In recent years, the invasion of exotic plants has seriously affected the habitat of native plants in Taiwan. As a sustainable corporation, Chugai Pharma Taiwan shows the concern to this problem and initiates the exotic plants removal activity to protect the balance of ecosystem. On August 17, 2019, CPT heads to Yang-Ming Mountain for a 1-day ecological education and family activity in order to save the ecosystem.

Yang-Ming Mountain is one of the beauty national parks in Taiwan, which breeds fruitful species. However, the ecosystem is gradually being damaged due to the exotic plants, tradescantia fluminensis. The Yangmingshan National Park has invested a lot of manpower every year to remove these exotic plants. Because of the need for manpower, CPT employees and their families volunteer to remove the tradescantia fluminensis that grows at an extremely fast speed and kills all other plants surround them. All participants are requested to bring own kettle, environmentally friendly tableware, and raincoat in order to ensure the activity won’t bring more trashes to the mountain. At the end of the day, all participants feel tired but worthy.

In addition, it is worth mentioning that CPT invite a special guest this year, Rina, an intern student from Hokkaido University. Getting involved to the environmental protection event, she gains not only experience of Chugai culture but an awesome opportunity to understand the beauty of Taiwan Island. Apart from learning from the company business practice in the workplace, this could be one of the unique memories of Rina’s adventure this summer.

CPT always pay attention to corporate social responsibility. Hope that the sense of achievement and engagement with SDGs could be reflected in everyone’s daily life for long. By doing this, CPT implement ecology & environmental protection, and raise public awareness of caring for the ecosystem.