Donated goya green curtains to nursery and childcare facilities as part of CSR activities for local communities

KOKUSAI ELECTRIC CORPORATION (President and CEO: Fumiyuki Kanai, Head Office: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan) is pleased to inform you of a goya green curtain donation project which was carried out as part of our CSR activities for local communities at nursery and childcare facilities adjacent to our Toyama Technology & Manufacturing Center.

Toyama Technology & Manufacturing Center in Yatsuo-machi, Toyama City, serves as our production and shipment base for semiconductor production equipment. As part of our CSR activities for local communities, we donated a goya growing kit including goya seedlings (a total of about 90 pots for both facilities), soil and plant supports, to Fukushima Nursery School and Sugihara Childcare Center, situated near the Toyama Center. In the summer, goya leaves grow thick to provide natural green curtains, it is expected to shut out the sunlight coming directly from the windows of the nursery and childcare facilities and help keep room temperatures from going up. To donate the growing kits, our executive officers and employees visited the facilities themselves and gave an outdoor class on the environment by telling a story on goya and green curtains with handmade picture-story shows. They received a lot of questions from the pupils, who seemed to have deepened their understanding about the environment.   

We have carried out this project since 2011, though it was hampered last year by the coronavirus pandemic. We plan to continue this project as part of our CSR activities for local communities.  

Under the corporate slogan: “Technology & Tai-wa for Tomorrow,” the KOKUSAI ELECTRIC Group will continue to fulfill its corporate social responsibilities through active engagement in CSR activities for local communities, and will strive to realize a safe, comfortable, vibrant and sustainable society as well as our group’s sustainable development from both business and sustainability aspects.