Sekisui Chemical Group is carrying out forestry conservation activities in cooperation with local communities, under the title Green Forest Activities. In March 2009, the Group carried out its first overseas forestry activity, at Yuping Mountain in the city of Suzhou, China. A total of 75 persons, including employees of affiliate companies located in southern China and their families, took part, planting 500 trees from 10 varieties of native seedlings. This activity will help beautify the mountain landscape.