The Iwaki Factory, Kureha's main production site, has held annual CSR Local Dialogue Meetings since fiscal 2003 to report the Group's CSR activities to the local community and to provide an opportunity to exchange opinions.
Although the first meeting was held solely by Kureha, starting with the third meeting, neighboring Group companies have also participated. The fiscal 2019 meeting was held on November 15, and was attended by approximately 100 community members (government agencies, community organizations, neighborhood association board members, and neighborhood businesses). Group companies also set up booths to promote interaction with visitors. After the meeting, we also conducted a tour of our factory.
In fiscal 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we decided to conduct meetings through written correspondence such as explanatory materials. In fiscal 2021, however, we started individual visits in addition to holding written correspondence. In fiscal 2022, from November 30 to December 21, we visited 24 community organizations, 11 government agencies, 3 local newspapers, 3 business-related companies, and 5 Group companies to provide in-person explanations of the Group’s activities.

The Iwaki Factory actively welcomes visitors from the local community to familiarize themselves with our production sites. We also hold Kureha Tours for employees' families.

In October 2017, Omitama City and our Plastics Processing Factory signed an agreement to supply daily necessities in the event of a disaster. In case of an earthquake or other disaster in the Omitama City area, we will provide our household products at the request of the City to help people get their lives back to normal and assist with recovery.

In February 2018, Fukushima Prefecture and the Iwaki Factory signed an agreement regarding the procurement of supplies in the event of a disaster. The purpose of this agreement is to ensure supplies can be promptly and seamlessly requested and supplied in the event of a large-scale disaster or an armed attack. By supplying products such as our NEW Krewrap, we want to help people get their lives back to normal and assist with reconstruction.

On weekday afternoons from May 10 to June 3, 2022, the Kureha Group collaborated with Kureha General Hospital to provide third doses of COVID-19 vaccines at the workplace. We set up a vaccination site in the multi-purpose hall of the Iwaki Factory and successfully administered the COVID-19 vaccine to 993 Kureha Group employees and their family members who had requested it. Our fourth-dose workplace vaccination campaign was canceled due to an anticipated significant decrease in the number of applicants due to a delay of more than one month from the implementation of vaccination at medical institutions and large vaccination sites.