In our preferential point service for shareholders, shareholders can now donate the points they have received to an organization engaged in CSR activities. Unipres will match this with a donation equivalent to the total amount (points) donated.

As a maker of automobile parts essential for the automobile industry, Unipres is striving together with our shareholders to contribute to the environment and local communities.

To this end, Unipres provides support for the activities of two organizations – “more trees”, which campaigns to prevent global warming through tree planting and afforestation, and the Foundation for Orphans from Automobile Accidents, which assists children who have lost their parents in automobile accidents.

"more trees"  - Activities to Promote Tree Planting and Afforestation

The destruction of the Earth’s forests is proceeding rapidly and global warming has reached a critical level. The musician Ryuichi Sakamoto, who has been involved in various activities to tackle environmental problems and promote world peace, felt that it was essential to help save mankind and civilization from this desperate crisis by promoting the revival of forests as a source of CO2 absorption through tree planting and afforestation. In July 2007, the organization “more trees” was established by five founders—Ryuichi Sakamoto, Haruomi Hosono, Yukihiro Takahashi, Shinichi Nakazawa, and Moichi Kuwahara—as well as more than 100 supporters.

 

Until recently it was not widely known that trees have many environmentally beneficial functions. In addition to absorbing and fixing CO2, they foster life (biodiversity) and store water (water source conservation). “more trees” disseminates knowledge about the power of trees and promotes afforestation to replenish these functions. “more trees” is promoting various original forest development projects in cooperation with local governments, forestry cooperatives, and the private sector in Japan, as well as working together with NGOs and local communities overseas.

For details of these activities, please refer to the “more trees” website. < more trees > Tel. +81-3-5770-3969 http://www.more-trees.org/ (in japanese)

"The Foundation for Orphans from Automobile Accidents"
- Giving Children a Brighter Future

Children who lose their father or mother in an automobile accident suddenly become “traffic accident orphans” and have to embark on a life filled with anxiety. With the aim of providing a stable foundation for orphaned families to give the children a brighter future, the Foundation for Orphans from Automobile Accidents was established in August 1980 through the cooperation of the government and private-sector organizations, and launched projects for the assistance of orphans from automobile accidents.

According to the Foundation’s system, children who have lost parents in an automobile accident subscribe to the fund by paying a contribution from the damages and other payments they receive from a nonlife insurance company or similar organization. This amount, together with subsidies from the government and the private sector, is safely and soundly administered to provide funds to support the child until he or she reaches the age of nineteen.

Up to now, more than 3,200 orphans from automobile accidents have subscribed to the fund. Excluding those for whom the payments have been completed, over 1,400 children are currently receiving support from the Foundation.

For details of these activities, please refer to the “The Foundation for Orphans from Automobile Accidents” website. < The Foundation for Orphans from Automobile Accidents > Tel. +81-3-5212-4511 http://www.kotsuiji.or.jp/ (in japanese)

 

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