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Our Thailand-based subsidiary Bangkok Mitsubishi HC Capital Co., Ltd., takes part in the child sponsorship program of the international cooperation nongovernmental organization (NGO) World Vision. This program supports children from poor and disadvantaged backgrounds with education and everyday living, contributing to the creation of a kinder, more secure world for children.

Our U.S.-based subsidiary Jackson Square Aviation, LLC (JSA) takes part in volunteer gardening work at the San Francisco Botanical Garden as part its JSA Volunteer Day activities. The San Francisco Botanical Garden showcases more than 8,000 plant species from around the world, based on the idea of bringing people and plants together.
JSA first took part in this activity in October 2019, helping with gardening work like cutting grass for around three to four hours. When their volunteer work was complete, the participants enjoyed a picnic lunch and fun activities in the surrounding park, deepening communication amongst themselves.
In recent years, our activities have been limited due to the Covid-19 pandemic, however in 2021 the Dublin office (Ireland) conducted a similar activity. Various other volunteer activities are also being considered.

Mitsubishi HC Capital is a member of the Mitsubishi Public Affairs Committee, which organizes the Mitsubishi Asian Children's Enikki Festa in cooperation with the Asian-Pacific Federation of UNESCO Clubs and Associations and the National Federation of UNESCO Associations in Japan.
This activity was launched in support of the goal of International Literacy Year, designated by the United Nations, to enable all the people of the world to read and write. In addition to helping raise literacy rates, the project is aimed at enabling children in Asia to learn about one another's cultures and deepen cultural exchange through enikki (illustrated diaries). The enikki collected are shown at exhibitions around Japan and overseas.

We are continuously conducting cleanup activities in regions across Japan as a contribution to the area around the office and the environment at large. Getting involved in cleanup activities of regional companies around us not only contributes to the environmental improvement and beautification of the community, it also enables each employee to raise their awareness of environmental protection.

Since fiscal 2018, we have taken part in volunteer snow removal in Obanazawa City, Yamagata, a legally designated special heavy snow area.
In the first year of these activities, in cooperation with Obanazawa City and the local social welfare council, 70 employees worked with local residents over two days to clear snow from the homes of seniors living alone.
In fiscal 2020, to prevent the spread of COVID-19, in lieu of meeting in person, we held an online social event with local residents. A total of 26 Group employees (including overseas employees) and their family members took part, deepening their connections.

Since 2019, we have participated in a project led by the Tokyo Development Foundation for Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries to foster forests that produce less pollen through corporate partnerships. This project aims to gradually replace varieties of Japanese cedar and cypress that release a great deal of airborne pollen with varieties of cedar and other trees that produce less pollen in the man-made forests of Tokyo's Tama region.
In the first year, 90 employees replanted around 700 Japanese cedar and cypress tree saplings, and after that we have been continuing with our forestation work, such as weeding. In recognition of our contribution to forestation and enabling the forest to absorb 221.13t-CO2 through this activity, we earned the Forest Improvement Support Certification by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government's Tokyo Forest Improvement Contribution Certification System.