Signing ceremony for Kagawa Sharp Forest (April 11) From left: Mr. Fujishima, head of the Shionoe-cho Forest Cooperative Association; Mr. Nabeshima, Governor of Kagawa Prefecture; and Mr. Morimoto, Group General Manager of Sharp's Environmental Protection Group

Employees, their families, and local residents who participated in tree planting

Sharp Green Club (SGC)^* has established the Kagawa Sharp Forest in Shionoe-cho, near Takamatsu City, Kagawa Prefecture, where the Sharp Takamatsu Building is located. This is the seventh such site in Japan (and the first by a sales/service base), and SGC held a tree-planting event on April 21, 2007.

The Kagawa Sharp Forest is the first effort in a program in which Kagawa Prefecture and companies work together to develop forested areas. This project will create a forest recharging the water source by planting trees each year on 0.1 hectare of previously logged land in Tenma-ga-Hara . The area is located upstream of the Naiba Dam, a valuable source of water for the prefecture. Some 50 people participated in the event, including Sharp employees and their families, members of the forestry cooperative association, and employees of the prefectural government. Some 300 hinoki (Japanese cypress) seedlings were planted.

The Sharp Takamatsu Building has been actively promoting environmental volunteer activities, including cleanup activities around the building and the Sanuki Seto Clean Relay , aimed at beaches in the prefecture. In addition to activities in the Kagawa Sharp Forest, Sharp will continue its efforts to foster environmental awareness among employees.

Participants plant seedlings on a slope in the Tenma-ga-Hara forest

Young and old alike work together to plant seedlings