Mitsubishi Corporation Foundation for the Americas
Since its establishment in 1991, the MCFA has donated approximately USD 14 million. One example is the Amazon Waters Initiative led by US-based Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), through which grants from the MCFA have improved fisheries and strengthened wildlife habitat management and monitoring in the Amazon River basin, and have also supported climate change-related research activities.
Equitable Origin
Established in 2009, Equitable Origin’s (EO)’s mission is to partner with business, communities and government to support transparent,equitable, and sustainable development of energy and natural resources. MCFA supported EO’s efforts to conduct environmental and social impact assessments for natural resource projects in Mexico, with the goal of bringing certification to the energy industry. In 2023, close to 15% of natural gas production in North America is certified under Equitable Origin’s EO100™ Standard.
We also helped launch EO’s CEFO Indigena, a web-based platform that aims to empower Indigenous communities to exercise their rights. Most recently, EO has focused on enhancing internet connectivity in remote communities to increase access to information, enable community-led environmental monitoring and prevent illegal deforestation in Mexico, Peru, and Ecuador.
Wildlife Conservation Society
Founded in 1895, Wildlife Conservation Society’s (WCS)’s mission is to save wildlife and wild places, with a focus on conserving strongholds and leading with a science-driven model that is shaped and championed by communities.
WCS engages 3.5 million people a year in its zoos and aquarium in New York City, inspiring visitors to care about nature. It has conservation operations in 50+ countries and has helped create or expand 245 protected areas.
We have donated approximately $3 million to WCS since 2003, including for the creation of the Bronx Riverwalk at the Bronx Zoo in New York City, the formation of Marine Protected Areas in Patagonia, and watershed conservation in Brazil and Peru through the Amazon Waters Initiative.
Yellowstone to Yukon
Founded in 1993, Yellowstone to Yukon’s (Y2Y)’s mission is to connect and protect habitat from Yellowstone in the U.S. to Canada’s Yukon Territory so people and nature can thrive. We have been funding Y2Y since 2018, supporting indigenous-led land conservation in line with Canada’s commitment to protect 30% of land by 2030 by partnering with First Nations to restore a thriving caribou population in the Canadian Rockies where caribou are in decline. Y2Y recently supported a historic intergovernmental partnership agreement between First Nations, British Columbia, and the government of Canada to protect and recover caribou with the protection of more than two million acres in Canada’s Peace Region.