Biodiversity Conservation Activities
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Activity Concept
The progress of economic development, and various other developments such as urbanization underway in many regions of the world, has worsened the destruction and pollution of the natural environment and promoted excessive use of resources. The earth is now facing a great threat to its biodiversity. The natural environment, which is critical to the sustainability of all life on Earth, is founded on the healthy sustainment of biodiversity.
The Hitachi High-Tech Corporation aims for future in which both humans and nature are enriched, and is now taking the following steps to promote biodiversity conservation activities across the entire Group.
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Activity Concept Introduction Animation
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Introducing the biodiversity conservation activities being implemented by the Hitachi High-Tech Group.
Activity Plans at Each Site
Acting in conformity with Hitachi Environmental Innovation 2050, the Hitachi High-Tech Group has formulated a three-year plan for activities from 2022 to 2024. In specific terms, this began with the ecosystem conservation activity headings defined as common indices for the Hitachi Group. From those, we selected headings that the Hitachi High-Tech Group should take measures in.
The three-year activities plan was formulated in accordance with those headings.
The various activities are being promoted voluntarily on the basis of the formulated activities plan. The substance of the activities is also being made open with the aim of heightening awareness in the entire Hitachi Group as well as enhancing the activities. We will also make active efforts to release information about activity cases inside and outside the company.
| Category | Description of Activity (Activities contributing to a positive impact on natural capital) |
No. of Sites | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maintenance, expansion and management of green areas | Develop green areas and water surfaces that contribute to ecosystems | Maintain and expand green areas and water surface area | 8 |
| Conduct third-party evaluations to assess management, operation, etc. of eco-friendly green areas | 1 | ||
| Consideration for facilities, etc. | 1 | ||
| Green space management | Adopt native species, eliminate invasive species, create biotopes | 6 | |
| Provide human resources involved in site management the skills to take ecosystem preservation into consideration and assign appropriate human resources | 3 | ||
| Manage green spaces that contribute to ecosystems in which employees participate | 1 | ||
| Survey and preservation of organisms | Survey and preserve organisms | Monitor organisms and prepare and update ecosystem maps | 3 |
| Preserve rare species that inhabit company sites | 2 | ||
| Collaborate with stakeholders to preserve rare species that inhabit areas outside company sites | 1 | ||
| Survey neighboring natural areas and implement measures in harmony with regional ecosystems | 1 | ||
| Take into consideration acquisition and modification of land and buildings | 1 | ||
| Communication | Raise employee awareness and knowledge | 7 | |
| Use various reports (environmental, sustainability, and other reports) to inform people outside the company about ecosystem preservation measures | 1 | ||
| Social contribution | ・ Conduct clean up activities for forests, rivers, and coastal areas ・ Implement tree planting and forest development measures ・ Make donations to biodiversity preservation organizations ・ Open plants to the public and take other measures to educate people and disseminate information on ecosystems |
17 | |
| Procurement | Explain our stance on ecosystem preservation measures to suppliers | 5 | |
| Prioritize procurement of office supplies that take biodiversity into consideration | 7 | ||
| Sales | Provide information on product that service use and disposal methods that ecosystem preservation into consideration | 1 | |
The environment that surrounds our lives,
Traditional nature is decreasing, and biodiversity is on the verge of a crisis due to its excessive use and destruction by humans.
Without a rich natural environment that preserves biodiversity, it has a great impact not only on our daily lives but also on the continuation of our corporate activities.
We must conserve biodiversity and contribute to the maintenance of a rich natural environment.
So we first looked at the distant past environment.
In the distant past, people and nature coexisted and there was a rich ecosystem.
Looking at the difference (gap) between the environment of the distant past and the present,
We envisioned the future we are aiming for, from the difference.
Our goal is a "creating a rich future for both humans and nature".
We look at the gap between the future and the present and consider measures for conservation activities.
Our conservation activities emphasize activities on actual place. By touching and feeling the real thing,
We believe that we can see not only environmental issues as familiar issues, but also we can gain the enjoyment and fulfillment of our activities.
It does not mean that conservation activities are finished once they are implemented. We measure the effect and change before and after the activities.
The results of these measurements are
analyzed and evaluated,
and the "Vision for the future" is formulated and then,
reflected in conservation measures.
Striving to create a rich future for both humans and nature