{"id":12116,"date":"2026-07-30T10:00:18","date_gmt":"2026-07-30T01:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shokubai.co.jp\/en\/?post_type=sustainability&#038;p=12116"},"modified":"2026-07-30T10:00:18","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T01:00:18","slug":"community","status":"publish","type":"sustainability","link":"https:\/\/www.shokubai.co.jp\/en\/sustainability\/society\/corporate-citizenship\/community\/","title":{"rendered":"Community Co-Creation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-my-gutenberg-my-block00 m_ancNav\"><ul class=\"anc_content\"><li><a href=\"#anc01\" title=\"\">Activity Policy<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#anc02\" title=\"\">Our Activities<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"anc01\">Activity Policy<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Our business activities belong to and with the local community. Mutual understanding between companies and local communities is essential for stable business operations. We engage, connect and cooperate with a diverse range of people in local communities, utilizing their unique characteristics to help solve problems and promote activities that create new value.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"anc02\">Our Activities<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-2 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right\">Contribution to SDGs :<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-1 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shokubai.co.jp\/en\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/E-WEB-Goal-11-1024x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11826\" style=\"width:75px;height:75px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.shokubai.co.jp\/en\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/E-WEB-Goal-11-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.shokubai.co.jp\/en\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/E-WEB-Goal-11-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.shokubai.co.jp\/en\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/E-WEB-Goal-11-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.shokubai.co.jp\/en\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/E-WEB-Goal-11-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/www.shokubai.co.jp\/en\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/E-WEB-Goal-11.png 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shokubai.co.jp\/en\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/E-WEB-Goal-15-1024x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11830\" style=\"width:75px;height:75px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.shokubai.co.jp\/en\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/E-WEB-Goal-15-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.shokubai.co.jp\/en\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/E-WEB-Goal-15-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.shokubai.co.jp\/en\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/E-WEB-Goal-15-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.shokubai.co.jp\/en\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/E-WEB-Goal-15-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/www.shokubai.co.jp\/en\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/E-WEB-Goal-15.png 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shokubai.co.jp\/en\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/E-WEB-Goal-17-1024x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11815\" style=\"width:75px;height:75px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.shokubai.co.jp\/en\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/E-WEB-Goal-17-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.shokubai.co.jp\/en\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/E-WEB-Goal-17-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.shokubai.co.jp\/en\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/E-WEB-Goal-17-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.shokubai.co.jp\/en\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/E-WEB-Goal-17-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/www.shokubai.co.jp\/en\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/E-WEB-Goal-17.png 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Cleanup activities<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-3 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p>We regularly clean up areas around our plants and cooperate with community beautification efforts. In the Suita district, we participate in the Kanzaki River Cleanup Activities, which is implemented as part of the Adopt-a-River Program promoted by the Osaka prefectural government.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shokubai.co.jp\/en\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/G-6-13_seisou2_2026-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21043\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.shokubai.co.jp\/en\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/G-6-13_seisou2_2026-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.shokubai.co.jp\/en\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/G-6-13_seisou2_2026.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Potato harvesting<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-4 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p>We grow sweet potatoes in a potato patch in the greenery yard at the Himeji Plant, and children from nearby preschools and nursery schools enjoy digging them up at harvest time.<br>We have done this since 1971, and it has enriched our connections with the community\u2014some of the children have even gone on to join the company when they grew up.<br>In FY2025, about 770 children and their parents took part.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"555\" height=\"490\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shokubai.co.jp\/en\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/G-6-13_imohori2_2026.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21044\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.shokubai.co.jp\/en\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/G-6-13_imohori2_2026.jpg 555w, https:\/\/www.shokubai.co.jp\/en\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/G-6-13_imohori2_2026-300x265.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 555px) 100vw, 555px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Dialogue with local communities<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-5 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p>We participate in the community dialogue undertaken by the JCIA Responsible Care Committee in the areas in which our plants are located to explain and communicate our RC initiatives to the neighborhood associations, local governments, NPOs, industrial associations, companies, and other participants in pursuit of mutual understanding.<br>In FY2025, such dialogue was held in the Kawasaki area, in which representatives of the Kawasaki Plant participated.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shokubai.co.jp\/en\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/G-6-13_Dialogue-with-local-communities_2025.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21045\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.shokubai.co.jp\/en\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/G-6-13_Dialogue-with-local-communities_2025.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.shokubai.co.jp\/en\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/G-6-13_Dialogue-with-local-communities_2025-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.shokubai.co.jp\/en\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/G-6-13_Dialogue-with-local-communities_2025-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">RC community dialogue<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-1 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button m_mtSmall\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shokubai.co.jp\/en\/sustainability\/society\/corporate-citizenship\/\">Corporate Citizenship 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