The society we live in rests upon the foundation provided by the global environment. In order to pass to the future generations a society where all people can work in relief vibrantly, we must preserve a healthy global environment for future generations. To hand a healthy global environment to the children living in tomorrow's society, the T&D Life Group is actively engaged in activities to protect the global environment.
Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Emissions (Japan)
- Source: National Institute for Environmental Studies, Center for Global Environmental Research, Greenhouse Gas Inventory
Office
Approximately 90% of greenhouse gas emissions are CO2 originating from the energy we use.
The T&D Life Group strives to protect the environment through its daily business activities. We set Group-wide targets for reducing electric power use, as presented below, as well as for reducing office paper use and improving the green purchasing ratio. The T&D Life Group companies are working hard to achieve these targets.
Initiatives for Reducing Environmental Impacts
Initiatives for Reducing Electric Power Use
Taiyo Life implements the Cool Biz campaign, which involves setting the air-conditioner temperature at 28°C in the office from May to October, and the Warm Biz campaign, which involves setting the room temperature at 20°C from November to March. We also endorse the “Reduce CO2: 'Lights Down' Campaign” promoted by the Ministry of the Environment. As part of this campaign, we call for a simultaneous switch-off of all the lights in offices twice a year, in July and December.
In addition to the above-mentioned power-saving activities, we are implementing a multitude of measures to reduce electric power use. These measures include introduction of a power demand monitoring system for setting and controlling peak-time electric power use in each building and a “no overtime” day.
T&D Life Group's Electricity Consumption
Our Aspiration to Help Solve Global Environmental Issues
Our daily lives and economic activities are premised upon the foundation of a healthy global environment. Although many different environmental issues are now making headlines, we believe that we can play a part in helping to prevent global warming, a major environmental issue, by raising a little bit more environmental awareness and, for example, saving power consumption. I hope that every one of us will continue to take consideration of the environment, steadily make small improvements, and work to reduce our environmental impact.
Shizuka Munakata
Manager, General Service Division, General Affairs Department Taiyo Life Insurance Company
Forest Conservation Activities
Taiyo Life conducts afforestation projects to protect forest resources and the biodiversity of forest ecosystems. It has established the “Forest of Taiyo Life” in Nasushiobara, Tochigi Prefecture and Takashima, Shiga Prefecture.
In December 2014, Taiyo Life conducted the first tree-planting ceremony for the “Acorn Project,” a program implemented together with elementary school children in Takashima, Shiga Prefecture.
The first participants in this project, who were in the third grade of elementary school when the project got started in 2011, had grown to be sixth graders at the time of the tree-planting ceremony. At the ceremony, they planted the konara oak seedlings they had grown on their own from acorns. The ceremony marked a pleasant, memorable day for the children, who have played a key role in preserving the forest for the future.
Acorn Project
This program is carried out by Taiyo Life at the Kutsuki Forest of Taiyo Life in cooperation with a local elementary school. Children in the third grade grow seedlings from acorns gathered in the forest, and plant the seedlings in the Kutsuki Forest of Taiyo Life three years later when they graduate.
The project provides an opportunity for the children to experience and understand the importance of protecting the natural environment.
