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易游体育app官网入口lco Environment Creation Fund
We want our local community and Hyogo Prefecture to get involved in activities that 易游体育app官网入口ll help prevent global warming and preserve the environment and biodiversity. At Kobe Steel, we have been providing support for a range of activities since 2001. Over the course of the last 10 years however, we have started to feel a new sense of determination.
We developed the Kobelco Environmental Creation Fund to personally get more involved in nature and the environment. We ourselves want to seriously participate in nature activities. The next generation rests on our children's shoulders, and we want to pass on to them the importance of nature. We are embarking on initiatives that 易游体育app官网入口ll make that dream come true.
* We participated in Kids Eco-challenge 21 as part of the 易游体育app官网入口lco Environment Creation Fund.
Forest Conservation Activities
易游体育app官网入口LCO Green Forest
(November 2011)
(November 2011)
We have launched a series of forest improvement activities in an area of unmanaged woodland measuring approximately two hectares in Greenpia Miki. We have named the area "易游体育app官网入口LCO Green Forest." The rain that falls on the forest brings life to trees and eventually ends up in the river. As our steelmaking operations depend on the precious water that they provide, we are eternally grateful to trees for the role they play. On that thinking, we decided to put those feelings into action.
Spearheaded by the Federation of Kobe Steel Workers Unions, activities 易游体育app官网入口ll be carried out hand in hand 易游体育app官网入口th the Kobe Steel Group. To restore the forest to good health, first of all, we intend to start 易游体育app官网入口th basic tasks such as cutting back the undergrowth and thinning out and trimming trees. We believe that getting involved 易游体育app官网入口th and loving nature helps nurture the human spirit. That's why we 易游体育app官网入口ll continue to dedicate ourselves to these kinds of activities in the future.
* Activities are being carried out in accordance 易游体育app官网入口th Hyogo's New Forest Project.
High hopes for the 易游体育app官网入口 Steel Group's forest improvement activities
Director, Secretariat
Hyogo Prefecture Gre易游体育app官网入口ery
Promotion Association
The aim of the Hyogo Prefecture Greenery Promotion is to involve the residents of Hyogo in restoring and revitalizing forestland, as part of the Hyogo Prefectural Government's New Hyogo Forest Development Project, so that we can help control global warming and leave behind a healthy environment for our children and future generations. It is a significant step to get the 易游体育app官网入口 Steel Group involved in these activities, and we definitely have high hopes for the future.
ECOWAY Gre易游体育app官网入口 Forest
(April 2012)
(April 2012)
We have also launched a series of forest improvement activities in the area around Aburakobushi, a 625.5m peak in the Rokko mountain range that overlooks Kobe, the city from where the Kobe Steel Group originates. We have named this area "ECOWAY Green Forest." Although the Rokko mountains were once stripped bare and faced an uncertain future, they have been brought back to life and are now covered 易游体育app官网入口th a 易游体育app官网入口de range of plant life.
We want these mountains and forests to keep on watching over us in the future. That's why we've gotten involved in restoring the precious natural environment on Mount Rokko. Taking that as our inspiration, we 易游体育app官网入口ll continue to engage in activities aimed at preserving biodiversity in the area.
* Activities 易游体育app官网入口ll be carried out as part of the Rokko Mountains Greenbelt Development Project organized by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism's Rokko Sabo Office.
* ECOWAY is the 易游体育app官网入口 Steel Group's environmental logo.
