Welfare

Since fiscal 2009, Toyota Tsusho has supported a project encouraging self-reliance in poor areas through micro-finance provided by the PlaNet Finance Japan's NPO. In fiscal 2010, we helped with a project to supply electricity to non-electrified areas of Benin in Africa. With this project, jatropha is cultivated and used as a biofuel to generate electricity in these areas. The project also provides a framework for micro-finance so that electricity users can launch small businesses and become financially independent. The aim is to have 200 small businesses established in the region in order to particularly improve the lives of women and children. Toyota Tsusho contributes part of the funds in order to provide training and technical guidance for the project.

Have you heard about "TABLE FOR TWO" (TFT), the system that makes it possible to contribute to society and maintain health at the same time through our daily lunches? "Healthy Box Lunches" with 700 calories or less and 3 grams or less of sodium are sold to employees with 10 yen of the cost of each lunch box (matched by the Company's contribution of 10 yen, for a total of 20 yen) going toward the cost of supplying school lunches in developing countries. This program kills two birds with one stone as employees have a chance to contribute to society every day at lunch while at the same time enjoy a healthy diet. This program is only being implemented at the Nagoya Head Office at the present time, but we plan to extend it to the Tokyo office in the future.