Corporate citizenship activities

Based on Management Philosophy of "Truly inspired," Idemitsu Kosan has formulated guidelines for promoting corporate citizenship activities and is engaged in a variety of corporate citizenship activities to help make the lives of people in the countries and local communities in which it conducts business more fulfilling and peaceful.

By 2022, we have clarified the significance and purpose of our corporate citizenship activities, the priority areas of our activities, and what we value in line with Management Philosophy and vision, and in order to realize personal growth and contribution to society through our activities. We have formulated the following corporate citizenship activities promotion guidelines

*The following data will be collected for fiscal 2023.
Idemitsu Music Award, Idemitsu Art Award, Environmental Photo Contest "The Right and Wrong of My Town", Idemitsu Music Events“Performing the future”, FURUSATO PROJECT, Hokkaido Idemitsu Children's Drawing Contest, Idemitsu Living Creature Exploration Team "Class on Plants and Shells", environmental conservation and cleanup activities in areas where we operate, etc.

Reducing CO₂ and maintaining Satoyama through biochar production

A total of 40 people, including employees of our group companies, local residents, and members of Ichihara City's Satoyama conservation volunteer group, "Ichihara SaToYaMa Yokushi-tai," participated in the biochar production event in Ichihara City, Chiba Prefecture.
If dead bamboo is left to decompose, CO₂ will be generated by microorganisms, but by turning it into charcoal, the carbon can be fixed and CO₂ emissions can be reduced. This time, about 450 kg of bamboo charcoal was made from the thinned bamboo. This translates to about 800 kg of CO₂ reduction, which is equivalent to about 3.5 months of CO₂ emissions from an average household.
Thinning also allows sunlight to reach the ground's surface, contributing to the conservation of biodiversity, and is expected to have other benefits, such as promoting the growth of deep-rooted plants and reducing the risk of landslides.
Based on the Guidelines for Promoting Corporate Citizenship Activities, we will continue to encourage employee participation and leverage the strengths of our Group to continue these activities in cooperation with local communities and stakeholders.

Mangrove planting activities in Indonesia

Idemitsu Energy Indonesia was established in 2011 as a coal marketing company and currently provides local support for the Idemitsu Green Energy Pellets project. The company is engaged in a variety of corporate citizenship activities.
In 2023, we partnered with the local NGO "LindungiHutan" to participate in a project to plant 1,000 mangrove trees. Fifteen people, including expatriates, employees and their families, participated in two activities in areas undergoing development, including the artificial island of North Jakarta, and in the Tangerang area of West Jakarta.
As Indonesia continues to experience economic development, the disappearance of mangroves and coastal erosion caused by high waves are becoming more pronounced, raising concerns that this will have a detrimental effect on people's lives. In addition to preventing flooding by protecting coastal areas, this project also aims to reduce CO₂ emissions and maintain the ecosystem.
We will continue to carry out community-based activities that contribute to the conservation and restoration of the natural environment.

Idemitsu Music Award

In commemoration of the 25th anniversary of the music program "Untitled Concert Concert," sponsored by our company, we established the "Idemitsu Music Award" in 1990. This award supports the activities of promising young and up-and-coming musicians as a way to help improve the music culture in our country. Many of the award winners have gone on to achieve remarkable success both in Japan and overseas. Our company regards "culture," which fosters spiritual richness, as one of the pillars of our corporate citizenship activities, and will continue to weave the history of the "Idemitsu Music Award" that connects people and the next generation.

Idemitsu Art Award

The Idemitsu Art Award is an open art award that will celebrate its 53rd anniversary in 2024. Founded in 1956 as the Shell Art Award, it was renamed the Idemitsu Art Award in 2022.
This is an art award for young artists who will lead the next generation, and since its inception, it has been run through a completely open application system. It is now highly regarded in the art world as a "gateway to success for young artists."

Environmental Photo Contest “Watashi no Machi no 〇 to × ”

Environmental Photo Contest has been held every year since 2005 with the support of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology and the Ministry of the Environment, with the aim of providing an opportunity to raise awareness of environmental issues for students from elementary school to high school and technical college.
We hope that by having each student take a picture of an environmental issue from their own perspective, take a picture of the "good" scenery they want to preserve for the future and the "bad" scenery they want to improve, and add a comment to create a work of art, the potential of the children and students will be further developed. In recent years, many schools have been using it as part of environmental education such as SDGs in classes and summer vacation assignments.

Idemitsu Music Events“Performing the future”

FURUSATO PROJECT

Initiatives to solve local social issues in Australia

Idemitsu Australia (Brisbane), one of the bases for our coal business, is pursuing initiatives that contribute to solving local social issues from a long-term perspective, based on the following four policies set out at the management level.

Since the start of operations, each of Refineries/Complexes has valued ties with the local community and has been involved in a variety of community activities as a corporate citizen.
For details of the initiative, please see the linked page.

For details on initiatives at Group Refinery, please see the linked page.