Social Welfare Organization Hojukai

Hojukai began with the establishment of the "Imamiya Dispensary" free clinic in the Airin district of Osaka City in 1921 by Suntory founder Shinjiro Torii 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 was provided for victims of war, returnees, and those without family, and this facility was carried on as a special elderly nursing home and nursery school. Since then, Hojukai continued activities as a social welfare organization and today 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 (established in 1975), and the West Asahi-ku Community General Support Center (commissioned by Osaka City in April 2011).
To respond to the current needs, 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 to become 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.
In recent years, we have also been holding activities such as calisthenics classes and health talks for local residents, dementia prevention seminars, and parenting circles. In addition to providing meals, Takadono 5-chome Shokudo and Takadonoen Hiroppa provide a place for children to belong through play, events, and experiences. They also offer learning support and access to child-rearing support closely in tune with the local community. We practice the Hojukai philosophy of "living together with smiles and compassion, sharing comfort and joy" and implement activities that contribute to the local community.

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  Takadonoen, special care facility
  for the elderly 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

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  Takadonoen,
  Takadono 5-chome Shokudo

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  Domyoji-Takadonoen Hiroppa Autumn Festival

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

Employee Volunteer Activities

Suntory Group conducts a wide range of social contribution activities based on our spirits of Giving Back to Society. At the same time, we believe that it is important for each employee to have rich connections with society as a good person.
We encourage employees to utilize the 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. We have also introduced a volunteer leave program to support employees taking part in volunteer activities. In fiscal 2024, 22 employees took a total of 32 days of volunteer leave.
We will continue to raise awareness of the program and encourage its use in an effort to deepen our ties with local communities.

• Volunteer Web and Donation Website

To allow employees to easily participate in volunteer work, we have set up Volunteer Web, a website that lists volunteer opportunities Suntory employees can apply for according to area and day. We also offer volunteer opportunities at work or at home and donate food to single-parent families experiencing economic hardship. We launched a Donation Website to collect donations for organizations working on social issues during "Mutual Aid Month" at the end of the year.

• Volunteering at Related Organizations and Events

Each year Suntory Group employees perform gardening, window cleaning, provide management support for sports events, and other work together with facility staff at elderly care facilities and child daycare centers operated by the social welfare organization Hojukai.
New employees of Suntory Group also participate in volunteer activities such as road cleaning and weed removal after receiving training at each facility regarding the history of the Hojukai and the founder's ideas about social contribution.

• Volunteering in Areas Affected by Natural Disasters

After the torrential rains in Western Japan in 2018 and Typhoon Hagibis in 2019, Suntory as a company donated money and supplies products to the areas affected, and employee volunteers were also sent to help those affected on the ground. Over the past two years, more than 200 employees have helped in Okayama, Tochigi, Nagano and other prefectures by, for example, shoveling mud from under floorboards of damaged homes, removing furniture and cleaning up apple orchards.
In support of the areas affected by the Noto Peninsula Earthquake of 2024, Suntory employees from across Japan donated approximately 7.3 million yen in response to a call from our Donation Website at the beginning of the year. Around 200 employees volunteered to support the affected areas, including cleaning up damaged homes.

• Volunteer Clean-up Activities at Offices Nationwide

Suntory Group's business locations across Japan take part in environment beautification efforts through clean ups organized by local governments and other actions.

• Employee Secondment to NPOs

In 2024, we began the secondment of employees to NPOs engaged in next-generational empowerment activities that share our awareness of issues. In 2024, one employee was seconded to each of three organizations. We intend to continue providing personnel support to NPOs that collaborate with us in next-generation empowerment activities. This marks one step further in social participation for both employees and Suntory as a whole.

• Suntory Group's Initiatives around the World

Around 1,000 employees of Suntory Global Spirits representing 12 countries participated in local community contribution activities under the slogan "Together for Good."
Additionally, Suntory Beverage & Food Europe has established its own volunteer platform, with around 1,000 employees giving back to society under the slogan "Do Good."

Suntory Dream Match

We use a portion of the proceeds from "Suntory Dream Match," an event held since 1995, to conduct charity activities centered on baseball and catch-ball classes for children, taught by former professional baseball players.

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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

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 at 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