Press Release

Nippon Express Korea participates in tree planting activities in Noeul Park

Nippon Express Korea Co., Ltd. ("NE Korea"; Shinji Torimoto, CEO), a subsidiary of Nippon Express Co., Ltd., planted a 300-tree forest in Noeul Park in Seoul, South Korea, on May 16.

NE Korea undertook this activity as part of the global CSR efforts begun in January of this year by the Nippon Express Group.

NE Korea has named its project the "Forest that Brings Hope," and it will regularly maintain and manage the forest in order to achieve CO2 reductions.

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The Noeul Park Citizens' Association has been promoting tree planting activities since 2011 via a "Creating 100 Forests" campaign and, by 2014, 21,325 persons in 49 organizations had planted 37,543 trees. NE Korea recently signed on to this campaign.

The Nippon Express Group began in January of this year implementing global CSR efforts in which subsidiaries around the world address environmental conservation and make CO2 reductions in keeping with local circumstances.

The Group will bear in mind its social and public missions as it puts environmental management into practice and actively contributes to global environment conservation as a good corporate citizen.

Profile of Tree Planting Activity

Date May 16, 2015, 9:00-13:00
Location Noeul Park, Mapo District, Seoul
Area 330m2 of the 30,000m2 to be forested this year
Participants 76 NE Korea staff and family members