Daihatsu Environmental Communication System / Environmental Communication with Local Communities

Daihatsu Environmental Communication System

Building Infrastructure for Sharing Environmental Information with Affiliated Companies

Daihatsu is reinforcing communication with affiliated companies1, which are among our stakeholders, and is building infrastructure that enables sharing of all environment-related information so that we can undertake further measures for carrying out the Environmental Action Plan. This infrastructure has a mechanism for Daihatsu and affiliated companies in Japan to disseminate and share information relating to DESNEN2 to share the environmental performance data of affiliated companies; a legal compliance support portal for submitting notifications to government agencies; environmental near-misses, abnormality complaints, and examples of CO2 reduction and energy conservation; environmental management and harmony with nature; and renewable energy. We thereby create an environment that enables easy acquisition of necessary knowledge. By operating the systems, we have been able to increase the efficiency of environmental performance data collection, which previously relied on manual labor, and create a library that includes various types of information, leading to improvements in the quality of environmental measures. We plan to expand these systems to overseas affiliated companies in the future.

1. Subsidiaries, companies subject to the equity method, priority companies (no capital relationship with Daihatsu), and sales companies in Japan
2. DESNEN: Daihatsu Environmental data System of New Network

Daihatsu Group environmental portal system One of the features of the Daihatsu Group environmental portal system is that anyone can easily operate it.

Daihatsu Group environmental portal system

Environmental Communication with Local Communities

In order to become a company trusted by all our stakeholders, Daihatsu discloses information regarding both our environmental initiatives and the impact our business activities have on the environment, and actively promotes communications. As a corporate citizen, we are also working to improve how we interact with local residents and communities in the vicinity of our plants.

Community Briefings

Since the Shiga (Ryuoh) Plant commenced operations in 1974, employees at the plant have carried out environmental patrols together with representatives from the local community and local government. In addition to exchanging opinions in meeting rooms, members of these environmental patrols carry out first-hand checks of water processing and other facilities. The patrols are an opportunity for local community and governmental representatives to learn more about Daihatsu’s activities, while we receive a variety of feedback, which we can then incorporate into our activities. The Head (Ikeda) Plant hosts community briefings in the Ikeda area, while the Kyoto (Oyamazaki) Plant hosts community briefings in the Oyamazaki area, with the goal of improving communications. Production bases in Indonesia and Malaysia also carry out community briefings, improving communications with local residents and communities.

Environmental patrol at the Shiga (Ryuoh) Plant Environmental patrol at the Shiga (Ryuoh) Plant

Community briefing at Astra Daihatsu Motor Community briefing at Astra Daihatsu Motor

Public Events at Daihatsu Plants

Ryuoh Festival at the Shiga (Ryuoh) Plant Ryuoh Festival at the Shiga (Ryuoh) Plant

All plants hold events at the prime time of their greening and planting activities in which plant interiors are opened up to the public. The Shiga (Ryuoh) Plant holds the Ryuoh Festival every year* during the azalea blossoming season, which attracts many people.

* Canceled from 2020–2024 due to the spread of COVID-19 and other factors, the event was begun again in 2025.

Community Cleanup Activities

Ina River cleanup activities Ina River cleanup activities

Daihatsu takes part in cleanup activities together with members of local communities. Employees at all Daihatsu offices and plants carry out cleanup activities once a month in the local vicinity, and also participate in local river cleaning activities. Employees of the Daihatsu Group and affiliated companies and their families participate in the Ina River Cleanup Project along the Ina River in Hyogo and Osaka prefectures, collecting large amounts of litter and working to conserve the local natural environment.

Bamboo Shoot Harvesting with Local Residents

Bamboo shoot harvesting Bamboo shoot harvesting

In the bamboo thickets around our facility in Shiga, we organize bamboo shoot harvesting together with local residents, employees, and their families. The goals are to promote bamboo thicket conservation through early harvesting and, by eating bamboo shoots harvested by one’s own hand, to encourage appreciation for nature’s gifts. Bamboo grows quickly, reaching 5 meters in a month and sometimes over 20 meters in a year. Fiscal 2025 yielded a bumper crop of bamboo shoots, with a harvest of over 1,000 shoots.

Children’s Eco Club National Festival 2025

Daihatsu exhibit Daihatsu exhibit

We exhibited at the Children’s Eco Club National Festival held in Osaka Prefecture in March 2025, highlighting for children attending the event our environmentally friendly factories, vehicle recycling, and initiatives to achieve harmony with nature. Children who came to the exhibit said they were impressed by the ingenuity of the cardboard filters and our community-collaborative biogas initiatives, and they found our initiatives to live in harmony with nature interesting.