Social contribution activities

Tour to learn about food distribution

We organize tours to visit factories, distribution centers, and animal feed production centers for children to better understand the intermediary distribution industry.

Supporting learning opportunities for high school students

We have been providing high school students in Bunkyo-ku the opportunities to take courses of CR-SIS (Creative Response Social Innovation School) organized by General Incorporated Association, Creative Response since FY2021.
Students can gain knowledge and experience beyond the framework of school classes by learning from NPOs and NGOs that actively work with workers and executives on the front line to solve social issues and from famous lecturers.

Support for the National Movement to Support Children’s Future

We provide support for the National Movement to Support Children’s Future, which aims to solve child poverty, a major social loss that has a serious impact on the human resources of the country, local communities, and businesses.

Promoting employee participation in volunteer activities

We continue social contribution activities that respond to social issues and changes in needs to support people with disabilities and children and provide active support for each employee’s independent volunteer activities.

Online seminar
Making Kalimba
Making children’s books - All new employees participated during the new employee training
Making envelopes with braille writing and ecological envelopes

Initiatives for children in disaster-affected areas in Japan

This activity is to make and send Christmas cards to children in disaster-affected areas in Japan. Many employees participate every year.

UN WFP Walk the World in Yokohama, Osaka, Nagoya

This is a charity walk event held every year to end child hunger. Many employees and their families participate and support the activity.

Yokohama
Osaka
Nagoya

Participation in the Red Cup Campaign

To contribute to the realization of a sustainable society through our food business, we have been participating in the United Nations World Food Programme’s (WFP) “Red Cup Campaign” since February 2022. By supporting the “School Meals Programme,” WFP’s school lunch support initiative, we will not only help to achieve SDG Goal 2, “Zero Hunger,” but also deliver food and bring smiles to children’s faces around the world.
* The Red Cup Campaign is a campaign in which products from companies that support the campaign are sold with the Red Cup mark. A portion of the proceeds from sales of these products is donated to support school meals provided by the WFP.

Food donations

Food donations requested by retailers

Food donations to food banks (Donation of products that are past their allowable shipping dates (but within their best-before dates) for distribution)
Donation of original products that are past their allowable shipping dates

Donation of products that are past their allowable shipping dates (but within their best-before dates) through Meals on Wheels, General Incorporated Association^*1
Food donation to Bunkyo Ward Children's Home Meals^*2

Donation for food available for sale to activities that connect economically needy families in Bunkyo City to social support through the distribution of food and other items.

An organization that works to create a place where children and a diverse array of generations can receive food by connecting with approximately 820 children's cafeterias and other facilities across the country.
A system for supporting children that is operated by seven NPOs and other organizations, including Bunkyo Ward. It differs from children's cafeterias.