Examples of Group Company Activities

In 2003, Koryo Engineering launched the "Project to Create a Forest in Takasago City." Each year, the company plants trees with donations from employees. In April 2010, 20 Yoshino cherry trees and 13 evergreen trees were planted. Additionally, as a part of the program, in March 2011 employee volunteers participated in the planting of weeping plum trees, heavenly bamboo, and glossy abelia along the path in front of the main entrance to Takasago Municipal Hospital, which presented the company with a certificate of appreciation.

Planting greenery.

Tamachi Building uses the rooftop garden of its Daiichi Tamachi Bldg. to offer nursery school children from the Tamachi area opportunities to learn about the environment. The children picked strawberries in May 2010, and in November of the same year they dug sweet potatoes. A total of 43 children aged three to five from nearby nursery schools were invited to the garden where they were told about the environmental effects of rooftop greenery and were able try their hand at harvesting. The children were also given a chance to sample the foods after they were harvested. They enjoyed learning about the importance of nature.

Nursery school children picking strawberries.

In May 2010, Kinki Ryoju Estate held a baseball clinic for young children hosted by the company's rubber-ball baseball team. Approximately 50 elementary students belonging to boy's baseball teams in Kobe City and their coaches participated in the baseball clinic. Thirteen members from the baseball team instructed the children in techniques for fielding, batting, and base running. The company's rubber-ball baseball team includes several former members of the MHI Kobe (Hardball) Baseball Team, and the team always achieves top-class performances in the Kobe Rubber-Ball Baseball Association. The instruction utilized the member's skills and was extremely well received.

The baseball clinic for young children.

Hiroshima Ryoju Estate accepts work-study programs for local junior high, high school, and vocational school students at company-run facilities in order to provide students with an opportunity to learn about the meaning of work and to think about the future. In 2010, Hiroshima Diamond Hotel and the Japanese restaurant, Hanano opened their establishments to students who received hands-on experience that included interacting with customers, making beds, and cooking in the kitchen.

The work-study program at Hiroshima Diamond Hotel.

In 2009, CBC Industrias Pesadas in Brazil began donating goods to children living in nearby welfare facilities. In fiscal 2010, it donated 185 chocolate eggs during Easter, and 817 toys, 450 articles of clothing, 320 pairs of shoes, and 55 boxes of foodstuffs at Christmas.

Children smile while holding their toy gifts.

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Dongfang Gas Turbine (Guangzhou) Co., Ltd. in China donated relief supplies, such as 360 sets of scarves, gloves, and heaters to the children of Ching-ping Elementary School in the area of Mianzhu in Sichuan hit by the mudslide disaster.

Donating relief supplies to the elementary school.

Many employees of MHI Technical Services Corporation in the Philippines have voluntarily developed social action programs since a CSR program was launched in 2009. In July 2010, they contributed 10,000 pesos to orphans through the Christian foundation, Lambs Home. In October of the same year, in addition to 56 employees cooperating in a blood drive given by the Philippine Red Cross, the company carried out various activities to help children, including donating one computer and one monitor each to six elementary schools in remote areas, such as an elementary school in the Province of Sorsogon, located in the southernmost edge of Luzon Island.

Children gather around the donated computer.