Stakeholder Engagement

"Contribution to the local community" is one of our materiality, as part of this, we have been giving visiting lectures to fifth graders to teach them about agriculture and the need for Agricultural Chemicals, since classes on agriculture start in the fifth grade. Although agricultural chemicals contribute significantly to food production and are necessary materials to support a sustainable society, there is a problem that consumers of crops do not fully understand the social value of agricultural chemicals and agricultural chemicals themselves correctly. The purpose is to help children deepen their understanding of agriculture and agricultural chemicals by obtaining accurate information and thinking for themselves through outreach classes. This initiative aims not only to improve our corporate value by disseminating correct information on agricultural chemicals about our core business, but also to create an environment in which farmers and our employees handle agricultural chemicals with confidence. Furthermore, by having schools adopt it as a teaching material for social studies and inquiry-based learning, it creates educational opportunities for children that go beyond what is found in textbooks, and it is also used as a helpful resource for teachers in carrying out their lessons. We will continue these activities to expect that the effects of our educational activities will spread from the children to the teachers who work in the field and parents.

From FY2024, we launched a new program called “Food Education Program for High School Students: Group Discussions on Food Production.”
In FY 2025, participating schools conducted group discussions and prepared reports on the following three themes: 1) Let’s think about “food production” — what would happen if agricultural chemicals disappeared from the world? 2) If you were a ●● farmer, would you use agricultural chemicals or not? 3) How can accurate knowledge about agricultural chemicals be spread throughout society?
A total of 249 groups with 967 participants took part, and the group selected for the Excellence Award was invited to visit our Chemical Research Institute (ShIP).