‘Nature Positive’ Initiatives at Canon
The Canon Group Certified as Nature Symbiosis Sites

Each site has a green zone where a variety of creatures are nurtured. Introducing sites certified by the Ministry of the Environment as “nature symbiosis sites."

Canon Inc. Shimomaruko Headquarters (Ota-ku, Tokyo)

The Canon Shimomaruko Forest is a greenbelt on the premises of the headquarters with nearly 1,000 trees of about 80 varieties. As part of the Bird Branch Project, we make our premises more suitable for wild birds, conduct monthly bird surveys, and disseminate information online. So far, 43 kinds of wild birds, including peregrine falcons and Japanese tits, have been identified. Summer and winter birds fly in and out of the site, and we also encounter young birds in the spring.
(Acquired certification in 2023)

Oita Canon Inc. Oita Plant (Oita Prefecture)

The company is located on a hill near the Ono River in the eastern part of Oita City, surrounded by beautiful nature. We manage the company-owned forest on the site as the Canon Forest to coexist with nature without destroying it. Wild birds such as the Common Buzzard, Pacific Swift, Narcissus Flycatcher, and Japanese Paradise Flycatcher, as well as native Oita salamanders, Japanese fireflies, wild strawberries, and chocolate vines, are nurtured here.
(Acquired certification in 2024)

Canon Medical Systems Corporation (Tochigi Prefecture)

Since 2012, we have been conducting biodiversity conservation activities in cooperation with our employees and local people, aiming to build a company that coexists with nature. In 2014, the Canon Otawara Forest and Butterfly Biotope was created in a green area on the premises. This developed area has transformed into a rich and diverse environment where insects listed in the Red Data Book, such as the Great Purple Emperor and the Spotless Grass Yellow, as well as birds of prey like the Falco Peregrinus and the Northern Goshawk, can be found.
(Acquired certification in 2024)