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Sustainability Management

Environment

SocialGovernance

Promoting Social Contribution Activities

Disaster cooperationagreements in placewith municipalities[FY2022: 250]

255

Total of

Total social contribution
expenditures[FY2022: ¥416 million]

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Basic Approach and Policies

Progress in FY2023

384 million¥

Participants in social
contribution activities[FY2022: Cumulative totalof 58,767]

61,475 people

Hours spent on social
contribution activities*1[FY2022: 69,933 hours]

50,178 hours

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In accordance with the Social Contribution Activi-

Targetl 11.5

ESG Data

Targetl 13.1

Targetl 15.4

Logo Mark for Social Contribution Activities
The figure shows how our circle of activity in STEP
areas expands outward from the center.

ties Policy formulated on the basis of MITSUBISHI
MOTORS’ vision and mission, we will contribute to asustainable society by promoting social contribution
activities through collaboration and cooperation withlocal governments and affiliated companies where we
operate aiming to address problems facing diversified
local communities, prevent environmental issues ofglobal scale such as climate challenge and realize acarbon-neutral society.

Breakdown of Social Contribution Expendituresin FY2023*2

Social Contribution Activities Policy
To address diversifying social issues, MITSUBISHI MOTORS carries out its STEP social contribution activities,
focused on four main themes, standing for the first letters of Society, Traffic safety, Environment and People.
Based on this policy, we will continue to contribute tosociety by utilizing each and every employee's skills andknow-how as well as our technologies and products,
aiming to create a better society where people canhope for a better future.

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Category

Society
Traffic safety
Environment
PeopleSupport for disaster-stricken areas,
support measures to address COVID-19
Total expenditure

Amount
126
5
33
182
36
384

*2 S
 ocial contribution expenditures including donations as well as
in-kind benefits and free use of company facilities converted
into monetary equivalents.

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Targetl 10.2Society
DENDO Community Support Program

As an activity that takes advantage of the featuresof MITSUBISHI MOTORS products, we have signed anagreement with local governments to cooperate incase of contingencies and provide assistance throughthe utilization of Mitsubishi Plug-in Hybrid Electric
Vehicles (PHEV), which uses regenerative braking toconvert the energy expended coming to a stop into
electricity for use later, including charging the battery.*1 With the “power of PHEVs to drive” and the“power of electricity,” we will continue to support the
security of the lives of local residents.

1. Agreements for Cooperation During Disasters
Between Local Governments
At the request of local governments that have experienced power outages due to disasters, MITSUBISHI
MOTORS, together with its affiliated dealers, has beenpromoting initiatives to conclude disaster cooperationagreements with local governments nationwide sothat “ OUTLANDER PHEV” and other electrified vehicles that can be recharged to be provided to affectedareas and evacuation centers as soon as possible.
We will continue toengage in activities incooperation with local
governments to contribute to the security of local residents
through the utilizationof electrified vehicles.
A signing ceremony in Tokyo’s
Setagaya Ward (November 2023)

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Agreements in Place with Municipalities around
Japan (As of May 31, 2024)

Municipalities withagreements in place:

255

*2

Hokkaido

8

Tohoku48

Koshinetsu andHokuriku

Chugoku

26

Kyushu andOkinawa

16

Shikoku

8

18

Kinki

32

Tokai

22

Kanto

77

*1 Regenerative Braking provides a minimal charge to the vehicle and is
not a substitute for charging or refueling your vehicle.

Our Activities

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u Recent agreement status (only in Japanese)
WEB https://www.mitsubishi-motors.co.jp/carlife/phev/dcsp/*2 Excluding two-party agreements between affiliated dealers andmunicipalities

2. Cooperation with the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism project “Connection
Test from Electrified Vehicles to Medical Devices
In preparation for long-term power outages caused
by natural disasters and so on, power supply for medical equipment is required to be secured for persons
requiring medical care who use ventilators and othermedical equipment at home.
The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport andTourism (MLIT) conducts connection tests to determine precautions for safely supplying power to medical
equipment from motorized vehicles in case no otherstable power source can be secured during a disaster.
We participated in this test with our “MINICAB EV*3.”
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The MINICAB-EV,
which supplies power

Checking the supplied power

lished mainly for local government officials and usersof medical devices (patients themselves and theirrelatives and so on).
*3 The warning statement “Never use medical equipment” in the“MINICAB EV” operation manual “100V AC power supply (1500W) (inthe interior equipment section)” shall remains in place and will not
be changed regardless of the results of the connection test.

3. E
 lectrified vehicles supply power to traffic signals
during disaster drills simulating a power outage.
Large-scale comprehensive disaster drills were conducted in cooperation with the public and private
sectors in the Marunouchi area of Tokyo in September 2023, marking the 100th anniversary of the Great
Kanto Earthquake throughout the entire city.
We participated in a “traffic light outage drill,” simulating a traffic light outage due to a power outage
and restoring power to the traffic lights by supplying
power from an electrically powered vehicle. On the dayof the drill, police officers gave hand signals to two
traffic signals on Marunouchi Gyoko-dori that had lost

Connecting to an outlet inside
the vehicle

Traffic signal resumes operation, using the power supplied
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power, and then plugged in the OUTLANDER PHEV’s
in-car power outlet to start supplying power to thetraffic signals to confirm that they were restored.
4. Signing Comprehensive Collaborative Agreement
to Realize Carbon-Neutral Society
In November 2023, MITSUBISHI MOTORS concluded
a “Collaboration Agreement for the Realization of aCarbon Neutral Society” with Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture. Through the agreement, both parties willleverage their knowledge and experience to jointly
promote various initiatives toward the realization ofa carbon neutral society by 2050. We have also concluded cooperative agreements with Kurashiki City
and Okazaki City, where our production facilities arelocated, to realize a carbon-neutral society and initiatives are underway with their municipalities as well.
Through the Collaboration Agreement, spread ofelectric vehicles shall be the key to our endeavor tocooperate in building a decarbonized society.
Main collaboration items:(1) Realization of a carbon-neutral society in the region(2) Promotion of spread of electrified vehicles(3) F ostering understanding of the usefulness of electricvehicles for decarbonization and disaster preparedness(4) Agreements between the two parties that contributeto the achievement of objectives other than thoselisted in the preceding items.

Traffic safety
Conducting the “Vehicle School” for Traffic Safety
We are implementing “Kuruma no Gakko,” a programin which participants think about traffic safety, learn
together and have fun together.
In FY2023, with the aim of helping to reduce traffic accidents caused by erroneous driving, “Support
Car Test Ride” was carried out five times in collaboration with local governments, sales companies, andpolice stations in Okazaki City, Aichi Prefecture, Kyoto
City, and Kurashiki City, Okayama Prefecture, with a
total of approximately 700 participants joining the

by local traffic safety associations and police stations
were attended by a total of 266 employees on fouroccasions in collaboration with the local community.

Traffic Safety Awareness for Children
Website for Children “Do You Know the Answer?
Traffic Safety Quiz”
We post a regular feature on its “Why, Why, Car Development Research Kids” website to elementary school
age children. The website includes a web-page about
traffic safety using a quiz format to introduce traffic
rules and manners they should follow when walking
or riding a bicycle in their day-to-day activities.

spots from the driver's
seat, and experiencing
the Emergency Assist for
Pedal Misapplication of
the Safety Support Car
Riding together in a safety
support car(SUPPORT CAR).

Traffic Safety Awareness Activities in Our Operation areas

during commuting andschool hours, and traffic
guidance was provided

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simulator, checking blind

conducted for passing vehicles and pedestrians

Launch of a demonstration
project for autonomous street
lighting in cooperation with thecity of Okazaki, Aichi Prefecture(April 2023)

Targetl 13.1

test rides, including a driving ability assessment, car

In FY2023, traffic safety awareness activities were

Signing ceremony with the cityof Kyoto (November 2023)

Targetl 11.5

ESG Data

for children on their way
to and from school. In addition, local traffic safety
awareness events held
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contribution/people/kids/anzen/ (only in Japanese)

Environment
Forest Preservation Activities
In March 2023, as part of our initiatives to carbon
offsetting through forest preservation, we signed a“Forest Preservation Partnership Agreement” with
Okazaki City, Aichi Prefecture, where the Okazaki Plant
is located. The designated city-owned forest has been
named “Okazaki OUTLANDER Forest,” and forest preservation activities have begun.
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Forest preservation activities include environmental education, thinning, tree planting, and underbrushcutting to foster environmental awareness among
employees. In FY2023, in terms of the “Pajero Forest,”
where MITSUBISHI MOTORS has been working with the
OISCA Foundation since 2006 to preserve the forest in
Hayakawa-cho, Yamanashi Prefecture, we confirmedthat natural vegetation has been restored and biodiversity has increased. The employees also restored
and extended the boardwalk using thinned wood andbuilt benches to be placed in the forest for visitors totake a short rest.

Participants repairing and extending walkways using thinned woodGroup photo of participants inthe tree-planting activity

Donating Seedlings as part of Our Environmental Preservation Activities in the Philippines
Asian Transmission Corp. (ATC), our automotive parts
production base in the Philippines, has been engaged
in greening activities toward the goal of planting a
total of 25,000 seedlings over a period of five years
starting in FY2018, which marked its 45th anniversary.
In FY2023, which marked the sixth year of ouractivities, we continued to plant trees cooperatingwith schools and local governments to protect a lush
green environment, planting a cumulative total of
27,109 saplings.
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Targetl 15.4PeopleSupporting the Education of Elementary,
Junior and Senior High School Students
We support the education of the children who willtake responsibility for the next generation throughfactory tours (where elementary school students canexperience production sites) and a hands-on lesson
program, in which employees visit elementary schools
to conduct lessons. We also host career counselingstudies to encourage junior and senior high school
students to think about
the future and broaden
their horizons.
In FY2023, the activities were attended byapproximately 30,400 elementary, junior and senior Factory tour for elementary
school students
high school students.

Conduct Joint Industry-Academia Projects
with Vocational Schools and Art Universities
From March 2023, we have participated in a corporate
collaboration class hosted by Tokyo CommunicationArts, a vocational college.
In April, we initiated a joint industry-university
project (class) with the Department of Production
Design at Tama Art University. Our designers provided
guidance both online and on-site, and the students
planned and proposed new lifestyle mobility with thetheme of “a car to be released under the Mitsubishi
brand in the future (tentative title),” imagining theimage of the brand in the future.
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Educational Support in Asia
In Thailand, Indonesia, Vietnam, and Malaysia, wetake part in various efforts to help children who havedifficulty accessing education for economic reasons.
We provide scholarships to junior high school, highschool and university students; donate learning tools
to orphanages; donate teaching vehicles that can help
cultivate high-quality future talent for the automotive
industry; and host interns.

Run Charity Marathon in Thailand and Raise
Donation to a Medical Institution
In FY2023, Mitsubishi-Motors (Thailand) Company
Limited (MMTh), a production and sales company inThailand, and Mitsubishi-Motors (Thailand) Foundation (MMTF), a non-profit organization, organized
the “Mitsubishi-Motors Charity Run 2023. MMTh and
MMTF donated a totalof 700,000 baht to
Wat Yannasanwarararam Hospital in
Chonburi Province tosupport the purchase
Making the donationof medical equipment.

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Holding a First Aid Workshop in Vietnam
From April to May 2023, Mitsubishi-Motors Vietnam
Company Limited (MMV), a local production and sales
company in Vietnam, collaborated with local dealers
and Survival Skills Vietnam, a local NPO thatprovides first aid education. In fiscal 2023, workshops on CPR were held
three times with approximately 530 participants.
Participants ensuring that the
airway is clear

MITSUBISHI MOTORS STEP Funds andMatching Gift Program
The MITSUBISHI MOTORS STEP Funds,
introduced in April 2009, is a structure through which employees of
MITSUBISHI MOTORS Group companies can continuously participate insocial contribution activities by voluntarily donating
fixed sums to the funds. These funds are then used
for to support activities in developing countries andareas struck by the Great East Japan Earthquake, invalues employees’ motivation to contribute to society

Targetl 15.4

The recipients of donations and matching gifts

mainly in Hayakawa-cho, located in the prefecture of
Yamanashi, where we carry out our forest conserva-

cus areas of MITSUBISHI MOTORS Social Contribution

tion activities.

Activities Policy, business continuity, regular activity

In addition, we have been engaging in “Employee

reports and track record. In addition, we hold debrief-

Presenter Program” through which our employees

ing sessions for our employees by the recipients ofhand out a set of forest wooden building blocks toour support, and we communicate with them to linknurseries and kindergartens of their choice (usually

our activities with theirs.

choice from their childhood memories) through ourThrough this support, MITSUBISHI MOTORS andinternal donation funds.

MITSUBISHI MOTORS STEP Funds aim to continue withIn FY2023, we presented blocks to 60 kindergar-

activities that meet local needs and contribute to thetens and nursery schools. The blocks have been do-

development of the local community.

nated to 585 kindergartens since 2010.

Engaging in the “Forest Wooden Building Block
Project” for Children

Support for Construction of Secondary School
Buildings in the Philippines

The concept of thisWith the aim of improving children's learning environ-project is to present

ment, we constructed a school building to open one

nurseries and kinder-

secondary school in Samar, Republic of the Philippines

gartens near Company

while donating 40 chairsbusiness sites with

with tables, a projector,

cozy wooden building
blocks for enhancing
the children’s creativ-and other equipment
Building blocks made fromthinned cypress

ity through block play, which are made of Japanesecypress comes from forestry thinning operations
The Supported
 World Vision Japanand to support more people, the Company matches
donations made through the MITSUBISHI MOTORS OISCASTEP Funds.

 Kindergarten, Nursery School,
and Others in the Vicinity of
Our Business sites

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through cooperation withWorld Vision Japan, aninternational NGO.
The opening ceremony

Main Activities
Donations for activities in developing countries that address local issues such as waterand sanitation, health, and nutrition to prevent HIV/AIDS, malaria and other infectious
diseases, as well as education and school construction to create an environment wherechildren can grow up healthy and thrive.
Donation to activities to promote the greening of the earth through planting saplings
by children overseas
Donation of building blocks made of natural solid cypress wood thinned from forests inYamanashi Prefecture and our original car-shaped cases to kindergartens and nurseryschools as educational toys
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Support for Disaster-Stricken Areas
In the event of natural disasters and other emergencies, MITSUBISHI MOTORS provide various forms of
support, such as monetary donations, free loan ofvehicles, and employee volunteer work.

Support for the 2024 Noto Peninsula Earthquake
We donated 10 million yen to support reconstructionof the affected areas of the Noto Peninsula Earthquake that occurred in January 2024.
In addition, at the request of the Niigata Prefectural Government, two OUTLANDER PHEVs and two
ECRIPSE CROSS PHEVs were loaned to a community
center in Kashiwazaki City to be used for recharging
mobile phones in areas with power outages, alongwith “free quick recharge service” and “free recharge
service for smartphones” at 26 new car dealerships in
Niigata, Toyama, Ishikawa and Fukui prefectures.
Main Support in FY2023
Implementation Period

January 2024

May 2023 to March 2024

June 2023

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ESG Data

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Targetl 15.4Furthermore, at theto engage in volunteer activities such as removing

request of Kurashiki City,

household goods and clearing away soil to help re-one “DELICA D:5” was lent

store the affected areas.

free of charge. The DELI-

Providing a Number of Vehicles to Assist Flood
Affected Areas in Australia

CA D:5 will be utilized for
one year as a means oftransportation for Kurashiki City employees

Removing mud from under
the floor

From May to July 2023, Mitsubishi Motors Australia
Limited (MMAL), an Australian sales company, collab-

who provide health care support to victims of theorated with Disaster Relief Australia (DRA), an Austra-disaster in Suzu City, Ishikawa Prefecture.

lian disaster relief organization, to support emergency

Dispatch of Volunteers to Areas Affected by
Heavy Rainand recovery needs in areas of the country affectedby the flooding.
MMAL provided 30 vehicles, among them a “TRI-

In June 2023, heavy rains, attributed to the rainy sea-

TON” pickup truck and a “PAJERO SPORT” sport utility

son front and Typhoon No. 2, inundated a wide area

vehicle, to support DRA’s recovery operation, includ-in eastern Aichi Prefecture, and some areas in Okazaki

ing debris removal and transportation. In May andCity, Aichi Prefecture were submerged in water.

July of the same year, seven staff members vol-A total of 206 employees (for six days) from various departments of Okazaki Works were dispatched

Support• Donated ¥10 million in relief funds• Donated two vehicles, an “OUTLANDER
2024 Noto Peninsula
PHEV” and an “ECLIPSE PHEV”
Earthquake• Collaborated with the city of Kurashiki
and donated a “DELICA D:5”
• Provided 30 vehicles, including “TRITON”
Areas of heavy rainfall and and “PAJERO SPORT” models• A total of seven disaster-aid volunteers
flooding in Australia
participated (May and July 2023)• A total of 206 employee volunteers
Heavy rainfall attributed
participated in earth removal and otherto the rainy season front
activities in the city of Okazaki.
and Typhoon No. 2

unteered as disaster relief volunteers including thecompany’s CEO.

Support Recipient
Municipalities Affected

Disaster Relief Australia

OkazakiPlease see the following website for details on our disaster relief support.
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