NYK has donated 1,910,540 yen to two charities, one supporting environmental conservation and another assisting developing countries. This amount was calculated using the "Yusen Volunteer Point" system, which allocates points to volunteer activities conducted by NYK Group employees and then converts those points to a monetary amount.

Under this system, NYK Group employees receive points for their registered volunteer activities, and NYK then converts each point into two yen to be donated to a social action charity. The charities are selected based on a questionnaire completed by participants who have registered points. Once a year, awards are presented to participating companies and employees who have attained the most points, with the aim of promoting volunteer activities Groupwide.

In fiscal 2023, 694 employees from 36 NYK Group companies participated in this activity. The growth in registration of volunteer activities encouraged by the Group companies resulted in a total of 955,270 points being registered, an increase of 89.7% over the previous year.

We will continue proactively addressing social and environmental issues under the theme of "giving back to the ocean, the earth, and its people" and are accelerating our efforts to resolve these issues through various activities, including the Yusen Volunteer Point initiative.

* NYK Group Sustainability Initiative (NYKSI) activity. The NYK Group has developed a range of activities for employees working in the NYK Group to promote the challenge of addressing social issues.