The 30th Yokohama Environmental Activity Award

Environmental awareness through the Koinobori Festival

[Grand Prize] Sunada River (Shimomurahashi to Dokeibashi) Waterfront Protection Association

・Beautifying the Sunada River and its surrounding environment, and conservation activities
・conservation Activities in the Sunada River
・Cooperation for environmental learning at neighboring elementary schools
・Environmental education for local residents and environmental conservation activities through events

Cleaning and weeding work around the Umeda River

[Practical Award] Umeda River Waterfront Protection Association

・Since 2012, the company has long contributed to the environmental conservation of the Umeda River.
・Cleaning and weeding work around the Umeda River
・Activities to maintain the environment of the Umeda River where herons kingfishers and fireflies fly.

Classes on SDGs for students

[Practical Award] Naoki Okano

・After establishing the GRAF, a student organization GRAF to reduce food loss, it was registered as a corporation in May 2022, and has been active as GRAF.
・Networking of food banks
・SDGs Awareness Campaign and Education

GRAF | Food loss reduction (grafsdgsjp.wixsite.com) homepage (outside site)

State with everyone who participated in the river cleaning

[Practical Award] Ryo Sasai

・Call for activities to address environmental issues in elementary schools
・Submission of a request to abolish school lunch straw
・Establishment of the Microplastic Zero Community Welc0me, environmental activities group, cleanup activities, etc.

State with everyone who participated in the beach beautification activities

[Grand Prize] ROHM Co., Ltd. Yokohama Technology Center

・Development of eco-friendly products
・Turning to 100% renewable energy
・Local flower planting activities, food drives, neighborhood cleanup
・In-house training, food loss initiatives in cafeterias, etc.

ROHM Semiconductor Website (external site)

Community cleanup activities

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

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

Oyama Gumi Building Materials Website (outside site)

dispatch lecture/off site lecture at 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 it was succeeded to Tsukishima Aqua Solution Co., Ltd. on April 1, 2023.

・Sewage sludge is converted into solid fuel as renewable energy and used as fuel for power plants and boilers
・Conducted dispatch lecture/off site lecture for elementary schools in Yokohama and cleanup activities around treatment plants

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

Contribution to local communities and consideration for biodiversity

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

・Realizing zero CO2 emissions at all 14 business sites in Japan and overseas, including the Yokohama Building Headquarters Yokohama Building　
・Promotion of 3R activities such as energy-saving activities through all-member activities, paperless and reduction of food loss
・Providing menus for utilizing 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
Yokohama Municipal Minatomirai Honmachi Elementary School

・conservation activities such as creature surveys, water quality tests, and cultivation of eelgrasss grounds
・Creating a biotope where conservation and underwater creatures gather
・Cleanup activities for seas and towns

State of SDGs addressed in English

[Practical Award] Yokohama Municipal Tanimoto Junior High School 3rd year English Course
・Report on "My Eco-friendly Activities" in English.
・Implement SDGs initiatives based on familiar things that can be done at school and at home
・Participate in community cleanup, weeding, and flower planting