Social Contribution Activities

A team from FUJIFILM France S.A.S. joined a womenonly running race, La Parisienne, for the first time. The race promotes breast cancer awareness and raises funds for breast cancer research. The Fujifilm team finished 69th out of 475 corporate teams. La Parisienne has a 10-year history, and total of 898,000 euros (1,050,000 dollars) has been raised to date, funding 23 projects. In 2017, 28,000 women joined the race and 71,000 euros (80,000 dollars) were raised by 475 participating companies.

Since 1998, Fujifilm Workers' Union has been engaged in greening activities in the Horqin Desert of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region of China. In 2017, we shifted our focus to Vietnam and restoration of Can Gio mangrove forest, as the greening activity in China supported by Fujifilm (China) Investment Co., Ltd. is now well established. Thirty Fujifilm Group employees planted some 300 mangrove seedlings, along with saplings for faster rooting, and we are continuing our greening activities in Vietnam.

Employees from FUJIFILM (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd (FMAL) participated in CAT Walk, a conservation campaign organized by MYCAT (Malaysian Conservation Alliance for Tigers), a non-governmental organization in the Sungai Yu Tiger Corridor which connects the two largest Malayan tiger habitats. Participants joined this two-day, one-night walk in the forests, removing snares set by poachers to capture endangered wildlife. They learned a lot while experiencing the ways conservationists protect the environment.

Fuji Xerox has started offering learning materials in the Philippines to contribute to helping resolve educational disparity among children in the Asia Pacific region. This project was extended to Myanmar & Thailand in FY2015, Vietnam & Indonesia in FY2016, and Malaysia in FY2017. We vary the form of support according to each country's needs, and have helped 87,000 children, involving 500 Fuji Xerox employees. We will continue this project in each country with the aim of helping 100,000 children by 2023.

Through Grant Assistance for Grassroots Human Security Projects, FUJIFILM South Africa (Pty) Ltd. (FFZA) has installed a digital X-ray diagnostic imaging system, including an FCR PRIMA T2, in Beit CURE Hospital, Zambia, and provided a digital image processing training program run by specialist engineers. FFZA has now installed such systems in 13 medical institutions in Zambia to date, contributing to improving the country's medical services.

With help from a marine science and conservation foundation, FUJIFILM (Thailand) Ltd. (FTAI) participated in a coral preservation project at Koh Samae San beach. The company also donated a waterproof digital camera, the FinePix XP120, to take photos of the conservation activity. Coral reefs in Thailand are quickly deteriorating due to illegal coral poaching and environmental degradation. Coral conservation activities are important as the area's economy heavily depends on such natural resources. FTAI also offered a photographic workshop for 30 children in the area.

Two hurricanes, Hurricane Maria and Hurricane Harvey, caused devastating damage to Puerto Rico and Texas, US in August and September of 2017. FUJIFILM Holdings America Corporation organized a company-wide relief program in the US with employee donations reaching over $10,000. At the same time, FUJIFILM SonoSite, Inc. (FFSS) offered a diagnostic ultrasound system, SonoSite M-Turbo, for use on the emergency medical frontline in Puerto Rico. This system's excellent portability has been widely used in emergency situations across the world.

The Valhalla Office of FUJIFILM Holdings America Corporation (HLUS) supported Blythedale Children's Hospital and Maria Fareri Children's Hospital by hosting a “Holiday Toy Drive,” a year-end toy donation activity around the holidays. Donation boxes were placed on every floor of the office. Employees participated in Blythedale Children's Hospital's annual Holiday Spectacular, a special benefit concert, and even took instax pictures for the kids throughout the event.

Since 2008, Fuji Xerox has been socially contributing to Japan's cultural inheritance by reproducing historical documents, and has donated more than 250 replicas to date. Donations in 2017 included a replica of an item of original handwriting by Takamori Saigo to Satsuma-Sendai City, Kagoshima Prefecture, and a replica of the Outgoing Procession in 1828 by Lord Narikuni Date to Osaki City, Miyagi Prefecture. In recognition of our contribution, Fuji Xerox received the Special Prize: Director's Prize of the Agency for Cultural Affairs under the Mécénat Awards 2017, presented by the Association for Corporate Support of the Arts. Photo shows the ceremony to donate the work to Mr. Iwakiri (right), Mayor of Satsuma- Sendai City.

As a celebration of Fujifilm Workers' Union's 70th anniversary and Fuji Xerox Labor Union's 40th anniversary, the Walk & Clean Event was held in Kanagawa, where Fujifilm was founded and many Fujifilm Group employees work, to thank the community. A total of 225 people participated, including union members from the two companies, and the Fujifilm Group health insurance association employees, and their family members. They spent the day enjoying walking in the area around the company buildings while also cleaning the paths. The event helped the participants to appreciate their health and environment, and enjoy making a contribution to the local community. In 2018, we plan to hold another of these joint events in the Tokyo metropolitan area.

FUJIFILM Holdings held food tasting events to promote sales of local produce from the Northeast Japan and Kumamoto areas under a labor-management cooperation project across Fujifilm Group companies in Japan (supported by FUJIFILM COOP). Also, local produce samples were offered in company cafeterias. Both the tasting events and sales of samples attracted many employees and led to excellent sales. The events provided an accessible opportunity for employees to help in the recovery of the disaster-affected areas, as well as stimulating the office atmosphere.