Establishing its Corporate Code of Conduct as its own rules of practice, the Kokusai Kogyo Group contributes to corporate and local development through advanced technical expertise developed over many years.
Corporate Contribution through Secondary Disaster Prevention and Recovery
The Kokusai Kogyo Group has a long history of CSR activities in the wake of natural disasters. In the immediate aftermath of the tsunami of March 11, 2011, the Group was ready to deploy its vast resources and expertise to the disaster zone. Despite having a survey aircraft swept away by the massive waves, its aerial photography team was in the air at first light the morning after the catastrophe, relaying geospatial information back to be analyzed and interpreted by various experts such as seismologists, oceanographers, geologists and geographers. These extensive and voluntary surveys from the air and on the ground have provided the central and local governments and international agencies with data vital to their relief, recovery and reconstruction efforts.
In addition to fostering specialists in disasters and utilizing them in disaster prevention consulting, the Group firmly believes that it has a social responsibility to implement its corporate policy of "ensuring that people can live life in safety" through such activities.
The photo on the right is a disaster status image of the 2004 Chuetsu Earthquake in Niigata that the Group produced at its own discretion, and which was distributed free of charge to the national government, Niigata Prefecture, Yamakoshi Village and Nagaoka City. It was credited for having been effectively used for damage assessment and recovery measures.
- Mar. 2011
- Great East Japan Earthquake
- Jan. 2011
- Shinmoedake volcanic eruption, Mount Kirishima, Kagoshima Prefecture
- Jul. 2010
- Torrential rain devastation, southern Gifu Prefecture
- Jul. 2010
- Torrential rain devastation, Shobara City, Hiroshima Prefecture
- Jul. 2010
- Torrential rain devastation, Shimonoseki City, Yamaguchi Prefecture
- May 2010
- Higashi-Meihan Expressway landslide, Kameyama City, Mie Prefecture
- Oct. 2009
- Tornado damage to Tsuchiura City, Ibaraki Prefecture, caused by Typhoon No. 18
- Aug. 2009
- Torrential rain devastation, western Hyogo Prefecture
- Aug. 2009
- Devastation caused by Suruga Bay earthquake
- Jul. 2009
- Torrential rain devastation, Yamaguchi Prefecture
- Jun. 2008
- Iwate-Miyagi Nairiku Earthquake
- Jul. 2007
- Chuetsu Offshore Earthquake, Niigata Prefecture
- Jul. 2007
- Devastation in Kagoshima Prefecture caused by Typhoon No. 4
- Jul. 2007
- Torrential rain devastation in Kumamoto Prefecture
- Mar. 2007
- Slush avalanche devastation, Mount Fuji
- Mar. 2007
- Noto Peninsula Earthquake, Ishikawa Prefecture
- Nov. 2006
- Tornado devastation in Saroma Town, Hokkaido
- Sep. 2006
- Devastation caused by autumn rain front and Typhoon No. 13
- Aug. 2006
- Debris flow devastation, Shizukuishi Town, Iwate Prefecture
- Jul. 2006
- Torrential rain devastation, southern Kyushu
- Jul. 2006
- Landslide devastation in Nagano Prefecture
- Jul. 2006
- Torrential rain devastation in Kagoshima Prefecture
- Jun. 2006
- Landslide devastation caused by persistent rain, Okinawa Prefecture
- Jun. 2006
- Volcanic eruption in vicinity of Sakurajima Minamidake and the Showa crater, Kagoshima Prefecture
- Mar. 2006
- Mount Meakan volcanic eruption, Hokkaido
- Sep. 2005
- Typhoon No. 14 devastation
- Aug. 2005
- Miyagi Prefecture offshore earthquake
- Mar. 2005
- Western Fukuoka Prefecture offshore earthquake
- Oct. 2004
- Chuetsu earthquake in Niigata Prefecture
- Sep. 2004
- Landslide devastation in Miyagawa Village, Mie Prefecture, caused by Typhoon No. 21
- Sep. 2004
- Mount Asama volcanic eruption, Nagano and Gunma prefectures
- Jul. 2004
- Torrential rain in Fukui Prefecture
- Jul. 2004
- Torrential rain, Niigata and Fukushima prefectures
- Jul. 2003
- Northern Miyagi earthquake
- Jul. 2003
- Torrential rain devastation, Kyushu
- May 2003
- Sanriku-Minami earthquake, Miyagi and Iwate prefectures
- Sep. 2000
- Torrential rain devastation, Tokai region
- Mar. 2000
- Mount Usu volcanic eruption, Hokkaido
- Sep. 1999
- 921 earthquake, Taiwan
- Sep. 1998
- Torrential rain devastation, Kochi Prefecture
- Jan. 1995
- Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake
- Jul. 1993
- South-west offshore Hokkaido earthquake
- May 1983
- Middle Japan Sea earthquake
Implementing Technology-driven Normalization
Based on the principle of normalization (full participation and equality for people with disabilities within society), TDS-an exceptional group subsidiary employing the disabled-has been vigorously promoting the employment of people with disabilities.
This company, which set computer processing as its core business and was founded in 1985 in a joint venture between the Tokyo Metropolitan Government and the Group, is a model company employing the severely disabled that was established as Tokyo's first third-sector business. Consequently, this work environment, which enables people with disabilities also to fully make the most of their abilities, was made possible by continually drawing upon our knowhow.
Currently, the Group alone provides capital investment in the company, but in the spirit upon which the company was founded, continues to contribute toward the promotion of social participation by people with disabilities.
Name: TDS Co., Ltd.
Address: 2-24-1 Harumi-cho, Fuchu-shi, Tokyo Japan
Solutions for Our Earth: we pledge to continue to undertake profitable and creative corporate activities for society to conserve the global environment in order to leave future generations a beautiful planet in which people are in harmony with nature.
Proclaiming this environmental declaration, the entire Group acquired ISO 14001: Environmental Management System accreditation in October 2001. As well as striving for energy savings, resource savings and recycling in its administrative activities, the Group acts upon its environmental policy of assessing the effect upon the environmental in advance and undertaking environmentally-considerate proposals in planning and designing its business activities, such as road, river and city planning, and of working to reduce the environmental impact in its assessment and construction management activities.
Furthermore, the Group is also involved in joint R&D with universities, including the development of forestry surveying technology and the creation and functional evaluation of plant dynamics in satoyama woodland in order to prevent global warming.
The Group participates in NPO activities which contribute to local society and engages in the research and proposals for locally-based city planning, including the "Town Planning Council Using Castle Heritage" for the conservation and utilization of cultural assets and city planning using historical and cultural heritage, and the NPO TMIC, Town Management Information Center for local development.
