Social Contribution

Social Contribution Policy

With our Corporate Philosophy of making extensive contributions to society in the fields of water, air, and the environment, the EBARA Group has supported the growth of various countries around the world and the solution of social issues.

We will apply the “spirit, knowledge, and technology” that we have developed through our business activities over more than 100 years, as we make dedicated efforts toward social contribution activities to support the creation of a sustainable society in accordance with E-vision 2030, the long-term vision of the EBARA Group.

Key Themes of our Social Contribution Activity Policy

1.Contribute to the growth of regional communities around the world
We will communicate with regional communities involved in business activities, and will strive to conduct social contribution activities even outside of business. For example, we will support activities such as training for technical personnel, to convey the knowledge and technical expertise of the EBARA Group in order to solve social issues in emerging countries.

2.Provide educational support to the leaders of the next generation
We will conduct educational support activities in the fields in which the EBARA Group specializes through our employees for the next generation of leaders who are essential in developing a sustainable society, such as by supporting the research of elementary, junior high, and high school students. We will also contribute globally to activities for cultivating human resources.

3.Carry out activities to support art, culture, and sports
Through activities to support areas outside of our business domains such as art, culture, and sports, we will contribute to the creation of a society that has deep consideration not only for material abundance but also for richness of the mind and spirit. Also, while engaging in these activities we will communicate closely with regional communities and build strong, positive relationships.

Main activities

1.Contribute to the growth of regional communities around the world


Activities in Overseas

1.EBARA Hatakeyama Memorial Fund Technology Seminar

In response to strong requests by developing regions, EHMF has organized small and large seminars, workshops, and training courses on flood control, drainage, water supply development, irrigation, and other topics related to pump technology and infrastructure development. Additionally, in recent years, there has been an increase in the demand for refrigeration technology seminars.

EBARA has started an initiative to donate business and engineering knowledge, as well as pump models, to universities in the developing world in response to the need for these regions to have access to the latest technology. These donations are seen as crucial to these areas as they do not have the necessary funding or experience to develop their own research and education programs.

Sectioned Model of Donated Pump

Technical Seminar

2.Donating school meals to children in Africa and Asia

Starting from May 2015, an activity of "contributing to society by means of company meals" has been carried out at the employee cafeterias of the headquarter, Futtsu Plant, Fujisawa Plant, and Sodegaura Plant. We participate in the NPO TABLE FOR TWO International / TABLE FOR TWO program*1 as a contribution to society that employees can participate easily, working on donation and matching donation*2 while eating a healthy lunch.
Supporting school meals helps to improve the enrollment rate of children and leads to the development of human resources for the future.


*1

TABLE FOR TWO program: an activity aiming to simultaneously solve two problems of developed countries suffering from metabolism and developing countries suffering from food shortage. For every healthy lunch purchased, 20 yen will be donated for a meal for children of developing countries.

*2

For each donation dish (20 yen) set up in the employee cafeterias, the company will donate 10 yen and the employee will donate 10 yen.



Donation status so far
2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 Cumulative
Number of meals 29,657 34,676 30,123 20,779 20,249 20,856 232,401
Donation amount 593,140 693,520 602,460 415,580 404,980 417,120 4,,648,020

3.Campaign to Deliver Picture Books
EBARA donates translated Picture books to children in impoverished children in problem areas around the globe. The books, written in their own language, help promote literacy and educate children about the dangers of mines, drugs, and arms.

Translated Illustrated Books for Kids

Collection/donation activities /  Last 3 years

Donation destination 2020 2021 2022
Used Clothes ・Japan Relief Clothing Center
https://www.jrcc.or.jp/recipient.html
336.0 kg 65.9 kg 134.6 kg
・Wakachiai Project
https://www.wakachiai.com/about_eng/
- 340.0kg -
Surplus Calendars and Notebooks ・Mother-land academy
・Nippon Volunteer Network Active in Disaster:NVNAD
http://www.nvnad.or.jp/member.html
(Japanese text only)
2,987 books 1,851 books 1,341books
Used Stamps Ota Volunteer Center
https://www.ota-shakyo.jp/service/06/center
(Japanese text only)
- 11.2kg 5.6kg

Activities in Japan

1. Summer Festivals

EBARA Group offices hold summer festivals every year for the local communities they are situated in. Everyone is invited to join and participate in these “matsuri.”
(Due to the COVID-19 we have cancelled the summer festival in 2022.)

Futtsu office

Fujisawa office

sodegaura office

2.Disater Relief Activities

EBARA supports industry in areas affected by the Great East Japan Earthquake, by helpling victims coordinate business activities in Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima prefectures. Business efforts focus on the production and sale of local craft items. The earthquake reconstruction is a long term process that EBARA is committed to supporting as long as help is needed.

“Marche” Reconstruction Assistance

“Marche” Reconstruction Assistance

3.Water and air and forests of the environment" environmental conservation activities

The EBARA Environment Fund has been participating in the "Kanagawa Suigen no Shinrin Zukuri Project" since 2007 as a way of supporting planting activities by NGOs and the public sector. We have been participating in and supporting efforts for making forests of water sources by making a fixed amount donation and taking part in forest growing activities that have continued for five years.

We have received from the Kanagawa prefectural government about 15 hectares of the Yadoriki Water Source Forest
(located in Matsuda-machi, Ashigara-gun, Kanagawa prefecture) as a partner forest and set it as a forest for water, air, and the environment.
EBARA Group employees and their families have been joining forest maintenance activities every year.

2.Provide educational support to the leaders of the next generation


1.Internship,Work Experience, Factory Tours

We offer workplace tours for local elementary school students, work experience for junior high school students, and internships for high-school and college students. Participants benefit from a classroom environment, where they get to know the importance of our manufactured products and their place in society.

Internship program Factory tour
Elementary school children, etc. 0 155
Middle and high school students 9 30
University students 120 0
Grand Total 129 185

Our internship programs are of various durations, from short programs of a few days, to long programs of a few months. The programs offer first-hand experience of the work that takes place at our offices and factories.

Visits to our offices and factories include explanations of our businesses and the mechanisms of our pump products.

Factory tour

Work Experience

2.Japan Institute of Invention and Innovation / youth cooperation and creativity development training business

We help foster the creativity of local youth through our support of science and technology education initiatives led by the Japan Institute of Invention and Innovation. In particular, we are a special sponsor of JIII’s All-Japan Boys and Girls Challenge contest, an event that EBARA helps share the joy of creating things, underlines the importance of teamwork, and espouses the benefits of a rich imagination to boys and girls across the country. We vigorously support these efforts in the belief they will solidify the future of our society, and by association the economy and well-being of Japan and the world.

Ebara Youth Award Ceremony





3.Support the Ebara Hatakeyama Memorial Foundation of Public Interest Incorporated Foundation

The Ebara Hatakeyama Memorial Foundation as a public interest incorporated foundation is an organization that was integrated in 2017 Hatakeyama Culture Foundation with the Hatakeyama Memorial Museum of Fine Art. The Hatakeyama Memorial Foundation encourages the study and research of science and technology as well as supports the promotion and dissemination of academics, culture, art, Japanese tea ceremony, sports, and scholarship programs of students, and dedicates itself to the further development in the said fields, consequently to enhance the advancement of the industry. In the meanwhile, we are engaged in broader activities to make a progress in areas of culture, art, Japanese tea ceremony, and sports.
In addition, the Hatakeyama Momorial Museum of Fine Art houses about 1,300 art works including six pieces of National Treasures and thirty three pieces of Important Cultural Properties. It is known as the gallery for Japanese tea ceremony, which is currently closed for the reconstruction.
EBARA CORPORATION shares the concept of the Ebara Hatakeyama Memorial Foundation and supports its operation and activities.


3.Carry out activities to support art, culture, and sports

1.Haneda Vickies

EBARA sponsors the local women's basketball team.
As a club team closely linked to the community, Tokyo Haneda Vickies plays a part in revitalizing the community by holding Women's Japan Basketball League(WJBL)games and having basketball clinics at schools and sports clubs.Ebara Corporation, as the main sponsor, contributes to the promotion of local sports culture as well as creating a vibrant city by supporting Tokyo Haneda Vickies.

2.Support the Ebara Hatakeyama Memorial Foundation of Public Interest Incorporated Foundation
Ebara Hatakeyama Museum of Art is a private museum that exhibits Japanese, Chinese, and Korean antiquities such as calligraphy, ceramics, lacquering, and Noh costumes, centering on tea utensils. This museum was established by Issay Hatakeyama, the founder of Ebara Corporation, in consideration of the cultural value of the collected items, in order to preserve them permanently and to make them widely useful for general research and appreciation. There are about 1300 items in the collection, including 6 national treasures and 33 important cultural properties. EBARA supports Ebara Hatakeyama Museum of Art to contribute widely to society through the development and succession of culture.


Important Cultural Property 
Azaleas, by Ogata Korin. Edo period

Important Cultural Property
Tea bowl, by Hon’ami Koetsu, known as “Seppou,” Aka(red)-Raku ware, Edo period


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