Coexistence with Local Communities / Social Contribution

●Following the policy announced by the Government of Japan on workplace vaccinations, from September to October 2021 Sanwa Shutter Corporation organized workplace COVID-19 vaccinations for 625 people, including Sanwa Group employees, their families, installers, outsourcing partners working with us, and business partners.

●At ODC, two employees from the installation department joined a local charity group and delivered meals to firefighters, police officers, hospital staff, etc. every morning before starting work for about one month.

●The NF Group of companies made donations and carried out activities tailored to community needs to help prevent the spread of COVID-19 and to mitigate its impact.

NF France：Donation of surgical masks and disposable personal protective clothing to local fire departments and hospitals
NF Poland：Provision of 5,000 free meals to healthcare professionals
NF Netherlands：Volunteer clothes washing at local senior care facilities with a shortage of employees due to COVID-19 as a voluntary initiative of employees.

●Shanghai Baosteel–Sanwa Door Co., Ltd. raised 8,500 RMB in donations from employees to purchase masks for the local community in Shanghai and to provide cash donations.
During the lockdowns in Shanghai, nine employees volunteered, taking part in, for example, transporting supplies and assisting with PCR testing.
●In Vietnam, Vina–Sanwa Company Liability Limited donated one million VND to the local community where the factory is located to fund COVID-19 vaccinations.

Every year since 2007, the Sanwa Group has held Sanwa Environment Day on June 10. Through various initiatives on this day, we are informing employees about our environmental policy and information on the environment to raise awareness of environmental conservation. As part of Sanwa Environment Day, we hold cleanup drives around our business sites nationwide.

Every year at the Sanwa Group, as part of new employee orientation, volunteers clean up around the Arakawa River and Takashimadaira shopping arcade near the Sanwa Shutter Corporation head office. The goal is to contribute to local communities and develop a philosophy on environmental protection.

Sanwa Tajima Corporation, which manufactures and sells stainless steel products, has hosted an annual art class since fiscal 2016 together with Kidsdoor, an NPO that supports the learning of children from disadvantaged homes.
The art classes have taught the children participating in Kidsdoor learning classes how to make Halloween and Christmas wreaths as well as paper mâché masks, with the support of employees from the Design Section of Sanwa Tajima Corporation. This initiative was awarded the Startup Encouragement Award at the 4th Corporate Volunteer Awards in February 2019. For our project where children make mobiles using marbling-dyed straws, from fiscal 2020 to fiscal 2021 classes were held online, but in fiscal 2022, we returned to in-person classes (for the first time since October 2019).

Each year in April, Shanghai Baosteel-Sanwa Door conducts a program in which employees donate one day’s salary to various causes. The donated funds will be used to help pay for the living expenses of employees in need of further assistance and school fees for their children, as well as other charitable activities.

As a pioneer in wooden partitions, Sanwa System Wall, which joined the Sanwa Group in 2017, produces and markets wooden partitions made with locally produced lumber. This enables us to contribute to the revitalization of the local forestry industry and to be involved with building schools beloved by the community. In recent years, an increasing number of schools have selected wooden partitions made from local lumber to improve the learning environment, build ties with the local community, and to help preserve the environment. In 2017, Sanwa Shutter Corporation donated seven toilet booths to Tokushima Prefecture that featured doors made from Aizome (indigo-dyed) Tokushima cedar. These booths are the product of a joint development with a local company with technologies for dyeing wood with indigo. Aizome is a traditional industry of Tokushima Prefecture. The combination of the beautiful grain of Tokushima cedar and depth of the indigo color produces a calming effect. The surface is clear coated to improve water resistance and durability.

Sanwa Shutter Corporation was founded in the Sanwa Hondori Shopping District in Amagasaki-shi, Hyogo Prefecture. For the shopping street promotion association’s 50th anniversary, ’Santosho’, a sharing library, was established in the shopping district in January 2023 . Sanwa Shutter Corporation sponsored Santosho by providing gratis 'Sotomi' external slim storefronts and heavy-duty shutters.

ODC's Genie Door Opener Division hosts a five-kilometer charity run. The entrance fee and donations received on the day of the run are provided to the American Cancer Society, which works to eradicate cancer and improve cancer care in the community. In 2022, the eleventh holding of this event, approximately 600 people participated, including online visitors. This event not only contributed to the community, but also improved employees' sense of engagement. The Lewiston Plant provided funding for maintaining a local park and a pool, while the Mt. Hope Plant funded a local sidewalk maintenance project, contributing to the revitalization of the local community.

In 2022, the NF Group donated €5,000 in support for Ukraine. As well, NF Door (Poland) and NF Denmark donated separately. NF Germany collaborated with a support organization to provide trucks for free for transporting materials and people.

Shanghai Baosteel-Sanwa Door has concluded a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the local residents’ association as part of its efforts to integrate with the community, and engages in regular exchange activities to create a better local community.
The MOU states that the parties will hold periodic community meetings and engage in activities for creating a better residential and living environment.