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<!DOCTYPE html> <html lang="en"> <head prefix="og: http://ogp.me/ns#"> <meta charset="utf-8"> <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge"> <title>Native Forests for Life Initiative | Sustainability | Daicel Corporation</title> <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0"> <meta name="format-detection" content="telephone=no"> <meta property="og:type" content="article"> <meta property="og:title" content="Native Forests for Life Initiative | Sustainability | Daicel Corporation"> <meta property="og:url" content="https://www.daicel.com/en/sustainability/forests.html"> <meta property="og:image" content="https://www.daicel.com/en/common_img/symbol/ogp.png"> <meta property="og:site_name" content="Daicel Corporation"> <meta property="og:locale" content="en_US"> <link rel="canonical" href="https://www.daicel.com/en/sustainability/forests.html"> <link rel="shortcut icon" href="/en/common_img/symbol/favicon.ico"> <link rel="apple-touch-icon-precomposed" href="/en/common_img/symbol/apple-touch-icon.png"> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/en/css/common.css"> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/en/css/custom/common_add.css"> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/en/sustainability/css/csr.css"> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/en/sustainability/css/fonts/font-awesome.css"> </head> <body id="forests"> <div id="wrap-header"> </div>  <main class="Main" id="main"> <article id="mainBody" class="MainBody"> <div class="pageHead sustainability"> <div class="jumbotron jumbotron-fluid sustainability-heading"> <div class="heading heading-lv1"> <div class="container csr-row"> <h1> <span class="heading__shoulder">Sustainability</span><span class="heading__label">Native Forests for Life Initiative</span></h1> <div id="csr_sitemap" class="csr-sitemap-container"> </div> </div>  </div>  </div>  </div> <div class="pageContents isFluid"> <div class="mainContents"> <div class="container csr-row"> <div class="container-inner"> <section class="column-container"> <ul class="row link-anc-wrap"> <li class="col-md-3 col-6"><a href="#anc-1" class="link link-anc btn"><span>What Are Native Forests for Life?</span></a></li> <li class="col-md-3 col-6"><a href="#anc-2" class="link link-anc btn"><span>The Daicel Group’s Objectives in the Native Forests for Life Initiative</span></a></li> <li class="col-md-3 col-6"><a href="#anc-3" class="link link-anc btn"><span>Native Forests for Life Tree Planting Ceremony</span></a></li> </ul>  </section> <section class="column-container" id="anc-1"> <div class="heading heading-lv3" data-parts="typography"> <h2> <span class="heading__label">What Are Native Forests for Life?</span> </h2> </div> <p>Native forests for life is an initiative aimed at recreating local natural forests through a tree planting method developed by the late Dr. Akira Miyawaki, who is the pioneering figure in “Native Forests for Life”. His efforts were centered on the vegetation belonging to a region’s natural environment, its potential natural vegetation. By using the unique Miyawaki method of planting mixed species of trees, forests appropriate to the region are preserved and lead to protection from earthquakes, floods, and other natural disasters. We believe that Dr. Miyawaki’s initiative leads to personal growth on the part of both the people who plan and administer the tree planting ceremonies and the participants who learn as they plant trees, so the participation of local residents, including children, is an important feature of this tree planting method.</p>  </section> <section class="column-container" id="anc-2"> <div class="heading heading-lv3" data-parts="typography"> <h2> <span class="heading__label">The Daicel Group’s Objectives in the Native Forests for Life Initiative</span> </h2> </div> <figure class="figure text-center"><img src="img/forests_im01.jpg" alt="The Daicel Group’s Objectives in the Native Forests for Life Initiative" class="figure__img img-fluid"></figure> <p>In March 2016, Daicel Corporation launched its Native Forests for Life Committee, chaired by the company’s president. The aims of this initiative are as follows:</p> <section> <h3 class="heading-lv3-csr">①Restoring natural vegetation through mixed planting</h3> <p>Natural forests consist of a wide variety of tree species. Like one of these forests, we aim to become stronger personally and organizationally, with each staff member playing a role and supporting each other through forest development activities.</p> </section> <section> <h3 class="heading-lv3-csr">②Strengthening cooperation with local communities</h3> <p>Through tree planting activities, we build ties with people in neighboring communities and help them understand our manufacturing activities and business operations by interacting with them.</p> </section> <section> <h3 class="heading-lv3-csr">③Contributing to biodiversity conservation</h3> <p>We contribute to a low-carbon society and strive to preserve the natural environment.</p> </section> <section> <h3 class="heading-lv3-csr">④Strengthening disaster prevention</h3> <p>We create forests that will, in turn, prevent fires from spreading, mitigate the damage from natural disasters, and reduce noise from human activity.</p> <figure class="figure text-center"><img src="img/forests_im02.jpg" alt="(4) Strengthening disaster prevention" class="figure__img img-fluid"></figure> </section>  </section> <section class="column-container" id="anc-3"> <div class="heading heading-lv3" data-parts="typography"> <h2> <span class="heading__label">Native Forests for Life Tree Planting Ceremony</span> </h2> </div> <p>Daicel’s first tree planting ceremony was held at Harima Plant on April 9, 2016, and other plants have followed by holding their own tree planting ceremonies. Not only Daicel Group employees but also their families, employees of our partner companies, and local residents take part in planting trees, making these ceremonies opportunities for interactions between Daicel and local communities. In November 2019, we held tree planting ceremonies at Aboshi Plant, Hirohata Plant, and Innovation Park to commemorate our 100th anniversary, with about 1,500 participants planting 10,300 seedlings.</p> <section> <h3 class="heading-chart">Past Tree Planting Ceremonies</h3> <p class="pc_none">Scroll left or right</p> <div class="sp_scroll"> <table class="table table-bordered"> <colgroup> <col class="w-24"> <col class="w-19"> <col class="w-24"> <col class="w-12"> <col class="w-10"> <col class="w-11"> </colgroup> <tbody> <tr> <th class="text-center">Business site</th> <th class="text-center">Date</th> <th class="text-center">Location of tree planting</th> <th class="text-center">Number of trees planted</th> <th class="text-center">Number of species</th> <th class="text-center">Number of participants</th> </tr> <tr> <td class="text-center">Innovation Park</td> <td class="text-right">December 5, 2023</td> <td class="text-center">Shiohama parking lot</td> <td class="text-right">100</td> <td class="text-right">23</td> <td class="text-right">11</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="text-center">Ohtake Plant</td> <td class="text-right">April 25, 2023</td> <td class="text-center">East property border</td> <td class="text-right">150</td> <td class="text-right">32</td> <td class="text-right">29</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="text-center">Kanzaki Plant</td> <td class="text-right">March 25, 2023<sup>*</sup></td> <td class="text-center">Site adjacent parking lot</td> <td class="text-right">700</td> <td class="text-right">1</td> <td class="text-right">200</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="text-center">Ohtake Plant</td> <td class="text-right">May 31, 2022<sup>*</sup></td> <td class="text-center">Planned office site</td> <td class="text-right">300</td> <td class="text-right">5</td> <td class="text-right">38</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="text-center">Harima Plant</td> <td class="text-right">May 27, 2021<sup>*</sup></td> <td class="text-center">No.7 Pyrochemical Storage South</td> <td class="text-right">52</td> <td class="text-right">36</td> <td class="text-right">20</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="text-center">Harima Plant</td> <td class="text-right">March 30, 2021<sup>*</sup></td> <td class="text-center">Around the No.3 parking lot</td> <td class="text-right">1,682</td> <td class="text-right">36</td> <td class="text-right">61</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="text-center">Harima Plant</td> <td class="text-right">April 28, 2020<sup>*</sup></td> <td class="text-center">South of the No.1 Workshop,<br>near the road to the Functional Testing Center</td> <td class="text-right">1,890</td> <td class="text-right">36</td> <td class="text-right">55</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="text-center">Ohtake Plant</td> <td class="text-right">March 18, 2020</td> <td class="text-center">East property border</td> <td class="text-right">150</td> <td class="text-right">32</td> <td class="text-right">35</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="text-center">Himeji Area (Aboshi Plant Hirohata Plant Innovation Park)</td> <td class="text-right">November 2, 2019</td> <td class="text-center">Shiohama (along the border of the parking lot)</td> <td class="text-right">10,300</td> <td class="text-right">36</td> <td class="text-right">1,500</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="text-center">Harima Plant</td> <td class="text-right">March 29, 2019</td> <td class="text-center">North property border</td> <td class="text-right">1,399</td> <td class="text-right">36</td> <td class="text-right">138</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="text-center">Daicel Chemical (China)</td> <td class="text-right">March 10, 2019</td> <td class="text-center">Changxing Island, Shanghai</td> <td class="text-right">13</td> <td class="text-right">1</td> <td class="text-right">25</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="text-center">Harima Plant</td> <td class="text-right">December 21, 2018</td> <td class="text-center">East property border</td> <td class="text-right">1,410</td> <td class="text-right">36</td> <td class="text-right">183</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="text-center">Ohtake Plant</td> <td class="text-right">April 14, 2018</td> <td class="text-center">Areas surrounding the office building site</td> <td class="text-right">2,000</td> <td class="text-right">36</td> <td class="text-right">517</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="text-center">Harima Plant</td> <td class="text-right">March 19, 2018</td> <td class="text-center">Nanodiamond Testing Center</td> <td class="text-right">456</td> <td class="text-right">27</td> <td class="text-right">117</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="text-center">Arai Plant</td> <td class="text-right">September 30, 2017</td> <td class="text-center">Areas surrounding the truck gate</td> <td class="text-right">1,272</td> <td class="text-right">30</td> <td class="text-right">335</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="text-center">Harima Plant</td> <td class="text-right">April 9, 2016</td> <td class="text-center">Areas surrounding parking lot No.1</td> <td class="text-right">2,052</td> <td class="text-right">36</td> <td class="text-right">543</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div>  </section> <div class="row mt-5"> <div class="col-md-4"> <figure class="figure text-center"><img src="img/forests_im03.jpg?2023" alt="April 25, 2023 Mini tree planting at Ohtake Plant" class="figure__img img img-fluid"></figure> </div> <div class="col-md-4"> <figure class="figure text-center"><img src="img/forests_im04.jpg?2023" alt="April 25, 2023 Mini tree planting at Ohtake Plant" class="figure__img img img-fluid"></figure> </div> <div class="col-md-4"> <figure class="figure text-center"><img src="img/forests_im05.jpg?2023" alt="April 25, 2023 Mini tree planting at Ohtake Plant" class="figure__img img img-fluid"></figure> </div> <p class="figure__caption text-center mt-0 mb-0">April 25, 2023 Mini tree planting at Ohtake Plant</p> </div>  </section> </div> <aside id="csr_side" class="column-nav"> </aside>  </div>  </div>  </div> </article> </main> <div class="pageGuide"> <nav class="breadcrumb container" 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