Policy / Systems / Technology

April 23, 2008

 

Nippon Keidanren Announces Survey Results of Philanthropy for FY2006

Keywords: Manufacturing industry NGO / Citizen Non-manufacturing industry Policy / Systems 

The Japan Business Federation (Nippon Keidanren) announced the results of a survey on philanthropic activities for FY2006 on December 18, 2007. The organization established the "One Percent Club" in November 1990, which consists of companies and individuals that voluntarily try to contribute at least one percent of their ordinary profits or disposable incomes to social activities. Since then, Keidanren has annually conducted a survey on the philanthropic activities of Keidanren's member companies and One Percent Club's corporate members.

According to the survey, total expenditures for philanthropic activities in FY2006 were 178.6 billion yen (about U.S.$1.6 billion). The average per company was 454 million yen (about U.S.$4 million), up 100 million yen (about U.S.$0.9 million) from the level of the previous year and the second highest total, after 525 million yen (about U.S.$4.6 million) in 1991. The ratio of the total expenditures for the philanthropic activities to the ordinary profits was 2.18 percent on average, up 0.8 points from 1.38 percent in the previous year.

The ranking of the ratios to total expenditures by category is "science/studies", "education/social education", "culture/art" and "community activities." Furthermore, 146 companies (33.6 percent) have independent departments exclusively for philanthropic activity promotion, and 40 percent of these are part of the CSR-related departments.

The survey was conducted from August to October in 2007 targeting the total of 1,405 of Keidanren's member companies and One Percent Club's corporate members, and 435 companies answered.

http://www.keidanren.or.jp/english/policy/2007/103.html
http://www.keidanren.or.jp/index.html

Posted: 2008/04/23 11:50:40 PM
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