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Initiatives for End Hunger

Supporting and Participating in the World Food Programme’s “End Hunger: Walk the World” Initiative

Nissui has supported “WFP Walk the World,” a charity walk event sponsored by the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), an accredited NPO, since 2017. A portion of the participation fees for the charity walk is allocated to support the United Nations World Food Programme in providing school meals to children worldwide.In fiscal 2024, the event was held at three main locations (Yokohama, Osaka, and Nagoya) and four additional self-organized locations (Himeji, Tsukuba, Kashima, and Oita), with a total of 219 participants, including employees’ families.

Date Location Number of participants
May 12, 2024 Yokohama 87
May 19, 2024 Osaka 17
June 2, 2024 Nagoya 48
May 18, 2024 Himeji (self-organized) 26
May 18, 2024 Tsukuba (self-organized) 15
May 25, 2024 Kashima (self-organized) 13
June 25, 2024 Oita (self-organized) 9
[Photo] WFP Walk the World Yokohama   

Yokohama

[Photo] WFP Walk the World Kashima   

Kashima (self-organized)

 
[Photo] WFP Walk the World Oita   

Oita (self-organized)

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“Table for Two” Activities

Activities at Hachioji General Plant

Since March 2018, Hachioji General Plant has been running its Table For Two campaign. In the campaign, when employees purchase certain set meals or foods, a 20 yen donation is made, which, through an NPO organization, is then used to provide school meals to children in developing countries. At the Hachioji General Plant, we offer a Table For Two menu once a week, designating a fish dish rich in healthy EPA and DHA.
In addition, a vending machine that supports Table For Two has also been installed which allows the user to make a donation with every purchase of a beverage, providing plant employees with the opportunity to easily make social contributions. In fiscal 2023, a total of 106,640 yen was given as donations.

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'Onigiri Action 2024' Campaign

Nissui endorsed and supported the "Onigiri Action 2024" campaign, continuing its involvement from the previous year. "Onigiri Action" is an initiative where people post photos of onigiri (rice balls) on social media or the campaign's special website with the hashtag #OnigiriAction. For every photo posted, sponsoring companies donate the equivalent of five school lunches to children in Africa and Asia through TFT. This campaign, which began in 2015 to commemorate World Food Day (October 16), a day designated by the United Nations to encourage people worldwide to think about food and food-related challenges, saw remarkable success in 2024. A total of 292,836 photos were collected, resulting in 1,464,180 school lunches being delivered to children in Africa and Asia.
From October 3, 2024, to November 16, 2024, Nissui conducted the "Onigiri Action Week with Yakiya" campaign, featuring the mascot character "Yaki Onio," the main character of its "Big Grilled Onigiri" product. A special website was created to share information about "Onigiri Action 2024." In addition, the Nissui Group organized events involving its employees and shared these activities on its official SNS accounts to promote Onigiri Action both internally and externally. Through the Present Campaign and group-wide initiatives, a total of 2,465 photos were collected.

[Picture] Onigiri action photo mosaic art

Photos gathered through the Nissui Group's campaign (an example)

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Aid to Tackle the Poverty Problem (Fine Chemicals General Plant Tsukuba Plant)

The Fine Chemicals General Plant Tsukuba Plant periodically donates food products stockpiled to prepare against disasters that are close to the best-before date to a support organization in Tsukuba City. Items donated to the Children’s Future Office, Tsukuba Municipal Government, are utilized at Minna no Shokudo (public cafeterias) in Tsukuba City (Tsukuba City’s version of “kids eat free” cafeteria ) and put to good use in assisting children who are facing financial difficulties in Tsukuba City.

Donation date Recipient Donated items Quantity
March 11, 2022 Tsukuba Municipal Government’s task force against infectious diseases Alpha rice 150 units
March 30, 2023 Children’s Future Office, Tsukuba Municipal Government Nissui’s food tins 192 tins
June 6, 2023 Children’s Future Office, Tsukuba Municipal Government Nissui’s food tins 288 tins

Furthermore, the Tsukuba Plant has installed a donation box in support of “Tsukuba Kodomo-no-Aoihane-Kikin (Tsukuba Blue Feather Fund for Children)”, a new system to support children’s future established in Tsukuba City in 2019. The Plant’s donation track record is as follows.

  Past donations
FY2021 donations 15,616yen
FY2022 donations 20,036yen
FY2023 donations 11,025yen

Going forward, the Tsukuba Plant will continue to support children in the local community while collaborating with the Tsukuba Municipal Government and aim to resolve the poverty problem in Tsukuba City.

[Picture] Support for the Problem of Child Poverty (City of Tsukuba)
[Picture] Support for the Problem of Child Poverty (City of Tsukuba)
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