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| 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. |
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The development of an all-electric, battery-powered
prototype bus by a consortium consisting of Mitsubishi
Heavy Industries (MHI), the Government of Manitoba,
New Flyer Industries Inc., Red River College and Manitoba
Hydro, has been completed and was unveiled in Winnipeg,
Canada, on June 1, 2012.
The 40-foot prototype employing New Flyer’s Xcelsior
bus-platform is powered by MHI lithium-ion rechargeable
battery packs, which offer superior charge retention
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| Manitoba Premier Greg Selinger (second from right) and people concerned attended
public viewing ceremony |
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| Going forward, the bus will undergo an operational
testing program on the streets of Winnipeg over the next
two years. This demonstration is the first project being
implemented under a Memorandum of Understanding
(MOU) on Renewable Energy Development signed in
December 2010 between the Government of Manitoba and
MHI, under
which the two
parties agreed
to collaborate
towards
realizing an
advanced
low-carbon
society.
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■http://www.mhi.co.jp/en/news/story
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| Tokio Marine Holdings including its subsidiary Tokio Marine
& Nichido Fire Insurance has been working with the All-
China Youth Federation since 2009 in the “China Youth
Education Assistance Project,” giving material and financial
support in the form of gifts of educational materials and the
establishment of scholarships to promote education and
to assist in national disaster restoration efforts. In 2010 the
company became the first foreign enterprise to support
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| Mr. Kunio Ishihara, Chairman
of Tokio Marine Holdings,
presents a member of the
China Youth Education
Assistance Project with a
card bearing the Chinese
ideograph for “dream”. |
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| Youth Federation’s program devoted to the care of latchkey
kids.¹ In 2012 the company invited employees working
for the Tokio Marine Group in Japan and China to become
Latch-key Kid Exchange Volunteers and through a number
of latch-key kid exchange programs is rolling out a number
of activities to assist the project. |
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| Note 1: The rapid industrialization and urbanization in China has seen a sudden increase in the
number of Chinese adults moving from farming districts to towns and cities in search of work.
The increase in the number of latch-key kids who are left to look after their homes when their
parents have gone in search of work is becoming a serious social problem. |
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| Nikon is supporting the Children’s Forest Program (CFP)
in Thailand, run by the international NGO OISCA, through
which students learn the importance of conservation and
protection of the environment using their own hands in |
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annual tree planting programs conducted at participating
schools and in local neighborhoods. As of the end of May
2012 OISCA currently was running CFP programs in 30
countries and regions.
Nikon is to donate two million yen to the programs in
the northern and eastern regions of Thailand, in Chainat
Province, and Ayutthaya Province where its flood affected
subsidiary Nikon (Thailand) Co., Ltd. is located. |
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Mitsubishi Motors in April 2009 introduced the Mitsubishi
Motors STEP¹ fund-raising campaign under which Group
employees contribute a fixed amount from their monthly
salary and annual bonuses to a fund which is used to
promote social help activities.
The international NGO OISCA, which runs the
Children’s Forest Program (CFP) in many countries — one
of the activities supported by the Mitsubishi Motors STEP
fund— visited the company’s head office on May 18 with a
number of Filipino children from participating schools in the
role of international goodwill ambassadors.
The schoolchildren gave presentations describing
Philippine culture and environmental issues as well as the
results of their tree planting and domestic trash recycling
activities. |
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| Note1: Support for the next generation, Traffic safety, Environmental preservation,
Participation in local communities |
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| Filipino goodwill ambassadors in front of i-MiEV Evolution electric race car |
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