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Promoting social contribution activities
Stance towards social contribution activities
Advantest’s Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Policy was stipulated as follows in April 2008: “Advantest respects each of its stakeholders and strives to maintain harmony with society in all its operations while contributing to the goal of a sustainable society.” Based on this stance, Advantest conducts social contribution activities focused on the areas of preserving the global environment, developing the next generation, and contributing to local communities.
Advantest seeks to respond to the needs of its stakeholders and the community in order to contribute to the development of an affluent society through its social contribution activities to fulfill its corporate social responsibility as a global company.
Framework to promote CSR
Advantest has a track record of promoting CSR and environmental initiatives in every country and region it operates in, especially Japan. However, it has been increasingly important to conduct more global CSR and environmental initiatives through its supply chain as a company that contributes to a broader range of society. We would like to use the recent merger as an opportunity to establish a new framework for promoting and implementing CSR and environmental initiatives on a global level.
Framework to promote CSR
Social contribution activities conducted during fiscal 2012
The environmental event in Taiwan bringing people into contact with nature
On October 6, 2012, Advantest Taiwan Inc. (ATI) held an environmental event for employees and their families involving hiking on the Qi-long Ancient Trail in Hsinchu County, Taiwan, where ATI is based. As participants hiked along the trail, they picked up trash and enjoyed taking in the natural surroundings. Meanwhile, a local guide accompanying the group introduced them to aspects of the local culture and taught them about the plants and animals in the region. The event proved to be a wonderful opportunity for all 22 participants to encounter the local flora and fauna first-hand, and to learn about the important role of nature.
The 6th forest conservation project held at the Yasuragi-no-Mori Forest in Kusatsu
Over two days from September 21–22, 2012, a team of 22 Advantest Group employees worked as volunteers in this conservation project sponsored by Japan's Forestry Agency, helping with thinning out the forest and tending to dead trees in the Yasuragi-no-Mori Forest in Kusatsu, located in Agatsuma County, Gunma Prefecture, Japan. The team of volunteers worked enthusiastically under the guidance of staff from the Agatsuma District Forest Office, completing the day’s work by posting a plate with names of the participants and the trees engraved and set up a sign proclaiming the plot as the "Forest of Advantest".
Beach clean-up effort and charity event in Singapore
On September 15, 2012, a team of approximately 90 Advantest (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. (ASP) employees and family members volunteered in a beach clean-up effort organized by the marine conservation organization Ocean Conservancy. The volunteers collected roughly 27 kilograms of trash from along a 500-meter stretch of coastline. They also went on to take part in the Walk-a-Jog charity event, raising 2,810 Singapore dollars (approximately 180 thousand Japanese yen) for children fighting cancer and their families.
