Communities

Social Welfare Organization Hojukai

Suntory founder Shinjiro Torii began the Hojukai in 1921 with the establishment of the "Imamiya Dispensary" free clinic in the Airin district of Osaka City to assist people living in financial hardship based on his strong belief in social contribution. The Hojukai was named by combining one Japanese kanji character of Shinjiro Torii's wife's name and one Japanese kanji character from our Kotobukiya company name from that time. During the turmoil after the Second World War, accommodation facility was provided for victims of war, people that returned from overseas and people that did not have a place to go, which are currently used as special elderly nursing home and nursery schools. Hojukai continued activities as a social welfare organization and it operates Takadonoen (special care facility for seniors established in 1974), Domyoji Takadonoen (a general-purpose welfare facility established in 2008), the Tsubomi Nursery School (1975), and the West Asahi-ku Community General Support Center (commissioned by Osaka City in April 2011).
To respond to the current needs, The Hojukai has been putting efforts in at-home nursing care services such as home-visit nursing care, outpatient nursing care, and in-home long-term nursing care services. In the spring of 2017, Tsubomi Nursery School moved to a new premise with the aim of an even more unique and comfortable facility as well as a nursery school that nurtures a wealth of sensibility.
"Hojukai," the first corporation to conduct social welfare activities in Osaka, celebrates its 100th anniversary in 2021.

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  Takadonoen, special care facility
  for seniors and Tsubomi Nursery School

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  Domyoji-Takadonoen, a general-purpose
  welfare facility

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  West Asahi-ku Community
  General Support Center

For more information, see Social Welfare Organization Hojukai (in Japanese)

Employee Volunteer Activities

The Suntory Group conducts a wide range of social contribution activities based on its spirit of Giving back to Society, but a relationship between society and every Group employee is also important.
We actively suggest that employees use time created through work style reform promoted throughout the entire Group to participate in employee volunteer activities to discover new value and serve as opportunities for individual growth.

For more information on the Employee Volunteer Activities, see Employee Volunteer.

Suntory Dream Match

Suntory Dream Match is an event held from 1995 where proceeds from the sales of beer and other beverages, baseball goods, charity seats, as well as part of the proceeds from the sales of baseball uniforms signed by participating athletes are used as donations to organize baseball and catch ball classes with the participation of active and retired professional baseball players in order to support the recovery of baseball in the Tohoku region since 2016.

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  A baseball workshop held in
  Kumamoto Prefecture in November 2020

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  Catch ball class in
  disaster affected areas using charity

Promoting Greening of Plants

The Suntory Group’s plants consider biodiversity and promote greening that is in harmony with local environment, receiving awards in various locations as model green plants.

Model greening plant commendation (hosted by Japan Greenery Research and Development Center)

Dialogue with Customers through Plant Tours

We offer plant tours of our breweries, whisky distilleries, wineries, and natural mineral water plants so that more people can become familiar with our dedication to good taste and safety, our concern for the environment, and the approaches we take through our products. While viewing our production processes, visitors will be provided with easy to understand explanations about the detail that goes into our work and enjoy tasting and other activities. In addition, special seminars to learn the commitment toward brewing beer and ways to enjoy whisky are held, attracting approximately 660,000 visitors each year.

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  Natural mineral water plant tour

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  Special seminar held at a beer plant