The Hino Green Fund (HGF), established through a capital investment by Hino Motors, Ltd. has chosen the recipients for its FY 2014 (*¹) grants, as well as the project contents.
Since its establishment in 1991, HGF's "Green Grant Foundation" has supported a large variety of activities that have contributed to environmental conservation. As its cornerstone, HGF provides support to private organizations that promote greening activities for the immediate natural environment. Once a year, it invites applications (*²) from the public, from whom it selects recipients for its grants.
This year, the grants are to be given to seventeen projects in a range of fields including among others, "greening activities" and "investigative research and enlightenment activities conducive to conservation of the natural environment."

*¹ : FY2014: April 2013 - March 2014
*² : Applications must be written in Japanese and activities are to be based in Japan.