Social Social Contributions

We co-produced The Secrets of Air, part of the Gakken Easy-to-Understand Manga Series of educational books for elementary school students published by Gakken Inc. In December 2023, we donated around 24,000 copies through Gakken to public and private elementary schools (including special needs schools) as well as public libraries and children’s centers across Japan. The Gakken Easy-to-Understand Manga Series, which is also recommended by the Nippon PTA National Council, consists of educational manga that allow elementary school students to learn about various familiar themes in an easy-to-understand and enjoyable manner. Also known as the “Secrets Series,” over 200 titles have been published in the series over the past 20 years.

Through this initiative, we seek to convey to the next generation of children the importance of air, which we often take for granted, as well as the mechanisms of air conditioning and ventilation, the possibilities of air, and potential future applications. We will continue to support educational efforts going forward.

We are developing an air conditioning and ventilation system for gyms that is capable of protecting against the cold as well as preventing heat stroke and infectious diseases, making it suitable when using gyms as evacuation shelters in addition to its regular use in gyms.
In recent years, summer heat and winter cold have become increasingly severe. In particular, the indoor environment of gyms during intense summer heat poses a risk of heat stroke not only to participants of competitions and events but also to spectators. Furthermore, using gyms as evacuation shelters creates issues not only regarding heat and cold but also ventilation and protection of privacy. Given the diverse age range of evacuees, a ventilation system that covers the entire gym is essential for preventing infection due to viruses and other pathogens. In view of the growing need to ensure safety even in crowded spaces, we are moving ahead with the commercialization of this system through demonstration tests and seek to contribute to improving the environment within municipal and private sports facilities.

In 2016, we rented forests in Gunma Prefecture and Kyoto Prefecture, which we call “Takasago Thermal Engineering Forests” and, ever since then, employees of the Takasago Thermal Engineering Group and their families have been engaged in forest conservation activities in cooperation with nonprofit organizations and municipalities. In other regions, we participate in and continue forest conservation activities organized by municipalities and organizations. In fact, we conduct such activities not only in Japan but overseas as well.

There are tree planting activities underway in the Takasago-UNIMAS Educational Forest, a 10-hectare expanse of land on the grounds of the University of Malaysia Sarawak, which is located in Sarawak, Malaysia. These efforts have been ongoing since 2018, and, in November of FY2024, we once again conducted on-site seedling and tree planting activities. A total of around 200 people participated, including Malaysian government stakeholders, Sarawak college students and faculty members, local elementary and middle school students, and Takasago Thermal Engineering Group staff (from the head office as well as our subsidiaries in Malaysia).

With the aim of creating forests that serve as models for rainforest regeneration, supporting university students’ research on forest restoration, and contributing to greening efforts and the conservation and regeneration of rainforests in Sarawak and throughout Malaysia, we cultivated and planted a total of 1,000 trees in FY2024.

As an innovation initiative to address future societal challenges, we launched the Environment-Creator^™ Earthshot Program this fiscal year, which aims to discover and support emerging Environment-Creators^™ in the fields of sports, culture, arts, and community contribution. As a pioneering effort, we signed a sponsorship agreement with professional golfer Kanako Aoki in February 2025. Ms. Aoki’s commitment to transcending conventional boundaries and continuously taking on challenges in new environments strongly resonates with our vision of the Environment-Creator^™ and our values embodied in the TakasagoWay, which culminated in this sponsorship agreement.

From FY2025 onward, we will be fully advancing this program in fields beyond sports.

Participation in hands-on events for children organized by municipalities and others

Concert for Children
(Photo provided by: Seiji Ozawa Matsumoto Festival Executive Committee)
Photo: Michiharu Okubo