Fuji Xerox endorses “Million People's Candle Night,” and we invited the employees of affiliate companies including overseas subsidiaries to turn off their lights for three nights from 20:00 to 22:00 on June 22nd, 23rd, and 24th, and to think about the global environment and take the opportunity to connect with their families. As a result, 2640 employees of 11 companies from Japan and 5 overseas companies and their families participated in the campaign.

“Black Illumination” proposed by Ministry of the Environment is the event to turn off the illuminations of companies in the same time of “Million People's Candle Night”. In FY2007, We realized lights-off in 6 offices and 21 affiliate companies, or a total 81 spots, (increased by 2 spots against last year) in Japan, and 9 overseas companies participated for the first time this year.

For energy-saving activities at employees' households, 275 persons from 123 families from 30 companies in Japan participated the project in 2007. Furthermore, individual activities such as road and beach cleaning, Satoyama woodland conservation, collection of old stamps and coins, sale of cakes made by the welfare facilities within the company, Special Olympics Convention/ activities support, nature tours and so forth were carried out in each company.

Employees may request and take short-term leave for volunteer activities for up to five days per month using unused accumulated paid leave (60 days of expired unused paid leave can be accumulated).
This volunteer leave can be taken advantage of in various ways, such as by participating in a volunteer event that is held on a weekday, participating in the Special Olympics as a volunteer for one week, or even going to a volunteer camp abroad.

If Fuji Xerox employees want to participate in social work activities such as social welfare facilities and Japan overseas cooperation volunteers, it is possible to apply for a sabbatical and take a leave for a period between 3 months to 2 years. During such leave, employees are paid a subsidy equal to their salary and bonuses.
When Fuji Xerox first announced its social service leave in 1990, there were concerns over whether it was really necessary for a company to take approaches to such an extent. On the other hand, there was also voiced concern as to whether there were really going to be employees taking such leaves. Suffice to say, 42 employees have taken advantage of our social service leaves up until now. Currently (Mar. 2008), 1 people are on social service leave.

The HASU Club consists of the following four sub-groups: International Support, Cultural Education, Social Welfare, and Natural Environment. These teams were originally created to develop the specialized knowledge needed to select grant recipients, but now the members of HASU Club themselves are participating actively as volunteers in activities, such as the joint planning of volunteer programs along with grant recipient groups.

The International Support Team supports organizations involved in overseas welfare, cultural, and environmental activities. In FY2007, we visited the Cambodian elementary school which was built in 2004 by our support donations, and communicated with local children.
In addition to these activities, efforts include participation in the YWCA Exchange Student Conversation Class in which team members talk in Japanese with students from overseas, collecting Japanese-language picture books to send to the children of Laos (Lao translations are displayed on stickers), and holding seminars in which a beneficiary volunteer groups active in Cambodia present reports.

The Cultural Education Team emphasizes support for cultural activities by people with disabilities, from the perspective of achieving comfortable and barrier-free social activities, as well as respecting diversity and individual potential.

• Able Art (art by people with disabilities) workshops and exhibitions: FY2007 theme, “Through technique of inclusive design to design symbiosis society”
• Inviting individuals with disabilities to events such as the Xerox Super Cup soccer games and amateur orchestra rehearsals
• The International Charity Run to raise funds for a summer camp for children with disabilities

The team has emphasized not only the importance of making donations, but also the direct involvement of its members as volunteers, through a wide range of activities mentioned above.

The basic policy of the Social Welfare Sub-Group is to assist the sound everyday lives of people with disabilities. Since 1996, we have been supporting the Special Olympics, a worldwide initiative to assist sports activities for people with intellectual disabilities. Many of our Social Welfare Sub-Group members have been participating as volunteers in activities, such as coaching or administering sporting events. Members of the Social Welfare Team participated Special Olympics Tokyo walk & run held in FY2007.

Team members also conduct a Welfare Facility Present Program, through which they purchase products from welfare facilities and repack and present them to other facilities.

The Natural Environment Sub-Group supports activities designed to protect Japan's natural environment. The sub-group makes donations to environmental groups around the country and also visits the sites to confirm the status of their activities, and upon this basis actively conducts nature observation tours and exchanges with recipient organizations.
In 2007, the sub-group held 11 nature observation tours in Tanzawa (Kanagawa), Rokko (Hyogo), Kumanokodo (Wakayama) and other locations, in which a total of 230 people participated. In addition, the Group visited Iriomote Island in June 2007. They communicated with the “Iriomote Island Future Creation Society” and had a tour to Dodomari Beach.

In addition, as a new endeavor, the Natural Environment Sub-Group, in collaboration with the Fureai Network, an employee volunteer group of the Itochu Corporation, carries out a nature observation walk around spots such as the Meiji Shrine, Mt. Takao, and the Miura Peninsula four times during 2006. New forms of exchange with other companies are thus emerging.