DRIVEN BASE

Natural symbiotic action

Basic Stance

We recommend eco-friendly manufacturing within our business activities and engage in environmental conservation activities in local communities as a corporate citizen.
Under the seventh phase of the Environmental Action Plan (2020–2025), we are reinforcing activities that contribute to biodiversity in order to deepen our understanding of the dangers facing biodiversity and promote conservation initiatives.

Specific Initiatives

(1) Promoting Activities That Contribute to the Global Environment

Each of our business sites around the world promote activities that contribute to the environment, such as tree planting and regional beautification activities, on a continuous basis.

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(2) Reinforcing Activities That Contribute to Biodiversity

As our way of living and our business activities at DENSO are supported by the blessings of nature created from biodiversity, we believe it is important to promote business activities in a manner that strikes a balance with the conservation of biodiversity.
To that end, we are promoting the conservation of the natural environment, which creates biodiversity, through our business activities from such efforts as responding to climate change, preventing environmental pollution, alleviating resource depletion, and promoting resource recycling. At the same time, by educating our employees on biodiversity and working together with local communities, we are engaged in the maintenance and preservation of ecosystems.
Under the seventh phase of the Environmental Action Plan, we are focusing our attention on activities such as water area conservation, forest and woodland conservation, and tree planting and tree cultivation as we work to address biodiversity-related issues in each country and region.

1. Water Conservation Activities

With the participation of our employees and in collaboration with local communities, we are engaging in activities to preserve the biodiversity of water areas near company offices and of major water areas in each country and region of operation.

For example, at the Toyohashi Plant of DENSO CORPORATION, we have been partnering with the NPO Omotehama Network since 2007 to promote environmental conservation activities along the Omotehama coast, an egg-laying area for loggerhead turtles, which are an endangered species.

In addition, at our business sites across the globe, we are pursuing environmental conservation and beautification activities for water areas inhabited by wildlife.

    • Activities to Protect Loggerhead Turtles (DENSO CORPORATION: Toyohashi Plant, Japan)

    Activities to Protect Loggerhead Turtles
    (DENSO CORPORATION: Toyohashi Plant, Japan)

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    River beautification activities to preserve biodiversity
    (DNKR : South Korea)

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    Coastal clean-up activities to protect biodiversity from environmental pollution
    (DNTW: Taiwan)

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    Water area conservation activities along Manila Bay and the Pasig River
    (DTPH: Philippines)

2. Forest and Woodland Conservation Activities

In Japan, a country with an abundance of forests, preserving healthy forests and woodlands is an essential part in maintaining biodiversity. To that end, a large number of DENSO employees participate earnestly in forest and woodland conservation activities in collaboration with local community members.

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    “Tendo Mystery Forest” conservation event (DENSO FA Yamagata)
    Employees of DENSO FA Yamagata Co., Ltd., participate in the “Tendo Mystery Forest” conservation event and conduct activities to maintain designated forests within Teno City, where the company is located.

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    “Ihatov Star Forest” activity (DENSO Iwate)
    Employees of DENSO IWATE CORPORATION take part in the “Ihatov Star Forest” activity, in which employees and their families volunteer twice a year to conduct maintenance activities at Senganishi Forest Park, an area that provides water resources used at the DENSO Iwate Plant and helps absorb local CO2 emissions.

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    Activities to protect the native habitat of pincushion flowers (DENSO Iwate)
    DENSO IWATE employees participate in activities to protect the native habitat of pincushion flowers, which are designated as an A-rank species within the Iwate Prefecture Red Data Book, with the aim of protecting rare plant life that inhabits woodland areas.

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“Water Resource Forestation Project ” (DENSO UNITY SERVICE CORPORATION)
At DENSO UNITY SERVICE CORPORATION, we have been promoting the “Water Resource Forestation Project” every year since 2005 in the Asuke District of Toyota City, an area that provides vital water resources for Aichi Prefecture. Through this project, we not only conduct tree-thinning and tree-planting activities but also create nature hiking and handicraft courses that people can enjoy with their families. In these ways, we are engaging in forest

Initiatives at DENSO CORPORATION

With the aim of restoring biodiverse ecosystems and conserving forests, local communities have been working together with DENSO employees, their families, and NPOs since 2006 to promote the DENSO Green Project, which includes tree-thinning activities and events to experience nature.
By June 2024, we had held 61 events and activities attended by 9,223 volunteers, including local residents, employees of DENSO CORPORATION and domestic Group companies, and their families.

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Tree-thinning and branch-pruning activities and events to experience nature (woodland area surrounding the Nukata Test Course)

3. Tree-Planting and Tree-Raising Activities

The destruction of forests is a significant global issue, and we are therefore making worldwide efforts to restore forests in order to protect biodiversity.

We have been participating in tree-planting activities in numerous countries around the world, including Germany, the United Kingdom, and Italy in Europe; Brazil in South America; and Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia, the Philippines, India, and South Korea in Asia. For example, at DNPH in the Philippines, we took part in the “Mount Making Tree Planting” project, in which we conducted tree-planting activities while reviewing documents to confirm the progress of tree growth and recording important growth milestones. In Thailand and Malaysia, a large number of DENSO employees have participated in tree-planting activities to protect mangrove forests along coastlines.

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    Mangrove tree planting
    (DNMY: Malaysia)

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    Mangrove tree-planting activities in Thailand
    (SDM & SKD: Thailand)

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    The Royal Tree Planting Activity
    (SDM & SKD: Thailand)

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    Mount Making Tree Planting
    (DNPH: Philippines)

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    Plant a Tree Project
    (DIAS: Singapore)

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    Tree-planting activities
    (DIIN: India)

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    Tree-planting activities
    (DNIN: India)

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    Tree-planting activities
    (DMBR: Brazil)

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"Vertical Garden" by Recycling Plastic Bottles [DNIN]
A “vertical garden” created using plastic bottles (DENSO International India Pvt. Ltd.)

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    Tree-Planting Activity in World Forest
    (DNDE: Germany)

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    DENSO Marston Nature Reserve Tree Planting
    (DENSO Marston: United Kingdom)

(3) All Toyota Biodiversity Preservation Activity

In cooperation with Toyota Group companies, DENSO is participating in the Green Wave Project, an activity for preserving biodiversity. We are working to expand a circle of activities that currently include cultivating forests and preserving wildlife within factory areas to involve the local community and administrative bodies.

(4) DENSO Joins the 30 by 30 Alliance for Biodiversity

DENSO endorses the “30 by 30” initiative and has joined the 30 by 30 Alliance for Biodiversity.
30 by 30 is a target to effectively conserve at least 30 percent of the planet’s land and ocean to curb biodiversity loss and restore healthy ecosystems by 2030. Since 2006, DENSO has been actively carrying out greening activities not only on the premises of the Company’s business sites but also in the surrounding areas and in fields around expressways where automobiles are used, as well as conducting training to improve employees’ environmental awareness centered on the theme of conserving biodiversity.
We will continue to contribute to the development of a sustainable society through our participation in the 30 by 30 Alliance for Biodiversity and by leveraging the years of experience and knowledge we have cultivated in promoting biodiversity conservation.

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Natural Symbiotic Action (Green Curtain Activities) [DENSO CORPORATION]

In addition to creating working environments where employees can work comfortably and with enthusiasm, DENSO is aiming to enhance its employees’ awareness of the environment by having them gain experience with growing green curtains at home and learn about biodiversity and the cycles of nature.
During the process of growing green curtains from the seeds they have planted, employees can research the names and characteristics of the organisms they discover. In these ways, we are promoting efforts that help employees learn about biodiversity hotspots.

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Open-participation greenification activities at employee households (green curtains)