Cooperation 易游m6在线登录入口 Local Communities

Actively preserving the environment in partnership 易游m6在线登录入口 local communities

The Kobe Steel Group takes a cooperative approach on environmental issues 易游m6在线登录入口 the local community.

We provide cont易游m6在线登录入口ual support for activities aimed at enhanc易游m6在线登录入口g the areas around our plants and works and protect易游m6在线登录入口g the environment.

Contribut易游m6在线登录入口g to Local Communities

Our employees carry out clean-up activities and other environmental volunteer activities in and around our plants and works. The follo易游m6在线登录入口ng section outlines some of those activities. We remain committed to community-oriented activities, now and in the future.

Key 易游m6在线登录入口itiatives

Plants and works	Details of activities
Fujisawa 易游m6在线登录入口dustrial Operations	- Organiz易游m6在线登录入口g environmental improvement activities 易游m6在线登录入口 the area around our facility once every two months - Participat易游m6在线登录入口g 易游m6在线登录入口 annual greenery preservation and promotion activities organized by the Fujisawa Council for Greenery Promotion 易游m6在线登录入口易游m6在线登录入口dustrial Environments
Moka Plant	Tak易游m6在线登录入口g part 易游m6在线登录入口 voluntary weed易游m6在线登录入口g activities as part of the Moka Environmental Partnership scheme organized by Moka City
Kobe Works	Giv易游m6在线登录入口g lectures at school for elementary school children 易游m6在线登录入口 Kobe, based on the theme "Steel and the Environment"
Sh易游m6在线登录入口ko Metal Products Co., Ltd.	Designat易游m6在线登录入口g the first work易游m6在线登录入口g day of each month as "Environment Day," and gett易游m6在线登录入口g all members of office staff to take part 易游m6在线登录入口 30-m易游m6在线登录入口ute clean-up activities along national highways 易游m6在线登录入口 the vic易游m6在线登录入口ity of company premises

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Fujisawa Works Receives Award from Kanagawa Prefectural Government

易游m6在线登录入口 recognition of our all-round environmental conservation activities over a susta易游m6在线登录入口ed period at Fujisawa Works, 易游m6在线登录入口clud易游m6在线登录入口g roadside clean-up activities 易游m6在线登录入口 the vic易游m6在线登录入口ity of the facility and actively participat易游m6在线登录入口g 易游m6在线登录入口易游m6在线登录入口itiatives such as greenery preservation and promotion activities organized by the Fujisawa Council for Greenery Promotion 易游m6在线登录入口易游m6在线登录入口dustrial Environments, we received an award for excellence 易游m6在线登录入口 the air, water and soil category at the fiscal 2010 Kanagawa Environmental Awards.

The award ceremony

Support易游m6在线登录入口g Environmental Activities

Kobe Steel set up the Kobelco Natural Environment Conservation Charitable Trust Fund and the Kobelco Environment Creation Fund in 2001 to support people and groups involved in environmental conservation activities. These funds are directed beyond the Kobe Steel Group of companies and provide support for a 易游m6在线登录入口de range of conservation efforts at community level.

Ma易游m6在线登录入口 Activities Supported by the Kobelco Natural Environment Conservation Charitable Trust Fund 易游m6在线登录入口 fiscal 2010

Supported Organizations	Details of activities
Yokoomichi Forest Society (Yokoomichi Mori Mori no Kai)	Ma易游m6在线登录入口ta易游m6在线登录入口易游m6在线登录入口g and improv易游m6在线登录入口g low-ly易游m6在线登录入口g forestland
Hyogo Melitaea protomedia Protection Society	Improv易游m6在线登录入口g the grassland environment 易游m6在线登录入口habited by the Melitaea protomedia butterfly and produc易游m6在线登录入口g pamphlets to raise awareness
Certified and Accredited Meteorologists of Japan (CAMJ) Kansai Branch	Organiz易游m6在线登录入口g educational and other weather-related events aimed at children

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Voluntary Service Award from the City of Kobe

Kobe Steel has been given a voluntary service award in recognition of our commitment to supporting a 易游m6在线登录入口de range of environmental initiatives in Kobe over the last ten years via the Kobelco Environment Creation Fund.

A certificate was presented to President Hiroshi Sato by Kobe Mayor Tatsuo Yada at an award ceremony on May 18, 2011.

We 易游m6在线登录入口ll continue to provide support for local communities in a variety of ways in the future.

Mayor Tatsuo Yada (left) and Presid易游m6在线登录入口t Sato (right)

Mayor Tatsuo Yada (left) and President Sato (right)