The SCREEN Group has joined the Kyoto Model Forest Initiative.Since 2018, we have been paying the cost of maintaining an approximately 53 hectare block of forest in the Miyagawa district of Miyazaki Town, Kameoka City. Local residents, Group employees and their families, and former employees participate to improve their understanding of biodiversity through forest conservation experience and observation of living creatures living in satoyama.
Social Contribution Activities
Based on the principle of “Corporate Social Responsibility as Good Corporate Citizen” set forth in the CSR Charter and Code of Conduct, we have established the Social Contribution Policy and are advancing related initiatives.
Social Contribution Policy
Initiatives in FY2024/03
In Japan
The SCREEN Group actively promotes industry-academia-government collaboration. We collaborate with the national government, local communities, universities, and educational institutions to carry out a variety of activities that contribute to society.
Contributions to the community
Participating in the Kyoto Model Forest initiative (Japan)
Serving as a Lake Biwa Museum Aquarium Supporter (Japan)
Shiga Prefecture, where our Hikone Site is located, is home to Lake Biwa, Japan’s largest freshwater lake. As part of its biodiversity conservation initiative, SCREEN Holdings serves as an Aquarium Supporter for the Micro Aquarium at Lake Biwa Museum, which provides materials and opportunities for examining the relationship between the lake and the people who live around it.
Hosting a workshop at Lake Biwa Museum (Japan)
In July 2022, SCREEN Holdings and Lake Biwa Museum co-hosted a workshop titled “Find and Study Small Creatures in Lake Biwa.” The event helped participants learn more about Lake Biwa through the observation of small living things.
Supporting local sports (Japan)
Since 2019, the SCREEN Group has supported the Kyoto Football Association and an initiative by professional soccer club Kyoto Sanga F.C. to send its coach to elementary schools.
Supporting the Museum Partner program (Japan)
In 2019, the SCREEN Group entered into a Museum Partner agreement with the Kyoto National Museum. Through this agreement we support operation of the museum, including purchase and repair of cultural properties, educational programs, and research.
Nurturing the next generation and supporting education
Collaboration with universities (Japan)
- We will be actively involved in human resource development based on a comprehensive cooperation agreement with Kyoto University of Advanced Science.
- We have signed an agreement with Kyoto Institute of Technology for comprehensive technology exchange and are working to solve problems in the local community through implementation of technology within society.
- We have concluded a comprehensive cooperation agreement with the Doshisha Business School and are collaborating to promote an "MBA Education Functional Enhancement Project" through Industry-Academia Collaboration.
- We signed an agreement on comprehensive partnership and collaboration in data science and other areas with Kyoto Womenʼs University.
Supporting the Kyoto Manufacturing Hall of Fame and Manufacturing Workshop Learning program (Japan)
We have sponsored the Kyoto Manufacturing Hall of Fame and Manufacturing Workshop Learning, and hold school visits for elementary school students.
Helping nurture the next generation of professionals (Japan)
The SCREEN Group promotes nurturing of the next generation of professionals in local communities by sending employees to serve as “Meister High School CEO” at Hikone Technical High School, which has been designated as a Meister High School Program by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology.
Supporting the creative activities of people with disabilities (Japan)
Since 2017, the SCREEN Group has been supporting Tensai-Art KYOTO, a non-profit research organization promoting art by people with disabilities, by exhibiting their artists' works at the Head Office and the Rakusai and Monzennakacho sites. In April 2022, we concluded an agreement with the organization to support creative activities, with the goal of promoting the artistic activities of people with disabilities and, by extension, creating an inclusive society.
Other promotion and support
Cooperating with food bank activities (Japan)
Since 2018, we have helped people facing economic hardship by donating surplus food to Food Bank Shiga/Kyoto each time we refresh our stocks of emergency rations.
Co-sponsoring “Table For Two” activities (Japan)
The SCREEN Group sponsors “Table For Two,” a program that delivers one lunch to a child in a developing country for every low-calorie TFT lunch chosen by an employee in order to help prevent lifestyle diseases. Since 2010, we have provided a total of more than 210,000 meals through the program. In developing countries, school lunches not only improve nutrition, but also help boost grades and provide another reason for kids to come to school every day.
Matching gifts (Japan)
Since 2022, SCREEN Holdings Co., Ltd. launched a matching gift program under which SCREEN Group employees make donations that it matches and then donates to protect and support refugees.
Overseas
North America
SCREEN SPE USA, LLC (SEUS)
- SEUS collected $2,000 in donations ($1,500 from employees and $500 from the company), which went to causes such as meals and travel expenses for hospital visits for retired military personnel, home repairs for needy families, and improvement for facilities for the disabled.
- SEUS nationwide employees purchased toys, which were donated to local charity organizations.
SCREEN GP Americas, LLC
- The company took part in four events through the Fellowship Housing charity to gather clothing, food, daily necessities, and school supplies in support of families of low-income single mothers.
Europe
SCREEN SPE Germany GmbH (SEDE)
- SEDE donated 39 used laptops to an NPO, which makes the necessary repairs to the laptops and uses them to teach computer skills to low-income people.
- SEDE donated 1,000 euros to a support organization called Sternstunden (“wonderful moment”). The money was obtained by purchasing from employees company cell phones they no longer used.
SCREEN SPE Israel Ltd. (SEIL)
- Twelve SEIL employees did volunteer work for Lev Yehudi Ham, which provides needy households with food baskets.
- Sixteen employees of SEIL donated 14,169 NIS to Latat, which supports needy households, Holocaust survivors, and victims of war.
Asia
SCREEN HD Korea Co.,Ltd.
- Company employees volunteered to make kimchi to donate to a seniors’ center.
SCREEN PE China Co., Ltd.
- The company took part in a program to reduce waste through responsible consumption and production, sponsored by the Ministry of Ecology and Environment.
- The company took part in Earth Hour 2024, sponsored by WWF–Hong Kong.
SCREEN SPE Korea Co., Ltd.
- The company offered financial support for operations, hospital stays, medical care, and other expenses for homes with sick children.
- The company gave financial support (lesson fees, contest entry fees) to help develop the talents of children taking vocal training.
SCREEN SPE Taiwan Co., Ltd.
- The company held health promotion activities for employees, and collected 150,000 TWD to donate to the “Taiwan Fund for Children” and Families and the “Huashan Social Welfare Foundation.”
- Eighty-three employees took part in beach cleanup activities on December 2, 2023, picking up 228.44 kg of garbage.
SCREEN SPE Singapore Pte. Ltd.
- Employees from human resources and infrastructure, post-sales and inventory control, and finance and accounting took part in a cleanup in East Coast Park.