Society

Our Group aims to conduct business activities by integrating and balancing economic, social, and environmental considerations to support and promote sustainable development across all the regions where it operates.

Growth with communities

Based on our CSR framework and long-term community engagement strategy, we will build a better community that includes all stakeholders and achieve sustainable business growth.

Our approach to achieving MSV

Since its inception, our Company has been dedicated to creating innovative solutions that bring colors and joy to people’s everyday lives. As part of our commitment to sustainable development, the Group strives to support and promote the well-being of communities through our business activities. To achieve this, we have established three priority areas known as the “Three Es” under Nippon Paint Group’s global CSR initiative, “Coloring Lives.” These areas encompass Education, focusing on nurturing future stakeholders; Empowerment, which involves supporting socially vulnerable individuals through vocational training and identifying talent among younger generations; and Engagement, emphasizing collaboration with local communities and stakeholders.
Investing in society presents potential opportunities for the Group, such as increased business prospects in thriving local communities, enhanced employee engagement and commitment to our Group companies, and stronger connections with local communities, all of which contribute to our mission of Maximization of Shareholder Value (MSV). Conversely, neglecting our obligations to stakeholders poses potential risks. These risks include a loss of trust from local communities, resulting in diminished ability to attract and retain talented employees and reliable business partners, reduced consumer and customer loyalty, and ultimately, a decline in shareholder confidence and the opportunity to fulfill our promise of MSV.

Pillars of social contribution activities and examples of activities

Education
Activities for children and students who are our future potential customers or employees
Empowerment
Support activities and vocational training for socially vulnerable people, and activities to find talented individuals
Engagement
Collaborations with local communities and stakeholders, cooperation with NGOs, and disaster relief
NIPSEA Group
  • AYDA Awards: An esteemed annual international competition and awards platform specifically designed to nurture architectural and interior design students.
  • Color, Way of Love: Donate art equipment and tools for around 20 schools each year. We have provided more art learning opportunities for children and helped them broaden their horizons.
DuluxGroup
  • Dulux Study Tour: This annual tour is a program designed to inspire and nurture Australia's next generation of emerging architects. It selects five of Australia's most talented emerging architects to visit some of the most innovative and renowned buildings and structures in the world, as well as to gain exposure to top-tier architects and architectural practices globally.
  • One Tree per Child: This project will work with local community organizations and primary school children across more than 20 sites in Australia and New Zealand to plant 3,000 to 4,000 shrubs and trees. This aims to improve the environment while also educating children about the importance of conservation.
Japan Group
  • Chemical Experiment Show for Children: Through experiments, children will experience the important role of chemical technology in society and everyday life, aiming to foster their interest in chemistry and help them realize the potential and possibilities of chemistry. The goal is to develop promising talent who will bear the future of the chemical industry.
  • Job Camp 2024 for Tokyo Metropolitan High School Students: Provides workplace experience through product explanations at a showroom and hands-on activities such as color mixing and painting. The program aims to introduce students to the paint industry and our company, helping them broaden their options for future education and career paths.
Dunn-Edwards
  • Southwest Human Development: This paint will be used for volunteer groups that are painting Little Free Libraries that we will then put up in low income neighborhoods where we know children lack access to books.
  • Souldtainable/Creative Collective: This is a free art camp for kids designed to help them find their artistic voices and create large scale art. We’ll be painting a mural on the side of dangerbird records (on sunset Blvd.) with the campers.
NIPSEA Group
  • n’Shakti: Empowers unskilled rural women by training them in professional painting skills while expanding Nippon Paint's market reach in rural areas.
  • SpredingDelight: Collaborate with our business partner and Shaurya Foundation to provide meaningful life skills and employment opportunities to neurodiverse individuals associated.
DuluxGroup
  • The Jesus Foundation for World Peace and Human Rights: Robbialac Paints, a brand of Cromology, donated paint for the facilities which house more 120 children operated by the 'Jesus Foundation for World Peace and Human Rights'. The organizations aim to promote peace, social justice, and human rights in various communities, focusing on education, the promotion of humanitarian values, and the fight against social exclusion.
Japan Group
  • Nippe Fun Farm (employing people with disabilities): Provide opportunities to learn work attitudes and societal rules, thereby enhancing the abilities necessary for employment, as well as fostering confidence and a sense of fulfillment through social contribution activities such as donating agricultural products to children.
  • Donation of children's ping-pong tables: Through sports, companies can foster closer communication with the local community, enhance their corporate image and brand awareness, and create long-term business opportunities.
Dunn-Edwards
  • Homeboy Industries: Provide vocational training to people in transitions to help address labor shortage
  • Teen Leadership Foundation: Empower transitional age foster youth through housing, employment and mentorship. We help with painting and volunteer work helping to paint the inside of a house in a residential.
NIPSEA Group
  • Autism Awareness Program: Partner with autism organization and school for insights and volunteering at autism school.
  • Gapura Merah Putih: Involve painting traditional archways to foster cultural sensitivity and community spirit on Indonesia's Independence Day.
DuluxGroup
  • ・Dulux Colour your Club: Provide paint to help local sporting clubs to upgrade their club rooms. Sporting clubs are non-profit, and rely on community volunteers, players & families to keep operating
  • Dulux Surf Club Project: For more than a decade, Dulux has been providing free paint with the aim of painting every surf lifesaving club in Australia.
Japan Group
  • Nippe Fun Farm (donating vegetables): Donating agricultural products grown by employees to children's cafeterias and food pantries in the community, thereby contributing to food education and harmonious relationships with the community.
  • Paint Donation for Taku City Wall Art Project: Provided paint for a project to create large-scale wall art in the central area of Taku City, bringing brightness and vibrancy to the community. The project aims to revitalize the local area and support the artists.
Dunn-Edwards
  • Humble Design San Diego: This mural project aims to address homelessness and promote community solidarity. By integrating with a documentary film and research study, it seeks to raise awareness and inspire social change both locally and globally, contributing to long-term efforts to end homelessness.
  • Santa Maria FairPark: We host two major events at Santa Maria Fairpark. We provide a well-managed, multi-purpose facility that operates year-round to promote agriculture, aerospace, industry, commerce, and tourism.

Results of social contribution activities

In FY2023, our Group carried out about 540 social contribution activities, targeting approximately 15.07 million people worldwide. The total amount of donations to beneficiaries and organizations exceeded about US$950,000, which included a donation of approximately US$11,000 to non-profit organizations by the Japan Group.
As an example of these initiatives, the ""AYDA Awards"" hosted by the NIPSEA Group is highly regarded as a global competition in the interior design and architecture sectors held in 20 countries and regions, deepening relationships with global stakeholders, promoting the adoption of sustainable design, and encouraging collaboration among designers. In DuluxGroup's ""Color your Club"", we are partnering with AFL(Australian Football League) clubs to support the upgrade of local sports facilities through paint donations. These initiatives demonstrate the Group’s dedication to making a meaningful difference in various communities and exemplify our commitment to fostering sustainable development and social well-being.

Investment in social contribution activities and its results and impacts in FY2023

Number of projects > 540
Resources input Monetary donation to beneficiaries > 950,000 USD
Time spent on the activities > 180,000 hours
Employees and volunteers who participated in the activities > 9,300 participants
Paint used in the activities > 460,000 liters
Results and impacts People impacted > 15.07 million

Specific initiatives

Education, Empowerment, Engagement: Activities meeting local community needs

Understanding the needs of the local community is essential for more effective social contribution activities. About 70% of the activities of Nippon Paint’s Happy Paint Project were begun in response to requests from local communities. The project proposals are selected for being original, social, and local and for being a positive element for local business.

Education, Engagement: Promoting employee participation in social contribution activities

The Group supports and encourages employees to participate in social contribution activities, and have also granted special leave to employees requesting time off to participate in the Japan Overseas Cooperation Volunteers. Employees join in many types of activities. Every year, about 60 employees volunteer to participate in the annual children’s chemistry experiment shows sponsored by Dream-Kagaku 21 in the Tokyo and Osaka areas. The booth where the children learn how electrodeposition coating technology is used to paint automobiles by applying it to their own rulers is always popular.

Society initiatives

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