The Hankyu Hanshin Express, as the Hankyu Hanshin Holdings Group's core company, is committed to promoting the community contribution initiative "Hankyu Hanshin Dreams and Communities of the Future Project" in an effort to conserve the environment and develop the next generation.
Since FY2011, we have been supporting “Save the Panda Fund” deployed by Tokyo Zoological Park Society, and then since FY2020, we start up our own fund to sustain the support. Therefore, we save 10yen per number of air import entry as donation (upper limit is 1-million yen) and "Hankyu Hanshin Dreams and Communities of the Future Project" adds the same amount to the utmost 2-million yen in total.
We contribute for the preservation of endangered species and the conservation of biological diversity.

"Hankyu Hanshin Dreams and Communities Challenge Troop" is a Hankyu Hanshin Holdings Group's experiential program designed for elementary school students.

Continuing from last year, we held a face-to-face event entitled "Let's learn about the work of customs clearance, which serves as a bridge to other countries!" this year.

In the first half, we introduced various types of animal transport service that we have provided for zoos all over Japan, including giant pandas.
In another half, the children experienced customs clearance job. Although they were surprised that such a job existed, worked together to complete the difficult task of making an import declaration to customs when importing goods and delivering the cargo to the customer.

We are very pleased if the experience of this program helps the children to decide to what they do in the future.
(This activity is a part of the Hankyu Hanshin Dreams and Communities of the Future Project.)

The non-profit organization Tokyo Zoological Park Society set up the "Giant Panda Protective Fund" to support research on protection and breeding of endangered giant pandas. Hankyu Hanshin Express has been co-sponsoring this initiative since 2011, setting up an explanation board at the Panda Forest in Ueno Zoo to present the ecology of giant pandas and transportation of them from Sichuan Province in China to the zoo, which was performed by Hankyu Hanshin Express. Hankyu Hanshin Express will continue to support breeding projects through transportation of endangered animals to contribute to conserving biodiversity. (This program is part of the "Hankyu Hanshin Dreams and Communities of the Future Project.")

This social contribution initiative will be irregularly advertised in trains (Hankyu Railway and Hanshin Electric Railway) as part of the "Hankyu Hanshin Dreams and Communities of the Future Project." Please take a look at the ads when you get a chance.

"Hankyu Hanshin Dreams and Communities Challenge Troop" is a Hankyu Hanshin Holdings Group's experiential program designed for elementary school students.

In 2020, this program was cancelled due to COVID-19, however in this year, we held “On-line program” for the first time that allowed children to participate from home, under the concept of "Let's learn about customs clearance work as a bridge with overseas countries!"
In the program, they learned about international logistics such as export/import, customs work and tariff related to customs clearance watching video and answering quiz. Through this program, they could understand the work of customs clearance, usually unfamiliar for them but very important to support everyone's daily life in cooperation with overseas people aiming for “Logistics not to stop” while in COVID-19 pandemic.
(This activity is a part of the Hankyu Hanshin Dreams and Communities of the Future Project.)

"Hankyu Hanshin Dreams and Communities Challenge Troop" is a Hankyu Hanshin Holdings Group's experiential program designed for elementary school students.

This year’s program titled "Learn the secret of creating various first made in Japan!" was conducted with the cooperation of the Osaka Entrepreneurial Museum of Challenge and Innovation.In this program, we learned the ideas of entrepreneurs who have created new values in the world, while looking at the exhibition panels and watching animations. After that, we introduced Mr.Ichizo Kobayashi, the founder of the Hankyu Toho Group, and our business as "What does our company do?". Children learned animal transportation, cargo compartments of airplane and so on through images and quizzes. (This program is part of the "Hankyu Hanshin Dreams and Communities of the Future Project.")

In December 2017, a “fair trade” products sale was held at the Shimbashi office as CSR activity of the Hankyu Hanshin Holdings Group. This most recent sale featured specialty products from Kumamoto besides fair trade chocolates, and thus also served to support that disaster-afflicted area of the earthquake and torrential rains in Kyushu region. (This program is part of the "Hankyu Hanshin Dreams and Communities of the Future Project.")

"Hankyu Hanshin Dreams and Communities Challenge Troop" is a Hankyu Hanshin Holdings Group's experiential program designed for elementary school students.

This year’s program titled “Let’s Learn about the Life and Transportation of Animals” was conducted with the cooperation of our client Kobe Oji Zoo. In this program, we introduced how the animals at the zoo were transported using images and quizzes, then zoo officials explained about the life of giant pandas and elephants. The aims of this program are telling children “there’re different ways of transportation for each animal” and “the global efforts to prevent the increase of endangered species”. Through this program, children realize animals were not there from the beginning as they learn how different kinds of people worked together to bring the animals to the zoo along with all the efforts and care put into their transportation.

In December 2016, a “fair trade” products sale was held at the Shimbashi office as CSR activity of the Hankyu Hanshin Holdings Group. This most recent sale featured specialty products from Kumamoto, and thus also served to support reconstruction in that disaster-afflicted area. (This program is part of the "Hankyu Hanshin Dreams and Communities of the Future Project.")

"Hankyu Hanshin Dreams and Communities Challenge Troop" is a Hankyu Hanshin Holdings Group's experiential program designed for elementary school students.

Following last year's program, the Kobe Customs cooperated in this year's program to help students learn the systems of international transportation and customs, where international transportation of various goods and animals was presented through images and quizzes, followed by a briefing on customs services by the Kobe Customs. In addition, a metal detector was demonstrated to simulate inspection of imported goods, which is vital in making our lives safe and secure. (This program is part of the "Hankyu Hanshin Dreams and Communities of the Future Project.")

In December 2015, a "fair trade" products sale was held at the Tokyo headquarters as part of the Hankyu Hanshin Holdings Group's social contribution initiatives. Fair trade is designed to continue purchasing raw materials and products produced in developing countries at fair prices, thereby improving the living of vulnerable producers, protecting children against exploitation, protecting the environment from over-development and, by extension, creating a sustainable society. While the Hankyu Hanshin Express Group fully supports the ethical principles of fair trade, this event was held as a products sale for group employees. (This program is part of the "Hankyu Hanshin Dreams and Communities of the Future Project.")

"Hankyu Hanshin Dreams and Communities Challenge Troop", a Hankyu Hanshin Holdings Group's experiential program designed for elementary school students, was conducted with the help of the Kobe Customs.

Hankyu Hanshin Express, as a responsible member of the local community, is committed to guiding and developing the next generation through this program, leveraging the group's diversified businesses and human resources.

The transportation of giant pandas in 2011 from Sichuan Province in China to Ueno Zoo was featured, with quizzes offered to learn about international transportation.

In addition, the Kobe Customs organized a study tour for the students, who were also briefed on customs services and their role in making our lives safe and secure. (This program is part of the "Hankyu Hanshin Dreams and Communities of the Future Project.")

As a part of our initiatives to support the areas affected by the Great East Japan Earthquake, Hankyu Hanshin Express held a "Joyful Christmas" party on December 3, 2011 at a Hotel in Minamisanriku, Miyagi Prefecture. Volunteer Hankyu Hanshin employees entertained the party goers with performances including magic shows and music.

Approximately 300 gifts donated by Group subsidiaries from Japan and overseas were distributed to all the children at the party. The party was only a short three hours but everyone there was able to enjoy an early Christmas. (This program is part of the "Hankyu Hanshin Dreams and Communities of the Future Project.")