Achievements in Fiscal 2005

Activities Commemorating Toshiba's 130th Anniversary

To mark the 130th anniversary of the foundation of Toshiba, we conducted numerous activities to express our appreciation to local communities. More than 20,000 employees at 96 Toshiba Group companies took part in the worldwide corporate citizenship campaign held in June and July. Employees from all sites in Japan took part in such activities as clean-ups, blood drives, donations to charity and collecting of used books, stamps, etc.

Toshiba invited local residents to the Minato Festival at its headquarters building. Exciting scientific experiments, live music and other programs organized by employees created a carnival atmosphere.

Launch of the Toshiba "ASHITA" Award

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The Toshiba "ASHITA" Award has been established to vitalize Toshiba Group's corporate citizenship activities. President Awards are granted each year to individuals or groups whose corporate citizenship activities achieve outstanding results.

The first awards ceremony was held in December 2005 at the Toshiba headquarters building. From among 547 applications from 164 Toshiba Group companies around the world, 16 groups received awards.

Toshiba "ASHITA" Award

For the Future of Children

In Asia where Toshiba Group has many operations, insufficient educational opportunities for underprivileged children is a major social problem. We are supporting schools and children to help ensure a brighter future for youngsters.

• Donating Textbooks (Philippines)
• Supporting Local Schools (Indonesia)
• Construction of Two Elementary Schools Every Year (China)

Learn about Nature

We are providing opportunities to enjoy the beauties of nature and to learn about forests and other aspects of the natural environment respecting biodiversity.

• Toshiba Forest Opens
• Fostering Nature Conservation Educators in Collaboration with an NPO

Support for Disaster Recovery

Supporting Victims of Hurricane Katrina

Toshiba Group contributed one million US dollars in cash and products to support victims after Hurricane Katrina struck the U.S. Gulf Coast. A part of the donations were contributed to the nongovernmental organization First Book whose "Book Relief" distributed books to children who had lost virtually everything in the disaster. The rest has been donated to colleges, elementary and middle schools in the affected areas to speed their efforts to get up and running again. Further, donations from Toshiba Group employees in Japan amounting to 13 million yen were contributed to a hospital in New Orleans for children requiring care in the ravaged area.

Support for the victims of the Pakistan Earthquake

To provide support for the victims of a major earthquake that occurred in Pakistan on October 8, 2005, Toshiba Group employees donated 5,486,953 yen in aid to NPO's Peace Winds Japan, JEN, Japan Red Cross Society, and others.

Supporting Victims of the Landslide on Leyte, the Philippines

To support victims of the landslide on Leyte, the Philippines, Toshiba donated 150,000 US dollars to the Department of Social Welfare and Development of the Philippines.

Toshiba Group Receives Corporate Citizenship Award in China for the second consecutive year

Toshiba Group received its second corporate citizenship award from the Guangming Daily, a newspaper of the Chinese Communist Party, following its first award last year. This award is granted to a global company which has carried out outstanding social contributions activities. The social contributions activities of Toshiba Group were rated highly; includes the construction of Toshiba Hope Elementary Schools, the planting of trees, support during the SARS outbreak, the holding of a concert, and activities to protect animals.