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Activities related to disaster prevention and relief

Bridgestone Thailand (TBSC) partnered with the Mirror Foundation and employees across multiple Group Companies in Thailand to address humanitarian and natural-disaster impacts by delivering two disaster relief initiatives through financial donations. These initiatives aimed to provide timely support to communities affected by unrest along the Thailand-Cambodia border and by severe flooding in Songkhla province.

The activities took place from July to August 2025 in border communities and from November to December 2025 in Songkhla province. TBSC worked with trusted local partners to ensure rapid and effective assistance for affected communities.

Bridgestone Vietnam partnered with the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee and its local dealer network to address urgent humanitarian needs caused by severe flooding in Vietnam in 2025 by delivering disaster relief and post-disaster mobility support initiatives. These activities aimed to support community recovery and help restore safe daily mobility in affected regions.

The initiatives were implemented in December 2025 in flood-affected areas of Dak Lak, Khanh Hoa, and Gia Lai provinces, in collaboration with local authorities, employees, and trade union representatives. The initiatives supported affected households and students during the recovery period and contributed to stabilizing daily life and access to education in flood-affected communities in Vietnam.

Heavy rains in spring 2024 caused extreme flooding in southern Brazil. By June 2024, official data from the state of Rio Grande do Sul, the worst-hit state, reported 173 deaths, 38 missing persons, 423,486 displaced individuals, 18,854 people living in shelters, and 806 injured people. Bridgestone employees in Sao Paulo collected and delivered bottled water, food, and clothing to business partners affected by the disaster, in addition to making a financial contribution of BRL50,000 to support recovery and cleanup efforts.

On September 26, 2024, Category 4 Hurricane Helene made landfall on the Gulf Coast of Florida. High winds and heavy rainfall destroyed lives and homes and interrupted business operations. Bridgestone employees delivered fuel to manufacturing plants that lost power to provide power to employees sheltering in place. Employees also donated food, bottled water, and clothing in addition to the Bridgestone Americas Trust Fund making a USD30,000 contribution to support recovery and cleanup efforts.

In response to the recent Michaung Cyclone that wreaked havoc in Andhra Pradesh, Bridgestone India (BSID) rallied its forces to provide crucial aid to affected communities in collaboration with local NGOs. Its commitment goes beyond financial support, with active participation from dedicated employees.

Relief measures focused on the districts of Nellore and Tirupati, where the impact of the cyclone was deeply felt. Relief efforts were aimed at supporting those hit hardest by the cyclone such as waste pickers, sanitary workers, and manual scavengers, making a difference in their lives.

More than 12 employees volunteered, actively engaging in relief operations. Their hands-on involvement exemplifies Bridgestone’s dedication to being more than just a corporate entity, playing an active role as an integral part of the community.

BSID distributed survival kits to 1,000 families, covering a population of more than 4,000 people. The survival kits contain essential items, directly addressing the immediate needs of those affected.

Bridgestone Tire Indonesia (BSIN)'s water rescue team was put through its paces in a training session with the SAGARA Karawang team, a local disaster prevention organization. This training is vital because the most frequent disaster response required in the Karawang and Bekasi areas is to assist with floods. The two-day training includes disaster management, medical first responder training, water assistance, evacuation techniques, first-aid practices, rescue RTRGT (Reach, Throw, Row, Go, Tow/Carry), sea survival, and a disaster-response simulation. The team is fully prepared to deliver vital help to communities.

The Bridgestone Tire Indonesia (BSIN) water rescue team (and their training) is vital in the Karawang and Bekasi areas, due to the high frequency of flooding disasters. Around 15 school units, 14 health centers, and 1,699 housing units were damaged following a 6.6 magnitude earthquake that struck the Pandeglang Regency in Indonesia on January 14, 2022.

Flooding that followed heavy rainfall in March 2022 further exacerbated recovery efforts in the area, and many households were impacted. BSIN activated its Search and Rescue Team which, together with the General Affairs and CSR team, aided the local community. The group assisted the Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD), including 100 basic food packages, two boats, two outboard engines, and safety jackets, as well as 60 signboards to inform people of evacuation routes and assembly points. Food donations were extended to victims who had not yet received assistance from the government or other parties. The total contribution amount BSIN made to the flood relief was IDR76,818,000 (approximately USD4,886).

In February and March 2023, BSIN stepped forward to support local communities – and affected employees – in response to the floods in Bekasi and Karawang. The BSIN rescue team and labor union assisted with food supplies and post-flood cleanups.

BSIN lived up to its reputation for stepping forward in times of crisis for local communities—as well as looking after employees—with its rapid response to two natural disasters. Following the February floods in Bekasi and Karawang, more than 150 employees at the local plants received support including food supplies and assistance in post-flood cleanups from the BSIN rescue team and labor unions.

As a preventive measure to reduce flooding in the community around the Bekasi Plant, BSIN partners twice a year with the local community to carry out waterway cleaning activities.

Staff from Bridgestone embarked on a project called We Move to Help Valencia, focusing on addressing the impact of a natural disaster that struck Valencia at the end of October 2024, caused by Storm Dana. The storm affected many people and a lot of infrastructure. In implementing this project, Bridgestone embraced agile management to provide a swift response. Actions included:

• Donation of urgently needed agricultural and off-the-road tires. Bridgestone provided specialized off-road and agricultural tires to customers.
  
• Financial aid was collected through a donation website in collaboration with the Red Cross. Employees and the company donated over EUR50,000. The Red Cross used the donations to aid areas affected by Storm Dana.
  
• Collection of essential supplies (rain boots, clothing, and milk) at the Madrid offices, in collaboration with customer ONTIME, which took charge of logistics for employee donations. In addition to employee donations, Bridgestone EMEA Headquarters also contributed 80 pairs of boots.
  
• Four Bridgestone volunteers with deep connections to the region helped clean up mud and assisted with logistics to distribute essential products to affected areas.
  

In response to severe floods and landslides that affected Indonesia's Aceh and Sumatra regions in late November 2025, Bridgestone Indonesia (BSIN) carried out a collaborative disaster relief initiative to support communities in Aceh, North Sumatra, and West Sumatra.

Donations totaling approximately IDR295.9 million were jointly contributed through BSIN, the labor union, the employee cooperative organization, the Mosque Management Committee (DKM), and personal contributions by employees. The funds were channeled through the Dompet Dhuafa charity and began to be distributed in December 2025.

Assistance in the form of emergency schools, temporary housing, health service centers, clean water and sanitation facilities, public kitchens, livelihood recovery support, and the distribution of food and essential relief packages reached more than 3,000 people. Twenty-five employees were involved in coordinating and delivering the donations.

Comments from the community

“With the temporary shelter, my family finally had a safe place to rest and recover after weeks of displacement.” - Flood-affected resident, Aceh
“Access to clean water has greatly improved our daily lives after the flood.” - Community member, North Sumatra

Community feedback highlighted the meaningful impact of the support, with beneficiaries expressing relief at having access to safe shelter, food, clean water, and essential services during the recovery period.

This initiative reflects a collective effort by BSIN stakeholders to support communities affected by one of Indonesia’s most significant natural disasters in 2025, in line with Bridgestone’s commitment to social responsibility.

In January 2024, a major earthquake with a maximum seismic intensity of 7 (magnitude 7.6) struck the Noto region of Ishikawa Prefecture in Japan, causing massive damage. To support victims and assist in rebuilding affected areas, Bridgestone donated JPY10 million to the Japanese Red Cross Society and other organizations, allocated JPY500,000 from the “BSmile” employee donation fund, and further collected about JPY3 million through a joint giving campaign for employees. Bridgestone carried out a variety of further support activities, including providing disaster relief supplies and winter tire and wheel sets, donating tires for ambulances and fire command vehicles, and lending service cars to tire shops affected by the disaster.

Also, in 2025, Bridgestone included Ishikawa Prefecture, an area particularly hard hit by the earthquake, in its on-site class initiative^*, in which it conducts on-site classes near plant locations nationwide. It held Environment & Manufacturing Classes and Global Communication Classes, with a focus on providing emotional support and fostering a positive attitude so that the children could learn and grow without anxiety.

Going forward, Bridgestone will continue to pursue activities that contribute to local communities.

* For details on the on-site classes, see Educational classes for elementary and junior high school students (Japan).

Leveraging its various strengths, Bridgestone will continue working in these ways to contribute to local communities.

The “BSmile” employee donation fund supports activities that employees pursue on their own initiative to contribute to society as well as the work of external organizations striving to address social issues. The fund underwrites a wide range of initiatives, including activities to conserve the environment, support people with disabilities, and organize events to revitalize communities. Several employees are also involved in disaster prevention and relief efforts.

Some employees have established their own support organizations after taking part in Bridgestone-sponsored activities, while others continue to pursue community-based support activities in collaboration with local NPOs and residents.

Bridgestone will continue to work alongside employees to address the challenges facing local communities and promote sustainable support activities.