Since 2006, Marubeni has taken part in the annual tree thinning at the Kaminariki Forest Conservation Area in Ome, Tokyo. This activity is part of the “Tokyo Greenship Action” initiative, through which businesses, government and NPOs collaborate to conserve the precious forests and wooded areas that still remain in Tokyo.
In November 2023, 29 Marubeni Group employees, family members and friends helped to repair a mountain road which had suffered typhoon damage, as well as carrying out tree thinning.

Tokyo Greenship Action (Tokyo Metropolitan Environmental Bureau) (In Japanese Only)

In October 2023, 75 volunteers consisting of Marubeni Group executives, employees and their families gathered at Kounoyama in Kishiwada, Osaka, and took part in bamboo thinning and tree planting as well as hammock making by bamboo under the guidance of members of the Kounoyama Conservation Club, an NPO.
Marubeni Osaka Branch joined Osaka Prefecture's Adopt-a-Forest, an afforestation and forest maintenance initiative, in 2006, and has participated in forest maintenance activities in Kounoyama since then, including signing a “Marubeni’s Forest” declaration in December 2011 together with Osaka Prefecture, Kishiwada City and Kounoyama Conservation Club. In December 2017, Marubeni received a letter of appreciation from Osaka Prefecture, in recognition of its long-term commitment to this initiative.

Adopt-a-Forest (Osaka Prefecture) (In Japanese Only)
Kounoyama Conservation Club (In Japanese Only)

Since 1998, we have been supporting the National Environmental Painting Contest for Elementary and Junior High School Students, organized by the National Association for Environmental Education in Elementary and Junior High Schools.
At the awards ceremony for the 26th contest, held in January 2024, the “Marubeni Special Prize” was presented to one winner each from the combined total of 4,679 entries fielded in the two divisions of elementary school students and junior high school students.

National Environmental Painting Contest for Elementary and Junior High School Students (In Japanese Only)