Social Contribution Activities for the Environment
Contributing to developing countries and regional environmental conservation
JAPAN POST BANK donates savings collected on behalf of our customers through JAPAN POST BANK Deposits for International Aid and in exchange for JP BANK Card loyalty points to the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA). The donations are used to help improve lives in developing countries and regions and in environmental conservation projects through the JICA Donation Fund for the People of the World.
Donations to JICA
¥46.46million
(Total donated between start date of initiative and September 30, 2023)
Environmental Education
In the fiscal year ended March 31, 2018, we published the environmental information magazine "Let’s Try Ecosavings to Protect Our Future World," with the hope of having both children and adults alike enjoy thinking and acting on environmental issues in their daily lives. When publishing this environmental information magazine, we implement procurement in a way that considers the environment, for example by using timber from forest thinning*1, purchasing Green Power Certificates*2, and printing using vegetable oil inks.
in addition, the environmental information magazine is posted on the JAPAN POST BANK website.
- *1:
- Timber produced during forest thinning, an approach to reducing concentrations of standing trees that form as forests grow.
- *2:
- Tradable certificates that represent the environmental added-value of power obtained from natural energy. Purchasers contribute to the spread of natural energy by an equivalent degree to the amount of power listed on the certificate and are deemed to have used green power.
Related Information
Environmental Education Resource Corner (Japanese version only)
Environmental Conservation Activities within the Group
JP SATOYAMA Communication
In collaboration with the NPO Donguri-no-kai (Acorn Association), in October 2018 the JAPAN POST GROUP began improvement activities at Shimizuiri Ryokuchi (greenway) Park, located in Hachioji City, Tokyo, under the name JP SATOYAMA Communication.
JP Children’s Forest Building Movement
Since 2008, the JAPAN POST GROUP has endorsed the hands-on forest building program offered by the NPO Kodomo-no-morizukuri Suishin Network (Children’s Forest Building Promotion Network), and has supported hands-on forest building activities among children attending day care centers, kindergartens, and child centers throughout Japan under the name JP Children’s Forest Building Movement.
Since 2012, we have engaged in the Tohoku Recovery Green Wave, which embodies our hope for recovery of greenery damaged during the Great East Japan Earthquake.
Related Information
JP Children's Tree-Planting Campaign
Exhibiting at environmental events
The JAPAN POST GROUP participated in the SDGs EXPO as part of EcoPro 2019, held at Tokyo Big Sight in December 2019, where we introduced the initiatives of each Group company aimed at achieving the SDGs.