MOL Supports the National Parks Board's movement with Local Maritime Community by Tree Planting to Celebrate Singapore's 60th National Day

July 04, 2025

TOKYO-Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. today announced that its Singapore Sub-Headquarters, MOL (Asia Oceania) Pte. Ltd. (MOLAO; Managing Director: Sakura Kuma) has donated 50 native species trees under the Plant-A-Tree program, supporting the National Parks Board's (NParks) OneMillionTrees(Note1) movement, in celebration of Sigapore's 60th National Day.
This initiative is part of the Singapore Green Plan 2030 (Note2) and continues the legacy of the Garden City vision introduced by Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew in 1967. Held yesterday at Thomson Nature Park, the event brought together senior leadership from MOL's Singapore-based entities, alongside key industry partners including the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA), Singapore Shipping Association (SSA), Singapore Maritime Foundation (SMF), and the Singapore Maritime Officers' Union (SMOU).

"The OneMillionTrees movement aligns with MOL's sustainability ethos and our belief in the power of collaboration, of actively reaching out, finding common grounds for collaboration. We are happy to play a part in contributing to a greener environment and are honored to have our partners join us in this meaningful initiative", said Ms. Sakura Kuma, Managing Director of MOL Asia Oceania.

MOL pursues "BLUE ACTION MOL", striving to balance corporate growth with a sustainable society, and has incorporated "for ALL", its intention to pursue social contribution activities, into these words, setting the MOL Group's social contribution activities as "BLUE ACTION for ALL". Activities like welcoming the LMS students represent MOL's initiatives on "next-generation human capital development".

All 50 trees planted are native species cultivated through conservation efforts, contributing to Singapore's vision of becoming a City in Nature. The initiative also reinforces MOL's long-standing commitment to environmental stewardship and its close partnership with Singapore's maritime ecosystem.
As a corporate group, MOL remains committed to developing a variety of social infrastructure businesses in addition to traditional shipping businesses and will meet the evolving social needs including environmental conservation and social contribution activities.

(Note1)
The Plant-A-Tree Programme by the National Parks of Singapore is a platform for organisations and individuals to actively participate in the greening of our City in Nature by planting trees. Every tree planted will also contribute to the OneMillionTrees movement to plant one million more trees across Singapore over ten years till 2030. The OneMillionTrees movement aims to reintroduce nature into urban spaces, fostering a more livable, resilient, and biodiverse city.

(Note2)
The Singapore Green Plan 2030 is a nationwide initiative aimed at advancing the country's sustainable development goals. It outlines targets over the next decade, reinforcing Singapore's commitments under the UN's 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda and Paris Agreement, and positioning the country to achieve our long-term net zero emissions aspiration by 2050. Among its key initiatives is the ambitious goal to plant one million additional trees across the island, enhancing urban greenery and contributing to climate resilience.

"BLUE ACTION MOL" is a general term for the Sustainable Action by MOL Group that balance corporate growth and a sustainable society. We have incorporated the intention "for ALL" to promote social contribution activities as a group for all environments and creatures on earth into this word and have set MOL Group's social contribution activities as "BLUE ACTION for ALL", as the group's social contribution activities to promote activities based on priority areas.
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