Policy and Basic Approach

DHR and the Asset Manager provide safe, comfortable spaces at portfolio properties in an effort to enhance our competitiveness and improve our value. We also focus on business continuity plans (BCPs) and promote efforts with disaster resilience in mind in addition to promoting job creation to revitalize local communities.
We intend to continue working with the members of local communities to solve social issues with the ultimate aim of becoming a company worthy of their trust.

Support of Groups Working to Resolve Social Issues

The Daiwa House Group provides support to disaster-afflicted areas and groups working to resolve social issues. As one means to provide this support, a system has been built on the intranet where employees can easily make donations. We donate two types of funds depending on the social situation in question: “Endless Funds” that support groups working to solve social issues and “Heart Funds” that collect donations when disasters strike.
We are also heavily promoting these social contribution activities for our employees to get involved in with ease, to heighten their awareness of what is happening in the world, so that we can continue offering more support.

Support for Community Activities

The Asset Manager has established a Community Co-creation Leave Program to support employees in participating in the following types of social contribution activities and related training, thereby promoting coexistence with the local community:
(1) Preservation of the natural environment (litter pickup activities, recycling campaigns)
(2) Education and youth development (school visits, experiential learning programs athletic coaching)
(3) Social welfare (elder/juvenile/disabled welfare)
(4) International cooperation (overseas volunteering, foreign language interpreting, etc.)
(5) Volunteer training and required credentialing programs (classes in invalid care skills, sign language)

(6) Community outreach (neighborhood association events)
(7) Disaster relief activities

Castalia Meguro Kamurozaka

To effectively use the party room (about 65 m2), the Asset Manager consulted with Shinagawa Ward Council of Social Welfare and started providing the place for use as a children’s cafeteria from December 2022. The children’s cafeteria is a social welfare activity that provides a warm social gathering place for the children and residents of the community, as well as inexpensive and nutritious meals.
DHR and the Asset Manager support local activities by acting as a bridge between local residents, children, and organizers of the children’s cafeteria.

GRANODE Hiroshima

Hiroshima City collects entries from citizens for buildings, signs, activities, and more that make the city attractive and presents the most outstanding ones with the Urban Design Award Hiroshima.“Ekikitare,” a roughly 20-meter-wide and 100-meter-long space in the event square at “GRANODE Hiroshima,” a complex of office, retail and hotel facilities, received the 17th Urban Design Award Hiroshima in the Streetscapes category in 2020.

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(1) Located near Hiroshima Station, the land gateway to Hiroshima, the facility is a valuable space that can be utilized as an event square and creates new lively attractions, thereby contributing to the community.
(2) It is highly convenient with the necessary infrastructure for events even though normally it is a quiet space with comfortable breezes. It is built in such a way that event organizers sense the spirit of hospitality.

Local Job Creation

At some retail properties owned by DHR, local residents are given priority when applying for jobs.

Disaster Relief/Resilience

ACROSSMALL Shinkamagaya

The city of Kamagaya, Chiba, where ACROSSMALL Shinkamagaya is located, registers “emergency communal wells” that can provide well water to local residents when tap water supply is cut off in the event of a major earthquake or other disasters.

FOLEO Ome Imai

DHR has entered into an “Agreement on Cooperation in Providing Parking Lots in Event of Disaster” with Ome City, Tokyo. This agreement stipulates that the parking lot will be opened free of charge to local residents and others as an emergency evacuation site for vehicles of local residents and others in the event of a disaster (linear precipitation zone, typhoon, or other heavy rainfall event that has occurred) in the area of Ome City.
According to the “Ome City Disaster Prevention Map,” the property is outside the expected inundation zone in the event of storm and flood disasters, making it a suitable emergency evacuation site. By coordinating with the local government, we aim to contribute to the local community.

Disaster Agreement

DPL Misato, DPL Nagareyama I

DHR has entered into an “Agreement on Use as Temporary Evacuation Facility in Event of Disaster” with Misato City, Saitama and Nagareyama City, Chiba.
The agreements allow the cities to use these properties as temporary evacuation facilities for nearby residents and others in the event of a large-scale disaster.

Business Continuity Plan (BCP)

DHR has promoted an enhancement of BCP response from a wide range of perspectives so that tenants, users, and people in the local community can use these safe and comfortable facilities.

D Project Machida, D Project Kuki III, DPL Misato, and DPL Nagareyama I

Seismic isolation structures* have been put in place not only to minimize load and facility damage in the event of a disaster but also to maintain building functions. These seismic isolation structures suppress shaking on upper floors and allow operations to restart in a short time.

* The seismic isolation structure reduces the transmission of seismic forces to the building by installing rubber laminations or other seismic isolators between the ground and the building./p>

GRANODE Hiroshima

In addition to the installation of a seismic structure*, GRANODE Hiroshima provides an emergency power generator that can supply 72 hours of power for disaster prevention as well as space for multiple emergency power generators for tenants.
* The seismic isolation structure reduces shaking by installing dampers, etc., to absorb the shaking within the building.

Introduction of a Foldable Private Toilet for Use During Disasters

DPL Misato, DPL Fukuoka Kasuya, DPL Nagareyama I

We have introduced a stockpile-type, foldable private toilet designed for use during disasters. The toilet unit does not require water or sewage infrastructure and can accommodate use by 50 people for one week. By utilizing a bio-agent to reduce odors, it helps alleviate stress during disaster situations.

Socially Conscious Initiatives

DHR promotes socially conscious facilities and services at its properties, such as barrier-free facilities.

Health and Well-being

Health and Welfare

DHR contributes to the health and well-being of tenants and users by installing fitness gyms and other facilities at its properties.

Safety and Well-being

At some DHR’s properties, we have installed and are maintaining plazas and pedestrian walkways to enhance public spaces and promote safety and well-being.

Facilities for Senior Citizens

DHR owns facilities and housing (assisted living facilities, paid nursing homes, etc.) for senior citizens, which must be developed and expanded to address the progression of the aging society in Japan and for which there will continue to be a certain level of demand. In so doing, we aim to realize a society in which people can live with peace of mind.

Childcare Facilities

In June 2017, the Japanese government established the Plan for Raising Children with Peace of Mind and announced a policy for addressing the long waiting lists for childcare.
DHR invites childcare facilities such as nursery schools and daycare centers to the properties as tenants to support child rearing.

Investment in Existing Urban Development Zones

DHR contributes to the renewal of urban areas and the revitalization of local communities and enhances landscapes and local residents’ convenience through investments in properties developed through redevelopment, land readjustment or other such projects.

Eco Mark-certified Facilities

The Daiwa Roynet Hotels (Yokohama Kannai, Nagoya Shinkansenguchi, Naha-Omoromachi, Hiroshima-Ekimae, and Mito), operated by the Daiwa House Group and owned by DHR, as well as the FOLEO Otsu Ichiriyama commercial facility, have all been certified with the Eco Mark, as designated by the Japan Environment Association.
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Community-related Violations and Accidents

There were neither significant community-related violations nor accidents at DHR’s properties that would affect stakeholders. (Fiscal year ended March 2025)