The member's nature conservation activity - DENSO Corpration


Keidanren Nature Conservaition Fund / Keidanren Committee on Nature Conservation


DENSO Corpration

The member's nature conservation activity
DENSO Corpration

1. Nature conservation (Environment) Measure posture to activity

  • Business activities

  • As a company in the auto industry, DENSO works globally on reducing an environmental impact at every stage of the business activities including development, procurement, manufacturing, service and so on.

  • Social contribution activities

  • DENSO especially takes environmental conservation activity as one of the three focused fields. We are promoting nature conservation activities in many local communities wherever any DENSO facilities are located. Our environmental conservation activities can be mainly divided into the following three categories.
    1. Environmental education program designed for children.
    2. Volunteer leader training courses to promote environmental conservation activities by our associates.
    3. Our volunteers’ actual practice at each nature preservation.

    2. Cooperation with NGO

  • We promote the environmental conservation activities through the programming to the on-site operation with the cooperation of the organization specialized in environmental education and NGOs.
  • 3. Environmental education and volunteer training (employee)

  • DENSO volunteer leader training course
  • We have a training course in a copse of company-owned ground for volunteer leaders (associates) who play a key roles in environmental conservation activities. The course provides the useful knowledge for the activities and raises awareness for environment. It also promotes protecting company-owned ground.

    4. Environmental education (exterior)

  • DENSO environmental education program ECO-Ranger 21
  • Observation of swamp

    The program is designed to help elementary school children understand environment by providing enjoyable experiences with their local nature.
    It has been held in DENSO main office areas since 2001. In 2005 We have/had the program with more numbers of elementary and junior high school students in Seto area of EXPO under the theme of Nature's Wisdom. We expect all participants will contribute to environmental conservation for the future.

    Theme

    "Green" "Water" "Atomosphere" which auto industry impacts on and "Satoyama"(symbolic relation of human and nature) "soil" which are features of Seto area of EXPO.

    Field

    Satoyama trail zone in Seto area EXPO

    Details
    1. Spring course                    <3days 150 participants>
    2. Early summer course           <2days 100 participants>
    3. Summer course                  <3days 150 participants>
    4. Autumn course                   <2days 100 participants>

    5. Practical use and preservation of the company-owned ground etc.

  • DENSO volunteer leader training course
  • As shown at #3, we have/had a training course in a copse of company-owned ground in Mikkabi-town,Shizuoka for volunteer leaders (associates) who play a key roles in environmental conservation activities.
    We promote conservation activities in the company-owned ground at the same time.

  • DENSO environmental education program ECO-Ranger 21
  • Maintenance of forest

    As shown at #4, the program is designed to help elementary school children understand environment by providing enjoyable experiences with local natures. The program was held at Biotope built in Denso Nishio plant and the forest with recration facility owened by DENSO in Namiai village, Nagano.


  • Environmental conservation at DENSO Training Institute in Nukata We held environmental protection activities in our associates training facilities in Nukata, Aichi and company-owned ground around the Nukata test course.
  • 6. Woods structure activities of afforestation, silviculture, etc.

  • DENSO volunteer leader training course
  • As shown at #3, we have/had a training course in a copse of company-owned ground in Mikkabi-town, Shizuoka for volunteer leaders(associates) who play a key roles in environmental conservation.
    We also promoted actual environmental conservation at the same time.

  • Nature conservation activities
  • We participated clean-up and glass cutting activities for iris conservation campaign at Kozutsumi-nishi pond in Kariya-city and the preservation activities of the Hirahara-Genji(Japanese lightening bugs), in Nishio city.

    7. Others

  • Matching gifts
  • When our associates donate to philanthropic organizations approved as deserving DENSO's support, we match their contributions doubling their gift. Through the Matching gifts system, we support many environmental conservation organizations as well.