| Implementation of Kyocera Group's "School-Based Environmental Classes" |
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| Kyocera has been undertaking the community-based social action program "School-Based Environmental Classes" since 2002 so that the children who will lead the next generation can deepen their understanding of environmental issues and energy in their school education and develop a spirit that considers the earth. |
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| Donations to schools in Tanzania and Nepal |
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| From FY2010, Kyocera is donating solar photovoltaic systems to
four Tanzanian schools each year for five years (total 20 schools).
Tanzanian education is concentrating on the cultivation of
future human resources. Our aim is to aid improvement of the
education environment. Additionally, from FY2010, we are
donating solar photovoltaic
systems to three schools
in Nepal each year for five
years (total 15 schools). The
aim is to provide Nepalese
children in areas lacking
electric power with a better
environment for study. |
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| Donations to elementary schools in Cambodia |
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| At the request of a Japan-based NGO
involved in international cooperation,
Kyocera donated solar photovoltaic
systems to five elementary schools and
child welfare facilities in Cambodia,
from 2007 to 2008. |
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| Donation of a Solar Power Generating System to the Botanical Gardens in Tianjin, China |
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Kyocera donated a grid-connected solar power generating system, along with basic equipment, to the botanical gardens in the Tianjin Economic-Technological Development Area (TEDA). This represents China's first public solar power installation; it will serve to demonstrate the environmentally friendly advantages of solar power in that country. |
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| Contribution to Environmentally Friendly Rural Electrification through Donation of Solar Power Systems |
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Kyocera donated solar power systems to un-electrified villages without electricity in Kankoi, Pakistan, in 1983; and in 1985 to Yuanzi village, Lanzhou, in China's Gansu Province.
Kyocera contributes to the betterment of human life through environmentally friendly rural electrification with independent power supply systems. |
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| Participation in afforestation activities in South Africa |
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KYOCERA MITA South Africa has built
a partnership with [Food & Trees
for Africa], a non-governmental
organization (NGO) involved in
greening activities. Since FY2008,
KYOCERA MITA South Africa has
donated 5,000 trees. We are
continuing activities aimed at
achieving "carbon-neutrality" of CO2-
producing business activities. |
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| Support for the New Energy Foundation |
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| Kyocera has long advocated clean energy generated through solar-cell technology, and established a solar energy business in 1975. In 1980, Kyocera supported the creation of the New Energy Foundation, governed by the Agency for Natural Resources and Energy in Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry. |
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