As a part of our measures to reduce energy consumption at Fields, we are continually engaged in power-saving initiatives and sustainable procurement, as well as separating and recycling trash.
(1) Power-saving initiatives
In addition to regulating the temperature settings of air conditioning equipment during the summer (May to October) and winter (November to March) seasons, we are working on a variety of other measures such as replacing all the multi-purpose printers with energy-efficient models.
(2) Sustainable green procurement initiatives
When making purchases of copy paper or office supplies, we are careful to purchase products which have a lesser impact on the environment.
(3) Trash separation and recycling
In an effort to reduce the CO2 emissions during the incineration of waste products, we are promoting proper separation of garbage such as PET bottles, old paper, bottles, and cans for recycling.
In the future, in addition to the aforementioned measures, we aim to raise awareness of further take energy-saving measures and raise awareness of within our employees.
In November, through the ULTRAMAN FOUNDATION, along with Ultraman and Ultraman X, paid support visits to entertain at children's facilities and city hall in Joso in the aftermath of heavy rains and flooding in September 2015.
The facilities visited were the Second Child Care Center (also currently caring for the children from the Third Child Care Center affected by the disaster), Mitsukaido ECEC (certified center for Early Childhood Education and Care), Ishige Nursery School, Ishige Kindergarten and Toyoda Kindergarten (also currently caring for the children from the nearby Mijo and Tama kindergartens affected by the disaster).
At each of the facilities, the many children smiled and had a wonderful time interacting with the Ultraheroes.
The ULTRAMAN FOUNDATION pledge to continue these activities in hopes of bettering the futures of children.
*For details of the activities of the "ULTRAMAN FOUNDATION", please refer to the Foundation's official site noted below.
Our company has donated a stockpile of groceries to the foodbank NPO Second Harvest Japan.
As Japan's first foodbank, Second Harvest Japan collects food from food manufacturers, farmers and individuals, et al. that, while discarded for a variety of reasons, is still edible, in order to deliver them to orphanages for children and shelters for victims of domestic violence, as well as directly working with the homeless.
The groceries we donated this time were delivered to needy facilities and persons through Second Harvest Japan.
Going forward, Fields Group will continuously undertake a variety of measures linked to local society contributions and environmental protection.
The ULTRAMAN FOUNDATION, with Ultraman Ginga, visited the Ashinome Nursery School, the Ashinome Hoshiya Nursery School and the Oya Municipal Nursery School in Kesennuma City, Miyagi Prefecture on September 24th, 2015.
The children played interactive singing games and participated in Ultraman Gymnastics, all while having fun with Ultraman Ginga. After posing for a commemorative photo, Ultraman Ginga high-five all the children individually, transferring his power to them. At the end, children from all the nursery schools presented Ultraman Ginga and the ULTRAMAN FOUNDATION Staff with handmade presents as a thank you.
The ULTRAMAN FOUNDATION pledge to continue these activities in hopes of bettering the futures of children.
*For details of the activities of the "ULTRAMAN FOUNDATION", please refer to the Foundation's official site noted below.
The ULTRAMAN FOUNDATION, along with Ultraman and Ultraman Ginga, visited the Seikou Gakuen orphanage (Hanamaki City), the Wakou Gakuen orphanage (Morioka City), the Michinokumidori Gakuen orphanage (Morioka City) and the Morioka Children's Hospital from September 21st -22nd, 2015.
The children played basketball, tama-ire (a ball toss game), gymnastics and skipped rope with the Ultra-Heroes. After the games were done, all the children posed for a commemorative photo, doing Ultraman's signature Light Beam Pose.
When visiting the Morioka Children's hospital attached to the Michinokumidori Gakuen orphanage, the Ultra-Heroes visited each room individually sending their cheerful power and taking photos with each child.
The ULTRAMAN FOUNDATION pledge to continue these activities in hopes of bettering the futures of children.
*For details of the activities of the "ULTRAMAN FOUNDATION", please refer to the Foundation's official site noted below.
The Ultraman Foundation, along with Ultraman and Ultraman Ginga, visited a girls volleyball "Ultra League" summer camp held in the OGAL Arena in Shiwa-city, Iwate prefecture from September 21st- 23rd 2015. (Camp open only to junior high school students in Tohoku area. *6 schools from the areas affected by the Tohoku Earthquake attended)
On the 21st, the first day of competition, Ultraman made an appearance to cheer on the Ultra League athletes. On the 23rd, Ultraman and Ultraman Ginga again made an appearance at Shiwa city's local "Shiwa Village of Fruit Festival" that was also held in the OGAL ARENA.
As the 23rd was the last day of competition, athletes and other participants in Ultra League Summer Camp events all took another commemorative photo together and gave high-fives all around.
Also, for the first time in 2 years, we were also able to take a photo of participating athletes from the Taro-Dai-ichi Junior High School in Miyako City, Iwate prefecture in front of the Ultra micro bus donated to them by the ULTRAMAN FOUNDATION in 2013 which they used to drive to the event.
The ULTRAMAN FOUNDATION pledge to continue these activities in hopes of bettering the futures of children.
*For details of the activities of the "ULTRAMAN FOUNDATION", please refer to the Foundation's official site noted below.
As part of its ULTRAMAN FOUNDATION activities, from August 7th to August 9th, the ULTRAMAN FOUNDATION participated in "the 2015 Owada summer festival's Kabuki dance production of the Konnomaru legend in the Traditional Hall Terakoya" at the Shibuya Cultural Center Owada (sponsors: office Someiro, Shibuya-ward).
This event, as a part of activities aimed at passing down traditional cultures to future generations with intent of deepening and understanding the Japanese traditional culture of kabuki, has been held every year since 2010, sponsored by Kabuki actor Somegoro Ichikawa and the Shibuya ward office.
With the legendary hero of Shibuya, Konnomaru, as its subject, a brand new traditional art style of "kabuki dance" has been staged each year.
The Fields group endorses activities that promote passing along traditional arts to the next generation, and moreover wishes to aide in the local revitalization of Shibuya Ward, and thus Kanegon, a character popular across generations from the television series Ultra Q (Tsuburaya Productions), took part in the production, too.
Moreover for the duration of the event, an ULTRAMAN FOUNDATION information booth and fundraising donation box were set up with the understanding and assistance of the organizers.
On the final day, Kanegon put in an appearance, and attendees enjoyed interacting with the monster.
We appreciate all the donations we received and promise to put them to good use supporting children in need.
The ULTRAMAN FOUNDATION pledge to continue these activities in hopes of bettering the futures of children.
*For details of the activities of the "ULTRAMAN FOUNDATION", please refer to the Foundation's official site noted below.
Tsuburaya Productions and ULTRAMAN FOUNDATION held a charity auction on Yahoo! Auctions Japan for 4 consecutive weeks.
By holding special-reward auctions, we wanted fans to be able to feel closer to the Ultraheroes while they helped generate revenue for children's support programs. Moreover, through the new bonds created with the Ultraheroes, we hope that the auction participants themselves have become heroes contributing to a better future for children in need.
The ULTRAMAN FOUNDATION pledge to continue these activities in hopes of bettering the futures of children.
*For details of the activities of the "ULTRAMAN FOUNDATION", please refer to the Foundation's official site noted below.
Fields is collecting stationary that is no longer being used but is still usable, and is working through NGO Jiyu-Jin Foundation to do charitable work with children in Vietnam and Cambodia.
One of Jiyu-Jin Foundation's principles behind its activities states, "We provide 'continuous support' rather than 'temporary assistance.' We mainly help to lead to fundamental changes in the future, such as improving literacy rates and academic progress, through long-term educational support."
The activities supporting education through the re-use of stationary products by the local children are linked to the elimination of the educational inequality created by poverty, which we believe will lead to brighter futures for the children. It is work we will continue into the future.
As part of its CSR activities, Fields participated in this cleanup day sponsored by Shibuya Ward, site of the Company's head office on May 8, 2015.
We have been participating in this event continuously since 2010, 22 volunteers participated in cleanup activities, primarily in focus areas such as around Shibuya Station.
Going forward, Fields Group will continuously undertake a variety of measures linked to local society contributions and environmental protection.
As part of its CSR activities, the Fields Group participated in the "Cleanup Campaign at Kugenuma Beach" sponsored by JEAN on April 26, 2015 in Fujisawa City, Kanagawa Prefecture.
We have been participating in this event continuously since 2010. This year, 28 volunteers took part including the friends and families of employees. They cleaned the beach and surveyed the garbage that was collected.
Going forward, Fields Group will continuously undertake a variety of measures linked to local society contributions and environmental protection.
As part of its measures to reduce energy consumption, Fields replaced 361 lightbulbs in the general reception lobby and conference rooms of the Head Office with LED lightbulbs.
This is expected to reduce yearly electricity consumption by approximately 26,416 kWh and CO2 emissions by about 13,868.32 kg-CO2 (equivalent to the amount of CO2 absorbed by 770 cedar trees in one year).
Fields will continue to implement a variety of activities that contribute to local communities and protect the environment.
*The above data was calculated based on the assumption of the lighting being on for 10 hours per day and 22 days per month.
Since June 2013, Fields employees with a strong sense of volunteerism have previously initiated grass-roots campaigns to collect PET bottle caps and used stamps. To increase the good they are doing, Fields Group is taking their effort Group Company-wide.
PET bottle caps collected from June 2013 to March 2015 totaled approximately 264,000, translating into approximately 310 individual doses of polio vaccine. 1.2 kilograms of used stamps were also collected.
The PET bottle caps and used stamps that we collect are used to support international medical care (in the form of vaccines), lifestyle improvements and education through various non-profit organizations.
Fields will continue to implement a variety of activities that contribute to local communities and protect the environment.
Staff at Fields branch offices throughout Japan are actively participating in activities of various regions and groups as part of our CSR (corporate social responsibility) initiatives.
Fields will continue to implement a variety of activities that contribute to local communities and protect the environment.
Sapporo | We participated in a Susukino clean-up sponsored by HOKKAIDO-YUSHO Cooperative. |
Nagoya | We participated in summer parking lot patrols and a blood drive sponsored by the CHUBU-YUSHO Cooperative. |
Osaka | We cooperated with a blood drive sponsored by the KANSAI-YUSHO Cooperative. |
Kobe | We participated in the "Heartful Fund Festa", an event which provides a forum for disabled and able-bodied people to connect, sponsored by the youth section of the Hyogo Prefecture Gaming Industry Federation. |
Hiroshima | We participated in patrols of hall parking lots sponsored by the CHUGOKU-YUSHO Cooperative. |
Matsuyama | We cooperated with a blood drive together with volunteers from SHIKOKU-YUSHO Cooperative. |
Fukuoka | We cooperated with a blood drive together with volunteers from KYUSYU-YUSHO Cooperative. |
Saga | We cooperated with the summer parking lot patrols and a blood drive together with volunteers from KYUSYU-YUSHO Cooperative. |
Since March 2013, we have carried out cleanup activities every month in Nampeidai-cho in Shibuya, Tokyo, where our Head Office is located, as part of CSR (social contribution) activities.
In fiscal 2014, a total of 169 employee volunteers took part in cleanup activities focusing on the area around the Head Office as well as other locations in the Nampeidai-cho area of Shibuya Ward.
Fields will continuously undertake a variety of measures linked to local society contributions and environmental protection.
As part of its CSR activities, the Fields Group donated calendars and day planners to Tokyo's Minato Council of Social Welfare. Following distribution by the council, they are now serving the needs of users of welfare facilities in Minato Ward.
Going forward, Fields Group will continuously undertake a variety of measures linked to local society contributions and environmental protection.