Sociocultural Support Activities
Approach/Policy/Promotion System
Basic Approach
Contributing to society through business activities has been the ethos underpinning our corporate culture ever since Canon was founded. Guided by this thinking, we harness the technology we have cultivated through our business to contribute to the sustainable development of local communities, both through educational and sociocultural support activities and through the provision of medical care in impoverished regions.
Furthermore, we support the Children's Rights and Business Principles formulated by UNICEF jointly with the United Nations Global Compact and Save the Children. In support of the next generation, Canon is engaged in activities to help protect the rights of children.
Policies
Based on the Canon Group CSR Activity Policy, we are engaged in activities that support the arts, culture, academic study, and sports; in providing humanitarian aid and disaster relief; and in activities that enrich local communities while also taking care of the global environment. Under this policy, we are developing sociocultural support activities across the Canon Group by leveraging the Group's strengths in terms of advanced technological capabilities, global business development expertise, and diverse, specialized human resources.
| Canon Group CSR Activity Policy (80KB) |
Promotion System
The Group Executive for Sustainability Headquarters promotes sociocultural support activities across the entire Canon Group. We have a framework for periodically reporting important matters to the Chairman & CEO, the Vice Chairman & CFO, and the President & COO* for approval.
Moreover, staff in charge of social contribution activities at Group companies around the world regularly share information on such matters, while we actively use our intranet and social media platforms to share with employees information about Group activities, how social issues are being addressed (SDGs, etc.), and other related topics to promote sociocultural support activities across the Group.
- * As of April 2026.