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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 2023, the event has been held in three locations (Yokohama, Osaka, and Nagoya), with a total of 149 participants, including employees’ families.

Date Location Number of participants
May 14, 2023 Yokohama 93
May 21, 2023 Nagoya 32
May 27, 2023 Osaka 24
[Photo] WFP Walk the World Yokohama   

Yokohama

[Photo] WFP Walk the World Nagoya   

Nagoya

 
[Photo] WFP Walk the World Osaka   

Osaka

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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 2022, a total of 93,320 yen was given as donations.

【Picture】2020TFT_World Food Day

'Onigiri Action 2022' Campaign

Nissui endorsed and supported 'Onigiri Action 2022' campaign as last year. 'Onigiri Action' is an initiative in which people post photos of onigiri (rice balls) on SNS or the campaign website with the hashtag #OnigiriAction. For every photo posted, sponsoring companies donate the equivalent of five school lunches to children in need in various parts of Asia and Africa via TFT. The campaign began in 2015 to commemorate World Food Day (October 16), a day set aside by the United Nations for people around the world to think about food and food-related challenges. The Onigiri Action 2022 campaign has seen a total of 283,461 photos collected and 1,560,260 school lunches delivered to children in Africa and Asia.
From October 6, 2022, to November 6, 2022, Nissui conducted the “Onigiri Action Present Campaign with Yaki Onio,” featuring mascot character, Yaki Onio. A special website was set up to disseminate information on the campaign. In conjunction with this, Nissui Group employees planned and participated in special events which were publicized on Nissui’s SNS accounts to promote Onigiri Action, both within and outside the company. A total of 3,377 photos were collected through the Present Campaign and the Nissui Group’s events.

[Picture] Onigiri action photo mosaic art

Photo mosaic art created with photos gathered through the Nissui Group’s campaign

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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
January 19, 2021 University of Tsukuba (support for students) Nissui’s food tins 288 tins
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

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
FY2020 donations 33,029yen
FY2021 donations 15,616yen
FY2022 donations 20,036yen

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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