The 30th Yokohama Environmental Activities Award

Environmental awareness through the Koinobori Festival

[Grand Prize] Sunada River (Shimomurahashi-Dokeibashi) Waterside Protection Association

・Beautification of the Sunada River and its surrounding environment and conservation activities
・Biological conservation Activities in the Sunada River
・Cooperation in environmental learning at neighboring elementary schools
・Environmental education for local residents and educational activities related to environmental conservation through events

Cleaning and weeding around the Umeda River

[Practical Award] Umeda River Waterside Protection Association

・Since 2012, we have been contributing to the conservation of the Umeda River for a long time.
・Cleaning and weeding around the Umeda River
・Activities to maintain the environment of the Umeda River, where kingfishers and fireflies fly.

Classes on SDGs for students

[Practical Award] Naoki Okano

・In order to reduce food loss, after establishing the student group GRAF, it was registered as a corporation in May 2022 and has been active as a general incorporated association GRAF.
・Networking of food banks
・Enlightenment and Education of SDGs

General incorporated association GRAF | Food loss reduction (grafsdgsjp.wixsite.com) Homepage (outside site)

State with everyone who participated in river cleaning

[Practical Award] Ryo Sasai

・Call for environmental activities in elementary schools
・Request for the abolition of the school lunch straw
・Establishment of microplastic zero community welc0me, environmental activity organization, river cleaning activities, etc.

State with everyone who participated in beach beautification activities

[Grand Prize] ROHM Corporation Yokohama Technology Center

・Development of environmentally friendly products
・100% renewable energy of electricity
・Local flower planting activities, food drive, neighborhood cleaning
・In-house training, food loss initiatives in the cafeteria, etc.

ROHM Semiconductor website (outside site)

Local cleanup activities

[Practical Award] Oyama Gumi Building Materials Co., Ltd.

・Recycling of construction sludge using the water recycling method
・Electricity supply through the use of solar power generation
・Local food drive activities, cleaning, snow removal work, etc.

Oyama Gumi Building Materials Co., Ltd. website (outside site)

dispatch lecture/off site lecture at an elementary school

[Practical Award] Tsukishima Aqua Solutions Co., Ltd. ※Tsukishima Techno Maintenance Service Co., Ltd.
※We received an application from Tsukishima Machinery Co., Ltd., but we succeeded the business to Tsukishima Aqua Solutions Co., Ltd. on April 1, 2023.

・Convert sewage sludge into solid fuel as renewable energy and use it as fuel for power plants and boilers.
・Conducting dispatch lecture/off site lecture for elementary schools in Yokohama City and cleaning activities around treatment plants

Tsukishima Aqua Solutions Co., Ltd. website (outside site)
Tsukishima Techno Maintenance Service Co., Ltd. website (outside site)

Contribution to local communities and consideration for biodiversity

[Practical Award] Panasonic Automotive Systems Co., Ltd. Yokohama area

・Realize zero CO2 emissions at all 14 business sites in Japan and overseas, including the Yokohama Building.　
・Promotion of 3R activities such as energy-saving activities through all-member activities, paperless activities, and reduction of food loss.
・Providing menus using sustainable seafood at employee cafeterias, community cleanup activities, etc.

Panasonic Automotive Systems Co., Ltd. website (Japanese version) (external site)
Panasonic Automotive Systems Co., Ltd. website (English version) (external site)

Ocean conservation Activities

[Grand Prize] [Biodiversity Special Award] ※Simultaneous Award
Minato Mirai Honmachi Elementary School

・Marine conservation activities such as creature surveys, water quality tests, and raising eelgrass grounds
・Creation of biotopes where conservation in Yokohama Medaka and underwater creatures gather.
・Cleanup activities for the sea and towns

State of SDGs Challenges in English

[Practical Award] Yokohama City Yamoto Junior High School 3rd year English Course
・Report "My Environmentally Friendly Activities" in English in class
・Implement SDGs initiatives from familiar things that can be done at school and at home
・Participation in community cleaning, weeding and flower planting