we donated a total of 6.8 million yen to 17 social activity organizations, combining contributions from the One-Coin Club, which raised 3.4 million yen, with matching gifts from the company.*
Additionally, in response to the Noto Peninsula earthquake that occurred in January 2024, we donated 500,000 yen to the Japanese Red Cross Society through the One-Coin Club to support the disaster victims and the affected areas.
*Matching gifts:
A program that supports employees’ social contribution activities whereby a company provides a matching donation of the same amount when an employee donates to a social or environmental organization.
Organizations that Benefited from Donations in Fiscal 2023
| Organization Name (In random order) | Priority Areas of Support | Past Donation History (Years) |
|---|---|---|
| United Nations World Food Programme (Japan) | (1) | 2008-2023 |
| Japan Committee, Vaccines for the World’s Children | (1) | 2008-2023 |
| Nanbyo Network | (1) (2) | 2009-2023 |
| Guide Dog & Service Dog & Hearing Dog Association of Japan | (2) | 2008-2023 |
| Japan Marrow Donor Registry Promotion Conference | (2) | 2008, 2010-2023 |
| Helicopter Emergency Medical Network (HEM-Net) | (3) | 2010-2023 |
| MEDECIN SANS FRONTIERES | (3) | 2014-2023 |
| Japan Environmental Action Network | (4) | 2015-2023 |
| Chance for Children | (1) | 2017-2023 |
| Kamonohashi Project | (1) | 2015, 2018-2023 |
| 5 years | (2) | 2018-2023 |
| Peace Winds Japan (PWJ) | (1)(3) | 2009, 2012-2017, 2019-2023 |
| The Association for the Prevention of Child Abuse & Neglect | (1)(2) | 2020-2023 |
| WaterAid Japan | (1) (3) | 2020-2023 |
| Disaster Rescue Dog Network | (3) | 2021-2023 |
| The Nature Conservation Society of Japan | (4) | 2022-2023 |
| Shine On! Kids | (1) (2) | 2022-2023 |
Since fiscal 2021, we have continued to hold online activity reporting sessions by recipient organizations not only in Japan but also at our overseas affiliates. In fiscal 2023, three organizations supported by the program gave lectures, providing an opportunity for employees to gather valuable information on social challenges and exchange opinions. The participants commented: “This hotline network is helpful” and “It was an important opportunity to learn what is going on in the world.” We believe the meeting deepened their understanding of the organizations supported by the Club and served as an opportunity to consider business from the social issue perspective that the Group is targeting.
Organizations that Participated in the Activity Report Meeting (FY2023)
| Organization name | Event Date | Topic |
| Japan Environmental Action Network | April | Beach cleanup activities (Kugenuma Beach) |
| United Nations World Food Programme (Japan) | May | Participated in a charity walk organized by the organization |
| The Nature Conservation Society of Japan | June | Content of the organization's activities |
| Peace Winds Japan (PWJ) | October | Online workshop for employees and their families "Protect Yourself" Part 2 |
| Disaster Rescue Dog Network | October | Introduction and interaction with disaster rescue dogs (Ichihara Works) |
| Chance for Children | November | Content of the organization's activities |
Event with Peace Winds Japan (PWJ)
Community Service Leave Program
In August 2008, we introduced a community service leave program to provide support for employees participating in social activities, by enabling them to take up to two day’s paid leave a year. In addition, half-day credits were introduced in fiscal 2020, and since 2011, we have allowed employees to take up to 8 days of special leave per year for social activities intended to support disaster relief efforts, among others. In fiscal 2023, 83 social activity leave days were taken (11 of which were half days).