Forest Maintenance in Idemitsu
Our company conducts activities to preserve and restore the local natural environment.
We respect the unique environment of each region and value the consideration of the people who live in the region, and we carry out our activities together with local residents.
Idemitsu Living Creature Research Team
Since 2014, Hokkaido Refinery has been holding environmental learning classes for elementary school students on the flora and fauna that inhabit the green spaces on its premises, with the aim of preserving the rich biodiversity of the refinery as a precious natural asset.
Plants and Shells Classroom
After receiving a lecture about the ocean and forests, the children played a game of finding sea shells, observed snails, and harvested hascups. The harvested lotus cups were taken home and enjoyed by everyone.
What is Haskap?
This fruit is a specialty of Tomakomai City, Hokkaido, and is the "city flower." The Yufutsu Plains in Tomakomai City are known as a place where large colonies of haskap grow. The plants in the haskap garden at Hokkaido Refinery are transplants of native species.
In recent years, the number of native species has been gradually disappearing due to development of the natural habitat, so Tomakomai City and others have launched the "Haskap Bank" to protect, conserve and cultivate native species. Hokkaido Refinery is also actively participating in the "Haskap Bank" by providing a haskap garden.
wild bird classroom
After listening to a lecture about the wild birds that live on Hokkaido Refinery grounds and about Japanese green pigeons, the students had the opportunity to observe wild birds and make birdhouses.
What is green pigeon?
It is a familiar wild bird in Tomakomai City. Hokkaido Refinery Tomakomai City has succeeded for the first time in the world in capturing a video clip of a blue-winged dove raising its young in the Idemitsu Appenai Water Source Forest, a water source recharge safety forest owned by Idemitsu Co.
dragonfly classroom
After listening to a lecture about the creatures that live in the green spaces on the premises, the students experienced collecting rare insects, such as the "Red Dragonfly," which is rarely seen in urban areas. There are three ponds on the premises of Hokkaido Refinery, and many dragonflies fly in to them every year.
PROJECT that connects lives
Aichi Complex is active as a key member of the "Life-Connecting Project," which aims to improve biodiversity and promote the formation of ecosystem networks.
To improve the quality of green spaces, each company takes turns holding a study meeting once every two months. We are developing environmental activities that go beyond the boundaries of companies, such as creating biotopes that are conscious of the connections between companies and planting native tree species between companies, which is difficult for a single business to achieve.
In addition, we regularly monitor the area with the participation of project members and local residents, create habitats for living creatures (living mounds), and hold community participation events on a planned basis. At the "LOVE GREEN DAY" held once a year by the Japan Ecologist Support Association, local residents can enjoy touring Complex, collecting insects, and making crafts using branches and leaves from our green spaces.
