The Yokohama Magokoro Fund – an employee-backed charity fund at Yokohama Rubber – has made a donation to support the activities of the Disaster Rescue Dog Network, a Japanese NPO that trains rescue dogs and carries out joint drills with rescue teams. Yokohama Rubber itself is also matching the donation from this employee fund, making for a total donation of...
In July, the Yokohama Magokoro (Sincere Heart) Fund, a social contribution fund by Yokohama Rubber employees, donated to support the activities of Child Fund Japan, which conducts a sponsorship program to watch children grow up while exchanging letters. Yokohama Rubber matched the donation as a matching gift, bringing the total amount of support to 384,000 yen ($2,800). This is the...
Bridgestone will donate over the next four years a total of $1 million to the United Nations Road Safety Fund (UNRSF). The company aims to contribute to global road safety activities as road traffic crashes claim 1.35 million lives worldwide each year and are the leading cause of death among young people. More than 90 percent of these occur in...
Sumitomo Rubber Industries Ltd. (TYO:5110) has announced that the Sumitomo Rubber CSR Fund, which is funded by employee volunteers, will donate a total of 14.7 million yen ($120,465) across 56 organizations this year. The Sumitomo Rubber CSR Fund provides support to NPOs and volunteer organizations working on the likes of environmental conservation, disaster support, traffic safety and local issues, with...
Toyo Tire Corp. (TYO:5105) recently donated $50,000 to areas of the southern and midwestern U.S. stricken by massive tornadoes. Administered through the Warren County Public Schools Disaster Relief Fund for Families, the donation is aimed at offering sympathy to the victims and helping with recovery and reconstruction efforts for the affected areas. A spokesperson for Toyo Tires offered prayerful wishes...
Yokohama Rubber Co. Ltd.’s (TYO:5101) Mie Plant has donated 40 tires for vaccine transport vehicles to Mie Prefecture, providing these on June 1. This comes as part of the plant’s efforts to help out the local community and support medical countermeasures against COVID-19. The donated tires have been fitted to official vehicles used for transporting COVID-19 vaccines to hospitals, health...
