The Group’s olive tree-planting activities are intended to fulfill its social responsibility by investing social and relational capital to enhance the Group’s social value. Through donations within the range of 0.5% of our consolidated net income, we hope to not only benefit our communities and society at large, but also to gain significant trust from society through activities that contribute to employment of people with disabilities and regional revitalization.

In October 2024, volunteers from our recycling workshop Nijiiro*(meaning “Rainbow”), our Group company Kyoei Kankyo, our Yamaguchi Division and our head office took part in an olive harvest at an olive grove near our Yamaguchi Division. The olives harvested were processed into olive oil, producing 278 95 ml bottles. We also planted 143 olive trees during spring planting, bringing the total number of olive trees planted since planting began in 2021 to 845, with plans to plant a total of 2,000 trees by 2029. The olives harvested in the planned fall harvest will also be processed into olive oil, with the oil to be distributed within the company or used as novelty gifts.
*Nijiiro: Our small appliance recycling workshop employing persons hired from support offices for people with disabilities