(1) Establishment of ecosystem networks centered on
production sites
Land use is one human activity that has an adverse effect on
ecosystems. Residential land and factories destroy the living
environments of plants and animals and disrupt wildlife corridors.
Therefore, Toshiba Group aims to establish ecosystem
networks that connect production sites with their neighboring
areas.
Toshiba calls for employees who cultivate fruits such as
yuzu (Citrus junos) and sudachi (Citrus sudachi) in their
home gardens to allow some of the larvae of the swallowtail
butterflies living on their leaves to grow until they mature
into adults rather than eradicating all of them. Toshiba also
distributes yuzu seedlings free of charge to employees who
want them. We believe that we can contribute to expanding
butterflies’ habitats by calling them into our employees’
home gardens.