GREEN×EXPO 2027 Sponsorship Recruitment (7th Round)

The Public Interest Incorporated Association for the International Horticultural Expo 2027 (President: Yoshinobu Tsutsui, Location: Naka Ward, Yokohama City) has newly started recruiting sponsors for “Outdoor/Indoor Exhibition Project,” “Co-creation Competition Project,” “Double-I Project (Gender Equality/Women's Empowerment),” and “Guest Hospitality Project” within the “Project Sponsorship” participation menu for GREEN×EXPO 2027 (International Horticultural Expo 2027). Positioning sponsorship as one of its co-creation initiatives, the association will continue to seek co-creation partners who will jointly enhance the appeal of GREEN×EXPO 2027 and aim to realize "A landscape of tomorrow that creates happiness." **● Menus for which public recruitment has started** **【Outdoor/Indoor Exhibition Project】** This project seeks sponsorship from companies and organizations that can invigorate GREEN×EXPO 2027 by providing technologies/services, materials/equipment that contribute to energy conservation and carbon neutrality, or services, goods, and funds, for gardens and exhibitions symbolizing the greenery, agriculture, food, and culture of various regions exhibited from across Japan. **** * Exhibitor nameplates (including official participants) * Staff uniforms * Heatstroke prevention facilities (awnings, rain covers, mist) * Air conditioning equipment (air curtains, etc.) * Temperature control devices for plants, etc. (reefer containers, etc.) * Video equipment (signage), audio equipment * Security equipment (security cameras) * Planting and landscaping (materials and construction) * Pavement (including painting), pavement painting only * Visitor crowd control equipment (rope partitions, traffic cones), etc. **【Co-creation Competition Project】** This project seeks sponsorship partners for the "GREEN×EXPO 2027 Co-creation Competition." GREEN×EXPO 2027 plans to conduct competitions targeting official participants and general participants exhibiting outdoors or indoors, with gardens, exhibitions/performances, and produce (such as ornamental plants like flowers, flower arrangements, bonsai, etc.) as judging subjects. In addition to these competitions, co-creation competitions will be held for various activities, initiatives, and creations (garden designs, paintings, essays, etc.) inside and outside the expo venue, before and during the event period, to promote understanding and interest in GREEN×EXPO 2027's objectives, themes, and sub-themes, enrich appealing content, and encourage changes in awareness and behavior towards solving global issues. **** * Overall operation and management of co-creation competitions * Operation and management of co-creation competitions on specific themes, etc. **【Double-I Project】** Under the theme "A landscape of tomorrow that creates happiness," GREEN×EXPO 2027 will implement the "Double-I Project," aiming for each individual to grasp "Inclusion," a keyword that opens up the future, as their own matter "I," and connect it to action. This project seeks sponsorship partners to promote initiatives for gender equality and women's empowerment at GREEN×EXPO 2027. **** * Secretariat operation, establishment, and operation of committees (specific theme setting, planning, participant recruitment, etc.) * Venue design and venue operation for events ("Double-I Week," "Double-I Forum"), etc. **【Guest Hospitality Project】** GREEN×EXPO 2027 will be an "international reception stage" symbolizing Japan's new technologies, aesthetics, and craftsmanship, where VIPs from over 70 countries worldwide and many domestic guests will visit. This project seeks sponsorship from companies and organizations that can provide facilities, goods, and services to enhance the guest experience, deliver the quality of Japanese hospitality to the world, and jointly create a special stage to welcome international guests. **** * Guest hospitality facilities and goods (e.g.) Various equipment, transportation, machinery/fixtures, etc. * Other goods suitable for guest hospitality * Services related to guest hospitality operation **● About the Sponsorship System** GREEN×EXPO 2027 offers two types of sponsorship: "Project Sponsorship" and "General Sponsorship." For more details, please visit the official website of the International Horticultural Expo 2027: https://expo2027yokohama.or.jp/sponsorship/sponsorship/ **(1) Project Sponsorship** This is a sponsorship system for **co-creating GREEN×EXPO 2027 content through dialogue with the Association.** In "Project Sponsorship," in addition to providing funds, goods, and services, the Association understands the philosophy and technology of participating companies and organizations and co-creates content, taking into account the background of GREEN×EXPO 2027. (Specific co-creation methods vary by project.) ** *Projects for recruitment will be added as needed in the future.** * Theme Pavilion Project * Venue Development Project * Momentum Building Project * Heat Countermeasure Project * Horticultural Culture Project * Venue Operation Project * Excitement Creation Project * Attraction Creation Project * Accessibility Project * Outdoor Exhibition Project * Outdoor/Indoor Exhibition Project (Newly Added) * Co-creation Competition Project (Newly Added) * Double-I Project (Newly Added) * Guest Hospitality Project (Newly Added) **(2) General Sponsorship** This is a sponsorship system where **specific goods and services are presented to jointly create GREEN×EXPO 2027, and sponsorships are received from companies and organizations.** *The recruitment list is updated regularly.