Volunteer Tree Planting Activities

Fujifilm Workers' Union continues to send the employees overseas as Green Volunteers for social contribution activities. Green Volunteers had continued tree planting activities in China since 1998. After the 20th anniversary of the program in 2017, FUJIFILM (China) Investment Co., Ltd. (FFCN) took over the activity in China, and then Fujifilm Workers' Union started working on the reforestation of mangroves in the Can Gio region of Vietnam. Currently, we are continuing our activities with a focus on volunteer tree planting in the Horqin Desert in China.

Since its official joining in the tree planting activities in 2007, FUJIFILM (China) Investment Co., Ltd. has engaged in tree planting activities in areas such as Horqin Desert of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region in China with Fujifim Workers' Union.

They gave up visiting the site from 2020 to 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Instead, they made an educational program using a smartphone app, WeChat, which is used for their internal communications. They also held an online event designed to raise employees' awareness on environmental issues with fun.

In addition, FFCN also donated seedlings to Green Network, an NPO with which FFCN has been collaborating. In fiscal 2023, when local activities became possible for the first time in four years, 43 employees from group companies in China participated and planted 300 seedlings (August 18 to 21, 2023). A ceremony was also held to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the event. In China, we have planted 52,520 trees in total during the 25 years, and that has covered 34 hectares of land with the trees.

Since 1998, Fujifilm Workers' Union had engaged in tree planting activities in Kubuqi Desert and Horqin Desert of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region in China. After celebrating the 20th anniversary of the program in 2017, its program partner, FFCN took over the activity for Green Volunteers because the activities have been established in the company, and Fujifilm Workers' Union began to work on the reforestation of mangroves in the Can Gio region of Vietnam.

Can Gio region used to be an area with mangrove trees and various living creatures, but owing to the defoliants used by U.S. military during the Vietnam War, 40,000 hectares of mangrove forest was damaged. After the war, the area was designated as a national park, and 75% of the forest was recovered due to the tree planting activities of local people and volunteers from overseas. However, coastal erosion has been in progress, tree planting activities are still required to preserve and restore the ecosystem. On remembering historical background and the damage on the ecosystem caused by war, Fujifilm Workers’ Union have been strived to foster mangroves with the determination never to repeat the mistake. Since 2017 to 2019, more than 70 participants from Fujifilm Workers' Union and subsidiary in Vietnam have participated in this activities.