Contributing to Communities Where Sumitomo Forestry Operates

The Sumitomo Forestry Group aims to contribute to sustainable local development through its business. When starting a new project or expanding its operations overseas, the Group will give due consideration to the environment and work to contribute to the revitalization of local economy and the promotion of local employment as its policy, thereby operating in harmony with local communities.

Activities in Indonesia

Support for Children through the KTI Educational Foundation

PT. Kutai Timber Indonesia (“KTI”) founded the KTI Educational Foundation in 2000 to commemorate its 30th anniversary with the purpose of improving the livelihood of people in Indonesia through education as well as engaging in social activities. This foundation primarily provides educational support to impoverished children and school supplies to public schools in Probolinggo in the province of East Java where a Sumitomo Forestry Group plant is located. In fiscal 2025, we spent IDR 28 million (approximately 270,000 yen) on support for school fees and the donation of learning materials and textbooks to children.

Respect for Local Tradition and Culture in the Overseas Forestry Business

Through the forestry business in Indonesia, Sumitomo Forestry deepens its understanding about the local culture and tradition and gives financial support for traditional events held by local residents with respect for their traditional culture.

Ecosystem Conservation Activities

PT. Bina Ovivipari Semesta (“BIOS”), a Sumitomo Forestry Group company, has been holding a mangrove conservation event every July 26, or on the International Day for the Conservation of Mangrove Ecosystems, since 2023. In the event held in 2025, not only BIOS employees but also local fishermen and school officials planted mangrove seedlings and learned about the environment, reaffirming the importance of community-wide efforts to conserve mangroves.

* In 2015, UNESCO designated July 26 as International Day for the Conservation of Mangrove Ecosystems, aiming to raise people’s awareness of precious mangroves, which are critically endangered,, and to promote their sustainable protection, management, and utilization.

Mangrove Planting in the Coastal Area

At the coastal area near BIOS, mangrove vegetation has been lost due to past human disturbances. BIOS plants the seeds of the local native species Rhizophora mucronata in the area every year.

Conservation of Rare Species

The critically endangered mangrove species Bruguiera hainesii grows naturally along the coast near a village neighboring BIOS. To protect this tree species growing along the coastline from soil erosion caused by waves, we constructed protective fences made of bamboo around the trees.

Building Infrastructure and Providing Basic Educational and Medical Support in and around the Project Area

PT. Mayangkara Tanaman Industri (“MTI”) is implementing a large-scale commercial afforestation project in Indonesia. MTI regards the sustainable development of local communities as an important managerial challenge. Accordingly, MTI is conducting activities to meet the needs of local residents in the fields of education, medical care and sanitation, infrastructure development, and agriculture, thereby contributing to the improvement of their living environment and livelihoods.

Creation of Employment Opportunities

Through the forestry business, MTI offers invaluable employment opportunities to the local community with little industry. In particular, for seedling production, MTI is employing local women who have few job options.

Infrastructure

In fiscal 2018, MTI began applying its own developed water level management technology to flood control in the surrounding communities, thereby providing neighboring villages with infrastructure that is easy to maintain and useful to regulate water levels.

Education, Medical and Health Support

MTI installed water purifying equipment in the villages located within its project area to supply safe water for daily use by villagers. In addition, MTI works to provide basic educational support by expanding local elementary school facilities and sending teachers to areas facing a shortage of educational resources. The company also offers medical support by operating a clinic where local residents can receive free medical care.

Moreover, we are carrying out environmental education initiatives to raise the environmental awareness of children attending local elementary schools. In addition to classes on the importance of and methods for protecting forests, flora and fauna, we hold tree planting events and donate stationery.

In fiscal 2025, MTI implemented an environmental education program for 102 children from three local elementary schools.

Activities in Papua New Guinea

Building Social Infrastructure and Providing Medical Support

Open Bay Timber Ltd. (“OBT”) in Papua New Guinea has been involved in forestry business since 1984 and it contributes greatly to the economic development of the region. In 2007, OBT joined the Sumitomo Forestry Group and has been working on the sound expansion and effective use of resources from planted forests.

Operation of a Clinic

OBT supports the operation of a clinic for its employees and local people. It also operates a store for local communities in Papua New Guinea, where social infrastructure has not yet been well developed. In addition, OBT’s nurses periodically visit neighboring villages to perform infant health checkups, give advice to the sick, and conduct educational activities.

The Open Bay Clinic is staffed day and night with health workers employed by OBT, who engage in general medical care, deliveries, and medications. The clinic also receives inpatients and transports critical patients over land and sea to large hospitals. Patients receiving care at the clinic include not only OBT’s employees and their families but also many people who travel from far away for treatment.

Activities in the United States

Social Contribution Activities through the Housing and Real Estate Business

MainVue Day

MainVue Homes, a Sumitomo Forestry Group company, established the annual MainVue Day in 2015. This event is intended to provide employees with an opportunity to participate in volunteer activities and reflect on the company’s philosophy that values giving back to society as well as its commitment to continuing charitable work.

For MainVue Day 2025 held in Washington State, the company partnered with St. Stephen Housing, an NPO operating a support shelter (transitional housing) for homeless families and children for long years. On the day, in order to contribute to the local community, 93 MainVue employees voluntarily participated in the refurbishment of nine 80-year-old housing units owned by the NPO in Kent. By using materials donated by suppliers, the employees worked hard together to improve the interior equipment, repair the exteriors, and refresh landscaping by using their expertise in the construction field.

Partnering with Habitat for Humanity

Crescent Communities, LLC (“Crescent”), another Sumitomo Forestry Group company, participates in various programs conducted by Habitat for Humanity, an international NPO that provides housing assistance in more than 70 countries worldwide.

In 2025, Crescent participated in a total of three volunteer activities: detached house interior finishing, financial support for volunteer activities through the purchase of housing products, and warehouse organizing.

Participation in Environmental Conservation Activities

In 2025, Crescent conducted a local cleanup activity in cooperation with partners of the Richland Creek development project implemented in Nashville, Tennessee and in collaboration with an NPO named Harpeth Conservancy. Participants in the activity removed alien plants and picked up trash to keep the local environment clean.

Also, Crescent’s construction team collaborated with Davidson Lands Conservancy, an NPO aiming to protect the local natural environment and agricultural land in the suburbs of Charlotte, North Carolina, to install benches and repair a hut.

Crescent will proactively conduct environmental conservation activities on a continual basis.

Participation in Tree-Planting Activities

Employees of Crescent’s Charlotte office, together with an NPO named Trees Charlotte, planted 100 trees in the Free Spirit Farm, an urban farm located in Huntersville, North Carolina.

Participation in Social Welfare Activities

Crescent is also actively involved in social welfare activities.

In 2025, its employees volunteered to sort food at The Bulb, an NPO that collects misshapen food from supermarkets for distribution to areas with limited access to fresh produce.

Also, employees voluntarily supported the NPO’s activities by planting, watering and harvesting crops for donation to areas in need of such support.

Moreover, Crescent employees volunteered to install playground equipment in Cornelius, North Carolina to support the Roc Solid Foundation, an NPO that conducts an activity to install playground equipment in the gardens of families with children fighting cancer.

She Built This City & Sleep in Heavenly Peace

In cooperation with She Built This City, an NPO working to provide women with more employment opportunities in the construction industry, and Sleep in Heavenly Peace, an NPO offering beds to children, Crescent’ construction team made bunk beds in two events.

The beds made by the team were delivered to families with children in need of beds, after being polished and assembled. Crescent provided AXIAL Rapid Commerce, a distribution facility developed by the company, as a venue for one of the events.

Activities in Australia

Henley Properties Group (“Henley”) builds and sells detached houses. In 2025, Henley sold one house built with the help of a residential land developer and component suppliers, and donated the proceeds. Many people from the company's business partners participated in this activity, from providing land, designing, estimating, and manufacturing and procuring materials through to managing construction, and building. Specifically, Henley donated to a children's hospital all the earnings from the charity auction of a two-story house held in Armstrong, west of Melbourne. Henley has been continuing the donation of proceeds from auctions for more than 30 years since 1993. The donations have been used to cover medical expenses for children suffering from illnesses.

Donation of picture books to children in Papua New Guinea

In 2024, Henley donated picture books collected from employees to children in Papua New Guinea through OBT. The company received a thank-you message from local school officials for providing children with an opportunity to experience the world. In fiscal 2025, in order to continue this activity, Henley collected 386 picture books from employees of Scott Park Group based in Perth. The books were sent to Papua New Guinea in November 2025 and donated to local children in March 2026.

Activities in New Zealand

Contributions to Local Disaster Control and Rescue Efforts

Tasman Pine Forests Ltd. (“TPF”) contributes to community-wide fire prevention/extinguishing activities in cooperation with Fire and Emergency New Zealand (FENZ), a New Zealand firefighting organization and neighboring forestry companies. Specifically, TPF donates firefighting equipment, such as fire engines to be operated by the FENZ-led local fire brigade, to help prevent and extinguish local forest fires.

In addition, TPF is working to improve its employees’ and logging contractors’ disaster awareness and related capabilities by encouraging them to attend elementary forest fire extinguishing training.
Since fiscal 2017, TPF has been annually donating activity funds to the Nelson Marlborough Rescue Helicopter Trust, which conducts rescuing activities in the event of a natural disaster or a leisure accident in the local area. The TPF logo is posted on the helicopter owned by the Trust.

Reforestation Activity including Planting Indigenous Trees

TPF has been working to protect the biodiversity and enhance the resilience of the land managed by the company, which extends over about 36,000 hectares. Specifically, TPF has planted indigenous trees in the land area unsuitable for timber production, while producing timber in a sustainable manner in the production forest area. The company is pushing ahead with environmental conservation measures that utilize innovative technologies on a trial basis. For example, it appropriately manages the natural regeneration of alien tree species, prevents soil erosion by planting indigenous and alien tree species in mix in consideration of their respective features, and efficiently manages weeding by the use of a drone. Moreover, TPF has been continuing to cooperate with local communities, including supporting the restoration project implemented in the areas devastated by the large forest fire that occurred in Tasman in 2019. In June 2025, being highly recognized for these indigenous species protection and reforestation activities, TPF was given commendation in the forestry company category at the Growing Native Forests Champions Awards held by the Forestry Minister of New Zealand.

Activities in Myanmar

Support for Building Monastic Schools

Sumitomo Forestry is a founder of the Myanmar Monastic School Support Team and serves as the secretariat for the initiative launched in 2014 to support the construction of monastic school-style community schools in Myanmar. In the initiative, we aim to build one monastic-style school every year through donations by supporting companies and individuals. A total of six school buildings have been completed to date. We held an opening ceremony for each of the schools with the participation of those from supporting companies. Participants in the ceremony interacted with children of the school through the event.

This initiative has been suspended due to the spread of infectious diseases and unstable situations in the country.