Social Contribution Activities

Positioning of Social Contribution Activities in Toshiba Group

Structure of Toshiba Group’s Social Contribution Activities

Total expenditure and its constituent parts (FY2024)

Toshiba Group promotes volunteer activities at each company, and since FY2014, Toshiba Group companies have held the Toshiba Group Volunteer Days around December 5, the International Volunteer Day set by the United Nations, as a Group-wide initiative.
In FY2024, approximately 64,000 employees participated in 162 activities globally. They carried out unique social contribution activities in each region, such as cleanup activities, food drives, and special menus at the company cafeteria to support reconstruction in disaster areas. Furthermore, employees held a Christmas concert for approximately 200 children at a kindergarten near our Komukai Complex in Saiwai-ku, Kawasaki. This concert tradition began in 2017 as an initiative for CSR Month and to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the Komukai Complex, with FY2024 marking the sixth time it has been held.

Since 1992, Toshiba Group has worked with the National Science Teachers Association to host the ExploraVision Awards (EVA), a science and technology competition for k-1 to k-12 students in the United States and Canada.
EVA is a science and technology competition aiming to encourage dreams in which children, who will lead the next generation, imagine new technology that will exist more than ten years from now, based on current science and technology. The program celebrated its 32nd anniversary in 2024, commemorating its long history as a Japanese company’s science education support program in North America. The number of participants totals approximately 440,000 to date. In 2024, we received applications from more than 2,000 groups representing over 6,000 students from around the United States and Canada, and held the awards event in June. President and CEO Shimada, who attended the ceremony, encouraged the winners in his speech, saying, “Getting to 90% of any goal is relatively easy, but the last 10% is the hardest part. Think about what problems you want to solve in the future, and then work hard with passion and never give up.”

【2024 Prizewinners】

• GRADES K1-3 (Kindergarten to 3rd year elementary school students)
  Allergen Detector (A device that attaches to a child’s clothing to detect food allergies)
  ST. Thomas the Apostile Catholic School – Miami, Florida
• GRADES K4-6 (4th to 6th year elementary school students)
  Plastivore Trashcan (A device that shreds, oxidizes, and decomposes plastic using bacterial enzyme tablets)
  Lester C.Noecker School – Roseland, New Jersey
• GRADES K7-9 (1st to 3rd year junior high school students)
  Pediabots (Utilize microrobotic technology for pediatric surgery)
  Next Generation School – Champaign, Illinois
• GRADES K10-12 (1st to 3rd year high school students)
  N4NO (Nanocarriers for Neuroprosthetic Optimization, an approach using micelles via cerebrospinal fluid)
  North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics – Durham, North Carolina

With the goal of contributing to biodiversity conservation, Toshiba Group formulates activities for each of our sites to help achieve seven key GBF targets*. We promote these employee-led initiatives both within and outside our business locations.　          

• GBF (Global Biodiversity Framework) refers to the "Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework" formulated at the 15th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP15) held in December 2022. This is a set of global goals for biodiversity conservation consisting of elements such as the 2050 Vision, 2030 Mission, 2050 Goals, and 2030 Targets (23 activity targets). The seven targets refer to the following targets in the 2030 targets for achieving nature-positive: "Target 3: 30 by 30," "Target 4: Species and gene conservation," "Target 6: Invasive species control," "Target 7: Pollution prevention/reduction," "Target 8: Climate change measures," "Target 11: Utilization of nature’s regulatory functions," and "Target 12: Securing green and water-friendly spaces"; Toshiba Group aims to contribute to achieving these targets at our sites in and outside Japan.

Toshiba Group expands its business around the world, and contributes to the development of local communities through a variety of business activities, primarily in the regions where the business hubs are located. Our contributions include job creation, tax payment, and the promotion of optimal procurement, including local procurement.
At the same time, we are also working to contribute through interaction with surrounding communities by promoting activities that benefit the local environment, such as cleaning and tree planting, as well as activities related to social welfare.

Toshiba promotes sports not only to help children to grow up healthy but also to inspire and encourage everyone through the impressive performances of top athletes. Amateur sports teams of Toshiba employees play an active role in making a difference in society.