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Toyoshima & Co., Ltd. Mizuho will create lifestyles with high empathy value as a "lifestyle proposal trading company" that creates healthy and spiritually rich life scenes for people. Based on the tradition of "sincerity and trust" and "solidity and proactivity" that spanned more than 180 years since our founding, we will continue to work with local communities to realize a society where each and every one of us can play an active role.
Social Welfare Initiatives
Toyoshima & Co., Ltd. established "Toyoshima Welfare Fund" in 1973 and continues to work to contribute to the community and the development of a welfare society. We also value local networks and work together with everyone to realize a prosperous society.
Toyoshima Welfare Fund
Toyoshima & Co., Ltd. was launched in 1973 as "Toyoshima Welfare Fund" was established. Since then, we have been supporting various facilities and organizations every year with the aim of serving the local community and contributing to the development of the welfare society.
- address
- Nichiki 2chome Nakaku Nagoya
- place
- Toyoshima & Co.,Ltd, Nagoya Head Office
- Established
- December 20, 1973
- basic property
- 50 million yen
- Chairman
- TOYOSHIMA Toshiaki
- Purpose
- 1. Projects related to welfare for the elderly
2. Welfare and support for orphans
3. Welfare and relief for the mentally and physically handicapped
4. Support for crime victims
5. Projects related to cleaning public facilities, etc.
6. Other activities necessary to achieve the objectives of the Corporation
- Donation category
- Aichi Prefecture, Ichinomiiya City, Chubu Zen'i Bank, Aichi Victim Support Center, etc.
Cleanup of Ichinomiya Honmachi Shopping Arcade and Meijo Park
Started in 1976, it is a castle ruins park centered on Ichinomiya Honmachi Shopping Arcade Cleanup, the venue for the Ichinomiya Tanabata Festival, and Nagoya Castle Meijo ParkWe have been cleaning the area continuously for more than 45 years.
TOYOSHIMA Calendar
The printed TOYOSHIMA calendars are transported to a support facility for people with disabilities, where they are carefully packed one by one. Toyoshima & Co., Ltd. supports people working at support facilities for people with disabilities through calendar production.
Visit to Santa Claus
It is a donation of Toyoshima Welfare Fund to bring smiles to children living in children's homes and facilities for children with intellectual disabilities in Aichi Prefecture Chubu Zen'i BankWe participate in the Santa Claus visit project sponsored by the organizers. We give sweets and unicycles to children.
Re-Design Project
The "Redesign Project" is a project that embodies ethics consisting of a local partnership in Aichi Prefecture and neighboring prefectures where students studying design using unused textile materials from local industries design them, produce them at facilities for people with disabilities, and sell them at local retail stores. Toyoshima & Co., Ltd. has supported this initiative since the project began in 2009, and has been providing and sponsoring textile materials. In addition, we provide support to design students by awarding the "Corporate Award" in a contest to recognize outstanding designs.
Nagoya Heart Station Project
The Nagoya Heart Station Project is a project that contributes to the creation of a recycling-oriented society by expanding the system for reusing unnecessary items and recycling feather products in collaboration with welfare facilities for people with disabilities, environmental NPOs, feather product manufacturers, etc. Toyoshima & Co., Ltd. Mizuho donates sample products generated in the planning and manufacturing process of apparel products to Heart Station, and after processing such as removing names (product tags) by the hands of people with disabilities at the employment support facility for people with disabilities that operates Heart Station, they are sold and reused at charity shops in Nagoya City. Employment support facilities for people with disabilities are paid a fee by an environmental NPO that operates a charity shop, which leads to an increase in income for people with disabilities.
Contribution to Local Communities
Toyoshima & Co., Ltd. will work to solve local issues and revitalize communities through partnerships with local residents, and contribute to the development of prosperous and comfortable communities.
Ghibli Park Official Partner
Toyoshima & Co., Ltd. is an official partner of Ghibli Park, which opened in Nagakute City, Aichi Prefecture on November 1, 2022. "Let's create a Ghibli Park that will be loved 100 years from now." Together with you, we will contribute to the revitalization of Aichi Prefecture and other surrounding areas through the creation of parks that will continue to be loved by many customers from Japan and abroad and will continue to be loved into the future.
Ichinomiiya SDGs Partner
Ichinomiiya, Aichi Prefecture, has been certified as an "Ichinomiiya SDGs Partner System" that registers companies, educational institutions, groups, etc. that are engaged in activities related to SDGs or have an interest.
Together with Ichinomiiya and our partners, we will promote initiatives to achieve the SDGs and solve local issues.
Nichiki 2chome cleanup activity
This activity is organized by the Nichiki 2chome Neighborhood Association, the Nagoya Chojamachi Cooperative, and the Nichiki 2chome Community Development Council. We are cleaning up around Nichiki 2chome with about 20 member companies.
Chojamachi Ebisu Festival
The Chojamachi Ebisu Festival is held every autumn in Chojamachi Textile Town, where the Nagoya Head Office is located. Employees sell their own brand products while deepening exchanges with the local community.
Tweed Run Bishu
We support Tweed Run Bishu, a fashion and bicycle event that originated in London. Tweed Run is an event where you can wear tweed items and enjoy riding a bicycle around the city with your friends. We will enliven Bishū, a wool-producing area, lead to the revitalization of the fashion industry, and rediscover and disseminate the charm of the city. In the contest to determine the Best Dressed Award, we give gifts to fashion students as "TOYOSHIMA Prizes".
Reconstruction and Recovery Support
The TOYOSHIMA Group provides support to disaster-stricken areas and people affected by large-scale disasters in Japan and overseas through donations and other means.
Major Donations
Year
subject
Donation amount
Donor
2023
Turkey-Syria Earthquake
1,000,000 yen
Consulate-General of the Republic of Turkey in Nagoya
2019
Typhoon No. 19
1,000,000 yen
Chunichi Shimbun Social Service Corporation
2018
Heavy rain Japan west
1,000,000 yen
Chunichi Shimbun Social Service Corporation
2016
Kumamoto Earthquake
1,000,000 yen
Chunichi Shimbun Social Service Corporation
2011
Great East Japan Earthquake
20,000,000 yen
1,000,000 yen
Chubu Zen'i Bank
Japan Red Cross
2008
Sichuan Earthquake
1,000,000 yen
300,000 yen
Consulate-General of China
Support for disaster-stricken areas through business activities
Toyoshima & Co., Ltd. In the organic cotton promotion project "Orgavitz", which is a "reverse idea" of delivering 10% products to 100 times more people without sticking to 100% organic cotton, more than 160 brands are currently participating and producing more than 11 million items (as of the end of June 2023). Products using Ogavitz have an original tag, and 10 yen per tag is used to support the reconstruction and recovery of areas affected by the Great East Japan Earthquake in 2011 and the Kumamoto Earthquake in 2016.