Co-existence with Society

As a good corporate citizen, aspiring for the prosperity of succeeding generations and positive contribution to society in general, support local communities for environmental education and assist in basic research pertaining to conservation of the global environment.

Summer school programs on the environment

Experiment showing rising sea levels caused by global warming

Every year since 1992, we have been organizing “Summer school programs on the environment” at the Tokyo Head office, mainly targeting elementary school students of Minato Ward, Tokyo. The aim of these programs is to promote environmental education among Japan’s next generation and coexistence with society.Now in their 19th year, the latest edition of the programs was held in August 2010, with 45 children taking part. The dynamic, hands-on program featured lectures and a number of experiments led meteorologists and weathercasters around the theme of global warming.

Supporting Center for Climate System Research, The University of Tokyo

ITOCHU has supported basic research by the University of Tokyo’s Center for Climate System Research (reorganized as the University of Tokyo Climate System Research System from fiscal 2010) since 1991, and holds an annual “ITOCHU Symposium” as a forum for publicizing the center’s research findings. The symposium’s 19th annual meeting was held in January 2011 at the Osaka Head Office, and in February 2011 at the Tokyo Head Office. The research findings focused on the problem of global warming, with Associate Prof. Kensuke Fukushi presenting a paper titled, “The Health Risks of Climate Change—Waterborne Infections During Floods” (presented at Tokyo Head Office only), while Associate Prof. Masahiro Watanabe presented a paper titled, “Climate Change and Weather Abnormalities.” A total of around 230 people attended the two symposiums.

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