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- Together with Local Communities
Tokyo Century Group contributes to the public good and donates money to nonprofit organizations and groups as part of its social contribution activities. The Group also actively strives to engage in communication with local communities, including conducting cleanup activities in the vicinity of Group offices and holding industry seminars at universities.
Main Non-Profits Donated To
- ■Japan Service Dog Association
- ■Itochu Memorial Foundation
- ■Shibusawa Eiichi Memorial Foundation
- ■Japan Association for the World Food Programme
- ■Ronald McDonald House Charities Japan
- ■Nippon Volunteer Network Active in Disaster, Sapporo UNESCO Association (Donated approximately 1,080 calendars and notebooks to the Calendar Fair sponsored by the two associations)
- ■OISCA (Donated to the Kodomo no Mori Plan and Great East Japan Earthquake Reconstruction Support – Coastal Forest Restoration Project sponsored by the association)
Tokyo Century Corporation donated a total of ¥1,971,300 in fiscal 2017 to organizations, including social welfare corporations, public interest incorporated foundations and others.
Social Contribution Activities through Our Shareholder Incentive System
Tokyo Century donates 5% of the value of shareholder incentives (Quo Cards: Prepaid Card) each year to the groups which are engaged in social contribution activities. In fiscal 2018, Tokyo Century has donated to the Japan Service Dog Association which is engaged in service dogs’ training and the Japan Rescue Association which is engaged in disaster search dog’s training and deployment.
Service dogs are dogs which have undergone special training to assist people with hand or leg disabilities in their daily life.
Search and rescue dogs are specially trained to search for missing people with their keen sense of smell in disaster areas which are affected by earthquake, typhoon, landslide and others. They are engaged in lifesaving activities in disaster areas affected by increasing occurrence of natural disasters.
Environmental Conservation Initiatives
Believing the Earth’s biodiversity to be irreplaceable, Tokyo Century Group engages in activities to raise awareness on and conserve it. Tokyo Century conducted a cleanup activity on the Enoshima Katase Coast. In total, some 100 employee volunteers and their family members participated. Tokyo Century Group also intends to continue to engage in environmental activities which contribute to local communities.
Initiative on Educational Academic Support
Tokyo Century continuously engages in educational and academic support activities which serve as an initiative to contribute to the creation of talented individuals who will lead the financial industry in the future.
In 2017, Tokyo Century employees participated in industry research seminars and career development classes at universities as guest lecturer for 23 lessons (996 students attended in total) to provide knowledge on finance and leasing as well as the way of working.
Furthermore, PT. Century Tokyo Leasing Indonesia (CTI), Tokyo Century’s local subsidiary in Indonesia, constantly delivers financial literacy lectures (*1) at high schools and universities. In 2017, CTI initiated “Month of Financial Literation and Inclusion (*2) ” along with CSR Program, providing lecture at a senior high school in Bekashi City.
*1 Number of lectures held at high schools and universities and the participants are as follows:
Number of lectures held: Once a year from 2014 through 2017
Number of participants: 70 in 2017
*2 Financial inclusion: Individuals and businesses have access to useful and affordable financial products and services that meet their needs
