Mitsubishi Electric Automotive Czech s.r.o., a maker of automotive equipment, takes a direct interest in the City of Slany, where it resides. The company has installed equipment that breaks down 98 percent of the volatile organic compounds (VOCs) that arise from the silicon coating process of engine control units, and renders them into harmless carbon dioxide and water safe for release into the atmosphere.

The annual "Love Earth Cleanup 2009" event sponsored by Fukuoka City was held on May 31, 2009 with the participation of 121 people, including 58 members from 13 Mitsubishi Electric Group companies. Mitsubishi Electric will continue to encourage everyone to apply whatever small portion of their "personal time" they can over a weekend to take part in social contribution activities in their local community at least once a year.

The Ishikawa Ryoyukai Society, composed of Mitsubishi Group companies based in Ishikawa Prefecture, hosted a woodland preservation event on August 30, 2009 as part of its social contribution activities. A total of 160 members participated in the event, including 16 from the Hokuriku Branch Office, and cleared underbrush in preparation for planting ornamental cherry and serrata oak trees in Nomi City. Blessed with fine weather, the participants took to the unfamiliar task of cutting underbrush using a sickle under the guidance of a member from the local greenification promotion committee, and gained invaluable experience in woodland preservation.

A lack of mangrove density in Thailand has a negative impact on aquatic life including crabs and fish and the birds that inhabit the area. It also contributes to devastating landslides, so both government and private sectors understand the urgency of measures designed to reverse the trend.

On Environment Day 2009 (June 5), volunteers from Mitsubishi Electric Thai Auto-Parts Co., Ltd. took part in a mangrove planting effort in Chonburi province, together with local government officials, individuals in the educational sector, and employees from a variety of companies. Some 1,800 trees were planted, which are estimated to reduce CO2 levels by around 1,800 tons upon maturity. During the event, participants learned about the benefit of mangroves from a local government officer, which increased enthusiasm to do other such activities.

Mitsubishi Elevator (Thailand) Co., Ltd. has launched a project to increase local green areas. Started in 2009 under the name "One Lift You Need, One Seed We Plant," this project attempts to increase green areas in communities around the company while accrediting customers. In the first year, 999 trees were planted along Bangna-Trad Road median near the company. This project will be ongoing; the number of trees will be based on annual units sold.

On December 12, 2009, the Ryoden Malaysia Sports Club's Brunei branch held a clean-up campaign at Bukit Shahbandar Forest Recreational Park, in Brunei. The park covers over 70 hectares of undulating land with a network of well-maintained paths crisscrossing the area. The sports club members and their families took the initiative in this clean-up activity. All the garbage collected was then properly disposed of at the rubbish collection centre. Through such activities, Ryoden is doing its part to promote a clean environment for healthier living among employees, the community and the people of Brunei.

Peter Brooks with Tyler Morton at the wombat enclosure

Mitsubishi Electric Australia supports Australian Animals Care & Education Inc. (AACE Inc), a not for profit organisation dedicated to rescuing, rehabilitating and releasing wildlife that has been injured or displaced from their natural habitat.

AACE Inc is also heavily involved various in endangered species programs, such as the Northern Hairy Nosed Wombat, an endangered species in Queensland with only 115 animals remaining. ACCE Inc currently has four Southern Hairy Nosed Wombats in purpose built facility in Marlborough, Queensland.

Mitsubishi Electric Australia has provided two air conditioning systems for the wombat house to ensure a constant temperature of 22 degrees Centigrade in the summer months and 24 degrees in the winter, which closely reflects the temperatures of the natural environment in wombat burrows.

Japanese and American MEPPI employees work together to plant Sakura trees in Pittsburgh.

Mitsubishi Electric's Satoyama projects carried out in Japan aim to help restore and preserve natural areas and emphasize humanity's coexistence with nature. Now a project in the spirit of Satoyama has been launched in the United States, at a park in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, through the efforts of employees from Mitsubishi Electric Power Products, Inc. (MEPPI).

Expatriate employees at MEPPI worked with the Japanese Association of Greater Pittsburgh to bring the "Pittsburgh Sakura Project" to life. In April 2009, a group of 300 Japanese and American volunteers from MEPPI and other community groups helped plant a grove of 40 Japanese cherry trees in a park near MEPPI headquarters. MEPPI volunteers are committed to caring for the trees and adding more each year, keeping the Satoyama spirit in bloom.

Mitsubishi Electric's Kyoto Works has hosted a parent-child outdoor learning program in Nishiyama Park in Nagaokakyo City, Kyoto. The program was held for the third time, and was attended by 25 participants consisting of employees of Kyoto Works and members of their families.

While walking along a course from Komyoji Temple to Nishiyama Park, the participants observed wayside plants, collected fallen leaves, and used a magnifying glass to closely examine larvae and adult insects that pass the winter by attaching themselves to the underside of leaves. At Nishiyama Park, they made handicrafts using acorns and leaves they collected on the way, and thoroughly enjoyed their experience with nature. The program provided the children a fun-filled experience, as well as heightened their interest in the natural environment.

Responding to a suggestion by the Ota City Philanthropic Activities Liaison Council in Ota City, Gunma Prefecture, Mitsubishi Electric participated in a project to create a recreation and relaxation area for nearby residents. Some 45,000 flowering plants (moss pink) were planted in March 2008 on the grounds of a local water treatment center under construction. Blown by the region's famous cold, dry winds, students and local participants enthusiastically planted roughly 100 plants per square meter of land.

The Finance and IT departments of Mitsubishi Electric Europe, B.V. (French Branch) fosters the volunteer spirit of its employees by awarding a special "Mr ECO" trophy to the employee who suggests the best idea for positive action on behalf of the environment. Other departments are involved in not only environmental related initiatives, but others, as well. In 2007 the Visual Information Systems department funded Plongeurs du Monde, an association that contributes to the protection of the natural undersea world. In 2006 the Automotive department supported 10 trips to Canada for the G.A.I.F. theater company (Groupement des Aphasiques d'lle de France), an association that helps victims of aphasia (or aphemia), which is a loss of the ability to produce and/or comprehend language due to injury to brain areas specialized for these functions.

PT Mitsubishi Jaya Elevator and Escalator, a Mitsubishi Electric Group company based in Jakarta, Indonesia, strives to make positive contributions to the local community and environment. In celebration of the company's 11th anniversary in 2007, employee volunteers enacted a special program based on the theme, "education and clean environment empowerment" in the surrounding area of its factory in Karawang and Jatiluhur, West Java Province. A 350-strong contingent of employees mobilized to donate desks and other resources to a local primary school in Margamulya Village, Karawang, and install dozens of waste bins in various locations throughout the beautiful Jatiluhur Recreational Park and Water Dam Complex.

The old River Matsumoto in Fukuoka, Japan, famed for its abundant killfish ("medaka") that thrive and multiply every spring, runs right through a Mitsubishi Electric factory site, and draws its waters from rains and resulting runoff, as well as drain water flow from the factory. Yet the waters remain so pure that every spring local inhabitants enjoy the riverbanks that fill with field horsetails and the abundance of killfish that have come to be known as the "Mitsubishi Medaka." The company takes great pride in this living testimony to its environmentally responsible manufacturing efforts.

In Itami, Japan, home to one of Mitsubishi Electric's factories and numerous employees, company volunteers come together each month to pick up litter and debris in the area between the factory and the nearest station. Their efforts have been recognized by the local government, which bestowed them with the Amagasaki City Community Service Award.

Mitsubishi Electric's environment preservation activities have gained the attention of organizations around the world that believe that environmental sustainability is not just a moral imperative by individuals and corporate entities, but simply makes good business sense. Portfolio 21, a global mutual fund that invests in companies making real contributions to a sustainable future, has rated Mitsubishi Electric number four in its Top 10 "Green" Companies of 2005.

At the 24th National Factory Greenery Promotion Conference held by the Japan Greenery Research and Development Center in 2005, six Mitsubishi Electric manufacturing facilities received the Economy, Trade and Industry Minister's Award for Outstanding Factory Greening. This award recognizes factories that have promoted greening activities and have shown distinguished environmental achievements inside and outside of factories.

Volunteers from Mitsubishi Electric participated in a special project to replant saplings on the majestic Mt. Fuji in Shizuoka, Japan, in places where trees had been uprooted by devastating typhoon winds. Employees and their family members and friends joined others in replanting seedlings, clearing brush, attending educational sessions and sharing food and drink.

The cherry tree raising society of Zugaike Park (Itami City, Japan) is comprised of local associations, independent study group leaders, and employees of Mitsubishi Electric. At the 29th National Tree-Care Festival held at Hyogo Prefecture's Arima Fuji Park in 2005 and attended by the Crown Prince of Japan, the group received a merit award in recognition of its greenery promotion activities over the previous 20 years.