Responding to climate change and environment preservation

The "NEC Paddy Making Project" started with the following enthusiastic thoughts by the people in charge, "Anyone can follow the company's policy and do work that is environmentally friendly. However, what is needed in environmental management is for each employee to act and think on his or her own, and to feel the importance of environmental preservation through their own experiences."

This is a popular environmental education program which has seen a total of 7,800 NEC Group employees and their families take part since it was initiated.
This project is jointly planned and managed with the NPO Asaza Fund which is involved in preservation activities in Kasumigaura.

Initially, fallow paddies in Yatsuda that were in a state of disrepair were recultivated. Then rice was planted, weeds removed, the rice was harvested, the rice was threshed, and sake was made from the harvested rice. The program is designed so that family and friends can enjoy nature, and it is held six times a year.