Since FY2008, Otsuka Pharmaceutical and group companies Otsuka Chemical and Taiho Pharmaceutical have collaborated with local schools to advance environmental education via a public-private-academic partnership known as "Adopt Eco-School." Essentially, these three companies act as "foster parents" for local schools, providing support for activities focused on environmental education. In FY2019, we extended our assistance to Kamonaminami Elementary School in Tokushima City, and in FY2020, we offered remote tours of the Tokushima Itano Factory, which were carried out during the coronavirus pandemic. The outcomes of the study were presented in a poster session at the school and the "14th Tokushima Environmental Study Forum."

The Otsuka Pharmaceutical Environmental Club is a program run by the company with the help of its employee volunteers, aimed at safeguarding the natural environment of Tokushima in partnership with the local community. This initiative includes beach cleanups carried out in collaboration with community associations. The club also gathers data on the garbage collected during the cleanups, which is then provided to JEAN (Japan Environmental Action Network) to evaluate the pollution level. These efforts were recognized and featured on the back cover of the 2017 report of the International Coastal Cleanup by the Ocean Conservancy, an environmental NGO based in the United States.