As part of environmental conservation, we perform cleanup activities on roads around the plant twice a year together with supplier companies located in the plant site (a total of 80 people). In addition, to raise environmental awareness, we also made appeals to employees and suppliers to promote no littering and traffic safety.

We conduct traffic safety guidance at crossings on employees’ commuting roads and around the plant, aiming to promote seatbelt use and improve traffic manners and prevent traffic accidents mainly at intersections.

In FY2024, a total of 600 employees participated in this activity on streets and cooperated to build a safe and comfortable town.

In FY2024, we conducted tours for 4,277 students from 65 elementary schools at Suzuki Kosai Plant.

Tours start with an overview of the plant, and then we explain the various processes while students observe them beside the work lines.

Students on their first plant tours observed processes with deep interest.

We participated in the 24th Science Experience for Youth, which was held on December 14, 2024. Companies in Kosai City gathered together in the Main Arena of Kosai Amenity Plaza.

At the Suzuki Kosai Plant, we offered participants the opportunity to make Jimny steel plates using a mini press machine and mini plastic molding machine. A total of 110 customers, mostly children, visited the Suzuki booth and enjoyed the process of making things with their families.

For the purpose of beautifying the surrounding areas of the plant, we perform cleanup activities called the “Cleaning Campaign” by picking up trash around the plant once a month.

We regularly provide guidance by patrolling the areas around the plant by the plant’s traffic safety group members to improve traffic manners and prevent traffic accidents by employees.

We also reconfirm that new employees who have been assigned to the Iwata Plant comply with traffic laws, regulations, and manners, and conduct safety education and on-road training at driving schools in addition to driver checks (driving aptitude evaluations) so that, as automobile manufacturing employees, they can serve as role models to people in the local community.

We are committed to efforts to contribute to the communities in which we are deeply rooted, and coordinated with natural preservation groups to participate in nature conservation activities in Okegayanuma.

At our Sagara Plant, we actively work to maintain the local environment, reflecting an emphasis on co-existence with the local community.

We conduct local environmental maintenance activities four times a year, in which we clean up areas around the plant together with personnel from the Sagara test course and affiliated companies inside the Sagara office. In FY2024 (April-March) 81 people participated. We have also conducted weeding activities as part of the cleanups since FY2022, which has reduced retention of litter, and thus reduced the amount of garbage collected (amount of garbage collected: 147 kg in FY2022, 108 kg in FY2024). We will continue cleanup activities and work to preserve the local environment.

Previously, each department held its own emergency drills, with the primary focus on measures to prevent leaks. Therefore, in November 2024, we held a leak response drill envisaging an external leak for the entire business site. This drill confirmed the response procedures in the event of a leak into a stormwater management reservoir or river. The drill highlighted issues with our procedures and equipment, and proved to be an effective activity for preventing environmental pollution by solving these issues.

We conduct traffic safety guidance activities around the plant during national (prefectural) traffic safety campaign periods. We also conduct driving checks when employees leave work and speed checks within the plant premises. We also provide training to employees using dashcam and accident videos to raise awareness of safe driving. In addition, new employees undergo safe driving training at a driving school every year. We also conduct skills training such as back-up training, on-road driving, and hazard prediction drills, as well as driving aptitude tests. We hope to prevent accidents among young people, who have higher incident rates.

In June and November, we picked up trash and cut the grass around the plant.

Approximately 25 people participated each time in this activity, which we conduct regularly as part of environmental maintenance.

During the cleanup activities, we also further contribute to society by engaging in a greeting campaign with local residents.

We are conducting an initiative in April to remind new employees assigned to the Hamamatsu Plant of their obligation to comply with traffic laws and proper etiquette. In order to make sure that our employees serve as models for other workers in the automobile manufacturing industry, we had them undergo safety training at driving schools and on-road driving lessons.

We also hold safe driving classes for young people provided by the Hosoe Police Station Traffic Section, aiming to increase awareness of safe driving.

We participate in street guidance sessions organized by the Hosoe District Safe Driving Management Association, encouraging students on their way to school and local residents to drive safely.

On October 18, 2024, fifth graders from Miyakodaminami Elementary School participated in a plant tour.

By touring an actual manufacturing site and getting to ride a real motorcycle, the elementary school students were able to become familiar with motorcycles and gain a better understanding of what makes them so appealing. We later received feedback from the students, who said things like "it was so cool," "I learned a lot," and "I want to work here too," which was very motivating for our employees.

We conducted online field trips for elementary school students from Hamamatsu City, connecting schools directly to Suzuki Plaza and the Hamamatsu Plant. During these field trips, 3,964 children from 49 schools got the chance to speak with the workers who actually work on the factory floor. The highly curious elementary students asked a variety of questions, making the initiative a very satisfying experience.

We periodically pick up trash around the plant with the aim of environmental beautification.

In FY2024, we once again conducted four cleanup activities mainly along the roads around the plant.

We will continue to conduct environmental education for employees and engage in environmental conservation.

After the local Mikumano Shrine Grand Festival, employees participated in cleanup activities around the shrine.

In FY2024, new employees and others again participated in the cleanup activities with local residents. This has become an annual event established in the community, with many board members of the community association expressing their appreciation, and will continue in the future.

During the national traffic safety campaign held quarterly, we conducted street-side guidance along the prefectural road leading to the plant’s entrance. This activity also connects with awareness-raising activities for members of the public who use the prefectural road, and we intend to continue traffic accident prevention activities going forward.