Activities that contributed to communities in fiscal 2009

Money collected by employees was matched by the company and donated to charitable causes.
In fiscal 2009, continuing from the previous year, eating utensils manufactured with MHI's shape memory technology for use by those in special care were donated to welfare facilities in Tokyo and Osaka.

The MHI Sagamihara Dynaboars rugby club at the General Machinery & Special Vehicle Headquarters participates in activities with children in the local community, such as coaching tag rugby at local elementary schools in Sagamihara City.

The Kobe Shipyard & Machinery Works held civil emergency medical technician training for teachers at elementary schools in the neighborhood in July 2009. MHI employees served as instructors and explained CPR (Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation) to teachers and how to use AED devices to prepare for emergencies involving students.

To convey the outstanding nature of manufacturing and to help people better understand the shipbuilding industry, MHI makes naming and launching ceremonies for ships open to the public. In 2009, the Kobe Shipyard & Machinery Works held naming and launching ceremonies that were open to the public for three large container ships, which are easy on the sea and the Earth due to a variety of equipment that protects the environment.

The Takasago Machinery Works has been holding charity concerts every year since 2003. All proceeds of the concert are donated to Takasago City to promote welfare and cultural programs. For 2009, the concert was held in September with proceeds amounting to 1.59 million yen.

Since 2008, the Nagasaki Shipyard & Machinery Works has held a sketch event for elementary schools around Nagasaki at the city's Mizubenomori Park. Approximately 250 children drew scenery of Nagasaki Port at the second event, held under blue skies in October 2009.

Illumination of the Cherry Blossom Festival

Photovoltaic facility installed on a boathouse roof

As a social benefit conducted through its businesses, MHI donated photovoltaic facilities to a boathouse in Chidorigafuchi Park, Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo, in March 2009. We were responding to a request from the Chiyoda Ward Office, which stated their belief that MHI's solar panels, with exterior color matching the surrounding environment, would be ideal for a power generation facility that uses natural energy while at the same time fitting in with the landscape.
The Cherry Blossom Festival is well received by visitors every year. Since Chiyoda Ward considers the illumination of the cherry blossoms at their peak as an eco-friendly event, halogen lamps have been replaced by energy-saving LED lighting since last year. For this year's illumination, held for 12 days from March 26 to April 6, CO₂ emissions were reduced by approximately five tons using power generated by MHI's photovoltaic facility over the oneyear period since LED lighting installation. MHI earned high marks from Chiyoda Ward for contributing to this environmentally friendly event because the level of reduction is equivalent to the CO₂ absorbed by 350 cedar trees in a year