Case Examples of Social Contribution Activities

In this section, we introduce the social contribution activities of the JACCS Group.

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  Donations as Part of 70th Anniversary Initiatives

  We have made donations totaling 18 million yen to six non-profit organizations as an expression of gratitude for reaching our 70th anniversary.

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  Donations using employees' JACCS cards

  The company adds an amount equal to a portion of the points awarded to employees' JACCS cards and donates it.

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  Children's cafeteria support

  We visit local children's cafeterias and donate food items.

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  Forest creation by JACCS

  We work with NPOs to promote forest restoration and regeneration.

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  Invitations to baseball games

  We invited children with childhood cancer, their families, and children from orphanages to a game hosted by Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters.

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  Hakodate Marathon support

  We send employee volunteers every year to the "Hakodate Marathon," held in the place of our founding, Hakodate, to support the runners.

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  Gold Ribbon Walking

  We co-sponsored "Gold Ribbon Walking" organized by the Gold Ribbon Network, a certified non-profit organization.

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  Para-volleyball support

  As a special partner of the Japan Para-Volleyball Association, we support the activities of the association and the promotion of para-volleyball.

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  Pro bono support

  Employees served as lecturers and gave lectures on business communication for NPOs and non-profit organizations.

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  Making and donating building blocks

  Executives and employees sanded building blocks made from thinning wood and donated them to local nurseries and kindergartens.

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  Vaccines through secondhand clothes

  Through the collection of unwanted clothing, etc., we implemented the "Vaccines through secondhand clothes" initiative that contributes to the achievement of various SDGs at bases across Japan.

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  Bellmark donations

  Executives and employees carry out Bellmark collection activities, and we donate the marks we collect to local elementary schools.

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  In-house sales events

  We regularly sell sweets and breads made by people with disabilities in local daycare facilities to executives and employees.

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  Activities by overseas group companies

  Our overseas group companies also independently plan and carry out social contribution activities.

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  Activities by domestic bases

  Each base in Japan independently plans and carries out social contribution activities.

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  Other donations

  We made a donation to non-profit organization projects and donated postcards with writing errors.

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  Aid donations for natural disasters

  We collect donations from executives and employees to support people affected by large-scale natural disasters and disaster-stricken areas.

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  Social contribution card

  We continue to donate to the Japan Guide Dog Association through the Japan Guide Dog Association Card.

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  Points program

  Using "Lovely Points," card members participate in donation activities to organizations such as non-profit organizations.

With the support of many stakeholders, we reached our 70th anniversary in June 2024, and as an expression of our gratitude, we have made donations of 3 million yen each to six non-profit organizations, totaling 18 million yen. The recipients include three organizations selected by the Social Contribution Promotion Office and three organizations chosen through employee voting. The donations will support organizations that continue to tackle challenges in our priority areas of "Community," "Next Generation," and "Environment."

We convert some of the points awarded to employees' JACCS cards into a monetary amount, and the company makes a donation of the same amount. Every year, executives and employees make recommendations and vote to determine the recipients of the donations, and in fiscal 2023, we donated a total of 5.3 million yen to 10 organizations such as the Tree and Environment Network Association, a non-profit organization that conducts forest improvement and conservation activities. Going forward, we will continue to work to further increase the awareness of participation among executives and employees.

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Taking advantage of the fact that we have bases throughout Japan, employees visit nearby children's cafeterias twice a year to donate food items. In fiscal 2023, we delivered products from Hakodate, Hokkaido, the place of our founding, to 84 children's cafeterias, as well as sweets produced by people with disabilities in local daycare facilities in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, where our headquarters is located, and deepened our exchanges with local people.

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In fiscal 2023, we started the project "JACCS Forest Creation" with the aim of environmental conservation. This activity is a five-year forest conservation project to promote forest restoration and regeneration in Hokkaido, which is affiliated with JACCS, in collaboration with The Life Style Research Institute of Forests, a non-profit organization.
Led by executives and employees from our four bases in Sapporo, we planted 1,500 saplings on 1 hectare of land at the base of Mt. Kamuishiri. Going forward, we will work hard to nurture trees through activities such as grass mowing.

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We operate an initiative to invite children with childhood cancer, their families, and children from orphanages to Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters games at "ES CON FIELD HOKKAIDO" in Kitahiroshima City, Hokkaido.
Executives, employees and their family members support the event as volunteer staff, and the invited children enjoy extraordinary experiences on the ground, such as the first ball ceremony and base running, in addition to watching the baseball. We invited 101 people in fiscal 2024.

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We have been sponsoring the Hakodate Marathon since the first race in 1991. Since the full-half concurrent event in 2016, we have been supporting Hakodate and the runners by dispatching employee volunteers to water supply stations and conducting water supply activities, hoping to make the event at the place of our founding, Hakodate, even more of a success.
In the 2024 marathon, we contributed to the community by distributing sponges wetted with water and salt supplements.

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As a sponsor of the charity event "Gold Ribbon Walking" held by the certified NPO Gold Ribbon Network to spread understanding and knowledge about childhood cancer, we purchased cookies and hair bands produced by an NPO from Shibuya-ku, Tokyo and distributed them to the event participants. In addition to sponsoring the event, JACCS executives and employees also participated as volunteer staff on the day, distributing goods and asking for donations.
Also, since 2016, our executives and employees have contributed annually by participating in events and making donations.

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We have entered into a partnership agreement with the Japan Para-Volleyball Association. In order to support the further spread of para-volleyball, we co-sponsor in-house experience sessions and on-site classes at elementary and junior high schools held by the Association.

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Employees serve as lecturers and cooperate in the "Business Basics Course for NPOs, Facilities, and Volunteer Centers" hosted by the Tokyo Voluntary Action Center (operated by the Tokyo Council of Social Welfare). With the theme of "sales," which is the main business activity of JACCS, employees give lectures on business communication based on knowledge and skills cultivated through many years of experience.
Participants made comments such as "The lecture about sales activities that grab customers’ hearts was helpful" and "The lecture made me want to keep moving forward and do my best."

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In the "Kizukai Project" of the NPO Life Style Research Institute of Forests, executives and employees sanded building blocks made from thinning wood and donated them to nurseries and kindergartens. In fiscal 2022, we were able to donate to 18 facilities, and executives and employees enjoyed interacting with local children, such as receiving a song as a thank you at the nurseries they actually visited.

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In fiscal 2023, we implemented the package "Vaccines through secondhand clothes" provided by JAPAN REUSE SYSTEM. It is a mechanism that leads to the achievement of various SDGs such as a recycling business in Cambodia, creation of local employment, decarbonization, and polio vaccinations through the collection of unwanted clothes.
Despite it being the first implementation, 133 bases participated nationwide and we collected about 8,500 items of secondhand clothes equivalent to 875 polio vaccines.

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We collect Bellmarks as a social contribution activity that executives and employees can easily participate in. The Bellmarks collected are donated to schools in each region in cooperation with sales bases across Japan, and are used to purchase school supplies and equipment.
In order to further contribute to the local community, we will continue to support children with a bright future through collection activities and donations.

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At several bases, including the headquarters (Ebisu, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo), we regularly hold in-house sales events where executives and employees sell independent products such as sweets and bread made by people with disabilities in local daycare facilities. Through this activity, we contribute to sales and provide a place for people with disabilities to participate in society.

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Our overseas group companies also independently plan and carry out social contribution activities.
At JACCS MICROFINANCE (CAMBODIA) PLC. (JMC) in Cambodia, we conduct social contribution activities twice a year that lead to the realization of a "dream future" and "prosperous society" as a member of the local community, based on the corporate slogan "Seed the Future."
Following fiscal 2022, in fiscal 2023, we also donated to an orphanage in Siem Reap Province and co-sponsored Yu&Me organized by Global Bridge Plus, a general incorporated association, and invited children from a non-profit organization in Phnom Penh to participate in soccer classes.
Through both of these activities, we actually interacted with children and contributed to creating and providing opportunities for growth toward a "dream future."

At PT JACCS MITRA PINASTIKA MUSTIKA FINANCE INDONESIA (JMFI) in Indonesia, together with the MPM Group, we visited a nursing home in Jakarta and held a Christmas event in 2023. We sang Christmas carols, and donated Christmas presents, daily necessities, and food items to liven up the Christmas event.

In fiscal 2023, at JACCS FINANCE PHILIPPINES CORPORATION (JFP) in the Philippines, in collaboration with the non-profit organization DEAR ME, we held two workshops with the concept of creating equal educational opportunities for poor children in the Philippines and an environment that will lead to future employment.
In addition to providing teaching materials, JFP employees also served as lecturers to give explanations that would be helpful for the children in the future, such as role playing on the theme of "cultivating communication skills and business manners" and thinking about what to do in order to enter one’s desired profession.

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• At the Kumamoto Branch, we conducted cleanup activities at Suizenji Ezuko Park to protect the local environment.
• At the offices in Hakata-ku, Fukuoka City, including the Kyushu Area Management Department, we are participating in activities to collect empty cases of disposable contact lenses and recycle them.
• At the Machida Branch, we decorated blank fans to express summer, and donated them to a special nursing home for the elderly.
• At the Mie Branch, we collected plastic bottle caps and donated them to an organization that uses them to fund vaccines that save children around the world.
• At the Tokyo Auto Loans Credit Screening Center, we held dance classes and painting classes for people in the workplaces of social welfare corporations involved in daily in-house sales events.
• The Health Management Promotion Office of the Human Resources Department made feeding boxes from recycled milk cartons and donated them along with toys to support organizations that volunteer with rescued cats.

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We endorsed a project to establish the Japan Heart Asia Children's Medical Center in Cambodia run by Japan Heart, an international medical NGO, and donated 10 million yen to support it. It is expected that the new hospital will be able to detect diseases requiring advanced medical treatment such as childhood cancer at an early stage and provide appropriate treatment. It is also expected that the hospital will be used as a place to teach the latest technologies for the training of local medical professionals.

We have donated a total of 1,858 postcards with writing errors (unsubmitted postcards) collected in-house since fiscal 2015 to the National Federation of UNESCO Associations in Japan.
The postcards will be turned into cash and used to raise funds for the UNESCO World Terakoya Movement, which mainly works to reduce poverty and support self-reliance through education in Asia, where there are many illiterate and poor people.

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As support for those facing economic hardship, we are donating food to the food pantry program operated by the Shibuya City Social Welfare Council. The Shibuya City Social Welfare Council provides food support to those experiencing financial difficulties while also offering consultation services for various concerns and providing ongoing support. To contribute to these activities, we are providing specialty products from Hokkaido, including our founding city of Hakodate.

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We collect donations from executives and employees of the JACCS Group to support people affected by large-scale natural disasters and disaster-stricken areas.
We provide a matching gift where the company adds an amount equal to the amount collected from executives and employees, and donate the funds to disaster-stricken areas, the Japanese Red Cross Society, and certified NPOs that carry out support activities in disaster-stricken areas.

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  The above donation amounts include donations from matching gifts as well as donations as a company.

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We continue to make the following donations to the Japan Guide Dog Association through the Japan Guide Dog Association Card.

• We donated about 16.57 million yen to the Japan Guide Dog Association through the Japan Guide Dog Association Card.
• In order to raise awareness about the Japan Guide Dog Association, we co-sponsored a charity golf tournament (October).

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Using the "Lovely Points” points program that accumulates points according to the amount of card usage, card members participate in donation activities to organizations such as non-profit organizations. We accept point exchanges throughout the year, and we donate 1,000 yen for each 1,000 points to various organizations selected by card members. In addition, we ask card members for their cooperation in the event of a disaster.
We will continue to donate to the points program in fiscal 2024.

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  Point donations are made under the name of JACCS.

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