Yokohama Rubber Corp. reported more tree planting activities, this time in the People’s Republic of China.
On Oct. 17 some 250 people connected to three Yokohama plants in China attended a jointly-staged second-phase tree-planting ceremony as part of Yokohama’s Forever Forest project, according to Tyres & Accessories.
Workers and their families from Hangzhou Yokohama Tire Co., Yokohama Hamatitie (Hangzhou) Co., and Yokohama Hoses & Coupling (Hangzhou) Co. joined Yokohama Rubber’s overseas trainees and other representatives in the planting of around 2,400 seedlings of trees indigenous to the local area.
This second stage planting follows up the initial event held in November 2008, when approximately 1,200 participants planted 12,000 or so seedlings. All in all, more than 110,000 trees have been planted worldwide as part of the Yokohama Forever Forest project. When the program is concluded in time for the company’s 100th anniversary in 2017, Yokohama plans to have planted around half a million trees.
