Tokyo Greenship Action

In Tokyo, we have been carrying out natural environment conservation activities in collaboration with companies and NPOs in some of the 50 conservation areas in Tokyo since 2003. Our members in Tokyo have participated in the Kiyose Matsuyama Green Conservation Activity since 2007 and have been working on the removal of fallen trees, the building of wooden fences and the extermination of invasive plants.
The work scheduled on the day of the 2023 activity, which was held for the first time in four years, was canceled due to bad weather. So, we spent most of the time observing nature under the mentorship of the members of the Group to Protect Nature in Kiyose.

Adopt-a-river program

This program aims to develop an awareness of protecting rivers, improving the community environment through river beautification, and preventing the dumping of illegal waste. We also conduct a cleaning activity three times a year based on the agreement among river administrators, participating organizations and local governments.
Our company participates in the Adopt River Program sponsored by Osaka Prefecture every year. In November 2023, after COVID-19, we cleaned the Kanzaki River in a section between the Juhachijo-ohashi Bridge and Mikunibashi Bridge (approx. 2.5 km).

Nagoya Higashiyama Forest Creation

We have participated in activities hosted by Nagoya Higashiyama Forest Conservation Group, an NPO organization, for over 10 years. As part of these activities, we cut lushly forested Tootsik bamboo, take care of vegetable gardens, and take on some other work in Heiwa Park in the Higashiyama area. In 2023, we carried out improvement cutting of miscellaneous trees under the leadership of the members of the group. As a result, sufficient sunlight now reaches the ground and we can expect plants to grow better in the park.

Let's clean up Lake Inawashiro

We continue to participate in "24 Hour Television/Love Saves The Earth." initiatives. One of the goals of this TV show is to clean Lake Inawashiro, whose water quality used to be the best in Japan. Lake Inawashiro, which is located roughly in the center of Fukushima Prefecture, is the fourth-largest lake in Japan. However, in recent years the neutralization of the lake has progressed, and there are concerns that the natural purification function unique to Lake Inawashiro has deteriorated and the water quality has diminished.
In 2023, when the activity was held for the first time in four years, we picked up dead Phragmites around the lake to prevent deterioration in water quality caused by rotting Phragmites.

Reforestation project in Akagiyama

We participate in a reforestation project organized by Akagi Nature School, an NPO organization, to plant trees in the pine forest for the purpose of environmental conservation activities on Mt. Akagisan, which is loved by the people of Gunma Prefecture. Despite participating in this project for the first time in four years, in 2023 we saw the trees we planted in the same place four years ago growing, giving us a sense that we have been producing good results.

Shizuoka City Adopt-a-river environment program

The water quality of the Abe, Warashina and Okitsu Rivers, which flow through Shizuoka City, is one of the best in Japan. Flowing through the city from upstream to the mouth of the rivers, these rivers nurture rich forests and preserve valuable natural and historical assets.
The River Environment Adopt Program involves efforts to conserve the river environment and contribute to raising public awareness of the river environment through cleaning activities by environmental beautification volunteers.
We were blessed with good weather in 2023. It was the middle of October, but the participants sweated slightly.
Many family members of the participants also joined, resulting in a fun cleaning activity.

Cleaning of the Nakatajima sand dunes coast

Hamamatsu City conducts the Welkame (Welcome + Kame (turtle)) Cleanup Campaign in which people clean and improve the Enshunada Coast in order to ensure the sand beach where loggerhead turtles, which are the city’s natural treasure, can lay eggs safely. Our company also participates in the event every year. Because the event was canceled due to bad weather on the scheduled day after COVID-19 in 2023, we cleaned the Nakatajima sand dunes coast on a different day than our original plan. We then collected about 20 kilograms of waste and garbage, which caused us to seriously think about the issue of plastics in the seas and oceans.

Peace Memorial Park Tree Vitality Volunteers

It’s been 78 years since the dropping of the first atomic bomb. Hiroshima, which was burned down at that time, has recovered admirably from the devastation and now attracts many tourists from within Japan and abroad. However, the trees in the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park have been becoming weaker because visitors tread down the soil in the park.
For this reason, with the aid of the members of Peace Memorial Park Vibrant Tree Volunteer, the city of Hiroshima has been trying to revive the trees since 1999.
Our members in the Hiroshima area participated in the volunteer activity in 2023 for the first time in four years after COVID-19, and spread out wood chips and planted tulips.

Volunteering for Fukuhaku Hanashirube

We planted tulips in the flowerbeds in Seiryu Park, which is part of the Tulip Road for One Flower One Citizen—Spring Festival, an annual event sponsored by the city of Fukuoka.
The weather was bad on that day and the event was nearly canceled, but the rain stopped by the time we started working. We made it to plant tulips under the leadership of the members of the Fukuoka City Greenery Association.

Cleaning Kawada Park and surrounding streets

We cleaned Kawata Park and secondary roads in Settsu in 2023 for the first time in four years. Although the activity involved a small group of people, neighboring residents were happy with our activity, which also made us happy from the first thing in the morning.

Beach cleaning

Ryosho Techno Singapore Pte Ltd cleans the East Coast Park, and 11 members from the company joined the cleaning activity in 2023. Probably because of COVID-19, we got the impression that there were much more waste and garbage made from plastic such as empty lunch boxes brought from restaurants, plastic bottles, straws, and spoons. We collected five big bags of garbage. We hope that we could, even if only slightly, stop the outflow of plastic waste and garbage into the ocean.

Tree plantation (insemination) and EM (effective microorganisms) balls

We often have unique proposals for environmental activities from our employees. In the activity held for the first time in four years in 2023, we implemented tree plantation (insemination) and threw EM (effective microorganisms) balls into a dam. The dam is Khun Dan Prakarnchon Dam (completed in 2005) in the Nakhon Nayok District, which is located about two and a half hours (132 km) from Bangkok in Thailand. It is famous for the involvement of King Bhumibol, who died in 2016, in the field study and construction. The length of the embankment of Thailand’s largest dam is 2,720 meters, which is one of the longest in the world.

Under the leadership of the local instructor, all of the participants used slingshots to spread around 525 seeds of rosewood in total in the forest. We hope that the seeds we spread will grow to be mature rosewood. We also threw around 80 EM balls into the dam as an activity to clean the water in the dam with EM technology.

Visiting Jockey Club Museum of Climate Change, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Ryosho Hong Kong Limited had not been able to carry out its activities for a long time since the pro-democracy demonstration in 2019 and COVID-19, but it resumed its activities in 2023.

A large number of employees have been replaced with new ones since the last activity, so we aimed to return to the starting point instead of picking up garbage, planting trees and cleaning the beach. Accordingly, we planned to learn about current global environmental issues.

Fourteen people including some family members visited Jockey Club Museum of Climate Change in the Chinese University of Hong Kong on that day and received a dedicated guide’s explanations about abnormal weather, global warming and climate change.

The museum suggests 10 items in everyday life that can contribute to environmental conservation. We will share the information with our employees and their family members, and take advantage of the information for our future environmental activities.

Cleaning in Shanghai

Ryosho Electronics (Shanghai) planned a cleaning activity while jogging in the neighborhood of its office (South Yi Li Road—Lanbaoshi Road—Gu Bei Lu—Red Jewel Road).

Soon after we started running, we found that the city was inundated with cigarette butts, so we needed to walk most of the time to pick them up.

Incidentally, this activity was introduced on the official website of the Changning District Hall in Shanghai.

Cleaning activity in the Nan Sha Bird Park in Guangzhou

Guangzhou Office, Ryosho Electronics (Shanghai) picked up garbage in the park. We had the impression that there were especially many cigarette butts.

Cleaning of the Hangang Park in Seoul

In October 2023, Ryosho Korea Company, Limited carried out a cleaning activity in Hangang Park. Due to the strong wind on that day, we saw a lot of garbage blown up into the air. We think that we collected more garbage than we expected.