IMPACT Day

IMPACT Day has evolved into a signature event. Every May, the entire Prologis community spends a full day volunteering with charities in our local communities. In 2020, with COVID-19 disrupting our normal approach, associates in Japan participated in the “Healthy steps challenge”, completing 24,113,871 steps. The goal of the challenge was to have each participant average 8,000 steps per day—either during workouts or while conducting household chores, and the Prologis Foundation donated to charitable organizations based on the number of steps the participants accomplished. The basic idea was to encourage our colleagues to stay physically and mentally fit while working from home. As a result, a total of appx 28,000 USD was donated to seven charities focused on social welfare, COVID-19 relief, assistance for underprivileged children and the environment.

In 2019, Prologis’ Tokyo office worked with the Japanese Organization for International Cooperation in Family Planning (“JOICFP”) to send approximately 4,000 school bags to Afghanistan. The activity took place at Prologis Park MFLP Kawagoe, one of our newest properties in Japan. Our 3PL customer SENKO assisted us in the logistics, transporting the bags to the port. For the fifth year in a row, the Osaka team spent the day in the Osaka Bay area, working side by side with marine biologists and researchers from an NPO that focuses on environmental conservation.

Supporting Communities during the Pandemic

Prologis has been fortunate to be in a position to provide resources and support to our communities and customers, while also being transparent and available to our investors. The following is the achievements in 2020 globally including Japan.

• $5 million global relief fund launched by the Prologis Foundation, providing financial support to nonprofits and community-based organizations on the frontlines of the response.
• ~1.2 million sq. ft. and $ 9.3 million in 13 markets of in-kind rent donated to municipal governments, hospitals and relief organizations through our Space for Good program.
• 8.5 million meals funded by Prologis’ donations to Feeding America and the European Food Bank Federation for people in need across the U.S. and Europe.
• 50,000 medical masks + 5,000 sets of protective clothing donated to Chinese hospitals during early stages of the response.
• 100 face shields made by employees volunteering in Japan to donate to day-care facilities for the elderly.
• 200 dustclothes sewed by employees volunteering in Japan to donate to children’s houses.

Other Contributions to Communities

Educational field trips for junior high and elementary school students

Internship programs for junior high school students

Community Workforce Initiative

Prologis partners with local workforce organizations to provide training, skills development and job placement with an aim to help our customers build a talent pipeline in the booming logistics field. Our mission is to equip 25,000 individuals with the skills necessary for jobs in transportation, distribution and logistics by the end of 2025.

Prologis Foundation

The Prologis Foundation was established in the United States in 2001, and additionally established in Japan in 2019. Our grant-making focuses on education, the environment and human welfare. The Prologis Japan Foundation provides the following:

• Grants to nonprofits
  Supporting “Kodomo Shokudou”, soup kitchens for underprivileged children and families
• Scholarship program to support undergraduate students raised in orphanages