Social Contribution Activities

The Company established Claire Co., Ltd. in 1997 as a special subsidiary that gives special consideration to the employment of people with disabilities in order to promote and stabilize the employment of people with disabilities and support their independence while actively promoting diversity.

In 2017, in order to further expand employment, we will set up a Claire sales office in Osaka Prefecture, aiming to realize a society where people with and without disabilities can coexist and live in harmony.

In 2024, we accepted a total of 38 interns from special support schools and employment transition support facilities, aiming for employment in general companies. From these interns, we hired one individual. Additionally, a total of 243 people from government agencies, prefectures, other private companies, and support organizations involved in disability employment visited our company to observe Claire’s operations. They engaged in discussions about the current state of disability employment and our company’s initiatives.

Santen conducts plant tours, believing that it is important to have contact with the local community as a good corporate citizen and to get to know us. In FY2024, we accepted 175 visitors in 17 groups to Shiga Product Supply Center, 240 visitors in 16 groups to Noto Plant, and 106 visitors in 46 groups to Suzhou Plant.