Social Contribution Activities
Policy and Basic Approach
Based on its corporate philosophy, which calls for contributing to our Customers and Society, in a sustainable manner, with innovative Products and Services, through a competent workforce, built on a culture of Customer Focus, Integrity and Respect to our Stakeholders, Kansai Paint energetically engages various social contribution activities to support local communities in addition to carrying out its business activities, with the aim of realizing a sustainable society.
Structure & System
The Kansai Paint Group has established the Sustainability Promotion Committee under the Corporate Governance Committee to oversee the improvement of corporate value from a non-financial perspective and make prompt decisions. The Sustainability Development Department, a standing organization, revises plans, while the Sustainability Promotion Department collaborates with other departments to execute inventive yet feasible measures. They work together with business units to improve corporate value over the long term.
Initiatives
- Supporting Painting at the Seawall Museum in Ishinomaki
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Kansai Paint provides paint to support the Seawall Museum, an art project intended to paint a massive sea wall measuring up to 10 meters high and about 3.5 kilometers long built following the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake.
The Seawall Museum project seeks to build a new kind of relationship between people and the sea wall, by creating, alongside local residents and supporters from across Japan, a new landscape to make up for sea views lost from the construction of the sea wall, with each mural depicting local scenes or cultural messages. Having positioned improvement in quality of life (QOL) as a materiality item, Kansai Paint will actively contribute to society through its products and services to move society closer to sustainability.
- Agreement concluded on supply of emergency supplies with the city of Ishikari
Supplying three corrugated product kits for disaster use -
On September 2, 2022, Kansai Paint concluded an agreement to supply emergency supplies with the city of Ishikari, Hokkaido. This agreement calls for joint efforts between the city and Kansai Paint in providing supplies to stabilize daily life in the event of a disaster.
Following various large-scale disasters, including the 2018 Hokkaido Eastern Iburi Earthquake, Ishikari is currently in the process of concluding emergency support agreements with local firms to safeguard against future disasters.
Under this agreement, the Ishikari-based Hokkaido Sales Division of Kansai Paint Sales Co., Ltd., Kansai Paint's sales company, will contribute to the community as a local business enterprise by supplying for use at emergency evacuation centers simple cardboard toilets, cardboard partitions, and cardboard beds, all with antibacterial and antiviral features.
The city of Ishikari and Kansai Paint will ensure their readiness for smooth cooperation in disaster response by maintaining structures for mutual communication and consultation on emergency supplies, not just in times of crisis, but in normal times too.
