Social Activities

Disaster Relief

As part of its social contributions, Mitsui Chemicals Group is actively involved in providing its own technologies and products as aid and relief for natural disasters. We are committed to building a system that can quickly and effectively provide relief that closely fits the needs of people in areas affected by a disaster by working closely with organizations such as NPOs and local authorities. We are also exploring actions that can contribute to enhanced co-creation as part of our New Disaster Recovery Activities.

Disaster Relief Supplies

Our disaster relief activities here at Mitsui Chemicals originated from suggestions submitted by employees, who wanted to help those affected by earthquakes and other major disasters by providing them with useful Mitsui Chemicals products. In fiscal 2009, we set up warehouses to store relief supplies at two of our sites – the Iwakuni-Ohtake Works (Yamaguchi Prefecture) to cover West Japan and the Mobara Branch Factory (Chiba Prefecture) to cover East Japan – and put in place the necessary framework to swiftly send out supplies upon request from contact partners^*1 and local governments. We have stockpiles of items such as urethane mattresses (cushioned materials to lay on the floors of gymnasiums being used as evacuation shelters), waterproof tarpaulin sheets (to cover buildings damaged by water or landslides), air cushions^*2 (for use at evacuation shelters), and FASTAID™ Virus Sweeper Towel^*3 at both of these warehouses.
In fiscal 2021, we offered relief supplies to areas affected by the floods in August 2021.

*1Contact partners:
Team Rescue, Peace Winds Japan

*2Air cushion:
Developed by Wako Plastic Industry Co., Ltd. in response to comments from people affected by the Great East Japan Earthquake, air cushions provide an alternative to pillows, conventional cushions, and matrasses. Boasting a host of features, air cushions provide sound protection and comfort against the hard and cold floors of evacuation shelters.
Made from the polyethylene EVOLUE™ material manufactured by Prime Polymer Co., Ltd., a Mitsui Chemicals Group company, the cushioning properties of these air cushions can be adjusted using a single straw. These air cushions also withstand heavy loads and offer environmentally friendly properties.

*3FASTAID™ Virus Sweeper Towel:
This concept was created by More Impact, a disaster relief innovation and creation initiative promoted jointly with the specified nonprofit organizations Japan Platform and CWS Japan and others. This disaster relief innovative product utilizes the Lock & PeelTM technology of the Group’s affiliate, Dow-Mitsui Polychemicals Co., Ltd., which enables a compressed towel and sodium hypochlorite to be preserved separately in a single package.

Distribution of Disaster Relief Supplies in Fiscal 2021

August 2021 floods