CSR Activities
Social Contribution Policy
ACOM is dedicated to helping to boost quality of life by expanding the circle of confidence in line with the outlook of our original founders, as part of our basic business philosophy. This informs our desire to build strong relationships with the local community through a variety of welfare and local-based programs, to get closer to our customers so that we exist in harmony with society.
Three Priority Areas
We extracted social issues that our company should prioritize in identifying materialities (key areas). Based on these, we adopted three priority areas for CSR Activities: "Region (Development),""Environment" and "Disaster." We contribute to realize a sustainable society through activities in which employees can participate based on these three priority areas.
| Priority Area | Main Activities |
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| Region (Development) |
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| Environment |
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| Disaster |
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Dialogues with Communities
We respect customs and cultures in communities and strive for mutual understanding through active communication with residents and organizations. to get closer to our customers so that we exist in harmony with society. We continue to communicate with communities through CSR Activities to get closer to our customers so that we exist in harmony with society.
Introduction of Activities
ACOM Miru Concert Monogatari
The ACOM Miru Concert Monogatari series is held for the benefits of local communities throughout Japan. Launched in 1994, the concert series has been performed over 270 times to a combined audiences of about 250,000 people. The concert is a unique show combining silhouette theater with live performance by a trio of piano, violin and cello. It is is designed to be "barrier-free" concerts, accessible to people with disabilities to ensure that it reaches the widest possible audience. There is a sign language interpreter on stage and seating for wheelchairs is provided.
When ACOM "Miru" Concert Monogatari Performances are held, we purchase goods from local vocational-training facilities as prizes distributed to audiences. In addition, we entrust operations of enclosing pamphlets and other documents to a vocational facility for mentally-challenged in Ota-ku, Tokyo.
The ACOM Miru Concert Monogatari activity received award of excellence in Japan Mecenat Award* 2018.
- * Association for Corporate Support of the Arts, with supports of Agency of Cultural Affairs, grants awards to significantly contributed to an affluent society by promoting arts and culture.
Challenge What You Want to Start
For a long time, we have been marketing its products with the key message of "ACOM for the First time", but our support for "first" is not limited to the field of card loans. We are implementing the "Challenge what you want to start! Project" to support people taking new steps toward a brighter future and realize a society in which everyone can take on the challenges they want to make. This project invites people who want to try something new, and dispatches "Hajimete Coaches," who are professionals in their respective fields, to selected people to provide them with opportunities to try new things with a coach.
The "ACOM Forest" Forest Conservation Program
We began our "ACOM Forest" conservation program in June 2022 for purposes such as cutting greenhouse gas emissions and preserving biodiversity. We have signed agreements with Kanagawa and Osaka prefectures, where our Contact Centers are located, using the "Company forestry support system".
This activity contributes to the development and conservation of sound forests through work by employee volunteers. In Kanagawa, activities mainly include pruning branches and thinning trees, and in Osaka, we are clearing underbrush and planting trees.
In FY2024, we held the activity eight times in Kanagawa and twelve times in Osaka. A total of 309 employees and their family members participated.
Through this activity, we are developing and conserving the environment in Kanagawa and Osaka, as well as fostering environmental awareness among our employees.
| FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | |
| Kanagawa | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| Osaka | 2 | 7 | 12 |
Local Cleaning Projects
Employees participate in local cleanings projects of surrounding areas of bases to deepen communication with locals and keep towns clean.
202 cumulative employees participated in cleanup activities in Minato, Chiyoda and Chuo Wards, Tokyo, as well as Yokohama City in FY 2024.
| Minato Ward | Clean Campaign: A Town with Zero Smoking on the Streets! |
| Chiyoda Ward | Chiyoda Ward Cleanup Day |
| Chuo Ward | Green Day on the Street Corner |
| Yokohama City | Hama Road Activities |
ACOM Bluebird Fund
The ACOM Blue Bird Fund was started in 1984 at the initiative of an employee and continues to this day.
Donations are made in the form of commissions from vending machines installed within the company, donation boxes placed in workplaces, and payroll deductions.
| Yamagata Prefecture Heavy Rain Disaster Relief Fund | ¥200 thousand |
| Akita Prefecture Heavy Rain Disaster Relief Fund | ¥200 thousand |
| Noto Torrential Rain Disaster Relief Fund | ¥200 thousand |
| Ofunato City Akasaki Town Forest Fire Disaster Relief Fund | ¥100 thousand |