The LY Corporation Group understands the importance of education in the environmental area and continuously works to raise awareness both internally and externally.
The LY Corporation Group educates and enlightens its employees so that each and every one understands the importance of environmental issues to improve its services and create innovations that are environmentally friendly.
Using the intranet, LY Corporation distributes “ESG/SDGs News” every month, introducing information, a glossary of terms, and internal initiatives on sustainability.
In addition, a Sustainability Newsletter is distributed every month to all Group companies for the purpose of sharing information on ESG and SDGs in the world as well as initiatives within the Group.
LY Corporation conducts e-learning on environmental issues for all employees (including temporary staff and consigned employees) to promote understanding on sustainability within the Company and survey the awareness level of the employees.
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FY
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Name of e-learning
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No. of participants
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| 2021 | CSR Training Basics of CSR and Yahoo Japan's Initiatives |
212 |
| 2022 | CSR Training 1st Session Thinking About Environmental Issues |
281 |
| 2023 | CSR Training 2nd Session Thinking About Environmental Issues |
360 |
| Sustainability Essentials in 10 Minutes: for LINERs—The World's Call for Corporate Power | 4,262 | |
| 2024 | Introduction to Sustainability | Under calculation |
| 2025 | Introduction to Sustainability | Under calculation |
At LY Corporation, our goal is not just to purchase forest absorption J-Credits, but to actively participate in the very process through which these credits are generated. With this in mind, we personally visit the forests to engage in hands-on activities that support CO2 reduction, forest conservation, and the protection of local flora and fauna.
For all employees within the company, including employees of partner companies and temporary staff, ASKUL provides environmental education that suit their roles and job descriptions.
| On-board training | On-board training is provided to new employees to equip them with basic environmental knowledge and ASKUL's environmental activities. |
| General training | General environmental training is provided to all those who work at ASKUL to raise their understanding of environmental issues that are of high social concern and ASKUL's environmental activities |
| Specialized training | E-learning on hazardous materials under the Fire Service Act and the environment within the company was conducted for those in charge of products, logistics, etc. involved in operations related to hazardous materials under the Fire Service Act. In addition, study sessions on manifest slips and training on internal environmental audit were conducted for newly appointed waste managers and staff in charge of issuing manifest slips at each site, and forklift training was conducted at each distribution center to reinforce thorough safety awareness. |
Yahoo! JAPAN Kids provides learning contents in the form of videos and websites, the environment and disaster prevention, on topics such as environmental issues, global warming, pollution and natural disasters. The learning pages are useful for elementary school classes and homework.
LY Corporation MIRAI Project works on "Information & Disaster Prevention Education" which focuses on how to handle information in times of disaster so that people can use information properly to protect their lives. As part of this effort, a series of educational materials to learn how to identify false rumors and fake news, how to properly disseminate information, and how to obtain necessary information and resource in times of disaster are provided as "Information & Disaster Prevention Drill." This material can be downloaded free of charge and can be used freely in classes and other settings.
LY Corporation will continue its awareness raising activities to provide as many people as possible with opportunities to learn and think about issues in the environmental field.
sustomo is a medium with an aim to communicate information on various SDGs-related social problems and initiatives. A LINE Official Account, sustomo, was launched in November 2023 to deliver sustainability-related information. By leveraging these in-house internet media capabilities ,and by referring traffic to fundraising and e-commerce websites, LY Corporation endeavors to raise people's awareness of social problems and addresses these issues by supporting people and organizations working on the problems as well as backing the users' problem-solving actions.
In response to the growing interest in social contribution, ASKUL offers products that enable customers to choose the activities they want to support.
A portion of the purchase price of participating products will be used to support the activities of organizations working to improve the air and water environment. (Joint project between S.T. Corporation and ASKUL)
This is an initiative jointly conducted with Tsushima City for a circular economy and countermeasure for marine plastic waste.