The Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Surugadai Building (Head Office) and the Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Surugadai Annex are located in the university district of Kanda Surugadai in Chiyoda, Tokyo, an area where samurai residences once lined the streets in Edo period. Since the completion of the head office building in 1984, we have been upholding the principle of “harmony with the surrounding environment” and created a rooftop garden able to accommodate tall trees while also preserving existing trees already growing on the premises. Thanks to these measures, we are externally appreciated as an advanced company in terms of greening.
When the Surugadai Annex was constructed in 2012, we created a new green space by planting indigenous tree species as well as fruitful and syrup-yielding trees based on the concept of providing green space to promote harmony between the local community and local fauna, with a view to honoring the concept and history of the Surugadai Building by proactively addressing the issue of urban biodiversity. In order to create a green area that is open to the community, a direct elevator to the rooftop garden of the Surugadai Building and the ECOM Surugadai environmental communication space were built.
As the global discussion on the greening of company-owned and managed lands heats up, as seen in the “30 by 30” target to conserve and protect at least 30% of land and sea by 2030, our Surugadai Green Spaces play a pioneering role.