Helping People & Planet – Initiatives we support : Sony

We support several initiatives that help people develop in their communities and protect the planet. We’re using our expertise, products, business activities and employees to help make a positive contribution to environmental and social initiatives worldwide.

Find out about our initiatives

Open Planet Ideas is an eco initiative for sharing ideas

Dream Goal is an initiative helping development in Africa

Movies and music make a difference

Discover how outdoor screenings of movies and music have been helping support education about health and HIV/AIDS in Tanzania.

Learn about Public Viewing in Tanzania

Volunteering +U

Open Planet Ideas set a challenge to find a way for today’s technology to help address the world’s environmental and social challenges. The final concept is a mobile volunteering app called +U.

More about +U app and Open Planet ideas

Dream Goal 2010 for Africa

Find out how we’re helping to launch new development efforts all over Africa through our Dream Goal 2010 programme, in conjunction with FIFA.

Find out about Dream Goal

Children’s photo project in partnership with UNICEF

Our 3D photo initiative inspires conservation in Suriname’s rainforest

Helping young people find solutions to climate issues

Using photography to educate children

Find out how we provide digital cameras, other equipment and financial support to the EYE SEE project run by UNICEF to help children in developing countries.

More about the EYE SEE Project

3D photos aid rainforest conservation

Sony 3D cameras reveal the secrets and deep diversity of life of a remarkable ecosystem unseen by human eyes in modern times.

Read about 3D photography in Suriname

Supporting young eco minds

The Children’s Climate Call competition challenged young people around the world to find solutions to climate issues that affect their communities.

Learn about Children’s Climate Call

Sony and Save the Children’s Restart Japan Fund

SoRPlas – plastic made from 99% recycled material

Find out about energy saving Blu-ray Disc™ Players

Sony & Save the Children in Japan

Save the Children Japan and Sony have come together to help victims of the recent earthquake and tsunami through the Restart Japan Fund.

More about Sony and Save the Children’s work in Japan

SoRPlas – 99% recycled plastic

Find out about SoRPlas – a new type of plastic created by Sony. Made from recycled DVDs and optical sheets from TVs, it contains the world’s highest ratio of 99% recycled material.

BDP-S185 uses 47% less power

For our latest Blu-ray Disc™ Player we cut energy consumption by 47% over last year’s model, the BDP-S370.

Read about the reduced environmental impact of the BDP-S185

Sony Sustainability Lectures

Watch videos of talks on sustainability, technology and business given by experts in the field and presented by Sony Europe and ESCP Europe School of Management in 2009.