Green Diamonds highlights the ongoing efforts of Mitsubishi companies to foster a greener, more sustainable planet and brighter, more vibrant communities through wide-ranging environmental and social initiatives.
 
The Blue Planet Prize¹ is hosted by the Asahi Glass Foundation which was established to mark the 25th anniversary of the founding of Asahi Glass. There were two winners in 2011: Dr. Jane Lubchenco (USA) for substantial contributions to the understanding of biodiversity and marine ecology and clear demonstration to the world of the importance of the social responsibility
Dr. Jane Lubchenco
Mr. Bunker Roy, Founder of Barefoot College
On November 10, 2011 the two award recipients delivered commemorative lectures in Tokyo. The photograph shows Dr. Lubchenco delivering her lecture.
of scientists; and Barefoot College (India) for having supported rural villagers in underdeveloped nations and created a model for autonomous regional social development through unique educational programs that emphasize traditional ideas and self-respect. The award ceremony was held in Tokyo in the presence of Their Imperial Highnesses Prince and Princess Akishino on November 9, 2011.
■http://www.agc.com/english/csr/social/foundation.html
■http://www.af-info.or.jp/en/index.html
Note 1: In 1992, the year of the Earth Summit, the Asahi Glass Foundation established the Blue Planet Prize, an award presented to individuals or organizations worldwide in recognition of outstanding achievements in scientific research and its application that have helped provide solutions to global environmental problems.
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The Mitsubishi Electric SOCIO-ROOTS Fund was established in 1992 as a gift program for collecting donations from Mitsubishi Electric employees in Japan and providing financial assistance to welfare facilities and organizations. A feature of the Fund is that the company contributes a sum matching that of individual donations, thus doubling the goodwill value of the gift. The Fund has given a cumulative total of approximately ¥900 million to

some 1,500 welfare facilities and programs since its inception. In recent years, the scope of the Fund has been extended to include welfare activities related to environmental preservation and disaster relief. An ongoing program collecting donations from company employees was organized last year to help orphans of the Great East Japan Earthquake.
Collecting donations for victims of the Great East Japan Earthquake at one of Mitsubishi Electric’s works
Mineral water sold by affiliate Mitsubishi Electric Life Service. The company is using part of the income from sales of the mineral water to run projects aimed at helping orphans of the earthquake.
■http://www.MitsubishiElectric.com/news/2012/0222.html
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The Tokio Marine and Nichido Fire Insurance, Tokio Marine Asia Pte. Ltd. and PT. Asuransi Tokio Marine Indonesia, in cooperation with the Putera Sampoerna Foundation (Indonesia), have launched a scholarship program for academically gifted yet financially challenged high school students in Jakarta and its surrounding areas. The program offers 50 such students financial assistance towards tuition fees and the cost of learning materials. This
is the latest in a number of initiatives by the Tokio Marine Group designed to foster the development of young people through international exchange activities. Others include a scholarship program in Thailand, the provision of financial assistance through the international NGO Room to Read program to promote education for girls and to establish libraries in India and Bangladesh, and a scholarship program for ASEAN students studying in Japan.
Working with Room to Read, which is dedicated to promoting and enabling education in developing countries
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Kirin Holdings ranked top of Japan’s 500 largest companies, as defined by market value, for the quality and completeness of the information the company disclosed about its climate-change management and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, according to the Japan 500 Report 2011 published by the Carbon Disclosure Project.¹ In 2011, the CDP published a report and score card on the world’s 6,000 leading corporations, 500 of which were Japanese

Kirin Holdings Managing Director Hajime Nakajima accepting the honor of being ranked top in the Carbon Disclosure Score at the CDP 2011 Japan Conference (November 7, 2011, Tokyo)
companies. Kirin Holdings scored 96 points out of a possible 100 in the CDP’s Carbon Disclosure Score to rank top among the 500 Japanese companies. The company’s placement at the top recognizes its ongoing and proactive efforts to become a low-carbon corporate group and to make public the performance of its environmental management and stewardship.
One example of the Kirin Group’s environmental stewardship program: Photovoltaic power generation and an outdoor class on the environment at Kirin’s Kobe Brewery
■http://www.kirinholdings.co.jp/english/csr/env/decrease.html
Note 1: The CDP is a project initiated by a United Kingdom-based nonprofit organization of the same name established in 2000. Representing 551 institutional investors and financial institutions with a combined $71 trillion under management, the CDP collects information from the world’s largest companies about their GHG emissions and the actions they take to mitigate the risks of climate change. After analyzing the information the CDP awards companies a score out of 100 and discloses this information to investors.
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