Contributions to local communities and society

We used the corporate hometown tax program to donate to the cities of Muroran, Hokkaido, Aizu, Fukushima Prefecture, Ichihara, Chiba Prefecture, and Nagasaki, Nagasaki Prefecture-each of which is a location of a major Group production facility. The Japanese government's corporate hometown tax program makes it possible for businesses to donate to support the activities of municipal community vitalization projects certified by the national government. Companies using the program can reduce their tax burdens by up to roughly 90% of their donation amounts.
The first donations using the corporate hometown tax program in the Group were made in 2022, reflecting our desire to contribute to the municipalities in which we do business every day and to improve the lives of their residents and our employees through supporting various projects in the local communities that are home to our major facilities.

MSSC Canada Inc. (Canada) collected unused toys and monetary donations from an in-house raffle event for the No Child Without a Christmas Campaign. This annual campaign organized by the local Goodfellows organization seeks to ensure that all children can receive toys at Christmas. MSSC Canada continued its participation in this event in 2022, helping to brighten the holiday season for the thousands of residents of Chatham Kent.
Every year MSSC US Inc. (United States) supports the activities of the Salvation Army's Angel Tree Program, which also delivers Christmas presents to tens of thousands of children nationwide. Through this activity, MSSC US helped deliver a merry Christmas to underprivileged children registered as "angels" with the Salvation Army.

MSM Philippines Mfg. Inc. (Philippines) supported an activity by Japan-affiliated businesses to plant and prune trees on Mt. Manghilao on Cebu Island on June 24, 2023, Arbor (Tree) Day 2023.
It planted more than 150 trees with the NGO partners, the Pollution Control Association of the Philippines and PCAPI-7.

In August 2023, MSSC Ahle GmbH (Germany) employees donated to the youth volunteer firefighting squads of Lindlar and Gummersbach. Currently, about 20 young people participate in these squads. The donations are used for purposes such as funding squad trips and events.

Since 2013, we have supported a program to donate picture books led by the Shanti Volunteer Association, which provides educational assistance to children throughout Asia.
The program delivers picture books to countries where libraries are lacking to help children with reduced access to educational opportunities for economic and social reasons in areas affected by poverty and conflict. Volunteers affix stickers with translations of the book text to the pages of the Japanese picture books to be donated. In addition to Company volunteers, this activity is described in training for new employees as an example of our CSR activities. Trainees also help apply the stickers to the books.
In addition to Company volunteers, new employees help apply the translation stickers to the books during training sessions for new hires, in which this activity is presented as an example of our CSR activities.

We launched this activity in response to a call from the Japan Business Federation (Keidanren) to support consumption of Japanese fisheries products as China and other countries have prohibited their imports due to the release of the Advanced Liquid Processing System treated water. We purchased popular food products from the affected regions and provided them to employees in receptions held during in-house training. We also participate in the Sanriku Joban Mono Network^* and are considering ways to promote efforts such as these further.

The Hirota Works holds environmental briefings on request for members of local communities, including heads of individual districts and staff from city environmental and consumer affairs departments. It also offers plant tours on request. This opportunity helps local residents learn more about the Company.

The first Night of Technology Oberberg was held at MSSC Ahle GmbH (Germany). About 60 participants, young and old, toured the plant, getting a chance to view the springs manufacturing process and ask about career opportunities with MSSC Ahle.

In September 2023, MSSC Ahle GmbH hosted a job-training truck for the metals and electronics industries, which local high school students could board.
The students stayed at the Ahle plant for two days, touring the plant and learning about the springs manufacturing process. In addition to the job training program at Ahles, students were introduced to employment options in the local metals and electronics industries.

A plant tour was held as part of a course in the Muroran Institute of Technology Faculty of Engineering.
This tour provided an excellent opportunity for students to understand Mitsubishi Steel, as shown by comments from participating students such as, "I was deeply impressed by seeing up close the massive facilities used in steelmaking, a core industry in Muroran."

On August 9 of each year, a memorial service is held for more than 1,400 employees of the former Nagasaki Steel Works of Mitsubishi Steel Mfg. who died at work during the nuclear bombing of the city in World War II. Participants include family representatives and former Nagasaki Steel Works employees, as well as the President, executives, and employees of Mitsubishi Nagasaki Machinery Mfg. Co., Ltd.

The Chiba Works participates in the Yawata Rinkai Matsuri festival, organized jointly by the local neighborhood association, merchants' association, and other organizations as well as local businesses affiliated with the Yawata Rinkai district council of neighborhood associations. Chiba Works seeks to facilitate communication with the local community through various activities, including planning and organizing the festival and operating a refreshments booth.

The Hirota Works holds a summer evening festival in August each year, welcoming large crowds including not only employees and business partners of the Hirota Works but local residents as well.

The annual festival of Wanishi Shrine is an event held in July by the local Wanishi retail district, neighborhood association, and local businesses in the city of Muroran, Hokkaido. Mitsubishi Steel Muroran Inc. strives to strengthen communication with the local community. A foreperson in ceremonial apparel typically carries the portable shrine through the streets.

In October, Mitsubishi Nagasaki Machinery Mfg. Co., Ltd. was registered as a Nagasaki Prefecture Registered SDGs Promotion Business.
Intended to encourage a broad range of local companies to join efforts to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), this program recognizes companies working toward the goals, seeking to realize community cocreation in Nagasaki Prefecture through strengthening the businesses of prefecture firms and realizing solutions to challenges in the community. Mitsubishi Nagasaki Machinery Mfg. Co., Ltd. will continue activities to contribute to the community while further enhancing its SDG initiatives.

In September 2023, we concluded a sponsorship agreement with Shinichi Suzuki, an amateur golfer based in the Philippines.
We concluded this agreement with the aim of helping Suzuki, who combines Japanese and Filipino backgrounds and started playing golf from early years, to realize his dream of becoming one of the world's top golfers through participation in tournaments not only in the Philippines but also Japan and around the world. We support this vision, which coincides with our desire to express our gratitude for the blessings we have received in the Philippines and to contribute to the further progress of Philippines society as we mark the approaching 30th anniversary of our advancement into the Philippines market.
We hope this agreement will power Suzuki to even greater success in the future.